Gustav's fans had just denied that their idol had a special relationship with Romeo, when they received a blow. They saw Gustav's personal homepage post a set of photos called "My Kitten".
If you thought these were Rooney's pictures, then you're too naive, they were all Romeo's photos. Whether it was the program's published or unpublished photos, whether it was candid shooting or videotaping, everything was here!
Romeo sitting cross-legged on the floor and gnawing at a sandwich, Romeo hugging a doll, Romeo pouting, Romeo lying asleep on the couch, Romeo sitting on a chair being fiddled with by a few stylists …
These photos recorded almost every moment of Romeo's participation in the game, if his heart wasn't in it, why would he go through so much trouble to collect his photos? If his heart wasn't involved, why would he call him 'My Kitten'? If he didn't have feelings for him, why would he make him his whole world?
Gustav really does have special feelings for Romeo! What the hell is going on with these pictures? Are they real?
The fans rioted, leaving messages on his web page to seek the truth.
Tell me your social media account was hacked, this can't be your own post! Someone tried to deceive themself.
Gustav didn't react until half an hour after the outbreak, but it was too late to delete the photos. He quickly thought of the idea to imitate the group of photos with Rooney. He commanded his assistant to order small versions of Romeo's previously worn outfits for Rooney, then he guided Rooney to use the same poses and expressions as Romeo.
How can a cat resemble a person? But the results were amazing, Rooney's photos somehow synchronized with Romeo's. The person and the cat had the same sea blue eyes, and the same temperament- pure, clean and lovely. Especially when their ignorant little eyes peered into the lens, the person and the cat's images almost overlapped.
After capturing the photos, Gustav rewarded Rooney with two bags of small dried fish, then he immediately uploaded a folder marked – "My Kitten-part 2", the post was unfinished, don't get so excited.
The fans instantly widened their eyes, their angry, worried or doubtful moods disappeared, they now didn't know whether to laugh or cry. They knew their idol had extreme furry pet obsession, but they didn't expect him to take his pet photo shoots to a new realm, unexpectedly making Rooney imitate the male goddess Romeo.
But don't doubt, although the idol's brain had a big hole in it, his photography was still on point. Rooney and Romeo were clearly a human and a cat, but the way he photograph them gave the viewers a feeling of seeing double, especially since they had similar sea blue eyes. The meng was off the charts! One photo had Rooney wearing a small blue skirt, his claws on the shoulders of a doll. His head was tilted so his round face and the doll's face were affixed together, and his clear watery blue eyes were staring into the lens.
God, they're in sync! God, they're so similar! They seriously suspected that Romeo was Rooney's idol alter-ego.
Rooney's actually a person, right? He's a fairy that can transform! One netizen said this matter-of-factly. A queue of tens of thousands of people who shared the same sentiment lined up behind him.
There were replies from the furry friend lovers who immediately felt an intolerable itchiness in their hearts, then they dressed their own pets up like Romeo and uploaded the pictures. As long as it was a blue eyed animal, no matter what pose or clothes it wore, it always looked similar to Romeo. Naïve animals were too close to Romeo's temperament, they had the same innocence, obliviousness and loveliness. This made everyone's love for Romeo rise to new heights.
Gustav observed the situation and uploaded a second file with no more explanation. He knew that the more he tried to explain, the guiltier he would look. With the two files together, they could make their own conclusions. But he knew that they would definitely make up a lot of good reasons for their idol, since they were more willing to believe in those reasons.
Sure enough, the situation moved according to his expected development, everyone thought it was just his weird hobby, and they even joined in to show off their own pets. His angry fans were calmed, but this didn't make him feel relaxed. He foresaw great difficulty if he wanted to be together with Kitten in the future.
As he fell into a melancholy mood, a small number of people on the network began to make trouble. They said that even if Gustav and Romeo had no affair, his concern for Romeo clearly exceeded boundaries, and since he was The Next Supermodel's producer, it was very unfair to the other players. Who knew if Gustav wouldn't pave the way for his favorite players? Maybe, Romeo's previous wonderful performance was all because Gustav was cheating for him.
For the sake of fairness, Gustav either needed to resign from the producer's position, or Romeo needed to completely quit the game, or both.
Their remarks were immediately attacked by Romeo's fans, but Gustav's fans were seduced. Out of jealousy, they sent letters to the program group to demand Romeo's elimination. They didn't want to give him a chance to touch their idol, they also didn't want him to ruin their idol's career.
Once again, the situation became serious.
Obviously, someone had noticed how popular the show was getting and had decided to push him out to take advantage of his success. Gustav was very confident that 'The Next Supermodel' would become ABC's trump card, and if its success persisted, it would bring huge profits for the investors. Since he was the biggest investor in the show, naturally, he became that someone's primary elimination goal. He had an idea of who that someone was.
Now, there were six players left in the show, after two more were eliminated, they would enter the championship fight, in other words – it was only three weeks from the end of the game.
His resignation would mean that he couldn't get close to Romeo for at least three weeks, this made Gustav very irritable. He almost couldn't imagine how he would spend those three weeks, like how a fish needed water, like how all living things needed air, he needed Romeo. Even hugging Rooney's small furry body couldn't bring him the slightest comfort.
He would never resign, and he also wouldn't let them kick out Romeo. Thinking of this, Gustav put on a jacket and walked out with a cold expression, just as he arrived at ABC building's underground car park, he saw Bonnie leading a team of cameramen towards a commercial vehicle.
"Where are you going? What's going on?" He rolled down his car window and coldly asked. It seemed that he was too low-key, he let ABC's senior management forget who the company's real owner was. Acheson family's territory couldn't be moved by just anyone.
"Mr. Acheson, you're just in time. We were about to go to the villa to announce a decision." Bonnie swung her hips as she walked over, wanting to laugh but not daring to. She didn't expect Acheson to be so soft in the head, unexpectedly cocking things up to this extent.
"What decision? Who made it? If this decision is not in my mind, I'll make the other person pay a painful price." Gustav pulled off his tie, his eyes full of hostility.
"This decision was given to me from the top." Bonnie froze, explaining before Acheson got too mad, "The top brass are not confused to the point where they want to get rid of you, killing you would mean they'd also have to pack their things and head home. So, they'd decided to make Romeo 'quit', but I persuaded them to give Romeo a chance. For the rest of his photo shoots, Romeo's 30 shots will be reduced to 5. That way, his 5 photos must beat out the other players' combined 150 photos, otherwise, he'll be eliminated."
"What do you think? Isn't it very thrilling and challenging? It's fair right? And because there are only six players left, the duration of the games will greatly reduce, but each episode still needs to fill 50-minutes, so not much footage will be edited out. We can use this change to turn the recording into a live broadcast and make the audience see for themselves if we give Romeo any advantages."
Here, she paused for a moment, then cautiously asked "What do you think of the proposal? You're not really going to resign right? If you do, Dave will take over your position. He's gambling on you having true feelings for Romeo and voluntarily quitting to protect him. But if he's in charge, we'll be out of luck and Romeo will still be attacked!"
Dave Acheson was an illegitimate child of old Acheson, he'd been coveting Acheson family's industry for a long time. He had no talent, but he loved strutting around like a mad dog and biting everybody in his way.
Gustav certainly wouldn't let Dave Acheson succeed. He considered for a moment, then agreed to Bonnie's proposal. He wasn't refusing to make concessions for Romeo just to protect himself, he just knew that once he resigned, even if Romeo's performance was still outstanding, Dave wouldn't ignore him. Dave was always willing to use the most despicable means to destroy everything Gustav cared about.
"It'll be okay, Romeo can do it. Even his first shot is always extremely wonderful, no one can catch him, including me, and many well-known supermodels." Seeing her boss' expression sinking like a stone in water, Bonnie patted his shoulder in comfort.
Gustav responded by giving her a cold glare. He knew, of course, that Kitten would never be defeated, his excellence was far beyond everyone's imaginations. He was just worried that Kitten would get angry when he learned that this punishment was all his fault. Will he be really angry? Will he never want to talk to me again? God knew how his stomach was spasming in nervousness.
While Gustav was tangled, the car arrived at the villa. Bonnie had no intention of letting the other players know too much. She called the teenager into a separate room, let the cameraman hit record, and briefly explained the matter, then she placed two sets of screenshots of the social media outrage.
Gustav covered his face, afraid to look.
John was so angry that he gave him a close-up, focusing on his red ears. Do you still know shame? This is too outrageous! Because of your weird taste, my idol could be eliminated!
But in fact, Zhou Yun Sheng didn't feel anger or panic, only excitement. Making him, a former successful supermodel, compete with a bunch of rookies, he always found his victories boring. His seemingly free and easy personality hid some militant traits, he loved a difficult challenge. He even felt that Bonnie could cut her five chances down to three.
He looked at the photos of Rooney for several minutes before he slowly opened, "It's very adorable, what's its name?"
"He's called Rooney, and I think you're way cuter than him." Gustav never ignored an opportunity to praise his sweetheart. He saw Bonnie giving him a fierce stare, so he hurriedly corrected his attitude, "I'm sorry for causing such a big problem for you, but I'm sure you can overcome it."
Zhou Yun Sheng pretended to smile bitterly, "I have no room to disagree, isn't that right? Only in this way can I prove my strength, and also fix your reputation, Mr. Acheson. For everyone who believes in me and supports me, I accept your decision."
"It's great of you to think like that." Bonnie stood up and embraced the boy.
Gustav also gave him a solid hug and whispered in his ear, "I'm sorry, and… I love you."
The bottom tip [innermost feelings] of Zhou Yun Sheng's heart was gently stirred a bit.