Piper Hugo was the head of all the jury and was usually the first to speak. When he was about to speak with admiration on his face, he saw a familiar face in the ranks of the "Riptide" dance troupe on the stage, and then his face immediately became serious, and his brows slowly wrinkled.www.biquge.info

"I have a lot of compliments for this dance and a lot of questions for you. "But before I do all that, I'd like to ask you a serious question. ”

Hearing Piper Hugo's tone suddenly become serious, the other six judges looked at him with some curiosity.

"Do you know the rules of this contest?" asked Piper Hugo.

"Yes!" Paul, who was standing in front of the stage, nodded in front of the microphone as the staff had set up a standing microphone.

"Then why is the Huaxia Kid on stage?" said Piper Hugo's brow, furrowing even deeper.

"What?" Mary Jane and Santos Perez looked at the stage in surprise, and sure enough, they saw Xiao Yao at a glance who they had seen in the primary. He stood generously in the front row of the line, and it was easy to spot. Both exclaimed at the same time: "My God!"

"What's wrong?" asked the other four judges, who couldn't figure out what was going on, as they looked at them.

"Because he's part of our team. Paul replied calmly, "Along the way, every game we played, every dance, he made a huge contribution. He put more energy into it than any one of us on this team. It would be a shame and a shame for him to not be able to take this last dance with us on stage, so all of us decided to put him on stage. Of course, we are also ready to accept any consequences that this will bring. ”

"Any result, you mean?" asked Piper Hugo.

"The result in this race is invalid, maybe we can only finish fourth, maybe nothing, anyway, the champion will definitely say goodbye to us. Paul laughed.

"No results, fourth at most, why? They're obviously the best, the coolest!" the audience cheered.

Seeing the calm expressions of the players on the stage, Piper Hugo's expression also relaxed, and said with a smile: "Very good, it is very rare for you to be able to do this, and I appreciate your team spirit." But..."

"Piper," Mary suddenly interjected, "I think the rule that non-Americans can't compete should be changed." As long as he is in the United States, even if he is not an American citizen, he should be given a chance to participate in the competition. ”

"I agree. Piper nodded, and Mary was about to cheer when Piper continued, "But not now." ”

"Why?" said Mary Jane, dissatisfied.

"Rules are rules," Piper said, "and if we change the rules now for the sake of one person, it would be unfair to the three teams that will compete in the finals tonight, or even the teams that have been eliminated from this year's competition." So, all we can do is change the rules next year or the next competition, and we have to change and publish the rules before everyone signs up for the competition, so it's fair. ”

Piper turned to the Riptide dancers on stage and said, "So this year, for now, all I can do is say sorry to you." Since none of the Chinese boys appeared in the previous competitions, and the restriction that non-Americans could not participate was only for stage performances and did not involve behind-the-scenes work, your previous results were valid. In other words, you are the fourth place tonight. ”

Hearing this, the audience also understood that the reason was that one of the "Riptide" team members on the stage was a non-American. Piper Hugo had a point in saying that fairness is what all games should pursue, at least on the surface, and they couldn't refute it, so the crowd became less noisy.

"Thank you," Paul bowed, "as we said, we accept the result." In fact, this is already the best result we have ever considered. ”

"I would like to thank you very much for giving us a wonderful show. Piper Hugo also bowed his head slightly, and continued, "I'm curious, how did you make this extraordinary thing on you, and how did you control it during the dance?"

"I'm sorry, but we've already patented this technology, so it's not convenient for me to give too many details here. Paul smiled apologetically, "What I can say is that this thing is our... Someone on our team came up with an idea that we made ourselves. ”

Hearing Paul's words, Piper subconsciously looked at Xiao Yao on the stage. He clearly remembered that during the primary, Zhou Jingyi told him that the shape, soundtrack, and most of the costume production and choreography of the "Zombie Dance" were all written by this Chinese kid. Now when it comes to the designer of this LED light dress, Piper immediately thought of Xiao Yao, but since Paul did not reveal his specific name, he was also very interested and did not ask any more.

"It's a pity. Santos Pérez on the jury suddenly interjected, "I originally wanted to use your very cool clothes in the choreography of the film project I have in hand, but I don't know if there is any money left in the producer's budget to buy and use the patent." ”

"Don't worry," Paul said with a smile, "since we're involved in this movie, we can use our costumes for free in this movie." The patent owner is one of us, and he doesn't charge royalties to anyone in our team, which is a privilege that our team has. ”

"Ha, that's great. "It looks like the producers are going to invite me to drink because I helped them save a lot of royalties." ”

"But I want to congratulate you even more," Santos Pérez continued, "and for that alone, I think there will be a lot of people who want to perform for you in the future." ”

Everyone on the stage was stunned by what Santos said, and then they also thought of this, and they all looked at Xiao Yao thoughtfully.

In his previous life, Xiao Yao clearly remembered that he had read a report that mentioned that the performance technology of 45-degree tilt of the whole body that violated the principle of human weight mechanics came up with by MJ God back then had been patented. Now that he is in the United States, he has come up with such a cool LED performance costume, and Xiao Yao immediately considered the issue of applying for a patent. Although he is not short of money now, no one will think that he has too much money.

As for the decision to give it to the team members for free, Xiao Yao had already made it. He has been in the United States for half a year, and his spare time is mainly focused on a band and a dance team. Whether it's a band or a dance team, he has been with them for a long time and has developed a certain affection for both teams. Therefore, it is inevitable to consider the future of the two teams.

The band will not break up after he returns to China, so after learning that the band wants to continue to develop in the entertainment and music circles, Xiao Yao actively contacted and facilitated Keith's studio to sign them.

The hip-hop team is not like a band, even if Mary Jane and Santos Pérez offer two jobs to the team, the team will still be disbanded sooner or later, the difference is only a matter of time. The people in the team are bound to have different development and future life paths, which can also be seen from the different film roles that Santos Pérez has given them. So in order to make everyone's life as good as possible in the future, Xiao Yao gave the hip-hop dancers such a promise. Anyway, this idea was copied by Xiao Yao from his previous life, even if he lost some income, he was not very distressed, if he could help these team members in the future, Xiao Yao felt that it was still worth it.

At that time, the team members just thought that Xiao Yao was giving face for the sake of his teammates, and they didn't realize Xiao Yao's meaning. Of course, Xiao Yao didn't care much, because according to his previous assumptions, even if he didn't get on stage, the judges would definitely be curious about the origin of the dress and would ask them on the spot, so he just told Paul, saying that this thing has been patented, don't say too many details.

When it comes to patents, Santos will naturally think of his own movies, and the team members will naturally tell him that Xiao Yao gives all the team members free use of patent rights, which will naturally spread to the industry when this is said in the show, so they may have a little more advantage than others in the future competition for job opportunities.

Now that they heard Santos Perez say this, the players also understood Xiao Yao's intentions, so they all looked at Xiao Yao. It's just that Xiao Yao stood on the stage and was watched by such a group of people, and suddenly had a creepy feeling.

Fortunately, Piper Hugo's next words saved Xiao Yao.

Now that Riptide has accepted their fourth-place finish, we are now inviting the top three teams to the stage, and now we are going to announce the winners, runners-up and third places of our National Street Dance Competition. Piper Hugo said. After hearing Piper's words, the three dance team members also returned to the stage from backstage.

The members of the first three dance teams also watched the performance of "Riptide" just now, and they also greatly appreciated their performance, and they were even more impressed by their willingness to give up the championship for the sake of their teammates, so after they took the stage, they took the initiative to greet the members of "Riptide", and by the way, they said two words of praise.

In this way, the members of the "Torrent" team will not have time to continue to stare at Xiao Yao.

For the "Riptide" team members who have already confirmed the fourth place, there is no need to care who wins the championship. Staying on stage and waiting for Piper to announce the results was just out of politeness and respect for the show, the audience, and the opponents.

Therefore, at the end of the show and after returning to the backstage, the members of "Torrent" still surrounded Xiao Yao for the first time.

"This is the purpose of your free use of patents, so that we can have more job opportunities?" Zhou Jingyi was the first to ask.

"yes, it's a parting gift from me. Xiao Yao touched his nose and replied.

"Parting gifts, are you leaving?" Zhou Jingyi was taken aback.

"You all know that I am an exchange student, and sooner or later I will have to go back to Huaxia. Xiao Yao did not answer positively.

"But isn't there half a year left?" TJ said, "Are you not going to play with us from now on?"

"That..."Xiao Yao hesitated for a moment, but still decided to tell the truth, "I joined you in the first place, in fact, for this competition. I'm not going to do Mary Jane's music video, but also her concert and Santos Perez's film, and I'm not going to do it. I'm not like you, and I don't plan to make hip-hop or dancing my life's work. Of course, if I have the chance, I will continue to dance with you. It's just that I won't participate in commercial performances with you, so giving you a gift is a little bit of my heart. May you all have a bright future. ”

It's one thing to participate in hip-hop dance competitions, but Xiao Yao really can't look down on other celebrities' MVs as backgrounds, backup dancers for other people's concerts, and old-fashioned movies in movies. Xiao Yao has his own pride, and he has achieved good results in Huaxia, but there is no reason for him to lower his stature so much. He came to the United States to study and play, but not to start from a low level and sharpen his head to drill into the American entertainment industry. (To be continued.) )