Chapter 188 Ergong Stage
2 p.m.
The second live broadcast of "Twenty Changes of Mountains and Seas" was even more popular than last week. Before the guests officially appeared, the live broadcast room was already filled with barrages of comments. Accompanied by the Orange platform host Wu Yue's smiling and uplifting opening remarks, the live broadcast heat had unknowingly reached the climax of the first public performance. Countless viewers were looking forward to the guests' second performance.
The first thing to start was the captain cooperation show.
Ren Limeng and other guests sat in the waiting hall, watching the five captains' collaborative performance of "Love" on the central broadcast screen. Shen Xingzhi, Chen He, Fan Xinran, Yan Baiwei and the male lead of the "Lost" publicity team, Wei Kaile, are all hot first-line stars in the entertainment industry, and they shine even more against the backdrop of the gorgeous stage design.
Behind each of the five captains are countless supporting fans. The captains show cooperation, and in addition to cooperation, there is more competition. Although the program team said that friendship comes first and competition comes second, Ren Limeng can imagine the "bloody and lively" discussion on the live screen at this moment without watching the live broadcast room.
No matter what, even though the captains' collaboration show guests are star-studded, in Ren Limeng's opinion, Chen Xingzhi standing in the C position is still the most dazzling guest on the stage and the focus of the entire performance.
In addition to his top popularity, as the best male singer at the Golden Melody Awards three times in the past ten years, Chen Xingzhi has stronger professional abilities than other actor captains, and his handsome face is no less handsome than that of an actor, so he has no shortcomings.
The big screen was so large that every tiny pore on the faces of the five captain guests could be clearly seen, and Shen Xingzhi in the camera completely withstood the test of the big screen. His angular face was still magnified without any flaws.
His eyebrows were lowered, and his long eyelashes cast a faint shadow on his fair face, half covering his deep and lazy black pupils. Mixed with his clear and slightly hoarse voice like a spring, every note sung by Shen Xingzhi was intertwined with complex emotions that made people toss and turn, and it was firmly in line with the "love" in everyone's heart.
As the climax suddenly reached the passionate chorus of "I love you", Shen Xingzhi tightly gripped the microphone and suddenly looked up. The swaying colorful lights divided his serious face with clear lines into light and dark, cutting out a dim and ambiguous space.
The cold aura around him had been tinged with an indescribable soft warmth. Shen Xingzhi's previously indifferent gaze seemed to become bright and gentle along with the high rhythm. Looking at the camera in front of him, his eyes were filled with more unconcealable smiles. The corners of Shen Xingzhi's mouth rose slightly, and he seemed to be completely immersed in the song "Love" itself.
This obvious smile was seen by everyone, and even the director seemed unable to hide his affection for Shen Xingzhi, who was in a warm mood at the moment, and cut to Shen Xingzhi several close-up and long shots in succession, until Ren Limeng, who was watching the broadcast, finally couldn't help but tilt her head slightly and shift her focused gaze.
She pursed her lips and looked at the "Shan Hai" logo next to the stage in the waiting hall, trying hard to suppress all the inexplicable throbbing in her heart.
Although the first public performance was on the same large screen, Ren Limeng's heart beat exceptionally fast this time when watching Shen Xingzhi's performance. With the faint smile on Shen Xingzhi's face, he showed his strong presence at all times.
But vision can still be avoided subjectively, but the ubiquitous sound in the hall is unavoidable. It was clearly the climax of the chorus of the five guests, but Chen Xingzhi's voice came from the speakers on both sides so clearly and uniquely, and every sound was pleasing to the ears, reminding Ren Limeng that there was something strange outside of her job.
Ren Limeng took a deep breath and quickly put on the gentle smile on her face again, as if this could deceive the camera and prevent anyone, including herself, from noticing her "inattention".
After the performance and introduction, the host Wu Yue smoothly organized the voting session, and the voting results on the spot did not disappoint Shen Xingzhi's wonderful performance that made people unable to take their eyes off.
Ren Limeng stared at the final frame of the captain cooperation show on the big screen without blinking, and the scores of each team were recorded. Chen Xingzhi had almost 30 more votes than Chen He, who was in second place, and undisputedly won the first place in the captain cooperation stage.
It was an expected result, but the smiles of the other three members of Shen Xingzhi's team couldn't help but brighten a little. Even Chen Xi, who had been a little stern today, finally smiled and took the initiative to greet Shen Xingzhi who had returned calmly to the waiting hall.
With Guan He's endless praise and Ren Limeng's appropriate response, the atmosphere of the whole team became joyful, no longer as depressed and solemn as before the live broadcast began.
The victory result of the captain's cooperation show is not only important for the extra points after winning, but also for the invisibly boosted morale of the whole team after Shen Xingzhi took the lead.
The problem that Chen Xi might lose his voice at any time seemed to become less serious. The fact that Shen Xingzhi was able to be the first among the five teams and stand out at least showed that more audiences had a good impression of Shen Xingzhi. This good impression might continue when Shen Xingzhi's team performed as a whole.
Team Chen Xingzhi's performance of "Time and Flying Life" was also an excellent finale, ranking fifth. Before the whole team went on stage, Chen Xingzhi only said a faint but firm "Come on", and everyone's hearts seemed to settle down, immersed in their "Time and Flying Life".
Ren Limeng completed her previous singing segment smoothly. On the live stage, she and her partner Shen Xingzhi still cooperated well.
This time, Ren Limeng and Shen Xingzhi partnered to perform the present part of the past-present plot in the climax. Through their body language and eyes, they introduced Chen Xi and Guan He who played the past part, allowing the audience to unconsciously feel the fleeting time as they performed the Huangmei Opera excerpt "Couple Watching Lanterns" by Chen Xi and Guan He.
Ren Limeng moved fluently to the side of Shen Xingzhi, and accompanied by Shen Xingzhi's low and beautiful singing, she raised her right hand and directly held Shen Xingzhi's broad and slender left hand, just like countless times during practice this week. Ren Limeng looked at Shen Xingzhi with a smile on her face, and Shen Xingzhi also softened his brows and lowered his head just right, as if they were really the loving couple in the rehearsal of the plot.
No one could tell from the stiffness and the heavy atmosphere when they first practiced this segment this week.
In a trance, it seemed that at this moment it was not only the plot arrangement of "Time and Space", but also the past events of Ren Limeng and Shen Xingzhi hidden in time, life is like a dream.
During the first two days of practice this week, Ren Limeng thought it was just a stage play required for work. She took Shen Xingzhi's hand and looked at him affectionately without feeling anything unusual. She never even recalled any of her past experiences with Shen Xingzhi in college. She was always worried and annoyed that she couldn't get into the play.
But in this formal stage performance, under the most tense live camera, Ren Limeng suddenly bumped into the layers of smiles gradually emerging in Shen Xingzhi's indifferent eyes, and noticed that her own eyebrows were also curved with a smile in the familiar deep eyes in front of her, and suddenly she was distracted for a moment.
When they were in college, they had hosted countless events together, and she and Shen Xingzhi were no exception. They both had soft expressions on their faces, held the microphone, stood beside each other, and cooperated tacitly again and again. Perhaps the moment they smiled at each other was also like this, as if they only had each other in their eyes.
Both she and Shen Xingzhi's expressions at this moment were so gentle and touching, as if they had thousands of words to say, but in the end, there were no extra words.
The eye contact without words sparkled brighter than the stage lights.
The true feelings they expressed at this moment... was it the result of practicing this performance so many times until it was perfect, or were they both...so immersed in the plot that it was more than just a casual performance on stage?
Ren Limeng no longer allowed herself to think about the reality and illusion of all the tacit cooperation, nor did she need to recall any of the past.
She shifted her gaze from Shen Xingzhi's eyes back to Shen Xingzhi, smiled slightly, fixed her eyes on the ubiquitous camera lens in front of her, and continued to perform her role on the stage step by step.
Following Shen Xingzhi's movements, they slowly moved to the opposite side of Chen Xi and Guan He, who had already stood in a fixed position in the dark. They acted out the roles of the emotional couple and reached out their hands at the same time, turning the spotlight on Chen Xi and Guan He, who were playing the Huangmei Opera actors of the past.
All the lights on their bodies suddenly dimmed, and all the lights and shadows on the stage focused on Chen Xi and Guan He who were singing the Huangmei Opera "Couple Watching Lanterns".
As the voices of Chen Xi and Guan He gradually rose as they sang the familiar lyrics, Ren Limeng did not relax at all. She kept an eye on Chen Xi who was singing at all times, ready to save the situation as seamlessly and quickly as possible if Chen Xi lost his voice.
Although Ren Limeng acted very confident in front of Chen Xi in the morning, as if singing the Huangmei Opera segment of "Couple Watching Lanterns" was just a small matter for her, any Huangmei Opera that was not carefully prepared in advance would be irresponsible. In the last few hours, Ren Limeng concentrated almost all her energy on intensive practice of the female aria of "Couple Watching Lanterns".
Fortunately, their performance consisted of a short excerpt of Huangmei Opera, so she pushed herself and it was no problem for her to perform it smoothly.
But this was the first time that Ren Limeng had to fight a Huangmei Opera battle with almost no preparation. Even though it was just a possible rescue, as Chen Xi's humming voice gradually rose, Ren Limeng's muscles all over her body unconsciously tensed up.
Under the live camera, even though she and Chen Xi had practiced seamless cooperation several times beforehand, Ren Limeng did not dare to completely bet on the tacit understanding between Chen Xi and herself.
She could only pay attention, pay attention, and pay attention again, so that she could feel any abnormality in Chen Xi's performance as soon as possible, immersing herself in every verse while ensuring that she was ready to enter the stage at any time.
This tense state is much more tiring than any hosting or Huangmei Opera performance. Even someone as calm and composed as Ren Limeng can hardly hide her nervousness under the smiling face, as the live broadcast cannot afford any mistakes.
Ren Limeng had practically pricked up her ears silently, and her bright eyes seemed to only focus on Chen Xi on the opposite side. She repeatedly reminded herself that no matter what, she must not make any mistakes on the performance stage at this moment.
Finally, the aria of "Couple Watching Lanterns" gradually drew to a close...
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