There was only one day left for the performance. Lai Yang woke up early in the morning when it was just light, leaned against the head of the bed, smoked, and looked out the dark brown window.
Looking back on the past two years of doing talk shows in Shanghai, from the beginning when free tickets were given away and no one came to watch, to tomorrow's show with a capacity of a thousand people.
Is this really how I make my name known
Actually, no. The success of this event was only due to the effective publicity and the star effect.
If I were to say what has changed about myself, it would be that I have become more courageous due to being forced into it.
And this courage is largely given by tranquility...
Lai Yang took a puff of cigarette and looked at the stars gradually lighting up in the alley not far away. They began to light up the entire corridor, like sparks, illuminating the once fearless dream.
He used to be very courageous, but life and reality made him a lost and unconfident person. But whenever the dawn of hope gradually appeared like the amber morning light outside the window, he would gather his courage again and set sail.
Lai Yang put out the cigarette and decided in his heart that if Tian Jing could show up, he would officially start pursuing her and be bolder.
…
Today, some of the media and store explorers who had made appointments with us came to shoot video footage. They were also very interested in this new form of performance, talk show.
When shooting the behind-the-scenes footage, they couldn't stop laughing. If it weren't for the stabilizer and tripod, the video would probably have been very shaky.
Several reporters also had a short interview with Lai Yang, asking him why he wanted to hold the event for a thousand people.
He replied that it was impossible to hold a venue with tens of thousands of people.
The reporters asked again with a smile, are the first row seats for the actors' families? Or are they regular seats
Lai Yang glanced at the seat reserved for Tian Jing in the first row, smiled and said, "If you can become a talk show host, you basically have no family. In the eyes of your family, we are begging for food outside. It's fine for you to beg by yourself, but you drag them to see how you beg, which is... inappropriate."
"Hahaha… "
A burst of laughter filled the venue. At this time, Li Dian was walking towards the stage with a few spare microphones. The reporter stopped him and asked.
"Are you also an actor here? Will your family come to support you during the performance?"
Li Dian replied seriously: "My father died of nasal cancer and can't come."
"… Uh, is your mother coming?"
"Mom is in the detention center. She shouldn't be allowed out."
Female reporter
The photographer behind him burst into laughter. Li Dian still had no expression on his face. He used the microphone in his hand to push down his glasses that had slipped off his nose.
"That's alright, I'm leaving now."
Li Dian left with a serious face. The reporter laughed awkwardly twice and looked back at Lai Yang.
"Haha, you talk show actors are all so humorous. What about your spouse? He or she always supports you, right~"
"My wife left with a guy driving a Porsche."
"… "
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The performance program starts with stand-up comedy and ends with multi-person improvisational comedy and manzai.
During today's rehearsal, Du Xi was quite honest and even took the initiative to chat with actors from other labels. After going through the entire process several times, it was already dark.
Except for Laiyang's own people, everyone else left. Qianying came over after get off work and bought hot drinks for everyone. Everyone sat on the stage, their tired minds empty.
Lai Yang sat on the edge of the stage facing the audience, with his legs hanging down, drinking a drink and looking at the audience.
The seats in the theater were spread out in an arc, and because only the stage lights were on at that moment, it was dark in the audience.
In the gloom, Lai Yang seemed to see many unfamiliar faces, they were looking at him and the stage. It was a little quiet beside him, with only a slight hum of the speakers.
Maybe it was because of today's interview, Lai Yang saw Gu Qian in the shadows. She still looked like she did in college, with a ponytail, hiding in her seat with a look of admiration and excitement on her face, and there seemed to be a gleam in the corners of her eyes, waiting.
But Lai Yang moved his gaze slightly and saw her again one year after graduation. She had cut her hair short, her eyes were dull, her expression was very tired, there was no smile on the corners of her mouth, and she looked at him with some annoyance.
At the same time, Lai Yang also met the boss of his first job after coming to Shanghai.
She was the female principal of an educational institution. Every day, she would gather all her colleagues together, raise her thin eyebrows and shout at them, asking them to find ways to recruit students, and whoever had the worst monthly performance would be humiliated in public.
When Lai Yang resigned, she asked him what he planned to do in the future
When she heard Lai Yang talking about the talk show performance, her contemptuous smile froze on an unknown seat under the stage.
After looking around, Lai Yang's gaze finally fell on the quiet exclusive seat.
This seat was close to the stage, and the light formed an orange halo in the first row. Lai Yang was thinking, when she saw that she really held a show with thousands of people and was applauded and loved by them, she would feel
How do you view yourself
"Come, let's take a picture together and then go home and rest."
Lai Yang took a breath, took out his cell phone and called everyone, using the stadium seats as the background and framing everyone in the picture.
“I wish the Boxiao Club a successful performance in front of thousands of people! Come on!”
"come on!!!"
Yuan Shengda held up the milk tea cup, Qianying made a scissors hand gesture, Li Dian smiled tiredly, Alu glanced at Yuan Shengda, Song Wen and Yunlu raised their left and right hands above their heads and made a heart shape.
Snap!
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On April 1, it was time for the show.
A famous speaker once said that for an actor, the most torturous time is the period before going on stage, which is just like rushing to the execution ground.
What he said was absolutely right. Lai Yang lost all desire to sleep at five in the morning.
When I picked up my phone, I saw that almost everyone had insomnia. People in the group were chatting very enthusiastically and kept chatting until the early morning.
The performance was scheduled for eight o'clock in the evening, but all the performers arrived backstage at six o'clock. The female comrades in the theater helped everyone apply a little foundation and shape their eyebrows.
The atmosphere backstage was very tense at the moment. Many people were holding their mobile phones, reading and reciting the scripts that they had already memorized.
After 7:30, people started to be let in at the ticket gate. Lai Yang could clearly hear the venue suddenly becoming lively with the sounds of footsteps and conversations all mixed together.
He walked to the stage, lifted the curtain and took a look. Couples, college students, and parents with extremely excited children all came in at once.
The temperature in the venue was raised by a few degrees, and Lai Yang's palms were sticky with sweat.
Yuan Shengda and the others gathered behind Lai Yang and looked out. At this moment, Lai Yang could sense that their shoulders were shaking...
"Brothers! We're about to go on stage. Don't be nervous and perform normally. Song Wen... stop shaking."
"Everyone, adjust your mindset. You can even shout a few words. If you're nervous, just follow my lead. Come on, eight hundred standard bearers, charge to the north slope! Artillerymen, line up in rows of fried dumplings... Uh, forget it, just adjust yourselves."
…
At 7:59, Lai Yang lifted the curtain from the backstage and took another look, but his heart froze at this moment, because the C position in the first row was empty and Tian Jing did not come.
An indescribable feeling made him sad. Just as he was feeling lost, the opening music sounded and the performance officially began.