Dad, Please Let Me Solo Push!

Afterward, she finished the stretching exercises taught by her Daughter, slowly ate the food in the paper bag, returned to the dormitory, washed up, changed, and fell into a deep sleep.

During this time, Tang Liuli seemed to have been muted. Even when she tried to thank her, she just wrapped herself in the blanket, like some strange creature, and responded with a nasal hum.

Chu Yuanqing didn't mind. With only two days left until the second evaluation, she was exhausted and didn't have the energy to think about it. After showering, she put on her eye mask and earplugs and fell into a deep sleep.

Tang Liuli, on the other hand, was the complete opposite. After emerging from the fantastical state of being negatively interfered with by the [Flow State], she completely couldn't accept her own perverted self.

The young girl repeatedly analyzed herself, and the more she thought about it, the more something felt wrong, the more abstract it became.

It was one thing to initially see Chu Yuanqing as a young mother and a human lullaby.

But now, she even got so excited that she entered a [Flow State] after experiencing the other person's emotions, and she was still so worked up that she was practically ready to start a religion after being so charmed!

She couldn't stand it! What was the difference between this and being a perverted lesbian?

Tang Liuli tossed and turned. She felt like she was addicted, her mind filled with the craving to re-enter the [Flow State], and her heart full of fantasies about being petted, rewarded, praised, and snuggled by the other person, becoming a mother's love thief.

But as she thought, she felt a pang of guilt. What right did she have to ask for these things?

Tang Liuli suddenly recalled Chu Yuanqing's sadness at the time. She sat up in the middle of the night, slapped herself hard, tears welling up from the pain, and felt that she deserved to die.

Qingqing was clearly sad, yet she used that to make herself happy. This was too much!

The young girl felt more and more guilty the more she thought about it.

Chu Yuanqing was sad, undoubtedly because she couldn't keep up with the learning progress of the other trainees. She loved the stage so much and trained until almost 11 o'clock without returning to the dormitory, all to get closer to her dream, right?

But reality was cruel. No matter how hard she tried in a short period, she couldn't catch up to the foundation built by others over many years.

Chu Yuanqing couldn't possibly not know this, yet she still chose to persevere.

This persistence and passion, knowing that her efforts were in vain yet still refusing to give up, made the sadness she had just experienced feel exceptionally scorching, almost burning a hole through her heart.

Tang Liuli had never liked idols.

There were no stages in the Chinese Entertainment Industry, and idols had no future.

Those trainees who debuted through survival shows only wanted to gain popularity as idols to transition into acting or other professions.

To her, these trainees participating in Flash Dance were no different from those from the past; they were merely ambitious individuals seeking greater attention, with no dreams to speak of, just like her father, tainted by the disgusting smell of money.

But...

The sadness she experienced from Chu Yuanqing seemed to mock this prejudice, shattering her condescending arrogance towards idols.

Tang Liuli thought that someone as twisted and broken as herself, dark and awkward, perhaps understood true idols less than anyone and was the least suited to stand on stage and shine.

But whether it was to repay a debt of gratitude, to atone for her sins, or even for her own satisfaction.

She suddenly wanted to witness this girl, who could easily burn her with just her sadness, ascend to the highest stage in the world and bloom brilliantly.

If it were this person, perhaps the satisfaction of achieving her dream and that god-like radiance... might even completely cure her own twisted illness?

"Chu Yuanqing, I will help you."

With this, Tang Liuli gained a reason to continue staying in Flash Dance.

The next day, this girl, who had been considered unremarkable by the outside audience, voluntarily entered the B-Class practice room, overcoming her fear for the first time, turned on the livestream, and actively interacted with the audience.

Although her communication with the comments was a bit clumsy, she still showcased her terrifying strength as a lead vocalist through a simple song practice, igniting external curiosity in just two hours.

Suddenly, the turbulent outside world immediately responded with a flood of reactions.

This former child prodigy seemed to have awakened latent fans in the country overnight. The official Weibo account created for her by Flash Dance gained a staggering two million followers at rocket speed.

Although she was only B-Class, this achievement, rooted in the entertainment industry, unleashed a dimensional attack, instantly surpassing Kiriwake Yayoi, Chu Yuanqing, and even most of the A-Class contestants in popularity, making her one of the hottest contestants in the country.

At the same time, only one day remained until the second evaluation.

All the contestants were like wound-up machines, making a final sprint in these 24 hours.

And compared to the underground base, time seemed to pass even faster outside.

In recent days, the country's pervasive promotion of Flash Dance was inescapable. Even citizens who were previously uninterested in idols and the entertainment industry couldn't help but turn their attention to this magical survival show.

It could be said that Flash Dance had swept through all aspects of the lives of 2 billion citizens. The extent of its promotion was so wide that direct fancams of the top A contestants could be seen on almost every street corner.

--The stage is war, victory and defeat determine the future.

--A global-level project, an unprecedented idol cultivation method!

--When will the two Shining sub-projects within Great Xia face off?

--Among the top A contestants from Haido and Kyoto, who is the strongest contender?

These promotional slogans and public opinions continued to break traffic records.

The number of online viewers in the livestream room surpassed fifty million for the first time during this period.

Shining Stage, like a prehistoric behemoth attempting to change the Chinese Entertainment Industry environment, with the approval of national will, domineeringly consumed 90% of the domestic entertainment industry's traffic.

Those once-popular singers and actors, movies, TV shows, variety shows, and even games that were about to be advertised, all vanished without a trace overnight with the emergence of Flash Dance, as if they had evaporated from the face of the earth.

Great Xia Nation, and indeed the entire Donghuang Federation, as well as the more distant Sacred United Nation, were experiencing the same terrifying wave.

The whole world was tirelessly promoting the existence of idols, even suppressing the popularity of other distracting matters for this purpose.

This maneuver allowed Flash Dance itself to become a fashion symbol, and under the deliberately guided herd mentality, it continued to expand its reach significantly.

Currently, the entire foundational traffic pool for the idol survival show is growing stronger and bigger.

In an environment where the nation supports idol survival shows and rational idol chasing, the domestic fan base is snowballing.

Amidst this booming atmosphere, Shining Stage released an announcement on its official website, dropping a public opinion-shattering nuclear bomb across the internet.

That is—the first episode will be released simultaneously on major video streaming sites at 6 PM!

Volume 1: 57. You shouldn't stop here, debut in the Center Position! (7K)

This news quickly spread across the country, attracting the attention of many casual viewers and fans.

It's important to know that the biggest difference between a live broadcast and a program video is that the former has immediacy, while the latter can achieve long-term exposure.

Especially the live broadcast of Flash Dance!

Except for the initial rating stage, all other footage is not allowed to be reposted or edited before the program airs, otherwise, one would have to wrestle with a world-class legal team, or even attract the attention of the state apparatus.

Under these circumstances, Flash Dance has truly whetted the appetite of some viewers who missed the premiere, so the broadcast of the first episode is bound to attract a massive surge of popularity.

Even with two other Flash Dance shows splitting the audience, the premiere data alone would be terrifying, and the contestants within would truly be noticed by the entire nation, ushering in a formal takeoff.

3:30 PM.

Xu Ling was slumped in her chair at home, staring at the computer screen and idly refreshing the official website.

As a veteran fan of both Kiriwake Yayoi and Chu Yuanqing, she now also serves as a small blogger carrying the banner of their CP, so she naturally couldn't miss the premiere of Flash Dance.

Although there were still a few hours until the broadcast, it didn't stop her from starting early. Who knows, maybe she could grab the first comment and post about Yayoi and Qing Bao.

After refreshing again, a new video actually popped up on the official website.

However, it wasn't an early release of the first episode, but rather some behind-the-scenes footage edited from the self-selection audition, which seemed like a warm-up.

Xu Ling clicked it open without much hope. How could such a clip, less than ten minutes long, feature 168 contestants? Her favorite, the child she was rooting for, probably wouldn't have much screen time.

To her surprise, the first person to appear in the video was Chu Yuanqing's audition.

Following that, hilarious scenes filled with quotable lines came one after another.

The interviewer's expression was serious:

"Contestant number 198, it's time for your performance. Do you have any singing or dancing to showcase?"

Chu Yuanqing's small face was earnest:

"I have zero foundation in dancing and singing, so I didn't prepare anything."

The interviewer asked as a matter of routine:

"Then why did you want to participate in our show?"

Chu Yuanqing hesitated for a moment, then asked tentatively:

"Because... the salary here is high?"

Afterward, the girl, unaware of the interviewer's trembling pupils, explained with a shy and earnest expression on her beautiful, delicate face:

"Well, you see, your show's promotional flyers said there are no educational requirements, and you provide food and accommodation. Most jobs don't offer that these days... so I came."

Xu Ling put herself in the interviewer's shoes and immediately couldn't hold back, bursting into laughter.

This was too much! How could Qing Bao be so cute?!

Chu Yuanqing's audition video was very short, only a minute and a half long. Besides a few lines of dialogue, the footage ended with her packed and oddly-styled resume, which was quite hilarious.

Xu Ling laughed as she paused the progress bar and rewound it several times. Meanwhile, the comments under the video had already increased:

"LOL, I'm dying of laughter."

"Ugh, who dares to say my Qing Bao has no special skills from now on? She's clearly skilled in video editing, yo-yos, drawing, shooting, cooking, and sales???!"

"Can't take it, 'yo-yos' is hilarious!"

"Seriously laughing my head off, I can already imagine Qing Bao working hard on her resume, filling in whatever she knows as if she were applying for a job."

"Damn, is there a possibility that the dream Qing Bao mentioned on stage wasn't about performing, but about that 12,000 yuan monthly salary?"

"Hard to say. Given Qing Bao's situation, a 12,000 yuan monthly salary is as tempting as Pan Jinlian was to Ximen Qing. She might be chasing a dream while working a summer job."

"Too funny, has Qing Bao's 'dream chaser' persona collapsed!"

"Persona collapsed? What a shame, I really liked Chu Yuanqing before, but now... I like her even more???"

Because the heat of Flash Dance was so immense, and the most hilarious highlights of this clip were all focused on Chu Yuanqing.

Thus, within an hour of the video's release, the humorous hashtag "[Chu Yuanqing's Persona Collapsed]" successfully squeezed into the top ten of Weibo's trending searches, which was quite absurd.

Seeing this, Xu Ling said with a smug sigh:

"Hehehe, our Qing Bao just has star luck, she'll be popular no matter what!"

With that, she checked Chu Yuanqing's Weibo, which was still gaining followers.

Currently, this account has a staggering 1.39 million active followers. For a complete newcomer who hasn't even debuted yet and has only been on Flash Dance for a week, this level of attention is already terrifying.

Unfortunately, because she was an ordinary person with no company managing her behind the scenes, and she couldn't use her phone during the show, this account remained an empty shell. Her fans felt like they were following a ghost, which was quite eerie.

Xu Ling said with some anticipation:

"Once the first episode airs, it will be Qing Bao and Yayoi's real chance to gain a massive following."

Three hours passed quickly.

As expected, take Haido's "Flash Dance" for example. The first episode, totaling eighty minutes, had only been online on major video platforms for less than half an hour before contestants who appeared more frequently in the early stages began gaining followers at a speed that shocked the Chinese Entertainment Industry.

The rain pattered outside the window, and the bubbles in the lime wine on the table popped.

Xu Ling scrolled through the Weibo accounts of the two on her two phones while watching the show on her computer.

On the screen, the mascot, the Dream Weaver Rabbit, smiled politely and bowed to all the viewers.

Then, the show officially began. What appeared was the underground base seen in the preview, but it was more detailed and the visual effects were more stunning.

As for the subsequent scenes, for Xu Ling, who had watched the eight-hour live stream, they were already quite familiar.

The only difference was that the live stream allowed viewers to switch channels freely, whereas the show's camera time was entirely determined by editing and post-production.

In this regard, "Flash Dance" was similar to a normal talent show. The initial camera time focused on popular contestants with existing fan bases, such as Xie Qingxuan, Ji Shuzhu, Chen Yining, Lin Bao'er, and Tang Liuli.

This distribution of camera time only began to shift based on the contestants' reactions after the Dream Weaver Rabbit appeared and announced the rules.

Chu Yuanqing, the first to choose to participate, bathed in ribbon special effects and looked up with a smile, successfully capturing the most screen time during this phase, just as predicted online.

Next was Chu Wangshu, who followed closely behind. She also gained significant traction, escaping her initial state of having no screen time and being an unknown.

After that, came the classic seat selection segment.

For those who hadn't watched the live stream, the main point of anticipation was who would risk their dream of becoming an idol to participate.

For those who had watched the live stream, the novelty was the introduction video for each contestant upon their entrance, which might include highlights from their auditions or footage of their past experiences.

This was all newly released material. Most of the introduction videos were mediocre, with few highlights. Only contestants with existing works and some substance would cause the bullet comments to flood the screen.

As expected, Chu Yuanqing and Kiriwake Yayoi had no introductions.