Huayu: Traffic is king

Chapter 19 Bazaar Double Issue

"Dilraba?"

Gu Jingyi was a little surprised.

Well, it seems that Dio is more sincere than he thought.

Gu Jingyi never thought that her fashion career had just started, and she would be able to shoot a double cover for a first-line magazine with a female star who became a top star this year with the national variety show "Running Man".

"Yes, the Chinese celebrities who have been featured on Bazaar's solo covers include Zhang Ziyi, Jin Chengwu, Li Bingbing, Liu Yifei, Li Yuchun, Tang Yan, and Liu Shishi."

Lin Ze flipped through his notes and said with a smile, "Although this year's competition is skewed towards the younger crowd, only Chris Wu and Wang Junkai from Go Fighting Boys have achieved solo promotion. Xiaoyi, don't worry. The company unanimously agrees that with your potential, there will be plenty of opportunities for you to achieve solo promotion in the future."

Gu Jingyi nodded to show his understanding.

In fact, he didn't expect to be published in a solo magazine right away.

After all, Bazaar is one of the top ten magazines in China and is among the top five first-line magazines.

Before he fell in love, Lu Han’s phenomenal popularity was not something he could easily appear on a solo magazine.

Gu Jingyi’s super topic now has only more than 40,000 sign-ins, and most of them are supported by fans of the March drama.

It’s not realistic to go now.

However, after the group was formed on "Idol Producer", Cai Xukun had over 30 sign-ins on his super topic. Gu Jingyi easily eclipsed Kun Ge by a mile, and 60 sign-ins on his super topic was no big deal.

Wouldn’t it be easy to publish a solo issue in a top magazine then?
Currently in China, only Chris Wu has made history by completing the ten-magazine grand slam, while other big names in the circle are stuck at nine or eight magazines.

It wasn't until 2020 that the domestic entertainment industry produced its second winner of the Ten Magazines Grand Slam.

Gu Jingyi doesn't think that his appearance is worse than Chris Wu's, but he is indeed incomparable in terms of popularity and commercial value.

After more than two hours of flight, at around ten o'clock in the morning, Gu Jingyi finally landed at Shanghai Tianhong Airport. He adjusted the wrinkles on his clothes and got off the plane.

In the pick-up area, the staff sent by Bazaar to connect with him had been waiting here for some time.

After successfully meeting up with the staff who came to pick them up at the airport, Gu Jingyi and his group got on the car arranged by Bazaar and went directly to the shooting location.

The opening issue of the year has always been the highlight of fashion magazines, and its value is second only to the "Golden September and Silver October".

Harper's Bazaar also values ​​Gu Jingyi. This time, he will not only be shooting the cover and inside pages of the January 2018 issue with Dilraba Dilmurat, but Bazaar is also impressed by his fashion expression and popularity, and has specially prepared a fashion blockbuster for them to shoot together.

Since 15, the Chinese entertainment industry has entered a "male-dominated era." Harper's Bazaar, one of the top five women's magazines, offers outfit recommendations for mature, sophisticated professional women. Inviting Gu Jingyi was a win-win for both parties.

Harper's Bazaar needs Gu Jingyi to stimulate consumption, and Gu Jingyi also needs to use the cover promotion to improve his status.

Why has Chris Wu become a top star? Is it really because of his works?

He is the first male artist in the domestic entertainment industry to use fashion resources to continuously increase his popularity and influence and monetize his commercial value.

This also gave more inspiration to the circle, and this newly opened fashion circle track has gradually become an area that every male traffic star cannot ignore.

The photographer in charge of shooting today is a woman in her 30s. She looks very casual in casual clothes.

"Hello Gu Jingyi, I'm Chen Man, today's photographer."

The photographer was very polite to Gu Jingyi and took the initiative to come forward and shake hands with him.

"Hello, it's a pleasure to work with you."

After a simple greeting, it’s time for clothing matching and styling design.

In this process, the photographers basically have already matched the artists' outfits in advance.

These outfits are also designed around the magazine's current theme and have been pre-screened by the magazine.

Gu Jingyi did the same this time. The photographer's assistant led him to sit in front of the mirror. Then a woman in her thirties or forties came over. This was his makeup artist today.

Gu Jingyi closed his eyes and let the makeup artist rub his face.

About ten minutes later, Gu Jingyi, who was resting with his eyes closed, heard the makeup artist say, "It's done."

Only then did Gu Jingyi open his eyes and look at himself in the mirror.

His hairstyle is the same as the 3:7 side-parted hairstyle, with one side of the hair pressed against the other and slightly puffed out. It looks layered, handsome and fashionable.

With just a thin layer of foundation on his face, he already looks very handsome.

Gu Jingyi wore the outfit the photographer had prepared for him: a jersey over a shirt and tie, a suit and trousers, and sneakers.

This patchwork outfit better blends his charm between youth and maturity. This sense of contradiction attracts people's attention and makes them stay on him unconsciously.

"Thank you for your hard work."

After a simple thank you, Gu Jingyi immediately started today's filming.

Gu Jingyi started shooting the inside pages alone, and after his female partner's makeup and hair were done, they reunited to shoot the cover together.

"Guess what our theme is today?"

Chen Man didn't rush to shoot, but started chatting with Gu Jingyi first.

"Contrast?"

Gu Jingyi looked at the patchwork clothes and spoke hesitantly.

"Very close. Our theme today is extravagance and decadence. In everyone's mind, Shanghai has an image of modernity and a fast pace. That's the theme we're going to interpret today."

Chen Man smiled and explained to Gu Jingyi: "You are more suitable for this outfit than I thought. I have an inspiration now."

She quickly got behind the camera and started working.

Gu Jingyi was very cooperative. He followed Chen Man's instructions and struck various poses, making various movements and expressions to cooperate with her shooting.

It only took two hours to shoot the solo photo shoot for the fashion magazine, and Chen Man carefully made a backup of the film.

"It's a pleasure to work with you, Gu Jingyi, you are very spiritual. If you were not an actor, you would have made a name for yourself as a model."

This female photographer, who is well-known in the circle, gave a very high evaluation.

After Gu Jingyi accepted the praise with a smile, he took a business car to the location where they were going to shoot the film together.

Di Lieba actually arrived a day earlier than Gu Jingyi. She took a flight to Shanghai right after finishing filming "Flame's Daughter".

She also attaches great importance to the opening issue of Harper's Bazaar.

As for her solo part, it was actually finished yesterday.

The makeup of female artists is always more complicated. When Gu Jingyi arrived at the designated shooting location, she had just gotten off the car.

He saw a car approaching from a distance and stopped in front of him.

The door banged open and the headlights illuminated the view.

The slender feet wearing silver-colored high-heeled shoes came into everyone's sight. The slender feet were delicate and seemed to be able to be held in one hand.

The shiny ankles and slender calves outline sexy lines, and the unique open design of the skirt makes the fair skin seem to flow with crystal colors under the light.

The cold moonlight shone on her body, as if covered with a veil.

(End of this chapter)