Who is still a star after rebirth?

Chapter 238 Mentor and Assistant

The sunshine in late July is hot and bright, as if even the air is filled with youthful vitality and passion.

Several buses arrived at a picturesque suburb one after another. Li Yumeng looked out from afar and saw lush trees surrounding her and rolling hills in the distance.

And in the poetic and picturesque scenery, there are also large groups of buildings.

After all the contestants got off the bus and gathered, a woman with neat makeup came out to introduce to everyone that the building complex on the west side is where everyone's dormitories are located, and the east side is where everyone's daily activities are.

Dance practice rooms, vocal practice rooms, etc. are all within this area...

After introducing the basic situation of the training base, the woman in her early 40s with wavy hair smiled and said, "I forgot to introduce myself. I am the producer and director of the program team, Yang Zhenni."

A girl smiled and shouted, "Hello, Director."

Yang Zhenni shook her head and said, "The title of director is too distant. You can call me Sister Zhenni, even though the youngest of you contestants is only eighteen years old."

"Sister Jenny!"

There are many contestants who are sweet-talkers.

Yang Zhenni smiled and said, "There are people recording footage throughout the training camp. After all, if we want our show to be effective, we must have enough footage to choose from. I hope everyone knows this. Don't feel uncomfortable being filmed all the time. This is an important part of the show."

The contestants nodded and came to participate in this show. Who would complain about having too many shots?
You have to know that the editing of the program crew is very cruel. The contestants with good performances will not be cut from the stage to the interview, but the contestants with average performances will have a lot of stage time cut, and the audience will never see their existence at all.

This has resulted in the contestants whose footage was not cut becoming increasingly famous!
Therefore, every contestant hopes that his or her footage can be preserved and broadcast so that he or she can be remembered by the audience.

"Then."

Yang Zhenni said, "Because each dormitory can only accommodate five people, the production team will assign rooms to everyone."

“Can I live with someone I know?”

A girl asked, some of the players here know each other, and of course they want to live with familiar players during the training period.

"up to you."

Yang Zhenni smiled and said, "Our dormitories are randomly assigned, because the training camp is not a game. In addition, we will arrange some powerful instructors to train you in a while. They are all first-line stars in the circle. Please look forward to it!"

Done.

Yang Zhenni asked the staff to assign dormitories, and the contestants, some who knew them and some who didn't, were all mixed up.

For example, in the most intimate dormitory 313, the four girls were arranged to different dormitories. Li Yumeng was lucky enough to live with Lu Qingqing.

Although Li Yumeng and Lu Qingqing were not very familiar with each other, they knew each other after all.

Lu Qingqing also took the initiative to say to Li Yumeng: "My best friend is Chen Miaoyi, and she is also an artist in your company."

Li Yumeng smiled and nodded. She heard from Wang Xiao, the agent arranged for her by Lin Luo, that the company had an actress named Chen Miaoyi, who was the first artist signed by Mantianxing.

……

After Lin Luo finished the call with her sister, she contacted the deputy director of the "Youth Idol Creation Camp" program team.

"Hello, Teacher Lin Luo."

The assistant director of the program was a chubby man who spoke politely: "I like Mr. Lin Luo's work very much, and I believe you can definitely help our students."

"Hello."

Lin Luo exchanged a few pleasantries with the other party, and then roughly knew what he was going to do in the program crew.

During the training period, the program team will invite five experienced and excellent mentors to train the contestants, and each mentor will be responsible for twenty students.

Lin Luo was surprised to hear this. Is he qualified to be a mentor to those students?
Then Lin Luo realized that he had thought too much. The fat assistant director said, "After all, the energy of these five instructors is limited if they each lead 20 students, so we will assign an assistant instructor to each instructor. What do you think, Teacher Lin Luo?"

"Let me be the tutor's assistant?"

"That's right, Teacher Lin Luo."

As if sensing Lin Luo's dissatisfaction, the fat assistant director quickly explained: "These five mentors are all top-tier experts in the industry and will never let you down!"

In fact, if Lin Luo was not Qian Xueying's younger brother, he would not even be qualified to be a tutor's assistant.

Because everyone knows that Lin Luo's sister is a superstar, that's why the fat assistant director spoke so politely.

The faces of his good friend, girlfriend, and young apprentice flashed through Lin Luo's mind one by one. After hesitating, he finally agreed:
"Who should I be an assistant to?"

The hesitation was because Lin Luo was too famous in his previous life. Except for when he just debuted, he had never been a supporting actor. He agreed purely for those girls. Some scumbag felt that he was enduring humiliation for the girls.

"In principle, it should be kept confidential first."

The assistant director of the program team laughed and said, "But it's okay if I tell you a secret. Your mentor is the most popular female star today, Ms. Tang Yao, who is a successful actress in the film, television and music fields!"

Tang Yao?

Lin Luo's eyes flickered slightly. Tang Yao had been busy filming dramas in the past two years. Every drama she made became a hit. She had become one of the most popular female stars in the domestic entertainment industry. "She actually has time to appear on variety shows?"

"Teacher Tang is a singer after all."

The assistant director smiled and said that Tang Yao debuted as a singer, but after releasing a few songs that didn't become popular, the company arranged for her to act. Unexpectedly, she became unstoppable from then on.

Now Tang Yao is successful in both film and television and music.

In all the dramas where Tang Yao plays the leading female role, she basically sings an OST herself. In addition, acting does not interfere with her plan to release an album every two years: "I seem to like singing more than acting."

This is a fact that Tang Yao personally admitted in front of reporters. After all, she debuted to be a singer.

Although many people on the Internet say that Tang Yao’s music is so successful mainly because she is a famous actress.

Lin Luo smiled. In fact, he had worked with Tang Yao in a costume drama in his previous life. He had secretly flirted with her during the filming, but unfortunately the woman ignored him.

Lin Luo was very angry about this.

After all, Lin Luo was already a super star at that time. Any woman in the circle would basically not refuse to have something with him, and there were rarely exceptions.

However, Lin Luo did not do anything to Tang Yao. Anyway, he never worked with this female artist again.

Unexpectedly, by some strange coincidence in this life, Lin Luo would have to cooperate with Tang Yao again, and this time the other party was in the dominant position. He was just a small assistant, and felt a little unhappy.

……

the next day.

The program team arranged a special car to pick up Lin Luo and take him to a hotel near the training base, saying that they would arrange for the five mentors and assistants to meet first. Of course, this process would also be filmed.

Lin Luo said he understood.

Lin Luo has not been on any show in this life, but he had been on several variety shows for a period of time in his previous life, usually as a flying guest, so he was not unfamiliar with the process.

Got off the special car.

After checking into the hotel with his suitcase, Lin Luo saw the photographer taking pictures of him fiercely. He suddenly felt dazed, as if he had returned to his previous life.

Lin Luo smiled at the camera, a familiar feeling came over him, and he strode forward.

The photographer and the director were stunned for a moment. They said this guy was a newcomer, but his camera sense didn't seem like a newcomer. After entering the business hotel, Lin Luo came to a room similar to a conference room and saw six people sitting inside chatting.

Three men and three women.

Noticing Lin Luo coming in, the six people looked at him, but a hint of doubt flashed across their faces.

Lin Luo knew what they were wondering about, and took the initiative to say, "I'm Lin Luo, nice to meet you."

"Hello."

Several people greeted each other politely.

Three of these six people are mentors, and Lin Luo basically knows them all, because none of them are insignificant.

The middle-aged man on the far left is called Chen Wen, a senior figure in the music industry. Both his status and seniority are quite impressive.

The man next to Chen Wen is called Pan Hong. He was also a top-tier figure during his peak period. Although he is not as popular in recent years, a lean camel is still bigger than a horse.

Next to Pan Hong is a female singer named Zhang Qiqi.

Zhang Qiqi is a member of the once-popular girl idol group Crush. She is a teammate of judge Ning Xi and is also a heavyweight figure.

As for the other three people, they were only slightly older than Lin Luo.

You don’t have to guess, they are the mentor assistants arranged by the program team.

After waiting for a while, the remaining tutors and assistants arrived one after another.

The first mentor to come was Hu Jie, a popular male singer who was at the peak of his career and whose concerts in stadiums were always sold out.

The subsequent tutor was Tang Yao. As soon as she arrived, she apologized to everyone and said, "I'm sorry I'm late."

"I just arrived too."

Hu Jie spoke with a smile, and then several tutors greeted each other. Lin Luo observed silently and felt that these people were not familiar with each other.

Ten people were chatting awkwardly.

About five minutes later, a woman appeared. She smiled and said, "Hello, teachers. I am the producer and director of the program, Yang Zhenni. I don't think you guys know each other very well."

"I can't say I'm unfamiliar with them. They are all seniors whom I admire very much."

Tang Yao spoke with a smile. She was the youngest mentor in the group, so she naturally had to be humble.

Several instructors nearby kept saying "nothing, nothing", but Hu Jie said that he liked watching the plays performed by Teacher Tang the most. In short, he was just being polite.

"It's fine."

Yang Zhenni smiled and said, "We will be together for a long time and will get to know each other better. Let me introduce your partners first. Teacher Tang Yao, your assistant is Lin Luo."

"Hello."

Tang Yao greeted with a smile.

Lin Luo also said hello.

Even though he was upset about his failure in hooking up with Tang Yao in his previous life, there was no conflict between the two of them in this life, and one would not hit someone who smiled at you.

"Teacher Hu Jie, your assistant is Mo Xiaoqing, and Teacher Zhang Qiqi's assistant is Huang Fan..."

Yang Zhenni introduced everyone, and coincidentally, each teacher assigned an assistant of the opposite sex, probably because it was less tiring to work with a man and a woman?
After introducing the tutor and assistant.

Yang Zhenni continued, "Each mentor will form his own group. We will give each mentor three days. Each mentor and assistant needs to prepare a stage and perform for the students. After the performance, the students will choose their mentor."

"what?"

Hu Jie laughed and said, "So we, the mentors, have to let the students choose first, right?"

"What are you afraid of?"

Pan Hong teased, "You, Hu Jie, are the most popular male singer now, with so many fans. If you just go on stage and sing, anyone who doesn't choose you would be a fool."

"Teacher Pan Hong, I don't deserve your words. There are many singers who are more popular than me. For example, you are more famous than me."

Hu Jie spoke.

This is not wrong. If we compare the peak periods, Pan Hong was indeed better than Hu Jie during his peak period.

However, nothing lasts forever. Pan Hong's peak period was around 2004. Now it's 2014, so he naturally no longer has the same glory as before.

However, all the contestants of “Youth Idol Produce Camp” were born in the 1990s!

Those born in the 1990s have all experienced Pan Hong’s peak period, so the competitiveness of this once popular star in this show must be very high.

"You are the one who flatters me."

Pan Hong turned his gaze and said, "Teacher Chen Wen is a superstar. I grew up listening to his songs!"

"Am I that old?"

Chen Wen was at a loss whether to laugh or cry. He was one of the five great kings of Hong Kong and Taiwan. During his peak period, he was indeed better than this one and was proficient in singing, dancing and acting.

But the problem is that Chen Wen is now 48 years old and seems a little old.

"If I were to say who is the most popular mentor among the students, it would probably be our teacher Qiqi, one of the three members of the girl group Crush. She is the youth of these 90s kids, not to mention that this program is under the banner of selecting a girl group."

"I wouldn't dare!"

Several mentors were being modest to each other, so Zhang Qiqi naturally didn't dare to interrupt: "I personally think that Tang Yao should be the most popular among these little girls, because the dramas Yaoyao filmed were all very popular..."

"Are you trying to bury me?"

Tang Yao smiled and said, "This is a music competition. No matter how good I am at acting, it's useless if I can't sing as well as you seniors."

"OK OK."

Yang Zhenni couldn't stand it any longer: "Everyone, don't be too modest with each other. How will the students choose? In the end, it still depends on your performance on stage, right?"

Everyone nodded, and the instructors stopped smiling and just said a few humble words to each other.

When it comes to students voting with their feet, each of them wishes they could crush the other instructors on the stage.

"So."

Seeing that the group of people were getting serious, Yang Zhenni smiled and said, "What piece of music to perform next will be decided by the instructors and their assistants. Our requirement is that the instructors must perform with their assistants."

There was a pause.

Yang Zhenni said: "After watching the performances of each mentor group, our students will choose the mentor they like, so the key point is whether your stage performance can impress the students. This has nothing to do with your popularity or status."

He didn't speak when he saw everyone.

Yang Zhenni said, "Then let's do this for now. I suggest that all the instructors and their assistants discuss the performance today..."

(End of this chapter)