Second performance 1
"The people on their team seem so gloomy lately. I don't dare to ask at all."
"All members of Team Shen Xiu have...turned evil?"
"Still turning evil, put away your chuunibyou."
[Damn it, what on earth did Demon King Xiu say to them that day that could make everyone become so lifeless overnight! 】
[Although so much time has passed, I still get scared when I think about Xiu Xiu's terrifying expression that day. 】
Amid the speculation of other groups and the curiosity of the audience, the second performance finally arrived.
After adjustments by the program team, the process of the second performance is roughly the same as the first performance, with only some slight differences in details.
For example, the drawing of lots is no longer done by the captains of each group going on stage alone in front of the audience, but each captain of each group is required to lead all his team members on stage.
On the stage, next to the host He Ting stood a staff member wearing a suit and white gloves, holding a pure black box in his hand.
“Dear audience friends at the event and in the live broadcast room, welcome to the second performance of “The Invincible Youth”!”
"Ahhh, it's finally here!" The scene broke into warm applause and cheers.
"Now, let's invite the nine groups to the stage and wait for the draw for the second performance group showdown!"
As He Ting finished speaking, nine groups of trainees walked out from behind the scenes to the front of the stage and stood in their respective areas according to the procedure of the rehearsal the day before.
He Ting: "From now on, everyone has ten minutes. Whether you are our trainees or the audience, please cheer and express your joy!"
When they saw the trainees coming on stage, the audience went crazy. They completely forgot about the host and shouted their own cheers enthusiastically to express their strong love for the trainees they picked.
"Chen Xiu, I will always pick you!"
"Captain Xiu, here! You are the most beautiful star in the night sky!"
"I hope that brother has the ability to be weird and take off his clothes!"
"Captain Xiu, take me flying!"
"Xiang Yueting, eat more walnuts to nourish your brain!"
"The Demon King is repairing YYDS!"
"Caravan, please weld your glasses to your nose!"
"King Xiu dominates!"
"Sister Tongtong likes the way you cry the most!"
"Anzi is so silly ruarua~"
"Xiu Lang loves you!"
"Killer Xiu, go for it!!!"
The production team gave the audience ten minutes to cheer. Everyone shouted the trainees' names and waved their cheering sticks or signs.
The atmosphere was lively, but everyone followed the program team's rules and stood in their respective positions, so it was not chaotic.
Of course, no matter whether it was Shen Xiu who shouted the most or had the most cheering signs at the scene.
The trainees were filled with envy.
[Who drank several bottles of vinegar today? Ah, it turned out to be me, wow, that makes me even sadder]
[It looks like a concert, but unfortunately I am still working overtime at the company and cannot go even on weekends. Who understands the pain of a corporate slave? 】
[The tickets are not expensive at the event. They are not even as expensive as my taxi fare. If you can grab the ticket, you will make a profit. Doesn’t it hurt more when you put it that way? It doesn’t matter. I’m also working overtime at the company and can only watch the live broadcast secretly. 】
Most of the trainees were standing still, facing the enthusiastic and cheering audience, unable to contain their excitement. When they heard someone calling their names, they couldn't help but make heart expressions to them.
Before the draw began, eight out of the nine groups were waving, making heart shapes with their hands, or making funny gestures to cooperate with the audience in taking photos.
All members of the Shen Xiu team, from the team leader to the other team members, were silent, as if they could not hear the enthusiastic voices at the scene or see the lively scene before them.
Compared with the other eight groups, it is so out of place.
But if Team Shen Xiu was in this state a few days ago, everyone would have found it strange.
The audience in the live broadcast room have been watching Team Shen Xiu like this for several days now, and no one is surprised at all.
Not only is it not surprising, but it has also led to a lot of speculation.
"Team Xiu is so full of energy. I have a feeling they are planning something big!"
"That must be the case. That's Team Xiu. The second public performance will definitely surprise us."
"Team Xiu is too aggressive. Ever since he said something to the team members in the live broadcast room that day, the team members have been like this."
When the members of Team Chen Xiu heard the fans’ calls for them to be picked, they would have been very happy in the past, but now, they really couldn’t be happy... No, to be more precise, they didn’t have the face to be happy.
Team Xiu has said that with their level, they can’t even stay for the third public performance. With such bad performances, how can they deserve the audience’s love?
Obviously, sorry!
Feeling guilty about not worthy of the fans' love, the members of Team Chen Xiu didn't even dare to look at the audience. They were so ashamed that they wanted to find a crack in the ground to hide in. They didn't deserve it!
Looking at the trainees from other groups who were working hard, Chen Xiu frantically told himself that he had to do something, otherwise he would be sorry for the many audiences who shouted his name and liked him.
But...why didn't the team members behind me make any movement?
This shouldn't happen!
No matter what others say, Zhao Mingwei has a cheerful personality and this is not like his style.
Chen Xiu quickly thought about the situation of his friends during the subsequent training days, and immediately understood.
It turns out that without realizing it, everyone has become calm, and people with a mature and stable mentality not only don’t like to talk much, but also don’t show their emotions.
Faced with this situation, the other team members were able to hold it in, but I was anxiously panicking and didn't know how to respond. As expected, I was not as steady as my teammates.
The unstable Chen Xiu was too embarrassed to openly peek at how other group members were making the audience happy, so he secretly glanced at everyone's movements out of the corner of his eye.
Chen Xiu soon discovered that the audience seemed to like the heart shape gesture very much. Every time everyone made a heart shape gesture, the audience would cheer.
Okay, let’s learn this move!
Shen Xiu made up his mind, raised his hands, put them above his head, and made a heart shape towards the audience area in the crowd who were shouting his name and waving their light signs.
The moment Shen Xiu made a heart shape with his hands, the cheers disappeared instantly as if the pause button had been pressed.
The stage fell into an eerie silence.
The audience and the trainees on the same stage looked as if they had seen a ghost, staring at Shen Xiu with wide eyes in disbelief.
I just learned from others that the first person I was thinking about was: "......."
So embarrassing, why did it suddenly become quiet?
Is it because I am not serious enough in comparing myself? Ah, I'm so stupid! ! !
No one cheered. Did they not like this action?
Okay, he also learned other moves, such as holding his face with both hands, tilting his head to smile at the camera, raising both hands, humming the rhythm and shaking... and so on, he can always change to a move that everyone likes!
Shen Xiu finished thinking, and tried to take his hands off his head, suppressing the embarrassment of suffocation...
Shen Xiu, who had a cold face standing on the stage, suddenly made a heart gesture with his hands, and it was a big heart. The audience was shocked and speechless.
After recovering from the shock, the scene erupted into even more enthusiastic carnival.
In the audience, fans who picked Chen Xiu cheered happily while taking time out to excitedly exclaim with their friends.
“Ahhh, is there anything wrong with my eyes?! What is this? It’s a heart from Xiu Xiu!”
"Hahaha, this is the first time I've seen someone make a heart shape with a blank expression on their face. It's such a cute contrast! I never thought Xiulang would do such a cute thing in my life! It must be for us. Xiu and I have always been running in a two-way direction. Who knows!"
"I can't help it. Xiu Tiansheng is a tall, cold and cool guy. I really can't laugh. But what the hell is Xiu Lang? Hahaha."
“Shen·Iceberg·Devil·Cold·Xiu is like this!”
Before Shen Xiu had time to lower his hands from above his head and switch to another move, he heard everyone suddenly burst into cheers.
Shen Xiu: Hmm?
It turns out that everyone...likes it!
Huh...Chen Xiu heaved a sigh of relief, as long as everyone likes it.
"Fix it here!"
“And here too!”
"here!"
The audience liked it, so Shen Xiu didn't change his moves. He made a heart shape with his hands from the left side to the right side of the audience, pausing for five seconds.
The program crew did not collect the audience’s mobile phones. Fans who picked Chen Xiu were screaming in their hearts while taking photos.
Shen Xiu has a cool face and exudes a cold aura, but he makes cute gestures with his hands, which creates a weird contrast and is very cute to his fans.
When Shen Xiu was making a heart shape with his hands, he clearly felt the fiery gazes of the trainees behind him, which was very embarrassing.
But in order to give back to the lovely audience, his face doesn't seem to be very important. It's embarrassing...you'll get used to it after a while.
Members of Shen Xiu Group: “….”
Sure enough, in their group, only the captain had a stable mentality. Unlike them, his mentality exploded and he didn't dare to face the audience at all.
But... the captain is already like this, and they do nothing. Will the captain think they are even more useless?
In order to avoid being considered useless by Chen Xiu, even though the team members were ashamed to face the audience, they still raised their hands, imitated the captain's gesture, and began to make a heart shape with their hands from the left to the right of the stage.
Seeing the actions of Team Shen Xiu, the audience taking pictures froze for a moment, their minds full of question marks.
Program team:?
Other trainees: “?”
Trainees from other groups: ...Really cool!
They had never seen anyone make a heart shape like this before. He made the shape from left to right throughout the entire audience, as if he was afraid that some audience members would not receive the shape. Was this fair? I can only say, he is worthy of being called Shen Xiu!
And....the members of Team Shen Xiu are a bunch of devils! Do I need to learn this too?
Wait... the audience seems to like it very much. Do they... want to learn it too?
The trainees with slow hands were still thinking about whether to learn or not, while the trainees with quick hands had already quickly started making a heart shape with their hands from left to right.
The staff of the program were very confused.
"Is this some mysterious ritual that the trainees discuss in private?"
“I don’t understand, but I’m shocked.”
The audience at the scene and in the live broadcast room were so amused by the trainees' weird and consistent heart-shaped gestures.
[Whose second public performance was so funny? It turned out to be "Young Man Invincible". That's fine. This production team has always been weird, hahaha]
[So weird, really so weird, one by one, are they all comedians? Hahahaha I laughed so hard that I crawled on the ground]
[My mom laughed so hard that she thought I had caught the crowing rooster in the house and brought it into the room, so she rushed in with a broom. Okay, now my mom has an expression like an old man looking at his phone and she is watching the live broadcast with me, hahahaha]
Hearing everyone's laughter and seeing the even more unbridled smiles on the audience's faces, the trainees felt relieved.
It’s settled!
The audience really liked it! As expected of Shen Xiu, he kept silent but turned out to be guessing the audience’s preferences, and his every move hit the audience’s heart.
The corners of He Ting's mouth twitched slightly, and he raised his hand to support his forehead.
In all the years since he debuted as a host, he has never seen such a strange scene!
After making a heart shape, Chen Xiu saw that everyone was making other gestures while making the heart shape, while he made very few gestures, which made Chen Xiu feel even more ashamed.
Sure enough, I still have a lot to learn!
The ten-minute carnival time was up, and He Ting's voice spread throughout the audience from the microphone.
"Happy times are always so short, but I believe that the next time will be even better. Dear audience friends, please be quiet for a while."
The production team of "Young Man Invincible" has been responsive to the audience's requests. Not only are the tickets affordable, the seats are also comfortable, and at the beginning the production team gave everyone time to express their joy and interact with the trainees. Everyone was willing to cooperate with the production team and calm down spontaneously.
After everyone quieted down, Xue Yi, who made the trainees feel guilty and the audience want to laugh when they saw him, suddenly walked onto the stage from behind the scenes.
As a senior who has been in the circle for many years, Xue Yi is always relaxed in any occasion.
Holding the microphone, he greeted the audience: "Good morning, everyone."
"good!"
Hearing the audience's enthusiastic response, Xue Yi's smile grew wider and he walked up to stand in front of the trainees.
When the trainees saw Xue Yi, their scalps went numb.
Xue Yi: "You all don't seem very happy to see me."
Without waiting for the trainees to speak, Xue Yi spoke up: "Of course, it doesn't matter whether you are happy or not, I am very happy anyway."
The trainees looked cautious and didn't dare to talk casually, for fear that they would be tricked by Teacher Xue.
The audience laughed.
"Sure enough, Teacher Xue is still Teacher Xue, and his mouth is still as poisonous as ever."
"It's so funny how everyone is frustrated."
"I have a feeling that the production team asked Teacher Xue to come out before everyone drew lots for the group showdown. There must be something fishy going on."
"Trainees, we've always watched the show through the screen before, this is the first time to watch it live, I'm a little excited!"
Amid the heated discussion among the audience, Xue Yi finally spoke.
"Dear trainees, your training has been so hard before that our production team couldn't bear to disturb you, so there is a piece of news that we haven't had time to tell you yet."
Trainees: Oh no, I suddenly have a bad feeling. What’s going on?
The next moment, the trainees' premonition came true.
Xue Yi: "During the rehearsal period for the second public performance, the audience was so eager to see everyone's performance during the rehearsal period. As a production team that never gives up, we naturally have to meet the audience's requirements."
"Therefore, the initial training videos for the second public performance of each group have been edited in advance by the program team and sent to our audience friends."
"Dear trainees, are you surprised or shocked to hear this news?"
Trainees:.......6.
Boy, surprise?
The program team directly said that they wanted to scare them to death. It turns out that every decision made by the program team has a reason.
Now they finally understood why the captains drew lots, and as team members, they also had to stand on the stage. It turned out they were waiting there!
Just to let them have a 'public execution', right?
The trainees looked at the crane camera moving past their eyes and had the urge to cover their hands with their hands and cry and beg it to stop filming.
Thinking about the performance of each group during the second public practice, the trainees even had the urge to die.
It’s a pity that they were still trying to be stubborn in front of other groups, saying that the practice results within their group were very good.
Well, now, while they were being stubborn with other groups, the audience in the live broadcast room had already finished watching their second public training video.
It's shameful, really shameful!
The embarrassed trainees secretly glanced at Team Shen Xiu and found that their expressions remained unchanged from the captain to the members.
Seeing this scene, members of other groups felt even greater psychological pressure.
Damn it, it turns out they are the only ones who are embarrassed!
After Xue Yi finished speaking, the audience in the live broadcast room, captured by the high-definition jib camera, clearly saw the trainees' twitching mouth corners and pale faces.
[Hahaha, I could feel the embarrassment of the trainees on stage even through the screen. The production crew was so mean that they deliberately zoomed in the camera to magnify their embarrassment. 】
[Although but...don't you think the program crew's words are weird? What do you mean they only show it because we want to watch it? Wow, the program crew is really good at shifting the blame. 】
[It turns out that whether it is the trainees or us, we are just tools for the production crew to have fun, damn it! But why do the members of the repair team have the same expression? Obviously...they are the most oily.]
[Perhaps... this is the result of going through the training of the Great Demon King. 】
"Okay, the announcement is over. I would like to wish everyone a smooth and successful second performance. Goodbye~"
After Xue Yi said this news that made the trainees dig their toes into the ground, he said goodbye lightly and left calmly, leaving the trainees in a mess on the stage.
After Xue Yi left, He Ting suppressed his laughter and said, "The small theater is over, and now we will start drawing lots."
"Except for the auditor group, please ask the captains of the other eight groups to draw lots in order from right to left."
"There are eight envelopes in the box, and inside the envelopes are four sets of cards of the same color. The teams that draw cards of the same color will compete against each other starting at 2 pm."
"Of course, the numbers on the cards represent the order of the duels. For example, black 1A means the first team of the first group will perform on stage; black 1B means the second team of the first group will perform on stage."
The first team on the right was Team Shen Xiu. After He Ting finished speaking, Shen Xiu walked towards He Ting.
He Ting looked at the tall Shen Xiu walking towards him with a cold expression, and felt an inexplicable sense of oppression in his heart. He couldn't help but sigh that no matter how many times he saw Shen Xiu like this, he would get nervous unconsciously.
Perhaps, this is the powerful aura that comes naturally.
Chen Xiu walked up to him, and He Ting said, "Chen Xiu, please put your hand into the box and take out a letter."
“Yeah.” Shen Xiu hummed, reached into the black box, and quickly took out a letter.
After Chen Xiu finished drawing lots, He Ting reminded according to the procedure: "Don't open it for now, return to the team, and wait until all the groups have finished drawing lots, then open the envelope together."
Shen Xiu nodded slightly: "Yeah."
After saying this, Shen Xiu walked back to his seat and stood still.
He Ting looked at Shen Xiu's leaving back, and his tense body relaxed.
Fortunately, the big guys were all quiet and didn’t talk much to me.
Chen Xiu breathed a sigh of relief after standing up. If he wasn't so close to others during singing and dancing, he would still be unable to control his panic, afraid that others would ask him a lot of questions and he didn't dare to say anything.
Fortunately, the host was busy and had no time to deal with him.
He Ting: "Please ask Song Chengwang to come forward and draw the lot."
Fifteen minutes later, the drawing process was over, and except for the ninth group, the captains of the other eight groups all had an envelope in their hands.
He Ting: "Guess which two groups will become rivals?"
After hearing the host's words, the members of each group couldn't help but turn their eyes to other groups.
The other groups just glanced at them, but the Shen Xiu team looked at all the seven groups except the ninth group in unison.
While watching, I thought: It’s over, everyone looks very strong... Wow, they won’t really be like what Captain Xiu said, and say that this is the last stage?
The more they thought about it, the more silent the members of the Shen Xiu team became, and the low pressure became more obvious.
Other team members: No way, it’s just a drawing of lots. Why are all the members of Team Shen Xiu, from the captain to the other members, so aggressive?
As the captain, Shen Xiu was even more terrifying. He looked indifferent and obviously did not take them seriously.
As the saying goes, we are not afraid of the powerful but the reckless. Team Shen Xiu looks both powerful and reckless now, so they don't want to provoke them.
I prayed silently in my heart that I would not be drawn to compete against Shen Xiu's team. I hope that an unlucky team would come and defeat Shen Xiu's team soon!
After what Xue Yi said about the early broadcast of the training, they were mentally devastated.
If we face Shen Xiu's team again, my mentality will really explode.
There were voices of urging from the audience.
"Announce it quickly!"
"Hurry up!"
Amid the anxious trainees and the expectant urging of the audience, He Ting spoke up: "It seems that everyone is looking forward to it. So, after the third to last sound, please have the captains tear open the envelopes and take out the cards in the envelopes to show them to the audience."
"Three, two, one!"
After He Ting's last words fell, the eight captains tore open the envelopes and pulled out the cards.
Chen Xiu looked at the red 4B in his hand, and guilt swept over his heart in an instant.
His hands were as stinky as ever, and he drew an unlucky-sounding number for his teammates.
4...death?
No, I can’t think about it anymore. Feudal superstition is unacceptable! He is a staunch materialist!
The final draw results for the second public stage group showdown were quickly displayed on the big screen:
Black 1: Shang Yu Team A vs Mu Zhenchu Team B
White 2: Xiang Yueting Team A vs Zhuang Yi Team B
Blue 3: Song Chengwang Team A vs Jiang Yanxi Team B
Red 4: Ning Si Nian Team A vs Shen Xiu Team B
The members of Ning Sinian's team looked at the red in their captain's hand, which was exactly the same as the red in Shen Xiu's hand, and their eyes went dark.
It’s over, they are the unlucky ones!
Before Ning Sinian's team recovered from the shock, they heard the host's heavy voice: "Everyone, after the second performance this afternoon, Teacher Xue will announce a cruel and ruthless piece of bad news. I hope everyone will be mentally prepared in advance."
(Looking forward guiltily) Ah, no one here, slip away!
Continue read on readnovelmtl.com
