Mr. Butler on the catwalk

Luo Lin had a hunch that there would be no good results in fighting Alfred in public opinion.

But he didn't expect that Alfred would use such means to attack himself and other competitors.

The morning of January [-] was unusually cold.When it was still half dark, Luo Lin vaguely heard the sound of the dispute.It appeared that someone had broken into the adjoining bedroom and there had been a scuffle with some individuals.

The sound was indeed too intense, mixed with curses from a familiar voice—it was Rivers' voice.Luo Lin suddenly came to his senses, lifted the quilt and wanted to sit up, and went outside to see what was going on.

The lights in the room were off, and it was still dark.Someone grabbed Luo Lin's hand from the side, and said in a low voice——

"……do not go."

It was Portway's voice.Luo Lin replied:

"what happened?"

Portway turned on the bedside lamp halfway.In the twilight, his expression was unusually solemn: "...the magazine today has published news that is not good for LGM. The content...is really not very good."

Luo Lin frowned: "Does this have anything to do with the fight next door..." After a moment's pause, Luo Lin suddenly thought of who lived next door.

"...Alfred did it?"

Portovey looked a little hesitant: "I don't know."

"Show me that magazine." Luo Lin asked in a low voice.

Bodewei, who was already fully dressed, lowered his head and moved back instead.

"Please," Luo Lin insisted, "after all, I will always see it. I want to know what's going on."

"...Then, don't pay attention to what's said above..." Bodewei hesitated, and took out a red-framed publication from behind him.Luo Lin stretched out his hand and took it.

That is the largest entertainment magazine in the United States, "Star News".

On the cover, black bold letters with extremely large numbers and extremely small spacing are used to read: "What'swrongwithLGM" (What's wrong with LGM?)

Luo Lin's heart tightened, and he turned the inside page——

——It contains dense and long-form content, supplemented by many pictures of different sizes.

Luo Lin suddenly felt dizzy.

...The embarrassing and humiliating photos of him when he was drunk before were actually in it.

Although not so clear, the photo occupies the most conspicuous position; he is crouching on the page in such a humble posture, with a obedient but weird expression.

After being unbelievable, Luo Lin began to tremble all over.He felt angry, but also unusually cold.There seemed to be a sharp whistling in his ear, which made his mind go blank.

His hand on the magazine trembled visibly.Portway got off his bed and hugged him from behind.

While embracing his shoulders, Botov wanted to pull out the magazine from Luo Lin's hand——

"It's okay, don't read it, it's my fault, give it to me..."

However, Luo Lin pressed his hand on it and stubbornly did not move it away.

"Let me finish," he said to Portovey in a hoarse voice.

……

This special issue on LGM unexpectedly has a full seven pages.

And all of its content is to expose the so-called shady scene of LGM.

From most of the campers, all the way down to the LGM management, they were all stamped in black.

At the beginning of the topic, many questions were used to express doubts about the operation of LGM——

"Why is the average age of the campers this year much higher than the previous ones? The admission of a number of male models who are nearly [-] but not popular for training, does it mean that LGM has been unable to attract the attention of young rookies?"

"The introduction of a commercial TV platform for the first time, does it indicate that LGM's financial situation is worrying from the side? From the previous elite training camp to the current draft trend that is approaching grandstanding - LGM seems to have compromised on its original intention when it was founded."

"How did the first round of selection process work? Is LGM, which has always advertised its fairness and justice, really as unbiased as they say?"

——These questions elicited a lot of "inside information" that made Luo Lin feel sick.

He probably also understood why Rivers rushed into Alfred's bedroom.If it was indeed Alfred who posted such a message, Rivers has every reason to be angry.

"So-called runway rookie Rivers—is he a designer darling or a loathsome mugger?"

Under such a subheading, a lot of unpleasant content is listed: "... three months before the Dior catwalk, the 19-year-old Rivers was secretly released by his family on bail - after he was arrested for assaulting the police The New York police detained him for nearly a month. Few people know that behind his glamorous modeling career are these worrying criminal records; in the past ten years, he has been jailed many times for robbery and theft, etc. It was after paying a large amount of bail that the freedom was preserved..."

"...We can find that Rivers lives in a family in dire condition—he grew up in Harlem, and his mother (note, black, adoptive mother) has been unemployed for many years and can only make ends meet by doing laundry. His only His elder brother (who has no blood relationship with him) was also imprisoned for two full years for a brawl, making his poor family even worse. Such a family may have created the tragedy of Rivers—behind his outstanding appearance, there seems to be hidden opposition. The inferiority complex of his own origin, and all kinds of dissatisfaction. This may explain his embarrassing experiences, but in the past, Rivers frequently went back and forth between prison and family, and his bail crushed this sad family... "

After reading this, Luo Lin felt depressed for a while.That's not true, at least not the whole truth.The appearance of Mrs. Black can still clearly appear in front of his eyes - she is a wise person with a rare ordinary heart towards life.Such a person can never be called pathetic; when Rivers faced his mother, his expression was full of pride and dependence.

He is obviously a child who loves his family.

The above news may have some facts behind it-but that is by no means the so-called truth.

...and there are many more news like this.For example, Sean's dead boyfriend has also been put on paper—the man turned out to be a banker who was later sued for misappropriating multiple client funds.At that time, the person died of a sudden illness and was unable to appear in court.However, the so-called judgment came into effect after his death, and all recoverable property was recovered.But here, Sean was suspected of being "the beneficiary of those who failed to recover the property."

In addition, Travis, Edmund, and Sistakovich were also criticized.But among them, Luo Lin was obviously the one who spent the most pen and ink to describe.

In this report, a profile photo of Luo Lin filed for LGM was published.In that photo, Luo Lin looked at the camera cleanly, as innocent as a child.But putting such photos together with drunk photos will make people feel extremely unpleasant.

The vast majority of readers will easily think that the innocent face is a disguise, and the ugly appearance is the truth.After all, they are used to believing the so-called insider information, rather than the public image in front of the camera.They have faced all kinds of scandals, so they believe that those who are noble on the outside must also have disgusting secrets and insides.

Luo Lin's image has always been bound to words such as "kindness", "seriousness" and "restraint".Therefore, while he is receiving the love of the public, he is also placed with more expectations.The public expects him to be what he looks like, and now they are getting a different message.

At this time, they will not have the heart to think about whether it is a conspiracy.They just think - they've been lied to.

Was deceived by Luo Lin.

When the public gets used to the various ugliness of Britney Spears back then, they will instead take it for granted, and then brew some weird sympathy and compassion.But facing this unique deception, they would not have the mentality to defend Luo Lin.

They won't really know what kind of person Luo Lin is.

After several hours of programs on TV, all that was left were a few stunning backs of this man.They didn't know him well, so after seeing the news, they would only point at his figure disdainfully after the next show started.

And they won't leave a message for him anymore, vote for him.It's just because it's human nature, and it's just because Luo Lin—this foreigner who started his business in a foreign land for the first time—is too far away from them.

... In this report, the author spent nearly two pages on the so-called analysis of Luo Lin.

He is portrayed as a faceless, spineless, powerless weakling.

"Before this man in his 30s was selected for the training camp, he did not take over any strong cases. The only three cases were completed at a hasty pace a year before the camp opened, just to meet the requirements of LGM. "

"His boss, the former Asian supermodel Steve Ho, was accused of being too close to this person. It is reported that LGM will choose Luo Lin because the LGM management has a good relationship with Steve, so they are forced to accept his selection requirements."

"A few days ago, there was a rumor that Luo Lin's assistant was entangled with another camper. Luo Lin was accused of being involved in this incident. Now his assistant has received a warning from LGM due to unexplained dereliction of duty. Can no longer provide any services to Luo Lin."

"There is also reliable news that Luo Lin may have obtained the mission information of the training camp through a special channel. This may explain that a person without much experience in the training camp can perform so 'excellently' in the training camp."

...Luo Lin read those words line by line, and his fingers were so hard that the pages were curled up.

These words are all lies.

First of all, the report only said that Luo Lin accepted three cases, but did not release any examples of cases - how can readers judge the quality of Luo Lin's performance in those cases?

Secondly, it is true that He Shiwei and Luo Han are friends.However, he owns the largest model agency in China, and his models cover nearly all domestic male models who can undertake international cases.Such a company, compared with those small brokerage companies in Southeast Asia, can clearly see the outcome.It is absolutely not surprising that Luo Lin, who has been cultivated mainly, can win.

Those remaining charges...

However, it was completely a farce planned by someone to discredit Luo Lin.

…These so-called inside stories were released, and Luo Lin confirmed that this report was definitely related to Alfred.

Not to mention the screenshot of the camera that should have been deleted by the photographer—only one of the campers in this training camp had the means to get these materials.

Luo Lin's lips were tightly closed, and then he slowly clenched his teeth.

Portway hugged him worriedly, and whispered in his ear:

"I know it's difficult to be in this situation. But... don't be afraid, I'll be there for you..."

He couldn't see Luo Lin's face, so he didn't know that when he said this, Luo Lin's eyes were not so-called uneasiness - but something else.

Luo Lin was silent for a moment.Then he smiled slightly.

He said in a clear voice, "I'm not afraid, Portway."

Portway raised his head slightly.

Luo Lin said: "I'm just angry. This is the first time I feel so angry."

Botov hurriedly wanted to turn Luo Lin's shoulder, he felt that Luo Lin might cry angrily——

But Luo Lin didn't have that weak expression on his face.

Now he looks calm, sober.And it exudes a silent aura called coercion.

……

This is bound to be an extraordinary day.Starting with the conflict between Rivers and Alfred, an indescribably gloomy atmosphere spread quietly.

When Luo Lin went downstairs, Alfred had already moved out temporarily——to protect his personal safety, he refused to live in this place where "he would be beaten by rough people for no reason".

And the rest of the people, sitting around the dining table, stopped talking.

Those who were attacked by the magazine report did not speak out against Alfred—including Luo Lin.Because they had no actual evidence, and because of what was mentioned in the report, they accused Alfred of grandstanding.

Not many readers would care about such a light and weightless charge, but it gave Alfred an excuse to say that he was also a victim.

In such an uncomfortable atmosphere, Luo Lin walked to the kitchen counter, picked up glass utensils and ceramic knives as usual, and prepared breakfast.

The men all looked at him.But Luo Lin didn't look back, he just chopped the carrots into fine cubes and poured them into the salad bowl without changing his expression.

Following his movements, Sean on the side got up from the sofa.He walked up to Luo Lin, took a tomato and a knife, flicked his wrist, and peeled off a tomato flower.He handed the flower to Luo Lin, Luo Lin smiled slightly, cut the underside of the flower again, and put it on the transparent edge of the salad bowl.

Seeing this, Luke got up from the dining table, looked at Luo Lin, then walked over as if making up his mind, and took dry cheese from the cabinet.He stood on the other side of Luo Lin, ground the cheese into fine crumbs, held it with his hands, and sprinkled it in the salad bowl.

He looked at Luo Lin, Luo Lin was still smiling, and Luke also laughed.

...This kind of action is probably instructive.The men stood up one by one and walked into the kitchen.They didn't talk much, and occasionally exchanged things and utensils in their hands, each doing what they could do.Even Nafario, who knew nothing about cooking, leaned over—opening and closing the oven and microwave doors.

So this day's breakfast became very rich.These include baked beans, bacon, and English sausage; as well as raspberry salad, Caesar salad, and six types of French salad dressing with avocado.Not to mention miso soup, baked muffins, baked mushrooms and savory thick toast.

Luo Lin put all these foods on the table one by one.The men stood around the table, looked at each other, and laughed.

When they sat down, Adechico read in a low voice: "Without someone, it seems that this meal can be eaten better. Is this my illusion?"

No one refuted it.Initiated by a whistle, suddenly began to applaud and cheer.As if a certain switch had been pressed, the eager voice of talking and laughing was coming back little by little.

Luo Lin lowered his head, with a faint smile on the corner of his mouth, silently ate the small cake in front of him.

The sun has come out of the clouds.

Another day of fighting is about to begin.

……

Today is an odd-numbered day, and the group confrontation mission is scheduled to be held in the afternoon.However, at noon, someone called Luo Lin's cell phone.

Luo Lin looked at the number, hesitated for a moment before connecting.

He Shiwei asked him on the phone, "Are you okay?"

Luo Lin was silent, and then said "En".

"I got the news in the morning and read "Star News". About that photo of you..."

Luo Lin interrupted: "I'll explain when I have a chance, it's not what you imagined."

However, He Shiwei said to him:

"I already know what's going on. There's something I need to talk to you about. It's important."

Luo Lin looked at his watch: "There is still one hour until the task time, and I may be too late to go there now."

He Shiwei resolutely said, "Come here now."

Luo Lin frowned.

He Shiwei continued: "...Duan Fei is next to me. He brought some things over, I think you will want to see them."

……

Luo Lin was almost late for the task that afternoon.

Alfred didn't look good when he ran backstage.Now they are still bound teammates, Luo Lin knows that Alfred never wants to lose even a Case because of his absence.

Alfred's movements were restrained and brutal, and he threw a red dress at Luo Lin: "Wear this. Come on stage and listen to me, and cooperate with me."

Luo Lin looked at the clothes in his hand.It was a red dress, lady, in the style of a classical Western court, with the bustle of the dress on the side.

He looked up at Alfred and said:

"...I don't wear this."

Alfred narrowed his eyes: "What did you say?"

Luo Lin put the red dress aside: "I know there are two sets of clothes here, and we have to decide how to allocate them. Luke called me and said that this time each group will have at least one men's suit and one women's suit...give me That men's suit."

Alfred smiled emotionlessly: "Don't be kidding. Put your skirt on me."

Luo Lin ignored it.Instead he sat down in a chair with a calm expression and clasped hands.

He said to Alfred:

"You wear a skirt and give me men's clothes. Otherwise, I think, I will make a fool of myself on stage because of being unhappy."

"...Are you threatening me?" There was no warmth in Alfred's voice.

"Not really. It's just that I'm in a bad mood because of a publication this morning. I don't think I'm likely to get any good grades here anymore - so I don't mind spending the rest of the day , hold you back as much as possible."

When Luo Lin said this, there was still no provocation in his expression, but a calm, calm smile with a gentle smile on his face.

"...I remember your words." Alfred stared at Luo Lin, and made some disgusted sounds in his throat.

"That's the best." Luo Lin didn't look away.

Finally Alfred bent down and picked up the dress.

……

Luo Lin wasn't there when the mission was briefed, but he managed to get someone to inquire about the mission's process in advance.

Except for the trio, each group is two costumes of one man and one woman.The era of clothing is different, and the tailoring is different. The campers should use their own clothes and determine the theme to express themselves.

And on this basis, all the styling and makeup of the characters will be done by the contestants themselves.

... After Alfred changed his skirt, Luo Lin had finished changing his clothes and took his brushes, and now he was standing in front of the makeup mirror.

Luo Lin smiled at him: "Let me do whatever makeup you want."

Alfred snorted coldly, "What if I say no?"

"I would smash the eyeshadow palette on the table, and then burst into tears when I walked up the stage." Luo Lin's eyes were calm and serious.

Alfred gritted his teeth and sat down in front of the vanity mirror.Then Luo Lin squeezed the liquid labeled Primer into the palm of his hand, and then patted it on Alfred's cheekbone with a little force.

Alfred turned his head sideways and looked at Luo Lin coldly.Luo Lin lowered his eyes, unmoved, and slowly spread the liquid evenly with his fingers.

…After the make-up was done, Alfred opened his eyes.When he looked in the mirror, his expression froze for a moment, and his frowning brows relaxed for a moment.

He unconsciously looked at Luo Lin.Luo Lin sat down at the side just now, and just painted the mask casually, and now he is using the eyeliner to trace the contours of the eyes with careless gestures.

Luo Lin noticed his eyes, but only glanced back at him, and continued to move his hands without saying anything.

Five minutes later, they were on stage.

……

This is a showdown between groups.Groups of men came from one end of the runway, dressed in men's or women's clothing, with makeup designed by themselves, and walked towards the judges in front of the stage.

Alfred's group is in the middle order.

Before them, Rivers had already worn a Marilyn Monroe-like white dress and walked down the Runway hand in hand with Travis, who was his chihuahua.Colin also endured the pain of losing the hair on his legs, and put on a blue and white cheerleader uniform with a high collar, led by Adechico, who looked like the captain of the football team beside him, and dangled through the catwalk.After them—they don’t know yet—Sasha will change into a black dress and black gloves, with Sisterkovich’s carefully rolled up bun on his head, and transform into Audrey Hepburn The classic look from Breakfast at Tiffany's.

However, Luo Lin didn't pay attention to those teams before him, because he didn't want to be led unconsciously, which would affect his performance.As for the teams after him, they are not within his control.

He just quietly stood on the runway during the time he could perform.On his right is Alfred in women's attire.

They glanced at each other.Then when they took a step, they put away those expressions that belonged to them.

……

At that time, Luo Lin's first feeling when he learned about this mission was that he didn't want to wear women's clothes.

To be honest, Luo Lin is more suitable for long skirts than Alfred because of his much thinner physique than that of white people.

But this is an idea that everyone else would have, not Luo Lin's.

Now, what he needs is a different image to break free from his inherent performance framework.He also needs to break out of the stereotype of thinking and add new ideas to this theme——

On the catwalk, Luo Lin wore a full body of eighteenth-century French costumes.On his head was a stiff three-legged cap, and on his body was a long cardigan coat with a stiff collar and a white background, both edged with gold silk thread.Inside the open coat is a long black waistcoat that reaches to the hips, and inside is a classic shirt with a ribbon collar and folded front.Judging from the lower body, there are black lacquered half-leg pants and white cloth-faced leggings.The soles of the cloth shoes with mother-of-pearl half-round buckles on the back were very thin, which also made Luo Lin's feet look thinner.

This outfit is a typical palace style and looks very conservative.However, in contrast, the improved red dress on Alfred looks exaggerated - the design of the square low neckline is tightly stretched on Alfred's upper body, and the upper arm is not puffed up but The close-fitting style hoops his muscular contours more and more obvious.The satin skirt is covered with a layer of tulle, and the inherent effect of the pictographic bustle makes the skirt look scary-looking from the front, the skirt has a heart-shaped upper half , very dramatic.

Between Luo Lin and Alfred, the stronger man was stuffed into an expansive women's dress; while the thinner man was put on a man's dress with wide shoulders and narrow hips. .

There should have been some obvious imbalance between these two people; however, the makeup and expressions on their faces subtly neutralized this.

Now the hair on Alfred's forehead was combed back by Luo Lin's mane, and it was fluffing up with a sense of air.However, Luo Lin did not comb neatly, and he had a few strands of curly hair on his cheeks, which looked a little messy.Echoing this casual hairstyle, is Alfred's pitiful makeup——

His eyebrows were unevenly covered with makeup, and now they looked no different from the light and messy eyebrows of a middle-aged woman.The black eyeliner surrounding his eyes seemed to be blurred by tears, forming a light black water trail from the lower eyelid to Alfred's lips.As for his lips, they didn't have any blood color, instead they were pale and dry.

This kind of makeup is actually more difficult than imagined.At that time, Luo Lin carefully used his fingers to smudge the makeup, and also took the thinnest lip brush to trace the lip lines.He was probably born with a special perception of beauty—this perception made Luo Lin subconsciously choose the correct shadow brush and color tone, and finished the shadows on Alfred's cheeks and bridge of the nose.The deep cyan-blue shadow would have made people feel weird, but when viewed together with other drawing details under this strong light, it has a unique sense of beauty.

As for Luo Lin himself, he did not use the same makeup as Alfred - he painted black and blue along the arc of his eye sockets on his upper eyelids.The blue-black color stretched out, slanted upwards, and came to the place near the temple.His lower eyeliner is also thick, but it draws a hard angle at the corner of the eye, straight up, submerging into the blue and black above.

Matched with such a strong eye makeup, Luo Lin drew his eyebrows into an upside-down character, flying obliquely into his temples.As for his lips, a thin lip shape was drawn, and then filled with blood red.On the side of his cheeks and nose, he also has the same blue shadow.

These two makeup looks are compatible in tone.However, the feeling is completely different—Alfred's makeup makes people feel pitiful and sympathetic, while Luo Lin's makeup makes people feel sharp and cold.The key lies in the eye makeup - one person's eye makeup is smudged and blurred, bringing out tears; while the other's eye makeup is gloomy and thick, without hesitation to portray sharp edges and corners.

If Alfred's pale lips are compared with Luo Lin's bright red lips, the viewer may subconsciously shudder—Luo Lin seems to have drank Alfred's blood before standing here. On the catwalk.

They walked towards the judging panel step by step.Alfred's expression was blank with horror, his eyes were slightly wide open, his lower lip was subconsciously clenched, and his fingers even timidly tightened his skirt while walking.Luo Lin, who was beside him, walked slowly with his back slightly bent - as far as he could see just now.He drooped the corners of his mouth indifferently, and looked at the road in front of him with sleepy eyes.

At the end of the runway, they stopped.Luo Lin raised his hand, with his fingers facing each other, he put his hand slightly towards his chin.His eyes narrowed slightly, then he turned around slowly and walked back step by step.As for Alfred, he kept paying attention to Luo Lin's movements from the corner of his eye—when Luo Lin stopped, he hurriedly stopped, and when Luo Lin raised his foot, he also hurriedly turned and left—

In such a situation, although Alfred appeared to be stronger and taller, it was clear at a glance who the real controller was.

……

After Luo Lin got off the runway, he went back alone to change his clothes and remove his makeup.Alfred walked out with him, and whispered behind him: "...You said that you felt that you would not get good grades, so why are you working so hard now?"

Luo Lin raised his hand and wiped off a lot of the blue color on his eyelids with a makeup remover cotton, but he didn't answer.

...Because Alfred would ask that simply because he didn't know himself.

Luo Lin has never been the kind of person who would give up his work before seeing the final result.

He never wanted to win seriously.

Especially after talking with Duan Fei and the others—he was sure that he might come back.

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