Chapter 23
Early the next morning, all the trainees dressed neatly and came to the studio to listen to the host announce various matters before the first public performance.
It was still Ling Wei who was standing in front with the hand cards announcing the rules. As soon as Chu Yu came in, he found the small corner where he had been slacking off and playing cards that day. He squatted there and started to take out the playing cards from the system pocket.
But this time, there was a one-meter-long tail following behind him, and he was wearing sunglasses on his face to look cool.
Luo Jiayu had been tossing and turning on the upper bunk until the early morning yesterday, and had taken the sleeping pills Chu Yu had given him, so he slept even soundly this morning than the person on the lower bunk. He was finally woken up by Teacher Zhao using a recording of Chu Yu going crazy.
He couldn't even open his eyes, his body was swaying and he couldn't stand steadily, but he couldn't forget to wear sunglasses, as if to maintain the dignity of his image of being extremely cool and handsome.
The small corner was only big enough for a mushroom. Once Chu Yu squatted, Luo Jiayu had no place to squat. He could only play with the sunglasses frame next to his ear while leaning against the wall, looking like a newly appointed bodyguard on duty.
The heartbreaking cry of the water still echoed in my mind when I was half asleep and half awake this morning:
"Some people are in love! Some people watch the sea at night! Some people can't get up even though their alarm clocks are ringing seven or eight times a day! Some people are in love! Some people watch the sea at night! Some people can't get up even though their alarm clocks are ringing seven or eight times a day!"
While Luo Jiayu's system was typing code to repair the punctured electronic eardrum, it asked incredulously:
"Isn't one of you brothers sane?"
Upon hearing this, Luo Jiayu adjusted his sunglasses and paused for two seconds deliberately before speaking slowly, with the air of a seasoned old philosopher:
"Without madness, there is no life."
The system rolled its eyes. Chu Yu was halfway through drawing a card when he heard the sound and looked up in confusion. Teacher Zhao took this opportunity to toss the three of hearts into his deck.
"Okay, now I will announce the group selection rules for the first performance." Ling Wei stood on the stage and spoke loudly to the 100 trainees who were about to face the first trial of their fate.
"There will be 10 songs to choose from in this first public performance. We will divide everyone into 20 teams. Each song will have two teams performing. Teams performing the same song will compete against each other. The winning team will receive bonus votes from the program team."
"After the first public performance, we will announce the overall popularity ranking of the first round of trainees, and the top 55 will be able to advance smoothly." Ling Wei paused when she said this, and her expression gradually became serious.
"Trainees ranked after 55 will be eliminated."
As soon as these words were spoken, the camera turned and the expressions of the trainees in the audience became solemn.
Elimination means separation, failure, and being driven out of the door of dreams. The road ahead will only become more difficult. It is a word that most people are unwilling to think about.
The first round of performances also resulted in the largest number of eliminations. After a few weeks, nearly half of the people in the hall would have left. Several emotional and low-ranking trainees had already burst into tears, and the entire hall was filled with a depressing atmosphere for a short period of time.
And at the back of the hall, in a small corner that no one cares about.
"Bomb, four threes."
Chu Yu's system was stunned: "What?!"
Luo Jiayu's system sneered and taunted Teacher Zhao, who was filled with regret for cheating: "I told you not to play dirty."
Luo Jiayu was halfway through a doze when he was jolted awake by the noise of several people. He lowered his head with interest and said, "What is this? Landlord? I want to play too."
Chu Yu, as the winner, was shuffling the cards: "Okay, I'll ask Teacher Zhao to take you into the room."
"Add one more seat, Sister System. Do you want to play four-player Landlord?"
"Who is your sister!"
"Do you want to play or not?"
"Okay... reluctantly."
Luo Jiayu was eager to try: "If I were to take the lead, this time I would definitely win the game, catch the moon from the bottom of the sea, and hit two goals at once. From then on, I would become a legend in the poker world."
Chu Yu paused in the middle of shuffling the cards, blinked in confusion, then looked up and rolled his eyes:
"That's fucking mahjong."
Meng Shuan, who was halfway through crying, heard the rustling noise coming from behind him and forced himself to hold back the tears that had squeezed to the corners of his eyes.
Sitting in front of these guys, I can't cry at all!
"We will now draw lots to select 20 trainees as captains. Each captain will then independently select the members they wish to recruit into their team from the remaining 80 trainees."
"Three eights and two sixes, only one card left." Chu Yu pushed the cards onto the table neatly, then covered his head and began to emo, "Ah, wuwu, I don't want to be the leftover cabbage."
"It's okay, baby. We are just not good at dancing, but you sing well and look good. There will definitely be someone who will recognize your talent and choose you!" The system skillfully encouraged him.
Luo Jiayu took the only two cards in his hand and chose to skip. Then he looked up at Chu Yu who was in depression, and suddenly a kind look appeared on his face:
"It's okay, baby. You can be my chosen little cabbage."
Chu Yu's sobs midway through the emo scene turned into dry heaves, and when he was done, he leaned against the wall, coughing and gasping for air.
"...I almost vomited all the sleeping pills I took last night."
"Why are you imitating my speech!" Chu Yu System glared at Luo Jiayu Maomao.
Luo Jiayu curled his eyes and said, "I think the way you talk to him is really interesting."
"I feel it's unfair." Chu Yu's eyes were still filled with tears from coughing up something, and she looked unhappy. "Why is it that when I go crazy, I only end up killing myself, but when he goes crazy, he can kill the whole world?"
"You can't generalize about people's physiques, baby." The system continued to comfort its host skillfully, "Besides, didn't you also say he was a talented player?"
"Indeed, you have talent. I'll teach you when I have time." Seeing that the trainees had already begun to gather around Ling Wei on the stage, Luo Jiayu patted Chu Yu on the back and said, "Let's go, baby, let's draw lots."
Chu Yu rolled his eyes, slowly stood up, and followed Luo Jiayu to participate in the routine lottery.
After being disrupted by a certain scholar, the original emo mood has almost dissipated.
In the original book, the villain played by Luo Jiayu was grouped with the protagonists. This was the starting point for many plot twists, and it served as an opportunity for a series of shocking and confrontational events to break out.
Chu Yu's character was not strong enough and was shunned by everyone in the camp. In the end, he actually became the last batch of trainees left with nowhere to go. Finally, he obeyed the program team's adjustment and joined a team with poor overall strength.
Because Chu Yu had almost no recollection of the plot in the original book and relied entirely on the system to remind him of the plot points, Teacher Zhao did not tell him that the original direction was this, and chose to conceal it in good faith to prevent the child from starting to lose his little pearls again after knowing it.
Moreover, since its host came to this talent show camp, nothing he has done has been in accordance with the original book. From the broadcast of the pilot film of Ding Lian, the plot that the original character should have has nothing to do with Chu Yu's current situation.
But Chu Yu didn't realize it. He didn't know that he had secretly amazed everyone by going crazy.
Since Luo Jiayu had only been there for less than a day, he couldn't make too many changes to the original book. As he expected, he didn't draw the captain's ticket. Instead, the trainee behind him did. The two looked at each other, and he saw the other person turn his head to the side and snort contemptuously.
How could such a scoundrel dare to do this to him? Luo Jiayu raised an eyebrow.
Then he saw the villain passing by Chu Yu, who was in a daze. They looked at each other, and then he turned his head to the other side and snorted contemptuously.
“…Who is this?”
"My ex-boyfriend." Chu Yu said calmly, "His attitude is normal. I gave you sleeping pills yesterday in exchange for his favorability."
It's powerful and mild, and doesn't require delivery. The strawberry flavor is two dollars more expensive.
Luo Jiayu was shocked: "I'm going?"
"And he can fix bugs." Chu Yu whispered to him and then returned to normal volume, smiling at Fu Hansong who was not wearing sunglasses today.
"Good morning."
[Ding Dong, congratulations to host Chu Yu for gaining 5 points of favorability with the character Fu Hansong. The current total favorability of all trainees is 35. Please keep up the good work~]
Chu Yu calmly entered the system mall and bought a five-yuan surprise blind box. He dug into his pocket and pulled out a fifty-cent milk candy. His expression twisted for a moment: "..."
[Ding Dong, character Fu Hansong's favorability towards you has dropped by -5. The total favorability of all trainees is currently 30. Keep up the good work~]
Fu Hansong's expression, which had been slightly relieved, suddenly turned sour again. He wanted to turn his head away, but found that he had been turned away from both sides, so he raised his head and rolled his eyes: "Heh."
Chu Yu continued to hold the candy calmly and stretched it in front of Fu Hansong: "For you."
Fu Hansong took a look.
[Ding Dong, congratulations to host Chu Yu for gaining 5 points of favorability with the character Fu Hansong. The current total favorability of all trainees is 35. Please keep up the good work~]
"Look, the card is out." Chu Yu leaned over and whispered in Luo Jiayu's ear.
Luo Jiayu continued to be shocked: "I'm going?"
Is it possible?
He was a little eager to try it.
He tried to dig into his pockets, but nothing came out, so he put on his signature smile, a sunny, cheerful, handsome guy worth half a million dollars: "Hi, good morning."
[Ding Dong, character Fu Hansong's favorability towards host Luo Jiayu has dropped by 20. Congratulations to the host for receiving a character-exclusive short comment from trainee Fu Hansong: "What a class! Wearing the same sunglasses as me!"]
"..." Luo Jiayu narrowed his eyes, "Why the hell is it going this way?"
He doesn't understand.
"Alright, all the trainees who have drawn captain's lots, please come in front of me and line up. Now we'll start the selection process..."
Luo Jiayu and Chu Yu stood together. The former finally took off his sunglasses after being reminded by the staff. He waited boredly halfway and suddenly seemed to remember something. He turned his head abruptly, scaring Chu Yu.
"Wait a minute, you said he was your ex-boyfriend?"
"Yeah, what's wrong?"
"You are not allowed to talk to him anymore."
"……Neuropathy!"
"Okay... then I'll start selecting people." In front of the stage, a trainee who looked shy and introverted timidly took the microphone and began to gently announce his name.
The selection rule is that each captain can only select one person at a time, and the 20 captains take turns to select. Generally, except for those with good relationships, the strongest group is also the most popular and the strongest.
Luo Jiayu watched Chu Yu's nominal ex-boyfriend walk up and called Wei Ziyu and Jiang Chenglu to join the team one after another. When it came to the third batch of selections, Jiang Chenglu pulled Fu Hansong's sleeve. The latter lowered his head patiently, and then after hearing the other party's whisper, his eyebrows gradually frowned.
Then the next second, Fu Hansong's twisted gaze and Jiang Chenglu's smiling gaze fell on Luo Jiayu at the same time.
Luo Jiayu subconsciously raised his eyebrows and instinctively wanted to speak:
Why are you looking at me? Secret crush...
"Luo Jiayu." Fu Hansong reported his name to join the team with an expressionless face.
Luo Jiayu had no choice but to shut up and went on stage with regret. Before leaving, he turned around and looked at the people around him reluctantly: "Baby..."
Chu Yu lowered his head, closed his eyes, covered his face, and waved his hand to chase the man away: "Get lost."
The next second, Lu Yiyang, one of the team leaders on the stage, shouted towards him with bright eyes, "Chu Yu!"
…Chu Yu took his hands off his face and blinked.
Yay, someone claimed him.
happy.
"What were you talking about with the person next to you? I feel like this is the first time I've seen you open your mouth in public."
As soon as Chu Yu came over, Lu Yiyang immediately pulled him over and started chattering, making him feel overwhelmed:
"Speaking of which, this guy Luo Jiayu is so handsome. He's handsome, has a handsome face, and can rap well. I feel like he's the ninth man I've fallen in love with this year... Have I fallen in love with too many people this year?"
"Oh - by the way, what is your relationship with him?" Lu Yiyang enthusiastically pulled Chu Yu's relationship.
Chu Yu paused, "What relationship?"
"Uh." Lu Yiyang then remembered that the person in front of him didn't know that his inner voice could be used to indiscriminately attack others. "It just feels like you two have a good relationship, like you've been playing together for a long time."
Seeing Chu Yu remained silent, he thought she didn't understand him. He gradually became anxious and gestured with his hands, saying, "That's right, it's just like the feeling between Xue Liu and me!"
Before Chu Yu could speak, Xue Liu beside him snorted:
"Hasn't your heart already been broken into countless pieces, each falling in love with a different man?"
Lu Yiyang covered his heart with one hand to express his loyalty: "But the first piece will always belong to you, my good brother."
Chu Yu shut up quietly, then quickly stepped back three meters from between the two people.
He felt like he was stuck between two people, like an ungrateful light bulb.
How can these be good brothers? How can brothers talk like this? They are just like a young couple in the ambiguous period.
Chu Yu sneered at this and poked the system to verify it: Am I right, Teacher Zhao?
The system seemed to be comparing something. After a moment of silence, it raised an eyebrow and said with difficulty: "...Hmm, is it true?"
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