The Rebirth of a Diva

Episode 48's

The next morning, Xia Ling woke up under the weather.

His head was heavy and dizzy; perhaps he had caught a cold the night before. She grabbed two tablets in a drawer and swallowed them before heading to the dance studio with the rest of the team to start the day's rehearsal. However, he felt drained and weak after a few rounds and had to sit on the break, quietly hydrating himself as he watched the rest of the practice.

Some of them come to start conversations occasionally.

What happened the previous day had already spread throughout the training camp, and it was said that the video had been uploaded on the internal forum – everyone knows how interesting his singing about "Satan Laut". Some of them huddled around him to make small talk, expressing their good intentions, as if the quiet exclusion of Ye Xingling's past and pretending didn't happen.

Some of them even asked her to sing a tip. He patiently answered every question asked of him.

During the afternoon break, Tan Ying called her to the office.

He frowned as he looked at it.

"Ye Xingling," He put down his coffee and documents. "Are you out robbing the bank last night? Why do you look so tired? Please don't tell me that you didn't wink because you were happily celebrating through the judging committee."

It was fine if she did not say anything, but she did, so Xia Ling was now angry.

"Chairman Tan," he said. "If it's not thanks to you, why did Boss Li Lei call me at one in the morning and let me catch a cold and lose my sleep all night?"

"What, Boss called you so late at night?" Tan Ying was shocked.

It only occurred to Xia Ling that she was a little impetuous and could cause her to misunderstand. He rushed to clarify. "He sounded drunk when he called me after seeing the video you sent him."

"What did he say?" Tan Ying sounded very concerned.

Xia Ling frowned. "Some drunken crap."

Tan Ying did not investigate any further and instead thought hard.

After a while, he said, "Yesterday, one of the Boss people who had been under him for so many years betrayed him. He was very hurt and in a very bad mood. After all these years, this was the first time he had been so badly betrayed. "

He was surprised . Is this an explanation for him? But he did not think that Li Lei was the most ill. If so, how could he call her in the middle of the night to tease her, and even encourage and tempt her to be that woman? After all, he did not need Tan Ying to explain things on his behalf. He was a nobody to her, and could not even be considered as her pillowmate. In fact, he was very far away from her and was not in a position to comfort her or to express an opinion.

So he said, "OK."

Tan Ying shook his head. "You're Xingling, you're really cold."

He said, "When you guys decided to sell me last time, you were not only cold, but also heartless."

Tan Ying looked at him deeply and did not say a word.

Xia Ling was left alone as she watched him finish his business over coffee. Sunlight shone on the window to his wooden office desk, documents piled up like mountains.

He finally decided to take it out of his chest. "Chairman Tan, so what are you calling me for?"

He held it in suspense for 10 minutes, before slowly saying, "I called you today to let you know that the company has decided to let you cut your debut."

This news was too sudden, surprising Xia Ling. The words from the previous night were still ringing in his head – didn't Li Lei just threaten him, saying that he went to sleep with her or packed up and left?

Tan Ying said, "Boss sent this memo through her current Personal Assistant, otherwise, do you think it will pass this fast?"

Skyart Entertainment's process for cutting debut is a strict process – they first have to go through some assessment of their style and abilities, followed by an investigation of their family background, developmental history, etc, and only after completing them will they be seriously considered for the final decision. If not for the privilege he had obtained, there was no way someone could display their abilities one day and be given his debut the next.

In that case, Xia Ling was even more confused. Why did Boss Li change his mind so quickly and kindly give him the green light? Did he have a serious injury so that his brain was also damaged?

He carefully asked, "Does he have any terms and conditions?"

“No.” Tan Ying simply put the documents towards him. "Sign for it."

Xia Ling scanned it. It was the official document for the debut, which stated the rights and responsibilities of the artist, and the requirements looked fair and reasonable. He had signed something similar in his previous life at Imperial Entertainment and had no qualms about signing his name.

“Start today, you are officially an artist of Skyart.” Tan Ying looked at him and added, “Everything went so smoothly because of the Boss, you should thank him.” His boss never tried so hard to seduce a woman In the past it was a simple task, he got whomever he wanted. However this time all he met was a rose with thorns, so Tan Ying decided to help him.

Xia Ling frowned again. He finally understood why Tan Ying explained Li Lei's drunken stupidity, and even said she was cold. As it turned out, he thought that Li Lei and him had an intimate relationship?

But, why exactly did Li Lei let him cut his debut so easily?

He was still trying to find out when Tan Ying continued. "While for your manager, the company has already decided for you, it will be Mai Na. He'll come later and you two can get to know each other."

Mai Na. . . This name sounds familiar.

But he could not remember where he had heard it before.

Tan Ying said, "Sister Mai Na is one of the best agents in Skyart Entertainment, she is just a bit domineering. Even Wei Shaoyin did not dare to challenge him. I'm hoping you're lucky." He looked at her with a bit of sympathy.

Xia Ling finally remembered where she heard the name Mai Na from. Back at Li Lei's mountain villa, Wei Shaoyin painfully mentioned the woman who forced him to prepare a tribute song for Xia Ling.

Moments later, the office door opened and a woman came in.

She looked graceful yet haughty, with a kind of charisma that made her seem like a Queen from another world. She was wearing nice office clothes, a maroon bob, white gold earrings, and a thin silk scarf. In addition, she did not have any additional accessories. With the stiletto clicked, he walked towards Xia Ling and stopped right in front of her, looking at her—

"So, this is this little girl?"

His voice was cold and piercing, like a glass of icy cold drink.

Xia Ling was unhappy, what did she mean by "little girl"? She wanted to tell Sister Mai Na that when she died in her previous life, she was already 28 years old, and until now she had to be considered 29 years old, well past the age of "little girl". It was a pity that he could only keep those words to himself.

Tan Ying's work expression was plastered with a smile as he politely stood up. "Sister Mai Na, please sit."

Sister Mai Na did not sit down, and in fact, she did not even turn her head to look at him. He narrowed as he observed Xia Ling.

Years later, Xia Ling and Sister Mai Na talked about their first meeting. Sister Mai Na held a cup of tea in her hand as she reminisced. "You were at that time .. You looked very thin and sickly. Had I not watched the video before meeting you, I would not have believed that you were singing 'Devil Sea.'

Xia Ling could not read Sister Mai Na's mind.

Sister Mai Na measured it to the right standards for a while. "Ye Xingling, is that true, so you think you're great at releasing debuts? You don't even love yourself at such a young age, just look at your ghost creature, how are you going to be big ? "