For the sake of publicity, Souxun is using the form of live broadcast for this sports meeting, just like an official competition, from the first game to the last game, and after the live broadcast, the highlights will be edited and made into a compilation and put on the website.
That afternoon, Su Nan and Zhao Si met all their fellow competitors. The program crew used two buses to take them to a gymnasium, which was also one of the venues they would use for their subsequent competitions.
As soon as he got off the car, Zhao Si was drawn to the magnificent and unique building. It looked like a bird's nest made of branches, or a giant bird spreading its wings ready to take flight. He really wanted to secretly fly up and see what it looked like, but he dared only think about it secretly, otherwise he would be scolded to death by Gu Lingfeng.
"Let's go." Seeing that Zhao Si didn't catch up, Su Nan called him from the front.
"Oh, here it comes."
There were six other boys gathered with them. They lived in the same villa and had known each other before. There were actors, singers, an internet celebrity and a variety show star.
Although they have different professions and different situations in the entertainment industry, they all seem to be quite friendly at the moment. The age difference between them is not big, and they quickly became friends.
"Do you think this competition is serious?" Shu Qiao asked curiously, hooking his left and right. He really didn't know. As an internet celebrity, this was his first time participating in an entertainment industry event. Beforehand, the production team had them sign a formal letter of commitment, promising to participate in the competition fairly and impartially. It seemed quite real.
"Haha, you're overthinking it." Deng Hai smiled and shook his head, saying frankly, "You're still too naive." He's a variety show host, a frequent guest on various shows, and he knows the ropes.
The others also looked as if they understood everything, except Zhao Si, who was even more confused than Shu Qiao.
Shu Qiao curled his lips, "Then why bother with all this? Taking off your pants to fart is redundant, isn't it?"
Han Hao frowned, not quite agreeing with his way of speaking, and asked sincerely: "How come you have so many fans?"
Han Hao is sincerely seeking an answer. He is handsome and has good acting skills, but strangely, he has few fans.
As for Shu Qiao, his appearance is just barely passing the passing line in the entertainment industry, and his singing is only at the KTV level. He is also a foul-mouthed person, and you can often see videos of him cursing people in a sarcastic manner in the live broadcast room on Weibo.
But Shu Qiao has a lot of fans, with 17 to 18 million on Weibo alone, not counting other platforms, which is more than ten times more than Han Hao.
After hearing what Han Hao said, Shu Qiao was not angry. He said shamelessly: "They just like my bad mouth!"
Sounds quite proud.
"Ha ha ha ha."
"Oh my god, you even know you're a bad mouth!"
Shu Qiao hummed twice, held his head high and walked away, and the others hurriedly chased after him with smiles on their faces.
The gymnasium is very large. There is a platform in the middle of the court with the logo of the search video on it. There are countless cameras set up around it, and I don’t know if they are turned on now.
Everyone gathered in groups of three or four around the stage. Some were chatting excitedly, while others were looking around boredly. When Zhao Si and his group walked over, they attracted a lot of attention, and some people who were familiar or knew them greeted them.
"Hello everyone, welcome to the mobilization site for the Souxun Video Idol Games. I am the initiator of this competition, Zhang Chenggang."
A sudden voice from the microphone caught everyone's attention. Standing on the stage was a tall, balding, middle-aged man with a slight beer belly. Applause erupted, and Zhao Si, somewhat baffled, joined in the applause. He didn't recognize the man, but most of the people present did.
Zhang Chenggang, the former head coach of the national track and field team, has trained many world champions for China. He is also the first Chinese athlete to win a place in a world-class competition. He is an indispensable soul figure in the history of Chinese track and field, but he has now retired to the second line.
Shu Qiao looked around and grumbled quietly, "Even Zhang Chenggang can hire you guys in the entertainment industry, so you're not short of money, are you?"
Zhao Si looked at the stage with envy on his face, "Is he worth a lot of money?"
"That's not the case. Status, status, you understand?" Shu Qiao said, pointing to the sky.
Zhao Si seemed to understand but not quite, and nodded in confusion.
Sunan kindly explained, "The honor he has won for our country cannot be measured by money."
Zhao Si understood that national interests are above everything else, as his master taught him.
After introducing himself, Zhang Chenggang said a few polite words and then began to introduce the rules and competition events of the sports meeting.
There were 48 athletes participating in the competition, who were randomly divided into 12 teams by drawing lots, with boys and girls drawn separately. Since there were 32 boys and 16 girls, there were 4 teams with two girls.
Fortunately, the competitions are separate for both genders, with boys competing against boys and girls against girls, and the results from both groups are combined into a group score. Athletes register for each event themselves, though they can also forfeit. The top three finishers receive 80, 50, and 30 points, respectively.
Strictly speaking, it is still a bit unfair, but they drew the lots themselves, and there is nothing they can do about being divided like this. After all, luck is also a kind of strength.
There are also 12 competition events in total, including table tennis, badminton, archery, fencing, gymnastics, swimming, cycling, high jump, long jump, 100 meters, 5000 meters and javelin.
There are 2 group events, 4x200 relay and 4x100 swimming relay, as well as several interesting group events, including three-legged race, ball-carrying race, ball-holding relay and ball toss.
The results of the 12 competition events and 2 group events will be included in the total score, but the fun events will be scored separately, and the top three will receive a special prize.
After introducing the project and the rules, Zhang Chenggang began to organize the drawing of lots. The lot drawing used a temple-style stick, with numbers written on the bottom of the long bamboo stick, which was completely invisible from the outside.
There are two lottery boxes in total, and boys and girls draw separately. One lottery box contains three groups of numbers 1-12, totaling 36 sticks, and the other lottery box contains one group of numbers 1-12 and 4 blank sticks, totaling 16 sticks.
The girls draw first, from the one with 16 sticks. The four people who draw blank sticks then draw from the one with 36 sticks.
The girls finished drawing lots quickly, and the boys rushed forward and started drawing lots in a hurry, forming several circles inside and outside.
Shu Qiao stood on tiptoe and pulled them to squeeze in, "Come on, the sooner you squeeze in, the sooner you can smoke."
Qin Dong didn't take it seriously. He glanced at the girls watching the fun from the side. He didn't want to participate in such an ugly and tasteless behavior because his collar had been pulled askew. "What's the rush? Everyone has it anyway."
Shu Qiao rolled his eyes silently, "What do you know? Soon all that's left will be for others. You have to control your own destiny, don't you know?" He continued to squeeze in as he spoke, but Shu Qiao was not tall and was rather thin. After squeezing for a long time, he made no progress except that his clothes and hair were a little messy.
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