Superstar's Development Diary
Chapter 49: Delivering Good News, Not Bad

Chapter 49: Chapter 49: Delivering Good News, Not Bad

An hour and a half later, Zhang Ming sat in a European taxi, clutching the hundred Hua Country collector’s edition Charming Women magazines, showing up half an hour early in front of Sheng Yan.

He almost reverently offered up the hundred magazines with both hands!

Sheng Yan gave him a slight nod and said, "You’ve worked hard," before he stopped talking, didn’t even flip through the magazines, and looked as calm as if he hadn’t bought anything at all.

This left Zhang Ming rather puzzled. To have him specifically purchase a hundred copies of the "L&G Charming Women" collector’s edition, just to...leave them there?

Zhang Ming’s eyes darted around before he bent down, pretending to casually pick up a magazine to have a look, flipping through it at random, the beauties from the peak of prosperity flashing before his eyes.

Which of the stars weren’t good-looking, after all?

Except for He Jinxia.

But even He Jinxia’s poster of a beauty weeping was pretty good-looking...

Thinking of something, an absurd guess arose in Zhang Ming’s mind.

A silence hung in the air until the car drove into the hotel.

Watching Sheng Yan move all hundred magazines into his room and then asking him to contact a courier service for shipping, Zhang Ming couldn’t help but ask:

"Er, you bought so many magazines, are they all for giveaways?"

Sheng Yan paused mid-sentence, his dark pupils deeply looking at Zhang Ming without speaking.

Under immense pressure, out of concern for his own artist, Zhang Ming steeled himself and began to advise, "Well, you know, you’re not without status in the entertainment circle, just wave your hand and you’ll have women flocking to you, you..."

"Brother Yan, you don’t have to demean yourself with women from magazines that, that...If you really have needs, you can tell me, I can help you make contact. After all, you’re a man, and even the most abstinent have their needs, I understand all of that..."

Zhang Ming focused on choosing his words and didn’t notice Sheng Yan’s increasingly darkening expression.

A vein throbbed on Sheng Yan’s forehead, his good upbringing preventing him from making a move to hit someone.

"Are you done?" he said coolly.

Zhang Ming choked on his words and coughed, "Done, done, go do your work, call me if you need anything."

Am I a pimp, to call me!!!

Sheng Yan spoke ominously, "These magazines were requested by my mother, telling you to contact the courier service for shipping to my mom."

Zhang Ming was completely dumbfounded at this point.

He was greeted by a loud "bang" as the door shut heavily, and Sheng Yan’s words that lingered in the air long after—

"Your salary for this month is cut in half."

Zhang Ming: "..."

With a sorrowful expression on his face, it was out of concern for his own artist’s physical health that he had spoken, wasn’t it easy for him!

Everyone should pay for their mistakes, including top agents.

Sheng Yan entered the shower to take a bath and calm down; when he came out again, he saw his cellphone wildly vibrating on the bed.

Thankfully, he had gotten used to it these past few days. Taking a towel to wipe the water droplets off his hair, he then picked up his phone to check it.

As soon as it was opened, I saw that He Jinxia sent a new voice message in the group—

"Mom, auntie, the scenes from before my weight loss will be finished in the next two days, and after that’s done, I’ll start focusing on losing weight!"

Just from the voice, one could feel the cheerfulness of the speaker.

Sheng Yan’s eyebrows raised, a trace of interest flickering in his eyes.

He had discovered a pattern in He Jinxia’s voice messages: her voice was always cheerful, the news was always good, never revealing a trace of depression, a classic case of sharing only the good news and not the bad.

But how could it all be good news?

Especially for the older generation like Mrs. Sheng and Mrs. He, who had been tempered by society, they could see through what He Jinxia was unwilling to say, so both of them pretended to be in the dark and didn’t burst her bubble.

Then, Sheng Yan found once again... hmm, if he were an elder, he probably would also like a considerate girl like He Jinxia.

In the group chat, Mrs. He asked worriedly, "You have only four and a half months left since you announced your weight loss, isn’t that too rushed?"

He Jinxia replied with a smile, "Mom, it won’t be, I will work hard to lose weight in these four and a half months. And I didn’t say I have to get really thin or I’ll leave the industry; as long as I reach the standard weight, or even if I’m slightly above, the netizens won’t blame me."

At the end, she added another sentence, "This is what Brother Luo told me. He has everything planned out for what comes next."

Mrs. He said reassuringly, "That’s good, listen to your agent more, he is a good agent."

Mrs. Sheng then asked curiously, "Is the shooting of the movie going smoothly? Are there any doubts or confusion? I’ll help you ask Yanyan."

Seeing that the group had been created for two months, yet He Jinxia and Sheng Yan showed no intention of interacting, Mrs. Sheng watched anxiously.

She guessed that, on one hand, He Jinxia was too shy, and on the other, Sheng Yan was too passive.

Mrs. Sheng knew her son’s temperament better than anyone and didn’t expect Sheng Yan to take the initiative. She’d be grateful if he weren’t aloof, so she turned to approach He Jinxia instead.

"Jinxia, don’t be shy, ask if you don’t understand. Your Brother Sheng Yan won’t bite you."

"Your Brother Sheng Yan is very skilled in acting and is called an acting genius by outsiders; whatever you don’t understand about acting, just ask him!"

It was just when He Jinxia had set down her phone to get a cup of water to drink that Mrs. Sheng sent several voice messages in quick succession.

After taking a sip of water and mulling it over, she decided to graciously ask a few questions.

She said, "Okay, auntie, I have a question. It’s about acting, where often one scene is not continuous with the next, and the character’s thoughts and emotions have to change accordingly."

"Sometimes, as I’m acting, I get confused and carry the emotional state of one character into the next, which isn’t right, but I’m having trouble finding a way to overcome this."

In reality, He Jinxia didn’t have such troubles. Dong Qiin had praised her more than once for her potential, intuitiveness, and professionalism in transitioning between characters and behaviors.

She asked this particular question because it was sufficiently common.

She believed that every actor who was new to the field had this sort of issue, and probably Sheng Yan had answered such questions many times before.

Asking this wouldn’t trouble Sheng Yan and even if he gave a perfunctory answer, it wouldn’t make Mrs. Sheng feel that he wasn’t making an effort.

On one hand, He Jinxia felt that she was giving Sheng Yan a very good stepping stone. On the other hand, Sheng Yan was seriously contemplating the question.

In one aspect, He Jinxia had guessed wrong. In fact, Sheng Yan was rarely asked about how to act.

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