Translator: Dj22031
Editor: Dj22031
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Lu Jiangyuan had taken Secretary Ning and Special Assistant Gao to a meeting. The three of them had identical icy faces and didn’t say a word.
They further walked with great vigor and speed, which made people feel intimidated.
Especially Lu Jiangyuan who was leading the way. After all, he was a diamond bachelor. Since he became the president of Lu Group, he had been at the top of the list of men most people wanted to marry.
This guy was still quite handsome, but his facial expression was less expressive.
He was different from Secretary Ning and Special Assistant Gao. The latter two were just pretending, and their eyes were still very active.
But Lu Jiangyuan’s eyes were emotionless, so the difference was still obvious.
At this moment, the three of them were standing in front of the elevator waiting.
Dedicated elevators occasionally required a wait, but the wait was only brief.
Lu Jiangyuan then took out his cell phone, not knowing what he was doing.
Secretary Ning and Assistant Gao looked straight ahead.
Soon, the elevator opened, and Assistant Gao stretched out his hand to block the open elevator door, waiting for Lu Jiangyuan to enter.
Lu Jiangyuan walked in without even raising his head.
The two hurried to catch up.
The elevator went up very quickly, but the three of them wanted to go to the top floor.
Assistant Gao’s personality was slightly more active than Secretary Ning’s. So standing behind the boss, he glanced lightly at the boss’s mobile phone.
Then, he looked at Lu Jiangyuan’s phone as if he had seen a ghost.
Secretary Ning gave Assistant Gao a curious look, but the other party was staring at Lu Jiangyuan’s phone and didn’t pay any attention to him at all.
Secretary Ning was a little annoyed. What a disloyal guy!
Seeing that the elevator was about to arrive, Secretary Ning couldn’t help but stand on tiptoe and look over.
He saw clearly what Lu Jiangyuan was doing, but… he couldn’t understand.
At this time, the elevator arrived, and the two men immediately retracted their necks, with stern faces and eyes fixed straight ahead.
Then he pressed the elevator button and waited for Lu Jiangyuan to come out.
Lu Jiangyuan put away his phone and walked straight to the meeting room with a dignified demeanor.
Assistant Gao stood at the door. While Secretary Ning went in for a while, came out again, and then closed the door.
The moment the door closed, Secretary Ning’s stern face immediately changed. He then reached out and dragged Assistant Gao to the corner.
Then he lowered his voice and asked curiously, “What was the boss doing? I think he was… playing Weibo.”
The horror on Assistant Gao’s face finally showed. He looked at Secretary Ning, gritted his teeth, and uttered two words after a long while –
“Following the trending charts.”
Gu Yuzheng and the others were still rehearsing the dance. And Sheng Ziyou was bored, so she sat down on a chair, opened her phone and started watching a video.
“Huh?” Sheng Ziyou was slightly surprised.
In addition to the main film of the boy group selection program having the highest number of views, the practice room version also had considerable clicks.
She was surprised because the practice room version was updated once a day instead of once every two days.
And because the students had a break in the past few days, now they were basically playing practice room clips from that day and the night before.
Today’s update was just the one released recently, Sheng Ziyou clicked on it to take a look.
Because the main film of the group session had not been released yet, the practice room version had been edited, and you could only see everyone discussing, or some students playing around in the practice room and making funny faces in front of the camera.
Uninformed viewers could not tell how they were grouped.
But she knew the truth and could see a lot of things.
For example, there was a video of Jiao Xiu and Feng Yuanxuan appearing in the practice room early in the morning. The two chatted casually for a few minutes and then started talking about songwriting.
Sheng Ziyou knew the truth. The two original creators in their group must have gotten together to discuss what song to write.
She continued to watch patiently.
When the two of them were discussing, Feng Yuanxuan was the one mostly talking and Jiao Xiu was just listening.
Feng Yuanxuan asked Jiao Xiu for his opinion, and most of the time he would answer – that’s fine, let’s do as you say.
There were also times when Feng Yuanxuan was troubled and asked Jiao Xiu to think about it. At this time, Jiao Xiu would change the subject and comfort Feng Yuanxuan with a few words, acting like an older brother.
Or they would just talk about some vague opinions, and the two of them would chat and laugh from time to time, which was quite harmonious.
“Wow wow wow!! Two original artists writing songs together, that’s awesome!”
“Woo woo, Jiao Xiu is so nice, like an older brother!”
“And I feel like he’s giving Feng Yuanxuan the benefit of the doubt, allowing him to display his true strength.”
“Yes, Jiao Xiu is very strong. I’ve listened to his original song hundreds of times!”
“Jiao Xiu is so generous. He didn’t get angry even though Feng Yuanxuan took first place.”
“What nonsense are you talking about? Xuan Xuan’s first place was voted in by the fans!”
“Yeah, Feng Yuanxuan is very capable, and Jiao Xiu is also great. They are both very good brothers. The one in front must be a Jiao Xiu hater. I have already reported him.”
“I’ve already reported it. Don’t bring bad things to Jiao Xiu.”
….
Sheng Ziyou didn’t know why, but she felt a strange feeling in her heart.
She couldn’t grasp what it was, so she shook her head and continued watching.
Soon it was her scene when she was helping write the song, and the barrage of comments suddenly exploded——
“Damn it, damn it!! Youbao is awesome!”
“Sheng Ziyou’s hidden ultimate move is really not a little bit…”
“I’ve become a fan.”
“Still quite capable, black turn.”
“I love it! Youbao is awesome!”
“This girl is beautiful and talented, I’ve become a fan.”
….
The barrage of comments was full of praise, and Sheng Ziyou felt very happy.
Of course, there were one or two unpleasant words mixed in with the praise, but Sheng Ziyou didn’t care.
There were always people like nitpickers, even when she was extremely popular.
There was no need to care.
Seeing her fans adoring her in various ways, she was filled with beauty.
Soon, the progress bar of the practice room version reached the end. At this time, several barrage messages surprised Sheng Ziyou slightly.
“There’s no Lu Lu in this video…”
“Lu Lu must have really offended the production team! There are so few shots!”
“What the hell is this production team!”
“There were only a few seconds of Lu Lu on screen in yesterday’s episode, and there were none today!!”
“Don’t think too much about the previous one. This one only records the practice room. Maybe Lu He didn’t go to the practice room?”
“Each segment in today’s episode was very long. Besides Lu He, there are many other little brothers who were not included!”
“Yeah, it’s not just Lu He. It was the same before. In the practice studio version, there were often people who didn’t get the shot.”
“Wow… I’m a huge fan of Brother Jing Xianglei. He’s handsome and has strong business skills!”
“Yes, I’m a Lu He fan, and now I also like little brother Jing Xianglei!”
….
Sheng Ziyou frowned. She didn’t know whether the production team deliberately cut down Lu He’s shots, but Jing Xianglei’s shots did increase dramatically.
The incident between Lu He and Jing Xianglei before made many of his fans remember Jing Xianglei as a student.
Now they were even more attracted by it through observation.
The votes had been split…
Sheng Ziyou frowned even more tightly, she then exited and clicked on the current voting situation.
There was basically no change in the rankings. Jing Xianglei moved up a few places, but the top-ranked students remained unchanged.
Although nothing had moved, there were some details that had changed.
For example, the gap in votes between Lu He and Guan Yike had widened a lot, and the gap with the top three was even bigger.
The gap between him and Ji Ran was not that big, because Ji Ran’s vote growth could not catch up with others.
The gap between them and Fu Jiahuan, Long Mu and others was also narrowing.
Sheng Ziyou sighed slightly and stepped out.
Her expression was seen by the people in the practice room, and someone had an idea.
Sheng Ziyou was stopped by Ji Ran on her way back from the bathroom.
“Ji Ran? What do you want from me?” Sheng Ziyou was surprised. This was the first time that Ji Ran took the initiative to look for her.
Ji Ran hesitated, and his expression was conflicted.
He looked very gentle and his face was very good-looking even when he looked nervous and worried.
But he was just a little too thin, so it was easy to feel sorry for him and arouse the desire to protect him.
“Hmm?” Sheng Ziyou asked again.
“Teacher Sheng, has my ranking dropped again?” Ji Ran gritted his teeth and said nervously.
Sheng Ziyou was surprised: “How could that be? You’re ranked pretty well, and your votes are still increasing, which is great.”
“Really?” Ji Ran’s eyes lit up.
At this moment, the boy who usually seemed very distant smiled happily like a child.
Sheng Ziyou smiled, her face filled with convincing confidence: “You can debut, as long as you work hard and take good care of yourself. What happened in the last performance can’t happen again, understand?”
“Yeah!” Ji Ran nodded heavily.
Sheng Ziyou smiled and continued walking forward.
Behind her, Ji Ran pursed his lips, his voice still filled with joy: “Thank you, Teacher Sheng!”
Sheng Ziyou had her back to him, her brows slightly furrowed, and there was sadness in her eyes.
That night, Ji Ran seemed very excited and happy.
He smiled a lot more and no longer felt the nervousness and fear he had in the past few days.
His dancing steps also became lighter and the eyes were full of smiles.
1 a.m.
Gu Yuzheng’s group dragged their legs, which were about to break, towards the dormitory. At this time, Feng Yuanxuan’s group was also preparing to return to the dormitory, and the two groups formed a group.
“Hahaha, we’ve almost finished rehearsing the dance, but you haven’t even written the song yet!” Fu Jiahuan said proudly to Bei Yifan.
The two had a good relationship, so Bei Yifan didn’t care and beat him up.
“Wow! You hit me!” Fu Jiahuan wanted to fight back, and the two of them chased after him.
The rest of the people walked quietly, just chatting casually.
Jiao Xiu had a smile on his face as he chatted with them in a lively manner.
When they were almost at the dormitory, Jiao Xiu pulled Ji Ran: “Ran Ran, wait a moment.”
Ji Ran was puzzled: “Huh? What’s wrong?”
He was in a good mood today, and even though he was doubtful, it had a different flavor than usual, making his face look even more attractive.
Jiao Xiu gritted his teeth, looking conflicted, as if he didn’t know whether to say it or not.
“What’s the matter?” Ji Ran approached him with some concern and stood very close to him.
Jiao Xiu had a worried look on his face, and his voice was filled with concern: “I really want to debut with you. You’re my chosen teammate, so you must work harder!”
Ji Ran was stunned, and a bad thought flashed through his mind: “What’s going on? My ranking has dropped?”
“No.”
Ji Ran had just breathed a sigh of relief when he heard Jiao Xiu say—
“But the growth is very slow. Fu Jiahuan is almost catching up with you. According to this trend, Fu Jiahuan will catch up without waiting for the next performance.”
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