68: Fashion Week

As an Agent, one must have the ability to handle crises, but Su Jixing felt incredibly flustered right now!

Some of the trainees in their company were recruited as early as thirteen or fourteen years old, so to him, an artist taking the National College Entrance Exam wasn't a big deal. But what were you thinking by applying to Huaqing University?

That's a university you can't even touch without a score of 670. You just applied like that?

Su Jixing thought calmly for a moment and then tried to organize his words: "How... how much of the high school curriculum have you studied?"

Lu Qingyu: "I bought the materials three days ago and flipped through all the books."

Su Jixing felt a bit hopeless after hearing that. Anyone who had gone to school knew that the first thing you do when you get new books every semester is flip through to see if there are any nice-looking pages; that also counts as 'flipping through once.'

Su Jixing: "What's the highest score you've ever gotten in Language, Math, and English?"

Lu Qingyu recalled the Lu Qingyu of this world and said confidently and proudly: "I got full marks once back in elementary school."

Elementary school? That was already a very distant memory. Not every child can maintain a stable performance and extend their elementary school grades to high school. However, Su Jixing specifically comforted himself, thinking that perhaps Lu Qingyu's middle school grades weren't bad either.

"Then what about your highest score in middle school?"

The middle school Lu Qingyu skipped classes every day; how could he possibly have scored well?

"Math 35, English 27, and I did particularly well in Language, 42 points."

Su Jixing's inner universe erupted. The driver uncle couldn't hold back a laugh this time. Yesterday, he was still fuming over his son's poor grades, but looking at it today, it turns out his son's grades weren't the worst.

Su Jixing: "Then how many points can you get now?"

Lu Qingyu: "Full marks."

Su Jixing silently pulled out a bottle of Fast-acting Heart-saving Pills from his bag and swallowed two. This kid's mindset is too good, right? He's still in the mood to joke around?

There's only one month left, what should be done?

It's definitely too late to hire a tutor. There are six subjects in total; even if he pushed aside all work to study wholeheartedly, it would be a miracle to improve by 100 points, let alone the fact that he couldn't push aside all work.

So the best way now was to let Lu Qingyu keep a low profile and go take the exam quietly.

But how could he keep a low profile? Lu Qingyu was so popular now that fans would corner him even if he just went to the bathroom, let alone going to take an exam.

After a very intense struggle, Su Jixing gave up.

After thinking it over, the best method was to endure; it would be fine once that period passed.

He turned to Lu Qingyu and said, "Which artist doesn't have a dark past? Qingyu, keep an open mind. Just remember that no matter what happens, I and the company are behind you."

Lu Qingyu let out a long sigh of relief after finishing the last set of practice papers. Finally, everything was done. He had essentially gone through all the subjects and understood the question-setting methods and rules of this world. Now he just had to wait for the exam.

"Brother Su, you're such a good person."

Seeing Lu Qingyu's hurried and haphazard way of stuffing the papers away, along with that sigh, Su Jixing couldn't help but feel heartache. Look at how the kid was being driven; the pressure was too great.

Forget it, whatever he scores is what he scores. At most, he'll be mocked by the media for a while. It's not a big deal; being hated can also help someone rise in status.

Chen Ting was invited to attend the French Fashion Week, and Lu Qingyu was going too.

For a major event in the fashion circle like Fashion Week, many stars would go and walk around even if they weren't invited.

They would prepare their own outfits and take some high-fashion photos so that these big brands could see their potential. Perhaps the next endorsement deal would come from it. Besides that, it was also an opportunity to improve their international status.

Upon learning that Lu Qingyu was participating in Fashion Week, many domestic brands sent sample clothes to his side. This was customary for various brands, though they also knew there was a high chance the star wouldn't wear them. However, it was their chance to show their goodwill.

Even if he just kept them to wear on ordinary days, it could still bring significant traffic to the brand.

On Lu Qingyu's side, Su Jixing had chosen a mid-range luxury suit for him. It was haute couture and a first-time wear.

Its status was a bit lower compared to brands like Chanel or LV, but it had taken a lot of effort for Su Jixing to persuade the brand owners.

Fashion Week was the day after the day after tomorrow. They had to leave by plane tomorrow. Excluding travel time, their schedule was quite tight.

In the afternoon, after Lu Qingyu finished his lessons, Su Jixing brought in a team to do his makeup trial. While he was being made up, a Staff Member suddenly ran in and said to Su Jixing:

"Brother Su, the outfit we reserved was taken by someone else."

Su Jixing's expression changed upon hearing this: "What's the situation?"

Staff Member: "I went to pick up the clothes this afternoon, and the people over there said the haute couture set we reserved was taken by Cui Yuzhe."

Cui Yuzhe was a film and television actor, currently ranked in the second tier, with over eight million followers on Weibo and a currently popular TV drama airing.

Su Jixing was somewhat angry. This kind of thing happened often in the entertainment industry, but he never thought it would happen to his own artist.

He had selected this brand, and the clothes had been agreed upon long ago. If Lu Qingyu wearing this haute couture could increase the brand's popularity by 8%, the brand owners would consider making Lu Qingyu their brand ambassador for a quarter. As it turned out, they were stood up.

Staff Member: "The brand says Cui Yuzhe's side took the wrong clothes. Should we contact them?"

Su Jixing didn't believe those words at all.

Haute couture isn't some common cabbage found on the street; it must be checked before being sent out. How could there be a mistake? Clearly, the brand felt that Cui Yuzhe could better showcase the value of the outfit.

Lu Qingyu had already finished his makeup and was waiting for the clothes to arrive so he could change and take two sets of promotional photos. Instead of the clothes, he heard the Staff Member and Su Jixing discussing the matter behind him.

Su Jixing didn't know much about fashion brands, so he sought the opinion of the stylist.

"Teacher, what other brand's haute couture is similar to the previous one that we can borrow now?"

The designer was in a bit of a bind. If you were talking about ordinary clothes, he could borrow something even better than the previous brand, but not haute couture.

Haute couture has many vetting conditions before being sent out. Even if they wanted it, time wouldn't allow it.

"It won't work. The time is too close; we can't borrow it. How about we switch to the new autumn/winter collection of another brand?"

Su Jixing didn't want to settle. The prestige of haute couture was incomparable to other clothes.

He and the designer communicated temporarily to see what clothes could save the day.

Lu Qingyu had been sitting for makeup for a long time, so he stood up to move around.

The staff pushed in another batch of clothes. This batch was also sent by sponsors. The dressing room was already full, so these were to be sent to another room.

Lu Qingyu saw them and stopped them, then casually looked at the clothes inside.

"Are these all clothes for me?"

Staff Member: "Yes, this is just a part of it. There are over sixty more pieces in the warehouse."