Chapter 394

"Lingling, hurry over here, the special exhibition is already open!"

"Coming, coming! Xiao Yi, slow down a bit. The exhibition will be open for 7 days. If you don't see enough today, we can continue coming tomorrow. It's no problem to keep coming for 7 days straight!"

Two youthful, beautiful, and lively college students were sprinting rapidly down a street.

They had declined a driver's pickup, choosing to take the subway themselves, and were holding a DJI pocket camera in their hands.

Both of them were fans of Jin Li, but Jin Li never made her schedule public, so they couldn't catch her at the airport.

Therefore, they treated this opportunity to attend Jin Li's photography exhibition as an exciting and thrilling star-chasing process.

For this, they even specifically bought a DJI camera, just wanting to film the entire process of "heading to the exhibition, viewing the exhibition, and returning home afterward."

A girl wearing pink clothes with her hair in a bun said, "Lingling, this time it's all thanks to your mother being willing to support us and using her Platinum VIP to get two exhibition tickets; otherwise, I wouldn't have had the chance to get in."

A girl wearing blue clothes with long, black, smooth hair draped over her shoulders said:

"Xiao Yi, don't say that. If you hadn't strongly recommended Jin Li to me last year, I'd probably still be holed up in the dorm, addicted to gaming, and failing my exams.

My mom is a loyal customer of Fang Fei; she customizes the whole family's New Year cheongsams there every year. Getting two exhibition tickets with her status is a breeze.

When she heard we wanted to visit Jin Li's exhibition, she even took the initiative to ask if she should help us get tickets. My mom is very supportive of us coming to visit."

"Wuwu, Lingling, I feel so happy!"

Xiao Yi said with some excitement, "Although Jin Li herself isn't here, I get to see so many of her treasured photos. In a nutshell, I've essentially seen many sides of Jin Li!"

"Xiao Yi, after we finish viewing this time, let's edit the video overnight. There are many fellow fans waiting for us to produce content."

"Okay, okay, okay. Not only do we need to edit the video, but we also need to learn from Jin Li.

I feel like my time spent watching the live stream has decreased recently. I used to be able to watch four times a week, but lately, I can only watch twice. There are too many school activities, which has affected my time chasing the light."

"Yeah, I also feel like the number of times I watch the live stream has decreased. This won't do; we can't slack off!"

If one were to display everyone's itinerary in the form of a route map, they would find that with this photography exhibition as the destination, many people from this province and outside provinces were taking various modes of transportation, in different ways, rushing to attend a feast of a meeting between "fans and their idol."

They were chasing a star, but they were also chasing the light.

In the process of chasing, they were also striving to become a shining star themselves, emitting their own unique, dazzling light.

And at this exhibition, there were children who took the initiative to ask their parents to get tickets, but there were also parents who knew their children's favorite star was Jin Li and took the initiative to ask their children if they wanted tickets to this exhibition.

"Ling De, I remember you liked a star named Jin Li before, and you even said that because you watched her live stream and studied with her, your grades improved without you even realizing it."

"Yeah, Mom, Jin Li is also the brand ambassador for Fang Fei, which you like the most. Why are you suddenly bringing this up? What's the matter?"

"I just received a text from Fang Fei saying that I'm a VIP Platinum customer, which qualifies me to attend Jin Li's 'Old Times' special photography exhibition, and they asked if I wanted to go. I'm not interested in these things, but I don't know if you are. If you—"

Before this mother could finish, the child named "Ling De" immediately said:

"Go! I want to go! But I don't know if I can go on the weekend. I'm afraid the school won't give me leave."

The mother said with a beaming smile, "Of course you can. This exhibition is being held for a week. I'll book your flight there right now. You watch carefully, study hard, and after you come back, seriously sprint toward university."

Ling De said, "I will work hard. Maybe next year I'll even take the college entrance exam with Jin Li. I've been watching her live stream and studying along with her; I don't want to lose to her."

The mother nodded with great relief and said okay.

Ling De used to have no interest in studying in his first year of high school, mainly because his family's circumstances were too good; the thing they lacked the least was money.

At that time, the prevailing trend in society was living off one's parents, lying flat, and parents providing for their children's retirement.

She was worried in her heart, thinking her own child would also have to walk the path of those rich second generations—

Failing to get into a good high school, only being able to go abroad for studies, muddling through a mediocre degree from a diploma mill, and then returning to the country to work.

In the past, people in the country still had a filter for students returning from abroad; as long as they had the experience of studying abroad, they could secure relatively good job positions.

But in recent years, many companies have "disenchanted" studying abroad; even if it's a globally renowned university, it's not as effective anymore after returning to the country.

Although the family has plenty of money, spending millions of hard-earned money to study abroad only to return and find a job with a monthly income of only five or six thousand—let alone her being unable to accept it, the child definitely wouldn't be able to accept it either.

What if he gets discouraged and chooses to live off his parents at home?

The mother was so worried in her heart!

Fortunately, starting last year, Ling De became a fan of a star named Jin Li. It is said that at first, he was even a hater of Jin Li, thinking she was hyping herself up.

As a result, the more he criticized her, the more he discovered that Jin Li had fulfilled every single thing she promised to do, and she often did charity work, exerting a star's powerful influence.

At the same time, she led by example in her studies, opening a live stream to study every day.

At first, everyone mocked her for being a poor student who couldn't learn high school knowledge, and they even scolded her for hyping herself up, using the college entrance exam as a gimmick to attract netizens to tip her.

But in the end, Jin Li overturned people's prejudices against her one by one, using her actions to prove every word she said.

Ling De, this hater, because he had been watching Jin Li's live stream, instead became Jin Li's number one fan.

She had secretly observed Jin Li's study live stream and found that she was really seriously doing practice problems and studying. Ling De followed Jin Li and was also seriously doing practice problems.

She felt very relieved in her heart.

Ever since she found out Jin Li was Fang Fei's brand ambassador, she had already made suggestions to Fang Fei several times, hoping Jin Li could hold a meet-and-greet to share her study experience.

Unfortunately, for some reason, Fang Fei had never held one.

Moreover, when Jin Li attended Fang Fei's events, she often stayed for only half an hour before leaving. She had no way to communicate with her alone, let alone get an autograph from Jin Li for her child.

This time, Fang Fei specifically holding a photography exhibition for Jin Li could be considered a very good channel.

She hoped that after Ling De finished visiting, he would be able to better immerse himself in his studies.

Sigh, at the very least, he has to get an undergraduate degree!

"Hello everyone, welcome to Kimi's live stream. I am the streamer Kimi. Yes, that's right, the Kimi from the game 'Prelude' that you all love to play!"

This female streamer is a gaming streamer.

Mainstream gaming streamers generally stream various large-scale competitive online games, such as "World of Warcraft" or "Honor of Kings," but she went against the grain, specifically streaming various small games.

"Leisure Farm," "Candy Crush," "Speed Racer," "Sheep a Sheep," and "Big Kitchen" are all her streaming tracks. Kimi has reached the extreme on this track, and no one can imitate her.

And she is also quite interesting.

Every time she gets tips during her live stream, she uses them to buy Fang Fei's clothing.

Her fans all know that she is a die-hard, crazy fan of Fang Fei, and Fang Fei even specifically collaborated with her once last year. Kimi's fans jokingly call her "getting what she wished for."

Kimi's consumption at Fang Fei reached 1 million last year, so this year she also received an invitation from Fang Fei to visit Jin Li's special photography exhibition.

And this time, she was live streaming the entire way there.

"Kimi isn't playing games today. Today I'm live streaming Jin Li's photography exhibition for you all!

I specifically called Fang Fei to ask, and they said that this photography exhibition allows live streaming, and we are also allowed to take photos and spread them on the internet; there's no need to worry about being held accountable.

Isn't Fang Fei competing with Huayun's magazine recently? Fang Fei is also seeking various ways to hope to break out of the circle, so naturally, they won't stop us from promoting it for them."

Kimi suddenly stopped in her tracks. "Alright, we've arrived. Let me put a blurry portrait filter on for you all so you can see how many people are at the scene.

Wow, I'm a bit surprised. The invitation criteria for this exhibition are very high; you need an annual consumption of 1 million to get an invitation letter, but there are already many people at the scene.

Come, let me film your feet again. There really are a lot of people coming. It's the first time I've discovered there are so many rich people.

I just happened to see a staff member. Let me go ask why we need to queue. The line is very long; it's already lined up to the street."

Before long, Kimi reappeared in the camera frame.

"Latest news: I asked the staff, and the staff said that as long as you meet the consumption criteria and ask Fang Fei for an invitation letter, Fang Fei won't refuse. So this has also led to too many people asking Fang Fei for invitation letters, and they all rushed over at the same time.

And the exhibition cannot have too much foot traffic, which led to poor viewing results for everyone, so they started limiting the flow."

Kimi couldn't help but sigh, "To be honest, before coming, I could anticipate that there would be many rich people, but I didn't expect that there would be so many of Jin Li's fans in this consumption bracket.

You can't see the faces of the people around clearly in the live stream, but I took a look around and found that there are many young people here.

They are excitedly gathered together, discussing how to take photos of Jin Li after going in, what kind of editing to do, and then sending them to fellow fans to see.

Truly, the younger generation is formidable. I feel that Jin Li's fans are even more professional than me. No, I need to discuss it with them. Let me rest for half an hour first, and I'll turn on the live stream again after I go in."

After Kimi turned off the live stream, she gathered her courage and walked up to a fan, saying:

"Hello, I'm also a fan of Jin Li. I check in on Jin Li's blog every day. This is my fan level. Can I join your discussion?"

Xiao Yi and Lingling said happily, "Of course you can!"

After waiting for about an hour, their batch finally entered the exhibition.

Walking in, they saw a wall designed as a partition, splitting the path into two, left and right.

But that wasn't the point; the point was that a super-giant photo was hanging on that wall.

It was a photo of Jin Li wearing a traditional embroidered cheongsam.

She was wearing a dark green embroidered cheongsam, her hair styled in retro finger waves, and she was wearing pearl earrings.

Jin Li was holding a sandalwood fan, leaning obliquely against the window. The warm yellow light and shadow outlined her smooth shoulder and neck lines, and the peonies on the embroidery swayed gracefully on the hem of the dress.

There were a few books on the corner of the table by the window; it looked like she was tired from reading, so she was taking a little nap.

The curves of the cheongsam accentuated her charm, but the styling of the cheongsam and this scene revealed a sense of dignity from a scholarly family.

Even if one wasn't a fan of Jin Li, walking in and seeing this giant photo, one would instantly feel a sense of breathtaking beauty.

It was as if a vivid noble lady from the Republic of China had appeared before them.

Suddenly, a sound of frantic shooting came, and the others, as if awakened from a dream, hurriedly picked up their tools to shoot.

It's too beautiful, it's really too beautiful!

They exchanged in low voices—

"Have you seen this set of photos taken by Jin Li?"

"No, absolutely not. This must be private photos that Fang Fei has never released; otherwise, with the standard of this photo, how could it not be a trending topic?"

After finishing the frantic shooting, they walked into the real exhibition room with satisfaction.

Looking at this, they were dazzled.

Every photo was very beautiful, highlighting Jin Li's unique temperament, and everyone discovered that Jin Li's compatibility with Fang Fei was really high.

It's not that they hadn't seen other female stars wearing Fang Fei's cheongsams, but only Jin Li could wear them with a different flavor.

Many people think of cheongsams as charming and sexy.

But when Jin Li wears them, she can weaken this feeling, having a kind of cold, scholarly air and a young girl's liveliness. The cheongsam makes her look not only noble but also dignified and elegant.

Lingling liked one of the photos of Jin Li in a modified satin cheongsam.

This was a moon-white silk satin short cheongsam with a mandarin collar and frog buttons, and the cuffs were modified into a three-quarter trumpet style. When this photo was taken, Jin Li was sitting barefoot on a rattan chair, flipping through a book.

The afternoon sun spilled through the gauze curtains outside, making the satin material of the clothes seem to flow into soft light, lively, cute, and agile.

Kimi, on the other hand, liked the high-slit velvet evening gown style worn by Jin Li.

This was a dark red velvet long cheongsam, using a high-slit and backless design, with a ruby necklace on her chest, just like a queen returning in the dark night.

If Jin Li could wear this on the red carpet, what would other stars have to do?

But it's a pity that Jin Li's styling on the red carpet is always conservative; this dress is a bit too bold for her, and it can only be seen at this kind of special exhibition.

Xiao Yi liked a casual cheongsam worn by Jin Li.

This cheongsam had a very ink-wash painting style. The clothes used gray-blue ink-wash prints, looked like cotton and linen material, were cut very loosely, and were paired with a woven belt in the middle.

In the picture, Jin Li was holding a bamboo-handled round fan, half-covering her face, standing in a courtyard with blue bricks and black tiles. Her sleeves fluttered lightly in the wind, and she looked forward with a smile on her face, elegant and playful.

Especially those eyes, as bright as the stars in the sky, making her want to pick them and hold them in the palm of her hand.

Ah, so beautiful!

Ah, I'm dying of cuteness!!

They excitedly took photos everywhere, occasionally gathering together to whisper, trying hard to suppress their excited voices.

"How does Jin Li have so many beautiful photos in cheongsams? I want to use them all as my computer wallpaper. Even studying feels pleasing to the eye!"

"The resolution isn't high enough. Let's ask Fang Fei later if they can release high-definition versions of the photos. If not, then we can only bring a super high-definition camera to shoot them!"

They didn't notice while they were discussing.

Not far from them, a woman wearing a gray coat, a mask, and a hat was frequently looking at them, a flash of curiosity crossing her eyes.

This person was Jin Li.