After discussions within the production team, the incident ultimately ended with the contestant who impulsively pushed the other player withdrawing from the competition.
Xia Zhiyi didn't comment on this, but Fu Yunyi privately whispered a few words to him, "The oldest participant is only in their early twenties. They're at an age where they're easily impulsive. Something similar happened last season; it's impossible to prevent it completely."
"I don't know what these people are thinking. They know they're live-streaming, but they still act impulsively when they get emotional. Where's their brain?"
Xia Zhiyi wouldn't have had much to say if anyone else had said that, but Fu Yunyi said it...
Xia Zhiyi looked at him with a smile, and after a while said, "You seem to be about the same."
Upon hearing this, Fu Yunyi paused, then widened his eyes. "How can I be like them? I'm not as impulsive as them!"
Xia Zhiyi smiled but remained silent.
Fu Yunyi then said, "If you're going to bring up what I did before, how can you blame me? I just wanted to do my job well and never caused trouble!"
Xia Zhiyi laughed, "Yeah, you're just a little unlucky, you're always being targeted."
Speaking of this, Fu Yunyi also felt wronged. "It makes me angry just thinking about it. In the first few years after I debuted, I don't know if those people were brainless. There are so many people in the industry, but they just had to pick on me."
"I had stopped making idol dramas for the past two years, and things were a bit better. But the authorities are cracking down on this trend, and the censorship of idol dramas has become much stricter. Before, all those youth idol dramas were about puppy love or abortion. I was confused when I read the scripts—why weren't there so many fancy things when I was in school?"
"Now, any content in idol dramas that might lead to a negative trend is not allowed to pass censorship. Coincidentally, martial arts dramas are becoming popular, so they've started making all sorts of period idol dramas... When the script is handed to me, I open it and, well, it's the same old 'you love me, I love him, he loves her' theme. Of course, I won't accept it."
"Ever since I won the Best Actor award, several directors who had worked with me before have occasionally used my name for publicity, spreading vague rumors that I would be involved in their projects. In reality, I never accepted any of those offers, but some people actually believed them!"
"They actually believed it!"
Fu Yunyi's eyes widened in disbelief. "I don't know what these people are thinking. They're trying to drag me down with them because of a drama I didn't accept. I... I'm speechless."
"I have plenty of money and manpower. Why would I turn down well-made scripts to film those melodramatic idol dramas? Am I crazy?"
"That's not how you repay favors. Besides, I don't usually owe favors; if I do, I repay them immediately!"
Fu Yunyi had a lot of grievances to share. He wasn't manic; he didn't go looking for trouble for no reason, and he found it annoying himself.
But if someone kicks him in the face, wouldn't he look useless if he didn't retaliate?
Xia Zhiyi of Fu Yunyi's tendency to cause trouble. Hearing Fu Yunyi rattle off his story, she couldn't help but laugh. She then said, "Why don't you do less variety shows like me and just stay on set whenever you can? If they can't find you, you might cause quite a bit of trouble."
Fu Yunyi: "..."
Xia Zhiyi raised an eyebrow.
Fu Yunyi coughed lightly, "I... also like filming variety shows."
Variety shows are so much fun! Other people have to act when they go on variety shows, but he doesn't need to. Anyway, ever since his first live variety show appearance, his persona has been completely ruined. After his rich kid identity was revealed, it got even better—"I'm not acting anymore! That's just my personality!"
So for Fu Yunyi, appearing on variety shows is about having fun with others and socializing with friends in the industry—isn't that fun?
Hearing Xia Zhiyi smiled and said, "I see you're really enjoying yourself."
Fu Yunyi thought for a moment, his expression indescribable.
Well, in a way, it's a bittersweet experience.
With Song Qi's matter resolved, the time for the first performance arrived in the blink of an eye.
"Hey, Xiao Xia." Before the show started, the mentors sat down in their seats. Xie Linyue was to Xia Zhiyi's right, and Fu Yunyi was to Xia Zhiyi's left. They could chat for a while before the show started.
Xia Zhiyi turned her head at the sound and looked at Xie Linyue: "What's wrong?"
Xie Linyue counted on her fingers for a moment, then exclaimed in surprise, "I just suddenly realized, it seems like you've changed the movements for every single one of our classes!"
Upon hearing this, Fu Yunyi turned his head and thought for a moment, "It seems so."
Because Xia Zhiyi is an expert in this area. He may not understand how to make the movements look good as a dance teacher, but Xia Zhiyi which movements are likely to cause damage to muscles and bones.
If it's just for a short-term effect, Xia Zhiyi won't say anything.
However, in the long run, it is definitely something that should be avoided as much as possible.
In addition, the director originally hoped that Xia Zhiyi could incorporate some martial arts elements into these dances, and even said that choreographing a sword dance formation would be fine, as long as the contestants themselves had no objections.
In Xia Zhiyi, sometimes the distinction between dance moves and martial arts moves is not so subtle. In ancient times, there were even instances where dancers would suddenly assassinate someone while performing. But the director wanted the kind of move that was obvious, so there was nothing he could do about it.
Fortunately, thanks to everyone's hard work, the first performance finally arrived.
The order of the performances was determined by drawing lots. Xia Zhiyi's class was in the middle, and Class A started the show. They were fifth in the draw, which gave them a little break time.
The contestants were a little nervous before going on stage, and Xia Zhiyi and the other mentors went to reassure them. Taking advantage of this moment, Yang Linlin quietly pulled Xia Zhiyi aside and whispered, " Teacher Xia, if I get eliminated this time, do you think I can ask you to be my apprentice?"
They've started using honorifics directly.
Xia Zhiyi chuckled, "You haven't even gone up yet, and you're already thinking about being eliminated?"
Yang Linlin was a little embarrassed. "Everyone seems so amazing, and I feel like I'm just average. Although I also want to win... cough cough, no, well, I just wanted to ask, I also want to learn martial arts."
"Hmm, well..."
Yang Linlin blinked, looking at him expectantly.
Xia Zhiyi smiled, "Don't worry, you won't be eliminated."
Yang Linlin was taken aback and puzzled. Xia Zhiyi's words were too certain; they didn't sound like comforting words, but rather like a simple statement of fact.
Xia Zhiyi smiled and explained, "There will be no eliminations in the first performance."
Yang Linlin: "Huh? But before..." Yang Linlin wanted to say that the director had said... but halfway through, she remembered that the director, Fu Yunyi, or any of the other mentors had only told them to rehearse the show well, and that the show would add votes based on team and individual rankings, but they hadn't said that the person at the bottom would be eliminated.
Xia Zhiyi: "The first episode is just to give you a chance to showcase yourselves; the eliminations will begin in the second episode."
Surprisingly, they changed this too, but they deliberately didn't mention it, just to create tension for the contestants.