Chapter 110 108. The audience voted for the topic! I will perform as you tell me to perform! (seeking subscription)
Live broadcast at 5 pm, I don't watch it!
Very simple voting activity...
But it became the hottest topic on the Weibo platform in a short period of time.
This made the Tomorrow Idol program group, which has been tense and busy recently, even more anxious.
Program director Guo Shouxin and producer Liu Jiahui were speechless and a little nervous when they saw this event!
It is obvious that someone is behind the rhythm.
At this point in time, Penguin Entertainment, Tomorrow's Idol Program Group, and the companies behind all the participating performance teams have spent so much resources and hype, suppressing the enthusiasm of many other big-name stars and variety shows for a while.
Without the investment of traffic resources, it is impossible for a topic to quickly become popular on such a fiercely competitive platform.
The person in charge of publicity reported to Liu Jiahui: "The number of participants on this topic has exceeded 3 million, and 90% of the people chose to vote for it, that is, they chose not to watch our live broadcast at 5 p.m. , It may affect everyone's willingness to watch our program. We have launched an emergency plan to start our plan for interacting with all audiences in advance, and strive to grab the heat of this topic."
Liu Jiahui frowned slightly: "Isn't it too early to start this plan? It may be too hasty for the players."
Guo Shouxin said seriously: "Then they have to work harder. Today is their official assembly day. They have a week to prepare for the first live performance. If they are talented and capable, then there is no problem."
The person in charge of publicity nodded to express his understanding.
Liu Jiahui asked: "Are all the trainees here?"
Guo Shouxin looked weird, and said softly: "Wang Cheng hasn't arrived yet, he said he will arrive today. Liu Jinfeng contacted me in the morning, and Wang Cheng has already boarded the plane. He probably dares to arrive before noon and lunch. I have asked someone to prepare a car. It's time to pick him up."
Liu Jiahui was surprised: "Wang Cheng was the first to finish the show? I remember, his teammates Huang Bin and the others arrived two weeks ago, right?"
Guo Shouxin nodded and sighed: "Yes! Huang Bin and the others arrived two weeks ago and have been training all the time, working very hard."
Liu Jiahui asked: "Then why did Wang Cheng arrive so late? What has he been doing in Shanghai? What did Liu Jinfeng say?"
Guo Shouxin smiled bitterly: "Liu Jinfeng said that Wang Cheng has been reading and writing in the dormitory recently, and has never gone out..."
Several people in the office fell silent, obviously speechless to Liu Jinfeng's words.
Several teammates are working hard to prepare for the live performance, and come to the performance base early for training.
Other contestants are also trying their best to improve their performance and effects on their respective variety shows. Wen Yixiao even made an effort to raise the ratings of Happy Girls to 3.0, setting a good result of the third ratings so far this year!
But…
Wang Cheng, who was the first to finish his performance, has been reading and writing in Shanghai?
Liu Jiahui said in a dissatisfied tone: "Didn't it mean that his singing skills are not good? Why can't he practice and improve himself during this time? He has been reading and writing in the dormitory? What does he want to do, the college entrance examination, or the postgraduate entrance examination?"
At this time, Liu Jiahui regretted that he bet everything on himself recklessly. If Wang Cheng can't support the ratings of the live broadcast at 5 pm, he can only find a idle job and wait for retirement.
Liu Jiahui looked at Guo Shouxin: "Why don't you care?"
Guo Shouxin recalled the last time he went to Shanghai to see Wang Cheng, and shook his head: "No one can control this person. The artist director of his own company can't do anything about him. After I saw him last time, I didn't want to I'll meet him for the second time. If it wasn't for the attractive ratings in spring and summer, I wouldn't even want to sign him."
Liu Jiahui's complexion was not good-looking, and he was also a little dissatisfied with Guo Shouxin, so he asked in a deep voice, "Then why didn't you say it earlier?"
Guo Shouxin shook his head: "I don't want my personal emotions to affect everyone's judgment."
Liu Jiahui snorted, then picked up his phone and checked the time: "What time does his plane arrive?"
Guo Shouxin also looked at the time: "It will take another hour."
Liu Jiahui walked out directly: "Come on, let's pick him up together and see how arrogant he is."
Guo Shouxin was taken aback for a moment, and then followed with a grim expression. He knew that Liu Jiahui might be angry.
The other two in the office, the person in charge of publicity and an assistant director, didn't dare to speak, so they could only watch the two bosses leave, and then quickly went back to work.
Then, in less than a minute, Tomorrow Idol posted a message on its official Weibo account, quickly topping the list of hot topics again.
"Tomorrow Idol will officially start production, and the first live performance will begin next weekend. There will be ten teams performing in this season's show! In order to let all audiences have a sense of participation, we will set up a voting event to let everyone feel how much they feel about themselves. Vote on the topics and vocabulary of interest, and finally we will leave the top ten keywords with the number of votes as the performance titles of the ten teams in the first live performance on the weekend."
"Starting now, the voting time is 24 hours, and it will end on time at 11 o'clock tomorrow morning. At that time, we will record a sideshow. The content is that ten teams will draw lots on the spot to decide the title of their next live performance."
As soon as this news was sent out, coupled with the promotion of Tomorrow's Idol, it immediately became the hottest topic.
Because, this news is really amazing.
Many people were surprised when they saw this news. It was the first time they saw such a program activity.
Can you still participate in this way?
Come to vote for the performance topics of the ten trainee teams?
All of a sudden, everyone's sense of participation was overwhelming.
The attractive trainees on the stage can perform what they want to see the most. Is there anything more engaging than this?
"True or fake? Can any key words be used? I will edit one myself, toilet, and vote for it. Come and vote, and see how they play the toilet."
"I'm not that boring, I'm reading a fairy tale recently, so I vote for a fairy tale!"
"I like anime. I have been chasing Ninja anime for ten years. I vote for a ninja."
"Hahaha, the program team finally did some personnel work. I like it. I like martial arts novels. I vote for a martial arts novel."
"I like extreme sports, and I throw a treadmill."
"Doesn't anyone like online games? I vote for a fantasy league and support Wen Yixiao's cosplayer Daji for a dance!"
"Ah, I want to see Wen Yixiao dance classical dance, I vote for a classical dance!"
"Don't you want to see Wang Cheng take off the mask? Moreover, he said he would imitate the robot's dance, but he hasn't fully demonstrated it yet. I vote for one, and dance the robot without a mask!"
"I have lived by the sea since I was a child, and I will throw myself into the sea, and everyone will be with me."
"I just fell out of love, this is my first love, I vote for a first love topic..."
"Youth Academy!"
"It's fun, can you really decide the content of the contestants' performances? I am too lazy to edit, so I will vote for martial arts."
"I support Xianxia."
"I support classical dance!"
"I support robot dancing without masks..."
…
The number of participants on this topic soared rapidly. In less than half an hour, the number of participants exceeded 3 million, and it is still increasing. The popularity finally overwhelmed the topic that I don’t watch in the 5 o’clock live broadcast. Take a breath.
And many trainees who have already gathered at the shooting base of Tomorrow Idol, of course, have also noticed the hot topic on the Internet at this time.
A girl complained to Wen Yixiao: "Ah, we are completely unprepared for the topic selected by voting in this way. How will we perform it then?"
Another girl complained: "This is deliberately embarrassing us!"
Wuzhi Shanshan still serves as the Wuzhi of their team, and she smiled wryly: "The program group arranges this way for the ratings, interacting with the audience in this way, everyone's sense of participation will come up, and of course they will watch our live broadcast. That is, the pressure is on our side, if an uncommon keyword is selected, the performance will be too difficult.”
Wen Yixiao's eyes were shining brightly, and she whispered: "Everyone is the same, this is more advantageous for us."
Wen Yixiao is extremely confident. After increasing the difficulty, she feels that this will better highlight her strength and advantages, and it may be easier to stand out at that time.
Especially, when facing Wang Cheng, she was more confident!
but…
She looked at the door with anticipation in her eyes.
A girl crept in at the door and said, "I passed by several other practice rooms just now, and everyone was practicing hard! But, you can't imagine that Wang Cheng hasn't come to report yet!"
Wen Yixiao and several other girls looked at their teammates who were looking for news in surprise.
"Wang Cheng hasn't come yet?"
"He has already finished the show, why hasn't he come yet?"
"Our performance ended the day before yesterday, and we came to report yesterday. He hasn't come for two weeks. It's too big."
"Now he is the only one left who hasn't come yet."
"Maybe Director Guo and the others will be angry."
"Isn't this Wang Cheng's style? He likes to play big names, and he will play big names in any program group he goes to."
"Huang Bin and the others have come a long time ago. If Wang Cheng doesn't come to practice together with his teammates, what will he do in Shanghai alone? There is no team spirit at all."
"I heard that the program team sent a car to pick him up, and it should be here soon."
Several people began to complain about Wang Cheng.
The main reason is that they all have some envy and dissatisfaction in their hearts.
They put in a lot of hard work to increase the ratings to 3.0 during the performance of Happy Girls, and of course it was very hard work.
However, after the performance ended, they only rested for half a day. The next day, they rushed to gather at the shooting base of Tomorrow Idol, and then devoted themselves to practice again. There was no extra rest time at all.
The other trainees are similar, no one is lazy, they all come here as soon as possible, and train very hard.
Because it is a live performance, the requirements are higher, and everyone does not want to make mistakes on the stage, so usually they can only train harder off the stage to improve themselves.
One minute on stage, ten years of work off stage, that’s what it means to persevere. They may not be able to persist for ten years, but they are working harder at this time.
However, they worked so hard.
Wang Cheng has not arrived yet!
Isn't he too cool?
Wen Yixiao felt a little envious and dissatisfied with Wang Cheng, and even looked down upon him.
Before, she only heard about how Wang Cheng played big names in his program group, and how he went his own way, so she didn't have an intuitive feeling.
Now she is considered to be in the same program group as Wang Cheng. After experiencing it for herself, she realized that this feeling made her very uncomfortable.
Moreover, she knows some inside information.
The entire program team gave in to Wang Cheng's work and rest time alone. Under tremendous pressure, the live broadcast time was unprecedentedly set at 5 pm...
Isn't that important enough to you?
Then shouldn't you report back to the program group, come to training early, improve yourself as much as possible to increase the ratings?
As a result, Wang Cheng was the last one to come, and it was in time for the last day of the program assembly, so it can be said that he came in a hurry.
If today is not the official meeting time for the program group, will he still not come?
This made Wen Yixiao feel worthless for the sacrifice of the program group, and also a little pessimistic about the ratings in the future!
Not afraid of opponents like gods, but teammates like pigs.
With such an attitude, how could it be possible for Wang Cheng to give a wonderful performance? How can it support high ratings?
Wen Yixiao's pretty face was tense, she stood up immediately, and called everyone to start training again.
Since Wang Cheng is unreliable.
Then, we can only rely on her.
Although, the title of the official live performance has not yet come out, and they don't know what they are going to perform.
However, they can now train basic movements and tacit understanding, and no matter what the performance is, they will be able to deal with it more easily.
…
In another practice room not far next door.
Huang Bin and Mo Bailin were absent-mindedly following Sun Gang to practice their dance moves, looking at the door from time to time.
Chen Xiaoyong knew who they were waiting for, and said seriously: "Director Liu called me, and Wang Cheng will be there at noon, just practice your movements well."
Huang Bin and the others took a serious look, and after a while they were all tired and took a rest.
Huang Bin asked Chen Xiaoyong worriedly: "Brother Yong, this time it's a live broadcast, and the contestants are required to sing. We don't have any experience in this field, can we do it?"
Chen Xiaoyong comforted: "As long as you are strong enough, you can perform well on stage, do what you have to do, don't be afraid of the live broadcast camera, and don't be afraid of the audience! You have practiced for a week or two more than others, and you should have an advantage. "
Huang Bin and the others were still worried after hearing this, and looked at the door from time to time.
Chen Xiaoyong and Sun Gang knew that without Wang Cheng as the backbone, Huang Bin and the others would have no confidence at all.
After all, they didn't fight all the way up by relying on their own strength. They have always been accustomed to relying on Wang Cheng and holding Wang Cheng's thigh, so if they don't see Wang Cheng at this time, they have no confidence in their hearts and don't know what to do.
Mo Bailin looked at the phone and suddenly exclaimed: "The program group is launching a vote, and we will select the ten keywords with the highest votes as the title of our next live performance! Let the audience decide what topic we will perform..."
After hearing this, several people exclaimed, and took out their phones to look at it.
Everyone's complexion is not very good-looking.
Including agent Chen Xiaoyong and Wuzhi Sun Gang.
They knew that this kind of performance difficulty was absolutely unprecedented on the talent show stage, and it was also unprecedented in all variety shows in China.
Let the audience decide what to perform on stage.
This is groundbreaking, but the contestants were not given enough time to prepare, and the difficulty of the performance was greatly increased.
When the audience is happy, the performers will suffer.
Huang Bin complained: "Isn't this going to eliminate us in the first game?"
Mo Bailin breathed out and said, "Let's talk about it when Wang Cheng comes, maybe he has an idea."
Chen Xiaoyong comforted: "Don't be afraid, everyone has the same difficulty. We find it difficult, and they also find it difficult."
However, Huang Bin said again: "Draw lots to decide on the topic of the performance. What if we get the most difficult one with bad hands? Just like the anime name Ninja, how do we perform? What if we get bad hands! Where is the ninja?" Works to perform for us? You can’t choose the theme song of Ninja anime, right? That’s an island song!”
Choose an island song to perform?
Several people instinctively rejected it.
Even though the theme song of Ninja anime is very popular.
But, listen to it in private, they both love it.
Because they are all fans of the Ninja anime and have been chasing it for several years.
However, let them perform on such a stage with an island language song.
They are emotionally repulsive.
They also felt that if they really did that, they might be angered by many angry youths.
Moreover, they can't sing Japanese songs at all...
Chen Xiaoyong comforted again: "Ten questions, how could it be possible to draw ninjas so accurately? Isn't there still martial arts and mechanical dance? This is not difficult for Wang Cheng, right? Wang Cheng himself is a mechanical dancer. The pioneer, when he choreographed Wuha last time, he also incorporated a lot of martial arts movements, and martial arts is not difficult for Wang Cheng."
Sun Gang also nodded after hearing this: "Yes, it is difficult not to draw those few. The others are not a big problem for us! Now, the biggest problem for us may be to sing live. How many of you How has your singing skills improved recently?"
When it comes to singing skills.
Huang Bin and the others looked even worse.
Their talent is not that good, no matter how hard they practice, it is impossible to improve their singing skills in half a month.
Suddenly, the practice room fell silent.
At the same time, the other teams in the practice room were all howling when they saw the news on the Internet!
No one likes such an uncertain way of acting.
Moreover, no one likes the above topics that don't know how to act at all.
…
Airport.
Liu Jiahui and Guo Shouxin were both sitting in a high-end business car, chatting while waiting for Wang Cheng to come out.
Guo Shouxin: "The Propaganda Department has just released an interactive plan, and everyone's response is very strong. Now the number of people who participated in voting has reached 5 million, and the topic aimed at us has been completely suppressed."
Liu Jiahui nodded: "How did the contestants react?"
Guo Shouxin: "I heard from the staff that the contestants are quite repulsed. This is too hasty for them, and it's something they haven't experienced before. They may not be used to it for a while, and they don't know how to prepare."
Liu Jiahui said in a deep voice: "Then inform them, get used to it as soon as possible, and prepare as soon as possible! This plan will not change. After 24 hours tomorrow, we will immediately record a video of their lottery, and then broadcast it on Penguin Video."
Guo Shouxin nodded. These are all planned by them recently, and it is enough to implement them step by step.
They also believe that these carefully selected teams of the best trainees have the strength and talent to complete such a show.
And the only one that wasn't in their plans.
It is the tall and slender figure who just walked out of the airport exit.
Although, he is wearing a hat, wearing a mask, carrying a backpack, and carrying a suitcase.
However, whether it is Guo Shouxin, who has met Wang Cheng, or Liu Jiahui, who has never seen Wang Cheng in reality, they all recognize it at a glance, that is Wang Cheng!
Liu Jiahui's expression eased a little, and he said in a low voice: "This kid's charm is really outstanding. In the crowd, he can be seen at a glance, and I don't know why."
Guo Shouxin smiled and said, "Maybe it's because of your height?"
Liu Jiahui was taken aback for a moment, then nodded: "This must be one of the reasons."
Natives in Southern Guangdong Province are generally not very tall, and they rank at the bottom of the national average height provinces. And Wang Cheng is the standard height for the selection of trainees, more than 1.8 meters, which is a relatively outstanding height in Southern Guangdong Province, and he can naturally see it at a glance when standing in the crowd.
Not to mention…
Wang Cheng's temperament is also hard to hide.
Even wearing a hat and mask, that temperament is extremely eye-catching.
Guo Shouxin got out of the car: "Let's go, let's meet this big-name trainee who came last."
Liu Jiahui nodded, and got out of the car together, walked towards Wang Cheng first, stretched out his hand to Wang Cheng and smiled and said, "Hi, Wang Cheng, we finally meet. I am Liu Jiahui, the producer of the program team. I hope our cooperation will be happy next time." proceed."
No matter how dissatisfied he is with Wang Cheng in his heart, Liu Jiahui still greets him with a smile on the surface, and will try his best to create a harmonious and friendly atmosphere in the program group, which is good for everyone.
Wang Cheng nodded, reached out to shake Liu Jiahui's hand, and nodded to Guo Shouxin as a question, then looked at the commercial vehicle parked there, and asked, "Are you here to pick me up?"
He wasn't sure if the two heads of the program group came to pick him up.
After all, he doesn't think he is a big name, he just regards himself as a trainee player in the program group, and he is here to be in charge of the performance. It shouldn't be possible for the two top leaders of the program group to pick him up, right?
Guo Shouxin nodded quickly: "Well, we happen to have time, so we came to pick you up. The other contestants have already arrived, so you are the only one left. Let's go!"
Wang Cheng didn't care about Guo Shouxin's small complaints, and said softly: "Thank you."
Then I got into the car on my own.
Liu Jiahui and Guo Shouxin in the back looked at each other like two little followers, and then they also got into the car together.
Liu Jiahui whispered in Guo Shouxin's ear: "Sure enough, it is more difficult to communicate than the rumors."
Guo Shouxin nodded sympathetically, otherwise why would he not want to face Wang Cheng again?
If Liu Jiahui hadn't insisted on meeting Wang Cheng, he would never have picked Wang Cheng up in person. He could just send a driver to pick him up, or let Dongxing Entertainment's manager Chen Xiaoyong come over to pick him up.
got into the car.
Guo Shouxin kept silent, trying not to talk to Wang Cheng, so as not to affect his emotions.
However, Liu Jiahui looked at Wang Cheng who was sitting there and took out a book to read, and couldn't help asking: "Wang Cheng, the first live performance will start next week, how are you preparing?"
Wang Cheng looked up at Liu Jiahui, and asked strangely, "What are you going to prepare?"
Guo Shouxin felt his blood pressure rise instantly.
Even the staff driving in front trembled.
The performance is about to begin, you, the main promoter, actually ask what are you going to prepare?
Are you here for tourism?
Liu Jiahui's eyes twitched and he stared at Wang Cheng: "You are going to perform live on stage, don't you want to prepare? For example, improve your singing skills? If possible, we still hope that you can sing live, so that the stage effect will be better. "
Wang Cheng nodded and said, "Then sing it live."
Both Liu Jiahui and Guo Shouxin looked at Wang Cheng with wide eyes at the same time.
Did you agree so casually?
Guo Shouxin asked quickly: "Have you improved your singing skills? Didn't Director Liu of your company say that you haven't practiced recently?"
Wang Cheng: "Well, I didn't practice, but singing live is enough."
The two looked at Wang Cheng in silence.
Why are you so confident?
Your parent company, Dongxing Entertainment, has already said that there is not enough vocal talent!
You haven't practiced hard yet!
Why do you sing live on stage?
The two were unable to complain.
If something goes wrong at that time, word of mouth and ratings will be affected, and the two of them will be finished.
Liu Jiahui frowned and said seriously: "Wang Cheng, I'm seriously talking about work with you. This matter is not a joke. If you can't, just tell the truth, when the time comes, we will let you record songs in advance, and you can lip-sync when you are on stage. As long as your choreography is not bad, it’s fine.”
Guo Shouxin also said: "Yes, Wang Cheng, this is not a joke."
Wang Cheng's expression remained calm, and he said in a serious tone: "I said, if you want me to sing on stage, I can do it. If you ask to record songs in advance, I have no problem. I respect the contract and work hard. What do you ask me to do?" Perform, how I will perform."
The car became silent again.
Both Liu Jiahui and Guo Shouxin looked at Wang Cheng in a daze. After hearing Wang Cheng's words, they didn't know what to say for a while.
Everyone has said that he will perform whatever you want to perform...
Let Zhen sing, he agrees!
To record a song and lip-sync, he also agreed!
What else could they say?
It seemed that the two of them had become the unreasonable party.
Wang Cheng glanced at the two of them, then continued to lower his head to read.
Guo Shouxin stared at Wang Cheng: "Then I ask you to really sing during the live broadcast?"
Wang Cheng looked up at Guo Shouxin again, and said affirmatively, "Of course, this is my job."
Guo Shouxin quickly said: "I still want to sing your own new song!"
Wang Cheng raised his eyebrows and said lightly: "Creating works is not within the scope of the contract!"
The two were stunned again, and then realized that this was the truth.
They are a traffic talent show stage, and it is not an original song show. How could it be possible that the performance contract stipulates that the contestants must write their own songs and sing themselves? That way, no one can do it, and the show that hypes original gimmicks is actually not original...
Of course, except for Wang Cheng in front of him.
However, Wang Cheng made it clear that that was not his scope of work.
Both Liu Jiahui and Guo Shouxin sank in their hearts.
Without Wang Cheng's new song as a selling point and hype, it would be even more difficult to increase the ratings.
The ratings of Oriental Star and Chun Xia You You are so high, one of the important reasons is that Wang Cheng's new song is used as a selling point, which keeps attracting viewers to watch the next episode, so the ratings can continue to rise.
However, the next second, Wang Cheng continued: "But, you should know that I haven't made enough money to buy a house. So, I will continue to post songs until I make enough money to buy a house!"
Both of them breathed a sigh of relief at the same time, and Guo Shouxin swallowed when he was about to ask whether he would buy a house on the Huangpu River.
Liu Jiahui said seriously: "Then can you really sing live?"
Wang Cheng got a little impatient with this question, and said lightly: "I don't want to repeat what I said."
The two were speechless, feeling helpless towards Wang Cheng's character.
However, recalling what Wang Cheng said just now, the two of them frowned again—should they trust Wang Cheng?
Liu Jiahui asked: "The rehearsal and practice before the performance, can you really sing for us to hear?"
Wang Cheng nodded: "Of course, this is my job."
The two of them were a little relieved, and they could make two-handed preparations. While recording, they could listen to the effect of Wang Chengzhen's singing ability.
Think of the voting topic just launched by the program group.
Guo Shouxin asked Wang Cheng: "By the way, our program group launched a voting topic, allowing the audience to vote for ten key words to determine the title content of your ten teams' next live performance. What do you think? "
Wang Cheng still nodded slightly, and simply replied: "Yes!"
Guo Shouxin continued to explain: "The voting time is 24 hours. After the voting ends tomorrow, ten of your teams will randomly draw lots to choose their performance titles for next week!"
Wang Cheng: "Yes!"
The two of them stared at Wang Cheng—what does that mean?
Liu Jiahui asked: "Are you okay?"
Wang Cheng: "No!"
The two looked at each other, feeling tired.
I don’t know what Wang Cheng’s attitude towards this model is.
Such an innovative model, even the planners like them know that it is difficult, and the contestants shouted that it is too difficult. Maybe those big-name and powerful stars with rich performance experience may not be able to deal with it easily!
Why can Wang Cheng say so calmly that there is no problem?
Isn't it really perfunctory?
Liu Jiahui closed his eyes, leaned back on the chair, and didn't want to talk anymore.
Guo Shouxin also remained silent. He didn't want to talk to Wang Cheng anymore, so he took out his mobile phone to check the current situation on the Internet.
The car soon arrived at the shooting base.
A lot of staff gathered at the gate, pretending to be busy at the gate, but they all looked at the commercial vehicles driving in, and they all knew that Wang Cheng was coming.
And from the windows on the second floor, there are also young and immature faces sticking out. They are the trainees of various teams. They also know that Wang Cheng is coming. They stick their heads out of the windows on the second floor to take a look. This legendary The same trainee.
Such a big brand, what’s the difference?
The car stopped steadily.
Guo Shouxin and Liu Jiahui got out of the car first, and then walked in quickly, as if they didn't want to stay with Wang Cheng for another second.
Then, Wang Cheng walked out of the car with his bag on his back and saluted.
Wear a hat, and a mask.
I can't see clearly.
However, everyone knows that this is Wang Cheng.
(end of this chapter)