Chapter 55

Jin Li looked at this female trainee, her expression pausing slightly.

It wasn't the first time she had encountered others stealing the lens, but every time she saw it, every time, her mood was subtle.

Jin Li noticed that this short-haired trainee looked calm, but her body was shaking a bit, and as she spoke, the vibrato became heavier and heavier toward the end.

Obviously, she was also very nervous.

Jin Li thought for a moment and said: "It's not difficult. I'll take a song as an example for you. Our group has a song called 'None Are As Good As You', which has a feeling of having gone through the lead and suddenly waking up."

She turned around and tapped a few piano keys casually, and a beautiful and pleasant melody was played.

Behind her, some trainees looked at Gong Jiajia, then looked at the short-haired trainee Pang Lijia, feeling a bit awkward, not knowing what to do.

And Gong Jiajia couldn't control her expression, fiercely glaring at Pang Lijia beside her!

She wasn't familiar with Pang Lijia at all. Today, she suddenly insisted on sitting beside her, showing a familiar appearance, and she had felt it was strange.

So that was the idea!

As for Pang Lijia, she just stared straight at Jin Li, not giving a fraction of her gaze to anyone else.

No one knew that her heart was beating extremely fast at this moment. She didn't know how many times she had practiced that seemingly calm conversation in secret.

In a talent show, the lens is very important, relating to the distribution of popularity.

She was only ranked thirtieth, barely entering the top ranks. If she didn't fight for the lens now, when would she fight?

If she couldn't debut this year, the company would give up on her.

But she had been a trainee for a full ten years!

From resolutely becoming a trainee at 16, wasting away until now at 26, for ten whole years, she had only worked hard to debut.

Practicing dancing so desperately, soaking in the practice room day and night, Pang Lijia didn't feel she was worse than anyone else.

She just lacked an opportunity!

Suddenly at this moment, Jin Li's voice came. She specifically lowered her voice to make the voice line sound more thick.

"I've been to a place, it's full of four seasons

I've seen a place, all around are smiling faces

I want to love you well~

I know your name, clear about your emotions

Tasted your grievances, the tears you shed

I want to love you well~"

One of the title songs of the Pink Girls group, "None Are As Good As You," is a slow song. The melody gradually advances but isn't passionate.

This song is less of a love song and more of an inspirational song.

A song for oneself.

The lyric "I want to love you well" isn't said to others, but to oneself—you have to love yourself well.

The overall meaning of the lyrics is probably about a girl who lives very tired, has a lot of pressure, always works overtime, and can't travel.

When she encounters anger at work, she has to silently wash her face with tears, swallow it by gritting her teeth, and dare not vent it out.

So the lyrics of this song are a letter to herself.

—Hope you can find a good time to see the distinct four seasons, happy and joyful people, and embrace all your imperfections.

"I've climbed high mountains, fallen to the seabed

Dare not imagine, the whole picture of the world is like this

So much scenery, not as good as your eyebrows smiling..."

From the lingering on all things in the early lyrics to Jin Li singing this passage, it already had an extra layer of letting go.

Only after walking through many sceneries and experiencing many things will one discover that being happy oneself is the most important thing.

Rather than making things difficult for oneself, it's better to choose to let go.

Smile, and you will find the world is bright.

Jin Li pressed the last piano key and closed the sound.

She didn't sing the whole thing, singing about 1/3, as long as the emotion was expressed.

Jin Li turned to look at the trainees, "In the early part of this song, to highlight the feeling of suppression, you can make the voice lower, specifically pause in specific words, increase the feeling of regret, and bring a trace of yearning."

The next second, she suddenly pointed to a trainee, "Gong Jiajia."

Gong Jiajia was stunned, "Ah?"

Jin Li said: "Just listening to me, I don't know how much you understand. You come and sing it once for me to hear."

Gong Jiajia: "Ah, me?"

Jin Li smiled: "Come on, no need to be shy."

She turned around and played the piano again. Other trainees also gave Gong Jiajia an encouraging expression.

Gong Jiajia took a deep breath and started singing!

She sang stumbling, but Jin Li tirelessly gave her guidance. Slowly, the song was almost finished.

When Jin Li stood up, her complexion was slightly pale. Even with blush, she couldn't cover up the lack of blood.

Seeing this, Sui Lingfang immediately urged the staff to finish filming.

So Jin Li only spent a few minutes quickly finishing the recording and left in a hurry with Sister Fang.

Sui Lingfang asked nervously: "How is it? Where is your body uncomfortable?"

Jin Li smiled weakly at Sister Fang, "I... am hungry."

Sui Lingfang:...

Jin Li blinked her eyes, "I'm really not lying to you, I'm a bit hungry. The recording time was half an hour later than I imagined. I felt hungry when teaching Gong Jiajia to sing. I didn't expect this floor-sweeping to look simple, but it actually consumes a lot of mental effort."

Sui Lingfang: "If it weren't for—"

While speaking, a trainee called out hurriedly from behind: "Teacher Jin Li, wait a moment!"

Jin Li and Sui Lingfang paused and turned to look.

It was Pang Lijia who had chased after them.

She said panting: "Teacher Jin Li, I have something I want to say sorry to you about, which is the matter of me stealing Gong Jiajia's lens just now. Sorry, I didn't do it on purpose, but I really needed this opportunity too much, I..."

Speaking to the end, her voice choked up.

Jin Li and Sui Lingfang looked at each other. It was the first time they had encountered this situation—stealing someone else's lens and then running over to apologize.

Jin Li pondered for a moment, probably understanding what Pang Lijia was worried about.

She said: "You don't need to be so nervous. I won't do anything to you. I just think highly of Gong Jiajia, but the show isn't something that will revolve according to my will just because I think highly of her."

"Also," Jin Li paused, "The person you should apologize to isn't me. You know who I'm talking about. I sang the song 'None Are As Good As You' for everyone, and also for you. Do you know the MV background of this song?"

Pang Lijia was stunned, tear stains still hanging on her face, looking blank.

Jin Li said: "At that time, the creator gave us three story choices, and in the end, we all chose the background of work pressure without prior consultation.

The heroine of this song is a white-collar worker. She was given high hopes by her parents since childhood, hoping she would walk out of the poor and backward village.

But the heroine isn't happy. Although she was born poor, she was also born free, familiar with every grass and tree in nature. The iron beasts in the city don't suit her.

She lived very hard to survive in the big city. Later, she chose to let go, no longer forcing herself, and returned to the village to live the life she wanted."

"So, do you understand?" Jin Li asked.

Pang Lijia's eyelashes trembled, her eyes drifted, she lowered her head, bit her lip tightly, and didn't speak.

But Jin Li had broken her fantasy in one word.

"You might as well go out and see. There are many kinds of artists; you don't have to be limited to singing and dancing. Forcing yourself too much is just hurting yourself."

After saying this, Jin Li was really tired and had to lean on Sui Lingfang to rest for a while.

Sui Lingfang said anxiously: "Let's go, let's go, let's eat something first." She half-dragged and half-held Jin Li, running hurriedly toward the cafeteria.

Arriving at the end of the hallway, Jin Li turned to look behind her; Pang Lijia's figure had already disappeared.

"Ding-dong!" The elevator door opened, and the Sanyuetian boy band was also in this elevator.

The two parties met and felt it was a coincidence.

Sui Lingfang dragged Jin Li in and asked: "Are you guys rehearsing in this building today?"

Yan Xingdong replied: "Rehearsal isn't in this building, but the practice room is in this building. We came over to practice. But what's wrong with Teacher Jin Li?"

The four tall young men looked at Jin Li with some worry; she looked like she could faint at any time.

Jin Li said embarrassedly: "A bit hungry. I didn't expect the recording to consume so much energy. I should have eaten more in the morning. I'm fine, just hungry."

The others looked at each other; she didn't look like she was hungry at all.

"Ding-dong!"

The elevator arrived on the first floor. Just as Sui Lingfang was about to help Jin Li out, Gu Cheng said: "How about I carry you to the hospital."

Chen Lin came back to his senses: "Yes, yes, yes, let Orange carry you to the hospital, walk faster."

Jin Li shook her head and said firmly: "No need, I'll just eat a meal."

Gu Cheng said: "Then I'll carry you to the cafeteria; you walk too slowly."

This time, without waiting for Jin Li to speak, Sui Lingfang agreed, "Fine!"

Jin Li looked at Sui Lingfang with a puzzled face. Hadn't she always been very concerned about her contact with male celebrities?

Sui Lingfang seemed to see through her thoughts and said unpleasantly: "You hurry up and eat your meal first. I'm worried just looking at your complexion! If you haven't recovered after eating, we'll go to the hospital."

Gu Cheng immediately carried Jin Li on his back and rushed toward the cafeteria at full speed.

The other few boy band members and Sui Lingfang protected both sides. Some staff members saw this and thought something had happened to Jin Li.

"Jin Li seems to be in very bad health?"

"Yeah, I heard she has always been a sickly person. She even vomited blood during a live stream a few years ago!"

"Ah? Then she came to record our show, and her body doesn't look that weak."

"Hmm, we should thank her for the grace of not fainting and not vomiting blood."

Rushing to the cafeteria, Jin Li quickly shoveled a few mouthfuls of food. Feeling the food enter her stomach and be quickly digested, a warm heat came, and she felt comfortable from body to heart.

She prepared to eat a few more mouthfuls when several scorching gazes came, and she couldn't help but pause and look up, "You guys..."

Sui Lingfang and the others immediately lowered their heads and pretended to eat, only to find that not one of them had gone to get food, but were staring at Jin Li eating.

Several people stood up awkwardly and went to the window to order food again.

Jin Li shook her head and sighed: "All people who don't save worry!"

Noon time.

The "PICK~ Next Stop Diva" official blog and Jin Li's personal account both released news in unison.

"PICK~ Next Stop Diva": 【Warmly welcome Teacher Jin Li to join the third season of the show. This time, she will meet all trainees as a psychological counselor. Let us look forward to her arrival!

Whispering a little, there will be Teacher Jin Li's individual teaching scene, so stay tuned! (Jin Li psychological counselor beautiful photo. jpg)】

Jin Li: 【Invited to become a psychological counselor for "PICK~ Next Stop Diva". I will fulfill my duties well, solve problems for members, and follow the update every Saturday! (Same official beautiful photo. jpg)】

Once these two blogs were released, as Sui Lingfang expected, they linked up with Duomi Cosmetics.

#Jin Li joins Season 3#

#Jin Li psychological counselor#

#Jin Li Duomi Cosmetics spokesperson#

Three hot searches, the first squeezed into the top 5, the second top 10, the third top 20.

Although the rankings were scattered, Jin Li's popularity was unquestionable, and her recent popularity suddenly surpassed the resident top-ranked Sanyuetian boy band.

But this couldn't be compared.

The two seemed to have overlapping professions—one an active boy band, one a former girl group member—but they were on different tracks.

To quote a netizen: 【Who can hate a sweet girl? Then put it another way, who can hate a koi? Put it another way, who can hate the God of Wealth?】

So Jin Li's consecutive big moves recently, under the push of high popularity, caused a situation where the limelight was unrivaled for a time.

In LP Entertainment.

Lian Baozhi scrolled through the comments, her face becoming uglier and uglier.

【The production team didn't consider Lian Baozhi at all. Won't it be awkward to be in the same frame as Jin Li?】

【Lian Baozhi's strength is not good, her singing isn't as good as Jin Li's, her stage is awkward and stiff, she isn't suitable for a cute look】

【Holy crap, big scandal! Lian Baozhi was exposed for singing off-key!】

Lian Baozhi scrolled to this comment, her expression stunned, and she suddenly remembered that when recording at the time, Jin Li had even praised her for singing well.

She hurriedly clicked into the video to watch, and netizens were analyzing frame by frame where she sang off-key!

If Lian Baozhi hadn't bought various press releases before—"Lian Baozhi outshines Jin Li", "Lian Baozhi's strength is comparable to a girl group", "Lian Baozhi is the number one goddess"... maybe she wouldn't have been caught by netizens.

She first issued press releases saying she was better than Jin Li, but now?

One who sings off-key and one who performs excellently—who has more strength, everyone can see at a glance.

【If I were Lian Baozhi, I wouldn't participate in the third season; it's too awkward】

Lian Baozhi gritted her teeth and threw her phone on the table.

She didn't want to participate, but "PICK~ Next Stop Diva" had so much traffic that for the sake of exposure, she couldn't not go.

Besides, if she really didn't go, wouldn't it look like she was afraid of Jin Li?

She stood up and walked to the conference room. This time, she must strive for an agent who had a lot of connections.

Jin Li hitting the hot search, some were happy and some were sad, and others wanted to pick up leaks.

"How about we agree to Jin Li's conditions?"

In the Maozhao live streaming website company, senior management saw Jin Li's hot search and called some people to an emergency meeting to discuss the feasibility of the endorsement.

"No, if we really agree to Jin Li's request, that's losing money to earn a shout!"

Another person spoke: "Yeah, when we originally wanted to invite Jin Li to be the spokesperson, wasn't it because we valued her traffic? Cooperating with the learning website could also sell courses together!"

Others said: "But according to Jin Li's requirements, if she really doesn't want the endorsement fee and puts it all into the courses, this news spreading out will be helpful to our Maozhao reputation."

"I vote for Jin Li. There are many things to play with in the live streaming industry. We can bring goods; there's no need to sell courses. From the public welfare reputation, we can also suppress Wang Wang!"

"That sounds good, but the self-study website has to agree too!"

"Then how do you know others won't agree?"

Seeing that everyone was about to quarrel, the boss spoke: "Alright, say less!"

The boss pondered: "Now is the critical period for live streaming platform competition. Either keep the head position or be pulled down by other platforms. We are not only competitors with Wang Wang, but the recently emerging Kuwo live streaming also has strong momentum.

If we don't want to keep burning money to do promotion, we have to start from other directions for publicity. I think the plan Jin Li put forward is very interesting. A live streaming website with public welfare nature sounds like a good publicity point.

Like this, agree to Jin Li's conditions, and the website will open a few more public welfare topics and assist a few poverty alleviation projects.

Many competitors are watching us, so our Maozhao must not only do things, but also do practical things, and even more so, do things beautifully! None of you are allowed to be lazy!"

With the boss's order, the employees below ran their legs off.

The liaison went to contact, the field staff ran field work, and the clerks were busy printing.

Jin Li here didn't know yet that a pie was about to be in hand.

After eating, everyone found that her complexion was much better, so they didn't force her to go to the hospital.

Originally Jin Li wanted to leave in the afternoon, but the staff stopped her temporarily, saying that the floor-sweeping segment about her was already being edited and might need to record shots at any time.

Jin Li listened and cooperated: "Then I'll stay in the production team in the afternoon. If you need to record, you can find me at any time."

The Sanyuetian boy band rehearsed first in the morning and practiced, with nothing to do in the afternoon.

They were much freer than Jin Li. If they wanted to go out, they went out; if they wanted to stay, they stayed. The production team didn't manage them at all.

The reason they always lived in the dormitory and didn't go out was just to comply with the confidentiality regulations in the agreement.

But if they really went out, the production team wouldn't be dissatisfied with them because of this small matter.

Chen Lin suggested: "How about we go visit the Mazu temple in the afternoon? I've heard Sister Jin Li mention it so many times, and she brought us souvenirs from the Mazu temple. I also want to go out of the island to see."

Gu Cheng stood up, took a satchel from the locker, took out a few exercise books from it, and ran out.

Luo Yi couldn't help but ask: "Gu Cheng, where are you running?"

Gu Cheng said without looking back: "Study with Sister Jin Li."

Luo Yi and Yan Xingdong looked at each other.

Luo Yi: "Are you going?"

Yan Xingdong pondered: "No."

Luo Yi said "Oh," stood up, "Then I'll follow to see."

The next second, Yan Xingdong also stood up and said with a smile: "Seeing you go, I also want to go."

Chen Lin was confused. What riddles were these two brothers playing again?

So he followed too.

Because they might need to record at any time, Jin Li didn't stay in the dressing room but went to the public lounge.

There was no mentor rehearsal in the afternoon, and the public lounge was leisurely and empty.

She was planning to take out her phone to start a live stream, listen to lectures, and brush up on questions when a knock on the door suddenly sounded.

"Sister Lizi, do you want to listen to lectures and practice questions together?"

Jin Li's heart moved, and she immediately replied: "Good, you open the door and come in!"

As soon as Gu Cheng came in, Jin Li noticed the "Five Years of College Entrance Examination, Three Years of Simulation" in his hand and was happy.

"You told me you also bought a few copies, and I didn't quite believe it. Now seeing you bring them over, I really believe it."

Jin Li couldn't help her curiosity, flipped through his exercises, and found that he had done them all without any traces of modification, and the answers were all correct.

She admired Gu Cheng's neat handwriting for several seconds, continued flipping down, and found that the back was all blank.

"You don't have time to do it or?"

Gu Cheng: "No time to do it, and also haven't learned it."

He added: "I watch your live stream to study together. You haven't learned it, and I haven't learned it either."

Jin Li: "... You watch my live stream to study?"

Gu Cheng: "Yeah."

Jin Li looked down at his answers again, a bit hit.

The same live stream, the same teacher, the same exercise book.

Eating the same food, participating in the same show, both being artists.

Why is the gap between people so big??

Seeing Gu Cheng also about to flip open her "Five Three," Jin Li hurriedly stopped: "Don't flip!"

However, it was too late.

Gu Cheng had already seen it all.

That red, dense, and modified piece, compared with Gu Cheng's copy, the gap couldn't be more obvious.

Jin Li was a bit guilty, "This..."

Gu Cheng looked at her problem-solving process and analyzed seriously: "I think your foundation is still too weak. How about I teach you some basics first? If you listen to lectures, I recommend a teacher's course; the lectures he gives are quite good."

Seeing that he didn't mention anything else, Jin Li put away her sad mood and sat upright to listen to the lecture.

Outside the public lounge, Chen Lin saw Yan Xingdong and Luo Yi just standing at the door without going in and couldn't help but say: "What are you two standing here for?"

Both turned to glare at him.

This kid Chen Lin had no other merits, but he had one unique point: his voice was loud, but his mouth was fast, and he spoke without thinking, so he always ruined things.

For example, this time, both of them were about to leave, but they were stunned by this kid's shout and had to walk into the lounge.

Jin Li heard Chen Lin's voice, looked up, and saw Yan Xingdong and them.

Yan Xingdong said without changing his expression: "Originally wanted to come over to find you guys to hang out, but found that you and Gu Cheng were both studying seriously, so we didn't come in for a while."

Jin Li smiled: "It's fine, the lounge is open to the public; you guys can also come over to chat; it doesn't matter."

So the three sat down smoothly.

Although Jin Li said they could play casually, others weren't without emotional intelligence. Seeing that she and Gu Cheng were both studying seriously, they all lowered their voices, not wanting to disturb them.

Gradually, Yan Xingdong and Luo Yi found things they could do and became serious and focused, while Chen Lin simply took out his PSP and played games.

Time passed in a flash.

By the time he finished this round, an hour had already passed.

Chen Lin turned his neck, stretched his body, and muttered: "This real-time strategy game is just hard to play. The summoned races have to be given time to develop."

Chen Lin looked left and right, wanting to pull someone to buy water to drink, but looking at this, he couldn't help but be silent.

Those two sitting opposite.

Always watching videos and listening to lectures, one earphone each, occasionally lowering their heads to brush up on questions, one teaching and one asking, the learning atmosphere was good.

The two sitting beside him—

Yan Xingdong on the left found a piece of paper from somewhere, recited melodies in his mouth, occasionally shook his legs and clapped his hands; one look and he knew he was composing.

Luo Yi on the right also took out a piece of paper, spun his pen quickly, hummed songs lightly in his mouth, and his body swayed with the song.

Fine, this is another lyricist!

Chen Lin looked down at the PSP in his hand and suddenly felt a bit bored.

So suffocating.

Is this the feeling of inferiority?

He is guilty. With such a good time, why didn't he work hard???