Chapter 60

Ming Ling started the live broadcast as usual that day.

She now has an open fan base, and apart from reacting to Xi Chao's performances and straight shots, she almost never does anything else. She estimated that the stage would not be released so early this time, and was busy cleaning the room.

Her phone was buzzing non-stop, so she stopped what she was doing and clicked on it, and saw the tag from the fan club's internal group.

“@铃铛铃铛姐ahhhh come online and watch the stage! Chao Chao’s stage is out!”

Her mind was confused and her hands opened the computer faster than her brain. Sure enough, in a column next to the main program, she saw the title "The Infinite Sea".

The number of views on the platforms are all inflated. The feature film has only been released for fifteen minutes, but it has already received over five million views.

The algorithm treats everyone equally, at least in the beginning, the platform has no time to do anything tricky. If everyone bets, it means no one bets, and the result is -

The feature film has been viewed over five million times.

The number of views of "The Infinite Sea" has now reached over 15 million.

Ming Ling: “…”

To be honest, if she were a platform and saw this popularity, she would worship Jie Xichao from now on.

Unfortunately, capital has always been arrogant.

A lot of complaints went through her mind, but she remained calm and clicked on the live broadcast platform.

Almost as soon as she started broadcasting, a group of barrages of comments quickly poured in.

[Here it comes!] ]

[aaaFinally I waited for you. I resisted the urge to watch the stage because I wanted to wait to watch it with Sister Lingdang hehe]

[Me too, me too. Sister Lingdang always plays me in every reaction, and it’s so fun to discuss with the barrage! ]

[I can't be happy. Ma Hongping and Lu Yan, these two idiots, make me so angry. There are also fans of 80-star. I am really shocked that this idiot still has fans. I have turned my anger into hand speed these past two days. I am crazy in the lane]

[Crazy laning +1, but Xiao Chao's ranking seems to have risen again this week, hehe, some people's rankings have risen, and some people's rankings have dropped, I won't say who it is]

[Fuck, this hurts, hahaha]

Seeing the comments on the barrage, Ming Ling coughed.

She thought about it and moved the progress bar of the main film to the end.

This week Xie Xichao is ranked 3rd.

She paused for a moment, then spoke with a relieved tone, "It rose by two places."

There wasn't much material this week, but the popularity was able to rise so quickly, thanks to the program crew's tormenting fans.

Then she paused for a few seconds, lost in thought.

The current second is Qiao Ye.

...It’s hard to say whether the vote count has increased. After all, the original second place Xia Ruiyan has withdrawn from the competition, so postponement is also possible. However, Mingling guessed that the possibility of postponement was still relatively high.

As support players, they also care about other players' data.

Qiao Ye's data this week did not increase, and even decreased slightly.

If you look at it this way, there is a high chance that the second place will be replaced next week.

Someone also discovered the barrage.

[At this rate... will Chao Ge be competing for C position when the rankings are announced next week?]

[! catch! ]

The voting strategy was also confidential, so Ming Ling said nothing and said directly: "Then let's go directly to Xi Chao's group."

She dragged the progress bar, found the node marked by the program group, and pressed the play button.

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The live performance and recorded broadcast are different.

On site, the order in which the audience experiences the show is generally self-introduction - stage performance - canvassing for votes. When the main program is broadcast, a plot will be inserted before the self-introduction, which is the behind-the-scenes process of the contestants preparing for this stage.

The malicious editing that caused a lot of controversy before was targeted at this part.

Generally speaking, there is a plot line behind this scene. The more subtle point is that the plot line may focus on someone the program team wants, or it may focus on someone they don’t want.

The former will show the highlights of strength and humanity through the plot——

For example, Xia Ruiyan who has already withdrawn from the competition.

Before this, his first public performance plot line showed his character as a warm-hearted captain who led the entire team to a counterattack. Because the part they occupied at the back of the stage was too prominent, the Royal Family was criticized as early as the first public performance.

The latter will magnify some of the contestants' problems.

If there is no problem, they may even force it in by grafting paragraphs or reversing the order of sentences.

For example, Xie Xichao’s preview.

From the moment Mingling pressed play, the barrage of comments started to get tense.

The song selection segment is played on the screen. In the empty room, Jie Xichao pushed the door open, closed it, and sat down on the cushion in the middle.

Even though he was nervous, a string of comments still floated across the screen.

[Ahhh Chao Chao is so good]

[Is this private clothing? Look at it, it’s well-dressed, so pure TT]

Even Ming Ling, who was trying to remain calm, muttered quietly, "It's really beautiful."

The boy on the screen was wearing a white pullover and jeans. There aren't many special styles, but Jie Xichao is fair-skinned, with a slim waist and long legs, which makes her look particularly beautiful, and really catches the eye.

The progress bar continues to move forward.

Everyone was startled when Fu Wenzhe pushed the door open.

Immediately, the barrage of comments was filled with laughter at the two people's conversation about dinner.

[Brother Fu has the beauty of telling jokes in a serious manner]

[The roommates seem to have a good relationship. I watched the previous part and the part where Chao Chao and Heng Ge were bickering was super funny.]

[Yes, yes, yes, and the part where Chao Ge chooses his concubine, he is really popular and it makes me laugh]

[Ahh, there are so many shots. I’ll have to make up for them later! ]

Perhaps it was because this section involved Yun Pan, and his current topic was quite sensitive. Here, the fact that Yun Pan deliberately chose Jie Xichao's group was cut out by the program team, and trouble was avoided by accident.

Soon, the teammates of Creative Group A gathered together. A group of people gathered together and started discussing.

In reality, this section is very long.

The program team selected two segments. The first paragraph is about selecting a captain in a relatively relaxed atmosphere. Here, the barrage of comments was abruptly amused by Jie Xichao's words "I will be very fierce". The comments were full of different opinions, and the main themes were "Ahhh, pretending to be fierce is so cute" and "Be fierce to me every day!".

Until the second half, the barrage gradually began to quiet down.

Ming Ling took a deep breath: "This should be the first part of the preview."

And she was right.

This is the controversial part about Jie Xichao in the trailer.

But at this moment, the program team released it in its entirety without any cuts, allowing everyone to see the full picture of the incident.

In the trailer, Xie Xichao is arbitrary and authoritarian. He said, "If you just use my songs, I'll have less worries," and he said, "The minority shall obey the majority," and Zou Yi also said, "Unpublished songs are very precious."

Putting these sentences together, at first glance it sounds as if Jie Xichao, relying on his duties as captain, arranged the song selection at will.

And Zou Yi was the accomplice who helped the tyrant to commit atrocities.

And now, everyone saw it.

It was the members of the group who first suggested using the finished song.

It was the group members who said, "It doesn't matter to us, it's up to you."

They even voted to use Jie Xichao's own finished song, on the premise that Jie Xichao said, "If you want to learn how to write songs, I can teach you."

The barrage was almost speechless.

[I don’t know why, but the content released now gives me the feeling of a supermarket sale]

[+1, the production team seems to be saying, if you want to watch it, then you can watch it. Please stop scolding me on the official blog.]

[…very vivid]

[No, is it really okay to use the captain's song directly? You have to pay the copyright fee. My brother is really here to do charity, and he even voted in a group. Ahhh, I have a bad temper.]

[So actually the last sentence of "the minority obeys the majority" refers to voting. I am really impressed. Editor, you are so good at grafting. Can you please let me change a field to shine? This is a really good way of playing with flower-grafting.]

However, what shocked everyone even more was yet to come.

In the trailer, the atmosphere in Group A of the creative team has always been very tense, especially during the division part.

At the beginning, when that part was played, the comments were a little hesitant.

Because Xie Xichao's decision to divide the parts in advance is indeed easy to be criticized. However, Xie Xichao still adopted the voting system, which ultimately gave the right of choice to the team members.

The barrage was slightly relieved.

[How clever! Although it is a lot of trouble to vote every time, it is indeed fair]

[I feel like he was on guard against the production team, but I didn’t expect that he was so shameless. Hey, you’re voting, right? I’ll give you a cut.]

But soon, their attention was completely diverted.

because……

Xie Xichao is really attentive.

During the first public performance, Xie Xichao was also the captain. However, the process of him leading the team was cut into pieces, and the main plot line is all on Ai Qingyuan. And now, everyone saw how he led the team.

Is it fierce? Actually not.

Even when giving instructions, he never used any derogatory words.

He was just demanding.

This sounds serious, but behind his high demands are supporting measures that vary according to the individual. In other words, the goals he sets for his players are all within their reach.

The reason why the team members changed their attitude was not broadcast in the program.

But even if it was not broadcast, there was no doubt about it in the online public opinion.

Because it is obvious how bad the parts divided by voting are, and the results after being trained by Jie Xichao are also obvious. Moreover, later on, it was visible to the naked eye that Group A of the creative team finally went from being divided into several groups to being united, and the leader of this group was only Jie Xichao from beginning to end.

As the plot gradually came to an end, the barrage of comments finally began to speak boldly.

[In fact, I think Brother Chao’s part was really suitable, except that some members did have fewer lyrics. But in return it brought a better stage effect, and in the end he won first place. Aren’t two hundred thousand extra votes worth more than those few lyrics? ]

[To be honest, Brother Chao has weighed the pros and cons]

[Although I think so too, I would rather not say anything without solid evidence. Some people have already said that Yun Pan was scheming. We just need to know that the result is good and the team members are satisfied.]

[Yes... watching the later part, everyone really has a good relationship, and they joke around every day. I remember several repos saying that every member of the creative team A thanked Chao Chao individually during the canvassing time, saying that he really contributed a lot to the group. But many people said that they were just saying polite words. I think it’s only a few dozen seconds, and there’s no need to say a few polite words to the captain instead of canvassing for themselves.]

[Didn’t Xia Xize directly say that the atmosphere in the group was very good? He had the fewest parts in the group. It was because of his words that the rhythm was not really one-sided. Xiao Xia, forgive me for your outrageous remarks earlier]

[I really want to cry, TT. He is just a contestant with a higher ranking, and he is even suppressed by the program team. Why should he be the captain? In order to have a performance stage, he took great pains to adapt his own songs, and worked as a vocal teacher and a dance teacher. Does anyone remember that our Chao Chao was in a coma for four years due to a car accident and his health has been poor ever since? I felt that he was so tired in many shots, and even so, the black fans still said that he was stealing the limelight.

When I think about how we would never know these things if there was no live broadcast, I really...

[Not only will they not know, but they will also be misinterpreted, even if he led the team to first place and won 200,000 additional votes, even if everyone in the group said he was a good person, even if he even secretly helped his bullied brother who had nothing to do with him, the program group really has no conscience...]

A few comments woke everyone up, and in an instant, the cheerful and relaxed atmosphere in the entire live broadcast room was gone.

Even Ming Ling, who was sitting in front of the screen, unconsciously clenched his mouse.