Chapter 594: A public dressing room?

Qin Yuqing's performance was good, but she lacked experience. Worried that she wouldn't be able to handle it, Xu Tian personally accompanied them to Miguo Satellite TV.

Miguo Satellite TV was one of the famous satellite channels in Huaxia. Because it frequently aired idol dramas and entertainment-oriented programs, most of its audience was young people.

Xu Tian and Nie Jingjing's group arrived on time. The staff in the recording studio were busy making preparations before the recording.

Not long after they arrived, a woman walked in from outside, surrounded by people like stars holding up the moon.

Xu Tian glanced sideways and discovered that the woman who had entered was none other than Song Jiamao, who had previously had a grudge with Nie Jingjing. Song Jiamao was followed by three assistants, four bodyguards, and a professional makeup team. Her entourage was comparable to that of an A-list star.

The program they were recording today had also invited Song Jiamao. Because Song Jiamao was also releasing a new album recently, Giant Star Media had arranged many exposure opportunities for her to build momentum.

It was said that netizens had given high praise to Song Jiamao's teaser track. Her vocal conditions were originally quite good, and coupled with the fact that this time the musical style was a currently popular dance track, it was very popular among young people and was even posted on video websites by some dancers as background music for their dances.

Of course, a portion of this was deliberately arranged by Giant Star Media, but after gaining traffic, many streamers spontaneously used the teaser track as BGM. Before the album was even released, Song Jiamao already had high heat.

Plus, the public relations department at Giant Star Media had bought many water army accounts to whitewash Song Jiamao, so the black material about her framing Nie Jingjing had already been mostly forgotten by netizens.

Netizens were just like that—they had short memories, and naturally leaned toward whoever had the better work.

Except for die-hard fans, in fact, no one cared too much about the grievances between celebrities.

Some even felt that because Nie Jingjing's reputation was bad, it was her own fault that she was bullied.

This time, the program team had invited both of them to record the same episode. If someone said there wasn't a deliberate element to it, Xu Tian wouldn't believe it.

However, he didn't care. Since someone wanted to use them to stir up heat, they wouldn't waste this opportunity in vain.

Song Jiamao's reputation had been good recently, and she had gained a few endorsements; she could be described as being in high spirits. Upon seeing Nie Jingjing, she walked up to her with her head held high, pinched her throat, and said in a cutesy voice.

"Sister Jingjing, what a coincidence, you're here to record a show too!"

Nie Jingjing rolled her eyes. She was already at that age and still had to act young; if one were to be serious, Song Jiamao was actually half a year older than her, yet she had the nerve to call her 'sister'.

Song Jiamao saw Nie Jingjing's eye roll, and her heart felt even more triumphant.

"Sister Jingjing, I heard you're releasing a new album too and participating in the next Golden Melody Awards. Then I'll wish you success in being nominated in advance."

As soon as she finished speaking, sneers came from all around.

"Hahahaha, just based on her previous big talk about being able to win the Song Queen title, and retiring if she didn't, I think she'd better just retire directly."

"With her singing skills, it'd be good enough if she could even get nominated, yet she still dreams of winning Best Female Singer. She really doesn't know her own strength."

"If she could win an award, then the Huaxia music scene would be completely hopeless."

The people around Song Jiamao didn't hide their disdain for Nie Jingjing and mocked her loudly. They were so fearless because they felt that Nie Jingjing didn't have many notices recently and had only managed to get on one variety show, so she wouldn't dare to make too much of a scene.

However, Nie Jingjing was not a soft persimmon that could be kneaded at will.

"Song Jiamao, instead of worrying about whether I can get nominated, you'd better worry about yourself. With those few fans of yours, if your godfather didn't throw money at you, that new album probably wouldn't even sell a million copies."

Nie Jingjing had always been afraid of nothing, so naturally, she wouldn't let Song Jiamao climb over her head. Of course, she was already very restrained today; if it were her usual temper, she would have already made a move when those people were mocking her just now.

"Nie Jingjing, don't talk nonsense!" Song Jiamao's face flushed red. "You're the one who has a godfather!"

"I'm talking nonsense?" Nie Jingjing stared at Song Jiamao with a playful smile. "Do you really think no one in the circle knows about your little dirty business?"

"You..." Song Jiamao opened her mouth, wanting to refute, but didn't know how to do so.

"What about me? If you don't want people to know, don't do it." Nie Jingjing patted her shoulder. "A piece of trash who relies on a godfather to throw resources at her and still only jumps around in the second tier—you have no right to talk to me."

"Hmph, how can a resource-card user who relies on family connections to get ahead have the nerve to mock others?" Song Jiamao's little assistant said in a yin-and-yang tone. "Tone-deaf and singing off-key, even fan covers sound better than you. This new album will definitely flop so hard even your own mother won't recognize it, and you still have the nerve to be smug!"

"What did you say?" Nie Jingjing now hated people mentioning the Nie family, let alone belittling her new album as worthless. Just as she was about to flare up, Xu Tian suddenly stepped forward and stopped her.

"The recording is about to start, stop making a scene."

Xu Tian saw that the director and producer had already arrived. If Nie Jingjing argued with Song Jiamao at this time, it would do them no good.

"Hmph!" Nie Jingjing snorted coldly. "The villain has his way!"

"You two come with me to greet the producer and the director." Xu Tian said to Nie Jingjing and Murong Xue.

"Zhang Zhipian, Director Zhao!"

Xu Tian brought the two of them to the producer and director.

"Agent Xu, your people are all here." Zhang Zhipian looked at Nie Jingjing and Murong Xue with a fake smile. "Hurry up and get ready."

"Where is our lounge?" Usually, guests who come to record shows would do their makeup and styling in a lounge.

"Ah, Agent Xu, I forgot to tell you." Zhang Zhipian had an apologetic look. "There are many guests recording the show today, and the lounges are already full. If you want to do makeup, you can only go to the public dressing room. I'm sorry..."

"Public dressing room?" Xu Tian's expression changed.

The public dressing room was prepared for the program team's temporary backup dancers, segment hosts, and front-row audience members. One room would be crowded with dozens of people, chaotic and without any order.

This was clearly not the treatment a main guest of the program should have.

Nie Jingjing and Murong Xue were, after all, main guests, and they were both popular A-list female singers in the entertainment industry. No matter what, it was impossible for them to be arranged in a public dressing room.

However, after Zhang Zhipian perfunctorily told Xu Tian and the others to go to the public dressing room, he ignored them and instead walked up to Song Jiamao with a smiling face.

"Miss Song, why are you here? Your exclusive lounge has long been prepared for you. Manager Yan already gave instructions that you have many scheduled events recently and need a quiet resting environment. It's too noisy here, I'll take you to the lounge."