This hot search really appeared out of nowhere.
For many young people, one year is enough time for them to forget many things.
When they saw Goddess suddenly appearing on the trending search, they couldn't help but look confused, followed by a look of disdain.
"Which brand is trying to stir up trouble again? They're trying to take advantage of the Fashion Week hype and the huge traffic to buy trending searches?"
"Didn't some completely unheard-of brand try to stir up trouble a few days ago, trying to capitalize on Peerage's popularity? Enough! They didn't even consider the quality of their clothes, and within two days, they were trampled on like dogs. Now they dare to come back again. Do they think their face is not hurt enough?"
However, when they followed the trending searches and wanted to make fun of it, they were completely stunned.
It was not only because they were shocked by the short 50-second promotional video, but also because when they dug deeper into the designs of the four new ready-to-wear clothes of that month, they couldn't help but burst into exclamation.
Very colorful and bold, as if these four sets of clothes are expressing a certain soul, boldly liberating individuality from the past and expressing the charm of one's own personality.
The clothing models on the promotional page clearly show off the beauty of these four sets of clothes, raising the level of quality to a higher level.
Even though she didn't show up, every model show picture seemed to say that she was a goddess.
Just like the slogan on the promotional page:
'Goddess is back, the goddess is back, be your most individual and unique self, and you will be the goddess.
Are you... ready?'
So, after a few hours, the ranking of the hot search "Goddess" not only did not drop, but instead climbed up several places.
All of a sudden, the number of topics discussing Goddess on the Internet increased rapidly at a speed visible to the naked eye, and the number of hot word searches climbed up unnoticed.
In just two or three days, the number of times Goddess was mentioned was almost the same as that of Peerage, and it seemed that she was about to share half of the throne with Peerage.
But this is just the beginning, the real fun is yet to come.
By the third day, some people were apparently getting restless. That afternoon, a netizen who called himself a "loyal fan of LL Goddess" posted a long Weibo post, accusing Goddess of plagiarizing Peerage's promotional methods.
He hired a faceless endorsement model to attract attention and even plagiarized the model's name from Peerage. He almost gave her the same name as his goddess LL. He even disgustingly used the abbreviated English name and used the full name LongLong to cover it up!
This is too much. Isn't this a copy of Peerage or something? It also borrows the popularity of Peerage and his goddess LL!
As soon as this long Weibo post was released, Peerage's official website also responded, directly @ing Goddess and asking Goddess to take action and delete the promotional pages suspected of plagiarism. As long as they were deleted, Peerage would generously not pursue the matter.
With this incident, the Internet suddenly became lively.
It seems that Goddess's promotional style is very similar to Peerage's, both using faceless models to endorse their clothing.
Even the model's name is simply the expanded English name of Peerage's spokesperson model LL. In order to cover up something, the full name LongLong was deliberately added.
However, this time, things did not seem to develop as some people expected.
When a large number of people online accused Goddess of plagiarizing Peerage, several veteran fashion industry figures who happened to be passing by finally couldn't stand it anymore and spoke out, directly stating on Weibo:
"Am I behind the times? I never knew when similar promotional methods and even the names of models became enough to warrant accusations of plagiarism. There are countless people with similar names, or even the same models. As for models not appearing in promotions, I don't know what the situation is in China, but in my country, this display method is extremely common, even used by major brands. It has nothing to do with who the model is; it simply draws more attention to the clothes themselves. I don't think there's anything wrong with that, and it's not anyone's patent."
"Excuse me, my friends in China. My old friend Bob has a rather short temper and can't stand good design mixed with clutter. My words were a bit rude. Sorry, we have no intention of participating in discussions about Chinese brands. However, we didn't expect that after following Xiao De's lead on how to access China's Facebook page, we stumbled upon some truly stunning designs. These bold innovations break with established traditions. It's quite interesting. Is that Goddess? We're looking forward to your team's performance at Fashion Week soon."
These two Weibo posts were published in English.
But this is not the point. The point is that the two people who made this statement, whether it is Bob in the former or Bailey in the latter, are both world-renowned veteran designers.
The brand they founded when they were young is still a regular in the top three of fashion week.
Since announcing their retirement some time ago, they have rarely appeared in the fashion world. Unexpectedly, these two would wander onto Hua Xia's Weibo at this moment.
As for Bailey's last sentence, it made everyone in the Chinese fashion circle couldn't help but get excited. The reason was not because of anything else, but simply because they heard that Bob and Bailey were very likely to attend as two of the judges of Fashion Week this year!
And their last sentence clearly means they are optimistic about Goddess. In other words, this year Goddess has a better chance of qualifying than Peerage?!
For a moment, everyone couldn't help but get excited. This was a rare thing. How long had it been since their Chinese brand received praise from world-class people? This made everyone's attention return to Goddess.
Everyone was discussing in detail what the big guy said was the highlight of Goddess, such as its bold design.
And the more they discussed and dug deeper, more and more people really discovered that Goddess's designs were truly extraordinary.
Moreover, the handling method is bold but also sophisticated, which is completely unlike that of an ordinary designer. Some people even couldn't help but sigh that why didn't such a design enter the market earlier? Maybe it would have been a big hit, and they could have seen more excellent designs launched.
"Come to think of it, Goddess didn't just get established, did it? Looking at the introduction, it seems to have been established last year? So, it seems to have been established around the same time as Peerage? That's strange. With such a high level of ability, they shouldn't be doing so poorly, right?"
"I think so too. I just couldn't help but look it up, and I found out that Goddess and Peerage used to be competitors. They grew very fast at the beginning, and were only slightly behind Peerage. But then, for some reason, they suddenly disappeared, even though their designer clothing sales were apparently strong. It seems like someone has been suppressing them for the past year. So, is the theme of Goddess's launch this time 'Return of the Goddess'? Does it mean that Goddess is about to be resurrected?"
Suddenly, the online situation changed, and the focus of everyone's discussion unknowingly became Goddess.
Seeing this, some people were unwilling to give up and hired a group of netizens to amplify the previous incident of Goddess's plagiarism tendency to build momentum for Peerage. However, before they could get the rhythm going, they were refuted by netizens and couldn't help but speak out:
"I just felt weird. Are you really fans of my goddess LL? Didn't you just hear what those two bosses said? You're just bringing bad things to my goddess LL by bashing her like this!"
"Well, to be honest, when I first saw Goddess, I didn't pay attention to the promotional methods or the model names. The difference between the model names has nothing to do with the model's ability. My goddess LL is not such a petty person. She has always had a big heart! She doesn't mind such trivial matters. She wins by her own strength."
"Yeah, yeah, I feel the same way. It's Peerage, and the official statement before, that makes me feel like they're just white lotuses. Could that be the case? If that were the case, I'd have tried to persuade my goddess LL to leave Peerage, but no, I can't help it. I'm going to go and tell her right now."
So, a group of LL fans couldn't help but run to Lin Zhuer's Weibo, comforting Lin Zhuer and suggesting that Lin Zhuer be careful.
She is so good to Peerage and has been supporting Peerage since it was still an unknown small team, but Peerage probably doesn't think so. She wants her to get to know Peerage clearly. If she feels something is not right, then they should just stop cooperating. Their goddess LL is so outstanding, why not go to some brand to be a spokesperson model?
These large-scale messages made the head of the Peerage team look ugly. He couldn't help but call Lin Zhuer several times.
But no matter how many times he called, the other party didn't answer. He had clearly received a call from Lin Zhuer half an hour ago, asking them to continue to hype up the Goddess plagiarism incident, and she was able to find a way to turn the current disadvantage around.
They did as they were told, although they had to admit that Goddess's comeback and the sudden appearance of the two big guys had made them anxious.
Especially now that Goddess's designs are even more outstanding than a year ago, they just want to dethrone Goddess!
Just like they have been suppressing Goddess for the past year, as long as Goddess is there, Peerage will never be able to become number one!
What's even more infuriating is that they recognized the model named LongLong who was endorsing Goddess across the street at first sight. Who else could it be but their old LL?!
At this moment, the person in charge of Peerage couldn't help but feel a little regretful. He didn't regret suppressing Goddess, but regretted why they listened to Lin Zhuer and terminated the cooperation with Lin Long. Otherwise, Goddess would have no chance at all!
They originally thought that since Peerage's reputation had already been established and Lin Long had never appeared, even if they found someone to replace him, the performance wouldn't be too bad. So they agreed to Lin Zhuer's condition.
Now it seems that they were obviously wrong. The new product they launched that month may not be as good as Goddess, but it is not much worse. After all, the design of their Peerage was second only to Goddess back then.
However, after hiring Lin Zhuer as the spokesperson model, their photographer took a long time to get Lin Zhuer to barely show off the advantages of the clothes. She was far inferior to the previous Lin Long, and she was completely unable to maintain the aura, and did not meet their original expectations at all.
This feeling became even more obvious after seeing the Goddess promotional page. The spokesperson model not only showed what the designer wanted to present, but also took it to a higher level!
If Lin Long were still their spokesperson model, their designs this month would obviously be more outstanding. Damn!
The person in charge of Peerage regretted his decision, and at this moment, someone came over hurriedly, with an extremely ugly expression, and said:
"Lin Zhuer posted on Weibo, saying she had no idea Peerage was so shameless. After careful consideration, she decided to terminate her contract with Peerage."
"Lin Zhu'er wants us to terminate the contract? Is she crazy?! Isn't she afraid that we will expose what she did?! Does she think that just because she uses LL's name, she can be LL? Isn't she afraid that we will expose this?!"
Faced with the anger of the Peerage leader, the person on the other side looked even uglier, and even his voice became gnashing with teeth:
"She said that if we dared to expose this, she would also expose the fact that Peerage plagiarized Goddess's design. If we don't want Peerage to be ruined, then we should stop making trouble! And... she also said that she was the one who built Peerage in the first place, so it wouldn't matter if it was ruined for her now. The money she made us earn is enough for us to live on for four or five years. What are we still complaining about?"
"Fuck you! Screw you! We didn't set up Peerage for those three to five years of dirty money, but for, for..."
How can we let everyone in the world know about Peerage's dream? Peerage was obviously developing very well, so why did it suddenly become different? When did it become different?
Was it when they couldn't help but plagiarize Goddess's design draft due to declining sales, or when they couldn't resist the temptation and chose to cooperate with Lin Zhuer...?
In just one day, Peerage was already in chaos, and even the outside world's overall reputation of Peerage dropped significantly.
For Goddess, this result was both reasonable and somewhat unexpected.
Their Goddess's fame is on the rise, but it seems a little different from expectations.
Chu Qi stared at the computer for a long time, unable to figure out what was going on. Her brows were knitted tightly together, almost staring through the computer screen. Feng Feng was so frightened by her expression that he couldn't help but come forward and take his precious computer away.
Seeing the computer disappear before her eyes, Chu Qi finally couldn't help but vent the resentment in her stomach:
"Is that all? Lin Zhuer gave up on Peerage so easily? Hasn't she been eyeing your position for a long time? Shouldn't she speak for Peerage?"
"The reason is simple. Lin Zhu'er thinks Peerage isn't worth it and treats him like a discarded pawn. LL's fame will help her make more money. Didn't you hear what those fans said? LL is so talented, she can be a spokesperson model anywhere."
Lin Long, however, didn't find Lin Zhu'er's actions strange. Perhaps it was because of her recent interactions that Lin Long could see more clearly that Lin Zhu'er was a self-serving individual. Peerage, in her eyes, was nothing more than a quick buck and a springboard.
But because two fashion industry giants had just intervened, Peerage was clearly at a disadvantage.
Even if Peerage participated in the fashion week normally later, it would not bring her any benefits. She simply blackened Peerage and let Peerage continue to build momentum, so that people around her would have a bad impression of Peerage, making it convenient for her to use Peerage as a stepping stone to move up, which just confirmed her good reputation as LL.
After all, when everyone on the Internet is leaning towards Goddess, it is not a wise choice to use the "Goddess plagiarized Peerage" thing to create momentum again. It will only make people more disgusted.
As a world-class veteran designer, he already has a certain authority and is also a scheduled judge for Fashion Week. When all of China hopes that domestic brands can have a chance to qualify, saying such things is like asking for trouble or something, not to mention that the talk of plagiarism itself is not very reasonable.
"Are you saying that Lin Zhu'er has her eyes on a bigger pie? There are quite a few brands participating in this fashion week, but they're not fools. They might mess with Peerage, but as for the other brands, they won't change their models so easily. This isn't just a matter of strength."
Feng Shan couldn't help but speak. He obviously didn't think that after Lin Zhuer used Peerage as a pedal, it would be accepted by other brands. This was not very realistic.
That was indeed the case. Feng Shan was not wrong in thinking this way, but for some reason, Lin Long had a vague feeling that in the second half of this incident, Lin Zhuer seemed to have become smarter, as if someone was guiding her from behind, allowing her to successfully escape.
If this is the case, then it is possible that Lin Zhuer will appear as a model for other brands in the future. It's a pity that she cannot take back her name in one fell swoop. If she speaks out at this time, she may drag Goddess into the vortex, which is not conducive to Goddess's influence. Then, this goes against her original purpose.
However, it doesn't matter. As long as Lin Zhuer dares to accept another clothing endorsement, she will expose all the other party's secrets.
And she had a premonition that she would run into Lin Zhuer again before the end of Fashion Week at the latest.
Originally, Feng Shan and Chu Qi wanted to say something, but when they saw the thoughtful look on Lin Long's face, they knew that she had already made up her mind, so they didn't say anything more.
Moreover, putting aside the matter of Lin Zhuer, to a certain extent, their Goddess can be said to have fought a beautiful comeback.
Now, their current focus is obviously on Fashion Week. No matter whether Lin Zhuer will appear again later, they just need to show their best.
After realizing this, Chu Qi and the two brothers Feng Shan and Feng Feng calmed down a lot. Feng Feng was also greatly encouraged because his design was very popular. After a while, he ran back to his workbench to work on his design.
After this matter came to a temporary end, Lin Long had to worry about another thing.
Ever since the people from BD and GD consortiums discovered Lin Long's treasure, whenever their chairman went on strike, they would all run to Lin Long and cry pitifully, asking Lin Long to help persuade their chairman to come back.
It must be said that Lin Long had witnessed the elites' ability to "cry, make a fuss, and even threaten to hang themselves". Besides being amused, he could not help but marvel at the sight. He could not help but sigh in his heart that the elites were indeed elites, as they were even capable of "crying, making a fuss, and even threatening to hang themselves".
But after listening to the glorious stories of her two dragon fathers as "hands-off bosses", she couldn't help but feel a little sympathy for them.
Yes, how can you expect dragons to work hard? Although dragons have strong ability to make money, it does not mean that they will work hard. Just think about how all the gold in the dragon's nest on Dragon Island was robbed and you will know.
It can even be said that it is a miracle that her dragon fathers can now abide by the rules of human society and not start looting directly. What else can be asked of them?
But... Lin Long recalled the beer bellies of the dragon dads she had seen some time ago, and she resolutely accepted the commission from all the elites of the BD Group and the GD Group, and sent the two beer-bellied dragons in her family to work. She also formed a WeChat group and sent a few "muzzles" as rewards to her "hard-working" dragon dads from time to time.
But now, the WeChat group exploded. Her two Dragon Dads were complaining about why they were not allowed to speak on Weibo. They had so many elites under them, and anyone could kill those who said bad things about their kids with just one sentence. It was not the turn of those two Bao Bei guys to support their kids.
Although what they said was nice, it was still not as satisfying as doing it in person, right?
Seeing this, Lin Long couldn't help but smile bitterly. Why did she always feel that her dragon fathers were getting worse and worse? They could sometimes be serious in front of her, but they would make a fuss in the WeChat group. In the process of making a fuss, two dragons would even start fighting over trivial matters such as "who is more powerful or who is more awesome".
However, she also understood what the Dragon Dads said, but it was obvious that before LL's identity was clear this time, it was not convenient for her two Dragon Dads to come forward, otherwise they would easily be considered to be abusing their power.
Instead, it was the two veteran designers who passed by who helped Goddess a lot. The words spoken by these two celebrities helped them get their place back in no time.
Because the timing of his appearance was too coincidental, Lin Long originally thought that his appearance was someone that her two Dragon Dads had found behind her back to support her. But now it seems that this is not the case. It seems... he really just happened to pass by?
However, for some reason, Lin Long couldn't help but care about the 'Xiao De' mentioned by the two well-known design giants. She was a little curious about who could get along so well with the two seniors and even bring them to visit Weibo?
Of course, Lin Long was just curious for a moment, and her two Dragon Dads finally calmed down after Lin Long said that she would buy them gifts when she returned.
Sister Chu Qi, who was standing nearby, heard this and planned to follow Lin Long out and drive her there, but Lin Long flatly refused.
There is only one week left until Fashion Week. Sister Chu Qi should take the time to rest. She has been too busy before and cannot not rest well. It’s just buying a gift, she can do it by herself.
And, ahem, her two dragon dads have quite unique tastes, completely different from those of other big bosses. As a dragon cub, she knows this best.
Lin Long has already made up her mind. When she buys gifts later, she can just go to the gold shop and buy jewelry suitable for dragon dads, such as cufflinks, tie clips and so on.
After all, they are now dragons who know how to work hard.
There are many gold shops in Jiangcheng, but there seem to be not many shops that can handle exquisite gold. Lin Long thought that he could quickly decide on a gold shop that suits his style, but after visiting several famous shopping malls, he still couldn't find a satisfactory gold shop.
The comprehensive shopping mall in front of her was the last one. If she still couldn't find it, she would have to go back home and see if she could find a good craftsman to help her make gold jewelry.
Fortunately, Lin Long was quite satisfied with this gold shop. The exquisiteness of the gold jewelry displayed in the display cabinet outside should meet her expectations, and some very delicate jewelry were obviously hand-polished. This shop should have a master craftsman with very good craftsmanship.
Moreover, in the glass display cabinet, Lin Long also saw a pair of very cute and exquisite dragon cub pendants.
The young dragon with milk horns, one was sleeping soundly with its tail in its arms and snoring, while the other had already woken up and was staring at the snoring young dragon, as if it wanted to pounce on it and wake it up.
The carving is lifelike, with dragon scales and tiny baby teeth clearly visible. What's even more rare is that this is not the flying dragon that is very common in China, but the large lizard dragon from the West, which is closer to the shape of the giant dragons on Dragon Island.
The appearance of this dragon cub really looked a bit like his own when he was a dragon cub. Just by looking at it, Lin Long felt fond of it. Just as he was about to bend down to take a closer look, his face suddenly bumped into a furry head.
Almost subconsciously, Lin Long turned his head and saw a girl about three and a half years old.
Oh, she is not an ordinary girl, but a beautiful mixed-race beauty. Her long black hair is fine and smooth, and it is simply draped, which makes her little face look too white and smooth. But her eyes are golden, a bit like the color of her golden dragon father Weiwei's eyes, but slightly brighter than this color.
Moreover, this girl was too aloof and had an outstanding temperament at such a young age. When she felt that Lin Long had touched her, she just turned her head slightly and stared at Lin Long for a while. However, she turned her head away again as if she didn't see anything, and continued to half-lay on the glass cabinet, staring at the pair of dragon cub pendants silently.
The cold and indifferent little face almost had these words written on it: I ignore you.
Suddenly, Lin Long couldn't help but feel a little happy. The dragon's love for beauties made her unable to resist stretching out her claws, and she stretched out her hand to "poke" the soft bun face in front of her.
The touch is extremely good, the little face is soft and smooth, and once you poke it, you can't help but want to poke it a few more times.
What made Lin Long even happier was that the kid in front of her just stood there motionless, letting Lin Long poke him, without resisting at all.
That is, because he was poked so many times, his little face became a little red, so he turned his head slightly and stared at Lin Long for a long time again. Then, the kid moved slowly and walked to the other side of Lin Long and continued to lie on the glass cabinet to stare at the pair of dragon cub pendants.
Seeing this action, Lin Long thought that the kid was unhappy, so she subconsciously stopped poking him.
But after a while, the kid looked back again. This time, his expression was no longer cold and indifferent, but there was a hint of doubt in his eyes. At this moment, Lin Long miraculously understood what the doubtful look meant. It seemed to be saying:
"Why don't you poke me anymore? I've already changed the place for you to poke me."
Now, Lin Long was even happier. She felt as if she had found a little beauty who would never cry. Although this little beauty was a little small, it did not hinder her from being in a good mood!
This made Lin Long unable to help but pull the kid to talk to him, but the other party did not answer a word, not even a sound from beginning to end, which made Lin Long feel strange.
Originally, this child was the daughter of an employee in the gold shop, or a child temporarily sent here by some parents.
But when Lin Long asked the staff in the store, they were even more surprised than she was. They had no idea when such a beautiful baby appeared in their store, and no parents had ever left their children with them.
"What parents would dare to leave their children in our gold shop? If they break something, they'll have to pay a lot of compensation. If they have to send it back, they'll usually be sent to an amusement park... Oh, there's a small amusement park on the other side of our floor. Could this child have walked here from there on her own? This is really possible. Such a beautiful child is lost. How can this be? The parents will be worried to death. They have to send this child back. But I'm the only one here. The others are all on their lunch shifts. I can't leave right away..."
"It's okay. I quite like this child. I happen to have some free time now, so I'll just take her to see her parents later. Oh, and I want two custom cufflinks and two tie clips. Price isn't a problem, but I want a high level of sophistication. Do you have a good craftsman who can do custom work? The one who carved the dragon cub pendant outside is pretty good."
As Lin Long spoke, he pointed to the glass display cabinet outside. The store staff immediately understood what he meant:
"Yes, yes. It would be great if that craftsman happens to be free, but he has high standards for his work and may not accept unchallenging orders. Miss, do you have any drawings? Could you give us a copy of the custom design? Our owner will ask the craftsman if he'll take it and get back to you, okay?"
"Sure, I don't have a sample drawing, but I can draw it right now. It looks like two dragons..."
As Lin Long spoke, she asked the shop staff to give her a piece of white paper, and she drew the appearance of her two dragon fathers, the golden dragon and the black dragon.
Lin Long's drawing skills are average, her sketching foundation is decent, but both dragons are her dragon fathers, so there is naturally no obstacle in her drawing, and she can draw quickly and realistically.
After a while, Lin Long had almost finished the drawing, and wrote down the approximate size of the cufflinks and tie clips required for customization on the side.
What Lin Long didn't notice was that when Lin Long just said she would draw two dragons, the little kid who was lying on the other side of the glass display cabinet couldn't help but turn his head slightly, staring at Lin Long's back for a while, thinking about it, then slowly moved over, climbed onto the chair, and just stared at Lin Long drawing Dragon Dad.
And those golden eyes lit up slightly when they saw what Lin Long was drawing.
Then, she remained motionless throughout the process, just quietly watching Lin Long draw the dragon. When Lin Long was almost done and only needed to add a few strokes to finish, a grandmother's voice suddenly came over, and the baby voice said:
"You drew it wrong. The scales on the black dragon's chest are larger than those on its back. The golden dragon's tail is longer than the black dragon's, and its body is more slender. You drew it too short and fat. It's not right."
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