Chapter 1374
Miss Luo Quan's skin had always been very fair, looking like flawless white ice and snow.
However, perhaps she didn't like this skin tone herself; it was a bit too pale, appearing somewhat sickly, like the fading of blood color caused by excessive anemia.
What she preferred was that healthy kind of white, the kind with a rosy tint.
Now her wish had finally been fulfilled; the Flawless Immortal Body had re-endowed her body with a touch of warmth, her skin tone becoming like a piece of warm, moist jade, and her complexion seemed to have peach-red mixed into the ice and snow.
A healthy fairness—this was the skin tone Miss Luo Quan wanted.
As for the texture, it went without saying; if you placed a glass bead on her back, a gentle blow would make it slide all the way from her spine to her tailbone, silkier than Dove chocolate.
"Daughter, now you can eat to your heart's content."
Miss Luo Quan happily picked up Luo Ning, and she herself opened her arms first.
Previously, due to the conflict between the faith of the Release Sect and the faith of the Dawn Church, her daughter had felt unwell after eating.
Now that it had become the higher-level Flawless Immortal Body, such a situation shouldn't happen again, right?
Ten minutes later, Miss Luo Quan, having finished feeding her daughter dinner, carefully checked her body.
Confirming that no red stripes had appeared, she finally breathed a sigh of relief.
"System, can you calculate what other things I don't know about might affect Ningning in the future? Tell me quickly so I can resolve them all at once."
Miss Luo Quan buttoned up her clothes and asked the system in a serious tone.
"There shouldn't be any; at least, there are none in the system's current database."
The system's answer made Miss Luo Quan feel much more at ease.
She hoped there were really no problems here; otherwise, for her daughter to have one mishap after another just days after being born, her luck would be a bit too miserable.
She was still carrying the title of Saint Child, after all.
However, in the scriptures, the Saint Child seemed to be specifically sent to this human world to suffer, needing to bear the sins for the world, and would endure a lot of hardship.
Miss Luo Quan didn't know if her memory was wrong, but if that were really the case, then no matter what, she would change her daughter's destiny.
Whoever wants to suffer this hardship can have it; at worst, she would just discard this Saint Child title.
If the fat Pope Benjamin III knew of such "rebellious" thoughts, he would probably come to persuade her with earnest words again.
This old Pope was good at everything, except his personality was too soft.
He didn't have enough authority over his subordinates.
Knowing what kind of personality she, this Holy Mother, had, he actually still let those believers disturb her.
If she were the Pope and her subordinates did this, she would have to send them all to the Inquisition to be locked in solitary confinement; if there were a next time, she would punish them by having them copy the Dawn Scripture ten thousand times, and if they got one letter wrong, they would have to start over.
If they still couldn't be controlled, she would nail them directly to a cross and let them taste the path of atonement of the first Saint Child, which could also be considered an alternative pilgrimage.
With this set of punishments, Miss Luo Quan didn't believe anyone would dare to be disrespectful to her.
To put it bluntly, this generation's Pope wasn't extreme enough; his personality was actually softer than the Holy Mother's.
"Mommy, I want to sleep."
Having eaten and drunk her fill, Luo Ning let out a sweet milk burp, her whole body trembling with comfort.
Miss Luo Quan gently touched her daughter's little head and said tenderly, "Sleep, daughter, Mommy will sing you a lullaby."
"No lullaby needed, I can fall asleep just like this."
Perhaps because she found someone singing too noisy, Luo Ning rejected the lullaby.
Most people indeed find it difficult to fall asleep when there is sound in their ears; newborn babies might not be affected by this, but Luo Ning clearly didn't fall into that category.
The good news was that Luo Ning didn't cry at night, and her sleep quality was incredibly good; once she closed her eyes, she would sleep soundly until she woke up the next morning.
This was much better than Luo Xi and Arthur; when she took care of those two children in the past, Miss Luo Quan often had to get up in the middle of the night to change their diapers and clean them up.
Seeing her daughter fast asleep, and taking advantage of the fact that it was still early, Miss Luo Quan turned on her livestream.
She had suddenly gone offline yesterday and hadn't even sent a notification until now; she figured those fans would be complaining about her in the comment section again.
However, after the stream started, the comments were unexpectedly harmonious.
"Strange, no one is complaining today?" Miss Luo Quan said with some surprise.
Usually, if she were even a little late or left early, these fans would want her to pay them back double the next day, but this time, not a single person said anything harsh; had the sun risen in the west?
"I'll be the traitor; it's not that we don't want to complain, but this group has a bigger plot!"
"Good lad, leaking everyone's intentions in advance, are you?"
"Anyway, it's all going to be said; a little earlier or a little later doesn't make much difference."
"We can wait and not say it, let Luo Bao think of it herself."
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The comments left Miss Luo Quan a bit confused; she didn't know what they were talking about.
However, since the comments mentioned letting her think of it herself, it must be something she had said before or a promise she had made.
And it was something that made these people so embarrassed to speak up that they needed to do some paving work.
Then this matter...
Miss Luo Quan suddenly had the answer: "Are you talking about the swimsuit photoshoot?"
The comments immediately burst into laughter:
"We didn't say it, you said it yourself."
"Hahaha, I knew Luo Bao wouldn't forget; now it's great, we have swimsuits to look at again."
"As a gentleman, I actually think swimsuits or not doesn't really matter; I just like watching the sea and running on the waves."
"Then let's not wear swimsuits this time; how about a wetsuit?"
"How can that be!"
"Hahaha, you're anxious now, typical 'mouth says no, body says yes'."
"Alright, I won't pretend anymore; we just want to see swimsuits!"
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The comments before her eyes made Miss Luo Quan unable to help but smile: "I promised everyone, so I definitely won't go back on my word. I said I'd take the photos, so naturally, I will. I was pregnant with Ningning before and it wasn't convenient, so I kept refusing.
It's not a difficult problem; I've taken one every year before, and this year is no exception.
However, I've been to Hawaii and the South China Sea twice already, so I plan to change to a new place this time, so I've decided on Tokyo, and I'll visit some old friends while I'm at it."
As Miss Luo Quan spoke, she directly searched for the two keywords 'Tokyo' on Bilibili; the first thing that appeared was the Tokyo Dome concert that had been quite popular a few days ago.
It was organized by Yun Jingxiao, who was now a premier rock superstar in Japan, and because his style was avant-garde and highly individualistic, he had quite a high popularity worldwide.
When Bilibili held its New Year's Gala before, the main reason Yun Jingxiao and the others could come was largely out of respect for Miss Luo Quan.
And as soon as the concert was mentioned, another group of fans in the comments had something to say.
They were mostly female fans; although they also loved to see swimsuit photoshoots, it wasn't as intense for them as it was for the male fans.
By comparison, they wanted Miss Luo Quan to hold a concert more.
And not just one, but preferably a global tour of ten or twenty shows.
Quite a lot of fans felt that only in this way could she live up to her status as a global superstar, and it would be more impressive when they went out to argue with other fans.
It seemed that in the fan circle, holding a concert was an act that very much reflected a star's popularity and strength.
The attendance and revenue of a concert would be called 'actual performance,' and if every show was sold out, then they were an international superstar.
Miss Luo Quan actually didn't quite understand why there was such a standard; it was as if it had become a convention.
Shouldn't a star's influence be judged by their online reputation and the awards they've won?
Concert data can be faked, but reputation and awards aren't necessarily something you can buy with money.
Just like when Miss Luo Quan first returned to the domestic market, it was said that a domestic music genius was sweeping the overseas market and was sought after by countless foreign fans.
At that time, using such rhetoric to promote her return to the country, she was mocked by many, saying she was some unknown backyard chicken singer who had spent a few days abroad and had now become a 'sea turtle.'
This kind of public opinion continued to have a large market even half a year after she returned to the country, even after she had produced quite a few excellent works.
When did it start to disappear?
It was after she swept the Grammys.
Although the Grammys have become increasingly watered down now, it must be admitted that it remains the most prestigious award in the pop music industry.
And a few years ago, this award was even more of a golden signboard; being able to win a marginal award was enough to brag about domestically.
And Miss Luo Quan had swept multiple heavyweight awards at the time, including Best Album, Best Artist, Best Production, Best Rock, and more.
From then on, Miss Luo Quan's status in the pop music industry began to take off vertically.
It was also after winning the awards that there were basically no more voices questioning her music domestically.
Because with over a dozen Grammys displayed, her sufficient confidence meant that even if she didn't speak, it was worth more than a thousand words.
However, this also led to a disadvantage, which was that some of her fans always had an arrogant attitude when facing domestic singers.
It was as if, because the singer I like is Miss Luo Quan and her achievements are so impressive, I can rightfully look down on these domestic singers, just because they don't have awards or don't have as many fans abroad.
Miss Luo Quan had said this more than once, and had also reminded her fans more than once not to use this attitude to disparage other singers.
But the effect didn't seem very good; many fans, especially female fans, were particularly fond of this kind of 'pulling and stepping' (pitting one against another).
Although both men and women have fan circles, female fans seemed to be more keen on this aspect.
It's just that for boys, the method of comparison is more direct, which is comparing awards, while female fans like to compare through concerts and the number of endorsements.
Just like some domestic traffic singers; whenever they hold a concert, fans will brag about it on Weibo, and if they get an internationally famous luxury endorsement, they want to shout it so the whole internet knows.
This belongs to using the most 'fan circle' way to prove that the star they like is a traffic star.
Miss Luo Quan's side was actually okay before; after emphasizing it a few times on Weibo, the fan circle fans had restrained themselves a lot.
Last year, she didn't manage this aspect much, and it seemed to have directly revived.
Actually, Miss Luo Quan understood what these so-called fan circles were for.
A large part of them were using the name of the fan circle to collect money for those organizers.
The organizers, who were the big fans of the stars, would form groups in the name of helping the star manage fans, and then collect various fees for 'calling' for the star, rushing rankings, and rushing performance metrics.
Or they would simply stalk the star's schedule and sell photos to other fans.
These behaviors were actually the true face of the fan circle, while those fans thought they were expressing their love for their idol, but in reality, they were being sold by others and still helping them count the money.
Miss Luo Quan clearly knew this, so a long, long time ago, she had canceled the so-called 'Miss Luo Quan Global Fan Support Association' that was established in her name.
As for concerts and the like, that was even more up to fate.
In her view, a concert was a happy gathering to reunite with fans and shouldn't become a tool used to compare revenue with other stars.
So when she held a concert last year, she had already kept the ticket prices very low.
For domestic A-list singers, the minimum concert ticket price was at least four or five hundred, and if they were top-tier, they were basically aiming for six or seven hundred.
While Miss Luo Quan's concert tickets were as low as two hundred, and the highest was only around six hundred.
With her status, this pricing was simply as low as doing charity.
Although the tickets would eventually be sold at high prices of a thousand or even ten thousand, that was the evil caused by scalpers.
She had tried every possible way to target scalpers, but these people were just too resourceful; they could always get tickets and could always bypass ticket checks.
Occasionally, when she was strict a few times, Miss Luo Quan would see those fans who had bought high-priced tickets and traveled from afar waiting outside the venue, and she couldn't bear it, eventually letting them in.
It could only be said that scalping tickets was indeed impossible to eradicate, but Miss Luo Quan had already tried her best to keep the ticket prices as low as possible, just wanting the majority of fans to have the opportunity to come and see her concert.
Of course, she was indeed very happy when performing, but the preparation before the concert was indeed very exhausting.
Doing it two or three times a year was fine, but if she really had to hold a global tour to show her strength, it would be better to just kill her.
So for the female fans in the comments who were eagerly asking her to hold a global tour, Miss Luo Quan's answer was: "Concerts are to be held, but a global tour is out of the question.
Everyone knows I'm a person who is afraid of trouble. If a concert didn't need planning and rehearsals, and I could teleport, then I would definitely be able to tour.
But I can't teleport, and every concert needs planning, so everyone shouldn't hold too high expectations.
Of course, I have an idea, which is to hold a concert using Bilibili's ready-made stage, and everyone can watch it online.
This way, fans all over the world can see it, and I can sing for as long as I want, and everyone can chat in the comments, and the listening experience of the singing will also be better.
Except for the atmosphere not being particularly heated, I don't think there are any drawbacks.
Of course, this idea is currently still in the planning stage, and whether it can be held is hard to say.
The matter at hand is, of course, the swimsuit photoshoot that everyone loves to see.
Having been to so many places, it seems I haven't been to the beaches in Tokyo much, so I've decided on that for this time. As for which beach specifically, I won't say in advance, lest all the fans gather there, which would be too awkward."
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