I Became the Top Competitor in a Talent Show Novel - Chapter 52.2

Chi Meng smiled and said, “But right now, it can help you. That makes it totally worth it! Besides, I’m just lending it to you, not giving it to you. You can pay me back after you debut and earn money.”

Su Mengyao burst into tears. Just as she was about to throw herself into Chi Meng’s arms, a hand suddenly reached out from behind Chi Meng and pressed against Su Mengyao’s forehead, stopping the impending emotional moment.

“What is your little bit of money for? Do you need an underage person like you to handle this?” Song Jiaqi said in a low voice.

Chi Meng’s eyes lit up, and she turned to look at Song Jiaqi.

—

The two of them looked at each other. Song Jiaqi made a “tsk” sound, frowned impatiently, and said, “Let Sister Meng take people over. I’ll call her now. When she arrives, you can go straight to the police. What are you crying for over such a minor thing.”

Su Mengyao looked at Song Jiaqi tearfully and whispered, “But, but who is Sister Meng?”

Song Jiaqi got up without any explanation and went to find a staff member to ask for a phone.

At this moment, Chi Meng clapped her hands and smiled, “That’s right, I’ve got it! Yaoyao is still an individual trainee. Since you have to sign a contract anyway, why not sign with Renxing!”

“I think Yaoyao has a lot of potential to be a big star. If you sign with Renxing, Sister Meng won’t refuse to help you!”

“Huh?” Su Mengyao looked at Chi Meng in confusion. Renxing… is that the Renxing that Sister Xiang and Song Jiaqi belong to? Could she sign with such a big company?

Chi Meng looked at Song Jiaqi’s back as she spoke with the staff with a serious face and whispered to Su Mengyao, “Renxing is run by Qiqi’s family. If you sign with Renxing, work hard, and become the company’s cash cow!”

Su Mengyao felt like crying again. “I can’t sing, and I can’t dance…”

Chi Meng thought of the Stage of Ten and looked at Su Mengyao with an expression that said “you’ll get beaten up for saying that.” She took out a tissue to wipe Su Mengyao’s tears. Linking this to the mission assigned by 019, she smiled faintly, “Besides singing and dancing, a star can also act. Star Ascent has just begun. If you want to earn enough money, you have to aim for debut.”

“Only by debuting can you be seen by more people, and only then will you have more possibilities in the future.”

Su Mengyao calmed down. She looked at Chi Meng’s clear eyes and nodded heavily.

The bus hadn’t driven far after leaving Dongjiang Satellite TV. Meng Limin quickly caught up. When Su Mengyao got off the bus, the other trainees were still asleep. Song Jiaqi and Chi Meng briefly explained the situation to Meng Limin. Having been in the industry for years, Meng Limin had seen many sordid things. She only frowned slightly upon hearing Su Mengyao’s story.

This matter was actually easy to solve, with just one word: money.

And the person who wanted to help Su Mengyao just happened to not lack money.

The not-lacking-money Song Jiaqi stood with her arms crossed on the bus steps, watching Su Mengyao cautiously board the car.

“I, I will work hard to earn money and pay you back!” Su Mengyao whispered to Meng Limin. She looked up, her tear-stained face, like a pear blossom drenched in rain, gave Meng Limin a brave, yet incredibly pitiful smile.

If not for that head of curly hair.

Meng Limin’s heart, which had been halfway touched, calmed down. While driving, she said, “Xiao Meng said you were an individual trainee…”

Watching the black car drive away, Chi Meng and Song Jiaqi returned to the bus and sat down.

As soon as she sat down, Song Jiaqi turned around and grabbed Chi Meng’s wrist, whispering, “You told Sister Meng that Su Mengyao doesn’t have a company?”

“Yeah. I think she can totally sign with Renxing. She’s very pretty, and Star Ascent‘s broadcast has garnered quite a bit of attention. The most crucial thing is that if she signs with Renxing, she’ll have the confidence to use your money,” Chi Meng said with a smile.

She can even say things like she’ll have the confidence to use my money… Song Jiaqi frowned, her gaze gradually drifting. She had envisioned many future scenarios with Su Mengyao: either one would be successful and the other obscure, or they would fight their own battles in different fields. But in all these imaginings, she and Su Mengyao were always in opposition, or avoiding each other. She had never considered one thing.

Su Mengyao signing with Renxing.

It was as if someone had swept away the fog in front of her. The world instantly became clear, and a path she had never considered was right beneath her feet.

If not for today’s events, Su Mengyao would have signed that contract. She might have left Star Ascent, or continued recording in despair, but she wouldn’t have debuted. In that case, she would continue down the path of her previous life, re-entering the entertainment industry as an actress years later.

But today, everything had changed! With her and Chi Meng’s intervention, Su Mengyao would not be forced to sign that contract that would destroy her family. She could become an artist under Renxing. Whether or not she debuted on Star Ascent, Renxing could arrange for her to continue working in the entertainment industry. Perhaps they would still meet later for an award, but as artists from the same company, Renxing would not and could not exploit the relationship between the two of them.

Fate seemed to have changed at this moment.

Regardless of whether the future would be forcefully corrected, this moment was different.

Song Jiaqi suddenly felt enlightened.

When she came back to her senses, a brown-red fox head was kissing her lips with its fuzzy mouth. The person holding the fox looked at her with gentle eyes and softly asked, “What are you thinking? You look so serious?”

Song Jiaqi curved her lips and picked up the rabbit next to her. And so, the white rabbit and the red fox battled in the air for a hug.

“I didn’t expect you to step in to help. Qiqi is really nice,” Chi Meng said, smiling at Song Jiaqi.

She knew that Song Jiaqi and Su Mengyao weren’t close to that extent. The two would even become extreme rivals in the original plot. Song Jiaqi could have totally chosen not to help.

Song Jiaqi curled her lip and raised an eyebrow, “Am I a cold-blooded animal?”

No matter if this person was Su Mengyao or not, she would help if she could.

Furthermore—

“Didn’t you select her and leave her for me to choose?” Song Jiaqi slowly said. “I don’t want to choose someone with no ambition and lose to you for no reason.”

Chi Meng’s eyes flickered. Taking Song Jiaqi by surprise, the fox in her hand “swooshed” past the rabbit’s ears, landing on Song Jiaqi’s lips and enthusiastically kissing her with its pointed nose.

“Then you have to work hard too. Of course, I’ll cheer you on for your debut.”

She said.

Thus, in the afternoon, the other four members of the “Chapter” team climbed out of bed and came to the training room, only to find that Chi Meng had arrived at who knows what hour, looking like she had been training for a long time. Everyone showed an expression of “that’s our Chi Meng,” greeted her, and sat in a circle, looking at the C and L stickers on the floor in the center.

The important moment had arrived!

The training room, enveloped in sunlight, became tense. Chi Meng stretched in the sunlight. Her raised hand naturally dropped, landing without any pause on the gold sticker.

Her fair fingertips pressed on the gold letter. The usually gentle girl lowered her eyes and chuckled lightly, her voice calm and indisputable.

“For this public performance, I want the C position. Does anyone want to fight me for it?”

Team List

“Chapter” (5 people)

• • Individual: Chi Meng (Rank 3)

 

• • Vision Culture: Ning Yuze (Rank 4)

 

• • Fruit Entertainment: Xu Siqi (Rank 23)

 

• • Lucky Entertainment: Du Yunfei (Rank 26)

 

• • Renxing Entertainment: Ye Qing (Rank 29)

“Little” (5 people)

• • Renxing Entertainment: Shen Zhu (Rank 1)

 

• • Xinghuo Entertainment: Lin Yuxin (Rank 8)

 

• • Starry Sky Entertainment: Jing Ming (Rank 30)

 

• • Lehai Coast Entertainment: Sheng Xue (Rank 38)

 

• • Mengdong Entertainment: Bai Siyang (Rank 39)

“Chasing the Wind” (6 people)

• • Lehai Coast Entertainment: Yuan Yixin (Rank 6)

 

• • Skey Entertainment: An Kui (Rank 19)

 

• • Starry Sky Entertainment: Cui Qiang (Rank 32)

 

• • Renxing Entertainment: Ling Yao (Rank 53)

 

• • Banana Blue Entertainment: Wei Xin (Rank 56)

 

• • Lehai Coast Entertainment: Bai Ruyue (Rank 58)

“Growing Up” (7 people)

• • Individual: Su Mengyao (Rank 12)

 

• • Skey Entertainment: Lin Tingxia (Rank 13)

 

• • Lehai Coast Entertainment: Dobi (Rank 14)

 

• • Huohuo Qingyin: Yu Jiazi (Rank 17)

 

• • Skey Entertainment: Luo Guo (Rank 24)

 

• • Skey Entertainment: Yun Guo (Rank 46)

 

• • Xinghuo Entertainment: Kui Tong (Rank 57)

“Critic” (5 people)

• • Dian Shi Cheng Jin Media: Jiao Xiaowei (Rank 15)

 

• • Xinghuo Entertainment: Su Shao (Rank 20)

 

• • Fruit Entertainment: Han Xiu (Rank 31)

 

• • Qimiaozhiyu Culture: Zhou Chunfei (Rank 52)

 

• • Hemiao Media: Ji Yaxian (Rank 61)

“Worth It” (7 people)

• • Xinghuo Entertainment: An Ran (Rank 5)

 

• • Renxing Entertainment: Song Jiaqi (Rank 11)

 

• • Feiyue Media: Hua Xiaowei (Rank 21)

 

• • Polaris Entertainment: Chu Ziyue (Rank 34)

 

• • Youth Entertainment: Jian Zi (Rank 36)

 

• • Future Music: Lin Xueyang (Rank 47)

 

• • Fengguang Culture: Xia Jiaying (Rank 77)

“Strange Beauty” (7 people)

• • Qingniao Menghe Media: Liu Yuexin (Rank 10)

 

• • Yisu Entertainment: Zhou Siyang (Rank 22)

 

• • Banana Blue Entertainment: Jin Jingqian (Rank 39)

 

• • Xianfeng Entertainment: Gu Sijing (Rank 54)

 

• • Individual: Cheng Jiao (Rank 59)

 

• • Qimiaozhiyu Culture: Jiang Menghan (Rank 62)

 

• • Pumpkin Pictures: Ruan Yifei (Rank 63)

“Multidimensional” (9 people)

• • Fengguang Culture: Jiang Yingyue (Rank 7)

 

• • Jupiter Entertainment: Yan Feifei (Rank 27)

 

• • Fengkuang Yulun Entertainment: Yu Wei (Rank 35)

 

• • Feiyue Media: Zhong Wei (Rank 66)

 

• • Qingniao Menghe Media: Wen Yao (Rank 68)

 

• • Fruit Entertainment: Luo Ling (Rank 69)

 

• • LUCK Entertainment: Shi Yiqing (Rank 71)

 

• • Challenge Music: Li Kelan (Rank 73)

 

• • Shanshui Fengdong Media: Cai Xiaoyu (Rank 74)

“Willing” (9 people)

• • Vision Culture: Qi Yan (Rank 9)

 

• • Xianfeng Entertainment: Huo Xintong (Rank 28)

 

• • Nuoyan Entertainment: Lan Lan (Rank 60)

 

• • Huoli Entertainment: Sun Menghan (Rank 67)

 

• • Power Culture: Wei Yifei (Rank 70)

 

• • Individual: Murong Shiman (Rank 76)

 

• • Gule Shengdong Entertainment: Xia Yin (Rank 78)

 

• • Dian Shi Cheng Jin Media: Miao Wan (Rank 80)

 

• • Banana Blue Entertainment: Meng Xiaofei (Rank 81)

“Move Moon” (6 people)

• • Challenge Music: Jiang Jiameng (Rank 37)

 

• • Individual: Du Yi (Rank 41)

 

• • Huoshan Entertainment: Jiang Jiayi (Rank 42)

 

• • Fengguang Culture: Liu Yuetong (Rank 45)

 

• • Fruit Entertainment: Rong Daimeng (Rank 49)

 

• • Fanshi Entertainment: Tang Shufei (Rank 50)

“Legend” (5 people)

• • Power Culture: Luo Jia (Rank 51)

 

• • Vision Culture: Tong Siyu (Rank 33)

 

• • Lehai Coast Entertainment: Tang Ge (Rank 44)

 

• • Kuancheng Entertainment: Jing Xinyu (Rank 55)

 

• • Fengguo Entertainment: Luo Yue (Rank 64)

“Must Do, Must Err” (5 people)

• • Xinghuo Entertainment: Xue Weiran (Rank 2)

 

• • Xinghuo Entertainment: Yuan Sike (Rank 16)

 

• • Renxing Entertainment: Song Yingjun (Rank 25)

 

• • Challenge Music: Sun Weiwei (Rank 43)

 

• • Qingniao Menghe Media: Rong Qian (Rank 65)

“Go Away” (6 people)

• • Qingmang Culture: Su Yijia (Rank 18)

 

• • Lucky Entertainment: Ge Jianing (Rank 40)

 

• • Xinghuo Entertainment: Lin Tongxu (Rank 48)

 

• • Qingniao Menghe Media: Qian Tong (Rank 72)

 

• • Yuhang Media: Song Xueni (Rank 75)

 

• • Jupiter Entertainment: Jiang Mo (Rank 79)