Chapter 21
After Nan XiangWan danced solo for a while, it was time for the two to dance together.
No matter if it was Zhu Sha or Nan XiangWan, they perfectly presented the choreography they had practiced in the studio.
For the final move, Nan XiangWan needed to support Zhu Sha with one hand.
Using Nan XiangWan's arm strength, Zhu Sha executed a high difficulty move.
She had practiced this move for an entire afternoon and night.
The range of motion required a lot of strength to accomplish.
Zhu Sha was a little nervous as the two brushed past each other.
She met Nan XiangWan's eyes.
Nan XiangWan's gaze
was very calm!
Zhu Sha steadied her heart, and with Nan XiangWan's support, exerted herself fiercely in the instant the music ended!
She did it!
A perfect finish!
The two were seamlessly in sync, and the final dance move brought the performance to its peak!
Thunderous applause erupted from the audience!
Even the six mentors stood up and applauded.
Zhao Lan openly praised: "Excellent stage performance! You two don't seem like newcomers at all, this dance is ready to debut already!"
Zhu Sha: "Thank you mentor!"
Bullet screen comments:
"Strongest stage! Strongest duo! Strongest partners!"
"Compared to the previous dancers who messed up, this pair just exploded!"
"OMG! These two are so cool!!!"
"For that last move, Nan XiangWan actually supported Zhu Sha with one arm! My god what a super girl?"
"Haha! With just one finger Nan XiangWan can support her, easily lifting up her partner with one hand is simple!"
On stage.
The praise continued, with each mentor saying something.
Zhu Sha bowed to each one in thanks.
As for Nan XiangWan
Nan XiangWan was blanking out!
After finishing her bows, Zhu Sha looked up to see Nan XiangWan staring vacantly beside her.
Zhao Lan also noticed, asking: "Nan XiangWan, your performance was great! But what's wrong with you?"
Nan XiangWan spoke into the mic: "It's 11:30."
Zhao Lan: "Hm?"
Nan XiangWan: "Time to eat lunch."
Zhao Lan:
Zhu Sha:
Everyone on site:
Bullet screen comments:
"Pfft! Hahahaha!"
"The kid doesn't care about feedback or what comes after, she just wants to hurry up and eat!"
"Food is all Nan XiangWan can think about!"
"It's 11:30! The kid is hungry!"
"Nan XiangWan is starving to death!"
"I remember yesterday at this time, Nan XiangWan had already rushed out to eat!"
"Hahahaha! Starving crazy! Hurry up and feed her! Quick!"
After a moment of speechlessness, the mentors couldn't help laughing.
The lead director announced a lunch break first, evaluations would continue in the afternoon.
Many trainees still hadn't gone on stage, they were scheduled for the afternoon.
Having received the order to go eat, Nan XiangWan immediately charged forward!
Zhu Sha only felt a gust of wind pass by her side, when she looked again, Nan XiangWan was nowhere to be seen.
Zhu Sha: "Nan XiangWan is a pig!"
Online.
The official Weibo account for the show "Debut! Trainee!" posted a notice.
Lawyer's letter!
Accusing Quigui of slandering and smearing!
Causing substantive harm to show trainee Nan XiangWan!
Comments:
"Conscientious show producers! Nan XiangWan is an individual trainee, no company, the show team really has conscience!"
"Thank you show team wuwuwuwu!"
"This show is invested by Nanbei Entertainment, why doesn't Nanbei Entertainment just sign Nan XiangWan?"
"Nan XiangWan doesn't have a company, if not for the show team's conscience, who knows how she might have been bullied!"
"Show team! We'll never scold you again!"
"Sisters! Video clips of Nan XiangWan and Zhu Sha's stage have been released! Go watch it now! Explosive!"
An edited video clip was quickly released following the show team's lawyer letter announcement.
It shot straight into the top 10 hot search!
Opening it up, it was Nan XiangWan and Zhu Sha's 3 minute earth-shattering stage performance. When Nan XiangWan front flipped onto the stage.
As expected, everyone who watched the video went crazy, hands shaking while holding their phones.
Without caring where they were watching it, they would first shriek to express their shock!
Nan XiangWan showed off flips!
Comments broke 10,000 in minutes!
All kinds of questions asking what show this was, who this girl was.
A flood of unrestrained praise!
That front flip was just too cool!!!
Soon, a bunch of new fans traced back to find the original person.
Both Zhu Sha and Nan XiangWan suddenly gained several hundred thousand more fans!
The show's live viewership numbers doubled!
Nanbei Entertainment headquarters office.
Zhao Tiancheng had watched Nan XiangWan and Zhu Sha's stage three times repeatedly.
Each time his heart rate would accelerate!
These two were simply
the strongest trainees!
Especially Nan XiangWan, that front flip entrance was shockingly unmatched, making people want to kneel down and call her daddy!
Keep in mind this was just a regular small evaluation, not a formal stage.
If she was given the best lighting and music, plus some styling and makeup...
Zhao Tiancheng didn't even dare imagine what kind of effect it would bring!
Even he, already over 40 years old, was nearly charmed into becoming Nan XiangWan's fan.
Beside him, Langhu had already been furiously making calls.
As Nanbei Entertainment's ace manager!
He had decided, to immediately sign Nan XiangWan, no matter the cost!
He would personally take care of her!
As for Gu Beihuai.
He remained motionless, staring at Nan XiangWan's face on the screen.
Suddenly he smiled.
Then picked up the glass of water on the table, and drank two mouthfuls.
His Adam's apple moved as water trickled down his lips.
The smile in Gu Beihuai's eyes flickered, shining brightly like a diamond.
He said nothing, got up, and left the office.
Completely ignoring the other two who had gone mad beside him.
Signing Nan XiangWan, Langhu would handle it, this manager was already wildly excited!
As for the company and show details, Zhao Tiancheng would deal with it.
Nan XiangWan was completely unaware of the situation unfolding online.
She didn't have a phone.
In the cafeteria.
After finishing eight boxed meals, Nan XiangWan took some fruit and continued eating.
She had a blank expression, watching trainees continuously coming in to eat lunch, but didn't react.
Because she was looking at her task rewards.
The dance collaboration task with Zhu Sha was complete.
The final dance completion rating was explosive!
Three rewards dropped down!
[Congratulations host for obtaining the skill Singing Specialization, 10x online shopping cashback once, HuaWan Entertainment company x1.]
[System notice: Host will become the behind-the-scenes boss of HuaWan Entertainment, but not the legal representative, and has absolute decision-making power and all profits.]
Crack!
Nan XiangWan took a big bite of apple and chewed.
These rewards, great!
Especially the last one, she liked it!
Having her own company directly, an entertainment company at that.
This way, she didn't even need to find a boss for herself anymore.
She was the boss!
As for the 10x online shopping cashback, it was still lifeline, her lifeline.
Singing specialization would also be very useful, after obtaining Dance Specialization, Nan XiangWan knew these skills were quite handy!
Stupid system, not bad.
Nan XiangWan was in a great mood, after finishing three apples she got up to return to the dorm for her daily afternoon nap.
Chapter 22
Gusu City.
Nan Song saw the news in his office and lost his temper.
Bang!
He flipped his office desk violently.
Crash!
Everything on his desk fell to the floor.
He was shaking with anger!
His secretary Zhao Cheng rushed in, nearly scared enough to wet himself.
Zhao Cheng: Boss Nan, Mr. Nan?
Nan Song clutched his chest: Investigate for me, what does Qu Guier's family do?! Investigate! Immediately! Right now!
Zhao Cheng: Qu, Qu who? Yes!
He didn't dare ask more and rushed out immediately to investigate.
Soon, a large pile of information about Qu Guier's family background, social experience, academic performance, and her family members' social relationships was presented before Nan Song.
Nan Song flipped open the first page and laughed: Qu Hongcai? Huh!
Secretary Zhao Cheng supplemented: Chairman Qu previously wanted to partner with our company on a project.
Nan Song slammed the table with a bang, hitting so hard even his own hand hurt.
He snarled viciously: Partnership? What partnership! Tell him to get lost!
Zhao Cheng: Okay, I'll immediately remove Chairman Qu from our list of partners.
Nan Song: Pass on the word! From now on, my Nan Song's company will be irreconcilable enemies with Qu's company!
Zhao Cheng: Okay, irreconcilable enemies.
Nan Song slammed the table viciously again: Raising a daughter like that, Qu Hongcai must not be any good either!
Zhao Cheng: Yes, yes, not a good person.
The secretary didn't dare say much now, only able to parrot responses.
He had just found out that the boss's precious daughter was being slandered with rumors?
This was no small matter!
Everyone in the company knew that the boss treasured his daughter to the heavens!
Qu Hongcai was having a meal in the restaurant.
Suddenly he received a call saying that the partnership with Nan Real Estate was called off?
Before he could even react, he received another call.
Xinghai Experimental Middle School had expelled his daughter?
Qu Hongcai was shocked.
What was going on?!
Nan Xiangwan took another three hour nap after lunch.
Of course she didn't know about how her father was suppressing business partners to protect her on all fronts.
Even if she knew, she probably wouldn't understand all the intricacies.
She only knew that she had been woken up again by the staff.
She hastily put on her clothes and was pulled to the assessment site.
Nan Xiangwan's dazed appearance at the assessment caused an uproar of laughter among the trainees!
The bullet screen comments also laughed wildly.
Sure enough, Nan Xiangwan had overslept again!
Zhao Lan gave Nan Xiangwan a speechless look, staring at the assessment form and started reading: Now announcing the final assessment results.
The assessment had already ended, while Nan Xiangwan was napping.
The hundred trainees below held their breaths in nervous anticipation!
Zhao Lan glanced at Nan Xiangwan and Zhu Sha's direction, the corner of her mouth hooked up into a smirk: Zhu Sha, A-rank.
There was a round of applause from below!
Zhao Lan: Nan Xiangwan, A.
Another round of applause!
The two's performance on stage was deserving of an A, without a doubt.
Following that, 3 more people received A's, only 5 A's total.
Very strict!
Nan Xiangwan sat below in a daze.
That's it?
They specifically called her out just for this?
She'd rather have slept longer!
Outside the recording studio building.
Several security guards blocked the people trying to rush in.
Sorry! This is a closed training, you cannot enter!
One person took out his work pass, nearly shoving it into the guard's face.
I'm Nan Xiangwan's manager from Hengtian Entertainment, I just need to go in and say one sentence to her, one!
Another person next to him squeezed him aside.
I'm from Orange East Entertainment, I'm requesting to visit our company's artist!
The manager from Hengtian was shocked, then immediately reacted: I'm also requesting to visit my company's artist!
The few of them clamored noisily, nearly driving the guards crazy.
Just then, a car pulled up and stopped at the entrance.
Lang Hu got out of the car, and upon getting out he immediately saw the riotous scene resembling a vegetable market.
He was full of questions, immediately recognizing these people as managers from entertainment companies.
What was going on?
Seeing Lang Hu, the staff immediately came up.
Lang Hu waved his hand, saying: You guys work, I'll find someone.
This show was produced by Nanbei Entertainment, so he was from Nanbei Entertainment and could naturally come and go freely.
Seeing Lang Hu go in, the other managers instantly deflated.
No need to say more, he must also be here for Nan Xiangwan!
Currently in the show, the most hotly discussed trainee without a company was none other than Nan Xiangwan!
Nanbei Entertainment really had innate advantages!
After entering, Lang Hu found an empty room and sat down.
Very quickly, Nan Xiangwan who was recording on site was brought out early.
Nan Xiangwan subconsciously started walking towards the dorms, thinking the staff was letting her go back to sleep.
But who knew, the staff tugged on the back of her collar, pulling her into an unfamiliar room.
Inside sat an unsmiling man who looked to be in his thirties.
Nan Xiangwan: ?
Looking at the little girl in front of him, Lang Hu couldn't stop nodding.
She really was beautiful!
Even prettier in person than on screen.
It was unbelievable that a girl like this wanted to apply for military school.
Lang Hu pointed at the stool across from him: Sit.
Nan Xiangwan obediently took a seat, looking puzzled.
What was this about?
Lang Hu took out a stack of documents: Nan Xiangwan, you are currently an independent trainee without having signed with any company.
Just as Nan Xiangwan was about to speak
Lang Hu continued: Do you know about the stuff online?
Nan Xiangwan: ?
Lang Hu waved his hand, and the staff immediately brought over Nan Xiangwan's phone.
Lang Hu smiled and said: You can take a look at the online situation first, news and such.
Nan Xiangwan received her phone.
She immediately opened Taobao!
And started searching.
First, armor!
Priced 18,000 and above.
After searching for a while, Nan Xiangwan was stunned by the prices.
So expensive?
She finally found a reasonably priced one for exactly 18,000, some medieval replica handcrafted armor.
No time!
This will do!
Buy!
Place order, pay!
Done swiftly!
Whew~
Nan Xiangwan breathed a sigh of relief.
Looking at her system panel's skyrocketing wealth, she finally felt comfortable.
The 18,000 RMB would arrive soon.
Lang Hu had been observing her the whole time, smiling lightly: How is it, done looking?
Nan Xiangwan unhurriedly placed her phone on the table: Didn't look, tell me, what's the matter?
Lang Hu: ???
Didn't look?
Then what was all that tapping and swiping about just now!
Facing Nan Xiangwan's ink black eyes, Lang Hu didn't ask in the end.
He took out a document: It's like this, I'm a manager from Nanbei Entertainment. I want to represent Nanbei Entertainment in signing you, the split will be 30/70, which for a newbie is very good terms.
I will personally manage you, and I guarantee I will get you the best resources after signing!
Nan Xiangwan: Oh, I won't sign.
Lang Hu nearly choked on his breath: You, what did you say?!
Chapter 23
Lang Hu never thought he would be rejected.
He was the gold medal agent of South-North Entertainment, who brought top stars!
And South-North Entertainment was such a huge company, such an amazing presence!
Half of the entertainment industry belonged to them!
Yet Nan XiangWan actually rejected them?
Lang Hu asked solemnly: Why did you reject?
Nan XiangWan looked embarrassed. She couldn't reveal that she had her own entertainment company!
Lang Hu knocked on the table and said: The show team went through the legal procedures for you and sent lawyer letters to the people who spread rumors and slandered you.
Nan XiangWan: Um...
She struggled to search her mind for relevant information, and after quite a while, she finally figured it out.
After understanding, she sincerely thanked: Thank the show team!
Lang Hu:
So you still refuse to sign?
Lang Hu frowned and said solemnly: Nan XiangWan, think carefully. I'm only giving you one chance. If you don't sign this time, maybe South-North Entertainment will look for you again next time, but there won't be such good conditions anymore, nor will a gold medal agent bring you.
Nan XiangWan: I've made up my mind, I won't sign with South-North Entertainment.
Lang Hu sighed. He really admitted defeat.
He got up, collected the contract, and took one last look at Nan XiangWan.
The look in the girl's eyes was very firm.
Lang Hu shook his head and strode away.
Don't sign it if you'll regret it later!
After the person left, Nan XiangWan lowered her head to look at her phone.
She opened WeChat, and sure enough, there was a friend request.
[Hua Wan Entertainment Shao Fu requested to add you as a friend]
This person was the legal representative of Hua Wan Entertainment, as well as the CEO.
In simple terms, he was Nan XiangWan's direct subordinate!
After adding him as a friend, the other party immediately sent a message.
Shao Fu: Boss! Boss, is the recording over? Do you need me to deliver a phone to you? I can deliver a hundred phones to you!
Shao Fu: ???
Shao Fu: Boss?
There was no response.
Because Nan XiangWan's phone had been confiscated again.
The staff smiled and looked at her: No phones allowed during recordings unless there are special circumstances!
Nan XiangWan pouted.
After leaving, she was led to the practice room by the staff.
The other trainees had already returned and would continue practicing after the assessment.
Nan XiangWan walked into Class A's practice room.
Ge Dongxuan immediately came up to her: Ah! Finally no more dancing! It was so hard for me!
Everyone else was laughing. Ge Dongxuan was really bad at dancing.
Seeing her pounce over, Nan XiangWan couldn't help but lift up her arm.
Your main problem with dancing is balance, which is related to your usual walking and standing posture.
Ge Dongxuan, who was about to fall over, was propped up by Nan XiangWan with these words.
She immediately lit up and nodded furiously.
Yes, yes, yes! No matter what moves I do, I always feel like I'm going to fall!
Nan XiangWan thought for a while and pulled her to the wall: Copy my posture and stand straight.
Ge Dongxuan immediately did as she was told.
One taught and the other learned.
Soon, Ge Dongxuan's sense of balance improved significantly!
Her lower body was also much more stable!
Nan XiangWan: You might as well come train with me at 6 every morning from now on?
As soon as she said this.
Comments:
Haha! Training machine Nan XiangWan is online!
Ge Dongxuan will probably faint on the spot!
Hahahaha! Is Nan XiangWan going to take Ge Dongxuan through a hellish workout?
Ge Dongxuan: Let me go! I refuse!
The two practiced for a while longer.
Ge Dongxuan clearly felt a significant effect.
She excitedly hugged Nan XiangWan: My god! Your method is more useful than the instructor's!
Nan XiangWan: I've practiced balance a lot.
When riding horses and fighting enemies, balance must be good, otherwise what if you fall off?
Ge Dongxuan said excitedly: How should I thank you? Oh, why don't I teach you how to sing?
With that said, she immediately sat down cross-legged on the spot, took out paper and pen: I'll teach you how to read sheet music first!
She started teaching without hesitation!
Nan XiangWan couldn't stop her at all!
She could only watch as Ge Dongxuan spoke nonstop from start to finish, right up until dinner time.
She was eager to cram all her singing skills into Nan XiangWan's head!
The next day.
As usual, Nan XiangWan started her demonic training at 6am for two and a half hours.
Then at half past nine, she was taken to Class D's practice room.
After all, she was still ranked in Class D. She had only exceptionally gone to Class A the last two days to take her dancing up another level.
When Nan XiangWan returned, the looks that Class D cast her were all ambiguous.
Especially Yu Jingting, who immediately spoke up.
Yu Jingting: Nan XiangWan, I heard that you pushed Xi BaiWei down in the dorm?
Nan XiangWan gave her a blank look.
The rest of Class D didn't say anything.
Yu Jingting went on smiling and said: It's fine, we all hate Xi BaiWei anyway. But next time, don't push people anymore, what if the other party gets hurt?
The livestream was on at this time, and quite a few people had flooded into Nan XiangWan's stream.
Comments:
Here we go again! Gossip!
Is what she said true? Did Nan XiangWan really push Xi BaiWei? Did Xi BaiWei fall down?
All I can say is, well done!
Well done!
Well done! Li Banyan's fans are here to thank Nan XiangWan for getting rid of harm for the people!
Well done!
A flood of "well done" floated by in the comments.
The executive director's face was full of question marks.
First of all, disregarding what exactly happened, the fans immediately sided with Nan XiangWan without question?
This was terrifying!
Regardless of the truth, they just stood on Nan XiangWan's side?
Terrifying popularity!
At this time, Li Banyan couldn't stand it anymore and spoke up: It was Xi BaiWei who appeared in Nan XiangWan's dorm room and shouted, then fell to the ground holding an eyebrow razor, while Nan XiangWan was sleeping in bed without getting up!
Li Banyan said very seriously: No one saw Nan XiangWan push Xi BaiWei!
Yu Jingting looked back and gazed coldly at Li Banyan.
Li Banyan shrank under her gaze, but still insisted on nodding: That's right!
Yu Jingting turned her head coldly, no longer speaking.
Comments:
Dog! Yu Jingting is starting again???
Pretty good at deceiving people! Trying to damage Nan XiangWan's image in a few words?
I'm a brick, here to deliver death to Yu Jingting!
She really disgusts me. Why must I watch this schemer? I don't want to watch! I feel like vomiting from watching her just for Nan XiangWan's sake.
What was Xi BaiWei doing appearing in Nan XiangWan's dorm with an eyebrow razor?
Extremely suspicious! The show team should investigate thoroughly!
Show team! Investigate!
Instantly, the comments exploded with mentions of the show team, demanding investigation.
The executive director's brows jumped violently.
What the hell is all this crap!
But clearly ignoring it wouldn't work, as large numbers of fans were already flooding the official Weibo account demanding investigation!
Among the trainees, Nan XiangWan had the most fans so far!
Especially after that dance video yesterday, she had drawn in a whole new batch of fans!
The comments under the official account were about to blow up!
The executive director felt like he was having a heart attack, internally cursing Yu Jingting to a bloody pulp!
Why make trouble out of nothing?
Chapter 24
Practice room, tutor Wei Sha soon walked in.
She looked around and said, "The next practice content is singing. You can probably guess that there will be an assessment tomorrow."
After speaking, she started distributing music scores.
After handing them out in one round,
Wei Sha asked, "Does anyone have trouble reading music scores?"
Everyone shook their heads to indicate they could understand.
Nan Xiangwan held the music score in her hand, frowning as she looked at it carefully, flipping it back and forth.
Yu Jingting noticed and suddenly laughed, "Nan Xiangwan, can't you understand it?"
Without waiting for Nan Xiangwan to respond,
Yu Jingting continued, "I think you should pay the program team tuition, because the tutor still has to teach you from scratch. We've all learned it before."
After speaking, she looked at Wei Sha, "Tutor Wei Sha, Nan Xiangwan is troubling you again!"
Livestream comments:
"Here we go again! Here we go again!"
"When will Nan Xiangwan go to Class A? I don't want to see this green tea girl!"
"It's starting again!"
"Yu Jingting is at it again!"
The livestream comments started flooding the screen with "Here we go again."
The director-in-chief felt a pain in his heart again.
This Yu Jingting, can't she just shut up for a while!
Does she really not know people's eyes are sharp?
The key was the director-in-chief couldn't say anything because his phone kept flashing with messages.
Yu Jingting's father Yu Weihong was a high-level executive at Huawan Entertainment. He was currently schmoozing to build relationships!
Saying let's meet for a meal and give Yu Jingting a debut opportunity.
The director-in-chief really wanted to hit someone!
So annoying!
Wei Sha looked over, just about to speak
Nan Xiangwan walked over to Yu Jingting first.
Yu Jingting frowned, "What are you doing?"
Nan Xiangwan suddenly reached out her hand!
Forcefully!
Covering Yu Jingting's mouth!
Nan Xiangwan: "Blah blah blah, so annoying!"
Livestream comments:
"Hahahahahahaha!"
"Violent girl has entered the chat!"
"Nan Xiangwan can't take it anymore haha!"
"Nan Xiangwan is so fed up with this lol! Her reaction is so real!"
"I just spat water on my screen! Slapping the table laughing!"
The director-in-chief's mouth opened wide in an O shape.
To be honest, he wasn't even surprised?
Nan Xiangwan was never a delicate girl. Her image of splitting bricks with bare hands made the public see her as a violent girl from the start.
Now facing the nonstop chatterbox Yu Jingting.
Nan Xiangwan just covered her mouth, which actually seemed gentle?
She didn't hit her or smash her head open.
Hmm, Nan Xiangwan is very gentle!
Just as this thought popped into the director-in-chief's mind, he shuddered. Was he going crazy?
Looking back at Practice Room D.
After being suddenly silenced, Yu Jingting was first shocked, then dramatically fell to the ground.
Her eyes instantly reddened!
She stared at Nan Xiangwan with an exaggerated delicate and gentle look.
Nan Xiangwan turned away, not looking at her.
She was afraid she wouldn't be able to hold back vomiting!
Yu Jingting sobbed and wept. The entire practice room fell dead silent.
Wei Sha was also fed up. She clapped her hands forcefully, "Done watching? Who's going first?"
Yu Jingting was stunned, taken aback.
She looked around and realized no one was paying attention to her?
Yu Jingting's face immediately darkened.
She had just been silenced and shoved down by Nan Xiangwan. This was clearly bullying!
She was bullied by Nan Xiangwan!
Why was no one speaking up for her?
Amid Yu Jingting's inner turmoil.
Nan Xiangwan had already quickly stepped forward, "Me first, me first. I want to hurry up and sing then leave!"
Livestream comments:
"Nan Xiangwan speaks the truth of life"
"Too real haha! Finish singing then hurry up and leave!"
"Can't stay in this practice room!"
"Laughing to death, Nan Xiangwan wants to avoid this at all costs!"
"Nan Xiangwan probably wants to hit someone but can't resort to violence, so she's been enduring it!"
You livestream commenters really get it!
Nan Xiangwan really wanted to get violent!
Slapping Yu Jingting's head open kind of violent!
But murder is illegal.
She was about to lose control!
Wei Sha nodded and handed Nan Xiangwan the microphone, playing the accompaniment music.
The music sounded.
Nan Xiangwan held the music score in one hand looking down at it, and the microphone in the other hand up to her mouth.
She came in right on cue!
Her slightly hoarse voice, paired with this song's faint sadness, was especially suitable!
As soon as Nan Xiangwan's voice came out, everyone was shocked!
She sang the entire song fluently without any problems!
Wei Sha kept looking over in surprise, as if wondering if she was dreaming.
The others in the practice room also had their eyes wide open.
Nan Xiangwan sang so well!
How could she sound so good?
No going off pitch, no cracking.
And Nan Xiangwan's vocal tone was very unique, slightly hoarse, making her voice sound very sexy!
The livestream comments were already flooded!
After singing one song, Nan Xiangwan started fidgeting her legs.
She was anxious, anxious to leave this place.
Wei Sha pursed her lips, "Nan Xiangwan have you studied music before?"
Nan Xiangwan instinctively shook her head, "No."
But very soon, she added, "But Ge Dongxuan taught me yesterday."
Wei Sha: "Why don't you just go practice in Class A. Let me apply for you."
Livestream comments:
"Familiar operations! Familiar process!"
"Nan Xiangwan just go to Class A. Learn the later content there too. Don't come back to Class D. I really don't want to see these palace dramas!"
"Does anyone else notice Nan Xiangwan is a genius? Ge Dongxuan taught her a bit yesterday and today Nan Xiangwan can instantly read music scores and sing so well!"
"I thought Nan Xiangwan would be off-key the whole time, didn't expect this at all"
"Nan Xiangwan the genius!"
"Debut Nan Xiangwan! Let's go!!!"
As expected, Nan Xiangwan was brought to Class A again.
The singing tutor Zhong Lingfei welcomed her and immediately tested Nan Xiangwan's skills on the spot.
In contrast, the atmosphere in Class D was strange.
Yu Jingting felt her face burning hot!
She had assumed Nan Xiangwan couldn't read music scores, which was why she had said those boastful words and even pulled tutor Wei Sha into her attention-seeking.
She didn't expect Nan Xiangwan to not only understand but also sing so well!
She directly advanced to Class A!
Promoted again!
Yu Jingting was nearly crazy with jealousy!
Why was Nan Xiangwan so good at everything she did?
After listening to Nan Xiangwan sing once, tutor Zhong Lingfei's expression was very interesting.
She sang surprisingly well!
Her level could exceed most of Class A!
And her voice was very unique.
One must know, there were many people who could sing well nowadays, but those with unique vocal tones were very very few.
This was what was meant by the importance of vocal color!
Currently in Class A, the only one who could compete with Nan Xiangwan in this aspect was Ge Dongxuan.
Zhong Lingfei took a deep breath and said, "Nan Xiangwan, welcome to Class A! You're a good seedling! Simply born to be an idol!"
Beside her, Ge Dongxuan stared blankly, then suddenly crouched down in the corner.
As if struck by tremendous blow!
Class A member Sha Ling walked over, "What's wrong Ge Dongxuan?"
Ge Dongxuan: "I feel like I'm useless."
Sha Ling: "???"
Ge Dongxuan: "I've been practicing singing for 3 years! 3 years! Ah!! Nan Xiangwan learned it overnight!"
Chapter 25
Nan XiangWan didn't feel any passion for singing, unlike for dancing where she had great enthusiasm.
She was very energetic.
So in the entire practice room, she was the only one who couldn't muster any spirit from beginning to end.
Yet every time teacher Zhong Lingfei called on her, she could immediately sing it out perfectly without any problems.
This left Zhong Lingfei at a loss for what to say!
This kid was dangerous!
Finally, Zhong Lingfei decided to increase the difficulty for Nan XiangWan.
Rearrangement!
Yesterday's dance assessment, Nan XiangWan and Zhu Sha had rearranged the original dance moves and presented another exquisite stage.
Of course, Zhu Sha did most of the rearranging while Nan XiangWan just followed along.
Today, Zhong Lingfei felt that she couldn't let Nan XiangWan be so slack.
So she called out to Ge Dongxuan: "Ge Dongxuan, you've studied arranging before right?"
Ge Dongxuan nodded: "Mm-hmm, a little bit."
Zhong Lingfei pointed at Nan XiangWan: "You team up with Nan XiangWan and rearrange it, then sing it for me to hear."
Ge Dongxuan: "Okay!"
Nan XiangWan:
Again?
Just then, Zhu Sha suddenly raised her hand on her own initiative: "Teacher, can I join?"
Zhong Lingfei raised an eyebrow: "Sure, the three of you want to team up?"
The other A Class trainees wailed in place.
The strongest trio!
You're not even leaving us a way to survive!
I admit defeat, isn't admitting defeat acceptable?!
And so, the three teamed up.
Zhu Sha and Ge Dongxuan took charge of the rearrangement while Nan XiangWan sat on the floor zoning out.
The two had her sing whatever they wanted and she obediently sang it all, she was obedient and docile.
Livestream comments:
- Nan XiangWan is really so obedient and docile in A Class!
- Obedient Nan XiangWan has arrived!
- I beg the program team to not send Nan XiangWan back to D Class again, the child is clearly more suited to A Class's rhythm!
- I agree with the above! Also with Zhu Sha and Ge Dongxuan's guidance, Nan XiangWan's progress has skyrocketed!
- A Class's atmosphere really is too good! Even Nan XiangWan isn't getting angry anymore!
- Nan XiangWan the docile.
- Hahaha! Back in D Class it felt like Nan XiangWan wanted to jump up and beat people at any time!
- Can Nan XiangWan even rap? What'll happen when it's time for rap practice?
Speaking of rap, Zhu Sha opened her mouth: "Nan XiangWan, want to try rapping?"
Nan XiangWan: ?
What is that???
A flash of amusement passed through Zhu Sha's expression: "Your dancing and singing can't be improved much more, so come learn some rap now. I'll write a verse for you."
Zhu Sha truly felt that Nan XiangWan might be a genius. The sooner she learned, the less she'd need to practice later and could skip right to rearrangement.
What they were doing now was just small stuff.
The real stage assessment would be the performance in a week!
Ge Dongxuan's eyes lit up: "Are we adding rap elements to our rearrangement?"
Zhu Sha nodded: "Add a bit."
Soon, a short verse was written.
Zhu Sha looked to Nan XiangWan: "Want to try it out?"
【Ding!】
【Triggered mission: Element Enhancement】
【Mission content: After specializing in singing and dancing, how can you be missing the currently blazing hot rap element? Please have the host be responsible for the rap portion in the rearranged song, and demonstrate it in tomorrow's assessment】
【Mission reward: Rap specialization】
【Mission failure: Sever one finger】
Nan XiangWan: !!!
Damned system, she'll blow it up if it dares sever her finger!
So Nan XiangWan stood up aggressively: Rap, leave it to me!
Zhu Sha and Ge Dongxuan were both frightened by her sudden explosive aura.
Nan XiangWan was afraid they wouldn't let her do it, afraid the system would sever one of her fingers.
So she pounded her chest vigorously, making loud thudding sounds.
I can do it! I'll take the rap part!
Zhu Sha:
Ge Dongxuan stammered: "You, you don't need to pound yourself so hard."
Zhu Sha: "I'll demonstrate this part first, you follow along and learn it."
With that said, she began a rap teaching session.
Ge Dongxuan watched Zhu Sha admiringly: "Wow! Amazing! I just can't rap!"
Zhu Sha patted Ge Dongxuan's head: "It's fine, you're the high note specialist."
Next, she looked expectantly at Nan XiangWan.
Nan XiangWan cleared her throat, then immediately launched into a segment on the spot.
Perfect, flawless rap enunciation, it left Zhu Sha dumbfounded!
Ge Dongxuan laughed out loud: "Hahaha! Zhu Sha! Your expression is exactly the same as mine just now!"
Zhu Sha was indeed extremely shocked.
She had only demonstrated it once.
Yet Nan XiangWan had learned it!
Not only learned it, but was extremely skilled!
Nan XiangWan, all-rounder!
Zhu Sha seemed to have realized something. She sighed and said: "Nan XiangWan, you're bound to debut with the C position."
Having said that, she also laughed.
It was like meeting a worthy opponent, exciting and thrilling!
The other trainees who were still practicing the original song wailed again.
Ah! Nan XiangWan even learned rap!!
Nan XiangWan, leave me some room to survive!
This learning ability is way too strong!
A powerful idol is about to emerge? Ahh!!!
Livestream comments:
- Shocking!
- Shocking, shocking, shocking!
- Quick, plaster the word "genius" on Nan XiangWan's face!
- Insane! My Nan XiangWan is so amazing!!!
- Nan XiangWan is amazing!! (Cracking voice)
- Can't take it anymore, I'm going to go vote. I didn't dare vote much before, afraid it'd be unfair to the others, but now who cares, I'm voting with all I've got!
- Vote vote vote! Nan XiangWan charge!
Nanbei Entertainment headquarters.
In the top floor office, Gu Beihuai looked at the information on his phone.
It was a segment of surveillance footage that he had people investigate.
The video showed Xi BaiWei pulling Nan XiangWan into a blind spot, and after not too long Xi BaiWei came out alone, with no sign of Nan XiangWan.
Then half an hour later, Nan XiangWan emerged trembling, drenched head to toe in water.
In his messages, the other party was still continuously sending info.
Our people went to investigate on site, the blind spot in the surveillance was the school's pond at the back of the mountain, the water is very deep.
Vicious! Pushing someone into the below freezing water in the dead of winter!
Luckily the girl was resilient and managed to crawl out herself, otherwise if she had drowned or something, she'd be dead.
But there was no capturing of the act itself, so it can't be used as direct evidence to convict. Also the girl didn't seem to have called the police? Nor gone to the hospital for a certificate.
It's already been ten days now so not easy to handle.
Gu Beihuai's brow furrowed, a flash of heartache in his eyes.
Winter, subzero temperatures.
Soaked in the water for half an hour!
And the crucial thing is, the one who pushed her, that BaiWei, actually still filmed her new MV?
It almost got released too.
Gu Beihuai's sculpted features took on a cold, hardened look.
He stared at his phone.
His gaze lingered on one name in his contacts.
It was Chui Ze, the deputy director of "Idol Producer!" and also the original director for Xi BaiWei's new song "Sword Dance" MV.
Xi BaiWei was brought in by Chui Ze.
Gu Beihuai's gaze paused for a second, then his finger slid over and tapped on the name of Idol Producer's chief director, Hua Yuanwu.
He dialed the number.
Chapter 26
The sound of footsteps came from the corridor outside.
Before long, Nan Xiangwan saw her agent Langhu rush in anxiously.
Behind him was Zhao Tiancheng.
Gu Beihuai looked at them both and gave them a puzzled look.
Zhao Tiancheng plopped down on the chair opposite him, tugging at his ears in distress.
Before his boss, Langhu's attitude was very humble, but he was also hopping with anxiety.
Gu Beihuai: What are you two doing?
Langhu spoke first: Nan Xiangwan won't sign!
Zhao Tiancheng: The program team said they never contacted her, but she still refused to sign with us.
Gu Beihuai's face darkened: Did you put pressure on her?
Langhu was shocked by the question and stammered: Just a little, really just a little. I didn't expect...
Gu Beihuai waved his hand to interrupt him: Then let's wait until she wants to sign.
Langhu was shocked: What about us? Do we still give her a 70/30 split?
Gu Beihuai looked up with calm eyes: Why not?
Langhu: Oh, okay, okay!
Zhao Tiancheng didn't dare interject either. He just knew the boss really favored this new artist!
He was being too indulgent!
Just then, Gu Beihuai suddenly spoke up: When is the first performance?
Zhao Tiancheng reflexively replied: Oh, in a week.
Gu Beihuai tapped his fingers on the table: Arrange it, I'll go.
Zhao Tiancheng: Okay, huh?!
Gu Beihuai: For the performance, I'll go as the head mentor.
Zhao Tiancheng: !!!
Langhu was also shocked, his pupils contracting violently.
Heavenly King Gu Beihuai would appear as the head mentor at the live broadcast of "Debut! Trainee!"?
Holy crap!
Wouldn't the viewership and streaming heat just explode then?
This was a game changer!
The next day's assessment, as expected, Nan Xiangwan's group got an A!
Zhong Lingfei was almost singing Nan Xiangwan's praises to the heavens for her groundbreaking performance. The others were also starting to get used to the fact that Nan Xiangwan was a genius.
The show's progress began jumping ahead rapidly.
After the mini-assessments ended, the rap mentor Bian Zhiming appeared on the filming set.
All the trainees broke into applause.
Those sitting next to Nan Xiangwan whispered to each other.
The rap assessment is next right? Mentor Bian Zhiming is here already.
Based on the previous format, it should be.
It's definitely the rap assessment! I can't rap! I'm done for!
At this time, Bian Zhiming on stage smiled and spoke: You must think the rap assessment is next right?
The trainees below responded in various ways.
Bian Zhiming shook his finger: No, it isn't! Next up, you'll start preparing for the stage performance in a week!
As soon as he said this:
Nan Xiangwan looked at Zhu Sha.
Zhu Sha returned her a cryptic look.
Ge Dongxuan was extremely surprised. She only just remembered, Zhu Sha had said yesterday that the performance in a week would be the big assessment.
Zhu Sha already knew about it in advance?
Ge Dongxuan rested her cheek on her hand, staring at Zhu Sha.
Zhu Sha expressionlessly pushed Ge Dongxuan's head away.
The two's interaction was surrounded by pink bubbles.
Nan Xiangwan: ???
Bullet screen comments:
Zhu Sha<3; Ge Dongxuan?
Look at Nan Xiangwan's expression, I suspect she's also shipping them!
Nan Xiangwan: I ship it! I ship it!
Envy Nan Xiangwan's immersive ship experience
Go away you straight shippers
I object! Boy love is the real deal!
On stage, Bian Zhiming continued: The performance will be in groups. It's a very formal stage! At that time, all our mentors will appear and score you. The live audience will also vote on site!
That is to say, Bian Zhiming said, pausing for emphasis, his tone becoming serious: The scores from the mentors plus the on-site voting will be combined, and then some people will be eliminated and leave this place!
The elimination rate is 30%! Cutting 30 people!
The scene gasped!
The tense atmosphere began to spread!
Bian Zhiming narrowed his eyes: Next, we'll start drawing lots, five to a group, divided into 20 groups. Whoever you draw is your group, no private team arrangements allowed.
The trainees wailed again.
Crap!
Drawing lots is all about luck!
What if I draw five total deadbeats? Wouldn't I be done for?
The drawing started in order of ranking from the first performance. Zhu Sha went first.
The camera zoomed in on her. She casually pressed the pause button.
The scrolling name list on the big screen stopped, displaying three big characters:
Nan Xiangwan!
The scene:
Holy f*ck! Zhu Sha drew Nan Xiangwan??
My god! They're in the same group again!
Not even giving others a chance.
Not just the scene exploded, so did the bullet screen comments.
The straight male ship flags danced wildly!
Bian Zhiming was also stunned for a second and couldn't help laughing: You two really have fate!
Zhu Sha pursed her lips, eyebrows raised slightly, unable to hide the excitement in her eyes.
She loved being in the same group as Nan Xiangwan the most.
Learns quickly, highly capable, whether it's dance, vocals, or rap, she can do it all!
The strongest partner!
Nan Xiangwan sat below with no expression.
While others were anxious, she was looking at the system panel.
【Ding!】
【Triggered Quest: Performance】
【Quest Details: Please complete the stage performance in a week】
【Quest Reward: Rewards will be given based on final performance completion and ranking】
【Quest Failure: Lose 100,000 RMB】
Nan Xiangwan:
Either breaking her fingers or docking money!
Damn system!
On stage.
Zhu Sha pushed Nan Xiangwan: You go draw.
Nan Xiangwan: Oh.
She didn't care. Since Zhu Sha was team leader, she'd draw if told to.
The three other teammates wildly cheered her on.
Nan Xiangwan! Draw the best one!
Go Nan Xiangwan!
Nan Xiangwan rushed on stage and pressed the button in front of her.
Before the camera could even zoom in, she had already pressed it.
Staff:
Slow down girl!
Why are you in such a rush, like you don't even care about the camera?
Up next, it was Ge Dongxuan's turn to draw teammates
Very quickly, the 100 people were assigned into groups and seated together.
Notably:
Xi Baiwei actually ended up grouped with Yu Jingting!
Regarding this situation, Nan Xiangwan couldn't help but glance over several times.
The two people she wanted to bash the brains out of happened to be sitting together.
What a coincidence!
I wonder if bashing their brains out together would be even more convenient?
Next to her, the teammates were quickly getting to know each other and the atmosphere was lively.
At this time, Bian Zhiming cleared his throat on stage: Now, drawing song selections will start.
20 songs continuously scrolled on the big screen. You get whatever you draw!
No choices!
If you can't do it, practice!
Also, you have to arrange and choreograph it yourselves.
If a group really can't choreograph at all, you can ask the mentors for help, or just skip the dance and only sing.
But if you do that, there's no guarantee on the final scoring and audience votes.
So basically every group would still choose to sing and dance!
Bian Zhiming: First group, come draw your song.
Zhu Sha pushed Nan Xiangwan: You go draw.
Nan Xiangwan: Oh.
She didn't care. Zhu Sha was the team leader, if she said to draw then she'd draw.
The three other teammates wildly cheered her on.
Nan Xiangwan! Draw the best one!
Go Nan Xiangwan!
Nan Xiangwan rushed on stage and pressed the button in front of her.
Before the camera could even zoom in, she had already pressed it.
Staff:
Slow down girl!
Why are you in such a rush, like you don't even care about the camera?
Chapter 27
A line of English appeared on the big screen, displaying the song Nan XiangWan drew.
"Skee"
Nan XiangWan was puzzled: ???
Her teammates below the stage were stunned. What song was this?
Many trainees expressed confusion as well. They hadn't heard of this song before, and it wasn't a well-known one.
Only Zhu Sha tightened her fist in excitement.
Her eyes suddenly lifted, shining with anticipation!
Nan XiangWan is amazing!
With this song, their performance is going to explode!
Bian ZhiMing obviously didn't expect Nan XiangWan to draw this song. There was a clear smile on his face as he handed over the file belonging to this song.
Bian ZhiMing: Take it. It contains the sheet music and the CD. Go back and practice well.
Nan XiangWan took the file bag and returned to the stage.
Zhu Sha eagerly reached out and opened the file bag.
Then she took out the sheet music and distributed it to the four teammates.
Nan XiangWan also received a copy and stared blankly at the pure English lyrics on the paper.
What are these strange symbols? ???
Ding Wen was nervous: It's all in English?
Wen Zijie: Oh no, my English isn't good.
Yue Xin: It's okay, it's all basic English. We can learn it.
Nan XiangWan's expression gradually cracked.
She couldn't understand it!!!
Zhu Sha, already excited, started humming a short section of "Skee." It's a pure English rap song with a strong and catchy rhythm.
Seeing Nan XiangWan's expression next to her, Zhu Sha was taken aback: What's wrong, Nan XiangWan?
Nan XiangWan, on the verge of tears: I can't understand it.
Ding Wen:
Wen Zijie: It's okay, I can't understand it either.
Yue Xin: Which word don't you understand?
Nan XiangWan: I don't understand any of it!
She was devastated!
During the process of transmigration, her memories were jumbled, and this body should have had good English skills.
But Nan XiangWan didn't inherit the original host's English proficiency!
Not only that, she didn't remember any of it!
Zhu Sha felt a pang of anxiety.
The other three teammates didn't expect such a mistake to occur either.
Fortunately, the camera didn't focus on them, so Nan XiangWan's inability to understand English wasn't exposed.
After a while.
Zhu Sha suddenly said: Should I borrow an English dictionary from the production team for you?
Yue Xin: Start learning from scratch? There's not enough time!
Ding Wen: Nan XiangWan has a strong learning ability, maybe...
Wen Zijie: I'll go borrow it! My English isn't good either!
Not long after.
Wen Zijie came back holding a thick English dictionary.
She first marked the unfamiliar English words and then handed the dictionary to Nan XiangWan.
Nan XiangWan looked bewildered, staring at the dictionary in her hands, feeling utterly lost.
In the following time.
Everyone dispersed to different practice rooms.
In the first group, teammates practiced singing, rapping, and Zhu Sha choreographed.
Nan XiangWan studied the dictionary.
Fortunately, although the memories of the original host were jumbled, the subconscious foundation remained intact.
So even though Nan XiangWan couldn't understand English words, thankfully she quickly grasped the 26 English alphabets.
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During the program recording.
The F-level trainees were in a miserable state, with their skills in all aspects being simply terrible.
Their dance moves were not precise, and they sang off-key. These were the most basic skills, and both the live audience and the mentors were used to it.
They were divided into different groups, almost driving their teammates in the same group to the brink of collapse.
At this time, in the practice room of Group 14.
Amidst the eerie wailing and howling that echoed through the place, the intern mentor assigned here would occasionally step out for a break to give her ears some respite from the deafening noise.
At that moment, someone suddenly approached her.
Upon recognizing the person's face, the young intern mentor was taken aback and quickly stood up.
The director general!
Hua Yuanwu nodded with a smile and then glanced towards the practice room. "How are they doing?"
The intern mentor frowned, unsure of how to answer.
Should she tell the truth?
Hua Yuanwu seemed to understand her dilemma and patted her shoulder with a smile. "Go and bring Xi Baiwei out."
The intern mentor hesitated for a moment but didn't ask any further questions. She immediately called for Xi Baiwei to come out.
Xi Baiwei emerged from the room, looking a bit confused.
She didn't recognize Hua Yuanwu and had no idea that he was the chief director of the program, let alone the pinnacle figure among variety show directors in the entertainment industry.
Hua Yuanwu smiled and waved at the intern mentor, who promptly understood and returned to the practice room.
Now, there were only Hua Yuanwu and Xi Baiwei left in the corridor.
Xi Baiwei was feeling nervous. "Um, what can I do for you?"
She didn't even know how to address him!
Hua Yuanwu's eyes flickered, and he smiled. "I came here to let you know that Gu Beihuai will personally come for the performance in a week."
Upon hearing Gu Beihuai's name, Xi Baiwei's breathing became rapid.
Hua Yuanwu nudged her with his eyes and said, "Yes, just as you imagined. Perform well!"
With that, he encouraged her with a pat on the shoulder and then left.
Xi Baiwei stood there, her mind overwhelmed with happiness.
Gu Beihuai was coming to the live performance for her!
Oh my goodness!
Gu Beihuai came to participate in the variety show for her!
When Xi Baiwei returned to the practice room, her chin was practically in the air.
She was so proud and even started to disregard the intern mentor, let alone the other trainees.
Yu Jingting still wore a friendly smile. "Xi Baiwei, what did the chief director want from you?"
Xi Baiwei was startled but then secretly delighted. "That was the chief director just now?"
Yu Jingting's eyes flickered. "You didn't recognize him?"
Xi Baiwei's face revealed a touch of arrogance. "Why should I know him?"
Although she said that, she couldn't conceal her excitement deep down.
Yu Jingting frowned, but in order to probe, she continued to ask, "What did the chief director tell you? Did he reveal any inside information?"
Xi Baiwei exuded an air of pride. "Nothing much, just passing a message for Gu Beihuai."
As soon as those words were spoken, the practice room fell silent.
All the teammates turned to look at her, their faces filled with shock.
Yu Jingting struggled to maintain her expression but eventually forced a smile and let go of Xi Baiwei's hand.
Although she didn't believe it, the fact remained that the chief director, Hua Yuanwu, had indeed approached Xi Baiwei alone.
Yu Jingting didn't dare to bet.
Furthermore, they were cut off from the outside world and had no idea about Gu Beihuai's new song or the lack of a music video.
The crowd looked puzzled at this, secretly speculating whether this person had gone mad.
As for Nan Xiangwan herself, she completely ignored Xi Baiwei's antics.
Every day, she diligently engaged in two and a half hours of rigorous physical training, followed by studying English vocabulary with a dictionary in hand.
This caused a barrage of question marks to flood the comments.
While everyone else was diligently practicing and preparing for their stage performances, Nan Xiangwan was busy memorizing English words???
Chapter 28
Soon, the day of the performance arrived.
The day before, everyone had gone through a full dress rehearsal.
The order of going on stage was decided by drawing lots, avoiding any unfairness.
On the morning of the official performance day, all the trainees began nervously getting their hair and makeup done.
With a hundred trainees, the makeup artists were rushed off their feet!
Some big companies, in order to make their trainees look better on stage, would pay out of their own pockets for hair, makeup, etc.
Although the program team also had very good makeup artists, with so many people it was hard to avoid being overwhelmed, and any small mistakes in makeup or hairstyling could happen.
It was better to avoid any problems that could be avoided!
This was tacitly understood by everyone!
The program team was also happy to have these company makeup artists take some of the pressure off.
Early in the morning, many cars were already waiting outside.
They were all there to pick up trainees!
Ge Dongxuan was the first to be taken away, although she was a new trainee, she had a natural singing voice, and was now Huangtian Entertainment's darling.
The next batch was the trainees from Huawan Entertainment, seven people split between two vans.
Zhu Sha and Yu Jingting sat in the same van, along with another Huawan trainee.
Three people altogether.
But the atmosphere in the car was very strange!
That Huawan trainee sat in the back, not daring to make a sound.
Yu Jingting smiled coldly at Zhu Sha: "I'll give you one last chance, make sure to trip Nan Xiangwan on stage today, best if you make her fall flat on her face, got it?"
Zhu Sha was expressionless: "I'm also refusing your request one last time, don't ask me to do these kinds of things again, I won't do it."
Yu Jingting: "Oh Zhu Sha, you can't really think you'll debut smoothly right?"
Zhu Sha looked straight at her: "What are you trying to say?"
Yu Jingting: "I've said it clearly enough, get rid of Nan Xiangwan, and I can give you a debut spot."
Zhu Sha: "Do you think the program team is your family's company?"
Yu Jingting: "The program team isn't my family's company, but I'm the little princess of Huawan Entertainment! If I say you can debut then you can debut, if I say you won't debut, then you can forget about ever appearing on screen in this lifetime!"
Zhu Sha was starting to get angry, and couldn't help but laugh coldly: "Then let's see about that!"
The conversation between the two was full of gunpowder.
The trainee in the back was already scared silly, frantically putting on headphones and turning up the volume.
Listen to music, gotta listen to music at max volume.
Pretend I didn't hear anything!
At 9:30 in the morning, Nan Xiangwan walked out the door.
She got into a luxury van.
A GMC Savana passenger van, a top of the line van worth over 2 million RMB, with luxurious
first-class leather sofas inside.
This was a brand new imported van bought specially to pick up the boss!
The boss was special, how could she ride in a van that other artists had ridden in before?
It had to be brand new!
Anything less wouldn't befit the boss's status!
Shao Fu, the CEO of Huawan Entertainment, was sitting in the van, coming personally to pick her up.
He had a medium stout build, wore black-framed glasses, his hair was somewhat sparse, and looked to be in his forties.
When Shao Fu saw Nan Xiangwan get into the car, he was so excited!
"Boss, you've suffered! Did they mistreat you? Was it especially difficult?" Shao Fu handed Nan Xiangwan a bottle of Parisian perfume.
Nan Xiangwan waved her hand dismissively, looked Shao Fu up and down.
Hmm, he looked kind, but that didn't mean he wasn't a wolf in sheep's clothing.
It was just that he spoke too dramatically.
In the passenger seat up front was a woman around 30 years old, who greeted them, "Hello Boss, I'm Huawan Entertainment's manager Cheng Xue."
Nan Xiangwan nodded, then started chugging down water.
Shao Fu and Cheng Xue didn't say anything, just quietly waiting for her to finish drinking.
When she was done, Nan Xiangwan put the empty bottle aside, and leaned back in her seat.
"Let's talk later, I'm too tired so I'm going to take a nap first."
Shao Fu and Cheng Xue immediately lowered their breathing.
The two didn't dare speak or disturb the boss's rest, and started texting each other on their phones instead.
Shao Fu: "The boss must have been mistreated! She has dark circles under her eyes! I'm going to accuse the program team of not letting the boss rest properly!"
Cheng Xue: "President Shao, didn't you watch the livestream? Those dark circles are from the boss studying vocabulary!"
Shao Fu: "Oh, is that so? The boss is so hardworking!"
Cheng Xue: "..."
This van had just left.
And then a brand new Mercedes Benz van immediately pulled up.
Lang Hu tidied his collar, got in with a slight smile. These past few days in order to successfully woo Nan Xiangwan, he had often watched the livestream.
Now he could say he knew Nan Xiangwan very well.
He knew she started physical training every morning at 6, training for two and a half hours, then taking a shower afterwards.
Now it was 9:30, the timing was just right.
Lang Hu casually grabbed a staff member and asked, "Which dressing room is Nan Xiangwan in?"
Although it was still morning, with so many trainees they had already started lining up to get hair and makeup done.
Lang Hu had come this time to pick up Nan Xiangwan and take her to Nanbei Entertainment's headquarters, where stylists, costume designers, makeup artists etc. were already prepared.
Nan Xiangwan had to make a stunning debut on the first performance stage!
The staff member was very busy, and answered while rushing around: "Nan Xiangwan? She was picked up by Huawan Entertainment's people!"
Lang Hu shuddered in shock, frozen in place.
Nan Xiangwan, was picked up by Huawan Entertainment?
She was taken away?
Taken away!!!
Once he reacted, Lang Hu was furious: "When did she leave? Which car was it? What did it look like?"
Staff: "She just left less than 5 minutes ago, don't remember the car, but it was a van!"
Lang Hu immediately spun around and rushed out.
Damn!
Huawan Entertainment was actually poaching from them?
Chase them!!!
Huawan Entertainment's three vans, one was a top of the line GMC Savana, the other two were about 200,000 RMB Buick GL8's.
The vans for transporting trainees wouldn't be too extravagant of course, arranging 200,000 RMB vans to pick them up, Huawan Entertainment was already considered one of the most generous companies to new artists in the industry!
The three vans traveled down the same stretch of road, heading towards Huawan Entertainment's headquarters.
Naturally, the GMC Savana van that Nan Xiangwan was in lagged quite a distance behind the other two vans up ahead.
At an intersection, the traffic light turned red.
The driver gently pressed the brake, not allowing even the slightest bump to let the boss feel uneasy.
Shao Fu and Cheng Xue remained silent the whole way, not disturbing Nan Xiangwan's rest.
The boss was only 17, still growing! What's wrong with letting her sleep a bit more!
If it came down to it, they just wouldn't participate in the afternoon performance!
Sleep!
Just then, a Mercedes Benz V-Class van on the parallel lane beside them suddenly zoomed past with a whirr!
Barreling straight towards the glaring red light, utterly disregarding it!
Whether it was the driver or Shao Fu and Cheng Xue, they were all stunned for a moment.
Running a red light!
And so brazenly, not even afraid of being pulled over by traffic police.
But it wasn't any of their business, they lowered their heads and continued looking at their phones.
Chapter 29
A Mercedes Benz V-Class minivan ran a red light and sped through three blocks before finally catching up to a Buick minivan from Hua Wan Entertainment.
The Mercedes driver made a sharp turn and slammed on the brakes with a screech, abruptly blocking the Buick in the middle of the road.
He had cut off the Buick!
The Buick driver was fuming. He rolled down his window and started yelling, "What the hell! How are you driving?!"
But the door of the Mercedes opened and Lang Hu stepped out in shiny leather boots, his eyes sharp behind dark sunglasses.
His voice was furious, "Give me Nan XiangWan back!!"
After shouting, Lang Hu didn't care that he was in the middle of the street. He moved to get in the car and look for the person directly.
The Buick driver panicked. He got out to block Lang Hu, "What are you doing! Let go!"
Lang Hu paid him no mind. His head was already poking into the car.
In the scuffle, Lang Hu's glasses were knocked off, his clothes were a mess, and his hair was rubbed into a bird's nest.
But after fiercely struggling like a tiger,
Lang Hu realized Nan XiangWan wasn't in the car. The four Hua Wan Entertainment trainees looked at him in shock.
The four girls huddled together, shivering in fear.
Their eyes said they were about to call the cops!
Lang Hu cursed and got back in his car.
The chase continued!
As a GMC minivan drove by, Cheng Xue in the passenger seat happened to see Lang Hu's sorry state.
Lang Hu was the agent of the superstar Gu Beihuai after all!
His net worth was self-evident, and he always had an elite air about him.
Seeing him like this now was simply...
Cheng Xue was first shocked, then gleefully took out her phone.
Snap!
She took a photo!
Heehee!
Got some blackmail material on the rival agent!
Nan XiangWan slept all the way to the company, taking a private basement passage. She didn't run into anyone.
After arriving, she was directly taken to a huge rest lounge.
Stylist Jing Da Shuai was ready and waiting!
Sitting in the chair facing the enormous makeup mirror, Nan XiangWan yawned.
Seeing Nan XiangWan, Jing Da Shuai was stunned. With her 95+ facial score completely natural, she was a rare find in the industry.
Jing Da Shuai shamelessly showered her with praise on the spot.
"My god! My heavens, so pretty! So so pretty!"
"Your nose is real!! Ahhh! I'm so jealous!"
"I'll do your best hair and makeup ever!"
"Oh right, what style do you want today?"
Still sleepy, Nan XiangWan looked at the chatterbox with confused eyes.
Cheng Xue beside her said, "How about an all-around girl group style?"
Jing Da Shuai's eyes lit up. He spun around excitedly, muttering nonstop.
"Girl group?!"
"Inspiration hit! Hit!"
"Oh my god, I'm dyeing your hair silver!!"
Cheng Xue: "Shouldn't silver involve bleaching? We're short on time, the performance starts at 3pm."
Jing Da Shuai: "Shut up, don't disrupt my creative process!"
Cheng Xue: "3pm."
Jing Da Shuai: "I heard you! Annoying!"
Just then, Shao Fu came in and handed Nan XiangWan a brand new phone.
"Boss, hair and makeup is boring. Wanna play on your phone?"
Nan XiangWan waved her hand and yawned again, "I'll sleep some more."
Then she closed her eyes!
Shao Fu:
Cheng Xue:
Jing Da Shuai: "Good girl, don't move. I like that best. Have a nap, and wake up transformed!"
Indeed, Nan XiangWan immediately fell asleep.
No wonder, she had been up all night memorizing vocabulary.
Hard to believe, but she had memorized an entire English dictionary in one week.
One, to perfectly perform that English song. Two, to maintain her original identity.
She had found out that Xinghai Experimental High School in Gusu City was a provincial top school!
They produced dozens of Tsinghua and Peking University admits every year!
Not just anyone could get in.
Although Nan XiangWan wasn't a top student, she was decent.
When she learned the truth, she had nearly fainted from distress.
She really hated studying!
But to earn money for her family, she pushed through!
On the same floor, in another lounge.
Hua Wan Entertainment's seven trainees sat together, getting their hair done.
Beside them were three specially hired stylists, racking their brains for highlights after consulting each girl.
This was the difference money made.
The styles they were doing weren't generic like the show's.
The door opened and agent Lin Yao came in, handing out phones to the seven girls.
This was a rare chance to learn outside information, and the seven immediately started browsing!
Soon, they discovered explosive news!
Watt??? Xue Baiwei is lying!
Gu Beihuai's new song has no MV?!
I'm freaking speechless! Our entire crew has been fooled by Xue Baiwei!
Not the whole crew, us trainees! The crew must've known already since they didn't confiscate phones!
Yu Jingting nearly smashed her phone in anger. She was paired with Xue Baiwei.
She had been giving Xue Baiwei face and compromised in every way, even almost giving up the C position for the first stage!
Who knew...
Xue Baiwei, this bitch! Yu Jingting started cursing on the spot.
She was absolutely livid!
For the past week in their pair, Xue Baiwei had been arrogant and boastful, relying on her supposed Gu Beihuai MV shoot. She basically treated others like dirt.
At the time, Yu Jingting could only subtly set traps with her words, but still suffered.
Now, Yu Jingting wished she could rip Xue Baiwei's mouth apart!
After taking several deep breaths,
Yu Jingting searched Xue Baiwei's Weibo.
Well, netizens were already cursing her out in every way.
Yu Jingting felt better. Recalling Xue Baiwei's behavior on the live show,
She was the perfect villainess!
It might even highlight Yu Jingting's own friendly charm and sweetness!
Thinking this, Yu Jingting relaxed.
She started searching her own name on Weibo.
But at once, Yu Jingting nearly threw her phone again!
【Tea-talking green tea Yu Jingting】
【Top-tier green tea waiting for you to verify】
【Collection of Yu Jingting's green tea quotes】
Yu Jingting: !!!
What the hell are these!
Who made them???
Furious, she clicked in.
Most clips were of the segments with Nan XiangWan, with Yu Jingting's subtle jabs enlarged and subtitled, contrasted with Nan XiangWan's deadpan expression beside her.
The effect was simply!
Yu Jingting's expression twisted on the spot, shaking with anger.
"Lin Yao!" She suddenly yelled, startling everyone.
Lin Yao looked over, "What's up?"
As the daughter of Hua Wan's second-in-command, Yu Jingting had unquestionable status in the company.
While the other trainees were still sucking up to the agent,
Yu Jingting had already started ordering the agent around.
Chapter 30
Yu Jingting took a deep breath and spoke very quickly, "Nan Xiangwan's fans openly attacked me and even edited videos of me to use as blackmail material and spread them online!"
Lin Yao frowned, "Let me take a look."
When the video was played, the atmosphere in the lounge became awkward.
Lin Yao said, "It doesn't seem to be Nan Xiangwan's fans, but popular influencers who edit funny videos."
Yu Jingting continued, "I'm going to sue them!"
Lin Yao shook her head, "There's no libel, they just added subtitles to the original videos. There's no basis to sue."
Yu Jingting angrily slapped the chair, "I don't care! I want them to pay the price!"
Lin Yao rubbed her temples and patiently soothed her, "There there, be good. These videos don't have many views. I'll contact the influencers who posted them and pay them to take the videos down, okay?"
Yu Jingting pursed her lips, clearly still dissatisfied.
Lin Yao said, "Bear with it a little longer. It'll be better once the performance starts."
Lin Yao didn't say anything more after that. But Yu Jingting knew the situation. Her father had paid for trending search results that would show her in a good light when the performance started!
Thinking of this, Yu Jingting took a deep breath and looked towards the mirror.
The stylists were already working on the three trainees. Hers was the most skilled of the three stylists.
Zhu Sha was in the second batch, sitting on the sofa looking at her phone.
Yu Jingting's mouth curved into a smirk, "Zhu Sha."
Zhu Sha raised her eyes to look at Yu Jingting through the mirror.
Yu Jingting looked at her arrogantly, "Let me ask you one last time, are you sure you want to defy me?"
Zhu Sha lowered her head and continued looking at her phone.
Yu Jingting narrowed her eyes, "Very well."
After that...
The three stylists finished working on the three girls after about two hours.
Then, the three trainees out of the four sat down on chairs.
Zhu Sha was originally in the second batch to get styled, but Yu Jingting pulled her over and forced her to sit on the sofa.
So Zhu Sha was the last one remaining.
She would have to wait for everyone else to finish before it was her turn.
Zhu Sha furrowed her brows but didn't say anything.
Being later didn't matter.
The stylists took a short break to rest their tired hands before continuing.
Two hours later, the time was 1:30 pm.
The six trainees were done with their styling and got up to make space.
When Zhu Sha was about to sit down instinctively, Yu Jingting suddenly stood up and took the seat, "You three, redo my hair."
She commanded the three stylists without hesitation.
The three stylists were stunned, clearly not expecting this.
Two of them stepped forward and started fussing with Yu Jingting's hair.
The third spoke up, "There's still one more..."
Yu Jingting cut her off, "No need to style her. Just focus on me, you three."
Zhu Sha's eyes widened in shock. She quickly glanced at the time.
There was only an hour and a half left until the performance started!
Was Yu Jingting trying to...
The stylists also seemed hesitant.
Yu Jingting smiled and added more weight to her words, "I'll pay you double! Otherwise, Hua Wan Entertainment will never hire you again!"
The stylists could only give Zhu Sha an apologetic look.
Money wasn't as important as their partnership with Hua Wan Entertainment.
Clearly this Hua Wan Entertainment princess wanted to assert her power!
Zhu Sha pursed her lips and left the lounge.
She knew there was no point staying here anymore. With Yu Jingting present, the stylists would absolutely not style her!
Zhu Sha quickly formulated a plan in her mind. She would first pay out of her own pocket to get her hair done at a nearby salon, and could only do her own makeup.
After stepping out and closing the door, Zhu Sha's hands were shaking.
But just as she turned around...
Against the light in the hallway, Zhu Sha saw a goddess!
Silvery long hair cascaded down to her waist, smooth as silk. Skin as white and luminous as a painting, with a rosy tint that seemed to glow. Perfect features accentuated by exquisite makeup, with a drop of blood at the corner of her eyes, like a lone wolf on a snowy mountain.
She was so stunning, beyond any mortal!
Zhu Sha was stunned by the sight, even forgetting what she had to do next.
She saw the snow wolf goddess walking towards her and stopping in front of her.
Zhu Sha stood frozen, unable to stop staring at the other party.
Wolf Goddess, have you come to save her?
The next second...
Slap!
A forceful slap landed on Zhu Sha's shoulder, immediately jolting her back to her senses.
Nan Xiangwan's voice rang out excitedly, "Damn, what timing Zhu Sha!"
Zhu Sha:
F*ck, Nan Xiangwan!
What are you doing here?
You almost put me under your spell!
Zhu Sha rubbed her shoulder, exasperated.
This girl's got super strength! Nan Xiangwan, you really should've joined the military instead of becoming an idol. What a loss for them!
Nan Xiangwan's sharp eyes noticed Zhu Sha wasn't in makeup yet, "How come you haven't gotten styled yet?"
Zhu Sha pressed her lips together, really wanting to roll her eyes.
She was being targeted and sabotaged, yet this girl still couldn't tell?
As expected, this violent girl's brain was simple. After being a trainee among a hundred girls for ten days, she still didn't understand all these complications.
Zhu Sha was too lazy to explain. She figured Nan Xiangwan wouldn't understand anyway.
So she gave a simple, clear response: "Yu Jingting messed with me."
Nan Xiangwan said, "Then mess her back!"
But the next moment, Nan Xiangwan grabbed Zhu Sha's arm and pulled her into the lounge next door.
Once inside, Zhu Sha was shocked.
It was a huge, luxuriously furnished new lounge!
The sofas were real leather, the TV was 100 inches, the vanity mirrors were extra large, and the chairs were massage chairs!
Compared to the previous lounge where seven people had squeezed together, this was on a completely different level!
Zhu Sha was stunned.
Whose private lounge was this?!
Just then, Nan Xiangwan swiftly kicked the door.
Bam!
She slammed it shut, pumped up.
Nan Xiangwan said loudly, "Big Shuai, got a customer! This is my teammate. Give her the same look as me! We'll be the two generals on stage!"
Jing Da Shuai rolled his eyes, "You're energetic now that you're awake huh? Generals? I can't give her the exact same look as you. Do you know how much work that is?"
Nan Xiangwan said, "Then something similar! Sister looks!"
Jing Da Shuai looked Zhu Sha over and nodded, "Alright, I'll give you two matching looks!"
As he spoke, he swiftly pushed the chair over and patted it.
Zhu Sha stood frozen.
To be honest, she was terrified!
The man before her eyes...
She recognized him!
This was her first time seeing him in person. She had only seen him on TV before!
Jing Da Shuai, world famous stylist!
The darling of all the top luxury brands!
How much did it cost to book him for styling?
No, it wasn't about money!
Ordinary people couldn't hire him no matter how much they paid!
Jing Da Shuai seemed impatient, "Hurry up, you still want this done or not?"
Zhu Sha quickly went over and sat in the massage chair.
She didn't speak, knowing that time was tight. She just needed to shut up and let Jing Da Shuai work his magic!