Chinese entertainment: Top stars started being pursued by young actresses

Chapter 85, Section 84: It's my skill to be able to corner you (Seeking first subscription)
The first performance of Produce 101 has already taken place, and the first rankings have been released.

The initiator, Huang Zitao, took the stage to host the event, while Lin Shaobai and a group of staff members sat below watching.

Yang Chaoyue's popularity soared after she cried, and she entered the top three in the first ranking release.

Huang Zitao also asked her to give a speech.

Huang Zitao: What are your expectations for your results?

Yang Chaoyue: "There's nothing to look forward to anymore, yeah, that's about it."

Huang Zitao: "That's it? Didn't you say you were the hope of the whole village? How could you have no expectations?"

Yang Chaoyue: "No, I was just lying to you. Nobody in our village knows I'm doing this."

She spoke with a sob in her voice.

Huang Zitao: "Who are you trying to fool? The villagers?"

Yang Chaoyue: "I lied to the whole community about creation... the founder of the girl group. Actually, nobody in my village knew I was doing this. But now, they definitely all know I'm doing this. Yes."

Huang Zitao: "So what do you plan to do?"

"My plan is to work hard, to make them proud of me, and to make our village proud of me too."

Huang Zitao: "Being in a girl group is a legitimate profession; there's no need to lie to the people in the village. So how does it feel to be in this position now?"

Yang Chaoyue stepped forward to the microphone and shared her sincere thoughts.

"I felt like I was just a very ordinary person before. My only hobby was reading light novels and stuff, which was kind of cringeworthy. I wasn't a very good student in elementary school either. I was always the kind of person who looked up to others. Suddenly, I was standing at the top. It was a bit lonely at the top."

She became increasingly nervous as she spoke, paused for a moment, and then said, "I don't have great skills yet, so I lack confidence. But I will definitely be confident, and I will definitely smile when I dance, with my mouth wide open, so you can see it. Really, thank you."

"So Yang Chaoyue, what place do you want to be?"

Third place.

"Tell the truth."

Third place.

"Tell the truth."

"Then you're forcing me!"

Her words made everyone in the room laugh.

Lin Shaobai couldn't help but admire how likable this girl's personality was.

No wonder she has gained so much support, even though she is terrible at both singing and dancing.

After the rankings were announced, Huang Zitao walked off the stage.

He walked up to Lin Shaobai and said excitedly, "These girls are really good at crying. They need to understand that they're not here to cry, not to play house! It's not about showing off who's on good terms with whom or who cries the most. This is a stage, this is where their future will be decided. Crying won't solve anything. They need to figure out why they're idols. Idols burn themselves out to bring youthful energy to others..."

This guy went on and on, getting more and more fired up as he spoke!

Lin Shaobai couldn't say anything, so he could only keep patting Huang Zitao on the shoulder to show his approval.

Although he gets easily angered and is a bit immature, he seems to be a nice person, and netizens say he is quite kind.

"Want to grab a drink?" Huang Zitao pointed outside.

Lin Shaobai shook his head: "No, no. I'm going back to rest. I'll come here for class tomorrow."

Huang Zitao nodded: "Okay."

After this ranking was released, 55 trainees remained. For the next performance, they need to fill out a form expressing their desired major.

Each contestant will choose one of three directions based on their personal preference: vocal music (Lin Shaobai, Ella), dance (Wang Yibo), or songwriting (Hu Yanbing). The mentors will give priority to the contestants who indicated their first choice to enter their class.

The upcoming performances will focus on professional aspects.

Lin Shaobai is probably going to come to work more often again.

The four songs, "Always," "Against the Light," "Let Me Love You," and "Liar," were the repertoire for this vocal assessment.

The production team is adjusting the teaching schedules of the mentors. Before being notified, Lin Shaobai went to Haishang City to film again.

Today's filming involved some close interactions with Yang Zi, though not overly intimate ones.

The previous part was that Tong Nian, played by Yang Zi, was about to show Han Shangyan the software she had successfully created.

It was only because she was a little drunk that they unintentionally started having intimate interactions.

After the director yelled "Action!", Yang Zi immediately got up and went to the computer: "Take a look at the software. I made one that changes color to test hand speed. Um, there's also a game where you hit pigs, I made two of them. I think they can take turns playing them when they're bored, so they won't be so bored, and maybe they can even improve their hand speed."

After saying that, he shyly licked his lips.

I'm extremely nervous.

After all, they're now in a relationship, and it's so late at night, they're alone in a room...

Lin Shaobai stood quietly next to Yang Zi, watching her. After a while, he said, "They practice their hand speed for training, not for playing games."

Yang Zi: "Oh, um. Training. That newbie said he looked up the software when he got back, so I followed his instructions."

She was speaking when Lin Shaobai suddenly bent down, braced himself against the computer desk, and wrapped his entire body around Yang Zi.

This gesture is rather ambiguous.

Yang Zi paused for a moment, then forced a calm expression and continued, "Uh, several versions of that software have been made. I think these two are relatively easy and simple." He shrugged and continued, "You can take a look."

She portrayed the tension perfectly.

"1.002 seconds," Lin Shaobai turned to look at Yang Zi with interest and said, "Your worst score is definitely the best."

Yang Zi blinked her big eyes and leaned back, but then realized it was too close and hurriedly got up from her chair: "Um, why don't you try it? You can give it a shot."

Lin Shaobai quickly sat down at his computer desk and tried out the software.

Yang Zi: "0.102 seconds?! That's fast!"

Lin Shaobai immediately cracked his knuckles, making a sound, looking a bit pretentious.

On a side note, I just wanted to show off a bit to my wife.

He casually handed the wine on the table to Yang Zi: "Are you thirsty? There are no more drinks, only this."

Yang Zi: "This is wine."

Lin Shaobai: "Then I'll change it to water for you."

Yang Zi: "Never mind, I can drink it. Anyway, it's only 3 degrees, so it should be about the same as water."

He gulped down a small, painful sip.

Lin Shaobai: "Doesn't it taste good?"

Yang Zi: "It tastes good..."

Yang Zi finished the whole bottle of wine.

After that, Yang Zi lay on Lin Shaobai's body and kept acting cute.

She already liked the male lead, and only dared to do this because she was drunk.

She acted coquettishly and begged for a hug, making the male lead very awkward.

Lin Shaobai perfectly portrayed the male lead's awkwardness, helplessness, and doting affection.

He understood that the protagonist was in love at this moment, so he could only indulge him in this situation.

There's absolutely no way they would show any disgust.

However, while filming, Lin Shaobai, seeing Yang Zi acting coquettishly, unintentionally thought of Zhou Ye.

Ever since Zhou Ye's senior sister became his girlfriend, she has been particularly fond of acting cute and affectionate.

Her voice was sweet and her actions were very intimate.

Lin Shaobai sometimes has moments of genuine disorientation.

The director finally approved this scene after several takes.

The director clapped and cheered for the last take!
Both of them are excellent actors.

Unexpectedly good!

Lin Shaobai and Yang Zi went behind the camera to see how the performance went.

To be honest, this part of the story is really sweet; even Lin Shaobai himself is a little captivated by it.

Lin Shaobai and Yang Zi are getting better and better at working together; to be honest, her acting skills are indeed excellent.

The actors playing opposite each other are really important. If one actor is terrible, it can easily make the other actor seem like a movie star.

There's a period drama starring Xiao Ding and Yang Chaoyue.

Xiao Ding's acting skills are quite good; his eyes are very expressive.

He acted out a death scene with great emotion, but when the camera switched to Yang Chaoyue, she showed no expression.

It really makes Xiao Ding look like a movie star.

If the male and female leads have a significant difference in appearance, they will also be criticized. There are simply too many examples of this in TV dramas. There's nothing that can be done; even those in the capitalist stronghold can't stop it.

"Speaking of Lin Shaobai!"

After get off work, Yang Zi took the initiative to squeeze Lin Shaobai's arm.

Lin Shaobai turned around and asked, "What's wrong?"

Yang Zi: "The photos you took today are great! Shall we go grab some barbecue after get off work?"

Lin Shaobai: "Aren't female celebrities afraid of gaining weight from eating barbecue so late at night?"

Yang Zi: "What?!"

She seemed very sensitive to the word "fat".

Lin Shaobai: "Hey, why are you so agitated? You're quite thin, I didn't say you were fat."

"It's okay! I can just go on a crazy diet after I finish eating. What's the point of living if I don't eat properly after a day of work? Don't you think?"

Lin Shaobai thought about it seriously for a moment: "What you said makes sense."

"Then let's go!!" Yang Zi completely restrained Lin Shaobai and pushed him straight outside: "It's really too much trouble to invite you to have barbecue together."

Due to some unforeseen circumstances, Lin Shaobai ended up going to a nearby barbecue restaurant with Yang Zi and the staff for a barbecue.

It's still necessary to bring some staff members, otherwise it's easy to create strange scandals.

Even if it really comes to light, at least there will be someone to testify.

It was 11:30 when Lin Shaobai returned to his rented hotel.

He just didn't expect that his assistant, Xiao Liu, would be standing at the door at that moment.

Xiao Liu was carrying a large bag of finely packaged chocolates.

Lin Shaobai walked over and asked, puzzled, "Didn't we agree that we wouldn't accept these things from fans, only letters?"

Assistant Xiao Liu shrugged: "It wasn't a gift from a fan. Sigh, I guess I should count as a fan, but I don't know if I count as a fan."

Lin Shaobai: "Why are you talking so strangely?"

Assistant Xiao Liu: "It was given to you by your friend Xiao Tian. She knew you were filming here and came to look for you, but since you weren't here, she gave it to me. She said it's chocolate she brought back from Japan, and it's delicious!"

"Tian Xiwei?"

"Yes, boss, it's her. The girl with big eyes, my eyes aren't even as big as her eye bags."

Lin Shaobai blinked twice, then took out his phone to look at his chat history with Tian Xiwei.

"They just came over without saying anything?" Lin Shaobai was a little confused.

You could at least have given me a heads-up.

"Anyway, boss, you can take it. I'm going back to rest."

"Row."

After entering his hotel room, Lin Shaobai called Tian Xiwei.

"Hello? Oda."

"what?"

"You brought me chocolate."

"Yes. My mom brought back some things from her trip and asked me to bring them to you. It was my mom who brought them, not me."

"Well, at least wait until I get here so we can meet up."

"Seeing... I'll pass. You're a big star now, and I don't want to have a scandal with you. I'm already annoyed enough at school every day."

"What's bothering you?"

"Too many people want to talk to me."

"..."

"Why are you silent? I'm just telling the truth, I'm not trying to show off."

Lin Shaobai leaned back on the sofa and sighed, "Alright then. Please thank Auntie for me."

“I don’t know what’s gotten into my mom, but she’s a huge fan of yours now. She became obsessed after seeing you on the Spring Festival Gala and downloaded all your songs. When she heard you were an actor, she asked me what movies you’ve made.”

"My show should be airing soon."

Ashes of Love is scheduled to be released in April, it's coming soon.

"Really? Then I'll tell my mom this news; she'll be so happy." Tian Xiwei was lying on her bed in the dorm at the moment. After hearing this, she smiled slightly: "I also want to see how good your acting skills are."

"Sure, you're welcome. But... this time you don't seem to mind being called Xiaotian anymore?"

Lin Shaobai asked tentatively.

Tian Xiwei said she was already used to Lin Shaobai calling her that.

Fine, let them call it whatever they want.

"Call me whatever you want, or you can call me by another name."

"what?"

"Wang Cuihua".

"Wow, what a great name! Actually, I think Leng Bingning Ai Yu Meng Cuishuang would be more suitable for you."

"What the hell?"

"Actually, I also wanted to choose a stage name at the time."

"You're choosing a stage name? What's your stage name? Is it convenient for you to tell me?"

"My surname is Song, and my given name is Nuanwen. It sounds like Song Nuanwen. I am determined to bring warmth to every heartbroken girl. So, Xiaotian, if you have anything that's bothering you, you can tell me, and I'll help you analyze it."

Upon hearing this, Tian Xiwei sat up abruptly from the bed. If there hadn't been someone under the bed, she would have sprung up in a full-on somersault.

"No, I don't. On the contrary, every time I chat with you, my heart feels so heavy."

"Fine. It's my ability to corner you."

"Going to sleep! Always saying weird things!"

Tian Xiwei took the phone away from her ear, but hesitated to press the red button.

Perhaps she was a little reluctant to part with it.

Playing around and teasing each other like this with Lin Shaobai is a kind of fun in ordinary life.

"Xiaotian, who are you chatting with? A boy?"

As soon as Tian Xiwei hung up the phone, her roommate asked her with a gossipy look on her face.

"No one."

"She's being so secretive, could it be her boyfriend?"

No! That's not true! I'm single!

"Really? Huh~"

“If you say that again…” Tian Xi looked around and finally pointed to her table, jokingly saying, “I’ll put my spicy hot pot on your head.”

"That's terrifying! I was just asking."

My roommate said with a smile.

After all, Tian Xiwei always rejected advances and confessions of love at school, and rarely chatted so happily with boys.

The 10,000-word update is finished.

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