Chapter 21

"Ding Dong——"

"Welcome to the Little World of Galencia. The performance will start in thirty minutes. Admission is now open. Please find your seats after entering the venue. Use the QR code of the concert to scan and take your seat."

The broadcast sounded at the right time, and the people sitting and resting in the square also packed up their things and stood up.

Most of the people who came today were inspired. There were many people who rushed in just before entering the venue. Even so, there were some people who did not want to come after choosing their seats because it was a free performance, but they did not cancel their seats.

Scattered people walked towards the steps. Seeing that there were so few people on the scene, some audience members once again backed out.

Before entering, everyone had different ideas in their minds, but after entering, all their attention was attracted by the facilities in the venue.

The venue is said to be able to accommodate 2,700 people, so I thought it would be small, but in fact it is very large, all because of its large stage and screen, which does not look like the facilities of a small venue at all.

For a venue with this number of people, it is very impressive to have two large screens in the venue, and even those screens may be only about 100 inches, one on the left and one on the right, hanging above the stage.

But the screens in this venue are four very large floor-standing screens, two in the middle of the stage, used to play background VCR, and two on the left and one on the right, used to broadcast the stage.

There is a very wide distance between the seats in the backstage and the seats in the stands, which seems to be enough to fit an extended stage. The arrangement of the positions and screens is also very reasonable, and the people in the backstage look up at the people on the stage, and the people on the stands look at the people on the screen.

After everyone came in, they thought they would be able to find a seat quickly, but after they came in, they walked for several minutes to find their seats in the backstage. There were

still more than 20 minutes before the show started, and those who sat down started taking videos of the show with their mobile phones, wanting to send them to their friends.

When most people had come in, the big screen in the venue began to broadcast the performance instructions. The first one was that any camera or video equipment was not allowed during the performance, and anyone caught using it would be asked to leave.

Everyone didn't take it seriously, after all, all performances said so, but no one listened.

At this time, the trainees who were about to go on stage were gathered together in the backstage, cheering each other up.

Ye Xing touched his heart that was about to jump out, "... What should I do, I feel like I'm going to die."

Not only him, but the heartbeats of several others were so loud that they could feel the vibrations by putting their hands on their chests. However, the more they emphasized their nervousness, the more anxious they became. Gao Xiayu saw that his brothers were breathing rapidly, patted their shoulders and comforted them, "This is the first end-of-month evaluation, and it is natural for anything to happen. Don't be too nervous. The more nervous you are, the easier it will be to make mistakes later. "

As they were talking here, they heard a staff member outside shouting: "Ten minutes before the performance!"

Pei Luming's body, which was already numb due to nervousness, became even more tense. Chen Wu sat on the sofa and couldn't stand up for a while. Several trainees with a lot of performance experience were not much better. They kept rubbing their hands to relieve their nervousness.

After a few seconds, a staff member knocked on the door and called them, "Hurry up, it's time to go to the waiting room."

They were like ants suddenly facing a rainstorm, and they were in a mess.

With five minutes left, Jiang Juyou appeared in the backstage with other staff members.

They came out from the backstage with their work badges on them. As soon as they appeared, they attracted the attention of the audience. Jiang Liuxing also looked over and soon saw her sister in the crowd.

That is -

her sister seemed to be in a high position of power.

Jiang Juyu was led to her seat in the stands. When she approached, all the other staff members who had already taken their seats stood up and greeted Jiang Juyu and the several directors behind her.

She nodded, took the iPad handed to her by the staff, and sat down on the stands in front of the stage.

The audience in the front were all looking back, perhaps guessing the identities of these people. Some took out their mobile phones to take pictures, but staff immediately stepped forward to stop them and asked them to delete the photos.

Seeing this, the audience who originally wanted to take some pictures of the performance immediately gave up.

With three minutes left, all the lights in the venue dimmed.

Jiang Juyu was looking down at the information of the trainees on the tablet, which included not only their current physical condition, but also the list of songs they had prepared, and even the lyrics.

Also at the table were the heads of various departments, especially those from the A&R department, who were basically all present, because whether the trainees can debut depends not only on the opinions of the newcomers department, but also on the opinions of the A&R department.

They don't usually have much contact with the trainees, but they are the ones who are closest to the trends in the entertainment industry, so their review will be more strict and fair.

At this time, the big screen suddenly lit up, and Gao Xiayu's face appeared on the screen.

"Hello everyone, my name is Gao Xiayu, I'm fifteen years old, and I've been training for two months." As he spoke, Gao Xiayu walked out from the back of the stage, stood in the middle of the stage, bowed, and then stepped aside.

Later, the videos of other trainees began to play, and the audience at the scene realized that it had already started.

When Ye Xing's face appeared on the screen, there was a small exclamation from the backstage.

More than half of the people came for Ye Xing, and they were prepared to be stunned or that the real thing was not that good, but when they really saw Ye Xing on the big screen, they were still shocked by her beauty.

This feeling is no less than the surprise of picking up gold in the park while taking a walk.

Because of this exclamation, everyone in the stands raised their heads, looked at the screen, and then looked at the people in the field.

The three trainees who did not participate in the end-of-month evaluation also sat in the stands with the teachers. They were also the ones who felt the difference most directly.

When the first few people came out, everyone was very calm, except Ye Xing.

They were all trainees, but their feelings were different from the audience and teachers on the scene. As expected, some differences are impossible to overcome.

The seven trainees went on stage one by one. After the last one finished introducing himself, the seven stood together and looked at the position directly in front of them.

Liu Jiajia sat next to Jiang Juyou. She glanced at Jiang Juyou and then picked up the microphone, "Let's start."

Because of this voice, the audience in front turned their heads again. Only then did everyone feel the reality of the end-of-month evaluation.

The first stage was the group stage, and the song they prepared was Billie's "You Should See Me in a Crown". The song was chosen by them, and the dance was choreographed by the teacher.

While they were getting ready to take their positions, Jiang Juyu looked down at the Part Allocation Chart, and the first person to speak was Yao Shuo.

She tilted her head with wrinkled brows. Li Yao on the other side came over and said to her, "The person who chose this song is quite smart. This song doesn't have many high notes. The key is the performance."

Zhao Xu at the back spoke, "This song is quite difficult. There are no high notes, so every sentence has to be stable. Can they take care of singing and dancing with their current strength?"

Jiang Juyu, who had watched the previous solo stage, laughed out loud, "It's good enough if they can dance in unison."

The sound of a sharp blade being unsheathed rang out, and the six people surrounding Yao Shuo followed the prelude, opened their arms, and made throne positioning movements. Yao Shu, who was in the C position, sat on the legs of Gao Xiayu and Ye Xing, and put up one arm to pretend to be a king.

He may think that he is very fierce now, but several teachers in the stands laughed out loud after watching the big screen.

"Hahaha, so cute."

"Still a child!"

"Hahahaha so cute!"

But the moment Yao Shu opened his mouth, the atmosphere changed.

He opened his mouth softly and his voice was low, but the pitch of each word stood firm, even the English pronunciation was perfect, everyone present, including Jiang Juyou, showed a surprised expression.

The first paragraph was all Yao Shu's part, his pitch was so accurate that there was no discomfort in the ears, and even the strength of each word was under his control.

Li Yao showed his arm to Jiang Juyou, "I have goose bumps!"

Jiang Juyou also got goose bumps, she even had a tingling sensation on her scalp, so this is the sense of security of a big vocal?

The dance moves were not complicated, and even the first few sentences were just changing the position of the arms. There might be some asymmetry, but the key points were very neat, without any drag.

After Yao Shu finished singing, there was a key point. This one-second part was given to Ye Xing. He stood aside from the team, raised his hand to his mouth as if whispering, "One!"

The big screen cut the picture to Ye Xing very timely. As soon as he appeared, screams rang out again in the venue.

The second part was equally shared by Gao Xiayu and Pei Luming. The two sentences in the middle, "Scream" and "I don't dream", were given to Ye Xing. Gao Xiayu and Pei Luming's performance was not as good as Yao Shu's. The beginning of each sentence was a little unstable, and there was a faint feeling of being out of tune.

But Jiang Juyou didn't really hear it, it was the vocal teacher who told her.

The chorus was sung by Chi Qiao and Ye Xing. Because this part had a slightly complicated dance choreography, the whole performance immediately fell apart. The movements here were a bit uneven, and Chi Qiao's singing also seemed unstable, but his dance moves were handsome enough that even the uneven parts of the people behind him were overshadowed by his brilliance.

When it was Ye Xing's turn, there was a change of position. Chi Qiao, who was about to give way, bumped into Ye Xing who was moving forward, but neither of them panicked and continued to perform calmly.

The remaining parts were shared by Wang Siyu and Chen Wu. With the comparison, their performances seemed a little lacking, especially after Wang Siyu finished singing, it was Yao Shu's turn. It felt like the sound quality suddenly changed, and the voice became clear and stable.

Yao Shu did not follow the original singing in this part, but changed to his real voice, directly raising the pitch of "If you think I'm pretty" and singing a refreshing high note.

Whether it was the teachers below the stage or on the stage, all of them exclaimed.

"Wow! What a refreshing high note!"

"Explosive!"

"Who is this, Yao Shu, right?"

Before watching the whole song, Jiang Juyu could make a conclusion in advance. She wrote after the first track: Yao Shu and his dancers.

After the first group song ended, seven trainees stood on the stage breathlessly and excitedly. Li Yao took the opportunity to pick up the microphone, "Drink some water to relax, I have a few questions."

She looked at her iPad, "Who chose this song?"

Gao Xiayu saw that her brothers were still drinking water, so she picked up the microphone and answered breathlessly, "I decided on the song, and the dance was choreographed by the teacher and Chi Qiao."

Both the first and second sentences surprised Li Yao a little. She asked directly, "Who is Chi Qiao?"

Chi Qiao, who was still squatting on the ground drinking water, immediately put down the water bottle and raised his hand.

"Okay, got it, you can put your hands down."

This time it was Jiang Juyou's turn to take the microphone, "No more comments for now, you can start preparing for the next stage."

The audience was pitch black, but the voice was clearly that of the chief producer. The seven children remembered the time they were scolded before, and suddenly trembled.

Especially Ye Xing, who was going to perform the solo stage next, hated his hand that got the first stage order.

All the other trainees left the stage, leaving Ye Xing alone on the stage. He stood in the middle of the stage, holding the microphone tightly, and introduced himself again: "Hello, teachers, my name is Ye Xing, and the song I will perform is "This is How You Fall in Love." While he was introducing himself, a staff member came up to put down the microphone stand and high chair.

Many people in the audience were looking forward to Ye Xing's performance. Perhaps it was the prejudice after watching his solo stage performance last time, Jiang Juyou didn't have much expectation. His stage performance just now didn't even leave any impression on her.

It's just... his stage seems to have changed. This was not the one he performed last time, which means that he spent two weeks preparing a new song.

He sat down on the high chair, adjusted his earphones, and signaled to the staff in the audience that they could start.

The sound of the piano rang out slowly, and Ye Xing held the microphone and murmured the melody.

He used falsetto for the first two sentences, and when he reached the third sentence, he opened his eyes and switched to his real voice. Ye Xing's voice was actually completely inconsistent with his appearance. He had the face of a beautiful boy, but his voice was low. When he sang this lyrical slow song, it brought a feeling of silence on a rainy night.

The pitch of this song was not high, just within Ye Xing's vocal range, and in Jiang Juyou's opinion, it was a safe choice.

Others had no expectations that Ye Xing could finish the song because of his vase-like appearance, but he was a little surprised when he finished it.

Jiang Juyou listened to the discussion of the people around him and wrote after Ye Xing's song: Too safe a choice, no surprises, no display of his own charm.

The whole performance lasted nearly an hour and a half. For the audience, this performance exceeded their expectations, because everyone heard when they first came in that the longest practice time was two months and the shortest was three weeks. What kind of bicycle is needed?

Compared with the stern senior management and teachers in the stands, the audience's reaction was more like watching a performance by kindergarten children, with the main purpose of encouragement.

But there were also trainees who were more stunning and left a deep impression. Ye Xing was definitely the first one. His appearance alone was enough to make people give him high scores, and throughout the performance, except for bumping into someone at the beginning, there were no other mistakes.

The second one was Yao Shuo who carried the whole show. Every time he sang, the sound quality seemed to have changed. The solo song he performed was Taylor's "Don't Blame Me". From the first sentence, it was so exciting that people's scalps tingled. The high notes at the end even caused the whole audience to exclaim. Another solo stage was singing and dancing, which was a little lacking, but his vocals were enough to make up for it.

Another one was Chi Qiao. He, Gao Xiayu and Pei Luming were the only three who prepared singing and dancing songs. The other two performed well, but they were slightly inferior to Chi Qiao.

It is impossible to have both singing and dancing, especially a solo stage without dancers. In the choice between the two, the two chose to keep singing, and the dance movements lacked some meaning.

Chi Qiao, on the other hand, chose to preserve the entire stage's appeal. The song he performed was "There's Noting Holdin' Me Back". Although his vocals were somewhat lacking, the stage's vitality was so strong that it infected everyone. Even though the high notes at the end were shouted, no one paid much attention. He was the only one who was comfortable on the stage, while the others were more or less stiff and awkward.

The other pure dance stage lacked appeal because of the accumulation of too many techniques. Jiang Juyou had said this before, but he did not change it.

After the performance, the staff led the audience out, and everyone gathered in twos and threes, talking about the stage they had just seen.

"To be honest, it's enough to play private entertainment."

"But there are also many idols with great strength in private entertainment, but they lack good songs and planning."

"That depends on whether the strength is better in the eyes of fans or in the eyes of passers-by."

"The high note just now was really amazing. I think he can debut now."

"It's a pity that minors are not allowed to participate in the talent show now, otherwise they can go and break in."

Jiang Juyou had already taken other staff back to the backstage. At this time, Jiang Juyou, who got her mobile phone, noticed the message from her sister. Jiang Liuxing had been giving her feedback on the opinions of people around him while watching the performance, but Jiang Juyou didn't take her mobile phone with her, so she didn't notice it.

Just when she was about to reply to Jiang Liuxing's message, the other party sent it first.

"The shooting star is Ziweixing: I have to go to the airport to pick you up soon,

so I'm leaving now. Let's talk tomorrow. My sister will be back tomorrow, so we can get together!" "Jieyou Grocery Store: OK, I'll be busy first."

Jiang Jieyou put away her phone and looked up. Standing in front of her were the trainees who had just finished their performance. They had their hands behind their backs, not daring to look at the people in front of them, and could only stare at the floor.

"Director, drink some water." A staff member next to her handed over a paper cup, and Jiang Jieyou took a sip. At this time, other staff members who had gone to the bathroom came back one after another.

Li Yao sat next to Jiang Jieyou with an iPad, and the smile on his face was gone. Everyone had a cold face like Jiang Jieyou.

Seeing that most people had entered, Jiang Juyou spoke. She looked at the seven boys and asked, "Do you know what is the most taboo thing in the entertainment industry?"

They looked up and looked forward, but they didn't know the answer, so they could only shake their heads.

Jiang Juyou said softly, "I have no impression of taboos."

"There are so many audiences entering today, and they are close. You were also watching from the backstage when others were performing. I believe you know better than me which people will have reactions from the audience during their performances, and which people will play with their mobile phones during their performances."

"Then let's talk about the problem from the first stage. The song selection is very smart, but the choreography is very poor. It's not that the teacher didn't choreograph it well, but your current level can only allow the teacher to choreograph such a dance. You can't dance it if the difficulty is slightly increased. Even so, some people made mistakes in the middle."

"I remember that you started practicing this dance over and over again two weeks ago. After two weeks of practice, it's still like this. I'm curious, didn't anyone check the dance? Didn't you check each one separately? You just danced it over and over again without finding any mistakes or picking out any details?"

"I'll say it again, this is a group performance. It's your fault if you didn't perform well. It's also your fault if you didn't point out your teammates' mistakes before going on stage. This is not an individual competition. You just need to perform well. This is a group performance. If you make a small mistake, you're smearing shit on other people's faces."

"The few simple hand gestures at the beginning were all crooked, and the chorus in the middle was even worse. Chi Qiao, you sang like a sheep, and Ye Xing, you struggled with every move, you couldn't straighten your legs, you couldn't lift them, you were just here to make people laugh."

"The only one who was good was Yao Shuo, but he could only sing well, and his dancing was a mess. Today's stage performance was recorded, you can go and see for yourself how bad it was tomorrow."

"I still say that, those who I didn't mention by name had no presence on the stage. I felt that I didn't even focus my eyes on you, so I have no impression and can't tell."

"For the first stage, I will summarize Yao Shuo and his dancers. Okay, do other teachers have anything else to say?"

Jiang Juyu spoke in a flurry while sitting in her seat. Not to mention the trainees, even the ministers sitting next to them were a little scared. Li Yao wanted to say something, but in the end he touched the microphone and quietly withdrew his hand.

From here on, Jiang Juyu scolded the rest of the stage. At least she praised Yao Shuo at first, but later she criticized him as if he were a piece of shit.

The trainees lowered their eyes at the beginning, and lowered their heads at the end. The momentum they had when they just came down from the stage was long gone.

After talking for so long, Jiang Juyu was tired. She sighed and picked up the microphone again, "...I hope you don't think I'm too harsh, because these words are just the most basic evaluation of you when facing the public. Those with a conscience will just say that you are poor, and those without a conscience will say all sorts of things." "

Don't expect to hear good words from me, because after your debut your fans will say things that will make you take it for granted."

"That's the end of the month evaluation today. You can go off work after packing up." After Jiang Juyu finished speaking to the staff, she turned to the trainees and said, "Your parents are here too. You have a day off this afternoon. Go back and have dinner with your parents."

After hearing the cheers of the staff, Jiang Juyu also stood up with her tired body.

She said goodbye to her employees and dragged her heavy body towards the office.

At the same time, the audience who watched the performance were also discussing it enthusiastically on various platforms, and even opened exclusive super chats and groups.

“Subject: repo/I watched an amazing performance today, who knows?”

“I randomly saw a video this afternoon, and since I live nearby, I went to join in the fun. To be honest, I was really shocked after watching it. Who knows, I was just a simple passer-by, and I didn’t even go there for the little card. I really just saw it near my home and went there.”

“The back is so big…”

“I’m still repeating the phrase baby there’s nothing holding me back…”

“I really didn’t record it if you didn’t allow me to record or take photos! Ahhhhh! I can’t even think about it again!”

Comment section:

“A code word, Galex?”

“What performance?”

“What is Galex?”

“I think it’s okay, but the opening really surprised me.”

"I've found the organization!!! Please tell me! What's the name of the one whose voice gets better when it's his turn to sing?"

"They have a Da Yanzai account, you can search for it, id: The above are random entertainment trainees."

"Who hasn't saved Ye Xing's perfect A cut and B cut posters? I don't allow it!"

"What are you talking about?"

"Looking at the IP of the poster, you're not talking about internal entertainment."

"Oh my god, this little Hu Dou is pretty good."

"They haven't debuted yet, they are all trainees. Today is the trainees' performance, free of charge. The little card video that is very popular on Tik Tok was given as a gift from their performance."

"What the hell? That video is of them?"

Jiang Juyu, who had just logged into Weibo and was about to post pictures of today's performance, was looking at hundreds of unread Weibo messages.

“…Hmm?”

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Jiang Juyou: I’m as tired as if I had been on stage performing for an hour with my chest breaking rocks.