Jiang Ye finished recording the interview, walked out of the soundproof room, and stretched.
It was already late, she was about to go back to the dorm to rest, but another staff member found her, "Come on, Jiang Ye, stand your last post. Youâre the last-week VJ, get ready to film."
Jiang Ye: "..."
The finals week tasks just kept coming, it was like they never ended.
"Why is it me again?"
Jiang Ye recalled, "I remember the first time it was me, right?"
She still remembered that her theme was to pick a few lucky trainees to show off their suitcases.
It wasnât a difficult task, but one traineeâs phone wasnât hidden well, and she accidentally found it, the scene was quite awkward.
Jiang Ye remembered this embarrassing moment and immediately said, "... Can you change someone?"
"You were the first, and youâre the last, itâs called having a beginning and an end."
The staff member reasoned with her, "Besides, this is the last week before the finals, so the theme of this episode is to explore what the trainees are doing in the last week before the finals. Think about it, itâs very meaningful."
Jiang Ye thought about it and agreed.
The traineesâ state is the most unstable before the finals.
The high-intensity training and the fear of whether they will debut weighs heavily on every traineeâs mind.
Jiang Ye guessed that some trainees who had seen through their fate were packing their bags, some trainees who were anxious about debuting were still practicing hard in the dorm, and some trainees might be cheering each other up and supporting each other.
It seemed like it would be a very interesting episode from both the solo fan and CP fan perspectives.
Since this important task was given to her, she would get the most screen time.
Jiang Ye immediately perked up.
She greeted the camera, showing her signature business smile.
"Hello everyone, Iâm the last-week VJ, Jiang Ye."
"The finals are coming up soon, and now Iâm going to take you to see what the trainees are doing before the finals, are you excited?"
Jiang Ye said as she walked, and first knocked on Liang Yuâs door.
She heard someone coming to open the door, whispering, "Wait, wait, wait, someoneâs coming, letâs stop arguing for now."
It was Shen Zhiyi who opened the door.
As the door opened, Liang Yu and Lin Zuiâs arguing voices instantly deafened Jiang Ye.
Jiang Ye covered her ears and whispered to Shen Zhiyi, "Whatâs going on with them?"
"They have a little disagreement about teaching me my part."
Shen Zhiyi furrowed her beautiful eyebrows, looking a little conflicted, "They know itâs my first time trying this style, um, Iâm a little uncomfortable."
"Theyâre taking turns teaching me, but the content of the lessons is a little different, so theyâre arguing."
Jiang Ye covered her ears and peeked inside.
Sure enough, Liang Yu and Lin Zui were sitting together, but the atmosphere between them was tense.
Jiang Ye: "..."
No wonder.
Liang Yu is very competitive.
Lin Zui is very childish when sheâs being childish, once she gets angry, you canât reason with her.
Their stubborn personalities clash together, and theyâre both teaching Shen Zhiyi, who has no temper, so itâs natural that there would be some friction.
Jiang Ye: "Itâs okay, Iâll go."
Then Jiang Ye went to persuade them for ten minutes.
Then Jiang Ye gave up decisively, and before leaving, she said to Shen Zhiyi, "If theyâre still arguing, itâs okay, come find me to teach you, Iâm pretty good at rap."
Shen Zhiyi: "..."
Liang Yu: "..."
Lin Zui: "..."
Jiang Ye closed the door, left the battlefield, and smiled at the camera again, "Ah, they seem to be busy here, itâs really exciting. Forget it, letâs go see the other group."
Jiang Ye knocked on the door of the next dorm.
It was Ouyang Chen who opened the door, and she said as she opened the door, "No, why are you crying?"
When she saw Jiang Ye, she was stunned for a moment, then she said, "Whatâs up?"
Jiang Ye glanced inside.
Lu Xiaowanâs eyes were red, and she was crying, "Wuwu, sheâs being mean to me."
Ouyang Chen: "⦠Iâm not, I just spoke a little louder when I was talking to her!"
The northeast girl said as she patted Lu Xiaowanâs shoulder, but that made Lu Xiaowan cry even louder.
Jiang Ye: "..."
Jiang Ye knew that Lu Xiaowan would cry for at least half an hour, so she immediately left with the camera.
It was too scary.
Someone might think that Chasing Light Girls was bullying.
Jiang Ye decided to go back to her dorm.
Cheng Zhen should be lying down and slacking off, she would cue her to do an interview.
But before Jiang Ye could knock on the door, it opened.
Tan Meng was holding Cheng Zhen by the back of her collar, preparing to drag her to the practice room to practice.
Cheng Zhen immediately hugged Jiang Yeâs leg and shouted, "Jiang Ye, save meâ"
Tan Meng: "⦠Donât even think about it."
She nodded to Jiang Ye, then dragged Cheng Zhen away.
Cheng Zhen wailed as she walked, her shrill screams like a pig about to be served on the table for the New Year.
Jiang Ye: "..."
Jiang Ye watched them leave, pretending nothing had happened, and smiled brightly at the camera again.
"Hello everyone, Iâm todayâs VJ, Jiang Ye, this is everything that happened during the last week of Chasing Light Girls, please look forward to our performance at the finals."
The camera closed.
Jiang Ye thought for a moment and said to the staff member, "Maybe we shouldnât air this episode."
Otherwise, the title of this episode would be, #Shocking! Uncovering the Shocking Reason for the Internal Discord Between Chasing Light Girls Traineesâ#
Staff member: "..."
Of course, this episode was aired in the end.
The fan war that Jiang Ye had expected didnât happen, but she ended up trending because of her performance.
As soon as you clicked into the hot search, it was full of casual viewers laughing.
ãIâm dying of laughter, Jiang Ye is so unlucky!!ã
ãAnyone else know that the Chasing Light Girls trainees fight every day? (Not really)ã
ãJiang Ye, quickly get away from the battlefield and come to my embrace!ã
So, Jiang Yeâs fans took the opportunity to give her a new persona, a forced comedian.
They even made her into an emoji.
ãBitter smile.jpgã
ãLife is hard, Jiang Ye sighs.jpgã
ãYou guys be happy, donât care if I live or die.jpgã
Now, no matter where Jiang Ye went on Weibo or the forum, she could see her emojis being widely used.
Some fans took the opportunity to control the comments.
ãEveryone, use our Jiang Meiâs emojis and vote for her!ã
ãThe finals are coming up soon, after you laugh, vote for her! We guarantee that after she debuts, she will produce even more emojis!ã
ãThatâs right, weâll make a new batch of emojis for the finals night!ã
ãI bet Jiang Mei will cry on finals night! Iâm looking forward to Jiang Mei crying for two hours and giving us free emoji material!ã
Jiang Ye: "..."
When it came to being unethical, her fans were second, she wouldnât dare claim to be first.
The day before the finals, all the trainees had to rehearse with makeup.
The finals rehearsal process was indeed very long.
It was said that the process wasnât this long, but the program team had added two promotions, and there were new guests who had negotiated a collaboration for finals night, so they had stretched out the three-hour process.
The trainees complained, but they all actually felt, wow, our Chasing Light Girls is really doing well.
Back then, their show was unknown, but they managed to become the most popular girl group talent show this year, thanks to the editing and the traineesâ own hard work, they staged an underdog story, a true miracle.
The last step of the rehearsal was to announce the debut positions, and the trainees would walk onto the pyramid.
Since the list hadnât come out, the staff member specifically had them take turns each time, so that every trainee could experience what it felt like to sit up there.
Jiang Ye was unlucky enough to be chosen for the round where she didnât debut, she watched five people walk onto the pyramid, then stood at the bottom.
The director even cued the process, "You guys at the bottom can clap now, those who need to cry can cry."
Jiang Ye: "..."
The staff member seemed to be unhappy with her answer yesterday.
But even if she didnât debut, she didnât have to be sad right away, after all, someone would come to fight for justice for her.
As long as the director didnât want to go to jail, he wouldnât do this to her.
When the rehearsal was over.
Liang Yu said, "The finals are tomorrow, no one wants to practice anymore, right?"
She lowered her voice and whispered mysteriously, "I still have two cans ofâ"
Jiang Ye laughed and pushed her head, "Save it, you want to write a self-criticism?"
Her 2,000-word self-criticism was still hanging on the whiteboard at the bottom of the dorm building, becoming a constant topic for her fans to laugh at her.
The trainees walked together down the hallway to the dorm.
After tomorrow, they would all go their separate ways.
It was actually a little sad.
But time and tasks didnât give them any time to be sentimental.
They had to go through one last rehearsal tomorrow, and then it was a 12-hour live stream countdown.
They all had to be in their best shape to face tomorrowâs finals.
That night, before going to bed.
"Jiang Ye."
Cheng Zhen asked from her bed, "Are you nervous?"
She whispered, "Iâm so nervous I canât sleep, what should I do?"
Jiang Ye: "⦠Iâm okay."
She thought for a moment and said, "If you canât sleep, letâs go to the practice room now and rehearse the stage weâre going to perform tomorrow ten times, weâll be too tired to sleep after that."
Cheng Zhen: "..."
Cheng Zhen quickly said, "Goodnight."
Jiang Ye felt that she didnât have anything to be nervous about.
Her debut position was basically a sure thing, tomorrow was just her last stage performance on this show.
She would have many more and bigger stages in the future.
But that night, Jiang Ye had a nightmare.
She dreamed that she had never been reborn, everything was just a flashback from the moment she died.
She had just relived her life with her wishes, and just as she was about to step onto the pyramid, the flashback ended, and she was dragged to the underworld by the ox-head and horse-face.
Jiang Ye was immediately awakened by the nightmare.
She looked at the time, it was two in the morning.
Cheng Zhen, who had just said she couldnât sleep, was sleeping soundly beside her.
Jiang Ye shook her head, and she realized that her heart was beating abnormally fast.
If the three-month competition period was like a long-term exam, tomorrow was the day to turn in the exam paper.
How could she not be nervous?
The closer she got to embracing her dream, the more she felt a sense of fear of returning home.
It even made her feel that everything about the rebirth was too smooth, too beautiful, and unreal.
Jiang Ye got out of bed and opened the window to get some fresh air.
The world was very quiet.
The station sisters had gone home.
The people who were going to watch the finals had not arrived yet.
Jiang Ye reached out.
The spring breeze of the night blew through her fingers.
It was April, the night breeze carried a hint of warmth, like it was smoothing out her anxieties.
Jiang Ye clenched her fist, as if she was grasping a sharp blade.
The spring breeze blew through her hair.
She felt like a knight who had fought all the way to the final stage.
And tomorrow, she would face the final battle with this blade.
She could do it.