Chapter 14: On Stage
Chapter 14: On Stage
"Yes, if it weren't for the work "Selling Crutch", the first place in the first round would probably have been "Telephone"."

"In fact, I think the story is a bit long-winded, with too many deliberately sentimental scenes."

"I think they didn't memorize their lines enough. Although there were no obvious problems with forgetting lines, it wasn't as natural as in Room 13."

“那你也不看看人家13号房间10分钟就写完了剧本，大把的时间给他留来背。我倒是觉得20号房间只花了20分钟就背完了要花30分钟演绎的台词是一件很厉害的事情，真要说起来，这一块还是20号房间强过13号房间。”

"What's the point of being stronger? I don't need to be so nervous to memorize it! Not only did it only take me 10 minutes to write the script, but it took me less than minutes to perform the entire skit."

"What? The whole skit is less than 10 minutes? No wonder I was wondering why it was over so quickly. I still felt like it wasn't enough."

"Indeed, I checked, it's only about 9 minutes."

"That's amazing! Being short and compact is the key to being strong. I really admire you."

The audience in the live broadcast room were arguing with each other. A small number of viewers who had not watched "Selling Crutch" wanted to get some votes for "Telephone", but they didn't expect that others would not buy it at all. No matter what the topic was, it all came back to "Selling Crutch" being the best.

Xiao Sa was unaware of the noises in the live broadcast room. After he diligently announced the scores of the works in the 100 rooms, he walked to the center of the stage.

"The first round of the competition has officially ended here."

Xiao Sa said to the camera.

He looked at the big screen behind him, which listed the scores of all the games.

All the names after No. 64 were dyed red.

This is the color that means elimination.

"I will announce our final results here. Unfortunately, the contestants after 64 will leave our stage."

"The eliminated contestants will be asked to leave our competition venue. I hope you can continue to work hard in your future life."

"Among the contestants who successfully advanced, Team 13, which won first place with full marks, received heated discussions online. Their popularity was far ahead, and the total popularity of the topic combined reached 1 million."

"Let us invite the members of Room 13—Ye Xuan, Ouyang Mi, and Tian Yu to the stage!"

Xiao Sa's sudden expansion shocked all the contestants.

They looked at each other with envious expressions on their faces.

"I didn't expect that the No. 1 winner would be able to go on the main stage and meet the three judges directly. I'm so envious."

"It would be great if something like this happened to me. Maybe I could get the favor of the three judges and rise to fame overnight."

"You're thinking too much, aren't you? Ye Xuan's team got full marks, it's normal for them to go on stage with such strength."

"I'm just saying it."

The contestants in each room sighed, feeling envious and helpless.

Who made No. 13 a perfect score? They can't match such strength.

Ye Xuan and the other two in Room 13 were also surprised to hear the news that they would go on stage. There was no such thing in the original competition process. They just had to stay in their own rooms from beginning to end.

I think they were shocked by their own skit and made some changes temporarily.

Ouyang Mi and Tian Yu were overjoyed. It was a rare opportunity to meet three industry giants, so they had to perform well.

They took Ye Xuan out of the room and followed the staff's instructions to the main stage.

"Hello, judges, hello, host, and audience friends."

The three of them bowed to each side, and the judges and Xiao Sa applauded and welcomed them to the stage.

Seeing the contestants from Room 13 coming up, the audience was enthusiastically commenting on the screen. "Oh! This is the creative team! I haven't seen their skits before. This Ye Xuan is so handsome, and Ouyang Mi is so pretty!"

"You can't feel it when watching skits. They are really dedicated and willing to make themselves look ugly for the sake of performance."

"That's right. After all, you are a professional, so you still have to bring some basic clothing."

"Welcome Team No. 13 to the stage! I wonder how they came up with this script. I'm curious about Ye Xuan's thoughts."

Most of the viewers on the barrage were curious about Ye Xuan’s thoughts.

It was obvious that Zhou Xingxing understood the audience's psychology. After welcoming Ye Xuan, he asked with a smile.

"Ye Xuan, we watched your live broadcast and saw that you created such a high-quality work in less than ten minutes. We are very curious about how you were able to improvise such a funny and humorous script?"

"This speed is as if it was prepared in advance."

The other two judges also nodded and looked at Ye Xuan intently, expecting his answer.

An ordinary person would definitely panic in this situation. After all, these people are big names in the industry and they would all be under psychological pressure.

But Ye Xuan did not feel too much pressure, as his photographic memory gave him strong confidence.

He just said modestly.

"It was just a sudden inspiration. I had arranged many scripts in school before, and this suddenly came to my mind."

Zhou Xingxing nodded.

The three of them suddenly realized that he seemed to be a person who studied very seriously and learned very well.

But even so, it is amazing to be able to create such a high-quality script in such a short time.

Ye Xuan’s talent should not be underestimated.

"This is a perfect work made up of 99 percent sweat and 1 percent inspiration."

Xiao Sa stepped forward and said with a smile.

The audience was amazed.

"It seems that Ye Xuan must have worked very hard in school to achieve such results today."

"In fact, many people work very hard, but if you really want to talk about it, his talent is also crucial. After all, not everyone can find inspiration in such a short time."

"I am a student at the Academy of Drama. This boy named Ye Xuan is my senior. I have had the honor of working with him before. He is really a very hardworking person. I think he deserves to achieve such success."

"Good boy, someone who knows someone has come forward to tell his story."

Someone in the live broadcast room who knew Ye Xuan began to explain Ye Xuan's past to the audience.

After people heard about how he only ate steamed buns for a meal in order to film a play, read the script on the way to and from get out of class, was serious and never lazy during rehearsals, etc., everyone's favorability towards Ye Xuan increased rapidly.

Ye Xuan had the confidence to say this, because in the memory of the original owner he left behind, the original owner was a very hardworking person.

But unfortunately, the original owner was not so talented.

His efforts always lacked that one percent of inspiration.

But he laid the groundwork with 99 percent of the effort and met Ye Xuan who had traveled through time, so they performed 100 percent of their work together on this stage.

(End of this chapter)