Chapter 5 You don’t even know about such a famous talent show?
Without rejecting the other party's kindness, Mo Bei put the note away properly.
Zombies don't need to eat, especially now that they have lost their sense of taste, so everything they eat tastes like chewing wax. So Mo Bei just pretended to drink two mouthfuls of porridge and stopped.
Uncle Lu couldn't help but say, "You're too thin. How can you eat so little?"
"Hurry up, eat more! 'Man is iron, and rice is steel. If you don't eat a meal, you will be hungry.' Don't be embarrassed!"
So, under the other party's hospitality, Mo Bei had no choice but to force himself to drink a large bowl of porridge and eat a large steamed bun. But even so, the other party still despised him for his small appetite.
"Young people nowadays, why don't they like to eat? I ate much more when I was young."
Listening to Uncle Lu's nagging voice, Mo Bei's stiff face gradually softened.
very nice.
It feels so good to be cared for and talked about by others.
After breakfast, it was already bright.
After politely declining the large bag of steamed buns that Uncle Lu brought, Mo Bei pushed his electric scooter and prepared to leave through the side door. Unexpectedly, as he stepped out of the door, he ran into a young man with flamboyant red hair.
Seeing Lu Shiqiang beside Mo Bei, his eyes lit up and he waved at him——
"dad!"
When he saw the person coming, Lu Shiqiang, who had been smiling amiably, suddenly frowned.
"Why are you here at this hour instead of going to school?"
The red-haired will-o'-the-wisp boy froze for a moment, then forced a smile. "Well, I just stopped by to see you. Besides, you've been practicing in this temple for a week, and grandma is worried about you."
"On the way? The directions are different, and you're telling me it's on the way?"
Lu Shiqiang had an expression that said, "I don't believe you at all."
It's not a holiday now, and you can tell at a glance that this kid is skipping classes and running here. He's afraid of getting scolded so he's using his grandmother as a banner.
Too lazy to talk nonsense with his youngest son, Lu Shiqiang looked at his red hair and frowned.
"Why haven't you dyed your hair back yet?"
"How can you dye your hair like this as a high school student? Dye it back now!"
The Will-O-Wisp boy instinctively covered his head when he heard this: "Don't move! I still need this hairstyle to shock everyone at the audition!"
"Shocked the whole crowd? Just you?"
Lu Shiqiang looked disgusted.
Although his youngest son looks good, there is still a gap between him and entering the entertainment industry.
Not to mention those far away, even the guy next to him whose name I don’t know is more suitable to be a star than him.
Leaving aside his appearance, the key point is that this kid has no artistic talent. Even his niece who just started kindergarten is better at singing and dancing.
I don’t know when it started, but Lu Yushu stopped studying hard and started having this unrealistic dream.
Although he was not happy with his youngest son's behavior, Lu Shiqiang couldn't say anything to him in front of others. After all, he still had to save face.
Lu Yu had no idea what his father was really thinking. Seeing that his father's attitude was much more relaxed than usual, he began to climb up the ladder.
"Um... Dad, I'm going to the audition soon. Can you give me some clothing sponsorship?"
Hearing this, Lu Shiqiang glanced over and sneered, "Are you sure it's the clothing sponsorship fee?"
"Ahem, it would be even better if we could allocate some sponsorship money to the production team! That way, not only would I definitely pass the auditions, I might even make it to the finals!"
Lu Shiqiang, who was already on the verge of exploding, could no longer hold back after hearing this and kicked the man.
"Get lost!"
Lu Yu barely dodged the attack but didn't give up, still begging shamelessly -
"Dad! This is really the last time. If this doesn't work, I will dye my hair back and study hard!"
"Please, give me back the card."
Lu Shiqiang was so angry that he almost laughed when he heard this.
He wondered why this guy suddenly came over so early in the morning and said a bunch of crazy things. It turned out that this was his real purpose.
"Don't even think about it! Go back to school! If I catch you skipping class again, you're dead!"
Hearing his father's threat, Lu Yu couldn't help but shrink back, but he still stiffened his neck and retorted: "Dad, this is a Buddhist temple, please be civilized! The Buddha will be unhappy if he hears it!"
"Also, I didn't skip class! I asked for leave from school!"
After being bombarded with such rapid-fire criticism from his son, Lu Shiqiang felt a tightness in his chest and a buzzing pain in his head.
How did he end up with such a troublesome kid?
It’s all his mom and grandma’s fault for spoiling him since he was a kid!
In contrast, his eldest son, who took over the heavy responsibility from his shoulders early on, has been steady and sensible since childhood.
Nothing like this kid here, it’s just amazing!
Seeing his father's sullen expression, Lu Yu knew that the possibility of getting his credit card back was almost zero. Before the other party got even more angry, he quickly found a way out for himself.
"Since everyone has seen it, I'm leaving now. No need to see me off, let's go back, Dad!"
Having said that, he rode away on his bicycle without caring about Lu Shiqiang's reaction.
Mo Bei, who was quietly listening to the conversation between the father and son, keenly grasped the two key words "audition" and "program team". It was obvious that Uncle Lu's son wanted to participate in the talent show.
In his previous life, Mo Bei debuted on an overseas talent show. He developed overseas for a few years and returned to China after his group contract ended.
Although he doesn't know much about the current situation of domestic talent shows, it is obvious that this is the only way for him to return to the spotlight of the stage as quickly as possible.
Lu Shiqiang didn't know what Mo Bei was thinking. Seeing that he didn't say a word, he smiled awkwardly: "I'm sorry to have embarrassed you."
Mo Bei shook his head. "It's a good thing for young people to have dreams."
Lu Shiqiang sighed, "If he really had the talent, I wouldn't have stopped him. Instead, I would have trained him vigorously. It's a pity that he's not..."
His youngest son has been tone-deaf since he was young, and his dancing is also uncoordinated. He has no motor nerves at all.
The only thing that can be considered an advantage is that he has a good brain and can read.
Perhaps it's because he's lived too conventionally for the past decade, but now, on the verge of adulthood, he's finally entering a rebellious phase. Not only has he learned to skip classes and dye his hair, he's even started playing in a band!
Seeing that the college entrance examination was approaching soon, Lu Shiqiang was extremely worried.
He comes from a rural background. Because his family wasn't well off, he left the village to work after graduating from middle school. He worked hard for many years to achieve his current success. After achieving financial freedom, he wanted to provide the best education for his children.
It’s a pity that when he became successful, his eldest son had already grown up.
Fortunately, the youngest son still made it in time.
Unlike his eldest son, the youngest son was bright and had a talent for studying. It was for this reason that Lu Shiqiang placed high hopes on him.
In his imagination, his younger son should have been admitted to a good university with his outstanding learning ability, and run the company with his brother after graduation.
But man proposes, God disposes. No one could have predicted that this top student would suddenly do a 180-degree turn one day and start to adopt the wild and rebellious style of a boy.
Thinking of this, Lu Shiqiang, as an old father, couldn't help feeling a little sad.
Looking at the red-haired boy who was about to disappear into a dot in the distance, Mo Bei hurriedly thanked the kind uncle, then rode his electric scooter to chase after him.
Because he didn't know the lock screen password of the tomb robber's phone, Mo Bei couldn't use the phone to check and search for any news information of the current era.
If it weren't for what Uncle Lu's son said just now, he wouldn't even know that there was a talent show holding auditions recently.
Originally, if I didn't know this news, it would be fine. But now that I know it, I can't just pretend it never happened.
He currently has no access to the Internet, and the only channel for him to learn about the draft information is Uncle Lu's son.
Thinking about this, Mo Bei sped up the car.
After a while, Mo Bei saw the eye-catching red-haired guy at a nearby intersection.
There was a red light across the street, and he was currently stopped by the roadside texting someone.
"Hello, are you Uncle Lu's son?"
Hearing the unfamiliar male voice next to his ear, Lu Yu raised his head in confusion.
After being stunned for a moment, he remembered that he seemed to have met the other party at the temple gate just now.
"……Who are you?"
"I... am considered your father's friend."
Hearing this, Lu Yu looked him up and down.
The man before him was tall and thin, with a slightly hoarse voice. His old-fashioned clothes, coupled with the hat and mask that almost completely covered his head and face, made him look particularly strange.
After all, it's not winter yet, and it's not the peak season for epidemics. Why is this person wrapped up so tightly?
But on second thought, given his father's eccentric personality of going to temples to meditate when he has nothing to do, and not driving the family's luxury car but always riding that broken electric bike, it's not surprising that he would meet some weird friends in private.
As he thought about it, his attitude softened a bit. "What do you want from me? Could it be that my dad changed his mind and asked you to come over and give me the card?"
“…”
Meeting the red-haired boy's sparkling eyes, Mo Bei choked, "...No."
After receiving a negative answer, the light in Lu Yu's eyes suddenly went out. "Then what do you want from me?"
"Well, I just heard you say you were going to an audition. What show are you auditioning for?"
When it comes to the auditions, Lu Yu, who was originally lazy, suddenly became excited as if he had been injected with chicken blood.
"Youth Project! You don't even know about such a famous talent show?"
Lu Yu looked at himself with a look of “Where on earth are you from, you bumpkin?”
Ignoring the boy's slightly disrespectful attitude, Mo Bei simply explained vaguely, "I rarely watch variety shows."
"Then why are you asking this?"
Lu Yu was puzzled. In his opinion, the man who claimed to be his father's friend was not only dressed strangely, but also behaved strangely.
Ignoring Lu Yu's strange look, Mo Bei said calmly, "Although I don't watch many variety shows, I'm very interested in the auditions. Can I go with you to the scene and take a look?"
Hearing this, Lu Yu was stunned.
As naive as he was, he didn't take the other party's words as a declaration of "I also want to participate", but subconsciously interpreted it as -
Wow, it turns out this person wanted to watch his audition!
You should have said it earlier!
Since his sophomore year of high school, Lu Yu has participated in dozens of talent shows across China, both large and small. From idol boy bands to solo artists, even singer-songwriters and bands, he's made bold attempts at anything music-related. However, he's failed every time to make it through the auditions.
Seeing some "ugly sons of capitalists" who were not as good as him in appearance, singing and dancing, and even less talented than him passing the auditions and even being shortlisted for the preliminary round, Lu Yu felt like his lungs were about to explode.
Why can they do it but I can’t?
So he shamelessly asked his father to use his connections or money to help smooth things over. However, as soon as he said that, he was scolded by the other party, who said that he did not study hard and was thinking of some crooked ways every day.
But Lu Yu didn't think there was anything wrong with doing so. After all, in his opinion, everyone did it this way.
It would be fine if he was just a grassroots, but he clearly has a backer! Anyone who doesn't use a backer is a fool!
Unfortunately, no matter how much he begged, his father refused to give in. Not only did he oppose his dream, he also confiscated his credit card.
Besides his father, his classmates weren't optimistic about him. His teacher even subtly reminded him to focus on his studies. While his mother and grandmother didn't say anything, they hinted at him wanting him to give up.
In this situation where no one supported him, someone unexpectedly approached him and said they wanted to watch his audition. And this person was actually his father's friend!
This is like a dream!
It was like a swift horse finally meeting its master, or a pearl finally dusted off and beginning to shine. Lu Yu felt a warm current surge through his chest.
Without any hesitation, he readily agreed to Mo Bei's request.
"Okay!"
When he shines in the auditions, his father's close friend can do some good things to promote him.
At this time, this innocent high school student never imagined how much shock his unintentional decision would cause to the "Youth Plan" program team and even the entire Chinese entertainment industry in the future.
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