A Star Reborn: The Queen’s Return

Translator: Atlas Studios Editor: Atlas Studios

Xia Ling also shot her a look of disdain.

That actress froze. “Ye Xingling, what are you implying with that look?”

“Sun Jing, you actually think you are that great?” Xia Ling sarcastically replied without looking back to acknowledge her. Out of respect for director Jin Yifei who called her “sister-in-law”… Wait, no! Out of respect for director Jin Yifei who called Li Lei “Big Boss Li,” she did not want to cause such a large scene on the film set. Unexpected meetings may occur in the future since they were in the same industry, so there would eventually be a chance in the future to deal with her.

Unfortunately, Sun Jing was unwilling to relent and blocked her path. “Wow, small fry, are you trying to be unreasonable? Do you think you’re all that impressive after landing a small role such that you don’t even have to respect your seniors? Let me tell you, not only am I a more prominent actress than you, but I’m also one of the spokespeople for the movie. What about you? Besides getting outtakes and living from paycheck to paycheck, what good are you?”

Sun Jing was very beautiful and had sharp, seductive eyes. She was the long-time spokesperson of a relatively well-known gold jewelry brand: Dynasty Jewelry. Indeed, it was thanks to her that this movie obtained sponsorship from Dynasty Jewelry.

There were few sponsors for historical films, and the sponsorship she secured for the film was very important.

However, Sun Jing was a little bit of a show-off. She had a superiority complex and bragged about herself to everyone she met. As such, she could not handle being mocked by Xia Ling. She really wanted to use her endorsement as a bargaining chip to end Xia Ling and make Xia Ling aware of the insurmountable gap between the big stars and the small stars.

The big uproar she caused attracted the stares of the surrounding staff members and big celebrities who were resting.

Some of them mourned for Xia Ling in their hearts. Xia Ling was a small star who had just debuted, she had never seen Sun Jing’s ability to one-up her competitors. Did she really think that Xia Ling was merely provoking her? Then she would have made a grievous mistake…

One male star used his elbow to nudge the emperor beside him. “Hey, Brother Rong, look. The camera there is still on.”

The person who acted as the emperor of the film was called Rong Ping. He took a brief glance at the camera that was silently filming, picked up his cup to drink some water, and said, “Let the little girl endure some hardship. She is too stubborn. If she doesn’t suffer now, in the future, she will suffer even more.”

That male star laughed and shook his head. “Brother Rong, you really don’t have any compassion for women.”

On the other side of the movie set, no one knew what the two of them had argued about. Xia Ling’s expression was indifferent, while Sun Jing’s expression changed from anger and arrogance to indignance, biting her lower lip as if she were about to cry. She was a natural beauty, so when she cried, people could not help but feel sympathy for her. In contrast, Xia Ling’s cold look seemed very arrogant.

Jin Yifei felt as if he was going crazy. He had just been pulled aside by the stage manager to discuss a matter, but immediately after, he found out that there was conflict again. He quickly shouted at the cameraman. “Turn the cameras off, do you not want to live? I don’t care how many benefits Sun Jing gave you, God forbid should anything bad happen to Ye Xingling, I will cut off your heads!”

The two cameramen rarely saw Director Jin so enraged, so they quickly turned off the cameras.

They really did receive a few benefits from Sun Jing’s agent and were prepared to take some shots of Sun Jing, edit the footage, and use it as entertainment news. The general topic of it would be about how a small star was bigheaded and the famous actress Sun Jing was wronged for the sake of the bigger picture.

That was how Sun Jing one-upped her competitors and gained the status she had today.

Xia Ling knew nothing about the tricks Sun Jing had up her sleeve. Regardless of whether she was in Imperial Entertainment or in Skyart Entertainment, she was always protected seamlessly. How could she have known about these dirty tricks? In the past, nobody even dared to offend her. Even during the conflict she had with Xia Yu, she knew that she had to look out for the paparazzi, but she did not think that even the cameramen in the film she was in were also acting as paparazzi.

“Delete them all, delete them all!” repeated Jin Yifei.

Those two cameramen did not dare to slow down. Under the supervision of Jin Yifei, they quickly deleted all the shots they took.

The male star who was sitting beside Rong Ping took notice of this. “Oh my, looks like this little girl is quite lucky. Director Jin actually protected her. Looks like she won’t be implicated this time.”

Rong Ping seemed to have no expression, but inside, he was quite shocked. Jin Yifei was too nice to that little girl. However, looking at the interaction between both of them, they do not seem like they are dating… Then, who is this Ye Xingling? What sort of backing did she have such that Director Jin easily accommodated her?

“Don’t offend that girl.” Rong Ping patted the shoulder of the male star who was next to him.

“What?” That male star was astonished but smiled immediately. “Brother Rong, I think you’re right. Good men do not fight with women. Besides, that little girl is quite good. I saw her dance in the audition, and it was really breathtaking. The only reason why she had so many outtakes just now was probably because she really was not in a good mental state. Besides, the aura when she spoke… If I didn’t know better, I would have thought she was a queen. Brother Rong, I foresee that sooner or later, there will be a day when she will join you in collecting an Oscar like the movie kings and queens.”

That was a very high evaluation of her, but surprisingly, Rong Ping nodded in agreement.

After that, they started to mourn for Sun Jing. Poor Sun Jing was still dreaming of pitting against her without knowing that she was someone that she could not defeat.

“How could you go so far as to say my endorsement is rubbish!” Sun Jing did not know that the camera had been turned off and was still skillfully acting. “How could you say that when you don’t even have a single sponsorship endorsement!”

Xia Ling did not say that Dynasty Jewelry was rubbish. She only said that she was a rubbish spokesperson.

However, Sun Jing purposefully exaggerated the topic and turned it into Xia Ling undermining the film sponsor instead of a personal grievance she had. Even if Xia Ling was slow, she heard what was wrongfully said, frowned, and wanted to speak before a voice interrupted her.

“It is so lively in here.”

She turned her head and saw an old man with a head full of white hair. He was wearing a navy blue exquisite Chinese tunic suit, traditional white cloth shoes, and holding a cane in one hand. With the help of a young girl, he slowly walked over.

“Old Master Gu…” Xia Ling was very shocked. Was that the Gu family member whom she saw when she was in the Gu Garden and was a man of his word? What sort of wind had blown this respectful figure here?

“Little girl, are you being bullied again?” Old Master Gu looked at her kindly.

She had a very good attitude towards this elder whom Li Lei also respected. She put away all of her cynicism and arrogance, smiled and said, “Old Master Gu, do you think I look like someone who is easily bullied?”

After hearing what she said, Old Master Gu smiled, shook his head, and looked at her warmly. “When you call me ‘Old Master Gu,’ it sounds like we are not close. You can just call me ‘Grandfather Gu’ like Xiao Lei.” Li Lei really liked this little girl, and Grandfather Gu liked her too, so he treated her more kindly when he spoke to her compared to others.

The surrounding people were all confused. Where did this Old Master come from?

He was well-dressed, and his gracious manner indicated that he was not an ordinary person, but no one knew who this big shot was. Sun Jing, however, refused to concede. She was unafraid as she had some backing too. As such, she asked Old Master Gu determinedly, “Excuse me, but who are you?”