Chapter 496: The Trend

PS: It's the end of the month again. I'd like to wish everyone a happy summer vacation. Also, I'll be taking two days off for personal reasons tomorrow and the day after. That is all.

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After walking out of the hair salon, Miss Luo Quan's head was full of pink wavy curls. This time, she hadn't just dyed her hair; she had also permed it.

However, she only permed the ends, so it didn't turn into tight, voluminous waves.

After returning home, Miss Luo Quan began to apply makeup and change her clothes according to the look of her new character.

Once everything was finished, she started her livestream.

"New Look!" This was the title of today's livestream—concise and to the point.

When the fans saw it, they were instantly stunned. At this moment, Miss Luo Quan looked just like a girl who had stepped out of a manga. This vibrant makeup and hair, paired with her perfect facial features, created a sense of unreality, as if she were in a dream.

"So beautiful~~"

"My wife is just so pretty."

"This new look is top-tier; she feels just like a female lead in an anime."

"She satisfies all my fantasies about a perfect girlfriend!"

"The scene is so beautiful I don't even dare to look."

………………

The chat was filled with mushy praise. Seeing this, Miss Luo Quan smiled and said, "I have one more item here. Let's see how the effect is."

As she spoke, she took a pair of non-prescription framed glasses out of the drawer and put them on.

For the vast majority of two-dimensional otaku, a bespectacled woman is absolutely a major trigger point. In many situations, this accessory immediately defines the wearer's persona: intellectual, sexy, a gentle older sister. If paired with black stockings, it would be a lethal blow.

Miss Luo Quan wouldn't wear such things, but bare legs were equally excellent.

After putting on the glasses, Miss Luo Quan's entire temperament changed slightly. She looked much quieter than before, just like a girl-next-door older sister, exuding a soft aura of fruit intertwined with the last trace of greenness before ripening.

She was now 20 years old. Given the environment where Bilibili users are generally quite idle, many fans in the chat might not actually be older than Miss Luo Quan.

Regardless of whether these fans had an older sister, seeing this image of Miss Luo Quan, their hearts surely ignited with a raging fire of "older sister" obsession.

Come to think of it, Miss Luo Quan's personality had always been mature and steady; she didn't act cute or coquettish like many other young Bilibili creators of the same age. Now that she had changed her look, she truly had the vibe of a girl-next-door older sister.

Of course, whether it's "M" obsession or "older sister" obsession, in the end, everyone is just obsessed with looks—they are all members of the "Appearance Association," and the reasons they like someone have always been quite superficial.

Here, Miss Luo Quan tried out her new look and received a screen full of cheers; gifts were also flying in.

As she grew older, she actually wanted to change her image and the persona she held in the public eye.

Previously, she was a talented girl who had just come of age, and her main persona was purity, but she quickly overturned that herself. After that, she tried many looks, but she didn't feel satisfied with any of them.

The "girly" feeling is something many female celebrities want to possess. Many female celebrities in their early thirties act young in front of the screen just for this "girly" feeling; to put it bluntly, they just want to make themselves look younger.

However, Miss Luo Quan knew that it was impossible for a person to remain youthful forever. No one is always sixteen, but there is always someone who is sixteen. One should do what is appropriate for their age. What Miss Luo Quan wanted to do was to make her image mature.

Even now, when many people mention her, they still think of her as a talented musical girl; musicians or composers are still a very small minority.

Youth is her advantage, but it is also her disadvantage. Generally, such prestigious titles are not given to young people; on one hand, their work level isn't up to par, and on the other, they lack experience, making it hard to convince others.

Miss Luo Quan's level had long since reached that point; what she lacked was the experience that would make everyone bow down in admiration. She looked too young and lacked the authority that would make people feel respectful the moment they saw her.

Wanting to change is definitely a long process, but compared to others, Miss Luo Quan had already walked more than half of the road, which was also the most difficult part. The rest just required waiting to build up seniority.

And what Miss Luo Quan needed to do was to shorten the process of building seniority as much as possible, and changing her image was the first step.

Dyeing her hair a girly pink didn't actually have much of an impact; the key was that once these glasses were put on, an aura of a high-level intellectual came rushing forward, making her look very profound.

If she could have a few more wrinkles, she could probably be called a master directly.

However, she was still quite far from the realm of having wrinkles on her face. It is a fact that women age easily, but nowadays, facial care is so advanced that various instruments and drugs have good effects. If maintained well, one might not even be able to see wrinkles on her face after forty.

Just like her mother, Luo Ni, who was in her early forties but still looked like she was twenty-seven or twenty-eight; that was the credit of American all-natural skincare products.

And by the time she reached her mother's age, technology would only be more advanced than it is now. By then, she might not even have wrinkles on her face at fifty.

Of course, that would look a bit like an old monster. If possible, she still wanted to follow the laws of nature.

"How is it? This look isn't bad, right?" Miss Luo Quan spread her hands toward the camera, wearing a proud expression that said, "Everyone, hurry up and praise me."

Most fans followed suit, but a few in the chat started acting up:

"This reminds me of a certain teacher."

"The way you look with glasses on really makes my heart flutter."

"I want to see you wear an OL outfit and whip me with a pointer."

"Don't forget the high heels; please step on me at will~~~"

"It's all SM, right?"

"I often say, these old gentlemen are not decent people. If you execute them all, there will be innocent ones; if you only execute half, there will definitely be ones who slip through the net!"

"But then again, Miss Luo Quan looking like this should be very tempting!"

"Shut up, I am a decent gentleman. You guys are really disappointing. Can't you have something useful in your brains? Of course, if you insist on wearing it, Miss Luo Quan, I won't refuse."

"Classic 'mouth says no, body says yes.' Are you the one who recites scriptures and beats the monk?"

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Obviously, whether they were decent gentlemen or pure perverts, everyone hoped that Miss Luo Quan could develop more "poses" to contribute to society!

Seeing these comments, Miss Luo Quan's mouth curled into a mischievous smile, and she deliberately said in a lazy voice, "The OL outfit you're talking about, is it the kind of tight hip-hugging skirt that female employees wear in the office? And then you have to add black silk stockings and thin high heels? And the pointer, it's the kind that makes a 'pop' sound when you whip it, right?"

"You know so much!"

"Yes, yes, that's it."

"It would be great if you could really cosplay this."

"I've even thought about how to livestream it; I'll just step on the camera with high heels."

"So perverted, but I like it."

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Miss Luo Quan smiled and asked, "So, do you really want me to cosplay this?"

"WANT!!!"

In an instant, the entire chat was overwhelmed.

"Hehe, keep dreaming!" Suddenly, the style changed. Miss Luo Quan's charming smile turned into an ascetic face: "Can you perverts think about positive things for once? Doing this for a long time will make you stupid."

"Also, if you want me to film this kind of thing, unless………… there is no unless. I won't film this."

Thinking of the trouble she faced after setting a flag before, Miss Luo Quan didn't set one this time and directly refused.

However, the fans in the chat were still not giving up:

"Don't be like that. You were just talking about it nicely; why did you change your mind so suddenly?"

"How about we do another crowdfunding? Two hundred million dollars, just consider it our contribution to charity."

"Hahaha, you guys really are a bunch of kind people."

"Set a flag, even if it's 'unless the men's national football team wins the World Cup,' give us some hope."

………………

Unfortunately, Miss Luo Quan gave them unrealistic hope, only to quickly cut it off. In internet terms, she was a bad woman, and the poor Toms were played in the palm of her hand.

"You've become bad, Miss Luo Quan. You're not as pure as before."

"Indeed, even if you give us Yunnan Baiyao now, it won't make up for the trauma in my heart."

"Unless you film a set of OL photos immediately!"

"Not enough, it has to be five sets, preferably with some other looks."

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"I never said I wanted to film this." Miss Luo Quan shrugged, looking irresponsible. "However, although I won't film an OL look, there are indeed new looks coming out in the future. What do you think about a queen or a princess?"

"Oh, the kind of queen who steps on me?"

The chat asked in unison. If she evolved directly from an OL to a queen, that wouldn't be unacceptable. Moreover, this was something Miss Luo Quan had already promised, so there was definitely no possibility of a feint.

Facing these comments that only wanted to talk about dirty things, Miss Luo Quan's face darkened: "Are you dreaming? Can that kind of thing pass censorship if filmed?"

The chat immediately offered suggestions:

"You don't have to post it on Bilibili. Just like before, use a Xunlei cloud drive link. I'm still paying for my membership."

"Yes, just tell us the mysterious code, and we'll handle the rest."

"Are we starting crowdfunding again? Then I'll have to drink 'Nutri-Express' for a while to make up for it."

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Miss Luo Quan finally said helplessly, "Alright, I won't keep you in suspense. Actually, in the second half of this year, I have two films co-produced by China and the US, and I will play a queen in both."

"However, one is a nickname, and the other is a real queen. As for violent scenes like stepping on people, I guess they won't appear."

Taking advantage of this livestream, Miss Luo Quan also revealed her film shooting plan for the second half of the year.

Her role in *The Lord of the Rings 2* wasn't large; she could probably finish it in a week at most. The rest of the time, besides releasing a few singles, would all be spent filming movies.

Because one of them was a key promotional project in China, she revealed it during this livestream. With her constitution of easily hitting the trending list, wouldn't the promotional costs be saved?

As for this answer, the fans were still a bit disappointed. This was not quite the queen they imagined. If it was filming a movie, then no matter how good it was, there probably wouldn't be any exciting scenes.

Unless it was a movie starting with prefixes like IPX or TOKYOHOT.

Of course, this was just a joke. True fans were just talking for the sake of it; no one would hope that the perfect goddess in their hearts would get involved with such things, not even a little bit.

In any case, having two new movies released in the second half of the year was definitely a good thing. Many movies had shouted the slogan of China-US co-production before, but the things filmed were not very good.

What everyone originally wanted to see was a script that fit Chinese customs and feelings, paired with American advanced costumes, makeup, and special effects.

The result was the complete opposite: the movies were all plots that pandered to the West, and the special effects were just like most domestic trash movies, worth only fifty cents.

So much so that now, as long as there is a China-US co-produced movie released, no matter how the movie is, the rating is automatically deducted by two points.

Although Miss Luo Quan's reputation is very good, everyone is still very worried that the same old problems will appear.

For such a big production, the director will inevitably pull in many investors, and it is a conventional practice for investors to stuff people into the crew.

In those big co-produced productions before, investors would stuff a "little fresh meat" here and a female celebrity there, and the acting was awkwardly ridiculous, directly affecting the viewing experience of the whole movie.

If Miss Luo Quan's movie also encountered such a situation, the possibility of it flopping would increase out of thin air.

Therefore, fans also expressed their worries about this in the chat.

Seeing this, Miss Luo Quan just smiled slightly: "This situation absolutely cannot happen. For the whole movie, I am the director, the screenwriter, and the lead actress. In addition, all expenses are paid by me alone. I am the only investor, so as long as it is someone I don't want to see, they will absolutely not appear in this movie."

"Wow, so rich!"

"Bearing all the profits and risks, confident enough."

"Is there a mine at home? So willful. If it flops, wouldn't there be no one to share the risk?"

"Forgot what Miss Luo Quan's family does? The world's largest real estate developer; a movie is just a few villas."

"Is being rich amazing?"

"Sorry, being rich is really amazing."

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The chat started playing memes, obviously completely reassured about Miss Luo Quan's financial strength. Then, the fans asked about the movie's theme, title, and casting.

Miss Luo Quan didn't mention a word about the second movie, and she didn't talk about the casting for the first one either, just giving a simple introduction to other information:

"The first movie to be filmed will be a modern urban comedy. Anyway, it's a story about a girl who sticks to her original intention in the dazzling fashion world. As for the title of the movie, it is currently set as *The Devil Wears Chanel* or *The Queen Who Wears Chanel*."

Once these words were spoken, only these words remained on the screen:

"Chanel, hurry up and pay!"

PS: Thanks to book friends "Zhongjiu Zhishi Meng Yichang" and "Lanye Changge" for the book coins. Thank you very much! ===== CHAPTER 497 =====