On the other end of the phone, her agent, who was always calm and composed, gave her a three-minute moral condemnation in the empty office.

After hanging up the call, Ye Wan’s phone dinged.

[Brother Qiu: As a manager, Wanjie, your behavior shows your lack of trust in me as a manager! But as a friend, I just want to say, boss lady V5! ]

Ye Wan: ...

As I walked out of the airport, I saw Su Youxuan coming to pick me up.

Ye Wan waved his hand, and the group got in the car and headed straight for the program crew.

Rehearsal on Friday and second rehearsal on Saturday.

It was already six o'clock when the rehearsal ended, and the backstage staff were busy debugging the equipment and checking the lights.

In every lounge, the atmosphere was equally tense.

When Ye Wan arrived at the scene, 20 older boys were still practicing in small movements in their seats, as if they wanted to follow Ye Wan's previous comments on the show and practice every movement into muscle memory so that they could do it without thinking.

"Sister Wan..."

"Sister Wan..."

Seeing Ye Wan coming in, the older boys all rushed over.

"Nervous?"

As soon as Ye Wan opened his mouth, everyone nodded.

"Sister Wan, I was burping just now, and I feel like I'm starting to sweat."

"Me too... Wanjie, I'm so nervous!"

Ye Wan smiled lightly: "Let me tell you a joke."

???

The older boys looked at each other.

Ye Wan was sitting on the sofa in front of him, and Qing Qian said, "A reporter went to Antarctica for an interview and saw a group of penguins."

"The reporter asked the first penguin, what do you do every day?"

When the penguin spoke, Ye Wan's voice changed into a cute and soft one, "Eat, sleep, play Doudou."

"I asked 99 penguins, and every penguin gave the same answer. Until the reporter asked the 100th penguin, the penguin said, eat and sleep."

Some people had heard this joke before and looked amused.

Others looked at Ye Wan quietly, wondering what Ye Wan's intention was in telling this joke at this time.

Ye Wan continued, "The reporter asked, why didn't you hit Doudou? Penguin got angry!"

Ye Wan instantly changed into a grumpy little girl, her voice was angrily, "Because I am Doudou!"

After the words were spoken, someone chuckled.

Ye Wan looked around, "Is it funny?"

Someone nodded.

Someone shook his head.

Ye Wan blinked, "Do you know why I told this joke?"

Someone seemed to be thinking about something.

Some people looked confused.

Ye Wan smiled and said, "At least 80 people on the stage today think that you are Doudou. Offstage and in the online live broadcast room, there may be millions, even tens of millions, or even hundreds of millions of people who think that the 21 of us are the Doudou of this season of Dancing Teenagers."

"If we take one step forward, we will get applause. If we take one step back, or even ten thousand steps back, the answer is the same. Look, they are the Doudou who can be bullied by everyone, and they deserve to be eliminated!"

"But, what if?"

"Everything depends on a single thought, but in reality, these 100 people have always been at the same starting line. Do you understand what I mean?"

In just a few words, the older boys seemed to be greatly encouraged.

The Doudous who were either burping from nervousness or had sweaty palms just now, now look at each other, with desperate expectations in their eyes.

Anyway, everyone thinks they will lose.

But, what if? (End of this chapter)