Chapter 05

The boy's facial features on the gif were exquisite. The corner of his mouth seemed to be tilted upwards, but it failed. In the next moment, his beautiful eyes turned red. Even so, he gave the audience a reluctant smile.

As soon as this gif came out, the comments below were all netizens who were asking for the original source:

"This gif is too good! Asking for the original source!"

"I want to have a handsome brother, too."

"I really like Ye Zexi's looks! Such a fairy look!"

"Not only does he look good, he also sings well. I don't know when they will announce the ranking. I dare to bet that Ye Zexi is in the top ten!"

When it came to rankings, more and more netizens were participating in the discussion.

"Tang Jing is also pretty good, and he

should be in the top ten."

"Every contestant in "Time Idol" is pretty good! I feel like it will be a good audition, and I look forward to the next episode."

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"Time Idol" premiere was a success, the highest simultaneous viewing audience reached tens of millions!

It was not only in the hot search list, but also had a great amount of discussion in the hot search topics of the whole Internet.

At the same time, #He Jinyun joined "Time Idol"#, #Coach Shan Zeyu#, #Dance Coach Qu Xiao# and other related hashtags had also followed the hot search, which aroused heated discussions among fans and netizens.

Many of the contestants were nominated, and Ye Zexi was naturally the one who had the most talked about topic.

The most obvious manifestation of this event was that Ye Zexi's Weibo had gained tens of thousands of followers overnight.

Ye Zexi was also a little shocked about this. Early in the next morning, he received a call from Wei Lifei.

Wei Lifei, the best friend of the original owner, is the ignorant and wealthy second generation young master just like the original owner.

As soon as the call was connected, he could hear Wei Lifei howling on the other side of the phone: "Ye Zexi, you are awesome! I always thought that you were there to make up the count, but I didn't expect you to really make a name for yourself! This morning my mom called me, she said she will now go to the company and tell all the employees to vote for you!"

Ye Zexi was originally worried that he would be exposed when communicating with Wei Lifei, but now hearing Wei Lifei's tone, he felt relieved by a lot: "It doesn't need to trouble her, because I didn't want to..."

"By the way, you said on the live performance yesterday that you would stop chasing Tang Jing? Is it true?" Wei Lifei interrupted Ye Zexi.

Ye Zexi smiled helplessly, and replied, "It's true."

Wei Lifei: "It's okay! Brother, there are thousands of men in the world, you can change one every day if you aren't happy with one! I told you a long time ago that Tang Jing is not suitable for you, and I will post your WeChat to a few high-quality ones later. You are guaranteed to be satisfied!"

Ye Zexi's eyebrows suddenly knitted together: "Hey, wait, I..."

Before Ye Zexi could finish speaking, Wei Lifei hung up the phone in a hurry.

Ye Zexi's words stuck in his throat, because he wanted to correct the

man. He is a high-quality one, so the man doesn't need to introduce him to quality ones!

But, he can introduce a few beautiful zeroes.

Thinking of this, Ye Zexi returned to his senses, wasn't there one good zero next to him?

Ye Zexi's mouth couldn't hold back its happy curvature, and his face suddenly became a little hot, and the smile at the corner of his mouth became bigger and bigger. Just as he stretched out his hand to cover his face and smiled, the light in front of him suddenly dimmed.

"Good morning." An unfamiliar male voice came.

Ye Zexi's smile suddenly froze.

"What are you laughing at?" the man asked next.

Ye Zexi looked up, only to realize that he didn't know when He Jinyun stood in front of him.

Good morning?

My ass.

Ye Zexi cursed in his heart, but at the same time he put a smile on his face.

Ye Zexi met He Jinyun during the performance last night, and Ye Zexi sighed with admiration.

He Jinyun deserves to be the protagonist in the novel. He has wide shoulders and narrow waist, a black high-definition suit, and long and straight legs.

In the warm light of the room, under the man's bridge nose is a pair

of smiling lips, his eyebrows are handsome. Even when he has such

aggressive looks, at this time, he gives off an oppressive feeling for no reason.

With those attractive dark orbs, it seemed that one would be sucked in by them by accident.

This look really fascinates those beautiful zeroes.

However, it was a pity that Ye Zexi and He Jinyun are of the same attribution. Seeing such a handsome face so close to him, he didn't feel shy at all. On the contrary, he was slightly unhappy that his territory was being violated.

He took a half step back with an expressionless face, and Ye Zexi replied with a faint smile: "Teacher He, you're early, I didn't laugh at anything."

This calling was a novelty. He Jinyun raised his brow slightly, but his smile remained unchanged: "It's the first time I heard you call me that."

Ye Zexi still professionally smirked: "Teacher He, do you need something from me?"

He Jinyun nodded: "Yes," he paused, confirmed that there was no one around, and then continued, "Recently, I'm working on the preparation of a new movie, and it just happened that the filming will start after your audition is over. Are you interested in taking on the role?"

Ye Zexi was secretly surprised, because he didn't expect He Jinyun to come to him for this matter.

The expression on his face did not change, and he quickly replied: "Sorry, I may not have the talent for acting."

He Jinyun obviously expected that Ye Zexi would refuse, and said: "It doesn't matter, we will have a professional acting instructor to teach you. Do you have other arrangements at the end of the audition? I heard that you have not signed with any company yet, and you don't have a clear idea of what path to take for your future career, right? Don't you want to make a name for yourself in the entertainment industry?"

Ye Zexi's smile finally became more honest, and he greeted He Jinyun's slightly expectant gaze, he slowly shook his head: "I don't want to."

He Jinyun was stunned, and for a long while he showed a helpless smile: "Then you have no dreams when you come to participate in "Time Idol" this time?"

Ye Zexi opened his mouth.

He Jinyun interrupted him before he spoke: "Except for chasing Tang Jing."

Ye Zexi swallowed the words that had reached his throat, and thought for a while and said, "Then all that is left

is to go home and inherit the family business."

He Jinyun and Ye Zexi looked at each other in doubt.

Ye Zexi's eyes were sincere. If it weren't for his father locking all of his credit cards, he would like to go back and be his rich second generation salted fish now!

He Jinyun and Ye Zexi looked at each other for two seconds and were defeated.

Let it go, it seems that today's conversation can only end here.

He just returned from his first expedition, and as soon as he returned to the coach's lounge, Shan Zeyu came over and asked He Jinyun about his expedition.

He Jinyun rubbed his somewhat swollen temples and said Ye Zexi's

answer.

Shan Zeyu couldn't help laughing after hearing this: "Inherit the family business? I think Ye Zexi just found a random excuse to refuse you, right?"

He Jinyun said helplessly: "Probably."

Shan Zeyu looked at his good brother and started to think: "Why don't you choose someone else? I think Tang Jing is also pretty good. He fits the role you told me."

He Jinyun did not rush to refute, but said: "Let's take a look again."

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"Time Idol" became popular, the audiences and fans also began to urge the program under the official Weibo.

Unlike other talent variety shows, the competition system for "Time Idol" is much stricter. There are only four stage performances in total.

The first performance will eliminate the contestants by half, the second performance will eliminate 25 out of 50, the third performance will conclude the top ten of this competition, and the last performance, which is the final round, will produce four contestants for the boy group.

Yesterday was Friday, and it was also the first live performance of "Time Idol". On Saturday night, the program team would release the contestants' practice clips before the performance. On Sunday night, they would record the coaches' comments and the elimination process.

Because of this, the program team does not immediately close the voting channel after the performance,

instead the voting channel is to be closed before nine o'clock on Saturday morning.

Before that, the audiences and fans can vote for their favorite contestants.

Today's arrangement is to record the coaches' comments after the first performance and to announce the elimination list.

When Ye Zexi arrived, the recording hall was full of people.

As soon as he appeared at the door, several scorching eyes were casted on him, they were either looking, marveling or feeling jealous.

During this period, there were some not-so-quiet serious discussions.

"Do you think Ye Zexi will be the number one this time?"

"It's probably either him or Tang Jing, after all, they are the ones under the limelight this time."

Ye Zexi had long been accustomed to these discussions and gazes, and he didn't feel awkward at all, he even looked back at each one of them.

Many contestants had thin-skinned faces, and soon closed their mouths and withdrew their gazes. Ye Zexi also found the person he was looking for in the crowd---Tang Jing.

Ye Zexi waved to Tang Jing from a distance.

Tang Jing's expression was a bit complicated, and he nodded to Ye Zexi as a response.

"Don't worry Tang Jing, you must be ranking first, I feel that Ye Zexi is not as good as you." Someone next to him said.

Tang Jing did not answer, only said: "The coaches and the audience have discerning eyes."

The man suddenly smiled: "Yeah, Ye Zexi doesn't have any talent. It must be a fluke yesterday..."

Tang Jing frowned slightly, and suddenly got up from the seat: "I'll go sit there."

The man's smile suddenly froze at the corner of his mouth.

There was laughter coming from behind: "Oh, did your flattering fail to please the prince?"

The man's face suddenly turned pale.

Within a few minutes, Shan Zeyu, He Jinyun, and Qu Xiao appeared in the recording room, and the hall suddenly became quiet.

Everyone knew what they were here for today, so the coaches did not want to drag this on, they just started to get into the topic.

As soon as the live performance ended yesterday, the director team sent all the performance clips of all the contestants to the three coaches. They analyzed the strengths and weaknesses of all the contestants until late at night.

Today's session, although it is for them to speak their opinion on the performance, in fact, it is more about pointing out the strengths and weaknesses of the contestants.

Shan Zeyu has always asked for perfection. Whether it is for himself or others, he has always been strict with it, and he will always strive to present the best stage to audiences and fans.

Today's comment was also started by him. As soon as he spoke, Shan Zeyu singled out the names of several contestants, pointing out their lack of stage performance yesterday.

In the crowd, a contestant whispered: "Teacher Shan is the epitome of pursuing perfection. This is too strict."

Shan Zeyu continued with his

critics one after another, most of the contestants present had been criticized many times.

Until Shan Zeyu called out another person's name: "Tang Jing."

"For real? He is not satisfied with Tang Jing as well?"

"Tang Jing's performance yesterday

seemed perfect to me!"

"Teacher Shan is really too strict!"

Shan Zeyu did not speak right away, even if he was giving his critics to people, it was very easy to the ears.

"You're not bad. Your singing was not out of tune, and the stage performance was pretty good, but the only problem is that you were a bit slow to continue the second line of the song. What was going on at that time?"

Tang Jing raised his eyes and looked at the three coaches ahead.

He Jinyun sat on the judges' bench. Although he did not look at Tang Jing, Tang Jing seemed to feel like he was being pierced. His face turned red at a speed visible to the naked eye, and he was ashamed of himself.

"It's my fault." Tang Jing whispered.

Shan Zeyu didn't want to drag this on for too long, only said: "Be more careful in the future, this kind of mistake must not be repeated."

Tang Jing nodded: "Thank you Teacher Shan."

Shan Zeyu nodded and looked down at the notes in his hand. Suddenly he raised his brows and his tone of voice was extended: "Next, Ye Zexi."

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