Chapter 75 - Chapter 75: Chapter Seventy-Five: Avoiding Suspicion (2/2)
The media released the before and after photos of these celebrities, including pictures of them from the front and back. The strange thing was: photos of these women’s side profiles were combined together, side by side. It was like viewing characters in a mobile game; the women’s images were dizzying and confusing!
“What is the meaning of this? Is this some kind of event?” Yun Nan asked, puzzled.
“Nope, no event. Take a closer look. Don’t these women look familiar?” Fang Xi hedged as she cleaned up the coffee stains. Curious, some of their colleagues also came over.
One of them commented, “Yeah, they do seem familiar!”
Yun Nan recognized Yun Liu at a glance. As for the others… A few of them were familiar, but she couldn’t remember their names, so they definitely weren’t good actors. Otherwise, she would have remembered them.
“Oh, I get it! These people are imitating Yun Nan!” Miss An hit the nail on the head with that answer.
“Why would they imitate me?” Yun Nan said, more puzzled than before. She read through the tabloid again but still didn’t get it.
Fang Xi rolled her eyes at her and told her, “I’ve never seen someone so dense.” She then reached out and stroked Yun Nan’s hair. “See, they’re imitating your hairstyle. They all want to be identified as the woman who took that photo with Shi Nian in the wedding ring ad! You can’t see her face in the photo, so if a reporter asks—Iwas it you who took the photo with Mr. Shi?’— these women only need to smile, stay silent and let the media make their own assumptions!”
“And without a doubt, the media would lap it up. Add a little embellishment here and there, and they’ll have quite the story for their readers and audience. These celebrities’ fangirls and boys will all think their idols are the real deal, and the others are clout-chasers! Take a look; people are arguing everywhere online. If you don’t support their idols—scratch that; if you support someone other than their idols, these fans would immediately gang up on you. *Tsk* It’s crazy, I tell you.”
Fang Xi’s years of experience in the entertainment industry showed through; she managed to explain the crux of the matter in a couple of sentences. Yun Nan held the celebrities’ combined photo up and stared at it. Then, she took a small round mirror lying on the side, studied her reflection, and said, “Miss An, get me a wig, will you? I don’t want to be involved in this mess.”
‘*Sigh* All these irrelevant fakes are fighting to be recognized, but the real deal chooses to avoid suspicion,’ was what Yun Nan’s friends and colleagues thought.
“Wait, how did that photo get published in the first place? Isn’t that magazine afraid Shi Nian might sue them for violating his image rights?” Yun Nan asked, her mind clear and logical.
“Strictly speaking, even if Shi Nian wishes to pursue the matter through legal means, he couldn’t do much. After all, the photo only showed a side profile,”
Fang Xi explained..