The Rebirth of a Diva

Episode 6

Unfortunately, things did not develop as Xia Ling expected. When they released the selection list for the filming of the MV, his name was at the top of the list.

Xia Ling gaped in astonishment along with everyone in the training camp, with the exception of the busy Luo being happy for her.

Some suspected that it was an unfair selection through behind-the-scenes means, and caused a commotion in Tan Ying's office. Tan Ying only threw them one sentence. "Wei Shaoyin personally chose him. If you want to fuss, find Wei Shaoyin."

It was only then that Xia Ling learned that the man wearing Patek Philippe that day was Wei Shaoyin — the main music producer of Skyart Entertainment. In the entertainment industry, he was on par with Feng Kun, his exclusive producer in his past life. Together, they are considered two industrial gems.

Apparently, he was in charge of producing the song and the new MV Shen Manyao.

Xia Ling was confused. Wei Shaoyin was very expensive to hire, many A-listers were unable to hire him to produce their songs. Why would he want to produce for a second-rate female singer? Not only that, but his musical style was also famous for being graceful and slow, completely different from Shen Manyao's seductive, glamorous style. How are these two opposite poles intertwined in the same image?

However, this solved the mystery of the chosen Xia Ling. Everyone chooses to dance glamorously, why does she choose to dance gracefully? However, he was still confused. Even if she has chosen the right style for dancing, her dance is still mediocre at best. It seems highly unlikely that Wei Shaoyin, who is usually known to be picky and selective, will be impressed.

No one dared to question Wei Shaoyin. Therefore, all the anger in the training camp was transferred to Xia Ling.

Everyone agreed that there were many others in the camp who were able to dance graceful steps better than Xia Ling, she was only lucky this time. Those who failed to be chosen called him despicable behind her. Even those who are elected will openly declare that they do not care about being on the same team as him as if this will make them seem to have high morals.

Xia Ling ignored all this commotion.

Until a certain event.

On that day, Xia Ling went to the culture class for her lesson as usual. There, he discovered that someone had poured an entire bottle of ink on his desk. Tables, chairs, and floors were falling apart. Everyone in the class was watching him, waiting to see what he was going to do.

He took a breath and asked, "Who did this? Own it now."

Everyone laughed .

Some sneering. "Ye Xingling, aren't you a Messenger? Guess who did this because you were so accurate in guessing who the examiner was."

Xia Ling smiled coldly, "You are not good enough to be chosen so you decided to do something like this in secret." Pausing for a moment, he added, "Many are useless." In his past life, according to his sister Xia Yu, his arrogant attitude was the most hated. Indeed, he saw immediate effects.

As expected, someone stood opposite him, saying furiously, "What are you saying ?!"

As expected, someone stood opposite him, saying furiously, "What are you saying ?!"

"Ha, am I wrong?"

"Ye Xingling, stop being so arrogant. Lu Tao was also chosen this time, and he was in third place in the exam. That's a lot better than your 20th place!" Someone shouted at him.

Lu Tao, his classmate, looked at him with his hands crossed across the classroom.

He looked at Lu Tao and asked, "You did this?"

Lu Tao had a handsome face, wearing a crew piece. He wears a tight singlet top with a pair of loose pants. Chains adorn his wrists and neck, giving a vivid street hip-hop vibe. He leaned nonchalantly on the classroom door, provocatively watching her. "So what if it was my idea?"

"Very good." He would make him take responsibility for his actions, so he laughed and said, "You think you're great, don't you? Do you dare to argue with me?"

"Since you think I was chosen for the MV because of luck and that my dance will not last itself, let's do a dance fight," Xia Ling replied calmly. With increasingly serious intimidation, if he doesn't do something to show others, won't everyone think he's submissive? Even if he didn't want to draw attention to himself, he had no choice this time around but to retaliate.

Lu Tao and the disciples standing around laughed as if they heard a big joke. "You're kidding me, right? You want to fight dance with Brother Lu? Brother Lu will send you crawling with just a few simple moves! Ahhhhhh …"

Lu Tao and the disciples standing around laughed as if they heard a big joke. "You're kidding me, right? You want to fight dance with Brother Lu? Brother Lu will send you crawling with just a few simple moves! Ahhhhhh …"

As they spoke, everyone laughed out loud.

Xia Ling was unaffected. Gazing straight at Lu Tao, he sneered. "Are you scared?"

Lu Tao grinned as he walked over from beside the door and countered. "What should I be afraid of? You start this, I'll just play with you."

“Let's fight with the windmill, your best dance moves.” The windmill was a variation of Thomas' rotation, a very challenging dance move and break dancers would use it as their signature move. He didn't have to know intentionally that this move was Lu Tao's favorite because he wasn't shy about bragging about it in class. It would be hard for him not to know.

Lu Tao looked at him in shock, like the others.

"Are you joking .. Ye Xingling, you are a girl and your main focus is not street dancing. Don't talk about windmills, even regular spins, how much can you do?" A classmate standing beside Lu Tao advised him as if talking to a moron. "Don't push it if you haven't tried. If you break an arm or a leg don't go crying to the coach."

“I am responsible for my own actions.” Xia Ling was still staring at Lu Tao. "Let's fight to see who can do more windmill rounds. If you lose, kneel down and apologize to me. If I lose, you choose whatever you want to do with me."

"Kneel down and apologize?" Lu Tao, who was initially hesitant, laughed uneasily. "Ye Xingling, I would advise you to give up because many people were injured during the windmill. If you're not careful, maybe you'll even be paralyzed for life .. Well, because you want to judge death." Lu Tao pointed straight at him and arrogantly said, "OK, if I lose, I will kneel down and apologize to you. If you lose, get out of this training camp!"

Xia Ling laughed lightly. "Deal."

"Kneel down and apologize?" Lu Tao, who was initially hesitant, laughed uneasily. "Ye Xingling, I would advise you to give up because many people were injured during the windmill. If you're not careful, maybe you'll even be paralyzed for life .. Well, because you want to judge death." Lu Tao pointed straight at him and arrogantly said, "OK, if I lose, I will kneel down and apologize to you. If you lose, get out of this training camp!"

Xia Ling laughed lightly. "Deal."

Lu Tao did not think that he would agree to these terms and looked surprised. If one were to leave the Skyart Entertainment training camp, there would be no second chances. Not only would his entire year of training go to waste, but he would also probably never be able to return to the entertainment circle. However, what he had done was already done, all he could do was giggle, turn around and walk towards the dance studio.

Xia Ling took her dancewear and followed.

There were a few practice participants practicing in the dance studio, but they easily gave up the room after hearing that there would be a dance fight and joined the crowd that had entered to watch. Xia Ling changed into a dancewear outfit and started warming up at Lu Tao in the middle of the dance floor.

The crowd started getting bigger and bigger and Xia Ling could hear them talking to each other—

"Is that Ye Xingling? Who was chosen for MV just because of luck?"

"He wants to compete in a windmill with Lu Tao? Was he angry, even if Lu Tao gave him a 30-round handicap, he still could not match."

"Just right, doesn't he want to die? I heard that before Lu Tao was chosen to join our training camp, he was already the champion of the national breakdance competition …"

"Let's bet …"