Preparation for the first performance 5
Shi Buwen: "Your wise and brave Director Shi is certainly making a wise and brave decision."
Assistant Director: “…”
Are you sure this doesn't go against the decision of our ancestors?
The assistant director struggled: "But Director Shi, we agreed to a 24-hour live broadcast. Isn't this... inappropriate?"
The live broadcast room of each team’s practice room has been closed, so what are the viewers supposed to watch?
"I think it's quite appropriate." Shi Buwen pointed at the other cameras that were turned on: "The live broadcast cameras in the corridors, cafeteria, dormitory, and other open practice rooms are all turned on. How can this not be considered a 24-hour live broadcast?"
"Wouldn't it be more mysterious to conceal the practice progress of each group and make the audience look forward to it? The online live broadcast room of the first performance will definitely see a peak in traffic."
Assistant Director: “…” This chief director knows how to pick on words and find loopholes.
If possible, he really wanted to carry a live camera in from outside, capture Director Shi's face for the audience in the live broadcast room, and inadvertently reveal that "Blood Romance" was written by Director Shi himself.
But...the power of life and death over the production team lies in the hands of Director Shi. The assistant director touched the few strands of hair on his head, sighed and left.
He didn't even dare to look at how the audience in the live broadcast room were scolding them.
And...he actually felt that Director Shi's first words were inhumane, but his latter words seemed to make sense.
"Xiao Gong, write a statement and post it on the official account. The general meaning is 'In order to maintain the mystery of the performance stage, the live broadcast rooms of each group practice room will be temporarily closed, but other live broadcast rooms will remain open as usual'. Do you understand?"
"OK."
[Now the live broadcast room inside each group’s practice room is closed. So annoying! 】
[The program team posted a blog, saying that in order to maintain the mystery of the performance stage, it is temporarily closed. Although I understand, but... I still want to watch it. 】
[I'm going crazy, can anyone tell me, it's only been closed for a while but I'm already curious about what they are doing in there, I'm the anxious king, I'm almost dying of anxiety, what a rubbish program crew! 】
[No, aren't they practicing a song? Why do the members of Team Chen Xiu always move some weird and incomprehensible things into the room? What on earth are they doing in there? I really want to be able to see it from the trainees' first-person perspective. 】
The program team quickly sent staff and everyone in the twelve groups to notify them about temporarily shutting down the live broadcast camera in the practice room.
Regarding the program team's approach, the other team captains said: We must work hard and wait until the day of the performance to amaze all the audiences who support us!
Shen Xiu said: What? The program crew is so thoughtful. They prevented my group from being ridiculed in advance!
After inspecting the stage terrain and returning to the practice room, Chen Xiu took advantage of the fact that the team members were still moving the things they needed into the practice room, found a rectangular piece of paper and a set of pens from the items they had brought back and placed on the table, sat in front of the multimedia equipment table, put on headphones and watched the MV.
In order to prevent the team members from being mentally polluted by the movie "Blood Romance" when they were moving things in, Shen Xiu did not put it on the big screen on the wall and only watched it on the equipment station.
Time is running out. Excluding today, they only have five days to practice before the stage performance.
Shen Xiu didn't dare to delay, and forced himself to not only look, but also look carefully to see new ideas.
As Shen Xiu read, he occasionally wrote and drew on paper.
He had to get everything done before practice started tomorrow morning.
After watching the MV countless times, Shen Xiu finally finished the painting.
Shen Xiu stood up, unfolding a long roll of drawing paper in his hand, looking at the patterns and characters drawn on it, and made a satisfied voice: "It's done."
After he finished speaking, Shen Xiu raised his eyes to find something to stick the paper to the wall, and when he looked up, he saw eight people standing not far from him.
Shen Xiu: “!”
Frightened, Shen Xiu grabbed the two sides of the long scroll.
They...when did they come back? There was no sound at all. It's so scary!
Everyone swallowed hard through their dry throats as Shen Xiu's cold gaze swept over them.
Xiang Yueting stared at the long scroll in Chen Xiu's hand: "Chen Xiu, are you, are you okay?"
Five full hours had passed since they moved the things that Shen Xiu had listed into the practice room.
Chen Xiu just sat motionless in front of the multimedia equipment table, watching the MV of "Blood Romance" while writing and drawing on paper.
I watched this eye-catching MV for five hours!
Shen Xiu remained very calm throughout the entire process, so calm that it made them feel cold in their hearts.
Everyone was afraid that Shen Xiu would go crazy in silence, so they didn't dare to disturb him.
Shen Xiu was even more confused.
He's fine, why are you asking?
Shen Xiu nodded hesitantly: "Yeah."
"call......"
Shen Xiu’s mental state seemed to be quite stable, and Xiang Yueting breathed a sigh of relief: “Fortunately, it’s not the calm before the storm.”
Everyone deeply agreed with Xiang Yueting's words.
Chen Xiu is the only spiritual pillar of their team. If they watch the original MV too many times and become mentally broken, how will they survive?
After everyone felt relieved, they were once again impressed by Shen Xiu's powerful mental strength.
Sure enough, the mental state of the strong is more stable than theirs!
If any one of them watched such an eye-sore thing for five hours, they would question why they were living in this world and enduring such mental torture.
Zhou Tong stepped forward and put the lunch box on the table: "This is the food we brought back from the cafeteria. You were watching just now and didn't have time to eat lunch. We didn't dare to disturb you, so we went to eat first."
Shen Xiu looked very distant as he concentrated on his work, and his occasional frown revealed a coldness that kept people at a distance.
I heard that when the big guys are immersed in something or have some inspiration, it is normal for them to forget to eat and sleep, and they will be unhappy if they are interrupted.
When it was time for lunch, they didn't call Chen Xiu, for fear that the cafeteria would stop providing food after lunch time. So they packed the food in lunch boxes and put them in the refrigerator. Now they heated them up in the microwave before giving them to Chen Xiu.
Shen Xiu worked hard for their group.
Jiang Yuheng: "Everything on the list is complete."
Although they still don't understand what Shen Xiu is going to do.
Looking at the hot meals in front of him and the items piled up in the corner, Chen Xiu was frantically showing off to the system: [Did you see it? Did you see it? Just tell me whether you are envious or not! 】
What kind of teammates does he have!
Shen Xiu spoke with gratitude and sincerity: "Thank you, everyone for your hard work!"
They are a team, and they should do things for the team, but everyone will still be happy to be thanked.
“It’s all as it should be.”
"Haha, you're welcome."
"You've worked hard, too."
Although they didn't understand what Shen Xiu was doing, they firmly believed that Shen Xiu must be preparing for the performance!
Shen Xiu glanced at the eight people, and his eyes fell on Xiang Yueting, who he was most familiar with: “You come with me and hang it on the wall.”
Xiang Yueting: “Okay!”
Other members were enthusiastic: “Let’s go find the tools to climb the wall.”
A minute later, with everyone's joint efforts, the long scroll painted by Shen Xiu was hung on the wall near the door.
There are a total of nine paper people drawn on the painting. Each of them has his or her own unique clothing and facial expressions. Each of them has a name and a label on his or her head that Shen Xiu has added based on each person's characteristics.
Qin Hua = Zombie
Ke Zian = Zhou Tong = Double Clown
Xiang Yueting = Xia Wenhao = Devil
Ying Ziang = Werewolf
Jiang Yuheng = Zombie
Lu Qian = Magician
Shen Xiu = Vampire
Ying Ziang couldn't believe it: "I, I'm a werewolf?"
He is timid and silly, how can he be a werewolf?
Xiang Yueting laughed: "Hahaha, I am a devil." Then he whispered in Jiang Yuheng's ear: "The devil whispers, are you afraid?"
Jiang Yuheng: "Childish."
Although everyone didn't quite understand why Shen Xiu divided it this way, they were inexplicably convinced by Shen Xiu and felt that Shen Xiu must have his reasons for doing so.
But... while other groups were dividing the parts, their team leaders were drawing pictures and dividing the roles. Is this a moral decline or a distortion of human nature?
Ah, neither of them, it’s the program crew who are being inhumane!
“It’s a really nice painting.”
"Before, I thought Shen Xiu could only draw round-headed stick figures, but I didn't expect Shen Xiu could also draw. That's amazing."
"Hey, why are there chairs? Why are there even pictures of stones? And the steps to disassemble them?"
“I understand. The things we and the program team took are all to make the props that Shen Xiu drew above, right?”
While the team members were looking at the scroll with great interest and their backs turned to him, Shen Xiu hurriedly opened his lunch box and buried his head in eating.
When he was immersed in the world in his mind, Shen Xiu didn't feel hungry. Now that he was back in the real world, he felt like he was about to faint from hunger.
After Chen Xiu finished his meal and packed up his lunch box, the team members were still gathered in front of the scroll talking.
Everyone in front of the scroll suddenly felt a strong sense of oppression coming from behind them, and turned their heads to see Shen Xiu standing behind them.
Meeting everyone's gaze, Shen Xiu followed the plan he had thought of while drawing.
He asked everyone, "Does anyone have any objection to the above arrangement?"
Hearing Shen Xiu's cold voice and seeing his serious expression, the team members felt as if they were being called upon by the teacher to answer questions in class, and they all shook their heads.
“No, no.”
To put it bluntly, "Blood Romance" mixed too many elements, it was messy and disorganized, and the MV was terrible. Apart from the lyrics, everything else was just a bunch of shit. They were all in despair when they saw this song.
As long as Chen Xiu can be saved, they will do anything.
Chen Xiu breathed a sigh of relief. He arranged the roles according to each person's characteristics. When he watched the MV, each character's performance in the MV was very socially dead. As long as everyone could accept it, it was fine.
Shen Xiu organized his words in his mind, and only dared to speak out after he finished organizing them: "Since there is no problem, today we must make all the props I drew. Are you confident?"
Under Shen Xiu's chilling gaze, no one dared to say no.
"......have."
In order to prevent their group's Chuunibyou behavior, which was not much different from that in Blood Romance, from being laughed at by other groups, Shen Xiu looked at the group members solemnly: "I hope everyone won't tell others about what happened here."
Otherwise, their team will be regarded as having a chuunibyou syndrome by other groups.
Facing Chen Xiu's cold and threatening gaze sweeping across the entire place, the team members were in a state of confusion for a moment.
Shen Xiu said this in order to create a secret weapon, to severely slap the faces of the other groups, and to avenge their ridicule for coming together?
So, this is a revenge slap script?
Well, this must be the case!
The scene of being laughed at by the group is still vivid in their minds. Despite being looked down upon and ridiculed, they did not give up and secretly encouraged themselves. On the day of the first performance, they quietly amazed everyone.
Thinking of this, everyone became excited, their eyes were firm, their voices were powerful, and they were just about to raise their hands to swear.
"receive!"
"Don't worry, we won't say anything!"
"We must defend every secret in this room to the death!"
Don’t underestimate your luck!
This time, the glory belongs to them, and they must take it back under the leadership of Shen Xiu and blind the titanium dog eyes of those guys!
Shen Xiu: “…Okay.”
It’s just that everyone’s expressions...well...made him look a little scared. Why did they seem a little bit weird? It seems like there is a tendency for them to be sickly like the protagonists in the MV of "Blood Romance".
Shen Xiu shuddered.
It was an illusion. It must be his illusion!
His team members can't be so naive!
Although he felt strange, Shen Xiu would not ask unless it was necessary. If he asked, he would have to talk too much, and if he said the wrong thing, he would be embarrassed and ashamed.
To sum up, he shouldn't ask.
Chen Xiu looked at Zhou Tong and said, "Can the production team provide the costumes drawn in the painting?"
Zhou Tong nodded: "Yes, but the ones provided should be similar, not exactly the same as your painting."
Shen Xiu: "It's okay, change it."
Zhou Tong: "I'll go get some clothes from the production crew right now!"
While Zhou Tong was getting the clothes, Chen Xiu led the remaining seven people in the group to start making props.
When Chen Xiu was painting the picture, he took into consideration the fact that people might not understand it, and the props in the painting were broken down into steps so that it is very easy to understand.
While Xia Wenhao was busy painting the chair in his hands, he looked at other groups working in the group. He thought that when other groups were dividing their parts, no one would have thought that their group was... doing handicrafts.
Xia Wenhao: ...It’s very magical.
After all, before this, no one told him that he would have to do handicrafts in the boy band audition.
It is estimated that this is a way of practicing for a stage performance that the other eight trainees, except Chen Xiu, have never thought of.
Everyone looked at each other in tacit understanding, and came to the same thought at the same time: The boss's mind is like a needle in the sea, it is impossible to guess, it is impossible to guess at all!
With Chen Xiu's detailed prop drawings in front of them, after nine people worked together for almost an entire afternoon, at 5:30 in the afternoon, the first day of hard practice... no, the handicraft class ended.
Looking at the results of everyone's joint efforts, Shen Xiu informed the team members of tomorrow's arrangements according to his plan: "It's hard today. Gather here on time at nine o'clock tomorrow morning to start practicing in parts."
Hearing this, everyone was stunned.
Aren't we going to discuss how to divide the parts?
Seeing Shen Xiu’s expressionless face, no one had the courage to speak.
However, everyone immediately remembered that the song they were going to divide was "Blood Romance", and their faces turned pale.
Such a song, no matter which part it is classified into, is a fatal social death. It really doesn't make much sense to discuss it or not.
After Shen Xiu finished speaking, no one in the team spoke, feeling a little uneasy, he subconsciously pursed his lips and looked at the team members.
This was not the first time he was a group leader. There would be group photography assignments in college, and the teacher always liked to appoint him as the group leader. Every time after the shooting process was arranged, the group members would have the same reaction.
Team members: “…”
Why are you suddenly looking at them with such a cold gaze?
Are you dissatisfied with their failure to express their personal opinions?
But...after watching "Blood Romance", apart from the urge to ascend to heaven due to embarrassment, they really didn't have any extra thoughts at all!
The members looked at each other, feeling like crying but unable to cry.
It’s too difficult for them to express their opinions on “Blood Romance”!
After waiting for a few seconds, no one said anything. Shen Xiu became even more nervous and said with a dry throat: "Does anyone have any questions?"
Everyone shook their heads like rattles.
"No, no."
"I'll do as you say. Everything is up to you."
“Yes, yes, yes!”
In short, don't ask them anything about Bloody Romance!
Shen Xiu: “…”
The answers given by the team members in previous group assignments cannot be said to be exactly the same, but they are similar.
"Disband."
Since no one wants to say anything, he will just follow the arrangements he had made.
Hearing the word "disperse", and seeing Shen Xiu's tightly pursed lips and cold face, everyone clearly felt that Shen Xiu's whole body was in a state of low pressure, and the temperature seemed to have dropped.
Everyone felt guilty as they were unable to express any useful opinions on "Blood Romance". The burden of saving "Blood Romance" fell on Shen Xiu's shoulders alone.
When Chen Xiu said it was time to dismiss, out of embarrassment and the low pressure around him, no one dared to ask Chen Xiu why he stayed in the classroom. They said goodbye and left.
After leaving the room, Xia Wenhao looked at Xiang Yueting: "We are leaving like this, will Chen Xiu really not want us tomorrow?"
Xiang Yueting: "No way, Shen Xiu has a good temper."
Xiang Yueting was also helpless: "It's not that I don't want to talk, but I really don't have any idea about Bloody Romance."
Jiang Yuheng sighed: "Who isn't?"
Ke Zian: "Chen Xiu seemed very angry just now, and his cold face was so scary."
Ying Ziang bit his lower lip and said, "I'm too stupid. I can't think of anything to say no matter how hard I try."
The team members all agreed: “Who says it’s not true?”
Report a little to Chen Xiu, they really tried their best, don't despise them for being stupid, they are still waiting for Chen Xiu to lead them back to the top!
The audience squatted in the corridor for a long time, and finally a member of the Shen Xiu team came out. They heard their conversation and were confused.
[Ah, why are everyone reacting like this? What do these words mean? Are they having a fight? 】
[Hearing what they said, Boss Xiu seemed angry. 】
【Everyone has left, but Xiu hasn't come out yet. He must be very angry. My blind guess is that there was a problem when dividing the parts. Everyone is not satisfied with the part they got, so there was a dispute? 】
[It is very likely that the members of the Shang Yu team and the Lu Fei team next door had a quarrel and almost came to blows. In the end, it was the captain who stepped in and asked them to battle for their parts. When it comes to personal interests on stage, who doesn't want more lyrics and more shots? 】
6pm.
Zhuang Yi glanced at the time on the wall.
"Okay, today's practice ends here. We'll start on time at nine o'clock tomorrow morning."
Zhuang Yi is not very familiar with his teammates, so he doesn't dare to set the time too early, for fear that everyone will be unhappy. Whoever wants to practice earlier than this time will come by himself.
"Okay!" Everyone responded and dispersed on the spot.
As the team leader, Zhuang Yi stayed behind to clean up the room. Lin Jiashi was busy with something in the corner with his head down, and finally walked out of the practice room with Zhuang Yi.
After a day of getting along, Zhuang Yi discovered that Lin Jiashi had a good learning ability and could understand anything without too much explanation. He was so smart that Zhuang Yi didn't quite understand why Lin Jiashi was in Class F.
The two of them talked as they walked, and said they would go to the cafeteria together. Not long after, Lin Jiashi stopped and looked at Zhuang Yi apologetically.
"I'm sorry, Brother Zhuang, I suddenly remembered that I had something to do and can't go to dinner with you. You go first."
Zhuang Yi nodded: "Okay, I'll go first."
"Well, bye."
Watching Zhuang Yi leave, Lin Jiashi's mind was full of what the team members said after they returned from Chen Xiu's team. He turned around and walked towards Chen Xiu's practice room.
The live broadcast rooms inside each group's practice rooms were closed, and the audience instead waited in the live broadcast rooms in the corridors outside each group's practice rooms, waiting to see the trainees they were interested in.
Seeing the direction Lin Jiashi is heading, the audience who likes him are not very happy.
[Baby, did you go the wrong way? 】
[Be obedient and don’t think too much. Let’s turn around and not go over there. There are weirdos over there. 】
The audience in the live broadcast room in the corridor outside Shen Xiu's team were not very happy to see Lin Jiashi.
[What the hell?] Here he comes again, doesn't he feel a little embarrassed? 】
[Speechless. The last time you questioned Boss Xiu, it was already confusing enough. What do you want to do this time? 】
[Damn it, everyone else has left, and Boss Xiu is already angry alone in there. What if Lin Jiashi goes in and something explodes, and we can't see it? What if Boss Xiu is misunderstood? By the way, half an hour has passed since Team Chen Xiu disbanded, and Boss Xiu hasn't come out yet. What happened that made Boss Xiu angry for so long? 】
[Lin Jiashi actually saw the scene before us. I’m so jealous.]
Amid the wailing of the audience, Lin Jiashi walked to the practice room of the Shen Xiu team.
Lin Jiashi raised his hand and knocked on the door.
Knock knock knock......
The audience and the team members were angry. Chen Xiu took a piece of chalk and drew the scope on the ground while comparing it with the stage map he had brought back from the inspection.
Hearing the knock on the door, Shen Xiu subconsciously looked at the door handle nervously, then he breathed a sigh of relief when he remembered that he had locked the door immediately after the team members left.
Knock knock knock......
The knocking on the door continued, but no one spoke. Shen Xiu glanced at the time on the wall in confusion. It was six o'clock in the afternoon. Everyone was eating at this time. Who would come here?
Shen Xiu put down the chalk and wiped his hands, then glanced around the room at the props he had placed one by one after the team members left.
No matter who is outside, they must not let anyone see these things that will make people look at their Shen Xiu team with strange eyes.
Whether the whole group will be embarrassed depends on him!
Shen Xiu walked to the door, took a deep breath, unlocked it with a click, and opened the door.
The moment the door opened, Shen Xiu quickly dodged out.
The movement was so fast that Lin Jiashi couldn't even see the scene in the room clearly.
Seeing Shen Xiu staring at him coldly with his eyes downcast, Lin Jiashi's mouth became dry and he swallowed nervously.
Seeing that it was Lin Jiashi, Shen Xiu remembered what happened in the corridor, and his brows frowned unconsciously: "What's the matter?"
Members of the Shenxiu team (clench their fists firmly) (in unison) Take back the glory that belongs to us!
Dog passing by: No, are they sick?
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