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Finally, after the trend of the "Vegetable King" had passed, the musical genius came online, and Jasmine, with her newly purchased black sandalwood suona horn, became popular.

Her suona horn electronic music went viral on the internet, you could see it everywhere on Facebook, WeChat Moments, and various video platforms. Those who missed the live broadcast regretted it and left messages begging for sister to come back.

Sister had no time to deal with them.

Due to difficulties in cooperation, Jasmine gave up attending the New Year's Eve party and chose to go back to her hometown to spend the festival with her grandmother. After the festival, she checked the trending topics and found: --

#Jasmine Absent from New Year's Eve Party#

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After all the hustle and bustle of attending the party, her popularity was still not as high as hers.

Even though Jasmine was not present, the barrage was still thinking about her. Whenever a boring program came on, viewers would chat in the barrage expressing regret that Jasmine didn't come, asking when the suona horn electronic music performance for Jasmine would be arranged. Despite the tens of thousands of people at the venue, the stage would be overturned for her.

--"If we miss New Year's Eve, it's ok. However, Why not arrange a suona horn for us on New Year's Eve?"

--"S-Suona horn performance on New Year's Eve? Is that possible?"

--"Whether it's possible or not, don't even think about it. She won't be there this year. The Spring Festival Gala isn't like your neighborhood activities where you can arrange the program a week in advance; she had it set long ago."

--"It's okay, let's be positive. This year's regret at the Spring Festival Gala is not our Jasmine's regret. Isn't it convenient to have no plans on New Year's Eve? It's so difficult to go back and spend time with family after become a star.

-- With over a month until the Spring Festival, fans are already thinking about the Spring Festival Gala and New Year's Eve, each of them worrying about Jasmine.

It's just their sweet trouble. Who will suffer after this wave of suona horn electronic music?

The trainees in the entertainment company who have not yet debuted.

It has been said before that the bosses of major companies have always seen Jasmine as a successful product and wanted to uncover the secret behind her popularity. Previously, she had few works and rarely took on endorsements. Everyone watched her only TV drama and variety show aired in October multiple times but couldn't figure out what made her popular. It seemed like the TV character was popular due to audience appeal, while her popularity in variety shows was due to her strong artistic abilities.

These two things are not easy to train.

The "Create the Second Jasmine" plan almost fell apart here, until after this live broadcast, the higher-ups in the entertainment company finally saw a glimmer of hope. They understood!

Jasmine can create buzz not just because her path is different from others in the industry, but because she can surprise the audience; she is a hidden gem female artist.

For example, when it comes to talent, others play the piano, violin, dance, etc., which everyone can do. Even if you are very skilled, you can't generate much discussion. Playing the suona horn is different. Previously, which female star has played the suona horn in a live broadcast? Who can play it like her? She achieved what others could not, bringing excitement and enjoyment to the audience, naturally surpassing others.

The conclusion is clear—

These days, if you want to be famous, you can't follow the usual path.

Just being good-looking, able to sing and play an instrument is not enough. You need to have a unique quality. Even if you are uniquely unattractive, it's better than being a beautifully packaged assembly line product.

The management company firmly believes they have found the right path and thus started to push the trainees to debut.

If you say you can play the piano and street dance, this combination is too ordinary, lacks a highlight. Either you explore other skills or if you have the ability, play the piano and dance at the same time. If none of these work, just wait on the sidelines.

You also can dance, but only know a bit of everything? Nothing else? Why not become a backup dancer then?

Do you know how intense the competition is in this industry?

How many people are racking their brains to debut?

Do you think you have what it takes to become famous with just these skills?

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Being a trainee was already tough, but after each company obtained the "Miss Lee's Secret to Fame," it became even tougher.

Asking them to find time to learn how to play the erhu was not even the weirdest request.

They were also asked to learn Sichuan Opera face-changing.

Whenever someone complains that things are too hard and they can't do it, the company boss smiles like a devil and tells them, "I haven't asked you to go farming or play the suona horn. If you can't handle it, then maybe you shouldn't do it."

The trainees who are in deep water and fire: ... sobbing.

Some people think everyone in this company is crazy, with no future prospects, and they consider switching jobs to go to another company. After finally completing the job transfer procedures, they specifically went for a beauty treatment, walked into the new company looking radiant, ready to embrace a brand new future, but as soon as they arrived at the door, they bumped into a lady crying and saying she couldn't do it anymore, she just couldn't do it.

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Jasmine felt she's been sneezing more often lately, so she asked Sister Chen, "Is someone criticizing me online again?"

Sister Chen shivered, immediately climbed onto Facebook and the community where fans gather to check, luckily, nothing wrong.

She asked Jasmine why she felt that way?

Jasmine said, "It's just a feeling."

"I see you're still popular, your fans say that you are good at speaking and performing, hoping you can appear on more shows, they say there's no female celebrity as free as you."

Jasmine waved her hand.

Seeing she didn't want to talk further, Manager Chen changed the topic, "Are you ready for the annual awards ceremony live broadcast the day after tomorrow?"

Sister Chen was asking about her outfit, something that should have been taken care of by her manager, but Jasmine mentioned she had sponsors for everything from head to toe, even the makeup artist didn't need to be found.

Thinking about her circle of friends... isn't it strange? Sister Chen trusted her to handle the styling herself.

At the time of handing over the task, she was confident, but as the event approached, she became nervous.

It was because of this that she came to Jasmine's house.

Jasmine reassured her, "No problem, I thought the red carpet might be cold, so they added thermal leggings underneath, with hand warmers in the pockets of the leggings to make sure they won't fall down after a few steps."

"..." Sister Chen covered her chest, "Who asked you about this? I'm asking if your outfit is fine? Have you tried on the gown, jewelry, high heels, and all, do they fit well?"

Jasmine pointed to her dressing room, saying, "Everything is over there, why don't you go take a look?"

Did Sister Chen go to check?

She did.

After seeing it, she realized she had underestimated Jasmine.

For this outfit, if she wanted to borrow it, her status in the industry might not be enough yet, the gown and crystal shoes were a set designed by a top international designer. The jewelry was selected by the Wen family after seeing the dress, Jasmine was only twenty-two, a newcomer to the industry, not yet at the stage of going for a sexy look, this time the overall styling was more refreshing, like the female lead in an idol drama.

"The designer team will come the day after tomorrow morning to guide me on the styling, and their makeup artist will also come, so don't worry, it will be perfect," Jasmine assured.

Sister Chen indeed felt relieved.

Jasmine then asked, "Sister, are you still looking at my thermal leggings?"

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The thermal leggings with many small pockets for hand warmers worn under the fairy-tale gown?

Maybe don't look at that.

Sister Chen had imagined how Jasmine would look in the entire outfit, thinking that this time at the red carpet, Jasmine was likely to outshine others.

Only later did she realize it wasn't just about outshining.

It was said that another female star in the industry, who was quite influential, also wanted to wear the same gown, but was denied.

Initially, it wasn't a big deal.

Some brands are picky, designers value the star's aura, even if you have the fame, if your aura doesn't match and can't bring out the charm of their dress, they won't lend it.

Being rejected was disappointing, since the desired choice was unavailable, she had to look for similar alternatives.

This other star wore a similar substitute design, and coincidentally, encountered Jasmine wearing the original.

Awkward, right?

If no one has borrowed it, can it still be considered a noble brand? Just half a year after becoming popular, the newcomer who has not yet established a stable position managed to wear the dress she wanted. According to photos shared later by the designer, they even paid attention to sending a team to style Jasmine. Her hairstyle and makeup were all coordinated according to the designer's concept. On the red carpet, Jasmine outshone all other female celebrities, truly looking like a fairy, stunningly beautiful.

The styling cannot be faulted, not giving her some attention would be unsettling, what to do?

That night, someone started setting the tone on forums, saying it was just a grand ceremony, and a certain company made the red carpet look like the Oscars, isn't that a bit over the top?

-- Isn't our star's appearance more successful than yours?

-- Alright, alright, I know you are all envious.

-- Speaking of this level, what's the big deal for Sister Jasmine? Isn't it just a casual attempt?"

Realizing that their artist naturally attracts attention, Sister Chen specifically arranged for people to monitor platforms like Facebook and anonymous fan forums daily, reporting any rhythms that were unfavorable to the artist for timely handling.

She knew the rhythm, by the time she went to resolve the storm, it had already subsided.

Since everything had calmed down, there was no need to inform the artist.

After winning an award at the annual grand ceremony, Jasmine returned to the girls' crew. After the previous rush, those who often took leave had already settled down, and recently, many were spending a lot of time on the set.

Rarely had everyone been so active together, the director wanted to quickly capture them in the same frame, so Peach Spirit was called back, and the entire crew was once again engrossed in Peach.

While others were just drinking peach juice drinks, buying white peach jelly, it was the male actors who had scenes with Jasmine who went overboard.

In this drama, wasn't the character Sweetie Shao deceived by three different scumbags?

Scumbag number one, two, and three all felt they had developed feelings through the drama. They added Jasmine to the drama group chat and talked about scripts and work with her.

It started like this, but after a couple of days, it transitioned to personal matters. Jasmine sensed something amiss and replied, "[If you have something to say, just say it directly, no need to beat around the bush.]"

Scumbag number one: "[Then I'll be direct, I have feelings for you, how about you?]"

Scumbag number two: "[Jasmine, I really like you, can we try being together?]"

Scumbag number three: "[You, who are as sweet and lovely as a peach, are completely my type, please give me a chance.]"

After pondering for a while, Jasmine replied to number one: "You are a good person."

Then she told number two: "I'm sorry, just thinking of your character in the drama makes me feel like I can't date someone like you, scumbags don't deserve girlfriends."

Lastly, to number three: "I suggest you watch my variety show, there's no sweet peach only king of the vegetable patch, get to know them."

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That's how she nipped the budding romance in the bud.

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