travel starts with photography

As Chen Xing’s class quickly became popular in the photography circle, the forum incident also became a topic of discussion among domestic photographers.

Is his class good?

It's really good.

The course lasted more than two hours and explained in detail why we should shoot in this way and why we should adjust the colors in this way. If someone studies the techniques taught by Chen Xing in depth, it is not too difficult to stand out.

But this does not stop others from questioning him.

News coming from abroad, whether it is YouTube, Twitter, or INS, all highly praise Chen Xing's level. This kind of praise is something that many domestic photographers cannot understand.

It seems that Chen Xing is the new generation master.

But he is only twenty-three!

Putting aside his skills, what makes him the master of the new generation?

Jealousy changes people beyond recognition.

An anonymous post appeared on MiPai, pointing out that Chen Xing had low professional skills, his works were uncreative, and he only became famous through packaging.

Subsequently, many people posted comments and negative news quickly spread.

Finally it came into Chen Xing’s sight.

He read through many posts on various photography forums and joined his own fan group.

I haven't checked it for a long time. This group, which has always been full, now has one or two hundred vacancies. When I opened the backstage, it was full of messages about people leaving the group.

Someone is messing with me?

This was Chen Xing’s first reaction.

The market cannot react alone. If there is really a problem with his work, it would definitely be opposed by the whole world, not just in China.

And that’s only in the photography circle.

Someone else in the group asked: "Can I go to Mr. Chen's class? I heard that his courses are all scams. They don't teach real things at all. They are just basic knowledge that can be found everywhere on the Internet."

Then someone immediately responded: "Teacher Chen Xing? Where does he teach?"

“You’ve been deceived.”

“You’ve been deceived.”

"Someone is trying to mess with Teacher Chen Xing recently. Do you think this method will work? If you don't want Teacher Chen Xing in your country, why don't you just go abroad and change your nationality? You can still be a master. Wouldn't that be more comfortable than being scolded in your country?"

Chen Xing couldn't help but type a line of words:

"I have never taught any courses. The courses you see me in are all open courses, which can be seen on major photography websites without paying."

"I caught Teacher Chen Xing!"

"Don't be afraid, Brother Chen. We old fans all support you."

"New fans also support you. Huaxia doesn't want you. Teacher Chen, please come to our Po County. Po County is crazy about one of your works. There are only two in the museum. When will the album be released?"

After chatting about recent developments in the group and leaving, Chen Xing became more and more frightened the more he looked at the situation.

He is a person who cares a lot about his image at home.

No matter what he looks like abroad, he is always a Chinese, a native of Chengdu. China's traditional culture is the foundation of his photographic style.

The atmosphere for photographers in China was not good to begin with, and now that he has finally gathered some fans and fame, he has been completely toiled over the past two years after being disturbed by such public opinion. He also asked his agent in China.

In short, the smear campaign during this period mainly focused on three aspects. The first was technical doubts. Many people felt that his works were just bluffs, and that the winning works sometimes had blurred focus, so there must be something fishy about his winning the award.

The second is plagiarism of ideas. Some people say that his ideas are imitated from foreign masters.

This kind of smear is really brainless. His current style is called Xinhua style photography. Is there any foreign photographer whose style is consistent with his? Not to mention being consistent, it is hard to find one that is even 70% similar.

Then there is the smear campaign against teaching found in the fan group.

He opened training courses in his name, and even some of his fans were fooled, not to mention the many more photographers out there.

Chen Xing no longer had the intention of traveling, and hurried back to Chengdu. This matter still had to be resolved, otherwise his new book would be released soon, and he would be boycotted to death, right?

He called the police as soon as the plane landed.

This was his first time at the police station, and he didn't expect it was because of something like this.

"Someone on the Internet has been smearing my reputation. What kind of case is this? Can it be filed?"

The policeman raised his head, looked Chen Xing up and down, then pointed to the chair next to him and motioned him to sit down.

"Please take your time. For the defamation of reputation on the Internet, as you mentioned, we need to look at the actual situation. If it is just a general verbal dispute or mutual accusations, it may fall into the category of civil disputes."

The police station has seen a lot of such things, mostly involving young people like Chen Xing.

In the past, people thought that if someone was scolded online, they would scold him, or if someone was scolded, they would scold him. It was difficult for them to go to the police station for such things. But young people are different. They really don’t want to accept any grievances.

As the police spoke, he picked up a pen and prepared to record relevant information. "Please tell me in detail how the other party slandered you, on which platforms they posted their opinions, and what impact it caused?"

Chen Xing hurriedly handed the information he had sorted out to the police, which included printed screenshots of various defamatory remarks, as well as some records of discussions in the fan group and situations of leaving the group.

He himself doesn't quite understand it, but there are always experts in the fan group who know what to do and have prepared the information for him.

"You see, they spread these remarks everywhere on major photography forums and social media, saying that my skills are not good, my works are out of focus, there is something fishy about my winning the award, and that I plagiarized the ideas of foreign masters. This is completely groundless!"

"Moreover, some people opened training courses in my name to defraud people of money. Many people thought it was run by me. This has a huge impact on my reputation. Is this considered an infringement of my right to reputation?"

The uncle in the hat took the information and had a routine expression at first, but after seeing some of the content, his heart sank.

Damn it?

He looked at Chen Xing a few more times.

Isn't he just a handsome young man? How could he be so famous?

These materials not only include the suppression of him on the Internet, but also some people in the entertainment industry who strongly support Chen Xing. Moreover, Chen Xing knows the domestic environment and has also contacted his celebrity friends abroad.

The document also contains some well-known cooperation agreements with major international brands.

Chen Xing continued, "I've estimated that if these collaborations fall through due to this smear campaign, the losses could reach over eight figures. My new book is about to be released, and if this continues, there will definitely be a boycott, and the initial investment in publicity will all go down the drain."

The uncle in the hat tried to calm himself down, realizing that the importance of this case was far beyond his imagination.

He sat up straight and said seriously:

"Mr. Chen, judging from the current information, the situation is indeed very serious. The other party's behavior not only infringes on your reputation, but also defrauds you of money, which may constitute fraud, which is already a criminal offense."

While recording key information in a notebook, he notified other colleagues to come for support.

Big case! Big case!
He can't handle it alone! (End of this chapter)