After Solon’s packaging and promotion, their value would double or even increase tenfold or more?
As soon as these words were spoken, the girls all showed expressions of disbelief.
In the entire royal city, the number of brothel women whose price exceeded one gold coin, even including the pure courtesans, would not exceed a few dozen. Moreover, they had all been built up over many years with countless amounts of money.
Yet Solon wanted to launch nineteen at once. How was that possible?
“Young Master Solon, may I ask what methods you will use to allow us to increase our value several times over?” one of the women asked. “Just relying on that painting behind you?”
“Yes.” Lan Ling said: “This painting is an important medium. There is also a completely new, unprecedented style, unprecedented clothing, and my unprecedented promotion method.”
Although the many women did not show it outwardly, they still did not believe it in their hearts. This painting was indeed miraculous, but wanting to make their value increase several times over was impossible. Moreover, what was this completely new style that Young Master Solon spoke of?
In the royal city’s brothel world, what style had not been tried? What outfit had not been tried? There were even women who stood stark naked on the street soliciting customers.
A single style that could make a person’s value increase several times over? They simply could not accept it no matter what.
Lan Ling said: “Now, we will begin bidding for the precious spots in the royal city’s Nineteen Beauties. Starting at fifty gold coins. Who is willing to become the first of the royal city’s Nineteen Beauties and accept my unprecedented packaging and unprecedented promotion?”
Fifty gold coins?
The girls present all adored Young Master Solon very much, so contributing one or two gold coins to support him was acceptable. But dozens of gold coins? They would rather not.
These girls had no one to rely on their entire lives. The only thing they could truly trust was the gold coins in their boxes. That was their lifelong support.
Although the income of brothel women was extremely high, their youth was too short. They could only earn money for those few years.
Among the girls present, some, like Yi Manman, could save up over a thousand gold coins. But most girls, throughout their entire lives, could only save around a hundred gold coins. Moreover, the several hundred girls here were already the highest-earning group in the royal city’s brothel world.
They were unwilling to gamble fifty gold coins on the vague and illusory title of one of the royal city’s Nineteen Beauties. Besides, they simply did not believe that a single portrait and a so-called new style could increase their value several times over in a short time.
Therefore, the entire scene fell into an awkward silence. Especially those girls who had previously been made famous by Solon. They wanted to support him but were reluctant to part with so much money.
At this moment, the planted supporter arranged by Lan Ling appeared. Ye Xiaoxian, dressed in a snow-white skirt, raised her hand and said: “Young Master Solon… I, I am willing to become the first of your royal city’s Nineteen Beauties.”
Then she carried a money box forward and handed it to Yi Manman. Inside were exactly fifty gold coins.
Of course, this sum of money had actually been provided by Yi Manman. Although Ye Xiaoxian also had this much money, she was simply unwilling to spend it. Every single one of her coins had been saved up one silver coin at a time.
Lan Ling said: “Good. We already have the first bidder. Next, I will conduct my review. It is not enough to simply pay the money to become one of the royal city’s Nineteen Beauties. She must have her own distinct personality and characteristics.”
Lan Ling carefully examined Ye Xiaoxian for several minutes, then nodded and said: “You may. You can become one of the royal city’s Nineteen Beauties. Next, is anyone willing to become the second of the royal city’s Nineteen Beauties?”
The scene immediately fell into an awkward silence.
For a good while, no one responded. This situation was truly very embarrassing.
According to Lan Ling’s own personality, he would have already turned red with embarrassment and wished he could run away. But right now he was performing in a certain way. He was acting as Solon and could completely endure any spit on his face without wiping it off.
“Good. Since no one is willing to become the second, then I will begin the completely new packaging for Yi Manman.” Lan Ling said: “Tonight, everyone will see the result. Will Ye Xiaoxian be able to increase her value several times over and have customers flocking to her?”
Then Lan Ling looked towards Ye Xiaoxian and said: “Xiaoxian, what is your current price?”
“Three silver coins.” Ye Xiaoxian said.
Lan Ling said: “Tonight, your price will definitely exceed fifteen silver coins, and there will be over a hundred men competing to pay money first in order to win the chance to be intimate with you. If I cannot achieve this, I will compensate you with one hundred gold coins.”
As soon as these words were spoken, Ye Xiaoxian was stunned, and the many women present were also stunned.
Lan Ling said: “Since no second person has bid, then today’s event ends here. Girls, go back and rest. Lack of sleep is the greatest enemy of a woman’s beauty. As for the result of my packaging, you will know tonight. I am going to start packaging Ye Xiaoxian now. Excuse me!”
Then Lan Ling pulled Ye Xiaoxian and left the hall, heading towards the rear courtyard.
The many girls left one after another. Their hearts were filled with immense anticipation for tonight. But deep down, they did not believe that Solon could make Ye Xiaoxian increase her value several times over.
…
Inside Yi Manman’s garden.
“You see, no one was willing to pay fifty gold coins.” Yi Manman said: “You have already boasted so much. I want to see how you are going to achieve it. Otherwise, shall we spend more money to hire another supporter and have some more people come for Ye Xiaoxian tonight?”
“No. Would that not turn into actual fraud? Moreover, these girls are all very shrewd. They already saw that Ye Xiaoxian is a planted supporter. If we even hire supporters among the customers, they will notice it even more easily, and I will completely lose credibility.” Lan Ling said: “I guarantee to you that Ye Xiaoxian will definitely have customers flocking to her and her value will increase several times over.”
Next, Lan Ling began to package Ye Xiaoxian.
“First step, from now on your stage name cannot be Ye Xiaoxian. Change it to Little Cat!”
“The route you should take is sexy, bold, and unruly, not constantly throwing flirtatious glances or constantly trying to please men. You should be high above them and look down on them with disdain.”
“Also, this flowing long skirt is completely unsuitable for you. You should wear explosive, sexy, unprecedented clothing. Of course, I will help you design it.”
Lan Ling picked up a paintbrush. This time it was not just charcoal pencils but coloured paintbrushes, dozens of them in total.
Moreover, this time it was not just a two-chi portrait but a large two-to-three-metre poster. He even had to stand on a chair to paint.
“Little Cat, take off your skirt and leave only your undergarments. Lie face down on the brocade stool with your upper body, kneel on the ground with both legs, stick your bottom up, fully display your body curves, and show a wild and unruly expression.” Lan Ling said.
While speaking, he also had to pose Ye Xiaoxian and adjust her expression. In short, it had to be the most fiery and seductive posture.
Then he began to paint on this huge white board.
This was his first work for the royal city’s Nineteen Beauties. It could only succeed and must not fail.
It was still a realistic human body sketch portrait, but this time it was coloured. Yes, coloured, which made it even more impactful.
But it did not need to be as realistic as Yi Manman’s, reaching eighty percent of a photograph’s effect was enough.
Under Lan Ling’s brush, Ye Xiaoxian had completely changed her style and clothing.
She wore only a black tight-fitting small bra on top and a hip-length tight-fitting mini skirt below.
Her two long legs were covered in black fishnet stockings, and her feet wore unprecedented high-heeled leather shoes.
Moreover, her hair had been completely changed into wavy curls, and she even wore cat-ear accessories on her head.
In short, Ye Xiaoxian had been thoroughly transformed from head to toe. From an ancient woman of another world, she had become a modern lady, a fiery and sexy cat girl.
Whether it was the bra, the super tight mini skirt, the black fishnet stockings, or the high heels, everything came from the modern era.
In terms of women’s attire, human aesthetic views have always been constantly changing and progressing.
When it came to attracting hormones, the styles and outfits of modern women completely crushed those of ancient women from a thousand years ago.
A super short skirt was definitely sexier than an ancient long skirt. Wearing a bikini was definitely more explosive than wearing ancient loose undergarments.
Lan Ling spent nearly ten hours to complete this portrait.
By this time, Ye Xiaoxian and Yi Manman had already been unable to stay awake and had fallen asleep.
…
After a full ten hours, Lan Ling was almost exhausted to the point of collapse. He finally finished.
On the nearly three-metre-large poster was an unprecedented modern sexy lady, a cat-like lady, lifelike and incomparably fiery and seductive.
Lan Ling woke up Yi Manman and Ye Xiaoxian and said: “Done. I have finished the painting. You can now make new clothes, new shoes, and net-like stockings according to the appearance on the poster. Remember, the net-like stockings should be woven from contracting beast tendons and then dyed black.”
Ye Xiaoxian and Yi Manman opened their sleepy eyes. The first thing they saw was the huge poster in front of them.
Instantly, they woke up with a start.
Especially Ye Xiaoxian, who stared at herself on the poster in complete disbelief.
“Ah…” Then she let out a sharp scream.
“This, is this really me? How can it be so beautiful, so… captivating?”
Yi Manman also stared at the scene in complete disbelief. She vaguely felt that Solon was really going to succeed and create a miracle.
…
Half an hour later, more than a dozen attendants from the Yuhua Pavilion carried this three-metre-tall large poster out of the Yuhua Pavilion and began parading through the royal city. While parading they shouted:
“The Yuhua Pavilion’s Ye Little Cat, selected by the Zhidu Art Committee as one of the royal city’s Nineteen Beauties!” While shouting, they also beat gongs and drums.
Of course, the so-called Zhidu Art Committee consisted of only Lan Ling alone.
The streets of the royal city were bustling with activity every day and every moment. This was a super large city with a population exceeding one million.
Once this huge poster was brought out, it instantly caused an unprecedented sensation.
There was actually such a portrait? It looked exactly like a real person. This was completely sorcery!
The people of this world had no photographs and had never seen such a realistic portrait before, and it was even coloured. In an instant, everyone was completely shocked.
Moreover, this poster was so sexy and so explosive.
Unlike the painting of Yi Manman, this one of Ye Little Cat (Ye Xiaoxian) was completely made as sexy as possible and as seductive as possible. In short, it was designed to fully arouse men’s hormones. Overall, it was meant to make the portrait even more explosive and more beautiful than the real person.
This kind of thing was seen far too often on Earth.
Some women were actually at most seven points in real life, but when taking sexy portraits they used angles, highlighted curves, lighting effects, and Photoshop. In the end, the portrait’s charm value directly soared to nine. Therefore, looking at the portraits of those young models made people almost ready to spurt blood.
At this moment, Lan Ling used all these techniques.
Ye Little Cat was already extremely beautiful and cat-like. After being packaged by Lan Ling in a modern lady’s style and displayed on the poster in such an explosive pose, she instantly detonated the eyeballs of all the men.
“This woman, how is she so breathtaking? Just one look and it feels like fire is about to burst out all over my body.”
“Heavens, I have never seen this kind of clothing before, but it is way too seductive.”
“Yes, yes, and these stockings, and these shoes. No, no, fire is rising all over me. I need to go put it out.”
In less than half an hour, the team from the Yuhua Pavilion carrying Ye Little Cat’s poster had already caused an enormous sensation.
Thousands upon thousands of people went crazy surrounding and watching this three-metre large poster. It was unprecedentedly realistic, with an unprecedented style and unprecedented sexiness.
This situation was like suddenly seeing a Playboy bikini girl poster on the streets of the Ming Dynasty. The impact and sensation it caused could be easily imagined.
Just two hours later, the entire royal city had been almost completely stirred up.