Rebirth from the Ashes

Since Su Muyan no longer held out hope to partner with Mr. Xixi, everything about Mr. Xixi became an eyesore and made him sick to his stomach. Talent and genius, his *ss. Mr. Xixi could go to hell for all he cared!

Gu Yang had his eyes peeled, but come to think of it, the broadcast director would not cut the scene to them and release the footage to the world.

He realized that the production team captured mostly wide shots of Mr. Xixi and practiced caution during closeups. They were on high alert in case he dropped another bomb.

Still, Gu Yang had to agree with Mr. Xixi. It only took media framing and skillful marketing to turn the facts around. Su Ruowan was a living example.

Xia Mi wanted to say the same thing. Had it not been for Tianheng Entertainment’s efforts to whitewash Su Ruowan, the latter would have lost all her fans.

She had to admit, Su Ruowan sure yielded the power of resources. Nothing was too big or too small for Tianheng Entertainment to manipulate, including the public opinion.

The mentors no longer controlled the affairs of the final stage. Their comments consisted of encouragement and motivation to the trainees for formality’s sake.

Since this was a talent show made for the people, the last say went to the viewers and fans, so they could feel the thrill of participating in the show and carrying the fate of the trainees’ debut in their hands.

Chief Director Su Botao was pulling his hair out. To stay true to the program’s fair and impartial theme, the people were the ones picking out the winners to debut.

However, Su Ruowan’s votes had caught up and soared to seventh place just before the finals, showing no signs of stopping. The production team would be torn by the public regardless of whether they allowed her to debut.

In the end, he sought the relevant heads’ opinions and decided to go with the flow. The audience may lash out all they wanted, but the show was about to end. It did not matter anymore.

Moreover, they were the ones casting the votes, not the production team. They should be running their mouths at Su Ruowan’s mindless fans.

In the last showdown, only seven out of 15 trainees would advance to form a girl group.

The final stage featured two original performances. Ye Weiyang and Tong Kejun worked together on a piece with the former writing the song and the latter designing the dance. For the other song, Liu Qianyu was the songwriter while Guan Rou was the choreographer.

Su Ruowan was on the same team as Ye Weiyang this time.

Although the pair had occupied the first and second place ever since the third episode, they never shared the stage before.

The audience and fans’ favorite pastime was to draw a comparison between the two. The fans often butted heads about who was the better singer, dancer, or who had the better talent.

The fight never saw an end until today. While there was no doubt about Su Ruowan’s talent, Ye Weiyang was an unstoppable force when it came to making strides.

Su Ruowan’s fans loved to use Ye Weiyang’s early performances as an excuse to taunt Ye Weiyang’s fans.

Ye Weiyang’s fans also loved to take Ye Weiyang’s early performances to set against her later performances to reflect her astounding progress. They even cropped Su Ruowan’s before-and-after performances, sneering at her standstill progress. With no room for improvement, Ye Weiyang was bound to rise above her.

Three months of tug-o-war could finally come to an end with Ye Weiyang and Su Ruowan dancing and singing the same song on the same stage.

Refused to be outmatched, Su Ruowan and Ye Weiyang’s fans screamed hard and loud in the stadium. Fans of other trainees were helpless in this situation, unable to prevail over these crazy fans.

On stage, the spotlight suddenly hit on every single contestant. They were the stars of the show, and this was their final stage, or perhaps their first career performance in showbiz.

Halting their screaming and ruckus when the lights came on, everybody stared intently at the girls on stage.

Su Ruowan was at the forefront.

Shen Xi frowned. Since she had been absent for the past few days, she had no idea what was on Ye Weiyang’s mind, what was the situation with the mentors, and why was Su Ruowan taking the lead role.

Still, it would not make much of a difference for Su Ruowan to perform front and center. She was second to Ye Weiyang no matter what position she took. The placement was not important as there was a certain type of people who would shine the brightest regardless of their positions.

Sitting nearby, Xia Mi took a glance at Mr. Xixi. The mentors believed Mr. Xixi’s favorite trainee was Ye Weiyang. It was decided through casting lots who was to take the center stage.

Su Ruowan was lucky to draw the lead role.

On stage, the girls began to perform to the sound of the music.

Immediately, everyone’s eyes were drawn to Ye Weiyang. No matter who she danced with, she was the brightest star on stage.

She was born to be on the stage with that unique stage presence and distinguishable vocals of hers. It had nothing to do with whichever position she took.

The few-minute performances went by in a blink of an eye.

The applause was overwhelming at the end of the performance. The fans on-site only had eyes for their idols on stage while everyone else was forgotten.

Su Ruowan’s fans were displeased to find Ye Weiyang outshining Su Ruowan in the group performance. This was a fact they were refusing to admit to.

All of them found excuses for Su Ruowan, saying that she was not her usual self because of the recent event. Otherwise, Ye Weiyang would stand no chance against her.

These crazy fans had unconditional love for their idols, believing that their idols were the best, the most beautiful, and the most brilliant while others were trash! No one could change their minds.

Ye Weiyang’s fans turned tearful, watching their idol on stage who grew up before their eyes.

Their little idol was a blank sheet, getting lectures and eye-rolls from mentors and fellow companions as she slowly and steadily made her way up. They were a testament to her effort and growth.

Ye Weiyang had never let them down with her miracle twist from climbing from Group F to Group A, and from ranking in the range of nineties to second. Finally, in the last episode, she was ranked first.

She went from having two left feet to getting a lead role in her team and learning choreography. She was once too timid to sing, but now she was the lead singer and even wrote her own song. No one was more earnest than her in the journey forward.

The others could say what they wanted, but to Ye Weiyang’s fans, she deserved the first place!