Chapter 78
Zou Yi was stunned for a long while until Jie Xichao reminded him: "The soup is getting cold."
He woke up as if from a dream and picked up the spoon again.
After finishing the soup and cleaning up, the two sat down again.
Zou Yi sat on his bed, and Jie Xichao sat beside the small table, curled up in a warm sweater, looking very gentle.
Zou Yi said: "I remember that I almost had a quarrel with you at that time."
He was talking about how Xie Xichao had brought the group to the theater to report on their performance on stage in order to train their psychological qualities.
He asked Jie Xichao whether it was worthwhile to share his exposure opportunity. In fact, he already had the answer in his mind. But Xie Xichao said it was worth it, and asked him if he had ever thought about his fans.
It's actually a bit embarrassing.
He was talking about him.
He knew that what Jie Xichao said was right, but the truth hurts and it is human nature to like to hear nice words.
Xie Xichao knew that his words were unpleasant to hear, but he was still willing to say it because he truly felt sorry for him. He didn't react at the time, but he thought of it afterwards.
But he thought what else could he do.
"Our company..." He hesitated, "Actually, this time I came..."
"It's just to show off your face." Xie Xichao took over his words, "You will go back to lead the group later. The company told you that you have no chance of debuting this time because you are too old and the platform doesn't like you."
Zou Yi had finished everything he wanted to say, and was stunned.
Xie Xichao indeed said everything that his agent said.
In fact, the company has been saying these things to him since he has been in the company for many years and has had some exposure but still does not have many fans.
No talent,
Old age,
You are not popular with the audience. Young people don’t like people like you.
When he was in his early twenties, he was still unwilling to accept it. But as time went on, as he watched his number of fans slowly grow and practiced hard day after day, he would occasionally ask himself, am I really suited to being an idol?
This continued until he was given the position of captain by the company.
Looking at those young and beautiful children, he suddenly realized that perhaps his idol career was really over.
As the captain of a small group, you will not be the core of the team, nor the most popular one. He will be praised by everyone for his gentle and good temper, and he has a small number of fans who love him, and that's all.
At one point, he thought this was not a bad idea.
At least, he can still continue on the path of being an idol.
So he listened to the company.
He listens to the company, takes care of the kids with potential in the team, and helps them relieve their worries.
The child that the company owner supports said to him, "Brother, I feel so tired and under so much pressure." He comforted the other person all night, but he felt inexplicably sad in his heart.
At that moment, he realized that he was still unwilling.
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The air was silent for a moment before Zou Yi said, "...It's the truth."
"You have been PUA'd deeply enough." Xie Xichao said.
He paused, "If these are all true, why did your votes get so high during your performance just now?"
According to the total number of votes, Xie Xichao ranked first, and Ai Qingyuan ranked second.
Zou Yi even surpassed Fu Wenze and ranked third in the votes.
Although the two received similar numbers of votes, it was enough to show how much he amazed the audience during this performance.
Zou Yi was speechless.
Jie Xichao sighed.
He said: "There is some truth in what the company said. For example, 26 years old is not considered young in this industry, especially for talent shows. But I believe that they are mostly looking for excuses for their own incompetence and want you to stay in line."
He has seen too many things like this.
To be precise, too many of the companies he met were stepping on the youth of their trainees.
Even if it is a big company, only the main supporter can ride on the east wind.
Companies like Yao Xin that are free-spirited and humane are not rare in the entertainment industry, but they are almost non-existent. This is the main reason why he chose Yao Xin.
He doesn't want to be bound by rules, nor does he want to engage in intrigue in the company.
And Zou Yi was obviously deeply affected by it.
His words obviously touched Zou Yi's deepest concerns. He moved his lips and stopped talking.
Xie Xichao's tone softened a bit and he joked with him, "Since you were going to quarrel with me then, why didn't you give him a little more time this time? He must have come to find you."
Zou Yi was a little embarrassed: "You...know all this?"
Jie Xichao gave Shi Song some face and didn't say what he had said before.
Zou Yi explained: "There was no conflict between him and me. They exaggerated the situation when they spread the news. He was just unhappy about not getting a C, but after I said I didn't want to, he didn't say anything."
This is in line with Shi Song's personality.
Jie Xichao understood everything.
Then he heard Zou Yi say: "Because this is the C position given to me by fans, it is not mine."
The sound is very soft.
He still took Jie Xichao's words to heart.
Xie Xichao's heart suddenly softened a little.
“They’ll be very happy to know,” he said.
Zou Yi smiled, with tenderness in his eyes.
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Xie Xichao came this time just to ask casually.
Zou Yi has always kept his thoughts deep in his heart, and sometimes he is at a loss as to what to do.
People like this will completely understand something once they figure it out. That day, Zou Yi talked a lot with Jie Xichao.
He said that at first he really didn't expect that he would have the opportunity to stand in the center of the stage, and he was stunned when he received the news. But what followed was emotion.
From that moment on, he realized that he said he loved his fans, but he didn't really do it.
What fans wanted most was for him to stand in the center of the stage and shine, but he gave up without even trying because of the so-called company's requirements. This is not only disrespectful to the fans, but also disrespectful to the stage.
He also mentioned Guan Heng.
"I contacted Xiaoguan two days ago," he said.
Xie Xichao hadn't heard much about Guan Heng in the past two days. He asked, "How is he?"
"Very good." Zou Yi said, "He said that he decided to withdraw from the competition because of your influence. He didn't want to live in this muddle-headed way anymore, and he wanted to find a new way out for himself."
He was moved by his fans, but it was this phone call that really made him determined.
Guan Heng was in the same situation as him, but he was able to bravely make the choice he wanted.
So why can't he?
"Whether I can make my debut or not, or whether I will be scolded by the company after I go back," Zou Yi said, "I don't care. I want to fight for myself."
Xie Xichao said: "They won't scold you."
He said meaningfully: "Even if I wanted to, I wouldn't do that now."
Zou Yi was stunned for a moment.
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Xie Xichao's words were not groundless.
About ten days later, Zou Yi received a message from his agent saying that he would be attending the show. She didn't say what she was going to do specifically, but her tone was unprecedentedly gentle.
Zou Yi wasn't stupid enough to ask directly, so he went straight to his secondary Weibo account.
Sure enough, one of his clips went viral.
"Suddenly a Side of Me" is a popular soundtrack for various TV dramas and CP video clips. The original song was sung by a male singer in his forties. Zou Yi sang with the unique flavor of a young boy, and the show received rave reviews as soon as it was broadcast.
The marketing account smelled the traffic, flipped through it, and dug out a previous collection of his covers.
The fans who had just finished watching the show on stage were very hungry and started listening immediately.
It was amazing to hear, and Zou Yi's singing skills became widely known. Coupled with his always friendly popularity, he attracted a lot of new fans to watch the show in a short period of time.
Zou Yi’s revelation was sudden and the platform was caught off guard.
But his former company has already taken action.
His original company was called Haoyue, which was a small company. To be honest, although I am greedy for the debut position, I also know that with my size, I will definitely not be able to secure a debut position.
I had hoped that the child would become a Purple Star and have a hit, but his grades have remained mediocre.
Just when I was getting anxious, I found that another one of the people sent there had signs of explosion.
The overall vision of the company Haoyue is actually not very high. They don't have any specific model for training trainees, let alone a systematic plan. Recruiting trainees is more like casting a wide net to plant cabbages, and whatever cabbages you plant will catch fire.
It doesn’t matter if the person who succeeds is different from what they expected, as long as he can make money for the company, he is a good candidate.
So, the company went bankrupt. Zou Yi’s popularity kept rising, and he suddenly became the dark horse among the remaining trainees.
Of course, this can only be regarded as one of the recent hot topics discussed by show fans.
The real splash after the third public broadcast——
Or it could be the huge crater of a meteorite hitting the ground, or it could be the traditional Chinese style stage of Jie Xichao's group.
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These days, Xie Xichao has been going through the process every day.
His popularity has recently exploded, with the second public performance being the beginning of a huge explosion and reaching a new high for magazines. However, the choice of the third public performance was quite confusing to passers-by, so the black fans took advantage of the situation.
Some people say that the repo is exaggerated, some people say it is a marketing trick.
Of course, no one told him this.
This is an embarrassing situation, and all companies must be involved. Those who are vying for the C position want to drag him down, and those who are not vying for the C position also want him to reduce his popularity, otherwise it would be an ugly scene with only 4 people competing against each other after his debut.
Xie Xichao knew what was going on, but he didn't care too much.
Negative internet trolls and press releases are only useful when it comes to adding insult to injury; at other times they are just an aid to generate buzz. As expected, as soon as the national style stage was played, these voices disappeared.
The professionalism of this stage left the internet trolls speechless for a moment.
Most fans are not professional, but they can tell whether a stage is beautiful or not.
This stage is so beautiful.
Jie Xichao was even more beautiful on the stage.
The fans inhaled a wave of spiritual food again, and in excitement, they directly gave Xie Xichao a huge first place -
Of course this is background data.
The program crew had completely given up on suppressing him.
It is necessary to promote it when it is necessary, and to produce derivative variety shows when it is necessary.
The gap became larger and larger, and by the third elimination, he had already left second place Ai Qingyuan far behind.
After the third elimination, the popularity of the show underwent subtle changes.
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On the day of the third elimination, Jie Xichao sat with his roommates. It seemed like it was just yesterday when Ji Yan was beside him and guessing the ranking with him the last time he was eliminated. He was not in a very good mood, and the faint smile on his face was gone. He was in a daze while listening to the ranking.
This time only the last fifteen trainees were left. Xia Xize left naturally, but Yang Yinping got the fifteenth place, which was a pleasant surprise.
Among all people, Qi Hang suffered the most, falling directly from fifth to ninth.
The second is Lu Xing, who dropped from the debut position to seventh.
At the same time, Zou Yi rose from eleventh to eighth. Considering the difference in votes among the top ten, this is an astonishing increase.
Apart from that, the rankings fluctuated slightly.
Shi Song remained motionless. Ye Yi and Yang Xiaosheng immediately moved up to sixth place, while Fu Wenzhe and Yun Pan both made it into the top five, one fourth and the other fifth. The top three rankings remained unchanged.
Xie Xichao didn't come back to his senses until the first three came on stage.
Ai Qingyuan had already accepted the reality calmly, but Qiao Ye touched his nose in dissatisfaction.
I always feel like there's an iron wall ahead.
The three of them went on stage together and gave their usual speeches.
But on the way back to the dormitory after getting off the stage, Fu Wenze said: "The real war is about to begin."
Jie Xichao smiled.
He knew that Fu Wenzhe was right.
The third public performance is over and there will be no more eliminations. The trainees who stay have the potential to make it to the debut position. In comparison, the previous water army and marketing were just minor things.
And before the actual first shot is fired, there is a routine activity.
"Have you decided what headband to wear for the party?" Fu Wenzhe asked.
Xie Xichao twitched the corner of his mouth, pretended not to hear, and looked up at the sky silently.
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