Rebirth from the Ashes

Chapter 479: Kicked Out of Group A

Su Muyan was no stranger to Ye Weiyang. She had become the most promising student with great potential among the mentors.

She had no experience in dancing yet managed to learn the theme song’s dance in a day and master it in two days.

Ye Weiyang had no prior vocal training but had a beautiful voice. With music theory coming naturally to her, she was the fastest learner of the bunch. She was meant to be a performer.

On stage.

All the spotlights were focused on Ye Weiyang.

The music played.

The girl on stage moved to the beat of the music. Her clear voice and bold dance moves radiated youthfulness, vibrance, and charm. In short, she was breathtaking.

At this very moment, she was in total control of the stage.

The mentors were in for a shock and treat. Ye Weiyang blew their minds away.

As veterans in showbiz, they knew that everyone had their own distinguished stage presence and it was rarely a nature but rather nurtured through the massive amount of experiences on stage.

Ye Weiyang seemed to be born with the stage presence. The contrast between her stage presence and her personality was the most extraordinary. No one would have thought a girl whose nerves got her tongue could command the stage.

Shen Xi was more than pleased with the performance. She knew that Ye Weiyang’s personality was the complete opposite of her stage presence. However, Shen Xi initially thought that Ye Weiyang’s stage charisma was gradually refined through experience after her debut.

After all, Shen Xi did not become Ye Weiyang’s fan in the previous life and only knew about Ye Weiyang’s existence. She could not compare Ye Weiyang’s stage presence in the earlier and later stages since she had never attended Ye Weiyang’s concerts.

Nevertheless, Ye Weiyang was born to be a star judging by her charisma and commanding presence on stage. Only by standing on the stage under the spotlight could she unleash her charisma.

The production team’s jaw dropped to the ground as they stared at the stage in disbelief. The before-and-after contrast rocked them to the core.

Su Botao the chief director bobbed his head, unable to hide the amazement in his eyes. He told his chief writer, “Do you think this was Cosmos Entertainment’s plan all along? Did they arrange a persona for Ye Weiyang to go by?”

He had to wonder because Ye Weiyang was timid and soft-spoken in private. Her dancing improved by leaps and bounds, and now she was sparkling on stage. What could it be if not a persona?

“A gift.” The chief writer gazed at the girl on stage and replied with a question. “If a fifteen-year-old girl appearing on a show for the first time can play the persona set by her company flawlessly, I reckon she should go for acting. No doubt, she’d be the queen of the silver screen.”

The girl was a force to be reckoned with!

Her stage presence and personal touch were eye-catching.

Su Botao had to agree. Cosmos Entertainment had the major screenwriter, Cloud Seven, under their wing. If Ye Weiyang was a great actress, she had a better shot at going for an acting career than debuting in a girl group.

The music ended.

Ye Weiyang timidly caught her breath after the performance ended. She heaved heavily as she nervously gazed at the mentors across the room and waited for the verdict.

“Impressive.” Gu Yang had no words to describe the shock he was in. Without hesitation, he gave an A rating.

Coming from a background as the main vocals and dancer of an idol group, Gu Yang knew that to both sing and dance in performance was hard enough, but to excel was even harder.

Many singing and dancing groups would lip-sync during a performance with their microphones turned only on at convenient times. There were rarely groups that had their mics turned on the whole show. Gu Yang’s group was a well-established boy band, so they sang live on each performance.

Ye Weiyang could improve on drawing breath between songlines. They could pick up on her gasping and breathing when listened carefully. Nevertheless, she was pretty good for a rookie.

Gu Yang would not say he was in a better state than she was now when he first made his debut.

The other mentors rated Ye Weiyang an A in a heartbeat. What more could be said? She deserved an A after that stunning performance!

The mentor with a lot on her mind was probably Fang Yao who oversaw Group A. Group A was the best of the best, and yet the only person who could sing and dance while giving a great performance like Ye Weiyang was Tong Kejun.

Tong Kejun was a trainee in Country H for two years and nearly debuted in a girl group. Her talents aside, Country H was famed to produce idol groups who could sing and dance.

In front of the judging room, time hung heavy on the hands of trainees who had no confidence in their abilities. They were anxiously fixated on the door, not knowing where the path would lead them. Would they be on the road of progress, would they remain stagnant, or would they fall in rank due to their poor performance?

Those who were confident, like Group A, were cheerfully chatting away. The most unaffected were He Lu and Song Wenye’s little cliques.

He Lu had always looked down on Group F and the eyesore of them all was Ye Weiyang. She was friends with Song Wenye and had signed onto Cosmos Entertainment!

“She has been gone for a while. Don’t tell me she wet her pants?” He Lu taunted. As if not enough, she put on a show. “Sob sob sob. Mr. Yun Xiao, I’m so scared.”

“Haha, I think that’s possible.”

“That might not be the case. Maybe she’s crippled by fear and can’t walk, so she had to be carried out.”

Apart from Su Ruowan, the other two lackeys went along and made fun of Ye Weiyang. Since their exchange with Han Yan, they had it in for Han Yan and Ye Weiyang. They jinxed Ye Weiyang to fail hard.

“Lulu, don’t say so,” Su Ruowan whispered.

These girls were fools. What if the camera captured this scene?

“We’re not wearing earpieces and mics. No one can hear us.” He Lu was unbothered. She was only speaking the truth. There was nothing more off-putting than Ye Weiyang, the cowering loser.

The door was suddenly pushed open.

Silence filled the air.

Soon, an echo of gasps ensued.

Everyone noticed the new nametag on Ye Weiyang. It was a big fat A.

Su Ruowan, He Lu, and the other two Group A members pulled a sour look, unable to believe their eyes. A million thoughts went through their minds, but the primary concern remained that they must not be kicked out of Group A!