Chapter 68: Great Pressure

On Thursday and Friday, there were 70 contestants in total, and each was only given 15-20 minutes of rehearsal time. Most of them had no problem singing once, and then it was the next one.

Xu Rui also passed in one try, without any guidance or preferential treatment, because he arranged the music himself, which saved the program team a lot of trouble.

Zhao Yan, who was lucky enough to sit in on the show, waited for Xu Rui to come down and immediately said excitedly, "It's so beautiful!"

"Thank you." Xu Rui looked back at the busy staff and asked in confusion, "Why are you in such a hurry?"

Zhao Yan explained, "It's not a hurry. If there weren't too many contestants this time, the rehearsal is usually only one day, so it's impossible to come slowly. One more day means one more day of money. There are fewer contestants later, so there will be more time."

Zhao Yan still had to wait for Li Yi. Xu Rui left the rehearsal site and went back to the dormitory alone. He bought a bottle of water from the vending machine next to the stairs. He was complaining about the stinginess of the program group, not even free water. Just after turning the corner, he saw the girl who was rehearsing in front of him sitting on the stairs crying. It was probably because she was under a lot of pressure. She was not satisfied with the rehearsal singing but didn't have more time. After she came out, she couldn't hold back her emotions.

"Emm..." Xu Rui paused, not thinking about how to comfort her, but because the girl was sitting in the middle, making him wonder whether to go from the left or the right.

The other party heard the footsteps, wiped her tears, looked up, and saw Xu Rui standing in front of the steps, holding a bottle of iced black tea with his left hand raised, looking like he was about to hand it to her.

"Thank you..."

Before the last sound of the word "thank you" fell, the girl saw Xu Rui unscrew the bottle cap and drink a sip himself. This action made her nose sore, and she cried "wow" louder.

"What's wrong?" An election officer who was about the same age as Zhao Yan rushed over, saw Xu Rui standing in front of the stairs looking down, and then looked at the girl sitting on the steps crying, and her heart "stomped", harassment? Flirting? Fighting?

Hey, isn't this Xu Rui, "One See CP" is so popular, is he going to destroy his future? Sure enough, CP and other things are fake, and he is a scumbag behind the scenes?

In a few short seconds, the dorm manager imagined one big scene after another. When she ran to the front, the girl on the stairs was no longer crying so hard. Her eyes were red and her face was wrinkled. She was very aggrieved: "I am under so much pressure."

"..." The dorm manager turned her head to look at Xu Rui.

"I was just passing by." Xu Rui was innocent. He guessed in his heart that the girl's eyes just now didn't think I was going to give her water!

"My damn charm." Xu Rui muttered in his heart and hurried upstairs, not wanting to cause trouble.

During the two days of rehearsal, Xu Rui was not the only one who cried quietly because of the pressure. In the evening, Li Yi came back and shared with Xu Rui: "Ding Hao's voice suddenly became a little hoarse today, and now he is about to collapse."

Xu Rui looked up: "Who is Ding Hao?"

"Uh..." Li Yi explained, "The first dormitory up the stairs, the one wearing Martin boots and a trendy hairstyle, has a hoarse voice due to inflammation, and now his hoarse voice is even more irritating. It must be difficult. It seems that everyone's emotions are not stable."

Xu Rui casually said: "People who make music and art have richer emotions and greater emotional fluctuations. It is understandable."

Li Yi smiled and said: "You are so calm, why do you seem to have taken yourself out?"

"No." Xu Rui picked up the phone, "I use my rich emotions elsewhere."

"Where?" Li Yi just finished asking, and heard a nice female voice from Xu Rui's phone. It was obvious that he was video chatting with Yan Ran again.

The answer was obvious. Li Yi simply picked up the guitar and went to the balcony to play for a while, not wanting to be shown off.

Xu Rui and Yan Ran didn't chat for too long. When they had time to video chat, they only talked for three to five minutes. It was good to relieve the pain of missing each other, so as not to indulge in sweetness and affect the work state.

Online, all five mentors have been announced. After Tang Bie and Bai Maojie were announced, the mentor lineup of "Original New Generation" was unanimously recognized by netizens. In addition, it was rumored that many popular players joined the show. It was similar to what Lu Ziliang judged. It was hard to say what kind of popularity and reputation the show would have, but there was definitely no shortage of viewers in the first two episodes.

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At noon on Saturday, Zhao Yan told them about the recording schedule for the evening: "You should start putting on makeup after dinner, and go to the scene to wait at 6 o'clock. The recording will officially start at 7 o'clock in the evening. The specific rules for the first round of selection will be told to you after the recording starts."

After thinking for a while, she added: "Including the rest time, the recording may last 7-10 hours, so I suggest that you finish your makeup and go to eat something around 5 o'clock. If you don't have the habit of staying up late, it should be difficult at night."

Unless you are eliminated and leave, you have to sit and wait after singing. You can't fall asleep in front of the camera. It's really difficult to think about it.

Li Yi asked curiously: "How many viewers will there be tonight?"

"There should be 100 viewers in the first round." Zhao Yan looked at the time, "Let's go, go eat and put on makeup."

Someone led and reminded him all the way, Xu Rui simply didn't use his brain and entered a semi-dormant state. When he came to his senses, he had already sat in the waiting area for the contestants on the scene.

The five mentors were chatting in a room full of technology and started recording.

"You're not going to tell us who the contestants are, are you?" Wu Zhou looked around and saw that no staff member answered him, so he joked, "Wow, I saw online that there are so many popular contestants, which makes me feel a little stressed. Can I guide them with my level?"

"When you say that, we are under great pressure." When Tang Yan spoke, the big screen in the room suddenly lit up.

"What's going on?" Wei Yumeng, who was sitting at the edge, was startled by the bright light next to him. He turned around and read out, "The rules of the first round of selection. There are a total of 70 contestants participating in the first round... …so much?"

After exclaiming, she continued: "There is no quota limit for promotions in this assessment. After the candidates' performances, the five instructors will each make a decision on whether they passed or not. At the same time, the 100 audience members will also give their judgments on whether they like it or not. , as long as you can get the approval of the three instructors and get the 'like' vote from 60 live audiences, you can advance.

In addition, each mentor will also have a resurrection card. If the player does not meet the above promotion conditions, the mentor can use the resurrection card in his hand to help the player advance. "

"It feels quite difficult." Jiang Hantao asked, "This is my first time as a tutor. Should I be stricter or more relaxed?"

"I would be stricter," Bai Maojie said. "I think the standards should be set more strictly and the wording should be gentler. This will not only be responsible for the players and the audience, but also not overly undermine their confidence."

"That makes sense." Several other people followed.

Anyway, there will always be some people playing bad side, and some people playing bad side, depending on the situation, but the slightly stricter tone has been set.