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\u00ab Ah ah ha, you are so funny ! Please applause Doc J J Prime ! Doc, I cannot wait to see your new motion picture next week : No Slain No Gain ! Stay with  us, I know it is late \u2026 but there is still time to have some Fun Today! \u00bb\nJohn shook the Doc\u2019s hand and smiled at the cameras.\n\u00ab 10 minutes break ! \u00bb shooted the stage director. Doc left as the audience applauses faded. John kept smiling as his assistant handed him his text for the finale of tonight show. He read swiftly and commented \u00ab Yeah, that\u2019s a good one, good for the business, sponsors will like it, let\u2019s get it done \u00bb\nHe smiled back at his assistant, \u00ab the collusion smile \u00bb, and faced the camera. He took a sip from his Smile branded mug and showed a full scale ultra white Smile towards the director. \u00ab live in 4,3,2,1 and smile ! \u00bb barked the stage director.\n\nJohn left the studio at around 1 am, walked past the large sign \u00ab Fun Today, the late show with John Smile \u00bb towering above the street. He looked up at his own face smiling back at him. \u201cHave I made it ? Can I go higher ? \u201c, he grinned. A few seconds passed. \u201cThat\u2019s not enough\u201d he said to himself. He walked a few blocks and decided to hail a cab back home when a man interrupted his thoughts. \u00ab Excuse me sir, aren\u2019t you John the Smile ? Can I take a picture of you ? \u00bb the man had a large almost dumb smile. \u00ab Sure, my pleasure ! \u00bb said John wearing the \u00ab genuinly friendly spontaneous smile \u00bb. As the flash blinded him, John thought \u00ab if I got a dollar each time I got photographed\u2026 \u00bb. \n\nThe next day, 9 am, business review. Audience analysis, sponsor feedback, rolling forecast, interviews to come, \u2026 The numbers are good, the audience loves the Smile. \u00ab And now for the Merch ! \u00bb. John loved merchandising. Selling tshirts, mugs, posters, \u2026 wearing his Smile was for him the real proof of success and fame. \u00ab Guys, I get photographed ALL the time. My fans post the pictures on social networks. I do not get a dime out of it. That does not make me smile \u00bb. His team grinned. Their job is to keep John smiling. They looked at John icy Smile knowing they had to come up with solutions by the next meeting.\n\n\u00ab NFT what ? \u00bb John asked. \u00ab Imagine Warhol selling the original negative film of his picture. People will bid for it. You can enter a digital stock market with a unique digitally protected Smile picture. \u00bb. The team had a frozen smile on their face, waiting for John\u2019s reaction. Well\u2026 \u00ab mmh\u2026 \u00bb, \u00ab yeah \u00bb, John put on his greedy smile. \u00ab Yeah \u00bb. The team sighted in relief. \u00ab Let\u2019s get it done. Let\u2019s get the Smile NFTed \u00bb\nJohn really enjoyed the photo session. He gave them all : the friendly Smile, the joyful Smile, the happy Smile, the wonderous, \u2026 all the Smiles he ever gave to his audience. \u00abWhat\u2019s next? \u00bb John was so impatient that he laughed out loud. His team echoed his laugh as they were not themselves anymore.\n\nWeekly business meetings now started with a review of Smile NFT prices. \u00ab Should I publish more ? \u2026 mmmh \u2026. No, I\u2019ll wait. \u00bb and his lips rose on a large big smile. \nShows after shows, John advertised his NFTs. \u00ab Get a unique part of the Smile with you     , NFT is fun \u00bb. And each night he walked back home, he shook his finger at the large ad board displaying his face and told himself : \u201chey Smile, see how big we are getting !\u201d. And he walked on, ignoring the people around him.\nWeek after week, the prices went higher. He was mesmerized by the chart showing the climbing price. He was so self absorbed that he did not even notice some uneasy smiles among his team.\n\nOne night, as he walked though Time Square, all the screens read \"NFT Smile at its highest after a crazy day of transactions. 90% of NFT Smile changed owner today causing the price to raise at its highest ever.\". \"Highest \u2026 ?\" That left him with a puzzled smile across his face.\n\nAt first, John had not noticed. Less people asking for a selfie with him, less picture smiling and hand shaking. He looked all around him as bypassers trod by him throught Time Square. A frightfull thought cross his mind : \u201cAre they ignoring me ?\u201d\n\nJohn arrived at the studio earlier. Tonight was the Fun Today special 10 years anniversary. John wore a childish smile, as a kid impatient to open his presents. He walked into the studio, saying \u201chi\u201d to everybody, not noticing few saluted him back.\nSmile froze on his face as he saw it. Sitting in his chair, was the machine dressed just like him. Its face was a round screen wearing John\u2019s best smile. \u00ab Yeah, that\u2019s Fun \u00bb said John after a while. \"A Smile stunt double , that\u2019s fun. So how do you like being my Smile?\" he asked the machine.\nThe robot host turned its digital face towards John. \"Your smiles do not belong to you anymore John. No Fun for you today\" said the machine improvising a cruel smile.\n\n\n\n\nAny resemblance would be a coincidence.\nPlease read : The Smile by Ronald Wrong, (No) Fun Today by Ronald Wrong, Doc J J Prime by Ronald Wrong, No Slain No Gain by Ronald Wrong\n<\/pre>\n\n\n\n
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