Love Story With A Twist Chapter 3

Two days later, 907, Building A, Huixing Entertainment Company.

The notice for the re-selection interview said it would start at 9:30, and everyone else who received the notice arrived before 9:00.

Only Jake arrived at 9:35. He sent a message to Ryan in the elevator saying that he had arrived, and then walked out of the elevator. The two rows of sofas outside the door of 907 were all filled with handsome young men. Everyone was sitting quietly. When they heard someone coming, they all looked up at him, with hostility in their eyes. Before the candidate was determined, there were no friends here, only opponents.

He wore a pair of oversized frog-eye glasses and walked over nonchalantly. Seeing that there were no empty seats, he said to the people in the first row, "Please squeeze in and give me a seat."

The person blinked her big watery eyes and said, "Give up your seat? Are you pregnant?"

The others burst into laughter.

Jake was choked for no reason, so of course he was very angry. He took off his sunglasses and was about to rage when the person at the edge of the back row stood up and said, "Come and sit here."

He turned around and saw, hey, isn’t this the handsome guy with makeup remover oil?

Alex recognized him at first sight, and he just happened to owe him a favor, so he decided to repay it.

Jake suddenly felt relieved, and his heart was filled with joy. He was no longer in a hurry to sit down, but walked forward and asked with surprise, "Why are you here too?"

Alex said: "Keep your voice down."

Fortunately, after the wave of ridicule towards Jake just now, those people ended their silence and started chatting with the people around them.

Jake lowered his voice slightly and said, "I asked DK the other day, and he said you didn't call him, so how did you get here?"

Alex was stunned. He didn't expect that Ryan was actually DK's Chinese name.

He said, "I accidentally lost my business card. He had come to our dance studio to pick people before."

Jake looked at his face carefully and suddenly said, "It's you! I was wondering, you looked familiar when I saw you in the toilet that day, and I wondered if I had seen you before in your school. Didn't you recognize me? I went there with him."

Alex pretended to have lost his memory and asked, "Are you the one wearing sunglasses?"

"Yes, it's me!" However, Jake really lost his memory. He thought hard and said, "Your name is Xie... what is Xie?"

Alex said: "Thank you Alex."

Jake silently repeated it and asked again: "Which bamboo?"

Alex said: "The bamboo in plum, orchid, bamboo and chrysanthemum. What are you doing here?"

Jake grinned: "I'm also interviewing."

Alex was a little skeptical.

Jake approached him and said, "I have only been to your studio with DK. These people have never seen me."

Alex nodded, feeling relieved.

Jake patted his shoulder happily and said, "I was wondering why I liked you so much the first time I saw you. This is what we call affinity, hehehe."

The surroundings suddenly became quiet.

A lady came out of the room with a proper but distant smile on her face, and said, "I'm sorry to have kept you waiting for so long. Let me tell you the order of your interview numbers: No. 1 Jake, No. 2 Kevin Ji, No. 3 Ding Zijun... No. 10 Alex. Now, No. 1, please follow me in."

Before leaving, Jake nudged Alex with his elbow and whispered, "Come on."

Alex smiled at him.

After more than ten minutes, the door of 907 opened, and the lady came out and said, "No. 2, please come in."

Number 2 is the one with big eyes who asked Jake "Are you pregnant?" His name is Kevin.

Kevin stood up and said, "But number 1 hasn't come out yet."

The lady smiled and said, "No. 2, please come in."

Kevin had no choice but to go in first.

...Contestant No. 1, Jake, sat behind the long table as a judge.

Judge Wang looked at the information with a serious look and said, "Your specialty is acting, so first you can play a pregnant woman."

Kevin: ...

Alex was number 10, the last one, and when he was called, it was already past 1 p.m.

When he went in, he saw Jake lying on the table at the edge, motionless, and had already fallen asleep.

He bowed to the other judges.

Ryan flipped through the information and said directly: "Let's not waste time, Xiao Xie, show us your talent."

He said nothing more and danced a piece of jazz.

The sound of music woke Jake up. He raised his head with difficulty, took a look, and immediately sat up straight.

After just one song, Jake clapped his hands. Several judges were very satisfied, including Ryan, who asked, "Have you ever studied vocal music?"

Alex said: "I have learned a little, but not thoroughly."

Ryan said: "Sing one of your best songs."

Alex steadied his breathing and sang a classic love song from the 1990s.

His singing was average, especially compared to his stunning dance just now, it seemed bland and boring, his pitch was mediocre, and it was at KTV level.

Ryan crossed out the "singing skills" box on the score paper in front of him. Feeling a little regretful, a ball of paper was thrown to him. He turned around and saw Jake, who was sitting a few seats away from him, winking at him.

He opened the paper ball and saw that it said: "I want to vote for him!"

After Alex finished singing, he looked around at the judges' expressions calmly. He knew that he did not get positive scores for the singing part, but it was also expected. He was aware of his singing skills, which were not a shortcoming, but they were not good either.

Ryan rolled up the paper again and held it in his hand, saying, "Xiao Xie...what is your dream?"

Alex: ...

Ryan said with a smile: "I'm not asking you to play the victim, I'm just chatting casually."

Alex thought about it and said, "I want to debut."

Ryan asked: "What about after debut?"

Alex said: "I haven't thought about it yet, I want to debut now."

Ryan stroked his chin, looked at him meaningfully, and said after a moment: "Okay, let's stop here."

Alex bowed and said, "Thank you for your hard work, teachers."

The female assistant in charge of reception came over and said to him: "Thank you for your hard work. Go back and wait for our call."

She wanted to take him out, but Jake called him from the other side: "Xiao Xie, let's go together!"

He went to the door and waited.

Unfortunately, Jake clumsily knocked over the folder of the judge next to him, and the pages scattered all over the floor. He had to bend down to pick them up.

Alex stood there waiting. He accidentally glanced at the side and found Ryan looking at him. He put on a smile and nodded at him. Ryan also smiled back at him.

Jake finally recovered and ran over to say, "Come on, come on, I'll treat you to a meal. I've been busy all morning, and if I don't eat now, I'll starve to death."

The two of them went downstairs together, and he put his arm around Alex's shoulder to get the car. He didn't drive the yellow Ferrari today, but a gray Land Rover.

Alex was also hungry, so he didn't bother to be polite with him and got on the passenger seat and fastened his seat belt.

Jake asked, "How about hot pot?"

Alex said: "Okay."

Jake asked again: "Is there a Haidilao nearby?"

Alex took out his cell phone and found one.

It was well past dinner time and it wasn’t the weekend, so we didn’t have to wait much and just started eating.

After a long time, they were no longer so hungry, so they gradually put down their chopsticks and started chatting.

Jake said with a smile: "You danced so handsomely today."

Alex said: "I originally studied dancing. If I can't do this well, how can I do it?"

Jake said: "I learn piano, I can't dance at all, my limbs are not coordinated, you can teach me later."

Alex smiled and said, "DK will invite the best dance teacher to teach you."

Jake asked: "Is what you just said to him true? You just want to debut and have never thought about the future?"

Alex said: "Of course I thought about it before, but I can't remember it now."

Jake didn't quite understand, so he asked, "Where are you from?"

Alex said: "From Luoyang."

Jake said, "I've been to Luoyang. I went with my mother to see the peonies. Opposite the door is the White Horse Temple, a run-down place, a mess."

Alex: ...

Jake was completely unaware and continued, "My family is from Harbin, but I came to Beijing to study when I was in elementary school. My parents have been in Harbin for the past few years, and my two brothers and I are in Beijing."

Alex asked: "You have two brothers?"

Jake said: "Yes, that's why my name is Jake, and I am an extra child, hahahahaha!"

Alex: ...

Jake laughed for a long time before he stopped and asked, "Do you have any brothers or sisters?"

Alex said: "No."

Jake enviously said: "That's great, I don't want to have a brother either... But it doesn't matter if I have one, my two brothers are okay sometimes."

Alex said: "I can tell at a glance that you grew up in a honey pot."

Jake held his chin up and looked at him, saying, "I can tell at first glance that you are a good person."

Alex: "...good guy?"

Jake said: "Hey, hey, do you have a partner?"

Alex wondered if he had lost his memory from eating hotpot. He said, "Yes."

Jake asked excitedly: "Does it look good? Are your breasts big? Are they tight?"

Alex was choked and started coughing.

Jake smiled lewdly: "Don't be shy, little brother."

Alex asked: "When is your birthday?"

Jake said: "September."

Alex said: "I am in the first month of the year, little brother."

He lowered his head and ate the brain flower. He was burned a little and blew it with his tongue.

Jake sat opposite and watched, and felt that he particularly liked this new friend.

After dinner, the two exchanged phone numbers and went their separate ways.

Jake returned to Huixing Company and went straight to Ryan's office. He sat down and said, "Brother Kun, Xiao Xie is good. I like him very much. Let's choose him."

Ryan said: "Among these eight people, his conditions are quite ordinary."

Jake was not convinced for his new friend and said, "How is he ordinary? Is his dancing not good enough? His singing...is also OK. Didn't you say that each member of the male group has their own division of labor?"

Ryan said: "They all have their own division of labor, but who doesn't love an all-rounder? That No. 2 Kevin is excellent at dancing and singing, and you said you don't let him choose."

Jake was so annoyed with Kevin that he didn't even want to choose him. He said, "It depends on the character. Xiao Xie is a nice guy, but Kevin is a real loser."

Ryan thought for a moment and said, "Well, if you insist on picking Xiao Xie, then let me pick Kevin."

Jake: ...

Ryan said, "Forget it then."

Jake was very depressed. He thought for a long time and said, "What does it matter? It's a deal."

After he left, Ryan's assistant asked him, "Are you really willing to make this kind of exchange with this young man?"

Ryan smiled and shook his head, saying, "I wanted to choose Xiao Xie in the first place, and I just went with the flow."

The assistant was puzzled: "Then you said he was ordinary?"

Ryan said: "This young man is very ambitious, but he can keep his composure and is not impetuous at all. If he wasn't standing in front of me, I wouldn't believe that he is only 22. Among the people here today, his overall quality is top-notch. Who else should I choose if not him? In this circle, singing skills are nothing, and he sings well."