Pre-match interview
January 1st, the beginning of the new year.
The entry that topped the hot search list: #Did your house collapse last year#, made the star-chasing girls feel more heartbroken than the frost and snow.
Nowadays, the domestic idol market is mainly based on "talent shows", and the speed of updates and iterations is very scary.
As we all know, the idol audition cycle is short and the pace is extremely fast.
In just two or three months, a large number of new houses with unstable foundations were built for fans of the show.
Looking around, the idol world is full of crumbling and dangerous buildings.
Some idols were exposed to outrageous scandals such as secret marriage, sleeping with fans, plagiarism, being a deadbeat, tax evasion, etc. within a few days of their debut.
Some of the collapsed buildings collapsed more than once, which is equivalent to several magnitude 80 earthquakes on the ruins.
The fans who worked so hard to send them off to debut are now living in fear every day.
I’m afraid that one day I’ll open my eyes and find myself eating the melon.
As for the fans of the show whose reputation has been exposed, they first started cursing and performing a hearty show of quitting being fans and turning against the show.
Then, with a stable mentality of "the next one will be better", I click on "Super Idol", which claims that "there are cameras everywhere except for the bathroom and dressing room" and "this year, we must choose a boy group that will never let down the fans", to find the next one to pick.
"Super Idol" is a fully live broadcast of a boy group talent show. The production team gathered more than one hundred trainees from all over the world. After four months of closed recording, they finally selected nine people with the highest number of votes to form a group and debut.
The one with the highest number of votes is the C position of this group.
Before the first stage began, the 107 trainees participating in this year's draft took turns to receive pre-match interviews.
[The so-called 'pre-game interview' is to get the cannon fodder to finish their self-introduction so that they don't have to take a shot during the official recording.]
[Being confused is like having no human rights~]
The audience who entered the live broadcast room and the staff responsible for the interview were all stunned.
What truth are you talking about?
The staff quickly spoke up, trying to stop the trainee from talking nonsense. But it felt like someone was choking them, and they couldn't say a word.
The audience in front of the screen sent comments asking what was going on. The text they had typed was blocked before it was sent.
Because the boy standing in front of the camera didn't even open his mouth.
What I just heard were all his inner complaints, which made the conversation impossible.
The staff opened and closed their mouths several times, unable to answer questions about "voice of the heart", and could only conduct the interview in a standard manner.
"Name?"
"Yi Jingchen."
"age?"
"Twenty."
Yi Jingchen stood in front of the camera. Even though he was wearing the most ordinary windbreaker and trousers, his face was still shining and so handsome that people couldn't take their eyes off it.
Looking at the entire history of talent shows, his appearance is definitely one of the best.
She has a tall and graceful figure, black hair like ink, and naturally warm white skin, exuding a gentle temperament that makes people want to get close to her.
Especially those eyes, covered with thick eyelashes like crow feathers, dancing like butterfly wings, with a clean and pure look.
It's so clear that you can tell at a glance that he has never been poisoned by this circle before.
The staff continued to ask, "How long did you train before participating in the show?"
Yi Jingchen looked directly into the camera and answered frankly, "0 days."
Trash, but honest.
"..." The staff member was silent for a moment, tightly gripping the interview manuscript in his hand, and continued to ask with bated breath, "Vocal, dance, rap, which one are you better at?"
[I've already told you the practice time is 0 days, and you're just asking this.]
Yi Jingchen curved the corners of his eyes and showed a soothing smile, which seemed to have a hint of begging for mercy.
“I’m not good at any of them.”
The audience rolled their eyes.
Oh, it turns out she’s another beautiful waste.
"Sh ...
The staff tore up the interview transcript in their hands.
He practiced for 0 days and can't sing, dance or rap. Why did he even participate in "Super Idol"?!
You know, "Super Idol" uses live broadcast as its gimmick, and it has become extremely popular before it was even aired.
As soon as the registration started, countless application forms came in, filling up the organizer's mailbox overnight.
After more than two months of selection, the organizers finally selected 107 candidates from more than 300,000 candidates.
Rounding up to five, the probability of passing is only 0.03%!
Given the strict selection criteria, there are many hidden talents among this batch of trainees.
Among them are young idols who have debuted for many years and have their own popularity; second-generation stars who have attracted much attention since childhood; big internet celebrities with over one million short video fans, and so on.
Even those unknown amateurs have at least three to five years of practice experience.
The staff was very skeptical of contestants like Yi Jingchen, who had nothing but good looks and didn't even bother to pretend.
“How did you make it through the primary?”
[Good question.]
[How did I pass the primary election?]
Yi Jingchen fell into deep thought.
His academic career can indeed be considered smooth sailing.
Skipping a grade in elementary school, becoming the top scorer in the high school entrance exam, and being recommended for the college entrance exam...
Not long after being admitted to the journalism department, I got a job opportunity as an intern reporter at a news station.
In just two years of internship, the identities of the interviewees became more and more powerful, which shows how much the station values him.
Next, Yi Jingchen only needs to become a full-time employee after graduation to get a stable job.
However, in the last semester before graduation, Yi Jingchen was told that due to adjustment reasons, his graduation topic would be in the entertainment field.
In other words, the experience he had accumulated as a social reporter was completely useless.
Unfortunately, Yi Jingchen was busy with work and discovered it too late. It was too late to start over.
If you can't complete the thesis and defense related to the entertainment industry, it would be equivalent to wasting your time in college.
Yi Jingchen tried to save himself by racking his brains to write a report on entertainment media, but it was rejected by his tutor as soon as he submitted it.
no way.
Other students had already included those classic materials from the entertainment industry in their papers.
If he dares to use it, the duplication detection rate will definitely be 200%.
Just when Yi Jingchen was at a loss, a wicked system suddenly took advantage of his illness to kill him and forcibly bound itself to Yi Jingchen.
He also kept saying that he could help him complete his thesis.
Oh.
How could such a good thing happen in this world?!
As a clear-headed and foolish college student, Yi Jingchen believed it.
At first, he thought the system would help him write an excellent paper.
Unexpectedly, the next day he received a call from the "Super Idol" production team, informing him that he had passed the preliminary selection.
Yi Jingchen originally refused to participate in the boy group audition.
He has no experience as a trainee, and can't sing, dance, or rap. He is a complete waste.
Coming to participate in the talent show is definitely to provide the audience with silly materials, and maybe even dominate the ghost animal area.
But the wicked system precisely grasped him and spouted out such truths as "Don't you want to write a good paper?", "Participating in a talent show can allow you to meet many artists and there is material everywhere", "As a journalism student, don't you even have the spirit to collect in-depth materials?"
The unethical system knows a little bit about PUA.
In the end, Yi Jingchen resigned himself to his fate, completed the registration procedures, and stood here obediently.
The staff member's brow furrowed like a pumpkin, and impatiently asked the last question, "What do you think is the most important quality to be an idol?"
Yi Jingchen cleared his throat and answered in a resounding voice:
"Keep yourself clean and pay taxes according to the law."
[Idols make so much money, it's not too much to ask them to control their lower body and pay taxes every year, right?]
[Why does their brother like to have sex everywhere and not pay taxes?]
[If an artist doesn't respect himself, his fans will shed tears.]
The staff was stunned when they heard this answer.
The other trainees queuing outside the interview room were all shocked.
In the online live broadcast room, fans who were busy posting cheering words for their favorite idols paused for a few seconds in tacit understanding.
Coming to their senses, they couldn't help but feel awe for the trainee whose name tag read 'Yi Jingchen'.
[Hahahaha! Pretty brother, how dare you say that! Isn't he afraid of retaliation from the production team?]
[Laughing, eight words contain the connotation of 800 celebrities in the domestic entertainment industry]
@My ex-husband, did you hear that? Pay taxes where you should, and don't sleep where you shouldn't!
I'm thinking of picking this younger brother. Are there any fans who can recommend him?
[I've practiced for 0 days and I'm not an internet celebrity, so I probably don't have any fans, right?]
Who says there isn't one? Check out Yi Jingchen, the campus idol from the Journalism Department at University A. Our professor always cues Yi Jingchen several times during class, urging us to learn from him.
I actually ran into a classmate while watching a talent show! I'm also a freshman in the journalism department at University A. Every time the professor uses Senior Yi as an example, I want to complain: Don't I want to learn from him? I'm not destined for that.
[Two A-level gurus above, please share your thoughts! ]
[Yi Jingchen, the bravest intern reporter in the news station and even in the entire news industry.
He once asked capitalists who discharged wastewater to pollute water sources whether they dared to drink untreated wastewater.
I would like to ask the director of the unscrupulous medical beauty institution, since surgeries such as injecting cement into the skull, cutting the Achilles tendon to slim the legs, and breaking bones to increase height are not dangerous, can you try them on yourself?
Last month, I interviewed a politician from a certain superpower about his views on the frequent invasions of small and medium-sized countries by powerful countries.
[Uh, isn’t he afraid of death? ? ?]
[Oh my god... My brother is still alive and well without being killed by the Dark Shark. It's a miracle.]
The interview room fell into a long silence.
Yi Jingchen looked at the camera and asked confusedly, "Sorry, am I speaking harshly?"
[I don’t think my words are harsh!]
[However, previous interviewees would leave with a gloomy face after just a few words.]
"Uh...that..."
The staff hesitated to speak.
What you say is more than just harsh.
If the domestic entertainment industry's top stars are collectively defeated, this year's "Super Idol" may collapse before it even starts.
The staff didn't dare to respond casually, so they said a few perfunctory words and asked him to leave the interview room.
There are two doors in the interview room, and the door leading to the exit leads directly to the open-air debut stage built by the program team outdoors.
As soon as Yi Jingchen walked out, he was stopped by two tall and burly men dressed as bodyguards.
"Stop, hand over your cell phones and all electronic devices first."
Yi Jingchen said "Oh", took out his mobile phone from his pocket, logged into his social account and posted an update.
'Cat: I'll stop updating for a few months.'
The dynamic was successfully published, Yi Jingchen turned off his phone and placed it on the table in front of the strong man.
The desk is densely packed with mobile phones, tablets, and laptops.
There was also an unknown player who brought a desktop console and screen dedicated to e-sports.
[Wow! It’s a top-of-the-line gaming computer!]
[I don't know who it belongs to, could you lend it to me to play with?]
The two burly men looked at Yi Jingchen and pointed at the bulge in his windbreaker pocket. "What else do you have on you?"
Yi Jingchen lowered his eyes, silently took out the coiled notebook and gel pen for the interview, and shook them.
"Do non-electronic devices need to be turned in?"
Coil notebook?
Gel pen?
A look of surprise flashed in the sturdy man's eyes, but he didn't say anything in the end. He waved his hand and let Yi Jingchen enter the first stage.
Yi Jingchen put away his little notebook and walked along the long corridor towards the first stage.
There was a half-open door at the end of the corridor. Before I even got close, I could feel the cold wind blowing in my face, as if it was going to penetrate into my bones.
[It’s so cold!]
A few days ago, the city had a rare heavy snowfall, and a thick layer of silvery frost and snow accumulated.
[I don't know which little genius, whose butt controls his head, actually changed the first stage recording to an open-air location.]
[The snow stage is indeed beautiful, but it doesn’t keep you warm at all!]
Yi Jingchen pushed open the half-open door and observed his future colleagues through the crack.
Looking around, the trainees were dressed thinner and lighter than each other.
The threshold for "Super Idol" is high. Most contestants prepare for their first stage several months or even half a year in advance. The stage costumes are also decided early, and extreme weather conditions are not considered at all.
The performance clothes are too thick and it is easy to hinder the movements. No idol would wear a military coat or a Northeast China flower cotton jacket to go on the stage to perform songs.
What’s worse is that this industry considers thinness to be beautiful, and the average body fat percentage is low, which makes them not resistant to cold at all.
The first stage recording had not yet started, and there were already sneezes all over the place.
[Look, they probably got eliminated by catching a cold before being eliminated by the instructor.]
“…”
The trainees who had already taken their seats noticed Yi Jingchen and stood up to greet him.
"Hello!"
"Welcome, welcome~"
"Will you sit next to me? There's room next to me."
At the same time, several other voices seemed to pass through his ears and directly reach Yi Jingchen's mind.
[When does the recording start? I'm freezing to death!]
[This new guy looks strange. I haven't seen him before. He must be a bit of a nobody, right?]
[Looks pretty innocent, perfect for me to pull up.]
"?" Yi Jingchen heard those strange and straightforward voices, slowly typed a question mark, called out the dormant system, and asked what was going on.
The system popped up sleepily, its voice thick with sleepiness. "Host, didn't I tell you before? To help you gather materials and complete your thesis, I've added a buff. Whenever you interact with artists in the industry, you can read their thoughts. This includes but is not limited to language, eye contact, and physical contact."
Yi Jingchen understood.
He just heard the trainees' thoughts because they were artists in the circle and they had language contact just now.
but--
Yi Jingchen asked speechlessly, "What's the use of this skill?"
The system cheerfully replied, "It can help you get top entertainment industry secrets anytime, anywhere! This way, the host's paper will surely be earth-shattering and awe-inspiring. You won't have to worry about plagiarism checks anymore~!"
"And then?" Yi Jingchen narrowed his eyes and raised a soul-searching question, "You tricked me into participating in the talent show, so shouldn't you have given me some more useful skills, like singing, dancing, or rap?"
"..." The system was strangely silent for a few seconds, and then told Yi Jingchen weakly, "Actually, I'm a melon-eating system, and I don't have those skills~"
“???” Yi Jingchen had more question marks.
He thought that since the system had a way to allow him to participate in "Super Idol", it must have a way to help him cope with the stage.
What's the result?
What's the result!
It's just like me, it can do nothing!
Yi Jingchen was almost injured from anger.
I never expected that something even more infuriating was yet to come.
The system 'kindly' told him, "Oh, I forgot to tell you before. Since the host has chosen to participate in the draft, he must debut as the center~"
"Ah?" Before Yi Jingchen participated in "Super Idol", he had never thought that there would be such additional conditions.
He took a deep breath and asked, bearing the humiliation, "What if not?"
"If you can't debut as the center, all the materials you've collected here will be useless~" the system said sympathetically, "In that case, host, you'll have to rewrite your thesis again."
Yi Jingchen: I have a sentence...
never mind.
Yi Jingchen calmed down and took another deep breath.
——Bow to the graduation thesis.
So here comes the question.
How can one debut as the center with the ability to eat melons?!
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