Chapter 23 Need Help?
The heavy rain lasted all night and didn't stop until the second half of the night.
The sudden heavy rain made Yuehai City, which was about to enter summer, suddenly become cool.
Thanks to the rain, the next day was cloudy. Not having to face the sun also relieved a lot of pressure on Mo Bei's body.
To mask the lingering stench of corpses, he'd been spraying himself with floral water whenever he went out for the past two days. His roommates and the other students in Class C were puzzled by this, but he could only explain it away with the lame lie that there were mosquitoes.
Fortunately, those people didn't find the problem.
However, what worried Mo Bei more than the stench of the corpse were Lei Lie and Tao Xiaotie.
Since that time, every time it was mealtime, they would show up on time to bring him food.
In order to avoid eating, Mo Bei had to find a place to hide in advance after each get out of class and would not dare to go out until class started.
Fortunately, Lei Lie and the other two didn't keep pestering each other. In preparation for the upcoming individual assessment, Class A and Class B had been practicing frantically for the past two days. Coming to Mo Bei at lunchtime was a break from their busy schedule.
Although Lei Lie curiously asked about Mo Bei's whereabouts afterwards, he was always fooled by him.
After dinner, the contestants from Classes A and B practiced in their respective classrooms. After confirming that Lei Lie and the others had left, Mo Bei finally came out of the bathroom.
"If you don't want to bother with them, just say so. Why are you hiding all the time?"
The sudden voice behind him startled Mo Bei.
When he turned his head, he saw Bai Li looking at him with a smile.
Unlike Lei Lie and Tao Xiaotie, this roommate has had very few interactions with them since moving into Dormitory No. 5.
Thinking back carefully, he had always been a loner and had never been particularly close to anyone. It wasn't because he was aloof, but more like he looked down on everyone equally.
What Mo Bei didn't expect was that Bai Li, who was arrogant and had a bad temper, would take the initiative to talk to him.
"I'm not ignoring them. I just don't want to go to dinner."
"Oh~"
Bai Li smiled and said, "But won't your stomach feel uncomfortable if you don't eat for a day?"
Facing the beautiful fox eyes of the person in front of him, Mo Bei always felt that there was something else behind his words.
Without responding, he turned his head to look at the empty F class classroom opposite.
"Aren't you going to practice?"
Upon hearing this, the smile on Bai Li's face disappeared instantly.
He curled his lips and said, "What's the point of practicing? It's just the same after practicing. Besides, no one else is practicing."
"Don't you want to go on stage?" Mo Bei paused, "Those below D rank can't go on stage."
Seeing Bai Li looking at him with a puzzled expression, as if realizing something, Mo Bei said, "Sorry, I thought since you came to participate in this competition, you should want to stand on the stage."
Meeting the serious gaze of the person in front of him, Bai Li finally looked away.
Without saying anything more, he waved his hand and walked towards the practice room.
The brief exchange between the two was like a small ripple in daily life that soon returned to calm. However, after that, every time Mo Bei passed by Class F after practice, he would see Bai Li practicing hard.
After standing at the door of Class F for a long time, he raised his hand and knocked on the door.
"Do you need help?"
Inside the classroom, Bai Li paused for a moment and turned to look at him. Seeing his yellow class uniform, he raised his eyebrows slightly. "How can you, a student in Class C, help?"
Ignoring the other party's offensive tone, Mo Bei walked into the classroom calmly, "That's better than you, a student in Class F."
When Mo Bei retorted, Bai Li laughed instead of getting angry.
Mo Bei didn't know what was wrong with this guy. How could he still laugh even when being criticized? Was he a masochist?
Before he could speak, he saw the other party's smile fade away, and his tone became serious for once.
"Then I'll leave it to you."
Mo Bei nodded and walked into the classroom.
"You actually have a good dancing sense, but you lack a foundation and practice. However, considering the program team has given us a short time, I suggest you develop your strengths rather than make up for your weaknesses."
"How does it work?" Bai Li was puzzled.
"Make sure you remember all the dance moves and do them as gracefully as possible."
Mo Bei paused and said, "I just watched your dance outside. Although you still lack some basic skills and techniques, your posture is very beautiful."
"For example, when you're standing still after spinning, the angles you create are more beautiful than most people's. And that's your advantage."
"If your basic skills aren't strong enough, making your dance moves visually appealing is another way to stand out."
"I suggest you practice in front of a mirror. The core, the key points, and the strength are not important to you at the moment."
"What you need to do now is to make every movement look beautiful, smooth and natural as much as possible while maintaining the integrity of the performance."
After dancing to the music for a while, Mo Bei looked at Bai Li behind him and said, "You try it."
Bai Li nodded and started practicing as he said.
In a blink of an eye, the pointer pointed to one o'clock in the morning.
It has to be said that Bai Li's comprehension is very high. Under Mo Bei's guidance, his dance suddenly has a completely different texture from before.
Mo Bei nodded when he saw this, "Not bad. Let's practice like this from now on."
Glancing at the clock on the wall, he said, "It's getting late. Go back and get some rest. You have classes tomorrow."
Bai Li looked at Mo Bei, "Aren't you going back?"
Mo Bei subconsciously looked out the window. The moonlight was faint but better than nothing.
"No, I want to practice for a while longer."
Without waiting for Bai Li's answer, Mo Bei turned around.
At some point, the other person had disappeared, leaving him with an empty classroom.
After this night, Mo Bei felt that Bai Li's attitude seemed to have changed subtly. He couldn't put his finger on what had changed, but it was definitely much better than his previous attitude of "don't get close to me".
Although the other party still didn't like to talk to Lei Lie and Tao Xiaotie, he could still talk to him from time to time.
Seeing this, Lei Lie couldn't help but wonder: "Brother Mo Nan, when did you become so close to this bitch with such a bad temper?"
"Really?" Mo Bei started to pretend.
"Why not?"
Lei Lie immediately started to argue with him: "Ever since we met him, this guy has always been arrogant and has rarely seen him look anyone in the eye. But he actually took the initiative to talk to you just now!"
"Really?" Mo Bei said calmly, "Maybe he's in a good mood."
Lei Lie was simple-minded. He just nodded and did not doubt Mo Bei's words.
Three days passed in a flash, and soon everyone faced the individual assessment for the theme song of "Youth Project".
The assessment location is in each classroom, and the contestants decide the order in which to record the assessment videos.
After the mentors have reviewed the videos and made their final ratings, the contestants' rankings in the program will be determined. The camera allocation for the theme song stage will also be based on this.
These were the information that the host Zeng Yu had already informed us three days ago.
However, the program staff had an extra surprise for this assessment: contestants who received a C grade or above in the theme song solo assessment would also have the opportunity to perform at the Pineapple Music Festival next Friday.
The Pineapple Music Festival, an offline music festival hosted by Pineapple Video, has been a huge hit with music festival enthusiasts nationwide since its inception. Even after 15 years, it remains a year-round hit. This year, the Pineapple Music Festival happened to be held in Yuehai City.
It can be said that such a stage is a very good opportunity for the contestants of "Youth Project" to increase their personal exposure.
But even though they know that there are many benefits to being promoted to a higher level, for those contestants whose dance foundation is too poor or even whose limbs are somewhat uncoordinated, such rewards are nothing but a sigh of despair.
As for those contestants who were lazy during the normal times and only started cramming when the assessment began, they are now regretting it to the core.
Of course, such people are still a minority. After all, humans are easily influenced by their environment, especially when you are surrounded by people who are involuntarily involuntarily. Even if you are a lazy person by nature, you will inevitably follow suit.
Therefore, most of the contestants were still full of fighting spirit, even the weakest class F. The difficulty of getting promoted to A was too great for them, but if they could get promoted to D class, they would be able to perform on the theme song stage.
In the mediocre Class C, those with relatively strong dancing skills were also working hard to strive for a promotion to Class B. This was especially true for Class B, which was only a hair's breadth away from the elite.
After all, the higher the rank, the more screen time they'll be allotted during the theme song performance. The more screen time they have, the more memorable they'll be. This is their only effective way to attract fans before the show even airs.
Faced with these lower-level players who may counterattack at any time, Class A, standing at the top of the pyramid, is even less likely to let down its guard.
These past few days, they've all been working themselves to death, like crazy. Even Tao Xiaotie, who seems to be a bit lazy, has been spending every day in the practice room practicing.
Compared with the passionate contestants around him, Mo Bei, who was curled up in the corner of the classroom, looked a little "almost dead".
He encountered some force majeure troubles these two days due to weather factors, but he still tried his best to overcome them.
However, the moonlight energy in his body is limited, so he must use it as sparingly as possible before completing the assessment.
He had already memorized the lyrics of the theme song, and the dance moves had become muscle memory after several days of hard training. If nothing went wrong, he should be able to complete the individual assessment smoothly.
Unlike Mo Bei, who was like an old monk in meditation, most of the players in Class C seemed a little nervous.
When the program staff installed the camera to record individual videos and asked who would go first, everyone looked at each other, and no one wanted to be the first.
At this moment, Mo Bei raised his hand: "I'll go first."
After all, the longer he delayed, the more energy he would consume, and the worse it would be for him. It would be better to end the battle quickly.
Seeing that someone was willing to take the initiative, everyone in Class C breathed a sigh of relief.
The first person to go up often has the greatest psychological pressure. Seeing this, Zhao Xi looked over with some concern: "Brother Mo Nan, is it really okay for you to go up first?"
"It doesn't matter. If I finish recording sooner, I can rest earlier."
Seeing that there was no reluctance in Mo Bei's expression, Zhao Xi didn't say anything more.
However, at this moment, he and the other contestants in Class C never expected that Mo Bei's subsequent performance would shock them and the mentors behind the camera beyond words.
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