Chapter 125: First Encounter with the Starlight (4K Large Chapter)

Super Tower of Seven.

Photo studio on the 35th floor.

The photographer of the Vought Group is taking pictures of Richard, who is wearing the same black trench coat as Sephiroth, for the latest promotional poster.

Although Richard's external publicity has just started not long ago, publicity materials and other materials must be prepared in advance.

In addition to various promotional posters and short films, the marketing and promotion department of Walter Group also developed a series of follow-up promotion plans for him.

This includes but is not limited to participating in interviews, guest starring in superhero movies being filmed, shooting personal promotional videos, planning hero activities, etc.

From a personal point of view, Richard doesn't really like this kind of marketing promotion like that of celebrity artists.

But in order to complete this world challenge and become the most famous superhero in the universe, he needs to participate in these marketing activities even if he doesn't like it very much.

Otherwise, even if he saves people all over the world, he will not be able to become a household superhero in a short period of time, let alone become the most famous superhero.

After shooting the latest set of promotional posters and magazine cover posters, Madeleine, the vice president of Walter Group, who had been in the studio for a while, and the people from the motherland walked towards him with a professional smile on their faces.

"Are you still used to shooting?"

Vice President Madeline asked Richard with a smile on her face.

"good."

Richard replied casually.

Although he was answering Madeline, his eyes were not on Madeline, who was already a middle-aged aunt, but on the people of the motherland.

Regardless of their appearance or clothing, the people of the motherland were exactly the same as in his memory.

In addition, the faces of the people of the motherland also have that carefully trained professional smile that does not represent their true thoughts at all.

"I heard from Ashley that you are shooting the latest poster here, so I brought people from my motherland over to meet you."

"Although you are not teammates yet, it never hurts to get to know each other in advance."

Madeleine continued.

As soon as she finished speaking, the voices of the motherland rang out.

"What is the relationship between you and Edgar?"

"Why did he put you on the Super Seven?"

Although there is still a smile on his face, the tone of the motherland is not as friendly as the expression on his face.

If it were anyone else, he would definitely answer the questions of the people of the motherland now.

But it was obvious that Richard was not someone else.

He didn't take the threat in his motherland's tone to heart at all, and said casually: "You are so curious about this question, why don't you just ask Edgar directly?"

After hearing Richard's answer, the smile on the motherland's face immediately disappeared, and he looked at him with a cold expression, his eyes shining with a faint red light.

Heat ray, right?

Me too!

After seeing the red light shining in the eyes of the people of the motherland, Richard also used the super power of heat rays, and his eyes shined with the same red light.

"Are you sure you want to fight me here?"

Richard said to the people of his motherland.

Although he has not yet demonstrated his superpowers in front of others, in order to facilitate the promotion of the Vought Group's marketing and promotion department, he briefly revealed some of his superpowers.

All the superpowers of the people of the motherland!

And, the super power to control fire, lightning, hurricane, ice, gravity, and magnetic field!

To put it simply, the superpowers he has revealed to the outside world can be simply understood as a fully enhanced version of the motherland.

After hearing what Richard said, the red light shining in the eyes of the motherland became even more dazzling.

Although before coming to the studio, Vice President Madeline reminded him not to have a head-on conflict with Richard for the time being.

But for the people of the motherland, Richard's actions and answers were a provocation to him.

Just when the people of the motherland were about to release the heat ray to teach Richard a lesson and let him know who was the boss, Madeleine patted him on the shoulder and shook her head at him.

After seeing Madeline's signal, the motherland's eyes returned to their normal appearance.

"We won't disturb you and continue shooting posters."

After saying that, Vice President Madeleine left the studio with the people of the motherland.

After coming out of the studio, the native said with a serious face: "I can beat him. He cannot be my opponent. I have absolute confidence."

Although the motherland man's expression was serious, Madeleine was not as optimistic as him.

As a strong woman who has been in the business world for decades, she can easily see that the calmness and calmness that Richard showed just now was not an act.

In addition, she also saw Richard's disdain for the people of his motherland.

Where did he come from?

Why had I never heard of him before?

Was it the No. 5 compound provided to him by Edgar?

…

One guess after another kept flashing through Madeline's mind.

Not knowing Richard's true origin, she mistook Richard for a superpower who uses Compound No. 5.

She would never have thought that Richard was a mutant from the Marvel universe.

After Madeleine left the studio with her motherland, Richard continued with the subsequent poster and cover shoots.

Time flies.

Three days passed before I knew it.

During these three days, in addition to cooperating with the packaging and promotion of the Watt Group, the most important thing Richard did was to bring the beauties he had picked up back to the hotel for fun.

Although doing so will bring certain negative effects, he will not live a boring life like a monk just to complete the world challenge.

World Challenge rewards are indeed important.

But happiness in life is also important.

Ten o'clock in the morning.

The annual shareholder meeting of Watt Group is being held in the Super Seven Tower.

In addition to introducing the Harvest Group's gains and achievements of the previous year to various shareholders, large and small, this year's shareholders' meeting also has an additional process.

That is to solemnly announce that Richard and Starlight have become the new members of the Super Seven.

People knew about Starlight joining the Super Seven early on.

After all, Starlight won the Popularity Award in the draft.

And Richard is still just a stranger to most people.

In the past ten days, Walter Group has spared no effort in promoting and packaging Richard.

But because Richard rarely appears in front of the public and lacks enough exposure to heroic activities, he is still a stranger in the hearts of ordinary people.

To be precise, most ordinary people only know his name and what he looks like, but they are far from supporting and pursuing him fanatically.

According to a survey conducted by the marketing department, his approval rating among adults aged 18-49 is only a pitiful 0.36%.

Among them, the support rate of adult women is 0.35%, and the support rate of adult men is 0.01%.

This support rate is not to mention compared with the motherland and Queen Maeve.

Even compared to the third-rate heroes in the Walter Group, they are far inferior.

Today's Vought Group most likely has 280 superheroes.

If we only look at the support rate, Richard is now ranked in the bottom three.

Although the public support rate was not very good, even pitifully low, Richard did not take it particularly to heart.

His approval rating is not high now simply because he has not yet started his activities.

As long as he starts to act and shows that he is far more powerful than the people of his motherland, his approval rating will immediately soar.

With his strong strength and handsome appearance, if he can't win the enthusiastic support of the people, then he would be too useless.

On the red carpet outside the Super Seven Tower, two black Rolls-Royces parked in front of the red carpet one behind the other.

The surrounding streets and squares were crowded with fans from all over the place.

To be precise, Starlight fans from all over the world gathered.

In addition to these fans, a large number of reporters and photographers gathered around the red carpet.

When the first Rolls-Royce stopped in front of the red carpet, Xingguang, who was wearing a platinum uniform, had long blond hair, fair complexion, and exquisite appearance, walked out of the back row.

Coming down with Starlight was her mother.

As soon as Starlight got out of the car, the fans around her started screaming.

At the same time, flash lights continued to sound, and reporters and photographers around the red carpet took crazy pictures of the stars.

Although he had dreamed of joining the Super Seven since he was a child and had been a street hero in Des Moines, the capital of Iowa, for several years, the scene before him still shocked Starlight.

Iowa's Sweetheart, Des Moines' Keeper!

This was the label before Starlight.

However, starting today, her label is no longer the Sweetheart of Iowa and the Guardian of Des Moines, but the Star of the Super Seven!

After Starlight got out of the car, Ashley quickly came to Starlight, stretched out her right hand towards her, and said:

"Welcome to New York, I'm Ashley, Director of Talent and Relations."

After shaking hands with Ashley, Starlight asked with a look of disbelief: "Are all these people here just for me?"

"Honey, who else would they be here for?"

Ashley smiled and asked Starlight.

After hearing Ashley's answer, the smile on Starlight's face became even brighter.

Although she had some fame in Des Moines before, this was the first time she experienced such a superstar-like welcome.

Just as she was daydreaming about her bright future after joining the Super Seven, a second Rolls-Royce pulled up in front of the red carpet.

As the rear door opened, Richard, who had long flowing silver hair and wore a black windbreaker, stepped out of the car.

Compared with Starlight's getting off, his getting off didn't receive any cheers.

Not only that, even the flashing flash lights have been significantly reduced by more than half.

Such obvious differential treatment immediately caught Xingguang's attention.

Because she had just arrived in New York today, she had not seen the various packaging and promotions of Richard by the Walt Group in New York City.

To put it simply, she had never met Richard, didn’t know his name, and didn’t know that Richard would join the Super Seven with her.

"He is?"

After seeing Richard, Starlight asked Ashley.

"Richard Wesley, codenamed 'Silver Angel', will also join the Super Seven, and you will become teammates in the future."

Ashley replied quickly.

Then, he came to Richard with a respectful face, as if facing a superior, and said respectfully: "Mr. Wesley, the shareholders' meeting has started for a while, I will take you into the backstage of the venue."

Richard first glanced at the starlight next to him, and then said slowly: "Lead the way!"

His tone was calm, as if Ashley's respect was a matter of course.

Of course, from his point of view, this is indeed a matter of course.

However, for Starlight and her daughter, Ashley's behavior was a little wrong.

Although they didn't know Richard before, they could clearly see the respect Ashley showed to Richard.

Under normal circumstances, Ashley, the head of the Talent and Relations Department of the Water Group, did not need to be so servile to Richard, who had just joined the Super Seven Team today.

But the result now is that Ashley did just that.

Speaking of this, we have to talk about Madeline, the vice president of the Water Group.

Ashley was so respectful to Richard, on the one hand because she felt a stronger sense of oppression from Richard than from her country, and on the other hand because of Madeline's instructions.

After hearing Richard's reply, Ashley did not hesitate at all and immediately took Richard and Starlight and her daughter to the backstage of the shareholders' meeting.

On the way to the backstage of the venue, Starlight unconsciously looked at Richard.

Although she had never seen Richard before, she was sure of one thing, that is, Richard was indeed very attractive.

Handsome looks, tall figure, flowing and smooth silver hair, and a black windbreaker with a retro temperament...

As a normal young woman who was just 23 years old this year, Richard's appearance and dress left her with a very deep first impression.

Not long after, they came to the backstage of the venue.

As soon as they came to the backstage, the makeup artists around them surrounded them and prepared to help them touch up their makeup.

Xingguang did not refuse the makeup artists' touch-ups, and let the makeup artists around her apply the makeup on her face.

But Richard was different.

Before these makeup artists took action, he said, "Stay away from me, I don't like makeup."

After hearing his words, the makeup artists around him were stunned for a moment, and turned to look at Ashley.

"I neglected it. Mr. Wesley has never liked makeup. You can go down."

Ashley said quickly.

Whether it was before or now, Richard didn't like makeup very much.

In addition, he did not think that his current appearance needed to be made up for by makeup.

While Xingguang was putting on makeup, Madeline, the vice president at the venue, also introduced the performance of the Water Group in the past year. Standing on the stage, she continued: "I have a great surprise for everyone. The members of the Super Seven and the fastest man in the world are here in person."

"Now, let's welcome the locomotive!"

As soon as Madeline finished speaking, the round spotlights gathered on her moved to the entrance next to the venue.

Under the gaze of everyone, the locomotive, wearing a blue and white tight uniform and goggles, came to the stage.

After a simple hug with Madeline, the locomotive took the microphone and said: "After serving the Super Seven for many years and achieving outstanding achievements, my good friends 'Lighter' and 'Deep Sea' have retired."

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