Chapter 223 People Watching the Show
Upon learning of Xia Lu's choice, Hu Xiaoxiao felt it was a wise one. A new drama with the same theme would both whitewash her villain's influence and boost her popularity, making it a safe second step toward returning to television. Furthermore, Xia Lu's current situation was difficult; it was difficult to find a suitable drama, and no one had written a script specifically for her. This drama might be the best option for her.
The popularity of "The Bund" has also boosted the popularity of supporting roles, and Zhu Wanwen's popularity has increased significantly. She has already started accepting second female roles in dramas. Judging from Linda's training plan for Zhu Wanwen, as long as Zhu Wanwen's next drama goes well, she will become the female lead sooner or later.
The anniversary ceremony will add an interactive program for the popular drama, in which all the important actors of "The Bund" will gather together to rehearse the Charleston dance.
The Charleston dance originated from the swing dance of Charleston, USA. The lively music is matched with fast steps. The dance is full of passion and energy, which is very suitable for festive anniversary performances.
When Hu Xiaoxiao went to rehearsal, Jiang Yu had already arrived and was learning moves from the dance teacher.
Seeing Hu Xiaoxiao coming, Jiang Yu took the initiative to greet her and congratulate her.
Although Jiang Yu did not explicitly say what he was congratulating her for, Hu Xiaoxiao knew that Jiang Yu was talking about the Best Actress award.
"Thank you, Sister Yu." Hu Xiaoxiao smiled happily when she saw that Jiang Yu really didn't care.
Jiang Yu saw what Hu Xiaoxiao was thinking and thought that she would be upset about Hu Xiaoxiao being the female lead alongside her.
Jiang Yu said she's long since calmed down. Having worked at the station for so many years, she's seen plenty of ups and downs, and has seen countless waves of young female artists come in, one after another trying to push her out of her position as the top actress. If she were upset every time a new female artist became popular, fearing they might take her place, then she wouldn't have to do anything; just being angry every day would be enough to keep her busy.
There are always new talents emerging in every generation, and she cannot stop the new talents from climbing up. Similarly, she has absolute confidence in herself. She has been popular in TV stations for more than 20 years, relying on her acting skills. Her strength is her greatest confidence.
What's more, compared with other people who want to step on her to get to the top, such as Wang Shuangshuang and others, Jiang Yu feels that Hu Xiaoxiao is much better than those people in terms of etiquette.
Furthermore, Jiang Yu knew Hu Xiaoxiao was ambitious from the moment he joined the TV station and dared to go for a job offer. Hu Xiaoxiao's gradual development later convinced Jiang Yu that with Hu Xiaoxiao's ambition, he wouldn't just focus on the TV industry.
In that case, Jiang Yu doesn't mind making friends with Hu Xiaoxiao.
"There are a few moves I can't do properly. Xiaoxiao, you're good at dancing, so please help me figure out where the problem is. I'm good at everything else, but dancing is my weak point." Jiang Yu performed the dance and asked Hu Xiaoxiao to correct her.
Hu Xiaoxiao watched carefully and offered some small suggestions. Jiang Yu danced according to Hu Xiaoxiao's instructions and saw that his movements were indeed much smoother in the mirror. He praised, "Not bad, not only do you dance well yourself, but you can also teach. That's amazing."
Hu Xiaoxiao said with some pride: "Of course, I won't be taught how to open a dance school."
"Your dance school is quite popular now. I heard that a contestant went to your school specifically to sign up for training before participating in the Miss Hong Kong pageant."
With Hu Xiaoxiao's reputation as a popular figure, those who want to compete in the Miss Hong Kong pageant but don't have any dancing skills should first attend the dance school run by Hu Xiaoxiao. The Miss Hong Kong contestants of the past two years have all graduated from the dance school.
"It's true. Learning about it beforehand can give you a better chance of winning when you run for election."
The Miss Hong Kong pageant doesn't have much time for training from registration to the finals, so it's all up to you. Hu Xiaoxiao's ability to dance well in such a short time was entirely due to her quick learning ability. Otherwise, she wouldn't be able to dance as well as those who have been learning to dance since childhood.
Gradually, other actors from the crew also arrived.
They had heard rumors that "The Bund" was going to promote Hu Xiaoxiao to the female lead, alongside Jiang Yu. They expected to see Jiang Yu and Hu Xiaoxiao throwing tantrums today, but unexpectedly, everything was calm, and they even seemed to be chatting harmoniously.
Some people are very disappointed.
How could Jiang Yu not know what these people were thinking? She was bound to disappoint them. Even if she was unhappy with Hu Xiaoxiao, she wouldn't make a scene in front of so many people and let them watch the show for nothing.
They are all so enthusiastic about watching the show, why aren’t they as enthusiastic about performing?
"Everyone is here, why don't you study with the teacher? What are you standing here for?" Jiang Yu looked at the people who wanted to watch the fun, and they looked away guiltily and pretended to be busy.
At this time, Song Yan'an also came.
The dance teacher wanted to arrange a duet for the two main characters, Song Yan'an and Jiang Yu. Jiang Yu watched the teacher demonstrate it and thought it was too simple and boring. She also had to sing the theme song, so to avoid being too busy and affecting her singing, she said, "Let Xiaoxiao and An Ge dance it. They're a couple in the play."
Song Yan'an thought this was a good idea and called Hu Xiaoxiao over. "Remember the dance we had at the mayor's dinner? Let's do it again then."
Hu Xiaoxiao clapped his hands and came up with an idea: "Then we can wear the costumes from the mayor's dinner and recreate the scene from that night."
"This is great. It can make up for the audience's regret about the pairing of Xie Weihua and Zhao Zhenchuan."
So, after performing the Charlton dance, Hu Xiaoxiao and Zhao Zhenchuan will dance again.
After Hu Xiaoxiao finished rehearsing the dance, she went to practice singing.
She had a duet with Chen Tianwang for the anniversary celebration, and the duet was an old song of the God of Songs. The God of Songs was unable to attend the anniversary celebration due to some matters, so the program team specially selected this song for them.
Hu Xiaoxiao has collaborated with Chen Tianwang more than once. Chen Tianwang has always been very active in charity work, and Hu Xiaoxiao often goes to charity to help. The two met at a charity dinner two months ago.
"Congratulations on becoming famous again. You are going to be rich." Chen Tianwang was holding the microphone and saw Hu Xiaoxiao coming. He joked to her.
Hu Xiaoxiao accepted the congratulations gracefully. "Same here. You've been very popular this year too. Your latest album is selling like hotcakes again. I couldn't even find it at the music store."
"If you want one, just tell me. It's a collector's edition cassette tape signed by me. It's very hard to find, so I'll give it to you for free. No need to thank me, just treat me to a meal when you have time."
"If you're going to give it away, give a few more. Giving just one is too stingy. I won't even be able to earn back the money I spent on the meal."
"One isn't enough? How many ears do you have? How many do you want to listen to at once?"
"I'm collecting these. You have a lot of fans. If I need money later, I can sell them."
"You're obsessed with money again."
The two of them chatted back and forth, joking with each other, but they didn't stop practicing their songs. While practicing, they also discussed the performance and how to make the performance on stage better match the song.
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