Chapter 64 Chapter 64 Third Quadrant Ranking Announced
The schedule on this Sunday was particularly tight. The concert had clearly ended and nothing unexpected had happened, but the short Sunday break made it impossible to relax at all.
The reason was simple: the next day, Monday, everyone had to go to school.
What a painful realization.
After getting off the plane, the trainees went back to the dormitory to grab some personal belongings, and then rushed home to make final preparations for school starting the next day.
Such as summer homework, summer homework, summer homework... and so on.
When leaving the dormitory, seeing Cong'an's painful little face, Qiao Sinian couldn't help laughing out loud even though he knew he shouldn't.
It’s great that he doesn’t have summer homework.
But in just an hour or two, the entire villa was empty, and only Lu Yao was standing alone on the third-floor balcony, looking at the trees outside with their branches stretching out in the sun.
Long-lost tranquility.
Li Qiang and Xu Bin went to send the trainees home, and Lu Yao was the only one left in the entire building. There was no other people's presence, no complicated voices, only the wind and the sunshine, and the air everywhere.
This environment made Lu Yao feel relaxed.
After standing for a while, he sat down in the living room, took out his mobile phone and opened Weibo.
The response to this stage performance exceeded Lu Yao's expectations, especially the "ERROR" stage. Although he had roughly judged that the performance should be good based on Bai You and others' reactions during practice, the reaction on the Internet after the concert still surprised him.
The hot searches are still showing live footage of the stage. When Lu Yao clicked on it, he saw endless videos.
He watched them one by one, clicked into the comment section to see everyone's discussion, and then opened other video platforms. With a casual scroll, the homepage was pushed to the reaction video.
After watching several videos, and combining them with the comments under these videos and the discussions on Weibo, Lu Yao came to a new conclusion.
Just like a trainee in a training system, the key to attracting fans is appearance, personality, and strength. On the stage, strength is important, but not the most important.
The overall performance on stage, how to touch the hearts of the audience and catch their attention, is the most important thing.
Before this concert, Lu Yao might not have known much about how to improve his "expressiveness", but after this concert, he knew what to do.
ERROR was a great experience.
With this idea in mind, Lu Yao adjusted his schedule.
On Monday when everyone got up early to go to school, Lu Yao still got up at five o'clock, but this time, he did not go to the small square to practice. Instead, he went to the fourth-floor rooftop and watched classic film and television works from the past as the sun rose.
He may not understand how to arouse emotions and impress others with feelings, but he can learn.
After two hours of "study" from five to seven o'clock, Lu Yao did some simple exercise for half an hour before getting on the car to the company.
There were no recording tasks, no singing and dancing classes, and even the staff had not come to work yet, or they would not be working today. The deserted company had an atmosphere that was completely different from usual, which made Lu Yao feel a little novel.
After walking around the company, he found a practice room and started practicing in front of the mirror.
Different from what the teacher taught at the beginning, facial expression management is not just about simple joy, anger, sorrow, and happiness, sometimes it can also involve more complex emotions.
Complex emotions often require more subtle expressions.
He still has a lot to learn.
Throughout the entire day, there were few people above the third floor of the company, not even Ding Ling. It was not until dark that the company gradually became lively.
After school, everyone rushed to the company as soon as possible, carrying school bags and wearing simple everyday clothes, looking completely different from how they looked on stage.
When she met the others, Lu Yao was sitting in the dressing room putting on makeup.
Everyone was chatting and laughing, but when they pushed the door open and saw Lu Yao putting on makeup inside, everyone stopped inexplicably.
She stopped talking and just sat silently in the dressing room, waiting to be put on makeup.
Chen Jing and Wu Tingting looked at each other and saw "Help" on each other's faces at the same time.
Once upon a time, they would only feel "helped" by the noise of the trainees during makeup. Who would have thought that one day they would feel "helped" by the silence between the trainees.
What's more, the person they felt "saved" was Lu Yao, whom they had secretly been excited about before.
Chen Jing's eyes flashed across Lu Yao's face in the mirror. She initially thought that the other party's arrival was just a small stone falling on the calm water surface of Wudai, which would stir up some splashes, but would eventually be submerged under the calm water surface.
But two months later, she discovered that Lu Yao was an iceberg. No one cared at first, but as the distance between them got closer day by day, people discovered that under the low ice pile on the water surface was a huge mountain with no end in sight.
Mysterious and dangerous, it exudes a chilling aura.
Amidst this atmosphere, the trainees sensed the crisis and the atmosphere between them began to become subtle. Beneath the calm surface, there was a dangerous undercurrent.
Chen Jing worked very quickly. By the time the trainees who had entered their third year of high school arrived at the company and opened the door of the dressing room, Lu Yao's makeup was already nearing completion.
Bai You saw Lu Yao and walked over to speak, but when he saw Qiu Yuge, Zhu Xiangming and others in the room, he swallowed the words in his mouth and sat silently in the corner of the room.
Chen Jing's heart, which had just been put at ease, was lifted up again.
What's going on? Why is Bai You acting so weird? He looks like he has something on his mind!
Bai You sat for a while with his eyes downcast, then took out his phone and started sending messages.
Lu Yao's phone vibrated. He opened it and saw three words from Bai You.
【sorry】
He replied: [? ]
After waiting for a while, Lu Yao did not receive any reply from Bai You.
He turned off his phone, not knowing why Bai You apologized.
And soon, he knew the reason.
The familiar practice room 2, the familiar photographer, and the familiar Ding Ling and Sun Yutong.
"The third quadrant assessment has concluded successfully." Ding Ling applauded. "In a month, on October 1st, we will begin the fourth quadrant assessment."
"Before the fourth quadrant theme was announced, the third quadrant voting results were already out."
As Ding Ling finished speaking, the atmosphere in the practice room became tense.
The atmosphere was slightly different from the previous two times. Lu Yao noticed that the lost expression on Bai You's face became more and more obvious, and Lu Jianian also looked at him, but after meeting his eyes, he quickly looked away.
Although the others didn't look at him directly, Lu Yao could feel their gazes in his peripheral vision.
Lu Yao sat in the corner with his eyes lowered. He thought he knew why Bai You suddenly apologized.
"The first thing to be announced is the stage rankings."
First Place: Cang Zizhen, Yin Hongxue's "HEY"
Second Place: Qiu Yuge and Wang Mingzhi, "On the Road"
Third Place: Zhu Xiangming and Qiao Sinian, "Twilight"
"Fourth Place: Bai You, Lu Yao's "ERROR""
Fifth Place: Wuhai, Wanyuanzhou's "Give Up"
Sixth Place: Cong An, Luo Wenbo "X-man"
"Seventh Place: Wu Anyi, Jiang Mu, "Beyond the Dream"
"Eighth Place: Huang Xi, Lü Jianian's "Shadows of Trees on a Moonlit Night"
No one was surprised.
By this Monday night, everyone already knew the voting results.
At nine o'clock this morning, the ranking was released on the homepage of Minghui Entertainment's fan club.
Lu Yao did not go to see it.
Ding Ling took a breath and continued, "The ranking of the trainees who best fit the concept is as follows."
"First place: Qiu Yuge."
"Second place: Zhu Xiangming."
…
"Fifth place: Wu Hai."
"Sixth place: Ten Thousand Yuan State."
"Seventh place: Bai You."
"Eighth place: Lu Yao."
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After the rankings were announced, the atmosphere in the practice room became even more tense. Everyone seemed to be holding their breath, not daring to inhale or exhale.
Lu Jianian felt like he was about to vomit in pain.
He likes to watch the fun, but never from such a close distance, watching it right in the middle of the excitement.
From last night to today, Bai You and Lu Yao were on the hot search list all day long. That stage not only attracted the audience, but also shocked them.
But even with such an outstanding performance, Bai You's ranking dropped to seventh place.
Lu Jianian wanted to laugh, but this was a laugh that came from the heart and was simply absurd and ridiculous.
The five generations who have always been calling for family, brothers, hard work and struggle, at this moment, finally tore off the fig leaf that has been veiled for a long time.
Strength is a joke, feelings are just a disguise, only popularity can decide everything.
The ranking of this vote tells everyone that even though the debut audition has not officially started yet, the result is already decided.
Although the company will not follow the fans' arrangements, it will never go against the fans.
Popularity is a huge gap that separates all of them on both sides.
On one side, there is the upper circle enjoying flowers and applause, and on the other side, there are those who have always been the foil for many years.
Inside the chasm, there are countless pairs of densely packed eyes. They are watching everyone who attempts to cross the chasm and laughing undisguisedly.
It seems to be saying: How dare you dream of that position? What makes you think you can do that?
Just like Bai You, just like Lu Yao.
And he was just a coward who trembled in fear just by standing beside the chasm when faced with those gazes. He did not have the courage to face those gazes, nor did he have the strength to cross the chasm.
He watched the gap grow from a crack to a gap that could swallow everyone. He was terrified and wanted to break free.
Then he heard a voice.
Faint but clear.
That was the sound of sweat dripping on the ground, the sound of Bai You's never-stopping footsteps, and the sound of Lu Yao's rapid growth in the past two months.
Lu Jianian looked straight ahead and smiled at the camera.
Ding Ling's voice rang out, "In addition, in the fourth quadrant assessment, the trainees will be divided into three groups to compete." She flipped the page of her cue card and continued, "The grouping results have been selected by audience voting."
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Author's words: [Fifth Quadrant] Planning | Third Quadrant: Breaking the Cocoon
Voting results
1Qiu Yuge 7982 votes
2. Zhu Xiangming 6746 votes
3 Yin Hongxue 6687 votes
4 Cang Zizhen 5892 votes
5 Wuhai 3824 votes
3,647 votes in 60,000-yuan state
7 Bai You 3568 votes
8 Lu Yao 3541 votes
9Wang Mingzhi 1725 votes
10 Qiaosinian 1689 votes
11 Luo Wenbo 1427 votes
12 from An 1289 votes
13 Wu Anyi 1123 votes
14 Jiangmu 1086 votes
15 Huang Xi 983 votes
16. Lu Jianian 951 votes
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