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Chapter 15
The next day, early morning.
For the first time ever, Mu Taozhi got up early, arriving at the practice room by six-thirty.
Not only did he get up early himself, but he also dragged along his unfortunate roommate He Yanning. His energetic demeanor made it seem as if he had found his life's direction.
He Yanning was forcibly dragged outside, appearing completely disoriented, his body had left the room but his not-yet-awake mind remained under the covers.
His impeccably perfect face was filled with drowsiness as he asked with sleepy eyes, "Mu Taozhi, what's going on with you today?"
Ẅё b_ṅо̆ v el Е̃ńū m̄ a
From what he knew of Mu Taozhi, the man was full of energy, but that energy was limited to activities outside of work.
For things like recording shows, acting, or rehearsing, he would procrastinate as much as possible.
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In the past, Mu Taozhi would typically arrive leisurely at nine in the morning. How could he be like this now, arriving at six-thirty as if injected with adrenaline?
Mu Taozhi: "I just want to put in some effort, is that not allowed?"
Last night, Yao Bianliang's words had indeed provoked him. He was hoping to polish his acting skills and make a breakthrough in this semifinal. With Yao Bianliang getting up so early to rehearse, how could he possibly surpass her if he wasn't working as hard as she was?
However, when he turned his head, he met He Yanning's suspicious gaze.
Ӗn um̊a . і d̆
Mu Taozhi's face darkened, and he finally said in a low voice: "You should know that in the preliminary selection, my acting was completely outclassed by that Yao Bianliang, right? Those viewers, eager for drama, even edited comparison videos of my acting versus hers."
He Yanning nodded slightly, a complex emotion flashing across his eyes, but he remained silent.
Of course, he wouldn't tell Mu Taozhi that he too had been featured in comparison videos, with his acting thoroughly outclassed by Yao Bianliang in all aspects.
Fortunately, such comparison videos weren't numerous and only spread within a small circle.
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His poor acting skills weren't anything new, so few people paid attention to this point.
Mu Taozhi said: "This time, Yao Bianliang got a tool character role, which is our opportunity."
Ѐ n u m a
"If we act seriously, perhaps we can use our character advantages to steal the spotlight and clear our history of being outclassed in acting."
Saying this, Mu Taozhi was quite confident: "Didn't Yao Bianliang say she'd be at the training room at seven in the morning? Then let's be even earlier, starting training at six-thirty!"
Hearing this, He Yanning finally understood.
No wonder Mu Taozhi was showing such enthusiasm today—it was for this reason.
The two made their way to the practice room entrance, with Mu Taozhi taking the lead, clearly in high spirits.
He Yanning followed behind him and, seeing him suddenly stop, became somewhat puzzled: "Why did you stop walking?"
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Mu Taozhi stood silently in place without speaking.
He Yanning's sleepy mind finally woke up. He looked up at the building before them—
Well, the doors were still closed.
Since it was still early, Building A-2 was empty. The lights were off, and in the dim light, they could vaguely see that the glass doors were locked, making it completely impossible to enter.
"The doors aren't open?" Mu Taozhi was frustrated.
He had considered many possibilities, calculating everything, but had never thought of this situation.
W е̊bn о̊ v̊е̌ l̇ Е̄ ň ũ m̊ а
He Yanning was also speechless. After thinking for a moment, he looked down and messaged a staff member: "I'll send a message to ask if anyone is willing to come open the door for us."
This was indeed the only option now.
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Mu Taozhi found a bench in the corridor and sat down dejectedly.
"Tap, tap, tap"
At this moment, footsteps sounded from the end of the corridor. The two turned to look and discovered Yao Bianliang also walking toward them with a script in hand.
"You arrived quite early." Yao Bianliang was somewhat surprised.
Е̌ n̊ũm а̇
She had originally thought they would arrive right at seven o'clock. Unexpectedly, they were more enthusiastic than she had imagined, arriving at six-thirty.
Mu Taozhi looked at Yao Bianliang, inwardly criticizing her.
This woman was indeed quite calculating.
The agreed meeting time was seven o'clock, but she arrived at six-thirty. Wasn't this an attempt to secretly work hard behind their backs?
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This was too competitive.
"You're quite early too," Mu Taozhi snorted.
Е ń u m ǎ . ǐ ď
Yao Bianliang ignored Mu Taozhi's sarcastic tone and walked closer, asking with confusion: "Why haven't you turned on the lights? And why are you sitting outside instead of going in?"
"We're waiting for the show's staff to come open the door," Mu Taozhi shrugged, tilting his head toward the glass door nearby. "The main entrance isn't open yet. Do you have a key?"
Yao Bianliang's movements froze: "What?"
She slowly turned her head to look at the locked door beside her and fell silent.
She remembered that in her previous life, when training at her company, she would often wake up at three or five in the morning and practice acting until late at night.
The company's practice rooms were accessible at any time, so Yao Bianliang hadn't considered that the practice rooms here might not be open yet.
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This was a miscalculation. She hadn't expected the show's production team and contestants to be so relaxed.
❀⋆｡°✿☆❀✿°｡⋆❀
Two minutes later, Yao Bianliang gave up struggling and sat down on the bench alongside Mu Taozhi and He Yanning.
On this day, the north wind howled, and snowflakes drifted.
The three contestants who had just formed Group 6, on the first day of semifinal filming, were locked outside the main entrance for arriving too early.
"Later I must suggest to the production team that the practice room opening time should be earlier, preferably at six in the morning."
Ė ǹ u̇ m̈ǎ.ǐd
Yao Bianliang wrapped her coat tightly around herself and spoke through gritted teeth.
If the staff were unwilling to wake up so early, she could keep the key for them.
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In short, they absolutely couldn't wait until eight o'clock to start practicing!
He Yanning, sitting right next to Yao Bianliang, heard these words and his originally expressionless handsome face stiffened.
Six-thirty in the morning was already the limit, and she wanted to make it even earlier?
It should be noted that they could originally sleep until eight in the morning before leisurely washing up, eating breakfast, and starting rehearsal.
È ṅumа̊.ĭd
But now, they were forced to wake up three hours earlier, and Yao Bianliang still thought it was too late.
He Yanning couldn't help but turn his head and glance at Mu Taozhi.
Sure enough, Mu Taozhi's expression had become extremely unpleasant.
They were already working this hard—wasn't it time to give up?
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He Yanning silently thought to himself.
He really didn't want to wake up so early anymore, especially now in winter. Getting up at five in the morning could be life-threatening.
Е n̊ ů mӓ. id̊
However, He Yanning's inner wishes were quickly dashed.
Mu Taozhi pretended to be disdainful: "I also think six o'clock is good. Let's start rehearsing at this time from now on."
He Yanning: "?"
He Yanning felt he needed to say something: "No, isn't this time a bit too early..."
Yao Bianliang very considerately said: "Then you can come later. Mu Taozhi and I can use this time to study the script and rehearse more, working hard to improve our acting."
Mu Taozhi paused for a moment, pondered Yao Bianliang's implied meaning, and then nodded.
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"That's right. This variety show is livestreamed, so everyone will see who's working hard and who isn't."
He Yanning: "......"
What was wrong with these two?
Originally, He Yanning didn't want to participate in this struggle.
After all, Yao Bianliang's acting skills weren't on the same level as his. No matter how hard she worked, he wouldn't feel much pressure.
At worst, he would just accept the criticism—it wouldn't be the first time.
Ẁ ѐ bñоv̈ ё l̃_ Е̊núm̃а
But now, Mu Taozhi actually wanted to work hard alongside Yao Bianliang!
He Yanning and Mu Taozhi's acting skills were equally poor, always the subject of netizens' ridicule.
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The two bad brothers slacking off together—everyone had grown accustomed to this situation.
But if suddenly one day, Mu Taozhi began training at dawn and his acting improved dramatically, while He Yanning continued to do as he pleased with no fighting spirit...
Wouldn't he be immediately criticized to death?
He Yanning could already imagine how those marketing accounts would mock him and how anti-fans would attack him.
Е̃n̄um â
No, this absolutely couldn't happen.
He looked at Yao Bianliang, then at Mu Taozhi, and finally closed his eyes expressionlessly, resigned to his fate: "Fine, then... let's start at six."
❀⋆｡°✿☆❀✿°｡⋆❀
Today was the weekend, and at six or seven in the morning, most people were still immersed in sleep.
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However, a small portion of people with healthy living habits had already risen.
These variety show viewers opened the "Good Drama PK Competition" page, originally intending to check last night's content, but their gaze stopped after scrolling down.
W̃еb́ṅо̄v́е̊l̃ E̊ n u má
The reason was simple—among the many black-screened livestreams, Group 6's broadcast was particularly eye-catching, making it difficult not to notice.
Viewers gradually poured into the livestream, and comments began to appear.
[Wow, they're up so early?]
[Judging by this, they probably woke up at five-thirty]
[What's going on with Group 6? Did they get an adrenaline shot?]
[I remember that male celebrity Zhang Zeming, who portrays himself as hardworking, doesn't even get up this early]
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[Ahhh, I knew my Ningning was the most hardworking, brother is so great]
[It's truly like the sun rising from the west. I hope they're not just enthusiastic for three minutes before slacking off again tomorrow]
Of course, this time, most of the discussion centered on Mu Taozhi and He Yanning.
It was like two students with poor grades who never took their studies seriously suddenly getting up before dawn one day to study early—this inevitably sparked heated discussion.
As for Yao Bianliang, she was already seen as a top student in the public eye, and one without a strong presence at that, so she was naturally overlooked.
Thus, when Director Hua of Group 6 walked into the practice room, he witnessed this scene.
Ên ù ḿа
He Yanning and Mu Taozhi, who always preferred to slack off, were now seriously memorizing their lines, occasionally writing notes beside the script, looking very focused.
"...You're here so early?" Director Hua was utterly shocked.
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He had thought that at this hour, no one would be here yet.
"Yes," Mu Taozhi's eyes brightened. "Director Hua, you've come at just the right time. I have a few questions I need to ask you."
Director Hua was still somewhat disoriented as he was pulled aside by Mu Taozhi.
He felt like he probably hadn't fully awakened; otherwise, how could he be seeing such a diligent scene from Mu Taozhi?
Е̌n̆_ŭmà
He Yanning stood to the side, fighting off drowsiness, expressionlessly looking at the script.
Yao Bianliang watched this scene with a joyful heart, feeling that such a positive, vibrant scene was truly beautiful.
As long as these two were willing to work hard, her plan was half successful!
"But host, their hard work alone isn't enough," the system said. "After all, their foundation is too weak; they need guidance from an expert."
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Director Hua had entered the industry midway, transitioning from actor to director. His films were always conventional. Teaching two poor students and elevating them to Yao Bianliang's level would likely be very difficult.
"There's no rush; I already have a solution," Yao Bianliang silently responded.
Ĕ ǹ ūm̌ а̃..і̂ d̀.
The system was curious: "Host, surely you're not planning to teach them yourself?"
"Of course not," Yao Bianliang shook her head.
No joke—if she genuinely taught these two without reservation, they might turn around, repay her kindness with enmity, and make her popular.
She would absolutely not do anything so risky.
"Then what does the host plan to do?" the system didn't understand.
It seemed too difficult to both teach them acting and not earn their gratitude.
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Yao Bianliang's lips curved slightly upward as her gaze turned toward Director Hua, who was explaining something to Mu Taozhi: "Isn't there a ready-made excuse right here?"
She just needed to find a way to make the director aware of the two young idols' main problems, and then she could use the director's hand to teach them acting.
This way, when Mu Taozhi and He Yanning improved their acting, they would only be grateful to Director Hua, not to her.
Even if they wanted to repay someone in the future, they definitely wouldn't direct that gratitude toward her!
