Final Preparation 1
When they heard the word "final", the nine people present fell silent unconsciously. Their expressions became serious and they all looked at Xue Yi above them.
"Teacher Xue, go ahead."
"Me too!"
“I’m ready for the challenge!”
Although everyone knew before that there would be nine people who would debut, now the one hundred trainees have been eliminated to only these nine.
But...the program crew's operations have always been so unexpected, they dare not relax until the last moment.
What if the program team wants to eliminate someone when it comes to the finals?
Therefore, everyone prepared for the worst.
Seeing everyone concentrating and calming down, Xue Yi was silent for a few seconds, and couldn't help but say mischievously: "Tsk, the atmosphere is quite tense."
The trainees who were waiting earnestly: “…”
Who is not serious?
Of course, if it were any other talent show, when there were only nine people left, meaning that no matter how badly they performed, they could still secure a spot in the debut lineup, there was a high probability that they would relax a little.
But they are facing the "Young Invincible" production team. If they relax, someone might be directly removed from the debut position by the production team.
How can we not be serious?
"Ahem...Okay, no more jokes."
“The final will be played in single-player mode.”
"What?" The trainee was stunned when he heard this.
"Teacher Xue, didn't we debut as a one-person team? Why did we become singles in the finals?"
"Yeah, this is too sudden."
"I can only say that this is a very good program team."
"I guessed it, but I didn't completely guess it. What I guessed was that the production team would do something out of the ordinary, but what I didn't guess was that we would all debut solo in the finals."
[Ah, this... I've never heard of it, never seen it before]
[Don’t worry if you encounter a cool operation you haven’t seen before, because... we have seen it now (dog head)]
There were only nine people and Xue Yi left in the entire practice room, a total of ten people. No matter what they said, it was easy for everyone to hear each other clearly.
Xue Yi looked at the clock on the wall and gave everyone three minutes to discuss before speaking again.
"Quiet, quiet, I haven't even finished reading the rules yet, don't be nervous."
"Everyone calm down." Xue Yi's eyes fell on Shen Xiu: "Look, Shen Xiu hasn't said a word until now. Let's learn from him to be calm and composed even when facing a catastrophe. OK?"
Shen Xiu, who was caught off guard by the cue, said with a guilty conscience: "Teacher Xue, I just don't know what to say..."
Since the last dinner, every time everyone talked, he secretly tried to blend into the conversation.
However...the results were minimal.
Everyone spoke so quickly, so in order to make sure he wouldn't stutter when he spoke, he made a rehearsal in his mind.
But often, before he has even thought through what to say and how to follow up on someone else's words, someone else has already taken over the conversation.
That's why no word was said during the three minutes.
Is it that he doesn't want to say it?
Haha, he is too green!
Especially Xiang Yueting, why can he always say what three people say by himself!
After answering Xue Yi's words, Shen Xiu reviewed the situation in his mind and came to a conclusion.
It is too difficult for him to handle one-to-many conversations. He is more suitable for one-to-one conversations!
Well, for the sake of harmony within the team, Shang Yu and Song Chengwang had conflicts, but they both chose to resolve them in a second because they didn't want him to tell other team members. Naturally, he also had to work hard to integrate into this group in order to get along better with everyone.
Xue Yi nodded in satisfaction and sighed: "It has to be you."
This level of tricks by the program team was a sudden "accident" for other trainees.
But for Shen Xiu, who had already guessed it, or because he was too powerful and would not take any accidents seriously, there was really nothing to say.
It's just a solo competition among all players, nothing more than that!
The eight people sitting on Shen Xiu’s left looked at each other, and saw the same exclamation in each other’s eyes: As expected of Shen Xiu!
After hearing Xue Yi's words, Shen Xiu was so embarrassed that he didn't know what to say, so he simply shut up.
Sure enough, Teacher Xue was not only sharp-tongued, but also had a sharp eye. He immediately saw through his embarrassment of not being able to integrate into the team discussion.
That short sentence 'it still has to be you' further proves that Teacher Xue did not see through him today, but had seen through him a long time ago!
But it wasn't until today that I realized that Teacher Xue is really a nice person! Shen Xiu was moved.
After the small talk, Xue Yi continued: "Each of you will have your own stage. After everyone's stage is over, they will accept votes from the audience."
"Of course, this is only the first round of voting, and voting accounts for 50 percent of the final ranking."
Shang Yu keenly grasped the key point: "Teacher Xue, so in addition to our individual competitions, we also have a second joint performance?"
Xue Yi nodded: "That's right."
"There will be two stages in total on the final night. The first stage will be a solo competition, and the second stage will be a nine-person competition."
“After the second stage, there will be a second round of voting, which will account for 50 percent of the final ranking.”
[I see, two performances... No, I can watch ten performances in total! Ahhh, I'm already looking forward to it. When will the tickets be released? I can't wait! 】
[This means that the competition for rankings will be more intense. When the final rankings are released, those who can rank at the top will be the best, both in terms of personal ability and how outstanding they are in the team. What a rigorous program team! 】
[I suddenly realized that this talent show doesn't have the classic challenge segment, but fortunately it doesn't have it. A gossip blogger did a vote these days, and Lin Jiashi was voted into the first choice for the final challenge. I don't know who chose him, it's really weird. 】
[It's easy to guess, it's Lin Jiashi's fans and the internet trolls he bought. He has very good resources recently. Really, there are people who like any rubbish. Fortunately, the program production team didn't have a kick-out segment, which severely slapped him in the face. Wait... Does that also mean that in both rounds of voting, you can only vote for one person! 】
[Oh my god, it’s really like this, help me, a person with choice phobia, making me choose between Xiu Bao and Wang Ge and Ha Ge, it’s too difficult for me]
[It doesn’t matter, Brother Xiu has always been my only preference (dog head holding a rose)]
Xue Yi clapped his hands: "Come in."
After two slaps, the staff carried a black box into the practice room.
Seeing the box, the trainees understood.
"We have to draw lots to decide the music?"
"That's probably the case."
"I don't know what song the production team put in it. Please pray that I get a song that's not too difficult, but not too easy either. It would be best if both the song and the dance are cool."
[I am dying of laughter. Being handsome is indeed something that is engraved in our bones for a lifetime.] 】
[Xiang Yueting is so persistent that if you whisper "handsome guy" in his ear in the middle of the night, Xiang Yueting will immediately open his eyes and respond. 】
[Hahaha, the sense of substitution is very strong. I have already started laughing. Don’t get me wrong, I am not substituting for the handsome guy, but for the person who whispers in Xiang Yueting’s ear~]
After the staff came in, Xue Yi looked at the trainees below.
"There are a total of 100 songs in the box, covering a variety of styles. It all depends on your luck which one you draw."
"Everyone come up and start."
The trainees originally thought that there were only nine songs, so the good songs would be taken away and they would only get bad songs. After all... there were only nine songs in total.
Therefore, after hearing the hundredth song, the trainees' eyes lit up.
The program team is really worthy of being a program team. They always give them surprises in unexpected places.
If it all depends on luck...what are you still standing there for? Just pray!
The trainees who walked onto the stage had calm expressions on their faces, but in their hearts they were madly praying to God for better luck.
If someone asked the trainees other than Shen Xiu at this moment whether Shen Xiu would pray like them, they would definitely get this answer.
Meditate and pray?
Haha, impossible, absolutely impossible!
However, the fact is——
When Chen Xiu heard Xue Yi's words, he immediately thought of his bad luck and began to pray, covering both the east and the west.
Commonly known as...trying anything possible when one is desperate.
Because there are a hundred songs, there are many choices, there is no competition, it is just a matter of luck.
Good or bad luck is not determined by the order of drawing lots.
Therefore, there was no scramble during the draw.
In order to have better luck, Shen Xiu deliberately prolonged the prayer time and was the last one to reach into the black box and take out the envelope.
Xue Yi looked at Shen Xiu's calm and unhurried appearance, and was more certain that in Shen Xiu's heart, no matter what the result was, it didn't matter.
All nine of them took the envelope and did not return to their seats. Instead, they stayed beside Xue Yi and stood in a row spontaneously.
The staff member left with the black box, and Xue Yi said, "The song in the envelope will be the song for your first round of competition."
As soon as Xue Yi finished speaking, before he could start his second sentence, he saw Xiang Yueting had already foolishly torn open the envelope. He didn't bother to keep him in suspense and continued speaking.
"Warm reminder, please keep the secret in the envelope safe until the first round of competition."
Xiang Yueting had already torn open the envelope. Upon hearing this, he quickly hid it behind him, still feeling frightened.
They say knowing both yourself and your enemy will ensure victory in every battle. He was almost exposed!
Moreover, by maintaining the mystery before the final, the audience can be more surprised when the final is unveiled!
After figuring it out, Xiang Yueting looked at Xue Yi and said excitedly: "Teacher Xue, you are a very nice person!"
[Damn the program crew, they always make me so curious! 】
What is it this time? Shut up, happy cat? 】
Xue Yi's eyes twitched slightly: "...as long as you are happy."
He is worthy of being affectionately called Husky Benha by the silly netizens. Who wouldn't want to say "silly dog" after seeing him!
Didn't you see that except for him, the others didn't open the envelopes to reveal their "trump cards" after receiving them? Sure enough, IQ cannot be transmitted from person to person.
Of course, there was no malicious intent in calling Xiang Yueting "silly dog", he just did it out of sheer joy.
Xue Yi admired Xiang Yueting very much. Among a group of teammates who were famous for their handsomeness, he was unique. He fought his way out with his stupidity and became the most popular person in online voting, second only to Chen Xiushang Yu and Song Chengwang.
Maintaining his mystery, Xiang Yueting smiled brightly: "I am really happy now."
Xue Yi raised his hand to his forehead and said, "Thank you for the invitation. I'm really impressed by the talent show!"
With a deep sigh, Xue Yi took out the card in his hand, facing the trainees, and said, "This is the second stage song for the final."
After seeing the name of the song clearly, the trainees exclaimed.
"Eternal Starlight!"
"As the final song... it really seems to be suitable."
"Isn't this the show crew's blessing to us?"
Xue Yi put down the song card: "For the second stage of the finals, based on the rankings of the first three times, the program team has determined that Shen Xiu will be the captain of the C position. Does anyone have any objection?"
Among the nine of them, if the program team decides that the C-position captain is anyone other than Shen Xiu, they will compete, but if it is Shen Xiu, they won't even think about competing for it.
Anyway... you can't win the argument, and you'll only humiliate yourself if you go crazy.
"No."
"No."
"Neither have I."
None of the eight people objected.
Xue Yi continued to announce: "The training time for the finals will be five days, and the finals night will start on time at 6 pm on the seventh day."
"Wait, Mr. Xue, where did you go the other day?"
"The seventh night is the final night, shouldn't the training time be six days?"
"The training will last for five days. Starting tomorrow, on the third day, the production team will distribute mobile phones and drivers to everyone. Everyone can choose to call their families, or have the drivers take them home to reunite with their families, or they can stay in the training camp to continue training."
According to Shi Buwen, it is very important for the trainees to get encouragement and support from their families and to have a meal or chat with them before the finals.
"Of course, before midnight on the third day, you must edit the vlogs you filmed yesterday and post them at the top of your respective Weibo accounts."
[If you calculate carefully, each person has to practice two pieces before the finals, and there are only five days given for the two pieces. Who can arrange this? Sure enough, the further into the later stages of the program, the stricter the program team becomes. 】
【vlog! ! ! Ahhh, I finally know where the darlings went yesterday! 】
[Blind guess: go to Xiang Yueting's house. Last time Xiang Yueting said on the stage that he would invite everyone to watch Snake. 】
[To be honest, I want to go to Xiubao Kangkang]
[This practitioner also wants to do this!] I'm really curious about what kind of bedroom the big devil Xiu would live in with his personality. Would it be ascetic and cold? In the bedroom filled with the same cold and cruel aura as the Demon King Xiu...hiss, hiss...】
[Ahem, sister, the comment section is not a no-man's land. I picked up your bitter tea seeds for you this time. Don't do this again next time. If you do this, I will have no place to throw my bitter tea seeds.]
[Wait...what are you talking about? 】
vlog?
After hearing these words, the nine people felt guilty tacitly.
Because they were just busy having fun yesterday, and even though they took a lot of photos, they were...all handsome photos and conceited videos of themselves in various places.
Other people’s vlogs cover eating, drinking, playing, and checking in at various snacks and attractions. If they release their vlogs, won’t their fans think they are perfunctory and scold them... No, the photographer Shang Yu hired also took photos and videos for them!
Posting two more videos will help divert fans' attention and prevent them from being scolded too badly, right?
Xue Yi didn't quite understand why vlogs were mentioned. Except for Chen Xiu, the expressions of the others changed several times: "Let's enjoy the third performance's popular king, Song Chengwang's gg short film."
After saying that, Xue Yi inserted the USB drive into the multimedia equipment table and clicked on the GG short film that had been released to the market...
Under the bright sunshine, Song Chengwang walked barefoot on the beach.
He was wearing only a pair of shorts with lemon prints on them. He walked towards the lemon yellow umbrella on the beach holding his surfboard. Pearls of sea water on his body rolled down his wheat-colored skin as he walked.
When we arrived at the table under the umbrella, next to the bottle of cold ice lemon on the table, there was a bottle of equally cold kiwi juice.
On the two bottles of fruit juice drinks, Song Chengwang was printed on the ice lemon and Chen Xiu was printed on the kiwi.
Song Chengwang looked at the two bottles for a few seconds, picked up the cold lemon juice on the table under the umbrella and drank it all in one gulp, letting out an exclamation of admiration for being cooled, then looked towards the camera and smiled brightly in the sunshine.
“The blasted ice lemon goes really well with the refreshing kiwi fruit in summer~”
As Song Chengwang uttered the last word of the sentence with a slightly rising tone, gg ended.
"Is this even possible? Ice lemon kiwi CP? A weird combination is born."
"If I hadn't known that Song Chengwang must have filmed this in a studio, I would have suspected that Song Chengwang really went to the beach to surf. His acting is really good. I would have laughed if it were me."
"Song Chengwang is really good. These two models will definitely sell out if they are bundled together."
After watching GG, Song Chengwang immediately looked at Xiang Yueting with a happy expression: "Are you envious? Do you want to eat lemons after watching it~"
Xiang Yueting was blinded by jealousy and kept complaining: "Damn it, damn it, damn it!"
Shang Yu glanced back and forth between Xiang Yueting and Song Chengwang. At this moment, he deeply suspected that Song Chengwang had deliberately chosen the lemon flavor just to give Xiang Yueting a sour taste.
After all... no one among the remaining people could deny that Xiang Yueting was the closest to Shen Xiu.
The strong always have their own charm. As the person who is closest to the strong without knowing it, it will naturally attract the attention of others, especially since Song Chengwang is a person who will never hold back his unhappiness.
"Okay, that's the end of the finals rules. Everyone, we'll see you in seven days. The rest of the day is at your disposal."
After Xue Yi finished speaking, he quickly left the practice room.
The nine people looked at each other, and tacitly did not mention the songs in each other's hands, but only mentioned the common song "Eternal Starlight".
Although they are all in the debut position, but...apart from the fact that the program production team may make some crazy moves to reduce the number of debut positions, they also want to rank higher in the finals.
I've already made it to the finals. How can I justify my previous performance if I don't want more?
Shang Yu spoke first: "Let's go to the cafeteria to eat first. After dinner, we'll go to the practice room to learn the lyrics and music of the dance for "Eternal Starlight" and divide the parts."
Song Chengwang nodded: "I agree. The training time given by the program team is too short. It's best to finish it today."
Ning Sinian said weakly: "When do we practice our own songs, and when do we practice the shared songs?"
After these words were spoken, the scene fell into a temporary silence.
Whether it is your own stage or a group stage, it accounts for 50% and is equally important.
The brief silence gave Shen Xiu the opportunity to try to integrate into the group, and the speech he had prepared finally came in handy.
"Individual training does not require coordination and takes less time, so the training duration is two days. Group training requires coordination and cooperation and takes longer, so the training duration is three days."
"We'll start counting tomorrow. Cell phones will be distributed on the third day. Why don't we use the third day as the boundary? We'll practice our own pieces tomorrow and the day after tomorrow, and then practice 'Eternal Starlight' together after the third day."
After finishing his prepared speech without stopping, Shen Xiu silently gave himself a thumbs up in his heart.
"That makes sense. I think this is a good suggestion."
“Although the program team gave us five days and two tracks, according to Shen Xiu’s algorithm, we managed to achieve a weird balance.”
“I agree.”
Shen Xiu's proposal took various factors into consideration and was collectively passed.
Shen Xiu: “!”
Good, today’s group was a success!
[As expected of Master Xiu, he tries to be fair as possible. 】
[A powerful yet not selfish boss who always thinks of the collective, you will never regret being his fan! 】
[I’m dying of laughter, boss?] What a joke, whose boss works every day and only comes back after the dormitory closes? 】
[What's going on?] 】
[There is a person who claims to be Xiu Da Lao's roommate. I suspect he deliberately made trouble before the finals to affect Xiu Da Lao's condition. He leaked information about Xiu Da Lao to the marketing account and said it with certainty. 】
Here we come!
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