Star-Crossed Aspirations Chapter 9

We're only a third of the way through the recording.

There were only about thirty people sitting in the entire tiered seating area.

There are the least people in areas a and b, with only two people in the eleven seats in the top area a.

The boy who pulled Ryan Blake to sit down was outgoing, enthusiastic, and especially proactive. After Ryan Blake sat down, the boy reached out his hand and introduced himself: "Hello, my name is Fei Hai, from Unicorn Entertainment."

"Ryan Blake."

The two shook hands.

The performances and preliminary reviews in the audience are still going on.

Although there is nothing wrong with the tiered seats, the contestants in the seats are all covered by cameras, and the lavalier microphones on their bodies are always collecting sound, which means that everything they say and do is on camera, making it inconvenient to communicate too much.

So the two shook hands and continued to watch the ratings quietly.

This was also Ryan Blake’s first time watching other trainees’ performances live.

I have to say that, putting aside the mysteries of appearance and stage presence, trainees who have undergone systematic training all have some ability.

As for the three groups behind him, every member can sing and dance, and their stage performance is also remarkable.

The ratings aren't that high.

There are ten people in three groups, one A, two Bs, two Cs, and the rest are Ds.

It was only after Ryan Blake made the comparison that he realized something was wrong.

In terms of stage performance, singing and dancing, these people are better than him, but their ratings are basically lower than his.

Why?

Just because he's good-looking? Because he's pleasing to the instructor?

The ladder selection process starts from the lowest to the highest level provides a broad field of vision, and people sitting on the upper floors can clearly see what is happening on the stage.

What Ryan Blake could discover, others naturally discovered as well.

Some people can't help but whisper ---

"The top student just now got a B. These students' performances are no worse than the top students, right? How come none of them even got an A?"

"I feel so too."

"Why?"

"have no idea."

The camera is there, the microphone is there, and that's just putting it politely.

As the preliminary review progressed, impolite voices began to emerge.

"Ah? Chu Min is C? Why not B or A?"

"How can Chu Min be worse than the top student? What's the difference? College entrance examination results?"

The noise was quite loud, and the mentors on the judges' panel didn't hear it, but many people in the contestant area heard it and turned their heads.

Fei Hai turned his head quickly and frowned at the boy in area C who said this.

What happened to the top student? Did your college entrance examination results piss you off? !

He curled his lips, touched Ryan Blake beside him with his arm, and said in a comforting tone: "Ignore him."

Ryan Blake shook his head. He didn't care about these words in the first place.

He discovered that the rating of this kind of talent show is inherently highly subjective and there is no standard for judging.

It is normal for the trainees to be dissatisfied, and the instructors are not wrong.

As the program was recorded, hundreds of trainees from dozens of entertainment companies took the stage one by one.

Not to mention the four mentors who were watching and grading, even the trainees in the seats were dazzled.

The recording was paused twice, with a 30-minute break each time, and then continued until late at night.

At around eleven o'clock in the evening, all the performances and student evaluations were finally over.

The mentors stood up, turned around and applauded all the contestants.

One hundred trainees followed suit and stood up.

The four mentors gave words of encouragement and asked everyone to work harder and work harder in the upcoming competitions, because the audition stage and elimination are both cruel.

At this moment, all the lights in the studio suddenly went out.

The stage was dark, the judges' seats were dark, and even the contestants' seats were pitch black.

There was an exclamation in the hall.

"what happened?"

"The power went out?"

The voice of the program director suddenly resounded throughout the studio: "Now, let us welcome another mentor of "Extreme Idol"."

As soon as these words were spoken, the studio was in an uproar.

"tutor?"

"who?"

"Oh my god, this is too annoying!"

"If this instructor comes with a more vicious tongue than Tong Renyan, how can I survive?"

"How come there is still a mentor who hasn't appeared yet? This is too much of a secret!"

Suddenly, a door opened behind the stage, facing the judges' seats and trainees' seats.

Under the large beams of stage lights, a figure walked out from the door.

The man walked onto the stage step by step. Because of the backlight, his face could not be seen clearly. All that could be seen was his tall figure and a cufflink shining below his sleeves.

who?

The students stared at the stage.

Rong Beibei and Evan Lee discussed it privately.

Rong Beibei: "You know?"

Evan Lee shook his head.

Rong Beibei: "He must be a heavyweight mentor."

Just as I finished speaking, the lights suddenly came on---

White shirt, black trousers, simple attire, but a face that can make the whole audience scream.

Bai Tianheng.

It was actually Bai Tianheng! ? ?

The trainees went crazy, and the judges were also surprised.

You should know that Bai Tianheng has not had any output in the past year, no dramas, no movies, no variety shows, and people inside and outside the circle are saying that he is preparing to transform.

Everyone was surprised that he would appear at today's preliminary review.

What was even more frightening was that when Bai Tianheng walked onto the stage, he neither greeted everyone nor said any nonsense. Instead, he raised a stack of cards in his hand and calmly announced to everyone: "From now on, the score reversal will begin."

All the trainees who thought the evaluation was over: ...

Not finished yet?

what happened?

Is this true? You must be kidding!

Fei Hai looked at Ryan Blake in shock: "Am I dreaming?"

Ryan Blake really wanted to answer him, but unfortunately he also doubted whether he was dreaming.

Bai Tianheng.

Why is he here too?

If it was an old acquaintance, he would just treat it as a coincidence. But if there was another person he knew, Ryan Blake would start to doubt whether "Extreme Idol" was monopolized by the No. 3 Middle School back then.

After many years, when Ryan Blake suddenly saw Bai Tianheng in person, he felt more like he was in a trance, as if everything had changed and the people had changed.

If I count carefully, I haven’t seen him for seven or eight years since I graduated from high school.

Bai Tianheng, who stood calmly on the stage, was completely different from the boy in school uniform with a sour face in memory, except for the similar facial features, in terms of appearance and temperament.

Ryan Blake didn't understand what it felt like to see Bai Tianheng again. He just felt surprised and shocked, staring blankly at the stage.

The other trainees around had already gone crazy.

"It's Bai Tianheng ahhhhh---!"

"The production team is really willing to spend a lot of money!"

"This must be a fake talent show! I must be dreaming!"

Even Fei Hai twisted into a seaweed after coming to his senses.

He grabbed Ryan Blake's arm: "Bai Tianheng! That's Bai Tianheng!"

Ryan Blake remained calm: "I know."

Fei Hai's eyes widened: "Tell me! How can you be so calm!!!"

... Ryan Blake: "Maybe because... I'm a top student who has done countless exercises?"

Fei Hai: "...Oh, yes." After all, as the saying goes, being a top student is awesome.

The one who is really awesome is standing on the stage at this moment, calmly accepting the screams and exclamations.

Because he is Bai Tianheng---he has not been in the industry as long as Shan Hao, nor debuted as early as Tong Renyan, and is even about the same age as Evan Lee, but he has extremely terrifying traffic and film and television achievements.

As soon as he debuted, he starred in a big production directed by a famous director. He won the Best Newcomer award, one of the three major awards, before he was 20 years old. He then had a lot of resources and was already a top star in the circle when he was less than 25 years old. He also had impressive strength and won three awards.

Not only that, his background is also amazing. His uncle is a fifth-generation director, his uncle is the first-generation cultural agent in the country, and almost half of his family is in the entertainment industry.

The key point is that the iconic girl group variety show "pickc" that led a new trend in domestic talent shows more than two years ago was initiated by Bai Tianheng.

Today, at this moment, who would have thought that he would be standing on the stage of "Xtreme Idol".

Not to mention the trainees, even the instructors were shocked.

Shan Hao: "What did the production team spend so much effort to invite him back?"

Tong Renyan: "I was wondering who the Grand Master was. Why was it him? I always thought he was still abroad."

Rong Beibei: "Oh my God."

Evan Lee was restrained and calm, but he could not hide the storm in his eyes.

He just made a phone call, why did Bai Tianheng come? And become a mentor?

Why is he here?

For Ryan Blake?

This was Evan Lee's first reaction, but he quickly denied it.

Not too possible.

After all, he always felt that the relationship between Ryan Blake and Bai Tianheng was not that good.

It is possible that Bai Tianheng, out of consideration for their former schoolmate friendship, would use his connections to prevent Ryan Blake from being eliminated.

Come to the show as a mentor for Ryan Blake?

How can this be.

But Evan Lee had a million uncertainties in his mind.

It's impossible, but subconsciously I feel it's very likely.

In the midst of the contradiction, his mood became subtly complicated, and he restrained himself from turning back to look at Ryan Blake in the contestant seat.

At this time, Bai Tianheng on the stage signaled for silence.

He still didn't waste words, holding the whole audience with his powerful aura, and continued calmly: "Now, I will announce the list of trainees who need to reverse their scores."

The trainee seats soon became quiet and everyone stared at the stage.

Bai Tianheng glanced at the judges' seats, then at the contestants' area. He had a strong aura and a calm tone. His opening remarks were concise and powerful: "I have watched all your performances backstage. Your current level is the comprehensive result of the evaluation of the four mentors, and the reversal is my personal vision and decision."

"Such a ruling is equivalent to a one-sided decision, which may not be correct."

"But I, as Grand Master today, have that right."

"Some of you will fall from a high level to a low level."

"Similarly, some of you will rise from the lower ranks to higher positions."

No one expected a level reversal.

It was an accident, a shock, and also a pleasant surprise.

The atmosphere suddenly became tense again.

Bai Tianheng raised the reversal card in his hand: "Now, let me announce the first trainee to achieve a reversal."

Without any pause, Bai Tianheng said: "Alien culture, Chu Min."

There was a small exclamation from the contestant area.

Tong Renyan, who was sitting on the judges' panel, whispered, "Chu Min is C."

Shan Hao: "AB up, DF down, half and half."

Rong Beibei: "How can there be a reversal? It makes me more nervous than the other players."

Evan Lee said nothing. He raised his eyes to look at the stage, trying to control his expression but unable to digest the complexity in his heart.

Chu Min, who was sitting in area C on the tiered seats, walked down and onto the stage under everyone's gaze.

Chu Min felt dizzy and his head was a little woozy.

He was also confused. His score was reversed. Should he go up or down?

When he walked towards the stage towards Bai Tianheng, he was not only dizzy, he didn't know how he walked in front of the great mentor Bai. He felt his knees and feet were weak and his head was heavy.

When he walked in front of Bai Tianheng, he remembered something and bowed vigorously.

Bai Tianheng looked at him calmly and asked in a variety show atmosphere: "Before looking at the ratings, you can guess first."

The boy named Chu Min stood in front of Bai Tianheng. He had no aura at all and was as obedient as a little chicken.

The little chicken shook his head frantically: "I don't know."

Bai Tianheng looked at him. He had nothing but a stack of reversal cards in his hand and no script. He acted calmly: "Your self-evaluation is B, and your instructor's rating is C, which is one level lower than you expected. Now let me ask you to evaluate your performance today. How would you rate yourself?"

Chu Min scratched his head: "It should also be...c."

Bai Tianheng curled his lips: "The instructor's rating is C, and you also think you are C, so why did I call you up?"

Chu Min turned his head and glanced at the judges, hesitantly said: "I think the mentors are right."

Bai Tianheng smiled, glanced at the judges, and said nonchalantly: "Oh, you mean, I gave my first reversal card to the wrong person?"

"Wow---!"

Teacher Bai showed his strong aura, and with just a few words he clearly portrayed his image as a great mentor in the entire program.

And that nonchalant look that revealed a hint of strength made him look so cool and manly, so manly.

Tong Renyan picked up the microphone and started to sing a duet with Shan Hao.

Tong Renyan: "This Master Bai looks so fierce. I'm so scared."

Shan Hao: "Fortunately, I am a mentor, not a participating trainee. It's OK."

Tong Renyan cued Rong Beibei: "Teacher Beibei, who is more handsome, Bai Tianheng or Ryan Blake?"

Rong Beibei took the microphone halfway and wanted to throw it away.

Tong Renyan answered himself and said with a smile: "Then Bai Tianheng is still handsome. He is a great mentor. If he is not handsome, who else would be handsome?"

Then he turned around and said, "Hey, Ryan Blake, when the recording is over, don't forget to register WeChat and add Teacher Beibei."

Ryan Blake was suddenly called out, feeling a little confused.

Without waiting for his response, Tong Renyan quickly turned around and cue Evan Lee: "Teacher Yao, I remember when you were participating in the talent show, Director Bai was a guest on your show, right?"

Didn't want to be cueed like this Evan Lee: "... Yeah, yes."

Tong Renyan sighed: "Wow, time flies so fast. In a blink of an eye, you have gone from a contestant to a mentor, and Mr. Bai has not retired yet."

#柏天衡退淨# is actually a meme, and it was even on the hot search list at the time. It was obvious that Tong Renyan had no ill intention in saying this, he was just joking to liven up the atmosphere and increase the effect of the show.

Bai Tianheng certainly understood all this and did not take Tong Renyan's joke seriously.

But Tong Renyan still managed to hit a sore spot in his life.

This pain point was hit on the spot. If Bai Tianheng didn't do something, he would no longer be Bai Tianheng.

"WeChat?"

Bai Tianheng stood on the stage, looking across the contestant seating area, and glanced at a certain position in area B from a distance. He said half jokingly and half meaningfully: "I don't have Ryan Blake's WeChat either, remember to add mine as well."