Exclusive Model for the Top Painter Chapter 89

The Glory of Being Among the Top Tier

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Since Ji Xiuyuan had reorganised Tian Han, the company's development had ushered in a whole new level of brilliance.

Not only did Tian Han retain its premier position in the fashion industry, the international art department also grew to become the most competitive figurehead organisation in the art industry, and Tian Han Group has since monopolised the top resources in the fashion and art industries.

Due to his crazy part-time jobs some time ago, Liang Jin's popularity within the modelling industry skyrocketed. Though it hadn't even been a month, not only in A City, but the entire online platform was littered with advertisements that he had shot as a model.

The only one who could compete with him was Yu Shan. After all, these two were both workaholics who didn't rest even during the Spring Festival.

What was even more staggering was that the advertisement offers Liang Jin received were all from international top-tier brands that carried a lot of weight. The accumulation of these works had made him the hottest new star in the industry.

Today, he was playing with Amber at home when his cell phone suddenly rang. As soon as he saw the strange numbers on the caller ID and the 'Milan, Italy' domain, Liang Jin immediately concluded that it was a fraudulent call and hung up without thinking about it.

Not long after, the phone rang again, and it was the same number.

Liang Jin was bored anyway, so in the spirit of entertainment, he answered the phone.

There was an elegant female voice on the other side: "Hello, is this Mr Liang Jin?"

Sure enough, it was a scam call! Isn't the number attributed to Milan, Italy? Why were they speaking Chinese?

With a curious heart, Liang Jin replied, "Yes, it's me."

"Hello! I am the liaison specialist of the Chinese regional office of Milan Fashion Week. This year's fashion week will be held in Milan at the end of March, may I ask if you are interested in participating?"

"You mean, I am receiving an invitation from Milan Fashion Week??"

"Yes."

Liang Jin could hardly believe it, Milan Fashion Week!

There are four major fashion weeks in the international fashion industry, which are New York, Paris, London and Milan.

For top professional buyers and fashionistas, Milan Fashion Week has the highest media focus of the four major fashion weeks, and its ability to lead style trends is unrivalled. It's known as the world's fashion trend barometer and weathervane.

This is the top event in the world's fashion industry!!!!

How could they possibly approach him?

Liang Jin was even more certain at this moment that this was a scam call!!!

He cleared his throat and retorted in a reasonable manner, "Are you going to say next that in order to participate in Milan Fashion Week, I need to pay an entry fee of 88,888 yuan and a handling fee of 99,999 US dollars?"

There was an obvious pause over there for a while, "Mr. Liang, as a formal event organiser, we will not ask for any fees from the invitee. Are you doubting the authenticity of the event? How about this, I will send a formal invitation document to your mailbox later..."

Liang Jin's mind went blank, this was actually real!!!

He hurriedly apologised and said, "Right... I'm sorry! I was just overly surprised, I'm really very sorry!"

A soft laugh came from the other side, "It's okay, sei carino~ (so cute)"

Shortly after hanging up the phone, he really received an invitation email from the organisers of Milan Fashion Week in his mailbox.

In an excited mood, he opened one of the well-known forums in the modelling industry, trying to find some news related to this year's Milan Fashion Week, but to his surprise, he saw a whole bunch of posts about himself on the front page.

[Liang Jin, the rookie and legend of the modelling world, the winner of life, the top stream of the industry!]

[The road from nobody to being crowned as a top male model, it took him less than four years.]

[How to have a double harvest of career and love and go to the peak of life? A scientific discussion with Liang Jin as an example.]

[Famous male model, director of a listed company, outstanding appearance and interesting soul, you must know him!]

Liang Jin casually clicked on one and looked at it. The plot here was so exciting that even a web novel wouldn't dare to fabricate something like this, right? He even suspected that the authors of these posts must be the senior melon eating bigwigs of Tian Han Group's gossip group.

What's even more outrageous was that there were actually people driving here!!!! Writing fanfiction about him and Ji Shen?!?!

Truly unable to look at it, Liang Jin silently clicked the red x to exit the page, his mind unable to calm down for a long time.

At night, he talked to Ji Xiuyuan about this. Ji Xiuyuan first tenderly rubbed his hair and complimented, "The invitation from Milan Fashion Week is extraordinary, Xiao Jin is awesome."

"Ji Shen, does this mean that I'm getting a little bit closer to you again?"

"You're the only person in my world, you're the closest person to me."

"That's different. I understand your feelings, but I still want to get better, enough to be able to stand shoulder to shoulder with you."

"The invitation to Milan Fashion Week is already the best proof of that. Xiao Jin, you will shine even brighter than me. Other than that, there's one thing I'm more interested in."

"What?"

"That forum you mentioned before, what's the name of it?"

"Oh, that's our industry's forum, it's boring, every day there are just some meaningless posts, why the sudden interest?"

"You just said that there are a lot of posts about you in there."

"Yeah, but they're all outrageous, it's better if you don't read them."

"There are still people writing fanfiction?"

"Yeah Yuan Yuan! So that's what you wanted to read??"

"Mhmm. Xiao Jin, what was written about us in those posts?"

"I don't know!"

"Liar, you must have read them."

"Didn't read it! It's all dirty talk, what's there to see?"

"Maybe this content, could give me some inspiration."

"? Yuan Yuan, when it comes to dirty talk, who can compare to you?"

"That's not necessarily true." Ji Xiuyuan took Liang Jin's cell phone from the bedside, unlocked the screen with his fingerprint, and from the browser history, he found the forum's page and studied it carefully.

Liang Jin was speechless, "You're really looking at it? I said it's boring."

Ji Xiuyuan whispered, "This article is well written, I've bookmarked it for you."

"What article?"

"'Tian Han Company Secret: Intense Love Affair in the Chairman's Office'."

"Is this a proper article??"

Ji Xiuyuan wrapped his arms around him and gently exhaled in his ear, "It's written in an interesting way, shall I read it to you, hmm?"

"I don't want to hear it."

"That night, when Director Ji finished his meeting, it was already ten o'clock. When he returned to the office, Liang Jin had been waiting there for a long time. Unlike previous days, he changed his usual teenage image and put on seductive women's clothes."

Liang Jin grabbed the phone in shame, "What a pervert!!!! No more reading!!!"

"Xiao Jin, I've finished reading it. Next time, we can try it."

"No way."

"You don't agree?"

"Don't agree."

"I'll ask you again later, and you'll agree."

"That's impossible, I won't agree no matter what."

"How about when I make you cry? Hmm?"

Liang Jin: ... ???

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After returning from Milan Fashion Week, Liang Jin received 99+ WeChat messages from Shu Yue.

The first few were polite pleasantries and a bunch of rainbow farts like "Brother, you're awesome, so awesome".

The latter were all photos of his band, which could be summed up in one sentence: Scratch is on fire!

To be exact, their single 'Indulgence' suddenly became a hit for some unknown reason, and the band's value skyrocketed as a result.

Shu Yue planned to strike while the iron was hot, and immediately announced that they were going to have a concert.

This time, the concert looked much more advanced than the previous one, and electronic tickets were used.

Shu Yue purposely reserved two of the best seats in the inner venue area for Liang Jin, and told him, "This time you must bring my sister-in-law!!!"

On the day the concert opened, Shu Yue was especially nervous.

This was the first time he really felt the feeling of being famous, and the scale and heat of this concert was something he had never dreamed of before.

He paced restlessly as he went back and forth in his backstage room.

Checking the time one moment, strumming his guitar the next, and straightening his hair in the mirror in another.

How had it only been five minutes?

The concert started at 8 p.m., and it was only just after 3 p.m., Shu Yue simply thought that the hours felt like years.

In order to kill time, he sat down in front of his desk and casually took a form, flipping through it.

This form was the budget sheet for the concert, Shu Yue casually scanned it and was immediately shocked.

This concert, it actually cost so much money!!! It was a whole two times more than the amount he had discussed with Zhou Hai earlier!!!

If he couldn't make his money back, would he be skinned by Zhou Hai?

Just as his anxiety intensified, Zhou Hai walked into the office from outside, so Shu Yue asked him, "Boss, tell me honestly, did you spend a lot of money this time?"

"Mhmm."

"This is definitely over the previous budget, isn't it? No way, you're so buckled down that you're actually willing to spend this much money?"

"Because you're the exception that can push me beyond the bottom line."

Shu Yue put the document down, hooked Zhou Hai's collar and smiled at him, revealing two small pointed tiger teeth, "Don't give me this whole sweet talk, you think I don't know? If I don't earn you back your capital, you will definitely have dug a big hole that's waiting for me! Quickly tell me the truth!!!"

Zhou Hai smoothly pressed him against the table, "My behaviour this time, indeed, didn't have any business calculations in it, it's purely for the sake of coaxing you to be happy."

Shu Yue gulped, "No way? You've changed your nature? I don't believe it."

"Then how about this, if you make me lose money, pay me with your skin."

"See! You really do have ulterior motives!"

"If you make money, I can pay you back."

"??? What do you mean?"

"I can provide you with nighttime companionship."

"Zhou Hai, do you have a serious illness?"

"Since you want to make a deal with me, my statement is clear. If you lose money, you'll have to sleep with me to pay it back; if you make a profit, I can pay instead."

"After all is said and done, you just want a physical deal!!!"

"Exactly, deal?"

"It's quite interesting, deal deal! But first things first, it's me sleeping with you, not you sleeping with me."

"You can try, the result will be the same anyway."

On the night of the turn of spring and summer, Liang Jin brought Ji Xiuyuan to watch Shu Yue's concert for the first time.

On the stage, between light and shadow, the lead singer of the band shone brightly, like a rising star.

Below the stage, under the cover of screams and applause, sat the organiser behind the scenes.

This festival was his tribute to the love in his heart.

‿︵‿︵ʚ˚̣̣̣͙ɞ・❉・ ʚ˚̣̣̣͙ɞ‿︵‿︵

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Translator Notes

Please feel free to comment any mistakes I made so I can improve and do better as I go through the book.

Translated: November 9, 2023