The reason she trended on social media was a comment she made during an interview in her personal live stream.
In the picture, Song Hanzhen is wearing pajamas and has no makeup on.
Her eyes were a little red, and she looked somewhat aggrieved at the camera: "Those of you in front of the screen are probably all my fans, right? I want to apologize to you all here. I think I might be eliminated in the next round."
“I’ve tried my best, but there’s nothing I can do…” Song Hanzhen was speaking when she suddenly covered her mouth with her hand, choked up for a long time before calming down: “I’m sorry, I lost my composure.”
"But I really can't accept this result. If it's because my personal ability is not up to par, I will feel that it's my own fault and I deserve it."
"But that's not how it is... I could actually have made it through the next round. If I had gotten a lot of popularity votes in the second round, I could have made it through."
Song Hanzhen cried pitifully. Her live stream was full of her fans, who thought she had been bullied and insisted that she tell them what happened during the second public performance.
While crying, Song Hanzhen revealed the 'truth'.
The spotlight that should have been hers was stolen by Bai Yan.
"The West City Story was the script that our Group B chose at the beginning of the second performance. It was the role of the landlady who became a hit on the internet, played by Bai Yan. At first, I was supposed to play it."
"But at the last minute, Bai Yan was chosen instead."
She even showed photos of herself rehearsing "West Side Story" in costume, which were taken within three days after the first performance.
Song Hanzhen's writing style is subtle and factual; she states the truth, but the details don't match up at all.
She choked up, "I know my performance might not be as good as hers, but I guess I'm just unwilling to accept it... If I had performed it, would I have become a hit and attracted a lot of fans? Then I wouldn't have been eliminated in the next round."
"Perhaps ordinary people like us, who lack talent and rely solely on hard work, don't deserve to have dreams. I'm sorry, and thank you all for your continued support."
"Damn it!"
Lu Zhiyu closed the video: "Does she have no shame? During the rehearsals for the second performance, she was the only one who was Liu Yan's biological daughter. Our entire AC group was adopted. And now she's saying she's an 'ordinary person'?"
Chen Chen, who was holding a rabbit plushie, frowned and muttered under his breath, "Shameless."
Fang Yaming clicked on the trending topic tag, where many of Song Hanzhen's fans were supporting her and angrily criticizing Bai Yan for abusing her power.
Someone posted a screenshot of Lulu's ambiguous words on camera a few days ago, saying that Bai Yan had just come out of the room of one of the photography team leaders...
[Disgusting, absolutely disgusting! Bai Yan, a disgrace to women!]
The stage effects of the script for "West Side Story" are clearly better than those of an idol drama like "Starlight," right? I really feel sorry for Song Hanzhen. Her acting skills are indeed mediocre, but if she had performed "West Side Story" on stage, given her lack of scandals, she would definitely have gained a lot of fans. She might have actually made it to the finals based on her popularity!
Bai Yan stole Song Hanzhen's spotlight and popularity!
[I want to support Song Hanzhen. Why should someone who works so hard to improve her acting be eliminated? And Bai Yan, who steals the spotlight from others, gets into the top three?]
[With those intense scenes in "West Side Story," even a pig could become a hit, right? Looks like Bai Yan's skills in bed are really good, huh?]
[@Zhu Ze, the King of Acting, director, speak up! Is this some kind of behind-the-scenes manipulation? Why did she get to switch scripts with someone else?]
Fang Yaming frowned. She realized that the person behind this was targeting Bai Yan. The script was supposed to be performed by three people, but Chen Chen and Lu Yuzhi were only mentioned incidentally.
"Teacher Zheng is here..." someone suddenly spoke up from the crowd.
The rules for the third round of public performances were announced by the most senior teacher, Mr. Zheng. However, Mr. Zheng had some dark circles under his eyes, which made him look like he hadn't slept well the night before.
"Today was supposed to be a day for everyone to choose the play to be performed for the third public performance, but the production team encountered some unexpected problems yesterday."
As for what the unexpected thing was, everyone knows it: the script was changed on the spot. This caused the "King of Acting" program team, which claimed to be fair, to be heavily criticized online.
Teacher Zheng said, "The rules for the performances in the third round have changed this time. The five mentors will lead our program's scriptwriters and actors to select the parts to be performed from classic clips and then co-create them."
This is a high-EQ way of putting it; to put it bluntly, it's about having free rein.
"What's going on? The rules have suddenly changed?"
The rules have changed, and some are happy while others are sad. Those who ranked lower are happy, no longer having to worry about choosing the shows others have left behind; those who ranked higher are sad, their significant advantage has been taken away.
"Why should we, Teacher Zheng? This isn't fair! What does her breaking the rules and changing dramas have to do with us?" She finally made it into the top five and has the right to choose her dramas!
Teacher Zheng knew that the sudden change in rules would definitely cause controversy, so in this situation, he could only try to appease the actors: "Actually, this is good. Your choices are no longer limited to the dramas prescribed by the program team, which is not a bad thing for the actors with higher rankings."
"Once you become famous, you'll have a constant stream of film offers. As an actor, you also need the ability to judge the quality of scripts, which is also an opportunity."
I can listen to what I need to hear, but I can't listen to what I don't want to hear no matter what.
The actress who ranked fifth in the second round glared at Bai Yan: "In the end, it's all because one person broke the rules and ruined all of us."
Bai Yan looked back without any guilt: "I'm not the one who breaks the rules."
The man rolled his eyes at Bai Yan. "Just like Lulu said, you're stubborn as a mule."
Yes, shameless!
[I really don't want to see Bai Yan's face on camera! Why did the production team change the rules instead of kicking her out?!]
Please everyone vote for Song Hanzhen! Protecting Song Hanzhen is our way of fighting against capital!
"Alright, we still have a few days to work things out and finalize the script," Teacher Zheng said. "Come and submit the final list in three days."
After saying that, Teacher Zheng glanced at Bai Yan, wanting to say something, "You..." but in the end she shook her head: "Spend less time online these two days, and improve your acting skills. The real audience will always be watching the actor's acting skills."
Bai Yan bowed deeply and sincerely thanked Teacher Zheng.
After Teacher Zheng left, Lu Zhi hurriedly called to Bai Yan, "She has stills from the show, and we have witnesses too! Let's go find Brother Wang, and me too! Chen Chen and I can both testify for you!" Damn it, they're climbing into the person in charge's bed!
That's because their script was changed at the last minute, and they went to the production team together to demand an explanation!
"Wait..." This time it was Lulu who called out to Bai Yan, because there were still people following behind her.
Bai Yan turned around, and Lulu sighed, took two steps forward and looked at her helplessly: "Things have come to this point, shouldn't you apologize to Song Hanzhen?"
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