Are You Crazy? You Call That a Pretty Face?!

The Republican-era superstar Su Si transmigrates into the body of a widely mocked talent-show contestant: a pretty face with no talent, terrible at her job, always bursting into tears, and nothing but dead weight for her group.

When she arrives, she's at the very bottom of the rankings and about to be eliminated.

Su Si: Back in my day, music, chess, calligraphy, and painting were basic skills. We learned Kunqu, Peking opera, Yue opera, Huangmei opera, and Henan opera from childhood.

Then she dazzles the whole audience with a high-energy song full of soaring high notes.

Netizens: Get that pretty face out of TO YOUNG... Holy crap?!!

The live-streamed finale night.

Haters sneer: So what if she can sing? She can't dance to save her life. No way she'll make the group.

Su Si steps out in a red dress with a high slit, spins through difficult choreography, and owns the stage with dazzling presence. A flawless singer and dancer, she's a queen making her grand entrance.

Netizens: Holy cow! The boss is insanely good!

Word spreads that an idol who got into the international division of TO YOUNG through connections is representing Xia Country.

International netizens mock her: Does anyone still not know that Xia Country's entertainment industry is talentless?

Xia Country's netizens just chuckle.

The show begins. Su Si represents her team with a song whose soaring high notes cut through the air, setting the stage ablaze.

And that's not all: classical-style dance, opera vocals, Kunqu, pipa, guzheng, and suona. Su Si handles every one of them with ease.

International netizens go from stunned to losing their minds: ??? Are you crazy? You call this a pretty face with no talent?

Xia Country's netizens: Yep, the greatest pretty face of all time.

Reader's guide:

1. The main focus is a satisfying storyline; the male lead has few scenes.

2. The talent-show setting is fictionalized, though it draws on some real competition formats.

3. The blurb's central idea was written on June 1, 2022, and has been screenshotted.

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