Translator: Dj22031
Editor: Dj22031
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After Sheng Ziyou finished speaking, there was a moment of silence.
Then came Fu Jiahuan’s puzzled voice: “Teacher Sheng…what do you mean…”
Sheng Ziyou sat down next to him and looked at him expressionlessly: “If you don’t want to smile, don’t smile. It’s ugly.”
Fu Jiahuan was stunned, staring at Sheng Ziyou blankly without moving.
The light in the security passage was not very strong. Unlike the spotlight on the practice room stage, it was dark here, as if you had walked out of the surveillance and cameras that were following you like a shadow.
It was so difficult for Fu Jiahuan to respond to Sheng Ziyou’s words with a smile.
“You feel bad, don’t you?” Sheng Ziyou sighed. “If you feel bad, you can tell me. There are no cameras or audiences here. I turned off the microphone.”
Fu Jiahuan opened his mouth: “I…”
After saying just one word, he didn’t know what to say anymore.
“How many years have you been practicing dancing?” Sheng Ziyou asked.
Fu Jiahuan was stunned for a moment and replied: “Five years.”
Sheng Ziyou smiled and said, “You started dancing when you were twenty?”
Fu Jiahuan scratched his head, a little embarrassed: “I played music for a few years before, but I didn’t achieve much, so I became a trainee and studied for five years.”
“It’s not easy to be a trainee…”
“Yes.” Fu Jiahuan only replied with two words.
How could it be easy? He was already 20 years old when he became a trainee. His personality back then was not what it was now. Who wouldn’t be pampered at home?
At that time, the other trainees were very young, and from time to time one of them would stand out or leave. However he waited for five years but never got a chance to stand out.
He was not as adaptable as others who were younger, and his foundation was worse than others. He just kept waiting, and when he was 25 years old, he became the current Fu Jiahuan, or “Brother Huan” as everyone called him.
Sheng Ziyou looked ahead, crossed her arms, stretched lazily, and said nonchalantly: “So sometimes you feel that your efforts and rewards are not proportional, right? You have tried so hard, but you still can’t see any hope. It seems that even if you try your best, you can’t reach the end.”
After she finished speaking, Fu Jiahuan stopped talking. These words seemed to have stabbed his heart, and it hurt so much.
Sheng Ziyou seemed to be unaware of his distress and continued, “This is probably your only chance. You are 25 years old this year, and if you can’t make it to this boy band, your first five years would be wasted, and you can’t continue to play music. Fu Jiahuan, what are you going to do then? Quit the circle?”
After saying this, Fu Jiahuan covered his face and cried, burying his face in his knees.
When he cried, there was no sound, but when he laughed, his laughter could be heard throughout the practice room.
Sheng Ziyou raised her hand and patted his shoulder: “Fu Jiahuan, you are so strong.”
Fu Jiahuan shuddered slightly.
“Sometimes, you can be vulnerable like you are now. You are so strong, as if you can do anything, as if you can help anyone and stand up without anyone’s help.”
Sheng Ziyou sighed, “But actually you can’t. Artists need fans, you have to let them know that you need them. If you are always omnipotent, they feel like they don’t have to vote for you. Jiao Xiu is trying so hard to stay in the first place, and the fans know it, and they work hard for him. Lu He will cry out of grievance if he is not talented enough and ranks behind, and the fans have to do their best for him…”
Fu Jiahuan was stunned. He then looked up and looked at Sheng Ziyou with a tearful face.
“Look, these students need fans so much, how can fans not work hard? Jiao Xiu needs me, Ji Ran needs me, Guan Yike needs me, Lu He needs me, every student ranked at the bottom needs me… but Fu Jiahuan doesn’t need it, he is so strong, he is so powerful, he doesn’t need me.” Sheng Ziyou spoke softly, expressing the fans’ thoughts.
“Fu Jiahuan, you need them. You are not strong enough. You need to let the audience and fans see that you really need them.”
Sheng Ziyou had seen such students before. In her world, she had seen such sisters when she was a trainee. They were omnipotent, and they let the audience see that they were omnipotent.
But in the end, they didn’t make their debut.
At that time, Sheng Ziyou knew that sometimes… idols also needed to show weakness appropriately.
After Sheng Ziyou finished speaking, Fu Jiahuan covered her face and burst into tears.
Neither of them sat in the security passage for too long. The instructors in the practice room had all left, but the students were still practicing. So Sheng Ziyou returned to her room, and Fu Jiahuan also returned to the dormitory.
He needed to carefully digest what Sheng Ziyou said to him tonight.
The next morning, Sheng Ziyou had just packed up and was about to go out when she met Gu Yuzheng and Lin Yidong who were coming over.
“Why are you here?” Sheng Ziyou raised his eyebrows.
Lin Yidong smiled, not shying away from the topic: “Teacher Sheng, we agreed to use the rice cooker yesterday…”
“Oh!” Sheng Ziyou suddenly realized that Lin Yidong had said it yesterday, but she was in a hurry to go out and forgot about it for a moment.
“Okay, wait a moment. The rice cooker here is useless. You can take it away.” Sheng Ziyou said, opening the door and going in.
Sheng Ziyou’s treatment in the program crew was different from that of the other students. Her room was fully equipped with everything, and her kitchen was also fully stocked.
“Teacher Sheng! Please give me some rice!” Lin Yidong shouted, with his head resting at the door.
“Yidong…” Gu Yuzheng opened his mouth.
From the kitchen, Sheng Ziyou replied: “I only have Millet here, do you want some?”
The puppy’s eyes lit up, and his deer eyes were adorable: “Millet is good! Millet is good for the stomach!”
“Hey? I have a soy milk maker and beans here as well, do you want some?”
“Want!”
“Then I’ll give you the basins and bowls as well. They’ve never been used before, so you can just scald them and use them.”
“Okay, okay!” Lin Yidong was not polite at all.
Sheng Ziyou came out holding something, and Lin Yidong and Gu Yuzheng quickly reached out to take it.
“Be careful with electricity when you use it, and don’t let any safety issues arise.” Sheng Ziyou instructed. After thinking for a while, she felt that Lin Yidong was really unreliable, so she added, “Gu Yuzheng, please keep an eye on it.”
Gu Yuzheng was calm and steady, so it was better to leave the safety issue to Gu Yuzheng.
“Good……”
Sheng Ziyou closed the door and hurriedly said, “I’m leaving first. After you eat, go get ready. Good luck for the performance.”
“Okay!” Lin Yidong responded with a smile.
After Sheng Ziyou hurried away, Gu Yuzheng looked at Lin Yidong blankly: “Yidong, are you and Sheng Ziyou… are you always so rude?”
Lin Yidong glared at him and said, “Teacher Sheng is really nice! You should put aside your prejudices. If she really had any bad intentions, so when I came to her door before, why didn’t she do anything.”
After thinking about it, Lin Yidong blushed a little: “Actually… it’s also good to be with Teacher Sheng…”
Gu Yuzheng knocked on his head and said helplessly: “Don’t think too much, Teacher Sheng is not suitable for you.”
Even if Sheng Ziyou was really joking with him and Ji Ran before, and she was actually a nice person, Lin Yidong and Sheng Ziyou were not suitable for each other.
Sheng Ziyou’s status made it impossible for her to have anything to do with Lin Yidong, who was so young, otherwise it would be bad for the future of both of them.
“I know!” Lin Yidong said angrily, “Then can’t I treat Teacher Sheng as a goddess?!”
Gu Yuzheng walked back with his things in his arms, saying helplessly, “It’s up to you.”
“Teacher Sheng is really nice!”
“Um.”
“What does um mean?”
“That’s what you said.”
“Yeah, I didn’t tell a lie!”
One tall and one short, the two men gradually walked away.
The performance was a very important thing for both students and mentors. Sheng Ziyou went out early to meet Zhao Jing, and the two chatted for a long time.
It was nothing more than what Zhao Jing was going to do now and the arrangements for the future.
Zhao Jing got Sheng Ziyou an advertisement, an advertisement for a milk product, also from a big brand. Given Sheng Ziyou’s current status, it was considered high-end for her to take on this advertisement.
However, Zhao Jing not only wanted Sheng Ziyou to shoot a good commercial, she also wanted her to get the endorsement of this brand.
“If I shoot a good commercial, will they give me the endorsement?”
Zhao Jing raised her eyebrows: “Of course, if you sell well, they can see your value, so why not give it to you?”
Sheng Ziyou nodded and said nothing more.
But Zhao Jing knew that she would do her best.
“By the way,” Zhao Jing took a sip of water and continued, “Once today’s performance is over, please take some time to go back to the company tomorrow. We will hold a meeting for your staff so that we can cooperate better in the future.”
“Okay.” Sheng Ziyou agreed.
The two chatted for a while, until the time was almost up, then Sheng Ziyou took Yang Yun to the performance venue.
The instructors had their own makeup artists, so there was no need to squeeze with the students.
But Sheng Ziyou was still a little uncomfortable. The makeup artists in her original world were all dedicated, and she didn’t need the makeup artists from the program team at all.
In this world, when the previous agent Bai Lin left, he took the original body’s makeup artist with him.
Sheng Ziyou suddenly missed the makeup artist from her world, Ivy. Although she was young, her makeup skills were impeccable.
Later, she moved behind the scenes, and Ivy followed her and became the makeup artist shared by her artists.
With her current position, she may not be able to hire a good makeup artist even if she wanted to.
“Teacher Sheng is very beautiful. I feel like she is already very beautiful even without makeup.” The makeup artist smiled as she applied foundation to Sheng Ziyou.
Beside her, Wen Shanshan rolled her eyes.
Both were putting on makeup backstage, and happened to have to go on stage at the same time, so Sheng Ziyou and Wen Shanshan naturally bumped into each other in the dressing room…
Sheng Ziyou glanced at the mirror, thought for a moment, and said, “Please make my makeup lighter.”
The lighting on site was strong and it could be post-processed, so there was no need to put on heavy makeup.
The makeup artist nodded, obviously she thought so too.
“Teacher Wen, we…” The makeup artist next to them was even younger. Seeing Sheng Ziyou and the makeup artist discussing how to do her makeup, she also asked Wen Shanshan a question.
“Whatever.” Wen Shanshan said perfunctorily, feeling a little annoyed.
As the practice room videos continued to be broadcast, Sheng Ziyou’s evaluation became better and better, while her evaluation became worse and worse.
Especially now that the program editing team was no longer biased towards her, all the scenes of her and Sheng Ziyou’s confrontation in the practice room were broadcast.
It was obviously Sheng Ziyou who made her so angry every time, so why was everyone scolding her so one-sidedly?
Sister Wu didn’t allow Wen Shanshan to go on Weibo, but she was itching to do so and couldn’t help but go on to take a look, then had to hold her breath and leave.
Both sides started to apply makeup very quickly.
Sheng Ziyou wore a shoulder-baring long dress today, and her long curly hair was let down, making her look very sexy and charming.
The makeup artist’s skills were pretty good, and the makeup she created for Sheng Ziyou really matched her clothes.
Next to her, Wen Shanshan kept looking at Sheng Ziyou’s mirror unconsciously, and couldn’t help but scold her own makeup artist: “How did you put on makeup? Why do I look so ugly?! Do you know anything about makeup?!”
The girl who was putting makeup on her was not very old and she trembled with fear.
Sheng Ziyou glanced at her and chuckled to her makeup artist: “Can you use eyeliner to slightly draw a little at the end of my eye?”
The makeup artist did as she was told immediately, and Sheng Ziyou’s already bright face instantly became even more beautiful.
She turned her head and looked at Wen Shanshan, then smiled, her eyes slightly raised. She was so beautiful under the light that it was soul-stirring, and her red lips slightly parted –
“Teacher Wen, you can’t blame the makeup artist for not looking good.”
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