After the unfortunate event, Fang Xie made sure to spread the news that actress Su Jin was willing to cooperate with a magazine company to shoot a large-scale cover magazine photo. The only requirement was that the publication must happen within Su Jishi’s contract with Mr. Huang’s car company.
If she were another actress, her situation would be hard in all sense. There are only four first-line fashion magazines, and their shooting schedule is always full.
But Su Jin was too hot! Media considered her as one of the most eye-catching traffic actresses.
In her more than three years of career, she had been following a sweet and pure route. One couldn’t possibly imagine the number of boys haunted by her sweet image in their dreams.
However, in the past month or so, she has stopped sticking to the image of a “pure little flower”. Su Jishi, under the pretence as her twin sister, made many unexpected moves. She graced the internet, a hot topic, and on her first interview, she had a natural attitude, high spirits and showed extra confidence.
Her kind of confidence comes from the soul. As if everything in the world is under her control; as if all the people in the world submits to her feet.
Because of this, nosy mass media reporters all had the idea that Su Jin was planning a transformation!
At this rate, for the magazine would agree to publish a large-scale portrait of Su Jin, would they still worry about their sales? It will surely be a big hit as long as her face is on the cover.
As for the shooting schedule, if the magazine company really wanted to not miss this opportunity, they could spontaneously squeeze Su Jishi’s shooting in their schedule.
If one truly desires it, he or she will never run out of means.
After a lot of persuading and negotiations, the first-line fashion magazine “True Self” was chosen by Fang Xie and the rest of Su Jin’s team to facilitate the said photoshoot.
It has been 25 years since “True Self” entered the Chinese market, and the actresses they have worked with are like the sands of Ganges River, countless.
Su Jin also appeared on the cover of “True Self” last year. However, it was not a solo photoshoot, but she was with two other actresses.
At present, publishing industries have tough competition. Even the first-line fashion magazines have to, at some point, face a declining market. In truth, the cover of each issue is a creative competition. They face not only fans but also thousands of potential “passers-by”**.
**T/N: Passers-by are buyers who purchase magazines on impulse because of its cover.
Attractive cover images and interesting inner page topics are the fundamental driving force for people to buy.
In order not to waste this cooperation, the editor-in-chief of the magazine called all the editors overnight, and together, they brainstormed and wrote three plans in succession.
In tune with Su Jin’s most-awaited transformation, they aimed for a sexy but not too crass theme.
Su Jishi wanted to cross the invisible barrier and show the audience a glimpse of her “true self”. The magazine team was beyond ecstatic, the company would make a fortune out of this.
The first project was a mermaid sleeping in a shell. Her enchanting fishtail set off waves, and her red lips looked enticing.
Su Jishi turned the image sample over and commented, “Am I a Disney Princess? Do I have to take a picture with little kids?”
The second project was an elf girl. She lives in the mountains and faces danger alone.
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Again, Su Jishi showed little interest and asked, “I don’t understand, who wears bikinis when living in the wild?”
As for the third project, Fang Xie personally hid it from Su Jishi. He wanted to take advantage of her inattention and planned to secretly throw the sample into the recycle bin.
But the more he wanted to cover up, the more interested Su Jishi become.
“What are you hiding? Take it out. “
“This is really not good.” Fang Xie shook her head repeatedly. “Even if you want to break the standard, you don’t have to sacrifice so much.”
Su Jishi’s eyes squinted curiously at him. What is it that that makes Fang Xie so determined to keep hidden?
“‘Breaking the standard’ is what I asked for. Do you think that the mermaid princess and elf in bikini alone can crush “Gentleman’s style” magazine and Xu Yadan in sales?”
“True Self” is the no.1 in women’s fashion magazines, while “Gentleman’s Style” dominates men’s fashion magazines. A constant battle transpires between these two magazine company.
Su Jishi sighed and displayed the most serious face she could muster, “Fang Xie, I know you are looking after my welfare, but I want to make some decisions myself.”
“…” In the face of the persuading Su Jishi, Fang Xie could only nod in surrender. He took out the sample images of the third project and showed it to Su Jishi.
Upon seeing it, Su Jishi realized why Fang Xie acted that way. The third project took into account the two words; sexuality and purity.
The theme of this project is to copy the world-famous paintings. In short, it is to let Su Jin imitate the paintings’ posture in front of the camera which will then, after a series of deliberation, be put as a cover of their upcoming monthly issue.
The famous paintings they selected are now in the Coventry Museum, adapted from the renowned tax incident in history.
The table in Su Jishi’s hands showed a very daring painting. The Lady Godiva** painting by John Collier in 1897.
According to legend, in the middle of the 11th century, an earl decided to raise taxes on his people. Seeing the sufferings of the people’s livelihood, his wife, the beautiful and kind Lady Godiva, begged her husband to lower the charges so to not burden the people. The earl became furious as soon as he heard this.
He ordered Lady Godiva to ride naked through the streets of the city, covering her body with her long hair only. If all the people stayed in their houses without looking at her, the earl would announce a tax cut. So the next morning, Lady Godiva rode naked into the streets, and the people spontaneously hid in their houses, so that she would not be humiliated.
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**T/N: Lady Godiva on Horseback painting
In the empty streets, Lady Godiva bowed her head in shame. Although she was paraded stark naked, she still symbolized holiness and greatness.
Hundreds of years later, John Collier painted this scene with his exquisite skills.
In the empty streets, riding a horse, Lady Godiva bowed her head in shame. Although she was paraded stark naked, she still symbolized holiness and greatness.
Su Jishi’s pupils shrunk as her eyes fell on the painting and uttered not a single word for a moment.