Chapter 27 First Performance 9.0
After the Banana team completed the costume and makeup, they had one more task than other teams:
That is to go to the props team to pick up the sensor lights on the gloves and goggles that they placed there after the dress rehearsal last night.
When everything was ready, they went to the small waiting room prepared by the program crew.
There are 15 songs in total for the performance, and the "Banana" group is the 14th to perform.
This position is very far back. As we all know, the more popular and high-quality the performances are on the talent show stage, the further back they will be.
Judging from the order of performances arranged by the program team for the "Banana" group, it is obvious that they have great confidence in them.
Of course, Xie Qingyu is not afraid either. No matter how big the place is, he can dominate it.
The current walking route is the final preparation before the official start of the first public stage. There is no need for performance, just go on stage and walk around according to the order of the process.
Xie Qingyu looked at the real-time broadcast screen on the wall. The initiator Qu Qinghuan had already gone through her process, and now it was the turn of each group.
After introducing the song to be performed by the next group, Qu Qinghuan turned around and left the stage, leaving the stage to the next contestant.
The first group to take the stage was Leo's "Hot Road".
The program team probably arranged this order to let their groups liven up the atmosphere first.
Xie Qingyu couldn't help but smile when he saw the tin foil perm that his makeup teacher gave him and the headband that his costume teacher gave him.
Now it's a curly-haired puppy.
Because it's just walking around the line, the process goes very quickly and doesn't take too long.
After a while, I heard the staff telling my team to get ready.
Xie Qingyu and others followed him and waited at the bottom of the stairs. When they heard Qu Qinghuan calling their names, they walked up the stairs to the stage and stood at the positions marked in advance.
After the director below shouted "OK", they could go down from the other side of the stage.
It was almost six o'clock now, and the staff waiting at the end of the stage led them to the backstage waiting room.
There were two foam cardboard boxes at the door, containing small boxes of cut fruits and "vegetable salad" without salad dressing.
As the official performance approaches, talent shows generally do not provide lunch boxes to contestants, mainly because they are afraid that some careless contestant will go on stage to perform without wiping his mouth clean after eating.
When the lights on the stage turn on and the big screen shows everything, the audience will lose half their appetite when watching your slick mouth, so how can they have any interest in watching the performance?
So what's in the box is dinner for the contestants who are going to perform on stage.
There is no limit on how much you can eat, but if you want something else, you can’t have it!
Xie Qingyu took a box of cut fruits and vegetable salad without salad dressing and walked into the waiting room.
Most of the other contestants were already inside, and only Gu Qi's group was still walking along the line at the back.
After our group entered, everyone nodded to each other and continued to eat their "dinner".
One contestant complained: "It's understandable that the production team didn't have boxed lunches, but why isn't there even bread? How can I get enough to eat?"
After saying that, he crossed the few pieces of fruit in the small and exquisite fruit box in his hand.
The contestant next to him expressionlessly forked a piece of lettuce into his mouth, chewing it and swallowing it hard.
She said to him, "Don't think about it. The production team is helping us manage our bodies. And..." He made a little joke, "What if a contestant faints and falls asleep on stage?"
The other contestants in the waiting room burst into laughter at his amusement. Xie Qingyu also smiled, thinking, "Talent shows really have no shortage of funny people."
He walked over to Leo's row and saw him mechanically picking at the strawberries in the box with his head down. He gently rubbed the back of his head and asked him in confusion, "What monstrous crime has this strawberry committed? Is it going to be tortured to death?"
Leo came back to his senses, stunned for a moment, and when he saw it was Xie Qingyu, he immediately grinned: "Brother, when did you come?"
Without answering immediately, Xie Qingyu sat down next to him and pointed at the fruit box in his hand: "When you were performing the 'Ten Tortures of the Qing Dynasty' on the strawberries in the box."
The tip of the boy's ears flushed unnaturally. He sheepishly forked the strawberry in the box that he had tortured so much into his mouth. He shuddered at the sour taste and said with some embarrassment, "The strawberries bought by the program team are too sour. The strawberries in my hometown are very sweet."
As soon as he finished speaking, he met Xie Qingyu's gaze, which seemed to be able to see through all his inner thoughts.
Hesitantly, he lowered his head, pursed his lips, and whispered, "Actually, I kind of want to go home." He scratched the edge of the plastic box with his fingers.
"It's just... I just suddenly thought of the fruit pie my mom baked. It would be topped with lots of fruit and the blueberry jam that was just baked and about to overflow. It was so... so delicious!"
His voice was hoarse and trembling. As he spoke, his lips pursed and tears fell on the box.
Without asking him why he missed home, Xie Qingyu blocked the gazes of other contestants for him, took out a tissue and gently wiped the tear marks on Leo's face, trying not to ruin his makeup.
However, what no one expected was that before Xie Qingyu asked anything, Leo felt embarrassed while crying. His ears turned red and his face was pressed against the wall inside, refusing to turn around to look at Xie Qingyu.
Xie Qingyu didn't expose him, and asked softly beside him: "It sounds particularly delicious. Do I have the honor to taste Auntie's cooking?"
When Leo heard Xie Qingyu say that he wanted to eat the fruit pie baked by his mother, he turned his head, his eyes still slightly red.
But this didn't stop him from whispering to Xie Qingyu, "In addition to fruit pies, my mom can also bake cakes and cookies. If you can come to my house, my mom will definitely be very, very, very happy. She will definitely like you very, very, very much!"
I can too!
While they were chatting, the "Carousel" group came in.
When Wei Liangchen walked in, the contestants in the waiting room couldn't help but "hiss".
Now he looks exactly like the idol among idols and husbands described in campus novels!
He was wearing a simple moon-white French shirt with delicate dark patterns on it, as delicate as water waves.
He wore a tie of the same color around his collar, which was tied neatly yet elegantly, and the end of the tie swayed slightly with his steps.
He paired it with a pair of slim-fit black trousers, the cuffs of which just reached over his leather shoes, outlining his perfect leg lines.
However..., this filter was completely shattered the moment he opened his mouth...
After Wei Liangchen entered the waiting room, he saw the contestants staring at him in shock, their eyes full of amazement.
He unconsciously twisted the corner of his mouth, raised his eyebrows and said, "There's no need to feel too ashamed of yourself. After all, not everyone is so naturally beautiful." After that, he raised his hand to lift the strands of hair on his forehead.
He has now given up and is going down this path to the end.
Unable to conceal their silly aura, the contestants rolled their eyes, sneered, lowered their heads and continued to fight with "dinner", or chatted with the contestants next to them, ignoring Wei Liangchen at the door.
Looking at these vulgar fans who were "jealous" of his beauty, Wei Liangchen was about to continue discussing the philosophy of life with everyone with some dissatisfaction, but was pushed away by the person behind him without question.
It's Gu Zheng——
He looked at Wei Liangchen and said seriously, "Don't block the door."
I don’t know why, but ever since I joined the “Carousel” team, defender Liangchen has never dared to talk back to Gu Qiong. I feel a little scared.
Now that Gu Yan had spoken, he could only step back dejectedly and let the team members behind him and the staff who came to distribute and debug the in-ear monitors and headsets to everyone come in.
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This time, the production team of "Road to Star Dreams" is quite bold.
While other talent shows arrange for 500-1000 spectators on the performance stage, they prepare a venue that can accommodate 2,000 spectators, which is almost the size of a small concert from the outside.
This was not enough, he made bold statements to the contestants and told them to turn on their microphones.
The groups with more VOCAL and RAP performances held hand microphones, while the groups with more DANCE performances wore headsets.
The hand microphone will be given before going on stage, and the headset must be worn now.
All contestants must wear in-ear monitors, which are mainly used to listen to accompaniment and sound effects.
The live sound during the performance is very noisy, and the in-ear monitoring allows the performers to clearly hear the rhythm, melody and sound effects of the accompaniment music, ensuring that the singing and playing are synchronized with the music, avoiding going out of tune or rhythm confusion.
Another feature is the ability to receive real-time instructions and prompts from the background through the earphones, such as performance status, control time, etc. However, the latter function is still used more by instructors.
Because the "Banana" group and the "Hot Road" group prefer dance music style, the program team specially distributed headphones to them.
The staff came over quickly and skillfully assisted Xie Qingyu and Leo in putting on the ear monitors and headsets. After the debugging was completed, they signaled the contestants to check each other's equipment to see if it was operating normally.
Xie Qingyu put on the earphone and tapped the headset lightly with his fingertips. After confirming that the sound was clear, he turned his head slightly to look at Leo and asked in a relaxed tone, "Are you OK?"
Leo nodded, and the ahoge on his head swayed as he nodded.
After all the players had put on their equipment, the equipment team leader stood aside, hands on hips, and reminded them in a serious but caring tone: "Be sure to check the equipment again while you are waiting. Don't mind the trouble.
The more prepared you are offstage, the less flustered you'll be onstage. If you don't check everything before going on stage and something goes wrong, there's no point crying on stage!
Generally, off-site inspections are for equipment failures, which cannot be debugged in the background.
The contestants nodded to show that they understood.
The team leader clapped his hands in satisfaction, turned around and left with the staff, leaving the contestants to continue preparing.
Leo had completely relaxed by now and was playing around with Din, who was sitting next to him.
Ding Zai is a playful guy who always laughs when he sees Leo make a fool of himself.
He deliberately lowered his head, moved closer to Leo's face, and exaggeratedly looked at his expression, then asked with a grin, "Hey, you didn't cry just now, did you?"
Leo wrinkled his nose and pushed Ding Zai's big face away with a look of disgust: "Don't give me that, I'm not that fragile!"
Xie Qingyu watched them from the side and couldn't help but smile and shook his head. What a funny guy.
At this moment, Xie Qingyu caught a glimpse of someone sitting next to him.
He turned around and found it was Gu Yan - and Wei Liangchen who was sticking his head out from behind him.
Gu Yan was wearing a well-tailored shirt and trousers, and a pair of gold-rimmed glasses. It was obvious that the costume teacher had specially put together the look for him.
This outfit makes him look both gentle and a bit cold, not at all like the character in a campus drama. Instead, he looks more like the "gentlemanly villain" type of president in a modern romance drama.
As soon as Wei Liangchen sat down, his eyes were attracted by Xie Qingyu's makeup.
He has filmed many romantic short dramas and is particularly sensitive to this type of styling.
He stared at Xie Qingyu for a few seconds, and suddenly said, "My benefactor, the way you are dressed..."
He deliberately dragged out his words, causing Xie Qingyu, Leo, and Gu Qi to look at him curiously, wanting to hear what he would say next.
Wei Liangchen pretended to think deeply for a moment, and then said something shocking.
"It's really full of eroticism, tsk tsk tsk, not suitable for children, not suitable for children."
Xie Qingyu was choked by his words and coughed twice. A trace of embarrassment flashed across his face, but he couldn't help but ask: "How do you mean?"
Wei Liangchen smiled meaningfully, with a hint of teasing in his eyes: "My eyes are the ruler. I can tell at a glance whether it has been 'rubbed' or not."
Leo was confused and scratched his head and asked, "What does 'rub' mean?"
Xie Qingyu and Gu Yan looked at each other and tacitly chose to remain silent.
Seeing that Wei Liangchen was about to continue blabbering, Gu Qi interrupted him directly, his eyes fell on the five boxes of fruit slices in his hand, and the corners of his mouth twitched slightly: "Hurry up and eat, the audience will be entering soon."
Wei Liangchen smiled disdainfully, opened the fruit box swiftly, and took a bite from the box with the provided fork. In a blink of an eye, he finished five boxes.
After eating, he got up and ran to the door, and brought back five new boxes of fruit.
Xie Qingyu couldn't help but ask, "Why don't you eat vegetable salad?" Wei Liangchen curled his lips with a look of disgust: "Vegetable salad without salad dressing, even a dog wouldn't eat it!"
As soon as he finished speaking, You Jinzhao, who was chewing lettuce next to him, raised his hand and slapped him on the back of the head: "Who are you calling a dog?"
Wei Liangchen covered his head with his hands, looking aggrieved: "I'm just making an analogy!"
How embarrassing...
Gu Qi pursed his lips, turned to Xie Qingyu and Leo and nodded, his tone calm but with a hint of helplessness: "Excuse me."
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