Superstar's Development Diary
Chapter 68 Saving the Situation (Add more for a reward of 5000)

Chapter 68: Chapter 68 Saving the Situation (Add more for a reward of 5000)

Ever since her successful weight loss, the name of the WeChat group had unknowingly changed from "Jinxia Weight Loss Effort Group" to "Jinxia Charge Ahead Group," coinciding perfectly with the movie she was shooting.

When she clicked into it, she saw Mrs. Sheng and Mrs. He exchanging voice messages. He Jinxia opted for text messages and saw that Mrs. Sheng and Mrs. He were discussing the hotel matter as well.

Mrs. Sheng: "It’s a pity we’re all in Qingdu, too far from Imperial City, otherwise we would have definitely visited Jinxia."

Mrs. He: "Is Jinxia about to finish shooting her movie? I want to go see her!"

Mrs. Sheng: "Why don’t we form a group and go together?"

Mrs. He: "Yes, yes, yes!"

He Jinxia: "..." Mom, did you forget about the small supermarket you own?

In a daze, Mrs. Sheng sent over a screenshot of a hotel and added, "Oh my, I just saw this on Weibo, the place is swamped with people. Has Jinxia come out yet?"

Mrs. He, with a sudden burst of blind confidence, said: "Jinxia must have come out by now!"

He Jinxia quickly sent a message: "Mom, I’m trapped in the hotel, I haven’t come out."

Mrs. He now became anxious: "What are you going to do now? All these people came for you!"

Mrs. Sheng rushed to offer suggestions: "Climb the wall? Swap paths? Create confusion with decoys? Empty fort strategy?"

He Jinxia: "..." Auntie, it seems none of these will work."

Meanwhile, as the two elderly mothers worried about He Jinxia, on the other side, Sheng Yan had just finished shooting today’s public service video and returned to rest. He overheard Zhang Ming who was engrossed scrolling through Weibo and muttering:

"He Jinxia is really going to be famous, calling her team’s strategy ’starvation marketing’. Now that her location has been leaked, the media will certainly swarm you; not bad at all, she’s catching up to the new celebs!"

Sheng Yan’s gaze hardened, he walked past Zhang Ming to his own seat, picked up a towel to wipe off sweat, and simultaneously opened his WeChat. Surely enough, the group was buzzing about the situation.

In the background, Zhang Ming’s voice echoed: "Your schedule for today has ended, if you’re feeling idle, I have two good interviews here, do you want to check them out?"

Sheng Yan, fixated on his phone, responded seemingly off-topic: "How is He Jinxia’s situation being handled, with her being mobbed by people?"

Zhang Ming was momentarily startled, then recalled that Sheng Yan and He Jinxia were somewhat related. After a pause, he frowned and said, "It’s not easy to solve. Her team’s starvation marketing has gone overboard, and now that the location has been exposed, she’s likely going to face the media onslaught."

Dispersing a crowd isn’t easy; everyone wants to see He Jinxia, and no one wants to leave. If the police force had to be employed, it might cause some unscrupulous media to distort the truth, claiming she’s unapproachable and indifferent towards her fans.

In cases like this, often the best approach is to ignore the situation until it deescalates.

But because of her team’s previous strategy of non-exposure, every paparazzo was desperate for firsthand information about her, not to mention the fans’ eager desire to see their idol.

If she stayed in the hotel, with time, more and more people would gather there.

This would affect the hotel’s business and might even end up costing He Jinxia in compensation.

Sheng Yan pondered for a while, then shook his head: "Now is not a good time to face the media."

Everything was too rushed. Fans and media mingling together posed masive complications, and it would surely expose the film crew as well.

Zhang Ming looked down at the company group chat, his eyes lighting up, he said, "He Jinxia’s agent has already sought help from the public relations department. They plan to send over the A-list celebrity Yang Xingxin to divert attention with a press release near the hotel, especially since Yang Xingxin has a new movie coming out."

Sheng Yan’s slender fingers tapped lightly on the desk, his brow furrowed imperceptibly as he murmured, "That’s not enough."

Zhang Ming was momentarily confused and asked, "What do you mean?"

Sheng Yan stood up from his seat, turned his head towards Zhang Ming: "Do I have any engagements near that hotel recently?"

Zhang Ming’s mind hadn’t caught up yet, but his hand moved ahead, quickly flipping through the schedule on his phone, and said,

"There is one, the store anniversary event of the world-renowned, top-tier wristwatch boutique ’Vanks.’ You currently don’t have any wristwatch endorsements, and Vanks is very eager to invite you to their event."

Sheng Yan raised his eyebrows slightly, "Then let’s go with that one. Is the anniversary today?"

Zhang Ming’s mind was somewhat muddled, "It is today, but it’s already evening now, the event should have ended early, right?"

Sheng Yan said nonchalantly, "Then let’s go there to celebrate the successful conclusion of their event. I can give them a little support by participating, and afterwards accept a three-minute interview."

Zhang Ming’s mouth fell open, "Three, three minutes!"

Considering Sheng Yan’s current fame, money was measured by the second, so three minutes of interview time was incredibly precious!

Without guessing, Zhang Ming already envisaged a throng of reporters swarming the Vanks boutique, causing an overwhelming scene.

Sheng Yan walked a few steps forward and, seeing that Zhang Ming hadn’t followed, looked back and asked, "Aren’t you coming?"

Zhang Ming hesitated for quite a long time before he snapped back to reality, "Ah, coming, coming! I mean, hold on, I need to communicate with Vanks first, after all, they invited you for the opening, not the closing."

Sheng Yan typed a message in a group on his phone, then put away the phone and said lightly, "Although it’s sudden, the price cannot be reduced, they must reply within ten minutes."

Zhang Ming responded affirmatively, not finding anything wrong with what his artist said.

An eighteenth-tier star has the value of an eighteenth-tier star; a top-tier star certainly has the value of a top-tier star. In such a developed era of the entertainment industry, the fame, popularity, and influence of top-tier stars are not to be underestimated.

Even internationally renowned luxury brands, after extending an invitation to top-tier stars, can only wait to be chosen by these stars, not the other way around.

Although it was abrupt, Sheng Yan as a top-tier star, even if eager to attend the event, could definitely not afford to lower his value to participate.

Today, the footage concerning Sheng Yan in the charity video had been completed. He could have left the set directly, but Sheng Yan did not put on airs; instead, he greeted the director before leaving.

Although the greeting was also delivered in a noble and aloof manner, it was enough to make the director remark on Sheng Yan’s good temperament.

Yang Xingxin, another top star of the company, was also shooting a charity video here, but her scenes were different from Sheng Yan’s. She had just finished shooting when she received a message from the company asking her to help He Jinxia with a show-saving appearance.

Without much thought, Yang Xingxin gladly agreed to help.

As she walked out of the set, she encountered a series of cars with license plates starting with KI, and couldn’t help staring.

KI—KING. In the entire Imperial City, only one star used a license plate starting with KI, even extravagantly allowing his security team’s cars to use the same prefix.

Yang Xingxin lowered her voice and asked her agent who was next to her, "Is Emperor Sheng also here to shoot a charity video today?"

The agent, hearing the word "Emperor," reacted instinctively, "No, isn’t Fat Emperor waiting for you to save the show?"

As soon as he spoke, he realized that Yang Xingxin was referring to Emperor Sheng, and hastily added, "The boss’s schedule is never made public, I don’t know either."

Yang Xingxin lowered her head, pondering over the nicknames "Emperor Sheng" and "Fat Emperor."

Initially, Sheng Yan was nicknamed "Emperor Sheng" by fans after he played an emperor in a historical movie, which then kickstarted his meteoric rise.

Now, a "Fat Emperor" had emerged...

Yang Xingxin frowned slightly, a hint of inquiry flashing in her eyes, and a ridiculous speculation arose in her mind—

Could He Jinxia be the next Sheng Yan?