On a winter afternoon, sunlight filtered through thin clouds and fell upon Qintai Grand Theatre on the Hanyang Riverbank. The building, flowing with graceful curves, stood quietly beside Moon Lake, exuding an innate artistic aura.
As River City's premier cultural venue, its rental fees had always been exorbitant.
But for Su Bai, who had just become the new owner of the Star River Dance Troupe, money had never been a problem.
At that moment, the No. 1 rehearsal hall on the third floor of the theatre was filled with the faint scent of sweat and the fiery heat known as determination.
"One, two, three, four! Turn! Watch your center of gravity!"
"Legs higher! Back straight! You're dancing, not taking a stroll!"
Before the spacious, brightly lit floor-to-ceiling mirrors, Lin Qingyu wore a tight black unitard and held a training baton as she corrected the girls' movements.
Her voice was stern, but her eyes carried a trace of anxiety.
Ever since they had moved into this luxuriously dreamlike rehearsal space yesterday, received five-star hotel room and board, and even had private cars picking them up and dropping them off, the atmosphere throughout the dance troupe had completely changed.
If they had once danced to survive, now they danced to repay a debt of gratitude.
No one wanted to be an ungrateful wretch.
That young and handsome Boss Su had not only helped them pay off their debts, but had also given them dignity and treatment they had never known before. To this group of simple dancers, such kindness was far too weighty.
So weighty that only by training desperately and producing the most perfect performance could they feel at peace.
As the Lead Dancer and acting troupe leader, Lin Qingyu led by example even more. Since seven in the morning, aside