After a while, the program's director came over to them.

"Mr. Zhou, thank you so much." The director shook Zhou Yiyang's hand and looked at him with gratitude.

This look really made Zhou Yiyang feel a little uncomfortable. He always felt that the director was too enthusiastic.

"Luckily, you're here, Mr. Zhou." The director added, "If both Yue Shao and Lara were absent today, our first performance would have been missing a lot of highlights."

This sentence made Zhou Yiyang very excited. He immediately said, "Director, please don't place such high expectations on me. My traffic alone is far less than theirs."

"That's not necessarily true," the chief director looked at Zhou Yiyang confidently, as if he had discovered a new world: "Mr. Zhou, don't underestimate your traffic."

However, these 101 trainees obviously don’t know that the judges have been replaced today.

At this moment, they are all using the last time before the performance to rehearse to the best of their ability.

"By the way, the popularity of the shows after they started airing yesterday has come out, right? Is there anyone who stands out the most?" Zhou Yiyang asked curiously.

He still remembered that in the first season, not long after the show started, the popularity of Lin Xuaner and Chu Tianjiao took off.

"Yes," the director said, holding real-time statistics and inviting all four mentors to gather around to review them. "Baili Muxue's popularity has plummeted. She has a connection with your Master Yue. She said on the show that she wants to be the next Lin Xuan'er."

Zhou Yiyang remembered that he had seen it on the hot search yesterday.

"It's not easy to be Lin Xuan'er," Zhou Yiyang shrugged. "It's rare to be exceptionally strong in one thing. But it's equally rare to be strong in every aspect and above average. Director, are you planning on giving her a big-demon script?"

"I didn't even notice her at first, but she pulled off a great feat and snagged the script for the Big Devil. It's a tough one, though, so let's see if she can pull it off," the director said. After receiving the list, they'll actually review the trainees' backgrounds and audition videos to estimate their rankings.

This ranking will also be related to the shots during the first recording.

Like Baili Muxue, there was almost no shot of her at the beginning.

It was not until her performance attracted everyone's attention that she started to get more screen time.

This is very similar to Moonlight Girl, both of which relied on themselves to obtain the script.

At five o'clock in the afternoon, the audience began to enter the venue one after another, and Zhou Yiyang and the other four judges also sat in the first row.

At this time, some sharp-eyed viewers had already noticed Zhou Yiyang, and some brave ones even shouted Zhou Yiyang's name loudly, as if they were crazy star-chasers.

Luo Chen, who was sitting next to Zhou Yiyang, couldn't help but tease his boss: "Brother Yang, you are the real top star. So many people recognized you."

Zhou Yiyang thought about it and simply turned around and waved to the audience.

As expected, some of the audience screamed, and one male audience even shouted "husband" at the top of his voice, making the scene very awkward for a while.

Zhou Yiyang had no choice but to say, "That's not necessary, brother. Find someone else to crush on!"

The audience was amused by Zhou Yiyang again.

It has to be said that this interaction immediately brought Zhou Yiyang closer to the audience.

Let them realize that although Zhou Yiyang is a big boss, he is very down-to-earth.

"Speaking of which, Mr. Zhou is here to be a judge, right?"

"Some marketing accounts have said before that Master Yue is busy with the concert and can't come. So, it seems that Mr. Zhou will be filling in for him."

"I remember Mr. Zhou was a judge on a variety show before, but that variety show fell through and didn't even get aired."

"Oh my god, is President Zhou so vicious? Is he trying to make his own variety show more popular by sacrificing other variety shows?"

At this time, Luo Chen beside Zhou Yiyang stood up, and Zhou Yiyang also guessed his identity here.

"Are you the host again?"

"Yes," Luo Chen glanced at Ling Hu helplessly. "It was originally his, but he refused to go, so I'm the only one left. Brother Yang, if you're interested, I can give it to you."

"That's not necessary." Zhou Yiyang immediately refused. He didn't want to memorize cue cards.

After Luo Chen came on stage, the cheers from the audience clearly exceeded those from Zhou Yiyang just now.

"Hello everyone, I'm Luo Chen, a regular on our show." Luo Chen has become increasingly adept at hosting, his occasional jokes always coming across as easy to understand. "Today is our trainee's first performance. Are you excited?"

After the audience erupted in excitement, Luo Chenbai said, "However, the rules have changed this time. After each group of trainees finishes their performance, you all need to vote. As long as you like the performance, don't be stingy and give them a thumbs up! And we four judges also have the right to give thumbs up. We treat everyone equally, and a thumbs up from the judges only counts as one vote."

The audience breathed a sigh of relief, but they were very worried that the judges' votes would carry too much weight and that the production team would manipulate the program.

The main reason why this type of program can be popular is that the audience feels involved. They know that every trainee who debuts and every winning stage are selected by themselves.

If this right is deprived, the show will be doomed.

After the rules were announced, the first group of performances began.

Zhou Yiyang glanced at the list of members of this group. Wow, there was not a single trainee from Class A.

Can this group stage a comeback?

After watching their performance, Zhou Yiyang wanted to slap himself hard.

My dear, there is more to this chapter. Please click on the next page to continue reading. It will be even more exciting later!