Chapter 81 Chapter 81: Counterfeit skirt?
The rising popularity of The Little Mermaid has naturally been accompanied by a large amount of discussion. The series is not long and each episode is very compact. In addition, the story is novel, especially the starry aqua blue dress worn by He Shu, which has caused a wave of climax. It can almost be regarded as a regular visitor to hot searches.
Jiang Yiyu asked Cheng Shuze how the company had helped them gain some popularity the first time and how the subsequent broadcasts and discussions were substantial. The publicity fee that Jiang Yiyu was about to allocate was now of no use for the time being. Of course, she couldn't possibly negotiate with Cheng Shuze for the promotion money. Don't be ridiculous. Mr. Cheng was a wealthy man, so why would he ask her for a few dollars? It was just a simple thing.
Cheng Shuze, on the other hand, kept harping on her, and was still dissatisfied after eating the chicken soup and vegetable noodles she made as a reward. He exaggerated and described how he had taken time out of his busy schedule to personally oversee the process. Jiang Yiyu's thanks were a bit too perfunctory, as she had even specially fried an egg and put it in the noodles. How could this bowl of noodles be perfunctory?
Okay, maybe it was a little casual, but the thought was enough, so why bother with so much? In the end, Jiang Yiyun had to agree to cook Cheng Shuze another good meal. Aside from soup, which she'd spent some time experimenting with, she'd been cooking other dishes by following recipes. Of course, she couldn't compare to the professional chefs who cooked local cuisine. And Cheng Shuze didn't want to go out, insisting on eating at home, so he was fine with whatever she asked him to cook.
It’s really troublesome to eat noodles that are made randomly and then have to choose between them.
Mr. Cheng used to be very picky about food. It's not that he was picky about food, but mainly because he had been exposed to top-notch skills in this area since he was a child. He used to have a private chef at home, and later, the business people who invited him to dinner were either at very expensive restaurants outside or at private banquets that required connections. At least he wouldn't have his fried eggs burnt on one side like Jiang Yiyu.
However, if Cheng Shuze could eat without changing his expression, she would be happy to help out when she had time. It was especially happy and satisfying to watch others finish their meal after cooking. In the past, she would only drink a small bowl of soup herself, but after Cheng Shuze finished the rest, she could clean up the kitchen, which saved her a lot of trouble and effort.
To be honest, they mostly ate out before and seldom cooked at home, but now they cook at home more and more often, and they have to go to the supermarket to stock up on food.
There is a shopping mall not far from Yujiangyuan, and on the basement floor is a super-large supermarket with everything. Jiang Yiyu drove out of the door, entered the supermarket, pushed a small cart, and picked and chose along the way.
No one dislikes shopping in a supermarket. Even if you don’t buy anything, seeing so many different kinds of goods on display, from fresh fruits and vegetables to rows of refrigerators, is something that comforts you from the bottom of your heart.
When will Cheng expand its business so that people can shop around freely after they take over the supermarket? Jiang Yiyu thought about it. She had thought about opening a small store before and now wanted to open a large supermarket. Her ideal was still consistent, although she had no intention of pursuing this. She put the selected tender spring bamboo shoots into the cart.
After a clear spring rain, plump, tender and juicy spring bamboo shoots emerge one after another. The best time to eat bamboo shoots is when the first small part emerges to enjoy their freshness. After two or three weeks, the bamboo shoots will become old and rough and not as tender as they are now.
Maybe she could make a braised spring bamboo shoots and a pickled pork with preserved vegetables. But she had never made pickled pork with preserved vegetables before, so she had to ask her parents for some experience. After thinking it over, Jiang Yiyun decided to take two more bamboo shoots.
Just as she was about to walk into the supermarket again, her cell phone rang. It was Tang Ya, and Jiang Yiyu picked up the phone.
"I knew you didn't read the news online!" Tang Ya heard Jiang Yiyu's voice and asked strangely, "What are you doing?"
"Shopping," Jiang Yiyun said as she pushed the cart, talked on the phone, and continued to put the things she liked into the cart. "What's the news online?"
The Little Mermaid has made Jiang Yiyu famous, proving that the first drama she filmed after returning to China is indeed quite good. In Tang Ya's words, the love line is at least acceptable, unlike before when no one could understand it except Jiang Yiyu herself.
The careers of her two leading actors have been quite prosperous recently. He Shu has been filming a lot in the circle and has accumulated a lot of experience. Now that he is famous, he has several good scripts and heavy roles. There is no need to mention Zhou Yu'an. There is a shortage of male actors who are good-looking and good at acting these days. According to Cheng Shuyi, the most important S-level costume drama on hand may ask him to play a villain. The two of them are basically confirmed to be signed by Yunyi and are still in contact and discussion. By then, they may all be acquaintances when filming.
After all, after watching the promotional video shot by Jiang Yiyu and some camera shots from The Little Mermaid that were cut out by fans and widely circulated, the director of the costume drama specifically asked Jiang Yiyu if she would be willing to be the assistant director and lead the team to shoot this costume drama. They needed a lot of scenery shots and had to go to the desert, so they really needed a director who was good at shooting scenery.
It just so happened that their studio was still selecting the next script, and being able to shoot an S-level costume drama was certainly a great opportunity to learn about her work. With the chief director and the producers above her, she didn't have to start from scratch and figure out how to form a team. She could also freely sketch out the scenes she was best at without being forced to fumble around with the emotional lines.
However, by then, she might have to go back to the base and go out to film scenes. It would take several months to finish, and she would have less time to spend with Cheng Shuze. But that was a few months away. The project hadn't started yet, they had just assembled the team, and she was still reading the script. Besides, Cheng Shuze could come visit the set, he had been happy to come before, but she just didn't want him to come at that time.
As for the fact that they are about to make it public, it can be said that it is basically in a semi-public form. If entertainment reporters take pictures of them, they will just tacitly acknowledge the situation. It won't be a big deal for him to come and visit the set at that time.
It was strange. When they were secretly trying to decide whether to reconcile or not, Cheng Shuze was under close scrutiny, and there were even a lot of fabricated rumors about him and female celebrities. But now that they've been out and about openly, there haven't been any reports of them getting arrested. It's not that she really wants to be followed by the entertainment media, but it just feels a little...
"Jiang Yiyun! Are you listening to me?"
Miss Jiang, who was immersed in wanting to show her affection to the whole world, was very honest: "No, what did you just say?"
Tang Ya snorted in dissatisfaction. She hadn't noticed before, but now she realized that Jiang Yiyun was also quite fond of men over friends. She had only rarely eaten Jiang Yiyun's own cooking, and she even went to the supermarket to buy groceries for Cheng Shuze. Of course, to be fair, she didn't particularly want to eat anything. Apart from the soup, she was okay. After all, she would burn even fried eggs when she turned on the stove, and she kept burning them. She hadn't made any progress. But as a best friend, she should be treated better than a man.
As best friends who have grown up together, their thoughts are exactly the same and it is easy for them to wander. After being distracted for a while, Tang Ya came to her senses and got down to business.
"Someone posted a smear campaign claiming the clothes you wore were knockoffs."
Jiang Yiyun: "Ah?"
After becoming famous, she also thought that there might be negative searches, criticizing the plot as old-fashioned, the acting as terrible, or the rough and low-concept scenery, etc. She also specifically said in the group that if there were a lot of negative news coming in, everyone must keep a calm mind. However, even though she had made sufficient mental preparations, she never expected that the first wave of negative news would actually be saying that the dress was fake.
The post boasted that a web drama filmed with a fake dress copied from a high-end luxury brand, and even assumed the production team had invested heavily in creating a viral GIF, leveraging the popularity of couture to boost the actress's fame. It was incredibly convincing, and even included photos comparing the dress in the drama to the couture dress worn by the model on the runway, providing tangible evidence that the dress was genuine.
Her dress was certainly different from the one on the runway. Haute couture is all about custom-made garments, with details modified to suit the client's preferences, like a less low neckline, a lower slit, or a belt or extra charms. By the time it reached her, it was already different from the one on the runway, not to mention the fact that Tong Xuan had made a second revision after she took the dress out. It looked similar, but definitely not exactly the same.
However, the brand can still be seen from the texture and stitching, and they never thought that someone would claim it was a fake.
After reading the original post Tang Ya sent her, Jiang Yiyu felt a little amused and confused.
The arguments within the post were extremely intense, with people building up a lot of controversy.
They have now attracted some fans of the drama and the actors. Although it is still unstable, there are people who speak up for them. They think that it is originally a low-cost web drama, so how could the budget really buy high-end custom-made clothes, and they would have to scrap them at one time? It is not normal to find a similar tailoring to replace it. There are filters in the lens and you can't see it. No one said it is real. The counterattack they attracted is that the water army marketing account said it was a high-end custom-made dress when it was promoted to the outside world. Isn't it that the crew wanted to take the opportunity to get attention, and now they are found out and they are distancing themselves from it and wearing fake goods with a clear conscience.
The first few dozen people were still arguing about whether they could wear fake goods when filming a movie because they had to consider the cost and the final shots. Later, all kinds of professional black fans, passers-by, and fans started to escalate their attacks and even went to the official Weibo of the authentic haute couture brand Rocambolesque, reporting that the crew had stolen their haute couture and asking them to file a claim for compensation.
Given the fashion circle's sensitivity to wearing fakes, it might not be a big deal for Jiang Yiyu to be a director, but it would be difficult for He Shu to develop further in the fashion circle in the future.
This angered a group of fans that He Shu had just attracted. They were just beginning to get into the fandom and were happily chasing their idol. How could they tolerate having their possible fashion circle resources suddenly being snatched away? They fought back quickly, cursing the professional black fans while blaming the director and costume designer, and singled out Jiang Yiyu and Tong Xuan to prove that the crew did not conduct strict review and the actors had no decision-making power over the costumes.
Jiang Yiyu took a quick look and finally sighed helplessly.
She was surprised that everyone thought it was a fake. Perhaps it was because they were so bold as to say that a dress would be ruined by the rain, so no one argued that it was authentic. In a promotional video for a film she also directed, Cheng Shuyi had a couture dress soaked in water, and no one called it a fake, while the online drama caused a huge uproar.
Originally, everyone just read this fabricated black material for fun, but they didn't expect the situation to escalate step by step, and it seemed that it had to be clarified.
He Shu was already in tears in the group, and he apologized profusely to Jiang Yiyu and Tong Xuan.
Jiang Yiyu replied that it was okay and thought about how to clarify the matter.
Tong Xuan was extremely angry and even started roaring, but not at He Shu.
"You're a bunch of idiots, can't you see that it's the original! The original!"
God knows how reluctant she was to throw away those dresses at that time. She even prepared herself for a long time before she could hold back the sadness of destroying the haute couture dresses with her own hands. You idiots don’t know anything and you’re still talking nonsense!!!
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