On the last day of December, the temperature in the capital had reached below zero early, and several snows had already fallen, while Rongcheng, located in the Sichuan-Shu Basin, had just frozen.

Gu Caiwei ate breakfast carefully prepared by her mother at home, and then wore a thick down jacket to the iron-eating beast entertainment practice room on campus.

She took off her coat to reveal her slender figure, because of course she couldn't dress too bloated in the relationship of training, but fortunately, the temperature in the room was quite comfortable.

Gu Caiwei came early, but there were people in the practice room sweating earlier before, and those people were especially working hard today.

She found her only good friend here, Xu Yali, and then handed her the things she was carrying: "Yali, Mom made you breakfast." ”

Xiao Huya was not polite, obviously not the first time, she took it and said, "Thank you Aunt Gu for me, I really envy your mother to be by your side." ”

Xu Yali's family background is not bad, but her parents both have their own careers in Shencheng, and it is impossible to leave everything behind to accompany her.

Gu Caiwei smiled slightly as a matter of course: "Haha, my mother is the best mother in the world." ”

Xu Yali was a little envious in her heart.

Xiaohuya is a very hard-working girl, to be honest, whether Gu Caiwei is more beautiful than her, or An Ran always praises Gu Caiwei for being more talented than herself, she has never been jealous, only Ms. Gu Changge......

Occasionally, she would think, "If only I could be my mother."

In any case, she feels that it is a very lucky thing to be friends with Gu Caiwei, because this girl is always able to bring a good mood to the people around her, and she has been taken care of by their mother and daughter during this time.

While taking small bites, she chatted casually: "Mr. Peng should come over today to announce the results, right?" ”

"yes."

Gu Caiwei nodded and shared the first-hand news, "I said it was the end of the year, but today is the last day, and my mother said that Mr. An went to pick up Mr. Peng last night." ”

Ms. Gu Changge and An Ran, the owner of this practice room, are now very close, on the one hand, of course, they have a similar temperament, and on the other hand, it can also be said that they have taken great pains for their daughter.

The two of them didn't worry much, Gu Caiwei didn't have to say that she had secretly taken the guaranteed place a long time ago, and Xu Yali was also an honor student here.

Their guess was right, An Ran really didn't appear alone today, followed by Peng Yuchen, who had excavated Gu Caiwei on Lin'an Hefang Street.

For the trainees here, An Ran is a cold-faced instructor who is so strict that he is not close to people, and can even be called iron-blooded.

Peng Yuchen is a very humane boss, although she is usually based in Shencheng, but every time she comes, she is very intimate and warm, and will bring them some snacks, small gifts and the like.

Today, however, most people are not happy about her arrival, but are unusually apprehensive about the fact that she will bring about a decision that is destined to be cruel.

Peng Yuchen didn't make the atmosphere particularly stiff, but still greeted them as usual: "Good morning, my girls." ”

The trainees in front of her responded with smiles as naturally as possible, no matter what their mood was.

"When I came out of Chengdu Airport last night, I was very surprised to see the newly completed high-rise buildings on both sides of the road."

"In the past two years, because I have been coming back a lot, I feel that I am already familiar with the city, but when I think back to what it was like when I was younger, I can hardly find any trace of it."

"Life is like this, it's actually changing all the time, it's just that at a certain moment we suddenly notice this change."

"Today will be a moment like that."

"As you think, I brought a list, and after a while, I read that the people on the list passed the first round of selection for the company's girl group project."

"And because the company doesn't expect to launch any new girl groups in the next three to five years, people who haven't read it need to leave here and say goodbye to us."

"I don't want you to linger too much in apprehension or fear, so I'm going to read out the list now."

Although Peng Yuchen had tried to make the ceremony as simple as possible, the air at the scene was still frozen to the point where it was almost substantial.

When she took out the list from her file bag, Gu Caiwei and Xu Yali, who were confident before, held their breath like everyone else.

Peng Yuchen didn't say anything more, because they couldn't listen to it now, and read out ten names in one breath:

Wang Jingwen, An Feng、...... Xu Yali, Gu Caiwei. ”

Then she put away the thin piece of paper and motioned for the list to end.

Of course, those whose names are read are relieved, but those who are not read are different.

In fact, the performance of these trainees is obvious to all, and which people will definitely be shortlisted and who are destined to miss are all counted in advance, so the latter is not too disappointed.

The most difficult to accept are the kind of girls who linger near the qualifying position, seemingly with some hope but no guarantees, they are the most tormented during this time, and the most nervous group when it was just read.

At this time, some people are naturally happy and some are worried, those on the list call it lucky, and those who fall off the list are secretly sad, but not everyone can accept this result calmly.

A girl suddenly cried bitterly after listening to the list, she took a few steps forward and grabbed Peng Yuchen's arm as if she wanted to intercede:

"Mr. Peng! Mr. Peng, please give me another chance, I will definitely work harder, really, isn't there a second round of selection, you will see it in a few months......"

However, Peng Yuchen just shook his head regretfully at her.

She still didn't give up, and turned to An Ran on the side again: "Teacher An! Mr. An, please help me say something, you chose me among so many people in the first place, you said that I am talented, I believe it! ”

An Ran was still expressionless: "Letting you enter the second round is just delaying you for a few more months." ”

This indifferent sentence seemed to be a final judgment, which instantly drained the strength of the girl's whole body, causing her to fall to the ground softly at once, muttering to herself:

"I was the first to enter the company, I have been practicing for so long, I can only sing and dance, now you let me out, where can I go......"

An Ran did not look down on her sitting on the ground, but said: "I made my debut and failed, my embarrassment at the beginning will not be better than you now, isn't it the same now standing here?" ”

These words didn't seem to comfort the girl, but Peng Yuchen knew that this was already a rare gentleness of An Ran.

She crouched down to pick up the girl, wrapped her arms around her shoulders, pressed her forehead together, and rubbed her arms to help ease her mood.

"I remember you, your name is Xiaojie, and you are the oldest here."

"You are very diligent, you always come early and leave the latest at that time, I have heard Teacher An praise you many times, you know that she is not easy to praise."

"But there are some things in life that you have to face sooner or later."

"You're good, but not good enough."

"Fortunately, life doesn't close all the doors to us, what Teacher An said just now is to tell you that everyone can find her way out."

"So after crying, go back and wash, sleep, and think about your next journey."

Her gentle voice made Xiao Jie gradually quiet down.

Gu Caiwei felt very uncomfortable when she watched this scene, obviously she was not familiar with the girl named Xiaojie at all, and she was even excluded by her.

At the end of the rehearsal in the evening, she went home with this doubt and told her mother that Ms. Gu Changge was not surprised.

"Xiaowei, when you said you were going to take this road, do you remember what I told you?"

They talked a lot at the time, but at this moment, Gu Caiwei instantly thought of what her mother was referring to:

"One will make ten thousand bones wither."

"That's right, as long as you continue on this road, there will be many people falling in front of you, you have to be mentally prepared."

Despite her mother's enlightenment, Gu Caiwei's mood was still sullen, and she thought of another important person who was thousands of miles away.

She wanted to call, but remembered that he had been busy lately, so she just edited a text message in the end:

"Lin Yi, I've passed the primary election, are you okay?"

In any case, the world was safe and sound in 2012.

And we're still in this together.