Day: September 5, 2021

       After he heard Lu Jinlang’s voice, Wen Jianing forced himself to calm down and warned himself not to misbehave in front of Lu Jinlang. He turned around slightly and said, “Sorry, Mr. Lu, my pants are wet, it’s not very convenient now.”

       He thought Lu Jinlang would leave after hearing what he said, but he didn’t expect Lu Jinlang to come in and asked, “Wet?”

       Wen Jianing pinched his palm and told himself it was okay. He couldn’t see it.

       In fact, he should have not been able to see it at all. His pants were wet, but they were only slightly stuck on his body, and he couldn’t see any detailed outline. On the contrary, he reacted a little too much because of his nervousness.

       Sure enough, Lu Jinlang took a look and said, “Wait.”

       After he said this, Lu Jinlang went out. Wen Jianing didn’t understand what he meant, but soon Lu Jinlang came back and took a pair of clean pants for Wen Jianing.

       Wen Jianing has always avoided facing Lu Jinlang head-on, but it could also be understood as an adult avoiding embarrassment.

       As soon as he received the pants from Lu Jinlang, Wen Jianing quickly thanked him and took them to the dressing room to replace his wet pants.

       After he changed his pants, Wen Jianing was able to calm down and wondered why Lu Jinlang was here at this time and why he would show such obvious kindness to him.

       From Wen Jianing’s view, this was indeed a very obvious good intention. In the past, when they were on the set, except for when they were on the scene, he only talked no more than three sentences in total to Lu Jinlang.

       But when he came out of the locker room, he found that Lu Jinlang had disappeared. After he brought Wen Jianing a pair of clean pants, he had already left.

       Wen Jianing was a bit at a loss, but he could only understand that he didn’t understand Lu Jinlang. Perhaps Lu Jinlang was an enthusiastic and kind-hearted man by nature.

       When Wen Jianing went back that night, after changing his pants, he found that it was a very high-end custom brand. If he could wear casual pants of this brand, it must be Lu Jinlang who owned the pants.

       That being the case, Wen Jianing couldn’t dispose of these pants at will. He specially sent them to a dry cleaner for cleaning that night. On the day of the official recording of the second round a week later, he took the pants to the TV station.

       Before the official recording started, the dressing room was in full swing, and everyone was busy putting on makeup and trying on clothes. On the contrary, Wen Jianing was the simplest. He had good skin and only needed a simple repair and put on the prepared costumes.

       Taking advantage of this free time, he took out Lu Jinlang’s trousers from his backpack and took them to the direction of Lu Jinlang’s waiting room.

       Lu Jinlang’s and the other’s waiting room was very quiet. Several doors were closed, and several big stars stayed in their respective rooms. Even the voices of someone talking and chatting couldn’t be heard.

       Wen Jianing knocked on the door of Lu Jinlang’s waiting room and heard the person inside say, “Come in.”

       When he opened the door, he saw that Lu Jinlang was alone in the waiting room. He was sitting on the sofa and reading the newspaper.

       Seeing that it was Wen Jianing, Lu Jinlang lowered the newspaper in his hand, looked at him, and asked what his intention was with his eyes.

       “Mr. Lu,” Wen Jianing gestured to him with the pants in his hand, “I’m here to return it to you.”

       Lu Jinlang glanced at it and said, “Put it here.”

       Wen Jianing glanced at the waiting room’s surroundings, walked over and put his pants on the sofa, and said again, “Thank you.”

       Lu Jinlang folded the newspaper and put it aside. He asked Wen Jianing, “I heard you were ostracized by other contestants?”

       Wen Jianing was taken aback for a moment, and then said, “No, where did Mr. Lu hear about it?”

       Lu Jinlang did not answer his question.

       Wen Jianing couldn’t help but wonder, “Mr. Lu, can I ask why you voted for me that day?”

       Lu Jinlang hadn’t spoken yet. The waiting room’s door was suddenly pushed from the outside. Lu Jinlang’s assistant and agent came in from the outside together. When they sawWen Jianing inside, they all paused.

       These two people actually knew Wen Jianing in the past. Lu Jinlang’s assistant, Lu Yunan was a very honest and responsible person, and he didn’t talk excessively. Lu Jinlang’s agent, Song Dong, was a lot slicker and liked to measure down someone’s weakness, but this kind of personality was very helpful for his work.

       When he saw Wen Jianing, Song Dong’s eyes were a little unspeakable. He asked Lu Jinlang, “Are we disturbing you?”

       Lu Jinlang shook his head.

       Wen Jianing had no intention of staying after seeing this situation. He thanked Lu Jinlang again, opened the door and went out. Before going out, he noticed that Song Dong was still looking at him.

       The moment he closed the door, Wen Jianing suddenly understood the meaning of Song Dong’s eyes. In the past, when he saw some unknown actresses leaning in front of Lu Jinlang, Song Dong also showed those kinds of eyes.

       Wen Jianing couldn’t help being a little amused thinking that Song Dong actually looked at him this way. He then walked towards the large dressing room without looking back.

       Although the preparations started in the morning, the official recording would not start until the afternoon.

       At noon, a lunch box was prepared by the TV station.

       When he saw everyone rushing up to get the box lunch, Wen Jianing was not in a hurry to squeeze in. He sat in his seat and looked at his mobile phone. At this time, a person came over and handed him a box of lunch.

       Wen Jianing looked up and saw a young man named Wen Lin.

       Wen Jianing was very impressed with Wen Lin from the first sight, because he felt that Wen Lin’s character was very similar to Ke Xinhang in his imagination. He looked handsome, slightly reclusive, and liked music. When Wen Lin was free, he played guitar alone in the corner.

       Wen Lin took the initiative to help Wen Jianing get a lunch box. Wen Jianing was actually very grateful. He smiled and was about to thank him, when a person behind him reached out and took the box lunch and said, “Thank you.”

       Wen Jianing and Wen Lin were a little surprised. They turned around and found that the person who grabbed their lunch was Yi Nan. Yi Nan was the most dazzling contestant in this competition. He had a seductive appearance and could sing well. After the preliminary rounds were broadcasted, Yi Nan became extremely popular online.

       Yi Nan was not close with Wen Lin and Wen Jianing, but he was a very high-profiled person and didn’t hide his popularity at all. At the same time, because of his high popularity, many players would unconsciously take the initiative to please him and build a good relationship with him, because many people think that Yi Nan was likely to be the champion of this competition.

       Yi Nan’s behaviour of snatching a lunch box would be regarded as a joke or even a playful gesture.

       But Wen Lin obviously didn’t think so. He immediately looked upset, and said, “Please give it back to me. If you want to eat, you can get it yourself.”

       Yi Nan had already cracked the disposable chopsticks with a smile. When Yi Nan heard his words, he looked up to Wen Lin and jokingly said, “Just go get another box. Please give this box to me.”

       Wen Lin said, “Please take it yourself, I’m not happy to invite you to eat.”

       Yi Nan couldn’t maintain his composure anymore, he stood up and said, “But you can just invite this little white boy* to eat?”

       At first, Wen Jianing wanted to persuade Wen Lin to forget it, but when Yi Nan said something about himself, he felt uncomfortable. He also stood up and said to Yi Nan, “Mr. Yi should be a little more polite. “

       Yi Nan said, “Why do you think I’m rude to you?”

       Wen Lin was obviously angered by what Yi Nan said to Wen Jianing. Wen Lin angrily said, “Cut the crap!” and then he reached directly for the lunch box.

       Yi Nan blocked him for a while, and Wen Lin couldn’t hold the lunch box firmly. Then the lunch box suddenly fell to the ground.

       The entire dressing room’s attention was drawn to them, and a TV station staff member was already asking loudly, “What happened?”

       The atmosphere here was tense, and Wen Jianing really worried that Wen Lin and Yi Nan would argue with each other again. When he was about to speak, suddenly he heard someone knock on the door of the dressing room and asked, “Is Mr. Ke Xinhang here?”

       It was a little abrupt because the entire dressing room who had been quiet because of Wen Jianing’s quarrel all turned their heads and looked over at the same time.

       There he saw that the person standing at the door turned out to be Lu Jinlang’s assistant, Lu Yunan.

       Lu Yunan held a plastic bag in his hand. He didn’t seem to think that there was anything wrong with the atmosphere inside, and he directly walked toward Wen Jianing with his bag.

       He put the plastic bag on the table in front of Wen Jianing and said, “Mr. Lu asked me to bring it to you.”

       Lu Yunan said that and left.

       Wen Jianing was a little surprised. In addition, all the eyes in the entire dressing room were focused on him, and he felt a little uncomfortable. He untied the bag and saw that there were two carefully packed lunch boxes inside. It was all an exquisite meal.

       These were obviously not lunch boxes that were sold outside for more than ten yuan**, but were packed in big restaurants.

       Under such circumstances, no one could say anything for a while.

       The dispute between Yi Nan and Wen Lin also stopped. Yi Nan went to get a box of lunch by himself and hummed vaguely before leaving. Probably in addition to mocking Wen Jianing, there were some inexplicable meanings behind it.

       Lu Jinlang’s obvious care could be understood as Wen Jianing had really come to this round by having a backup, or it could also be understood as Lu Jinlang’s special recognition for Wen Jianing, so he was willing to support him.

       No matter what, it was an enviable thing.

       Lu Jinlang’s concerns were all sent over. Of course, Wen Jianing couldn’t refuse. He invited Wen Lin to eat with him, but Wen Lin said, “No, you can eat by yourself.”

       Then Wen Lin took the box lunch and sat beside him to eat.

       Wen Jianing sighed for a long time, decided to ignore the gazes around him, and sat down to eat the meal first.

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The author has something to say:**

Although it’s brief and unimportant, it’s not so exaggerated. He’s just nervous. I found the topic difficult to get around…..

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*little white boy = refers to men who only rely on someone to provide financial support
**10 yuan = $1.55
*** Every author’s words seem to be related to the conversation they do with some readers

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       The recording of the program didn’t end in one day. When he returned at night, Wen Jianing was so tired that he didn’t even want to take a bath. He just lay on bed and immediately went to sleep.

       When he woke up every morning, he would be in a short trance. He wouldn’t be able to remember exactly where he was, and then he would recall that he was now a young man named Ke Xinhang, aged twenty, with singing as his hobby.

       He had now formed a habit, that was when he went for a bath and went to the toilet, he would try to avoid seeing his physical abnormalities. Sometimes when you couldn’t see it, you could force yourself to think that it didn’t exist.

       However, the most troublesome thing in the past two days was the bathroom at the TV station, because there were too many people there. If Wen Jianing waited for the cubicle to be freed up every time, it would take a lot of time.

       He felt that Ke Xinhang must be very strong to be able to grow up healthily.

       While waiting at the backstage area today, a hostess brought a cameraman to ask him questions. The hostess asked him what he thought of Lu Jinlang saying “Good acting” to him yesterday.

       Many people in the backstage area looked in his direction.

       Wen Jianing smiled shyly and said, “Can I take this sentence as encouragement to me?”

       “Well,” the hostess wanted to appear more friendly, but the question she asked was very intense. She then continued, “Don’t you think it is ironic?”

       Wen Jianing replied, “I think it is very helpful to my approach towards singing.”

       Who didn’t know how to avoid by going in circle?

       The hostess did not follow up, she asked a few more questions and then went to interview others. Later, when it was officially aired, Lu Jinlang’s words and Wen Jianing’s embarrassing smile were cut into trailers. Of course, this was a story for another time, and Wen Jianing has not thought that far.

       He thought he should be eliminated today.

       When he came on stage again, Wen Jianing found a quiet corner to stay. There were more than 20 people waiting to be confirmed. Many of these players have not been absolutely recognized, but instead became the highlight of the first game.

       Wen Jianing didn’t care much about this. He thought he had done his best, and he helped Ke Xinhang finish the step he had planned to take. How far he could go was really beyond his control; he was still thinking about whether he should contact some friends and find some other ways.

       He couldn’t attend school because he didn’t dare to go to the physical examination, and he didn’t want to live in the dormitory.

       He couldn’t reveal his identity when he was looking for his friends, but he could say that he knew Wen Jianing in the past and was introduced through Wen Jianing. It was not impossible to start from a small role.

       Wen Jianing was distracted until he heard the host calling his name.

       He came back to his senses and walked out of the crowd, and stood next to the host.

       The host handed him the microphone and said, “Is there anything you want to say to the judges? You have one last chance, which is in the hands of our four judges.”

       Wen Jianing felt it was somewhat unexpected. He took the microphone and said only one sentence, “I will work hard and hope to be recognized by the judges.”

       The host smiled and said, “It doesn’t sound very sincere. Which judge do you think is most likely to vote for you?”

       Wen Jianing looked at the four people on the opposite side. Right now, everyone’s expression was very relaxed. Wang Mei even made a gesture of opening her arms and said, “Come on!”

       This action made the audience laugh.

       Wen Jianing said, “I don’t think I can think about it casually. Otherwise, what if there were other judges who wanted to vote for me, but I blocked them out by myself?”

       The host smiled and patted him on the shoulder, then turned to the next person for an interview.

       These shots would not necessarily be broadcast at the same time, and would probably be left in dust. Unless for some of the particularly interesting interviews.

       The host took up a lot of time, making the whole atmosphere more and more tense, and then said that now each of the judges would announce the last contestant left to qualify in their hands.

       Several judges discussed and decided that An Yongkang would announce it first, according to the ranking of seats, and Lu Jinlang would be the last.

       When it was Wang Mei’s turn, Wen Jianing became nervous. Wang Mei was probably his only hope. But Wang Mei obviously wouldn’t do things as she pleased. After thinking about it for a long time, she voted for a female contestant whom she had praised vigorously before.

       The camera lens immediately aimed at Wen Jianing, trying to capture his expression.

       But he was still very calm, because he knew that the world depends on one’s strength, not luck.

       Wen Jianing felt a little tired. The temperature in the studio was very high, and the stage was scorched by the lights. He felt that he was sweating a little hard, and his lower body was particularly uncomfortable. He didn’t know whether it was because he was particularly concerned about the cause.

       He just wanted to finish early.

       It was finally Lu Jinlang’s turn. Since it was the last person to qualify, the host began to try his best to set off the tense atmosphere. After he said a series of words with the microphone, he raised his hand in the direction of Lu Jinlang and said, “I welcomed Mr. Lu Jinlang to announce which lucky player he voted for in the end!”

       Lu Jinlang had been sitting against the back of his chair. At this time, he sat up straight, reached out his hand and moved the direction of the microphone in front of him closer to his mouth, and said the words in a very calm tone, “Ke Xinhang.”

       There was a small uproar at the scene.

       Wen Jianing himself was stunned, but the host was the first to react. He asked Lu Jinlang in surprise, “Can Mr. Lu tell us why you made this choice?”

       Lu Jinlang said, “I want to hear him sing more songs.”

       After saying that, Lu Jinlang had no intention of continuing to express his opinions.

       The host had no way to make him talk more. He smiled and concluded the round. The recording of the program was almost over here. Finally, he congratulated the contestants who passed, expressed regret for the contestants who lost the audition, and then announced that the recording was over.

       Wen Jianing still hadn’t recovered. He saw Lu Jinlang stand up and walk towards the backstage with Xu Rujing beside him. A female contestant who participated in the competition ran to him to ask for an autograph, but he politely refused.

       The preliminary competition has officially ended, and a total of 25 contestants advanced to the next round. The competition would not continue to record to the next round until the preliminary editing was broadcasted. At that time, the competition would focus on the contestant’s performance. During this period, the players would be given professional training and stage makeup. The final speech of the general director was summarized as: it was not a competition, but a wonderful concert.

       All the contestants who entered the next round of the competition were very enthusiastic, as if they were really looking forward to their concert.

       However, Wen Jianing’s mood was a little complicated. When he packed up and left, he even heard the two girls walking in front talking about who was his backup.

       They didn’t notice that Wen Jianing was behind them, and Wen Jianing didn’t deliberately pass by them. He listened to them guessing all the way until they left the gate of the TV station.

       Back home, Wen Jianing called Su Shan about him passing the preliminaries.

       Su Shan was surprised and said, “I will give you a few days off. If you become popular, remember to come back to the bar and have a concert.”

       Wen Jianing smiled and thanked him.

       After that day, the professional music team hired by the TV station began to train these contestants in turn. Wen Jianing had to run to the TV station almost every day.

       Until the first round was officially broadcast, the program had become popular all over the country. Of course, there are many factors, including Starlight’s original influence, the famous judges, the strong candidates selected through the audition, and the excellent post production.

　　 The program Sing to Soul**, which is called STS for short on the Internet, triggered many topics at once, and several contestants became popular in the simple preliminary round.

       Ke Xinhang was one of them. But in reality, he became popular because he was different from other contestants. He was the only contestant in the program who entered the semifinals with his face. Some people joked that he was so handsome that he moved Lu Jinlang and had gone beyond the boundaries of gender.

       Of course, this did not prevent a large group of girls from falling in love with him and a fan group soon formed.

       Wen Jianing went online to read this news, but he didn’t pay too much attention to it. It was a good thing to be noticed, no matter how far he could go in this game, after all, it opened a way for him.

       However, what bothered him a little was that some contestants who entered the semifinals were obviously showing some resistance to him. It seemed that he had been labeled as having a backup. Impressed Lu Jinlang by singing? As if the devil believes it! As for getting chosen because of his face, if it was Wang Mei they would believe it more. But Lu Jinlang would not choose him because he was good-looking. The final result of the discussion was that he should have a backup.

       Those judges have probably been greeted in advance by his backup. Anyway they must’ve arranged something to ensure that Ke Xinhang would not be eliminated.

       These were the words discussed behind his back and would not reach Wen Jianing’s ears, but he could always feel the unfriendly attitude of those people.

       At the end of the rehearsal that afternoon, when Wen Jianing was packing up in the big dressing room backstage to leave, a girl next to him looked into the mirror while drinking water from a glass.

       The two men behind them started joking and bumped into the girl’s elbow. All her water in the glass splashed on Wen Jianing’s pants.

       The girl screamed, put down her glass and went after the two noisy young people, then turned back and asked if Wen Jianing was all right.

       After Wen Jianing was splashed with water on his pants, his first reaction was to sit down. He was very nervous, because he wore a pair of loose casual pants today and it all stuck to his body as soon as he got wet. He was very afraid of what others could see from the outline of his pants.

       When the girl asked him if there was anything wrong, he shook his head and said it was all right, but his face looks unwell.

       The girl looked at him closely and said, “It’s not boiling water, It’s not that serious, right?”

       Wen Jianing took his bag to cover his leg and said, “It’s nothing, it’s not hot.”

       The girl then said to him, “I’ll get the hair dryer for you to dry it.”

       Wen Jianing refused, “No, I’ll handle it myself.”

       The girl looked at him again, seeming to think that his attitude was not very friendly, so she stopped caring about him anymore.

       Soon, the people in the dressing room packed up their things and left one after another. They left Wen Jianing alone in the room, still sitting in his seat.

       He was too nervous, and he couldn’t help thinking more about it. Is there a surveillance camera in the dressing room? Will he be photographed by the surveillance camera?

       Actually, the dark trousers he wore might not be noticeable at all, but he just couldn’t convince himself not to care.

       When the people were almost gone, he knew that a cleaning staff would come in to clean in a while, so he stood up and reached for a hair dryer that was not far away.

       Just when he got it in his hand, he heard a person’s voice at the door, “What are you doing?”

       Wen Jianing dropped the hair dryer on the ground. He recognized that the voice belonged to Lu Jinlang.

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How can you be groomed to rise in ranks…… But don’t worry, this story main plot is based on emotion

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*Sing to Soul is originally written in English like that

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