Chapter 44: CH 41

Chapter 41: It’s me, have an opinion?

Yu Nian took off his plain apron and hung it up. He looked at Shen Wei, who was sitting beside him, and said, “Uncle Shen, come and have a taste; how does my soup taste?”

Shen Wei walked over with his hands behind his back, tasted less than half a bowl, smiled, and said, “It’s delicious!” He put down the soup bowl and sighed again, “It’s just that I really shouldn’t let the young master——”

Yu Nian knew what he was going to say and answered with a smile, “I shouldn’t be allowed to cook, right?”

Shen Wei nodded, “If Mr. and Mrs. find out, who knows how distressed they will be?!”

Yu Nian put the soup in two white porcelain bowls. He didn’t refute what the elder said; he just bent his eyes and said, “But Uncle Shen, I also hope that I can make delicious food for the person I like in the future.”

When Shen Wei heard it, the person you like? He immediately stopped persuading and moved closer, lowering his voice slightly as if whispering something, “Is what Miss Yu Qing said true? Young master, do you really have someone you like?”

“Ah?” The spoon in Yu Nian’s hand almost fell to the ground, and he said helplessly, “Sister, what did she tell you?”

Shen Wei smiled until the wrinkles on his face seemed to bloom and said in a gentle voice, “She didn’t say much. That’s right, 1.86 meters is a bit taller. I guess it should be the kind of women who play basketball or volleyball on TV, right? The body must be very good and healthy, and it wouldn’t be difficult to have a child. When Miss Taiyue was pregnant with you, she was in poor health, had severe morning sickness, and couldn’t eat anything—”

“Uncle Shen,” Yu Nian heard the words getting further and further away and quickly interrupted Shen Wei, touching his nose, “That… they, can’t get pregnant.”

“Can’t get pregnant?” Shen Wei recalled it after a few seconds and asked with concern, “Is it because they are in poor health? Do you want me to make medicinal food or something and send it over to recuperate?”

Yu Nian hurriedly said, “No, it’s not that their health is not good; they are just unable to conceive by nature.”

How would he tell Shen Wei that the person he has a crush on is male?

Shen Wei nodded and understood, “Well, it doesn’t matter if you can’t have children, as long as you like them, young master. Mr. has said before that the longest life is no more than a hundred years, and it is not easy to meet someone you like. So you shouldn’t be greedy for other things.”

“Well, yes, that’s what my grandfather taught me.”

Yu Nian picked up the soup bowl and blew on it, and just after taking a sip, he heard Shen Wei asking worriedly, “But, young master, they are 1.86 meters tall, an athlete. So as Miss Yu Qing speculated, the future young lady’s appetite should be…,” he thought of a safe adjective, “very good. I just saw you put five dishes, one soup, and a snack in the food box. Although the portion is very large, I don’t know if it’s enough to eat, and they won’t be hungry.”

Thinking of this, Shen Wei said firmly, “No, no, if you really get married in the future, I still want to continue to cook for you; otherwise, young master, you will be too tired to cook so many dishes every meal.”

Yu Nian almost choked on a mouthful of soup—

What did his sister talk about with Uncle Shen?

Seeing that Yu Nian’s face was a little red, Shen Wei thought he was embarrassed and said with a smile, “For athletes, it’s normal to have a big appetite. It’s a blessing to be able to eat. Young master, you just eat too little, so you are so thin. Maybe you will be lifted up by the young lady with one hand in the future!”

Lift…lift?

After returning home, Yu Nian fell asleep, but his dreams were restless all night. He always dreamed that Xie You was wearing a basketball uniform with bulging muscles. His own body shrank a lot, like a basketball, and he was held by Xie You with one hand. He was too scared to move.

Sitting up from bed the next morning, it took a long time for Yu Nian to recover; his heartbeat was still a little fast.

He pinched his face—the dream was really scary!

Hearing the knock on the door, Yu Nian became dull for two seconds before pulling on his slippers to open the door.

Seeing him, Meng Yuan breathed a sigh of relief, “No one answered your phone, so I thought something was wrong.”

Yu Nian backed in and apologized, saying, “Maybe I forgot to turn on the sound of the phone, so I didn’t hear it. I troubled brother Meng to come up here especially.”

“What’s the trouble?” Meng Yuan entered the room and looked carefully at Yu Nian’s face, “Didn’t you sleep well last night?”

Yu Nian used his fingers to smooth out his sleepy hair and turned his eyes away, “Well, I had… a dream last night.”

Meng Yuan looked at the time, “Okay, wash up quickly. It’s best to arrive early because 80% of the roads will be congested and the director has a very strict deadline for today’s poster shoot.”

Yu Nian moved quickly, packed up, and left in 20 minutes. In the car, Meng Yuan dug out the memo, “You’ll shoot a photo for the advertising poster today, and then I will release it along with the tidbits. Then I’ll remind you to forward the promotion.”

He raised his head and told, “This time, the photographer is Stephen Messer, who has won the best commercial film award for several years in a row. You must perform well; the parent company of Florence is Hersey.”

Meng Yuan stopped speaking, and Yu Nian understood, “Brother Meng, don’t worry, I will definitely work hard.”

Florence’s shooting team was almost all foreigners, and the brand side had two translators. At the shooting location, the scene had already been set up, and the blue-eyed director Stephen Messer strode over and shook hands politely with Yu Nian and Meng Yuan. He was wearing a long camel-colored overcoat, and the frost color of his temples made him look not too young.

Meng Yuan’s simple daily communication was fine. At first, he thought that he forgot to ask Yu Nian about the communication and was still worried, but when Yu Nian opened his mouth—it seemed that his communication was completely barrier-free.

Sure enough, he always surprised him.

Finding that Yu Nian had no problem understanding him, Messer’s expression improved a lot. Meng Yuan understood that, after all, shooting requirements and intentions were often not so real-time and accurate after translation. If they could communicate directly, it would save a lot of trouble.

After a brief chat, Yu Nian was taken to change clothes and put on makeup. Messer followed and checked the details by himself, and there was a photographer beside him to take the tidbits. Yu Nian had gotten used to the cameras around him, and his expressions and movements were very natural.

The clothes selected for this ad were made of extremely thin fabrics. In order to create a layered and complicated effect, the costume designer put seven layers of irregularly cut pure white tulle on Yu Nian. Yu Nian was very thin, with a tall and straight figure and excellent proportions. The costume didn’t look cumbersome when worn, but it had a sense of elegance and clarity.

His black hair was dyed smoky gray, instantly adding a bit of coldness to Yu Nian’s facial features. Even the moles of tears at the end of the eyes also set off a bit of alienation.

Messer stood beside him with his hands folded. His chin was propped up with one hand, and he looked at Yu Nian carefully. Suddenly, as if thinking of something, he snapped his fingers to the side and gave an order.

Soon, his assistant brought a rectangular metal box with the logo of the old luxury brand Hersay on it.

Messer took out the contents of the box and hung it on Yu Nian’s waist himself.

Yu Nian lowered his head, only to realize that what was hanging was a fluffy artificial fox tail, the length of which was roughly up to the knee.

Messer explained, “This is Hersey’s limited-edition new product this year. It hasn’t been sold yet. It’s a handmade artificial red fox tail, which suits your style very well.”

Yu Nian stood up and took two steps. The red fox tail hanging on his side swayed slightly with his movements, revealing the only warm color in his whole body and looking very eye-catching.

Messer was very satisfied with the effect and gestured, “Okay, if you are ready, we will start.” After speaking, he smiled heartily and said, “If the child behaves well, I will give this fox tail to you as a gift.”

After half a month of training with Xu Xianglan’s crew, Yu Nian’s sense of camera was getting better and better; his libs didn’t have even the slightest sense of stiffness, and the shooting process was much faster than expected.

As soon as five o’clock in the afternoon, Messer ended the filming and arranged for the staff to call it a day. He looked at the captured picture and said with satisfaction, “Your shots were very expressive, much better than I expected. I’m very pleasantly surprised!”

He then called his assistant to bring over the artificial red fox tail and handed it to Yu Nian, “It’s a pleasure to cooperate with you.”

Yu Nian took it with both hands and said with a smile, “It’s also an honor to cooperate with you; thank you!”

Florence was very efficient. After the discussion, the poster was officially announced on the morning of November 7th, with a link to tidbits, and Yu Nian as the makeup spokesperson was circled.

In the photo posted by the official blog, Yu Nian was lying on his back, relaxed, on the clear rectangular low platform. The room was surrounded by bright crystal walls, and there were a few clusters of white crystals in the corners.

He had a slender body, his right long leg was placed on the low platform, and his left foot naturally hung down to step on the ground, giving him a faint sense of fragility. The layered and complicated white tulle wrapped his figure, and the smoke-colored hair added to the overall coolness, looking flawless.

In the whole picture, the slightly pouty red lips, the Illusion Ocean lipstick in the stained glass case in his hand, and the flame-like red foxtail hanging on the waist had become the most eye-catching colors in the whole picture.

[Oh my god, aaaahhhhh! I will only buy Florence’s Illusion Ocean series of lipsticks from now on! All of them! What the hell is this peerless fox demon on the glacier and snowfield!]

[I order you to issue out the character cards! Issue out the character packaging bag! Issue out the character poster! Issue out the character box! I’ll buy them! My wallet is screaming! Boo-hoo, why do you hide from your mother, NianNian. You look so good!]

[Aaahhhhh! Blowing up! NianNian speaking in English in the tidbits sounds so good! Every move is very educated and polite, and the expressionless look when changing the pose is also beautiful! Any shot can be a wallpaper!]

[This beauty is blinding! This poster is so well shot! The director is amazing, and the staff has worked hard! I’m looking forward to billboards all over the streets and alleys! I’m going to take a photo! And when will the official advertisement come out? Looking forward to it!!]

[This fox tail! Hersey’s! Limited to 21 pieces worldwide! All hand-made! The price is like a ghost story, 17,000 US dollars smile.jpg]

[Originally, the brand bought #Yu Nian Florence Spoksperson# on the sixth hot search, but the fans just relied on love to generate electricity, and manually pushed #Yu Nian Fox Tail# into the top five.

At the same time, Xie You’s Weibo was updated: [#Yu Nian Fox Tail# Looking at it dangling around makes me annoyed.]

Soon, its popularity continued to skyrocket, and the number of reposts and discussions rose steadily. It took second place not long after.

Mostly fans were bragging about Yu Nian’s good looks and temperament, and along the way, they were fighting with the black fans gathered under Xie You’s Weibo. Some passersby were lamenting that a fluffy fake fox tail would be sold for 120,000 yuan. Rich people wouldn’t understand the world of mortals.

In the office, Xie You was instructing Qin Jian.

“Buy this fox tail, wait a minute,” Xie You looked at the screenshot taken from Yu Nian’s shooting footage on the computer screen. The red fox tail started from the thin waist and fell down the slender and straight legs, burning in the eyes like a flame.

After a few seconds, Xie You said again, “Limited to 21 pieces, then the remaining 20 pieces, buy them all.”

Two hours later, under the topic of #Yu Nian Fox Tail#, a fan showed the chat history with Hersey’s brand.

[Aaaah, look! I’m so pissed off! I originally wanted to go to Hersey to order the same fox tail as Yu Nian, but I didn’t expect to be told that it had been taken off the shelves before it was even released, and the reason was ‘sold out’! And they were all sold out at the same time! So, who is the rich fan who was so cruel and bought them all at once? I promise not to kill you.]

Xie You happened to see it and thought:

It’s me. Have an opinion?