Chapter 800: The Faded Actress (10)
After announcing the mentor lineup, the show began announcing the contestants. Unlike other talent shows that photoshop all the contestants so much that their mothers wouldn't recognize them, the Idol Choice program released all the pictures of them without makeup. They were completely bare-faced, with even their pores visible. Their hair wasn't styled by any stylists. They presented their true selves to the audience in this pure and unpretentious way.
Many viewers were drawn to this behavior.
Such a genuine production team is truly a rare find.
Then start choosing.
Some people market themselves as having amazing looks, but their bare-faced photos backfire, while others are still incredibly handsome even without makeup.
In any case, all faces must be judged.
Then the voting channel was opened.
Voting began before the show even started, and vote-rigging was strictly prohibited; anyone found doing so would be immediately disqualified.
Wen Wan also took a look.
My five little rascals are all just as good as any of them.
After all, as someone who values appearance, she naturally knew what the first thing to look for in a talent show was: looks.
She is so pure and unpretentious, so genuine.
What comes after appearance is professional competence.
Having a pretty face isn't enough, but not having a good face is absolutely unacceptable. After all, idols are there to create dreams for their fans, so they have to be good-looking, and good-looking enough.
So Wen Wan naturally chose some of the best-looking guys in her own company, as well as two complete novices who she had recently recruited.
One of them, named Aubo, was found at a bar. He had some family troubles, and his mother was hospitalized, so he was working at the bar. Wen Wan happened to see him when she went to the bar.
Even Wen Wan couldn't help but be captivated by that face.
So they poached her at a high price, almost making her seem like a scammer. It's funny, really, how could someone as beautiful as her have anything to do with being a scammer?
Another one was also discovered by chance. I went to the school to help my distant cousin with some things, and that's how I met his amazing roommate, Lin Wei. He was so good-looking that Wen Wan thought he was born to be in front of the camera.
I thought money could buy it, but it turns out he's not short of money; his family owns a sizable company, making him a top-tier second-generation rich kid.
Moreover, he's not only a rich kid, but also a top student.
In the future, they will be immersed in laboratories and become pillars of the nation.
In the end, it was my younger cousin who, through some unknown means, managed to poach him.
However, the contract terms were exceptionally lenient, almost placing him in a dominant position, and the company could not force him to do anything.
The other person originally didn't want to participate in this talent show, but Wen Wan played the victim, saying that the company couldn't gather five people and he came to save the day. However, he didn't plan to debut because he couldn't sing or dance.
The other three kids all belong to the company.
Meng Yuan is an adorable little sun girl who is good at singing and has a very infectious voice; she is a natural singer.
Li Qi is an all-around ace; she can do everything, including singing, dancing, and rapping. She was groomed by her company to pursue an idol career.
Qin Cheng is good at dancing, but not so good at singing. However, he has won numerous awards for dancing, having practiced since he was a child.
These three were all sent to act by their agents, and they contributed several bad dramas. It can be said that they are not very famous. The agents are largely to blame.
These five people were the ones Wen Wan sent to participate in the competition.
He added: "Just do your best. It doesn't matter if you don't get selected. The company will have other plans."
It seems everyone is obsessed with debuting, and apart from Ou Bo and Li Qi, there's no expectation.
Before the competition began, these people were subjected to intensive training, especially Li Qi and Ou Bo, who had no foundation. They were tortured by the teacher every day, which even Wen Wan found frightening.
Because he received money, Aubo naturally worked hard.
Li Qi, on the other hand, once he has made a choice, he will do it seriously and will not refrain from doing it just because he doesn't like it.
It can be said that it made Wen Wan's life much easier.
When the voting results came out, the top-ranked ones were naturally idols from big companies with established fan bases.
As for their own team, Aubo ranked thirteenth.
A very high ranking.
That face truly deserves to be called the most beautiful face in this talent show.
Li Qi ranked fifteenth, which is a good result. He is somewhat famous and has a few fans.
Lin Wei ranked twenty-first, which is also a very good ranking, while Meng Yuan ranked thirty-eighth.
The last one, Qin Cheng, is ranked forty-ninth.
Wen Wan thought these rankings were all good, since they were all within the top fifty.
The entire variety show will be broadcast live, and then edited and uploaded to the platform, but it will be a few days later.
The company has an assistant, so Wen Wan isn't worried at all.
Thinking of the male lead, Wen Wan still called Gu Yuan to explain her participation in the variety show and to tell him to focus on filming.
Gu Yuan was very well-behaved, so much so that Wen Wan couldn't help but give him the best things.
Sometimes I feel that if this were ancient times, Wen Wan would have had the potential to become a tyrannical ruler.
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Amidst much anticipation, the talent show began its live broadcast.
Wen Wan and the other mentors took their seats. Wen Wan greeted the others, and they were all very friendly. Regardless of Lin Xi's status as an artist, just considering the Lin family behind him, these people would not do anything, and even intended to befriend him.
Even when facing Li Mingxuan, Wen Wan's attitude remained unchanged, and there was no sign of any animosity between them.
This disappointed viewers who were watching the live stream hoping to see the two of them fight.
Li Mingxuan breathed a sigh of relief, but he was also a little unhappy. Since the other party didn't hold a grudge, it proved that he was no big deal in their eyes, and his departure hadn't caused any problems at all.
Soon the contestants arrived at their positions one by one, and from the moment they entered, they were already in the camera's view.
The first step is to choose a location.
The positions are not fixed, but the most dazzling ones are the nine debut positions, especially the center position, which is so dazzling that it's almost blinding. It is also the ultimate goal of all trainees.
But at first, there weren't many candidates.
As larger companies gradually arrived, they quickly began to occupy several debut spots.
When it came to his own children.
Meng Yuan was a naive and innocent girl, Lin Wei was aloof and cold, and Ou Bo was also light-hearted and not talkative. In the end, Li Qi stepped in to make the decision.
Which seats would you like to choose?
Meng Yuan: "I'll choose according to your choices."
Lin Wei: "Whatever."
Aubo: "Whatever."
Qin Cheng: "I want to choose the one with the closest Dao position."
Li Qi: "Okay, let's give it a try then. It's free to try anyway."
Others: "..."
Alright, the bolder the person, the greater the harvest. After that, Li Qi and Qin Cheng each took a debut spot. Meng Yuan sat in the seat closest to Qin Cheng, and Ou Bo sat in another empty seat, right next to Li Qi. When it was Lin Wei's turn, Lin Wei's expression changed slightly.
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