Cen Feng's popularity was not only unexpected by the program group, but also reasonable. After all, his appearance and temperament are unique in the entertainment industry. In the era of justice, he is the one who feeds the food.
Fans unanimously feel that the appearance is innate, and the strength can be cultivated, as long as you work hard, you can catch up.
But for a trainee talent show, everything is still based on strength. At first, he ranked low, not in the upper circle, and the audience and other trainee fans didn't say anything.
But recently, his ranking has soared like riding on the Rockets. After sitting firmly in fifth place, there is actually a tendency to continue upward, and the number of votes is already very close to the fourth-ranked Bianqi.
Bian Qi has been in debut for two years and has participated in several other talent shows. His fan base is very solid. Seeing that Idol will soon be surpassed by a person whose strength lies on his face, how can he tolerate this happening while voting At the same time, he questioned how the program team had given Cen Feng a vote.
Bian Qi’s fan circle data tycoon analyzed Cen Feng’s number of fans, fan circle composition, and fund-raising activities very professionally. Even if 60% of passersby voted for him, it would not be possible within a few days. This number of votes.
It is definitely a black box operation of the program group! ! !
According to Cen Feng's current number of votes, the so-called lip death and tooth cold development, the second and third may also be killed by him. So the fifth and third fans also united and questioned his votes and rankings.
The hot searches for #少偶电视组给岑风刷票# quickly climbed to the top three.
After seeing the hot search, I learned about the program group at this time: ... We are so wronged.
The kites who are still licking their faces cheerfully:? ? ? what? Question the influence of our beauty? !
Xu Dixing was still happy the moment before that there was no bad comment, and the next moment he would like to mention idol hot search. Although she was also surprised by the number of votes and rankings, after all, she knew very well how bad Cen Feng's performance was in the first period, but Shao Ou was produced by Chenxing, and no one knew the fairness of the show better than her.
She immediately contacted the Chenxing Public Relations Department to withdraw the hot search, and contacted the staff responsible for the Shao Ou Official Blog of the Publicity Department to issue an official statement stating that the program was fair and open, and there was absolutely no black box operation.
Unexpectedly, the withdrawal of the hot search has stimulated several other fans, and they all believe that if you have a ghost in your heart, what hot search would you withdraw? Wouldn't you have a backstage program group that would spend money to help you withdraw hot searches
However, because Xu Jiexing had anticipated this situation a long time ago, he arranged the navy and marketing channels in advance to bring the pressure to the wind. Except for those fans, it did not expand to passers-by.
Those fans couldn’t get up on the topic for a long time, and they were almost out of anger. They were planning to form a group to condemn the show group and Cen Feng collectively. Yun Shu, a very well-known wealthy daughter in the circle of celebrities, made a comment. Bo.
—@云小舒舒: Who do you look down on
Picture: A screenshot of Alipay's one million transfer. Remarks: Cen Feng voted for help.
Immediately afterwards, several ladies in the circle who shared luxury cars and brand-name villas every day forwarded the pictures. The pictures were all screenshots of hundreds of thousands of transfers, and they were all-purpose "Cen Feng Voting Support".
Yun Shu is a daughter of the Yun Group. Chain stores are open all over the country and are very well-known. The group of celebrities she plays well are also very high-profile on Weibo, and there are many fans who watch the lives of the rich every day.
As soon as Weibo came out, the other fans who had been clamoring for an explanation from the show group shut up.
Your house, all right.
Cen Feng's support team:? ? ? ? ? When did my family have such a fan? Yes... Can you hook up QAQ
The support team subcutaneously tentatively sent a private message to Yun Xiaoshushu: Hello sister, I am the manager of the Cen Feng support team. I just learned that you are giving support to your brother. Are you interested in joining our support team? QAQ
There was not much hope at first, after all, these rich second generations are not in the same world with them, who knows if they are on a whim.
Unexpectedly, I soon received a reply from Yun Shu: Is it official
Support Team: Yes! Although we have not officially obtained the official approval of the brother team, we are already in active contact. This is our proof of fundraising in recent times. Although not as good as you, we are all pure fans!
The attached picture is a screenshot of the 700,000 yuan fundraising.
Yun Shu: Okay, I don't have to bother to do it myself if you are here, and I will transfer the money directly to your account in the future.
The support team almost went crazy with joy. After pulling Yun Shu into the group, they posted a Weibo:
—@岑风官方应援组: Welcome @云小舒舒 to officially join Xiaoyuan, let’s work hard for my brother to walk the flower path together!
Comment below:
-Fuck? ? ? Worship the boss!
—Xiao Yuan is so awesome, he actually turned Yun’s daughter into the support group...
—Ah, my brother is in C position!
—Laughing, just now the bq family said that they would report us, and now they slap their faces in seconds, they don’t dare to put a fart
However, many fans are still worried that according to the current trend, once Cen Feng rises to the first place, he will definitely be criticized by various fans for his lack of morality, and there will be a tough battle to be fought.
Hey, it's still a matter of strength. I can only pray that my brother's performance strength will improve during the second episode.
Xu Tiexing has been paying attention to the changes in the wind direction on the Internet. The emergence of Yun Shu resolved the crisis, and she also asked the marketing account and the navy to withdraw.
Just looking at Chaohua's active fans and the growing number of fans, her heart is a bit unclear and complicated. Similar to that, I want to share it with the whole world and hide the idol in private.
She expected him to be hot, but she didn't expect it to be so fast, far exceeding her expectations. After all, the jelly beans who had been chasing for several years suddenly exploded, and the mood was like a roller coaster.
Fans in Chaohua were all excitedly discussing their debut position, but Xu Jiexing remembered Cen Feng's answer that day.
He said that the result is not important, that is, he doesn't care about making a debut. He will have such a performance in the first period, and may be ready to be eliminated early from the beginning.
It doesn't matter if Xu Dixingxing is, after all, she focuses on idol happiness in everything. But now that the fan circle has expanded and fans have grown, what should these fans who expect so much from him do
Now not only have to worry about idol, but also about the fan circle of idol, ah, this is the destiny of mom fan.
When she returned to the recording camp after dealing with the company's affairs, the recording of the theme song was all over, and the later team began to produce it, and it must be put on at the end of the second broadcast.
Although Xu Dixing had been mentally prepared for a long time, he couldn't help but feel a little lost after searching for a circle of idols in the later video.
The trainees have been training for the past two days, preparing for the third recording. The first two times were individual matches, and the third time it was the group stage. At that time, the trainees will be divided into ten groups, each group of ten people, paired with each other.
The trainees will use a lottery to select the songs for the members and the group duel. The rehearsal time is one week, and one week later, they will be on the stage for the first time.
After the performance, the final ranking will be announced based on the number of votes on site plus the total number of votes since the two episodes were broadcast. The 30 players from the bottom will be eliminated.
For many players, this may be the last stage. So everyone took a sigh of relief and took out a twelve-point spirit to deal with this performance.
At the beginning of the third recording, a hundred trainees gathered in the studio.
The instructor announced the five repertoires performed by the group this time, two of which are vocal, and the other three are relatively dry, rock and rap heavy metal, suitable for dancers and rappers.
A short snippet of each song was played on the big screen, giving the trainees a general understanding of their respective styles. Next, Zhao Jinjin, the executor of Shao Ou, randomly selected the names of the trainees from the sealed box.
The selected trainees can choose a performance piece by themselves, and then choose nine teammates from the remaining trainees.
As soon as the rules were announced, the scene was exclaimed. There is a saying that luck is also part of strength.
Those who can be drawn are all the sons of heaven. If they are not drawn, they can only pray silently. Please be assigned to a group that has a strong cover and is good at music and dance.
The first player Zhao Jinjin drew was from Class B. He was not weak and had his own company team, so he didn't think much about it. He first selected six candidates from his team and picked two Aces. The class boss, a trainee who has a good relationship in class B, then chose a very explosive sing and dance song.
After that, trainees were drawn one after another, including those from the ABCDF class. The people who were drawn before basically swept away the big guys from the two classes AB, and the songs that were easy to sing and easier to perform were all taken up.
When Zhou Mingyu was drawn, there were only two songs that were extremely difficult to dance, and very difficult to sing in high pitch after adaptation.
Stupid people have stupid blessings, so it is him.
At his level, if he is not selected, it is estimated that he will be the last trainee who is not wanted in the audience.
He glanced back and forth between the remaining two sang songs, but he was really unsure, and turned around and asked Shi Burn, who was also unselected, with his eyes.
Shi Ran lowered his head silently, pretending not to see it.
Don't choose me, don't choose me, don't choose me.
I don’t know which trainee is booing: "Just choose the hardest "Scream"! Challenge yourself, you can!"
Zhou Mingyu was energetic: "Okay! Then I will choose this one!"
Shi Ran: "?"
Is it good to have a bit of AC number for my own strength
Then I heard Zhou Mingyu say: "The teammate I want to choose is Cen Feng and Shi Ran from our 302 dormitory. Unfortunately, He Sinian was selected and left. Hey, then... I told everyone that I was blessed when I was in Class F. I will not touch the classmates of other classes. Come here for the rest of class F!"
Shi Ran: ""
Your mother! ! !
He raised his hand angrily: "Teacher, I won't go to his group! I object!"
Zhao Jinjin suffocated a smile and said: "The rules are so, we can't intervene, or you can discuss with him and let him give you up."
Zhou Mingyu looked at him sadly: "Burning, you have changed. When we were sleepy together last night, you said you would never despise me."
Shi Ran was furious: "How can dream talk be taken seriously!"
The scene burst into laughter, and even Cen Feng couldn't help but shoved Shi Ran: "Let's go."
Shi Ran turned his head and glanced at Cen Feng, and said angrily: "Fortunately, Brother Feng is here!"
At the end of the grouping, the team that chose "Scream" with them was the team of Bian Qi, the leader of Class A, and the other players were from Class BC, and their strength was much stronger than them.
Ying Xuze was in the group next to him, made a fist and touched Shi Ran's shoulder, and said with pity in his eyes: "Good luck to you."
Shi Ran looked irresistible: "What I did wrong is to be in a dormitory with this simple batch."
The naive critic still didn't know it, and danced excitedly: "I used to like to listen to the song "Scream" when I was in school! The English rap in the middle is very nice!"
When Shi Ran heard this, his face turned pale.
Their group has few rappers, and among them, he is the strongest. He must be responsible for this rap.
But the fuck he only said "how are you i`m fine thank you and you"!
He rushed to pinch Zhou Mingyu's neck: "I killed you!"
The training time is only ten days. These ten days have to recite the lyrics, dance, learn to dance, rehearse and walk, and finally have to perform in front of thousands of fans on the stage. The pressure is undoubtedly huge.
After recording in the hall, each group returned to their classrooms and began to prepare for rehearsals.
The program group distributed an mp3 to each trainee and downloaded the songs they needed to learn. After arriving in the classroom, everyone started to get familiar with the music while wearing headphones and holding the lyrics list.
When everyone is almost familiar with the song, we must start to discuss the division of parts and select the C position and the captain. First compete for the C position. Among the ten people, Shi Ran is B, Zhou Mingyu is D, and the other eight are F. You can't let Zhou Mingyu be C. Shi Ran won the C position without accident.
Then there was the selection of the captain. There was no competition at all, and the nine people unanimously pointed to Cen Feng.
Cen Feng was silent for a while, without a word, picked up the captain's name tag and put it on his chest.
There are ten people in a song, and each person must be divided into a separate part to be fair. Although Cen Feng is F, everyone knows that he is a hidden boss and believes in his strength. , We listen to you."
Watched by nine pairs of trusting eyes, he did not refuse.
Soon all nine people got their own individual parts. Shi Ran was the most part C part. He was really painful and happy looking at the middle section of English that he could not read.
Cen Feng didn't plan to divide himself into separate parts, he was only responsible for everyone's harmony and chorus.
But there was a high pitch at the end. Nine people took turns in the battle. No one could take it off. The whole classroom was full of groundhogs screaming. Finally, Zhou Mingyu, who wanted to shout again after Cen Feng stopped, said with a headache: "This Let me be responsible."
After the division is finished, learn to dance, which is the most difficult.
Although the program group has arranged a dance teacher, it is impossible to cover everything. Most of them still rely on themselves. Listening to the song, Shi Ran went to other classes and shook around for a while. After returning, he said dullly: "The team next door Bian Qi is already dancing."
"Then what shall we do?"
"Which one of you can dance?"
"I don't know how to dance even when I dance."
"Then we secretly go to the next class to have a look?"
"Okay? Otherwise, wait until the dance teacher arrives tomorrow."
"In this way, the progress has been separated from them. We are not as good as them, and we are slow to learn..."
Finally, Zhou Mingyu glared at him: "Why did you choose this song!"
Zhou Mingyu aggrieved and looked at Cen Feng sitting in the corner watching the video: "Brother Feng..."
Cen Feng looked up at them, took off one of his headphones and said in a low voice: "Learn to sing first, and sing part of yourself."
The captain said, everyone honestly did it, and went to listen to songs and practice songs obediently. Shi Ran dragged Zhou Mingyu to teach him the standard pronunciation of English first.
This is how the afternoon passed. After dinner, everyone would basically sing their own part. The chorus part still needs rehearsal, but the melody is already familiar.
Sitting in the classroom, resting for half an hour and chatting for a while, Shi Ran got up and cheered: "Let's rehearse the chorus part."
After all, they now have no choice but to sing or dance. During the meal, I heard that Group A of "Scream" has already done the first two bars of action, and everyone's morale is a bit low.
Seeing that everyone was lingering, Shi Ran turned his gaze to Cen Feng, who had been watching the video: "Brother Feng, Captain, you can talk."
Cen Feng looked around, turned off the video, got up and walked to the front.
He said: "Learn to dance."
A group of people looked at him blankly: "Who do you learn from?"
Cen Feng buckled the hat he was holding on his head, pressed it down, the brim of the hat covered his eyes, and his voice was dull: "I took it off."
Everyone: "!!!"
Shi Ran was shocked and ecstatic: "You watched the video for the whole afternoon and you were dancing?! All the movements are off?"
Cen Feng said, "Yeah."
"Captain Fuck is too powerful!"
"I just heard that Bian Wizard has picked up less than half!"
"I came to the team of gods!"
Cen Feng felt a headache and clicked his fingers in the air: "Stay in three rows and stand staggered."
The nine people lined up and stood obediently.
Cen Feng began to divide the movements he had just picked up into sections, and taught them each movement one by one.
While they were rehearsing hard, the second issue of "Young Idol" was also launched.
The first half of this issue follows the content of the previous issue, which broadcasts the preliminary ratings of the unfinished trainees on stage, followed by the trainees staying in the dormitory, and the more interesting daily life in the dormitory.
The post-editing is also a special meeting. A long piece of content is chasing and chasing noisy scenes. It is accompanied by a crackling bgm. The post-production picture says: [Really noisy! 】
Immediately after the picture turned, the later stage: [The program group frowned and found that this place is not easy]
The noise disappeared, and three tall buttocks appeared in the screen.
There are also a pair of straight long legs next to him. The camera slowly moves upwards. Cen Fengchao leaned his hands against the table and looked at the three buttocks on the ground blankly.
The words in his eyes from the show team: [indifferent, disgusting, not wanting to speak]
Barrage almost laughed crazy:
—Prosperous, in a trance
—Ahhhhhhhhhh, see my baby! My baby is still cool!
—The style of painting in this dormitory is also amazing. 233333
—Cen Feng’s eyes seem to be looking at three mentally retarded
—Wow, it's a mechanical model made by my cub! ! !
-Day, am I a fan of some mechanical boss? Oh, this character is too idol drama, right
—Zhou Mingyu, be more sober! Why do you fall in love with an ugly robot at first sight! Is it that I don't look good!
—I was wrong. I thought my baby just didn’t like to talk, but now I know that he still doesn’t like to laugh.
-Yes! ! ! I've watched two issues, and I haven't seen my brother smile once, oh my brother, don't be paralyzed, kneel and beg a smile
…
As the show continued to air, the kites found that idols were always incompatible with the lively and lively atmosphere around them. There were black fans who said that he was acting cool, but from this issue, he is really cold tempered.
The meticulous fan immediately noticed something was wrong, he was indifferent to the world.
People who enter this circle should not have such a personality.
The whole Chaohua began to permeate an atmosphere of serious doubt. They don't actually know Cen Feng, and they are attracted by his appearance only through two shows, and believe that he will be better in the future. They didn't know what he had experienced, why he developed such a character, and they couldn't find out.
Some fans even suggested: I am a psychiatrist, and I just wanted to talk about the first stage rating. I saw in his eyes and tone the emotions similar to world-weariness. This is very scary. I don’t know what he has experienced. But his psychological condition will definitely not be good.
Some elder brothers who say no have such a personality, you see that he is still very gentle and gets along well with his roommates. Some people say that the posters are alarmist, just want to shake the fan circle, and some start to worry deeply about the status of idols.
After the show was broadcast to the later stage, the recording of the theme song began to be assessed, and the trainees began to use the only three days to train hard, and the part given to Cen Feng was all his indifferent pictures.
Fans are also counting on you to perform well in this issue, leaving black fans with nothing to say. In the end, you still have more water than the previous issue
Especially after the broadcast of this episode, the program team put up the theme song video. Everyone looked at it and found no shadow of Cen Feng in the whole video. I would like to know that he is in class F.
Even Zhou Mingyu has entered Class D, and he can be seen in group shots. You, a seven-year trainee, are actually no better than an amateur who has never practiced before
Many people immediately announced that they had taken off their fans.
Originally, Chaohua was in turmoil because of worrying about Cen Feng's state, but now that it comes again, the stability of the fan circle is at stake, and Cen Feng's ranking has dropped from fifth to tenth.
Seeing that the entry of [Cen Fenghuashui] is about to be searched, Xu Jiexing, who is always paying attention to the fan circle, immediately arranged the public relations department to suppress it, and the public relations department cleared a wave of bad reviews to minimize the related Shaowu The degree of discussion about Cen Feng in related topics.
When the fan circle was first established, the fan status was not pure and the attributes were unstable. This was all normal, and Xu Dixing was actually not very worried.
The only thing she worries about is the status of the idol.
She had always thought that as long as the danger around him was cleared in advance, and an unobstructed path to his dreams was given to him, so that his future life would be happy and everything would go smoothly, he would not suffer from depression as he did later. .
And the gentleness and patience he always showed in front of her deceived her.
Until this time, he really showed his indifference and boredom in a place she couldn't see.
She has no right to interfere with his thoughts, but she hopes to do something to make him happy.
She had to let him know that it didn't matter if he didn't make his debut, and it didn't matter if he didn't want to perform. No matter what decision he made, she and many people loved him unconditionally.
Xu Zhixing posted a Weibo in Cen Fengchao Talk:
—@你若化成风: I'm going to the training camp to visit the class. Any gift (not too expensive) or a handwritten letter to help my brother, I can pass it on to Ang~!
Picture: Screenshots of the young couple's work permit and fund-raising assistance.
[If you turn into a wind] This ID has been registered for many years, and the first person on the watch list is Cen Feng. After Chaohua was created, she is also very active in anti-criminal support every day, and is the top five account in the fundraising list.
After the turmoil in the past two days, the remaining fans after the abuse of fans are pure and solid, and they screamed and left a message to Xu Dixing:
-When will Ruoruo go? Is it too late for me to write? !
—Ah, you are actually a staff member! ! ! Knock the chicken envy! ! ! Ruoruo can help me tell my brother that we love him very much! !
—If I send you a private message, send me your address, I want to send some snacks to my baby
—The one above is too late to write a letter. Is it too late for me to practice calligraphy now? Will my brother dislike my elementary school font
— If you show me a screenshot of this passage to my brother! ! ! Baby, the ranking is not important, whether you can make your debut is not important, and it is not important whether you can be popular, we just hope you can be a little happier and smile more! You are still young, this time the show is just the beginning for you, you have unlimited possibilities in the future, and we will always be! Come on baby! we love you!
…
The kites whom Xu Zhixing sent private messages to her all returned to the address of the mailing room of the recording camp, and promised that they would take pictures of the scene if they had the opportunity.
The private message lasted for a whole day, and she called the mail room to explain it, and then asked Bai Fei Fei, who had been stationed in the camp, to pick up the courier at any time.
Starting from the next day, the gifts arrived one after another.
Xu Jiexing found a cart, put all the gifts in it, and happily went to the training building to find Cen Feng under the training building while pushing the cart.
In the training room, Cen Feng also led the group members to practice dance.
The choreography of the song "Scream" is more than ten times more difficult than that of Shaoou's theme song. After all, the theme song is a team dance, striving to be simple and neat, and the dance style is lively and full of youthful atmosphere.
"Scream" is a heavy rock song. After the re-arrangement, the style is gorgeous and the rhythm is strong. The requirements for stepping, beat and strength are particularly high. Most of the dance moves require strong physical coordination and Flexibility. That's why it is considered the hardest of the five songs.
Although Cen Feng has made the movements very detailed, it is still too difficult for the F students who are not good at the skills and talents.
They have been learning for several days, but they still can't make the dance moves coherently, and the movements are not standard, and Cen Feng needs to correct them over and over again. Seeing that the performance time was getting closer and closer, everyone blamed themselves and said dejectedly to Cen Feng.
He has never been impatient for so long.
Even if the members made the same move over and over again and again, and he over and over to correct it, there was no fire. He has been patiently, leading them step by step.
A staff member at the door called him: "Cen Feng, come out."
He leaned over and picked up the hat on the ground to put it on, covering his sweat-drenched hair, and whispered: "Take a rest and wait until I come back to practice."
Nine people collapsed to the ground like relief.
Cen Feng walked to the door, and the staff said: "Someone is looking for you in the reception room downstairs."
He knew who it was as soon as he heard it, and the corners of his always indifferent lips were bent imperceptibly.
He took the elevator downstairs, walked to the reception room, opened the slightly hidden door, Xu Zhaixing lay on the table playing with his mobile phone, and a small cart full of express boxes was placed next to him.
Hearing the sound of pushing the door, she straightened up and turned her head around, happily calling him: "Brother!" Then she stood up and asked nervously: "Brother, why are you losing weight? Are you tired from training?"
Cen Feng smiled: "The program team asked us to lose weight."
Xu Zhixing suddenly became angry: "What weight loss! You are not fat at all! What the show crew knows! You were fat and thin and well-proportioned before, the best thing to watch!"
When she was angry, her face was bulging, and she felt a little fat like a baby before, so cute.
Cen Feng's heart was soft for no reason. He deliberately said, "But everyone has lost weight."
Xu Zhixing said: "Then you must not be thin! Eat more meat! More meat! You are a little fatter and handsomer than them!"
Cen Feng grinned: "Okay, I see." He looked at the cart behind her, "What's that?"
Xu Jiexing's angrily expression changed, and immediately changed into the excitement of offering treasures. She pulled the trolley to her side with her hand, and said happily, "Brother, these are all gifts from your fans!"
Cen Feng was taken aback: "My fan?"
Xu Jiexing nodded repeatedly: "Yeah! Here are their handwritten letters, some snacks for you, and slippers with very soft soles. In the last period of dormitory life, Zhou Mingyu slipped in your slippers! This Slippers are non-slip! And this, this is a massager, you can use it when you are tired from training!"
She took it out the same way, piled it on the table, and took out a knife from her pocket: "Brother, quickly open the present! I am the happiest every time I open the express!"
Cen Feng was silent for a while, walked over to take the knife, and opened it one by one.
In fact, they are not expensive gifts, but you can see the hearts and love of the fans.
Xu Tiexing took out his mobile phone: "Brother, here are some comments from fans. They told me that I must show it to you. If you open the present, I will read it to you."
She cleared her throat and read one by one.
In fact, it would be a bit awkward to read this kind of thing, but Xu Zhixing didn't feel it at all.
She thought, he needs these.
He has to know that there are many people in this world who love him with all enthusiasm, and no matter what choice he makes, they will support him unconditionally.
So, look at this world more, and love this world more.
Don't hate it.
Don't leave it.
Cen Feng silently listened to the Qingtian voice in his ears, presents one by one, piled up on the table in the reception room. At the end is a large stack of letters, probably more than a hundred letters.
The colorful envelopes exude a fragrant scent. On the envelopes, it is written in the best looking and most well-behaved handwriting: Cen Feng's personal enlightenment.
Across the thousands of mountains and rivers, those who love him are showing up in front of him.
Xu Dixing didn't know when he stopped.
There was only the sound of demolition express in the whole room.
Finally, they were all taken apart. He glanced over the gift one by one, Xu Jiexing pursed his lips, and asked, "Brother, are you happy to receive this?"
He turned his head slightly, his thin lips moved, and for a long time, he whispered: "It doesn't have to be this way."
Xu Zhixing smiled sweetly: "I want! You gave us so much, and we want to give you something too."
He always froze for a while with an indifferent expression, as if subconsciously asking: "What have I given you?"
Xu Zhixing raised his head slightly and looked at his deep eyes.
After a while, she curled her lips and said softly: "You gave us light."