Insiders could tell that Qi Xingchen's flow wasn't as advanced as Kevin's, but his lines were very rhyming. His calm counterattack was not weak at all.
Qi Xingchen dared to think, speak, and act. He was famous for his rap career and had even participated in an underground rap competition in the United States. Qi Xingchen's momentum was definitely not inferior to Kevin's.
Kevin must have prepared his lines in advance, but Qi Xingchen was freestyle. His ability to respond on the spot, as well as his professionalism in not affecting the other trainees in his group, was enough to move the audience and make them cheer.
"Clap, clap, clap …"
The sparse applause started from the back and gradually spread to the front. Ten seconds later, the entire studio was blown up by Qi Xingchen!
The director and the camera team were dumbfounded. They didn't expect that the best stage effect in the first round of the competition was not contributed by the trainees, but by Xing Guang, the observer.
So, Qi Xingchen, the little rich kid … Did he come to the entertainment industry to experience life, or did he come to kill monsters?
The director gestured for the camera in the front to take a close-up. Qi Xingchen's calm face and Kevin's embarrassed and ferocious expression were all displayed on the camera.
The yellow light on the camera shone into Kevin's eyes and he finally remembered to manage his expression. The expression on his face disappeared, but his arms shook even more.
He couldn't even hold the microphone.
It was hard to imagine that the trash rich kid who had always suppressed his level dared to fight back in public.
It was even harder to imagine that the trash rich kid's counterattack, whether from a technical or psychological point of view, had perfectly grasped his weakness.
He didn't want to learn Chinese, so what?
He was an American. Even if he debuted in China, sooner or later he would return to his own country.
For him, this was a place to gain popularity and make money. Saying "I love you", "Muah", or "You're so beautiful" to his fans was already very professional.
Why waste his energy learning Chinese?
Why did the trash rich kid not let him go?
The more he thought about it, the angrier he got. He raised the microphone and wanted to continue his battle with Qi Xingchen. But before he could speak, he suddenly realized something.
Only between rappers would a battle be used to solve problems. Subconsciously, he had already treated Qi Xingchen as a rapper.
Clearly, the trash rich second generation had made his debut through acting, and clearly, this was the first time they had clashed in music.
How could he put Qi Xingchen on the same level?
Battles were just like that. It didn't matter how dirty and vicious the two of them were. However, once the energy dissipated and their nerves relaxed, the game would be over.
Kevin's mind went blank. He suddenly couldn't figure out a single rhyme.
While he was thinking, the director's voice came through Bai Ye's earpiece. "Try to persuade Xiao Qi. There are still a few more groups to go. If this continues, it will affect the progress of the competition."
Bai Ye turned a deaf ear to him and observed Qi Xingchen from the corner of his eye. Seeing that he had turned off the microphone and did not intend to continue speaking, Bai Ye said faintly, "Kevin."
Kevin turned to Bai Ye.
Director: "…"
Motherf * cker, the two of them were singing the same tune. Did they have to blow this matter up?!
The director felt a headache coming on and hurriedly begged Bai Ye to stop talking. Bai Ye did not fall for his trick. Seeing that Kevin had come back to his senses, he asked in English, "In China, there is an old saying, 'There is a second time, but there is no third time.' Have you heard of it?"
Kevin shook his head confusedly. "No."
"The meaning of this saying is," Bai Ye explained, "If some mistakes happen once or twice, I can forgive you on account of your ignorance. However, if it happens a third or fourth time, I have a reasonable suspicion that you will not change. "
Bai Ye paused for a moment. "In the early stages of the competition, Teacher Qi reminded you twice about the problem of Chinese. In order to protect your reputation, he was very subtle about the reminder. "
Hearing this, Qi Xingchen was stunned.
Although he was dissatisfied with Kevin's behavior of not learning Chinese during the first rating and acceptance of the theme song, he had never made it clear. Before the start of this round, he still hoped that Kevin would think it through and learn well.
Just as Qi Yunxiao had said, he could not destroy the future of any trainee.
It turned out that Bai Ye had seen all of this.
Qi Xingchen's stomach, which had been hurt by Kevin's words, immediately stopped hurting. He rubbed his hands happily.
Bai Ye did not know how happy Qi Xingchen was. His voice became colder. "But your performance today disappointed me. You did not understand Teacher Qi's painstaking efforts and wrote lyrics against him. This behavior made me understand that narrow-mindedness knows no boundaries. Even if you live in a free country that you worship, you still do not know how to be grateful and appreciate other countries' culture.
"I am ashamed of the word 'free.' You are bound by your narrow vision. Your soul is not free."
Qi Xingchen cared about the trainee's future. As the person in charge of the entire talent show, Bai Ye cared about the overall fairness of the competition.
He was too lazy to say more and concluded. "'Time' wants to choose China's idols. If you can apologize to Teacher Qi on the spot and start learning Chinese from the moment you leave the stage, we are still willing to open our arms and engage in cultural exchange with you. But if you are not willing, I'm sorry.
"Your name will definitely not be among the six people who will debut in the end."
"Whoa —"
When the last word fell, the audience was in an uproar!
The audience was watching the edited program. In the early stages, the management company had secretly manipulated the editing to deliberately weaken Kevin's problems. The audience had always thought that the main conflict between Kevin and Qi Xingchen was that they had two B-level ratings.
Therefore, when he dissed Qi Xingchen, the audience had the attitude of "watching a good show." They watched with relish.
It was not until Qi Xingchen and Bai Ye separately asked questions in Chinese that the audience smelled a clue. But before they could figure it out, Bai Ye directly nailed Kevin.
Qi Xingchen was tough. He was even tougher than Qi Xingchen!
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With Kevin's arrogant personality, how could he apologize to Qi Xingchen?
He smashed his microphone on the spot, leaving his teammates behind. Without another word, he panted and returned to the dormitory. Two hours later, Bai Ye and Qi Xingchen, who had just finished filming, received the news:
Kevin had withdrawn from the competition.
This was Kevin's best choice. Instead of staying on the stage and gradually exposing his true nature, it was better to leave while the audience was still thinking about him.
But … Qi Xingchen stopped Bai Ye, who was about to leave the stage. "Wait a minute!"
Bai Ye looked at the audience who were leaving one after another. "Let's talk backstage."
"It's okay … I want to thank you for speaking up for me. But you don't have to help me next time. I'll only attract hate for you. "
They would definitely be scolded for forcing a trainee to withdraw from the competition.
"I'm not helping you. As the organizer, my responsibility is heavier than yours. Besides … "Bai Ye sneered." You don't have to worry about such a small bug. Don't worry. "
Qi Xingchen, of course, knew that with Bai Ye's current connections in the industry, it would be easy for him to make sure Kevin never made it big again.
But he couldn't bear to see Bai Ye being scolded and criticized. It was worse than being scolded himself.
"Okay, trust me, okay?" Bai Ye looked at his guilty little face and squeezed the back of his neck twice to comfort him.
"Oh, oh, oh, oh, oh —"
The two girls who had yet to leave the stage in time immediately screamed when they saw this scene. "Oh, oh, oh, Brother Ye, Xing Xing, can you give us an autograph?"
Bai Ye rarely rejected fans' requests for autographs. He nodded, grabbed Qi Xingchen by the back of his neck, and pushed him over.
But after a few steps, Qi Xingchen realized that something was wrong.
These two girls looked very familiar … Weren't, weren't they …
Weren't they the Last Night Stars couple fans he saw on stage?!
Qi Xingchen instantly panicked. "That … Let's not sign it."
"Why?"
"The director is looking for us urgently. Business is more important."
"Signing autographs for fans is also business. It won't take more than a few minutes." Bai Ye didn't seem to understand. "Let's go."
Unable to find any other reason, Qi Xingchen was dragged to the front of the stage by Bai Ye. The two girls were already waiting below, their faces flushed with excitement.
"Where do you want to sign?" Bai Ye asked.
The girls looked at each other and took out their ticket stubs and pens. "Sign here, thank you, Brother."
"Ticket stubs?" Bai Ye asked, "Where are your banners?"
Seeing the girls take out their ticket stubs, Qi Xingchen heaved a sigh of relief. But Bai Ye touched a sore spot, and Qi Xingchen began to feel uneasy again.
Apart from fake business to increase popularity, most artists were against being a couple. He wasn't sure if Bai Ye liked it or not, but there was a high chance that he didn't like it.
The couple fans had the same idea as Qi Xingchen. They were afraid that their two idols would hate them, so they didn't take out their banners.
The girls said, "Our banners … are not very good."
"Aren't the banners our photos? What's wrong with them?" Bai Ye said calmly. "It's not easy to keep the ticket stubs. Use the banners."
Qi Xingchen: "!!!"
Did he hear wrongly … He knew that these two were couple fans?
He knew that the banners were couple banners?
Then Bai Ye … didn't reject being a couple with him?
Qi Xingchen couldn't help but look at Bai Ye. Then, Bai Ye answered his question with action.
Bai Ye took the banners and signed his photo without hesitation. Then, he handed it to Qi Xingchen. "It's your turn."
Qi Xingchen was confused. Of course, the couple fans were even more confused than him. They didn't understand why the flowers were so red.
After signing, they sent the fans away. Just as Qi Xingchen expected, the choreographer, Lei Zi, was waiting for them in the conference room for a meeting.
At this point, one of them was the guarantee of ratings, and the other was the brother of the president's friend. The program team couldn't hold them accountable. They explained the process of the next round while vomiting blood.
Kevin's withdrawal didn't affect the next round of the competition. After the first overall ranking was announced today, 22 people, including Kevin, had been eliminated. The remaining 66 trainees entered the next round of competition — the free group competition.
In the second round of competition, the top ten trainees in the first overall ranking would be the team leader. They would choose the songs according to their ranking. The rest of the trainees would choose their teams according to their ranking.
The higher the ranking, the more likely they would be to choose the songs they liked and the stronger the team members. The lower the ranking, the greater the risk.
Survival of the fittest. After the second round of competition, the program team would release the second overall ranking. At that time, the 45-66 trainees would be eliminated immediately, just like the first round.
Each round was crueler than the last.
Qi Xingchen listened to the competition rules and couldn't help but sweat for Class F. Class F performed unexpectedly well in this round. Seven trainees were left, much better than the two that were expected to survive.
It could be seen that hard work might not guarantee success, but if you didn't work hard, you definitely wouldn't succeed.
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After the meeting, Qi Xingchen packed up his things and rushed out of the conference room. The program team required that the eliminated trainees couldn't stay and had to leave quickly. He was going to visit the trainees' dormitory and take one last look at the trainees who didn't stay in Class F.
As soon as he went out, he saw Bai Ye also walking toward the dormitory. He asked curiously, "… Do you have another recording?"
"No, my next recording is the same as yours. It's tomorrow," Bai Ye said. "I'm going to see Kevin's teammates."
Kevin's teammates had all advanced, but they were probably in a bad mood after encountering such an incident.
"I'm going to see Class F," Qi Xingchen said. "Let's go together."
They chatted as they entered the dormitory building. Class F was on the second floor, so Qi Xingchen followed Bai Ye upstairs.
After turning the corner, Qi Xingchen was stunned when he saw the scene in front of him.
In the short corridor, there were more than thirty suitcases piled up against the wall. Next to the suitcases, the eliminated students of Class F were lined up in three rows.
Wu Qian stood at the front, holding a big cake in his hand. The cake was simple, and there were eight words written on it with red jam:
[Little Teacher Qi, we love you]
Qi Xingchen's eyes suddenly turned red.
The program team had a car to send them to the airport, so they couldn't have a meal together. He originally planned to help the trainees pack their things and then go to the parking lot together.
In the end, these little bastards …
In the corridor, there were two cameras, one in front and one behind, recording the trainees leaving the group. Qi Xingchen quickly took a deep breath and pretended to be angry. "Why are you making a cake? It's not my birthday!"
Wu Qian changed his usual cheeky attitude and sniffed. "We don't know what you like, so we made a cake for you. Little Teacher Qi. "
He choked. "Class F is gone. We're gone. I hope you can take care of your body and continue to be handsome … I also hope you can remember the taste of the cake and remember us."
“.....”
Qi Xingchen's heart was blocked. He didn't know how to respond. After a long time, he suppressed his jealousy. "How could I forget you? Before going on stage today, I said that I'm your mentor on the show, and I'm your friend after the show. We have plenty of time to keep in touch. "
Friends?
Wu Qian shook his head.
"Little Teacher Qi, you were right in the practice room. Before we came, we all dreamed of being famous. When we saw how strong our competitors were, to be honest, we were scared. "
"I don't know if you've experienced that feeling of not being able to see the end. We actually worked hard, but either our aptitude was not good enough, or we entered the industry too late, or we were stupid … In short, no matter how hard we trained, we were not as good as trainees who might have just trained for a year. "
"'Time' made us understand that there is always someone better than us. We were about to be eliminated, so we didn't practice hard in the beginning. "
"Until we met you. You told us that the stage was big and bright. You told us to work hard from then on and that there was still time to stand on it. You told us that you would practice with us …"
"We were moved by you, and we started to think … about giving it a try."
Wu Qian looked up and blinked hard, blinking back his tears. "Now it seems that the results of the test are good. In the end, seven people were left. This is the best result I can think of. "
"We who were eliminated didn't feel bad. We enjoyed the stage today and the time we spent with you."
"Little Teacher Qi." Wu Qian looked back at the boys who were trying to hold back their tears. "Can we … hug you?"
Can we hug you?
Qi Xingchen didn't say anything. He just opened his arms.
He jumped forward and threw himself into the pile of Class F students. The group of boys hugged each other and burst into tears!
The crying went from whimpers to uncontrollable howls. For those dark days of practice, for the lost tomorrows that they didn't know where to go,
For the past and the future, for themselves who had persevered and would always persevere.
"Little Teacher Qi." In a trance, Qi Xingchen heard someone say, "You are not a friend."
"You will always be our mentor."
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