Chapter 2
Xie Xichao didn't know that Fang Qingqing on the other end of the phone had fallen silent.
After sending this message, he turned off his phone screen, stood up and got himself a glass of warm water.
He is telling the truth.
In the eyes of others, he should indeed maintain the lowest expectations.
He has no fan base, his company is small, and his physical condition is so poor that he can faint or cause stage accidents if anything is a little intense. It would be a miracle for him to make it to the second round, let alone a debut position.
After drinking the water, the people in the room showed no sign of stopping.
Xie Xichao was bored, so he picked up the dice on the bedside table to play with.
The dice is made of a special material. It is the only souvenir he took away from the system. It is crystal white and you can see a faint light inside.
Xie Xichao has always felt that the cannon fodder system is a very boring system. In general, it tests a person's acting skills, but the technical content is not high. If you have to make a comparison, it's like an NPC in a game.
When he was born, he had a completely fixed script in his hands.
When to cry and when to laugh. When to succeed and when to fail.
These are already written in the script. All he had to do was do it.
The dice was tossed up and down in the palm of the hand again and again, and at some point it suddenly slipped out of the hand.
Xie Xichao watched it fall to the ground, then roll to a nearby distance. He stood up and prepared to pick it up.
Someone picked up the dice before him.
"6." The man squinted at the number on the dice, then smiled and said, "It's a pity that you lost your debut spot, Xi Chao."
The black-haired boy is named Ni Xin. He has an ordinary appearance and average ability. His only advantage is that he has the support of a big company.
In the talent show scripts that Jie Xichao has seen, 99% of such characters are unknown background tutors, and the remaining 1% are cannon fodder villains who come out to provoke the protagonist and get slapped in the face.
It’s a pity that Ni Xin himself didn’t know about this.
As soon as he finished speaking, a burst of snickering broke out in the room.
Xie Xichao did not respond to Ni Xin's joke. He just smiled, took the dice, and said in a good-tempered manner:
"Thanks."
After saying that, he walked back.
Ni Xin looked at his back, and the frustrating feeling of punching cotton that he had felt these days came back to him.
He gritted his teeth and suddenly said, "The day after tomorrow will be the first stage recording."
Xie Xichao continued walking.
Ni Xin had to call him: "Xi Chao!"
Xie Xichao turned his head in confusion: "Are you talking to me?"
Ni Xin: “…”
nonsense! They were just talking, who else would he talk to if not this one?
Did this person do this on purpose? ? ?
He tried to suppress his anger and said calmly, "The intensity of practice will be much higher after we start recording."
Xie Xichao looked at him and figured out what he meant for a few seconds:
"Then?"
Ni Xin: “…”
He felt like he was finally going to lose the smile on his face. "What I mean is, if you just want to show off, you might as well withdraw now and join another less stressful show. I don't really understand why your company wants you to participate in the talent show."
"I wanted to come here on my own," Xie Xichao explained, "The company didn't force me."
Having said that, there is no room for further conversation.
Ni Xin stared at him as if he were a monster. The boys around them who had been watching their conversation with disdainful expressions also looked at each other, not knowing what expression to make for a moment.
The next day, Xie Xichao and Ji Yan ate together in the cafeteria.
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Ji Yan had just gone to the practice room and danced all morning. When he met Jie Xichao, there was still a thin layer of sweat on his face.
He looked at Jie Xichao, who had just finished physical therapy and slept until 8:30 and looked elegant and graceful as he strolled in the garden. Although he knew it was wrong, he still felt a little jealous.
"By the way, Brother Chao." He said as he was digging into the bowl of shredded pork with fish flavor, "I ran into Ni Xin this morning. He looked like someone owed him five million. Do you know why?"
"I probably know." Xie Xichao said.
Ji Yan just asked casually: "Ah?"
Jie Xichao told him what happened last night, and Ji Yan exploded.
He said, “…Brother, you are this.”
He gave a thumbs-up.
Xie Xichao looked innocent: "Did I say something wrong?"
If it was the first day they met, Ji Yan would believe it.
Jie Xichao naturally has a face that looks like a school idol. He had a calm complexion, and his eyes and brows were filled with the tenderness of the Jiangnan region. Even without smiling, he looked like someone who would keep strangers away.
But Ji Yan knew that he was definitely not a fool.
On the contrary, Xie Xichao is a very smart man.
He said: "...Brother, you didn't say anything wrong."
He paused, "But brother, do you know why Ni Xin isolated you with the whole dormitory?"
Actually, he was originally included, but Ji Yan was not in the same company as them, and he was a rebellious person by nature, so he was forced to get together with Jie Xichao.
Xie Xichao really didn't know this, so he asked:
"Why?"
"Because when 'Super Rookie' first started marketing, a fan posted a Reuters photo of Ni Xin, but the corner of the camera caught you, and netizens said you made him look like a monkey, hahahahahaha."
Xie Xichao: “…”
Okay.
He said that he was so kind and amiable, and was so popular in the system that when he retired, everyone in the system came to attend his farewell party. So why was he isolated as soon as he joined the program? It turns out this is the reason.
It really is...
Unexpected, but reasonable.
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"So you didn't know about this, brother." On the way to the practice room, Ji Yan twitched his lips, "He treated you so badly, and you weren't curious at all?"
Xie Xichao pondered for a moment.
Then he said, "Mainly, he has a bad attitude and is not very lethal."
Ji Yan was convinced.
He said sincerely: "If I were Ni Xin, I would be mad to death again after hearing you say this."
"There are even more infuriating things." Xie Xichao thought for a moment and asked him, "Do you want to hear it?"
Ji Yan: “Hmm?”
"He can't survive one round." Xie Xichao said.
Ji Yan almost choked on a mouthful of milk.
He looked at Jie Xichao as if he was a monster. But Xie Xichao was very calm.
Ni Xin couldn't last more than one round.
This is his empirical judgment. His judgment is never wrong. Just like his performance report with zero errors.
He is a professional artist, even if he is just a cannon fodder.
In other words, it is precisely because he is a cannon fodder that he knows best the necessary qualities of a qualified cannon fodder.
Not only did Ni Xin fail to survive one round, his appearance in the audition was ineffective. He is the one who should choose another show.
Ji Yan was speechless.
He is the one who really comes here to show off his face. He is from the actor department and his singing and dancing skills are average.
It is precisely for this reason that Ni Xin and others treat him well.
He was half-believing and half-doubting what Jie Xichao said. But when I went to the practice room to see Ni Xin again, I really felt that her eyes were not eyes and her nose was not a nose.
Ni Xin didn't stay long. When he saw them, he said, "See you on the first stage," and turned and left. It was obvious that he was very angry with Jie Xichao.
Ji Yan sighed, retracted his gaze, turned back, and was suddenly startled:
"Brother, what are you doing?"
Xie Xichao picked up a stick and was weighing it in his hand. Hearing him ask, he said something.
Then, Ji Yan completely forgot about Ni Xin.
He said incredulously: "No brother, you haven't prepared for the stage yet?"
*
Ji Yan was really surprised. It was even more shocking than hearing Jie Xichao insulting someone.
Half a month ago, he wanted to team up with Jie Xichao, but was rejected by Jie Xichao. He thought that although his stage was simple, it was also physically demanding, so he didn't say anything.
But this person?
"You don't really care about participation, do you?" Ji Yan began to doubt his life. "Brother, if you do this, I will doubt my own judgment. How can I buy stocks with confidence in the future?"
"You don't look like someone who can make money from this." Xie Xichao said.
Ji Yan: “…”
Who is the person with the bad mouth?
However, before he could say anything, his gaze froze.
Jie Xichao shook the stick in his hand, and then performed a beautiful stick flower trick.
Xie Xichao asked: "Does it look good?"
Ji Yan nodded blankly.
Fifteen minutes later, Ji Yan could no longer speak.
Jie Xichao put the stick aside, sat down in front of the mirror, and watched the practice video that Ji Yan had taken for him on a tablet.
He really didn't take Ni Xin's harsh words to heart at all.
In his opinion, more action is worse than more talk. If Ni Xin had spent the time he spent on making threats on practicing, he wouldn't have been eliminated in the first round.
But Ni Xin reminded him.
The first stage recording will be the day after tomorrow. It’s time for him to finish his basic physical recovery exercises and practice the stage performance properly.
After watching the video carefully, he was not very satisfied.
He learned stick dancing temporarily in a certain world. Although it looked intimidating, his skills were ultimately not as good as those of professionals.
And… He felt his pounding heart and sighed inwardly.
He began to miss his body in the system.
As he was distracted, he looked up and saw Ji Yan's horrified eyes. He paused.
He said, "What do you think?"
Ji Yan said: "Brother, are you a god?"
Xie Xichao: “…”
"Say something people can understand," he said.
"No, it's not you, it's me." Ji Yan was still in shock, "Brother, aren't you an amateur? You..."
We agreed that we would all be rookies together, how come he is the only one left? !
"Amateurs can't have hobbies that keep fit?" Xie Xichao asked calmly.
Ji Yan no longer believed him at all. He now believes that on the first stage day, all the trainees, no, the entire program crew will be shocked by his brother.
...When I think about it, I feel a little excited.
With this, he finally managed to come back to his senses, and pretended to be calm to answer Xichao's question: "I feel very tired. And maybe... not very much a boy band?"
In fact, he already felt it was perfect. When he said this, he felt like he was nitpicking.
Then, he heard Xie Xichao hum and say, "I think so too."
"Huh?"
The next second, Ji Yan watched Jie Xichao pull up an Excel spreadsheet.
Jie Xichao scrolled the screen, as if what was written on it was not a series of difficult creative stages, but today's dinner recipe.
He said, "Help me pick one? There are still two days left. I'll use the time to practice and I should be able to go on stage."
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