The staff member halted in his words when he saw an adorable head popping out behind Ran Xueyi. The child looked small and cute, but no one can deny that he looked handsome at first glance with his big brown eyes, tiny lips, and tall nose. More than that, he looked a bit familiar.
But where could he have seen the child?
The staff member blinked, "This is..."
"My son," Ran Xueyi truthfully said.
Upon hearing this, the staff member almost fainted from the shock.
WHAT! Estelle has a child?!
This was shocking news!
Although there were many international actresses who already came out of the box and announced that they were expecting pregnancy or have already given birth to a healthy child, however, that was before and after. Besides, some already introduced their partner's name or marriage to the public.
However, Estelle, the rising A-list actress who received three awards in two different prestigious awarding ceremonies, just said that the child in front of him is her child!
What to do? He felt like he had just found out a secret he should erase from his memory. On the other hand, he was also a fan of Ran Xueyi and could hear his heart shattering when he thought of his idol being together with anyone.
The staff member sighed deeply. Thankfully, he wasn't a godly fan who would go crazy though he still dealt with a heavy damage in his heart upon hearing the news.
"Oh, you're here, Estelle!" The photographer noticed Ran Xueyi's group standing in the studio.
Ran Xueyi smiled at the staff member before stepping to the side to approach the photographer.
"Good morning. I heard there's a change in the theme?" Ran Xueyi directly said.
The photographer realized that Ran Xueyi probably heard of it from a staff member and also didn't hide it. He nodded and said, "That's right. Fend* initially wanted to shoot a solo cover for you. However, the brand suddenly decided to change their mind during yesterday's meeting."
He continued to tell her: "The new theme will still comprise the previous one. Just that there's a little addition of a child to shoot with you. The theme is a pair theme of a mother and child."
The brand stylist heard them discussing this and also added, "There hasn't been a cover with a child in it in our brand. The marketing admin thought that the brand shouldn't limit themselves with the usual image. They also wanted to show that even mothers can wear the product."
Ran Xueyi became stunned when she heard this.
It was truly a change if Fend* decided to shoot the theme like this.
The brand stylist was afraid that Ran Xueyi would refuse the change of theme so he quickly added, "Of course, the brand will not force you if you don't want to shoot it. However, if you do the front cover for the brand, they will revise the contract and give you a higher base fee per hour."
The previous commission negotiated with Ran Xueyi was only 37,000 dollars base fee per hour. Now, the revised contract that was drafted yesterday was 50,000 dollars. This amount was surely bigger than the previous brand ambassadors in the past. And Ran Xueyi's one-time payment should be around 3 to 5 million dollars.
This never happened before if the brand stylist was being honest. The highest paid brand ambassador only received 2 to 3 million and only one actor from another foreign country received 4 million as the brand's main face.
Of course, Ran Xueyi's salary this time was not only due to her rising career, but because of the change of themes. The theme will be quite controversial since Estelle's private life was never flaunted in public. If she shot this magazine cover with a child, it would probably cause headline news or people to question the brand's intention as well as Ran Xueyi.
However, Ran Xueyi wasn't too worried about that.
Actually, she thought that the brand theme this time was really amazing and suited her taste so much.
After all, she was not only an actress and a woman, she's a mother now.
"I'm alright with the theme. I think it's very thoughtful. I will go through this shoot," Ran Xueyi nodded with conviction. She knew it would cause some heat in discussion after the cover was released, but she just wanted to challenge herself and also let people get used to this reality.
Superstars and idols are humans too. They also have a life to live...
"Wonderful!" The brand stylist exclaimed in delight, "We should shoot the cover now then."
The photographer frowned and didn't think that Ran Xueyi would actually accept the change. However, he was glad that his time wasn't wasted to convince someone to shoot the cover.
If it were some other actress or singer, they might show a bit of hesitation until they pull out of the photoshoot entirely. They don't want to be in headlines and smeared with any type of rumor.
However, it seems that Ran Xueyi was not like any other actresses or singers who vainfully held their image together.
The prop team, who disappeared when Ran Xueyi discussed the matter with the two, arrived while panting. When he was asked by the brand stylist, he shook his head and said, "There's no child actor available. Only a few who lived nearby could spare some time but they can only come later this afternoon or tomorrow."
Hearing this, the photographer glared at the brand stylist and grumbled, "This is why you should have told us about the change in theme before the actual shoot!"
The brand stylist was humiliated but his hands were tied. It really is their fault anyway.
Just when everyone thought that the photoshoot that day will be postponed until tomorrow, a small child walked towards Ran Xueyi and pulled the hem of her shirt.
Looking back, Ran Xueyi saw Xiao Zhanzhan blinking his doe-eyes at her, seemingly asking what's taking them so long.
Ran Xueyi's heart skipped a beat and glanced at her manager, Adelle.
Adelle saw her looking at her and intended to pull the child away. However, who knew that Xiao Zhanzhan would put his arms around Ran Xueyi's leg and never let go.
The prop team, photographer, and brand stylist, all saw this and they looked at each other.
The photographer never saw such a clingy and cute Little Fairy, wondering where he came from.
The brand stylist was also thinking like this but he was even more curious if the Little Fairy knew Ran Xueyi.
Among the three, only the prop team thought that his ancestor has answered his prayer.
There's a child!
Now they can shoot the cover!
"Er this child... Estelle, do you know him? Coincidentally, we don't have a child actor who can shoot the cover with you..." the prop team's meaning was too clear.
Have the child shoot the cover with you!
When hearing the prop team's words, the brand stylist and photographer, woke up from their daze after meeting a Little Fairy in the studio. They all expectantly stared at Ran Xueyi.
Sadly, Ran Xueyi shook her head and said, "I'm sorry but he can't."
The brand stylist said, "Is it because of his parents? We can talk to them and also pay them!"
The child was very in line with the image they wanted to show in the cover. Other child actors or children who would be hired to shoot the cover will show nervousness and cry in the studio. Just thinking of the hassle they had to go through by hiring another child and persuading them to take a pose, the brand stylist wanted to smash his head.
However, the Little Fairy was different.
Even when he stood in front of them, three tall men, Little Fairy didn't even flinch and enchanted them with his innocence.
And the key point was... it seems that the Little Fairy was attached towards Ran Xueyi.
Ran Xueyi naturally knew what these men wanted. However, she couldn't allow it.
"I'm sorry, but he really can't do it," Ran Xueyi could only apologize to them.
If she let her son's face show in the magazine cover and let everyone pay attention to him, she would really fail as a mother.
As someone who lived most of her years as an actress and entertainer, Ran Xueyi was even more clearer than anyone else about how things work in the entertainment industry. In their world, there are too many layers. Two commonly seen layers were the sparkling luxury it publicly showed, and the dark and filthy side that was hidden but not a completely secret side of it.
Another thing was... Ran Xueyi really didn't want her son to end up like her.
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Poisonlily has something to say: Ran Xueyi grew up in the entertainment industry. You can imagine how reluctant she was to let her son experience what she had gone through when she was young. Personally, I'd do the same if I was in her shoes.
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