AACFR 7

 Chapter 7 [The Last Quota]

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{kiwii: advance reminder that some people (including me yes) might get confused bcz of the ranking selection process, but don't mind it bcz, the main focus isn't this}
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  [Ah ah ah awsl]
(kiwii: awsl- I'm going to die!)
 
  [What kind of fairy face is this?! Oh my god, isn't this really a celebrity who came to hang out? Has this face value really never been shown?]
 
  [Husband!!! I am your long-lost wife! Come and pick me up!]
 
  [Aren't you embarrassed to say this? How could this be your husband? Obviously mine!]
 
  [Hey, this face looks familiar; I seem to remember seeing it somewhere…]
 
This sentence was quickly covered by other bullet screens and overwhelming husbands.
 
On the other hand, Bai Chenghan didn't know anything about these things. He got out of the car, and Yu Shanhui couldn't wait to greet him: "666, buddy, you are so handsome! I thought I was going to bend."
 
Bai Chenghan: "..." It doesn't have to be like this.
 
The two walked up to Liu Shao; the other's face was already livid, and he gritted his teeth.
 
Yu Shanhui snorted: "Will you admit defeat, or in front of so many people, Liu Shao can't afford to lose?"
 
Liu Shao took a deep breath: "How could it be? Isn't it just five million? What a joke."
 
Yu Shanhui: "Then let's donate it and accumulate some virtue for you. Besides this, there is also an apology. Have you forgotten?"
 
Liu Shao laughed angrily: "Okay, isn't it just an apology?"
 
He quickly apologised, and Yu Shanhui was in a particularly good mood. On the other hand, Zhang Yi hesitated and finally said that he was not feeling well and went back first.
 
Yu Shanhui didn't care; he insisted on sending Bai Chenghan back to the city and invited him to dinner.
 
Bai Chenghan didn't directly tell Zhang Yi's story; he has no evidence, and Yu Shanhui might not believe it if he speaks empty words.
 
In addition, in order to save Yu Shanhui from the accident this time, he did not get on the three problematic cars. Even if he said on the spot that there was a problem with the cars, Liu Shao would blame the person in charge of the venue. In the end, Liu Shao will be fine. On the contrary, it will startle the snake.
 
Until he thinks of a way, Yu Shanhui should not have too much contact with Liu Shao.
 
Yu Shanhui was extremely grateful for Bai Chenghan's help and insisted on repaying him, and finally Bai Chenghan thought about it: "Do you really want to repay me?"
 
Yu Shanhui: "Of course."
 
Bai Chenghan: "Then do me a favour."
 
After sending Yu Shanhui off that night, Bai Chenghan found a hotel at random. The night was exhausting, but he still signed up for the audition before going to bed.
 
It's just that he didn't sleep well tonight; he seemed to return to his previous life in his dream.
 
He also participated in an audition at this time in his previous life. Although he was weak by nature, he was very interested in art because he had been influenced by his grandparents since he was a child. In addition, when he first came to the Bai family, he had a bad life living under them, so he thought about moving out earlier.
 
So after seeing the old lady at that time, he thought his marriage with Li Zizheng was settled, and he wanted to have a job even more. Just at that time, he saw an online contest for an advertisement endorsement, and the most popular one was selected in the open competition. Not only will there be a prize of 100,000, but the endorsement fee will also be calculated separately.
 
At that time, Bai Chenghan was full of expectations for the outside world, and he didn't understand these things, so he signed up for himself on the Internet and was really selected later, but unfortunately, he had no luck stone at that time, and Bai Wenyu took away his luck in the competition. After the audition, he went to participate in the first game of 100 to 50, but he encountered a car accident and missed the game.
(kiwii: 100 participants and 50 spots)
 
Coincidentally, Bai Wenyu also happened to sign up for this audition at that time. Not only did he sign up, but he finally won first place with the skills and good looks he had exchanged for the luck that he had snatched from somewhere. With that ad, there was a small wave of popularity, which opened his next "brilliant" stardom.
 
It's just that along the way, it came at the cost of sacrificing an unknown number of people.
 
Two days later, Yu Shanhui followed Bai Chenghan to an audition site on the top floor of the Yuncheng Commercial Building.
 
The last time Bai Chenghan said he wanted him to do a favour, this favour was that Bai Chenghan asked him to be his assistant for a few days.
 
Yu Shanhui naturally had no objection, but even when he followed him, he couldn't help but babble while being curious: "The last ad in this audition is actually pretty mediocre; if you really want to, I'll ask my dad to find you one..."
 
It's just that these words caught the eye of Bai Chenghan's black eyes as he looked over quietly, and Yu Shanhui finally coughed softly: "I really didn't mean anything; I just really want to help!"
 
Bai Chenghan naturally knew it, but knowing it was one thing. He didn't intend to borrow from others to pave the way for himself.
 
He wants to find a way out by himself, relying entirely on his own strength.
 
And the reason why Yu Shanhui was asked to be his assistant was because he didn't want Yu Shanhui to go racing and have too much contact with Liu Shao.
 
This is the most direct way.
 
Yu Shanhui finally became quiet, but he couldn't help sneaking a glance at Bai Chenghan, who was dressed in a low-key way, wearing a peaked cap and a mask to completely cover that eye-catching face, but with his tall figure and outstanding body, he still made passers-by take a second look.
 
In addition, there were too many people participating in the audition this time; many people couldn't help but look at him, and obviously they also regarded him as a competitor.
 
It can't be helped; this is an open audition for an advertising endorsement. Although the reward is not high and the endorsement is average, it is in the form of a live broadcast.
 
In addition, this endorsement is an endorsement of the Chu Group's X beauty makeup series. Although it is not outstanding, the X series is the most popular series under the Chu Group. In addition, this time it is said to be a live audition advertisement endorsement. In fact, the Chu Group decided to adopt another marketing strategy.
 
Among them is to change the old style of the past and plan to enter the new media.
 
And this time is a stepping stone; using this advertisement as an endorsement audition pretext, it is actually cooperating with the most popular Tomato short video to start an official live audition.
 
So as long as you come to sign up, you will show up in the live broadcast room. If you catch heat and are poached by other brokerage companies, it will be a bright road.
 
Otherwise, because it is a live broadcast, even if you are eliminated, the Chu Group will give you a temporary appearance fee of 3,000 yuan.
 
Not only are there a lot of amateurs, but even the brokerage company has brought in artists to sign up, intending to catch the heat and get acquainted with each other in the official live broadcast.
 
Originally, it was 100 to 50, but there were hundreds of people who signed up.
 
In the end, there were 300 people who qualified and were selected. According to the ranking, it was divided into three days. The day before yesterday, 200 people were screened and 40 people were left, so that means that out of the 100 people selected today, only ten will be left.
 
Yu Shanhui has never participated in this kind of audition, so he looked around excitedly.
 
Bai Chenghan ranked No. 269 in the last online registration.
 
That is, 69th rank, the third day.
 
When Yu Shanhui saw this ranking, his eyes went dark, and when he saw the 10 out of 100, his eyes went even darker. Now he sat in the waiting room, observed for a while, took out his mobile phone to watch the live broadcast room, and studied the participants.
 
Compared with the previous two days, the popularity of the live broadcast room was even higher on the third day. After all, apart from the fact that 25 people were selected on the first day, 15 people were selected by 100 people on the second day, and today is even more outrageous: 10 people will be selected out of 100 people.
 
In other words, only one out of ten can be selected, but that's how fifty people are, and next time it will be fifty to eight.
 
In the end, the ranking will be among the eight people, and the first one will win the advertisement endorsement.
 
As soon as Yu Shanhui entered the live broadcast room, he was sent away by the guests who were performing inside.
 
He couldn't hold back the groaning and immediately backed out.
 
Bai Chenghan turned his head to look over. Yu Shanhui was nervous and thought Bai Chenghan was looking at him, but just as he was about to open his mouth, he found that Bai Chenghan was looking behind him. He turned his head and found that the door of the waiting room had opened. The few people who came in were led by Bai Wenyu.
 
Bai Chenghan didn't go back to Bai's house for these two days, but Bai Wenyu and Father Bai called him a lot, and he blocked him in the end.
 
You don't have to think about it to know that he called to ask about compensation.
 
In his previous life, he signed up for the audition by himself, and Bai Wenyu also came, so he naturally came this time too.
 
He only glanced at him and then quickly retracted his gaze. Thinking of Bai Wenyu's gaze at that glance, his eyes darkened. It was obvious that Bai Wenyu's appearance had risen a bit, but it was not too high, and the change was not obvious, but obviously the whole facial features were quite refined.
 
It seems that Bai Wenyu didn't snatch the Luck Stone from himself; did he snatch another one from elsewhere? Then he doesn't know whose it is.
 
Bai Wenyu hadn't been very comfortable these two days. He coaxed Li Zizheng well and hurried home to tell his parents about the compensation.
 
Father Bai and mother Bai were naturally also angry and immediately called Bai Chenghan, but the other party refused to answer at first and finally blocked them directly!
 
They thought he would come back anyway, but... they didn't see him for two days.
 
Bai Wenyu was not reconciled, so he had to go another way first. Bai Chenghan's luck stone was gone, but fortunately, he still had a substitute.
 
Thinking that Chu Jinsheng's family heirloom was quite useful, he successfully took away the luck stone, but the luck value he got was not as good as Bai Chenghan's, but fortunately, it was barely usable.
 
The luck value obtained was 10 in total.
 
He spent 5 points on improving his appearance and the other 5 on his piano skills.
 
He has practised the piano since he was a child, and he is already good at playing the piano. With this bonus point and his reputation at Yunda University, wouldn't this endorsement be easy to win?
 
Thinking of what Li Zizheng's mother called to say yesterday after knowing the truth, he clenched his fists, wishing he could immediately take away Bai Chenghan's luck stone so that he would be plagued by bad luck and die miserably.
 
With so many universities, why did he want to be admitted to Yunda University? Why did he have to come to Yuncheng at this juncture?
 
Bai Wenyu thought that as long as he wins this advertising endorsement, everyone will see his excellence, and then he will be able to trample Bai Chenghan under his feet and let them know that he is the one who is most worthy of Brother Zizheng.
 
When Bai Wenyu took people to the waiting room next to him, someone seated behind Bai Chenghan couldn't help but whisper: "The one who just passed by looks familiar; he looks like the school grass of Yunda University."
 
"Really? Why doesn't he look as stunning as in the photo? It feels... like something is wrong?"
 
"You don’t know this; the photos have filters and can be used as P pictures, but he doesn’t look too bad; he is already very good-looking, and I heard that he and the future heir of the Li Group will soon be engaged!"
(kiwii: acc to my understanding, P pictures here mean profile pics)
 
"The heir of the Li Group? Really?"
 
"I also heard it from people; who knows? But the Li Group and the Chu Group have business cooperation, so this time... isn't it a biased decision?"
 
"Probably not; if the biased person only has this kind of relationship, he won’t only need such a small endorsement, right?"
 
"Is that for popularity? Is this planning to debut and start paving the way?"
 
The murmuring voice behind him stunned Yu Shanhui. He didn't know the person just now, but he felt a little familiar. Now that he turned his head and saw the eyebrows and eyes that were revealed when Bai Chenghan raised his eyes, he was stunned: Eh? He remembered why the eyes were familiar; the school grass was a bit similar to Bai Chenghan just now, but, how to put it, it was like... one fake and one genuine; if the other party was the school grass, wouldn't Bai Chenghan be the school grass among the school grass?
 
Soon the participants went in according to the order of the numbers. As the number of people decreased, Yu Shanhui became more nervous. When he turned his head, he saw that the person next to him was a little too calm.
The number 238 was quickly called, and when the person entered, there was already someone watching the live broadcast room whispering in a low voice, "What's his name?"
 
"There is a name beside it, Bai Wenyu."
 
Yu Shanhui was also taken aback. Bai Wenyu? Both surnamed Bai? They still look so similar; are you sure it's okay?
 
He quickly took out the phone that had been put away, and when he entered the live broadcast room, Bai Wenyu had already started to perform, and there was a piano on the darkened stage. Bai Wenyu changed into a tuxedo, and he was sitting in front of the piano, showing only his side face, dignified and elegant, with slender ten fingers flying on the keys, causing many people to gasp for a while.
 
The barrage in the live broadcast room flashed past quickly.
 
  [Ahhh finally there is someone who can be watched! He's too good-looking, isn’t he?]
 
  [The little brother really looks like a little prince who plays the piano and is so pretty! Mama asked me why I was licking the screen, woo woo woo]
 
  [Fuck, this little brother looks familiar, is he the school grass from Yunda University?]
 
  [Yunda? So awesome, Xueba!]
(kiwii: xueba学霸- a top student)
 
Yu Shanhui wondered if he had seen Bai Wenyu when he came in just now. With Bai Chenghan in front of him, he muttered softly: Is that the way it is?
 
But he has to say... Bai Wenyu really plays the piano very well; it looks like he has practised for many years.
 
At some point, Bai Chenghan's eyes also fell on the screen. In the live broadcast room, Bai Wenyu's fingers were flying skillfully, and he played another difficult piece. He remembered that the other party deliberately stood in front of him when he first came here in his first life. He has practised the piano, and he was able to play this song at the time, but obviously he couldn't play it.
 
Bai Chenghan used the free value and asked the system to show Bai Wenyu's various values.
 
Sure enough, appearance and skill points were added.
 
Because it was just a comprehensive skill point, he couldn't tell which item was added, but at present, it should be the piano skill.
 
Soon after Bai Wenyu's performance ended, he stood up gracefully, bowed down, and greeted. The white tuxedo and the top of his head were lacquered, making him seem to be shining brightly.
 
As expected, the barrage in the live broadcast room went crazy again.
 
Sure enough, Bai Wenyu was promoted successfully, becoming the 49th person to advance.
 
When Yu Shanhui heard that there was only one spot left, his eyes went dark. He didn't watch the live broadcast room at first, so he didn't know... there was only one spot left?

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kiwii: btw i forgot to mention it before, the ML is a green flag among the green flag, like the boss of the green flag community (⁠ᗒ⁠ᗩ⁠ᗕ⁠). Even though I'm more into reading while tling, this novel is an exception. After posting a tl, i read the further chps and with that I've climbed to the 44th chp, and till here i feel my heart ache whenever I read BCH thinking about his past life, and how ML died saving him. I'm not sure if you would feel emotional, but as a highly emotional person, it did send me on verge of tears. 

Trust me you'll love MC and ML as you read further chps! Hmm it can be said I'm bribing you to not drop this novel (⁠ ͡⁠°⁠ ͜⁠ʖ⁠ ͡⁠°⁠)

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