Chapter 487

Jin Li doesn't expose his little thoughts and silently lets him toss.

So when the makeup artist is styling Gu Cheng, he occasionally glances at his phone and sees the following scene—

Gu Cheng's phone is on a video call, and in the video is a large test paper, with someone picking up a pen and writing on the test paper non-stop.

Jin Li's nails are very clean, no nail art; the video can only see the hand writing the answers, and the derivation process is done on another piece of paper.

This leads to the fact that most of the time, this test paper doesn't move, and only occasionally writes answers on it.

Gu Cheng points the video toward himself; on the other side of the video, you can see him getting styled, but according to the posture of the phone, Jin Li needs to look up and glance to see it.

But as long as she thinks that Jin Li can see his handsome appearance, Gu Cheng is quite happy.

The makeup artist doesn't understand what Gu Cheng is thinking, but seeing the test paper in the video, he can't help but feel awe.

In the gap of waiting, he specifically takes out his phone and sends a message in a private group.

【I think the gossip exposed by the entertainment reporter is true; Gu Cheng might really participate in next year's college entrance exam!】

The friends in the group ask one after another very cooperatively.

【What gossip, tell me quickly!】

【What did you see?】

【Can you take a photo?】

Makeup artist: 【I won't take photos; I don't need to sell a star's privacy. I am styling Gu Cheng, and he has been on a video call with someone, wearing Bluetooth headphones.

You absolutely can't imagine, the other side of the video is actually a test paper! I suspect he is receiving tutoring from a teacher!!】

【Wow! Gu Cheng is so ambitious?】

【He graduated from a famous foreign university, is it necessary to retake the college entrance exam?】

【I think he wants to involution other stars. If he retakes the college entrance exam and gets into a famous university, it will be more convenient to market the "straight-A student" persona.

And recently, many policies regarding the morality and conduct of artists have been issued, which have requirements for the education of artists. Haven't you noticed? That batch of stars who have been famous for a long time have started to return to the classroom to take the master's exam!】

【Gu Cheng's fans can't bear for Gu Cheng to go to school, saying that now is the age suitable for struggle.】

【At first, they were all arguing and wouldn't accept it, but Gu Cheng has been studying silently for at least a year. No matter how much the fans can't accept reality, they have started to accept it. They also hope he can get a good score, let the fans also feel proud, and that the star they chase is not a fake.】

Chen Lin and others are sitting next to Gu Cheng, discover the test paper on Gu Cheng's phone, and shake their heads in unison.

Tsk, scheming man!

That's what he thinks, but Chen Lin's eyes turn, and he follows suit, privately poking Qi Guan Mingzhu to see if she wants to play a game.

Qi Guan Mingzhu: 【?】

Qi Guan Mingzhu: 【Too busy, going on stage with the captain, have to run three shows in a row this year. Don't you guys have to go on stage?】

Chen Lin: 【Yes, but there is still time to steal some leisure from a busy schedule. Does sister want to play a round? (looking expectantly)】

Qi Guan Mingzhu: 【...】

Qi Guan Mingzhu: 【No time to play, I play Candy Crush whenever I have free time now, to decompress.】

Chen Lin: 【I can go online and play with you!】

Qi Guan Mingzhu: 【... this is a single-player game.】

Chen Lin: 【Little cat feeling aggrieved. jpg】

Qi Guan Mingzhu smiles faintly: 【Next month, next month my gigs will basically all be settled. I will run to Chenxi, and I will have more time then.】

Chen Lin: 【Little dog holding a flower. jpg】

Yan Xingdong is also chatting enthusiastically with Xi Sister Meng Ze.

He and Xi Sister Meng Ze are talking about serious matters, opening the mic openly.

Xi Sister Meng Ze also has to rush to the stage and is warming up her voice. Yan Xingdong suddenly sends a message saying he is a bit nervous and asks if there are any ways to relieve nervousness, such as warming up the voice or something.

Xi Sister Meng Ze doesn't think much and sends a voice message: "Why don't you practice with me?"

Yan Xingdong: "Okay, how to practice? Why don't you sing a line and I follow?"

Xi Sister Meng Ze: "Sure, you follow me and sing first, let's use 'ah' to warm up the voice."

Xi Sister Meng Ze says 'ah' once, and Yan Xingdong says 'ah' once.

Before long, the entire dressing room is filled with Yan Xingdong's efforts to warm up his voice.

Luo Yi looks at Gu Cheng staring at the test paper, Chen Lin playing Candy Crush, and Yan Xingdong warming up his voice, and can't help but fall into silence.

He thinks for a while and slowly opens his thermos, putting some tea leaves and goji berries into it.

Forget it, he will drink tea.

Jin Li is doing problems in the room, occasionally looking up at Gu Cheng on the phone.

It can be considered witnessing Gu Cheng's full set of styling from nothing to something, having a feeling of playing dress-up.

After finishing two math test papers, she stands up to move her body; the tablet is playing the live stream, and netizens send barrage messages one after another.

【My mother, how much liver power does it take to finish two sets of test papers before moving!】

【I timed it, Jin Li did it for three hours, but she left the last two big questions of each test paper blank.】

【Those two big questions are a bit difficult; if it were me solving them, it would take a long time, and it wouldn't necessarily be right.】

【Jin Li probably wants to save them to do together. I sometimes save big questions to do together, like doing a brainstorming session.】

【Haha, the brainstorming you think of — ￥%... *@】

【The actual brainstorming — who am I, where am I, what am I doing.】

Jin Li rests for twenty minutes, sits back in her seat, and starts to liver the last two big questions of those two test papers.

The netizens actually guessed right; after seeing the questions, she just pondered for a while and felt that these two big questions would take a long time, so she wanted to solve the other relatively simple questions first.

She muted the live stream, so the netizens couldn't hear the sound from her side, and while she was solving the big questions, Gu Cheng was synchronously tutoring her.

The makeup artist hears it half-understood, hearing it as Gu Cheng saying a sentence, and the person in the video writing a sentence; Gu Cheng asks that person to write out their problem-solving ideas.

Although the reality is very much like this, Gu Cheng is actually giving Jin Li detailed tutoring.

In terms of advanced math, Gu Cheng has at least been to university, so doing high school knowledge points is easy.

What he needs to consider is using the knowledge learned in high school to solve this problem, rather than using out-of-syllabus knowledge to solve it.

Otherwise, it is very likely that he will not be able to get points.

Math is not just about writing the correct answer to get full marks; the problem-solving process is also counted for points. If the steps are wrong but the answer is right, you only get a few points.

The makeup artist listens and admires Gu Cheng even more.

What kind of people are these!

They have already become stars, earn more than others, and are more motivated than others. By comparison, he is really too degenerate!

Sure enough, successful people are not self-disciplined because they are successful, but successful because they are self-disciplined!

The makeup artist thinks, why don't I sign up for a makeup improvement class this Spring Festival? He feels his technology can still be improved.

Gu Cheng just explained one big question, and it took twenty minutes; Jin Li finally cleared up her ideas.

He stands up and follows his teammates to another waiting area.

The New Year's Day banquet is about to begin, and March Sky has to go on stage three times: opening, middle, and ending.

This TV station spent a lot of effort to win their exclusive New Year's Day stage rights.

Money is the least worth mentioning in it.

Some status reaches a certain level, such as March Sky, no matter which TV station they go to, they can get great benefits.

Whose money is cheated, March Sky's money will not be cheated.

This TV station can grab their New Year's Day stage, spending human feelings instead.

In the early days, March Sky still needed to run around for gigs to increase exposure. It was this TV station that gave them many opportunities, so this time March Sky came to return the favor.

Jin Li hears the movement on Gu Cheng's side, looks up, and finds that Gu Cheng is walking, but that handsome side face has been facing the video, and the phone in his hand is as steady as an old dog.

Jin Li asks: "Are you going on stage? Should I hang up here?"

"No need." Gu Cheng puts the phone in front, saying with a light smile: "Just waiting in the backstage, there is at least an hour and a half before the stage starts, so I can still teach you for a while."

Jin Li blinks and asks in a low voice: "Can other people see your phone, or can only you see your own phone screen?"

Gu Cheng looks back subconsciously and says: "Only I can see it. I am at the end, the teammates are all in front of me, and there is no one behind me."

Jin Li's eyes curve and she smiles, putting her hand under the phone camera, her thumb and index finger slightly bent, making a small heart.

Gu Cheng stares at this heart and suddenly jumps hard on the spot.

Chen Lin in front hears the movement and asks curiously: "What are you doing, jumping rope there!"

Gu Cheng curls his lips and hums lightly: "I'm willing, none of your business."

As a top-tier boy group, every move of March Sky attracts attention.

Even when they come to the backstage to wait, even though everyone sitting there is a peer, it attracts a lot of stars to watch.

Among them are other first-tier boy groups from Tianding that had conflicts in the gift room before. These boy groups are very close to March Sky's position and can observe March Sky's movements.

These boy group members are all a bit nervous because the program performed on the TV station this time is fully live, and once a mistake occurs, the whole country will know.

In terms of the stability and fluency of the stage, they have to admit that March Sky can become their senior and gain the love of so many fans, which is not unreasonable.

The individual strength of each member of March Sky is not particularly outstanding, but they are very stable when combined, and every stage is fully live, without fear of being picked on.

In a nervous state, they always subconsciously think, if it were March Sky, what would they do?

In the past, when participating in some stages that required full live, they would use March Sky to motivate themselves.

Motivation before the stage, and motivation after the stage.

After finishing the stage performance, they would all think that their performance this time was not inferior to March Sky, and even if March Sky came in person, they wouldn't perform so well.

And this time, they can finally be on the "same stage" with March Sky.

Originally, they thought they would see a March Sky waiting in full battle array, but the result was a group of people with calm faces.

Luo Yi is still drinking tea slowly; isn't he worried about running to the bathroom?

Yan Xingdong looks steady, but that phone seems to be reading comics?

What is Gu Cheng doing? Doing problems???

This is to weld the "straight-A student" persona on himself!

As for Chen Lin, this is too much. He is about to go on stage soon, and he actually started playing the low-intelligence game Candy Crush!

"Captain, I am very unconvinced to lose to such a team." A member says in a low voice.

The captain says in a deep voice: "Then find a way to pull them down. This year, there will be a series of changes in the company's internal management. The turbulent period is our opportunity to get ahead."

Resources are limited. Even Tianding Entertainment, which specializes in idol artists, is still limited in good resources. The best resources must of course be given to the top-level teams first.

He has already received clear news from the company's senior management that March Sky will disintegrate this year, and each member will develop individually.

These first-tier boy groups of theirs can divide up the team resources left by March Sky.

What they don't know is that under absolute strength, even if resources are handed to you, many people can't climb up.

March Sky can struggle to this point, having long ago broken away from the company's support, but instead feeding resources back to the company.

Gu Cheng ends the tutoring for Jin Li, and there are still thirty minutes left.

It just so happens that Captain Yan Xingdong stands up and asks the team members to move around and stretch their bodies.

On the other side, Jin Li ends the video call with Gu Cheng and takes out a brand new test paper; this is a Chinese test paper.

She has laid a good foundation for science, but she can still feel the difficulty when doing science test papers, especially when doing big questions, often unable to find ideas.

This is not a question of whether you work hard or not.

It's a question of talent.

But this kind of trouble does not exist in Chinese.

A big scoring point for Chinese is the topic. Jin Li plans to analyze the writing method of the composition this time.

What kind of topic can use narrative, and what kind of topic uses argumentative essay most brilliantly? She takes out the Chinese test paper and turns directly to the composition topic.

First, she thinks about it herself, writes down the general framework, and then takes out the corresponding excellent compositions to compare.

Analyzing the writing method of the composition is a kind of relaxation for Jin Li.

Netizens also discovered when watching the live stream that Jin Li has an amazing sense of language in Chinese, not reaching the point of speaking eloquently, but her knowledge reserve is particularly rich.

【I feel that Li Bao can pull up the score in Chinese!】

【Save... life... she can write a famous quote at will, and it's very reasonable. Is this knowledge that a high school student can possess?】

【How is Li Bao in ancient Chinese? Why not try writing in classical Chinese in the college entrance exam? It can pull up the score!】

【You are harming Li Bao. Classical Chinese is the easiest to write off-topic. This is taking a side path!】

【Ever since that full-score composition "Death of Red Hare" came out, I see everyone thinks they can write "Romance of the Three Kingdoms", haha.】

Jin Li glances at the comments when opening the excellent compositions, sees many netizens brushing "Death of Red Hare", feels curious in her heart, and specifically goes online to check this composition.

"This... is also okay?"

Jin Li's eyes light up.

This full-score college entrance exam composition imitates the writing style of "Romance of the Three Kingdoms", starts with "the twenty-sixth year of Jian'an", mixes in classical Chinese vocabulary such as "trough" and "die together", and also cites many allusions.

The grading group initially deducted it to 58 points due to a timeline error (miswriting Guan Yu's death time as 221 AD), but later approved it as a full score due to "old-fashioned language and profound meaning".

Compared to the composition, the student who wrote this composition is even more legendary.

Originally, his college entrance exam score did not reach the first-tier line of that year, but he was specially admitted by a first-tier university because of the full-score composition. After graduation, he entered the media industry and exposed the "gutter oil incident".

As a reporter, his factual reporting later led to his transformation from a reporter to becoming the Public Relations Director of Alibaba, Vice President of the 360 Group, and in 2024, he also became the Public Relations Head of Baidu.

It can be said that it is not an exaggeration to say that he reversed his life by relying on a full-score composition!

Others need to study classical Chinese in many ways and have no energy to learn it.

But she is different.

Classical Chinese, old profession, she is familiar with it!