Morning light awakens all living things.
Li Ke and countless fans entered the sports arena.
Today is the opening ceremony of the first "Idol New Star Gas."
Participants for events like archery, swimming, and track and field will also be selected.
Li Ke wasn’t particularly interested in this event.
He wasn’t very athletic himself, but thinking about seeing so many pretty girls competing was still intriguing.
Backstage at the arena
Yu Qingjia and her group looked enviously at a dressing room.
That was where the Natural Girl team was located.
Here, they were the only ones entitled to enjoy a spacious private dressing room.
"Sister Qingjia, do they each have their own makeup artist?" Lu Shanshan asked curiously.
"It should be an entire makeup team," Yu Qingjia replied.
"It’s probably the Penguin Girls sponsorship. They really treat them too well. We eat box als, while their als are delivered especially to them."
Ma Xiaohui sighed helplessly.
"Their luck is amazing. For today’s opening ceremony, the entire nation must be watching, right?"
"Definitely. Even before it started, they were already trending."
"When will we ever get this kind of treatnt?"
Standing among the crowd, Zhao Yixue smiled as she watched over there, her eyes glowing with a distinctively different light.
In Galaxy, she was known for being well-liked and for her "non-competitive" persona.
However, her singing and dancing skills weren’t bad, and paired with her gender-neutral appeal, she was very popular.
"Yixue, what are you thinking about?"
Lu Bingbing glanced at her teammate. Their relationship wasn’t particularly close or distant.
Still, Zhao Yixue was soone she aid to ally with in Galaxy.
"Just looking," Zhao Yixue replied.
Hearing this, Lu Bingbing’s lips curved into a subtle, undefinable smile.
Others couldn’t see through her, but Lu Bingbing understood Zhao Yixue’s intentions well.
No one who climbed to a "God Seven" rank in the competitive waters of Galaxy was a naive flower.
This one especially excelled at patience and strategy.
She knew that Zhao Yixue and the other four mbers of the "God Seven" were secretly negotiating to reject participating in this year’s general election.
They aid to achieve higher profit-sharing terms collectively.
In the makeup room
The host was interviewing Ye Yuwei and her group.
The 11 mbers were already very accustod to such interviews.
This ti, they truly felt what it ant to have privileges.
While it wasn’t stated outright, they’d watched the recorded program yesterday.
It was essentially centered around them.
Once the host left, Ye Yuwei raised her voice and declared, "Everyone, stay focused. Our debut performance cannot fail."
"Don’t worry! We’ve rehearsed countless tis!" Wu Zixuan replied with a smile.
"Sister Yezi, rest assured! There won’t be any problems," Duan Yuxin said, taking a sip from the yogurt on the table.
"Yuxin, you’re still eating!" Ye Yuwei imdiately chided.
"Sorry, I forgot."
Duan Yuxin, startled, quickly tossed the yogurt aside and looked in the mirror to see if her lipstick had smudged.
"Everyone, listen carefully. We’re the only perforrs. Think about how many pairs of eyes are watching us out there."
"As Mr. Zhou ntioned yesterday, even the Penguin sponsors are under trendous pressure."
"We’ve been given so much screen ti, so we must live up to expectations."
"Let everyone out there realize that we’re on this stage not just because of other factors."
Ye Yuwei glanced at each mber. The initially relaxed group imdiately felt an overwhelming sense of pressure.
Even ng ixuan felt secretly alard—she genuinely found herself a little afraid of Ye Yuwei.
Zhang Zijing, on the other hand, looked at Ye Yuwei with admiration and adoration. This was the real Ye Yuwei.
Under the host’s comntary.
Ye Yuwei led the Natural Girl group onto the performance stage in the arena.
ng ixuan!
Lv Fangxin!
Ye Yuwei!
...
The fans in the stands scread their nas wildly.
Stretching across the venue, with over ten thousand seats, almost every single one held light banners supporting them.
Accompanied by lighthearted and lively music, the big screen showed the Natural Girl team’s flag.
At the sa ti, large portraits of each mber appeared one after another.
The 11 mbers lined up in formation, ready to begin their dance and song performance.
The song they perford was "For Victory," a track they had prepared in advance. The song radiated youthful energy.
It highlighted the dynamic, spirited determination of young people striving for excellence.
As the music began, the mbers slowly raised their arms, moving rhythmically.
Their starting formation was a single-file line, with Yang Ni standing at the forefront as the arrowhead representing flight.
She moved her arms up and down in a staggered motion, and then the rest of the group changed direction, fanning out on all sides.
This pause, paired with the intro of the song, created a jarringly beautiful mont. The sudden dispersion was like droplets of water scattering, visually stunning to behold.
The fans in the stands scread with excitent, feeling that their idols had truly put in the effort this ti.
Lu Bingbing and her group watched intently as well.
They noticed that even Lv Fangxin, often labeled a "sing-and-dance flop," hit her marks on the beat perfectly during transitions.
"They must be lip-syncing!" Xu ngchen remarked indignantly.
"Of course. I’ve heard this song before. The tempo is too fast; they couldn’t sustain it live," Lu Shanshan said, watching coldly.
"Wasn’t Lv Fangxin supposed to be bad at both singing and dancing? How is she this good now?" Wang Yiran said, clearly surprised.
Lu Bingbing smiled and explained, "She’s not bad at dancing. She just struggles when she’s nervous and her muscles aren’t relaxed. Looks like she’s overco that during this period of practice."
"Ye Yuwei, ng ixuan, Jiang ngqi are incredible! Their moves!" Yuan Yaoyao exclaid in amazent.
Watching live dancing was an entirely different experience compared to viewing it on a screen.
At that mont, the Natural Girl group was both singing and skillfully changing formations.
From two straight rows, they transitioned into a diamond shape, weaving through like fluttering butterflies with "long-distance" position exchanges on the stage.
This type of movent was extrely challenging, especially with so many mbers.
The audience in the stands saw a seamless and visually pleasing performance from above. However, the perforrs on the stage were surrounded by their teammates, their view obstructed by close proximity.
Yet, the 11 of them flawlessly gathered and dispersed, moving back and forth without a single misstep, perfectly timing their moves to the last note of the chorus.
Zhao Yixue, known as one of the top dancers in Galaxy, initially thought that this was the peak of Natural Girl’s performance.
But then, they unexpectedly incorporated nurous intricate hand movents into the rhythmically intense music.
These details made the performance even more dynamic, like the fluid motion of flowing water.
"They’re really strong! They’d rival the top girl groups in East Asia!"
Zhao Yixue couldn’t help but praise them out loud while secretly wondering: If Galaxy mbers were to perform on this stage, could they achieve this?
"Yixue, who from our group do you think could handle this stage?" Yu Qingjia’s thoughts coincided perfectly with hers.
"...With a seven-mber team, we could manage. But with 11 mbers, we wouldn’t have enough people."
"Even as a seven-mber group, we’d lose. The choreographic difficulty multiplies with an 11-mber ensemble!"
"I just wonder if they’re actually singing live or not."
Over on the other side, Wang Yiran said, "They’re probably using double-track lip-syncing. There’s no audible heavy breathing."
At that mont, Lv Fangxin completed a transition, miming a punching motion with both hands as she rhythmically posed with orchid gestures near her torso. Her hips and waist swayed rapidly from side to side, resembling a playful kitten.
Li Ke and the others found themselves emotionally stirred, unable to resist cheering loudly.
In the blink of an eye, she swapped positions with Fu Xiaoyu, appearing on the opposite side of the stage.
Her slender body tilted slightly as she raised one hand to her ear, fingers spread open.
She looked like a blooming flower under the morning light.
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