Chapter 54 Chapter 54 Collaborative Stage Ideas
Fortunately, Bai You was not the only one whose body was hollowed out.
After arriving at the company, Bai You found that everyone was not in a good spirit.
When dancing, some people can learn the movements in two or three times before, but now they still make mistakes even after dancing them over and over again.
While singing, Bai You turned around and saw Wan Yuanzhou rolling his eyes. He felt like he was going to pass out with his eyes open in the next second.
Even when eating, Cong'an, who was always "extremely hungry", took two bites of food and then sat there motionless.
"What's wrong?" Qiao Sinian quickly noticed that something was wrong with Cong An.
Cong An picked up the food from his plate and said, "I have no appetite." He frowned and looked at the stir-fried beef that he used to love most, but now he had no interest in it.
Qiao Sinian was shocked. "How could that be?" He reached out to feel the temperature of Cong An's forehead. "Are you catching a cold?"
Cong'an let Qiao Sinian do what he wanted without saying a word, just shaking his head.
Seeing this, Luo Wenbo answered for him: "Too tired."
As he lives in the same room with Cong'an, he has the most say.
I still remember when I was in the first quadrant assessment, Cong An still had energy to play games when he returned to the dormitory at night.
Now, on the way back to the dormitory in the car, Cong'an can sleep soundly.
Cong An sighed silently and said nothing, but this look was already the best answer.
Qiao Sinian understood and sighed as well.
One and a half months, a full month and a half, they only had two afternoons off. The rest of the time they were either in class, practicing, or performing at concerts.
Even the strongest energy can't withstand such hardship.
Everyone will get tired and get into trouble.
Thinking of this, he suddenly remembered something.
"Where's Yin Hongxue?"
Yin Hongxue wasn't feeling well. Even Cong'an, who was the most energetic, was exhausted and had no appetite. Wouldn't Yin Hongxue be in even worse shape? It was dinner time, and he wasn't in the cafeteria. Where had he been?
"He said he doesn't want to eat anymore." Cang Zizhen replied, "He has no appetite either. He should take a break now. I'll bring him something later."
"That's fine." Qiao Sinian nodded, then he looked at Qiu Yuge: "Where's Bai You?"
I clearly saw Bai You after class, but now he's not here? Could it be that Bai You has no appetite either? No way?
Qiu Yuge didn't look up, his eyes still fixed on the food in front of him, "I don't know."
Qiao Sinian was surprised: "Haven't you always been together?"
"No." Wang Mingzhi said, "Bai You has been with Lu Yao all this time. I haven't seen Bai You for a long time."
Is that so? Qiao Sinian recalled that it had indeed been a while since he had seen Bai You and Qiu Yuge together.
"So where are they now? They haven't come to eat yet, and class is about to start."
The protagonist that Qiao Sinian was worried about was currently in the conference room, struggling in front of the computer.
After a night, Bai You gained a lot of inspiration from his dreams.
"So, the two of us can compete, but it's not an absolute confrontation, because they complement each other. Just like where there's light, there's always shadow. Where there's me, there's always you." Bai You paused, "Then our costumes should follow this concept, creating a light and dark style. The choreography can also be done this way, creating this sense of tension." As he spoke, he made simple movements with his hands. "Like this, I think the effect will definitely be great."
"What do you think?" After saying that, Bai You leaned on the table and looked straight at Lu Yao.
In the collaborative arena, the opinions of teammates are very important.
Lu Yao sat on the chair, looking up at Bai You. His eyes were big, and his long hair hung down and scattered on his body. He looked very calm, in stark contrast to Bai You's excitement.
He shook his head. “I don’t know.”
? ?
Bai You's excitement suddenly deflated like a balloon that was pricked.
"I don't understand your concept." Lu Yao explained: "I can't imagine the effect you are talking about."
"I've never come across anything like this, so I can't imagine it."
"Oh..." Bai You understood, "Wait a moment." He opened the webpage and started searching.
If you have never come across it and can’t imagine it, then just try it first and see other people’s concepts and stage effects, then you will have an idea, right?
Going from 0 to 1 is difficult, but going from 1 to 2 is much easier.
In just a moment, Bai You searched out a series of videos.
"Look at this." He clicked on one of them and started playing. "When I was conceiving "ERROR", a large part of my inspiration came from this stage."
"This is the solo stage of a generation of senior brothers."
"This senior debuted at fourteen and always had a lively and well-behaved image, which was very popular with fans. But when he turned twenty-two, he suddenly disappeared for a whole year. He reappeared in the public eye a year later with this song, and everyone realized that he had been accumulating a lot of pressure."
"Growing up under the camera, his every word and action was watched and interpreted. At every moment, someone was telling him what to do and what he could do. As a result, for a long time, he lost himself. He didn't know who he really was, nor did he know what kind of him others liked."
"Suddenly one day, he found himself like a puppet being manipulated."
"So he stopped and spent a year searching for himself."
“And then I wrote the song ‘Puppet’.”
“This is the first stage of The Puppet.”
In the video, the idol who had been away from the stage for a year had his hands pulled high up by ropes, his head lowered, and below him were audiences wearing masks.
They talked loudly and pointed at the puppets, and the puppets were controlled step by step as they moved.
"Aren't we the same?" Bai You's voice continued. "Those comments, those labels, aren't they proof that the audience wants to manipulate us? They think this is not good for me, and the subtext is that they want me to change, to become what they think is good."
"But what is good and what is bad?"
Bai You paused the video and clicked on another one.
"Look at this stage. It's a foreign dancer. He loves dancing and regards it as his life."
"But he got cancer at the age of 28."
"This was his last stage before his death."
"The gorgeous styling, the brilliant lighting, the exaggerated dance steps, everyone praised him."
"But before this stage, people only mocked him when he was mentioned."
"He said he was just trying to attract attention and didn't understand what dance was. He might as well be a clown."
“So how do we define good and bad?”
“And who is to judge?”
"Is the label on me really my label?" Bai You pointed at himself. "Does my personality mean I'm bad?"
Bai You took a breath, "Is it wrong to like me?"
His hands were trembling a little, and a dense itch spread from the palms to the fingertips, making Bai You clench his fists.
Lu Yao didn't say anything.
Bai You's question was too difficult for him to answer.
Bai You wiped the tears from his face and smiled: "Sorry, I was a little excited."
"That's what I think anyway. The stage format is probably a dialogue between myself and myself. One of us plays the right role, and the other plays the wrong role. It starts with a confrontation, then a struggle in the middle, and ends with reconciliation."
“We don’t need too many effects, as long as they can express our inner thoughts.”
"What do you think?"
Bai You asked again. After the explanation just now, Lu Yao had a better understanding of Bai You's thoughts.
A young man's journey of self-discovery.
"Sure," he replied.
Bai You has stopped crying. Now that he has calmed down, he still feels a little embarrassed. He cried while telling his story. Did this really happen?
But Lu Yao's consistent calm expression gave him an inexplicable comfort, as if no matter what he was like, he would be allowed and taken seriously.
"Thank you," he said.
*
So after returning to the office after dinner, Ding Ling received the song selection and stage concept sent by Bai You.
Open the PPT, it is a very complete plan, even excellent, just like Bai You.
But after being given such a plan in one day, Ding Ling did not feel relieved, but rather a little uncomfortable.
Bai You is now like a fully drawn bow, ready to shoot.
But if it is too hard, it will break easily. What is the limit that this bow can withstand?
*
It is still unknown where Bai You’s limit is, but it is clear that the workers’ limit is not much.
The stage planning staff got busy as soon as they received the plan. Preparing a concert in three weeks is not only a test for the trainees, but also for the staff behind the scenes.
A concert has more than a dozen stages, and each stage must have corresponding stage design, lighting, and makeup. Other stages can be planned in advance, but the assessment stage in each quadrant has to be conceived after the trainees’ song selections are out.
There are almost no trainees like Bai You who can come up with a complete plan. Most trainees basically just choose a song and have some detailed ideas.
A plan that is too complete may limit your performance, but not having a plan does not necessarily mean there will be room for performance.
In short, with the hard work of all the staff, within a week of receiving the song selection, the arrangement, choreography and other contents of the trainees' assessment stage were roughly finalized, and the trainees began to study and practice in full swing.
Bai You and Lu Yao made the fastest progress. They were the first to submit their song selections and their concepts were the most complete. After some adjustments based on Bai You's plan, the songs and dances came out quickly.
But the practice was not so smooth, because the end of August was the beginning of the new semester for many schools, and Lu Yao had to take a day out of his busy course schedule to report to school.
For freshmen in high school, there are always more procedures to go through.
Similarly, as freshmen, Qiao Sinian, Wanyuanzhou and Wu Hai also have to take time to deal with admission matters.
At this time, Ding Ling also heard something that made her doubt her hearing: "What? You're not going to school? What does that mean?"
Seeing Lu Yao in the office again, Ding Ling thought she would no longer be shocked by Lu Yao's "crazy words".
But it was obvious that she overestimated herself and underestimated Lu Yao.
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