Chapter 21 The country has only taught me one truth: patriotism, dedication, integrity, and kindness
"Please give your best in the next competition and get a good ranking. This will ensure that we can change our dormitories." Ren Wangyou broke the silence.
Everyone nodded with a heavy expression.
The purpose of the program team is very straightforward. Here, ability is paramount. If you want superior accommodation conditions, then go for it and step on others.
Because they are not signed to an agency and are not people with backgrounds that cannot be messed with, the program crew has taken ruthless measures, creating a huge gap in daily treatment for everyone, prompting everyone to actively fight for it. In any case, the final beneficiary is the program crew.
So everyone discussed and chose a bed, put their luggage away, and went to find the training room.
The training room production team didn't have any means to motivate them, every training room was the same.
They chose a room and hung up their dormitory number plate. Su Zi then took out the music source and played the entire song she wanted to sing.
The song she prepared was "Moonlight", a song that the original singer couldn't find the same feeling as the first time he sang it the second time.
"You know how I feel when I hear this song. I seem to see a knight in white dancing with a sword in the moonlight. He is dressed in ancient costume and looks as graceful as a dragon. So I think we can dance with swords. I looked up a lot of information last night, and we haven't seen such a performance before."
"The style of the song Su Zi brought out is very rare. I've never heard of it. If we perform well, getting a good ranking will be a piece of cake."
Ten people sat cross-legged on the ground, and Bai Youyou excitedly expressed her thoughts.
Su Zi was the first to agree, "I felt the same way when I listened to this song. I felt the chivalrous spirit in it."
"Me too." Ren Wangyou echoed.
She added, "The song for the performance has been reported to the program team. This song is really good. Let's get familiar with the song first and figure out the lyrics. The dance will be left to Youyou."
Bai Youyou patted his chest and said, "Don't worry, I have a direction. It won't be difficult."
Ren Wangyou stood up and said, "Then let's get started."
The painful training began.
Every day they jump back and forth between self-doubt and self-comfort.
Especially the song chosen by Su Zi, with its complex melody, varied tones, and transitions between true and false voices, made them want to die every day.
Su Zi regretted even more why he chose this song.
In comparison, Bai Youyou's choreography was the smoothest. Except for a few people whose limbs were not coordinated and needed more practice, everyone else felt that dancing was easier than singing for the first time.
They were almost the first group to arrive at the training room and the last to leave.
But halfway through the training, someone suddenly brought a message to Su Zi, saying that the assistant director had something to tell her.
At this time, it was already ten o'clock in the evening.
In the past few days, many people were called away by the assistant director, and those who were called away all had outstanding looks. Everyone who came back had a different expression, some looked as if they had lost their parents, some were happy, and some were determined to win. There were all kinds of speculations in private. Su Zi had a premonition that it would be her turn soon, but she didn't expect it to be so soon. She put on a coat and went to the interview.
Ren Wangyou followed him out, and in a deserted corner, Ren Wangyou looked at Su Zi's delicate features, and solemnly handed Su Zi a pair of scissors, "Take this to protect yourself."
Su Zi took it. Ren Wangyou thought she would ask something, but Su Zi just looked calm.
"After meeting Liu Chu, don't agree to anything he says, and don't take anything he hands over. If he dares to touch you, just do it." She and her companions tried several times to stop the unsuspecting girls from being persecuted, but they couldn't stop some people from making a desperate attempt to climb up.
Therefore, Liu Chu has never restrained himself and has set his sights on Su Zi. She will not let Liu Chu succeed.
"Okay." Su Zi responded softly, but his lowered hand subconsciously touched his thigh.
There was the dagger that Yuan Ren and the others gave her for self-defense.
"Go." She couldn't alert the enemy for the time being, so she could only wait outside. If anything unexpected happened, she would rush in immediately.
Suzi gave her a reassuring smile, "I'll go."
After turning around, Su Zi's expression suddenly turned cold.
Going up to the fourth floor of the castle, at the end of the corridor, the door of the room with the assistant director's sign hanging on it was wide open.
Su Zi walked closer without hesitation and knocked on the door, "Director Liu."
"Come in, come in." Liu Chu showed a hypocritical smile the moment he saw her, stood up from his seat, walked to Su Zi enthusiastically, and was about to put his hand on Su Zi's shoulder, looking at Su Zi with disgusting greed in his eyes.
Su Zi took a few steps forward and avoided Liu Chu's hand.
Liu Chu smiled even more, closed the door and locked it.
Su Zi turned and looked at him, "Director Liu, what does this mean?"
Liu Chu approached with her big belly bulging. "What do you mean? You don't understand. I watched your competition. Although you are good-looking, your ability is far inferior to that of other people. It is a pipe dream for you to debut with this face. However, there is a shortcut in front of you. What do you choose?"
"It's okay, I'm just accompanying my friend. It doesn't matter if I'm not selected." Su Zi did not show the fearful and worried expression that Liu Chu imagined.
Liu Chu looked at Su Zi's calm appearance. Some lowly position was clamoring loudly, but he didn't get angry but laughed, "I'm just teasing you, sit down."
As he said that, he poured a cup of tea for Su Zi, "Try it. This tea was a tribute tea in the past. Only the emperor could drink it."
Su Zi didn't answer, "Director Liu, I'm allergic to tea and coffee."
Liu Chu's smile froze.
"Su Zi, sometimes young people need to know when to advance and when to retreat. If I were you, I would drink this cup of tea."
"The only principles the country has taught me are patriotism, dedication, integrity, and friendliness. I have never heard Director Liu say this. If Director Liu has nothing to do, I will leave." Su Zi stood the whole time, and after he finished speaking, he turned around and was about to leave.
Liu Chu had been patient until now, so how could he watch the person leave from his sight? He reached out his hand to grab Su Zi.
Unexpectedly, Su Zi turned around and slapped him in the face, "Director Liu, don't be so shameless!"
"Su Zi!" Liu Chu's disguise disappeared and he vowed to teach Su Zi a lesson.
He jumped over the coffee table and was about to pounce on Su Zi with his heavy body.
When he saw what was in Su Zi's hand, his expression became horrified. He stretched out his hand and had no time to avoid it. The scissors in Su Zi's hand pierced through him. His wailing sound instantly spread throughout the room.
"Bang!" The door was broken open forcefully from the outside.
Su Zi turned around, but there was no one outside the door.
But at one moment, she felt something detached from her body.
"Is it you?" She took a deep breath and asked, suppressing the hairs standing on end.
On the ground, Liu Chu, who was holding his hands in pain, heard Su Zi's question. When he saw the open door, his scalp went numb, "Who the hell are you!"
Suzi ignored him, searching every corner of the room.
However, nothing was found.
Suddenly, Su Zi saw Liu Chu covering his crotch with his hands and screaming. His expression was ferocious and he was in great pain. The extreme pain made him faint.
Su Zi was about to take a step forward when she heard footsteps behind her. She turned around and saw it was Ren Wangyou, and behind her was another equally fat man.
Ren Wangyou rushed to Su Zi, checked her up and down, and after confirming that she was not hurt, he cast a disgusted look at Liu Chu on the ground, "Director, Su Zi and I are going to withdraw from the competition. With such a scumbag around, I don't want to stay in this show for a single day."
The director looked at Liu Chu lying on the ground with an expression of disgust and a bit of disappointment.
He knew that Liu Chu was a playboy, and usually he would turn a blind eye to his behavior as long as it did not affect the program.
After hunting geese all day, he was finally pecked in the eye by a goose.
I have to clean up his mess myself!
In order for the show to proceed smoothly, not only can we not call the police, but we also cannot let these two people withdraw from the competition.
If they leave the program team, these two people will be out of control, and if any problems arise, it will definitely affect the program.
After weighing the pros and cons, he gave Liu Chu a fierce kick, then said to the two of them in a friendly manner, "It's not easy for you to stand out from hundreds of people and make it this far. It's a pity to withdraw now."
"I will definitely make him get the punishment he deserves. I have seen how hard you have been training these days. For the sake of your teammates who have been with you, no matter what, we have to finish recording the promotion match. It would be best if we can advance. I promise that this kind of thing will not happen again in the program. Su Zi, you also hurt someone. If Liu Chu goes to check the injury, it will be difficult for you to say anything. Why don't we all take a step back?"
"Su Zi." Ren Wangyou called Su Zi and handed the decision-making power to Su Zi.
Su Zi looked at the director's half-tempting, half-threatening expression with a cold expression, "After the promotion match, whether I advance or not, I will withdraw from the competition."
"Don't even think about biting back. I've recorded everything Liu Chu said and did. A barefoot person is not afraid of a person wearing shoes. If I fall out with the production team, the worst that can happen is that I won't be able to get involved in the industry. I have hands and feet, so I won't starve to death doing other things, but the production team may not be the same."
The miniature camera was bought by Yuan Ren and his team to prevent her from being framed.
Su Zi's words were full of threats, and the director's face looked unhappy. "Okay, you guys go back and have a rest, leave this to me."
"Thank you, director."
Ren Wangyou glanced at Liu Chu who was unconscious on the ground, glanced at the coffee table, and then followed Su Zi.
When going downstairs, in a position out of reach of the camera, Su Zi handed the cup of tea that Liu Chu poured for her to Ren Wangyou behind her, along with the cup.
"Su Zi." Ren Wangyou's expression was a little complicated.
Su Zi said nothing, but just walked forward in silence. When he appeared in front of people, he looked calm and composed again.
The director acted quickly, and the next day, someone noticed that during rehearsals, Liu Chu’s fat figure was no longer seen.
The food was also richer than in the previous days.
But in other places, they are still very cruel. They don’t even have a mentor to guide them from start to finish in training. They have to rely entirely on themselves.
No one asked what Su Zi said when he met the assistant director, and they continued to get along with him as before. Only Bai Youyou asked privately. After learning that Su Zi was going to withdraw from the competition, Bai Youyou remained silent for a day and also made the decision to withdraw.
Soon it was the day before the qualifying match, and the production team arranged a bus to take them to the Orange TV building.
"Don't tell me this floor belongs to Orange Terrace."
"Be bold, these twenty floors all belong to Orange Platform."
Bai Youyou patted Yang Qinghuan's shoulder and said.
She was also surprised when she first came for internship, but she got used to it after watching it for a while (smoking)
Bai Youyou successfully saw the same expression on Yang Qinghuan's face as when he first came here, and she smiled with satisfaction.
The main purpose of coming here today is to let everyone get familiar with the stage movements and decide on the makeup for tomorrow's competition.
The stylists will design the styling according to each group's style and their requirements.
Su Zi thought that the production team would let them rehearse. After all, it was a live broadcast. If something unexpected happened during the live broadcast, the show would be over.
But the program crew did not do that. After trying out the makeup and styling, they arranged everyone in a nearby hotel, arranged tomorrow's schedule, and then it was over.
No one dared to run around and could only stay in the hotel.
At dawn, everyone was woken up by the program crew and started a chaotic day.
The studio that was empty yesterday is now full of people.
The order of appearance in the qualifying round was based on the draw. Su Zi and her group were the fifth to go on stage, while Gong Rong's group, who had been targeting them, was the third to appear.
The judges chosen were very famous. The first judge was Qu Ke, the champion of Longguo's first talent show. They saw from backstage that there were many of her fans present.
The second judge is Yoshizawa who just won the 5th Golden Melody Award
The third judge is Mingyu, who won the Best Female Singer Award for three consecutive years.
The fourth one is Wu Muhan, the leader of a top male band who debuted in South Korea and returned to China to develop
The fifth one is music producer Su Junjun
As the host introduced the idols, there was constant cheering at the scene, and fans could be heard shouting the names of their idols from time to time.
The popularity of the live broadcast room is rising steadily.
[Wow, the production team really spent a lot of money this time. The appearance fees of these people are not low. ]
[Oh my! I don’t understand why so many people like Mingyu. I really can’t kiss her. ]
[Sis, just sit there, I will go over there naturally without you having to beg me! ]
[Damn it, I hate everyone who saw my wife at the scene! ]
[If I had known that they would be the judges, I would have participated in the talent show. ]
"When will I have fans cheering for me?" Bai Youyou closed her eyes and let the makeup artist put foundation on her, but her mouth was not idle.
"It's simple. You just need to spend some money, go to the university gate, shout and ask if there are people willing to play the role of a fan. You can get a lot with just one move."
"You can let them yell whatever you want them to yell. Why don't you try it after the game is over?"
Su Zi said.
Bai Youyou opened her eyes and wanted to retort, but Gong Rong interrupted her, "You?"
Su Zi didn't even bother to look at her, and closed his eyes, "You should eat less salt, you look so idle, how does our conversation bother you?"
Gong Rong stood up and pointed at Su Zi, "You are disturbing me."
"Were you a sewing machine in your previous life? You are so good at pulling people down. There are more than just two of us talking in the dressing room. With so many people talking, do you have the ability to make everyone shut up?"
Yang Qinghuan added, "You are now like the female supporting character in the novel. When you speak and behave, please consider the occasion. When you go out, don't treat everyone as your parents."
"When you are alive, you must know your own weight. If you don't have much weight, don't weigh yourself on the scale. I ignore you because I don't want to waste my time on people like you. This is not a reason for you to be so arrogant."
Su Zi has always treated Gong Rong as a spoiled girl who had never suffered any setbacks. It would be ok for her to say a few harsh words to him normally, but in today's occasion, she still made a fuss and made everyone unhappy.
Gong Rong's chest heaved with anger, but then she seemed to have thought of something, turned her head triumphantly, and ignored them.
When Su Zi thought of Liu Chu, he had a bad feeling.
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