Chapter 28 – The Eighty-Year-Old Lady Looked Down On by the Youth!

This judge was a singing and dancing artist the production team had spent a hefty sum to invite. While not considered a top-tier celebrity in the entertainment industry, he was still relatively well-known. His name was Chen Zhonglun.

The audition phase involved the production team selecting contestants with potential. But once the advancement competition began, the judging was handed over to a more professional panel of judges invited by the program.

Therefore, starting from this round, all the judges either had notable achievements in the dance world or were popular singing and dancing performers.

As soon as Chen Zhonglun finished speaking, the entire production team was momentarily stunned. This segment wasn’t part of the planned program content!

Moreover, the director-in-chief had praised the elderly lady just last night for her entertaining value, so there was no way she would suddenly be eliminated.

Lin Qingqing stood on the stage, looking at the young man barely in his early twenties, and smiled.

If it had been before she transmigrated here—when she herself was still young—she might have been drawn to him due to his handsome face and decent demeanor.

But now, she had absolutely no good impression of him.

Because he had no respect for the elderly!

Lin Qingqing looked calmly at Chen Zhonglun and asked, “Why are you eliminating me?”

If he had just explained calmly and given a reasonable reason for not allowing her to continue in the competition, she would not have objected—she wasn’t an unreasonable person.
But coming in strong and forceful like this?
Then she was going to insist on continuing in the show.

Otherwise, where would that leave the dignity of someone who was once the wealthiest person?

Could the richest person in the country be casually bullied by anyone?

If so, then what a pitiful excuse of a tycoon she would be!

Chen Zhonglun looked at the elderly woman with rainbow-colored hair, arrogantly tilted his chin, and slowly said, “This kind of competition is for young people, a chance for the new generation to show themselves. This is not a place for senior citizens. Moreover—”

He paused, a trace of disdain flashing through his eyes, and continued, “I don’t care what method you used to pass the auditions, but now that I’m here, I won’t allow you to take up the opportunity that belongs to other contestants.”

Lin Qingqing asked, “So you’re saying that even if I perform now, you still won’t let me advance?”

Chen Zhonglun nodded decisively. “Yes. Otherwise, I wouldn’t have said it before your performance. I’m telling you now, you can go home directly.”

He had absolutely no expectations for an elderly woman’s performance. What could an old lady know about street dance?

Street dance required power, rhythm, flexibility, and aesthetics. And this old woman possessed none of those. What right did she have to be in the competition?

At this moment, he strongly suspected the old woman was either a gimmick planted by the production team or someone with money who had bribed her way in.

No matter what the reason, he was not going to let her continue!

Otherwise, it would be a complete waste of his valuable time, sitting here watching some cringe-worthy performance from an elderly woman.

And that hair color of hers—ugly beyond belief!

Plus that face full of wrinkles…

He even felt as if he could smell the thick scent of “old people” coming off her from where he sat.

The more he thought about it, the more he didn’t want to see her again.

He had been in a great mood today, but the moment he saw her, it was completely ruined.

Chen Zhonglun glanced at the staff beside him and snapped, “What are you all standing there for? Take her away!”

Lin Qingqing looked at the arrogance and contempt on his face. It wasn’t hard to guess that he completely looked down on her because of her age—and even assumed that she had bribed her way through.

Sigh, this age really is the kind where people doubt your abilities no matter what you do.

But Chen Zhonglun didn’t just doubt her—he outright despised her.
That, she couldn’t tolerate.

If she backed down today, wouldn’t that bring disgrace to the elderly?

Lin Qingqing smiled lightly and said in a calm, unhurried tone,
“So only young people are allowed to showcase themselves, and we elders aren’t? Don’t you know how to respect your elders? Without us older generations, where would your new generation come from?”

Chen Zhonglun retorted sarcastically, “The key point is, do you even know how to street dance?”

At that moment, a staff member quickly walked over to Chen Zhonglun, coughed lightly, and whispered, “She really does know. She danced in the auditions—and she was really good.”

Due to his tight schedule, Chen Zhonglun had only just managed to show up to judge this street dance competition. He hadn’t had time to learn about the contestants.
And since this was only the second round, with dozens of participants, he really hadn’t had time to review them all.

After all, he was a busy man. Not everything was worth his time.

When he heard what the staff said, he was stunned for a moment, then frowned, his expression full of disbelief.

He turned to the staff member. “You mean this old lady? She danced really well?”

He was so shocked it was like the staff was speaking a foreign language.

After all, he had never seen an elderly woman street dance before!

Then, snapping out of his daze, Chen Zhonglun crossed one leg over the other, scoffed, and with an air of a spoiled young master, voiced his skepticism:

“You’re kidding, right? Did you guys even bring in any professional instructors for the auditions? Or does your definition of ‘really good’ just mean ‘she tried hard’? Or maybe she was planted by you guys?
Otherwise, how else would she get through?”

The staff bent down slightly and respectfully replied,
“She wasn’t arranged by us. Please take a look—she’s really skilled.”

If Chen Zhonglun were just a moderately famous performer, the staff wouldn’t have treated him with such deference.

But this guy had another identity:
He was the young master of the Chen family—ranked #50 on the China Rich List!

Otherwise, with his arrogant and self-important attitude, he would’ve long been humbled by society and wouldn’t have made it this far in showbiz.

Chen Zhonglun looked at the rainbow-haired elderly lady on stage, his face full of a complicated expression that words could hardly describe.

Did he really have to watch an old woman do a street dance?

His mind couldn’t help but imagine what it would look like if she actually started dancing…

He immediately closed his eyes and rubbed his forehead.

The image was too intense. He honestly didn’t dare picture it.
It felt like street dance was about to be thoroughly insulted.

Although he was internally repulsed, since both the staff and the old woman insisted, he decided to give her a chance.

But he made sure to lay down his warnings in advance.

“I have very high standards for contestants. I’m not like the audition judges who go easy. I’m also very blunt—if something looks bad, I’ll say so. If you don’t mind that, then go ahead.”

The tone of his entire speech made it obvious that he was just going through the motions.
He had zero expectations.

After all, there was really nothing to look forward to.

Just her strange hair color and that aged, wrinkled body already made his vision go black—he couldn’t see any future in this performance.