Chapter 180: The Right Way to Open a Viral God-Tier Photo (Double Chapter — Please Vote with Monthly Tickets!)

Tonight's grand birthday celebration finally came to an end.

Without a doubt, tonight's sales champion was, of course, Bai Liang.

His sales numbers, measured in hundreds of millions, left the combined performance of every other artist carrying an endorsement looking like nothing next to his alone.

Those rich older sisters really know how to spend money!

When she first learned how staggering the sales figures tied to Bai Liang were, Sister Yanzi was stunned, thinking those Bai Fumei "ex-girlfriends" of his had gone crazy — no matter how rich you are, you can't possibly drop that much cash in one go.

Only later did she find out that the Bai Fumei crowd made up only a small portion; the real foundation behind those absurd sales numbers was the support from the older "babies" on the scene.

Sister Yanzi couldn't quite figure it out — wasn't her own Dou Xiao Bai just tossing a necklace into a drink to look cool?

Of course she also thought it was pretty cool, and she had a premonition that another "viral god-tier photo" was probably on the way.

But for that alone to drive tonight's sales this hard was honestly a bit over the top.

On that point, a certain ex-girlfriend young lady over at Bulgari actually took the time to explain things to her.

"Do you know why luxury goods brands, when picking endorsers, care so much about that thing called 'class'?"

Those rich ladies can toss out hundreds of thousands, millions, or even more without blinking, to buy one piece — or several pieces — of jewelry.

Would they treat the stuff as something precious, handle it with such delicate care?

Bai Liang tossing it so casually, dunking a piece of jewelry worth several million into a drink — on one hand, that move looked incredibly cool; on the other, it hit those rich ladies right in the heart.

Class! Taste!

Jewelry is something you use to adorn yourself, not something you use yourself to set off the jewelry.

It's only an accessory.

Sister Yanzi thought that made a lot of sense — if the other woman hadn't then asked her for Bai Liang's hotel room number for tonight, she might actually have believed it.

Damn it, she's just lusting after our Dou Xiao Bai's body!

Could she hand that over?

Absolutely not~

"Heh, I was just testing you — good on you! If anyone else asks, don't tell them either, okay?"

Sister Yanzi:. Yeah right.

But then it suddenly hit her — the other woman might really have been testing her.

Bai Liang's hotel arrangements for tonight were handled by the Bulgari side; how could they possibly not know which room he was in~

Oh no, Dou Xiao Bai tonight probably can't escape the clutches of those "bad women."

At that moment, Bai Liang was just about to slip away and head back to the hotel to rest.

Sister Yanzi wasn't wrong — there really were quite a few "bad women" eyeing him tonight.

It could only be said that, thankfully, he's a celebrity now, and those "ex-girlfriends" have to consider the optics; otherwise, who knows, they might really have slipped something into his drink.

These Bai Fumei spent a combined total of tens of millions tonight, so by all rights, sales champion Bai Liang ought to give them a little something back.

Autographs, photos — get them lined up!

Everything else, forget it — he won't even let them touch his hand.

Just as he barely managed to "wrap things up" with this Bai Fumei crowd, Li Xin appeared out of nowhere.

"You're heading back to the hotel to rest?"

"Yep~ What about you?"

"Mm, I'm heading back to the hotel too, but first I need to get in touch with my manager — what you said earlier kind of scared me."

The two chatted as they walked out, and along the way bumped into Yang Yang, who was saying goodbye to a rich lady.

The guy seemed to want to say something — he even raised a hand, opened his mouth, then hesitated.

Bai Liang, ever so considerate, said in a warm and polite tone: "Hello, can I help you?"

Yang Yang:. I wasn't even trying to talk to you, bro!

"Uh, nice to meet you."

Since the other man had already spoken up, Yang Yang could only force out that one line, a bit stiffly.

But Bai Liang actually thought it was pretty normal — this guy had always carried a bit of an idol's burden, so talking in a cool way was perfectly normal.

He even noticed the guy seemed to have secretly slipped into hidden heels.

Hehe, cheeky~

"Pleased to meet you — want to add each other on WeChat?"

So the two of them added each other on WeChat in a daze, leaving Li Xin behind staring blankly.

You two... getting along this harmoniously?

Last time she'd "predicted" to Bai Liang that the two of them were rivals, yet their very first chat had zero gunpowder in the air.

That didn't add up — Bai Liang and that Wu Yifan guy next door probably hadn't even met, but the vibe between them was like they were about to go to war.

"I'll get going then."

After adding each other on WeChat, Bai Liang waved goodbye, and Li Xin quickly hitched up her skirt and followed after him.

She didn't know why she was following, but her body really did move faster than her brain.

And Yang Yang, after all that, nearly couldn't keep his composure.

The slight lift in his heels immediately relaxed, and the posture of holding his breath, head high and chest out, almost crumbled~

His face, meanwhile, was a portrait of existential doubt.

Honestly, he'd expected to feel somewhat resistant toward Bai Liang — after all, they were rivals, and standing face-to-face, he was supposed to find the other guy annoying.

But the guy really did stop in front of him, stood a good head taller than him, and yet he didn't feel much aversion in his heart.

Maybe it was because... Bai Liang hadn't poached his endorsement?

Thinking about what had happened tonight, then connecting it to that guy next door, Yang Yang nearly laughed out loud.

So it turns out someone was "carrying the weight forward"!

Thinking about it that way makes me feel a lot better.

"What were you two just talking about?" His manager Jia Shikai arrived late but finally showed up, asking curiously.

"Added him on WeChat."

"You added him on your own initiative?"

"No, he added me on his own initiative." Puffing out his chest again, Yang Yang felt saying it that way made him seem to have a bit more face.

But Jia Shikai didn't care about that. "Push his WeChat to me, I'll find a way to make contact later."

"Go yourself."

"Huh?"

—

Tonight's story, naturally, wouldn't end just because the Bulgari dinner party was over.

The attendees of the dinner party had their fun, but the netizens hadn't had theirs yet.

At this moment, the number one trending topic was that scene of Bai Liang and a certain Wu exchanging a "gaze across the distance" when he got out of the car.

Nobody knew how the media had "linked things up," but they somehow managed to splice together photos from both perspectives.

Maybe some media outlets had foresight and had people stationed on both sides from the start.

This kind of direct "dialogue" between top-tier stars had plenty of netizens getting hyped!

Going head to head—now that's good! Fight! Fight!

At this moment, the trending searches behind it naturally featured that certain Wu's name. His side's press conference ended much earlier, and with the brand and his team pushing together, grabbing the top three trending spots was no problem.

A bombardment of handsome photos, with fans below blowing his praises to the skies.

Apparently wanting to match up against Bai Liang's car accident "photo of a lifetime" from a while back, the discussion revolved around all kinds of "viral iconic shots."

They felt their own brother, paired with the brand's jewelry, would definitely produce viral shots.

At this moment, Sister Yanzi hadn't even sent Bai Liang back to the hotel—she was carefully picking through the photos taken by all the various people on scene today.

The more she looked, the more excited she got!

Half an hour later, the Bulgari official Weibo, under a barrage of urging, finally updated its Weibo.

The opening move was a royal flush.

What is the correct way to open a viral iconic shot?!

The lighting, the wine glass, the champagne and jewelry in the glass, the surrounding environment and shadows—everything seemed just right.

As if not a single ray of light was extraneous.

Including the person at the center of the frame.

The overwhelming, transcendent atmosphere made people unable to stop looking again and again, as if trying to stare flowers into the picture.

Apparently not satisfied with just posting the photo, the Bulgari official Weibo then updated again: He is the best spokesperson! Not just anyone can ride his coattails!

The other spokesperson, Shu Qi, even magnanimously gave it a like and forwarded that photo along the way.

From the moment the Weibo post went up, the heat instantly skyrocketed!

Although Bulgari was targeting another jewelry brand, netizens didn't care about any of that—this was a matter between two top-tier stars.

The brands can step aside for now, let the two of them settle who's winner and who's loser first.

Mm. Winner and loser, already decided.

No way around it, comparison only brings hurt.

Because they kicked off a PK from the start, at a time like this it's really a case of whoever looks "ugly" is the embarrassed one.

Can only say that certain Wu was too "anxious"—someone on site recorded a video and found he had a thousand little mannerisms when taking photos.

His eagerness to produce a good shot was practically written all over his face.

But there's no helping it—sometimes the more deliberate you are, the less you can pull it off.

Instead, it's not even as good as that photo of him gazing at Bai Liang across an entire street at the very beginning.

That one was genuinely sharp enough—two looks-obsessed ringleaders squaring off across the distance, and truly neither came out behind.

Once it became deliberate, it fell into cliché instead.

On top of that, some other photos from tonight gradually came out, and the scene of Bai Liang surrounded by a bunch of Bai Fumei unexpectedly produced yet another "viral iconic shot." The Bai Fumei were responsible for creating the overwhelming aura of wealth, while Bai Liang at the center of the frame was responsible for enjoying it~

Netizens said his sense of ease was off the charts, like a young master—and this isn't the kind of "young master" from a gentlemen's club!

Effortlessly, he shot up to trending searches number one, two, and three—the third being the one of him and that certain Wu together.

Especially the number one trending search, the champagne glass one—it even had an "explosive" tag tacked on the back.

A true viral iconic shot.

Even people who didn't know Bai Liang would click in for a look and couldn't help asking, who is this handsome guy?

Even tonight, the two top-tier stars together suppressed the trending热度 over at Wang Baoqiang's side—even if Ma Rong jumped out saying Wang Baoqiang cheated

Bad luck for her, running into two top-tier entertainment stars going all out—she didn't snag any of the热度.

Miss Li Xin even managed to ride the wave into the top ten trending searches, with people asking: who is she?

At this moment, Li Yitong, who was still on "Sisters Riding the Wind and Waves," was sitting pretty with her feet propped up, typing away furiously.

Originally just scrolling Weibo, she saved the photos on one side and didn't forget to send them to Mencius on the other, to discuss them together.

Later she干脆 set up a small group and pulled the squeaky-voiced Yu Yu Shuxin in too, and the three Misses "licked the screen" together.

Mainly the other two were licking the screen—Li Yitong, on the contrary, played it reserved, at least in the group she was quite reserved.

"Mocking" the two of them for acting like they'd never seen the world, being bewitched like this by a "male fox spirit."

Only her chat history with Jin Cheng was a completely different vibe.

!.

Two girls over twenty-five—sometimes the scale of their boldness can really go through the roof.

But then Li Yitong casually scrolled through her Weibo and suddenly sat up.

Because under her Weibo post, fans were asking: did she also go to the Bulgari gala?

At the same time, people were cursing her too.

Li Yitong: Damn! That's Li Xin!

"Ah! Good thing you reminded me—I posted on Weibo pretty early, and there really are fans of theirs coming over to curse me."

In the hotel, Li Xin sat on the sofa with a face full of relief.

Way too ridiculous—just because she was standing a bit close to Bai Liang, fans of Dilireba and Gulinaza caught the scent and came running.

No way around it, the Nazha side is too tenacious; although there aren't large-scale magical bombardments anymore, small-scale clashes have never stopped.

Unless one side completely overshadows the other, or an even stronger "third party" pops up.

Otherwise, these CP fans with blood in their eyes don't mind taking out all the other "random nobodies" before dealing with each other.

Better to kill by mistake than let any go.

Li Yitong was just this unlucky, because she had collaborated with Bai Liang and appeared together with him.

*Legend of Chu Qiao* hasn't even aired yet, and suddenly seeing that strikingly similar face, naturally they curse first and ask questions later—no patience to tell them apart.

"Kill" her together!

While these people didn't let Li Yitong off, naturally they didn't let Li Xin herself off either.

Fortunately, she moved pretty fast.

A few minutes earlier, she had timely updated a Weibo post, reposting Bulgari's Weibo with the caption: Today I'm guest-starring as the brand ambassador's external jewelry stand.

This positioning is already humble enough—she wouldn't dare touch any scandal with a ten-foot pole!

Then she posted another Weibo, showing off that wristwatch.

That's right, she wore this wristwatch back with her.

Don't ask—ask and it's just that she accidentally couldn't hold back, and made a tiny little contribution to Bai Liang's sales tonight.

Miss Li Xin wept inside—impulse purchase!

Didn't gain anything, almost got taken out by the irritable fans of those two Xinjiang girls, and in the end spent several hundred thousand more.

Just because she glanced at Bai Liang a few extra times when the spotlight swept over, she couldn't help but swipe her card for a round of spending.

Those rich older sisters going wild wasn't without reason.

Regarding this, Bai Liang's review was: Thanks to Miss for the Carnival gifts—how much commission was that, how many Carnivals was it now?

So he very considerately booked a presidential suite, paying for it himself.

The hotel room Bulgari had prepared for him—how could he possibly go stay there?

If nothing unexpected happens, tonight there should be quite a few "visitors" over there; someone might even get their hands on a spare keycard.

This explanation also let Li Xin understand why he didn't bring her back to the original hotel, but went to the trouble of switching to another one.

She glanced at the view outside the floor-to-ceiling window; this room was very high up, as if it could take in most of the Magic City at a glance.

"I thought you liked staying higher up."

"Staying higher up does have its perks—you can look at the scenery."

Having just showered and toweled his hair dry, Bai Liang sat down beside her and very naturally reached out to gently stroke her neck.

Li Xin didn't resist this at all; she even narrowed her eyes, tilted her head back slightly, and showed off her swan neck.

She just murmured to herself: "How did I end up coming here with you~"

"Didn't you send me your room number last time? I figured I owed you an apology, and wanted to make it up to you."

That didn't sound too pleasant!

What do you mean make it up?! As if she were some desperate thirsty—

Bai Liang felt he had already put it quite nicely.

The moment the Bulgari gala ended, this Miss stuck to him like a shadow, showing absolutely no intention of leaving.

But Li Xin obviously wouldn't admit it; she even glared at Bai Liang with a hint of annoyance, reached out and patted his thigh—though she didn't push away that big hand stroking her neck.

But just then, her phone suddenly rang.

"Oh, my manager's calling—I forgot to let her know I didn't go back to the hotel."

Bai Liang couldn't care less about managers or not.

When he had just come over, he turned off most of the lights in the room.

He simply scooped up this Miss with one hand, then carried her to the floor-to-ceiling window—Li Xin had been looking out the window earlier, so she must really like this view.

Biting her lip, she helplessly glared at this guy again; listening to the sound of her dress zipper being pulled open, and the slight coolness of her palm touching the floor-to-ceiling window, Li Xin wanted to hang up her manager's call first.

Unfortunately, she accidentally pressed the answer button.

Now she had no choice but to take it!

"Xinxin, where are you?"

"I'm with a friend. What's up?"

The manager was silent for two seconds, but didn't ask which friend, and instead changed the subject: "Just letting you know—you really did manage to ride the wave!"

"The trending topic? I saw it."

"Not the trending topic—Bulgari just contacted me. Brand Friend! Well done, Xinxin, Bai Liang really is pretty decent."

Bah! This guy is rotten to the core!

Back in the *Legend of Chu Qiao* crew he spat on the ground anywhere he pleased, making her worry for a month or two; this time he seems to be doing the same thing, and this time she doesn't even want to remind him of anything.

In just the time it took to say those few sentences, Li Xin felt one of her arms was already about to give out, so she switched to bracing herself with her forearm sideways.

But this also brought her face closer to the floor-to-ceiling window glass, almost pressing right up against it.

"A brand loyalist? That's great." She bit her lip, forcing a reply.

"Mm-hmm, definitely a good thing. Maybe we can work hard later and upgrade you to brand ambassador—you've got such an elegant aura and appearance; with enough effort, you might just make it."

"Okay~ okay."

"Forget it for now, get some rest early."

The agent noticed something was off—even didn't ask when she'd return to the hotel.

She probably guessed that tonight, Li Xin wouldn't be going back to his own hotel.

The call ended; she casually tossed the phone onto the floor.

Now Li Xin could finally rest both hands on the glass, gazing at the night view of Magic City—the neon lights flickering, weaving a delicate net that tightly wrapped around heart and body.

In the distance, the Oriental Pearl Tower stood like a brilliant gem in the night, emitting a soft glow that made one instinctively reach out to touch, to gently caress it.

On the Huangpu River, pleasure boats glided past, some fast, some slow, stirring ripples in concentric circles.

At this moment, she couldn't help but glance back at Bai Liang.

Just one look—and suddenly, everything felt different.

Though his movements hadn't stopped, his gaze was fixed on the window, looking down over the entire Magic City like a lion watching over a jungle.

This expression made Li Xin's whole body tense.

Bai Liang naturally noticed; he turned back to her. "What's wrong? Did I hurt you?"

Ah~ he was the gentle capybara again—just now had all been an illusion.

Li Xin gently pushed him—not in resistance, but simply to turn around.

This time, her entire back pressed against the floor-to-ceiling window, feeling much easier—though her body now hung suspended, fortunately Bai Liang was the perfect support.

"Champagne~"

Hearing this, Bai Liang reached for the glass—luckily, his arms were long.

But when he brought the glass to Miss's lips, she shook her head, biting her lip, her eyes revealing a different expression.

"Not for me to drink—pour it on me."

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