0713: You who shine in the parallel world

Guoguo, who was watching this scene on camera from behind the scenes, took a deep breath and closed her eyes, as if to calm herself down. In any case, no one dared to disturb her at this moment.

A moment later, she called over her assistant director and whispered a few words in his ear, instructing him to contact the captains of the two red-card tribes.

What she least wanted to see was Chen Chusheng helping Su Xiaoding as the team leader; otherwise, she wouldn't have changed the announcement method at the last minute. It was to subtly guide Chen Chusheng on what to do.

However, deep down, she knew very well that Chen Chusheng would never compromise, especially when faced with the program team's deliberate manipulation.

She just didn't expect that, despite her prior preparations and the fact that she had explained the stakes to Chen Chusheng in the Flame Chamber and hinted that he shouldn't interfere in Su Xiaoding's red card duel, he still did it anyway.

At that time, Chen Chusheng frowned and refused several times when he first heard the director's explanation, but after the director's patient persuasion, he eventually fell silent and did not say anything to refuse. He just left the secret room with a cold face.

Guoguo thought Chen Chusheng had compromised and acquiesced, but she didn't expect that he hadn't listened at all.

Or perhaps he heard it, but for what he believed in, for what he insisted on, no amount of eloquent explanation would be of any use. He knew the production team's position, and he had stated his own, but the production team simply didn't believe him.

Just like how Hunan TV received a letter from Chen Chusheng a day in advance for the New Year's Eve concert, but they didn't want to believe he would actually dare to skip it, the current production team of the "Brother Pi" program also doesn't want to believe that after more than ten years, he would still defy the program's arrangements.

Chen Chusheng has always been the same person in essence, but the production team always thought that after so much time, he would become more reserved and steady in his dealings with others and would be "obedient and compliant".

Guoguo sighed with mixed feelings. As a "veteran" at the station, she couldn't tell whether she admired Chen Chusheng's character or hated his completely uncontrollable temper.

After the initial frustration subsided, this complex feeling turned into helplessness.

If Chen Chusheng had been fighting alone this time, perhaps the production team wouldn't have been in such a passive position. It's not a solo stage performance for Brother Pi; he can't do a good team stage performance if his teammates don't actively cooperate.

Unfortunately, he had a few brothers who supported him this time, especially Yu Yu. The production team, through the covert manipulation of the stage, kept running into this overrated guy. In addition, with his unfathomable background, they even suspected that after the show aired, they would hire online trolls to spread rumors. With Yu Yu there, the rumors couldn't be spread.

He estimated that he could still get Larry-IS's big spender to come over and bolster the situation for a while.

Feeling frustrated and anxious, Guoguo rubbed her temples and urgently called another meeting. The matters to be discussed were simple: to prepare for Chen Chusheng to win the red card duel, to ensure Su Xiaoding's safety in the second round, and to prepare for Ma Boqian's elimination.

Yes, the moment Guoguo saw Chen Chusheng decide to fight, she knew that Ma Boqian would most likely lose; the only question was how badly he would lose.

Well, although Chen Chusheng's participation caused the production team a lot of headaches, it was both a challenge and an opportunity. At least they could help Ma Boqian solidify his "Emperor" title, because Ma Boqian absolutely could not leave.

Furthermore, as a member of Wang Yaoqing's tribe, Ma Boqian's failure would push Wang Yaoqing's tribe to the brink of danger, making the story of a rebound even more intriguing.

Moreover, Chen Chusheng, who was provoked to go all out for his teammates and unleash his ultimate move on the spot, is believed by Guoguo to generate a lot of buzz and discussion for the show.

On the other hand, shortly after Su Xiaoding asked Chen Chusheng to help him with the red card duel, the assistant director called Chen Chusheng and Su Xiaoding out alone.

Watching her captain leave with the unlucky team members, Wang Yuexin nudged Yu Haoming's arm and whispered gossip, "Hey, why do you think the production team called them out?"

"What else could it be? It must be the red card duel process after the connection," Yu Haoming said matter-of-factly, though he seemed to be pretending not to know, deliberately trying to get Wang Yuexin to say more.

Wang Yuexin was thus "tricked".

"Hehe, it's not that simple. Didn't you see it just now? Even if you didn't see it, don't you know what kind of temper Sheng-ge has? Why did the production team announce the red card separately to the team leader? Wasn't it to have a private talk? They must have said something in the small room, most likely related to Xiao Ding, so Sheng-ge came back with a belly full of anger."

“Now that our brother has just decided to stand up for Xiao Ding, the production team has come looking for us. If you say it has nothing to do with this, I’ll be the first to disbelieve you.”

"Oh, you knew that too?" A teasing voice mocked him from behind.

"Of course! My eyes are like fire, nothing escapes my notice." Wang Yuexin made a fist gesture.

Then his fist was covered by a hand.

"Since you're so amazing, how come you didn't notice that I came up behind you?" Yu Yu squeezed Wang Yuexin's fist and said with a smile, "You know quite a lot, Yuexin. So, do you understand all your own singing parts?"

"Little, Little Fish, haha, I, of course I knew you were here, I just wanted to tell you."

Wang Yue's weak voice and awkward smile fully demonstrated his guilty conscience. He finished speaking in a humiliating yet confident manner, and even secretly glared at Yu Haoming: You ran away pretty fast, daring to betray me!

I didn't run away, I was just practicing my dance moves and I just ended up on the side. Yu Haoming winked at him.

Before leaving, Chen Chusheng asked Yu Yu to keep an eye on his brothers' rehearsals. Yu Yu lamented why he didn't ask Victor Wong for this, but her body betrayed her and she took over the "teaching baton".

In Teacher Yu's class, slacking off or daydreaming has terrible consequences, something everyone has experienced firsthand.

What's even more terrifying is that, because he's a master at slacking off, he knows all the tricks, and no one can successfully slack off under his nose.

"Why are you telling me this kind of uncertain gossip? Let the captain tell us when he gets back. But since you still have time to gossip, it means our training schedule isn't full."

"No, no, no, it's very saturated!"

"Saturation? So your X-Part is already perfect?"

"No, no, there are still many flaws." Wang Yuexin shook his head like a rattle-drum. He didn't want to hear any cold criticism from Yu Yu's 36.5-degree mouth. Q God Fish in professional mode was really too terrifying.

“Actually, there’s not much.” Yu Yu shook his head, and before Wang Yuexin could breathe a sigh of relief, he changed the subject, “But you can definitely lengthen and stabilize your breathing a bit more. Come on, let’s continue with the plank.”

Teacher Yu patted the little dinosaur on the shoulder, and the little dinosaur resignedly lay down.

Seeing that he could now easily hold a plank for a long time, Yu Yu thought for a moment and said, "How about we do a more advanced version today? Of course, I don't mean advanced plank exercises in fitness."

"Huh?" Wang Yuexin looked up at him in confusion.

Yu Yu didn't answer directly. He took out a water-based pen, wiped the pen with a wet tissue, squatted down, handed it to Wang Yuexin, and said gently, "Hold it in your mouth, don't bite too hard."

Wang Yuexin felt that something was wrong with that statement, but before he could figure it out, he had already done it.

“Now, you can start practicing singing, from your part to the X-Part.” Yu Yu gestured for you to begin.

Wang Yuexin understood, and so did Yu Haoming and Huang Pinguan.

Then, when Chen Chusheng and Su Xiaoding returned, they saw four people neatly lined up in a plank position in the "Under Investigation" training room, each with a pen in their mouth, singing a cappella. They almost thought they had entered the wrong training room.

"Brothers, what kind of novel training method is this? I think my door-opening posture is fine, right?" Su Xiaoding teased, seemingly in a good mood.

When the four saw them return, they stopped training, slumped to the side, and either sat or lay sprawled on the floor.

"You're back! How was it? Any special arrangements?" Huang Pinguan asked.

"It's nothing." Chen Chusheng shook his head. "It's just a matter of confirming the personnel from our tribe who will participate in the battle, then following up on the procedures, and informing them of the submission deadline for the battle pieces."

Chen Chusheng spoke so casually that, if Su Xiaoding hadn't been the person involved, he might have actually believed his "it's nothing".

The production team is indeed confirming the personnel, but the method they are using is somewhat "unconventional".

The other party first revealed to them that in Wang Yaoqing's tribe, Ma Boqian believed that the tribe being given a red card was his responsibility, so he "very responsibly decided to fight himself, not wanting to cause trouble for Captain Wang Yaoqing," which was his original statement.

Afterwards, he asked Chen Chusheng's tribe about the participants again. After confirming that it was Chen Chusheng, he smiled and said, "The first red card showdown will be a PK between the tribe captain and a member of another tribe. I hope everyone will have a good performance."

Faced with this kind of back-and-forth, Chen Chusheng remained quite calm: "Xiao Ding performed very well in an area he is not good at. As the team leader, I am grateful for his trust in giving me the opportunity to compete, and I will naturally live up to his expectations. As for Xiao Ma, he is a very good musician. The competition is actually an exchange and learning experience between musicians. I hope we can gain a lot from it."

They were a bit too conservative. If Yu Yu had gone with them, he might have immediately said with a grin that he was looking forward to a showdown between the two captains if Yao Qing was willing to support his teammates.

In fact, after Wang Yaoqing returned from seeing the red card result, he only chose to comfort Ma Boqian and offer suggestions for his red card duel stage. The fact that he didn't mention the captain's team battle at all already revealed some things.

The passionate young horse thought it was his own fault and decided to fight without thinking. He thought that the stage duel with Su Xiaoding would be an easy thing. However, when he belatedly realized that the captain could help him fight, his opponent became Chen Chusheng. After seeing Chen Chusheng's performance during rehearsal, he became obedient and hurriedly returned to adjust his stage performance overnight.

There was nothing he could do; he was currently dealing with Chen Chusheng, who was enraged by the show's antics and was about to unleash his fury. The mess the show had created was being thwarted by a poor little guy like him who had just recovered from an illness. What had he done to deserve this?