Chinese entertainment: Top stars started being pursued by young actresses

Chapter 37. Teacher Lin Shaobai is a bit strict.
After all 100 trainees had come out and taken their seats, Zhang Xingxing and her mentors walked onto the stage together.

During this time, teacher Li Ronghao also rushed back from out of town.

They arrived at just the right time, just as the mentors were greeting the trainees.

After the mentors walked in, all the trainees stood up, cheered, screamed, and applauded.

"Zhang Xingxing!"

"Hey, Teacher Li Ronghao!!"

"Isn't that Wang Jiaer? He's already here."

"That's a new face, so young."

"You mean Lin Shaobai? He's an amazing songwriter. He wrote three songs, and all three became huge hits. While they're still keeping their phones, you can check the music charts later. 'Never Lost Contact Love,' 'Young and Promising,' and 'Quietly' are all his songs."

"He and Mao Mao from a while ago are both newly emerging creative geniuses."

"Most importantly, he's from the Beijing Film Academy. He's a freshman at the Beijing Film Academy in 2017."

"At the same age, others are already teachers, what are we doing?"

When the two dance teachers, Zhou Jieqiong and Cheng Xiao, appeared, the screams from the audience were even louder than before!

It's only human nature, after all, she's a great beauty.

Many people were initially impressed by the looks of the two dance teachers when watching "Idol Producer".

The two of them also achieved unprecedented popularity during the broadcast of Idol Producer.

Unfortunately, there weren't any resources to follow up, and gradually, the hype faded away.

"My God, angels!!"

"It's Cheng Xiao from WJSN."

"Zhou Jieqiong!! She's so beautiful it makes me cry!"

And so, the two music mentors, Li Ronghao and Lin Shaobai, the rap mentor, Wang Jiaer, the two dance teachers, Zhou Jieqiong and Cheng Xiao, plus the national producer representative Zhang Xingxing, made up a total of six people, standing together on the Idol Producer stage.

Zhang Xingxing: "Hello, 100 trainees, I am Zhang Xingxing, the representative of the national producers. The final decision on your fate on the Idol Producer stage is made by the votes of the national producers. As the show progresses, there will be fewer and fewer of these 100 chairs, and in the end, only nine will be able to stay."

Zhang Xingxing: "That means that only nine of you will ultimately be able to become a top-tier idol boy group in China. Our competition system evaluates your performances using individual A, B, C, D, F ratings. Getting an A means you are the most outstanding among 100 people. Getting an F means that your current abilities are not yet ready and you need to work harder."

Zhang Xingxing kept explaining the program rules into the microphone, while Lin Shaobai stood next to him and quickly scanned the 100 trainees.

There are indeed a few acquaintances, such as Bingbing's younger brother, Fan Chengcheng.

She looks quite dignified and serious now, but she'll become a prominent spokesperson for bags in the future.

"Now, let's begin the level assessment."

After Zhang Xingxing finished speaking, the six mentors sat down in the mentors' seats.

Lin Shaobai sat next to teacher Li Ronghao, holding the personal profiles and evaluation forms of 100 trainees.

The first to go on stage were trainees from Mairui Entertainment.

Actually, the singing was just so-so.

However, Lin Shaobai still had to pretend to be looking at each of them very seriously.

He noticed Cheng Xiao's expression by chance.

It's that kind of expression where you don't understand how someone can sing with that kind of expression?

After the performance, Zhang Xingxing raised the microphone and said, "The first performance was very stressful, please give me another round of applause." One of the trainees even asked to perform a dance, probably hoping to get a higher ranking through the dance.

After the mentors finished their discussion, Zhang Xingxing said into the microphone, "Grade evaluation: A grade... no one. B grade... no one. C grade... no one..."

The pressure of reading aloud one by one was immense; Lin Shaobai noticed that one of the trainees was sweating buckets.

I feel like Zhang Xingxing might burst into tears if she pauses for even a moment longer.

Lin Shaobai really wanted to say, "Look how nervous the child is."

So this is what it feels like to sit on the mentor's seat and watch these contestants.

Looking more closely at the trainees standing on the stage, I noticed a familiar face.

The trainee eventually went on to film a period drama, although many people criticized him for being ugly and having a long, narrow face.

Zhang Xingxing hesitated for a moment, and finally gave the six of them three Ds and three Fs.

Zhang Xingxing: "I just heard someone in the back say that the evaluation might have been typed incorrectly. I'm telling you that it wasn't. These are all evaluations given by us mentors. Here's some advice for the trainees who are going to perform next: because you only have a few minutes on stage, you need to show us your strongest side in the most limited time. Show me your ambition. Okay, let's welcome the next group."

The next trainee had only practiced for ten days. He joked that the ten days should be rounded up, and that there were actually no ten days at all.

“I’m a little different from the other trainees. I don’t have a foundation in singing and dancing, so I hope everyone won’t laugh at me.”

Zhang Xingxing: "No, no, no one is laughing at you."

Jackson Wang: "There are no fixed answers in music. Keep going!"

As a result, this guy came up and sang "Unavoidable Love".

Lin Shaobai frowned as soon as he heard him sing.

It's clear they haven't practiced for very long; their breathing is quite unstable.

He turned to look at Li Ronghao, and neither of them knew what to say.

After the performance, Zhang Xingxing asked Li Ronghao and Lin Shaobai, "Do you two have anything to say?"

Li Ronghao, holding the microphone, didn't know what to say, and just kept smiling kindly: "It feels like when my friend's birthday party is held, and suddenly a complete stranger shows up and sings 'Can't Help Falling in Love'."

Lin Shaobai also picked up the microphone: "It feels a bit like a karaoke session. And just to clarify, you didn't sing off-key."

The trainee was overjoyed to be praised, but the next second Lin Shaobai said, "Um, your rhythm was off. Do you have any other talents?"

The contestant shook his head.

He thought that Lin Shaobai, the youngest, would be easy to talk to, but he didn't expect him to be more serious.

Then, the trainees sent by each company took turns to perform.

The teachers are all very strict.

For example, Zhang Xingxing kept talking about their "dance balance problem. You've always had a dance balance problem. When you practice in front of the mirror, you see which position looks best and just keep practicing in that position."

Cheng Xiao: "Your fundamentals aren't solid, you haven't practiced enough. You clearly have four years to improve yourself..."

Jackson Wang: "If I were a contestant, the first stage would be very important to me, and the song I choose would also be very important. Could it be that this song didn't showcase my true abilities?"

So far, no trainee has impressed the mentors.

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