Be reborn and be happy to the fullest

"Wait until the semi-final results come out. Would you like to review them first, Mr. Li?"

"That's not good?"

"What's the big deal? The prizes were originally provided by Leng Yi, and the competition also occupies Leng Yi's venue. As a result, it has to go through your review. This is a matter of course..."

Li Shuo and Dong Shanchuan sat together in the middle of the first row. They had been chatting for a while. At the end, Dong Shanchuan released the results of the semi-finals as a gesture of goodwill to Li Shuo.

Dong Shanchuan didn't care much about the results of the semi-finals. What if he won first place in the second round? It wouldn't help him win the final heavyweight award. If he could use this to test and make friends with Li Shuo, that would be the best.

But in the end, Li Shuo waved his hand and refused, "Forget it, Leng Yi has never interfered in the drama grand prix. I think the result of the semi-final is not appropriate, but I still thank President Dong for his kindness."

Dong Shanchuan smiled sincerely when he heard this, and then said, "I heard that Leng Wen wants to add a new shareholder?"

Since Li Shuo had announced the news at the banquet at noon, he naturally had no intention of hiding it from him. However, it was still necessary to pass it on to Dong Shanchuan so that he could feel his hostility: introducing new shareholders was meant to divide the rights and interests in Dong Shanchuan's hands, so it was normal to have hostility, and it would be strange if there was no hostility.

At this time, Dong Shanchuan tried to show off his vision and ability: You see, I know about this, but I tell you openly because I want to discuss it with you. It will be good for both of us, and we can work together to reap the benefits, okay?

Li Shuo's expression changed slightly, and he seemed to be very cautious and said: "This is what the teacher meant..."

Before Li Shuo finished speaking, Dong Shanchuan interrupted him with a wave of his hand, saying, "Since this is what Dean Liu meant, I will naturally follow it. Don't worry, President Li, I don't have any bad intentions. I just want everyone to make money together and protect the cultural pure land of the Drama Academy. You will understand after we get along for a long time..."

Seeing that Li Shuo would bring up "President Liu" for any random matter, Dong Shanchuan relaxed his guard a little: in his eyes, Li Shuo was young but in a high position, and was obviously a partner who was very easy to fool, except for one thing...

Li Shuo quickly said, "Okay, okay, I also want to listen more to Dong Zong's teachings."

"I don't deserve your teachings. Although I am of the same generation as Dean Liu, we can still be friends as equals..."

Dong Shanchuan thought of Li Shuo's speech at the previous conference, and finally began to speak out: "But Li Shuo, there are some things I can't help but say. You are still young, and some of your words were not appropriate. For example, at the Grand Prix meeting, you said you wanted to clear some positions to give young people room for improvement..."

"You have a good idea, but you can't do this. The older generation, for example, Dean Liu, is your teacher. Do you want Dean Liu to retire and let you take over? What will Dean Liu think if you hear these words?"

"Also, our circle is inherently closed. Only by immersing oneself in related fields for a long time can one achieve success. How many young people have you seen achieve cultural success?"

Seeing that Dong Shanchuan was about to continue, Li Shuo was a little impatient and couldn't help but interrupt: "Boss Dong, you are wrong to say that. The seniors now were also young once, and what I want to do is to expand the cake, not let the young people grab the cake of the seniors. To be honest, this time I strongly promote Zhou Haiqiong to join Lengwen, she also came with a project, I hope she can bring changes to Lengwen..."

Projects and the like, of course, are meant to deceive Dong Shanchuan, and maybe it won’t last long, but after this drama grand prix…

"Young man, you are wrong to say that..."

Dong Shanchuan was not someone who was easily deceived. He only knew that Li Shuo wanted to reduce the power of these old guys and even change Leng Wen's current situation. This was absolutely unacceptable! If Li Shuo continued to be stubborn, then he would have to ruin Zhou Haiqiong's investment! At that time, the two of them turned against each other, so he was no longer polite when he spoke.

At this moment, a staff member came over with a document, and Dong Shanchuan stopped talking in time. In front of the lower class, he was old-fashioned and didn't want others to see that he had lost face.

"Boss Dong, here are the results of the semi-finals, please take a look..."

This time Dong Shanchuan didn't ask Li Shuo, he just picked it up, looked at the signature, and asked one more question: "Is Wei Hailing from Huamei Academy? Why didn't you sign Leng Yi? This won't do. Who picked the first place?"

When Li Shuo heard this, he immediately understood what was going on.

The staff member whispered, "It's because of Mr. Han..."

"Han Lintao?"

Dong Shanchuan mentioned the name of another private shareholder. This was Leng Wen's own man, so his brows relaxed slightly, and then he ordered: "Tell him to make up for the qualifications quickly, otherwise he won't be able to pass the finals..."

Li Shuo understood what Dong Shanchuan meant: he was manipulating the competition from the standpoint of Lengwen's overall interests. As for who would win the prize in the end, it actually had little to do with Dong Shanchuan, as long as it was within the scope of the "unspoken rules".

And this unspoken rule is what Dong Shanchuan calls "qualification", which is also the identity of a contracted artist of Lengyi!

This is the old-fashioned style, which was also the point criticized by Li Shuo at the previous meeting, and the root cause of the irreconcilable conflict between the two.

Li Shuo understood this and did not stay any longer to flatter Dong Shanchuan. He just got up and left. Because he did not say goodbye to Dong Shanchuan, Dong Shanchuan had the impression that he was an impolite young man.

"Erin, how do you feel about the rematch?"

Five minutes later, Li Shuo found Lu Ailin in the corner of the third row and sat next to her.

Lu Ailin smiled and said, "Li Ziqin performed very well. She will probably be able to get into the top three in the semi-finals this time... Well, if other factors are not considered, I think she should be the first in every round."

"Don't worry, I'm already working on getting rid of me. I promise you that the result of this competition will be to your liking..."

Lu Ailin raised her eyebrows and corrected, "It's not what I want, but it's fair and just."

"Okay, I made a mistake..."

Li Shuo smiled gently and said nothing more.

At this time, the competition was over and the contestants had changed their clothes and walked out from the backstage. While greeting their relatives and friends, they looked at the big screen on the stage. Soon, the list of results of the semi-finals appeared on it.

First place: Wei Hailing (Huamei team)

Second place: Zhu Rongjun (Jinyi Team)

Eighth place: Li Ziqin (Affiliated College Team)

After passing the semi-finals, it’s the finals, so there are only eight teams qualifying this time, and Li Ziqin barely made it!

Seeing this result, Lu Ailin couldn't help but frown and whispered, "I really don't understand what's wrong with those professors. Can't they see Li Ziqin's Kunqu level? Are they just going to let Kunqu opera completely decline?"

This time it was Li Shuo's turn to correct her, saying: "You can't say that. Although Li Ziqin is the inheritor of Kunqu Opera, she alone cannot represent Kunqu Opera as a whole..."

"But..." Lu Ailin was about to say something else.

Li Shuo interrupted, "There's nothing to say but. We have to take it step by step. Even if it's Dean Liu himself, it's impossible to change the world and completely rewrite the Grand Prix's atmosphere! I won't hide it from you, I arranged for two judges to enter the semi-finals for you. It was because of their relatively fair scoring that Li Ziqin was able to qualify at the bottom. Otherwise..."

In fact, it was not Li Shuo who arranged the judges, but Nie Shuangying's past relationship. In addition, Lengwen shareholder Han Lintao is a shareholder of Qin Academy. Because Li Shuo had given a heads-up in advance, he also arranged for someone to give Li Ziqin a high score...

Of course, for Li Shuo's plan, Wei Hailing was directly lifted to the first place in the semi-finals by Han Lintao!

In fact, as long as Dong Shanchuan doesn't deliberately target Li Shuo, then with Li Shuo's connections, he can directly write down the top eight in the rematch and have them appear on the roster at this time, and even the order will not be wrong!

Just as Dong Shanchuan stated before, for people like them who are high and mighty, the Grand Prix is ​​not important, even the champion of the final is not important. What is important is the rules that protect their own status and interests!

The big list of names appeared on the stage, and some people laughed and some cried in the audience:

"Who is Wei Hailing? What is her show? Why did she get first place in the semi-finals?"

"Li Ziqin is only ranked eighth? This is totally unfair. She performed so well, how could she be ranked so low? She was even almost eliminated!"

"Humph, Zhu Rongjun screamed so loudly, but he is only second."

The students had different opinions, and generally there was a lot of doubt, especially about Li Ziqin's ranking. She received the most applause, but ended up only ranking eighth. This was really hard to convince others.

What's even more outrageous is Wei Hailing. Her performance was average, but she was forced to be ranked first. No matter how you think about it, this must be a shady deal!

The key point is that after Wei Hailing won first place, he said to the students around him proudly: "See what I said, so what if you are a signed artist of Lengyi? You are still under my feet! You, as long as you follow me, it will not be difficult to win the championship in the end!"

All of Jin Yi's students gathered around Wei Hailing, and at this moment, they were full of flattery:

"Hai Ling, you are awesome!" "We are all counting on you in the finals!"

Amidst so many voices, Wei Hailing felt an overwhelming sense of accomplishment and was in high spirits.

The atmosphere in major art schools is similar because they are gathering places for beautiful girls and handsome boys. Not only are they more like small societies, but there are also many beautiful girls on campus, and no one is willing to give in to anyone else.

Huamei is a well-known art school comparable to a drama academy. There are at least two more popular school beauties than Wei Hailing. So in school, Wei Hailing mostly envies others. Now that she has become the focus of everyone's attention, that feeling...

Leng Hai's eldest son is just great! Si Chengwu is a really good boyfriend, but if I had known Li Shuo earlier, maybe the championship would have been a sure thing, right?

Thinking this in his mind, Wei Hailing turned his head to look at the first row of the audience, but couldn't find Li Shuo.

At this moment, Zhu Rongjun's voice rang out: "Wei Hailing? How did you get first place? I'm going to report you!"

Although she also came in second, because she was the most beautiful and talented among the contestants signed by Leng Yi, she always believed that she had a sure win. But then Wei Hailing showed up out of nowhere. How could she tolerate this?

She rushed to Wei Hailing quickly, her finger almost touching his nose, and shouted angrily: "What kind of performance are you doing? Why should I lose to you! And you didn't even sign a contract with Leng Yi..."

Before he could finish his words, Wei Hailing exploded: "Your performance is rubbish!"

"You are the rubbish"

"You're a bitch, a whore who got to the top by sleeping with men!"

It was originally just an argument, but someone started fighting in the middle, and the quarrel between the two people escalated directly into insults and personal attacks. The classmates around them also joined in. You grabbed my hair and I kicked you in the crotch.

The girl who originally scored at least 90 points and had a beautiful and natural temperament, ended up calling people bitches and sluts all the time, and even went straight to the lower body!

For a moment, the scene was in chaos.

On the other side, at the Drama Academy's Chinese Opera Affiliated School, the atmosphere was quiet.

"Qinqin, should we report it together? I heard that Wei Hailing, who is ranked first, got to the top by relying on the relationship with a man?"

"Don't talk nonsense, didn't you hear it just now? The person behind Wei Hailing is Li Shuo, the boy who visited our Qinqin."

"So what? He obviously knows Qinqin, why doesn't he give us first place?"

"Are you kidding me? We are just acquaintances. Rumor has it that Wei Hailing climbed into Li Shuo's bed! Besides, why do you think he didn't help us? Maybe this eighth place was given to us by Li Shuo as a gift."

Listening to the quarrels of her classmates, Li Ziqin felt annoyed. When she could no longer bear it, she shouted, "Okay, stop quarreling! Xiaotong is right. There are more than 20 schools and colleges registered for the Grand Prix, and there are 40 teams. Maybe we got eighth place, which also improved our ranking!"

Everyone was silent. After a while, someone asked weakly, "What about our finals?"

The dull students were arguing and shouting about the unfairness, but the smart ones had already discovered a clue from the results of the semi-finals: since Wei Hailing could get promoted through connections, why couldn’t they?

The other students looked at Li Ziqian eagerly. They were all young people around 20 years old. Under the influence of the general environment, they all had their own ideas. At this time, most of the students actually wanted to rely on Li Ziqian to make a comeback!

As for how Li Ziqin turned the tables, those who understand will understand.

Facing such gazes, Li Ziqin felt even more pressured. She was still young, and her ideas were closer to Lu Ailin's. She wanted to win the championship with her own strength, but because she was young, her will was weak. At this moment, under the pressure of everyone, she was already shaken:

In fact, if I could really hook up with Li Shuo, it would be great. Not only is he involved in this Grand Prix, he is also my boss. He is young and promising, and he is very elegant. I also have a good impression of him in my heart...

Just as she was struggling, she suddenly felt a figure bumping into her.

With a "bang", Li Ziqin was knocked down into the arms of her classmate. Before she could cry out in pain, she heard Wei Hailing swearing dirty words. It turned out that she was kicked by Zhu Rongjun. She immediately stood up and was about to rush up to fight again.

Li Ziqin was furious and yelled, "Wei Hailing, are you crazy? Why didn't you apologize for bumping into someone?"