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    Chapter 59: Academic Genius #Click to watch Water Margin spin-off, Idol Audition 10…

    Fu Yang went off stage to change clothes and, with his rank sticker, walked towards the pyramid-shaped contestant area behind the mentors.

    Class C’s practice clothes were yellow, which made him stand out.

    Everywhere he went, everyone looked up at him.

    “He’s not going to sit at the top, is he!”

    Someone whispered around him.

    “Academic Genius! Sit at the top, no one but you dares to sit there!”

    Someone suddenly stood up and shouted.

    “Academic Genius!! Can I go to B University after the show to audit your classes!!”

    Some people still had a learning mindset.

    Fu Yang thought that he, a half-baked amateur, would be rejected by most people, but he didn’t expect that he was quite popular.

    It was only the first half of the show, and there were only a few contestants sitting in the contestant area. Most of them were experiencing the show recording for the first time, both curious and ignorant, but everyone’s eyes were filled with dazzling heat and enthusiasm for the stage.

    Unconcealed ambition and youthful passion did not conflict, and the collision of the two exuded a huge energy field, which made Fu Yang also feel excited.

    This is why audition shows have always been popular, everyone loves to see new talent.

    The aesthetics of original vitality has always been sought after by Chinese people.

    The new talent’s unpolished and inexperienced feeling, untouched by the industrialization of the entertainment industry, is like uncut jade. The small mistakes in body language and the momentary flaws in expression management constitute the aesthetic tension of true humanity.

    For example, the trembling voice, the funny dance steps, and the shy display of oneself in nervousness, instead become audience memory points. This imperfection in perfection coincides with the aesthetic experience of “essential intuition” in phenomenology.

    It is also a social mirror projection mechanism. The audience completes the multiple projections of their self-identity by picking contestants from different backgrounds, accompanying their growth from greenness to maturity. This diversity constitutes a pressure relief valve for social emotions.

    The formation of each circle contains many sociological principles, while also feeding back to constitute this society.

    Fu Yang had a wonderful feeling, as if he had finally touched the edge of Xu Chengyue’s world.

    The former Xu Chengyue may have been one of them.

    That was the youthful dream and passion he had never seen.

    If only they could have met earlier.

    “No, I’m waiting for a friend.”

    Bringing his thoughts back, Fu Yang had promised to wait for Chu Sheng. Besides, although he loved to compete for first place, he was confident, not arrogant or conceited. He knew that in the audition arena, he was not qualified to be at the top.

    So he just sat in the third row, near the corridor, spacious, not crowded, and most importantly, close to Xu Chengyue.

    Two more performances later, it was Chu Sheng’s turn to appear.

    Before, Chu Sheng had asked him about his performance and exchanged information. He also asked about Chu Sheng’s performance and knew that Chu Sheng was going to perform an awkward English song. Fu Yang had never heard of it before, so it was probably relatively unpopular.

    He didn’t know how strong Chu Sheng was, but he hoped he could get a C. He wasn’t interested in comforting the big brother.

    To be honest, Chu Sheng gave Fu Yang the impression of being average.

    He didn’t know why he had such a prejudice. Maybe people with strong abilities are usually more calm?

    Fu Yang hated his own stereotypes.

    He had misunderstood Xu Chengyue so much because of stereotypes before.

    And he still hadn’t learned his lesson.

    In short, after seeing Chu Sheng perform an original, self-choreographed, self-composed, singing and dancing stage and winning the first A of the day…

    Fu Yang’s jaw almost dropped to the ground.

    Damn, is this goofball so talented?

    “Hey, keep a low profile.” Chu Sheng wore the beautiful pink clothes with the A-level sticker, turned around in a flamboyant manner, patted the rank sticker ostentatiously, and sat down next to him with a thud, “It’s just a small thing, a piece of cake.”

    “Oh, the first A doesn’t want to go sit up there?” Fu Yang pointed to the top position, jokingly, but was actually happy for him in his heart.

    “No, no, the higher you go, the colder it gets. Let’s develop stealthily.” Chu Sheng “hehe” laughed, “What’s more, Academic Genius hasn’t sat up there yet, how dare we such academic flops.”

    Fu Yang: … As expected of someone from Galaxy Entertainment, just like the boss.

    “You didn’t even tell me you were from B University, it’s disrespectful to Academic Genius, I deserve to die, I’ll kowtow to you!”

    “You didn’t tell me you were a singing, dancing, and writing hexagon warrior either, as expected of the first A, I pay my respects to the future top!”

    The two people exchanged “first A” and “Academic Genius”.

    As they spoke, they started acting with a lot of drama, and their sarcastic expressions were all captured by the camera.

    “But… why did you say that kind of thing to Mentor Xu just now, it’s so…” Chu Sheng “hissed” and seemed a little embarrassed.

    With the camera on, this topic was spoken more implicitly.

    But Fu Yang probably understood what he didn’t say.

    ——Oh, aren’t you not pushing the ship, is Qinggao brother eyeing the heat of CP again?

    Chu Sheng’s expression was particularly vivid, he didn’t say anything, but it seemed like he said everything.

    “I came for him in the first place, what’s the problem?” Fu Yang didn’t want to hide it, he didn’t really want to debut anyway.

    Chu Sheng was stunned for three seconds, glanced at the camera, patted his thigh, and said in a slightly louder voice: “Oh! Academic Genius, you’re a fan of Mentor Xu, right! No wonder you said you came for him.”

    Fu Yang: “…That’s right.”

    Chu Sheng was startled and finally turned it around.

    He didn’t think too much, and really thought it was just a fan and an idol. He just thought that what Fu Yang said just now was ambiguous. With “Xing Yue” being so popular now, this newly acquainted brother didn’t understand the entertainment industry and might be targeted.

    Soon, several more performances passed, and the third row was also full.

    Next to Chu Sheng sat a trainee with muscular arms and dyed yellow hair, who greeted the two enthusiastically, “First A! Academic Genius! Hello, my name is Wan Mengmeng!”

    Fu Yang turned his head: “Has this title been fixed on the two of us now?”

    Chu Sheng looked at him: “Looks like it, brother.”

    And why is this muscular man named “Mengmeng”!

    Wan Mengmeng didn’t come alone. The three-member group they formed at the company, after performing on the show just now, the other two got D, he got C, and then the other two sat on the other side, exactly two empty seats, leaving him behind.

    Wan Mengmeng, being thick-skinned, didn’t feel like they were excluding him, and sat down next to Chu Sheng happily, saying he was trying to get some metaphysics from Academic Genius and the first A.

    “Have you heard, the netizens outside say that our generation is the Water Margin,” Wan Mengmeng said.

    Chu Sheng scratched his head: “Ah, why?”

    Then he glanced at Wan Mengmeng’s full chest muscles, indicating——

    It’s not because of you, is it.

    Wan Mengmeng crossed his hands in front of his chest: “It has nothing to do with me!”

    Fu Yang’s expression was indescribable: “Could it be… because our generation has exactly 108… heroes?”

    Wan Mengmeng: “Academic Genius is still smart!”

    The hot search on the first day of the show recording was already up, but it was very abstract——

    #Click to watch Water Margin spin-off, 108 heroes dancing online#

    A very sexually suggestive entry.

    …………

    Dozens of entertainment companies’ trainees appeared one after another, dazzling the eyes.

    Fu Yang was still concentrating on watching for a while at the beginning, but soon he collapsed wearily on the chair, as if his energy had been drained.

    Chu Sheng next to him was even worse, his face was cramping and his voice was hoarse, unable to say a word.

    This time, Chu Sheng came with the determination to be popular. In order to get more shots, when other groups were performing on stage, he was frantically doing reactions off stage.

    What sliding off the stool, jaw dropping to the ground, widening eyes, talking to himself, screaming and cheering, the reaction effect was full.

    Fu Yang even covered his ears, complaining that he was too noisy.

    In the second half of the recording, it was obvious that the trainees and mentors were almost out of breath.

    It lasted until one o’clock in the morning, with the appearance of the last group of trainees.

    The initial stage rating finally came to an end.

    Fu Yang and the others were exhausted just sitting in the back after performing, let alone the few mentors who had to record various comments and give evaluations.

    As soon as the director team shouted to end, the two older singer seniors instantly collapsed on the table, and Xie Chonghua tremblingly shouted——”My old waist!”

    Wan Fang stretched out a hand and weakly pointed at the camera, “I’m going to sue your program team for abusing the elderly.”

    “Goddess Wan Fang! You’re not old at all!!”

    “Who says my goddess is old! Stand up! Oh, it’s the goddess herself, well that’s not allowed either.”

    “Goddess goddess, we love you~”

    Wan Fang made a big heart towards the back, and also made a very fashionable heart by crossing her thumb and index finger.

    Xie Chonghua didn’t like surfing the Internet very much and couldn’t understand these online terms. At this time, he was frightened, “I haven’t entered the coffin yet, don’t you rob my old partner!”

    The whole place burst into laughter.

    Too many gags.

    They just like bullying honest people.

    The camera crew quickly pushed the camera forward to capture everyone’s expressions as the first group portrait of the Era of Sharpness.

    At this time, Xu Chengyue brought bad news: “Sister Wan Fang, it’s not over yet.”

    Qu Xue also received the news and smiled bitterly: “Didn’t expect it, there’s still a post-interview!”

    “I can’t do it anymore, I can’t do it anymore, my bones are about to fall apart. Whoever said variety show recording is easy, that you can earn money by just sitting, I believed their lies!” The old artist put her hands on her hips and accused.

    Xie Chonghua said honestly: “Is there anything to eat? We old people can’t stand being hungry, now we’re weak all over, our hands and feet are soft.”

    The two old naughty children clamored to rest and eat something.

    Qu Xue said she was going to touch up her makeup.

    Shangguan Yaoguang was going to the bathroom.

    Xu Chengyue had to stand up first, “Then I’ll go first.”

    The mentors were making program effects with all kinds of noise. After the post-interview, today’s workload would be almost done. The brokerage team had been waiting at the door for a long time, ready to leave at any time, but the trainees had to continue waiting for the director team to arrange things.

    Seeing Xu Chengyue leave the studio, Fu Yang quickly got up.

    Chu Sheng and Wan Mengmeng were dozing off together, nodding their heads. The person next to them left and almost fell off the stool, and suddenly woke up, “Academic Genius, where are you going?”

    Fu Yang didn’t have time to answer and followed Xu Chengyue out.

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