One Hundred and First Day
"Ahhhhhh Fu Xunyan is number one!"
"we love you!"
"You will definitely debut!"
The increasingly loud shouts gripped his nerves. He looked up and was first pierced by a red light. It was the blood-like words on the signboard.
The spotlights cast their shadows like molten gold, beads of sweat shimmering and falling in the intense light. Beneath the stage was a wriggling ocean, countless arms reaching for the surface like drowning men, fingertips twitching, their nails painted fluorescent, drawing phosphorescent trails in the darkness.
Those eyes, those eyes—filled with excited tears, the irises reflecting the fragmented lights from the stage, the pupils dilated to the point of almost swallowing the entire white of the eye.
so true.
So intense and terrifying, yet so real.
Fu Xunyan laughed softly. Da Pei, who was standing behind him, was puzzled. He poked him in the waist and asked him what he was laughing at. Fu Xunyan just shook his head slightly.
He couldn't tell them the whole story.
The closer he got to his debut, the more he thought about it. The problems that once troubled him no longer existed, and he had become indifferent to whether this world was real or not.
It doesn't matter if it's fake or a dream, as long as he stands here one day, he will live well.
Now all he was thinking about was...
"The first place is 'I get it', which received 167 votes out of 500!"
"Wow wow wow that's amazing!"
"Fu Xunyan, you're so handsome!"
"Dal-bae is awesome!"
The sound of praise broke through the crowd. Fu Xunyan was pushed by someone and came to Jiang Sulin with his teammates.
As the team leader, Shen Chi gave a speech.
At this point in the third public performance, almost everyone has their own pick of trainees. Even if they all think that "I get it" is the undisputed number one, it does not prevent them from voting for their favorite group.
Under such circumstances, "I get it" still won 167 votes, which is enough to prove their excellence and popularity.
The microphone was suddenly pressed into his hand.
The young man standing by was stunned for a moment. When his figure came into people's sight, all the people around him faded away like ink marks, so that only he was left in their minds.
Fu Xunyan pursed his lips and smiled slightly, which instantly caused a burst of laughter from the audience.
Liu Yu heard the group of buddies next to her whispering, "Oh my god, this guy is so handsome! If I had a face like that, I would definitely fall in love with myself!"
Fu Xunyan exhaled, letting his voice stabilize after the intense exercise.
"Thank you so much to every fan who has supported our group, and thank you so much to the audience who traveled thousands of miles to watch the show."
"I'm very satisfied to have received 167 votes. I also know that some of them were 'rebellions' from fans of other friends. I love you all."
The audience saw with their own eyes that his smile became even brighter, especially the “traitors” who were named, their faces slightly reddened, and they felt very guilty.
"Do you love them and not us?" A fan deliberately shouted towards the stage.
“We have always voted firmly!”
The young man on the stage covered his forehead, feeling a little embarrassed.
"So you are the most beloved, the most beloved."
This confession was a bit fake, a complete excuse, but coming from someone with such a pretty face, it would surely move anyone.
Since it was just a performance settlement and not a ranking event, the director signaled Jiang Sulin to continue, and the microphone was taken away from Fu Xunyan, causing fans who still wanted to hear more from him to wail.
Jiang Sulin put his hands on his hips and pretended to be angry: "Yeah, I knew you guys looked down on me, an old and ugly person. You all just want to listen to the young brothers speak."
There was a chorus of denials below, and everyone worked together to coax this arrogant PD.
Jiang Sulin hummed twice and made his closing speech tonight amidst the flying ribbons in the sky.
At the same time, the expressions of fans on other stages below the stage were not very good. Ye Lai's fan club member saw the boy standing quietly on the side through the camera and felt very uncomfortable.
"Oh, failed again. I'm so annoyed. Why can't he get the first place? Fu Xunyan is just so-so." A fan complained.
"I played every game, but ended up coming in second place every time. It really hurt my wallet!"
A sister nearby couldn't stand it any longer and glared at the man: "If you don't like it, just get out. Are you short of your money? You like being a celebrity fan so much and want to be number one, why don't you go and get number one yourself and see how it goes?"
As the station sister listened to their quarrel, every scene of the past kept flashing back in her mind.
She has been with Ye Lai for three years. She has been paying attention to him since his debut and watched him work hard alone in a foreign country. At that time, his group's agent and the so-called brothers had left him at the event more than once, leaving him shivering in the cold wind waiting for the bus.
The fans had cursed and hated her behind her back, but when the group Mr.J became famous and Ye Lai finally became the top line of the group, she really thought that the end was over.
But everything turned out to be just a dream and soon ended.
Ye Lai said in her personal account that she would return to China to develop her career. She was very happy at that time because she felt that if Ye Lai returned to China, she would definitely be a crushing force and would be able to reach the top perfectly and debut as the center.
I never expected... I never expected...
The fangirl's eyes were filled with emptiness.
Like everyone else, she didn't think Ye Lai was any worse than Fu Xunyan, but this was how the world was; two people of equal strength wouldn't be equally famous.
What did Ye Lai lack? A tearful family life, the misfortune of being targeted, and the company of Da Pei and the others.
But - Ye Lai is Ye Lai, a warm and ordinary Ye Lai who lives in a small coastal town.
It was Ye Lai, who was smart and cautious and used to avoiding all bad luck.
She is also the not very lively and often self-centered Ye Lai.
This is the Ye Lai they like and are willing to protect.
The fangirl removed the camera lens and put it into her backpack, and could vaguely hear other people's conversation.
"Ahhh, Sister Peng, your photos are so great. How do you make every one of them look amazing?"
"Ahh, I'm going to have to collect this suit picture! I'm going to buy another pad and set it as my screensaver!"
Several girls surrounded the girl with ponytail, and the station host knew her.
For the past two months, we have been squatting at the South Gate together, capturing the trainees leaving get off work, and have talked to each other more or less.
That was Fu Xunyan’s fan club member, the one who was once very famous in the circle and is now even more famous as “Love to Eat Lotus Pods”.
She looked at her, and the girl had a faint smile on her face.
Compared to her, her surroundings were much quieter. The popularity of the other trainees on this show was a world away from Fu Xunyan's. Plus, Ye Lai had "lost" again today, so the Ye mothers were in a bad mood.
But I am not envious.
Perhaps she had imagined the grand occasion in her mind before the show started. All the fans who liked Ye Lai would gather together at this moment, have dinner together later, and use her camera to help choose the pictures to be posted tomorrow.
Now facing this sad ending, the fan club member is not envious.
Because she knew Ye Lai was not envious.
On the screen that was still on was a recent photo of Ye Lai, smiling and clapping.
There was no hint of reluctance.
**
"So we really can only dance to our sisters' song 'Cake'?" Dabae twisted his body to act cute, causing Minhae to vomit exaggeratedly in front of the camera.
Jiang Pianpian mercilessly slapped the lyrics card on his head: "You don't have the right to choose, Da Pei trainee."
Dal-bae sighed.
"So if you were so unwilling, why did you choose to come here in the first place? Teacher Daichi is heartbroken after losing you."
Facing Jiang Pianpian's questioning, Da Pei lowered his head, and then the people around him heard him muttering: "Isn't it just to cooperate with Chou Xunbao twice more?"
Okay, okay, I understand. It’s all Fu Xunyan’s fault.
Fu Xunyan: You are really caught in the crossfire even when you are just sitting there.
Jiang Pianpian got the hint and turned around to see excited eyes. Yin Xingheng almost jumped up. Before Jiang Pianpian asked, he hugged Fu Xunyan from behind.
Fu Xunyan subconsciously supported his body.
"Me too! This is my first stage with Xunbao!"
Jiang Pianpian complained in his heart: If you didn’t choose Teacher Ou Ruo, he would have banged his head against the wall even more.
Dal-bae, who was standing next to him, squeezed his head between the two of them and said, "Ah, ah, it's my first one too."
Yin Xingheng: "Get lost..."
Min Hai couldn't help laughing beside him, but was soon glared at. The reason was simple: this was the third time he and Fu Xunyan had collaborated, and he firmly held the top spot on the list.
Zaiti, confused about the situation, scratched his head and felt that these top trainees were not as aloof as he had imagined, but were actually very interesting.
Jiang Pianpian looked at her watch anxiously and counted, wondering why her good sisters were late again.
Polar Love happened to have a commercial performance in mainland China tonight. Four years after their debut, Polar Love is still a second-tier girl group in Country H. The reason is that the first and second generations are too strong, completely suppressing them, making it almost impossible for the third generation of girl groups to rise, and gradually becoming a forgotten generation.
Jiang Pianpian also gradually began to become more Buddhist from her initial hesitation in ambition - so what if she is a second-tier company? After the second generation grows up and disperses, they will always have their day to come to the fore.
But the company was not as complacent as she was. Perhaps they had seen the trend in recent years, and since the group had a green card, the president waved his hand and started to break into China with "New Century".
This is also the real reason why Jiang Pianpian took on "New Century", which seemed a bit bad at first.
The development of the program to this point has completely exceeded everyone's expectations, and Polar Love, as one of the beneficiaries, has of course rekindled their career ambitions.
“Here I come!”
After the boys had listened to "Cake" more than ten times and had studied the movements thoroughly, the other members of Polar Love finally arrived, more than half an hour later than planned.
As soon as they entered the door, the group of seniors kept bowing. The girls looked very apologetic, which scared Da Pei and the others so much that they also kept bowing to show that it was okay.
Before they knew it, the atmosphere became tense and funny, and the two sides looked at each other.
Then he chuckled.
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