Superstar's Development Diary-Chapter 803 - 805: Extremely Effective

The group gathered for a meal and unsurprisingly were secretly photographed by the media, adding another gossip story to the evening news: "Members between ’Xiao Xiang Team’ and ’Preemptive Team’ have deep bonds as close as brothers."

Everyone was full, satisfied, and dispersed afterward.

Jinxia returned to Dongting Lake Garden and immediately took out her phone to talk to Luo You about this matter.

This oversight is not Luo You’s fault. After all, she is still just a second-tier celebrity, and anyone would feel like they’ve hit the jackpot upon hearing that an international director has personally selected them as the female lead.

Over the phone, Luo You, prompted by what Jinxia said, couldn’t help but pat his forehead, saying somewhat annoyedly: 𝓯𝓻𝓮𝙚𝙬𝓮𝙗𝒏𝙤𝒗𝙚𝙡.𝒄𝒐𝓶

"It was my fault for not investigating thoroughly. I just got excited and lost my head after receiving a call from Director Stanlanca’s assistant. I myself am a loyal fan of ’Devil’s Sea’ and was especially happy knowing you were going to star, so I forgot to conduct a risk assessment for you."

He pondered for a while and said, "I think your suggestion is great. The promotion assessment is short if it’s six months, long if it’s a year, and this year has just started. You still have many opportunities, and I will express your wishes to the company, which will submit an assessment application.

As for ’Devil’s Sea’, I’m still negotiating your schedule with the director’s assistant. So, let me call the assistant in a moment and discuss looking at the script.

We’ll review and analyze it together. If the content of the fourth part is really unacceptable, then we’ll just have to break the promise and not shoot, especially since we haven’t signed the contract yet."

After saying this, Luo You himself sighed in relief, "Jinxia, I only ask that the movies you shoot this year don’t achieve nothing, it’s okay if they aren’t critically acclaimed, as long as they’re not too bad.

Your current popularity and heat are enough. Works that achieve something should be sufficient to secure your stable promotion. If you were to make a bad movie at this juncture, the positive reputation you have built up in Huaxia would be affected, which would impact the promotion."

Jinxia lightly tapped the table, contemplating, "I don’t want to breach the contract; if the script is decent, I’ll probably take it."

Luo You chuckled wryly, "I hope for ’decent’ even more than you do. If it were really that good, why wouldn’t many other celebrities compete for it, and why would your friends advise you to take a good look?"

Not having the script in hand yet, Luo You felt a sense of dread internally.

This is the aftereffect of Director Stanlanca’s third flop previously; building a good reputation requires continuous accumulation. A slight mistake can lead to doubts and won’t guarantee a smooth box office.

Before ending the call, Luo You reminded with a word: "A friend told me that Stanlanca and Wilson have a good private relationship. Maybe it was he who recommended you to Stanlanca.

Getting confirmed as the female lead without an audition might have been due to Wilson’s considerable influence.

Whether you shoot or not, it would be reasonable to inform this director. Now, you can visit to probe his attitude."

Jinxia understood and agreed.

She pondered for a moment and picked up her phone to make another call. But this call was not to Wilson; it was to Xie Jiahui.

As Wilson’s niece, Jiahui should know how her uncle conducts affairs.

Seeing the long-lost friend’s call, Jiahui’s anger hadn’t subsided, wanting to act coy and not answer.

She stared at her phone but ultimately couldn’t resist her curiosity and answered just before it stopped ringing, pretending to be nonchalant:

"Hey, what’s up?"

Jinxia originally intended to directly ask about Wilson, but at the last moment, she changed her mind, her eyes flickering mischievously: "I called to tell you some good news."

Jiahui’s face darkened. She was still upset that Jinxia didn’t tell her about dating Sheng Yan, but couldn’t take it out on Jinxia.

Strictly speaking, Jinxia had told her several times, but she didn’t believe it then. That’s why she felt so...depressed when she found out the truth.

Every time she remembered, she felt utterly foolish!

She grumbled, "What good news? If it’s not about you marrying Sheng Yan, then it’s not good news!"

Jinxia chuckled, "How did you know?"

Jiahui was stunned, instinctively replying, "Know what?"

Suddenly, her eyes widened, and she couldn’t help stepping back a few steps, shocked: "W-wait! Could it be that I’m right? Did you really call to tell me the good news about you and Sheng Yan?!"

Oh my god, how could her mouth be this precise?!

Jinxia cleared her throat and said with a slight smile, "No."

Jiahui felt relieved.

However, in the next second, Jinxia’s voice resurfaced, mixed with a teasing undertone—

"I came to you for another matter. As for Sheng Yan and I getting married this year, I planned to tell you that.",

Jiahui felt a surge of old blood suffocating in her heart, unable to spit it out.

Her mind flooded with words to retort, but they couldn’t come to her mouth. All she managed was a weak "Oh."

Jiahui felt utterly defeated, but there was no helping it; she couldn’t muster any assertiveness...

"When do you plan to get married this year?"

"I’m planning to get married after I’m promoted to a top-tier star. If possible, we’ll choose an important occasion at the end of the year to make it public."

Jiahui couldn’t help but ask, "Aren’t you planning to have a secret marriage?"

Jinxia shook her head, her voice calm: "No, I never planned to have a secret marriage. I believe my fans should have the right to know about such important matters in my life, and they shouldn’t be kept in the dark."

Jiahui frowned: "Aren’t you afraid a large number of fans will leave?"

Jinxia was silent for a moment before speaking slowly: "I am afraid, afraid my career might be affected, afraid my popularity would plummet, but no matter how scared, my fans deserve to know this.

They are all lovely people who have supported my work diligently. I don’t want to hide such a major event from them, and for Sheng Yan, it would be unfair."

Though love does not necessarily have to be made public to prove it, given that both are celebrities, every action and word will be scrutinized by the public, making it hard to hide one’s marriage.

Rather than having the paparazzi expose it one day, it would be better for them to disclose it first, giving the public time to adjust. Over time, everyone would gradually get used to it.

Additionally, it’s also due to the current trends in the industry.

As the industry is moving towards a virtuous cycle, before marriage, celebrities are the public’s sweetheart.

Post-marriage, celebrities can form couples and appear on shows together to earn money, especially after having children, participating in popular parent-child programs yields both familial and career successes.