Chapter 45 Unexpected Flying Guests
After a busy afternoon, the chaotic advertising shoot finally came to an end.
Back at the training camp, when the other contestants asked with envy how it felt to shoot the commercial, everyone had indescribable expressions.
"Tired." Sheng Yanyu said concisely.
Lei Lie nodded, "It's more tiring than practicing."
Zhong Gaoyi on the side sighed deeply, shook his head and refused to speak.
Zheng Xingye was even more direct: "I think the director is crazy! One moment he says my expressions are too exaggerated and asks me to tone it down, and then when I do, he complains my reaction isn't big enough."
Tao Xiaotie's round cheeks puffed up slightly, and his expression was serious. "Rather than being sick, I think he lacks common sense. How could there be explosive beads in the orchard?"
Everyone: “…Huh?”
What orchard? What popping beads?
Compared to the relatively negative reactions of others, Jiang Mo Nan's calm demeanor stood out. When asked about his impressions of the shoot, he simply replied nonchalantly, "It was okay."
Faced with the completely different reactions of several people, everyone was even more confused.
So is this ad good or bad?
Their reactions only make people more curious about the final film.
After all, the filming of the yogurt commercial was just a small episode in the contestants' uneventful training life. Soon they began preparing for the third round of performances, as well as their supporting mentors and guest stars.
When they were selecting songs for the third public performance yesterday, the host Zeng Yu had already told them that there would be two mysterious flying guests participating in this round of performances to help them complete this stage together.
But because the other party never announced the identity of the guest, the contestants guessed privately all day long.
Some speculated that it was Yan Xiaoya, the popular queen of OSTs for film and television dramas, while others speculated that it was Zhang Wenbin, the talented singer who recently shined in the show "I Am the God of Singing".
Some even speculated that it was Yu Fina, the former singing and dancing queen who hadn't released any new songs for several years and who founded a fashion brand and is obsessed with designing clothes all day long.
Of course, these are relatively reliable guesses. There are also unreliable guesses that the guest star is likely not a professional singer but an actor.
Although there seems to be nothing wrong in having popular actors as flying guests, this is a singing and dancing idol audition after all. For the sake of the final stage effect, the contestants still hope that the guests will be professional singers.
Even if they are not talented vocalists, it is best if they are singers and dancers. Only in this way can their performances achieve the effect of 1+1 being greater than 2.
Filled with curiosity and anxiety, the contestants waited quietly for the host Zeng Yu to announce the true identity of the guest star.
Just when everyone thought that the so-called flying guest might be a singer who is currently popular or has been popular in the past, the host's introduction shocked everyone.
"Let us welcome Lian Cheng, the fourth-dimensional member of the once popular overseas audition boy group TNO (Towards Number One)!"
After the words were spoken, the scene fell into silence.
Some people began to whisper—
"Lian Cheng? Who is that?"
"I don't know him, but the name seems to sound familiar."
"Are you stupid? Lian Cheng is the founder of Zaoxing Entertainment and the boss of Sheng Yanyu's former company!"
“!!!”
"Holy crap! So the boss of Zaoxing Entertainment is also from a boy band?"
"You didn't know? Not only is he from a boy band, he's also Mo Bei's teammate. They both debuted on the same talent show."
The contestant who said this revealed a touch of emotion. "That was many years ago. My mom was also a fan of his back then. I heard that she even organized fans to help vote when Lian Cheng was competing."
Listening to the whispers of the contestants around him, Mo Bei was a little surprised.
Although he had already prepared for the possibility of meeting old acquaintances in the circle in the future before participating in the show, he did not expect that this day would come so soon.
Amidst applause from the audience, Lian Cheng walked out from backstage.
Perhaps it was because of Lian Cheng's free-spirited mentality of doing whatever he wanted without any internal friction, or perhaps it was because he was born with a baby face, so even though twenty years had passed, the years had not left particularly obvious marks on his face. Instead, they had added a mature charm to him that he did not have when he was young.
Looking at the familiar yet unfamiliar face in front of him, Mo Bei couldn't help but think of his youthful years many years ago.
They once practiced with other teammates, performed on stage together, and even ditched their agents to go ride roller coasters at the amusement park.
Those seemingly ordinary daily things at the time become more and more precious like sparkling gems after being polished by a long time.
Lian Cheng walked onto the stage, glanced around the audience, and then fixed his gaze on Mo Bei.
They look alike, very similar.
It's like they're the same person!
Lian Cheng thought that after 20 years, he would have forgotten his former teammate's appearance or voice. But when he saw Jiang Mo Nan's face, he realized that he had never forgotten him.
Even though he used to think that he and Mo Bei had different personalities and that their relationship was not as good as he thought, the shock and excitement in his heart at this moment clearly told him that his past thoughts were wrong.
If their relationship was really bad, he wouldn't care about the other person at all, and it's impossible for him to contact the program team like a lunatic and ask to be a flying guest after seeing a contestant who looked like Mo Bei.
Mo Bei seemed to be more than just a "former teammate".
He is still his friend, a very important friend.
Unfortunately, it took 20 years for Lian Cheng to realize this deeply.
People always regret after they lose something.
Now when I think back to those years when I worked hard in a foreign country, Mo Bei's figure is everywhere in my memory.
When he first debuted, because of the language barrier, he could not do without Mo Bei's help in everything from food, clothing, housing, transportation to work. Even when he encountered some unfriendly discrimination abroad, it was Mo Bei who took the initiative to stand up and protect him.
Perhaps because he had been a trainee abroad since he was a child, Mo Bei seemed much more mature and self-disciplined than he was back then.
It was precisely because of this that he was so dependent on the other party at that time.
Although it was a bit despicable, Lian Cheng had to admit that he came to this program not only to sign Jiang Mo Nan to their company, but also to make up for his past regrets and debts to Mo Bei through him.
Compared to the help Mo Bei had given him in the past, the reward he gave was still too little after all.
Mo Bei didn't know what Lian Cheng was thinking.
When he saw an old acquaintance appear, he was a little surprised and excited but soon calmed down.
Although he didn't know why his former teammate who had retired from the entertainment industry and lived behind the scenes became a guest on the show, he had no time to care about it at the moment.
Lian Cheng was different from the others; they had actually worked together as teammates for five years. Not only did they live and eat together, they also worked together.
His lame lies might be able to fool other unfamiliar people, but it would be difficult to fool Lian Cheng.
Next, he must be careful and avoid contact with Lian Cheng as much as possible.
On stage, the host continued to introduce: "The next guest to appear was awarded the Best New Actor Award at the age of 24, the Best Actor Award at the White Peony Award at the age of 28, the Golden Dragon Award at the age of 32, and the Best Actor Award for the second time at the age of 40, and a box office of 10 billion!"
"He is... actor Xu Hexuan!"
As soon as he finished speaking, a tall man in a windbreaker with a stern expression appeared in front of everyone.
When the contestants saw the newcomer, they were stunned.
"What the hell! Xu Hexuan? Did I hear it right? It's Xu Hexuan?!"
"Oh my God! Pinch me to see if I'm dreaming!"
“Oh my god!”
"The production team is amazing! They even managed to invite Xu Hexuan himself!"
"Ahhh, if I could work with the best actor once, I wouldn't have any regrets even if I was eliminated this time..."
Unlike Lian Cheng, Xu Hexuan's name was a household name for the contestants. Many of them had grown up watching his plays!
If there were any contestants who previously thought that it was not a good thing for the program team to invite actors to serve as guest performers, then now all these people were slapped in the face.
This is a double Best Actor! What an honor it is to be on the same stage with the Best Actor!
If you miss this village, you will miss this store!
For a moment, many people's minds began to become active.
Only Mo Bei.
After becoming Lian Cheng, he met another acquaintance in the circle.
He met Xu Hexuan after he returned to China.
At that time, his team had just disbanded, and after rejecting the renewal request from his overseas agency, he returned to China. He appeared on variety shows, shot magazines, and released songs, and his career began to take shape little by little.
It so happened that a senior in the industry wanted to invite him to play a guest role in a TV series. He thought that since he had never acted in a movie before, he wanted to give it a try. Since the role was not big and he could spare the time, he went for it.
It was also in that drama that he met Xu Hexuan.
At that time, Xu Hexuan had just graduated from a drama school. He mostly played insignificant supporting roles and was not very famous.
The entertainment industry has always been a place where the powerful are favored over the weak. Popular artists are surrounded by "good people," while less popular artists are constantly ignored and looked down upon.
This was Xu Hexuan's situation at the time.
I remember it was December, but the scenes were filmed in the summer. Because the actor who was acting with Xu Hexuan was late, he waited on the set for a full hour in his thin costume.
Mo Bei couldn't stand it anymore, so he asked Xu Hexuan to come to his car to rest, and asked him why he didn't wear a thick coat when waiting for someone.
I remember the reason Xu Hexuan gave at the time was—
"The director didn't allow it because he was afraid it would ruin the makeup."
It was from this incident that Mo Bei realized that Xu Hexuan was a bit stubborn.
Perhaps it is precisely because of this characteristic, which is neither an advantage nor a disadvantage, that he later improved his acting skills and reached his current position.
The Best Actor... When he left, Xu Hexuan seemed to have not even won the Best New Actor award, right?
Retracting his chaotic thoughts, Mo Bei narrowed his eyes.
I don’t know what happened, but these two of his few friends in the circle actually formed a group to participate in this show this time.
He would never believe that this was a coincidence.
Let’s not talk about Lian Cheng, a retired entertainment company boss, but what’s the matter with Xu Hexuan, an actor, getting involved in a boy group audition?
...Were they coming for him?!
Could it be that he had been exposed without knowing it? Were they here to test him?
The more Mo Bei thought about it, the more frightened he became. All of a sudden, he became more determined. He must avoid these two people in this performance and try to cooperate with the instructors!
However, Mo Bei overlooked one point at this time. Many times, the right to choose was not in the hands of these players.
In fact, the mentors and flying guests choose which group of contestants to cooperate with based on their own wishes, and the director team has no right to interfere.
What's more, these two flying guests are such heavyweight figures.
What the director team couldn't understand was why Xu Hexuan, a double-awarded actor, would condescend to participate in a talent show that had nothing to do with him at all?
Lian Cheng may have come to contact Sheng Yanyu to sign him back to the company. But why did Xu Hexuan come?
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