Mu Cai's face showed surprise.
It's not that he did it on purpose, because according to the original plot, Mu Cai did participate in the variety show "Rookie of the Stars." But he was able to participate because he heard from Mo Hengqing that Gu Yunchen was going too, so he went to grind the manager. Su Xingyun couldn't resist him, and because Mu Cai was Mo Hengqing's younger brother, he reluctantly agreed.
Rather than like now, the other party actively throws bait, implying that he can go.
But the surprise was the surprise. Mu Cai still looked at Su Xingyun quietly, waiting for the other party to continue talking.
The young man's soft black hair drooped around his ears, as if he were nervous, and he put a pair of slender hands tightly in front of him. He was looking at him with a pair of bright eyes, and his dark pupils seemed to be full of him.
The appearance looks a little excited and fanatical, but also very well-behaved.
Su Xingyun looked back calmly.
He calmly suppressed his somewhat surprised emotions and then began to introduce the variety show "Star Rookie" to the two trainees in front of him.
"Star Rookie" is a variety show launched by Sweet Orange Video. Under the guidance of judges and teachers, through tasks, training, and assessment, a group of newcomers will be selected through knockout rounds to make their debut.
Sweet Orange Video is one of the leading video websites in China and has a considerable number of potential customers. Moreover, the competition system of this variety show is novel, and the method of online voting can also arouse the audience's enthusiasm for ranking and spontaneous promotion.
The participants in this variety show are basically newcomers from various large and small entertainment companies. There are hundreds of new faces and contestants with different personalities, which can satisfy the aesthetics and preferences of different audiences.
As an elite manager of Kaicheng Entertainment, Su Xingyun has a keen sense of business. He is very optimistic about this show and feels that it will definitely explode after it is broadcast. There are hundreds of people participating in this show. Although there will be many people who will be eliminated, it is also a good opportunity for newcomers with personality and ability in the entertainment industry to make their debut.
Therefore, he quickly thought of Liang Yunxi and Mu Cai, two newcomers who had been assigned to him among the new batch of trainees that the company had been training for more than half a year.
However, when Su Xingyun came this time, he only intended to tell Liang Yunxi about this and let him participate in this variety show, but he didn't expect to see Mu Cai, who came to train for the first time.
He felt that Mu Cai was a little different today, not like before. When he heard him mention Gu Yunchen's name, he seemed to lose his mind. And today the other party was able to grit his teeth and persevere in the dance part that he was least good at, and obediently followed the captain to prepare for solo training.
It seemed that the other party had finally listened to his own words.
Even if Mu Cai's purpose in entering the entertainment industry is to pursue Gu Yunchen, it's useless to just be obsessed with him. Only by strengthening one's own strength and standing at a height that can be seen by the other party can you have a chance to get into the other party's eyes.
Otherwise, Gu Yunchen would not know what Mu Cai did, nor would he bother to know.
Seeing that the young man who could not be persuaded before began to go on the road, Su Xingyun felt a little bit of relief like an old father in his heart.
He suppressed this somewhat weird emotion in his heart and soon decided to give Mu Cai this chance, and then stopped the two of them at the same time.
After Su Xingyun introduced the variety show "Star Rookie" and stated the pros and cons of participating in the show, he calmly asked the opinions of the two people in front of him: "Do you want to participate?"
Liang Yunxi is the captain of this group of newcomer trainees. He is capable and wants to be popular, so of course he nodded in agreement. Not to mention Mu Cai; whether it's for the plot or to get in touch with Gu Yunchen to consolidate the character design, he has to participate, so he nodded.
A stone fell to the ground in Su Xingyun's heart, but he couldn't see anything on his face; he just pushed his glasses, glanced at the two people in front of him coldly, and said: "From today on, you should train hard; probably you will be participating in the show in a month."
He paused for a moment when he said this, and his eyes locked on Mu Cai behind the lens: "Especially you, let's make a surprise attack during this time."
Mu Cai's pale face suddenly appeared a little flushed; he knew that his foundation was weak and immediately nodded obediently. "Got it."
Liang Yunxi hugged Mu Cai's shoulders and smiled at Su Xingyun: "Brother Su, don't worry, I will train him well."
Su Xingyun nodded, glanced at them, turned around, and left.
In the next half-month, Mu Cai was exhausted. Their training courses are divided into three parts: dance, vocal music, and an introduction to acting. The three courses are interspersed, and one course takes a whole day.
Mu Cai has no talent for dancing or acting, but his singing surprised the teachers in class. His voice is clear and melodious, with a wide range and good intonation, and he doesn't lose his tune when he sings. He has excellent innate conditions. It's just not enough breath and not enough skills.
However, the advantage in singing did not give Mu Cai the opportunity to reduce his training. After training every day, he still had to be dragged to the next-door dance practice room by Liang Yunxi to make up for the progress he had missed.
In the past half a month, although Mu Cai felt that his appetite was increasing day by day, his weight still plummeted in full view during the weekly weight measurement session.
This day, Mu Cai just got off the weighing scale, and Zhao An, who was at the side, took advantage of Liang Yunxi's lack of attention and quietly touched Mu Cai's arm.
Usually the captain is very strict; he has wanted to touch it for a long time!
The young man on the opposite side didn't seem to understand what he was doing, but just looked down at the place where he was touched, and a dazed and innocent look appeared on his delicate pale face.
Zhao An felt his heart itch when he saw it, and he couldn't help touching it again.
However, when he was about to touch it again, the captain's chilly voice sounded in his ear: "Zhao An, you have gained two catties this week. From today onward, do 20 more push-ups every day."
He took off his clothes, showed his abdominal muscles for the other party to see, and yelled loudly: "Captain, you are avenging your own private revenge! "Come and judge for me; is there such a captain?"
However, no one responded to his accusation. All regard him as nothing.
Sneaking into Mu Cai secretly is unforgivable!
Zhao An felt isolated.
Mu Cai couldn't help laughing. He looked at Zhao An's tight abdomen and said enviously, "You have four-pack abs; that's amazing."
Liang Yunxi couldn't help but glance at the other party when he heard this. He has six-pack abs; why didn't he see the other party's praise? Is it because he didn't lift his clothes?
As soon as Zhao An heard Mu Cai's compliment, he immediately forgot the fact that he had offended everyone and felt very proud. He recalled the feeling of touching the other party's arm just now and said with some regret, "Mu Cai, you have lost a lot of weight, and your forearm can be wrapped around just by one hand."
His words caused a thousand waves, and everyone present couldn't help discussing:
"I remember that Mu Cai lost two catties last week, and he seems to have lost another two catties this week?"
"It's impossible to lose weight like this; eat more."
"Mu Cai's food is actually not too little. But with this amount of training, it's still not enough, and he have to eat extra in the evening!"
Li Shengmin frowned and said to Liang Yunxi, "Captain, did you train Mu Cai too recently?" "I feel that he is tired."
Liang Yunxi was taken aback, feeling that what the other party said seemed to make sense.
However, although he would stay with Mu Cai for a while every night to continue training, he actually didn't dare let the other party practice much. Most of the time, he just helped the other party correct his movements and taught him how to dance in two beats.
Is he really that tired?
Liang Yunxi was still doubting himself when Li Shengmin approached furtively and said, "Captain, you will definitely not be able to go on like this." Otherwise, you can replace me; I will be lenient, and I will definitely not let Mu Cai..."
Liang Yunxi: "..."
Well, he thought that Li Shengmin was trying to persuade him with good intentions, but unexpectedly, he had ulterior motives!
He was just about to let the other party cool off when he saw Mu Cai standing beside him, nodding in agreement from the corner of his eye.
The young man's cheeks were slightly puffed up, his bright eyes were open, his expression was serious, and he even nodded several times!
Liang Yunxi suddenly felt heartache.
Mu Cai did not understand the painstaking efforts of the captain. He thought about it for a while, and seeing that the current situation was favorable to him, he finally couldn't help but say to Liang Yunxi, "Captain, I'm so tired these days."
Liang Yunxi didn't speak; he just looked at him with raised eyelids. Those peach blossom-like eyes squinted over with a bit of teasing, intentionally or unintentionally.
It's a pity that Mu Cai didn't notice it at all, and he was still a little nervous: "Our family has a party at the end of the month, and my mother told me to go home for dinner tomorrow. Can I take a day off to go back and rest?"
Liang Yunxi saw that the other party didn't care about his eyes at all, and he didn't act coquettishly to please him, and his heart was like a punctured ball. He waved his hands irritably and said, "Go, go."
Mu Cai's eyes lit up at once, crescent-like, and he smiled at Liang Yunxi: "Thank you, Captain! Captain is so kind!"
The voice became clearer and sweeter, and Liang Yunxi immediately felt at ease. As soon as he was in a good mood, he happily expressed that the other party could leave this afternoon, and he was rewarded with a smile and a wave from the young man.
He can get so much favor out of a vacation that Liang Yunxi thinks it's worth it!
Mu Cai went back to his room to pack up his things, then went out and rushed home.
Mu Cai hated this family very much and would rather stay in the company's dormitory than come back when he was not training. The biggest reason is that this house belongs to Mo Hengqing's father, and Mo Hengqing usually lives here.
The original body hated Mo Hengqing, so naturally, he didn't want to go back. But Mu Cai's mother coerced and lured her, and she set a rule for Mu Cai: he had to go back once a month to have a meal with them and to enhance the relationship between the two families.
Mu Cai rushed back this time mainly to step on a plot point and consolidate his character design, by the way.
According to the plot of the original book, Mo Hengqing will invite Gu Yunchen and Lin Jiayi to the so-called once-a-month family dinner.
And he, after seeing the ambiguous interaction between the protagonist gong and shou, will make a fool of himself out of jealousy and successfully send a wave of assists to Gu Yunchen and Mo Hengqing.
Sure enough, as soon as Mu Cai stepped into the entrance, he heard Lin Jiayi's indifferent voice from upstairs: "Is there anyone in that guy's room?" Then I'll go and see."
Mu Cai knew that this was the beginning of the plot.
He hurriedly ran upstairs in his slippers and saw Mo Hengqing following behind with a troubled face, while Gu Yunchen looked indifferent. Only Lin Jiayi pushed open the door of his room and said:
"Take it!" It's just a thing; why can't I enter it? And it's not the boudoir of a big girl... "Fuck, this Mu Cai is a pervert!"
Lin Jiayi took a step back from the door, and everyone saw that in the open door, in the dimly lit room, the walls of the entire room were densely covered with Gu Yunchen's various posters, including the movie posters he promoted and enlarged photobook photos.
And half of the big double bed in the center of the room was lying on Gu Yunchen's body pillow!
The author has something to say:
Liang Yunxi: Why does everyone want to steal Mu Cai?
Gu Yunchen: Don't worry, you won't be able to steal my Mu Cai from behind.
T/N:
Catty - 斤, pronounced as jīn, is a traditional unit of mass in weighing. 1 catty is 0.6 kilogram so 2 catties is approximately 1.2 kilograms.