Chapter 55 055 Two in One
When HX held the guild competition last month, the entire Sweetheart Girl team had just started broadcasting for a few days, and the team did not participate in the April guild competition. Therefore, this time the entire team's dance performance was on stage as a special performance group, and their appearance time was also very late.
This is an activity in which the entire company participates, with many participating live broadcast rooms and even more participating anchors. Even if the performance time for each show is limited to five minutes, it is always close to 4:30 when it is the sweet girl's turn to perform.
Before the performance, a group of girls were waiting in the backstage area.
As a new team, it was the first time for the Sweetheart Girls to watch the company's monthly big event in person. Normally, the seven of them should have been like the other female anchors in the group, crowded in a small corner, whispering to each other in groups of three or four.
But everything that happened in the conference room last night made it impossible for the girls to even maintain their appearance today.
Apart from the roommate relationship between Xiaoqi and Jiang Linyi, with Xiaoqi whispering in Jiang Linyi's ear from time to time, the atmosphere between the other people was very cold.
The live broadcast venue for the guild competition is a large stage specially built by the company on the first floor. In addition to the performance stage, a small number of audience seats with excellent viewing positions are also set up under the stage.
These positions are usually arranged by the company inviting relevant personnel from various live broadcast rooms, such as the big brothers and sisters who have bought a lot of tickets from the anchors, or the die-hard fans in the fan group, to come and watch the performance offline.
HX company is very willing to spend money on the guild competition activities that attract big votes every month. Not only are there high prizes for the winning anchors, but all participating anchors can also get good rewards as long as they rank in a certain position.
In addition to the tickets obtained in the guild competition, each anchor will also get a large percentage of the profit. The female anchors of HX company are generally very happy to participate in the monthly guild competition. Therefore, in order to control the length of the competition and improve competitiveness, the company will set certain restrictions on the participants every month.
For example, live broadcast rooms like Sweetheart Girl’s Live Broadcast Room, which have been broadcasting for less than a month and a half, are not eligible to participate.
Niannian was the winner of the Guild Tournament in April, so he will host this year's Guild Tournament.
At 1:30 p.m., the company's special account for live broadcasting the guild competition officially started broadcasting, with the opening dance being performed by Niannian leading the top 20 contestants of the previous session.
Xiao Qi turned on his cell phone and forcefully inserted a Bluetooth headset into Jiang Linyi's ears, asking her to watch the live broadcast of the guild competition with him.
The stage curtain slowly opened, and Niannian led a team of twenty people to stand in the center of the stage.
As the music started, a group of twenty people on the stage started dancing together.
The shots presented in the live broadcast room are slightly different from what is seen on the spot. After the opening panoramic picture, the live broadcast camera begins to cut the screen continuously, striving to give all the dancing girls one to two seconds of single shot.
Although she is the main dancer every year, this is a large group dance after all. After the whole dance, she doesn't get many shots of the center position.
However, Niannian has a strong sense of camera. Whenever the camera scans her, she can always grab the camera at the first time and show her best state.
Soon, after the opening dance, it was time for the solo dance performance.
The top ten contestants in last month’s guild tournament will all be able to perform a dance at the opening show of this guild tournament. The order of performances is also based on the rankings. She is the champion every year, so naturally she will perform the first dance.
The song chosen every year is a relatively old classic Korean group song "Number9".
Her outfit was very simple, just a pair of high-waisted jeans and a short T-shirt. The only part of her skin that was exposed was her waist, but it was this little bit of skin exposed that made her waist look even slimmer.
When performing a solo dance, the camera follows the individual in a close-up. Niannian's entire body movements are even more eye-catching. Every movement, coupled with her expression, the state presented in the live broadcast room is particularly attractive.
"Sister Nian Nian's business ability is really strong!" Xiao Qi exclaimed as he watched and poked Jiang Linyi's arm.
Jiang Linyi agreed with this.
She has watched Nian Nian's live broadcast. Nian Nian is considered a famous female anchor of HX. Whether it is her professional ability in the group dance live broadcast or her performance as a female anchor during individual broadcasts, she is very good at creating program effects.
There is only one female anchor in HX who is good-looking, capable, and can create program effects.
Whenever HX competes with HOT, the name of HX's top star mentioned is always Nian Nian.
After the annual performance, last year’s runner-up, Ai Xue, will perform.
It was obvious that Ai Xue had put a lot of effort into her outfit today. Even the little skirt she was wearing was very exquisite. It was a little skirt from a niche brand.
The lake blue gauze skirt echoes Ai Xue's blue eyeshadow. When she stands on the stage, she is a beautiful scenery.
Judging from their looks alone, Ai Xue and Niannian have different styles, each with its own merits, but when it comes to dancing, Niannian is still better. Coupled with the makeup and song selection, the stage effects presented by Ai Xue on the stage always seem to be slightly worse than those of previous years.
Jiang Linyi and Xiao Qi leaned forward and watched two more dances while holding their phones.
Seeing that there was still a long time before their performance, Xiao Qi poked Jiang Linyi: "Do you want to go to the bathroom? I always feel that my eyelashes are a little weird, I want to fix them."
Maybe because she had just graduated from school, Xiaoqi still retained the good habit of going to the bathroom hand in hand with her sisters from her student days.
Although Jiang Linyi appeared calm and composed on the surface, she was actually a little nervous since she started waiting here.
Unlike dancing in the live broadcast room, today's stage has audiences sitting in the audience. Theoretically, this can also be considered a small stage.
How could you not be nervous when performing on stage for the first time under the spotlight?
After hearing what Xiaoqi said, Jiang Linyi blinked and felt that her false eyelashes seemed to be stuck to her eyelids.
The restroom on the first floor is at the end of the corridor, and next to the restroom is the sundries and props storage room on the first floor.
After Jiang Linyi and Xiao Qi carefully adjusted their makeup in front of the bathroom mirror and were about to leave, they vaguely heard someone talking in the utility room next door.
"Brother Yuan, I accept your kindness, but I really can't accept this flower. Besides, can we talk about anything after the guild competition is over? I'm about to change my clothes and go up to host. I'm at work now. I'm really sorry!"
The female voice is the voice of the year.
"Are you sure you don't want to accept this flower?" The other male voice now sounded obviously angry.
Jiang Linyi immediately stopped Xiaoqi and dragged her into the bathroom.
To access the restroom on the first floor, go out of the corridor and return to the backstage waiting area, you must pass through the door of the utility room.
Listening to the sound at this moment, it was obvious that it came from the utility room, especially from the short conversation between the two people, it could be heard that there was obviously an emotional entanglement between them. Jiang Linyi didn't dare to ask Xiaoqi to move forward.
You know, the restroom on the first floor is located in a remote area and not many people come here usually. Usually, people only come here occasionally when there are major company events or performances.
If the two of them walked out so carefreely like this, they would definitely run into those two people from Nian Nian.
After the male voice asked, Nian Nian didn't say anything.
Although it is not known what happened between the two, it is obvious that Nian Nian remained silent and returned to the question of the male voice with her attitude.
"Okay! Don't regret it!" Along with the fierce voice of the man, something like plastic paper was thrown to the ground.
Then the default ringtone of the mobile phone suddenly rang, and Jiang Linyi and Xiao Qi were both startled. After all, the two of them were squatting at the door of the bathroom, neither wanting to go in nor come out, and it looked like they were eavesdropping on other people's gossip.
Fortunately, when I looked at Xiaoqi’s phone, it was not hers.
Niannian said again, "Brother Yuan, they've called me, so I'll go over first."
Then came the sound of Nian Nian walking away in high heels.
For a moment, Jiang Linyi and Xiao Qi looked at each other.
After waiting for a long time and hearing no more sound from next door, Jiang Linyi estimated that the man who was talking to Nian Nian in the utility room should have left. She was about to go back with Xiao Qi, but just as she reached the corner of the corridor, she saw a blue figure quickly flash into the utility room.
Jiang Linyi and Xiaoqi paused and tiptoed back to the bathroom.
I don’t know if it was because the door of the utility room was closed or for some other reason, but this time the voices in the utility room were faint and fragmented, and the two of them couldn’t hear clearly from the bathroom.
However, what is certain is that the male voice in front has not left, and the blue figure who just entered is also a female anchor.
Xiao Qi waved at Jiang Linyi, motioning her to come closer to him.
Jiang Linyi didn't understand what was going on, but she still moved closer to Xiaoqi obediently.
"Do you feel that the scene we are in now is very similar to the scene in a TV drama where the passers-by who discovered the secret of the protagonist group... " Xiao Qi's voice was very soft, like a thief.
Jiang Linyi thought about it seriously, then reached out and took Xiaoqi's phone with a serious face.
Xiao Qi was startled by her expression and thought something had happened.
Afterwards, Jiang Linyi turned on the silent mode of her phone in front of Xiao Qi, shook it at her, and answered seriously: "No. Look, there are no dead branches in the corridor, and now your phone will not ring the alarm at the critical moment."
As they were talking, they heard the sound of a conversation coming from the utility room, and the two of them quickly fell silent.
After a long while, when the noise on the other end calmed down, the two waited for a long time before starting to walk out.
The door to the utility room was wide open, and no one was inside.
The two of them looked at each other knowingly, then looked away tacitly and returned to the backstage waiting area.
Due to this delay, the performance at the front desk had already progressed to the tenth solo dance.
After the solo dance performance, there is the group dance performance.
As the girls in the backstage waiting area walked up to the stage to perform one by one, the usually carefree Xiao Qi couldn't help but pull Jiang Linyi's arm in: "01, you have trained me, I should be fine..."
"What should I do? I suddenly need to go to the bathroom."
"Calm down, we just got back from the bathroom."
"Oh, if something goes wrong during my performance, will my boss take me to his office and scold me after the guild competition?"
"…The boss probably won't curse, but I guess Sister Mianmian will."
"Ahhhhh, why do I feel like I'm going to embarrass myself in front of the whole company!"
"Calm down, not only in front of the entire company, but also in front of the fans of all the anchors in the company. Oh, by the way, there are already 200,000 people online in the guild competition live broadcast room. You are embarrassing yourself in front of 200,000 people."
"Ahhhhhhh! 01 You are so cruel! You don't even comfort me! Wuuuu!" Xiao Qi pretended to cry.
After Xiaoqi's commotion, Jiang Linyi, who was originally a little nervous, was actually calmed down.
At 4:30 in the afternoon, behind the scenes of the annual report, Jiang Linyi calmly stood up and went on stage with the entire team of sweet girls.
I don’t know if it was the conversation between Jiang Linyi and Xiaoqi that eased the tension or if it was because Xiaoqi was able to remain calm more often in such big occasions, but she performed the dance very smoothly today.
After the last note fell and the ending movement was performed, the audience burst into warm applause.
You know, Sweetheart Girl has never participated in HX's guild competition, and there were no fans of Sweetheart Girl in the audience seats of this guild competition.
In other words, their performance moved the audience.
After stepping down from the stage, Xiao Qi quickly took out his mobile phone and clicked into the live broadcast room, wanting to see the feedback from the audience.
As expected, people in the live broadcast room kept asking questions in the barrage about the information of the performers of the group dance just now.
Although no one came to the scene of the Sweet Girls show, there was no live broadcast this afternoon. Their fans were all alone in the guild competition live broadcast room, waiting for the girls to go on stage.
Now that the girls have been seen by more people, many fans have spontaneously acted as members of the girls' external publicity department in the barrage, constantly replying to questions from those who posted the barrage questions.
[Thank you @晚霞宝 for your likes. The C position is 01 in the Sweetheart Girl Live Room of HX’s new group. There is the Sweetheart Girl Live Room account on the homepage of the live room. 01 will start broadcasting in the Sweetheart Girl Live Room at 3:30 pm and 7:30 pm every day. 】
[@一叶知秋宝宝, the second from the left is Xiaoqi from the live broadcast room of HX’s new group Sweetheart Girls. She is a Xiaoqi who has both good looks and good dancing skills! Welcome to join the Qibao Club! 】
[@黛色新宝宝, the first on the left is the baby in the live broadcast room of HX new group Sweetheart Girl. The baby is beautiful, has a sweet voice, and an even sweeter personality! 】
After the performance, the Sweetheart Girls had no part in the subsequent guild competition. It’s almost five o’clock now. After practicing dancing for a while, it’s time for dinner.
There was a commotion in the live broadcast room yesterday and many issues have not been resolved yet, so the live broadcast will be suspended tonight as well.
However, this appearance at the guild competition had a significant effect on attracting traffic to the live broadcast room. Before the broadcast even started, the room gained nearly 2,000 fans.
The personal accounts of several girls also gained a lot of followers, some had a few hundred, and some, like Jiang Linyi, had nearly two thousand, which was the same as the increase in the live broadcast room accounts!
At five o'clock in the afternoon, all the performances ended.
Next we entered the highlight of the day, the official competition of the guild tournament.
The competition is divided into two stages.
There are audition rounds and the final round where the top 40 players will be selected.
During the audition phase, each contestant will have two minutes to canvass for votes, and a gift countdown will also begin in the live broadcast room.
Within two minutes, each gift received that is worth 1 cat-playing point will be counted as one point. After two minutes, all the gifts received will be the score for the audition round.
The top 40 players, ranked from high to low according to their scores, will enter the finals to compete for the first place.
To put it bluntly, it means telling the fans and anchor brothers and sisters directly that within two minutes, they need to spend enough real money to send their favorite broadcast into the finals of the HX Guild Tournament.
The people who go on stage to canvass for votes are not arranged according to their ranking in the last guild competition as they do during the performance. Instead, all the participating female anchors are assigned according to their live broadcast rooms. The live broadcast rooms with fewer votes will go on stage first while their popularity is high, which can bring them higher exposure.
People with few votes will canvass for votes when there are many people. If there are few votes, she will repeatedly mention the names of those who gave gifts in the live broadcast room to give enough emotional value.
Driven by this emotion, once a passerby swipes the ticket, the pleasure of hearing a young girl constantly chanting her name and acting coquettishly to express her gratitude in the live broadcast room of more than 200,000 people is enough to make passersby who don't watch the girl group's live broadcast sink to it.
Groups with a lot of tickets, like Niannian, are at the end of the list. The female anchors in both live broadcast rooms have their own fixed fan groups who pay for their performance, and there is not much difference between canvassing for votes at the beginning and canvassing for votes at the end.
After this month, the Sweetheart Girls’ live broadcast room will have been live for a full month, and they will officially participate in the guild competition in June next month.
It just so happened that there were no live broadcast tasks in the evening, so Mianmian specifically gave instructions to a few girls, asking them to take their mobile phones and stay in the live broadcast room to see what the process of the guild competition was like.
So, after returning to the dance studio on the 5th floor, several people gathered together, holding the same iPad to watch the live broadcast.
It is obvious that the methods used by the new anchors who are at the front and participating in the guild competition for the first time to canvass votes are completely different from those of anchors like Nian Nian who have been broadcasting for almost a year.
The novice anchors stumbled while introducing themselves because of nervousness. By the time they opened their mouths to ask for tickets, at least 20 to 30 seconds had passed. In the remaining time, tickets were only available sparsely. By the time it was over in two minutes, those with worse performance couldn't even get over 10,000 tickets.
When it was Nian Nian's turn to play, things were obviously different.
It took Niannian less than five seconds to introduce himself, and then he began to cue the brothers and sisters in the live broadcast room: "Brothers and sisters in the live broadcast room, now is Niannian's personal canvassing stage, don't let Niannian have an empty mic, time is precious, only two minutes, the two minutes of votes for the audition and the finals are cumulative. If you put up more now, it will be easier to catch up later."
In just two sentences, all kinds of special effects appeared in the live broadcast room, and the speed of annual thank-you gifts could not keep up with the speed of fans in the live broadcast room giving gifts.
When everyone was marveling at the generosity of Big Brother and Big Sister Niannian, Xiaoqi silently took out his cell phone and opened the memo.
"What are you doing?" Zizi, who was on Xiaoqi's left, asked curiously.
"A good memory is not as good as a bad pen. Didn't Sister Mianmian tell us to learn the canvassing skills of our predecessors? I'll write it down now!"
“…”
Zizi: "As long as you are happy."
The audition battle line is very long. HX has developed very rapidly this year. At the beginning of the year, the company had only 6 girl groups on the air. By May in the middle of the year, there were already 12 girl groups on the air, not including new girl groups like Jiang Linyi.
There are as many as 9 people in each group and as few as 5 people. Each person takes a turn to go on stage to canvass for votes for two minutes, and it takes more than three hours for all of them to finish their turn.
In the live broadcast room, the names of these girl groups are listed in the member list of the live broadcast room, and everyone’s scores are visible in real time.
It took only two minutes to collect votes every year, and he ranked first in the total score of the auditions with 5.87 million points.
In the guild tournament finals in April, with the addition of auditions and finals, the champion only scored a total of more than 6 million points.
Whenever this number came out, basically everyone's way of looking at her changed.
In this guild competition, Nian Nian's audition score was nearly 600, and the second place Ai Xue was 3 million points behind her. In this case, unless the rich brother keeps increasing the stakes in the finals, it is basically likely that Nian Nian will win the championship this month.
"If Sister Nian Nian wins the championship this month, it will be her fourth consecutive championship, right? I remember that HOT's Maomao always used the three consecutive championships in the guild competition to smear Sister Nian Nian. When she won the three consecutive championships, how many points did HOT's guild competition score?"
After HX launched two big groups, Times Girls and Oxygen Goddesses, the company specially made the performance of the mainstays such as Nian Nian, Ai Xue, Mei Yang Yang, and Tao Hua into a company handbook, and promoted them well when the agents were recruiting young girls to join the company and making promises for them.
In the album updated this month, the title of three consecutive championships in the guild tournament has been added to Nian Nian’s achievements.
Several girls continued to watch the live broadcast while discussing.
The audition and vote-gathering process became more and more boring as time went on, and the popularity of the live broadcast room also dropped.
After three hours, the auditions finally ended, and the list of the top 40 contestants was immediately released after the last contestant's canvassing session ended.
The top three in the auditions are exactly the same as last month's champion, runner-up and third place, with no changes.
The final round is not much different from the audition round, with the anchors taking turns to canvass for votes. One point is equal to one point, and the ranking is calculated based on the points.
However, the canvassing phase is different from the auditions in that the canvassing phase only lasts for 1 minute, and the elimination rules are obviously different from the two-minute elimination rule of the auditions, which is a catching-up competition system.
The so-called catch-up system is that in the one-minute canvassing session, if the 40th contestant canvasses more votes than the 39th, even if the canvassing is successful, the 39th contestant will take over to canvass votes and continue to catch up.
The number of votes until the 40th place cannot exceed 39 within 1 minute, and the 40th place will be eliminated, and so on, until the final top three are competed for.
At the same time, the final round also includes a solo dance performance segment after elimination.
Those who make it into the top 40 must have received a lot of votes from fans. If it’s the same as the auditions and they are eliminated, then the fans’ votes will be meaningless.
Adding a dance segment can, on the one hand, dilute the boredom and tedium of canvassing for votes, and on the other hand, make fans feel that their votes are worthwhile, after all, they have the opportunity to showcase their talents in such a large live broadcast room.
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