Chapter 5
Almost at the moment Jie Xichao sat down, the whole place fell eerily silent for a moment.
The little boy who had just enthusiastically invited Jie Xichao to sit next to him grabbed his companion's hand and looked dazed: "Am I hallucinating?"
Not only him, but the program crew also fell silent for a moment.
The assistant director asked the assistant beside him: "Who is this?"
The assistant dutifully replied, "It's the good-looking medical miracle. In the internet celebrity zone."
The program team privately divided all the contestants into areas. There are areas that receive special attention from financial sponsors, areas where you can use your face to scan the screen without taking up a spot but still occupying the camera, and areas where you can just fend for yourself and catch the attention.
The Internet celebrity area belongs to the last area. Nowadays, the idol industry is well developed and trainee resources are scarce, so it is still difficult to gather a hundred high-quality trainees.
The assistant director said “Oh”.
"He has a good psychological quality," he commented.
He immediately categorized Jie Xichao as the type of ruthless person who would rather be popular than live.
However, the director has seen many storms (although they were the wrong storms, but he has still seen them), but others have not.
Before "Super Rookie" started recording its first stage, everyone had reached an unwritten understanding. That means the C position must belong to Ai Qingyuan.
Whether it is the freely chosen position when entering the venue, or the initial C position of the theme song later. If nothing unexpected happens, it may even include the final position in the group.
The direct result of this is that every trainee who enters the venue will involuntarily get stuck in their self-introduction when they see the highest position.
This weird atmosphere continued until the big screen switched.
As the screen lit up again, the black company logo suddenly appeared. The lines are outlined to look like a roaring lion.
And this company, like this lion, is synonymous with powerful and dangerous in the minds of everyone in the entire conference hall.
Sheng Hong.
The company has produced countless well-known artists and is still a leading company in the industry. This time, it gave face to the "Super Rookie" production team and sent five trainees. Among them was the youngest prince of the Ai family, Ai Qingyuan.
Almost as soon as the logo appeared on the screen, there was a commotion in the venue.
Naturally, this commotion was heard by Sheng Hong, a trainee who was in the preparation area not far away.
"How enthusiastic." Someone said with a smile.
The tone was the expected, natural confidence and arrogance of a Shenghong artist.
There is another reason. Even in the preparation area they were wearing microphones, so it was naturally impossible for them to say anything else.
But before entering, someone said to Ai Qingyuan: "Qingyuan, we won't be sitting with you in a while, you can be alone."
The implication of this statement was obvious, but Ai Qingyuan did not refute it. He just said "hmm" in a reserved manner.
Several people walked into the inner field from the entrance together.
Then, the air suddenly became quiet.
The boy who just spoke tried hard to swallow back the word "fuck".
Ai Qingyuan beside him narrowed his eyes and stopped where he was.
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When Sheng Hong's trainees stood on the stage and greeted him, Xie Xichao finally raised his eyes from his daydreaming state.
The view from the top of the pyramid is great, and the stage is in full view. His gaze lazily swept across the other trainees of Sheng Hong, lingered for half a second on Ni Xin, whose eyes seemed to have seen a ghost, and finally stopped on the person on the far right.
His eyebrows are sharp and his expression is defiant. Some ignorant little girls particularly like the appearance of bad boys.
Judging from his looks alone, he is considered one of the best trainees.
While he was looking at Ai Qingyuan, Ai Qingyuan seemed to sense something and also looked up at him.
Then, he walked towards the seats with the team members behind him.
As the stairs continued to rise, the people behind him chose a seat and sat down one by one.
Ai Qingyuan's expression didn't even change as he walked straight to the top.
Xie Xichao raised his eyebrows.
No way?
Ai Qingyuan walked up to him.
"It's a good location," he said. "Did you pick it yourself?"
He didn't ask Jie Xichao's name, as if the two of them were already very familiar with each other. Only Jie Xichao knew that they had never spoken to each other.
It seems that the other party is very outgoing. Resolve evening and morning thoughts.
He is not very outgoing, but as an NPC for a long time, he needs to treat every player equally and diligently, and has developed a very good habit of answering every question.
So he said, “Yeah.”
Then he spread his hands: "I threw it before going on stage."
In the shiny palm, a beautiful and exquisitely crafted dice lay quietly, and the number facing up was a bright 1.
Ai Qingyuan: “…”
Even though he had guessed many reasons in his mind, when the other party actually said it, he was shocked for a second by the other party's nonsensical reasons.
After a moment, he spoke.
"What a coincidence," he said.
Xie Xichao said, "Yes."
"I didn't expect that." He smiled, looking good-tempered.
The air was silent for two seconds.
Then, in full view of the crowd, Ai Qingyuan said nothing more. He sat down directly at the second seat below him, raised his eyes, and looked at the stage expressionlessly.
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"Ji Yan, Yan Yan? What are you daydreaming about?"
In a corner of the seats, the boy took advantage of the moment when the cameras were swarming up to poke the boy next to him on the shoulder.
Ji Yan suddenly came back to his senses.
"I thought Ai Qingyuan was going to fight him." His companion covered his microphone and whispered, "He's not the most arrogant, he just wants to be the first."
Ji Yan paused.
Then he said, "The seats before the initial evaluation don't mean anything. There's no need to be so persistent about a seat, it will make you look very fussy. Although Ai Qingyuan is arrogant, he is not a fool. In the past, when choosing seats, everyone was just joking and no one took it seriously."
The companion suddenly realized.
He did remember.
Before they came to participate in the competition, the company asked them to watch the first two seasons of the competition together. As far as he could remember, there was really no quibbling over seats in the early stages, and no one was forced to change seats.
...Of course, those who were able to sit in the C position in the first two seasons were all well-deserved pre-match favorites.
He muttered, "He got a lot of shots."
This is also the voice of everyone present.
Among the one hundred trainees sitting in this venue, the ratio is roughly 30% to 70% including amateurs and those who have debuted or have stage experience. Even if they are amateurs, after the company's training and the influence of this half month, they will no longer be as naive as before.
With Jie Xichao's current popularity, the program crew will definitely give him camera time no matter what.
What's more, Ai Qingyuan had just had a conversation with him.
Ai Qingyuan’s shots will basically not be cut unless they are negative, especially such important shots.
By this calculation, Xie Xichao had already earned at least minutes of screen time before the initial evaluation began.
For a draft pick where screen time is a scarce resource, this is undoubtedly enough to make people jealous of him.
However, despite all the complaints, no one regretted not sitting in that seat.
Ji Yan, who had been distracted just now, couldn't help but clench his palms, and a trace of worry appeared in his eyes.
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Soon, all one hundred trainees were seated.
We have been in the venue for more than half an hour, but everyone is now in high spirits. As the lights dimmed, several people walked onto the stage. The moment the lights came on, everyone burst into cheers.
The main MC and mentor came on stage.
Dou Yu wore a light green shirt today with a light gray suit jacket.
He is 28 years old this year, which is not considered young in the idol industry, but he is well maintained.
The shirt and black tight-fitting casual trousers outline his waistline well. His makeup also looks steady and subtle.
In sharp contrast to him is the vocal instructor Lan Yezhou standing next to him.
Just like his last name, the tutor wore a light blue casual shirt with khaki overalls on the outside. With his black-framed glasses and beige woolen hat, he looked cute in a bookish way.
Looking to the side, we see two female mentors, Qiu Xuerui and Li Lin. As rap instructors and dance instructors, their dressing styles are also very different.
One had neat short hair with a vest jacket and hot pants, while the other wore a sweet girl group style skirt.
Several people stood still and scanned the entire venue, then their eyes all fell on the C position at the same time.
Dou Yu is a man who has seen many ups and downs. Although the person sitting in that position is not the one that the program team "pays special attention to" at this moment, he is still very calm: "Welcome everyone to the first recording site of "Super Rookie", I am Dou Yu."
Cheers rang out again in the stadium.
In order to get a few seconds of favor from the camera, even though not everyone present was a fan of Dou Yu, everyone still put in all kinds of reactions.
Ji Yan is no exception.
While shouting "Teacher Dou, I love you!", he unconsciously glanced towards the C position.
Then he saw...
His brother was looking straight ahead with a blank expression, seemingly sitting upright, but in the corner one of his hands was unconsciously spinning the dice.
That was a sign of his boredom.
Ji Yan twitched his lips, and suddenly realized that he felt a little ashamed.
Fortunately, the tacit courtesy session ended quickly, and the mentors sat down together and officially began the recording of the initial evaluation.
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At the beginning, recording was relatively easy and enjoyable.
The first and second groups to perform were a group of trainees from a small company. The singing and dancing were both average, but not bad, and received ratings of B and C respectively.
The third group of trainees is more interesting.
This group of trainees had a cute and funny style, and their abilities were also mediocre. However, because the rapper in this group incorporated jokes about the mentors in his lyrics, the atmosphere was pushed to a lively climax.
In the lyrics, the main MC Dou Yu was teased as an old cadre who likes to hold a thermos cup, while the rap instructor Qiu Xuerui next to him was evaluated as a "steel female warrior who is unmoved by oil or salt", which is consistent with the usual reputation of the two.
The two of them were very considerate and made some self-deprecating remarks. After the scores were given, Dou Yu took the microphone and said, "When the production team invited me to come, they didn't tell me that there would be this?"
Everyone behind burst into laughter.
Someone shouted: "Teacher Dou, this is a sign of love for you!"
"Okay." Dou Yu sighed, "Since you love me, then behave well for me."
He paused, his voice lowered, "So far, I haven't seen any members or groups that satisfy me."
After the words were spoken, the place fell silent.
"I know the idol industry is very developed now, and becoming an idol has become the dream of many people, including you here." He continued with the microphone in silence, "But you have to know that this is not an easy thing."
He asked the two young female idols beside him: "Xue Rui, Lin Lin, right?"
Qiu Xuerui curled the corners of her mouth: "Of course."
Li Lin also smiled.
"Everyone wants to debut, but there are only a few spots available," Dou Yu said. "Why you and not others? When you can confidently answer 'Based on my ability, this position should be mine', then this position may belong to you."
"I don't want to see such an ordinary performance again." Dou Yu said, "Next group."
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Xie Xichao sat in the C position, looking at the screen not far away very seriously and thinking about a question -
The question is whether he should secretly take out a piece of chocolate from his bag to replenish his energy while the camera isn't paying attention.
In the end, he gave up the idea.
Their order of appearance was announced in advance, but the order of performance was disrupted. He couldn't guarantee that it would be his turn immediately after he finished eating. By that time, he would have just finished eating the candy and his throat would be sticky, so the stage effect would be greatly reduced.
In the end, he just drank a few sips of water.
Dou Yu's "admonition" rang in his ears. Everyone else listened attentively, but he was the only one who let it go in one ear and out the other. In the end, he smiled indifferently.
He knew that what Dou Yu said was right.
Hmm...
Dou Yu's tone when he said this was also very sincere.
He believes that this idol, who has debuted for six years, sincerely feels that hard work and belief are important factors on the road to success.
Of course, Xie Xichao also thinks so. In the missions he had done, almost all the sons of luck possessed this precious quality.
but……
Xie Xichao thought, he just suddenly wanted to make a bet with his dice.
"I think the next group will be the one I had in mind." He chatted quietly with his dice, "If you think so too, can you throw a 6 for me?"
After he finished muttering, he gently tossed the dice into the air. The dice turned in a proud and perfect arc in the air and fell obediently back into Jie Xichao's palm.
The moment the number "6" appeared on his palm, Dou Yu's voice rang out again: "Next group, Shenghong Entertainment trainees."
Jie Xichao curled the corners of his mouth slightly and saw the boy standing up in front of him.
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