In the first round of group competition, the preparation time for each group to perform songs is about two weeks.
Within two weeks, the group members not only had to learn a new song and a new dance, but also had to get along with new teammates.
This task is not easy, especially since Mu Cai is also the lead singer in the group, and his mastery of song proficiency is much higher than that of other group members. Moreover, when choosing the C position in the group, everyone chose him unanimously, so Mu Cai's burden was even heavier.
Fortunately, Zhao An and Li Shengmin were both his teammates before, and the tacit understanding between them is still there. Although An seems to be a loner, he is surprisingly good at communicating.
What surprised Mu Cai the most was Lin Jiayi’s cooperation. Based on his previous understanding of the other party, he thought that Lin Jiayi would have his own way of doing things and would not care about him at all.
Moreover, when Mu Cai watched the first episode of the program, he also saw Lin Jiayi contradicting his mentor. Mu Cai was already prepared for it to be difficult to communicate, but he didn't expect that the other party was surprisingly easy to talk to. As long as it is his reasonable suggestion, Lin Jiayi will listen to it.
Although the other party is obviously not dealing with An.
The entire group is diligent. They arrive on time every morning and receive corrections from their instructors on their shortcomings. And every night, the five people also have a tacit understanding and will train together until after ten o'clock in the evening. Individual team members with problems will continue to stay for individual training.
Before the first performance, they went on the formal stage for the first time to rehearse under the leadership of Gu Yunchen. When they stepped a little better and finished their performance, Gu Yunchen, who was always stern and cold, nodded at them.
Just with this nod, Mu Cai, who was still panting while standing on the stage, with sweat flowing down his forehead like a stream, suddenly burst into laughter. His eyebrows were curved, and his whole person was literally shining under the light above his head.
Gu Yunchen's heart moved, and he said something rare: "It's good now. As long as you keep it up tomorrow, there will be no problem with the performance."
The smile on the young man's face became even brighter, and there was a little soft flesh on his cheek, which looked easy to pinch. He nodded obediently: "Yes! Thank you, Teacher Gu!"
Gu Yunchen stood in a dimly lit place under the stage, and the corners of his lips raised a little unconsciously.
The next day was the group competition, and Mu Cai's group's performance was indeed a great success, winning most of the votes from the audience and winning easily. And Mu Cai's personal votes far exceeded those of the other two groups.
The team of Liang Yunxi and Li Yuzhe also performed well, and they received a lot of votes.
When all the groups finished their performances and the results were finally announced, the atmosphere was tense and lively. The winning groups of all group competitions were quickly announced on the big screen, showing the votes of the 100 trainees present.
After all the members in the winning group add 500 votes respectively, the 100 trainees are re-ranked, and the last 40 trainees are the ones who are eliminated.
After some summary and evaluation, the recording of this episode ends here. After the group stage, the program team also prepared exclusive interviews with the eliminated trainees. The remaining trainees will take a vacation first and wait until the third day to continue recording the next program.
Mu Cai hurriedly found his teammates in the v6 combination in the crowd. Their original group of six people, five of them stayed after the first period, and only Ding Nan was eliminated.
According to the rules of the show, trainees who are eliminated will leave the show within a few days, and Ding Nan is no exception. They quickly agreed to have a break-up meal with each other as a gift to Ding Nan.
Mu Cai should have been very happy to be promoted successfully, but he felt a little headache thinking about the party dinner later.
When the results came out today, Mu Cai noticed that Ding Nan was different from the general sadness of other eliminated trainees. The other person's face looked very gloomy, and he seemed very angry. Mu Cai felt an indescribable feeling in his heart when he thought about the way the other person had looked at him with hope.
Liang Yunxi noticed something was wrong with Mu Cai. He frowned slightly and reached out to gently put his hand on Mu Cai's shoulder: "Are you thinking about Ding Nan?"
Mu Cai nodded.
Li Yuzhe on the side said directly: "Don't blame yourself. Ding Nan was eliminated because of his own lack of strength and has nothing to do with you."
Mu Cai was a little surprised. He didn't expect that Li Yuzhe was so sharp and could guess what he was really worried about.
Li Yuzhe said with a smile: "I saw him asking you for help when we formed the team before. But what can you do? This is the knockout round, who doesn't want to win? As long as he has something he can do, or he works hard enough, he can It won’t end up like this.”
Zhao An nodded repeatedly from the side: "That's right. After the theme song training, there were so many people in Class F who were promoted. Those who made some progress were all promoted, and only he and one other person remained where they were. Ding Nan was If I had a good attitude or was willing to work hard, would it be like this now?"
They talked as they walked. Although they comforted Mu Cai, they still had to see Ding Nan off if he wanted to leave.
Just when the five of them returned to the dormitory downstairs, they saw that Ding Nan had already packed his suitcase and walked towards the gate of the entire venue.
Mu Cai and the others quickly shouted in the direction of each other: "Ding Nan, Ding Nan, wait!"
But the other party didn't seem to hear their shouts and just kept walking forward.
Liang Yunxi let out a "tsk" sound and ran after him, leaving the remaining four people waiting for them.
He soon caught up with Ding Nan. But the two people opposite didn't struggle for long before Liang Yunxi came back alone.
Mu Cai watched Ding Nan disappear at the gate and asked worriedly: "What's going on? Is he still angry?"
Liang Yunxi looked at the young man's slightly frowned brows, suppressed the irritability in his heart, and smiled: "It's okay, it's just that he feels very uncomfortable now. He said he wanted to be alone. Let's get together again when we go back."
Mu Cai nodded.
Liang Yunxi looked at the person in front of him and felt a little uncomfortable.
In fact, Ding Nan was just blaming them for not helping him. The harsh words and the resentful look on his face made Liang Yunxi startled. He opened his mouth to explain to Ding Nan, but the other party didn't even listen.
Liang Yunxi was helpless. None of the other five members of the team was the captain, and none of them had the right to choose. What's more, they are all in strong teams. Ding Nan is not strong enough. Even if he gets in, he will easily be outshone and won't get many votes.
The other party didn't look for problems within themselves, but blindly blamed them, which was a waste of Mu Cai's worries.
Liang Yunxi looked at the young man's worried look, relaxed his mood, and smiled: "Okay, don't think about this anymore. We have all advanced today, let's go eat something good together."
Other teammates agreed, and Mu Cai thought to himself, Ding Nan is already like this, there is no need for him to cause trouble for himself anymore, it is better to go out to eat well with his teammates. So he nodded simply and said with a smile: "Okay!"
Several people ordered barbecue and beer on the third floor of the canteen that night, and ate from the afternoon until the canteen was about to close in the evening.
Mu Cai didn't like drinking beer and thought it tasted a bit bitter, so he only ate barbecue to fill his stomach.
They had performed all day and were nervous waiting for the results. They were already tired when they went back. After a quick shower, Mu Cai fell asleep as soon as he touched the pillow.
As a result, Mu Cai was woken up at 6 a.m. the next morning.
He opened his eyes in a daze and saw Su Xingyun standing beside his bed, which startled him.
Mu Cai just woke up and his mind was still a little confused. He just hummed and asked, "Brother Su, why are you here? What happened?"
The teammates around him looked at him with worried faces. Su Xingyun was very calm, and his lenses reflected a ray of light under the sunlight outside the window: "Are you awake? Come with me when you wake up."
Mu Cai got up mechanically, washed up, and followed Su Xingyun to the dressing room. When he was pushed on the chair by Du Wei to put on makeup, he got his phone and finally understood what was going on.
It turns out that around 11 o'clock last night, a marketing account suddenly broke the news on Weibo that Mu Cai was the younger brother of Mo Hengqing, the mentor of the "Star Rookie" program. The words in the long Weibo post were eloquent, implying that Mu Cai had a background and that the show crew was praising him.
This is nothing, the long Weibo also said that he has a weird personality and is a fan of Gu Yunchen. He once chased someone to the toilet in an attempt to sexually...harass him, but he was beaten up instead. Gu Yunchen hated Mu Cai very much, but he had to endure it because he was Mo Hengqing's younger brother.
Mu Cai swiped the screen of his mobile phone, looking at the marketing account's articles, and then looking at the many comments scolding him below, and he suddenly sobered up.
I'm coming! His plot point is here!
Su Xingyun on the side told him: "The program team will record a clarification video for you in a while." When he said this, remembering Tang Feng's instructions to him, he still said: "Just answer whatever the staff asks you, don't be nervous. If it’s wrong, we’ll let you do it again.”
Du Wei was applying eye shadow to Mu Cai. He couldn't help but nod, so he agreed with her.
In the original plot, it was also revealed that the original person was in love with Gu Yunchen, and there was news behind the scenes. It's just that in the original plot, the original person has no sense of presence in this variety show, and everyone's focus is more on his support for Gu Yunchen.
This was the beginning of the whole network being hacked. According to the original plot, he was also asked to record a clarification video.
It's just that although the original person has a withdrawn personality, hardly talks to anyone, and has never confessed his feelings to Gu Yunchen in person, he does not hide his feelings in front of others at all, saying that he just likes Gu Yunchen and hates Mo Hengqing.
This aroused Gu Yunchen's dissatisfaction. He no longer cared about the fact that the other party was Mo Hengqing's younger brother, and directly asked the marketing account to play this segment, destroying his reputation on the spot.
And now, Mu Cai is about to leave this plot!
After Du Wei carefully put on Mu Cai's makeup, Su Xingyun took him to the interview room and asked him to sit in front of the camera.
The staff member smiled and asked him: "It is said online that you are Mo Hengqing's younger brother. Is this true?"
Mu Cai thought for a while, pretending to be angry and said: "I'm not his brother. I have no shady background. He is not good to me at all, and he even united with outsiders to bully me."
Although the original work does not show the specific questions asked in the interview, in short, just try your best to discredit Mo Hengqing!
The staff member suppressed laughter and asked again: "Then it is said online that you like Gu Yunchen. Is this true?"
Mu Cai's heart skipped a beat, the highlight was coming! There was a look of yearning and a little shyness on his face, and he said: "Yes, I originally wanted to enter the entertainment industry because of Teacher Gu. I chase my idol, what's wrong with doing so?!"
The young man's eyes were open, his cheeks were slightly bulging, and he looked very confident.
Su Xingyun stood outside the camera and saw this scene, and couldn't help but ask Tang Feng on the side: "Is this possible?"
Tang Feng smiled like a fox: "Of course you can, don't worry. I'll take care of Gu Yunchen."
The program team was on a break today. Gu Yunchen made a temporary trip back to the capital to shoot a commercial. He probably wouldn't be back until tonight, so he took the initiative to handle the matter for the other party.
Now it seems that Mu Cai is very cooperative.
Tang Feng raised his eyebrows.
After the interview, the post-production staff edited it briefly and sent it out through the official WeChat account of the "Star Rookies" program team before 8 o'clock in the morning.
Mu Cai had been let out early to have dinner with his teammates. He sat in the cafeteria, chewing soy milk habitually while the people around him watched, and finally waited for the Weibo posted by the program team:
["Star Rookie" official Weibo: Entering the entertainment industry for idols, what is there to laugh at! ]
Below is a video of his interview.
Mu Cai clicked on the comment below, mentally prepared to be scolded and cursed.
Let the storm come with more force!
Then he saw the Weibo post with the most likes in just a few minutes:
[No one can match your style: Oh my god, what a cutie Caicai is! ]
1000+ likes
Mu Cai: "???"
He always felt that things were different from what he thought.
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