Chapter 76
Dyeing hair is the ultimate skill of idols, especially among a crowd of black-haired people, Yao Shuo's slightly sickly white skin with rich red makes him the most dazzling one in the crowd.
The few seconds he flashed in front of the camera were immediately captured and recorded, and made into a GIF and posted on Weibo, so that others could know the news first.
The marketing accounts and photo editing bloggers who watched the show were almost grinding their keyboards to sparks, and they immediately posted a screenshot, fearing that they would miss out on the popularity.
Because of this speed, the GIF of Yao Shuo with red hair quickly spread on major platforms.
Yao Shuo doesn't like to smile, doesn't talk much, and always has a cold face. He has a feeling of a big devil, and this feeling became more obvious after his red hair style came out.
He stood in the front row of the team with a stern face, his hands behind his back, his chin slightly raised and looking straight ahead.
Just this two-second GIF directly shocked the fan circle.
"Is this Yao Shuo?"
"I haven't watched the show yet, has Yao Shuo changed so much?"
"When he returned to China in June, I said that he looked a lot different. It feels like he had a chin filler."
"Compared with before, he is completely different. This look is really handsome. He deserves to be from Korea."
"Husband, step on me."
"Why didn't I find Yao Shuo so good-looking before?"
The people at the scene probably didn't expect that the red-haired Yao Shuo would cause such a big response. The show was still going on. After the opening greetings, the trainees returned to the backstage to wait, and the big screen was playing the VCR of their preparation period.
In addition to the three groups of original songs, there are also five solo stages. These five solo stages are determined by the final rankings of last year's "Youth Throbbing 21 Times". The top five people will have a solo stage to show themselves.
The opening is Gao Xiayu, who won the first place in the show.
Others who don't have a show for the time being are sitting in a row in the backstage, looking at Gao Xiayu on the screen, and uttering a wave of exclamations.
"Wow——"
"No wonder Brother Xia Yu was so anxious that he couldn't sleep at night. If it was my turn to open the show, I wouldn't be able to sleep either."
"Wow... As expected of Brother Xia Yu."
In addition to the solo stage, there is also a double stage. Each group has the opportunity to perform two double stages, and this opportunity is allocated to Ne Nei. The double stage and the solo are interspersed. After Gao Xia Yu finished, it was the double stage of Chi Qiao and Yao Shu from Group C.
At this time, Gao Xia Yu's ability to choose songs was really tested. Songs that were too exciting would not work, because they would suppress the next person to perform, and the next person to perform was from the same group, so they couldn't kill each other. Songs that were too calm would not work either, because they would become more boring because of the title of "opening song".
Gao Xiayu finally chose a song with a more gorgeous arrangement, a dreamy melody and a catchy chorus, which was enough to show his strength in the past six months.
The reaction on the scene proved that his choice was correct. After a series of "wow" sounds, it was Yao Shuo and Chi Qiao's turn to the stage.
There was a VCR on the stage. Yao Shuo stood in the backstage, taking a deep breath quietly. Chi Qiao saw him and patted his shoulder, "Why are you nervous? I should be nervous."
All their groupings were proposed by Gao Xiayu, and several people nodded in agreement. The double stage of Group C was divided into Yao Shuo, Chi Qiao, Chen Wu, and Ye Xing.
Yao Shuo's task was to lead Chi Qiao and help the public change the stereotype that he was not good at singing, while Chen Wu's task was to lead Ye Xing and show the public that Ye Xing's rap skills had grown over the past six months.
When Yao Shuo and Chi Qiao came on stage, Ye Xing was alone in the empty passageway backstage, holding a sheet of lyrics in his hand and going over them again.
In the waiting room, Pei Luming saw the VCR end and said in surprise, "It's Yao Shuo and Chi Qiao's turn to perform!"
Putting them together, no matter who imagines it, it will be a singing and dancing show, but they didn't follow the usual path. This time, the stage they prepared was rock music. Yao Shuo and Chi Qiao each had an electric guitar, and there were other musicians and teachers behind them.
The heavy sounds of the electric guitar and drums sounded at the same time. The screen focused on Yao Shuo's hands, showing him bowing his head and carefully playing the guitar. Because the red hair was not deliberately sprayed with glue, as long as Yao Shu moved, the red hair on his forehead would move with it.
But the swinging amplitude of the hair was very much like the electrocardiogram of the fans in the audience at that moment——
"This hand, I'm going crazy——"
"Ahhhhhhhhhhh, Yao Shu fans, you guys are so good at secretly eating?"
"I'm going to play it for real?"
The song they prepared was "New Song" by the Italian rock band Maneskin. Chi Qiao sang first at the beginning. He deliberately suppressed his throat and his pronunciation changed a little. It can even be said that it is completely different from the previous Chi Qiao. As
soon as Chi Qiao opened his mouth, the people who had originally focused on Yao Shu turned their heads with wide eyes and looked at Chi Qiao.
"What's wrong with you guys, Group C? You scared me three times!"
"So cool! So handsome! I love you so much!"
"Help, I can't escape Group C!"
Gao Xiayu is not weak in herself, and she left a deep impression in the previous programs. On the contrary, Yao Shuo and Chi Qiao had little presence in the previous programs, and they still didn't have much presence in this debut competition. The program's weight was biased towards the popular members of each group, and only their weight was broadcast, so Yao Shuo and Chi Qiao, the two people with the most work content, didn't have many shots.
But it was precisely for this reason that their unexpected combination surprised everyone.
What a way of suppressing before promoting!
After many music festivals, they no longer have the burden they had at the beginning, and their movements to the music on the stage are more natural.
This stage is not like a competition stage, but like their own concert, relaxing and enjoying.
They stood on the sub-stage. The small and narrow sub-stage can only accommodate so many people after putting down a bunch of musical instruments. Chi Qiao and Yao Shu can reach the fans below by just lifting their feet.
And the fans beside the stage finally understood why they were so close to the stage.
One by one, they looked at the staff's faces and tried, and when they saw that there was no obstruction, they stood up and squeezed to the front of the stage and stretched out their hands to them.
“Ahhhhhhhh I touched it!”
“It smells so good, so good, so good!”
“It’s so close! Yao Shuo, how come you are so white!”
"Husband—husband—ahhhhhhh!"
The two of them played so hard on such a small stage that the stage was about to fall apart. They didn't care about managing their facial expressions and just enjoyed the feeling of adrenaline rushing. There
were blowers around them, and their hair was blown, and the corners of their clothes were lifted from time to time. Every time they were lifted, the fans around them would scream.
The venue, which was suppressed by Gao Xiayu, was completely overturned by them. When
it came to the Bridge part, Yao Shuo let go of the guitar, plucked his hair in front of his forehead, snapped his fingers and looked around. He even bent down to look at the fans around the stage. He had a smile on his face, his fox eyes were squinting, and he looked very seductive.
Chi Qiao did the same. He took off half of his coat, revealing the sleeveless shirt underneath. His muscular figure was well displayed. Because of the heat, sweat from his temples flowed down his neck. He also snapped his fingers, signaling to the audience in the distant stands to get them moving as well.
The two of them sang in unison and looked at each other. The atmosphere was ignited. The burning chorus part returned, once again heating up the enthusiasm of the fans on the scene.
This was only the second song, and the shouts from the audience were getting louder and louder. It felt like some people were about to lose their voices.
Jiang Juyu, who was sitting on the judges' panel, looked at the stage with a satisfied smile.
She sighed in her heart that going to so many music festivals was not in vain.
With the end of the last note, the screams reached a peak. Climax.
Random Entertainment always brings surprises. In the boring in-house entertainment, this place is like the only paradise, always new and always brings surprises.
Everyone thought that the performance they saw would not be much different from the previous one. After all, the stereotype is here, what kind of idol stage can be like.
But Random Entertainment used the performance to prove to everyone that they are really serious about training trainees and making music.
Gao Xiayu's stage did not cause any discussion, but Yao Shuo and Chi Qiao's stage set off the entire network.
The four-minute stage performance was so exciting that I wanted to dance with them live. The progress bar was repeatedly pulled back. Everyone watched this four-minute video over and over again, and they were reluctant to put it down.
"It's hard to believe that they are idols with such ease."
"No, they are still trainees, the kind that haven't debuted yet."
"It's the first time I feel what it means to tear up the stage... The one in white clothes is so awesome."
"They must have suffered inhuman torture in Korea."
"Red Fox and White Fox, I'm obsessed with this CP!"
"Ji Qiao is really unexpected, I thought he would be the rapper."
"Ji Qiao can compete for the lead singer with this strength."
"The red-haired guy is so dazzling. My eyes were always on him after several times looking at him!"
The highly praised stage also received high marks from Jiang Juyu. She commented with a smile, "It's really unexpected. I know that your strength has grown. After all, I have been paying attention to it in the past six months. But the audience doesn't know, so I have always been curious about how you will show your growing strength to the outside world." "
The song selection is very smart and the stage design is also good. It is a stage that deserves applause. I look forward to your subsequent performance."
Contrary to her usual style, Jiang Juyu gave a very high evaluation. Not only were the two trainees flattered, but even the audience at the scene turned around to look at Jiang Juyu with wide eyes, and they did not quite believe that these words came out of her mouth.
"Who in Jiang Juyu's family was kidnapped?"
"I can't believe that Jiang Juyu said this."
"Are you going to start taking the path of encouragement and education?"
The two people on the stage lost their dominance. After hearing Jiang Juyu's praise, they looked at each other in disbelief and then bowed to express their gratitude.
Pei Luming in the backstage was like an excited monkey. While watching the stage, he was yelling and shouting in the waiting room, imitating his two brothers playing the guitar. When he saw Gao Xiayu coming back, he hugged him and spun around. After hearing Jiang Juyu's comments, he couldn't believe it, covered his mouth and backed away. There were so many dramas that Gao Xiayu wanted to hold him in his arms to make him calm down.
The two-person stage brought a lot of pressure to Group B behind them. There was also a two-person stage behind them, but fortunately it was a rap stage that could catch the heat. However, the group members were still worried for them.
In the past six months in Korea, everyone received customized training with high intensity and a lot of homework.
Everyone knows that Hip-hop culture is popular in Korea, and there are many talented rappers, generation after generation. After Random Entertainment took the trainees to Korea, it also picked out a few trainees to specialize in learning rap.
Among them was Ye Xing.
Ye Xing and Chen Wu from Group C both studied. It was thought that Chen Wu would perform better, but in fact, Ye Xing's basic Rap skills were like God feeding him, and he mastered them more easily than others.
This was actually demonstrated when he first joined the company. Ye Xing has a good sense of rhythm, and what is even better than his sense of rhythm is his diction. Basically, he has never stuttered when speaking, and he can recite the tongue twisters in one go, with clear pronunciation and fast speed.
He was chosen to learn Rap because of this.
The fact that Ye Xing learned Rap was kept a secret by Random Entertainment, which was considered a trump card, and Ye Xing did not disappoint him.
He has no problem with his strength and writing lyrics. The only problem is that he has some baggage.
Among so many trainees, Ye Xing has the heaviest burden. He has always felt the burden of being a good student and cannot fit into the idol culture. When he dances on the stage, he always has moments when he is hit by reality. While singing, he suddenly realizes that he is a student from a key high school. He feels a great burden that his behavior may be seen by his classmates.
Every time Jiang Juyou scolds them for being ugly on stage, not relaxing, and not free, half of it is actually talking about Ye Xing.
Ye Xing knows this himself.
When he first went to Korea to study, he still couldn't let go of his burden, and everything changed with the trip to Coachella.
Pink sunset, deafening music, colorful world, laughter filling his ears... He still remembers everything there, which is considered the best memory of his life.
After two days of playing in front of the big and small stages of Coachella, singing and shouting, while relieving the pressure in his heart, he also completely let go of the so-called burden.
Even his personality has changed a lot.
Ye Xing's "good student" temperament has weakened a little, and he has become more cynical. He has also learned to joke with others, and his sitting and standing postures have become more casual.
He has become more "popular".
Ye Xing, who came back from the emergency passage, casually brushed the loose hair in front of his forehead, put away the lyrics paper, and then walked to the makeup room to prepare their stage.
Every time there is a big move in random entertainment, it will occupy the hot search. Today is also very exciting. It is only the first public of the program, but from high to low, it is all related to the program. The marketing account is like an agreement, and the content posted is all related to the program.
It is difficult for people who go online to avoid it. No matter where they go, they can see their program clips. They watched a lot of them reluctantly, and some people watched a few and then became interested and switched to the letter station to watch the live broadcast.
The first half of the performance was solo or double stage, and the group stage was placed at the end.
And the last stage before the group stage was the stage of Ye Xing and Chen Wu.
In the first half of the show, Ye Xing did not appear except at the beginning, and the program crew deliberately concealed Ye Xing's stage appearance.
Ye Xing, who was about to go on stage, turned the microphone in his hand, and did not look nervous.
Chen Wu looked at his sullen face and smiled, "Relax."
Ye Xing shook his shoulders, "Not nervous." He raised his eyebrows after saying that.
Seeing him like this, Chen Wu gave him a thumbs up.
At this time, the director also reminded him in the earphone monitor to start immediately. As
soon as he finished speaking, music sounded on the scene -
Young Money's "Senile" is a very classic Hip-hop music, and the chorus is especially catchy.
As the notes of the prelude were played one by one, cheers rang out from the audience, but the cheers were weird.
"Oh oh oh oh oh-oh?"
"Isn't it Ye Xing and the others?"
"Where are they?"
"Oh my god, a live broadcast accident!"
The prelude had already begun, but no one was visible on the stage. Just as everyone was wondering, a male voice rang out--
in a low voice, the lyrics flowed out clearly as if following a rhythmic conveyor tape.
At this time, the screen slowly opened, revealing Ye Xing and Chen Wu and their group.
They were all dressed in Old School clothes, and the dancers behind them were wearing tape stereos.
Chen Wu had his hair wrapped in a turban, and wore an extremely loose short-sleeved shirt. The legs of his jeans were dragging on the ground. Ye Xing wore sunglasses, and wore several hoodies on top of each other. He also held a diamond-studded scepter in his hand.
When they showed up, everyone realized that the fluent English rap just now was Ye Xing's part, and he was still continuing -
"Can you see now? Are you senile?"
"Can you see now? You could see now!"
"Can you see now? Can you see now?"
Except for the hook part, the other parts were all lyrics and flows written by them. Ye Xing was even afraid that too many people had heard the original version and would not be suitable for their version, so the beginning part was intentionally not too different from the original version, and the flow was based on the original version.
His handling was undoubtedly correct, so correct that no one even realized it was Ye Xing's voice.
The arrangement of the background music was so simple that it didn't use too many musical instruments. It simply won with lyrics and flow, in the form of cypher, with each person singing a long paragraph, and the screen flashed the lyrics written by the two of them. It was
all English rap, and the screen was thoughtfully translated into Chinese.
While singing and rapping, the two people had to dance. The simple movements of the hook part were provocative, and it was even more interesting to watch with Ye Xing's face wearing sunglasses.
When others performed unexpected stage performances, the audience was still excited to sing a few words, but seeing Ye Xing rapping in such a handsome and cool manner was no less than seeing an ant lifting an elephant.
I was speechless for a moment -
even the bullet screen was blank for a while, and it took a while for everyone to react. It was really Ye Xing, Ye Xing was really rapping, and even performed very well.
"???"
"Is this Ye Xing?"
"What the hell - what happened to you guys when you went to Korea? How come I didn't recognize you all after you came back one by one?"
"My mind is a bit confused, I didn't expect Ye Xing to be a group with rappers."
"Why do I feel that Ye Xing has changed???"
"Help, Ye Xing has learned to be cool!"
"Ye Xing's face, coupled with the identity of a rapper, seems a bit killer."
"The stage feels completely different from before!"
Other people's VCRs will more or less reveal some of the stage preparations, but Ye Xing's group, apart from showing the process of grouping, just the two of them went out to play, and no one could see what they prepared.
But since Ye Xing was there, they would definitely sing, but they didn't expect this to happen.
Everyone was dumbfounded and had goosebumps.
They were so curious about what happened to this group of people in Korea, why they were so different after returning.
Ye Xing's rap received as much response online as Yao Shuo and Chi Qiao's performance. Although his rap skills did not reach the level of underground rap, it was amazing that he could do it without being inconsistent.
The comments section of the video was full of unexpected things.
Led by Ye Xing, Chen Wu's performance was also seen by everyone. His performance was more relaxed, and there was even a high-speed mouth cannon in the middle, which was fired like a machine gun.
The two people's way of reciting lyrics has obviously changed. In order to match the skillful feeling of the song, their rap is also very smooth, interspersed with Ye Xing's slightly lazy rap. With the cooperation of the two, the ups and downs of the song's emotions can mobilize everyone's body.
It makes people can't help but move their necks.
At this time, the lucky mothers in front of the screen have been stunned by his handsomeness. In the past, they really felt like they were raising a son, thinking that Ye Xing was well-behaved and sensible, but now Ye Xing just curled up one corner of his mouth and smiled, and wanted people to call him husband.
A handsome husband who is 1.8 meters tall and can change his rap!
"I knew that under the mask of mother fans, there must be girlfriend fans. Okay, I won't pretend anymore. I will be Ye Xing's wife in the future!"
"He opened his mouth and hasn't closed it yet... Ye Xing, you're awesome, you almost scared me to death."
"It's not the wheat that's turning, it's the gears of my destiny!"
"Look at his cocky look! He's even nodding with his eyes narrowed!"
"His expression means: yes, yes, yes, I know you guys are going to love me to death!"
"I was forced to become a girlfriend fan, really, ha!"
"I'm already thinking about dirty things in my head... I swear, I've never had that before."
"Random entertainment, I won't scold you today, my husband saved your lives!"
Under Gao Xiayu's arrangement, Yao Shuo, Chi Qiao, Ye Xing, and Chen Wu took turns to top the hot searches.
Ye Xing even made it to the Twitter trends of several Southeast Asian countries.
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#池薬彈吉他#
#葉幸#
#葉幸说唱#
#葉幸变了#
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Lucky mom, oh no, lucky er: What a big surprise, so big!
Everyone doesn't quite understand why it has to be five people, let me explain it from an operational perspective:
Jiang Juyou wants a group with several people who are very strong, so the number of people in this group can only be four or five, so that in the future when distributing songs and operating members, everyone's shining points can be magnified. If it is seven people, its configuration can only be three strong plus four supporting roles.
What will happen if all seven are very strong? It will be a mess.
The same is true for more than seven people, especially large groups, there can only be two lead singers and one facade, one more will be a mess.
Because the operation cannot promote members at the same time, only two or three can be selected, so a large group can only have two or three strong members.
If you must have a group with seven strong members...
the market will give the answer. After all, there are many such cases. The strength is good, but it just can't become popular.
Therefore, a five-member group is the most suitable number of people under Jiang Juyou's standards. Therefore, generally, when a company is just established and launches a group to test the waters, it will choose a four- to five-member group. Those who promote large groups right away don't have to worry, they will definitely fail.