Chapter 12 Audition Initial Rating Stage Recording (1)
Although he was speechless, Mo Bei still listened to what Lu Yu said.
The day of the program recording happened to be Sunday. With an icy face that kept strangers away, Mo Bei, accompanied by Lu Yu and his grandmother, came to Xingyue Film and Television Park with a bag of luggage funded by the two of them.
Just as he was about to leave with the staff responsible for picking up the contestants, Lu Yu suddenly called him.
Just when Mo Bei thought he had something else to explain, he saw the other party took out his phone, turned on the selfie mode, and put his arm around his shoulders.
“Crack—”
"alright."
After saving the photo into the album, Lu Yu waved his hand to indicate that he could leave.
Seeing Mo Bei's confusion, Lu Yu glanced at the staff not far away and explained in a low voice: "I have to leave some evidence that we know each other. Otherwise, how can I sell my autograph?"
“…”
I actually forgot about this.
Mo Bei nodded and was about to leave when he saw Grandma Lu also took out her phone, "Then take a picture with me too. Maybe when we meet next time, Mo Nan will be a big star! Then I can show off the picture to others."
Facing the old man's mischievous smile, Mo Bei smiled and nodded.
After taking photos with the grandfather and grandson one by one, Mo Bei officially stepped into his future battlefield.
Xingyue Film and Television Park is China's largest specialized industrial park for television variety show production. Since its construction began 20 years ago, it has expanded to cover one million square meters.
The film and television park has not only signed cooperation agreements with nearly 100 provincial and municipal TV stations across the country, but has also signed cooperation agreements with several major domestic and foreign video network platforms.
Pineapple Video, the producer of the show "Youth Plan," is one of the online media outlets that Xingyue Film and Television Park has partnered with. Therefore, many of Pineapple Video's popular online variety shows are recorded here.
In addition to medium and large-scale studios and office areas of various sizes, the park also features professional recording studios, dressing rooms, conference rooms, editing suites, guest rooms, and other related supporting facilities. Whether producing news and variety shows or large-scale entertainment events, everything can be accomplished here.
Under the guidance of the staff, Mo Bei came to the recording site of the program.
Pineapple Video is wealthy, and in order to accommodate 100 contestants and nearly 100 staff members, the "Youth Plan" program team directly rented the largest studio in the park.
When Mo Bei arrived, more than half of the contestants had already arrived. With an hour left before the official recording, most people were still backstage putting on makeup and waiting for the show, with only a small number sitting in the studio to acclimate themselves to the environment.
Under the guidance of the staff, Mo Bei walked through the long corridor backstage, and then a very futuristic studio came into view.
Like the cabin of a spaceship, the entire studio was surrounded by a cold and dazzling silver-white color.
A circular stage, approximately 20 meters in diameter, stood in the center of the vast venue. Opposite the stage, a massive high-definition display screen filled the entire wall, providing a clear view for both the contestants and on-site staff.
Behind the stage were the familiar contestant seats. Unlike the pyramid-shaped seating arrangement that Mo Bei was familiar with, the seating arrangement of the entire venue looked like a circle.
The mentors' seats are right in front of the contestants' seats. Each seat is round and has the program's logo on the table.
There are also countless small screens installed on both sides of the stage, and each screen seems to correspond to the camera position of a contestant.
Such a lavish investment made Mo Bei sigh: Have the current talent shows evolved to this point?
The specifications of this studio are much higher than the one I saw when I participated in overseas talent shows.
Zhuo Yanbin, who was dispatching work at the scene, turned around and saw the familiar tall and thin figure in the corner.
Seeing this, he immediately breathed a sigh of relief.
Although he still didn't get Jiang Mo Nan's contact information after several days, fortunately, the person finally came.
However, the next second when he saw the other person's clothes, he couldn't help but frown.
Unlike his audition, this time he wasn't wearing that old-fashioned navy blue polo shirt and wrinkled jeans. Instead, he wore a simple, loose-fitting white T-shirt and black sweatpants. Paired with a pair of white sneakers, he looked refreshingly handsome. At first glance, he resembled the aloof, senior Bai Yueguang, the girl in a school novel who's secretly in love with him.
Even Zhuo Yanbin, who has seen countless people, had to admit that the boy in front of him did have attractive qualities, and even though he was dressed so simply, he was still very eye-catching.
However, although it looks good, it seems too plain as a costume for stage performances.
After all, this was a promising talent that he had his eye on, and the director couldn't help but want to give him a few words of advice: "The initial evaluation stage is very important. Because it not only affects the judges' impression of you, but also the audience's first impression of the contestant."
Because of this, most contestants put a lot of effort into dressing themselves up, not only in terms of clothes and shoes, but also in terms of jewelry, makeup, and hairstyle.
Mo Bei naturally knew what the director said. Unfortunately, the reality did not allow it. Even the clothes he was wearing were lent to him by Lu Yu.
The reason was simple. After learning that Mo Bei was going to participate in the competition in the middle-aged suit he wore when he came, not only Lu Yu but even Grandma Lu couldn't stand it anymore.
The grandfather and grandson rummaged through the wardrobe and found a few new clothes that Lu Yu rarely wore and stuffed them into Mo Bei's pockets, forcing him to put them on.
Incidentally, this set of clothes was bought by Lu Yu's grandmother when he was in the third year of junior high school. She deliberately bought it two sizes too large so that he could grow taller in high school. Unexpectedly, Lu Yu never grew much. So, this sports suit, which had been kept in the bottom of the closet, was finally given to Mo Bei.
The director naturally didn't know the unknown reasons behind it. Seeing that there was still some time before the official recording started, Zhuo Yanbin called the makeup artist and asked her to give Mo Bei a simple styling.
Su Xi had been busy with the makeup team since early morning. When she finally had time to sit down, she was called by the director to do makeup for a new contestant.
After spending the entire morning putting on makeup, even though the people she was putting on makeup for were all kinds of handsome guys, Su Xi, who was exhausted, still couldn't help but feel resentful of being treated like a beast of burden.
However, her resentment instantly disappeared without a trace the moment she saw the "culprit".
"Fuck...this is too similar!"
Facing this face that was extremely similar to Mo Bei, Su Xi's eyes were suddenly wide open.
Seeing her reaction, Zhuo Yanbin couldn't help but laugh and said, "You think he looks like him too, right? We were all stunned when we saw him at the audition."
Coming back to his senses, Su Xi coughed and looked at Mo Bei seriously.
"How do you want to do it?"
Mo Bei was stunned when he heard this, "Can I still make suggestions?"
He thought the director called the makeup artist to let her do her own thing.
"Of course." Su Xi nodded. "This is your stage after all. You have to decide what kind of stage image you want to present. Our job is just to assist."
Mo Bei thought for a moment and said, "Then let's make it a little more street hip-hop. The song I'm performing this time is hip-hop style. You don't need too many jewelry, otherwise it will be inconvenient to dance."
Su Xi didn't think much about it. After understanding the other party's needs, he started to take action.
On the other hand, Zhuo Yanbin seemed extremely surprised when he learned that Jiang Mo Nan was going to perform a hip-hop style song this time.
After all, during the audition, the other party chose to sing a standing solo, and the song was an inspirational slow song like "Fearless". However, now the first stage evaluation requires a hip-hop singing and dancing performance, which is really surprising.
"Can you dance?"
Zhuo Yanbin couldn't help but ask.
"I've learned a little."
Mo Bei answered vaguely.
After all, he didn't know how much of his original strength he could unleash in his current body. To avoid blindly raising expectations, he decided to be more conservative.
Looking at the boy in the mirror who had little expression and looked calm, Zhuo Yanbin nodded, and became more and more certain that the other party had concealed his shortcomings during the audition.
After all, people who can dance are generally so humble.
Mo Bei didn't know what the director was thinking, so he just sat in the chair and let the makeup artist do his styling.
Su Xi's skills are very good. With just a simple hairstyle and some sports accessories, Mo Bei's temperament instantly changed from a cold and aloof senior on campus to a cool street guy.
After finishing the hairstyle, Su Xi touched up Mo Bei's makeup. Because of his pale skin, even the whitest foundation looked a bit dull on him.
While putting on makeup, Su Xi joked, "Your skin is so white! Even if I died for three days, I wouldn't be as white as yours."
Mo Bei, who had been dead for more than three days, didn't dare to say a word when he heard it, for fear that the other party would find out.
Worried that his identity as a zombie would be discovered, before leaving, Lu Yu even borrowed a bottle of toilet water to cover up the stench of corpses that might be emitted at any time, on the pretext that there might be mosquitoes during the recording of the program.
Looking at the face opposite him so close, Mo Bei clenched his fists nervously.
Su Xi didn't pay attention to Mo Bei's silence, thinking it was just his personality. While applying foundation to his neck, she accidentally glanced at the dark blue veins on his neck.
However, Su Xi did not have any associations, and could not help but complain in his heart: the living habits of young people nowadays are too bad. The varicose veins have even extended to the large arteries in the neck.
Not knowing what the makeup artist was thinking, the frightened Mo Bei didn't dare to breathe a sigh of relief until the makeup was finished.
Wearing the name tag prepared by the program team, Mo Bei followed the staff back to the studio.
Unlike the previous empty studio, this time the studio was full of people, not only in the back row of contestants' seats, but also in the judges' seats.
With Lu Yu's help over the past two days, Mo Bei had a general understanding of the identities of the guests and judges of "Youth Plan".
It’s a pity that he doesn’t know most of them.
After all, he has been dead for twenty years, and the entertainment industry is changing very quickly. In the past twenty years, a new group of people have been active in the media.
However, not knowing him has its advantages. At least when he goes on stage, he won't arouse suspicion from old acquaintances.
Thinking in his heart, Mo Bei walked around the studio.
Because he arrived a little late, the seats near the judges and the center of the screen were already taken by other contestants. However, Mo Bei didn't care and just found an empty seat in the corner and sat down.
What Mo Bei didn't know was that as soon as he appeared in the studio, countless eyes were looking at him.
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