Chapter 142: White, Yellow, and Black

"There are thirty-two black editors in our website, accounting for eighteen percent of the total number of editors. The number of yellow-skinned people is about the same.

Therefore, there is absolutely no racial discrimination in our website's selection. The ranking is fair, just, and open.

Luo Quan is the world's most beautiful face of 2016 that all our editors unanimously agree on. There are many of her photos on the internet, and it's hard not to be fascinated by her after seeing them.

As for those who say she only took advantage of her white identity and is therefore more liked, I can only say that appearance is something that will not get extra points due to skin color on our website. Beauty is beauty, regardless of black or white."

Under the tweet, TC Candler's editor-in-chief also attached several photos of Luo Quan. Her skin color was adjusted to black by a computer, but even so, Luo Quan was still stunningly beautiful, and even because of the black skin, it gave people a mysterious temptation.

Just as the editor-in-chief said, beauty is beauty and has nothing to do with skin color. Even if Luo Quan changed from white skin to black skin, she would still be more beautiful than Alia.

Aesthetics is something that anyone with a normal brain can see the gap between the two at a glance. The key is that Luo Quan has appeared without makeup most of the time since her debut, while a group of American actresses, including Alia, are famous for their love of heavy makeup.

Only girls themselves know how much makeup improves a girl.

Therefore, Luo Quan taking first place is an undisputed matter. Besides those gamblers who lost money, extreme racists are the most numerous among those attacking her.

These people cannot be understood by common sense, nor can they communicate normally. Luo Quan's fans don't intend to pay attention to them, only trying their best to let passersby not hate Luo Quan because of these people.

The debate about the world's most beautiful on foreign websites gradually subsided, and the popularity in China just started to rise.

First, Luo Quan herself did a bit of self-promotion, uploading the 2016 world's most handsome/beautiful face ranking video to Bilibili.

Many people hadn't slept at this hour, having just experienced the joy of the New Year, and were still quite excited. Then this video made her fans excited.

The three major platforms were all on the hot search, and the discussion popularity was second only to the Spring Festival Gala. Many stars who were on the hot search because of the Spring Festival Gala were squeezed to the back by the suddenly emerging Luo Quan.

"Chinese Luo Quan wins the world's most beautiful face!"

This was the unified hot search title on Bilibili, Weibo, and Zhihu, with two key points: Chinese, world's most beautiful.

As everyone knows, the two words "Chinese" have never been favored in the Western world. For any award, as long as a Chinese person is running, there is mostly no possibility of winning. Many Westerners have also discriminated against Chinese people more than once in language and even actions.

And in terms of controlling the world's aesthetics, Europe and America have always held it tightly. They instill their culture and values to the whole world through movies, music, comics, and other works, attempting to make the whole world identify with their aesthetics and greatly distort Eastern aesthetics.

The so-called "high-level face" is a product of this cultural trend. The key is that there are still quite a few people in China who regard it as a standard and promote it extensively.

Later, it made many Chinese people themselves feel that "high-level faces" are very popular in the West, and Chinese beauties are not worth mentioning in the world.

But facts prove that human aesthetics are generally the same. "High-level faces" are not necessarily high-level, and Chinese people are not necessarily unpopular.

Luo Quan becoming the world's most beautiful is a major milestone for China to break Western prejudice.

The only flaw is that Luo Quan's appearance is almost entirely white features. The only yellow-skinned feature is her pair of deep brown eyes and lips as thin as cicada wings.

That is the only mark Luo Ni left for her, but it is also her most significant feature as a Chinese person.

It is also because of this that the onlookers, while excited, still felt dissatisfied with such a result:

"In the end, it's still a foreigner's face. Although it is indeed very beautiful, it is still missing something."

"Is this a Chinese person? Does this appearance have any Chinese features?"

"Eyes."

"You are too extreme. Luo Quan has accepted so many interviews abroad, and every time she emphasizes that she is a native Chinese. Other than her appearance being different from ours, there is no difference."

"Appearance is also not different, aren't we all humans?"

"Wen Xia's ranking is also not low. She is still the number one in Asia after Luo Quan, and tenth in the world, which is an improvement over last year."

"I hope Wen Xia can rank first next year. She is the most beautiful Chinese face in my mind."

"Aesthetics is something everyone has their own insights on. After all, this is a very subjective thing, but I think it's better not to say this kind of thing. Luo Quan will feel very cold if she sees it."

"Put yourself in her shoes. If you were Luo Quan, what would you think if you saw these comments?"

"Her stress resistance is so strong, she wouldn't be unable to accept these few words, right? No way, no way?"

"Luo Quan doesn't have such a glass heart. So many people scolded her before, and she held on."

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Fortunately, Luo Quan no longer browses Weibo, otherwise she would probably feel very uncomfortable seeing these remarks.

However, appearance is something given by parents, and the person herself cannot choose. Moreover, how many people spend millions or tens of millions and still can't get a world's most beautiful face, but she can use it for free forever? In this point, she has already won too much over others.

Therefore, Luo Quan might feel regretful, but she would definitely not regret looking like this.

Although public opinion at home and abroad has some criticisms of her, overall, winning the world's most beautiful face has brought her quite a lot of positive effects.

The first is the overwhelming endorsements, basically all big foreign brands.

The first one to send her an invitation was Dior. The reason is simple: because when she won the world's most beautiful face, she was wearing Dior clothes, which counted as a free big advertisement for Dior.

Besides this, internationally renowned brands such as Gucci, CK, and Chanel all extended olive branches to her.

A person's popularity is always accumulated over a long period, and then explodes all at once at a suitable opportunity.

Before, Luo Quan contributed so many works to the pop music circle, but her popularity was always lukewarm. This time, as soon as she became the world's most beautiful, her popularity instantly rose.

Not only did her Twitter and YouTube fans increase by millions, but various clothing brands sent endorsement invitations, and many music and film companies also sent cooperation invitations.

The so-called "traffic monetization" is probably what this moment is about. If it were an ordinary star, they would definitely accept everything at this time, signing as many as possible.

But Luo Quan has a mission, and she cannot touch many "indentures." The verbal descriptions of other contracts are also relatively vague, and she isn't sure, so she didn't agree.

Finally, she gave these emails a unified reply:

"Busy with filming, currently not accepting any endorsements or other new plays. Music cooperation can be considered, but it will have to wait for a period of time."

Saying this, she basically rejected all these companies. When Wen Xia knew about this, she was so shocked her eyes almost popped out.

Wen Xia stared at Luo Quan, hating that she couldn't make her better, "It's a good thing you didn't sign with an agency. If I were your boss, I wouldn't beat you to death, you spendthrift!"

Luo Quan curled her lips, "No amount of money can buy the freedom I want."

Wen Xia rolled her eyes at her, "You only earned a little money, and you are already so arrogant?"

"Money doesn't have to be much, just enough to use." Luo Quan shook her head, feeling complacent.

"I really admire you!" Wen Xia covered her face, completely speechless, "Is there really someone in this world who treats money like dirt?"

Of course... no!

Luo Quan is actually very miserable inside. Since going to her dad's mansion, she realized that a mere 100 million RMB is not worth mentioning to a billionaire.

Moreover, money is something that even the richest person in the world wouldn't mind having more of. If there is a chance to earn it, one must definitely earn it.

Clothing endorsements are probably the simplest way to make money. Take a few photos, forward a few tweets, and the money is in hand. Where else can you find such a convenient way to make money?

It's a pity that the contracts these companies require are too overbearing and don't meet the system's standards at all. How good would it be if they were all like the contracts given by Sony and Bilibili?

Giving her enough freedom, she could bring them huge popularity and revenue.

Unfortunately, many companies want more and are unwilling to give Luo Quan enough respect.

But this cannot be blamed on these companies. After all, Luo Quan only has good popularity now and hasn't reached the level of a diva superstar, so she can't bargain with these giant capitals.

So although it's a pity, it's indeed something that can't be helped. Moreover, Luo Quan doesn't have a particularly deep obsession with money. If she really can't earn it, she won't force it.

After the New Year arrived, Luo Quan played with Wen Xia and Junko at home for a few days, and then the three sisters all returned to work.

She went to film her "Wolf Warrior 2," Wen Xia went to film her "Heavenly Sword and Dragon Slaying Sabre," and Junko went to the Red House to continue practicing dance. They all have bright futures.

Luo Quan's scenes in "Wolf Warrior 2" were already not many. Wu Jin knew she had asked for leave to film, so after returning to work, he filmed her part first.

These parts basically had no difficulty; it was just staying in a room with a group of extras, watching Wu Jin fight for his life with the mercenary leader outside, and needing to cry when it was time to cry.

Crying scenes are a major touchstone for testing an actor's acting skills. Many so-called actors even have to use eye drops to replace tears when performing crying scenes, and their expressions are so awkward.

Luo Quan naturally wouldn't have such a situation; she cried naturally and genuinely.

Finally, it was the highlight, which was also the only kissing scene in "Wolf Warrior 2."

In the previous script, this part was supposed to be a real kiss. After all, kissing scenes are a hurdle that actors cannot avoid no matter what.

Director Wu Jin's wife, Tian Yu, didn't have any objections at the beginning. Of course, it's unknown what happened in private. It's estimated that Director Wu Jin didn't get pinched by his wife less.

Fortunately, this movie didn't have high requirements for the kissing scene. Director Wu Jin let Tian Yu act as Luo Quan's kissing double to complete the filming of this part.

At this point, Luo Quan's journey of filming "Wolf Warrior 2" finally came to an end. ===== CHAPTER 143 =====