Rebirth after the college entrance examination

Chapter 243 The Big Shot Arrives
To achieve his grand ambition of finding a partner this year, Lu Yao has been memorizing song lyrics in his dorm room for three whole days.

He's going to participate in the "Supernova" talent show.

Yes, this time Xia An proposed to Hunan TV to have separate tracks for men and women.

The song Lu Yao prepared for the audition was "Fragrance of Flowers," the same one Xu Shaoyang sang.

He said that when he watched the TV series "Lavender" in junior high school, he was secretly in love with a woman. He wanted to reminisce about his youth and recall his bittersweet first love, so singing this song was very meaningful.

Xia An was doing push-ups with Lu Fei. He needed to practice. Last night, when he secretly tested the shock absorption in the car with Tang Wan, he only lasted fifteen minutes. Tang Wan was clearly not satisfied yet. He needed to improve his physical fitness.

He astutely grasped the key words from Lu Yao's words.

"Woman? Shouldn't it be a girl?"

Qi Buyang, engrossed in typing, grunted without turning his head.

"Our homeroom teacher."

Xia An clicked his tongue in amazement. With a criminal record, no wonder he was so infatuated with Xu Wanying that he secretly shed tears.

Besides "Fragrance of Flowers," Lu Yao also prepared no fewer than five songs for the three rounds of city qualifying competitions and the regional qualifying competitions, which were... Xia An doesn't remember.

A few days ago, Lu Yao bribed Xia An with two lunches, asking if he could get in through connections. Xia An refused, so Lu Yao lowered his expectations and asked if he could get a ranking with his current level.
Xia An thought about it carefully and told him: Yes.

Xia An was telling the truth. He genuinely believed that with Lu Yao's appearance and above-average singing voice, getting into the top 10,000 nationwide would be no problem at all.

Before lights out, Qi Buyang finally finished today's manuscript.

The four of them were lying on the bed, laughing and joking.

Qi Buyang had also prepared a song. He wasn't really interested in advancing; he just wanted to go on stage to promote his novel and reveal the title before leaving the stage.

Qi Buyang said, "Old Xia, tell me honestly, did you invest in this competition just to gather beauties from all over the world to fill your harem?"

Lu Yao chimed in: "Definitely. Think about it, which pretty girl doesn't dream of becoming a star? This kind of grassroots talent show is the rarest opportunity."

Xia An said, "You're overthinking it. God is fair; beautiful women are often tone-deaf."

There are too many people who are good at talking but can't sing, like Tang Xiaowan.

Xia An definitely can't participate, so Lu Fei is the only one left in the dorm.

Qi Buyang and Lu Yao then invited him to go up and show off his skills.

In the darkness, Lu Fei felt incredibly embarrassed just thinking about it, but he still joked, "If I could go on stage and compete with all the young people in planting rice, I would definitely win."

Everyone collectively retorted indignantly, "Bullshit! Who are you trying to insult! Aren't we all expert rice planters?"

The next day marked three days until the preliminary selection.

Lu Fei suddenly changed his mind, copied the lyrics of a song onto a piece of paper, and hummed it silently while eating and walking.

Xia An and his friends noticed this.

"what's the situation?"

Under their persistent questioning, Lu Fei scratched his head sheepishly and said he wanted to go on stage and sing a song for Li Xiaoru.

"Ouch!"

The three of them gave a thumbs up in unison, "How romantic!"

Especially Qi Buyang, who used to look down on Lu Fei's attitude of trying to hook up with Li Xiaoru, but now he's much better.

The countdown to the preliminary selection ends in two days.

Le Ning started to get nervous and stressed, and her voice became hoarse.

Xia An has been accompanying her to practice at the small theater every day lately. Seeing the little girl's depressed look, he suppressed a laugh and advised, "That's enough. I guarantee you can make it to the national competition."

Holding Le Ning's little hand, Xia An felt a pang of heartache.

Le Ning is strong-willed, but in his impression, she is not someone who likes to show off.

This time it's all for him; the silly wife is fighting with Xiaoyouzi for his attention.

Le Ning snorted, rolled her eyes, and said, "No way! Don't try anything underhanded. I want to advance fair and square. I'm not... I'm not inferior to anyone."

Xia An pinched her nose and laughed, "Who said you're worse than others? You're the best. Stop practicing, relax for the remaining two days. It's just an audition. I'm sure that as soon as you step on stage, your appearance score will be maxed out."

Le Ning looked at him expectantly, "You have to stay with me in the audience."

Xia An nodded, "Yeah, I'm right by the stage... Wait, you're not nervous about going on stage, are you?"

Le Ning blushed.

Xia An chuckled, "You've been on the provincial Spring Festival Gala, and performed on stages big and small countless times. Are you afraid of this kind of scene?" Le Ning retorted, "How can that be the same? Before, it was a performance; this time, it's a competition."

Xia An touched his chin. It was true. Some people were just born afraid of competitions, but Le Ning shouldn't be one of them.

To avoid showing favoritism, he also prepared two songs for Le Ning.

One song, "Cage," by Zhang Bichen, is very powerful, and the other is "I've Crossed the Ocean to See You."

However, both of these were original songs prepared for the qualifying rounds. During the auditions, since each person only had one minute to sing, he randomly picked "You Know I'm Sad" to cover for Le Ning's voice.

This song, like "Rewind" and "Summer Fruits," is one of the easiest and most popular songs to sign up for.

But the simpler the song, the more people sing it on stage, the clearer the difference between good and bad becomes.

Le Ning is a shoo-in for advancement.

After listening to Xia An's advice, she stopped practicing; she was almost sick of singing.

Xia An said he would take her out for a walk to clear her mind.

Le Ning said she wanted to eat hot pot, but after thinking about it, she said she wouldn't eat it because she needed to protect her voice.

We ate light Huaiyang cuisine.

This restaurant is located in Liu Fei's Wanliu City. A simple meal of three dishes and a soup costs more than 800 yuan. When Le Ning saw the menu, she exclaimed, "How can it be so expensive? It's robbery!"

She looked at Xia An and advised, "Even if you have money, you can't spend it like this."

Xia An shook his head and laughed, "That's how you should spend your money."

Le Ning couldn't understand this sentence, and Xia An didn't explain it further.

Le Ning didn't dare to go shopping anymore. She liked Xia An giving her gifts, giving her little surprises, and pampering and loving her, but today's shopping had really exceeded her expectations. She just asked Xia An to drive her around.

Strolling along the coastal road in springtime, the mountains are covered in blooming flowers, while the sea and sky below are azure and clear.

The two went to the new house that was being renovated. The workers were working on it, and they took a quick look before going downstairs. They sat on a bench in the community, with Le Ning holding Xia An's arm and resting her head on his shoulder.

No one said much; they just sat quietly until it got dark and they returned to school.

On the way back, Le Ning, in the passenger seat, glanced at Xia An, who was driving.

"I feel like you've changed again."

"Ok?"

"I'm not as lewd as before."

"..."

Le Ning said, "Don't you like me anymore?"

Xia An laughed and said, "If you keep mocking me, I'll run a red light!"

Le Ning covered her mouth and chuckled.
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4 month 24 day.

Stages have been set up at audition sites across various locations.

March 25th, 8:00 AM.

The online registration channel for "Supernova Star Making Season" is now closed.

The number of applicants who registered by the deadline was 728189.

Valid registrations: 417692.

At the same time, the offline registration and preliminary elimination rounds officially kicked off.

The initial selection process lasted 12 days.

Binhai University allows registered students to request leave to perform.

Early that morning, as several vans drove into the school gate, screams echoed throughout the entire campus.

One pass ten, ten pass a hundred.

Soon, everyone knew that Jay Chou and Charlene Choi had actually arrived at the audition site at the same time.

Phone calls, text messages, online forums, city forums...

The whole city was in an uproar.

(End of this chapter)