Huayu: Traffic is king

Chapter 30 She is here

By the time the selection for the center position of the theme song was finished, it was already past midnight.

But this does not mean the end. Most of the trainees will be left behind for pre- and post-selection interviews.

"It's obvious that by the time this interview airs, there won't be many people left to answer, yet they still insist on dragging all the trainees into this ordeal."

Justin lowered his head, looking a little depressed.

He took off the microphone next to his clothes before he dared to say a few words to vent his emotions.

Gu Jingyi glanced at Justin's Class B uniform, and something strange flashed in his eyes.

When he was kicked out of YG, he didn't have any decent clothes to wear when he went to participate in "Produce 202".

Justin took out a set of clothes from his suitcase and gave it to Gu Jingyi as a performance costume.

Justin, 14, was the youngest child on the show. During his self-introduction, he cut a ¥4200 Takahashi Jun shirt into a vest. He also wore it as pajamas in his dorm room. Even the clothes he casually gave to Gu Jingyi were worth a fortune.

At that time, Gu Jingyi's trainee career was almost at a standstill, and he had many disputes with his family over his dream, and all his financial resources were cut off.

It was the performance costume Justin gave him that helped Gu Jingyi overcome the embarrassment of his first stage performance.

[Little friend, since you gave me a set of clothes, I will give you a new set of performance clothes as well.]
Gu Jingyi glanced at the blue uniforms of Class B and silently added in his heart:

[Class B is not as good-looking as Class A]
He patted Justin's shoulder, having already decided on his teammates for the first public performance.

The trainees were crowded in the studio, waiting to be called by the production team to be interviewed.

This is a pointless process. Aside from the backup interviews for a few highly popular trainees who might appear in the main film, most people are simply cut out.

Inside the studio, the trainees took off their down jackets and spread them on the floor. They lay down on the makeshift "tatami" and fell asleep.

When it was Gu Jingyi's turn to prepare for the interview, it was already past two in the morning.

There were fewer people in the studio, and the trainees who had finished the interview had gone back to bed early.

In a few hours, all the trainees will have to wake up and do their hair and makeup again. They will try to finish rehearsing the theme song before 8 pm and officially record it at 10 pm.

Tomorrow, their official photos will be released one by one. The hype about "Idol Producer" has reached a new level.

The day after tomorrow, the recorded theme song MV will be released on the official website and major video websites.

The day after tomorrow, the zeroth round of voting will begin. Time is running out for the trainees.

Gu Jingyi sat in front of the camera and clearly felt that the staff's attitude towards him was somewhat different from before.

The difference is subtle, but it happens.

For example, when he is thinking about a certain answer, the production team will not rush him to answer quickly, but will deliberately guide his answer to some popular contestants and let him comment on them.

It's as if they wanted to add some friendship and rivalry lines to Gu Jingyi's story line out of thin air.

Gu Jingyi looked up and glanced at the screenwriter sister.

It was the editor who was in charge of Gu Jingyi's filming from the moment he joined Idol Producer and showed him kindness from the very beginning.

Based on the recordings during this period, Gu Jingyi could sense that her position seemed to be quite high.

Maybe she knows some inside information.

Noticing Gu Jingyi's gaze, the screenwriter sister subtly signaled with her eyes that everything was fine.

He opened his mouth silently and made the shape of "Cai Xukun" with his mouth.

Gu Jingyi understood. So that's what was happening.

The production team wanted to create a confrontation in the early stages, tying him and Cai Xukun together, and stimulate fans of both sides to spend money and vote.

It’s just a pity that the program team’s plan is going to fail.

Gu Jingyi did not intend to follow the preset trajectory of the program team.

"Gu Jingyi, regarding your getting the center position. Among all the trainees, who made you feel the most pressure?"

Gu Jingyi paused for a moment and told the truth: "Really not, I appeared on the stage just for that position."

The members of Class A, excluding Zhu Zhengting who has overseas audition experience, and Cai Xukun who debuted in "Star Asia" and has participated in group activities.

No matter how strong the others are, they are only compared to the trainees. Among idols, they are just ordinary people.

The election officer who was in charge of asking the questions was stunned at first, and then an awkward smile appeared on his face.

The screenwriter sister sitting next to her curled her lips and smiled quietly.

Gu Jingyi was even more certain that with his current popularity, even if he didn't cooperate with the production team, they wouldn't force him to follow the script.

It has been more than a week since he joined "Idol Producer", and Gu Jingyi is not completely unaware of the news from the outside world.

It’s true that the production team asked the trainees to hand in their phones, but Gu Jingyi also has more than one phone…

Junior sister Yu Shuxin later revealed that when she participated in "Youth With You 2", in order to prevent the election officials from checking her phones, she brought in more than a dozen mobile phones.

Gu Jingyi is not that honest either. He has been using his mobile phone to monitor the changes in his popularity.

He knew clearly that he was now a dark horse on the Weibo Rising Star List.

Although Weibo has only 260 million followers, the Weibo Super Topic is very active. Currently, the number of sign-ins on the Weibo Super Topic has reached nearly 5, which is close to the second-tier traffic.

"Idol Producer" is jealous of his popularity and wants to use Gu Jingyi to attract traffic to other people.

But since Gu Jingyi was so stubborn, they didn't know what to say.

After all, Gu Jingyi signed a sub-contract with the Kiwi platform, which made him anxious and made things worse.

It doesn’t end well…

After the test, the program team no longer guided Gu Jingyi's answers to other people.

The following topics all focused on Gu Jingyi himself.

After the interview, Gu Jingyi walked out of the preparation room.

He stretched and walked out of the room.

Gu Jingyi is well aware that the statement "I stand on the stage just to be the center of attention" will cause controversy, but he does not regret it.

Is Gu Jingyi blindly confident or does he really have the ability? Is he arrogant or does he have the strength to back him up?

The stage will tell.

This is an elimination-based audition, and the audience has to quickly choose the contestant they support from 100 trainees.

People with distinct personalities are always more memorable and attract more fans than those with mediocre personalities.

To cater to passersby, they will just cast a vote at most.

Passersby have limited enthusiasm and are unlikely to charge into battle for Gu Jingyi.

Only fans will always follow him.

Gu Jingyi didn’t think that he would be liked by everyone. It was enough as long as there were more people who liked him than those who hated him.

If Gu Jingyi gave in at first, the production team would only become more aggressive. They would continue to test Gu Jingyi's limits, squeeze every last drop out of him, and use his popularity to hype up the talent show.

Coincidentally, Gu Jingyi also plans to grab all the popularity of "Idol Producer" by himself.

Let’s see who gets what they want in the end.

My stomach was already rumbling with hunger after not eating for the whole night, and the cafeteria was closed at three or four in the morning.

Gu Jingyi tightened the collar of his coat and walked towards the convenience store.

When I came out with the bag, I heard voices calling from behind.

He turned around and found that there were still many fans staying not far away.

In the darkness, only the streetlights cast their vague outlines, with the occasional shout or two mixed in. It seemed like they were calling his name, but it also seemed not to be.

Suddenly, Gu Jingyi saw a familiar figure among a bunch of fans with cameras.

Strange, why is she here?

(End of this chapter)