Day 135
The entire space is filled without a single gap.
There was a drone flapping high up in the sky, and the wind brought by its wings seemed to make people feel cool on their heads.
This wasn't a performance; it was a grand ceremony crowning a city's dreams, with gorgeous passion burning in every corner. The lights came on, heralding the official start of a grand myth that belonged to the night.
Everyone looked at the stage expectantly.
They showed that they saw the light gather in the center, dim, and then suddenly spread outward like ripples on water.
Jiang Sulin, dressed in a white suit, stood there. With his footsteps that were particularly loud in the silence, familiar faces of the audience gradually appeared on both sides of him.
"Ahhh, it's Pianpian! Pianpian, you're so beautiful, like a little butterfly!"
"Xiao Qu! God's chosen face! Number one in the fourth generation!"
The two idol singers received the most votes, but then Ou Ruo and Bigland were also taken care of. Their names were called out one by one in the audience, and all kinds of compliments were heard, which made people couldn't help but curl up their lips.
Ou Ruo coughed to suppress his pride - he was praised for being handsome one day, and his life was really getting better.
Jiang Sulin, microphone in hand, calmly emerged from the shadows, his steps steady and his posture erect. Standing at the forefront of the stage, his gaze swept across the audience with a steady gaze. He wasn't in a rush to speak, but rather allowed the silence to linger for a moment, fully capturing everyone's attention.
The background is a low and grand musical backdrop.
"Wow, it's a variation of 'A Thousand Stars'!"
A girl heard it and exclaimed.
Jiang Sulin's voice, carried throughout the venue through the high-quality sound system, was deep, clear, and had a hint of magnetism honed over time. He was always good at this.
"Good evening, everyone."
These four simple words, spoken calmly and forcefully without any exaggeration, instantly captured everyone's heart. The first wave of enthusiastic cheers since the opening bell rang out.
Jiang Sulin nodded slightly towards the camera and continued:
"Welcome to the finals of 'New Century Idol'. I'm the show's PD, Jiang Sulin."
He paused again, giving the audience time to digest the information. Looking around at the sea of lights and the crowds of people, his eyes revealed the depth of a witness.
"A few months ago, we began this search among thousands of light chasers. What we are looking for is not only the most outstanding singing and dancing, the most perfect stage, but also the sincere and burning original intentions."
"And tonight, we have reached the end of this journey together, and also the beginning of a new one. On this stage, in this stadium, with everyone present, and with the millions of eyes on the screen, we will bear witness together—"
“Who will finally spread their wings and soar into the night sky illuminated by dreams?”
As soon as the words fell, the volume of the background music gradually increased, creating an atmosphere of readiness.
Jiang Sulin suddenly turned around and raised his hand.
Fang Yu unconsciously looked over. There might be some surprise lurking in that black mass.
The stage gradually rose in an orderly fashion, and the figures on it were tall and straight. Although their proportions were different, when they collectively stood there in silhouette, Fang Yu, as a spectator below the stage, could only feel that they were handsome.
"At this moment, the young people standing backstage are carrying with them sweat, tears, and countless expectations. Now, there is no judgment, only presentation. This stage completely belongs to them."
Jiang Sulin moved the microphone slightly further away and made an inviting gesture, his posture elegant and powerful.
"The 2015 New Century Idol graduation song, 'A Thousand Stars,' the presentation begins!"
**
Let’s go back to before the show started.
"Are you nervous?" Min Hai took off the weight and took a deep breath. The staff was helping him put on his coat.
"No, on the contrary, I am very calm now - I have never been calmer than now." The young man behind the curtain had a smile in his voice.
After a series of jingling sounds of jewelry being put on, the other side fell into silence again.
Then it seemed that the new intern didn't know how to tie a bow tie, so Fu Xunyan stopped him and was about to call someone.
"I can do it myself."
Min Hai's eyes curved. That most special tie, after many twists and turns, finally came into Fu Xunyan's hands.
This is what he deserves. He has never seen anyone more suitable to stand under the shining spotlight than Fu Xunyan.
"By the way, is your headache gone? It's strange. If the hospital checked everything out fine, why did you have pain for three days straight?"
Fu Xunyan's hand paused.
It would have been better if Min Hai didn't say anything. As soon as he said it, the pain that was temporarily suppressed by the medicine began to wrap around him like a vine. He took a few deep breaths and restrained himself.
"Yeah. Maybe it's the underlying nervousness inside that means I'm not truly calm."
The simple curtain was drawn open as he spoke. Min Hai looked up and couldn't help but be dazzled.
Tonight, his eyebrows were trimmed to perfection, following the natural brow bone, each hair was carefully trimmed to create a subtle yet powerful arc at the brow peak, like the stroke of an ink brush. His brows suddenly held the majestic spirit of mountains and rivers.
There is almost no eye makeup, and it is completely unmodified, which instead amplifies the "depth" and "clarity" that belong to Fu Xunyan. When he blinks, his long eyelashes are like crow feathers, casting a faint shadow under his eyelids, making his eyes affectionate and captivating.
He fulfilled his promise and gave up all the "eye-catching" abilities and colored hair on the day of the finals. He returned to his true self, the natural self that belonged to Fu Xunyan. The black hair was not completely pure black, but had a light gray tint under the reflection of the light, brewing a bit of romance and fashion in the silence.
The hairstylist used a hair dryer and hair wax to push back all the loose hair on his forehead, creating a refreshing slicked-back hairstyle with a slightly wet feel, completely revealing his full forehead and clear and neat hairline.
The gazes from the crowd were a little overwhelming, and Fu Xunyan had to lower his eyes slightly to avoid their direct and intense gazes.
"It's even more like her." A stylist murmured, and paused the makeup she was doing for Ye Lai. She just stared at Fu Xunyan's face.
"I remember the first day I saw Fu Xunyan."
Everyone's thoughts drifted back to that day briefly as she spoke - what was Fu Xunyan like on that first day?
Like a deep pool, he towered over everyone else simply by standing there. Back then, he had a sense of fragmentation and depth, but now those feelings have faded, and what people see when they see him is a stable strength.
This is better, because while becoming sharper, Fu Xunyan is no longer so out of reach.
"Do you really want to keep staring at me like this?" His voice was a little dry. Min Hai looked at him looking for water everywhere in a somewhat awkward manner, and handed it to him with a smile.
"The backstage is simply terrible, full of perverts."
Ye Lai coughed and grabbed the makeup artist's wrist to draw her attention back. Of course, he was also drawing his own attention back.
Jiang Han, who came to the dressing room, stopped in his tracks the moment he met Fu Xunyan's eyes, then turned around and ran out exaggeratedly, leaving the entire corridor filled with his noise.
"Ahhh Sister Xiuxiu! Please help me imitate Fu Xunyan's makeup! I want to look beautiful in the finals!"
From the other end came Sister Xiuxiu's furious roar: "Stop talking! You're going to eat up your lipstick again!!"
"Be quiet and wait in the waiting area!"
A brief silence lingered in the background, and then laughter broke out in every room.
Fu Xunyan also laughed.
The scene before him was so vivid that it almost covered the last time—no, to be precise, it filled the last time, because he did not come to the finals last time.
The backstage was filled with heat. The makeup lights and everyone's breathing created heat that seemed to completely block people's nostrils, making their movements slow.
But the trainees were obviously not slowed down by this. On the contrary, they moved even faster. They were like a group of shadows, glowing shadows, quickly moving towards the grand stage.
At the same time, all kinds of data on the Internet are advancing at a speed that is difficult for ordinary people to understand, just like shadows.
Liu Yu went to the scene, and Bo He took over her responsibility for data work. She could have had a ticket, but she voluntarily gave it up and took on the role of logistics herself.
"Xun Yan will have many opportunities to perform on stage in the future, but he only has one chance to debut." The girl, pushing up her glasses, paused, a cold light flashing in her eyes, "I must protect him until he reaches the center position!"
However, the subtext that Mint did not tell others was——
She is also monitoring the abnormal vote fluctuations of other trainees, especially one company.
She raised her eyes, and the camera on the screen followed the prelude and zoomed in on a few not-so-delicate faces. They were mixed in the audience, and without the bonus of the spotlight, they were just ordinary people. They even looked more unsightly than ordinary people because of their overly heavy makeup.
"Ahhhh, Hengyu, come on!" Although she couldn't hear the sound, Bohe still recognized his words from his lip reading, and then she stared at that face with a bitter and resentful expression.
"What's wrong? Aren't we supposed to monitor the data? Why is it so difficult?"
"I told you I was going to help you with the core area, but you didn't listen."
There were arms around her from behind, but Mint rolled her eyes and swatted them away.
"Don't make trouble if you're nervous. Just do your job well."
The boyfriend was speechless - he thought he must be the best boyfriend of the year, otherwise who would help his star-chasing girlfriend who calls other men "Oppa"?
"Alright, alright, Queen, I have your order. I will start working overtime immediately!"
After chatting with her boyfriend for a while, Bohe finally dug out who this person was from her memory.
"Ah, Ling Yuanhang." The little bear in charge of publicity in the group also discovered it at the same time.
"Wow, it's him? I haven't seen him for a long time."
"Didn't you see it? You didn't watch the livestream. This guy immediately started selling products to capitalize on the hype. It's actually quite popular."
"What's so hot? It's the second round of pre-sales now, and sales have been cut in half. I heard the first round was full of defective products."
The unrivaled knight silently reported everyone's name in the group.
"The blond one is Peng Siyuan, and the one with the little heart on her face is Duan Qiqi..."
Not many people responded. The cruel truth is, what everyone expects to see from the camera is not the eliminated contestants, but the characters who are about to appear, which makes their hearts beat faster with the beat of the drums.
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