Superstar's Development Diary
Chapter 446 - 447: Instigate

Chapter 446: Chapter 447: Instigate

The "Water Army" stubbornly battled with the trolls for quite a while, and He Jinxia’s fans also snapped back to reality, rallying support for their beloved star, successfully steering public opinion back to the scriptwriter.

An hour later, "High Energy Classroom" made an emergency PR move, giving a begrudging explanation.

Since the attitude was somewhat sincere, the trolls calmed down a bit, but they were still hurling insults, albeit with a bit more substance this time.

The trending topic #HighEnergyClassroomBotchedEnding# stayed up on the hot search list, even claiming the top spot for a while.

It didn’t last long, but it was evident that "High Energy Classroom" was still trending. Even the next day, this topic remained within the top twenty and didn’t dissipate.

And while "High Energy Classroom" remained on the trending list, He Jinxia embarked on another grueling day of filming.

The day’s shoot was once again in the hotel banquet hall, with the goal of wrapping up all the hotel scenes today so that tomorrow they could head out for the grand location shoots.

He Jinxia’s primary scenes for the day were with Sheng Yan, with lesser ones with the female singer Qin Siqin, and for the male singer, she just needed to give a hint with her eyes.

Given the performance of the two singers yesterday, the director was wary and decided to start the shoot with the simplest scenes.

They would gradually move from solo scenes to duo scenes and from non-speaking to speaking parts, with the complexity of the actions increasing from easy to challenging.

This way of shooting had its drawbacks, meaning that they couldn’t shoot a single scene to death, i.e., if there were four acts within a scene, each act had different content.

Shooting all the scenes within the same setting first allowed the crew to not have to keep changing locations so extensively, which could save a lot of time if done swiftly.

Now that the director was segmenting scenes from easy to difficult, it maximized neither space utilization nor efficiency.

For the entire morning, He Jinxia could hear the crew rushing around with light reflectors and cameras, as if they were contestants on "Running Man."

"Hurry, hurry, lighting crew, over here!"

"Hurry, hurry, props team, we’re missing a prop here!"

"Damn, where is the camera crew? We’ve set everything up, but there’s not a person in sight!"

...

Perhaps because He Jinxia and Sheng Yan were professional actors, the director gave them most of the difficult scenes to handle, while the simpler parts were assigned to the two singers.

So for the entire morning, she and Sheng Yan were relatively at ease—just finding a spot in the hall to sit and watch the others shoot was enough.

Occasionally, Sheng Yan would bend down to talk with He Jinxia, and she would also proactively offer him water. The two got along very naturally.

Starting the shoot with simple scenes also had its benefits—after the continuous disappointments of NGs from the day before, the two singers were at least finding a bit of confidence and getting a slight feel for acting.

Finally having a brief respite from the busy shoot, Qin Siqin glanced at He Jinxia, who was sitting with Sheng Yan in the distance, the two deep in conversation, and a wave of jealousy surged within her.

Rumors in the industry said that Sheng Yan was cold-hearted, giving no time of day to many stars.

Rumors in the industry said that Sheng Yan was too aloof and proud to deign to interact with second-line actors.

Rumors in the industry said that Sheng Yan was only slightly nicer to talented individuals.

There were so many rumors about Sheng Yan in the industry—after all, who wouldn’t talk about the youngest global mega-star?

Qin Siqin sneered and curled her lip, cursing without concealing her voice, "Fawning over others so eagerly, who knows if there’s some ulterior motive!"

Seated right next to Qin Siqin, Yu Yanyu caught on instantly to whom she was swearing at, looked up into the distance for a moment, and then immediately averted his gaze, remaining silent.

The wars of women are truly fearsome.

It was about the revision of roles, Yu Yanyu was well aware that he wouldn’t have much time to film on set, and as he was not a professional actor, it was normal for his scenes to be cut down.

As for the advertisements cut from these scenes, as long as he was in them, that was fine, and after all, they were a series of endorsers, surely there would be an independent advertisement that belonged entirely to him.

After more than a day of shooting, Yu Yanyu realized that although Qin Siqin had a few more days of filming, her acting skills might even be inferior to his— he really didn’t understand what she had to fight over with He Jinxia.

Yu Yanyu kept quiet, but Qin Siqin was not content; both were singers, and right now she wanted to stir Yu Yanyu into confronting He Jinxia, hoping to form a united front.

Qin Siqin said, "Yanyu, do you think He Jinxia is interested in Sheng Yan, wanting to pursue him?"

Yu Yanyu sighed helplessly, "Sister Qin, Brother Sheng Yan holds such a high status, if I had the chance, I would do the same."

Qin Siqin glared at him, "What we do is different from what she does! Just look at her smug face, her tail is practically wagging up to the sky!"

Yu Yanyu felt like vomiting blood, how was it different?

All it was, was exchanging a few words and passing a water bottle. He Jinxia didn’t faint, didn’t fall, and didn’t cling to Sheng Yan on purpose— she already had a lot of conscience, okay!

Qin Siqin’s eyes narrowed slightly, then suddenly said, "Look at them exchanging glances. He Jinxia hasn’t been an actress for long but her resources are great, she can even keep up with us singers who have been striving for four or five years. Don’t you think there’s something between them?"

Yu Yanyu’s expression changed slightly, his voice a bit louder, "Sister Qin, watch your words!"

Qin Siqin pursed her lips but did not continue.

Yu Yanyu took a deep breath, his expression solemn as he said, "I don’t know if there’s a relationship between them, I just want to do well in my scenes and then go out for appearances. Both Sheng Yan and Senior Jinxia are talented actors who deserve our respect. Don’t talk like that in front of me again."

Qin Siqin turned her head even more to the side, feeling unconvinced inside.

Yu Yanyu didn’t want to have too much strife with Qin Siqin, this female singer was talented, and she was from the same company, considered his senior. When he had first debuted, she had mentored him; thus, he softened his expression, saying earnestly:

"Sister Qin, think about it, if those two really had something, would they expose their relationship so openly and honestly?"

There’s no need to mention Sheng Yan, a superstar, whose movie performance was not as good as his previous works could even stir up the hot searches for a week over such trifling matters.

And what about He Jinxia? Her career is booming, and her very first contact with the entertainment industry was filming a movie, earning her a place in the Three Billion Box Office Club.

That’s far better than a bunch of faltering actors; her selection of scripts is spot-on too. The movies she did afterward were smooth-sailing, each more popular than the last, and she was in an upswing in her career.

Yu Yanyu could imagine that He Jinxia wouldn’t start dating at this stage of her career.

These two stars had hardly interacted in the circle, and apart from this time serving as endorsers for Huami, Yu Yanyu didn’t think they would develop feelings so quickly.

The most important point was that when celebrities dated, most of them kept it concealed, and they would only decide to go public if they were heading towards marriage.

The interactions between He Jinxia and Sheng Yan were too open and upfront, not afraid of being suspected at all, which meant their conscience was clear, that’s why they were fearless.