Chapter 106 Second Sequence Release 2.0

Apart from that, there was also surprise at the number of votes, and a low gasp was heard from the audience.

The 34th place received nearly four million votes, a number that instantly dimmed the eyes of many contestants.

Several trainees who were ranked lower in the rankings unconsciously huddled in their seats, their fingers tightly twisting the corners of their clothes, obviously feeling that it was impossible for them to get more votes than this.

There was an almost suffocating feeling of oppression in the air, like the stifling heat before a storm.

When the 30th place was announced, Xie Qingyu keenly noticed that the corner of Qu Qinghuan's mouth twitched slightly.

She paused for half a second before reading out in a slightly hoarse voice, "The 30th-placed contestant in the second round of ranking is Zhang Zixuan, with a total of 4,999,627 votes!"

Although this contestant did not act up during the second public performance because Xie Qingyu was there.

However, his reputation among the mentors had already plummeted, and her impression of Zhang Zixuan was also average.

However, this is a talent show that relies on a voting mechanism. The audience's thoughts are more important than anything else, and no one can accurately predict and control them. Otherwise, this delicious "cake" of the talent show would have been eaten up by those who were pushed up by capital.

Zhang Zixuan himself was completely surprised to get so many votes.

He thought he had to leave in this game, so he kept pestering Li Luoqi and saying a lot of intimate things yesterday, which made Li Luoqi very annoyed!

There are actually some explanations for his unexpected advancement.

The main reason for the trouble was the footage from following Xie Qingyu. The editor took the parts of the second public performance of the "Addiction" team and inserted them into his personal radio station.

After it was released a few days ago, Xie Qingyu's fans were collectively disgusted and nauseated, and related topics such as "I feel sorry for Xie Qingyu" even made it to the top of the hot searches.

After hearing that it was "explosive", passersby became curious and insisted on going in to see how "explosive" it was. As a result, they laughed so hard that they went in upright and came out holding the wall.

I heard that the voting was about to end, so I took a look at the ranking of this "Explosive" guy, but found that he was already on the verge of elimination.

How could that be possible? Without him, who could still make them laugh so carefree?

Other audience members responded and managed to pull Zhang Zixuan back from the brink of elimination.

Fans of all the groups were speechless. Why be so careless? You guys are really hungry!

I have to say, sometimes the whole world seems like a huge makeshift team.

However, the contestants had some complicated feelings. When Zhang Zixuan was speaking, the camera cut to Li Luoqi.

Xie Qingyu couldn't help but raise his eyebrows, silently holding his forehead in his heart——

Is it really that he is out of date and cannot keep up with the times?

Or are the audiences in this world just so harsh?

Such an unconventional couple was actually hyped up by these two people?

Yu Yuzi didn't understand, but gave him a look that said "outrageous!"

Seeing that all 30 names had been announced, Liu Xiu became more and more certain that he had most likely no hope.

As for the final 35th place in the qualifying round, that was not something that a 'non-native' like him could even dream of coveting.

I'm really sure there's no hope for me, but that's it. The worst that can happen is I can just go back to the company and continue practicing.

His tense back suddenly relaxed and he leaned back on the chair.

At this moment, I was already thinking about what to say to the boss after returning to the company: "Boss Wang, although I didn't make it to the finals, I appeared on the show quite a few times..."

He even imagined his agent patting him on the shoulder and saying, "The gilding effect is good this time."

Thinking of this, a relieved smile appeared on the corner of his mouth.

"Xiu'er! What are you daydreaming about?" Ding Zai, who was sitting next to him, patted his shoulder excitedly. "Teacher Qu is calling your name! Are you so happy that you're silly?"

Why was his name called at this time? Liu Xiu's mind suddenly went blank.

His eyes shifted frantically until they met the smiling eyes of Xie Qingyu in the front row. The man was mouthing to him, "Stand up."

He finally woke up as if from a dream, staggered to his feet, and almost knocked over the chair.

Qu Qinghuan couldn't help but shake his head and laugh: "It seems that contestant Liu Xiu was too focused to hear clearly."

She deliberately dragged out her voice, "Then I'll have to reluctantly read it again. The 29th-placed contestant in the second round of 'Road to Stardom' is Liu Xiu, with a total of 5,476,006 votes!"

There was a burst of good-natured laughter from the contestants in the audience.

Liu Xiu bowed mechanically, nodded to the contestants around him who were congratulating him, and walked towards the podium in unison.

It wasn't until he grasped the cold microphone in his palm and felt the real touch from his fingertips that he suddenly woke up.

He made the cut?! And he jumped straight from 46th to 29th?

This realization struck me like a bolt of lightning. Initially, I'd managed to scrape together a 46 by trying every possible means to gain popularity, but now, having given up and stopped trying, my score has skyrocketed?

Liu Xiu's hand holding the microphone trembled slightly. He suddenly felt that the audience's thoughts were a mystery that could never be guessed!!!

Xie Qingyu held up his chin and looked at Liu Xiu on the stage with interest, his mouth never lowering. This made Leo next to him look at the stage several times in confusion.

This "green tea chili" who is usually sharp-tongued is now stuttering as she speaks her words. It is obvious that her mind is still confused and her words are incoherent.

But surprisingly, there was no usual laughter from the audience, simply because the further they went on, the more they realized how difficult it was to advance.

If I were to be called by my name suddenly, I would probably perform worse than others.

The rankings were announced one by one, and the votes grew like a snowball, making people's hearts tremble.

When Qu Qinghuan said "No. 14 Wen Yan", the audience instantly gasped in disbelief.

This person was in the top ten last time. Did he fall so quickly?

Wen Yan seemed to be paused, the number "9892954 votes" buzzing in his ears.

It's not just a simple drop in ranking, but he has gone from being a candidate for the debut position, Carmen, to a marginal person with no chance of debuting.

What’s even more frightening is that the competition is already halfway through, and the vote gap between each ranking is widening. It is almost impossible to get back into the top ten.

He forced himself to be strong, smiled at everyone and walked straight to the podium.

The lining of the uniform had already been soaked with cold sweat and was sticking to my back.

I completely forgot the speech I had carefully prepared, and could only smile and thank the camera based on muscle memory.

There was encouraging applause from the audience, but it was as blurry as through a layer of frosted glass.

Xie Qingyu withdrew his gaze and turned to Qu Qinghuan in the center of the stage.

The thirteenth place to be announced next means that the number of votes will officially exceed 10 million.

As expected, when the number of votes for the 13th place candidate exceeded 10 million, the entire auditorium was filled with exclamations.

This number was like a heavy hammer, hitting every contestant's heart - the popularity of the show was even crazier than they had imagined.

When Li Luoqi was called up to eleventh place, he felt no wavering. He accepted it calmly because his goal for himself was not to debut.

As long as he could advance safely, losing was actually a good thing for him, and the more he lost, the better it was for him. Because...

"Wow...it's all my fault for not trying hard enough..." His eyes instantly turned red, and tears as big as beans fell without a second thought, mixed with a few soft "crying burps". "I made my brothers and sisters...burp...work so hard to vote for me..."

That’s right, host Li’s green tea mood came back and asked if you were afraid?

The contestants' seats were suddenly filled with the sound of chattering teeth, and he once again gave the contestants goosebumps.

No, man, please, can you be normal? Is this the tone we usually speak to?

Xie Qingyu drank the water calmly. After the "training" during the second public performance, she was now completely immune to this green tea performance.

What happened on stage was a small matter. The simple summary is - he has grown up!

I can even silently score it in my mind: out of 10 points, 6 points for tears, 3.5 points for crying voice, but the "crying and burping" is a bit deliberate, so I have to deduct 0.5 points.

Next comes another exciting moment. The competition for the top ten is about to begin. Two people have dropped out, so naturally someone has to fill in.

Qu Qinghuan raised the corner of his mouth slightly, revealing the "smile for keeping the audience in suspense" that the contestants were all familiar with.

There was a sudden and obvious sigh from the audience - well, here it comes again.

Several contestants even exaggeratedly held their foreheads and showed tired expressions, expressing their disappointment that Qu Qinghuan was just a new name for the same thing.

"The tenth contestant to be announced next is—" Qu Qinghuan deliberately dragged out the last syllable, his eyes sweeping over the group of people in the audience who instantly pricked up their ears.

I was joking in my heart, weren't they pretending to be uninterested just now, but now they are more focused than each other.

"His second public performance was evaluated in the creative team."

The scope narrowed down a lot in an instant, and everyone could already make an estimate and guess.

There weren't many high-ranking players in the creative team. Combining the rankings, they all had an idea in their minds, and their eyes all turned to one place at the same time.

Ding Zai, who was in the spotlight, had already assumed the classic pose of covering his mouth in shock, and his calves looked like they were fighting, which was unbearable to watch.

He looked at Qu Qinghuan eagerly like a baby bird waiting to be fed, and from time to time he would shyly turn his body away to avoid her sight.

Qu Qinghuan suppressed his laughter, coughed lightly and continued: "He is from——"

"Huh——" Ding Zai breathed a sigh of relief, patted his chest with great emotion, and nodded in disbelief.

"The creative team's——"

I saw him rubbing his dry eyes hard again, trying to squeeze out two tears of joy.

Qu Qinghuan finally couldn't stand this drama anymore and finished speaking quickly: "——Ding Zai! Total votes: 13,020,625! Congratulations!"

As soon as Xie Qingyu stood up, he was bumped into by Ding Zai who rushed over.

He hugged me back politely, but his eyes were drifting into the distance. I couldn't bear to look at his artificial and bewildered expression at that moment.

"Now announcing the ninth-ranked contestant in the second round."

After Ding finished his speech, Qu Qinghuan continued to follow the process. The announced ranking was getting closer and closer to the debut position.

This position belonged to Li Luoqi last time, but now he has dropped to eleventh place.

The newcomer Ding Zai just won the tenth place, so will this position also be occupied by a new entrant?