Chapter 25
Of course, there was nothing unusual on the surface. The media team showed obvious surprise at such an arrangement. Although this temporary arrangement could not hide its haste, 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 doesn't matter whether Shen Huai is there or not.
After all, apart from the grading this time, the rest of the instructors' 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. It is entirely up to personal choice who to vote for. Then they are ranked from top to bottom according to the number of votes, with two at S level, four at A level, and four at B level. If there are the same votes at the level dividing line, an additional vote will be cast. The voting process is not anonymous but open to the public.
This time, it was up to these trainees who were competing in the make-up match to see the "performance" on the other side of the camera.
They are competitors to each other, and after watching these performances, it would be a lie to say that the contestants who have advanced don't have a sense of crisis, especially those who are already hovering on the edge of the debut position.
Now that the program team has given them the right to vote, even those who have secured a spot to debut have to think carefully about what to do if someone is chosen and really pushes them out.
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 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 people at the beginning. His performance was certainly good, but the number of votes was very close to that of Qilin's two.
Even when voting reached the tenth person, Qilin and his two friends 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 a 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 Qu Shoubai who was in first place, and Sugikawa who was in third place 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 in terms of skills.
It’s just that Li Chu’s advantage lies in surprises and his advantage lies in his halo - Qu Shoubai’s halo is not just Qilin, 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 is normal to push him to the first place.
When Li Chu saw the result, he had an idea in mind. He thought that although he was not first, he could still maintain 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 to the first place, and the second place was still a long way behind him, which made him a great demon in the Odd Four. Logically speaking, no matter who got promoted in this replacement match, it would not affect his position.
Faced with this type of voting, the best option for the trainees who voted is to not offend anyone. Just give three votes to the top three, and keep the rankings unchanged, so as to avoid causing unnecessary disputes outside the program.
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 his 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 with three votes?”
He asked.
"Sure," the assistant director responded off-screen, "the rules say you can vote any way you want, even abstaining from voting."
However, the students before did not do that. Most people would try to balance it out and cast the three votes in their hands for different people.
When Ji Mowei heard this answer, he didn't think much about it 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 performance 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 the original owner, who had resources and royal status at the time, did not dare to provoke him, and usually avoided him when they saw 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, with the applause from all around 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 time, his eyes looked towards the backstage where the camera could not reach, 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.
Li Chu finally had a chance to talk to Su Ning during this interval. After he stepped down from the stage, he went straight to Su Ning and said, "Master, I, I have something to say to you."
Su Ning didn't ask too many questions in a crowded place and gestured for 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 will choose you as long as they have eyes."
"I am glad to see you. But..."
Li Chu answered, but he still had something 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 for some time.
"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 blurted out all these things like a bamboo tube pouring beans. Even though his voice couldn't stop trembling 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, but if he didn't tell the whole story now, he would not be able to get over it.
With such a stage and opportunity, his life has started anew, but what about the young master?
But Su Ning looked 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 give up. 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. As for what happened between you and Shen Huai, I actually 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 Li Chu again as a winner, and that was 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 afterwards.
"I guessed some of it before. If you are really that 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 matter of 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 may have a desire to win, the competition is fair and you don't need to think too much."
"I'll take care of the rest."
If the company's artists have to worry about the company's business affairs, Su Ning has no use for it.
In the replacement match, Su Ning became 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 appears in the dance studio every day, including the day when his place was taken away. Even if he was surrounded and ridiculed by others, he never missed it.
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 cry quietly, and said incoherently that he would work hard and would definitely make his debut, like an elementary school student.
Su Ning let him cry for a while, then took him away reluctantly and called a makeup artist to come and touch up his makeup.
The schedule of the replacement match is very tight. There will be a one-on-one interview session with the program team soon, and the subsequent arrangements will follow.
The trainees in the replacement competition will also have performances, so the song selection, grouping and so on must be arranged step by step. Then even if Li Chu officially enters the camp, the management requirements for the trainees in the replacement competition are the same as other trainees. After entering, they will have closed training, their cell phones will be collected, they will live in dormitories, etc., but they will not live with those eighteen people, and there will be no intersection between the two sides.
Su Ning can come and see him, after all, he has cooperation with the program crew, but he cannot interfere too much. From now on, they will have to walk the road ahead on their own.
Now that everything has been said, he no longer has any psychological burden and can truly concentrate on the game.
As for Su Ning, he has a lot of his own things to do.
Although the final scoring session was changed in a surprising way, some people still found 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.
In addition to him, Mr. Liang Xiaoliang, who had been with the audience, also felt something was wrong. He was born with a nose for gossip, and he also wanted to find Su Ning about something, so he quickly followed him to the backstage.
The two of them found the backstage medical room one after another, and heard 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. He saw Shen Huai, who had just had his wound treated simply and was sitting there with a very grim look on his face.
Su Ning was quite restrained in his attack, and the injury was not serious, so much so that the doctors of the program crew were enough to treat it. But it was on his face after all, so he really cannot show up 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 would dare 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. He had already imagined it in his mind and 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 shiver, but 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-tearing dance music. It is unlikely that such a song will appear in the random repertoire of Ou Si, so this seems to be targeted.
Then, this is what happened to Shen Huai.
Honestly speaking, Liang Xiaoliang thought that he couldn't do Su Ning's desperate way of protecting the trainees, but he actually did it, and while making Shen Huai suffer the consequences, he also improved the show's effect.
He is really shrewd, decisive and ruthless.
He became more determined not to make an enemy of Su Ning easily.
Shen Huai was sitting there in silence. Jiang Chenfeng was a bit of a bully, and couldn't help but nagging: "Why did you provoke him? I think Su Ning is a little 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 palm?" 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.
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