I Like a Challenge 1

The broadcasting station

"How is everything coming around," TJ asked walking around Liu Qiao Qiao and sat on the seat opposite her's.

"Oh it's coming well"

"Is it really, You don't need to perform the song you selected. It can be changed at any time."

"there's no need for that, I am fine with the song. It was a good decision to select this song since I want to challenge myself."

"If you want to challenge yourself, Qiao Qiao I don't think this is the right song to do that with. I have seen all your performances since your very first audition Qiao Qiao and like Zhiqiang, I think you have a lot of potentials.

"You can do a lot more than this song. Hold on to you isn't much different than the other songs you performed. If you want to challenge yourself, you should get out of your comfort zone".

Minutes Later TJ was called out by one of the station's staff, They exchanged phone numbers and he left to answer the staff members.

Thirty minutes later Liu Qiao Qiao walked out of the broadcasting station with Shi Xiaotong and the security team surrounding her. The entrance was still packed with reporters all trying to get an exclusive.

Shi Xiaotong and Liu Qiao Qiao had separated when they arrived an hour and a half ago. Shi Xiaotong had been called over to the producer's office while Liu Qiao Qiao went up for the meeting with TJ.

The crowd of reporters at the entrance seemed to have doubled since the last time. This wasn't surprising since Sunny's murder was the biggest news to hit the nation in a while.

Liu Qiao Qiao maintained a neutral expression, silently walking through the press. The care door was pushed open as soon as she arrived. Liu Qiao Qiao went into the car and took a seat on the single-seat behind the driver's seat. While Shi Xiaotong sat on the other single seat.

The security team got into the van parked behind the car. TJ's words had been very insightful, he had given her a lot to think on Throughout the journey back to her apartment.

Apart from the competition, Liu Qiao Qiao's schedule was free. She wasn't offered many advertisements and endorsement deals. She also didn't take on any other acting roles. , She had received a few, mainly cameo roles or supporting roles in idol drama. However, Shi Xiaotong had turned them all down.

When they were all seated the driver started the car and drove off. Liu Qiao Qiao had been very quiet all through the drive. They were a short distance away from their apartment when Shi Xiaotong broke the silence.

"Qiao Qiao" Shi Xiaotong called out patting her gently on the arm.

"mm"

"My visit to the producer's office was successful, I have two pieces of good news. The first one is concerning the competition. I spoke with the producer and we decided that because of everything going on with Sunny's murder case and the press.

"You don't need to come in as often, as usual, you should come on when necessary. As for the second piece of news, I received a script for a Wuxia drama coming up soon.

"You were offered a supporting role as a female cultivator, it's a huge production with a very solid cast. Filming will resume two months from now. It's one of LINT TV's dramas scheduled to be released during the third half of next year.

"They will announce LINT TV's upcoming festival. I checked it out the leads are rumored to be Qi Zhang and Fan Yulan. It is the drama adaptation from the popular Webnovel titled Desert storm, written by author Shan Yi.

"The original novel has a lot of fans both at home and internationally. I think that this is the best drama to take up. Another bonus is the fact that it's not an idol drama so you won't run into the problems associated with that."

"Let's do it since you think it's a good idea. I trust you".

"Okay, I will call the producer and tell her we are in".

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The Night, Liu Qiao Qiao's apartment.

After some thought, t Liu Qiao Qiao called TJ to inform him that she would be changing her next performance song to Lai Zhiqiang's popular rock song "Danger".

Liu Qiao Qiao's choice had taken him by surprise. "Danger" was a pretty dark song with more than a few rap lines. As far as he was aware Liu Qiao Qiao wasn't very grounded on rock music yet she was committing to singing this song.

He has to commend her for her choice, if this wasn't a challenging song he didn't know what is. Since Liu Qiao Qiao wasn't that grounded in hard rock music, he would have to rearrange the song to fit her voice.

This was a huge undertaking on his part, luckily he was up to the challenge. He Scheduled a meeting with her at the broadcasting station the next day to discuss the song.

As soon as the call ended, TJ got up from the bed and began to arrange the music. He wanted this to be perfect, this was his opportunity to pull one over with Lai Zhiqiang.

He could still remember the conversation he had with Lai Zhiqiang the day before the teams were selected. They had been seated at Ziggy's bar having a few drinks when he brought up selecting Liu Qiao Qiao.

Lai Zhiqiang reply had been

"If you like her then take her, I have seen a lot of Liu Qiao Qiao in my career there's nothing special about her. Liang Changying may be a very rigid musician but at least she's has confidence in herself.

"Liu Qiao Qiao keeps doubting herself, she isn't willing to take up a huge challenge. She has the potential to overshadow even the queen of soul music Any. If only she would stop playing it safe and step out It's her comfort zone"

Lai Zhiqiang had underestimated Liu Qiao Qiao but not for long.TJ was looking forward to the next elimination rounds, it was bound to be memorable.