CEO's Sweetheart is a Super Idol-Chapter 316 - 309 Bitter Performance
"The first group’s performance was truly full of youth and nostalgia."
"Next, let’s welcome the second group, Wu Zixuan’s group."
Backstage, the members of this group are cheering each other on.
Wu Zixuan is particularly nervous at this moment; she is aware of those online comments.
She’s been carrying the title of having excellent singing and dancing skills, yet she hasn’t defeated her opponents in the past two performances, which has brought her so-called abilities under heavy scrutiny.
If she can’t win the popularity vote in this third public performance, her hope of seizing the C position will be completely gone.
A few people walked through the golden door.
The sound engineer specifically sought out her fan group to play the cheering sounds live for her.
Her group was dressed entirely in summer casual wear, mainly in light green, very youthful and vibrant, like a beautiful university campus scenery.
"Hello everyone, we are..."
"The Firefly Group."
The six of them showed adorable smiles.
This group has more dance-focused members, and strictly speaking, Wu Zixuan herself is also a dance focus; her singing skills are quite average.
After seeing the demo of this song, everyone thought the dance moves were too simple.
After a discussion, everyone unanimously decided to increase the difficulty of the dance and adjust the key of the singing parts.
It’s about playing to their strengths! At this stage, everyone wants to win.
Fan Lei, who experienced a failed vocal part battle in the second public performance, was very despondent.
She felt there was absolutely no chance for her to enter the top 22, but she still didn’t want to give up.
At this moment, she felt an unprecedented loneliness and fear.
All her teammates and friends were gone, leaving her all alone.
So during this part allocation, she didn’t say a word.
"Fan Lei, you need to pull yourself together, you’re an idol." Wu Zixuan put an arm around her shoulder.
"Sister, I know, but I..." Fan Lei was still very dejected.
"Me and Meixuan used to be on the edge in the half-island girl group."
"In an entire song, we only had 2.3 seconds of screen time, but we never gave up on ourselves."
"If you give up now, then you will never have your day to shine; your life isn’t just this one competition, and you’re only 23."
Wu Zixuan’s words struck Fan Lei deeply. Indeed, why should she give up?
Whether or not she debuts is a matter of ability, but whether she works hard is about being accountable to herself.
"Each of us is the same, even after debuting; if we don’t work hard, we’ll be eliminated by the industry. Our lives are about constantly striving and surpassing one another."
Wu Zixuan felt it necessary to fully encourage her team members.
Fu Xiaoyu was very supportive of Wu Zixuan; the two were good friends to begin with.
She had her own troubles; she felt like nobody knew her.
The girls in the base, those without much attention, were extremely envious of Lv Fangxin and the others.
In their eyes, regardless of whether someone likes you or dislikes you, at least there are countless people talking about you and knowing your name.
But what about herself? How many people knew her, and how many had written little essays about her?
She longed to be known, to gain public attention.
She knew that only by being known could she receive votes.
Unfortunately, she clashed with Wu Zixuan in terms of image, and many people considered her as a backup for the latter.
This time, they were placed together in a group, making her feel that her hopes of being noticed were increasingly slim.
However, deep down, the urge to rise above others made her not give up.
The lights dimmed, then brightened.
Like the space around, flickering on and off.
Senior Xiong Xiong, dressed in a light blue casual suit, began their interaction.
Senior Xiong Xiong was clearly much better than Xu Xu, no longer just a "signpost."
He had stage performance experience and could sing.
At that moment, he interacted charmingly with several girls.
Like a long-lost first love.
The first three sets of eight-counts belonged to Wu Zixuan, and today she performed very well.
This song was like a serenade of first love.
Next were Su Ruiqi and Gao Yingxi; both had professional-level dance skills.
However, once they started singing, although it didn’t drive the audience away, without a tuning technician, it would be a disaster; the two did not have good singing voices.
However, after being rearranged, the song became very simple.
The two still managed to complete the task roughly.
Moving into the first chorus, the group performed a group dance.
In the joyful rhythm, it looked like a group of children playing on blue grass under the sky, with Wu Zixuan, as the C position, given an individual solo shot.
She performed a ballet spin in the circle formed by the others.
Next was Fan Lei, her level was also average, neither hard to listen to nor pleasant.
The only thing worth seeing was her cute appearance. 𝙛𝒓𝒆𝙚𝒘𝒆𝓫𝙣𝓸𝙫𝓮𝒍.𝒄𝒐𝓶
Then it was Luo Qijia’s turn, her vocal tone suddenly changed.
Her timbre was decent, her singing was on par.
Moreover, she herself was quite charismatic and good-looking, but unfortunately, she had no storyline.
Next up was Fu Xiaoyu.
She had the highest singing level among this group.
If judged solely on singing and dancing ability, she surpassed Wu Zixuan.
It’s just that Wu Zixuan’s looks belong to a type that everyone loves, and with Penguin’s special support, her audience reach far exceeded that of Fu Xiaoyu.
At this moment, the ever-backgrounded Senior Xiong Xiong moved to the center of the stage.
The girls surrounded him, performing various high-difficulty dance moves.
At that moment, the gap in foundational skills became completely evident.
Fu Xiaoyu and Gao Yingxi simultaneously did side splits in front on either side.
Gao Yingxi’s left leg was fully stretched out in mid-air, while Fu Xiaoyu’s was much less.
Then Xiong Xiong and Wu Zixuan did a ballet lift.
Of course, it wasn’t lifting her into the air, but rather Wu Zixuan did a vertical split on the ground and then was pulled up by the arm by him.
Consider it a simplified lift!
This was clearly something the program team meticulously arranged, ordinary viewers couldn’t see the gap in this, and besides, there were fan filters.
The group continued performing, during the second chorus, Wu Zixuan and Senior Xiong Xiong did a male-female duet.
The other five completely fell into the role of "backup dancers."
It was obvious the program team planned to promote the big C position this time.
In the first public and second public performances, there were still chances to rotate and vie for C, but not anymore.
The two sang this part very sweetly, and the program team did put a lot of effort into Wu Zixuan.
Because her singing skill was so-so, showcasing her singing alone wouldn’t work.
With support from Senior Xiong Xiong, the performance effect immediately rose in level.
But as the last note transitioned, the scene froze on the two, then gradually included others.
Fan Lei, who was originally fully engaged, felt completely empty.
She had an urge to fall to the stage and cry.
She knew this was her last time standing here.
Those often-praised beautiful big eyes of hers slowly scanned the audience, but there were no banners or light boards for her.
Luo Qijia and Su Ruiqi also didn’t see anyone cheering for them.
Su Ruiqi felt more of unwillingness and anger in her heart; she believed she still had many undisplayed talents, and that her ranking didn’t match her abilities, but felt helpless about it.
"Hello everyone, we meet again."
Wu Zixuan displayed the perfect idol greeting expression.
"I want to especially thank our Senior Xiong Xiong, even though he’s very busy, he still took a lot of time to help us rehearse; we’re very thankful to him."
Xiong Xiong also bowed politely, smiling.
"And all our team members are amazing, please give us a thumbs up!"
Next, Senior Xiong Xiong also helped them garner votes.
"Please everyone, select your favorite girl." Long Zitao began the procedure.
