Chapter 1185

"I really didn't mean to not add you as a friend." Luo Quan apologized again, feeling both amused and annoyed.

"It's okay, I wasn't angry." Chu Yueyan explained.

"In any case, if you are willing to participate in this show, I am definitely very welcoming. If you feel you are lacking in dance, you can come directly to me to learn; I happen to be running a teaching class here."

"Is that really okay?" Chu Yueyan's voice sounded a bit nervous, mixed with three parts excitement.

"Of course it's true. If you have time, you can come over right now!" Luo Quan said, sending over the coordinates of the teleportation array here.

"I'll be there right away." Chu Yueyan gave a simple reply, and then there was no more movement.

Luo Quan also immediately turned around and went to the teleportation array on the first floor, turning on the permission to accept unfamiliar teleportations.

Ten seconds later, a white light flashed, and Chu Yueyan, dressed in casual home attire, walked out of the array.

Although she was dressed without makeup today, compared to when she was at the TV station, Chu Yueyan was still breathtakingly beautiful.

There was less of the deliberateness of heavy makeup, and more of a fresh, elegant casualness.

"You're even prettier than you were during the New Year." Luo Quan complimented Chu Yueyan according to her usual habit.

"No matter how pretty I am, I'm not as pretty as you." Chu Yueyan gave Luo Quan a helpless look, "You've become so beautiful that you have to hide your true face all the time."

"There's no need for mutual commercial flattery." Luo Quan took Chu Yueyan's arm and brought her to the dance studio on the second floor.

In the dance studio, several girls were practicing dancing according to the videotape Wen Xia had filmed.

After seeing Luo Quan enter, just as they were about to greet her, they saw Chu Yueyan appearing beside her.

Everyone was taken aback, not expecting Chu Yueyan to come.

"Why are you here?" Xu Yanqing and Chu Yueyan had some friendship, so she was the first to ask.

"I want to participate in the Universe Girls show and come here to learn how to dance." Chu Yueyan also didn't expect to have acquaintances here, and her face turned red all of a sudden.

"It seems you've been conquered by the boss's personal charm." Xu Yanqing laughed with ill intent, "I remember you didn't seem to have a management company. How about it, why not sign directly with the boss here?

The treatment and such are secondary; the key is that there are many people here, and it's very lively every day."

"If I sign, will there be any rigid indicators for performance?" Chu Yueyan looked at Luo Quan, saying with some worry in her eyes: "I am a relatively lazy person; I won't do things I don't like, and when I want to play, I'll play to my heart's content before I start doing serious work."

"That's just perfect." Luo Quan laughed out loud, "I happen to be a very lazy person too, so I never force employees to do things they don't like. As long as they want to play, they can play all the time; it doesn't matter even if they don't work.

And although they are employees in name, I treat them as my best sisters. Here, there is no relationship between superior and subordinate; everyone is an equal existence."

"Anyway, I don't have a company, so I'll just sign with you, Luo Quan." Chu Yueyan was very straightforward and nodded in agreement immediately.

"You're actually so easy to talk to?" Xu Yanqing obviously didn't expect Chu Yueyan to agree in such a short time, thinking she would consider it for a few days.

"Is there any need to doubt the Saintess's character?" Chu Yueyan revealed a smile, "I trust Luo Quan's promise very much."

"Joining the company, I definitely won't let you down." Luo Quan patted Chu Yueyan on the back, "You guys practice dancing first, I'll go handle the relevant matters of the show."

After returning to her room, Luo Quan posted the news of Chu Yueyan participating in Universe Girls on the official website and pinned it to the top.

If the popularity of Universe Girls before this could only be considered hot, then now it was simply burning directly.

As one of the top big stars in the Universe entertainment industry, Chu Yueyan's popularity was definitely higher than Xu Yanqing's.

Although Luo Quan had reached the point of being known to everyone, there was still a considerable gap in the number of fans compared to seniors like Chu Yueyan who had debuted for a long time.

The addition of such a top-tier star, no matter what show she joined, would attract huge attention.

Not to mention that this time, it wasn't just Chu Yueyan; there was also Luo Quan in the show. It wasn't very common for two top-tier stars to perform on the same stage.

So once the news came out, the trending search index for Universe Girls immediately went up another level.

From this moment on, Universe Girls finally had signs of becoming a hit.

Luo Quan also struck while the iron was hot, selected the videos of the trainees participating in the auditions, and posted them.

The content of these videos was basically the trainees showing off the various talents they had mastered.

Singing, dancing, playing instruments, chess, calligraphy, and painting—everything was there.

Although the most important skill for an idol is singing and dancing, having more skills doesn't hurt. In the case where both of these skills can be learned, the other skills you master will become your advantages or, in other words, memory points.

And after the audience saw the trainees, the expectations in their hearts finally had a place to rest.

Fans, fans—only with idols can there be fans.

If they can't see idols that suit their tastes, how can fans choose and pursue them?

At a suitable time, Luo Quan displayed many excellent options in front of everyone, allowing everyone to choose at will.

And for the more excellent trainees like Wen Xia, Xiao Miao, and Chen Chen, the number of likes they received also had a significant gap compared to other trainees, basically belonging to the category of being far ahead.

Of course, the infighting caused by the number of likes also came faster than Luo Quan imagined.

Less than three hours after the videos were posted, the fans of each trainee began to compare and disparage each other.

Luo Quan didn't like this kind of behavior before, but now she had to start playing dumb.

One has to admit, the popularity of doing this is really high.

People always gradually live into the appearance they hate the most because of reality. Luo Quan sometimes feels that she is really too strange, like an evil capitalist.

But looking at those rapidly rising data, she couldn't bear to cut it off completely.

People are just like this; if you are neither despicable enough nor noble enough, then living awkwardly is a very normal thing.

Fortunately, Luo Quan has a relatively good mindset; when she feels sad, she just doesn't think about it, and that's the end of it.

At least Universe Girls is truly becoming a hit now, and everything is developing more smoothly than expected.

Of course, Chu Yueyan deserves a lot of credit for this.

If she hadn't joined, the speed of the show's popularity definitely wouldn't have been as fast as it is now.

And in a place Luo Quan didn't know, there was another heavyweight trainee who also signed up on the show's official website, and that was Fang Yitian's niece, Fang Mo.

She left her home planet just to avoid an arranged marriage, but until now, she didn't know how she should move forward.

She couldn't just keep living in Zhining's imperial palace, could she? She wasn't really the other person's imperial consort, and although they were called cousins, the opportunities for them to get along were pitifully few, and there was basically no affection between them.

Fang Mo didn't like the life of living under someone else's roof, even if the excuse for getting away from home before was to come to the Sheng Tang Heavenly Dynasty for a political marriage.

But everyone knew in their hearts what this matter was really about.

So Fang Mo, feeling restless, planned to find something to do for herself in the Universe.

It just so happened that Saintess Luo Quan recently started some kind of idol talent show. Although she didn't know exactly what it was for, it didn't seem to be any different from being a star artist.

Fang Mo considered herself a versatile girl, so participating in this show should allow her to advance easily.

Anyway, since she was idle, she might as well participate in this Universe Girls and join in the fun.

If she really made a name for herself, then she could be considered to have truly gained a foothold in the Universe.

So she planned to give it a try, and the first video was her practicing calligraphy.

Compared to professional artists like Wen Xia, Xu Yanqing, and Chu Yueyan, Fang Mo was still relatively reserved and was not yet embarrassed to post her dancing, so she chose content that was slightly quieter.

Of course, she also felt that there were those with refined tastes among the audience who could see her brushwork; as long as they understood the mystery within, they would definitely applaud her.

Possessing a literary heart, her expressiveness in writing was something that the vast majority of mortals could not compare to.

As long as she wanted to, after putting pen to paper, she could even write a magnificent literary dragon.

However, she planned to display this scene after the official competition started, and for now, she only needed to show a little bit of her skill.

Thus, Fang Mo posted the video of herself copying a sage's article to the trainee work display of Universe Girls, and then confidently felt that she would appear on the like leaderboard in less than fifteen minutes, and enter the top ten in at most an hour.

But she miscalculated. An hour passed, and although her video had many likes, it definitely couldn't be called many, and it was far from those trainees on the leaderboard.

And the netizens who liked her were all praising her appearance; not a single one discussed her calligraphy.

"Simply too superficial!" Fang Mo was both ashamed and annoyed. She never dreamed that she would be so unpopular.

In the past, when she was in the family, which of those young talents wasn't circling around her? They couldn't wait to lift her up to the sky!

As a result, these ordinary people were not so enthusiastic, and the focus of their attention was so superficial.

What's the use of just looking good? Shouldn't the most important thing be a person's character, talent, and knowledge?

Inner beauty is clearly more important than outer beauty!

Fang Mo stubbornly believed that it must be because the content she expressed was not specific enough, not pure enough.

So she deleted the video, wrote an article seriously again, and also annotated the article, just like those serious teachers in the Imperial Academy.

As a result, the situation obtained by doing this became even more ridiculous.

"Is this trainee trying to be funny? Isn't the definition of an idol specializing in singing and dancing? No matter how good the calligraphy is, no matter how high the knowledge is, what's the use?"

"Your serious look reminds me of my teacher."

"A pretty girl, why is she like an old pedant? Don't be so lifeless, show your youthful vitality!"

"Suggest dancing or singing directly next time, don't do these vain things."

"Appearance nine points, talent one point. I know your calligraphy level is very high, and your knowledge is very profound; even if placed in the Imperial Academy, it's a one-in-ten-thousand level, but this is the stage of Universe Girls, and your performance is really too off-topic."

"At least the appearance is still very top-notch; singing and dancing can be practiced."

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The netizens' comments made Fang Mo feel a huge sense of frustration. From childhood to adulthood, she had never felt like a failure like she did now.

She had received too much praise and love, and the current feeling was unprecedented.

Thinking about it carefully, she really seemed to have gone off-topic.

As a top student, she certainly knew the consequences of going off-topic in an exam.

People asked for singing and dancing, and you did calligraphy; it was a bit suspicious of being pretentious.

However, what the hell is this appearance only being worth nine points? She is one of the recognized beauties of the Qiankun Empire, okay? She wanted to see what kind of monsters were on the leaderboard!

So Fang Mo clicked on the current number one on the leaderboard, which was Chu Yueyan's video.

"Hiss!" Fang Mo gasped immediately.

This trainee seemed really beautiful. Among the people she knew, it seemed that only her aunt, cousin, and that Saintess Luo who was recognized as having invincible beauty could compare to her.

Fang Mo flipped down as if she didn't believe in evil. Wen Xia, Li Xiaomiao, Dongfang Chen, Bai Xingwei—these girls each had their own characteristics, but the common point was that they were all very popular, and their appearance was even more impeccable; none of them were worse than her.

At this moment, all of Fang Mo's restraint and pride were destroyed, and she finally understood what it meant to have people beyond people, and heavens beyond heavens.

However, Fang Mo was a person with a very strong heart. After knowing that she was not that excellent, a very strong desire to win arose in her heart.

Even if her singing was not good and her dancing was very average, she was willing to learn.

Since she chose to participate in this show, she must do her best; at the very least, she had to debut.

Thinking of this, Fang Mo decided to seek help from her cousin and let her find a few palace dance teachers to teach her how to dance.

No sooner said than done, Fang Mo immediately went to Ye Zhining's bedroom.

Except for attending court, Ye Zhining basically handled government affairs in her bedroom; when she was tired, she would lie on the bed, and when she had rested enough, she would continue.

After getting along for so many days, Fang Mo knew her cousin's living habits relatively well. After arriving at the bedroom, she saw that her cousin was indeed here.

However, today her cousin didn't seem to be handling government affairs, but was lying on the bed watching videos.

"What's the matter, Momo?" Ye Zhining greeted her cousin very kindly when she saw her.

"Cousin, I want to find a few palace dance teachers and singers to teach me how to sing and dance." Fang Mo stated her intention directly.

"Why learn this?" Ye Zhining laughed happily, "You aren't planning to participate in Universe Girls, are you?"

"In fact, I have already participated, but the current results are not very ideal." Fang Mo's face was a little red, but she still confessed truthfully.

"You really went!" Ye Zhining was taken aback, then laughed: "That's a good thing. This show is quite popular now. If you can make a name for yourself, you can get quite a lot of benefits."