Chapter 223
The super sales of Muse's May issue broke the global record maintained by all fashion magazines in history. After the one month sales period, this record had doubled!
In mid-June, Muse publishes the sales of this issue on their official website and fashion enthusiasts all over the world boiled over.
2.06 million volumes! The global sales of 2.06 million!
In Huaxia alone, it was a full 1.22 million sold!
Before Muse had set a new record, the top global sales was maintained by Edith.
10 years ago, Edith interviewed a top actress who just won an Oscar and just her photo as the cover. Who would've expected that three days after the publication of this magazine, the actress would be found at home after dying peacefully in her sleep.
Fashion magazines rarely used elderly people as a cover but it wasn't impossible. It was because beauty never cared about age. At that time, the actress' last smile on the cover of Edith became the hope of many of her fans. This created a terrible sales record of 1.01 million 10 years ago.
Now someone had doubled the sales!
There might be 10 years of inflation but this far exceeded the rate of inflation!
On the same day that Muse announced their total sales, the World Supermodels Organization also released the supermodel rankings on their official website. There were no changes. Xi Ze was still first and Ming Yu was still second.
In addition, Cecilia was once again first on the female rankings. He Chaoman also surpassed Adenes to become second! The once second ranked male supermodel was now the third ranked female supermodel… it was a bit awkward but in any case, Adenes was the world's third ranked female model!
When a reporter interview Adenes about this big drop in the rankings, Adenes unexpectedly wasn't angry at all. Instead, she sighed with great emotion. "I think that next time, I can continue to tangle together with He Chaoman ╰（*°▽°*）╯."
The reporter, "（┙>∧<）┙へ┻┻"
Couldn't she have a bit more ambition?
Let's not mention the female rankings for the time being. Since Adenes could drop two rankings at once, this showed that the top three of the female rankings was really close to each other. However, the men's rankings seemed to be fixed. Regardless of the performance of others, the top five would never change.
In July, Ming Yu and Du Ruo shot the cover for the 50th anniversary of Lanka.
The woman on the cover was beautiful and dazzling, her erotic red lips and eyes showing a unique beauty. The youth standing beside her was as elegant and clean as a lily.
Ming Yu's makeup was very light and his eye colour was light as amber. The tall and handsome man stood next to a beautiful and enchanting woman. He wasn't as mature and sexy as the latter but he had a strange sense of coldness.
There seemed to be nothing that could melt him. His indifference wasn't only the difference between the cover photo and reality.
Du Ruo was fire while Ming Yu was ice.
Du Ruo was a thorny rose while Ming Yu was a prideful white plum.
The last time the two people cooperated was the end of the year before. At that time, Du Ruo was still the global spokesperson of Yizhi and she handed a green jewel to the young man. Ming Yu was just a glamorous newcomer, unable to be compared to Du Ruo. Now he became one of the top people in the fashion industry.
This was the image on the cover but the big poster that came with the magazine was obviously more exciting!
Du Ruo wore a man's white shirt with the buttons at the neckline loosened, revealing a touch of curves. Ming Yu stood behind her, holding her slender waist with one hand.
The youth's naked arm gently curved around Du Ruo's slim waist, his fingers casually placed. Due to the hooking motion, the fragile finger bones were slightly raising, drawing a beautiful line.
His black hair was stained with a bit of water and the corners of his eyes painted with a bright colour. The long and narrow tips curved upwards, like a demon in the dark night charming people.
The wild eyes looked directly at the camera, teasing it! The colour of the eyes obviously wasn't deep but people felt that the pupils were very quiet and endless, while his face contained the slight hint of a mocking smile.
One was a seemingly simple but strange beautiful young man, while the other was a sexy and pure woman.
This was huge! The group of people were so surprised that they were like scared fish. Once they recovered, they found that they were already holding and licking this poster!
【 It is the first time I've seen such a sexy mushroom! This looks is really teasing! 】
【 Ah, my phantom limb is heard… 】
【 Ahhh, why can't I receive a one-handed hug from mushroom!! I want to be hugged by mushroom!! 】
【 ＿（：з」∠）＿ Don't you think this poster of Ming Xiaoyu is quite big…? 】
But a few minutes later, a few people replied: 【 It is quite big? No! Isn't this scale small in the industry? The clothes worn by the two people were still intact and it was just a one-handed hug. How is this a big scale? 】
Yes, the cooperation between Ming Yu and Du Ruo didn't have too many big things despite being between a man and a woman.
The clothes of the two people were complete. At most, a few buttons were undone and the hug was above the shirt. Could this be called a big scale? Then the sexy magazines that had the model wear sexy underwear or to be naked (the important parts obstructed) simply had no scale!
The small fan who raised the question really felt bitter and couldn't say anything.
Didn't people feel that Ming Xiaoyu was really very sexy this time?
He wasn't as sexy as Goddess Du Ruo but when he looked at them casually, their hearts beat faster and their blood boiled!! They wanted to give Ming Xiaoyu a small mushroom, make a big circle of small mushrooms √!!!
The fans were full of satisfaction as they took the magazines home, leaving them on the bed and watching them in their sleep. They didn't know that one of the parties involved, Du Ruo was suffering so much these days that she didn't want to say anything.
“I have been friends with you for eight years… Hello, my relationship with your Ming Yu is innocent and cleaner than water. It is a requirement for ?the photo, please understand. Mr. Xi, when I walked on the catwalk yesterday, I could feel the air-conditioning that you exude…"
Should this vinegar be eaten? It must be eaten?
Two months ago, Xi Ze took a photo with his wife and was satisfied with showing his love. Now he took a photo with others and the scale was also bigger! ← This was the point.
Wasn't it natural to eat a table of jealousy? It was just right!
It happened to coincide with the Milan Fashion Week. Therefore, there were many big names who invited Du Ruo to walk in their shows. Did Xi Ze attend the fashion shows that Du Ruo walked in? Of course he did! These days, whenever Du Ruo walked in a show, she could feel a cold gaze staring at her, making her scalp numb.
Of course, Du Ruo didn't know that while she was feeling depressed and helpless, Ming Xiaoyu also wasn't good.
After Milan Fashion Week, Ming Xiaoyu finally got a few days of rest. He intended to spend this time at home with his husband, eating good food and sleeping well to restore his body. Who knew that a month passed yet a certain man still didn't forget the cover of Lanka!
The consequence of this meant that Ming Xiaoyu ate vinegar meals for a full three days.
On the first day, Ming Yu could still tease with a few words of "Are you jealous?" Then he would calmly eat everything. Xi Ze might've cooked a whole vinegar feast but it was a delicious vinegar dinner. Eating it was a pleasure!
However, this continued the next day and then the third day…
On the third day of dinner, Ming Xiaoyu was sullen and grieving. He could smell the sourness before he even entered the dining room.
Ming Yu was thoroughly listless and dinner had a unsatisfactory taste. That night, he used the most terrible trick— his beauty! He immediately pushed Xi Ze down!
Then on the fourth day, his normal diet was restored.
After solving this small problem, Ming Xiaoyu had a satisfactory holiday and started his own work in late August.
This time, no one expected that there would be a serious incident with the Rosalind high-end menswear show!
Chapter 224
Rosalin's September show was one of the most important fashion shows in the whole year.
New York's Fashion Week begun in September. Rosalind was the first luxury brand to have a show, basically opening the New York Fashion Week.
It could be blamed on the Ji and Ya show at Huaxia's Fashion Week being too good. If Rosalind didn't show a good performance at the New York Fashion Week, then it would be liked the Huaxia Fashion Week was better than the other three fashion weeks and Ji and Ya really would be like first in the industry.
For the sake of this fashion show, Raymond personally sent an invitation letter to Xi Ze, asking him to participate in the Rosalind show.
Xi Ze wasn't stupid. Even if Raymond lowered his attitude, he knew this was a major opportunity for the European and American fashion industries to compete against the Huaxia industry. Therefore, Xi Ze politely refused the invitation and said he would be there to watch.
Raymond was disappointed despite expecting this answer. This time, Raymond invited Ming Yu as a model. Even if he didn't have Xi Ze, wouldn't Ming Yu give him face? He would definitely be there!
Ming Xiaoyu didn't reject Raymond's invitation when he learned about the matter.
The so-called internal rivalry with the fashion weeks didn't have any relationship with the models. As the leading figure of the Huaxia fashion industry, Xi Ze had his own scruples. But Ming Xiaoyu was a dedicated model. Since he received an invitation and fashion shows were important to him, he naturally went.
Rosalind naturally had its own uniqueness if it could become the world's second best luxury brand. Its style was wilder and unrestrained, but there was a delicate style in the details. The entire fashion show won great applause from the audience.
However, the incident happened in the last round of the show.
One of the last five supermodels suddenly stumbled on the way back.
This type of thing was also quite common in fashion shows. The world had many luxury brands and many models. In a year, there were hundreds of large and small fashion shows. There were at least dozens of runway accidents every year!
Most runway accidents occurred in female shows because the female supermodels often wore long skirts and high-heeled shoes. The combined effect of the two meant that even top supermodels such as Cecilia would fall.
A model was also a person and they wouldn't be ridiculed by people in the industry because of this incident. At most, someone would speak a few sentences when joking.
However, this time it was 50 cm from the edge of the stage! He was wearing flat shoes and wide-legged pants! The supermodel from the United States suddenly stumbled!
On the flat runway, he subconsciously wanted to adjust his balance! But he failed and fell in the direction of the other side. He hadn't fallen off the stage but the audience were already a bit surprised. Then they were shocked when they found the direction he was now falling in!
The model was heading straight in Ming Yu's direction!
Everything happened so quickly. The audience didn't have time to react but they subconsciously exclaimed.
In their astonished field of view, the youth who was about to be hit reached out in just half a second and held the model.
The latter continued to fall but Ming Yu decisively stabilized his body. Once the startled supermodel was still, Ming Yu used his arm to push the other person back.
Everything happened in just a second!
Ming Yu only slightly showed down and continued to move forward without stopping.
His expression was calm as if nothing had happened. He just completed a little thing that was as insignificant as breathing. The falling supermodel also reacted quickly. He didn't show a panicked expression, just a trace of fear in his eyes as he continued moving forward.
However, the man hadn't yet taken a step when everyone became astonished.
Ming Yu suddenly reached out and pulled the pendant of the supermodel's chest decoration back!
The pendant was originally hanging around the supermodel's neck. Due to the actions of the fall, the pendant naturally slipped down and was hooked around a button.
Ming Yu clearly didn't glance at this supermodel! Yet he skillfully resolved the problem of the pendant!
It was in the two seconds that they encountered each other.
Just two seconds later, the supermodel continued moving while Ming Yu stepped to the strongest side of the runway. The outfit on his body was carefully designed by Raymond and was adorned with Victorian-style charms. If it had been hit by that supermodel the clothes would've been ruined!
Sometimes good things were very fragile. For example, the clear bubbles in the sun were colourful and fascinating. But after they were poked, they ended up disappearing.
This outfit was even more serious.
There was no need to talk about the value of this outfit. It was definitely an astronomical number. Even if the supermodel was willing to compensate for the loss of this outfit, the last finale outfit carefully prepared by Rosalind wasn't able to be shown to the world before it was suddenly destroyed. This was definitely a painful loss that couldn't be measured by money.
But no matter the hypothetical consequences, Ming Yu was now standing calmly and showing this gorgeous outfit to fashion lovers all over the world.
From the beginning of this show, his manners and steps were very calm and powerful. Now it was still the same.
Ming Yu didn't react to the incident just now but the audience present was scared by him. Once Ming Yu was about to turn around, Xi Ze smiled and raised his hand to clap, leading the audience to warmly applaud the youth.
Amidst the thunderous applause, the young and handsome man was still calm and stable when walking.
He seemed to be a proud god sitting high in the sky. He walked through every corner of this world and wasn't moved or lost in the applause.
It was because his excellent didn't require agreement!
The next day, newspapers and magazines all over the world reported this incident.
The PR of the Rosalind and the supermodel who made the mistake didn't focus on the 'runway error' in the show. It meant that the focus was on praising Ming Yu's calm performance.
Raymond himself personally praised, "Ming Yu is a very good supermodel. He is great. In fact, I noticed that he protected his outfit and Richard, but I didn't know he even helped Richard tidy up his clothing before he left!"
After being questioned by reporters, Raymond kept praising Ming Yu. "I have never seen such a professional model! Richard fell down so abruptly that normal people would subconsciously move backwards, but Ming Yu didn't. To tell the truth, after the fashion show, Ming Yu immediately went to see a doctor.
Richard's weight can be found on the World Supermodels Organization's official website. In order to catch him, Ming Yu's arm muscles were a big strained. Yet despite the painful situation, he still completed his catwalk excellently. He also helped Richard successfully complete it! He is really great!"
Cough, Raymond's excessive praise might be 'shifting the topic so that the reporters don't pay attention to Rosalind's mistake'. However, it also allowed the reporters to talk about Ming Yu.
Later, Raymond revealed that Ming Yu's outfit was worth more than 2 million yuan. This was just the materials fee and the labour cost. If Raymond's creative ideas were added, he though this outfit was absolutely priceless!
There was something that Raymond didn't say. Rosalind's image in the American fashion industry was priceless!
No matter what the reason, Ming Yu's popularity once again shot up.
This type of popularity wasn't the same as before. The name 'Ming Yu' spread all over the world and almost no fashion lovers didn't know him. Some of these fashion lovers were his fans, some were passersby and some were sunspots. However, his popularity in the fashion world reached a bottleneck.
This time, Shen Xiang worked with Zhao Rui and the entire Muse PR department to carry out an extensive promotion of this incident. It was thoroughly transmitted to the industry and even spread outwards to people who didn't care about fashion and the entertainment industry!
These people might not be interested in movies or supermodels but they understood that this youth did an amazing move in just two seconds. After that, his performance was very remarkable!
The end-high outfit that Raymond was so proud of became an accessory that made Ming Yu more impressive.
Under the dazzling spotlight, no matter what type of conflicts and accidents occurred, this young man didn't even frown. He walked calmly towards the front of the runway.
At this time, the lights of the world seemed to have gathered here!
The beautiful face, the best aura, the gorgeous outfit!
Everything was really amazing. Anyone who saw it wouldn't forget this scene.
It was precisely because it was contrasted with the previous incident that people discovered the majestic atmosphere of this youth. Just like the quiet emperor jade, he didn't need to say anything to win everything in the world!
This explosive trend didn't diminish as Ming Yu's fame continued to shoot up around the world, countless newspapers and magazines talking about him. It wasn't until the last day of September that the fashion enthusiasts suddenly woke up and found something strange.
Why hadn't this issue of the world supermodel rankings come out yet?
Chapter 225
From last year to the present, the World Supermodels Organization had become recognized as the 'late king' in the eyes of the fashion people. Their highest record was on month late!
Compared to this one month record, being one day late was really nothing.
This was acceptable to everyone so no one urged the World Supermodels Organization to release it.
But the next day, the third day, the fourth day, the fifth day… one week passed!
It had been a week! Why was the organization acting constipated? They should release it!! What were they doing?
Gradually, fashion enthusiasts started to go and post messages on the World Supermodels Organization's official website. More and more messages appeared urging the release of the rankings. Once it was September 20th, the hiding World Supermodels Organization seemed to unwillingly announce the rankings.
『 The world's female supermodel rankings:
Cecilia Cote, Adenes Clark, He Chaoman, Du Ruo… 』
Ah, Adenes moved forward again. Then the male supermodel rankings—
『 The world's male supermodel rankings:
Xi Ze, Ming Yu, Kelson Eddie, Luo Cheng, Harriman Owen… 』
Global fashion lovers, '…My pants are off, why are you showing me this?' （/= ＿ =）/～┴┴!!!
There were some changes. For example, a Brazilian male model entered the top 30 on the men's list while a Korean female model entered the top 20 on the women's list. These changes seemed important but in the eyes of most fashion lovers, it wasn't worth the World Supermodels Organization delaying for 20 days.
Please understand that in general, after the release of the world supermodels list, the relevant people in the World Supermodels Organization would start to recalculate the scores for each supermodel.
It was possible for a supermodel to do something significant that would change their points before the rankings was announced, but this would only delay the World Supermodels Organization a little bit.
The real rankings were usually decided at the end of the last month. The reason why the publication date wasn't set and was generally marked as the early parts of the month was to carefully calculate the points of every person to avoid any incidents.
However, the most difficult points to calculate were clearly the 10 or 20 people at the top of the rankings.
Now the top 10 for both lists hadn't changed except for Adenes. It was just a small change and could the announcement be delayed for 20 days because of this?
【 I think that it is a bit strange. Cecilia, Adenes and He Chaoman, it is estimated that these three people have similar points. But in the past, the release of the rankings list wasn't delayed despite the rankings changing. 】
【 Yes, their rankings changed but the list was always published on time. 】
【 I feel that this time there wasn't any changes but has the implementation of the points changed? Perhaps the members of the World Supermodels Organization are confused and don't know how to deal with the rankings? 】……
This was three ignorant cobblers adding up to a genius (collective wisdom exceeds an individual).
Most people didn't know the specific formula that the World Supermodels Organization used to calculate points but they knew that this formula was definitely related to the performance of the supermodels.
The first reference element was probably the number of endorsements, the quality of the endorsements and the brand specifications of the endorsements. The second was the fashion shows of the supermodels and their performance in the fashion shows. The third was the supermodel's achievements in other areas, such as entertainment and philanthropy, where their estimated contributions could be used as a reference. The fourth was presumably the supermodel's influence in global media.
There were many factors added up so the variability was very big. But looking at today's barely changed rankings, people couldn't help wondering who forced the World Supermodels Organization to delay it by 20 days.
After the announcement of the rankings, reporters naturally interviewed relevant members of the World Supermodels Organization. However, this time the members were secretive and didn't answer the reporters' questions. In the face of 'Why is this rankings list later, is it related to the rankings of a specific supermodel?', their expressions would immediately change and they would quickly leave.
The answer seemed to be locked in an endless fog. The people who knew didn't reveal the truth and those who didn't know were confused.
But some people like Ming Xiaoyu's fans jokingly speculated. When they chatted on the forum, they casually laughed and said: 【 Remember how the previous rankings delay was related to mushroom? Perhaps this time is because of mushroom? 】
Do you know what sunspots were like? They were fond of seizing the loopholes in any words, zooming in on it 10,000 times and ridiculing it!
【 Haha, how funny. Isn't the face of a fan really big? Your god is going to heaven! 】
【 Your god is already in heaven, don't read. 】
【 The world's supermodel rankings are changed because of me! —A famous saying. 】……
These mocking words made Xiaoyu's fans angry. They were just joking and only said one word about this matter. Yet the sunspots gathered and splashed dirty water on them.
This was simply pushing the fans!
【 Members of the World Supermodels Organization have admitted that the previous delays were due to Ming Xiaoyu. But this time we didn't say it was because of mushroom. Don't pin that label on us! 】
【 I was laughing when I saw the sunspots' words with my own eyes. If we want to go to heaven then what about your god? 】
【 The sunspots are probably people with intellectual disabilities. Their brains are very cheerful and indifferent.jpg 】……
The small provocation of sunspots was already commonplace for Ming Yu's fans. They were adept at handling these sunspots and then returning to the previous topic. For example, recently God Z hadn't been around for a long time and when he was, he showed love to the Good Legs brother all day. For example, Small Mushroom and God Xi have been showing all types of live and their dog food wasn't eaten.
They chatted and chatted and October soon arrived.
After the storm of the previous rankings, the hundreds of members were reluctant to be interviewed, When a discouraged reporter found a Ji and Ya member of the World Supermodels Organization, the member unexpectedly said, "Isn't this right?"
The reporter was originally thinking about asking perfunctory things. Once he heard this, he was stunned as he quickly understood. He asked, "This time the world supermodel rankings were delayed, isn't it because a supermodel's points has undergone great changes?"
This member's answer was:
It—should—be!
Yes! It wasn't 'I don't know', 'I have no right to tell you' or 'can't you guess?'
It was 'It should be!'
The reporter immediately asked quickly, "Can you tell me if the big change in points is due to Adenes making progress? Did Adenes and Cecilia have a big leap in their points?"
The member smiled and shook his head. "It isn't a question of the women's list, it is the men's list."
These words made the reporter stunned!
After that, the reporter asked about the men's list but the member was tight-lipped and didn't talk anymore. Once the reporter rushed back to prepare the article, he didn't know that the member made a phone call.
The telephone was quickly connected and a low and magnetic voice was heard.
The member said very solemnly, "Mr. Xi, I have revealed the things I was allowed to disclose. You should be able to guess what happened this time. Due to the regulations of the organization, I can't tell you everything but I think you should be more active."
Xi Ze replied to him in a calm voice as always.
This member was anxious! He was anxious enough to jump around!
Xi Ze was about to be pulled down from the throne. How could he still be so calm?
This time, the scores for Xi Ze and Ming Yu weren't much different but Xi Ze's reputation in the world was still better than Ming Yu. Otherwise, the positions would've already changed!
All the members had a three day conference and then an eight day conference before deciding to keep Xi Ze in first place. As an insider, the member couldn't say it but he knew that Xi Ze's points were only one digit higher than Ming Yu!
According to Ming Yu's progress, this gap would definitely be exceeded next time!
How could Mr. Xi still be so calm?
There were rumours that the reason why Xi Ze became active again in the industry, walking in a show and shooting a cover, was to keep his position. Then his lover could surpass him in a bright and fair away.
If this was true, he was too strict with his wife?
The member didn't know that Xi Ze wasn't focusing on supermodel work. He was busy was the Ji and Ya show to be held in mid-December.
Xi Ze didn't put his time into supermodel work but he never relaxed. Was the reason why he could maintain the first ranking only due to his reputation in the past?
His contribution to Ji and Ya in these years was the biggest reason why he hadn't fallen in the rankings.
Xi Ze didn't relax and it could be said that to improve his points, he walked in a show and shot a cover. If the confidential records of the World Supermodels Organization opened, people would see that Xi Ze's points really improved in the last year.
Without any extra efforts, Mr. Xi would already be pulled down by a certain mushroom.
No matter the outside wind and rain, no matter what other people thought about the delayed supermodel rankings in September.
On December 1st, under the eyes of attention of everyone, the World Supermodels Organization suddenly released the rankings on time and changed the background of their official website.
When a person first entered the World Supermodels Organization's official website, they were see that there was a person on the left and another person on the right sides of the screen. The left side contained the first ranked male supermodel and the right side contained the first ranked female supermodel. In the last five or six years, these two positions were firmly controlled by Xi Ze and Cecilia and couldn't be changed.
Now in the last year, Cecilia's position had been occupied by Adenes. But for Xi Ze in the background, there was no change. He was the first ranked supermodel in the world who no one could shake!
But this background wasn't the first thing people saw. In order to maintain the mystery of the rankings, they could only see this photo after the rankings were released every three months.
Now once everyone opened the supermodel rankings and looked at them as usual, their eyes suddenly stopped looking at the dense words!
They saw the beautiful youth who appeared on the left side of the photo!
He wore a simple and beautiful white shirt and the skin shone behind him, brightening his fair and translucent skin. He slightly leaned against the wall and looked at them with clear and clean amber eyes. He was ethereal with a touch of coldness.
His smooth facial line, gem-like eyes, fragile high bridge of the nose, his collarbone and the neat curves of his tall body was really eye-catching and refreshing when combined with the background.
A quiet and beautiful temperament spread from his body, as well as an indifferent and cold aura!
The day before, this position contained an image of a man. The man was indifferent, noble and elegant. He didn't look directly at the camera but anyone who saw it would be breathless and not dare to blink.
Now this person had been changed!
It was the same dark hair and handsome appearance, but his name was no longer Xi Ze. He was called—
『 Ming Yu 』.