Superstar's Development Diary
Chapter 352 - 353: What’s Wrong with Begging You for a Bit?

Chapter 352: Chapter 353: What’s Wrong with Begging You for a Bit?

He Jinxia couldn’t help nodding, "If we’re talking about commercialization, then by that logic, the one who sings the best isn’t necessarily the champion?"

Yang Xingxin shook her head, "It’s hard to say."

"Today’s competition format is based on scores from on-site professional judges and teachers, along with the live audience’s votes. If someone sings exceptionally well and moves the audience, making them all vote for that person, then they truly deserve the win."

"But if everyone performs well and sings beautifully, and the audience finds it difficult to choose, they’ll subconsciously vote for their favorite contestant, who often happens to be the most popular. So it’s really hard to tell who will be the champion until the very last moment."

After thinking it over, He Jinxia lowered her voice and asked, "Can Fu Junyi make it into the top four tonight?"

At the mention of this, Yang Xingxin’s expression unusually turned somber, "Other mentors all have two students under their wing, but I only have one—Fu Junyi must make it into the top four, otherwise..."

She didn’t finish her sentence, but He Jinxia understood what Yang Xingxin meant.

As a mentor with not a single student competing for the championship, she would be in an awkward position during the show.

He Jinxia comforted her, "Don’t overthink it. With your status in the industry, the show’s producers won’t leave you empty-handed."

Yang Xingxin sighed lightly, "I hope so."

"Knock knock!" A knocking sound echoed as a staff member opened the door and came in, asking, "Is Teacher He Jinxia here? There’s someone outside claiming to be her relative and has specifically come to see her."

He Jinxia was taken aback, a hint of confusion crossing her eyes, "Relative?"

Seeing that He Jinxia was there, the staff member hurried in, showing her a photo on a mobile phone—there were two people in it, an elder woman and a young woman.

He Jinxia recognized them at a glance, it was her so-called aunt He Hui and her daughter-in-law!

She frowned and asked sternly, "They said they came specifically to see me?"

The staff member nodded, hesitatively adding, "They don’t have entrance tickets and are making a scene at the main gate, claiming to be your real aunt and asking you to come out and meet them."

He Jinxia’s expression turned stern. They came to Imperial City without so much as a message to her, and without informing her mother they wanted to see her, which clearly meant no good.

By bypassing her mother to find her, what were they planning to do?

He Jinxia quickly gathered her thoughts and soon stood up decisively, "Indeed, they are my relatives. Have someone bring them in first, I’ll be right over."

The staff member acknowledged and spoke a few words into a walkie-talkie they held.

The venue was large, and the backstage area had many empty cubicles besides the mentors’ resting rooms.

Staff led He Hui’s family through backstage into one of the small resting rooms to wait.

When He Jinxia arrived, she could hear He Hui and her daughter-in-law complaining from behind the Daoist Sect door:

"Mom, this place is so small, and it’s so dusty. I’m glad I didn’t bring Xiao Jie here. He’s still so little, I can’t let him stay in such a dirty environment."

"Just bear with it, haven’t I brought you to see the competition? What more do you want? Didn’t you say He Jinxia has become a big star? How can she give such a shabby reception?"

"Mom, I found out about this schedule from her official website. Actually, we should have just waited for her at the entrance of Tonghua Entertainment, coming here to ambush her during the recording is kind of whatever."

"What’s whatever about it? If you try to wait at the company, do you think you can catch her?! She’s someone who doesn’t visit the company for weeks on end! We finally find a schedule that could get us a meeting with her—we have to seize the moment and confront her now!"

He Hui’s tone was sharp and unpleasant; it was hard to imagine that just during the New Year, she had spoken so gently and kindly in front of their mother.

The difference in her demeanor was just too great.

He Jinxia, standing outside the door with poor soundproofing, listened for a while as their complaints seemed endless. Deciding not to waste time, she pushed the door open.

"Bang!" A heavy sound rang out as the door was slammed forcefully against the wall.

He Hui and her daughter-in-law couldn’t help but tremble.

Looking up, they saw He Jinxia standing emotionlessly at the door.

She didn’t come in, but leaned casually against the doorframe and asked indifferently, "What brings you here to find me?"

He Hui tried to hold back but couldn’t resist, her face darkening as she said, "I’m your aunt, can’t I come to see my own niece?"

He Jinxia gave her a glance but didn’t say anything, and the atmosphere fell into an awkward silence.

The younger woman gently tugged at He Hui’s sleeve. He Hui shifted uncomfortably, thinking about what she had to say next. She didn’t want things to get too strained with He Jinxia, so she forced a smile on her face:

"Jinxia, your aunt missed you, so I came to see you."

He Jinxia still didn’t say a word.

Seeing her like this, a trace of malice flashed across He Hui’s eyes, and a sense of humiliation rose from within her.

However, once she thought about the reason for their visit, she held back and said to herself:

"Your sister-in-law loves ’Music Strongest Sound,’ she’s been going on and on about wanting to go, but she couldn’t get tickets."

She deliberately paused for a moment, looking up to gauge He Jinxia’s reaction.

He Jinxia still didn’t look at her, her head slightly lowered as she remained silent.

He Hui then continued, "Last week the official promotion announced that you were the special guest for this episode, so I brought her over."

He Jinxia curled the corners of her mouth with a tinge of mockery and said in a measured tone, "You guys came for more than just watching the competition, didn’t you?"

Her calm voice and cool demeanor, lacking any shouting or quarreling, brought with it an overwhelming aura!

This expression and posture was something He Jinxia had learned from Sheng Yan.

He Hui had originally planned to confidently demand the tickets from He Jinxia, but seeing her like this suddenly made her feel uneasy.

She glanced around distractedly, continuing onto another topic: "We don’t have tickets, so I thought I’d bring her here, to see if we can get any."

He Jinxia finally spoke, "Tickets, I have some."

He Hui and her daughter-in-law’s eyes lit up.

"But why should I give them to you?"

The atmosphere suddenly turned colder than before.

He Hui’s face turned an iron shade, "He Jinxia, I’m your aunt. As a special guest on the show, getting a few tickets is just a snap of your fingers, what’s wrong with me asking you for some?"

He Jinxia was unmoved, "If you had asked me a few days in advance, I could have easily gotten some tickets, but the recording is today, and any spare tickets have been given away. If I get tickets for you now, I have to ask favors from others."

He Hui began to rant, "So what if it’s asking, it’s not like you have to pay. Whatever the price of the ticket is, that’s what it is. I’m your aunt, is it wrong for me to ask you to ask someone else?"

He Jinxia raised her eyebrows, "Two thousand a ticket, will you buy?"

He Hui was immediately at a loss for words, her face turning beet red as she cursed, "Two thousand? Impossible! Why don’t you just rob us instead! You even want to scam your aunt’s money, and you call yourself a big star..."

"Bang, bang!" The sharp and grating noise of door slamming suddenly rose, so loud that He Hui’s tirade came to an abrupt stop.

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