Chapter 25

On the surface, of course, there was nothing unusual. The media team showed obvious surprise at this arrangement. Although the hasty nature of this temporary arrangement was a bit embarrassing, it was still a pleasure for a variety show.

Not saying hello or making preparations in advance actually created a special variety show effect. At least Chen Yuan was quite satisfied when watching the live broadcast.

In this way, it really doesn't matter whether Shen Huai is there or not.

After all, apart from the grading this time, the rest of the tutors' work is basically guidance during the training process. Shen Huai is not as professional as other teachers, he is just famous.

After this "surprise" meeting, the host quickly began to announce the voting rules.

The rules are very simple. Each of the eighteen "judges" has three votes. Who to vote for is entirely based on personal choice. Then they are ranked from top to bottom according to the number of votes, with two in S grade, four in A grade and four in B grade. If there are ties at the grade boundary, additional votes will be cast. This voting process is not anonymous but open to the public.

This time, it was up to these trainees in the qualifying match to see the "performance" on the other side of the camera.

They are competitors with each other, and after watching these performances, it would be a lie to say that the contestants who have advanced don't feel a sense of crisis, especially those who are already hovering on the edge of the debut position.

Now that the program production team has given them the right to vote, even those who have secured a debut spot have to think carefully about what they will do if someone is chosen to push them down.

Such voting is not only a recognition of the other party's stage, but also a psychological game involving oneself. And most importantly, the camera is always on, and all of this is to be shown to the audience.

What preferences will the fans, who are the ones who really decide their future, have at that time? If you only vote from your own perspective, will the audience think you are selfish?

No one can explain it clearly.

Everyone had different ideas in their minds, and soon the voting began.

The eighteen people started voting in descending order of ranking, and as each person walked over, the number of votes on the screen was updated in real time.

As expected, Li Chu was in the lead among the ten candidates at the beginning. His performance was certainly good, but the number of votes was very close to that of Qilin's two candidates.

Even when voting reached the tenth person, both Qilin had more votes than him.

Fortunately, Li Chu gradually caught up and got the second place.

The voting pattern gradually became clear. The trainees' voting was quite fair, and most of the votes were concentrated in the top three. It was obvious that this was the competition between Li Chu and Qilin, and the others were indeed slightly inferior.

When the last person voted, Li Chu stopped at second place, two votes behind the first place Qu Shoubai, and the third place Sugikawa behind him was one vote behind him.

Barring any unforeseen circumstances, the ranking of the competition should be like this.

Qilin Qu Shoubai is also a dancer. Judging from his performance and ability on the first stage, he and Li Chu are almost on the same level. No one can tell who is better or worse in terms of skills.

It’s just that Li Chu’s advantage lies in surprises, his advantage lies in his halo - Qu Shoubai’s halo is not just Kirin, he can be considered a child star, and due to family reasons he started appearing in TV shows at the age of ten. Many people here know him, so overall, it’s normal to push him to the first place.

Li Chu had an idea when he saw the result. He thought that although he was not first, he could still keep an S rating, so he would still have a good chance in the future.

He is no longer as lacking in confidence as before.

Now, the trainee standing in front of the voting table is Ji Mowei, who was ranked first in the last ranking announcement.

Born in a small company, he fought his way up to the first place, and the second place was still a long way behind him. He was considered the big devil in the fourth place. Logically speaking, no matter who got promoted in this place-filling competition, it would not affect his position.

Faced with this type of vote, the best option for the trainees who voted is to not offend anyone. Just give the three votes to the top three, and keep the rankings unchanged, so as to avoid causing unnecessary disputes outside the show.

Li Chu thought so, so he was prepared for this.

But Ji Mowei stood there and did not vote immediately.

He was wearing a coat, but you could still see that he was wearing pajamas underneath. This was the one who just woke up before the recording started. Even after washing his face and showing his bare face, he still looked very good.

"Can I vote for the same person?"

he asked.

"Sure," the assistant director replied off-screen, "the rules say you can vote any way you want, even abstaining from voting."

However, the students before him did not do that. Most people would try to balance the votes and cast the three votes in their hands for different people.

Ji Mowei didn't think much about this answer and immediately replied, "Then I will vote for Li Chu with all three votes."

"Are you sure?"

"I am quite sure."

After Ji Mowei cast his vote, he did not leave immediately. Instead, he stood in front of the camera and smiled, as if looking directly at Li Chu in the studio, and then said, "The stage just now was very good. I'll wait for you here."

Li Chu: ...

This is indeed Ji Mowei's character, straightforward, and not afraid of anything at all, so much so that even the original owner, who had rich resources and royal status at the time, did not dare to offend him and usually avoided him when they met him.

But now, because of his three tickets, Li Chu not only secured the S-rank, he also beat Qilin's two and got the one that belonged to him.

"Congratulations, Li Chu, Qu Shoubai, our double S!"

Li Chu stood up, still a little confused.

Although this was just a small first place and not a big deal, when the host announced the result and Li Chu reached out to take the S brooch, amid the applause from the people around him and the spotlight shining on him, he still had an unprecedented feeling.

It seems like life has really started all over again.

Especially at this moment, his eyes looked towards the backstage where the camera could not capture, and he saw his sister who was happy for him, and he saw Su Ning.

There he is.

Su Ning is there.

This person was clearly standing in the dark, but when you looked over he seemed to be glowing.

After the results are announced, this recording session comes to an end.

During this time, Li Chu finally had a chance to talk to Su Ning. After he stepped down from the stage, he went straight to Su Ning and said, "Young Master, I, I have something to talk to you about."

Su Ning didn't ask any more questions in a crowded place and motioned him to go aside.

"Are you happy?" As Li Chu followed him, he heard Su Ning say to him, "I told you, Li Chu, as long as you stand on the stage, the audience with eyes will choose you."

"I am very happy. But..."

Li Chu answered, but he had something else to say, but he was hesitant and didn't dare to say it out loud. The word "but" was so light that it was almost inaudible.

Until they reached a corner where no one was, Li Chu faced Su Ning who turned his head to look at him, took a deep breath, and then blurted out everything he had wanted to tell Su Ning during this period of time.

"Young Master, you must be careful of Shen Huai. He is not that simple. He must have other plans. Before, I have been hiding it from you. In fact, the Diao Chunjiang incident was planned by him. I was also..."

Li Chu just spilled all the beans out like a bamboo tube pouring out beans. Even though his voice couldn't stop shaking at the end, he still stared at Su Ning, never moving his eyes away, and didn't stop talking.

He thought Su Ning would be surprised or disappointed. Li Chu would accept such an outcome. However, if he didn't tell everything now, he would not be able to get over it.

With such a stage and opportunity, his life has started anew, so what should the young master do?

But Su Ning seemed very calm until he finished telling everything.

"I know," he said. "Anything else you want to tell me?"

Li Chu thought he didn't understand, and repeated nervously: "Master, what I mean is that Shen Huai and Jiang Chenfeng must have cooperated. The company is really in danger now. The two of them will not let it go. In addition to me and Sang Le, maybe he has planted many other people. You want to..."

"Well, I know all of this," Su Ning said, "I know the company's situation well. As for what happened between you and Shen Huai, I knew about it before I beat him up."

Shen Mingzheng, what Mr. Shen told him was exactly the same as what Li Chu had just said.

Li Chu: ...

His eyes widened.

Knowing this, Su Ning immediately figured out why Shen Huai targeted Li Chu so much. Yesterday's hot search must have been Li Chu's doing. He was then certain that after Shen Huai had done his tricks on the stage, he would definitely look for the lonely Li Chu again as a victor, so that's how the situation came about.

Li Chu had not expected this at all, and what he had not expected even more was what Su Ning said next.

"I guessed some of it before. If you are really so weak and submissive, I would not recommend such a person to enter the entertainment industry, Li Chu, I know very well what kind of person you are. But the incident with Diao Chunjiang is not your fault. It is not wrong for someone who has been bullied to have no way out and want to fight back."

After that, Su Ning patted his head, helped him tidy up his clothes, and gently wiped the S-level label on it. He said, "I'm glad you told me this. Don't do this kind of thing in the future. You don't need to do it."

"Go to the stage and take a brighter path. Although the trainees in the competition have a desire to win or lose, the competition is fair and you don't need to think too much."

"I'll take care of the rest."

If the artists have to worry about the company's business affairs, Su Ning has no use for it.

In the qualifying match, Su Ning became even more certain that Li Chu was born to be on the stage.

You have to know that stage performance is a very demanding skill. If you don't practice for a week, you will become rusty, and if you don't practice for a month, you will regress. Li Chu's situation is already like this. He shows up in the dance studio every day, including the day when his place was removed. Even if he was surrounded and ridiculed, he never missed a class.

Because of such efforts, his performance today was impeccable. With such tenacity, Su Ning was willing to help him, even though he had already guessed that something was wrong.

Li Chu was speechless.

He couldn't help but began to shed tears quietly, and said incoherently, "I will work hard and will definitely debut," like a little schoolboy.

Su Ning let him cry for a while, then took him away helplessly and asked a makeup artist to come and touch up his makeup.

The schedule for the qualifying round is very tight. The program team will have individual interviews soon, and the subsequent arrangements will follow.

The trainees in the qualifying round will also have performances, so the song selection, grouping and so on must be arranged step by step. Then Li Chu will officially enter the camp. The management requirements for the trainees in the qualifying round are the same as other trainees. After entering, they will undergo closed training, collect cell phones, live in dormitories, etc., but they will not live with those 18 people, and the two sides will have no intersection.

Su Ning can come and see him, after all, he has a cooperation with the program team, but he cannot interfere too much. In the future, they will have to walk their own path.

Now that everything was out in the open, he no longer had any psychological burden and could truly concentrate on the competition.

As for Su Ning, he had a lot of his own things to do.

Although the final scoring section was changed in a surprising way, it is not surprising that some people did not find it strange.

Shen Huai suddenly disappeared. Jiang Chenfeng, who was sitting in the media seat, also began to get restless. As soon as the recording was over, he found an excuse to leave, probably to find someone.

Besides him, Mr. Liang Xiaoliang who had been with the audience also felt something was wrong. He had a natural sense of gossip and he also wanted to find Su Ning about something, so he quickly followed to the backstage.

The two of them walked all the way to the infirmary backstage and heard some new news on the way. Shen Huai decided to withdraw from the subsequent program recording due to personal reasons, and the program team will issue a formal announcement later.

So sudden?!

Jiang Chenfeng went in and saw Shen Huai, who had just had his wounds treated simply and was sitting there with a very grim look on his face.

Su Ning's attack was quite restrained, and the injury was really not serious, so the doctors from the program team were fully capable of treating it. But it was on his face after all, so he really cannot show his face in public for a while.

Jiang Chenfeng and he looked at each other, then asked, "You...what's going on?"

Shen Huai moved his mouth and finally replied: "I fell."

Jiang Chenfeng: ...

Do you think I believe it?

"It was Su Ning who did it, right? Only he dared to do this," Jiang Chenfeng, who had been beaten before, understood the situation well, "Don't lie to me."

Jiang Chenfeng looked at his injured arm which had not yet fully healed. His mind had already recovered and he shuddered.

"I didn't expect Su Ning to be so cruel and ruthless!"

Liang Xiaoliang, who was following behind, also saw this scene.

Everyone in the circle of second-generation rich people like Jiang Chenfeng knows that he has done all kinds of dirty things, but it is ridiculous that there would be a day when he would comment that others are cruel and ruthless.

Liang Xiaoliang did not shudder, and quickly figured out why Su Ning did this.

He was planning to sign Li Chu, and he knew that the other party had an old knee injury. Generally speaking, he would not suddenly let the trainee challenge "knees", a famous knee-ripper dance song. It is also unlikely that such a song will appear in the random repertoire of Ou Si, which seems to be targeted.

Then, this was Shen Huai's fate.

Honestly speaking, Liang Xiaoliang thought he couldn't do what Su Ning did, to protect the interns at all costs. But he actually did it, and not only made Shen Huai suffer the consequences of his own actions, but also made the program effect even better.

He is really shrewd, decisive and ruthless.

He became more determined not to become an enemy of Su Ning.

Shen Huai sat there in silence. Jiang Chenfeng was a bit of a bully and could not help but nagging: "Why did you provoke him? I think Su Ning is a bit crazy now, otherwise..."

"I told you, I fell down by myself. Don't be scared by Su Ning. I have watched him grow up since he was a child. Can he escape from my grasp?" Shen Huai interrupted him and said with a gloomy face, "Then wait and see who will have the last laugh."

I think you should wait until the wound on your face heals before you say such nonsense.

Liang Xiaoliang, who was standing aside, thought.