Chapter 103：Breathe and Let Go

Zhou Yun Sheng finished the light color curtain, fixed the camera on the tri-pod, then began filming himself. He was not posing, just standing upright, stretching his arm out, holding a white Tablet PC in the palm of his hand. He exerted some effort with his wrist and twisted it flexibly, making it look like he was holding a basketball, rotating it. The camera was set to shoot every second, the dense lights flashed, then he changed to a black tablet and repeated the previous shooting process.

The staff stood by and watched him shoot five groups of such photos, dumbfounded.

Mr. Director swirled his finger by his temple, apparently doubting whether Romeo's brain had a problem. Everyone could see that these pictures were plain, even his fairy-like beauty couldn't save them.

The audience in front of the TV had to cover their faces, moaning, "Romeo, wake up soon, your shoot is useless! Use your previous momentum to kill them, or you'll be eliminated here!"

The rest of the contestants didn't have time to watch Romeo, but they could deduce by the staff's chatter that he had apparently gone crazy, and the tension in their hearts suddenly reduced by half. Of course, this didn't include Ivana, she jumped and waved at Romeo, hoping he would quickly fix himself, but he only gave her a light glance.

Emily had insight into Mr. Acheson's feelings for Romeo, she felt that if she didn't fight dirty, the title would fall into Romeo's hands, so she walked out wearing only a large bathrobe.

When she began her shooting, the scene suddenly got noisy, causing Bonnie and Mr. Director to quickly look over.

"My God!" Bonnie had to marvel at Emily's boldness. She'd made the stylist blow out her hair very curly and loose, just enough to cover the two points on her chest, and she wore nothing else. So, she sat cross-legged in front of the wall, stark-naked, both hands clamped an orange tablet, using it to block her most intimate part.

Her whole body was coated with a layer of bronze powder, the lighting bringing out the feeling of an ancient Greek sculpture.

"She has a lot of fun ideas." Mr. Director thumbed up.

Emily heard this comment during a shooting gap and gave a triumphant smile. The audience in front of the TV were focused on her sexy body, temporarily pushing their resentment from before into the back of their minds.

At the end of the 30-minute shooting time, Mr. Director gave them 15 minutes to revise their photo. They could select their most satisfying photo and modify it, for example, adding a few fantasy effects to the scenery. MOT technicians walked up to help them.

"This software is very powerful, I'm going to teach you… …" The technician assigned to Zhou Yun Sheng was silenced, he stared at the boy's slender fingers flying over the keyboard, all the photos were blended together to create a dazzling effect. His professional skills was not inferior to MOT's top designers.

His intention to teach him was simply superfluous. After the picture was processed, the technician stared at it blankly for a long time then squeezed out a sentence, "Romeo… you win."

Emily slightly darkened the background of her picture, making her skin look more textured, and rejected all the technician's proposed amendments. She felt that she was perfect enough, adding anything was superfluous.

The technician shrugged and stopped talking.

After 15 minutes, the contestants came forward to submit their work. In due course, Mr. Director gave the most pertinent evaluation, and when it was Emily's turn, he stared at the picture for a long time, his fingers stroking his jaw, his expression very subtle. The viewers in front of the television thought that he must have been fascinated by Emily, because they felt the same.

Emily is hot enough to cause nosebleeds!

Zhou Yun Sheng was the last one, he handed over his Tablet PC. Mr. Director stared at the young man on the screen who held a computer single-handedly, unsure what to say. This photo could be ranked first….if you count backwards! He felt sorry for his old friend, his baby didn't seem as excellent as he'd described.

"Boss, you should click Play. This is a dynamic picture." The technician assigned to the boy couldn't help but remind.

Mr. Director was surprised, then he pressed play and the basic photo suddenly moved in a synthetic dynamic map, regardless of the results, the technological skill was enough to crush all opponents.

Bonnie hit the play button step by step. The boy was still, a refreshing moonlight smile on his face while the computer in his palm was spinning, the shell constantly changing to gorgeous colors. Behind the boy were countless spots, it was clearly only five colors, but together, they created a world of color, like a blowout of colorful ribbons, brilliant fireworks, the explosion of the Galaxy. The boy was the extremely quiet compliment to the stylish computers and the dazzling backgrounds.

Stylish, dynamic, refreshing.

Mr. Director couldn't help but utter 'Wow' as his eyes bulged out, he asked, "Did you do this for him?"

"No, no, he did it himself, and his computer skills are better than mine."

John immediately sent the captured video to the director, the director switched to the scene for the viewers to see straightaway. They saw the boy sitting cross-legged on the ground, editing and communicating with the technician, "This software is fantastic. The exclusive 'Perfect Image' digital image processing engine has superior quality processing and restore ability. The processing speed is faster than a step. I love this effect, it will help me realize my imagination, wonderful!"

As he explained, he slowly turned the monotonous picture into a gorgeous piece. John also gave the technician a close-up, his stunned expression was interesting.

The audience in front of the TV was completely beaten, they wanted to kneel before Romeo, the technology emperor. Someone evaluated, "Romeo used his tech skills to shoot a blockbuster fantasy photo, he's completely overqualified! How many talents has Romeo shown? At this point, I wouldn't be surprised if you told me he was Superman!"

Mr. Director looked at the video while grinning, without a doubt, this was his ideal ad, he could simply broadcast the picture as an ad without editing.

"It's so wonderful! Bravo!" He stared at the picture and praised.

"So, you can announce the champion?" Bonnie smiled and asked.

"Of course." Once again, Mr. Director criticized everyone's photos, pointing out where he was unsatisfied, when it came to Emily, his tone was a bit odd, "Emily's photo was so beautiful that I couldn't take my eyes off it after seeing it."

The camera aimed at Emily, and she smiled with pride.

"But," Mr. Director's voice suddenly turned, "I can't wait to take the Tablet PC out of her hands and throw it away. I wish I had X-ray vision, so I can fully appreciate her beautiful body. What's that computer she's holding? It's covering such a wonderful scenery, how annoying."

Bonnie bowed her head and smiled, she understood where the director's thoughts were heading.

Most of the male audience in front of the television felt a deep resonance with him, they also thought that the computer was a hindrance.

The contestants were stunned. Emily was shocked speechless for half a minute before she angrily interrogated, "Why? Since my picture is so good, why should I be eliminated?"

Bonnie clapped her hands to draw attention, she enunciated, "Did you really forget what I taught you before? As a model, you're just the accessory, not the protagonist. You want to promote the product or clothing, not yourself. Emily, do you honestly think you deserve to win the title, if you make the product you're supposed to promote into unwanted trash? The poster was to sell MOT Skywalkers, not your body!"

Mr. Director added, 'Yes, if we were shooting a cover for playboy, I would give you the title."

The rest of the contestants laughed, and the viewers in front of the TV had an epiphany, then nodded in agreement. Some audience members immediately sent messages to the program group, saying that Emily would be the best playboy cover girl, her body is too sexy, being a model is simply a waste.

These remarks destroyed an chance of Emily embarking on a high-end fashion brand runway in her lifetime, she had been branded with the vulgar mark of pornography.

Emily couldn't even think of a decent rebuttal, she had indeed tried to use her body to win. If she'd remembered what Bonnie had taught her earlier, she would have never taken such a risky road.

She felt ashamed, she slowly squat down to hold her head and cry, but the players didn't want to comfort her, so they directly disregarded her.

In the end, only Emily was eliminated that episode, and the audience strongly suggested that she sign up for playboy, certain that the issues would sell out. While they were pushing Emily into the dirt, Romeo's style was being push higher and higher, technology emperor, literature and art hipster, sketch master, The Artist, he was crowned with one title after another.

His talent was remarkable.

Of course, Acheson's neurotic messages also caused a small disturbance. They were starting to speculate whether Romeo was his lover, or secret fiancé, or illegitimate child, in short, all kinds of dramatic conclusions.

The semi-final episode was the highlights of the players' life, while the episode was airing, they were being trained for the final.

Since it was a supermodel contest, it was natural for the runway to decide the winner. The program group invited one of the world's most famous fashion designers, Wilson, and used his upcoming autumn and winter series to display on the runway. This series of clothing were inspired by military uniforms, the lining was very stiff and the colors were cold, the remaining two female and two male players needed to show their toughest masculine side, and walk valiantly on the runway.

This was Wilson's basic request for them.

The live broadcast began, and Bonnie came to Wilson and asked him which player he was most excited about.

"I'm most optimistic about Ivana. She's a very rare masculine female model, the best match for the interpretation of this series. On the contrary, I'm most worried about the audience's favorite, Romeo. He's underage, and looks both male and female, his figure is also on the dainty side. I'm worried he might give my men's wear a feminine effect."

Bonnie nodded in understanding.

In order to get the best effect, the cameraman immediately focused at the background to capture Romeo's figure, then he issued a small gasp.

The always gentle as the moonlight teenager, at the moment, had all his hair meticulously combed back, revealing his extremely handsome features. His blue eyes were slightly narrowed, his lips naturally upturned, his expression didn't contain a trace of warmth, giving off a cold and distant feeling. He wore a dark brown uniform coat, a belted waist, showing his perfect inverted triangular stature and slender and straight legs, which were stuffed into a pair of military boots. He was dressed sharp enough to cut.

He stepped forward, the sharp coolness was like a knife piercing the eye, it was impossible to dodge. He could be evil, could be soft and could be hard, he could easily control any style of clothing.

Wilson gasped in surprised. The audience in front of the TV were already drunk, holding their red faces and squealing.

The music sounded, and Miss. Jeffery made the contestants line up and go out in turn. The young man's every step was firm and calm, like a mobile combat knife, with a sharp and unparalleled momentum.

The seated audience completely forgot to respond, they only dropped their jaws and looked up at him. He turned at the head of the stage, and when he disappeared into the dark backstage they actually felt a sense of loss. The clothes he was wearing was extremely handsome, even the girls wanted to buy some pieces for themselves, hoping it could give them the outline of a slender waist and upturned buttocks.

Every time the boy changed his clothes and appeared on the runway, the audience's applause was always extremely enthusiastic, like waves crashing against the shore, but it never shook his resolute expression.

The show's temperature was near boiling, and Wilson didn't hesitate to take Romeo's arm and lead him out for the closing thank you.

Back in the quiet studio, the four contestants' faces were red, like they were drunk. They were too overwhelmed by the feeling of being in the limelight.

Bonnie let them tell each other the most likely candidate to win, they thought about it, then had to say Romeo. He won eight best photos, a brilliant record, and no one could compete with him, even walking on the stage, he was the most dazzling presence.

"Romeo, who do you think will win?" Bonnie deliberately made things difficult.

"No matter who wins, I'll be happy for them." Zhou Yun Sheng dodged the question and hugged Ivana tightly.

Bonnie nodded and let the audience vote, first, the two lowest scoring players were eliminated, and when it was only Ivana and Romeo, they announced that it was advertisement time.

"Can I hit you guys?" Ivana inquired in earnest.

Jeffrey and Eureka laughed, and Zhou Yun Sheng rubbed her meticulously combed red hair.

Bonnie made a fearful expression, then chuckled and said, "All right, it was just a joke, our Next Supermodel is—Romeo! Congratulations!" Countless ribbons rained down in the studio. Ivana didn't feel disappointed, she ran to the startled teenager, who was in tears, and lifted him up, the other two players walked over and joined in the hug.

This was a life-changing experience, they'd made a lifelong memory, so they felt very satisfied.

That night, "The Next Supermodel" ratings broke ABC's history. Everyone felt that Romeo was eligible to get the title, his excellence was evident, no doubt, he would be the most shining star in the fashion circle.

The ABC leaders held a celebratory party for the program group and invited all the contestants who had participated. When Zhou Yun Sheng saw Hayden purposefully striding towards him, he thought he was going to start a fight, but unexpectedly, Hayden pulled him into a strong hug, blushed and said thank you.

This little brat's back and forth is really unbearable. Zhou Yun Sheng exclaimed, then gave a gentle and open-minded smile in response, but Gustav hurriedly pulled him into the lounge, cold faced.

"Baby, have you forgotten how much he hurt you?"

"I forgot it." Before the man could panic, Zhou Yun Sheng slowly pulled out his tie and continued, "He didn't say anything bad to me, I don't need to remember his good and bad, it's in the past. Now, Gustav Acheson, why don't we do something more fun, hmm? Do you think I'm frivolous? After all, we've been dating for less than half a month."

Gustav rubbed his palms on his clothes and stammered, "No, no, I mean, of course we can do something fun, and no, I don't think you're frivolous. In fact, I wanted to ask half a month ago. Do you know? When I first saw you, I immediately started imagining how you would taste …"

He seemed to feel that he was exposing too much of his shameful side, so he immediately shut up and ruthlessly pushed the boy up against the wall and kissed him. Zhou Yun Sheng eagerly wrapped his long legs around his waist … …

The next day, the two were invited to participate in ABC's hottest interview show. The boy looked very tired, but the taller man looked very vigorous, when the host asked the man how he saw Romeo, he said smugly, "Romeo is a model with the most potential I've ever seen. He can easily control any style, even the most bizarre fashion. I think he'll go farther than me." As soon as the words fell, he gave the boy a gentle smile.

The young man squinted and smiled.

After the show was broadcasted, everyone knew that Gustav was very appreciative of the boy, and he never hesitated to praise him on any occasion. Whenever a reporter asked him about his own affairs, he wouldn't hesitate to brush them off, but when they asked questions about Romeo, he would immediately stop to seriously converse. At the end of the game, he praised all the positive remarks about Romeo and pursued him crazily.

This state lasted for one year, two years, three years … … ten years later, the two men were holding hands to participate in the talk show again, the host asked about Romeo, and he immediately reacted in high spirits, chattering, taking out all kinds of private photos to show off.

Over time, the numb fans gave him a nickname – Husband Frenzy.

Gustav was simply investing his life in Romeo, and Romeo also selflessly gave him his life in return, the two were a model for the perfect loving relationship.

As for Emily, the one who should've been standing at the top of the fashion circle, ten years later, she was a cover girl for a variety of adult magazines, her name and 'porn' was inseparably linked, she had no way to wash her reputation white.