I became financially independent right after entering college.

Chapter 70 You're Not Secretly in Love with Me, Are You?
The venue for the welcome party after the military training this year was set at the "Colosseum" in the activity center.

There are two venues suitable for theatrical performances in Southern Buddhism, both located in the Activity Center. One is the indoor "Experimental Theater" with a maximum capacity of 1,000 people, and the other is the open-air Colosseum Square with a maximum capacity of 10,000 people.

The more than 18 freshmen of the th class will be arranged in the best seats according to their classes, and the remaining seats will be allocated to senior students who want to watch the performance.

There are nearly 20,000 teachers and students in Theravada Buddhism, but not all of them are interested in watching a cultural performance, so 10,000 seats are definitely enough.

The Colosseum was closed during the rehearsal, but there were still more than a hundred spectators sitting sparsely there, including members of the Student Union from various departments, other students participating in the performance, and counselors...

The stage was being used by another group of students rehearsing, while Li Xue and Bai Chou were communicating with the staff backstage, who kept explaining various precautions to them over and over again.

As an art school, Nanchuan’s evening parties are more formal than those of most other universities, and are almost comparable to professional art performances and concerts.

The staff was so serious that Li Xue, who had no performance experience before, became even more nervous.

When helping Li Xue put on the in-ear monitor, Bai Chou clearly felt that Li Xue's muscles were tense and her whole body was trembling slightly.

It's normal to be on stage for the first time.

There were more than a hundred audience members shaking like this during the rehearsal. I'm afraid they will shake like they have Parkinson's disease during the official performance tomorrow?
Bai Chou, who has rich performance experience, decisively used the "talk therapy" pioneered by Zhao Benshan to help Li Xue divert her attention and relieve stress, and chatted with Li Xue about all sorts of things.

Li Xue asked Bai Chou if the in-ear monitor he lent her today was pretty and had decent sound, so it must have cost a lot of money. Bai Chou told her honestly that it was just over 100 yuan, so he gave it to her as a gift.

Li Xue didn't believe it, so Bai Chou simply showed Li Xue the Taobao order.

Then Li Xue started cursing, saying that the Beats Zhou Haoyu sold her was a fake, and it broke her head. The sound was terrible, not as good as these 119 headphones.

Bai Chou said that you might have misunderstood Zhou Haoyu. The Beats headphones Zhou Haoyu gave you must be authentic, otherwise they wouldn’t sound so bad. If they were counterfeit headphones, the sound might be better.

The two chatted for about ten minutes, and Li Xue's nervousness was effectively relieved. However, when it came to the actual rehearsal on stage, Li Xue, whose nervousness had obviously been relieved a lot, had problems again.

Even though there were only more than a hundred audience members in the audience, and even though Bai Chou took care of Li Xue as much as possible when arranging the program: as the female vocalist, Li Xue did not need to move around like Bai Chou, using small movements and eyes to create the atmosphere. She only needed to stay in place like a wooden stake throughout the whole process and sing when it was time to sing.

However, every time Li Xue opened her mouth, her pitch would be off, her voice would be loud and soft, and her breath was very unstable, which was a thousand times worse than the car accident scene of Faye Wong on the Spring Festival Gala in 12.

"What's wrong with you? You don't act like this in the rehearsal room. Why are you acting like this on stage?"

"I...I...I can't help but be nervous..."

Li Xue's eyes were slightly red, and her voice was so anxious that it almost sounded like tears: "When I think about the thousands or even tens of thousands of people sitting in the audience tomorrow night, I get nervous... I also want to treat them like carrots and cabbages, but I just can't help it..."

Bai Chou couldn't help but rub his forehead. He never expected that Li Xue, who was usually so brave, would be so cowardly at the critical moment... No, when Li Xue was stopped by the uncle in the hat before, he seemed to be quite cowardly.

"Why don't we just re-record the accompaniment with your vocals, and sing it with half the mic tomorrow, or just lip-sync." Bai Chou instantly had an idea.

Half-open microphone and pure lip-syncing have basically become routine operations in large-scale cultural performances, and Bai Chou has no psychological burden about this operation.

"I don't lip-sync!"

Li Xue refused without hesitation, stiffening her neck and saying, "Well, I've practiced singing for so long, I even bought such expensive clothes, I've worked so hard for this performance, and in the end, if you ask me to lip-sync, I'll sing for real!"

"Strictly speaking, half-open mic isn't considered complete lip-syncing..."

"No, I want to sing with the mic on!" Bai Chou, unable to be persuaded, felt exhausted. "You're so nervous, how can you really sing? I wouldn't be surprised if you faint on stage tomorrow."

"When it's my turn to sing, I can sing well if you stand in front of me. It's best if you face me!" Li Xue defended with a red face.

"what?"

Bai Chou was slightly stunned, and after thinking about it carefully, it seemed to be true.

According to his arrangement, he and Li Xue should be one active and one still, with Li Xue standing still while he circled around her and walked towards the audience. When it was Li Xue's turn to sing, he would sometimes stand behind her, sometimes in front of her.

Every time Li Xue performed at the scene of a car accident, it seemed to happen when he disappeared from her sight.

"Okay, let's try a few more times."

After saying hello to the staff at the mixing console, Bai Chou and Li Xue began their second rehearsal.

This time, Bai Chou began to consciously control his pace, ensuring that every time it was Li Xue's turn to speak, he might not be standing directly opposite Li Xue, but he would definitely appear within Li Xue's sight.

After one take, the effect was much better than before. Li Xue's singing performance was 80% of the level in the rehearsal room.

The third and fourth times were better than the second time, and there was no difference from the private rehearsal.

At least for the time being, Li Xue's nervousness problem was solved. As for the problem of Bai Chou turning his back to the audience while Li Xue was singing, it was completely insignificant.

The stage is round, and the audience seats are also round. When the time comes, Bai Chou only needs to stand in front of Li Xue when she starts singing, and he can communicate and interact with the audience at the edge of the audience seats, and it is not considered as completely facing away from the audience.

After the last rehearsal, Li Xue's body movements were still a little nervous and stiff when she walked off the stage, making her look like a large penguin.

Bai Chou couldn't help laughing at the funny Li Xue, and teased with a smile: "You are so nervous, you can sing well as long as you can see me, you are not secretly in love with me, are you?"

"Only idiots have a crush on you. Do you think you're so popular that everyone loves you?"

Li Xue's cheeks flushed slightly, and she glared and started barking, "What a narcissistic fool!

I just practiced with you for ten days or half a month, and I'm more used to watching you sing. This makes sense psychologically!"

"You'd better not, I have a girlfriend."

"It wasn't meant to be!"

Li Xue widened her eyes and stiffened her neck in denial, turning the tables and saying, "Oh, I see. Are you trying to throw dirty water on me and tease me this way?

I'll tell Hyo Joo later that you're trying to hook up with me, and you're done for. I'm going to let Hyo Joo know your true colors and kick you out."

After saying that, Li Xue didn't give Bai Chou any chance to explain. She turned around and ran towards the dormitory building.

　BV16F411i71d
　　The specific performance effect can be roughly referred to this version of the MV.

　　
　
(End of this chapter)