It's another one. 🔥❤️😇
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Himanshi’s ears were filled with the envious words of others, and this lit up her face.
Song also had high hopes for Himanshi’s future.
It seemed that Himanshi was definitely going to take the lead in today’s event.
The host was also envious of Himanshi and announced, “I think we can agree that Himanshi will be the winning actress for today’s event. Does anyone have any objections?”
Everyone shook their heads to express their agreement.
Fena and Ginu crowded around Himanshi to admire her diamond and jewelry.
Ginu suddenly asked, “Where’s Isha? I didn’t see her coming to receive the gifts. Isn’t she one of the most popular actresses nowadays?”
Fena also said, “Host, it seems that Isha hasn’t received the gifts from her fans yet.”
Manisha pointed at the dozen or so items on the table and said, “These are the gifts Isha Sharma received. I’m afraid they won’t change the result of today’s selection.”
Everyone laughed.
“But it’s strange. Isha has had a lot of endorsements and activities recently. Why doesn’t she have any fans to give her anything? Is her popularity...” Fena deliberately stopped talking upon reaching that point.
However, the meaning behind her words could not be any clearer. Did Isha’s popularity come from paid marketing? Were her fans on Instagram zombie fans that she spent money to get?
The number of gifts she received was totally incomparable to her popularity.
Ginu added, “It’s not like this has never happened before. Actually, whether a person is famous or not depends on how many active fans the artist has. If she doesn’t even have active fans, then no matter how popular she is, she’ll still be a nobody.”
Everyone agreed.
A few newbies thought to themselves, ‘Could it be that Isha actually bought her fans on Instagram? It seems to be the case. Although she’s popular, she hasn’t received any follow-up resources. I wonder if she’s really popular.’
“Models can only develop like this. No matter how popular they are, can they be compared to artists with good projects?”
Song was the only one who knew the actual number of calls Isha had received for collaborations and work. It was just that she had not agreed to any of them yet.
Himanshi smiled and tried to mediate the situation, saying, “Some fans just don’t like to give gifts. It means that Isha’s fans are rational.”
Everyone burst into laughter. Rationality? That was just an excuse.
As long as they were fans, they would not be rational. If they liked someone, they would become fanatical.
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Isha, on the other hand, was not bothered at all. After all, she had told her fans not to give her anything, so it did not matter whether she received gifts or not.
She stepped forward and took a look. “Are these all mine?”
“They’re all yours,” Manisha said with a smile. “Do you want me to lend you a car? They may not be easy for you to carry.”
Fena and Ginu laughed again.
“That won’t be necessary, thank you.” Isha gathered them.
Seeing that most of the gifts she received were stuffed toys, Isha gave them to the newbie who liked them very much.
The newbie smiled happily. “Thank you, Sister Isha.”
Fena and Ginu were both Himanshi’s people, so they could not help sneering.
They were just stuffed toys, the cheapest kinds of gifts.
They did not even care about them, and only the newbies took them seriously.
Obviously, Isha’s fans were not that good.
There were two more gifts. Isha opened one of them and found that it was a packet of milk.
Fena and Ginu burst into laughter again. A packet of milk? Milk that was worth a few rupees?
How poor could her fans be? Did they think that Isha was so poor that she could not even afford to drink milk?
“The delivery fee is enough to buy two boxes of milk, right? How could the fan only send one box over? It seems that your fan isn’t very good at math,” Ginu said with a smile.
Himanshi also smiled and said, “Don’t say that. No matter what kind of gift your fans give you, it’s the thought that counts.”
When she said this, everyone would naturally think of the diamond and jewelry she had just received. Who cared about the thoughts of others? Everyone would rather have diamonds, okay?
In comparison, Isha’s gifts looked too shabby.
Isha was not bothered by it. She took out the packet of milk and found a small piece of paper stuck on it. There were a few words written on it, seemingly having been written by a child.
“It’s for Ishi! Ishi, you must drink it!”
Isha’s heart melted. It turned out it was from GunGun.
It seemed that it had been left here for a while. GunGun must have sent it to her when she just met him.
It was because neither Isha nor Lovely cared about gifts, so they did not open the packages prior.
Thinking of GunGun’s cute smile, Isha was content. She picked up the packet of milk and took a sip.
Himanshi and Manisha both smiled gently, but their hearts were full of contempt.
Isha could only amount to this much.
She was about to open the last gift, but someone beat her to it.
Isha held the milk that she had not finished drinking and let them open her gift as they wished.
After all, not even the stars in the sky or the diamonds from South Africa were as important as this packet of milk in her hand.
“Wonder what it’ll be this time? Let’s check it for you.”
Fena picked up the exquisite brocade box first. It looked very modest but eye-catching. She casually opened it, only to find an abstract painting inside. It was a portrait of Isha.
Fena picked it up with her fingers as though she was holding something disgusting. Then, she laughed and said, “Look! Isha received a portrait. Hahaha! It’s very abstract and ugly. What kind of fan would send over the drafts they drew when they were practicing?”
The others also could not help laughing as well because the painting was too ugly.
The portrait was really unbearable to look at.
“It’s such a waste to use an exquisite box to keep such a painting.”
“I can draw hundreds of such paintings a day!”
Fena casually handed it to someone else and did not think much of it.
Isha suddenly knew who sent the painting to her.
Was it not drawn by Gaurav?
Why had Gaurav sent the painting to her company so casually?
Just how lightly did he take his own work? Why did he not do things properly?
Gaurav was born talented and good-looking. When he was in the United States, several famous painters had called his abstract art a masterpiece. He was known as the Picasso of the East.
He seldom drew, but each of his paintings had shocked the Western countries. The auctioning price for his work reached an astronomical figure.
However, he had a strange personality. He never opened any art exhibitions, did not accept any interviews, and did not accept any custom orders. He would never mention anything about painting.
Many rich people would come to him with huge checks, but he would not even bat an eye at them.
The more he did this, the more people sought after him.
The more popular he got, the less Gaurav wanted to paint.
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Gaurav thought, ‘Isn’t it just money? Do I really need to make money by painting?’
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