Superstar's Development Diary
Chapter 493 - 494: Furious Scolding

Chapter 493: Chapter 494: Furious Scolding

In fact, Geng Ni wanted to make a bid but knew she couldn’t. Since she had bought an auction item, other A-list celebrities who felt uneasy also started bidding.

The final selling price for the low-cost items soared, and unlike Deng Zhaoyan who enjoyed meddling everywhere, she naturally wouldn’t participate in the auction.

The editor-in-chief frowned, "Why would Deng Zhaoyan bid for low-cost items?"

Liking one or two low-cost items was understandable, but Deng Zhaoyan had purchased more than five. What was she up to?

That was the right question to ask!

Geng Ni felt a surge of joy within her. Unlike other stars who didn’t like to gossip, especially about her enemy Deng Zhaoyan, she gleefully threw her under the bus and said calmly, "It seems she’s trying to suppress a newcomer."

The editor-in-chief’s eyes sharpened, "Who?"

Geng Ni: "He Jinxia. Any item He Jinxia is bidding on, Deng Zhaoyan would snatch it away."

The editor-in-chief didn’t ask anything more, and simply said, "I see," before hanging up the call.

Geng Ni stared at the phone screen, a playful smile curling at the corner of her mouth.

Meanwhile, He Jinxia continued to chat in her pairing with Yu Yanyu.

Yu Yanyu was focused on singing, and since most of the celebrities who came were actors, he didn’t know many people, so he could only chat with He Jinxia.

As he observed the crowd, noticing how the B-list stars all huddled in a corner talking, he couldn’t help but stroke his chin, musing, "Jinxia, those second-tier stars seem quite scared of you."

He Jinxia, enjoying the heart-shaped red wine (fake) that Mr. Sheng had sent over, as well as the cranberry cookies, said in a great mood, "Maybe it’s because I look too pretty. They feel too much pressure being around me."

Yu Yanyu shuddered, hardly able to bear it as he hissed in reaction.

"Jinxia, since when did you become so thick-skinned?"

He Jinxia’s voice was soft and exceedingly gentle, "Do you believe if you call me ’sister’ one more time, I, will, smash, your, dog, head, hmm~"

Yu Yanyu, with a mischievous grin, said, "How did you know I was born in the year of the dog?"

He Jinxia couldn’t help but roll her eyes at him, this little brat. Seven out of his ten sentences couldn’t be trusted. She would have to be gullible to believe him!

She said indifferently, "Don’t blame me for not warning you in advance. I can tolerate the casual talk in private, but don’t call me that in front of others."

Yu Yanyu, defiant, flashed a grin, "Jinxia, I think it sounds quite nice. Why can’t I call you that?"

He Jinxia responded with another smile, shrugging nonchalantly, "Call me whatever you want, but if something happens later, don’t blame me for not helping you."

Seeing her mysterious demeanor, Yu Yanyu was even less convinced that he’d get into trouble. He cheerfully continued calling her "sister" left and right.

On the other side, Deng Zhaoyan also received a call from her agent.

As soon as the call connected, the agent lashed out, "Deng Zhaoyan, what were you thinking today, disrupting the auction’s order like that!"

Deng Zhaoyan blinked, a flicker of confusion passing through her eyes, still not catching on, "What?"

Agent: "What? And you still have the nerve to ask? Have you already forgotten what you just did?"

Deng Zhaoyan frowned, a hint of displeasure flashing in her eyes as she said sternly, "What did I do?"

Agent: "The editor-in-chief of Harper’s Bazaar just personally called me, asking why you disrupted the order of the auction.

The unspoken rule of the auction is that A-list celebrities start bidding after the thirtieth item, so why did you start bidding in the section for less expensive items, causing other A-list celebrities to follow suit?"

Deng Zhaoyan couldn’t quite understand why she couldn’t bid, couldn’t she like something from the items auctioned earlier?

In the past, at auctions, it was not unusual for a few A-list celebrities to bid for earlier items.

Listening to her silence, the agent guessed what was on her mind and couldn’t help but snort coldly, "Sure, it’s not a problem that you started bidding early, but the issue is the quantity of items you bought was too high!"

Trying to suppress the anger that made him want to curse, he said in a low voice, "Do you realize, because you bought so many low-priced items, other celebrities thought you were planning to buy up everything that was coming up later.

With items getting sold off, they felt forced into a corner, afraid they wouldn’t get a chance to bid on the later items; too expensive and they wouldn’t be able to afford it, so they decided to splurge in the cheap items section instead."

"Don’t say they were being overly cautious, there have been instances before where celebrities cornered a large portion of the auction items, forcing others to uncomfortably compete over the extremely expensive ones, ending up with a bitter loss, so they had to be guarded."

"You bid too aggressively and too frequently, they had no idea you were doing this just to target He Jinxia; they just assumed you had some ulterior motive, so they started to secure an item in the cheaper section too.

Now look, when it came to the mid-range section, those celebrities had already secured items earlier and became less eager, so the prices for the collectibles in the mid-range couldn’t rise — what should we do now?"

Deng Zhaoyan’s expression shifted subtly as she finally grasped the severity of the situation.

Although the money donated at the charity gala is for charity and they say it’s up to the celebrities to give freely, in reality, there are expectations for the amount donated.

If a gala brimming with stars ends up with all the auctioned items not even breaking ten million, wouldn’t that be embarrassing?

The tone is set so high, the amounts must also meet the standard expected of such an atmosphere.

She murmured, "What should I do now?"

The agent couldn’t help but curse, "How should I know what to do? All those A-list celebrities just won’t bid anymore!"

"Earlier in the cheap item section, many of them already bid up to millions, reaching the standard. Now to ask them to keep spending and bid more, they won’t agree to it."

Actually, the total price bid in the cheaper section was hefty enough to shock everyone, it can hardly be exaggerated, but the bids in the mid-price section were so low, nowhere near what an auction should fetch, and Harper’s Bazaar would find this very awkward.

After all, the prices in the earlier sections shot up to several dozen times their value, and suddenly in the mid-price section, they dropped to just double, sometimes even less than double — how could that look good if it got out?

People who don’t know any better might think there’s some trickery involved!

Deng Zhaoyan gripped her phone tightly, her face paling as she said in a quiet voice, "You called me, so you must have found a solution, tell me what should I do next?"

With a long sigh, the agent said helplessly, "What else can we do but pay to fix the disaster? You’re the one who messed up the order of bidding; you need to take responsibility for some of the repercussions and drive the prices of the upcoming items up."

Deng Zhaoyan gripped her phone even tighter, gritting her teeth as she said, "I’ve already bought a lot inside, and the prices weren’t low."