Chapter 33: Chu Yuanqing Must Really Want to Debut, Right?

On the same day, public opinion on Weibo was still fermenting.

Kirimi Miyuki’s personal fan club page, the number of posts skyrocketed overnight, most of them discussing her past.

"Sob sob sob, Miyuki is really pitiful, new fans quickly glanced through, her past can be described as the history of a bottom-tier idol being exploited by the company, dragged down by teammates, and crushed by reality."

"Truly tragic, to a degree that fully embodies the experience that mainstream entertainment contestants cannot understand."

"Yes, at the age of 12, she passed the audition, became a fourth generation member, and engaged in activities for a full 7 years. The only time she had to take a break was because she was diagnosed with a fatigue fracture after a performance and had to immediately rest and undergo treatment."

"The most unfortunate thing was, just as her group was starting to do well at the beginning of this year, other members kept causing scandals one after another. There were many negative news stories about them, and they didn’t even get to have a proper farewell before the group was forced to disband."

"That was her entire seven years of youth, ending in this way, truly hard to accept."

"People criticized heartless companies and terrible teammates."

Even casual viewers felt the bitterness of this tragic story, so even the audience just here to watch the drama left their footprints and sighed,

"She didn’t give up, how much does she love the idol industry?"

"Wasn’t this ’sakura girl’ rejected at an audition for ’Dazzling Stage’ in Tokyo? Feels like there’s some insider connection there."

"Perhaps the show director thought she was tainted by being in the same group as those terrible teammates, that’s a classic island nation way of thinking, can’t cause trouble for the show, right?"

(Translated by Gravity Tales 馃槱)

"It’s quite funny, I checked her Twitter, a day after ’Dazzling Stage’ aired, her fans still haven’t reached five digits, her popularity is abysmal, the scandal was just a small circle thing, not even worth mentioning."

"No need to say more, bottom-tier idols have no rights."

"Luckily, she came to Daxia. The idol rejected by the island country is wanted by us in Daxia. We will go against the trend and debut the girl group from the island country, achieving a comeback and revenge!"

Perhaps even Kirimi Miyuki herself did not expect that the hardships and despair she experienced were being noticed, admired, and cared for by thousands of people, all because of the moment of brilliance she showed.

The dark history that was seen as garbage by the person in charge of Tokyo’s "Dazzling Stage" has now become the best weapon to unite the purity of fans.

There’s a saying that goes, "Hurt fans equal loyal fans."

When Kirimi Miyuki’s fans just start supporting her, they will go through a process of digging through the past, facing criticism, and experiencing hardship. Even bystanders would feel pity for them, possibly leading to some of them becoming fans themselves. It’s easy to imagine what the fans might be feeling.

Empathy is inevitable.

Importantly, fans will feel a sense of duty to help Kirimi Miyuki out of her struggles.

This sense of duty, almost like a belief, gives them extraordinary determination, influence, unity, and most importantly... spending power!

Xu Ling accidentally triggered a wave of fans supporting a pairing (CP), which happened to be the final piece in expanding her fanbase and allowing her to surpass other contestants.

During this process, the other half of the CP, Chu Yuanqing, benefited a lot.

"Thank you Qing Qing for helping my Miyuki."

"Looking back now, it was quite scary. ’Dazzling Stage’ was Miyuki’s only chance to return to the stage. If she had fallen and twisted her foot at that time, no one would know her story now."

"I have to say, Chu Yuanqing is much better than Miyuki’s previous terrible teammates. Some people can help you without knowing each other for a long time, while others can destroy each other’s dreams after six or seven years of friendship."

"Yes, I’m happy to see Miyuki and Honey Qing become good friends."

"Sweet! Sweet to death!"

"Ah, Chu Yuanqing must really want to debut, right? But it feels like this CP will break up sooner or later. Her spirit and courage cannot change the current objective strength, and there could be big problems in the later rounds of performances."

"Every little bit helps. ’Candy’ is the most suitable theme song for Miyuki, and the easiest. Honey Qing can learn it too. By pushing this forward, we can help them both at the same time!"

"Good point, let’s charge ahead!"

Hmm, someone who least wanted to debut got dragged mercilessly into a fierce battle for the theme song, all because of this seemingly unbelievable reason.

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Time passed.

The trainees in the underground base were still adapting to the twisted rules test of "Dazzling Stage", unaware that fans behind the scenes were fighting tirelessly to get the most suitable theme song for them.

Chu Yuanqing was dressed in a close-fitting dance outfit, layered with a loose-fitting pink short-sleeved shirt. She had a slender frame, delicate features, and looked somewhat youthful and adorable.

The girl was being guided to do basic dance movements, with her skin glowing in a light pink hue, a slight sweat peeking out from her clothes. Strands of dark hair framing her face, breathing a bit rapid, her lips pursed tightly, showing determination.

This was the most basic stretch training in dance, which was crucial in determining a dancer’s skill level.

In general, it was a process of exercises focusing on flexibility and stretching.

Only with flexible strength can the dance achieve a balance of firmness and gentleness, with graceful and beautiful movements.

Conversely, movements would appear ugly and clumsy, failing to show the charm of softness, and might not even achieve the correct dance postures.

Although Chu Yuanqing had excellent physical conditions as a magical girl, after only two weeks of training, she could barely reach a beginner’s level in dancing, and even struggled with some basic balance exercises.

In other words, flexibility training is necessary.

Of course, a session of flexibility training only lasts for about 20 to 30 minutes, which is not a significant portion of the entire day.

Kirimi Miyuki looked surprised as she watched Chu Yuanqing trying hard to stretch her legs.

To be honest, she had rather low expectations before her teaching.

With Chu Yuanqing having only studied dance for two weeks, and mostly relying on watching videos and attending free trial classes, even calling her a dance beginner might be an overstatement.

Flexibility training, on the other hand, requires consistent practice over time and cannot be mastered quickly.

Kirimi Miyuki asked her to practice this, just thinking about testing and warming up, and hoping to develop the habit of stretching every day, without expecting much completion from the other person’s movements.

But now, looking at...

Chu Yuanqing belongs to the naturally talented category, clearly no longer in the most suitable age to practice dancing, yet after just two weeks of training, her efficiency is comparable to three months for an average person.

What’s most unique is that she seems to have a special kind of intuition, her movements never tilting to angles that could cause injury easily, and the strength is always just right, almost needing no guidance or cues.

With this talent and learning efficiency, it’s no wonder she could shine in that onstage performance.