CEO's Sweetheart is a Super Idol-Chapter 448 - 440 Opening Performance

Morning light awakens all living things.

Li Ke and countless fans entered the sports arena.

Today is the opening ceremony of the first "Idol New Star Games."

Participants for events like archery, swimming, and track and field will also be selected.

Li Ke wasn’t particularly interested in this event.

He wasn’t very athletic himself, but thinking about seeing so many pretty girls competing was still intriguing.

Backstage at the arena

Yu Qingjia and her group looked enviously at a dressing room.

That was where the Natural Girl team was located.

Here, they were the only ones entitled to enjoy a spacious private dressing room.

"Sister Qingjia, do they each have their own makeup artist?" Lu Shanshan asked curiously.

"It should be an entire makeup team," Yu Qingjia replied.

"It’s probably the Penguin Girls sponsorship. They really treat them too well. We eat box meals, while their meals are delivered especially to them."

Ma Xiaohui sighed helplessly.

"Their luck is amazing. For today’s opening ceremony, the entire nation must be watching, right?" 𝚏𝕣𝐞𝗲𝐰𝕖𝐛𝐧𝕠𝕧𝚎𝚕.𝐜𝚘𝗺

"Definitely. Even before it started, they were already trending."

"When will we ever get this kind of treatment?"

Standing among the crowd, Zhao Yixue smiled as she watched over there, her eyes glowing with a distinctively different light.

In Galaxy, she was known for being well-liked and for her "non-competitive" persona.

However, her singing and dancing skills weren’t bad, and paired with her gender-neutral appeal, she was very popular.

"Yixue, what are you thinking about?"

Lu Bingbing glanced at her teammate. Their relationship wasn’t particularly close or distant.

Still, Zhao Yixue was someone she aimed to ally with in Galaxy.

"Just looking," Zhao Yixue replied.

Hearing this, Lu Bingbing’s lips curved into a subtle, undefinable smile.

Others couldn’t see through her, but Lu Bingbing understood Zhao Yixue’s intentions well.

No one who climbed to a "God Seven" rank in the competitive waters of Galaxy was a naive flower.

This one especially excelled at patience and strategy.

She knew that Zhao Yixue and the other four members of the "God Seven" were secretly negotiating to reject participating in this year’s general election.

They aimed to achieve higher profit-sharing terms collectively.

In the makeup room

The host was interviewing Ye Yuwei and her group.

The 11 members were already very accustomed to such interviews.

This time, they truly felt what it meant to have privileges.

While it wasn’t stated outright, they’d watched the recorded program yesterday.

It was essentially centered around them.

Once the host left, Ye Yuwei raised her voice and declared, "Everyone, stay focused. Our debut performance cannot fail."

"Don’t worry! We’ve rehearsed countless times!" Wu Zixuan replied with a smile.

"Sister Yezi, rest assured! There won’t be any problems," Duan Yuxin said, taking a sip from the yogurt on the table.

"Yuxin, you’re still eating!" Ye Yuwei immediately chided.

"Sorry, I forgot."

Duan Yuxin, startled, quickly tossed the yogurt aside and looked in the mirror to see if her lipstick had smudged.

"Everyone, listen carefully. We’re the only performers. Think about how many pairs of eyes are watching us out there."

"As Mr. Zhou mentioned yesterday, even the Penguin sponsors are under tremendous pressure."

"We’ve been given so much screen time, so we must live up to expectations."

"Let everyone out there realize that we’re on this stage not just because of other factors."

Ye Yuwei glanced at each member. The initially relaxed group immediately felt an overwhelming sense of pressure.

Even Meng Meixuan felt secretly alarmed—she genuinely found herself a little afraid of Ye Yuwei.

Zhang Zijing, on the other hand, looked at Ye Yuwei with admiration and adoration. This was the real Ye Yuwei.

Under the host’s commentary.

Ye Yuwei led the Natural Girl group onto the performance stage in the arena.

Meng Meixuan!

Lv Fangxin!

Ye Yuwei!

...

The fans in the stands screamed their names wildly.

Stretching across the venue, with over ten thousand seats, almost every single one held light banners supporting them.

Accompanied by lighthearted and lively music, the big screen showed the Natural Girl team’s flag.

At the same time, large portraits of each member appeared one after another.

The 11 members lined up in formation, ready to begin their dance and song performance.

The song they performed was "For Victory," a track they had prepared in advance. The song radiated youthful energy.

It highlighted the dynamic, spirited determination of young people striving for excellence.

As the music began, the members slowly raised their arms, moving rhythmically.

Their starting formation was a single-file line, with Yang Ni standing at the forefront as the arrowhead representing flight.

She moved her arms up and down in a staggered motion, and then the rest of the group changed direction, fanning out on all sides.

This pause, paired with the intro of the song, created a jarringly beautiful moment. The sudden dispersion was like droplets of water scattering, visually stunning to behold.

The fans in the stands screamed with excitement, feeling that their idols had truly put in the effort this time.

Lu Bingbing and her group watched intently as well.

They noticed that even Lv Fangxin, often labeled a "sing-and-dance flop," hit her marks on the beat perfectly during transitions.

"They must be lip-syncing!" Xu Mengchen remarked indignantly.

"Of course. I’ve heard this song before. The tempo is too fast; they couldn’t sustain it live," Lu Shanshan said, watching coldly.

"Wasn’t Lv Fangxin supposed to be bad at both singing and dancing? How is she this good now?" Wang Yiran said, clearly surprised.

Lu Bingbing smiled and explained, "She’s not bad at dancing. She just struggles when she’s nervous and her muscles aren’t relaxed. Looks like she’s overcome that during this period of practice."

"Ye Yuwei, Meng Meixuan, Jiang Mengqi are incredible! Their moves!" Yuan Yaoyao exclaimed in amazement.

Watching live dancing was an entirely different experience compared to viewing it on a screen.

At that moment, the Natural Girl group was both singing and skillfully changing formations.

From two straight rows, they transitioned into a diamond shape, weaving through like fluttering butterflies with "long-distance" position exchanges on the stage.

This type of movement was extremely challenging, especially with so many members.

The audience in the stands saw a seamless and visually pleasing performance from above. However, the performers on the stage were surrounded by their teammates, their view obstructed by close proximity.

Yet, the 11 of them flawlessly gathered and dispersed, moving back and forth without a single misstep, perfectly timing their moves to the last note of the chorus.

Zhao Yixue, known as one of the top dancers in Galaxy, initially thought that this was the peak of Natural Girl’s performance.

But then, they unexpectedly incorporated numerous intricate hand movements into the rhythmically intense music.

These details made the performance even more dynamic, like the fluid motion of flowing water.

"They’re really strong! They’d rival the top girl groups in East Asia!"

Zhao Yixue couldn’t help but praise them out loud while secretly wondering: If Galaxy members were to perform on this stage, could they achieve this?

"Yixue, who from our group do you think could handle this stage?" Yu Qingjia’s thoughts coincided perfectly with hers.

"...With a seven-member team, we could manage. But with 11 members, we wouldn’t have enough people."

"Even as a seven-member group, we’d lose. The choreographic difficulty multiplies with an 11-member ensemble!"

"I just wonder if they’re actually singing live or not."

Over on the other side, Wang Yiran said, "They’re probably using double-track lip-syncing. There’s no audible heavy breathing."

At that moment, Lv Fangxin completed a transition, miming a punching motion with both hands as she rhythmically posed with orchid gestures near her torso. Her hips and waist swayed rapidly from side to side, resembling a playful kitten.

Li Ke and the others found themselves emotionally stirred, unable to resist cheering loudly.

In the blink of an eye, she swapped positions with Fu Xiaoyu, appearing on the opposite side of the stage.

Her slender body tilted slightly as she raised one hand to her ear, fingers spread open.

She looked like a blooming flower under the morning light.