Superstar's Development Diary
Chapter 351 - 352 Embarrassing Moments from the Past

Chapter 351: Chapter 352 Embarrassing Moments from the Past

He Jinxia: "Fatty?"

"Yes, a fatty. But she wasn’t as heavy as you were. You lost around a hundred and sixty pounds, while she must have lost around sixty pounds. Back when you were still overweight, I made it a point to look up information about overweight celebrities in the industry, and Deng Zhaoyan was one of them."

Luo You paused, furrowing his brows, as a speculation suddenly flashed through his mind. He decided to investigate further tomorrow and continued,

"One thing worth mentioning is that she didn’t let netizens know about her past as openly as you did. Deng Zhaoyan’s team has always helped her cover up the fact that she used to be overweight, considering it a scandal."

He Jinxia let out an "Oh," but after thinking it over, still couldn’t figure out what Deng Zhaoyan had to do with her. So, she simply stopped thinking about it and hung up the phone.

Time flew by, and soon the day of the "Music Strongest Sound" recording arrived.

They took all morning to confirm the procedures, and in the afternoon, they started letting the audience in, waiting for nightfall to begin the competition.

After all, to bring out the dazzling effects of the lights, it was necessary to wait until evening.

Ironically, it was not until the day of recording that He Jinxia saw the trainee brought by Yang Xingxin, a young man with a handsome face and a strong physique, not the thin and weak type.

Unlike other male celebrities who had to wear heavy makeup, this trainee’s makeup was very light, and he had a healthy wheatish complexion. Just by looking at his figure, one could tell that he must have worked out, as the muscles on his bare arms were quite impressive.

At first glance, he gave the impression of a popular, bright, and sunny character from the school basketball team.

The first time He Jinxia saw him, she felt he looked familiar.

Yang Xingxin greeted He Jinxia with him and they briefly introduced themselves.

Yang Xingxin said with a smile, "He was previously a trainee at Tonghua Entertainment. Now he has officially signed a contract with Tonghua Entertainment and has become an artist. In this way, he could be considered a junior to both of us."

Fu Junyi appeared somewhat embarrassed, greeting He Jinxia timidly, "Senior Jinxia, hello!"

He Jinxia stared at his face for a while, her brows slightly furrowed. Then suddenly, a thought flashed through her mind, and she remembered!

"You, you’re... the trainee who used the practice room I was in?"

Fu Junyi seemed even more embarrassed, his head hung low as he spoke cautiously, "Mm, Senior Jinxia, I accidentally disturbed you before."

He Jinxia waved her hand, her eyes curving into a smile, and said frankly, "How could you disturb me? It was me who used your training space. In fact, I should be the one thanking you."

Yang Xingxin couldn’t help but ask curiously, "What, do you two know each other?"

He Jinxia: "You could say we know each other, and also that we don’t. But today, we definitely know each other."

Recalling the embarrassing incident from last year, He Jinxia could not help but chuckle, and didn’t see any need to hide it, so she said,

"Back then, after I finished recording ’Letter to Future Self,’ I went back to the company and received a call from a family elder at home. Without thinking, I pushed open the door to an empty dance studio to talk on the phone, and before I knew it, I was crying. It wasn’t until my agent came to knock on the door that I quickly stopped myself from crying, hung up the phone, and walked out."

"And Fu Junyi—" He Jinxia pointed at him, "was the one who had reserved the dance studio. As soon as I opened the door and stepped out, he was standing there next to my agent, both looking baffled at me as if they had been frightened."

He Jinxia looked at Yang Xingxin with a smile in her eyes, "Guess what kind of expression they all had at that time?"

Yang Xingxin thought for a moment, shook her head, and said, "Can’t guess."

He Jinxia replied, "Because I was homesick and cried, right? The makeup I used was so bad, even though they claimed it was waterproof it wasn’t at all. By the time I calmed down and walked out, it was no longer clear whether my eyes were red or not because they had turned into a black mess around them, with eyeshadow, eyeliner, and mascara all smeared around, a genuine case of ’panda eyes’."

Now, when He Jinxia thought back to her reflection on the smooth door, she couldn’t help but laugh. It was a real ’panda eye’ moment, no fake whatsoever, no wonder those two men had that expression.

They must have thought a ghost was coming out.

Yang Xingxin chuckled kindly and said, "That’s not too bad, getting some makeup remover pads and taking the makeup off quickly will do. Wait until you have to shoot a historical drama in hot weather, having to change into heavy costumes and wear heavy makeup, not smudging it will be impossible, not to mention having to reapply it if it does smear, which is really bad for the skin."

Hearing this, He Jinxia felt not afraid but rather excited.

"Acting, after all, is mostly about sacrificing for the sake of art. As long as I consider that I’m not the only one going through this frightening experience, the fear isn’t as strong."

Yang Xingxin nodded, "That’s true. It’s common in acting to shoot summer scenes in winter and winter scenes in summer, everyone has to suffer."

She laughed and brought the conversation back, "I didn’t expect Junyi and you to know each other. If I had known, I would have introduced you earlier, and we could have gone out for hotpot together. It’s difficult finding friends who are free to go out for a meal, everyone is so busy."

He Jinxia smiled and replied warmly, "There’s still a chance now."

Even though both knew it was just politeness and nobody took it seriously, it was still necessary to keep up appearances.

In the circle, all sorts of networking take place, some authentic, some insincere. Who can tell who genuinely wants to be friends with you or who is approaching you for the sake of hype and fame?

As long as the relationship isn’t hostile, even when celebrities who aren’t close talk, they are always courteous to each other. Who knows, there might be times in the future when they need to ask for a favor, right?

After chatting with Yang Xingxin for a while, a staff member came to urge Fu Junyi to get ready for his performance, and He Jinxia turned her head to look at Fu Junyi, patted his shoulder and encouraged him:

"Just perform normally in today’s competition. Don’t put too much pressure on yourself; the most important thing is to enjoy the stage, the competition is secondary."

After thinking for a bit, she added reassuringly, "You’re already an artist under Tonghua Entertainment. Even if you get eliminated, the company will still promote you, so don’t feel any pressure."

Fu Junyi nodded quickly, "Yes, Senior."

After some words of encouragement, He Jinxia and Yang Xingxin left.

The two of them went to the mentor’s lounge to rest; it was only the afternoon, several hours away from evening.

There were no other mentors or special guests in the lounge. He Jinxia looked around and, feeling bored, started discussing the show "Music Strongest Sound" with Yang Xingxin.

Seeing that He Jinxia had never participated in such a show and didn’t watch them much either, Yang Xingxin began to explain:

"These kinds of music competition programs are actually considered reality shows too, going through stages like auditions, preliminary rounds, knockout rounds, and then entering sequences like the judges picking their teams, all accompanying the contestants’ growth and transitions. Every contestant even gets a script behind the scenes."

"Authentic music programs are hard to do nowadays. Compared to the contestants singing in the competition, audiences prefer to see how much effort they put in behind the performances, enjoy watching contestants fight and create conflicts on the show, and the interactions between the mentors also need to be interesting. It has transitioned more to a commercialized model than just music performances."