18 Short Films
Jiang Tong: ...
Dude, you are a bit pretentious.
He wanted to change to another practice room, but Jin Zeyu had already turned his head. Jiang Tong hesitated for a few seconds, but finally walked towards him.
"cigarette?"
It was Jin Zeyu's turn to be stunned. He laughed, took the candy stick out of his mouth and showed it to Jiang Tong, "Candy." He pointed to the ceiling and said, "There is a smoke alarm. I don't smoke either."
"Oh, sorry, I don't really like the smell of cigarettes."
Yuanxin has never allowed trainees like them to eat snacks, but if they bring small things like plums or candies from home, the election supervisor will still turn a blind eye, probably because she is afraid that they will get depressed from practicing every day.
Jin Zeyu took out another blueberry yogurt flavored one from his pocket and handed it to Jiang Tong. He was stunned for a moment, feeling that Jin Zeyu was coaxing him like a child, but he still accepted it and did not eat it. He just held it in his hand.
The relationship between the two can't be said to be good, they just often attend classes together and have exchanged a few words. Jin Zeyu and Pei Zijin are slightly closer, while Jiang Tong seems to be indifferent to everyone. Jin Zeyu always leaves work on time, while Jiang Tong is always the one who turns off the lights in the practice room.
“You are here…?”
"Sunbathing."
It's almost summer, sunbathing? Jiang Tong looked at Jin Zeyu's wheat-colored skin, which was unique among the trainees, and thought about the facial masks that the supervisor told them to use every day. He felt that there was one more thing he couldn't understand about him.
Jiang Tong didn't know how to respond to him for a moment. The room fell silent. Jin Zeyu withdrew his gaze from the window, turned to look at him, and explained, "The air conditioner is always on in the building, so it's a bit cold." Then he asked, "You look a little anxious?"
This guy was unexpectedly sharp. Even Jiang Tong himself didn't quite figure out the source of the vague feeling in his heart, but Jin Zeyu noticed it. He pursed his lips and suddenly felt that there were some things he could only say to Jin Zeyu, this guy who was always outside the crowd, didn't care much about rankings, and had no sense of competition.
"Yes." He whispered, a look of confusion rarely appeared on his always cold and detached face. "I don't understand what those people above are fussing about. In my opinion, whether you make the debut group or not, as long as you are not one of the last few, it's all the same. You are just a foil. My ranking... is too far behind. I guess President Yuan has never had me in his eyes."
"I'm behind?" Jin Zeyu said with a smile, "My name is the last one. I thought I wasn't there at first."
"It's different." Jiang Tong shook his head, "You don't really want to debut."
"It's not that I don't want to debut, it's just... being an idol is meaningless to me. Singing, dancing and creating are interesting, but forming a group is boring." Jin Zeyu shrugged, "Why do you have to debut? I remember you said in class before that you were in No. 51 Middle School? If I remember correctly, it's a key school in the city, right? The tutoring teacher for cultural subjects basically lets you do whatever you want. You should have good grades, why don't you go to college? Why do you have to form this group?"
Jiang Tong had more accidents today than in the previous three months combined. Although this cool guy in front of him looked lazy, he remembered some of the little things mentioned before very clearly.
“…You need money to go to college.”
This was also a reason that surprised Jin Zeyu, "What?"
"If I can debut, I can pay for my tuition and living expenses, and I can also take care of my mom. What's wrong with debuting?" Jiang Tong asked back. There was no need to tell Jin Zeyu about his family affairs, but he did have reasons for wanting to choose this career. "But if it doesn't work this time... I can't repeat my studies for several years before taking the college entrance examination."
When it comes to debuting, he is a little discouraged. What's the point of having good grades here? The best ones are those who have basic skills and talent. "Before I came here, I thought this place was just like school. As long as I listened to the teacher and worked hard, I would get good grades. But it turned out to be completely different."
"You are quite good. You and Yu Le are the only ones on the list who have never learned singing and dancing before. You can't say that hard work is completely useless." In terms of hard work alone, Jiang Tong can definitely be regarded as the king of submissions among them. However, it is probably difficult to get the kind of attention from Yuan Xiao that Jiang Tong wants just by submitting. Jin Zeyu thought for a while and said, "I don't know what the specific standards of General Manager Yuan are, but judging from the people who are in the front today, she seems to appreciate those trainees with strong infectiousness."
Infectious?
"It's like you and Yu Le are both hard-working, smart and fast-improving trainees, but he always ranks much higher than you. Have you ever thought about the reason?" Jin Zeyu has performed on stage before and has more stage experience than Jiang Tong. He also knows what kind of performances the audience likes to watch. He said bluntly, "He also wants to debut, and he shows it, but you always seem to be restrained. If you don't have any desire on stage, the audience won't be able to empathize with you."
Indeed, ever since Jiang Tong entered Yuanxin, the most common comments he has heard are that he is rational and calm. Even when he goes to take photos, the sisters who do his makeup will try their best to make him look cool and intelligent. His face and personality match very well. But Jin Zeyu said today that he is too rational?
Perhaps it was not a rational reason, but rather that his trait had not been fully transformed into the expressiveness of a qualified idol. Jiang Tong pondered, and it seemed to be true.
"Well, it might be a little abstract if you just talk about it. I'll take you somewhere next time I have a day off."
There would be nothing more to be learned if you ask any more. According to classmate Jin Zeyu, he was not keeping the secret on purpose, but the place was a little difficult to describe. Anyway, Jiang Tong would know once he went there with him.
Well, considering that what this guy said today was quite reliable, he didn’t realize that Jin Zeyu was actually a very easy-going and mature person before. Although he looked like a pure rebellious cool guy and they were all of the same age, he looked like he had experienced a lot of things... Could it be that he was just too lazy to communicate with these little brats before?
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At nine o'clock the next morning, Yuan Xiao wore a loose black silk shirt and stood in front of the door of the practice room with a tablet in hand.
There were staff members busy setting up equipment in the room. The 25 trainees who were to debut were also present. They did not look very good. Some of them had red eyes, as if they had been crying all night.
With fewer people, the large practice room suddenly seemed empty.
The three-month training period was neither long nor short, but it was already a very difficult journey in the lives of these children. They also forged deep friendships because of it. After the farewell night yesterday, many of them probably did not sleep well.
Especially some young people who are popular, they cried twice as much as others.
Yuan Xiao hadn't expected that they could start recording the variety show right away in their current mental state. Even if the company's own post-production could completely avoid the problem of malicious editing, the trainees still had to tell them some basic precautions. She shook her head slightly and walked straight into the practice room.
Today was the first time that Yuan Xiao appeared outside of the assessment and makeup. She was not with the teachers or Director Gu. She was too busy and rarely talked directly with the trainees. Apart from the problems in training, she also conveyed some trivial matters in life through the selection sisters. When she walked in, the trainees who entered the debut group didn't know what she was going to say, just like a group of confused chickens.
The average height of a chick is 1.8 meters, which is only slightly shorter than Yuan Xiao plus her aura.
"Please sit down." Yuan Xiao turned around and turned on the screen. The trainees' hearts, which had just been relieved by her tone, became tense again. Yes, there was no review on yesterday's quiz yet, so how could this part be missed?
"Last week, the election supervisor should have told you that there will be cameras installed in these floors to record your daily life. I asked the planning department to edit a short video. Let's watch it first."
Yuan Xiao pressed the remote control. Although it was a short film, it was obvious that the editors and artists from the planning team had been idle for quite a while. This short film of just over ten minutes not only had all the necessary text, special effects and BGM, it even had a title - an ordinary day for the trainees.
It was the first time for the trainees to see themselves appear in such a recording, which was very novel.
The camera cuts in from the trainees' morning. Because it was filmed before the end of the season, there are many members who are no longer in the debut group.
At eight o'clock in the morning, sleepy trainees walked through the corridor in groups. The beautiful day started with physical training, which has been their normal routine in the past three months. After everyone arrived, they ran three laps along the corridor, climbed up and down two flights of stairs, practiced their voices, and then did strength training and stretching in groups.
The solo shot was given to Su Chen, who was still struggling. After three months of training, this curly-haired classmate was still at the bottom of the list in terms of physical fitness. Every morning he would make a wave of painful expressions. At this moment, he was circled out from the crowd and enlarged on the screen, which was very funny.
I don’t know why. I have the longest breath, but my muscles are always not strong enough. My coach said it might be because I was too lazy in the first ten years of my life.
There was a lot of hamster-like chattering and giggling among the trainees, and the person involved slumped into Avery's shoulder, saying that he was too embarrassed to face anyone.
After that it was breakfast time. The breakfast provided by Yuanxin was as usual rich and nutritious, and different seven days a week. The trainees stuffed their cheeks with food and chewed attentively.
Good-looking kids look good in everything they do. Yuan Xiao hasn't seen the short film yet. Now she is leaning casually behind the trainees, looking at the screen with them, and sighing that she has a good taste.
As expected, she was selected from thousands of people. Just looking at her like this is a pleasure.
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