Chapter 72 Song Selection Controversy
Shen Sibai’s words were like throwing a stone into the calm water.
The trainees were instantly shocked:
"Oh my god, you can still do this?!"
"Wouldn't Xia Linxing have made a killing?!"
"Not really. After all, Xia Linxing had to use a wheelchair to save Chen Sibai, and he really couldn't train properly... Chen Sibai is at most repaying his kindness..."
"You're so naive... When Xia Linxing saved Chen Sibai, maybe he was just putting on a show for the cameras?" A trainee covered his own microphone and whispered, "He didn't expect to get injured. Maybe this time Xia Linxing found out he was injured and couldn't train, so he's trying to repay the favor..."
"No way..." The trainee next to him looked unconvinced: "I see Xia Linxing's expression is also shocked..."
Xia Linxing's round eyes were wide open, and his mouth opened slightly unconsciously, as if he had seen something unbelievable.
"Of course this is an act..." The trainee scoffed. "If they don't act it out like this, wouldn't it mean these two people had agreed on this in advance?"
“I don’t think Xia Linxing is acting…” Another trainee deliberately looked at Xia Linxing’s reaction and shook his head: “I think this is Shen Sibai’s cleverness.”
"Oh? Tell me more about it..." After hearing this, the trainees gathered around without saying a word.
"Don't be fooled by the fact that after Xia Linxing saved Chen Sibai, the two fan groups seemed to be getting along well. When the second public group show is broadcast, when Xia Linxing's fans see that Xia Linxing sprained her foot and couldn't train because of saving Chen Sibai, they will start to feel uncomfortable."
"Especially since Shen Sibai's original ranking was higher than Xia Linxing's, and the current grouping rules give Shen Sibai priority over Xia Linxing."
"Once Xia Linxing fails in the second public performance, Xia Linxing's fans will start attacking Shen Sibai and put all the blame on Shen Sibai for Xia Linxing's failure."
"And now Shen Sibai has done this. If the production team agrees, then all of Xia Linxing's future choices will have nothing to do with him. After all, he has already given up his opportunity, so Xia Linxing's fans will not be able to accuse him on a moral level."
"What if the production team doesn't agree? Wouldn't all his efforts be in vain?"
"How could it be a waste of effort?!" The trainee who was analyzing the situation shook his head. "Chen Sibai has already openly stated that he wants to give his chance to Xia Linxing. It was the production team that disagreed. So if Xia Linxing's fans want to blame someone, they will only blame the production team, not him, Shen Sibai..."
"Oh my god... I didn't know there was such a big deal going on here!"
The other trainees sighed after hearing this, and their eyes looked at Shen Sibai on the stage with something strange:
"Shen Sibai's move is really great!"
"I can't believe Shen Sibai is so awesome!"
"That's right, not only did he repay Xia Linxing's favor, but he also earned a good reputation for himself!" They could all imagine how the audience would praise Shen Sibai when this segment was broadcast!
After hearing what Shen Sibai said, the staff on the side were also shocked for a second by the other party's unprecedented proposal.
However, soon, under Zhou Xubai's pleading eyes, they immediately began to discuss the feasibility of Shen Sibai's request.
"Actually, I think it's possible..." A staff member said, "First of all, with Chen Sibai's move, we already have the highlights of today's show..."
Another staff member also nodded, "Secondly, Shen Sibai only swapped his and Xia Linxing's positions, and it did not affect the order of the other trainees, nor did it affect the fairness of the program."
"So..." The other staff members looked at the director sitting behind the camera.
The director thought for two seconds and finally nodded: "Agree..." Shen Sibai was willing to be the last one to be chosen, and if he disagreed, it would seem that their production team was so unkind.
Especially with Xia Linxing's injury during the location shoot, the production team was already responsible. It was only after Xie Tinglan's hospitalization, which attracted the attention of Xia Linxing's fans and other onlookers, that the production team was able to gradually withdraw from the incident. Otherwise, they would have been overwhelmed by Xia Linxing's fans long ago.
You know, since Xia Linxing's straight-shot videos went viral, his fan base has already begun to take shape. If Xia Linxing's fans really start making trouble, the program crew might be in big trouble.
After all, they were in the wrong in the first place. The production team actually discussed whether to give Xia Linxing some compensation or preferential treatment, but whether it was compensation or preferential treatment, it would be unfair to the other trainees, and the production team was entangled for a long time.
Now Shen Sibai jumped out and proposed a perfect solution to the problem - he and Xia Linxing would switch places, advancing Xia Linxing's selection order and giving her more groups to choose from. Why would they disagree...
So, Zhou Xubai, who received the director's signal, nodded immediately, then turned to Shen Sibai and smiled, "Wow, it seems that Shen Sibai and Xia Linxing have a really good relationship!"
"One of you was willing to get hurt to save the other, and the other was willing to give up his or her chance to choose..."
"Since you have such a good relationship, we certainly... won't break you up..." Zhou Xubai made a playful little joke, and the trainees below immediately burst into laughter.
Obviously, they all associated the term "breaking up a pair of mandarin ducks" with Xia Linxing and Shen Sibai's online couple "Bai Ye Linxing".
"Thank you to the program team, and thank you Teacher Zhou..." Shen Sibai bowed to the camera, then he straightened up and smiled at Xia Linxing who was sitting in the audience: "Xia Linxing, come up quickly..."
A trainee who happened to be near Xia Linxing immediately seized the opportunity to get in the camera, stood up and pushed Xia Linxing towards the stage.
Xia Linxing was still immersed in the shock of "Ah? Why did Chen Sibai suddenly give me the opportunity?", and was caught off guard by the dazzled lights on the stage and came back to his senses in a daze.
Zhou Xubai smiled and took the wheelchair from the trainee. He pushed Xia Linxing to the center of the stage, bent down, and asked gently, "Xia Linxing, which group do you want to choose?"
It can only be said that Chen Sibai's position, or Xia Linxing's luck is really good. The group of another lyrical song is full, but there is only one spot left for "Sunset Beach".
Xia Linxing looked at the various groups on the stage, then looked at Shen Sibai who had returned to the stage and was standing at the edge of the stage with an encouraging look on his face.
Although according to his original character setting, he should say something like "Who asked you to give in?", "I don't want to accept your charity" and other such arrogant words, but Xia Linxing... really finds it difficult to resist the temptation of the lyrical song group (standing and singing).
He pursed his lips and whispered, "I choose... 'Twilight Beach'."
"Okay~" Zhou Xubai pushed Xia Linxing to the group of trainees for "Twilight Beach" and turned around to announce, "Now, two groups are full~"
As soon as the words fell, Cheng Xuezhou in the audience felt as if he was struck by lightning.
"Then the next trainee—"
"Cheng Xuezhou!"
"Cheng Xuezhou?"
Cheng Xuezhou was patted by the trainees around him, and then he came to his senses in a daze.
"Cheng Xuezhou, it's your turn to choose the groups..."
On the stage, Zhou Xubai said to him with a smile: "Come on, it's your turn~"
Cheng Xuezhou walked onto the stage in a daze.
"Which group do you want to choose?"
"I choose..." His eyes swept over the name tags with the song titles written on them one by one, and finally stopped on "Sunset Beach". He turned his head and said to Zhou Xubai, "I originally wanted to choose "Sunset Beach"..."
"What a pity..." He looked at Xia Linxing deeply, "I have bad luck..."
"I still choose..."
Xia Linxing did not hear what Cheng Xuezhou said next, because he was completely stunned by Cheng Xuezhou's look.
Xia Linxing recognized the trainee as the one who had been predicting with his friends what the trainee in front of him would choose while they were in the audience. He listened for a while at first, but then he started to worry about his own song selection and grouping, and whether he should start preparing his resume for the cleaning job, so he stopped listening.
So when Xia Linxing received Cheng Xuezhou's meaningful look, he was stunned.
It seemed like he had never offended anyone before, had he? No, Xia Linxing thought carefully. He and Cheng Xuezhou had never crossed paths before. Why did Cheng Xuezhou suddenly look at him with such a hostile look?
Moreover, "999..." Xia Linxing complained to System 999 in her heart, "Why do I feel that... what Cheng Xuezhou said just now was a bit sarcastic..."
"Good boy..." System 999 was very touched: "You can even hear the sarcasm in other people's voices!" Its good boy has made great progress!
Xia Linxing: “…”
Humph, don’t think he can’t hear it. There is no sarcasm in System 999’s words!
Although System 999 was teasing, it still took Xia Linxing's question very seriously. It searched the internet to see if there were any clues, and it actually found something -
"Baby, I get it!"
System 999 confidently replied to Xia Linxing: "Cheng Xuezhou glared at you probably because your location is the same as his..."
"Positioning?" Xia Linxing tilted his head.
"Hmm..." System 999 responded and explained, "You can also understand it as a character setting."
For example, Lu Zimo is the cool guy, Zhao Jian is the grumpy little lion (because of his yellow hair), and our protagonist, Shen Sibai, is known as a noble young man...
"What about me?" Xia Linxing asked curiously.
System 999 said matter-of-factly, "Of course I'm going for the cute route..." Look at his sweet little round cheeks and eyes...
Unfortunately, Cheng Xuezhou's appearance is also cute, which overlaps with Xia Linxing's positioning. There are only so many fans who like cute looks, so before Xia Linxing knew it, Cheng Xuezhou's fans had already unilaterally regarded Xia Linxing as a rival...
In other words, Xia Linxing didn't pay much attention to the news on the Internet, so she didn't know that the relationship between her fans and Cheng Xuezhou's fans was not friendly.
"So that's how it is..."
Xia Linxing nodded in confusion, feeling that he had learned something new.
…
But Xia Linxing didn't expect that although the second public grouping was over, this matter was not over yet——
"Xia Linxing, where have you been? So many of us are waiting for you..."
Xia Linxing had just stepped into the practice classroom when he heard a dissatisfied voice.
Xia Linxing paused and sighed - this was the nth time this had happened in the past few days.
The trainee who spoke was Ling Xiao.
When Ling Xiao first targeted Xia Linxing, he was actually quite confused because he and Ling Xiao had no previous experience at all.
Especially since Ling Xiao was clearly a cool guy, even if they had the same persona, he was competing with Lu Zimo, and not Xia Linxing at all. So Xia Linxing was completely baffled as to where the other party's hostility came from.
But after spending a few days together, Xia Linxing finally figured out why Ling Xiao was targeting him——
It turned out that Ling Xiao and Cheng Xuezhou had originally agreed to choose the "Twilight Beach" group together for the second public performance. As luck would have it, the last spot in "Twilight Beach" was taken by Xia Linxing.
If it was Shen Sibai, who should have been ranked before Cheng Xuezhou, who chose "Dusk Beach", Cheng Xuezhou would have no objection at all.
After all, his ranking was indeed lower than Shen Sibai's. Cheng Xuezhou could completely accept that he couldn't choose his favorite song and couldn't enter the same group with his companions because of his ranking.
But unfortunately, Shen Sibai gave his (selection) position back to Xia Linxing, who was ranked far behind him, or even last... Cheng Xuezhou began to feel unwilling.
In his opinion, Xia Linxing only missed the position he was originally going to choose by taking advantage of the opportunity (saving Shen Sibai during the outdoor recording).
——Instead of relying on strength and popularity.
Cheng Xuezhou's attitude was also conveyed to Ling Xiao, causing him to be very unhappy with Xia Linxing. In his opinion, it was because of Xia Linxing's existence that Cheng Xuezhou was unable to choose the song he liked.
It’s all Xia Linxing’s fault!
In addition, Xia Linxing's foundation was weak, so whenever Xia Linxing couldn't keep up with the progress, Ling Xiao would seize the opportunity to ridicule Xia Linxing.
As for Xia Linxing... Xia Linxing didn't think that he had taken Cheng Xuezhou's place. Although he had a softer personality, it didn't mean that he would take all the blame on himself.
Xia Linxing didn't bother to show off to others because Ling Xiao wasn't his target. So, he didn't even look at Ling Xiao, but smiled shyly at the other trainees, "Sorry, I'm a little late..."
He took out the bag he had hidden behind his back. It was a plastic bag with some snacks in it.
"I brought some snacks for everyone..."
He had secretly bought this when he went to the hospital to have his ankle checked. The other trainees immediately rushed over and happily grabbed the snacks.
Only Ling Xiao was left staring at Xia Linxing who was surrounded by other trainees.
"You only know how to win people's hearts with these small favors!" he whispered bitterly.
Xia Linxing looked back innocently.
He didn't buy these snacks to win over people or to embarrass Ling Xiao on purpose.
He bought these snacks, actually for Shen Sibai——
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