Chapter 56 Chapter 56 Almost

After finishing his school work, Lu Yao devoted all his time to practice.

After a follow-up examination at the hospital, his injury was found to be no longer serious, and his performance on stage at this concert returned to normal.

In addition to the duet stage in the quadrant assessment, he also has to learn the three full-member stages in the concert.

There are four stages in total, and if you think about it carefully, time is actually not tight.

But most trainees are extremely busy.

Bai You took the initiative to take over the work of communicating and cooperating with the staff on stage. In addition to practicing every day, he also had to check the arrangement and choreography in his spare time and make suggestions for revisions.

The other groups did the same thing: they looked at the plan, made suggestions, revised it, looked at it again, made suggestions again, and revised it again, while also learning about other programs for the concert.

By the time all the details were finalized and the songs and dances were learned, there were less than four days left until the concert.

A week ago, the official Weibo account of Fifth Quadrant announced the third concert.

@Fifth Quadrant Fifth Quadrant:

The Fifth Quadrant: Breaking Out of the Cocoon Performance | Concept Special: Metamorphosis

—— "The Fifth Quadrant"——

The mirror in the practice room remembers every bruise

The singing in the early morning has heard every word of "I can't"

But today—

"Those falls and tears I shed,

Finally, they will become wings."

Break out of the repetitive daily life

Tear off the label amid doubts

People standing here

"It's not about being someone's template,

It’s about living your own answer.”

On September 3rd, let’s witness together: the transformation of a young man!

——

Fans also bought tickets as soon as possible. When Song Rui finished her work and took out her mobile phone during a break, she found that Shen Sisi had sent her a series of messages. When she opened them, she found that the tickets for the third concert had been sold out while she was working hard.

I'm also confused today:!! The tickets are sold out? I'm only an hour late, how come the tickets are sold out? I haven't bought any yet ah ah ah

Tired of playing: Sold out in ten minutes today [cry][cry]

I'm also playing with dust today:? ? It's so fast, did you buy it?

Tired of playing: I was saying that too. 10,432 tickets were opened and sold out in ten minutes. I bought it.

Today I am also playing: Fifth generation, you are really popular

Tired of playing: Fifth generation, you are really popular

I am also cleaning today: Why are there so many people this time?

Tired of playing: I looked around and it seems like other artists are also urging their fans to go to the concert, so this time more people bought tickets. After all, only those who went to the concert have the right to vote. Isn't this kind of voting with real money the best standard for testing popularity? Anyone who wants to debut on their own will be urged to do so, right?

Song Rui understood.

I'm also playing today: I see. But I can't go to the concert with you this time.

Tired of beating: [cry][cry]

Fans who bought tickets are happy, fans who didn’t buy tickets are regretful, and the trainees are also making their final sprint for the upcoming concert.

After finishing a day's practice and returning to the dormitory, Bai You did not rush to wash up and rest, but called Lu Yao.

"Can we go play ERROR now?"

Bai You has a total of six programs in this concert, and there is a lot to learn, so he is very busy every day. After learning "ERROR" a few days ago, he and Lu Yao practiced it several times, but it didn't feel very good. He had wanted to practice more for a long time, but he never found the time.

I can only squeeze it out of my rest time, but I don’t know if Lu Yao is willing.

Lu Yao agreed: "Okay."

Bai You breathed a sigh of relief and happily went downstairs with Lu Yao to the practice room on the basement floor.

"Let's dance to the music first?" Bai You stood in front of the mirror and looked at Lu Yao through it.

Lu Yao nodded.

After getting a positive answer, Bai You started playing music. Soon, familiar music sounded in the practice room, and the two of them danced familiar steps in the small practice room.

When the song ended, Bai You's breathing became rapid. He turned off the music and looked at Lu Yao, frowning, not very satisfied: "I think there is a problem."

“This stage isn’t supposed to feel like this.”

Bai You paced around the room, as if trying to sort out his words, but after walking around twice, he still didn't know what to say. He stopped and simply asked Lu Yao, "What do you think our stage performance is about?"

The stage is not just about singing and dancing, it also contains the performer's emotions, which are conveyed to the audience through singing or dancing, creating resonance.

Bai You likes this kind of resonance and also wants to have this kind of resonance.

He was deeply touched by the concept of this assessment and wanted to work hard on this stage, but judging from their performance in the past few days and just now, their stage must be missing something, and it lacked some feeling.

Bai You's eyes were fixed on him, eagerly awaiting a response. Lu Yao recalled the concept Bai You had mentioned earlier: "It expresses your exploration of yourself."

"Yes! You're right." Bai You's eyes lit up, and he suddenly understood. "You've expressed my quest, but what about yours?"

The more Bai You thought about it, the clearer his thoughts became. "You sing very well, and you dance perfectly, but you haven't expressed yourself. This stage requires expression. We need to show the audience our struggles, our confusion, and our thoughts. If we can't show these things, how can the audience understand?"

"You have to get this stuff out of your mind."

The more Bai You talked, the more he felt that this was the case, and he breathed a sigh of relief.

It’s good that you can find the problem, and then you just need to solve it.

"Is it okay for me to say this?" He looked at Lu Yao. He believed that Lu Yao could understand what he meant and could achieve the effect he wanted.

Unexpectedly, Lu Yao sighed and sat on the ground: "No."

"Huh?" Bai You was shocked and squatted down in front of Lu Yao. "Wasn't what I said clear?"

It’s very clear.

"You speak very clearly, but I am neither struggling nor confused. I have no way to express it."

Bai You: “…”

Bai You didn't expect to hear such an answer.

He was careless.

He just thought that everyone would be confused and caught in the conflict between the outside world and themselves, but he forgot that Lu Yao was only fourteen years old.

What can a fourteen-year-old understand?

When he was fourteen, he just laughed foolishly all day long.

"We can act." If you don't have your own emotions, you can pretend! Bai You got motivated, "Come on, give me a confused expression."

Lu Yao tilted his head and frowned slightly.

"Hmm..." Bai You looked confused: "It seems that there is still something missing."

What does it feel like to be missing something?

Lu Yao’s confused expression now is very confused. How can he be more confused?

Bai You couldn't figure it out.

"How about trying to struggle first?"

Lu Yao: “…”

Bai You looked expectant.

The confusion on Lu Yao's face became even more confused, "I can't."

…

I understand. Now I completely understand.

Bai You fully understood what was lacking in their stage.

What is lacking is the expression of this emotion.

Lu Yao was neither confused nor struggling, so of course their performance on this stage could not achieve the desired effect.

But now the question is, how can he make Lu Yao understand the feeling of the stage and express it in such a short time?

"Look at me, like this." Bai You faced the mirror and began to do dance moves while making expressions. "Do you feel struggling?" After finishing the moves, he asked Lu Yao.

Lu Yao looked at Bai You in the mirror and said nothing.

"Alas." Bai You sighed. Even without Lu Yao's answer, he felt that he had not struggled enough, and his expression was not quite right.

But what exactly does it mean?

He clearly had an impression of this feeling, somewhere in his mind, but why couldn't he remember it?

Bai You scratched his head, sighed, sat on the ground, stood up, walked around the room, and sat on the ground again. Lu Yao just sat there, watching Bai You thinking hard.

Finally, "I remember!"

Bai You squatted in front of Lu Yao again, took out his phone and started searching, "There's a clip in this movie that's especially suitable!"

He found the movie, clicked on it, dragged the progress bar, and started playing. When he got to the point he wanted, he immediately paused it: "Right here, look! That's the feeling! The feeling of struggle!"

Lu Yao watched the scene on his phone. In the movie, a woman in gorgeous attire slowly walked out of the palace gates. Her eyes narrowed slightly as she was exposed to the glaring sunlight. Then she turned back to take another look at the magnificent and majestic palace. After a long pause, her face was filled with an extremely complex expression. Finally, she ripped her bun from her head and tossed it to the ground. A resolute smile appeared on her face as she walked off into the distance.

"That's the part." Bai You dragged the progress bar and began to analyze. "Look, the labels we carry are always given to us by others. They think we are a certain way and want us to behave in a certain way, so they give us corresponding labels. However, I don't agree with the labels they give me. In this process of disagreement, we definitely struggle, just like the heroine in the movie. She was born with an extraordinary identity, but this identity also became her shackles. She wanted to break free, so she began to struggle."

"But is this struggle just a matter of rejection? I don't think so."

"Because this label is attached to us, it's not a completely bad thing. It's helpful to us, and the identity of the heroine is also good for her."

"But this label, this identity, also constrains us."

“So it’s a very complex struggle.”

“That’s the feeling.”

Bai You pinched his thumb and index finger together, placed them between him and Lu Yao, and made a small gesture: "It's so subtle. Any more and it's too much, and any less and it won't be noticeable. Do you understand?"

As he spoke, Bai You suddenly felt guilty. Why did it feel like torture the more he talked? The actress in this movie was a movie queen, able to express such subtle emotions, but they were just trainees. Wasn't it a bit too much for them to want to express such feelings?