Superstar's Development Diary
Chapter 118 Chaos

Chapter 118: Chapter 118 Chaos

He Jinxia had heard from Luo You about Li Li’s family background—second-generation official and also wealthy, with investments in several films she’s filmed in, which helped her get by fairly well within the industry, though that ’fairly well’ was only relative to second-tier celebrities.

From the moment Li Li foolishly came knocking to claim her dominion over Wu Daxi, He Jinxia felt that Li Li had been sailing through life too smoothly, and Li Li’s subsequent behaviors further convinced her that the girl was indeed a fool.

And now, Li Li’s words had once again refreshed He Jinxia’s perception of what a fool was.

Li Li was a fool herself, but why did she think others were as foolish as she was?

Every company monitors the trending topics on W Blog, and because of her crying photo, Li Li had even topped the hot search. Even if she was unaware, her agent definitely knew about it and would have informed her right away.

With such a hot issue, Li Li still only clarified the matter a few hours after she had dropped out of the trending search, and that she found the mere use of "it was too late when I saw the message" as an explanation to be laughably insufficient.

He Jinxia hummed in response, saying, "I didn’t take it to heart."

She turned and walked a few steps forward, seizing the opportunity to slip away from Li Li’s grasp and asked with feigned curiosity, "Why hasn’t the photographer arrived yet?"

Wu Daxi said, "Should be here soon."

Speak of the devil, and he shall appear. Before long, a foreign photographer came in with his camera, speaking broken Hua Country language, saying, "Ready to shoot, look here everyone!"

The first to be photographed were the key members—He Jinxia, Wu Daxi, and Li Li—a three-person shot.

Originally, He Jinxia stood in the center, but as the photographer crouched down slightly to find the right angle, he frowned, gesturing and saying, "No, no, let’s switch the person in the middle!"

He Jinxia was taken aback, but quickly stepped aside to stand next to Wu Daxi, as he took the center spot.

But the photographer was still not satisfied and directly pointed to Li Li, "You embody the spirit of the New Year the most, you come here!"

Li Li appeared flattered, her lips curling into a smile uncontrollably as she pointed to herself and asked back, "Me, me?"

The photographer nodded.

Li Li was even more surprised, turned her head to look at Wu Daxi and He Jinxia; He Jinxia gave her a faint smile, and Wu Daxi also cooperated by stepping aside, passing the center spot to Li Li.

The photographer seemed to have a special fondness for Li Li, and after they took a few poses as a trio, he even took extra shots of her alone, praising while shooting, "Perfect, you really capture the New Year’s vibe!"

"Oh, so lovely! Great!"

...

He Jinxia silently observed from the side, recalling from her poor memory the foreign word "lovely"; the photographer found Li Li... cute?

With all due respect, Li Li’s appearance was hardly within the realm of cute but was instead a very generic celebrity face.

He Jinxia pretended to casually scrutinize Li Li, her eyes darkening upon noticing that Li Li’s clothes were quite different from her own.

Both dressed in bright red, adorned with small ingot patterns, He Jinxia’s outfit was simply a dress with her long, soft hair let down and slightly straightened—that was it.

But what about Li Li? Her top was a blouse in an ancient style with a short skirt, and the hem of the skirt was deliberately edged with a circle of white rabbit fur.

Her makeup was pinkish, and her hair had been carefully put into two buns, tied with red bands. On closer inspection, her hair had some dye in it too.

He Jinxia imperceptibly shook her head with a subtle tremor, this disparity...

If Cheng Xiaohua came up to her now and said that the magazine "Decorum" was owned by the Li family, she wouldn’t even be surprised.

It was only later that He Jinxia found out that though "Decorum" wasn’t owned by Li Li’s family, one of her family elders held shares in the magazine.

After Li Li’s shoot was done, other cast members also came over for a group photo. As stars who weren’t even second-tier, their only chance to appear was in this group shot.

During this time, Cheng Xiaohua brought over the setting spray given by Tony, and He Jinxia discreetly sprayed it under her cover, so her makeup wouldn’t melt away too quickly.

Along with setting up the scene, lighting, studying photo poses, and stars touching up their makeup, this shoot took a full three hours to wrap up.

Having done a few magazine shoots before, He Jinxia’s feeling toward this was—one word, chaos.

From the moment her makeup artist began working on her, she could feel "Decorum" magazine’s lack of priority for this shoot, particularly when they even dispatched a foreign photographer!

It’s not that heritage from the ancestors cannot be learned by people from other countries, but when it comes to cultural inheritance, no matter how well foreigners learn, they can never imbue the work with the authentic depth and spirit that natives can.

No matter what others think, at least that’s what He Jinxia believed.

When leaving, Song Zilin specifically came over to greet He Jinxia. Seeing that both of them were dressed similarly, He Jinxia simply asked Cheng Xiaohua to take a photo of them with her phone.

Even though Cheng Xiaohua was anxious, she managed to suppress her feelings and took their picture. Right after, she hurried them, saying, "Fat Emperor, you should hurry up and change. There’s another engagement to rush to soon."

A hint of helplessness crossed He Jinxia’s face. After exchanging a few simple words with Song Zilin, she went to change clothes, wrapping herself up tightly before getting into the car.

As soon as she was in the car, Cheng Xiaohua pulled out a thermometer to check her temperature and helped her with makeup removal.

"Tsk tsk, who’s the newbie who did your makeup? The base is terrible, the color matching poor, you look as white as a ghost!"

Tony’s highly disgusted voice rose, and He Jinxia slightly opened her eyes to see that Tony had taken over the makeup removal from Cheng Xiaohua.

Cheng Xiaohua said indignantly from the side, "Sifu Tony, that’s not all. The makeup artist dressed Jinxia worse than that supporting actress Li Li, even the photographer was unreliable, Jinxia’s shots aren’t even as good as a female supporting character’s! If I didn’t know that the female lead in the movie is Jinxia, I would have thought Li Li was the main actress. Wu Daxi also took a lot of pictures with Li Li, and her outfit and styling were way better than Jinxia’s!"

Upon hearing this, Tony clicked his tongue again, his makeup removal actions unceasing as he said,

"Decorum’s market share has been consistently dropping these past years, and it’s clearly not without reason. My baby, so beautiful, has been made up like this fright, how would anyone want to pay for a bunch of ugly photos?"

Luo You, driving the car, adopted a solemn expression, "Decorum is still a second-tier magazine after all, with a standing of its own. The opportunity Dong Qin pulled this time allows the entire cast to be featured, which is rare for the cast. It’s not surprising that Jinxia isn’t given much attention, given her current status is still low, and for this special issue of ’Decorum,’ they’ve invited many first-tier stars to shoot. ’Decorum’ cares about them. I reckon in this special issue, the cast from ’Chen Xiaohui, Go Forward!’ will only get one or two photos to show their faces."

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