Chapter 322: Axia

"Fine." A person flashed through Mou Lili's mind: Zhou Man.

She had a gut feeling that Zhou Man had done it.

It was just that she needed some evidence.

However, Liu Yang went to investigate but couldn't find who had tampered with things, because there was no surveillance in the dressing room; there was some in the hallway, but the person who came to pull at Mou Lili ran off in an instant, wearing a mask, making it impossible to see their face at all.

Liu Yang said, "Sister Mou, since this matter hasn't affected us, let's just leave it alone for now. The most important thing right now is to take advantage of the fact that the stage effect was pretty good just now and use the opportunity to promote it on all major platforms."

Although Mou Lili was unwilling, she had no choice but to swallow her anger for now.

"You take charge of the promotion," Mou Lili said.

"Fine, leave it to me."

Liu Yang accompanied Mou Lili back to the hotel first.

Because they were newcomers, the company had only booked them a double room, mainly to save money.

Mou Lili went to remove her makeup and then took a shower; when she came out, she saw Liu Yang busy with a laptop, making phone calls from time to time.

First, she edited the duet between her and the veteran singer from tonight into clips, then put them on various music platforms.

Then she contacted the managers of the major platforms, hoping to get a recommendation to increase the buzz.

Of course, all this buzz had to be bought with money.

Finally, it depended on how much buzz the veteran singer's concert had; if the buzz was high, they would use that to push the duet video up, and if it wasn't high, they could buy the buzz.

So, cultivating a star requires a huge investment; otherwise, if the star gets famous and wants to go solo, the company's initial efforts will all go down the drain.

Of course, it's no good if the company is too exploitative; it's best to achieve a win-win situation.

Mou Lili watched Liu Yang work while drying her hair, and as she watched, the room's lights suddenly went dim.

Fortunately, there was an emergency light inside, and Liu Yang's laptop was still lit.

"What's going on?" Liu Yang quickly sat down beside Mou Lili.

Mou Lili said, "I don't know either. Did the hotel have a power outage?"

"I'll go ask." Liu Yang was about to open the door, but was held back by Mou Lili: "Don't go."

Mou Lili had a gut feeling that if they went out, there might be danger.

Liu Yang didn't dare to go out then.

She had been in this circle for many years and knew that sometimes, in order to compete, rivals would use any means necessary.

"Sister Mou, do you think someone did this on purpose?"

Just as Liu Yang finished asking, a knock came at the door.

Mou Lili held Liu Yang down, not letting her go to open the door, then she walked to the door and asked, "Who is it?"

"Electrician."

"Is there a power outage right now?"

"Yes, I'm here to check the wiring."

"Where is your work ID?" Mou Lili asked.

The hotel had a security latch; after unlocking the lock, there was still a latch.

Mou Lili retreated behind the door and then unlocked the latch.

Who would have thought that as soon as it opened, a liquid was sprayed out unexpectedly.

Fortunately, she was hiding behind the door; if she had been next to the door, she definitely would have been splashed.

She was so scared she quickly closed the door.

"Call the police!" Mou Lili said.

Not long after, the police arrived, and the room's lights came back on.

The police pulled the surveillance footage and could see a person wearing a hotel waiter's uniform, but this person was wearing a mask and had an average build. The police had already arranged an investigation to see if they could catch this person.

The thing that was splashed in was just mineral water, not any dangerous substance; clearly, the goal was just to scare Mou Lili.

Mou Lili was indeed scared.

This was her first appearance tonight, and so many accidents had already happened; it was clearly done by someone on purpose.

Someone with poor mental fortitude might have thought about quitting the circle.

But Mou Lili had been stubborn since she was a child; the more people didn't let her do something, the more she wanted to prove it to them.

Regarding this accident, the police searched through all the waiters but couldn't find that man; they only found a waiter's uniform in the trash can behind the hotel, and the person who dumped the trash had already changed their outfit and left wearing a wig.

Plus, the damage caused by this accident wasn't great, so the police ruled it as industry competition, and after taking a statement, there was no further follow-up.

Mou Lili and Liu Yang flew back to Beishi the next day.

That day, Duan Jie told Mou Lili that the response last night was quite good; although the trending search was bought, the audience heard her singing and all thought her song was good, so they didn't mind whether it was bought or not.

And just because of this one appearance, her video account gained another twenty thousand followers.

The old fans from before were also more active, saying that from the moment Mou Lili recorded her first song, they knew she would definitely become famous.

Duan Jie also learned about what happened to her in B City, so she would arrange another assistant for her to let this assistant protect her.

That afternoon, Mou Lili met this new assistant, Axia, about 25 years old, with neat short hair, whose movements and voice were both like a boy's; she was a tomboy.

When Axia saw Mou Lili, she shook her hand: "Hello, I'm your new assistant, just call me Axia."

"Hello." Mou Lili shook hands with Axia and only felt that Axia's grip was very strong, and there were calluses on her hands.

She couldn't help but ask, "Are you a martial artist?"

"Yes, I've liked playing with weapons since I was a child. Although I'm your assistant now, I'm not very good at life matters because I'm quite careless myself; being your bodyguard is more like it."

Mou Lili felt quite puzzled.

Given her current status, does she have the qualifications to hire a bodyguard?

Thinking about it this way, the company is quite dedicated to cultivating her; I truly felt a bit guilty about haggling with Duan Jie that day.

At most, I will just work hard from now on.

……

Approaching noon, Mou Lili, Liu Yang, and Axia went to the pantry together to eat boxed lunches.

Mou Lili sat in the middle, with Liu Yang and Axia sitting on either side.

Just as Mou Lili was about to eat, Axia said, "Wait!"

Mou Lili was surprised: "Is there a problem?"

Axia took the lunch box from Mou Lili's hand, carefully examined the food inside, and after confirming everything was correct, returned it to her.

Mou Lili couldn't help but laugh: "Are you worried someone poisoned it? These are the boxed lunches uniformly provided by the company, how could anyone poison them?"

Axia said: "It is always good to be careful."

"Alright, I'll listen to you." With Axia around, Mou Lili was clearly much more at ease.

On the day she went to help sing at the concert, if even one person had been keeping a closer eye on things for her, the incident where someone tampered with her clothes wouldn't have happened.

While they were eating, Zhou Man was ushered in by several assistants again.

Upon entering, Zhou Man first scanned the room.

A few trainees gave up their seats for her, and then those assistants wiped down the table for her.

Zhou Man's gaze swept over to Mou Lili.

She walked toward Mou Lili and stopped in front of her.

If it were anyone else, they might have been intimidated by her presence.

But Mou Lili just smiled at her: "Sister Man, what can I do for you?"

"You're calling me sister?"