Chapter 23
Xie Xichao left this sentence and left. Leaving Jing Jin alone there.
The murderous intent in her eyes turned into confusion. She walked back with a question mark in her mind, and just as she was about to go upstairs, her cell phone suddenly vibrated.
She picked it up and opened it, and found that it was a new notification that materials for "Super Rookie" were online.
Her pupils shrank slightly, and she quickly clicked it with trembling hands.
"Please, please." She said to herself, "Chu C must be my baby..."
She still held on to a glimmer of hope that the program crew was spreading false rumors.
When you click on the video, the first thing you see is the usual flashy watermark logo of "Super Rookie".
Then, the picture suddenly became filled with the brightness of a cluster of flowers.
As early as when the third season of "Super Rookie" was just aired, some people complained that this crappy show has been aired for three seasons but the aesthetic taste has not improved at all. From the sets to the uniforms, it was hideously ugly.
The theme song stage is no exception.
In the darkness, Jing Jin felt that her eyes were severely hurt by the dazzling disco lights. She resisted the urge to cry and tried hard to keep her eyes open, watching the lights light up in circles.
The first person she saw was Ai Qingyuan standing on the second floor.
The boy's face was still as rebellious as ever, but the sky blue uniform finally made him look a little more youthful.
Jing Jin cried silently in her heart.
She didn't have time to think about anything else and continued to look at the people in the center.
As the primary C, the frustum in the middle is naturally the last to be lit.
Halos and stars rippled out from under his feet, and the first thing that caught his eye was the long, straight legs wrapped in tight uniform pants.
The boy has a slender figure.
In fact, as a trainee, you generally have to manage your body well. At least Ai Qingyuan standing next to him also looked handsome and tall.
However, from his shoulders, waist to legs, this boy gives people the overall impression of being too thin.
Despite this, his figure looks as straight as a bamboo and he is in very good shape.
This reminded Jing Jin of his cousin.
When Jing Jin was still an elementary school student who knew nothing about the world, Jie Xichao was the school idol of the neighboring high school. After school, the little girls who came to watch him play basketball lined up from the classroom door to the school gate.
At that time, he often took Jing Jin home on the way. On the way, Jing Jin looked at the other's back, enjoying the envious eyes of the girls beside her, and a useless but refreshing sense of pride arose spontaneously.
She shook her head to drive away the strange thoughts.
"He looks quite handsome." She muttered.
She calmed herself down and continued reading. The melodious prelude of the theme song sounded in her ears.
Jing Jin was so sick of listening to this song that she showed no emotion at all and looked eagerly for the other person's face.
With delicate features and gentle eyes and eyebrows, the boy has a face beautiful enough to attract all cameras.
The black hair slightly covered his eyebrows, but could not hide his clean, slightly curved eyes that seemed to hide stars.
The moment his eyes met the other person's, Jing Jin's hands trembled and he almost dropped the phone.
The next second, the door opened, and her mother was puzzled: "I asked you to send your cousin off, why are you standing at the door alone?"
Jing Jin raised his head, his eyes dazed: "...Mom."
woman:?
"Let me ask you a question." Jing Jin's voice trembled, "My dad and I fell into the water, who would you save first?"
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When Xie Xichao returned to the dormitory, he also knew that the program team had released the video.
Released the night before the theme song re-rating was broadcast, this year's theme song can be said to have pushed the deadline to the extreme.
Openly, no one is allowed to have a mobile phone, so that night the toilets in all the dormitories were unusually crowded.
Xie Xichao was also a little curious. In fact, he was not in a very good condition on the day of recording, and he wondered how he looked in the camera. But no matter how curious he was, he didn't need to bother.
To understand his performance, just look at the expression on his roommate's face.
That night, Ai Qingyuan never looked at him straight in the eye. His expression changed constantly, as he was torn between pain, self-doubt, resentment and jealousy, as if he was acting out a big drama.
Afterwards, Guan Heng whispered to him, "I'm suffering from insomnia again."
Xie Xichao coughed: "Uh."
"Perfect." Guan Heng stopped talking and patted him on the shoulder, "Xi Zhao, you are really suitable for the stage."
He paused, with an indescribable meaning in his voice, "There are many shining stars, but you are the one destined to be surrounded by others."
His tone was firm.
Xie Xichao...
For the first time, Jie Xichao felt the gap between arts and science students.
As a science student who doesn't understand romance, he got goosebumps.
Later, Jie Xichao was still pulled by Ji Yan to watch the video, which was more than three minutes long.
He breathed a sigh of relief after reading it.
Fortunately, he did not find any wrong lens, and his complexion finally did not look like that of a lucky man who had just returned from the brink of life and death.
Ji Yan twitched his lips expectantly: "That's it?"
Xie Xichao thought for a moment and said, "You are also quite handsome."
Ji Yan: “…”
"Thank you," he said.
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Ji Yan said: "Brother, do you really not care about other people's opinions?"
"I mean," he said, "the comments online, including what fans and passers-by say. In fact, people secretly hide their phones because of these things."
He was really curious.
No one doesn't like to hear compliments.
Stars, especially idols, are given a glittering place on the stage by the love of their fans.
Every one of them knew this.
This is an industry that sells dreams and is at the same time wrapped in dreams. Although there are many dark and realistic things in this industry, this does not affect the fairy-tale color of this profession itself.
Ji Yan is actually a very open-minded and cheerful person.
He doesn't need to make his debut, so he can smile knowingly at many insults against him, and he won't feel anxious when looking at various data. But Xie Xichao is different from him. Jie Xichao came here to make his debut.
If we have to make an analogy, his acting is like Jie Xichao's participation in Super Star.
He also cares about the audience's comments when he is acting, but Jie Xichao really seems to not care.
But Xie Xichao corrected his perception and said, "I care. How could I not care?"
He smiled and said, "But caring is useless."
Ji Yan was stunned.
Xie Xichao thought about it and explained to him: "What do you think are the factors that influence debut?"
This gave Ji Yan something to say.
"The company, the production team, the audience's popularity, the song selection and the stage performance." He said, "That's about it."
Debut is determined by votes. And these are the reasons why the votes fluctuate.
Ji Yan got angry when he talked about this.
Not only did the program crew repeatedly delay the release date of the theme song, but there was almost no publicity after it was released. The shots of Jie Xichao, the initial C, were even more stingy, and not a single second was given extra to ensure that he would not be scolded.
The suppression has almost reached its extreme.
Xie Xichao asked him: "So what do you think are the parts that you can decide?"
Ji Yan opened his mouth to answer, but suddenly understood what Xi Chao meant.
The voices from the outside world will change due to various factors, and 90% of them are beyond their control. Only 10%, that is, the stage, is what they can control.
It’s not that I don’t care about the outside voices.
Precisely because he cares, Jie Xichao is so picky about his stage performance, even to the point of whether a certain shot is captured correctly.
He took this to the extreme.
Have a clear conscience.
So, no matter what the result is, he can accept it calmly.
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The popularity of the theme song only lasted a day or two within the program.
Compared to the outside world, this is something that happened a long time ago for them. Except for the C position, there is obviously no meaning and value in revisiting the others, and the C position himself has no intention of revisiting it.
They recently started practicing for the first public performance, and the schedule is very tight, which is quite a challenge for him.
Therefore, when Ai Qingyuan said that he would have to share half of the C position, Xie Xichao smiled bitterly: "Please spare me, young master. I don't even get enough sleep now."
It's not difficult, it's just that there are too many things to do.
People like him who need a fixed schedule to ensure sleep are more miserable.
Ai Qingyuan still insisted, so Xie Xichao changed his words.
"Do you believe that even if I don't support C, I can still get more votes than you in the group?"
Ai Qingyuan's expression changed immediately.
Fu Wen Ze passed by and couldn't help but sneer.
Ai Qingyuan was completely unaware.
The remaining parts were quickly divided. Most of the trainees in Ai Qingyuan's group were in the top 40. There were no trainees with no basic knowledge, and the practice process was also very smooth.
However, just two days after practicing, the program team suddenly issued a new announcement.
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When the new notice was released, Jie Xichao was correcting his teammates' movements in the practice room. Ji Yan rushed in hurriedly: "Brother, brother, brother!"
Xie Xichao: “…”
He said: "It's just harder to get the timing right here, just practice more and it will be fine."
The other party thanked him.
Then he asked, "What's wrong?"
"What else can it be?" Ai Qingyuan said lazily while drinking water. "The little follower always makes trivial matters. I think the cafeteria has braised pork ribs again today."
Ji Yan came to see Jie Xichao once because the cafeteria's limited supply of braised pork ribs was almost sold out, and he knew his brother loved it.
Ai Qingyuan remembered this incident for a long time.
Because that day he rarely put on a serious face and went to ask someone for help in guiding his movements, but in the end the person was taken away.
Ji Yan was used to turning a deaf ear to him, and he said, "We're going to have a fan meeting!"
As soon as the words fell, everyone looked over immediately, and even Ai Qingyuan stood up calmly.
A fan meeting, as the name suggests, is a small event where trainees and fans communicate face to face.
There are usually no formal performances at the meeting. There will be some small games, and then selected fans will be invited to communicate and interact, and there will also be talk sessions. This was the routine in the first two seasons of "Super Rookie".
Although it is a convention, no one knows whether it will be held this year before it is announced.
Now, the matter is settled.
The fan meeting is scheduled for this Friday, and the first public recording will be on the weekend. These are two different forms of exposure but equally valuable, especially the meet-and-greet.
This is a great way to attract fans for trainees with good personalities.
With the huge pie placed in front of them, everyone present was a little dizzy, except Jie Xichao, who seemed to be thinking about something.
He said, "I remember that in the past, the number of participants in the meet-ups was limited. Usually it was based on the real-time mid-term rankings of the week."
"Oh, right." Someone responded, "It seems to be... thirty?"
"The first and second classes were both thirty." Ji Yan also realized something and ran out.
Ai Qingyuan realized something and frowned as he asked Jie Xichao, "What was your ranking last week?"
This was the ranking at the end of the initial ratings broadcast last week.
"42." Xie Xichao said.
His stage was broadcast in the first episode, and he did not appear in the second episode. Just like that, after a week, it was able to drop from 56 to 42. This speed is already the result of the fans' very, very hard work.
Considering his amateur base, he has gained countless new fans during this period.
Ai Qingyuan's expression was subtle for a moment, but soon he thought of the important matter at hand.
He frowned and calculated carefully, "After the broadcast, the growth rate should be even faster. It should be no problem to enter the top 30 by this Friday."
After counting it all, he finally breathed a sigh of relief.
Then he looked up and saw Xichao's rather strange expression.
Ai Qingyuan: “…”
He was about to say, "Why are you looking at me? I just want to compete with you fairly. I'm not worried that you can't go to the fan meeting. Don't be so self-indulgent." Xie Xichao smiled and said, "Thanks for your analysis."
Ai Qingyuan's face froze.
Before he could open his mouth, he heard Jie Xichao curl his lips and say, "But, getting into the top 30 may not be enough."
Ai Qingyuan was stunned.
Xie Xichao did not directly explain this sentence, but asked him: "You just said that it should be no problem to enter the top 30. What do you think..."
"After the re-rating, what will my ranking be?"
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