A Star Reborn: The Queen's Return

Chapter 43 - With A Friend Like This, What More Do You Need

Wei Shaoyin studied her closely and laughed. "This arrogance of yours will kill you one day."

"It's already killed me once." She responded lightly.

He took it as a joke and started to drum his long, thin fingers on the table top. This was a habit he had when thinking. After a long while, he said, "Xiao Ling, I've thought it through. This really seems like the only way to go. If you want to be rid of Pei Ziheng, this is the only way, and you will risk having to leave the entertainment circle entirely."

She remained silent.

Actually, she had thought of another idea, but she did not know if it would be too shocking.

At this moment, however, she did not have time to think too much into it.

"Tan Ying decided to send me away mainly because I don't bring enough value to the company and am not worth the risk to keep." Xia Ling deliberated out loud and said to Wei Shaoyin, "What if I have greater value than that? Value that exceeds the two trainees from Imperial Entertainment combined?"

"If that were the case, Skyart Entertainment would choose to keep you." Wei Shaoyin responded without hesitating. However, he frowned at her and continued. "Those two trainees already have the potential to be A-listers. If you want to have greater value than them put together, you have to be..."

"I will prove to the company that I have the potential to be a diva."

At some high-class archery range.

Li Lei pulled open a stiff, wooden bow, then loaded it and released it, the shot flying straight to the center of the target. Several good-looking men and women cheered around him, saying, "Young Master Li is indeed Young Master Li. It's amazing how you can always hit the mark."

Li Lei gave a laugh and accepted the towel that one of the ladies passed to him. He heard his phone ring and walked a few steps to pick it up.

"Hello, Tan Ying?" His voice was deep and pleasant. "What? You said that Ye Xingling wants to prove to the company that she has the potential to become a diva?"

On the other end of the line, Tan Ying was apologizing to Li Lei. "Sorry Boss, I had wanted to push her to the edge so that she would turn to you for help. I didn't think she would throw a spanner into the mix like that..." Since the day that Tan Ying was asked to fetch Ye Xingling from Li Lei's apartment, Li Lei had told him to report to him every news about her.

When Chu Chen came with the offer to buy Ye Xingling, Tan Ying had reported it to Li Lei immediately. Li Lei was the one who had asked him to deal with it according to the company policies to scare Ye Xingling so that she would reach a point of helplessness and turn to Li Lei for help...

Yet, Tan Ying did not know that things would not pan out as they had expected.

"What should I do, Boss?" Tan Ying asked nervously. "Should I just say that she's mediocre and kicking up a fuss out of nothing? It is extremely difficult for her to prove that she has the potential of a diva. If I simply reject her request, she will still have to go to you for help..."

Li Lei gave a light laugh and said, "You're right, it is extremely difficult for her to prove that she has the potential of a diva." He tilted his head slightly as he continued speaking to the phone. The bright winter afternoon sunlight made his deep-set eyes sparkle even more. He said, "I am very much curious about where she is getting this confidence from, to dare to even suggest that she is going to prove to us that she has such a potential?... Tan Ying, just follow the protocol, don't rock the boat. I'm really interested to see what she is going to do..."

In the Skyart Entertainment office.

Tan Ying hung up the phone and thought for a moment. He pressed the intercom on his table and said to his secretary, "Prepare the venue and organize an open judgment day."

The judgment day would be conducted in three days time in the small auditorium at the training camp. Tan Ying declared that if Xia Ling were able to win over the judges with her singing, then she would be allowed to stay at Skyart Entertainment. If she failed, she would have to go to Imperial Entertainment.

The training camp was bustling with excitement and anticipation as the news spread.

Wei Shaoyin was very worried and scolded Xia Ling, saying she was mad. How often would a diva be discovered, where did she get her confidence?

Xia Ling knew that he was worried for her. She simply smiled and told him to watch. For others, this was a difficult task. But for her, it was simple — she had once reached the diva status and stood at the pinnacle of the entertainment circle, proving that she had what it took and knew what she needed to do to get there. Today, all she needed to do was to walk that same path again.

Wei Shaoyin still felt it was incredulous.

"But," he said arrogantly. "you were the one who made this claim. If you fail, the embarrassment is yours alone." Yet, even after saying this, he still helped to point out the areas in her voice that she needed to watch out for.

Xia Ling was very touched. With a friend like this, what more did she need?