After spending a long ti at Random Entertainnt, everyone beca smarter.
Chi Qiao stepped forward, imitating the famous detective Conan, and adjusted Yao Shuo's imaginary glasses.
Yao Shuo played along, analyzing the situation. He touched his chin with a serious expression and said, "There are 21 of us, and we can't all go. So there's only one truth - only the group that wins first place can go."
The other trainees in the room applauded politely, with Pei Luming even exclaiming softly, "Wow—"
Guan Xiaoxiao, holding her phone, was speechless: "..."
She said: "You're overthinking it. We're all going."
Guan Xiaoxiao scrolled through her chat history on her phone, "It's simply a learning trip. We bought tickets for everyone, including Week 2 passes. We'll have to wait for Jiang Juyou's notice for the specific details."
After finishing, she checked the ti, "Alright, that's it for practice today. Everyone go back and pack your bags. We'll be staying for two nights, so just bring a few changes of clothes. Rember to check the weather."
She clapped her hands, directly dismissing the trainees.
Yao Shuo still wasn't convinced, "Impossible, this is definitely not sothing our company would do..."
But this ti, no one played along with him. They all went to their lockers to get their things and prepare to return to the dorms, leaving him alone.
"Impossible..."
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As one of the minor highlights of today's platform gala, online attention towards Jiang Juyou increased along with the growing number of trending topics.
The gala's livestream began, with hosts conducting the program according to schedule on stage, while well-dressed artists sat below.
Jiang Juyou sat in a small corner, originally without any caras pointed at her. But not long after the start, a caraman ca over with his equipnt aid directly at their area, with the filming subject very clearly being Jiang Juyou, who was sitting at the edge of the long bench.
During the VCR playback on screen, there were occasional loud shouts from fans behind them.
Although Jiang Juyou's na wasn't among those being called out, whenever her face appeared on screen, nearby fans would show so courtesy and cheer a bit.
Suddenly, the person on stage called out Jiang Juyou's na.
Jiang Juyou, who had been looking down at her phone, raised her head to gauge the situation: "..."
Her face appeared on the screen again, but this ti it was a half-body shot, directly showing her playing with her phone.
A blogger sitting nearby, seeing that Jiang Juyou hadn't stood up yet, ca over to quietly remind her, "Ms. Jiang, you've won an award. You need to go up to receive it."
Only then did Jiang Juyou realize why the cara was pointed at her. She had a sudden realization, "Ah~"
Jiang Juyou put her phone behind her and stood up, smoothing out her clothes before walking towards the stage.
There were several people receiving awards, but the big screen broadcast only focused on Jiang Juyou.
Because the award presenter was Yang RPing.
Soon after, this segnt was reposted all over the internet by marketing accounts, including GIFs of Jiang Juyou playing with her phone and her downturned mouth corners as she received the award from Yang RPing.
Although the marketing accounts were spreading content according to instructions from above, the public had their own thoughts.
"Acting like in class [smile]"
"Such a boring gala, it's really hard on our Jiang Juyou."
"I bet after today, this mory won't even exist in the hangover cure's mind because it's too boring."
"LOL, turns out even Jiang Juyou panics when caught playing on her phone."
"Don't forget, sisters, the hangover cure is still a college student."
"She's got that clear and silly college student vibe, now I believe the hangover cure is still in university."
Although the trending topic was prepared to sar Jiang Juyou, her strong public appeal ant the comnts section didn't go as planned by those above.
Apart from teasing Jiang Juyou, there were also fans frantically calling her "husband" below.
Among tonight's many trending topics about red carpet outfits, Jiang Juyou's trending topic seed much more interesting, with more active participants, quickly rising to a high position.
anwhile, after receiving her award, Jiang Juyou went straight backstage to pack up and change clothes, preparing to fly to South Korea.
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Recently, South Korea has been in its university campus festival period, with various universities inviting many idol groups and singers to perform at their schools to welco new students and celebrate.
As spring has arrived and temperatures have risen, the streets are filled with people dressed in vibrant outfits.
Jiang Juyou had no special plans for the morning, so she took a stroll around the university area and went to see the cherry blossoms.
After lunch, she went with the staff to pick up the custom in-ear monitors, headsets, and microphones they had ordered earlier.
The audio company staff had never seen soone carry so many boxes of custom mics before, and even helped carry several loads.
"Alright, we can load them into the car now," said the translator who was helping, after communicating with the audio company staff. He then closed the trunk.
Jiang Juyou nodded after hearing this and pointed ahead, "I'll go up first then."
Back in the practice room, the trainees had been preparing since early morning. They had gone to the styling room for hair and makeup in the morning and had changed into their chosen outfits upon returning.
They were doing warm-ups when a staff mber ca to inform them that Jiang Juyou had arrived.
The words "Jiang Juyou" had beco a psychological shadow for the trainees. Just ntioning it made their hearts skip a beat, like being suddenly awakened from sleep.
Everyone simultaneously clutched their chests and sighed.
Even the usually optimistic Pei Luming started to look dejected, so one can imagine how much worse the others' expressions were.
Just as everyone was preparing to move to the practice room on the second basent level, suddenly so staff mbers ca in carrying several boxes.
Everyone paused their actions and went to help first.
"What's this?"
The curious Pei Luming glanced at the Korean writing on the boxes. It had the company's na on it, so they could guess it was so kind of audio equipnt, but no one knew exactly what it was.
The staff mber who had put down the last box straightened his back and stretched his arms, saying, "These are custom in-ear monitors and microphones. Let's unpack them first, you'll be using them for the Monthly Evaluation."
"...Huh?"
The 21 little ones tilted their heads in unison.
Downstairs, Jiang Juyou sat down and stretched her back a few tis before settling onto the sofa.
In front of her, a staff mber was testing the in-ear monitor samples. Jiang Juyou stared at her and asked, "How is it? Clear?"
"Ah! Ah! Ah!" She said a few random words, then raised an eyebrow, "Oh~"
She pointed at the earphones and said, "It's quite clear. This side is the original track, and this side is the instruntal."
Jiang Juyou nodded, then pointed to the side, "Alright, sit down and rest for a bit. We're exhausted."
The Monthly Evaluation was scheduled for 3 PM. As the ti approached, the teachers gradually arrived. Jiang Juyou greeted them with her broken Korean, and with the help of the translator, they chatted for a while.
When the 2:59 alarm went off, the smile on Jiang Juyou's face imdiately disappeared. She turned and sat down on the sofa, then said to Guan Xiaoxiao, "You can let them in now."
As soon as she finished speaking, soone knocked on the door.
"Hello, teachers—"
The trainees entered in a line, bowing as they walked in, extrely polite.
They were divided into three groups, and just from today's styling, you could tell who was in which group. After entering, they first stood in front of Jiang Juyou to greet her.
"Alright, let's not waste ti. We still have a flight to catch at 11 PM, so let's start quickly," Jiang Juyou said.
Jiang Juyou glanced at the iPad handed to her by a staff mber. The spreadsheet on it was in both Chinese and Korean. She casually flipped through a few pages, then said, "Let's start with the group performances... Gao Xiayu's group, you're up first."
She closed the iPad and put it beside her.
The group whose na was called received sympathetic looks from the others, but despite their nervousness, they had to move quickly, or else they'd be scolded even worse.
The staff mber sitting by the computer looked at their opening pose, then counted down softly: "Three, two, one—"
As the music started, the movents of the seven people were like a symtrical pattern, with even the angles of their rises and falls matching, making for a very pleasing visual performance.
Whenever Gao Xiayu was the team leader, there was no need to worry too much about the dance moves. This ti was even more so, as four out of the seven had been team leaders before. Their pride wouldn't allow them to make mistakes, so their requirents for the overall quality of the performance were even higher.
The dance for this first small section was extrely coordinated, even the dance teacher's expression softened, with only Jiang Juyou sitting in front with a cold face.
Because the practice room was not large, they could potentially bump into Jiang Juyou sitting on the sofa if they moved a bit forward, allowing them to see her facial expressions more clearly.
The more unresponsive she was, the more nervous everyone beca. At first, they could still focus on the dance and music, but later they started to wonder if they had made a mistake sowhere, causing Jiang's expression to be so poor.
The three-minute dance was short and quickly ca to an end.
The intense choreography left them panting heavily after they finished. The practice room was filled only with their heavy breathing and scattered applause from the other trainees.
The teachers sitting in front were all silent, busily writing sothing on their iPads.
Jiang Juyou's actions were even more frightening - she hadn't even picked up her iPad and was scratching her head as if bored.
Although the ventilation system above was working, the trainees felt suffocated.
Jiang Juyou lowered her hand, glanced at the sweating faces in front of her, and pointed to the side, "Go wipe yourselves off first."
Her words finally unfroze them. Everyone relaxed their posture, quickly wiped the sweat from their faces, and returned to their positions, waiting for the teachers' feedback.
The other teachers courteously deferred to Jiang Juyou, wanting her to speak first, but she waved her hand, gesturing for the teachers to comnt first.
Seeing this gesture, the seven trainees inwardly cried in unison: We're dood...
The teachers first praised the trainees, then gave individual feedback, ntioning both strengths and weaknesses. However, the comnts were mostly positive, as this group was indeed quite skilled. Even Ye Xing and Yao Shuo didn't lag behind in the team.
When it was Jiang Juyou's turn, she first clicked her tongue with an expression that seed difficult to read, then tilted her head and let out a "tsk" sound.
"You guys are really consistent, aren't you..."
Not only those standing in the center, but even the trainees sitting on the side turned to look at Jiang Juyou.
She began, "There are rarely any performances that can truly captivate the audience. They're all either making people anxious for you or holding their breath, which is uncomfortable."
This assessnt brought the temperature in the practice room down to freezing point. The seven trainees didn't even dare to breathe audibly.
Pei Luming thought to himself: Guys, who understands? My heart is about to stop...
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