Superstar's Development Diary
Chapter 475 - 476: Lip-sync Scandal

Chapter 475: Chapter 476: Lip-sync Scandal

The onlookers were still munching on melons, and at the venue, the award ceremony was still continuing.

After the male and female hosts finished their opening remarks, they promptly read off some minor awards, and time flew by quickly, arriving at the intermission soon.

During the break, stars took the stage to perform, and the JY girl group was strikingly among them.

After Du Meixin sang a song, the JY girl group, wearing belly-baring hot shorts, burst onto the stage with spark effects, making a dazzling entrance with a "bang."

The Baihua State award ceremony was held in a closed gymnasium, so it was possible to mimic nighttime lighting effects.

However, after all, it was just a minor award, and not much effort was put into the performance equipment; the stage was somewhat simple.

The JY girl group, each member a fiery and spicy beauty, managed to get the audience somewhat excited as they appeared.

"Get moving, cheer for the new power!"

"Get moving, looking forward to every second~"

"Get moving, cheer for the new records!"

"Get moving, and you’ll have a brilliant future~"

The girl group’s passionate dance made the actors and singers below the stage seem like fangirls too, some clapping and others dancing along; such is the charm of music.

Especially since many stars below the stage were from the new generation, all young people who liked to have fun and were good at heating up the atmosphere. At first glance, the stage charisma of JY was indeed impressive.

Of course, there were also some stars who were more composed, their faces bearing gentle smiles, not as excited as the young people, including He Jinxia.

The Baihua State award ceremony also had a live broadcast, and the director specifically controlled the camera to sweep over the audience when JY was dancing hotly.

The camera particularly lingered on He Jinxia for a while, just capturing her slightly furrowing her brows, then nodding and smiling a moment later.

The live viewers flooded the screen with comments, wondering why He Jinxia furrowed her brows, only for reporters at the scene to break the news the next second—JY was lip-syncing!

Clicking into the breaking news’ promotional account, netizens saw a short video, where all eight members of the JY girl group were dancing and performing. At one moment, when it was Ningning’s turn to sing, she accidentally held the microphone backwards!

She herself didn’t realize she held it backwards and kept on singing with a beaming smile!!

Even though the microphone was backwards, high-definition singing still came from the stage, perfectly flawless.

Ningning only sang two lines before moving back, and the member in front took over her spot, maintaining a perfect smile while singing, but that smile just made the netizens feel nauseated.

[The acting is so good 666!]

[She can sing so well even with the microphone backwards, awesome awesome]

[Tsk, there’s been a lot of drama with JY lately, ever since Meng Wan left, JY has been on a downward slope. If not for Ningning accidentally holding the microphone backwards, I wouldn’t have even known JY had started lip-syncing, deceiving the public’s feelings ah!]

...

Shortly thereafter, the promotional account edited and posted a gif of He Jinxia frowning at the venue, and those who had watched the live broadcast then understood why He Jinxia had frowned—at that moment, they all got it—

He Jinxia must have heard JY’s lip-syncing!

Netizens love watching drama, and the media love concocting gossip to attract views and reads, and quickly, He Jinxia and JY were laid out on the media’s mocking table.

[Since going solo, she has been doing better and better, while others are getting worse and worse!]

[Discovers former bandmate’s lip-syncing, reacts awkwardly!]

[Baihua State witnesses a shocking twist, JY performs lip-synced on stage, she remains a silent spectator offstage!]

...

They say good news stays at home, while bad news travels afar, and the lip-syncing incident was no exception. It spread to the top twenty of the W Bo trending searches at lightning speed without spending a dime on PR.

With the push from marketing accounts, the heat only escalated, and at one moment, it even squeezed into the top ten.

Even though it only stayed on the chart for five short minutes, it was enough to show the public’s eagerness for gossip.

Timekeepers came online one after another, firmly supporting their own under each major marketing account’s posts.

[It’s really embarrassing, I feel embarrassed for Fat Emperor.]

[This smile looks so helpless...]

[Can you stop dragging Jinxia with JY together? They have been solo for a while now, living their own lives peacefully. Every time something involves JY, Jinxia is brought up for a stroll, yet when something happens to Jinxia, JY is never mentioned!]

——This comment received many likes, momentarily becoming the "top reply."

The internet was abuzz, yet the Baihua State award ceremony continued.

Many stars at the scene did not realize it was a lip-sync performance by JY, as not every star could see that Wen Ningning got the wrong microphone, nor did every star have such a good musical sense to tell it was lip-synced.

He Jinxia, indeed, had noticed that JY was lip-syncing, and her frown was indeed because of JY. She had not expected JY to lip-sync at the Baihua State performance.

This year, starting from the beginning of the year, many lip-syncing incidents involving singers had been exposed, attracting widespread criticism online and even leading to many boycotting lip-syncing. So now, lip-syncing as a singer is increasingly discouraged.

Had no one spotted JY, it would have been okay, but once discovered...

He Jinxia’s eyes darkened slightly, and the smile on her lips grew more profound.

"Buzz—"

Her phone suddenly started vibrating crazily. He Jinxia looked down and saw a message from Cheng Xiaohua; JY’s lip-syncing at Baihua State had been exposed.

Upon opening the news, He Jinxia was somewhat surprised. She hadn’t expected that her frowning expression would also be captured—indeed, nothing could escape the camera.

Cheng Xiaohua: [Jinxia, Brother Luo said that after the event, JY might block you to inquire about Meng Wan’s news, so watch out.]

He Jinxia pondered for a while, then replied, [I know.]

Cheng Xiaohua sent a few more news articles, all recent reports on JY.

He Jinxia checked them out and, as she had expected, since Meng Wan left JY, JY had been on a downhill path day by day.

In October, news broke of internal discord among JY members, with a massive leakage of private photos of members. The positive image was getting weaker, appearances were reducing, and what was once a leading position had now become secondary.

In November, JY lost two rather significant second-tier endorsements.

In December, just recently, a lip-syncing scandal exploded, adding another disgraceful record for the team.

Originally, Meng Wan’s departure from the group was expected to just result in a loss of popularity for JY, but now, it appeared that long-standing internal conflicts within the group were at play. Previously, the members had restrained each other, maintaining a superficial balance, but once Meng Wan left, that balance was disrupted.

From just losing popularity, it had escalated to the risk of disbandment, which precisely played into Jinxia’s hands.

A few days ago, a netizen encountered Meng Wan abroad and posted a photo with her.

In the photo, Meng Wan had shed her heavy makeup and celebrity aura, wearing a pair of gold-rimmed glasses, appearing gentle and elegantly demure.

She wore a plaid shirt, looking like a student in a library filled with foreign books, seemingly planning to further her studies abroad.