When they returned to their residence in the evening, Donahue personally prepared a table of dishes to celebrate for him.
Tao Yuan sat down at the dining table and looked at the dishes that looked delicious. He felt a magical feeling in his heart. His lover, who had never entered the kitchen in previous lives, could actually cook such a delicious dish in this life.
So in this life, could he pretend that he wasn't a good cook and then let him do all the cooking? The feeling of being served was really quite nice.
Donahue also sat down at the table and said to Tao Yuan, "This is the celebration dinner I made for you. Try it and see if it suits your taste."
Tao Yuan picked up a piece of beef and tasted it. It tasted quite good. He nodded and said, "It's delicious. You're so young, and you're such a good cook. Most young people your age these days can't cook."
"If you want to eat it, you can tell me and I can cook it for you anytime." Donahue looked at him with a smile.
Tao Yuan's heart beat faster because of his smile, and he secretly blamed himself for not being good enough. He had lived for several lifetimes and was already an old couple, but he was still so easily moved by him.
Donahue stood up, got a bottle of red wine, and poured half a glass of red wine into each of the two glasses.
"Here." Donahue handed one of the cups to Tao Yuan. "How can we celebrate without drinking?"
"I can't drink." Tao Yuan said this, but still reached out to take the wine glass.
"It's okay. You can just take a small sip. I'll take care of the rest." Donahue looked at him with gentle eyes and said, "It doesn't matter if you get drunk after just one sip. I can provide you with special services."
Tao Yuan felt itchy because of his eyes and voice, and couldn't help cursing in his heart, you big-tailed wolf, how can you be so pretentious and flirtatious?
Tao Yuan simply drank a whole cup while eating, and then he and Donahue went from the restaurant to the bathroom, and then from the bathroom to the bed. Finally, in the bed, he enjoyed Donahue's special service.
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That very evening after the fashion show ended, major fashion media websites had already released headlines.
However, the push notifications were all previews, as the main content wasn't available yet. To grab views, they had no choice but to release previews. The previews were filled with gorgeous adjectives and compliments, using strong language to tell fashion-conscious netizens that the upcoming push was definitely worth anticipating.
Netizens were completely bewildered, wondering if Jinmeng Studio had invested heavily in buying off these fashion media outlets to promote their campaign. If that were the case, they'd have to criticize these media outlets as well. They lacked any professional ethics and only cared about taking bribes; they deserved a good lesson from the public.
However, when they scrolled down the page and saw the preview costume pictures, they were attracted and watched them carefully.
After seeing them, they felt that those pictures were not enough. They wanted to see more pictures and videos, so they forgot all the curse words they had prepared and started to urge them to send out the pictures and videos as soon as possible if they had not finished writing the text.
Then I saw someone saying that Jinmeng’s official website had released photos and videos, so I immediately closed these media pages and opened Jinmeng’s official website to watch them.
The number of visitors to Jinmeng's official website suddenly surged, almost causing the website to crash and become inaccessible. Fortunately, Tao Yuan had been prepared and had asked technical personnel to be on standby to repair it immediately.
As for those fashion media that were actually bribed by Xiao Yi, they all had a headache when they saw the photos and videos brought back by the reporters sent to both sides.
Although the clothes released by Xiao Yi are also very good, if Jin Meng had not released those clothes, his clothes would really be worthy of praise and compliments.
Even if they are willing to lie openly, if they lie to this extent, netizens who follow the fashion circle will think that they must have been paid, and then they will be criticized even more severely, and netizens will no longer pay attention to them. Nowadays, competition in the fashion media is so fierce that if they don’t have enough followers, they will be on the verge of bankruptcy.
"Editor-in-Chief, what should I do? If I publish this as originally written, I'll definitely get scolded by netizens. But if I don't publish it..."
"Although fashion is something that different people have different aesthetics and like different styles, Jinmeng released so many styles of clothing at once, and each style can be called a classic. We have no way of forcing them to say that they are not good."
"Otherwise, we should just post the costumes Yun Xiao released this time, and forget about Jin Meng's costumes, okay?"
"But Boss Zhao has repeatedly told us that we must compare the two sides and severely punish Jin Meng and Xiao Yu."
"But look at the clothes in these photos. If I were to criticize Jin Meng's clothes, I would feel so guilty that I wouldn't know how to write the content. Besides, there's nowhere to put my feet."
"Then what should we do? Didn't Mr. Zhao and Yun Xiao have an agreement?"
"Don't talk nonsense. What agreement? Why are you bringing this up?"
"Alright, enough talking," the editor-in-chief finally said. "It's definitely not going to work as planned. Let's not push it for now. I'll go talk to Mr. Zhao."
All the fashion media outlets bribed by Xiao Yu were holding urgent meetings. The original content had already been written; all they had to do was add some content based on the styles and characteristics of both parties, attach photos, and publish it. They had thought it would be easy, easy, and would earn them money while also boosting their popularity. But now, it had become a hot potato, unable to be taken away or thrown away, and they could only bear it.
Xiao Yi looked at the photos on the computer with a particularly ugly expression. Because the stimulation was too great, his hands couldn't help but tremble.
How could this happen?! Xiao Yi thought, these clothing designs were all classic pieces from Xiao Yu's past life, and some of the details were later borrowed by many designers. He had originally planned to release a portion of these clothes annually. Why did Xiao Yu display them all at a single press conference? Had he also been reborn? Impossible! It's impossible for two people to be reborn at the same time!
These costumes had already been released, so what was he going to do next? Design his own? The moment this thought occurred to him, he immediately rejected it. He would have to use designs from other designers. However, in his previous life, he had only focused on studying Xiao Yu's designs and paid little attention to other designers. He didn't have a deep impression of other classic designs, and even if he remembered some, they wouldn't be enough for him.
What to do?! What on earth was he going to do? Had Xiao Yu also been reborn? If he had been reborn and knew that he had used his designs, and therefore released all the clothes, then the next thing he would do would definitely be to take action against him. He couldn't just sit there and wait for death; he had to strike first!
Xiao Yi grabbed his hair tightly. He was so panicked that he was immersed in his inner world and could not feel anything else. Even when he grabbed a handful of his hair, he did not feel any pain.
Zhao Xin knocked on the door for a long time but received no response. She felt a little strange. She had clearly seen him walk into the study. Could he have gone somewhere else?
Zhao Xin simply pushed the door open and took a look inside. She saw Xiao Yi sitting behind the desk, leaning on the table with his hands on his hair, not knowing what he was thinking.
"Xiao Yi?" Zhao Xin called out, but got no response. She felt something was wrong, so she walked in and called out again, "Xiao Yi, what's wrong with you? Are you feeling unwell?"
Xiao Yi didn't react at all because he didn't hear it at all.
Seeing him trembling, Zhao Xin thought he was sick and became even more worried. She walked over and held his shoulders and shook them. "Xiaoyi, what's wrong with you? Don't scare me! Tell me where you feel uncomfortable."
"Ah!" Xiao Yi was awakened and screamed in fright. He looked up at his mother with a frightened look on his face.
"Why do you look so grim?!" Zhao Xin was also startled by Xiao Yi's ugliness. She held his face and said, "Let's go to the hospital! Can you stand up? I'll have someone come up and help you into the car..."
"Mom!" Xiao Yi grabbed Zhao Xin's hand and said, "No, I don't need to go to the hospital. I'll be fine after a rest. You can go out. Don't worry about me."
"How can that be? You look so pale and your body is still shaking. How can I not be worried? Don't force yourself. Go to the hospital for a checkup. It will also put Mom's mind at ease, right?"
"I'm not like this because I'm not feeling well, I..." Xiao Yi didn't know how to explain to her. He will face great difficulties now and in the future.
"If you're not feeling unwell, what's wrong with you? Did something happen?" Zhao Xin asked anxiously. "If there's anything, tell Mom. Even if Mom can't solve it, there's still your Dad and Grandpa. Tell us and we'll all help you find a solution. If you keep it bottled up, you won't be able to solve the problem."
"It's a design problem. They can't help me. No one can help me." Xiao Yi pleaded, "I beg you, Mom, please let me be alone for a while."
"Design problem?" Zhao Xin asked. "Did you have a problem with the design this time? Wasn't the press conference a great success?"
"No, no, no!" Xiao Yi said loudly in an angry mood, "Mom, please get out! Stop talking and asking questions. Can you let me be alone for a while?!"
"Well, then mom will go out first. If you have something to say, just say it and we will find a way to solve it together. Your dad and I are downstairs." Zhao Xin walked out, looking back at him worriedly. When she reached the door, she took one last look at him. Although she was still worried, she slowly closed the door and left.
The fashion media outlets that had received favors from Xiao Yi were unable to use their previously written content and had to change their strategy, changing their original plan of criticizing one and praising the other to a strategy of only praising and not criticizing. Because there was really nothing to criticize about Xiao Yu's designs, their content became focused on praising Xiao Yi's designs.
However, as a result, their page views plummeted for a week or two, and they were ranked last. They could only look on with envy at the media outlets whose page views skyrocketed because they published Xiao Yu's clothing designs every day, and even the number of followers continued to rise. They could only sigh and lament that this time it was really not worth it.
"Today, our page views are still ranked third from the bottom. It's been over a week now. Judging from the momentum, we'll probably still be ranked this way next week."
"Although we're ranked third from the bottom in terms of page views, at least our following hasn't dropped much. Look at the tenth and ninth from the bottom. They were criticized for criticizing Xiao Yu's clothing design. Even though the criticism was subtle, they were still getting blasted by netizens. Even though they have more page views than us, their following has dropped drastically. Their editors are probably crying right now."
"That's true. As long as we can hold on through this period, at least we can maintain our attention and still have a chance to compete for the top spots in the future."
"Competing for the top few? Look at the ones currently ranked at the top in terms of pageviews. Not only have they surpassed our entire year's pageviews in just a few days, but their followers have doubled or tripled. If we still want to compete for the top positions, I'm afraid it's impossible in the short term."
"Our website rarely fell out of the top ten before, but now we're ranked third from the bottom. We're being outnumbered by dozens of websites. It's a heartbreaking feeling to think about falling from heaven to hell."
"But Xiao Yu is truly bizarre. Everyone thought he'd run out of ideas, but he's actually bounced back and exploded. His fashion show this time will definitely be recorded in the history of fashion."
"Our website has been criticizing him so harshly in recent years. We're definitely not going to get any of his limited or exclusive releases in the future. Once the limited period is over, if we repost someone else's content, how many views will we get?"
"Now we can only hope that Xiao Yi can gain some courage and explode once, so that we can also increase our attention. Otherwise, if the attention is not high, the page views will not be high. If the page views are not high, there will be no advertising and sponsorship. Without advertising and sponsorship, we may not even be able to pay salaries, let alone bonuses. Sigh~, it's really a vicious cycle."
"After hearing what you said, I want to quit my job and find another one right away."
"Everyone, don't be so pessimistic. Although Xiao Yu suddenly broke out this time, who knows what will happen next? What if he doesn't have any good design works for several years? And Xiao Yi's design this time was also very good. It's just that Xiao Yu's breakthrough was too strong, so it formed a contrast. But he can't be so strong every time, right?"
"Yes, yes, our website has a long-term cooperation agreement with Yunxiao Company. Xiao Yi's designs in recent years have been quite good, and they will definitely be good in the future. Everyone, cheer up. After this period is over, let's post more of Xiao Yi's designs. The number of followers and views will definitely increase."
"That's right. It's not that exaggerated that I have to quit immediately. It's not that easy to find a job these days. Even if Xiao Yu suddenly explodes and becomes very powerful again, I think Xiao Yi will definitely not be worse than him. No matter what, we can at least be on equal terms."
The clothes designed by Xiao Yu dominated the top ten fashion news articles for at least two to three weeks. The models' worth and fame also soared. Most of the models' faces were well-known, especially the main runway models, who received a lot of attention.
Those models who did not go to Jinmeng for the audition were extremely upset. With so much attention and popularity, not only did they waste such a good opportunity, but they also had more competitors.
Yun Xiao's design director and the company's vice president were standing in Xiao Yi's office at this moment, with very angry and heavy expressions.
"President, the costume we were going to enter for the competition has appeared on Jinmeng's official website. Although we haven't yet figured out how they stole the design, this is a serious matter. I think we should sue them!"
"Yes, President. If we expose them for stealing designs, their reputation will be completely ruined!"
Xiao Yi leaned back in his chair and said expressionlessly, "Sue them? Expose them? I want to do that, but where is the evidence? Without evidence, they will only bite me back."
"..." The director and the vice president looked at each other. They really had no evidence. They hadn't even figured out how the design was stolen.
"But that's clearly your design, President. Are you really going to let them steal it so brazenly? Besides, the Haute Couture season is getting closer and closer. If we don't start preparing now, we'll be too late to participate."
"I think we should hurry up and collect evidence to prove that they stole the designs. This is a good opportunity to completely defeat them. Since they dared to steal the designs, they must bear the consequences."
"That's right, they're too shameless. Unable to come up with a design themselves, they stole someone else's and released it openly. We can't let them off so easily! Once we find evidence, we'll have the media hype it up and let netizens scold them until they have no face left to live."
"Stealing someone else's design, no matter what industry, should be condemned by the public and held legally responsible! They are so shameless! Do they think we can't see it just by mixing it in with a bunch of other clothes?!"
"That's enough!" Xiao Yi suppressed his inner frustration and said, "I won't say anything more. Without evidence, everything you say is nonsense!"
"Then... what about the outfits for Fashion Week? Time is already very tight. Can the president come up with new designs?"
"I'll find a way. You guys go out first." Xiao Yi said, closing his eyes.
Xiao Yi knew full well that they would be unable to find evidence, just as Xiao Yu would be unable to find evidence if he used Xiao Yi's designs. Because those designs weren't stolen, but drawn from memory. Furthermore, those designs were originally Xiao Yu's. It was only when he used them that it counted as stealing; when Xiao Yu used them, it wasn't stealing at all.
Xiao Yi was not sure whether Xiao Yu had also been reborn, and regardless of whether he had been reborn or not, his designs could no longer be used by him.
A fashion news channel was playing on the screen on Xiao Yi's office wall. When he opened his eyes, he suddenly saw Tao Yuan on the screen. He was startled and thought he was hallucinating. After calming down, he saw that it was him being interviewed.
Xiao Yi took out the remote control from the drawer. He originally wanted to turn off the screen, but after hesitating for a moment, he couldn't help but turn on the screen sound, wanting to hear what he would say.
Host: "What everyone is most curious about now is why you haven't had any good designs in the past few years, but you've released so many styles of clothing again?"
"On this question, Yunxiao's president, Xiao Yi, knows it best. Go interview him and let him tell you the answer."
"Yes, is that so?" The host was confused. "Why does Xiao Yi know the reason?"
"It's because of him that I haven't been able to produce any good design work in the past few years. As for why it's his fault, you can ask him, because he knows the reason very well. But I think he definitely won't tell you the reason."
Xiao Yi clenched his fists tightly and told himself not to be nervous. Even if he was reborn, he would never be able to produce any evidence to prove that he had used his design before.
Seeing that this question wasn't getting any clearer, the host moved on to the next question: "So, why are you releasing so many outfits at once? Some of those outfits have a very high chance of winning prizes if you submit them for a competition. But releasing them all at once like this is a shame, isn't it?"
"It's really a shame, but I have no other choice. If I don't release all those clothes, someone will steal the designs and use them."
"You mean, someone stole your design?" The host thought to himself, this is a very explosive topic.
"That's not what I said." Tao Yuan smiled and said, "What I meant is that the reason I released so many clothes at once was to prevent others from stealing my designs. Note, I meant to prevent others from stealing them. You'll never imagine how shameless some people can be."
The host felt that she had encountered a bottleneck in her career, because she seemed to understand what Tao Yuan said, but also seemed not to understand. In short, she was confused.
The host was embarrassed to say that she didn't understand, as it would make her look stupid.
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