Esports world champion, debuted as the center of a talent show

He stopped and turned his head to look, but couldn't make out the exact figures. However, the continuous blue of the lake, which had lit up at some point, shone brightly in the bright sunlight.

After a long silence, he clenched his fists and bowed deeply.

It was five minutes later when Jiang Zhiyu entered the practice room for "Reverse Wild Spark".

By this time, news of Jiang Zhiyu's recording base had spread rapidly.

Countless people flooded into the live stream of "Shining Project" within just a few minutes. Fortunately, the production team had made ample preparations, and the server did not crash due to the surge in the number of viewers.

Jiang Zhiyu pushed open the door, and the people who were resting together inside were stunned for a moment, then rushed over.

"Jiang Jiang! Welcome back!"

Shen Fengyu's eyes shone as she solemnly and carefully opened her arms to hug him.

"Brother Jiang! I've missed you so much!" Yao Wei's face was full of joy.

Welcome back!

"Our stage is saved!"

"haven't seen you for a long time!"

At the same time, the screen was quickly flooded with comments, filled with dense text.

Welcome back.

【Aaaaaaaahh ...

[Finally back! Waaaaaaah!]

[The Return of God!]

I don't even know how I got through the past few days, but seeing Jiang Jiang in person made everything better.

I miss you so much, I've never missed you this much before...

Jiang Zhiyu, let's start walking forward from here without looking back, step by step, until we reach the brightest place.

All that has passed is but a prologue.

Jiang Zhiyu seemed a little tense because he had missed three days of practice time.

Lu Renjia quickly noticed Jiang Zhiyu's state and gently comforted him, "We've finally caught up with your progress these past few days. Now all that's left is to get used to each other."

He wasn't lying; they had put in their best effort to practice their parts over the past few days so that they could start group practice immediately after Jiang Zhiyu's return.

There are six days left until the official performance of the third public stage.

As Jiang Zhiyu resumed stage practice, Mi Lan's company officially issued a statement announcing the termination of its contract with Wang Yan.

@Feixing Entertainment:

Due to artist Wang Yan's multiple violations of the terms of the agency contract, we hereby terminate all agency cooperation with Wang Yan effective immediately, and the agency contract between the two parties is terminated.

Following the termination of the contract, all of Wang Yan's personal actions and business activities are unrelated to this company.

In the comments section, Mi Lan's fans and Wang Yan's fans were engaged in a fierce battle.

【? ? ? ? 】

【Huh? Why so suddenly?】

[Seriously, bro? The show's only halfway through, and Wang Yan was even in the debut lineup, and he's already terminating his contract like this?]

[Disgusting company, get out! Wang Yan will be better off without you!]

[Don't get so worked up, Wang Yansi! Doesn't this just mean the rumors online are true? Your brother climbed to the top by stepping on Mi Lan, so why can't he kick you out?]

[Um, does anyone know if they feel that Wang Yan is a threat to the Crown Prince's position?]

[Don't embarrass yourself. Even FW, who's about to drop out of the debut group, is trying to piggyback on your success?]

In fact, Feixing Entertainment had already informed Wang Yan about the contract termination on the day of their first rehearsal.

This is also why Wang Yan was late that day.

However, because the fan meeting was just around the corner, the statement was delayed until now before it was officially released.

After the fan meeting ended, Feixing immediately called Mi Lan away and told him about it.

When Mi Lan heard that "the company will terminate its contract with Wang Yan," she felt a strange sense of calm.

Because at this point, Wang Yan was no longer a teammate to him, nor a friend whom he unilaterally considered and tolerated, but just a stranger with whom he had a past entanglement.

This contract termination didn't cause much of a stir in the camp.

After all, to the trainees, Wang Yan was just a trainee who had gone from being signed to a company to becoming an independent trainee.

With Jiang Zhiyu's remarkable transformation from an individual trainee to "ZPL World Champion" as a precedent, Wang Yan's achievements are really nothing special.

But for Wang Yan, this almost means losing the opportunity to debut.

Admittedly, his fans will be subjected to emotional manipulation and hype.

However, his ninth position was already precarious, with a host of companies eyeing him covetously behind him. Without the backing of Feixing Entertainment, Wang Yan was like a lamb on a chopping board, soon to be devoured.

Talent shows are also a game of capital.

For an individual trainee to debut, they either need to become so popular that they break free from everyone's control, or they need to become their own asset. Unfortunately, Wang Yan can't do either.

Jiang Zhiyu learned of this news much later.

It was Milan who told him.

At the time, they had just finished training and "happened" to bump into each other in the lobby on the first floor, so they went back to their dormitory together.

As Jiang Zhiyu passed by the fence where fans were gathered, he waved to the fans outside the gate as usual, but he was not in a good mood.

When they returned to 310, Lin Sen had not yet come back from the practice room. The dormitory was empty, and the recording camera was not working.

"Wang Yan has terminated his contract with Feixing."

Jiang Zhiyu looked at him with suspicion, wondering why the other person suddenly said this to him.

Mi Lan let out a breath and said in a deep voice, "Actually, I know you saw it."

"Um?"

"On the first day of theme song practice, Wang Yan and I were arguing in the hallway."

"..."

Jiang Zhiyu looked down at his toes, remaining silent.

Mi Lan looked at the silent top of the person's head, chuckled softly, and continued, "I saw you then."

"..."

"It's really embarrassing to be caught by your new roommate, so when you came to my rescue, I was thinking—wow, my roommate is practically a saint!"

Jiang Zhiyu's ears turned slightly red as he looked up at the smiling Mi Lan.

Mi Lan didn't stop talking: "So that's when I decided that I would stick with you and be your friend."

The roommate who was described as having "holy light above his head" did not agree with this assessment, but was unsure how to refute it.

The person on the other end was still talking non-stop:

"So don't feel guilty because of your fans' love. People like you because you are good enough for them to like you."

"Whether it's ability, personal charisma, or anything else, it's because the light you bring to them is dazzling enough that they look at you, and only at you."

Jiang Zhiyu was slightly stunned, staring at Mi Lan without saying a word for a long time.

He didn't know when Mi Lan realized it, but there was no denying that her words of comfort were very effective.

Jiang Zhiyu then spoke solemnly, "Mi Lan, I feel like you're bathed in holy light."

"ha?"

While the two were exchanging "holy light" messages, the program's special preview was released at the opportune moment.

@ShiningProject:

The trainees' dormitory life episode is here! (All filming was conducted within compliant time and setting, and contains no sensitive content)

Jiang Zhiyu actually watched it late at night...?

Who is Lin Sen going to take with him?

What lies beneath Kui Shuang's icy exterior?

What is the origin of the song title "I am both inside and out"?

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