Chapter 22 - Crushing

Translator: EndlessFantasy Translation Editor: EndlessFantasy Translation

Everyone finally saw Ling Youyou’s heavily marketed magazine cover.

The tall Ling Youyou faced the camera from the side. From her makeup and hair to the set and lighting, every detail was dazzling and exquisite. The entire team had obviously invested a lot. The most dazzling thing was the set of jewelry that she was wearing, it was said that it was worth more than ten million.

Once the cover was released, not to mention the passersby, the fashion bloggers who were originally the most sharp-tongued were all shocked.

The hashtag ‘#Ling Youyou’s Cover’ instantly became a hot topic.

[I’m just a passerby, but I have to say that Ling Youyou’s shoot is really not bad…]

[That set of jewelry, one look, and you can tell it’s expensive.]

[I can see that after becoming famous, she’s quite eager to get rid of the label of ‘Little Xu Yi’. She’s also working hard to be herself!]

[If the cover of ‘Dress Up the World’ this time can’t compare to Ido, I don’t even dare to imagine how embarrassing it would be.]

[I have a feeling that this will be the watershed between the two of them. Ling Youyou has such great momentum this year. If Xu Yi loses this time, she will be completely crushed by Ling Youyou.]

Ling Youyou also forwarded the Weibo of the magazine’s official blog. The credit list that was displayed in the post was full of famous big shots in the industry, including the set of jewelry that she wore on the cover that was worth tens of millions of dollars.

When Xu Yi’s fans saw that Ling Youyou actually put in so much effort, they were all waiting with bated breath for Dress Up the World’s publication.

At 10:30 in the morning, the cover of Xu Yi finally arrived.

Compared to Ido, which appeared to be full of meaning, the official blog of the world was extremely concise this time. There was only a short tagging of her name, ‘@Xu Yi’, and it was accompanied by the cover of Dress Up the World magazine.

The background was the vast mountains of autumn and winter. A black horse stood proudly on the plains. Xu Yi wore a simple brown coat with horse boots. She stepped on the saddle in front of her. A few strands of her hair were messed up by the wind on her face, the makeup on her entire face was so light that it felt like nothing. However, the way she looked at the camera was clear and sharp, full of wildness.

Female artists always tried to be extravagant on magazine covers. They wore luxurious and precious jewelry. The background was always dreamy and charming. In the later stages, every detail was so exquisite that it was almost distorted. Although it was beautiful, it lost the most important ‘True’ feeling that many readers were looking for.

The color palette of the entire cover was not very bright. There were even very few traces of editing. There was also no big-name jewelry. However, the visual impact that it brought to people was extremely strong.

It was a kind of primitive wild beauty. Correspondingly, it was in line with the positioning of Dress Up the World magazine. It always had a high-end fashion sense.

If it was said that Ling Youyou’s cover just now was full of praise, then Xu Yi’s was the one that blew up the entire venue. When the two pictures were compared, it was like a pheasant meeting a phoenix!

The hashtag #Xu Yi rose to the top of the hot search rankings.

[This is the real top-notch cover! Well-deserved!]

[Xu Yi herself is synonymous with the word ‘Classy’…]

[See, how some people are playing catch-up. Xu Yi will always be the next one you can’t catch up to!]

[Some people want to be themselves now that they’re famous. They don’t know what they’re doing. She’ll never be like Xu Yi!]

[That Ling Youyou can’t even win the cover shot by Xu Yi two years ago, let alone this one? You still have the face to be so loud… It’s hilarious.]

[I heard that Ling Youyou changed her age. She’s actually one year older than Xu Yi. Can we make this public?]

[Am I the only one who noticed that this horse is a pureblood horse? Do you know the significance of this? If you don’t believe me, try searching on the internet. Basically, compared to tens of millions worth of jewelry, a pureblood horse is even harder to come by. That is a noble bloodline that has existed for centuries, a living work of art. What kind of treasure is Xu Yi exactly? How did she even get her hands on such a horse!]

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Xu Yi looked at the reactions of the netizens after the publication, and it was pretty much what she had expected.

She smiled with satisfaction, and gave a thumbs up to the topic of ‘#Xu Yi’.

The brand was extremely satisfied with the publicity effect of this cover. Luo Wei was currently discussing the renewal of the endorsement deal with the brand.

Xu Yi thought for a moment and sent her own cover photo to her family. Mainly, she wanted her grandfather to see it.

Her grandfather was in his nineties, but his senses were still very sharp. He was not inferior at all to young people in the new era network. As soon as Xu Yi’s photo was sent, his grandfather replied almost immediately. [Our Yi Yi is really beautiful.]

Xu Yi replied with an ‘I love you’ emoji.

Her uncle, who had always been busy with work, also sent a message in the group. [Not bad.]

Xu Yi replied happily, [Thank you, uncle! Does Auntie like this coat in the photo? I can ask the brand for one.]

Her aunt replied to the group with a happy emoji, [Really? Okay!]