Tan Meng did indeed break down emotionally for a moment.

She had always been confident, and she came to this show with the determination to debut.

She never expected that one day, in the eyes of the public, she would become the supporting green leaf that accompanied someone else in a talent show.

Only at that moment did Tan Meng truly realize that her competitive relationship with Jiang Ye might be more intense than with anyone else.

After all, they were both from the same company.

If Jiang Ye could successfully debut.

Then, for the sake of balance, she was very likely to be the one who was abandoned.

She was unwilling.

She had been working hard for six years.

She didn't want to stop here.

So, Tan Meng gritted her teeth and decided to fight for herself.

Challenging the second place was her desperate gamble.

Challenging the second place from sixth would definitely create enough buzz, and if she performed well, she would also have her own highlight moment.

Only then could her brilliance not be completely overshadowed by Jiang Ye.

——Unfortunately, the prerequisite was if she performed well.

Tan Meng sat in the chair in the failure zone, deeply regretting her impulsive decision.

Lin Zui, who was next to her, glanced at her, "Are you going to cry?"

Tan Meng immediately turned her head away, pretending to be strong, "No."

"That's right."

"It's not worth crying here."

Lin Zui said, "You didn't cry in front of the camera, and now you're crying here, no one will see you."

Tan Meng: "?"

"But it's useless to cry in front of the camera."

Lin Zui said again, "Crying after failing is the behavior of a weak person."

"Besides, show fans should have stopped eating that crying routine, even if you cry beautifully, it's useless."

Tan Meng: "…"

Annoying!

Didn't she know that?

She had been trying to hold back her tears on stage because she knew that.

Crying on stage was too silly, and it would easily attract more negative feelings.

Tan Meng originally thought that Lin Zui was coming to comfort her.

Unexpectedly, it seemed like she was here to specifically mock her.

Tan Meng sniffed and whispered, "So what do you want to say?"

She glanced at her name tag, it seemed like the only value Lin Zui noticed was that she was from the same company as Jiang Ye.

"You also want to ask about Jiang Ye?"

"No, I just want to teach you when it's appropriate to cry."

Tan Meng: "?"

Lin Zui raised her chin slightly and pointed to the five debut seats, "See over there?"

She smiled easily, without any of the dejection of a loser, "Cry when you have a chance to sit back there one day, then your tears will be worth something."

•••

To be honest, Jiang Ye wasn't the type who was overly sympathetic.

Although she was puzzled by Tan Meng's behavior, she didn't want to delve into it.

She didn't know why Tan Meng suddenly performed so poorly.

But she knew that if you didn't have enough resilience in a talent show, you couldn't go far.

In a situation like Tan Meng's, no one could help her more effectively than herself standing up.

So, Jiang Ye just glanced in the direction of the failure zone, then refocused her attention on the rest of the recording.

It's just that the recording, which lasted for over ten hours, became increasingly tedious.

Jiang Ye was getting a little sleepy.

Chasing Light Girls was originally the show that was predicted to be the most flop this year.

So, the quality of the trainees sent was also uneven.

After the most exciting battle segment at the beginning, it was the trainees who didn't actively come out to compete who were evaluated for their level.

Most of them were at a very average level.

Especially after the comparison with Jiang Ye and Lin Zui, many of the trainees' performances were very disappointing.

The mentors were obviously tired by the end, and they stopped for breaks several times.

Jiang Ye glanced at the time.

It was already eleven o'clock at night.

Actually, she was still energetic, but it was a bit tiring to maintain a professional state all the time.

Until the last trainee entered.

"Hello, everyone, hello mentors."

"I'm Cheng Zhen from MX Entertainment."

When she heard this name, Jiang Ye suddenly perked up and sat up straight.

She also had a strong impression of Cheng Zhen.

Because in her previous life's memories, Cheng Zhen was a giant bloodbag that brought buzz to the show.

At the beginning of the competition, everyone thought there weren't any particularly buzzworthy figures among the trainees.

But after the show aired, netizens dug up the fact that Cheng Zhen, the trainee who had stunned everyone in the initial evaluation, was a star second-generation who had secretly come out to participate in the talent show.

Her father was a famous director, and her mother was a retired movie queen.

The competition was only halfway through, and it was the time when they needed the most buzz.

Cheng Zhen's family had just learned about this, and they couldn't take her back, so they could only use their connections and resources to hype the show and pave the way for her future development in the entertainment industry.

Cheng Zhen's personality was also very good, and because of the silly and sweet young lady filter, she had unexpectedly carved out her own path in the Chinese entertainment industry, which usually doesn't like sweet girls.

But because of this, Cheng Zhen didn't get the C-position.

Because she was too smooth all the way.

Since her parents had a good reputation in the industry, her public image was unexpectedly good, and she didn't have any abuse or tragic points in her family background or life experience, she was very happy and optimistic every day, so her fans were also very relaxed.

However, to say that she relied entirely on her family would be wrong.

Because another reason for her high popularity was that she was indeed quite skilled.

As Jiang Ye reminisced, Cheng Zhen had already carried a cello onto the stage.

The trainees in the audience couldn't help but whisper.

"?"

"Did I walk into the wrong studio?"

"Shouldn't this be in the next studio?"

Cheng Zhen, however, calmly set up the microphone, picked up the cello, and began her performance.

Jiang Ye: "…"

For a moment, she thought she had accidentally wandered into a concert hall.

Her performance, in every sense, wasn't very idol-like.

After all, Cheng Zhen had learned music and dance since she was a child, not in the direction of being an idol.

But it has to be admitted that she brought what she was good at to the talent show stage, but it didn't seem out of place.

She chose a popular ballad, which could very well prove her vocal abilities.

It made people feel that even if she couldn't dance, she could still debut as the main vocalist of a group.

And her playing skills were the icing on the cake, adding a different color after watching the trainees' monotonous girl group performances.

The song ended.

Cheng Zhen stood up and bowed.

Chen Yiming frowned, "Why did you choose the sixtieth seat?"

Cheng Zhen didn't hesitate, "Because I don't know what everyone's level is. Based on my own assessment, I'm probably about the level of sixtieth place."

"Then why don't you want to challenge a higher seat?"

"Ah?"

Cheng Zhen paused, looking confused, "... Did I misunderstand the rules?"

Indeed.

Jiang Ye thought, according to the rules, as long as you think you're sixtieth place, there's no room for you to drop.

It's just that most people wouldn't do that.

Who knows if the footage of sixtieth place will be shown.

Even if it is shown, with the filter of being the last place, it's hard to gain audience favorability.

Cheng Zhen didn't look like she was here to participate in a talent show.

After all, her face was full of contentment, experience first, competition second.

The mentors were also stuck, "... Okay."

Cheng Zhen asked, "So, did I pass?"

"... Of course."

"But, your vocal skills are excellent."

"If possible, I hope you can be more confident in yourself."

Cheng Zhen immediately smiled happily, "Thank you."

She handed the cello to the staff, then happily returned to her seat, as if defending her sixtieth place seat order was a very remarkable thing.

Jiang Ye watched Cheng Zhen with interest.

She was dazzling on stage.

But off stage, she seemed like a simpleton.

This persona...

Jiang Ye thought for a moment, it seemed to be very complementary to her.

In other words, it was very suitable to create a CP with her.