8.6–8.7

8.6

Hayden pushed his limits and took very good pictures, so he was in a good mood these days, not realizing that he was already being portrayed as a complete scumbag on the internet. His indiscriminate and promiscuous behavior with Emily has caused a great deal of resentment among viewers.

Gustav was surprised when he received the letter of complaint. It should be noted that in the first three episodes of the program, the union of the two was blessed by the majority of viewers, and the two stood so well together that everyone loved to see the scenes of them making out. And with the program’s elimination of childish images, there shouldn’t have been such a strong outcry.

After carefully reading the letter of complaint, Gustav cried and laughed.

A viewer writes: Can’t you see Romeo’s glum expression? For God’s sake don’t break that boy’s heart! Keep those two away from him!

It has also been written that Hayden and Emily’s behavior has been very traumatic for Romeo. He is still a child and needs a safe and organized environment and the show should take that into consideration.

All of the letters mention how much Hayden hurt Romeo, and it seems that the boy’s coming out has been successful and he has gained everyone’s approval. Gustav is genuinely happy for the teenager, but can’t stop Hayden and Emily’s romance. This is a society of human rights and the rule of law, and as long as they don’t get in the way of others, they are free.

Gustav ordered the public relations department to hurry up and respond appropriately to the letter of complaint, then put on his coat in preparation for a visit to the studio. He wondered what state the kitten was in, was it still feeling confused and scared?

It was at this point that the MOT’s marketing director suddenly came to visit.

“Gustav old friend, you have given me a heavenly problem.” The extraordinarily rugged-looking Mr. Superintendent was at that moment shaking a pile of photographs with a headache expression.

“What happened?” Gustav poured him a cup of coffee himself.

“The publicity photos you guys handed me weren’t exactly what I was looking for.” Mr. Superintendent spread the pictures of Emily and Romeo out on the table and pointed to Emily, “She’s very nice,” and then to Romeo, “If I hadn’t seen a picture of him beforehand, I would have been happy to use her. But you should know me well, old friend, I’m a bit of a blowhard, and I just can’t accept it when there’s a more perfect one here, and you guys are insisting that I use this atrocious one.”

Gustav stared intently at the teenager’s photo, a flash of amazement crossing his eyes, but his tone carried a business-like seriousness, “But we have a contract beforehand, you must use the publicity photos we gave you.”

“That’s because I had faith in your production team and thought that what you guys handed me would be the best. well, look at it, you guys are blind at times!” Mr. Director taunted.

Gustav had to admit that it was indeed Ariel who was blind. The teenager’s score was just a fraction of a point away from Emily’s, and if Ariel had given the teenager a ten there wouldn’t be this controversy today.

He knew what Ariel was playing at, but he couldn’t say anything in front of outsiders, otherwise it would affect the reputation of this program. He repeatedly apologized to Mr. Director and said that he would give appropriate compensation.

Mr. Director considered for a moment and compromised, “The contract can’t be broken, but it doesn’t stipulate that we have to put up your posters in every outlet. Let’s do it this way, I will only put up one Emily’s poster in the main store, while the other stores are up to our company. What do you think? Also, in the future, whenever we arrange any hard photo shoots about our company’s products, the best hard photos will have to pass our selection and consent, so that we won’t have another dispute like today. If you don’t have a problem with it, I’d like to write this condition into the original contract.”

Since MOT is providing the funds, the showrunners are obligated to meet their demands. And for the sake of the company’s interests, they would only give the best choices and not get emotional like Ariel, so it didn’t hinder the principle of fair competition. Gustav considered for a moment before nodding his head in agreement.

The two drew up a new contract and stood up to embrace each other.

Seeing off Mr. Superintendent, Gustav continued on to the studio on the first floor.

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The show is getting ready to give all the contestants a major makeover today. Hayden avoids the cameras and pulls Ariel into a corner to talk, smiling wryly as he returns to Emily.

“In order to help you all find the supermodel potential hidden in your bodies, and in order for you to achieve a more perfect and fashionable version of yourselves, the show has invited the world’s best stylists to change your looks. Some of you are going to dye your hair, some of you are going to get hair extensions, some of you are going to get perms, in short, I’m going to arrange for you to have the most suitable costume for you, so stay tuned!” She wiggled her hips and did an enthusiastic little dance step.

Everyone cheered in anticipation of the new look.

The large studio was filled with washing, cutting, blow-drying and other equipment, and the smell of various chemicals mixed together, making people smell a little dizzy. Zhou Yunsheng’s face was pale as he hid in the corner, saying that he didn’t want to get close to the stylist that Ariel had arranged for him.

“How are you?” Ivan came over to her with her short, sharp hair, looking more and more heroic now.

“They made me shave off all my hair, and I don’t want it.” The young man was sobbing with pathos and pity.

“This is too much, come on, I’ll take you to Ariel.” Ivan pulled him towards Ariel and the cameraman rushed to follow.

“You don’t want to shave your hair? Why honey?” Ariel looked surprised, and gave the teen a reassuring pat on the spine.

“I’ll look ugly if I cut my hair bald. Didn’t you say that helping us with our makeovers was to help us achieve a more perfect and stylish version of ourselves? But that really isn’t fashionable at all!” The teenager puffed out his cheeks and boldly retorted.

“How do you know baldness doesn’t suit you unless you try it? You have a beautiful face, and cutting your hair bald accentuates its beautiful lines. I’ve been modeling for almost ten years, so trust my professional eye.” Ariel first compelled and then threatened, “And as a model, you have to accept unconditionally whatever excessive demands your clients make to you. Your behavior today was unprofessional you know? Many designers make strange requests for models’ looks at their fashion shows, are you going to refuse just because it doesn’t suit you? Then you’d better quit the competition before it’s too late, modeling as a career is not for you.”

The original Romeo had agreed to shave his head because of these latter threats, but Zhou Yunsheng took it all as if she was farting. He blinked his moist eyes and spoke periodically, ”That’s true. But the purpose of changing the look today is not for the runway, but to help the contestants create a more competitive appearance. Everyone is beautiful, why do you only want to make me ugly? Could it be that I have offended you?”

It was a rather nonchalant question, but with an innocent expression like that on the teenager’s face, it would only make onlookers think that he was straightforward and without any sense of propriety.

“How did you decide you look ugly bald?” Ariel tried desperately to hide an impatient expression, “How do you know unless you try?”

“Because I’ve already tried.”

Zhou Yunsheng blinked his big watery blue eyes, and his helpless and bewildered appearance immediately attracted the attention of Gustav, who had just entered the door. He quickly walked over to inquire about what happened, then glanced at Ariel with obscure eyes.

“Mr. Acheson, forgive me for taking the liberty of using one of your tablets.” He held up a tablet and eyed it.

Gustav loosened his tie and said dumbly, “You use it.” The kitten always tickled him when she blinked her big blue eyes over.

Zhou Yunsheng smiled gratefully at him, his fingertips flew across the computer a few times before raising it up to face the crowd and the camera, ”Look, this is what my shaved head looks like, does it look like a big white egg with a human face? Is this look called fashion? I doubt it.”

A big white egg with a human face, that’s quite an apt analogy. Everyone couldn’t help but laugh.

Although the photo of the teenager is still as delicate and lovely, but the feeling is just strange, like a patient with a terminal disease, giving people a weak and weird feeling, not the slightest bit of fashion. If he really took this appearance to participate in the competition, I don’t know how many viewers will be ridiculed.

Is this what they call a supermodel’s eye? Gustav glanced quickly at Ariel, who had an embarrassed expression, before rubbing the top of the teen’s platinum blonde hair and assuring him, “Don’t worry, I won’t let them shave your hair.”

It was a sin to shave off all such soft and fine hair! Gustavo thought angrily as he savored the excellent feel of it.

“So what should I change my look to? I can live with anything other than shaved hair.” The teenager put down his computer and unconsciously tugged at his head with both hands, making even more of a mess of his hair, which was already sticking up in all directions, and there was even one sticking up at the top of his head, flapping in the wind, making him look like a fool.

And yet, the most lovable fool in the world.

Gustavo’s heart melted and he coughed with a fist against his lips and laughed, “You’re fine the way you are, no need to change. Of course, you can have the stylist do a hair mask on you if you want, that will make your hair softer and smoother.” It would also be more comfortable to touch.

Hiding the last sentence, Gustav led Ariel away at a brisk pace.

Yoon Sung Choo high fives Ivan to celebrate this victory.

Later that night, an announcement was made on the Next Top Model’s official website that Ariel would be dropping out of the show due to scheduling issues, and that her place would be taken by the hottest supermodel of the moment, Bonnie.

Jeffrey and Bonnie visited the villa where the contestants were staying and had a long talk with Hayden alone for over an hour. No one knows exactly what the three talked about, except that Hayden’s face was very hard to see when they walked out of the room.

8.7

The next day after the new look was the challenge, and the contestants took a bus to the huge studio, where the first thing they saw was not the flamboyant Ms. Jeffrey, but the upright and handsome Gustav Acheson. Until then, they had all known that the show’s producer was Mr. Acheson, known as the emperor of the fashion world, but they had never seen him on set.

But it seems that because Ariel and Hayden have gotten into some trouble, Mr. Sexy-Sexy has come to the studio two days in a row to supervise the shoot himself.

“In order to prevent unfair competition from occurring during the match, Mr. Acheson will be present on set as the supervising producer for every shoot starting today. So everyone should be careful.” Ms. Jeffrey wiggled her fingertips with a very playful expression.

The MOT only put up a poster of Emily in the main outlet, and the rest of the outlets all used Romeo’s picture, which was undoubtedly a slap in Ariel’s face. Moreover, if yesterday’s controversy over the shaved head and today’s words of Miss Jeffrey, if she had meant it, were broadcasted without editing, viewers would surely have all sorts of suspicions and speculations about her sudden exit.

This is exactly the effect that the program group wants, the most fearful thing about a new show is not suspicion, doubt, or even bashing, but the fact that no one pays attention to it. Since Ariel dared to mess up the program, Aitchison wouldn’t give her the slightest bit of face, let her take the blame from the audience, at the same time, he would also reform the competition system to make the competition more transparent and fairer, which was enough to make up for the reputation that was damaged because of Ariel.

As for Hayden, for the sake of his huge fan base, Acheson wouldn’t let him out immediately, and later that night Hayden’s parents offered the show a sizable sponsorship in an effort to get their son to stay. At the end of the day, Acheson is a businessman by nature and will always put profit first, so he considered it for a moment and then agreed.

But with Hayden’s fan base seeming to be drifting away from him and a sharp decline in Netflix votes, it’s all up to him how far he goes.

There had been speculation among the contestants that Ariel had quit because she was helping Hayden cheat. The night before the look change, Hayden, who got the hint, had said that he wanted to dye his hair and eyebrows blonde, which would be more stylish and handsome, and it turned out that everyone’s new looks were nothing like what they imagined, except Hayden got what he wanted.

While it could be a coincidence, everyone prefers to believe that Hayden paid off Ariel and the stylist. They were still cordial to Hayden, but behind his back, they got together to criticize him to death. This made Cho Yoon Sung and Ivan want to get involved with them more and more.

Upon hearing Ms. Jeffrey’s words, the contestants applauded in unison to express their welcome, and a few female contestants even blushed with excitement.

Gustavo was 193 centimeters tall, with a strong and robust body, a masculine and handsome face, and a gentle and modest temperament that made people want to get close to him. He was wearing a very close-fitting black T-shirt, the thin fabric outlined every muscle of his body, the smooth and graceful lines were hot to the eyes, and his two long legs were wrapped in water-worn jeans, sexy beyond words.

There were male competitors who prided themselves on their fitness who were at that moment looking down and surveying their mermaid lines and abs before revealing expressions of shame. Compared to Gustav, who exuded a strong smell of hormones from every cell, they were simply not considered men.

This is so frustrating!

Zhou Yunsheng suspected that Gustav was the love of his life but didn’t dare to be too sure because 190 centimeter tall men abounded in the West. Moreover, he was currently a contestant, so if he wanted to fulfill Romeo’s wish he definitely couldn’t get too close to Gustav, which would cause the other contestants and viewers to question the fairness of the competition.

So it could only wait until the end of the competition. Thinking of this, Zhou Yunsheng was a little sad and sighed dismally before hanging his head and staring at his toes.

Gustav felt his skin tingle as the teenager’s azure eyes looked over without blinking. He liked the slightly appreciative and admiring look in his eyes, so he unconsciously straightened his spine even more so as to emphasize his sexual yet toned body.

But the teenager quickly lowered his head in a listless sigh. Hayden had taken over his heart, so he wouldn’t look twice at even the next best person.

Gustav frowned, his mood suddenly a bit nasty. He passed a look at Jeffrey, signaling that today’s challenge could begin.

In order to build the rookies into beginning models, Jeffrey developed a series of trainings and scheduled challenges accordingly.

The contestants had just completed their form training, so the proposition for today’s challenge was mimicry, which required the contestants to draw a card from a sealed box and mimic the animal on the card, possessing both a general resemblance to the animal’s physique as well as the fashionable demeanor of a model.

The proposition is not difficult, nor is it easy. If you keep the perfect image but don’t let the judges recognize the animal you’re imitating, you lose the challenge. If you do a good imitation but lose the fashion sense that a model is supposed to have, the challenge is also a failure.

So the key point is to mimic both the likeness and the beauty. This has a lot to do with the card you draw. If you draw a gorilla, no one is going to want to imitate the hunched-over, chest-thumping, frustrated look.

It’s a good thing the show isn’t that pitiful, and the cards formulated for all the contestants are very aesthetically pleasing animals.

Ivan drew the snake, and she was so soft that she lay down and did a few coiling and curling motions to gain the praise of Miss Jeffrey and the guest judges. They recognized Ivan’s proposition almost immediately. Hayden drew the lion, and he strutted majestically, shook his blonde hair, and roared like a lion.

“You can’t make sounds when mimicking, only physical movements. Have you ever seen a model who yells on the runway?” Gustav, who was standing on the side watching quietly, suddenly spoke, his tone very stern.

Hayden’s face was white, but he didn’t dare to show impatience or exasperation like he used to do with the staff. Not to mention that he couldn’t afford to mess with Gustav, even his parents and the entire Brown family combined couldn’t afford to mess with Gustav. Not to mention that he had done something wrong.

“Oh, it was an oversight on our part! We should have explained that to them earlier.” Ms. Jeffrey and the guest judges rushed to step in and remedy the situation. They made it clear that the next contestant couldn’t make animal noises because that would be cheating, and then had Hayden draw another card in the box.

Hayden validates the drawn card by pointing it at the camera, then crumpling it up viciously and throwing it away. His arrogant and cocky nature begins to creep in.

Emily drew the swan. She had worked as a dancer in a bar and had a very good dancing background, and danced on tiptoe to a beautiful Swan Lake, receiving applause from all the contestants and high praise from the judges. She darted a glance at Gustav with an ambitious gaze as she retired from the stage.

The gentle and modest Gustav is a far cry from the arrogant Hayden, and their family backgrounds are not comparable. With Gustav personally overseeing every shoot in the future, she has a good chance of catching the man’s attention.

Emily smiled with ambition at the thought.

Zhou Yunsheng verified the card by pointing it at the camera. Folded ear cat, what the hell is this? Doesn’t it seem funny to be mixed in the middle of a group of cheetahs, lions, pythons, and swans? The picture style is completely different, okay!

He rounded his eyes and made an incredulous face. The cameraman in charge of following him almost couldn’t help but laugh. He wanted to tell the teenager that you actually didn’t even need to imitate, you just needed to maintain your usual look of a complete kitten.

Zhou Yunsheng asked the venue staff for a basin of water and repeatedly scrubbed his hands clean before slowly mounting the stage.

The bored Gustav immediately straightened his spine and looked over with unblinking eyes. Will the kitten draw the card I put in? How will he behave? Such a passionate anticipation hadn’t been experienced by Gustav for a long time.

In order to facilitate the movement of the contestants, a round woolen carpet was laid in the center of the stage. Zhou Yunsheng plopped his legs and sat down, raised his left hand, stretched out the pink tongue inch by inch carefully licked the back of the cow’s milk white hand, licked with the fingertips to comb his hair, will be messy hair combed smooth smooth before the limbs on the ground, arched his spine and stretched out his back, his lips slightly open yawning, revealing two small sharp tiger teeth.

Picking at the wool carpet, he curled up and let out another small yawn before closing his azure eyes, already wet with sleepy tears.

At the moment, he was a lazy cat, getting ready for a beautiful – beautiful – sleep on the expensive carpet that his master had specially acquired for him. He buried his furry head into the crook of his arm and rubbed it gently, the image was simply adorable.

The contestants and judges looked stunned.

Gustav grabbed his cell phone and took a wild shot of the teenager on stage before hurrying towards the front door with a serious face. Only when he reached an unoccupied corner did he stop, pressing down hard on his wildly beating heart, his face flushed red with excitement.

Oh, my God! Why in the world is there such a cute kid! He’s a million times cuter than Rooney (Gustav’s pet cat)! It’s marvelous karma that he actually drew the card I put in!

Gustav whacked the wall hard a few times, which compressed his nearly sprouting heart back into its original shape.

It was a crime that he even had two little tiger teeth! I wanted to run up and take him in my arms and kiss him, rubbing my fingers against the bed of his teeth. He would have stuck out his tongue and licked my fingertips or nipped me not so gently, it would have felt great! Gustavo walked towards the studio as he thought about it, resuming his usual gentle and graceful demeanor as he reached the door.

The judges are announcing the results of the challenge.

“We agreed that the winner of the contest was Romeo. His impersonation of a Folded Cat was so uncanny that I almost couldn’t resist snatching him up and taking him home. Boy, you must have been possessed by a folded cat at that moment, right?” Jeffrey joked as he unfolded his arms towards the teenager.

If this episode had been broadcast, viewers would have been mesmerized by the teenager, especially the cat lovers.

Romeo smiled coyly and walked up to hug him. The cameraman got a close-up of his slightly flushed cheeks and crystal blue eyes.

Gustavo deftly inserted himself – and took the teenager, half a head shorter than himself, into his arms for a good long while.