Chapter 46 First Sequence Release 3.0

Xie Qingyu was not very familiar with the contestants whose rankings were announced later. Currently, the ranking had reached 53rd place. Every time a new ranking was announced, the atmosphere in the venue would instantly become tense.

Especially for those players who have "looked" at last week's rankings in advance and know that they are in this range, they will wonder in every round whether it will be their turn this time, and if so, how will they react?

Xie Qingyu also looked at Qu Qinghuan, whose ranking was about to be announced, and his fingers tapped his knees unconsciously.

The rankings of two members of the "Banana" team are in a very dangerous situation, which is what he is more worried about.

Even though he knew that their chances of making their debut were slim, Xie Qingyu still hoped that they could stay longer and be seen and liked by more people!

It was not until he heard Qu Qinghuan clearly pronounce the three words "Zhu Xiaojun" that Xie Qingyu raised a smile at the corner of his mouth, and then raised his hands and clapped vigorously.

The members of the "Banana" team stood up almost at the same time, cheering and applause intertwined.

Zhu Xiaojun stood there in a daze, tears instantly bursting out of his eyes, as if he couldn't believe his ears.

He covered his mouth, choked with sobs, turned around and hugged every team member around him, and finally staggered to Xie Qingyu.

Xie Qingyu smiled slightly, opened her arms and gave him a solid hug.

"Thank you..." Zhu Xiaojun whispered in Xie Qingyu's ear, his voice trembling so much that it was almost inaudible.

Xie Qingyu patted his back gently and said in a gentle tone: "Come on, go up quickly."

Zhu Xiaojun nodded, wiped her tears, turned around and ran to the podium.

He took the microphone from Qu Qinghuan, and tears fell uncontrollably again.

"Thank you to the production team... Thank you to my crew, you are all the best!"

Her voice was intermittent, thick with tears. "Also, I want to... thank the audience and fans who voted for me... I... wow... I thought I definitely wouldn't be able to stay... I already packed my luggage last night..."

The contestants in the audience laughed good-naturedly, and someone joked, "I packed it up yesterday morning!"

Another person chimed in: "I cleaned it up the night before last!"

Someone added, "Is this something worth rolling up?"

The whole audience burst into laughter.

Xie Qingyu was also amused by this sudden humor, and the corners of his mouth rose slightly.

Leo next to him grumbled in dissatisfaction: "Why does my brother never laugh when I tell jokes?"

Xie Qingyu glanced at him helplessly: "Because it's too cold."

Leo looked confused. On the other side, Wei Liangchen laughed heartily. He patted Leo's shoulder, looking past Gu Yan and Xie Qingyu. "Is he saying you're telling a bad joke?"

Gu Qie, with an expressionless face, pushed Wei, who came closer again, back to his original position. He really couldn't keep quiet for even a minute!

Now his tolerance for Wei Liangchen has reached its lowest point, because this idiot is best at stepping on your baseline and climbing up the pole.

Xie Qingyu looked at Leo's aggrieved eyes and skillfully changed the subject. This trick has always worked for him!

"Look! The next one is about to be announced."

Sure enough, Leo's attention was immediately drawn over and his gaze refocused on the podium. It was that simple and quick.

Qu Qinghuan stood in the center of the podium with a meaningful smile on his face. His eyes swept across the audience, as if he was brewing something.

Xie Qingyu noticed something unusual in her expression, and had a vague guess in his heart: the next person to be announced might be a "heavyweight" figure.

Sure enough, when Qu Qinghuan slowly read out the name, the whole audience instantly fell into an eerie silence.

Even the contestants who were vying for reaction shots just now shut their mouths, as if the pause button had been pressed.

"Zhang Zixuan."

This name was like a bombshell, instantly igniting the emotions of the entire audience.

Everyone's expressions became complicated. Some were surprised, some were helpless, and some couldn't help but roll their eyes.

Zhang Zixuan seemed unaware of the unusual situation around him. He walked onto the stage confidently, took the microphone, and began to deliver his "acceptance speech."

The contestants in the audience were filled with turmoil. Whether they advanced or not was no longer important.

Now they can only pray to all the gods and Buddhas in the sky, if they can advance, they must not be grouped with this "hot guy"!

Xie Qingyu was in a somewhat subtle mood.

He looked at Qu Qinghuan on the stage and couldn't help but sigh in his heart: The program crew is really talented and bold, and they are willing to walk on a tightrope for the sake of popularity.

This kind of operation is usually a strategy adopted by some talent shows with insufficient popularity in order to maintain their watchability.

With the current popularity and reputation of "Road to a Star", there is no need to be so radical.

But Zhang Zixuan's advancement made Xie Qingyu realize that the program crew's desire for traffic has reached the point where "no grass grows" wherever they go - they want chicken legs, fly and mosquito legs, and it seems that everything can be sacrificed as long as it can bring up topics.

This didn't seem like the style of the chief producer Liu Yue he knew. Instead...

So that's how it is. Xie Qingyu didn't understand why the audience was so resistant to the broadcasting platform before, but now he can completely empathize with them.

It is worthy of being an online streaming platform that was well-known in the circle and was named Rotten Grapes by the audience before the show was broadcast. It lives up to its reputation!

Immediately afterwards, Qu Qinghuan announced the 46th-ranked contestant—Liu Xiu.

When Liu Xiu heard his name, he was stunned and his eyes turned red instantly.

He lowered his head, trying hard to suppress his emotions.

In fact, he was not entirely woken up by Wei Liangchen in the early morning, he was indeed having trouble falling asleep.

Probably because he knew that his ranking last week was outside the top 60, and he was filled with anxiety and uneasiness about the upcoming results.

Before coming to the show, he was a top student in the company, and the company even told him that with his ability, his debut was a sure thing.

So he believed it.

When he first performed on stage, he was confident that "everyone else is drunk but I am sober", but soon, reality gave him a blow.

He is strong, but there are people who are stronger than him; he works hard, but there are people who work harder than him.

No matter how hard he tries to catch up, there is always someone far ahead, someone better than him.

Especially the members of dormitory 122, each one is stronger and more hardworking than the other, and those talented and good-looking contestants make him look like a clown.

Faced with their brilliance, he felt jealous, inferior, and longing, but he avoided their edge and dared not get close.

Later..., when he saw Xie Qingyu suffer a setback in public opinion, he thought he would be happy, but the fact was that he was not.

On the contrary, he felt worried and sad about what happened to Xie Qingyu, and even angry about others' ridicule of Xie Qingyu.

In his opinion, people like Xie Qingyu should not be defeated by groundless rumors, and the stars should always hang in the sky.

Fortunately, in the end, Xie Qingyu survived.

When the 59th-50th place rankings were announced, Liu Xiu thought he really couldn't survive the first round and was eliminated, and his heart was filled with bitterness.

Unexpectedly, after such a sudden turn of events, he had actually made such great progress. Seeing the congratulatory glances from his roommates, Liu Xiu smiled with relief, disdainfully pushed away Wei Liangchen who was about to hug him, suppressed his chapped nose, and walked resolutely towards the podium.

He encouraged himself over and over again in his heart: "You must work hard in the future. Look, the audience has seen you, right?"

Xie Qingyu was actually relieved about Liu Xiu's promotion.

This was a little hard for him to believe, but it was true. He was pleased and satisfied not only for Liu Xiu, but also for the transformation of every contestant.

The stage is not only a place for competition, but also a place where people can grow!

The next rankings were announced very quickly, probably because Xie Qingyu didn't have a deep impression of these contestants.

Until the announcement of the 37th place - Wei Ran.

This result surprised many contestants.

"Weiran is only ranked 37th?"

"Impossible?"

"It's a bit low..."

There were whispers from the audience.

But Wei Ran himself was very satisfied. Standing on the podium, his smile was sincere and bright.

Xie Qingyu looked at Wei Ran and knew very well that Wei Ran's ranking would definitely rise sharply after the first public performance was broadcast.

Given the stingy nature of the program crew, how could they possibly give up such a realistic comeback script?

In the second half of the announcement process, some players who felt they had no hope had completely given up and didn't even want to fight for the camera.

After all, they are all going to be eliminated, so what is the point of having an extra second or two of reaction footage? To them, it is worthless.

At present, the ranking of the top ten is about to be announced.

Before that, Xie Qingyu's team member Huang Ke won the 24th place, while his roommate Ding Zai advanced with the 15th place.

Ding Zai was so happy that he performed a Thomas turn on the stage. The contestants laughed out loud at him, and even Xie Qingyu couldn't help but smile.

With Ding in such a fun-loving place, there is absolutely no chance of a dull moment.

His sense of variety shows seems to be an innate talent.

Xie Qingyu's gaze lingered on Ding Zai for a moment, and a trace of envy arose in his heart.

He couldn't help but take a few more glances at people like this who were born with a sense of comedy.

If someone like this could join the team, it would be such a happy thing for the captain~

"If only there was someone like Ding in our group before..." Xie Qingyu sighed silently in his heart.

Unfortunately, the members of NOVA-X each have their own characteristics, but they lack this natural sense of variety.

Every time I appear on a variety show, as the team leader, I always have to bite the bullet and liven up the atmosphere. I rack my brains to create laughs, and sometimes I even have to rely on the editor's "magic stroke" to make the show not too dull.

Just as his thoughts were drifting away, Qu Qinghuan on the stage had already announced the eleventh-place contestant - Feng Xin.

Feng Xin's performance has been very stable. He was in Class B in both the initial stage and the re-evaluation, and he had a lot of shots. Although there were no particularly outstanding highlights in the first public stage, he did not fail miserably either.

At that moment, he stood on the stage, his hands trembling as he took the microphone, his tone extremely excited: "Thank you to the audience and fans for their support. I didn't expect that I could achieve such a good result. I... I thought I was going to be eliminated..."

When talking about elimination, Feng Xin took a deep breath and continued, "I will work even harder on the next stage and will definitely not let everyone down! Thank you!"

The contestants in the audience applauded, and as Feng Xin's ranking was announced, the atmosphere in the venue became more tense.

Because next, it’s time to announce the top ten of the first ranking of “Road to Star Dreams”!