Chapter 56 Part 2
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Chapter 56: The First Show (2)
Tang Liuli is extremely confused; her “Heart Flow” needs to be passively triggered.
Initially, it only required a little stimulation to enter, but as she matured, she had to derive inspiration from high-quality scripts, and the further she went, the more challenging it became.
The threshold increases with age and experience, becoming more terrifying, until eventually no script can satisfy her, indirectly leading to her withdrawal from the industry.
Seven years have passed since then.
But now, as Tang Liuli gazes at Chu Yuanqing in this moment, she reaches the highest threshold, entering the “Heart Flow” once again.
This miraculous occurrence is like a ray of light, shining into the darkness of her self-doubt.
Tang Liuli greedily absorbs the emotions.
She doesn’t care about acting skills or something called “Heart Flow.”
In fact, she dislikes acting and hates the talent that continuously weakens her positive emotions like a dark hole.
At this moment, she can feel the freshness and joy of everything in the world, breaking free from the gloom that surrounds her consciousness like a thick fog, as if she has been reborn.
– Chu Yuanqing.
Tang Liuli repeats this name devoutly like a saint, recalling the warm feeling she had felt when they first met, feeling as if her spirit has been baptized, and whispers happily:
“Chu Yuanqing.”
The sound of her voice fades.
The “Heart Flow” finally ends amid immense excitement.
The intense ending is like a climax, causing the paper bag to slip and make a loud noise when her fingers loosen.
Tang Liuli still stares blankly in place, tears welling up in her eyes as if they were stuffed with small toys, making her vision blurry.
The girl’s cute rosy cheeks look foolish as she gazes at the other person, like someone in a daze, muttering their name.
Chu Yuanqing drops the pendant in her hand without noticing a fleeting flash of pure white inside, feeling a sudden emotional detachment. She turns back in confusion and sees Tang Liuli standing dumbly.
The indoor digital clock has quietly reached 10:40; was she really daydreaming for so long?
Chu Yuanqing suppresses her curiosity and asks:
“Liuli? Did my late return make you worry?”
Tang Liuli can no longer hear what the other person is saying.
The Chu Yuanqing in her field of vision seems like a goddess, with cherry blossom-colored lips pursed, exuding warm care.
At the sound of the bells from St. Sophia Cathedral, she pictures the twelve lambs and twelve apostles on the church’s relief sculptures in her mind…
Sacred, beautiful, majestic, grand.
Finally, amidst confusion, a myriad of words and emotions gather into a devout answer.
“Liuli, Liuli? Are you daydreaming?”
Chu Yuanqing’s words interrupt her reverie.
Tang Liuli snaps out of it, confused about what has just happened, shocked at her own behavior, then feeling disbelief, questioning life, falling into despair, accepting reality, and finally feeling overwhelming shame for her previous actions.
The little girl’s face goes through a rapid series of subtle expressions, blushing like rouge spreading across her cheeks in an instant.
Wailing, “I’m terrible, worse than a succubus, just let me die!”
Tang Liuli, feeling ashamed and angry, after meeting Chu Yuanqing’s puzzled gaze, runs away like a cat whose tail has been stepped on, without saying a word.
Halfway through running, she hurries back and stuffs the fallen paper bag into Chu Yuanqing’s arms before running off again, pretending nothing happened.
The scene is confusing and fast, like a level 15 typhoon that only manages to snatch away the fries in a McDonald’s.
Chu Yuanqing looks down at the bread, salad, and yogurt in the paper bag, puzzled by the child’s strange behavior.
After finishing her daughter’s recommended stretching exercises, Chu Yuanqing slowly eats the food in the paper bag, returns to the dormitory, changes clothes, and goes to bed.
Tang Liuli seems to have turned on the mute button, responding only with a strange hum even when thanked, curled up under the blanket like a peculiar creature.
Chu Yuanqing is too tired to think about the upcoming secondary rating in just two days, so she quickly showers, puts on an eye mask and earplugs, and falls fast asleep.
Tang Liuli, on the other hand, can’t accept her altered self after escaping from the fantasy world affected by the “Heart Flow.”
The girl keeps analyzing herself, feeling more and more unsettled and abstract the more she thinks about it.
Initially seeing Chu Yuanqing as a young mother or a hypnotic figure was one thing, but now it feels different.
Now, even when she understands the other person’s feelings, she gets excited and goes straight into a “Heart Flow,” still feeling extremely thrilled, even considering joining the group!
This is unbearable! What’s the difference between this and being a lesbian and a pervert?
Tang Liuli tosses and turns, feeling like she’s addicted, craving to enter the “Heart Flow” again, with thoughts of being patted on the head, rewarded, praised, and cuddled by the other person, imagining herself as a thief of maternal love.
But as she thinks about it, she feels some self-blame, wondering if she even deserves these things.
Suddenly, Tang Liuli remembers Chu Yuanqing’s sadness at that time. She sits up in the middle of the night, gives herself a hard slap, tears welling up from the pain, feeling like she deserves to die.
Qing Qing was clearly upset, yet she used this to make herself happy. Wasn’t that going too far?
The young girl feels more and more guilty the more she thinks about it.
Chu Yuanqing must have been feeling sad because she couldn’t keep up with the learning progress of the other trainees. She loved the stage so much, training until almost 11 pm without returning to the dormitory, just to be closer to her dream, right?
But reality is harsh; no matter how hard she worked for a short time, she couldn’t catch up with the years of hard work others had put in.
Chu Yuanqing couldn’t have not known, but still chose to persist.
The determination and love that kept going even when knowing that efforts were futile made the recent sorrow feel even hotter, almost as if it would burn a hole through the heart.
Tang Liuli has never liked idols.
Without a platform, there is no future for idols.
Those trainees who debut through talent shows only aim to gain popularity as idols before transitioning to become actors or pursue other careers.
To her, these trainees participating in “Dazzling Stage” were no different from the previous batch, all just ambitious individuals seeking greater fame. They had no real dreams, just like her father, reeking of a sickening metallic scent.
But…
The sorrow felt from Chu Yuanqing seemed to mock this prejudice, shattering the arrogance towards idols.
Tang Liuli believes that twisted, gloomy individuals like herself perhaps understand true idols better than anyone else, yet are the least suited to shine on stage.
Whether it’s to repay kindness, seek forgiveness, or simply find fulfillment, it doesn’t matter.
She suddenly wants to witness the moment when the girl who could easily hurt herself with sadness, shines brightly on the world’s highest stage.
Maybe if it’s this person, achieving their dream satisfaction at that moment, and shining like a god, might even heal their twisted illness completely?
“Chu Yuanqing, I will help you.”
At this point, Tang Liuli finds another reason to stay on the “Dazzling Stage.”
The next day, the girl who had always been overlooked by the audience, bravely enters the Grade B practice room, overcomes her fear for the first time, starts a live stream, and interacts with the viewers.
In the end, despite the rocky start with bullet comments, she showcases her terrifying singing skills with a simple song practice, sparking curiosity in the outside world in just two hours.
The outside world immediately responds with a flurry of voices.
The former child star seems to have activated a huge fan base in China overnight, gaining an additional two million followers on the new Weibo account created by the official “Dazzling Stage” team at rocket speed.
Even though only achieving a Grade B, this success rooted in the entertainment industry leads to a sudden rise in popularity, surpassing Kirimi Miyuki, Chu Yuanqing, and even most of the top A players, becoming one of the hottest players in the country.
At the same time, only one day remains until the second evaluation.
All players are like wound-up machines, making a final sprint together in these 24 hours.
Compared to the underground base, time seems to pass even faster outside.
In recent days, the country’s extensive promotion of “Dazzling Stage” has penetrated every aspect, capturing the attention of even those citizens who were previously uninterested in idols and the entertainment circle, shifting their focus to this magical survival talent show.
It can be said that “Dazzling Stage” has swept through every aspect of the lives of 2 billion citizens, with its widespread promotion so strong that almost every street corner features footage of the Top A players.
– The stage is a battlefield, where victory or defeat determines the future.
– A global-level project, an unprecedented method of cultivating idols!
– When will the two “Shining” sub-projects within Daxia have their showdown?
Among the top players from Sea City and Kyoto, who is the strongest challenger?
These slogans and public opinions are continuously refreshing the peak of popularity.
The number of online viewers in the live broadcast room breaks fifty million for the first time during this period.
“Dazzling Stage” is like a prehistoric giant crocodile trying to change the entertainment industry. With the approval of the national will, it aggressively absorbs ninety percent of the domestic entertainment circle’s popularity.
Those once-famous singers and actors, who were about to promote movies, TV shows, variety shows, or even games, all vanish without a trace overnight when “Dazzling Stage” emerges, as if disappearing from the world without a sound.
Daxia Country, the entire Donghong Federation, and even the distant Sacred United Country are all experiencing the same terrifying trend.
The whole world is tirelessly promoting the existence of idols, overshadowing everything else that was previously under the spotlight.
Through these operations, “Dazzling Stage” has become a fashionable symbol and has been continuously expanding its audience under the deliberately guided herd mentality.
At present, the basic pool of viewers for all talent shows is growing and strengthening.
In a country where everyone loves watching talent shows and idolizing celebrities, the fanbase for local shows is growing rapidly.
In such a passionate atmosphere, the official website of “Dazzling Stage” makes an announcement that sparks a huge wave of public opinion.
The first episode will premiere at 6 p.m. on all major streaming platforms!
