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    Chapter 56: The Talent Show “He… seems to be my anti-fan.”…

    Chapter 56: The Talent Show “He… seems to be my anti-fan.”…

    -Xing Yue CP Super Topic Fan Group-

    [Moon Illuminated by Starlight]: Ahhhhh, news! Xing Yue is going to participate in “Edge of Brilliance”! As dance and arrangement mentors!! The official account secretly released the mentor silhouettes!! It’s obviously them!

    [Let’s Watch the Stars and Moon Together]: @LiAnAreYouQuiet, I will not curse you for a week.

    [Lemon So Sour]: I was wondering why there hasn’t been any movement during their rise. Turns out they were holding something big back.

    [Arctic Circle King]: They’re filming after the New Year, so exciting…

    [Candy-Loving King]: Aooo, it’s at the C City Factory. I’m going to stake out their arrival and departure!!

    [Everything I Ship is Real]: King! We’re all counting on you!!

    [Candy-Loving King]: Don’t worry, leave it to me. I’ll bring a bazooka and be a stansite.

    [Lemon So Sour]: King, when are you going? I’m planning a trip to C City, we can hang out together, meet up in person?

    [Candy-Loving King]: Yes! I’ll add you.

    [Moon Illuminated by Starlight]: The official announcement pictures are out! Yue Bao dyed his hair black again, so pretty and youthful, Mommy loves him~

    [540Baba]: Shangguan put his bangs down, tsk, he feels like he’s back to his gloomy self.

    [Everything I Ship is Real]: Ah…? Actually, I still prefer him with his bangs up, he looks more spirited (twiddling fingers).

    [Moon Illuminated by Starlight]: It’s just a hairstyle, as long as my brothers are happy~

    [Lemon So Sour]: Waiting for the filming~

    [Candy-Loving King]: Looking forward to the filming!!!

    After sending the message, Tang Tang rolled around excitedly on her bed and giggled foolishly while hugging the small wolf and bunny phone charms. She became a fan during the Ancient Tree Divine Map period and discovered after researching that this pair wasn’t easy to ship. At the time, she was just casually admiring their looks, but after seeing them in person at a C City music show, she was kicked into this giant pit. She was like a little mouse falling into a rice jar, and every interaction afterward was so good that she was nailed to the bottom of the pit. She will ship Xing Yue forever!!

    The flags Tang Tang sets are always easily defeated by herself, but this time, Xing Yue is really different! This CP is so good that she is so attached!!

    She flipped out the “small bamboo cannon” that was about to gather dust in the corner cabinet. After the last CP she shipped turned into a BE, she sealed her heart and love, and even the telephoto lens was moldy in the corner. She picked up the lens and tested the feel.

    This time, Xing Yue will definitely not let her down.

    The lens was working fine. After Tang Tang adjusted it, she remembered to add “Lemon So Sour”. Lemon had joined the super topic earlier than her and was considered a veteran Xing Yue CP fan.

    The two passed the WeChat application and set a time to meet. Tang Tang reminded her to bring a few more clothes because of the recent weather in C City, and accidentally swiped to a certain web page.

    #Inner Entertainment Boy Group#: Everyone who follows boy groups knows that it used to be called #Stepping on Inner Entertainment Boy Groups#. Its stench was comparable to the boy group “toilet”. After the name change, it was slightly better, but they were still not polite in their speech. But because they often broke news, she would occasionally browse. She clicked on it and, as expected, there was more gossip, and the list of contestants that hadn’t even been officially announced was leaked.

    After all, it was the first time her own CP was a mentor on a show, so Tang Tang was also concerned about the contestants. So, she muttered “sorry” in her heart and clicked on the long picture. It was another uniform set of retouched photos with filters so heavy that you couldn’t even see their features, and their skin was as smooth as marinated eggs. She shook her head and didn’t hold out hope for this year’s group, until she swiped to a certain face and suddenly her eyes lit up.

    -Inner Entertainment Boy Group-

    1st Floor: #Link# Take a look at the adults.

    2nd Floor: These two are rising so fast, last month they were still a Flop Band, now they can be mentors.

    3rd Floor: Honestly, is the Spark group about to disband?

    4th Floor: Probably, after Ye Xiao passed away, there were no group activities (Amitabha).

    5th Floor: It’s quite a pity, they haven’t even held a concert in three years since their debut? They come together as a Mud Band, and scatter as stars. The entertainment industry is the only one like this.

    6th Floor: Is anyone investigating? Actually, “Edge of Brilliance” isn’t that great. At most, it’s an A-level variety show with limited investment, plus there are so many talent shows recently that they’ve already harvested several waves of Chinese chives, the audience is already tired of the aesthetic. Why are they still doing it? With Xu Chengyue and Shangguan Yaoguang’s current status, they don’t have to pick such a bad show.

    7th Floor: Indeed, Zhou Qingqing and Hao Yun next door have both gone to an S+ travel variety show, something’s fishy (let me see).

    8th Floor: I heard a rumor that Xu Chengyue was blacklisted by the industry. This show was the only one that extended an olive branch, and the condition was that he had to bring Shangguan Yaoguang, the intention to sell the CP is obvious.

    9th Floor: That can be understood, no wonder Galaxy Entertainment has been so low-key after “Desert Island”. It turns out they haven’t given up on Xu Chengyue, they were just developing secretly.

    10th Floor: The contestant list official photos have been released. I don’t dare to look, I’m afraid they’re all ugly ducklings like the last batch. Is there any teacher who dares to appraise them?

    11th Floor: Wait a moment, let me come! (Rolling up sleeves)

    12th Floor: Waiting

    189th Floor: Waiting

    190th Floor: Why hasn’t it come out yet? Did they faint from fright?

    191st Floor: Here it comes!! OMG, there’s a super invincible handsome guy!!!

    …………

    Super invincible handsome guy Fu Yang, pushing his suitcase, arrived at the dormitory factory.

    “Edge of Brilliance” aims to select outstanding idols, and has requirements for contestants’ singing, dancing, creation, and appearance. It is a new talent show launched by Cherry Terrace. There are a total of 10 episodes, with a recording time of three months. After ten episodes of practice, assessment, and public performances, the vast number of netizens will vote to determine the debut spots from 108 contestants. The eleven trainees with the highest popularity will form a boy group to debut.

    During the show, contestants hand in their phones, live in dorms, are filmed 24 hours a day, and cannot go out at will.

    For Fu Yang, who had been in a boy group for a month, it wasn’t unfamiliar. It was easier than Xu Chengyue’s devil training… right?

    “Hello! You must be a trainee too!”

    A sunny and cheerful voice came from behind.

    Fu Yang turned around.

    The man’s eyes widened.

    !!!

    He stretched out his hand and compared heights.

    “My good gracious, which company are you from?!”

    A strong opponent!

    The man took out a handheld mirror that he carried with him and messed with his dyed bangs. He looked at Fu Yang, and then looked at himself in the mirror.

    Finally, he came to the conclusion that he, who was originally a small handsome guy, was ugly next to this person.

    Fu Yang was first attracted by his hedgehog-like dyed hair, and then amused by his winking and eyebrow-raising operation.

    Where did this idiot come from? It’s probably better for him to be a comedian than to take the appearance route.

    “No company.”

    What, he’s a civilian!! The dyed-hair youth looked at him more and more unusually, looking at the history of talent shows, civilian people often come out as dark horses, and suddenly he had the intention of making friends, stretched out his hand and said:

    “I am Chu Sheng from Galaxy Entertainment’s sole seedling. You can call me Shengzi.”

    Fu Yang returned his name and asked suspiciously:

    “You are from Galaxy Entertainment? Doesn’t Galaxy Entertainment have its own group selection mechanism?”

    “Ahem, it’s normal. Although these big companies also have internal group selections, they send a bunch of people to various talent shows every year. They’re very shrewd and cast a wide net. If they get lucky, they don’t have to spend money to train them, and they can also give back to the company, killing two birds with one stone.” Chu Sheng covered his mouth with his backhand and whispered:

    “And this time, my two senior brothers are mentors. I feel like I’ll definitely debut this time.”

    He “ahem”ed again, raised his hand and put his arm around Fu Yang’s shoulder like he was a good brother. “I think you can debut too, maybe we’ll be teammates in three months!”

    Fu Yang: “…”

    I don’t really want to be your teammate, I want to be your sister-in-law.

    The intensity of the first day of filming was very high. The trainees were required to record their initial evaluations first, and then make up the dormitory shots.

    Coincidentally, the director this time was Zhao Anqing again. Zhao Gan’s downfall had some impact on him, causing him to be slightly ostracized everywhere.

    The entertainment industry is very realistic. How much dividend he used to eat by relying on Zhao Gan, he now has to spit it out with interest. He is said to be a director, but now he is almost an assistant.

    “Little Zhao, move the fill lights and brackets to Area A. Hurry up, the recording is about to start.” The producer ordered.

    He was about to move when another person threw a box of equipment at his feet. A walkie-talkie fell out. The man casually dropped a sentence, “Take this over as well.”

    Zhao Anqing endured it and was about to bend over to pick it up when a hand with distinct joints picked it up and threw it into the box before him. A clear and bright voice with a hint of youth came from above.

    “I said, isn’t it bad to throw all of this to one person?”

    Zhao Anqing instantly raised his head, originally thought he had changed his mind and fallen in love with Shangguan Yaoguang, did not expect “Pure Yuan” to return.

    “Fu Yang? You, what are you doing here?” He was stunned.

    “Talent show.” Fu Yang pointed to the name tag on his clothes.

    Zhao Anqing had never associated this academic genius with talent shows. For a moment, his brain was a little short-circuited.

    “Brother Fu, do you know people here too?” Chu Sheng asked curiously.

    Fu Yang didn’t really want to meddle in other people’s business, and patted the dust on his hands after picking up the things just now, “Excuse me, which way to the dormitory?”

    Before the others could open their mouths, Zhao Anqing volunteered to lead the way. The producer didn’t want to say anything in front of the trainees, but just told him: “After putting down your luggage, hurry to Area B to put on makeup. The initial evaluation recording will begin after lunch.”

    “Teacher Zhao, why is the process so rushed on the first day?” Chu Sheng asked.

    According to past practice, just assigning dorms would take a whole day to film.

    “The initiator only has today’s schedule this week. Everyone has to arrange according to her itinerary.”

    With that said, Chu Sheng understood.

    “Edge of Brilliance” has a combination of four mentors plus one initiator.

    In addition to Xu Chengyue and Shangguan Yaoguang, two orthodox idol backgrounds, the other two mentors are an elderly couple.

    Diva Wan Fang and her husband, love song king Xie Chonghua.

    As for the initiator, the traffic + coffee position is not small, it is the popular idol drama traffic goddess – Qu Xue.

    The scripts looking for Qu Xue are almost piled up into a mountain, it is not easy to invite her.

    Other trainees come in groups, Fu Yang and Chu Sheng were lucky enough to be assigned to a two-person room, after the dormitory was assigned, it was the initial evaluation.

    The two changed their clothes and waited in the backstage together.

    Besides them, there were five or six other groups, crowded in the backstage.

    There are five grade cloth stickers on the table, ABCDF, according to self-prediction, choose the grade to stick to the clothes.

    “Brother Fu, you must choose A, right?”

    Fu Yang: “How do you say?”

    Chu Sheng grinned, as if recognizing that Fu Yang was an expert, “I don’t know why, I always feel that you have the aura of a big boss, a very powerful feeling, being selected without a company must be super powerful.”

    Fu Yang: “…”

    I’m not super powerful, I have a little Money capability.

    To be serious about the reason for being selected, mostly thanks to his face.

    Because during the interview, he saw the director put a check mark on the list as soon as he entered the room.

    He also said with a smile: “It’s okay, now the audience likes you kind of clumsy handsome guy with uncoordinated limbs.”

    Finally, he saw the degree column on the data and widened his eyes.

    In his lifetime, he scolded B University academic for being stupid, the director slapped himself hard.

    Chu Sheng: “What are you performing?”

    Fu Yang said lightly: “Po Jun.”

    “What?” Chu Sheng was stunned, “Dude, the original singer is sitting on the stage, you dare to sing Po Jun?”

    Fu Yang suddenly twisted, “… I only know this.”

    This is still the result of Xu Chengyue’s devil training at that time, only this action is remembered particularly clearly, barely able to tame the limbs.

    If he were to dance to something else, he was afraid of being scolded and kicked out by Xu Chengyue.

    During the conversation, the recording officially started, and the screen hanging on the backstage wall also lit up, playing the situation in the front hall.

    The first group of performers has already taken the stage.

    However, Fu Yang did not watch the performing group, but focused on the mentor seats.

    Xu Chengyue sat next to the initiator Qu Xue.

    Snowy skin, dark hair, a small red mole between the eyebrows, and a serious expression on his face.

    Perhaps because he hadn’t seen him for a long time, Fu Yang only felt that today’s Xu Chengyue was graceful and beautiful.

    Xu Chengyue sat in his seat and greeted the people around him cordially.

    Qu Xue, as the initiator, naturally sat in the c position, Xu Chengyue was on her left, and Shangguan Yaoguang sat on Xu Chengyue’s left.

    Naturally, the two seats on the right of Qu Xue were the husband and wife singers Wan Fang and Xie Chonghua.

    Committed to presenting the perfect stage, it takes a long time to adjust the lights and photography, Xu Chengyue sat in his seat and carefully looked through the list of trainees.

    In order to maintain the mystery and not engage in nepotism, the mentors only found out who was participating today.

    In the list, Xu Chengyue did see a few familiar figures, some who had participated in many talent shows, and some who had been promoted in various film and television dramas by various companies.

    Until he turned to the next one, Xu Chengyue’s hand paused.

    The list was pasted with a slightly immature white shirt ID photo, which was a very aggressive appearance, the strong features and the rebellious eyes complemented each other, handsome and this stack of data was as if not a dimension.

    Read down the introduction reads –

    Name: Fu Yang

    Age: 21 years old

    Height: 190.67cm

    Participation statement: Singing, dancing, and writing are all not good, ask the mentor for advice (sell Meng)

    “How do you know him?” Qu Xue next door turned and saw that Xu Chengyue had stopped for a long time and also tilted her head to take a look, “Yo, this personality signature is quite individual.”

    Hearing this, Shangguan Yaoguang also glanced at it.

    Since last time, the two hadn’t talked much, and the atmosphere was more awkward when they met again.

    He knew that what he said was too much, and took the initiative to break the ice and said: “Do you know him?”

    “He… seems to be my anti-fan.” Xu Chengyue murmured.

    Although he didn’t understand why Qing Sha’s genius junior brother, the future bigwig in the physics world, would come to this show to participate in the talent show.

    But luckily, he was still alive.

    Xu Chengyue breathed a sigh of relief.

    Shangguan Yaoguang frowned: “Your anti-fan?”

    Xu Chengyue tilted his head slightly: “You forgot? We met him, in the hospital.”

    Sometimes he really felt that the amnesiac Shangguan was just a dream, disappeared without a trace after the dream woke up.

    As if it never existed.

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