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    Chapter 61: Room Check “He’s obviously more concerned about me, isn’t he?”……

    The place where the trainees lived was not far from the recording location, only about three minutes away.

    Today was the first day of recording, and they hadn’t confiscated their phones yet, so everyone was very excited. Even at two in the morning, the building was filled with laughter, with people visiting each other’s rooms, checking in, and taking photos.

    The dormitories were divided into rooms for 12, 10, 5, and 3 people. Because the pre-recording time was tight, they didn’t play any room selection games this time, just the most basic first-come, first-served basis.

    Xu Chengyue’s arrival was a surprise attack, without prior notice. So, when he opened the door to the largest 12-person dormitory, he saw everyone holding their phones, playing ranked games. Some even had three phones spread out on their laps.

    “…”

    No wonder the production team wanted someone to come for a surprise check. Otherwise, even if they confiscated the phones, they could just hand in one and hide four or five more. This was the experience gained from previous seasons, and the program team had leveled up in their battle of wits with the trainees.

    Xu Chengyue suddenly opened the door, and made eye contact with a row of trainees who were in the middle of using their skills in game.

    Extremely awkward.

    Xu Chengyue smiled and extended his hand, “Hand them over.”

    The 12-person dormitory yielded a total of thirty phones, meaning each person had brought an average of more than two phones!

    “You can play games anytime, did you think you could relax just because the mission hasn’t been announced yet? There’s no such thing as relaxation here. I hope you’re prepared; debuting in a group is not an easy thing. Please don’t underestimate it. And for those contestants who want to secretly hide extra phones, even if you know your ranking, it will only increase your anxiety. Charge forward with your ears covered, and your efforts won’t be in vain…”

    Xu Chengyue shook his head, offering a few words of advice. Giving motivational speeches was his specialty as a leader. He spoke like Tang Sanzang chanting a mantra, bringing several trainees to tears, filled with guilt, and motivated like they had been injected with chicken blood.

    “Yes, Mentor Xu! We understand!!”

    Several trainees, full of enthusiasm, sent him out.

    After that, they continued with several rounds of surprise checks, and the results were significant. They collected dozens more phones, game consoles, and some people even brought projectors…

    Xu Chengyue looked at the pile of items and said to the camera, “They won’t hate me, will they? I’m taking the blame for Sister Xue. Remember to treat me to a meal when PD Qu comes back.”

    He smiled and shouted at the camera, showing no signs of fatigue even late at night.

    After searching the other dormitories, they finally arrived at the three-person room.

    Because Wan Mengmeng was ostracized by his original group, he defected to Chu Cheng and Fu Yang. Coincidentally, they were short one person, so the three-person dormitory temporary group was formed.

    Wan Mengmeng personally felt that the three of them were kindred spirits, saying that they should become sworn brothers and take an oath of blood.

    Fu Yang/Chu Cheng: “There’s no need for that.”

    In the end, the sworn brotherhood didn’t happen, and the three of them started playing poker. Since it was definitely not allowed to gamble on the show, Chu Cheng incited them to take off a piece of clothing for every loss.

    Fu Yang didn’t mind. Playing poker or mahjong was essentially a math problem. He could calculate the cards and understand them clearly, making it no different from playing with open cards.

    Sure enough, in the end, only Wan Mengmeng, the silly one, lost so much that his top was off, leaving only his underwear. He was shivering all over, his muscular physique comparable to a bodybuilder.

    He turned his back to the door, waved his big hand, “Haha, four 2s!! Let’s see how you win this time!!! Take it off!!!”

    Just as Fu Yang put down the “double kings,” he heard a door opening.

    It was Xu Chengyue who pushed the door open and entered, and the four of them looked at each other.

    Xu Chengyue said with difficulty, “…Still taking it off?”

    After he finished speaking, he realized something and covered the camera behind him, “Not suitable for children. The Fengmang producers watching the show shouldn’t learn this.”

    The three people in the room were each in their own state of panic.

    Wan Mengmeng was blushing and panicking, but couldn’t find his clothes anywhere.

    Chu Cheng quickly tried to collect the poker cards, but instead scattered them all over the floor.

    The most anxious one was actually Fu Yang, who hurriedly used the quilt to cover Wan Mengmeng tightly.

    Damn it, Xu Chengyue hasn’t even seen his abs yet!

    Damn Wan Mengmeng.

    Fu Yang glared unkindly at someone whose form was unrecognizable under the quilt, and then glared at Chu Cheng, who had suggested the lousy idea of the game.

    Chu Cheng shrugged: Blame me?

    Wan Mengmeng made a buzzing sound from under the quilt – “Academic God, I’m suffocating!”

    He struggled desperately like a fish on a chopping board.

    Xu Chengyue quickly pulled Fu Yang away and rescued Wan Mengmeng, “You guys really have energy. After recording the show all day, you’re still not resting? Playing cards?”

    Chu Cheng: “Ha, actually, while you guys were scoring in the front, we were secretly sleeping in the back. Now we’re refreshed.”

    Xu Chengyue: “…You don’t have to be so honest.”

    Wan Mengmeng finally poked his head out from under the quilt, and said cheerfully, “Mentor Xu, what are you here for? To bring warmth?”

    Xu Chengyue: “Yes, to bring warmth.”

    He took out the basket for collecting phones, “Hand in your phones, and your blankets will be warm.”

    The current state of young people staying up late.

    Chu Cheng laughed loudly, “Senior, you’re so humorous.”

    “Alright, stop joking around. It’s getting late, hand in your phones and get a good night’s sleep. There are new challenges tomorrow.”

    Chu Cheng nodded: “Okay! Always ready! But… can I post a moment?”

    After getting the mentor’s permission, Chu Cheng took his phone and typed, “Xu Chengyue is confiscating my phone. He’s sitting on my bed right now. No need to envy, I can still see him for three months. After three months when I’m out of prison, come visit me, I won’t reply to messages.”

    He wrote and read aloud at the same time.

    Fu Yang: “…” What kind of person is this?

    Wan Mengmeng was also contacting his family. His method was more simple and crude, directly calling.

    Only Fu Yang didn’t move. Xu Chengyue quietly looked at him, “Not going to tell them you’re safe?”

    Fu Yang turned on his phone, “Oh, right, I’ll send it, I’ll send it right away.”

    In reality, he tapped a few times with his finger, faking it.

    Xu Chengyue saw it and guessed what was going on. He deliberately teased him, “Does Qing Sha know you’re here?”

    Fu Yang: “Uh…she…”

    Just then, the phone “dinged,” with a message from the night owl Xie Wanwan: “Big cousin asked, I said you have a project to work on in the lab for half a month, I fooled him, temporarily safe, be careful, I’ll find a chance to visit you in prison!”

    That’s right, Fu Yang had secretly run away, lying to both the school and his family, to participate in the talent show. He didn’t think he could participate for long. With his strength, he would be eliminated at most in the second round.

    “She… she’s busy recently. Our group is participating in a new project, so she’ll probably be busy for a month or so…”

    Xu Chengyue caught the loophole and deliberately asked, “They’re so busy, yet you ran to participate in the talent show?”

    Fu Yang straightened his non-existent tie: “My dream is to become a boy group member, and even B University can’t stop me!”

    Nonsense, Xu Chengyue curled the corners of his mouth, not believing it at all.

    Finally, after calling and posting on Moments to report that they were safe, they offered their phones with both hands.

    “You only have one phone each?” Xu Chengyue asked with slight suspicion.

    Chu Cheng: “Heaven and earth can testify.”

    Fu Yang: “The sun and moon can bear witness.”

    Wan Mengmeng: “We’re loyal to each other!”

    Xu Chengyue:?

    Fu Yang:?

    Chu Cheng:?

    What’s this thing that snuck in?

    After the check, the three of them really only brought one phone each.

    Fu Yang didn’t know he could bring more.

    Chu Cheng had the determination to debut, so he sold his soul.

    Wan Mengmeng didn’t have that awareness at all.

    “So good.” Xu Chengyue finally wasn’t as stressed as before, and his mood was slightly better. It was also the last dormitory, so he finished work in a good mood.

    “Mentor Xu, get some rest early.” Fu Yang took a step forward, his lips curved, completely blocking his two roommates.

    Xu Chengyue nodded, “You too.”

    After speaking, he completely left the dormitory building.

    Almost 10 minutes after Xu Chengyue left, Fu Yang sat on the bed without moving. The other two gathered around, “What’s wrong? Lost your soul? Why aren’t you talking?”

    Fu Yang wasn’t very happy because Xu Chengyue said “you” instead of “you.”

    Sure enough, without the teammate filter, Xu Chengyue would no longer give him preferential treatment and favoritism.

    Annoying.

    Someone crossed his toes, propped up his face, and had boyish thoughts that he couldn’t tell anyone about.

    Chu Cheng and Wan Mengmeng put their arms around each other’s shoulders and rubbed their chins, “He was still all teeth and claws just now, why is he suddenly emo?”

    Wan Mengmeng: “Missing Mentor Xu, right?”

    Chu Cheng turned his head in surprise, snapped his fingers, “Damn, you’re so smart?”

    Wan Mengmeng was stunned, wasn’t it obvious?

    “Student Fu Yang, how do you know Teacher Xu, tell the truth!”

    The two made a posture of a joint trial to question him.

    Fu Yang: “He said he thought I was a good seed and hoped I would get into Class A.”

    Chu Cheng: “So?”

    Wait, did he say that?

    Also, does this have anything to do with their question?

    Fu Yang: “He also told me to rest early.”

    Wan Mengmeng: “He seems to have said that to us too.”

    Fu Yang: “He’s obviously more concerned about me, isn’t he?”

    Wan Mengmeng: “Probably not…”

    Chu Cheng: “Your delusion.”

    Fu Yang got up from the bed.

    Chu Cheng: “The lights are about to go out, what are you going to do again?”

    “I’m going to the production team to get the recording of the dance we did today, and bury it with my ashes in the future.”

    As the last word fell, the dormitory door was slammed shut.

    Chu Cheng and Wan Mengmeng looked at each other.

    Chu Cheng: “My goodness, this must be a toxic fan.”

    Wan Mengmeng: “Is this what a male fan is like, so crazy.”

    The two nodded at the same time, already convinced that Fu Yang was a crazy toxic fan of Xu Chengyue.

    Because the previous day ended late, the trainees were told to gather at the East Zone at 10:00 a.m.

    Fu Yang looked at the two people who got up early in the morning to put on makeup.

    After entering the training camp, except for public performances, the program would not arrange makeup artists, but as idol candidates, everyone would know how to do makeup as a basic skill.

    “Isn’t it just listening to the theme song today?” Fu Yang yawned, looking at him sleepily.

    “How do you know it’s the theme song?” Chu Cheng glanced at him suspiciously, wasn’t the task not announced yet?

    Fu Yang said with a slight show off, “Teacher Xu told me yesterday.”

    Okay, actually he guessed.

    Xu Chengyue asked him to consider getting into Class A in the theme song assessment, which means the theme song assessment is before the first public performance, very simple logic.

    Chu Cheng choked, persuading himself not to care about toxic fans.

    “Then you’re just going to wash your face and go out?”

    Fu Yang: “Otherwise?”

    Chu Cheng: “Open the curtains and take a look downstairs.”

    Fu Yang did so, and then his eyes, which hadn’t woken up, suddenly opened wide.

    The trainees’ commute was in two areas.

    The dormitory building was in the West Zone, and the recording location was in the East Zone.

    The two factory buildings were three minutes apart.

    In the middle of this distance was the fan support area.

    Now, the support area was densely packed with people, the front row was full of station sisters carrying “cannons,” and the back was full of fans pulling banners.

    “These, besides the mentors’ fans, are mostly fans who are investing in trainees. Whoever performs better when commuting may have the first batch of die-hard fans!” Chu Cheng said very experiencedly, “Go and see the next dormitory, I’m afraid everyone is doing their best to perform in front of them. You actually dare not wear makeup!”

    Fu Yang disagreed: “Even if I wear makeup today, what’s the use? It’s impossible to wear makeup every day for three months. If the fans see my bare face once in a while and are scared away by the difference, wouldn’t that be a greater loss? Sunk cost, too risky.”

    Wan Mengmeng raised his head from behind the mirror, the image of his extremely large palm holding a miniature makeup brush with his little finger cocked was quite comical, “Brother A, Academic God makes sense.”

    Chu Cheng: …Damn it, he suddenly felt it made sense too.

    So the two threw away their makeup brushes and didn’t paint.

    Tang Tang had successfully met with “LemonIsntSour” yesterday. “LemonIsntSour” was actually named Ye Meng. The two got along as if they were old friends and made a lot of noise for half the night. Today, they carried Xing Yue’s support banner to squat for the commute.

    “The super topic said that Yueyue didn’t go back yesterday, and Guangguang went back to the dormitory alone.”

    “That’s so strange…”

    “Maybe Yueyue had other filming tasks?”

    “But it’s impossible not to wait for him, right? My dad used to want to stick to my mom.”

    “Yeah… that’s a bit strange.”

    While waiting, the two chatted quietly, counting the support items in their hands.

    Like last time, they were stickers of stars and moons personally drawn by Tang Tang, pasted on two handwritten letters, and her signature wolf and rabbit phone chains, which had been upgraded this time with very beautiful and delicate beads.

    Ye Meng was wearing star hair clips and moon hair clips all over her head, dressed in yellow, and looked very eye-catching. Standing there, it was clear who she was a soldier of.

    Her attributes were very obvious.

    After the two arrived, they found that there was no organization, but there were a lot of scattered Xing Yue fans, almost half of them were their soldiers.

    As for who the remaining more than half were, of course, Xu Chengyue and Shangguan Yaoguang’s solo fans, none of whom liked each other, squeezed together, secretly competing.

    Qu Xue wasn’t coming to record today, so the battlefield wasn’t as crowded as imagined.

    In addition to these three, there were also some scattered fans who were investing in trainees.

    “Are you Sister Xing Yue?”

    The Miss next to the pit said enthusiastically.

    “Yes, we are.” Tang Tang hesitated and looked at the other party, “Which family are you from…?”

    The Miss raised a cotton doll with a sun on its head and shook it, “I’m a fan of this year’s trainee Fu Yang! The fan name is temporarily called Sun Sister.”

    Ye Meng exclaimed: “Wow, so cute!”

    The Miss smiled shyly, “This is what I customized, I’m the only seedling in the super topic to see Yangyang.”

    Tang Tang had also chased talent shows before and was a little surprised, “The super topic has already been built so quickly?”

    What kind of magical speed is this?

    The Miss immediately recommended, “The super topic already has 10,000 fans. If you’re interested, you can take a look at our Yangyang. He’s super handsome and a B University scholar!”

    Because of these two blessings, there were quite a few people investing in Fu Yang, making him a dark horse among the new trainees.

    But Tang Tang and Ye Meng shook their heads repeatedly, “No, we only ship cp and don’t be solo fans.”

    “It’s okay, but if you have extra votes, remember to consider our Yangyang first~” The Miss twisted and pulled votes, not very skilled, but very sincere.

    The best trainees’ fans to pull are the mentors’ fans, because they have a large number of people, and in order to chase their own idols, they must have bought vip, but they don’t have the pressure of voting, so it’s common to vote casually.

    Tang Tang and Ye Meng nodded, they could help with this.

    “Someone’s coming out!”

    Suddenly, the sound of flashing lights sounded in their ears, and everyone looked expectantly towards the East Zone gate.

    A few people who had just scratched their heads and left the dormitory were greeted with the enthusiasm of flashing lights as soon as they left the door. Chu Cheng greeted them generously, Fu Yang had long been used to the flashing lights and walked forward calmly, and Wan Mengmeng was extremely nervous, not knowing where to put his hands.

    But fortunately, the cameras only flashed a few times, and the station sisters stopped after discovering that it wasn’t their own.

    Tang Tang saw the tallest trainee in the crowd and suddenly murmured, “So it was him…”

    Ye Meng: “What, do you know him?”

    Tang Tang: “I saw photos of the trainees in a group before… uh, and the one I was most impressed with was him. I thought it was a photo cheat, but I didn’t expect him to really look like this.”

    Ye Meng starred: “He’s really handsome, I have a feeling he’ll be popular.”

    The Miss next to him was ecstatic, shaking the cotton doll wildly, “It’s Yangyang! He’s Fu Yang, Fu Yang look here!”

    Among the three people walking like on a runway, Chu Cheng suddenly said sharply, “Academic God, do you have fans! I rely on, really, your fans are here, go over and say hello!”

    Fu Yang was pushed to the fans blocked by the railing on the left.

    The Miss holding the Sun cotton doll was excited and was about to hand over the letter in her hand.

    The next second, Fu Yang walked directly to her side and stretched out his hand – “Give it to me.”

    Tang Tang: “……?”

    Although absurd, being approached so closely by such a handsome guy caused a momentary oxygen deprivation, so she subconsciously obeyed and handed the pink letter sealed with stars and moons stickers into his hand.

    Fu Yang had a little impression of her. This girl had also been to the music show before, “Aren’t you giving me that chain this time?”

    Tang Tang was even more confused.

    Mom, why is this handsome bastard, comparable to a scumbag, so familiar with me, do I know him?

    It’s one thing for him to snatch my letter, but he also wants to snatch the phone chain I made for my cp!

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