What Bai Yan and Lu Zhiyu were left to perform was a classic historical drama scene: After the wicked concubine He De murdered the emperor's own son, she used her clever words and seductive charm to make the emperor, who was so blinded by lust, disregard the life or death of his own son and entangled with her in the palace.
This ten-minute performance had very few lines; it consisted mostly of eye contact and dance.
As we all know, the fewer lines a performance has, the more it tests an actor's basic skills.
Lu Zhiyu is an idol who has acted in two dramas. His acting skills are terrible and he has been criticized online. Now that he has been given such a difficult role, and his co-star is Bai Yan, who is criticized to the extreme, how can he work with her?
How can two wooden people act?
"How can someone so fat play Hede?" Lu Zhi argued, "The script even has a scene where I carry her. How am I supposed to carry her?"
The Hede sisters rose to the rank of concubine through dance, their waists so slender they could be encircled with one hand. While Bai Yan is beautiful now, she still falls short of having such a slender waist.
"No." Director Zhu ruthlessly rejected Lu Yuzhi's request.
As a seasoned director, he knows that in addition to a solid core, variety shows also need plenty of engaging elements.
Besides, he deliberately arranged for Lu Yuzhi and Bai Yan, these two deadly weapons, to be partners together.
I never expected that the two of them would be so unlucky as to be chosen for this segment—but the more disastrous their performance, the higher the show's popularity would be that day.
Director Zhu was overjoyed; why would he stop it?
Lu returned empty-handed, glared angrily at Bai Yan, and sat in the studio in a daze without saying a word to her.
Idols in the entertainment industry come and go in waves. He acted in several dramas before with very poor results, and his fans have almost all disappeared. This variety show is his only way out. If he is eliminated from the beginning, he will be completely eliminated from the entertainment industry!
Thinking of this, Lu Yuzhi angrily pounded the ground.
"I heard what you just said to the director." The voice came from above.
Lu Yu looked up, and Bai Yan's flawless beauty came into view. He was stunned for only a moment before his lips curled into a smirk: "I said it, what do you want?"
Lu Zhiyu is only twenty years old this year. He was once famous, but he was young and arrogant. His personality has a lot to do with how he got to where he is now.
Bai Yan smiled at him: "You're right, my current weight is indeed not suitable for Hede. The official performance is in three days, how about I lose ten pounds in these three days?"
Lu Zhiyu was stunned for a moment. If Bai Yan had been angry with him, he might have confronted her directly, given his temper. But she spoke to him in a very polite manner.
"Ten pounds... in three days?" Lu Zhi glanced at her: "Can you handle it?"
"Don't worry, I can do it," Bai Yan said. "Should we go to the practice room first to go over the lines and see how to act it out?"
Her tone was so gentle that even someone as hot-tempered as Lu Zhi couldn't get angry: "Okay, fine."
Bai Yan smiled gently. Since she had no choice of partner, she could only temporarily go along with the boy's wishes.
The first round of the preliminary competition had no mentors to guide the actors; they had to rely entirely on their own positioning and script interpretation.
Losing 10 pounds in three days? That's just hype!
[What's so interesting about this group of obscure celebrities? I want to see Song Hansheng! The young master is acting for me?! How arrogant do I have to be?!]
[Lulu, Lulu! Please, production team, include more of Lulu's scenes in the editing! Lulu is so cute!]
Aside from Shen Lian, who is a mentor, the two most popular guests on this variety show are Song Hansheng and Lulu, who are also the favorites to win the championship.
With their high popularity, the two naturally received the most screen time during their live streams. In contrast, Bai Yan and Lu Zhiyu, whose popularity had plummeted, were ignored by everyone in the corner.
...
Three days passed in a flash, and soon it was time for the first round of the preliminary competition's public performance.
Fifty actors will perform in pairs. In the preliminary round, only the total score will be counted, not the individual score. This is one of the reasons why Lu Zhiyu is unwilling to partner with Bai Yan.
There is also an audience voting segment. In the three rounds of competition, the contestant with the lowest score and the lowest audience support will be directly eliminated.
No matter how competitive it is, it's still a variety show; if it doesn't get high ratings, it will naturally be eliminated.
Bai Yan sat in the audience of the studio. She and Lu Yuzhi had the lowest popularity and were the last to appear.
The first group to go on stage were Song Hansheng and Fang Yaming.
Bai Yan sat in the audience watching. In the plot, Shen Lian's rise to power was inseparable from three men, and Song Hansheng, the prince of the entertainment industry, was one of them.
The crown prince, who is destined to inherit the throne, dislikes finance but is drawn to the entertainment industry by Chen Lian.
He and Fang Yaming co-starred in a classic scene of lovers turning against each other. Both of them had above-average acting skills, and the emotionally charged scenes were easy to perform brilliantly. All five mentors gave them scores of eight or higher.
[Ugh, is this some kind of torture? The young master could easily make a living off his looks, but he insists on letting his abilities speak for themselves!]
Song Hansheng is the best!
Fang Yaming is less popular. Although her acting is good, she doesn't generate as much discussion as Song Hansheng.
Next up on stage was Lulu, an artist from the group of stars. She has an adorable baby face and her every move exudes innocence and charm. She and a male artist of the same age naturally performed a scene from a campus idol drama and received a good rating.
Next up on stage were Song Hanzhen, whose performance was just average, and Xu Zhiyan, whose performance was more or less the same.
Then came the combination of popular actors and idols on stage... a dazzling and fantastical combination.
[Hahaha, is Zhou Yanchuan trying to kill me with laughter? Is he acting all sentimental or just staring blankly? My goodness, if I were the actress opposite him, I would have thought a zombie had come to life!]
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