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Chapter 58 Squeeze! Burst! Serve! Er! (Add more when tips reach 5000)

Chapter 58: Chapter 58 Squeeze! Burst! Serve! Er! (Add more when tips reach 5000)

The words of this big V triggered a wave of discussion among netizens, and with the rhythm skewed by various "Water Army" big Vs, many bystanders initially received the message that He Jinxia was faking her weight loss.

This was no small matter...

Netizens had been feasting on the saga of He Jinxia’s weight loss for a full seven months, with each month bringing its own burst of visibility, so netizens were no longer surprised by such things.

In many people’s hearts, they never believed He Jinxia could lose weight, yet subtly they all believed she could.

Now, just when everyone was almost certain He Jinxia would definitely slim down, suddenly the claim "He Jinxia is faking her weight loss" popped up. How’s that for a plot twist?

At that point, the media frenzy took a dramatic turn, with all sorts of shady characters emerging to present photos of "He Jinxia," snapped who knows when, screaming at the top of their lungs, fervently proving that He Jinxia hadn’t slimmed down at all and it was all just a scam!

The traffic on W Weibo, under this trending topic, suddenly skyrocketed. Whether people were yet asleep or already sleeping, everyone was being woken up to check Weibo.

He Jinxia’s Weibo homepage instantly became a major disaster area for dissing across the entire internet.

Seeing the numbers on the computer screen climb nonstop, Zhang Dayou’s eyes gleamed with excitement as he said, "OK, now the traffic on Weibo is comparable to the midday and evening peak hours. Just add a little more fuel and it’ll explode!"

Luo You, watching the continuously rising data, suddenly felt a heavy weight in his heart, his hand holding the phone trembling slightly.

W Weibo was already noticeably lagging; messages that normally took less than a second to send were now taking three seconds to circle before showing as sent.

After sending out a message he had prepared early, Luo You took a long breath out, feeling a sort of limp softness in his body, the kind that comes with exhaustion.

At that same moment, He Jinxia’s Weibo account updated with a post—

[I just wanted to surprise everybody by mosaicking the face in my weight loss comparison photo, and I didn’t expect to be misunderstood [naughty]! I lost the weight on my own, why would I let someone else take the credit? PS: Also, my current weight is 120 kg [smug][smug]]

Accompanied by this post were several weight loss comparison photos, but unlike the previous ones, these had no mosaic.

He Jinxia’s exquisitely beautiful face appeared clearly in front of all the netizens, as if a bomb had been dropped in Weibo. At that moment, Weibo—officially! Crashed!

Netizens’ access started becoming difficult.

Those few netizens who struggled into the site found searching for "He Jinxia" on Weibo exceptionally hard, but some who fought through five stages and cut down six generals finally squeezed into He Jinxia’s homepage and opened the last weight loss comparison photo—

[Ahh, I’m uninstalling it; it even says my internet is bad! Telling me to wait a bit more, damn! Guys, do I need to explain my 1000M internet speed? Just when it finally stopped freaking out and said my speed was okay, what shows up but a grey image with a big cross!!]

This netizen’s statement represented the feelings of many others.

Some netizens discovered that if they didn’t enter He Jinxia’s homepage, although Weibo was lagging, it was still barely usable. Therefore, they each wrote a new message, tagging Weibo’s technical staff not to sleep and to get up and work overtime!

The maintenance lasted a full hour before Weibo could be used normally again by this time, the impact of He Jinxia voluntarily releasing a full-faced photo was already fermenting.

The impact was continuous, whether late at night, or in the morning when people woke up, or even at noon when they saw the news and opened Weibo, they could all see those words hanging high on the trending list—

"Breaking: He Jinxia’s Weight Loss Transformation!"

Netizens were furiously posting comments, venting their incredible disbelief.

[She slimmed down, she really did, Fat Emperor looks so good now, totally different from those artificial beauties who’ve had surgery!]

[No wonder they say overweight people have potential. If He Jinxia hadn’t released her weight loss comparison step by step, I would have thought she had plastic surgery. This is practically a face swap.]

"Do you think the photo might be photoshopped? Maybe He Jinxia isn’t actually that good-looking?"

"Professional photoshopper here. I deliberately loaded the image into Photoshop and zoomed in several to dozens of times to check, and there’s not a trace of photoshopping. If someone could photoshop a face to such perfection, they’d probably not bother photoshopping for He Jinxia."

Curious netizens began to ask why, and the expert responded coolly—

"Such talent would be treasured by the nation. How could He Jinxia afford them?"

The netizens: ...

Anyone clueless would think they were talking about missile development talent!

This act deserves a perfect score.

Tonghua Entertainment, third floor.

Luo You and Zhang Dayou stared at the data until the next day at noon. Seeing the data was unshakeably stable, they finally let the next shift take over the monitoring.

Aunt Rui and Mrs. He saw the news during the day and found out that He Jinxia had released her photos.

Since He Jinxia stopped acting and went into full diet mode, her cellphone had been confiscated by the crew, who cut off all her contacts with the outside world and forbid visits from others.

Even though Aunt Rui and Mrs. He were worried about He Jinxia, they had no choice but to suppress their concern and wait for Jinxia to finish her dieting phase.

Sometimes, when Aunt Rui saw how worried Mrs. He was, she would still call Dong Qin to check up on the situation, but no matter what, Dong Qin would never leak anything about visiting her.

Now that Jinxia’s diet photos were out, it clearly meant she had finished her seclusion. The long-silent WeChat group became active once again.

Mrs. He sent a voice message, "I can’t get through to Jinxia’s phone. She must be filming."

Mrs. Sheng replied, "Don’t worry, nothing bad will happen to Jinxia. The moment her diet was successful, the crew was ready to start filming again. She must be busy now."

Mrs. He: "Yes, I’ll try calling her again tonight to see how she’s doing. The poor child has suffered a lot."

Mrs. Sheng shared He Jinxia’s before-and-after diet photos and exclaimed, "It wasn’t easy for her, she lost so much weight. I almost see my Yanyan from back in the days!"

Mrs. He: "Look at those skinny arms and legs. Her cheeks have even shrunk. I don’t know what torture she went through. When she comes back, I’ll cook her a hearty meal to help her recover!"

Sheng Yan had just wrapped up a lunch meeting and was resting in his car for a moment. He pinched the bridge of his nose, and when he opened his eyes, the fatigue in his expression had vanished.

Zhang Ming, sitting at the front, turned around and saw that he had rested enough, then started sharing some amusing stories with Sheng Yan to listen to.

"A few days ago, the CEO gathered all the agents for a year-end summary meeting and took the opportunity to confirm the list of celebrities who would renew their contracts next year.

He Jinxia’s contract is expiring at the end of this year. Last year at this time, she was still with JY girl group, and all agents thought she would renew, so they prepped a standard four-year contract for her.

It was quite coincidental, the company was originally planning to offer her the contract in May, but then she announced her retirement, so the executives decided to wait and see.

Now it’s already December. If they don’t renew, He Jinxia will soon be a star without a contract. They’ve hinted that in the next few days, they’ll decide on He Jinxia’s contract, and it seems very likely they won’t renew it.

But today, the news that she’s slimmed down got out, a successful diet, and I just checked in the group files, the company has decided to offer He Jinxia a Grade B contract."

In the end, Zhang Ming couldn’t help but sigh, "He Jinxia is really lucky!"