When Cheng Zhi returned to the practice room, everyone had already gone through the movements again.
Probably because of the change in C position, Le Zhu's mental state seemed a lot more relaxed, unlike the pale face at the beginning due to excessive tension. At this moment, he had a thin layer of sweat on his face after exercise, and his face looked very rosy. When he saw Cheng Zhi coming back, he greeted him happily.
"I'm back. What did Teacher Song say?"
Cheng Zhi took a brand new towel with one hand and handed it to Le Zhu to wipe his sweat, and with the other hand he picked up an unopened bottle of mineral water and stuffed it into Chen You's pocket, then tilted his head and smiled.
"After agreeing that we should switch C, nothing else was said."
Le Zhu wiped the sweat off his face and said, "That's good."
After they had rested for a while, Cheng Zhi organized everyone to continue training. He opened his tablet and watched the "evovle" video again.
This time he can focus all his attention on Song Baiyi.
Cheng Zhi had to admit that Song Baiyi looked like he was glowing when he was dancing in the center position. Once you set your eyes on him, it would be hard to look away.
Putting aside the viewing experience, in this song, Song Baiyi's movements and stage presence are much better than those around him, so it is understandable that Le Zhu was replaced because he did not convey the feeling that Song Baiyi wanted to convey to the audience.
After Cheng Zhi watched it with the intention of studying seriously, he felt quite a bit of pressure.
He counted on his fingers and found that there were still three days until the performance.
Three days...
He had basically mastered the movements yesterday, but compared to a lot of small issues like Song Baiyi's processing of details and the way of exerting force, time was still a bit tight.
If you do something, do it to the best of your ability. This is the principle that Cheng Zhi has always adhered to.
"Are we going to go back to the same training intensity as during the theme song period..."
Cheng Zhi felt a little headache.
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At lunch time, Chen You saw Cheng Zhi training with such determination that he risked his life, so he very foresightedly pulled him up and left.
"Let's go, stop jumping. You ate all the chocolates I stockpiled last time."
Cheng Zhi: ...
There were a lot of people in the cafeteria. In order to prevent Cheng Zhi from running away, Chen You called Le Zhu and Lu Yinbai in advance to help them get some food.
So, as soon as Cheng Zhi entered the cafeteria, Chen You made him sit down and a large portion of food was placed in front of him. It seemed that all the food in the cafeteria was served to him.
Le Zhu's voice sounded in his head, "I don't know what you like to eat, Cheng Zhi, so I typed them all."
Cheng Zhi was speechless for a moment when he looked at the mountain of food in front of him.
Cheng Zhi took a breath and smiled at Le Zhu, "Thank you, you are so thoughtful."
Le Zhu scratched his head after receiving the compliment and chuckled twice, "You're welcome. It's my honor."
Cheng Zhi sighed, resigned himself to picking up the chopsticks and started to eat the small mountain of rice in front of him.
Twenty minutes later, Cheng Zhi had finished most of the food in the bowl. He couldn't eat the rest, so he had to reluctantly waste the food.
When he left the cafeteria, he felt his stomach was bloated.
Chen You watched him walk forward slowly and asked with concern: "What's wrong, are you feeling unwell?"
Cheng Zhi took a sip of water to calm down, then answered him, "I'm fine. I ate too much. I'll go take a walk to digest it. You guys go back to the dormitory first."
After saying that, he walked in the opposite direction of the dormitory.
During the break, there was no one to be seen except in the cafeteria and the dormitory. Cheng Zhi walked around twice and felt his stomach felt a lot better, so he walked towards the practice room.
When he entered the practice room, the production team had a routine power outage. Cheng Zhi pressed the power button twice and gave up when there was no response.
He walked to the window, opened it and let some air in the practice room, and felt much more comfortable.
There is still an hour before the afternoon training starts. Cheng Zhi is too lazy to go back to the dormitory. He finds a corner in the practice room and sits down, opening his tablet and watching the dance video of "evlove" over and over again.
After watching it twice, he discovered a small detail that he hadn't noticed before. When he put down the tablet and was about to dance again, he suddenly heard someone knocking on the door.
The training progress was disrupted, and Cheng Zhi felt a little unhappy, but he still didn't say anything and walked over to open the door.
As soon as he opened the door, Cheng Zhi saw that the person standing outside was Huo Shuhang.
Cheng Zhi was stunned for a moment. He didn't expect that the person knocking on the door was him. "What's the matter?"
Huo Shuhang smiled apologetically, "My teammates seemed to have locked the door when they left the practice room. Can I borrow your practice room for training at noon today?"
Because of the last incident of a stalker coming in, the production team changed the locks of every room, and the door lock of the practice room is the responsibility of the contestants who are training inside.
So it is normal that teammates do not believe in locking the door and preventing others from entering.
Cheng Zhi hesitated for a moment and tightened his grip on the door handle slightly.
He bit his lower lip and said, "Come in then."
After saying that, he opened the door and turned around to motion for Huo Shuhang to come in.
Cheng Zhi took the tablet to the inner side of the practice room, leaving the outer half for Huo Shuhang.
"Just train over there."
Huo Shuhang thanked Cheng Zhidao, closed the door and began to prepare for training.
Suddenly there was one more person in the originally quiet practice room, and he was an opponent he was not very familiar with. Cheng Zhi would be lying if he said he could adapt quickly.
However, he was too lazy to worry about it so much. Based on the principle that training was the most important thing, he tried his best to pay less attention to Huo Shuhang's movements next to him and concentrate on himself.
The training was normal at the beginning. The two of them danced separately and no one looked at each other. After a while, when Huo Shuhang sat down to rest, he discovered the differences between himself and Cheng Zhi in the handling of details.
When Cheng Zhi stopped to drink water, Huo Shuhang scratched his head and walked to the inside of the classroom.
He stopped in front of Cheng Zhi, "I have a move I want to ask you, is it okay?"
Cheng Zhi wiped his sweat and put down his water cup, "Which action?"
“That squatting movement eight beats before the chorus.”
Cheng Zhi understood and stood up and did the move that Huo Shuhang had just mentioned.
After Huo Shuhang followed Cheng Zhi in dancing a few times, he realized where he had not handled it well compared to Cheng Zhi. He nodded and praised, "You are amazing. I was wondering why I couldn't find the feeling of the original version no matter how many times I danced this part."
Cheng Zhi was stunned, not really understanding what Huo Shuhang meant. He hummed and went back to training.
The lunch break passed quickly. When it was almost time, Huo Shuhang thanked Cheng Zhidao again, pushed the door and left.
As soon as Huo Shuhang left, Shen You and his group pushed the door open.
Chen You looked at Cheng Zhi who was practicing hard in the classroom and asked, "Why did Huo Shuhang across from us walk out of our practice room? Doesn't he have his own practice room?"
Cheng Zhi stopped what he was doing and explained, "He said his teammates locked the door of the practice room and came to train with us for a whole afternoon."
Chen You couldn't help but frown when she heard this, "But I heard the staff say this morning that the door of the practice room opposite was broken and couldn't be locked..."
Cheng Zhi:?
Chen You continued to ask: "Did he just come to borrow the practice room and then did nothing?"
Cheng Zhi shook his head, "He came over and asked me a move."
Chen You said, "Then I understand. Huo Shuhang is here to learn from me."
Le Zhu, who had been listening for a long time, was thinking quickly, "Hey, if Huo Shuhang comes to ask Cheng Zhi about something he doesn't understand, does that mean we will definitely win?"
The corners of Cheng Zhi's mouth twitched, and he was about to refute when he was interrupted by Shen You.
"I think you're right! One hundred thousand votes, we must get them!"
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Song Baiyi was coming to check on everyone's progress at four o'clock this afternoon. Huo Shuhang's visit to borrow the practice room was just a small episode. Cheng Zhi didn't take it seriously. Instead, he told everyone not to be blindly confident and that training well was the most important thing.
There were still 20 seconds left to the original schedule, and the previous movements were not smooth yet, so time was a bit tight. After everyone arrived, Cheng Zhi organized everyone to seize the time to train.
With DDL, everyone's training efficiency has become particularly high. After an hour, they have basically learned all the movements in the plan.
The only action is the interaction between Cheng Zhi and Le Zhu during the second chorus.
At this point, Cheng Zhi, who was originally behind Le Zhu, needed to step forward and be on the same level as Le Zhu. Le Zhu needed to slightly tilt his head, reach out and pull Cheng Zhi's tie, and suddenly pull him closer. After the two looked at each other, Le Zhu needed to turn around and push Cheng Zhi away to start the next dance move.
Now that there were no ties, the two of them pulled the collars instead. This action was not difficult for Cheng Zhi, but it was a little difficult for Le Zhu to adapt to. Either he didn't have enough strength to show the tension, or he couldn't continue the next action after pushing Cheng Zhi away. Moreover, Le Zhu's expression management was not good, and he kept laughing when he looked at Cheng Zhi.
Cheng Zhi and Le Zhu practiced this movement many times, but the results were not satisfactory.
At four o'clock, the photographer and director brought Song Baiyi to open the door of the practice room on time. Only then did Cheng Zhi let go of Le Zhu's hand for training.
Song Baiyi came empty-handed today. He casually put on a black shirt over a simple white T-shirt. The silver necklace hanging around his neck added a touch of brightness to his simple outfit. The necklace reflected the light, giving him a kind of cool and handsome feeling.
Song Baiyi leaned back in his chair, as if he was going to finish teaching quickly and leave work. "How's the practice going?"
Cheng Zhi answered truthfully: "It's OK, there are some minor problems in some places."
Song Baiyi hummed, "Then dance it once and let me see if there's anything wrong."
Cheng Zhi nodded, led the team members to the designated positions, and started playing music.
With nearly two days of training time and a change of center position, the whole dance looked much better than what Song Baiyi saw yesterday. Everyone coordinated well, their footsteps were neat and tidy, and they stepped on the beats very accurately.
Cheng Zhi, who was standing in the center, quickly mastered the movements. His several head-shaking movements were neat and clean. He did not deliberately imitate the style of the original Song Baiyi. He handled it in his own way, with good control and explosive power, and was fully worthy of the center position.
The director standing next to the camera whispered, "Yes, yes, zoom in... and cut Cheng Zhi's segment into the trailer later."
Song Baiyi nodded, looking quite satisfied.
When it came to the most crucial part of the chorus, Le Zhu reached out and pulled Cheng Zhi's collar. As soon as Le Zhu pulled it, the music was stopped by Song Baiyi.
Song Baiyi frowned slightly, "Cheng Zhi and Le Zhu, the two of you pull the collars again."
Being stopped suddenly and asked by Song Baiyi to do his unskilled movements again, Le Zhu became more nervous. With Song Baiyi counting the beats, Le Zhu failed twice more.
"Le Zhu's movements are too tense. Relax a little and manage your facial expressions..."
Seeing that Le Zhu couldn't handle this part well again, Cheng Zhi's collar was wrinkled by him, and Song Baiyi sighed.
"Le Zhu, you go and watch over there first. I'll follow your position and perform this part with Cheng Zhilai." After saying that, Song Baiyi took off the shirt jacket that was not very convenient for dancing, revealing a clean white T-shirt underneath.
Seeing that Song Baiyi was serious, Le Zhu obediently took a step back and gave his seat to Song Baiyi.
Cheng Zhi, who was standing there sorting out his clothes, didn't react and looked at Song Baiyi a little confused.
Because of the high intensity of the training, Cheng Zhi was sweating a little. His slightly curly temples were wet with sweat, and his hair was against his face, making him look particularly well-behaved. His neck was very white, with almost no pores visible. The few drops of sweat on his neck sparkled slightly as his Adam's apple trembled as he spoke, "Teacher Song... do you want to dance to the Lezhu position?"
Cheng Zhi was very thin, so the lines of his shoulders and collarbone were clearly visible under the collar that had just been ruffled by Le Zhu.
Song Baiyi removed his gaze from his collarbone and hummed, "It's not a good idea for him to keep dancing poorly."
Cheng Zhi pulled the corner of his mouth, "Oh, okay."
The music started playing directly from the short part before the two people's interaction. This was the first time Cheng Zhi danced with Song Baiyi. While doing his own moves, he secretly glanced at Song Baiyi in the mirror.
Song Baiyi's basic skills and control are even better than what he looks in the video. Even if the two of them did the same moves at the beginning, Cheng Zhi could feel the difference in the aura of the person next to him. His frames were accurate and beautiful, and his moves seemed easy to do, but in fact, it took a lot of effort to control.
Song Baiyi's movements changed with the ups and downs of the music, drawing beautiful arcs in the air. He had a well-proportioned body, and every muscle in his body seemed to be born for dancing. Every movement was in sync with the music, and his movements were crisp and neat.
Song Baiyi usually looks cold and silent, with no emotion visible on his expressionless face.
But Song Baiyi was different when he was dancing. Cheng Zhi looked at Song Baiyi in the mirror. The corners of his clothes, the ends of his hair, and even every fingertip seemed to be glowing as he moved.
It's so beautiful that you can't take your eyes off it.
Cheng Zhi was a little absent-minded, so much so that when the two of them were about to interact, he hadn't recovered yet.
Cheng Zhi followed his muscle reaction and walked towards Song Baiyi. When they were on the same level, Song Baiyi tilted his head, smiled, and reached out to pull Cheng Zhi by the collar.
This was the first time the two had been so close to each other after knowing each other for so long.
Cheng Zhi felt that Song Baiyi's hand was much stronger than Le Zhu's. The sudden pull made him lose consciousness for a moment, but his years of acting experience allowed him to quickly steady himself. Cheng Zhi stood still and met Song Baiyi's eyes.
Cheng Zhi and Song Baiyi's breath overlapped, and this time he clearly felt that Song Baiyi's scent was very pleasant. Unlike before, this time it was a mixture of mint and woody scent.
Because they were very close, Cheng Zhi could clearly see that Song Baiyi's delicate skin was without any blemishes. It was as exquisite and perfect as a piece of handicraft that had been carefully polished. He subconsciously turned his gaze away from Song Baiyi and fixed his eyes on his lips.
Then Cheng Zhi watched Song Baiyi's lips slightly open, and a low, pleasant voice fell into his ears.
“When you dance, you have to focus.”
After saying that, Song Baiyi gently pushed Cheng Zhi away and started the next dance move.
Cheng Zhi, who was pushed away, felt his mind go numb and he let his muscle memory perform the next move.
He could feel the scent of Song Baiyi still lingering on his nose. The place where Song Baiyi had just grasped his collar was pressed against his chest, and the heat was still coming from it. The words Song Baiyi had just said echoed in his head.
Cheng Zhi felt as if his heart skipped a beat.
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The author has something to say:
A wife who is so big, so fragrant, and so beautiful is right in front of you, how could you bear to push her away, Mr. Song! (Pointing and gesturing)
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