Superstar's Development Diary
Chapter 41: Photos Blurred to the Core of the Earth

Chapter 41: Chapter 41: Photos Blurred to the Core of the Earth

Luo You’s words choked off.

A flash of inspiration crossed his mind, and he blurted out, "Wait, you can’t possibly think they’ll become famous, and that’s why you’re praising them so unusually, right?"

When he went to pick up He Jinxia, he was somewhat surprised to see her interacting with people from the crew.

Everyone who had interacted with He Jinxia for a while knew her character very well; she was particularly slow to warm up, and you could forget about her being lively and cheerful upon meeting strangers.

He Jinxia’s lips curved into a smile, her chin lifted slightly as she said leisurely, "I call this having an eye for talent, building good relations in advance."

Luo You: "..." Why did he have the odd feeling that she was showing off?

Also, shouldn’t she be more concerned about her own rise to fame? Focusing on someone else’s success, what’s she up to?!

While the two were on their way to the next shooting location, "L&G Charming Women" posted the preview photos and exciting content of the next day’s magazine issue on time on Weibo.

As a second-tier magazine in Hua Country, the official Weibo of "L&G Charming Women" had tens of millions of followers, a number that could rival the stars of Hua Country.

Therefore, when L&G pushed out the message, many fans scrolling through Weibo saw it because, as a Weibo with a large number of fans, the platform would give it an all-platform promotion.

Even if you weren’t a fan, as long as you refreshed your feed within twenty minutes, L&G’s message would appear at the top of your feed instantly and be the first pinned post.

Don’t underestimate these twenty minutes. With the right operations and continuous sharing by fans, the appearance on the homepage could be significantly extended, making it an excellent opportunity to promote the magazine’s visibility.

Of course, L&G only had this type of promotional opportunity from Weibo twice a month. They couldn’t just post something like "nice weather today," and expect the platform to promote it, right?

Only for important notifications like "new issue sales" would L&G use its chance to promote on the platform.

Magazine fans swarmed to the official Weibo to click on the photos to see which star was on the cover this issue, to drool over the stars’ glorious beauty, and then to pay attention to the theme of the issue.

Given it’s called "Charming Women," the magazine naturally featured female stars, but that didn’t mean the covers were solely female celebrities. Each issue, the magazine would invite a popular male star for a photoshoot, and the scale of that—

At the very least, there had to be some upper back shown, aaaah!

How else could they satisfy the ravenous appetites of the tens of millions of magazine fans without showing off some physique?!

[Oh my god, it’s Zhang You! Charming, did you hear the wishes in my heart, longing day and night, and you managed to summon my lucky charm for me!]

[Zhang You has been really popular lately, and he dresses so stylishly. It’s only right they invited him, I saw it coming.]

[Ah ah ah, my lucky charm is so skinny, poor kid, hardly any meat on his arms, I feel like I could take him down any minute!]

[Take down + ten thousand critical hits!!]

...

Fans left comments one after another, saying they really liked the cover’s lucky charm this time.

Yes, since L&G invited only one popular male star for each issue’s photoshoot, with all other stars being females, the fans jokingly called the one bit of "green" among the many Red Flowers the lucky charm.

The reason they didn’t call them ’husband’, cough cough, is because the metaphor wasn’t great. If male stars are husbands, wouldn’t the female stars become wives?

We can’t have a Wei Xiaobao situation; better have a lucky charm that is soft, squeezable, and huggable.

What people were often most curious about was who the cover’s lucky charm was; when they were satisfied with the lucky charm, they immediately shared the news excitedly.

So much so that after about fifteen minutes, someone finally noticed, among the many glorious beauties of the female stars, there was a landslide—

He! Jinxia!

"I regret it, why did I get so excited about the mascot and retweet it without noticing that He Jinxia was also in there."

"When did He Jinxia go for a magazine photoshoot, and why is she leeching off the popularity of my male god by being bundled with him!"

"Fat Emperor has disappeared for two months, was it to shoot for a magazine? Look closely, seems like her face got a tad slimmer."

"Upstairs, you’re delusional!"

"Upstairs, you’re delusional +1"

"Upstairs, you’re delusional ＋2"

"Holy shit, wait, you guys really don’t think she lost weight??"

Netizens were still influenced by the "He Jinxia’s Retirement Announcement" trending search, and as more and more comments about He Jinxia losing weight showed up, they couldn’t resist their curiosity and clicked on her photos.

As someone who was unnoticeable among the many beauties of Shengshi, "L&G Charming Women" only casually released a photo of He Jinxia.

The photo was nothing out of the ordinary, showing He Jinxia stretching out her hand to touch a light bulb close at hand, revealing only her side profile.

The light was hot and bright, He Jinxia wore a professional blouse, sat on a chair, a table hiding her bloated lower body, and the light from the nearby bulb slightly blurred her profile, making it somewhat indistinct.

"I really can’t understand how someone could tell He Jinxia has slimmed down from this blurry photo that couldn’t be blurrier?"

"Hahaha, gimme a pixel like this, I too could look from a hundred and fifty pounds to eighty pounds!"

"You call this slim? Sorry, I think she gained a lot."

Fans from the He Jinxia camp started commenting:

"The blouse, you guys don’t think that the blouse she’s wearing is less tight? A two-hundred-pound fatty would still look tight in plus-size professional attire, right?"

However, as soon as this opinion was voiced, it was immediately met with backlash.

"Upstairs probably doesn’t know about the existence of XL and XXL sizes in clothes."

"Adding to the upstairs, now there are 3XL and 4XL available..."

Among a pile of comments ruthlessly dissing He Jinxia, a feeble comment asking, "Am I the only one curious why Fat Emperor would wear professional attire for a photo shoot?" was drowned out in the torrent of messages, failing to even make a small splash.

Mrs. Sheng was the first to discover He Jinxia’s magazine photos and quickly shared them to the group chat, persistently tagging each group member along with the message: "Jinxia’s magazine will be published tomorrow!"

Mrs. He was the first to be summoned; she opened the photo and looked at it over and over, so excited that she stopped sending voice messages and typed instead: "I think my daughter really got slimmer, she looks much more beautiful."

Then... she copied and pasted it ten times.

Mrs. Sheng said with a chuckle, "I also think it’s pretty, once the magazine is out tomorrow, I’ll definitely buy a copy to show support."

Mrs. He said, "I don’t know if this magazine will be available in my small place, I want to buy a dozen to give away."

Mrs. Sheng got curious and asked, "Who will you give them to?"

Mrs. He replied with an indifferent face: "If I’m in a good mood, I’ll give it to any customer who catches my eye."

Mrs. Sheng "Oh"-ed, "Then I also need to buy a dozen to give away. It’s rare for Jinxia to be on a magazine for the first time, I must show my support!"

Sheng Yan was on a break during a talk show he was attending, his agent quickly offered him his buzzing phone, and curiously asked, "Is Aunt Sheng pushing you to go on blind dates again?"

Sheng Yan paused, gave his agent a look, and said calmly, "Do you really think you’re paid too much?"

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