744 Drawing Lots (1/2)

Dong Jingxi and the others had such a drop in marks, and it was all because they were aggravated by Lu Man. Although Lu Man did not do anything, it still had something to do with her.

But she did not care about it at all. It was all Dong Jingxi and the rest giving themselves pressure, and that was quite troubling.

”It's good to have competition, but as to when to compete, you must be clear. Even though you have passed the preliminaries this time, your results are so low. Does that look good? Your passing the preliminaries, it's not because you guys were good, it was because the opponents were weak. If the opponents were a bit stronger, you all would be in a lot of danger!”

”If you want to compete with Lu Man, you can do so, I won't stop you. I would even encourage this kind of competitiveness. But Lu Man was not in the same group as you all in the preliminaries, so why are you competing for results with her? During the preliminaries, you aren't considered competitors. The competition is among those in your group. If in the next round, there is someone who draws the same group as Lu Man, then go and compete. But if you aren't in the same group, there's no need to look at her results.”

”Even if you are in the same group as her, I suggest that you guys compete with yourself and not with others. What you all need to do is to outdo yourselves, not Lu Man.”

Principal Liu did not dare to directly tell them that, if they wanted to set Lu Man as the target—he did not dare to say in the long term—but at least in the short term, they did not need to think about trying to outdo her.

This was the vital point in the competition, and Principal Liu did not want to hurt their confidence.

”I hope that in the second round, you all can have good results and not be like you were in the first round,” Principal Liu said.

Everyone agreed.

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The second day after the first round ended, the participating students who had passed the preliminaries gathered at the National Drama Academy again and started their second time of drawing lots to separate into groups.

”There is a slight change in the competition rules for the second round,” Manager Hao said.