Chapter 93 Second Performance 23.0
The "Spring Memories" team, which had been performing well and stably during the past few rehearsals, made a mistake on today's official stage...
The stage lights flowed slowly like melted honey, immersing the entire performance area in the warm tones unique to spring.
Compared to the exaggerated stage makeup of other groups, they only used refreshing foundation and light-colored eye shadow. Under the soft light, you could even see tiny hairs on the boys' porcelain-white skin.
The background screen displays a campus scene with cherry blossoms flying everywhere, and the tiny petals on the edge of the stage flutter down with the prelude music.
This expensive stage design indeed created a breathtaking spring fantasy.
Everything was still normal up to this point, and the audience was quietly praising it.
"Oh my god, it's a real flower? How could they be so willing to give it away?" An audience member in the front row curiously reached out to catch the scattered petals, and after taking a closer look, he couldn't help but exclaimed.
"To be honest, the choreography for the two performances by Mr. Dog was so well done that it was truly captivating!"
"I'm really looking forward to seeing You Jinzhao and Wei Ran in it. I wonder how they'll perform this time?"
"Watson, I've found a blind spot. The dog tycoon's audition isn't based on appearance, is it? Hehe, the camera sweeps across a row of young boys with handsome features. Here comes the 'Sha' again, hahaha!"
"Shh! Don't talk, the singing is about to begin!"
When it was time for the song to start, when the camera suddenly zoomed in on Wei Ran's face, the rustling sounds in the venue gradually disappeared, and everyone looked up to watch the performance.
On the high-definition screen, you could even clearly see his eyelashes trembling and his Adam's apple rolling unnaturally.
I don’t know if it was because I was nervous or I was a little dazed, but something went wrong the moment I started singing.
It was clearly a beat error, like a music box that suddenly jammed, and even non-professional audiences could hear it.
Someone in the audience couldn't help but boo.
Weiran's knuckles turned white as he held the microphone, and the cold sweat on the back of his neck gleamed in the light.
He forced himself to remain calm and continue the performance, but the ripples of the wrong beat had already spread, disrupting the rhythm of the performance!
The other contestant who took over the beat was inevitably affected and became a little flustered, and when it came to his part, he directly drifted to another key.
The boos from the audience became louder and exploded in an instant.
Even though You Jinzhao performed well later, he stabilized the tone and brought the rhythm back.
The audience's impression of their stage performance was not very good. The buzzing of whispers did not stop, but the dissatisfaction did not continue to spread and expand, that's all.
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Waiting room.
Xie Qingyu only had a moment of emotional fluctuation when Wei Ran first entered the wrong shot.
In fact, during the theme song training and the evaluation assessment, he vaguely sensed that Wei Ran's mentality was not very good.
When performing, it is easy to be influenced by external factors and become nervous and stage fright, so the performance will be sometimes good and sometimes bad.
He maintained a good state during the rehearsal of the second public performance, and Xie Qingyu thought he had overcome this "habit" that was not good for an idol.
But I didn't expect it to appear again on the official stage today. It's really... I don't know what to say.
All I can say is that if Wei Ran can't overcome it next time, then his fans may need to have a "big heart" that can accept that their idol may fail on stage at any time.
The performance of "Spring Memories" ended, and only the second evaluation team in the Dance group remained in the second round.
After this stage, there was only one performance left, and it was the Rap group's turn to perform "Rising up". Several people had been notified by the staff to go there in advance to wait.
Xie Qingyu suddenly realized that Wei Liangchen seemed to have no such thing as pre-match anxiety at all. He didn't know if it was because he was too careless.
Just like now, when they are about to leave the waiting room, if they meet Xie Qingyu's eyes, they will give her a three-combo of 'blowing kiss + wink + making a heart'.
Yu Yuzi didn't quite understand, but she still gave a business smile as a conditioned reflex to show encouragement~~~
When I looked away, I turned around and saw Leo the puppy next to me curled up like a shrimp, his forehead against his knees, his fingers tightly clutching the front of his performance clothes.
Xie Qingyu thought he was feeling unwell and immediately leaned over to pat Leo's tense back. "What's wrong? Does your chest hurt?"
He lowered his voice to a very low level, mainly because the performance of "All Things Natural" would begin in just two stages. If something went wrong at this point... "I'll call the staff to come and take a look!"
Just when Xie Qingyu was about to get up, Leo grabbed his hand, shook his head, and stood up with his eyelashes wet, but there was an obvious smile on the corner of his mouth.
"Brother, don't you think Wei Liangchen's expression is exaggerated and strange... well... I can't think of any words to describe it. Anyway, I want to laugh when I look at his face!"
Now Xiao Gou has learned it, and can even sneakily twist the microphone behind his back and whisper into Xie Qingyu's ear, not giving the program crew a chance to record the sound.
It turned out to be a 'misunderstanding'!
Xie Qingyu sighed helplessly, and suddenly felt a little angry as if he had been fooled, but at least he was fine.
"Don't discuss this behind other people's backs except in front of me, okay?" After listening carefully to Leo's little words, Xie Qingyu lowered his voice to remind him.
He knew that Leo had no intention of making malicious speculations, but in the entertainment industry, any behavior might be singled out and put on the Internet for discussion and judgment.
This cannot be eliminated. The only way to reduce the occurrence of such phenomena is to always pay attention to your own words and actions, and always think one step ahead of marketing accounts.
Leo obviously didn't know this, and Xie Qingyu couldn't be with him all the time to clean up for him, so he had to remind him more often of these little details in daily life.
After hearing his brother's earnest admonition, Leo carefully made a zipper shape around his mouth and nodded obediently, his eyes blinking, indicating that he would never do that again!
"What's going on?" Ding approached suspiciously and saw the two people next to him whispering something. The puppy's 'ears' and 'tail' drooped down, turning it into a 'dejected puppy'.
"Top secret! My brother and I are discussing the strategic layout of the stage. Stay away from us and don't eavesdrop!"
Seeing that Ding was about to join the conversation, Leo didn't want him to find out that he was being scolded, so he pushed him away with his neck stiff, but the tips of his ears turned suspiciously red.
???
Ding Zai was completely bewildered. He pointed at Leo, then at himself, and said in a very confused manner:
"We are the same team, right? What kind of layout are you discussing with people from other teams?" He was also confused and puzzled!
"Don't worry about it!" The puppy avoided him with a guilty look and gave him three words in a nonsensical but confident manner.
Ding Zai stared at the boss in disbelief, obviously angry at him. He nodded and said stubbornly, "Okay, don't ask me for help if you have any more problems!"
Leo's Adam's apple moved, and he looked at Xie Qingyu with some confusion, whose attention had been refocused on the new Dance group's performance stage.
He turned his head and glanced at Ding Zai, who was panting and turning his head away and ignoring him.
Suddenly I felt abandoned by the whole world, which made me feel even worse.
Each evaluation group consists of three teams. One member of the Dance group has already died, and the one currently on stage is the last one in the Dance group besides Xie Qingyu's "Addiction" team.
The song performed was the popular song "Dark Haze" by an overseas girl group, and the overall style was dark girlcrush.
The dynamic feeling is very strong, and Xie Qingyu is quite interested in trying this style.
As for why this song was not considered when selecting songs for the second public performance, it was because...
After the program crew bought the copyright, they performed the adapted Chinese version for them. Not only were the lyrics changed from English to Chinese, but even the name was directly translated into Chinese and changed overnight to "Dark Fog".
The song title is unclear and the lyrics are even more difficult to understand. Not surprisingly, this song will not be able to adapt to the local environment after being modified like this.
Who knows, the fans of that girl group might not even curse after the performance, because the adapted song has little to do with the original, and they might not be able to hear the difference if their ears are not sensitive.
The performance in the previous rehearsal was mediocre, how will it be on the official stage?
Xie Qingyu leaned forward slightly, his eyes fixed on the screen.
Despite being in a competitive relationship, he still cares about the performance of his teammates.
On the stage, the fog created by dry ice spread like a tide, gradually engulfing the entire performance area.
The lights changed in the dense mist, sometimes as cold as a knife edge, sometimes as blue as the deep sea, dragging the audience into a hazy and alien space.
The contestants' figures were looming in the thick fog, and the reflective fabric of their black leather jackets flickered with the beat of the drums, like a group of dormant nocturnal animals.
Compared to the extremely shabby mist during yesterday's rehearsal, today's stage effects were truly luxurious—Xie Qingyu even suspected that the production crew had used all the dry ice saved from the makeup rehearsal on this performance.
Seriously, there was only a thin layer yesterday, not even reaching my ankles.
Several people on the stage seemed to be 'swimming naked', and there was no strong atmosphere like today. It was like the difference between a green screen and real scenes, the difference is huge.
"Brother! Hurry and ask them to change it back!"
The back of her hand was suddenly touched, and Xie Qingyu turned around to see Leo's aggrieved look.
Following his sight, he was stunned - he didn't know when Bai Lang sat on his right side, and Ding Zai was making a smug gesture to Leo through Bai Lang.
"We're not sitting next to you. It's none of your business." Ding Zai shook the process sheet in his hand. "We're about to go on stage. It's only natural for teammates to discuss stage positioning before the game. Okay?"
He deliberately emphasized the word "teammate" and directly retorted what Leo had said before.
Leo gritted his teeth. Just now, while Xie Qingyu was watching the performance, he and Ding had another round of secret "battle".
God knows he clearly wanted to make peace, but who could have expected Ding to be so unsportsmanlike and just stand up and go to the back row to bring Bai Lang over.
They even sat on the other side of his brother. It was fine if the two teammates teamed up to isolate him, but he didn't care anyway!!!
But he simply couldn't stand the annoying guy sitting next to his brother.
Leo's cheeks flushed with anger, and his puppy-like eyes looked at Xie Qingyu, who had the final say, and repeated, "Let him go, okay?"
Bai Lang adjusted his cuffs without even looking up: "If you don't want to stay, you can leave by yourself." Ding Zai covered his smirking mouth, his eyes surprisingly bright - the situation was developing as he expected.
Start arguing! If you want to argue, just start arguing!!!
Xie Qingyu held his forehead and sighed. Whenever these two people appeared next to him at the same time, his IQ plummeted. Did they behave like a three-year-old now?
"You go—I was here first!" Leo's eyes darted over there, not at Bai Tang, but at the person who had instigated the current situation, Ding Zai!
"If you want to leave, go by yourself!" Bai Lang leaned back in his chair with his arms folded, continuing to confront him.
Looking at the curious eyes around him, Xie Qingyu's eyes were distracted by the quarrel between the two children on his left and right.
I don't know what he saw, but he stood up, patted the two of them on the shoulders, and suggested seriously: "I'm leaving! You two sit together and talk slowly!"
After saying that, he turned around and tried to leave. Leo immediately grabbed his sleeve anxiously, with a sad face, and whispered like a punching bag: "Brother, where are you going? No more quarreling, no more quarreling, this time we really won't quarrel, don't go!"
Bai Lang also changed his leisurely posture, straightened his back instantly, and his fingertips unconsciously scratched the armrest of the seat. He pursed his lips nervously and looked up at Xie Qingyu, fearing that he would leave without saying anything.
"Let go~, I really have to go!" Xie Qingyu helplessly tried to pry Leo's hand away, but the puppy shook his head vigorously and refused to let go.
Ding Zai scratched the back of his head and said awkwardly, "Are we disturbing you by being too noisy? How about the three of us go?"
Leo and Bai Lang looked at each other, then immediately turned their heads away and nodded, agreeing with Ding Zai's proposal.
"If you don't let go..." Seeing the three people's extremely nervous expressions, Xie Qingyu finally couldn't help laughing, "The staff must be getting impatient!"
Bai Lang realized it belatedly and looked back at the door. Sure enough, there was a staff member waving at Xie Qingyu. He immediately covered his face and said nothing, with the area behind his ears burning red.
The contestants around who had noticed this scene a long time ago burst into good-natured laughter when they saw the "Three Idiots" finally react.
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