Entertaining Children

Piper Hugo is the head of all the juries and is usually the first to speak. When he was about to speak in admiration, he saw a familiar face in the "Torrent" dance troupe on the stage, and then his face immediately became serious, and his brows slowly wrinkled.

"I have a lot of words of praise for this dance that I want to give you, and I also have a lot of questions I want to ask you." Piper Hugo said, "But before all that, I want to ask you a serious question first .”

Hearing Piper Hugo's tone suddenly became serious, the other six judges all looked at him curiously.

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

"I know!" In front of the stage, the staff had already placed a stand microphone, and Paul, who was standing in front of the microphone, nodded and replied.

"Then why is Huaxia kid on the stage?" Piper Hugo frowned even deeper.

"What?" Mary Jane and Santos Perez looked at the stage in surprise, and they saw Xiao Yao who they had seen in the primaries at a glance. He stood in the first row of the line generously, and he was easy to spot. The two exclaimed at the same time: "My God!"

"What's wrong?" The other four judges who were confused about the situation looked at the two and asked.

"Because he is a member of our team." Paul replied calmly, "He has made great contributions to every game and every dance we have done this way. More than any one of us on the team. It would be a shame and unfair to him if he couldn't be on stage with us for this last dance, so all of us decided unanimously Bringing him to the stage. Of course, we're ready to accept whatever comes of it."

"Any result? What do you mean?" Piper Hugo asked.

"The results of this game are invalid. We may only get fourth, or we may get nothing. Anyway, the champion will definitely say goodbye to us." Paul laughed.

"No results? Fourth place at most? Why? They are obviously the best and the coolest!" The audience in the audience clamored.

Seeing the calm expressions of the team members on the stage, Piper Hugo 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 interrupted suddenly, "I think the rule that non-Americans cannot participate 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. Mary was about to cheer when Piper continued, "But not now."

"Why?" Mary Jane asked dissatisfied.

"Rules are rules," Piper said. "If we change the rules now for one person, it's not fair to the three teams in the finals tonight, or even the teams that were eliminated this year." Yes. So, what we can do is to modify this rule next year or the next competition, and we must revise and announce this rule before everyone signs up for the competition, so that is fair.”

Piper turned to the members of the "Torrent" dance troupe on the stage and said: "So this year, now, I can only say sorry to you. Because of the previous competition, the Huaxia boy did not appear, and the non-Americans cannot participate. The restriction is only for stage performances and does not involve behind-the-scenes work, so your previous results are all valid. In other words, you are the fourth place tonight."

Hearing this, the audience in the audience also understood that the reason was that there was a non-American among the "Torrent" players on stage. Piper Hugo made a very reasonable point. Fairness is something that all competitions must pursue, at least on the bright side. They couldn't refute it, and the noise of the audience became quieter.

"Thank you," Paul bowed.

"As we said, we accept the outcome. In fact, it's the best outcome we've ever considered."

"I also thank you very much for bringing us a wonderful performance on this stage." Piper Hugo also lowered his head slightly, and continued, "I am very curious about this extraordinary effect on you How did you make it? How did you control it during the dance?"

"Sorry, we have applied for a patent for this technology, so it is inconvenient for me to disclose too many details here." Paul smiled apologetically, "All I can say is that this thing is us...someone in our team The ideas that we personally come up with are also made by ourselves.”

Hearing Paul's words, Piper subconsciously looked at Xiao Yao on the stage. He clearly remembered Zhou Jingyi telling him during the preliminary round that the appearance, soundtrack, most of the costume production and choreography of the "Zombie Dance" were all written by this Huaxia boy. Now when it comes to the designer of the LED light clothes, Piper immediately thought of Xiao Yao, but since Paul didn't disclose the specific name, he was very interested and didn't ask any more.

"It's a pity." Santos Perez, who was in the jury, suddenly interrupted, "I originally wanted to use your cool clothes in the choreography of the movie project I have in hand, but I don't know how to make it. Is there any fee left in the film studio's budget for the purchase and use of patents?"

"Don't worry," Paul said with a smile, "since we participated in this movie, we can use our costumes for free in this movie. The patent owner is one of us, and he will not give us It is the privilege of our team to collect royalties from any one of them."

"Ha, that's great." Santos Peres suddenly said happily, "It seems that the producer is going to buy me a drink, because I saved them a lot of royalties."

"But I want to congratulate you all the more," Santos Perez continued, "Based on this alone, I think many people will want to ask you to perform in the future."

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

In his previous life, Xiao Yao clearly remembered that in a report he had read, it was mentioned that the performance technology of the 45-degree tilting of the whole body that violated the principle of human gravity that MJ came up with had applied for a patent. Now that he is in the United States, and he has created such a cool LED costume, Xiao Yao immediately considered the issue of patent application. Although he is not short of money now, no one thinks he has too much money.

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

The band will not disband 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 Keith's studio and signed them.

The street dance team is not like a band. Even if Mary Jane and Santos Perez provide the whole team with two jobs, the team will disband sooner or later. The difference is only a matter of time. People in the team will definitely have different development and future life paths, which can also be seen from the difference in the weight of the movie roles provided by Santos Perez. So in order to make everyone's life as good as possible in the future, Xiao Yao made such a promise to the street dancers. Anyway, Xiao Yao copied this idea from his previous life, even if he loses some income, he doesn't feel bad. If he can help these team members in the future, Xiao Yao thinks it is worth it.

At that time, the team members just thought that Xiao Yao was giving face for the sake of his teammates, but they didn't realize what Xiao Yao meant. Of course, Xiao Yao didn't care too much, because according to his previous assumption, even if he didn't appear on the stage, the judges would definitely be curious about the origin of the clothes and would ask them on the spot, so he just told Paul that the clothes had been sold. I have applied for a patent, so 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 gave all the team members free use of the patent rights. If this is said in the program, it will naturally spread to the industry. Therefore, people may have a little advantage over others in the competition for job opportunities in the future.

Now that they heard what Santos Perez said, the team members also understood Xiao Yao's intentions, so they all looked at Xiao Yao. It's just that when Xiao Yao stood on the stage and was watched by such a group of people, he suddenly felt a creepy feeling.

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

"Since "Torrent" has accepted their fourth place result, we will now invite the top three teams to the stage, and we will announce the champion, runner-up and third place of this "National Street Dance Competition" It belongs." Piper Hugo said. After the previous performance, the members of the three dance teams also returned to the stage from the backstage after hearing Piper's words.

Members of the first three dance teams also watched the performance of "Torrent" 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 come on stage I greeted the members of "Torrent" before, and said a few words of praise by the way.

In this way, the team members of "Torrent" have no time to keep staring at Xiao Yao.

For the "Torrent" players who have already confirmed the fourth place, there is no need to care about who wins the championship. Remaining on stage waiting for Piper to announce the results was simply out of courtesy and respect for the show, the audience and the opponents.

Therefore, after the show ended and returned to the backstage, the members of "Torrent" immediately surrounded Xiao Yao.

"Is this the purpose of your free use of patents? To allow us to have more job opportunities?" Zhou Jingyi was the first to ask.

"Yes, it can be regarded as a parting gift from me to you." Xiao Yao touched his nose and replied.

"A parting gift? Are you leaving?" Zhou Jingyi was taken aback.

"You all know that I'm an exchange student, and I'm going back to China sooner or later." Xiao Yao didn't answer directly.

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

"That..." Xiao Yao hesitated for a moment, but decided to tell the truth, "I joined you all for this competition. I don't plan to participate in the shooting of Mary Jane's MV, and of course her concert And Santos Perez's movie, I will not participate. I am different from you, I do not plan to be street dance or dancer as my life career. Of course, if I have the opportunity, I would still like to continue to work with you They danced together. It’s just that I won’t participate in commercial performances with you, so it’s a little bit of my heart to give you a gift. I wish you all a bright future.”

Participating in hip-hop competitions is one thing, but Xiao Yao really doesn't like being in the background of other celebrities' MVs, being a backup dancer in other people's concerts, or running old-fashioned movies. Xiao Yao has his own pride, and he has already achieved good results in Huaxia, so he has no reason to lower his figure like this. He came to the United States to study and play, not to start from a low level and sharpen his head to get into the American entertainment industry. (To be continued.)