Chapter 38 He's so popular
The recording of the theme song is finally finished.
Although the production team was very humane in giving the trainees two days to rest (actually the production team needed to work overtime during these two days to edit the trainees' theme songs and release them to entice the audience to vote), the trainees did not relax at all.
Because they all knew that the first performance was coming.
Even someone like Xia Linxing, who didn't care much about the program schedule, heard other trainees' discussions many times in different places and corners:
"I don't know how the groups are divided for this performance?"
"I hope the songs for this performance aren't too difficult. My rating isn't high, so I probably won't be able to choose the songs myself."
"I'm a believer who's willing to eat both meat and vegetables. I pray to God that I won't be assigned to the singing and dancing group this time... I'm really not very good at dancing, and this theme song almost killed me..."
"Do you think the audience will be invited to vote on the spot during this performance?"
…
All kinds of discussions made Xia Linxing, who originally had little idea about Yigong, unconsciously nervous.
He had to consult his good helper—System 999: "999, is this 'One Public' really that important?"
System 999 nodded affirmatively: "It is indeed very important."
"Because after the theme song straight video is released, the voting channel will be officially opened, so at the end of the first public performance, the online votes and the votes from the first public performance will be combined to conduct the first elimination."
The first elimination also has the largest number of people involved, with basically one quarter to one third fewer trainees. Therefore, trainees who don’t want to be eliminated will try their best to perform well in the first performance.
Generally speaking, trainees rarely have the opportunity to perform attentively on such a professional stage.
So even if the final result is that they are destined to leave, the trainees will not be perfunctory and will try their best to show themselves, because this is the last and only stage they can have in this program.
——When you come to this show, you must leave something behind.
——And the first public performance is what most of the eliminated trainees can leave behind.
"Is that so..." Xia Linxing nodded, and couldn't help but feel a little respect for Yigong.
"So do I need to prepare something?" Xia Linxing asked. He had a poor foundation to begin with, and seeing the other trainees all so prepared, Xia Linxing felt that if he didn't do anything, he would feel a little anxious.
System 999 pondered for a moment: "Why don't you go to the practice classroom and take a look?" See if there are any trainees practicing, and then take in other people's classes.
Xia Linxing felt that what System 999 said made sense. His last mission was over, and he didn't feel comfortable bothering Shen Sibai again, so he decided to go to the practice room and see what the other trainees were doing, and then just copy what they were doing.
He walked towards the practice room.
Inside the practice room, there were actually trainees practicing. The intense drum beats pounded their hearts, and the dancing trainees swayed their bodies to the rhythm, precisely tracking every beat. Their exposed arm muscles were covered in visible sweat, clearly indicating they had been practicing here for a long time.
"Wow, it's Zhao Jian!" Xia Linxing's eyes lit up.
It would be even better if it’s an acquaintance!
Xia Linxing quietly entered through the back door, stood not far from Zhao Jian, and tentatively learned Zhao Jian's movements.
Zhao Jian was practicing seriously, but when he looked up casually, he caught a glimpse of a strange figure suddenly appearing in the mirror at the back of the classroom. He was so scared that his toes slipped and he almost lost his balance.
W-What?!
I haven't heard that this practice room is haunted?!
He stood there in shock, looking back cautiously through the mirror.
The strange and twisted figure seemed to have noticed his abnormality. The entangled limbs slowly loosened and turned around.
Zhao Jian suddenly opened his eyes wide: "Xia Linxing?!"
His voice was so high that he didn't even know he had a talent for singing tenor. "W-why are you here?!"
Xia Linxing struggled to untie her arms, which had been inexplicably tangled together while she was learning, and smiled awkwardly at Zhao Jian, "I came here to practice..."
He watched Zhao Jian dance with clean, neat movements that didn't look difficult, but when he tried it himself—
Weird, why are his arms and feet twisted together?!
After confirming that the practice room was not haunted, Zhao Jian relaxed his tense body. He stopped the music and walked towards Xia Linxing: "Why did you think of coming to practice?" After all, he hadn't seen Xia Linxing in the practice room these days.
Xia Linxing rubbed his head: "Because everyone is preparing for the first public performance... I always feel that if I don't practice with them, I will feel a little insecure."
Zhao Jian understood.
"Don't worry." He suddenly raised his hand and patted Xia Linxing's shoulder, "I will take care of you when I am in the office."
"Don't worry too much..."
Xia Linxing: “?”
Although he didn't understand why, he still tilted his head and tentatively replied, "Then... thank you?"
"You're welcome!" Zhao Jian patted his chest boldly, "All you have to do is wait..."
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The next day, Xia Linxing finally understood what Zhao Jian meant by "take care of".
Because the first public performance, which is when the groups are selecting songs, the trainees' online voting has not yet closed, so the program team cannot let everyone choose in order based on the trainees' rankings.
So this time the grouping is very simple and crude——
Divided into classes according to rating.
There are 13 songs in total for this public performance, and there are exactly 13 trainees in Class A. So each trainee in Class A will be the captain of a team.
Zhao Jian happened to be the one who had just been promoted to Class A. Like Shen Sibai, he was qualified to be selected.
The rules for this selection process are as follows: 13 captains will line up and take turns selecting the trainees they want to join their teams. However, during the selection process, if the captain of the first team specifically requests trainee A to join their team, but the captains of other teams also want trainee A, they can raise an objection.
And this is the time for trainee A to make a counter-selection.
Xia Linxing summed it up: "It's similar to the TV dating shows (I've seen before)."
System 999 agrees with this.
Xia Linxing originally thought that under such circumstances, a "little waste" like him would probably be left until the end to be chosen, but unexpectedly, he soon heard his name from Shen Sibai's mouth.
"I want to pick—"
"Xia Linxing."
Xia Linxing stepped out of the line, tears in her eyes as she was moved.
Woohoo, Shen Sibai really does what he says! Shen Sibai is such a good person!
But just as he took a few steps in the direction of Shen Sibai, he heard a loud noise——
"I want to choose Xia Linxing too!"
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