Chapter 29
After being reminded by the program crew, Su Xingyao did not take a taxi alone this time, but asked the driver to take him there.
When he arrived at the recording site of "The Voice of China" and before going to the VIP channel, he passed by Exit D where he had checked his information before and found that the program crew really did not lie to him.
Before the show started, many fans had already gathered at the door.
Although each of these fans had their own head, he still saw from a distance that someone was holding up and shaking a photo of the cat headgear he wore during the second competition.
The scariest thing is that someone even specially ordered a doll costume similar to his, and is now cheering for him crazily in the crowd.
Looking at such an enthusiastic audience, Su Xingyao suddenly remembered the tip Xiaoli had given him before.
It seems that for the next stage puppet costume, he will have to make one that doesn’t allow the hood to be lifted.
The car soon stopped at the entrance of the VIP channel. After Su Xingyao checked her doll costume and voice changer again, she hurried in.
Because the production crew had to continue filming the initial stage, everyone's costumes today were required to be the same as that day.
Therefore, Su Xingyao was still wearing the extremely famous cat head suit today.
This doll costume is so cute that although his hood was not lifted by fans, many staff members pulled him to take photos.
Moreover, everyone unanimously omitted the name "No. 78" and simply called him "Mao Mao".
Listening to the sound of "cat cat" again and again, Su Xingyao had an inexplicable illusion that she had become cute too.
Shortly after Su Xingyao took a group photo with everyone, the staff notified all the contestants to gather in the recording hall and stand in order according to their numbers.
A group of people were eliminated directly in the initial stage a few weeks ago, so there are fewer contestants on the scene today than before.
No. 79 behind Su Xingyao was eliminated, and now the person standing on his right is a stranger.
Fortunately, the person on his left has not changed, and is still the lovely No. 77.
I haven’t seen you for two weeks, but No. 77 is still as cute as ever.
When the staff on the stage were speaking, the person who couldn't speak would smile and wink at him.
Su Xingyao also raised her paw and greeted him in a friendly manner.
Then he rummaged around in his bag and finally pulled out a cat pendant.
He made this for No. 77 himself.
The opponent gave him one in the last game.
As a token of reciprocity, he also made one for the other party.
No. 77 obviously didn't expect to receive such a surprise. After receiving it, he happily pinned the doll on the most dazzling position on his chest and showed it off to the camera.
Su Xingyao couldn't help laughing when she saw the other party's actions.
After the staff member finished speaking, a familiar voice was immediately heard on the stage.
"Hello everyone, it's been two weeks since we last met, you all look as handsome as ever~"
Su Xingyao looked up and saw Song Yingming standing on the stage with his signature loudspeaker and a smile on his face, his eyes moving over each contestant.
After recording one episode, everyone discovered that although this director had a lot of ideas in setting up the program, he was a very easy-going person, so some people immediately started making jokes with him.
"Director Song, you are still as charming as ever, just a little more rounded."
Upon hearing this, Song Yingming immediately widened his already small eyes.
When the audience saw his expression, they immediately burst into laughter.
Song Yingming also laughed, but quickly got back to the point.
"After the last round of preliminary matches, we will enter a new schedule starting today."
The contestants gradually quieted down after hearing this and listened carefully to what Song Yingming said next.
Sure enough, what he said the next second shocked everyone.
"Next, we will also make a change to the broadcast format of our program."
Song Yingming's eyes narrowed into slits as he announced leisurely, "From now on, every performance on our stage will be broadcast live."
When they heard the word "live broadcast", most people at the scene took a deep breath.
As we all know, the live broadcast stage is the most likely to have problems and be exposed.
The singer's performance will be very different from what is broadcast without post-editing and sound correction, and even if there is a mistake, it cannot be recorded again.
This kind of method with no way out at all is a huge challenge for singers.
Seeing that the production team was playing such a big game, they asked them to challenge such a high difficulty right away...
After realizing what difficulties they would face, several contestants were so nervous that they could hardly breathe.
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"What??"
"Are you kidding me, Boss?"
“You can even do live broadcasts?”
Song Yingming smiled and nodded.
Once again confirming that they would really have to face the live broadcast in the future, the contestants were all panicked.
Everyone looked at each other, confusion written all over their faces.
Why doesn't this program group follow the routine? ! !
In response to the contestants' questions, Song Yingming, who has experienced many ups and downs, remained extremely calm.
"Everyone, relax, live streaming is no different from normal recording."
The contestant nearly had a cerebral hemorrhage after hearing the opponent's asking-for-a-punch tone.
This is no different???
Song Yingming said something that had no comforting effect at all, and then continued, "But we are still recording the show today, so don't be too nervous."
After saying this, he put away his smile and deliberately raised his voice.
"Next, everyone, pay attention, what we are about to do is... choose a mentor!"
As soon as Song Yingming finished speaking, the curtain behind him suddenly fell down.
On the stage, four mentors had already stood there without anyone noticing.
Having just arrived at the scene today, we have received so many explosive news in a row, and many of the contestants are still confused.
It was not until everyone saw Fu Qingyan coming down from the lift stage that they reacted and began to applaud their mentor.
Fu Qingyan walked to the center of the stage with a signature smile on his face.
"Good afternoon, everyone. I am very happy to be on the stage of The Voice of China with you all again."
Fu Qingyan has a good command of dialogue. Although he is not a professional host, he speaks in the voice of a professional host as soon as he opens his mouth.
His style is similar to his voice, both tend to be more formal.
Therefore, after these two opening remarks, I immediately introduced the topic of today.
"Are you ready for the next mentor selection session?"
Many of the contestants under the stage were waiting to be confirmed, so they answered weakly, "No..."
Fu Qingyan was not panicked by this situation. He just smiled calmly and said, "It doesn't matter if you are not prepared. We can first listen to what the instructors want to say to us."
The camera immediately cut to the instructor's seat.
The four mentors are still in the same positions as last time.
Wen Yun, who was sitting on the far left, spoke first.
He was very straightforward and said only one sentence while holding the microphone, "I hope everyone can choose me."
After quickly putting down the phone, he saw Sheng Yan's expression next to him saying, "You've finished talking," and quickly added another sentence.
"That's all I want to say, nothing else, really."
Sheng Yan laughed and teased him, "Teacher Wen, you are not sincere enough."
The honest man Wen Yun smiled and quickly waved his hand as if to spare me.
Sheng Yan knew when to stop, and immediately followed Wen Yun's words and said, "I also hope that everyone can choose me."
Wen Yun looked at Sheng Yan after hearing this, "Why are you copying my words?"
Sheng Yan shrugged and said confidently, "This sentence is the most useful and practical..."
After saying that, he looked at the contestants and instantly became humble again, "Everyone, please, please, don't let me get zero today."
Sheng Yan usually has the image of a cool idol, and sometimes he acts like a prank, and the effect is quite good.
The contestants below also responded to him.
"Sure, sure."
"Teacher Sheng, wait for me!"
After Sheng Yan finished speaking, it was Shen Huaixi's turn to speak according to the order.
But Xu Beizhou gave in to him directly and left the finale to the other party.
When hearing Xu Beizhou's words, the more careful people suddenly discovered that the order seemed to be the same in the previous issue.
Xu Beizhou always gave in to Shen Huaixi at the most important moments.
He was deliberately allowed to hand out the signs last and to comment last, giving the other party enough face.
"Does Xu Beizhou have a good relationship with Shen Huaixi? He always gives in to him."
The two contestants standing in the front row of Su Xingyao felt strange and whispered to each other.
Another person shook his head, "I don't know, I don't usually notice it."
Su Xingyao listened to what the two said and moved her gaze to Xu Beizhou.
In fact, in the novel world that he knew about, there was no such singing program in the previous life.
He did not choose to participate at first, and Shen Huaixi did not come to be a judge.
However, even though this show did not exist in the previous life, the plot later on wrote that Xu Beizhou and Shen Huaixi met while participating in a variety show.
Xu Beizhou fell in love with Shen Huaixi at first sight.
Although the plot and development of this life are somewhat different, Su Xingyao understands that as the protagonist of the world, those who were originally set to fall in love with Shen Huaixi at first sight will also like him this time.
That's why Xu Beizhou gave in to the other party in every subtle detail of the show.
When Su Xingyao recalled this part, Xu Beizhou had already finished speaking.
After he finished speaking, he handed the microphone to Shen Huaixi considerately, and then looked at the other party secretly.
Shen Huaixi did not notice Xu Beizhou's abnormality, but slightly tilted his head and pressed his chin, choosing an angle that could best show his eyes before starting to speak.
He deliberately slowed down his speech and looked at the contestants sincerely.
"In fact, I am also very clear that compared with other mentors, I am not as professional as them, and I can't sing as well as them... I am very clear that I don't have much advantage."
He paused for two seconds here, then corrected himself as if he had said something wrong.
"To be exact, there is absolutely no advantage."
As soon as he said this, Xu Beizhou quickly encouraged him in a low voice, "How could that be? That's not the case."
Some soft-hearted contestants in the audience also applauded him.
After saying this, Shen Huaixi took another deep breath, his eyes pure and innocent.
"But... I can guarantee that I have a sincere heart towards all the contestants. In fact, I have formed my own professional music team during this period. When you come to my team, you don't have to worry about the music problems later."
In order to make himself appear more sincere, Shen Huaixi spoke very slowly.
But at the end he looked at Xu Beizhou, "Teacher Xu will help me too, right?"
Xu Beizhou was stunned by the look, then nodded gently, "That's for sure."
Shen Huaixi smiled, and after finishing all this, he finally looked at the camera and said those words to canvass for votes for himself, "I hope everyone can trust me, choose me, and we will go to the end together!"
After Shen Huaixi said these words affectionately, Fu Qingyan and Xu Beizhou took the lead in applauding him.
Fu Qingyan even comforted his good friend, "Teacher Shen, don't underestimate yourself. There are many contestants who like you here."
In response to Fu Qingyan's words, Shen Huaixi smiled cutely, and then nodded mischievously like a little rabbit.
Shen Huaixi is used to seizing every opportunity to add drama to himself.
While the other person was performing, Su Xingyao, who had long been accustomed to watching it, lowered her eyes and began to daydream again.
He came to his senses only after the people around him applauded Shen Huaixi.
Then he unconsciously looked to the left and sarcastically said.
But it turned out that No. 77 rolled his eyes towards the sky...
After the four mentors finished speaking, it was time for the highlight of the day.
The mentors must choose their own team members to form four new teams.
These four teams will then engage in a series of PK matches.
However, unlike previous competitions, in today's mentor selection phase, the mentors are in a disadvantaged position to some extent.
According to the competition rules, each mentor only has 12 places.
In other words, apart from the dozen or so contestants who were eliminated previously, they could only choose to keep 48 people out of the remaining seventy or so.
But these 48 people are not entirely determined by them.
Because the mentors can only select 7 of their favorite candidates from the pending contestants in the first round.
But this list requires them to be selected blindly without any prior communication.
This also means that the consequence of such a choice is that there is a certain probability that there will be overlapping options.
After all, the four mentors are well aware of everyone's strength. There are only so many good contestants, and everyone wants to grab the strong contestants to their team.
The bad-intentioned program team deliberately set up this competition system just to see the mentors fighting hard to win the contestants.
Therefore, the program team also grants privileges to contestants selected by multiple mentors at the same time.
That is, they can choose the mentor in return.
In addition, the players who advanced directly before were given greater rights.
They do not need to go through the mentor selection round at all, but can directly choose their own mentor.
The mentor wants them, but they have to fight for them.
To some extent, such rules actually test the mentors' status and popularity in the eyes of the contestants.
This is also the reason why Shen Huaixi tried so hard to add drama just now.
No one wants to be a clown on stage, let alone Shen Huaixi.
After Fu Qingyan explained the rules to everyone, the first round of selection began.
"Mentors, please go to your own lounge backstage and make your choice first."
The program team gave the mentors ten minutes to select the candidates.
During these ten minutes, the program crew did not forget to stir up trouble and directly conducted live broadcasts in four rooms in the studio.
However, they only broadcast the tutor's screen live, and you can't see even a corner of the tablet used by the other party to select people.
There wasn't even any sound.
For the contestants who were on hold last week, watching this kind of scene was an agonizing ten minutes.
"I'm so jealous of you, Cat! I'm so nervous right now."
Without the mentors present, the contestants were finally able to speak.
No. 77 turned around to face Su Xingyao, and couldn't help but reach out and touch his furry doll costume.
Although No. 77 looks cute, he actually has a big heart.
Su Xingyao was a little surprised to suddenly hear him say that he was nervous.
"Don't be nervous, you performed very well on your first stage."
No. 77 nodded, and after a few seconds lowered his voice and leaned close to Su Xingyao's ear, "I'm just a little greedy. I hope to be promoted, but I hope even more to be chosen by my favorite mentor."
Su Xingyao smiled knowingly.
Sure enough, the other party was not nervous about advancing.
It’s for the mentor I like.
However, he cheered crazily for all three mentors on the first stage. Su Xingyao didn't expect that he would actually worry about the mentors.
Su Xingyao was not a person with a strong desire to explore, so she did not ask the other party who he wanted to choose.
He raised his head and looked forward, and found that the instructors were holding pens in one hand and sliding their fingers frantically on the tablet with frowns on their faces.
There is a countdown next to the screen.
The hearts of the mediocre contestants at the scene trembled with every second the countdown ticked.
Ten minutes passed quickly and the four mentors returned to the stage.
The four of them smiled at each other with ill intent, trying to find out in various ways who the other party had chosen.
Until Fu Qingyan came to the center of the stage with four envelopes in his hand.
"Now... the list of mentors is in my hands."
He looked towards the stage below, "Which instructor are you going to watch first?"
“Sheng Yan!!!”
“Wen Yun!!”
"Xu Beizhou..."
There were people shouting everyone in the audience, but Sheng Yan, who shouted Shen Huaixi, was much smaller.
But Fu Qingyan on the stage raised his eyebrows, and then said to the contestants, "Shall we watch Teacher Shen's first?"
No. 82, who was sitting next to Su Xingyao, didn't understand the situation and couldn't help but complain.
"Is the stage too far away for Teacher Fu to hear clearly..."
Although everyone was confused as to how Fu Qingyan heard it as Shen Huaixi, they still kept quiet and waited for him to open the envelope.
Of course Fu Qingyan didn't fail to hear clearly, he was just simply partial to Shen Huaixi.
Shen Huaixi had saved his life, so as the host in this kind of situation, it was nothing for him to just cue the other party casually.
Shen Huaixi, who was suddenly cueed, also cooperated and pretended to be surprised, and immediately waved his hands, "Don't, don't, I will..."
But Fu Qingyan had already opened his envelope and randomly picked out a card from it.
The first person Fu Qingyan drew was number 65.
A girl who sings and looks very fresh.
The selected girl came to the stage, bowed to Shen Huaixi, and said thank you a little excitedly.
Seeing the girl so excited, Shen Huaixi picked up the microphone and told her again why he chose him.
After they finish their interaction, according to the rules of the program team, the big screen will show whether other mentors have chosen the other party.
Shen Huaixi has actually been studying this list since he returned home.
Although he appeared to be very conflicted and in pain in front of the camera, he had actually already thought of the list long before.
When selecting people, he does not necessarily choose the strongest ones, but rather those with a greater chance of success.
He doesn't care whether his team can win the championship in the end, because the honor is not his.
However, during the selection process, if no player on his side chooses him, he will feel uncomfortable for a long time.
He couldn't afford to lose this person, so the targets he chose were all relatively soft-tempered, obedient and easy to control contestants.
Girl No. 65 is the perfect choice.
Shen Huaixi raised her head and looked at the names of the other three mentors on the screen, hoping that they would not choose this little girl who was not too outstanding.
Unexpectedly, after the BGM ended, Sheng Yan's name popped up.
Shen Huaixi’s fingertips pinched halfway into the palm of his hand.
But with a smile on his face, "Teacher Sheng, this is probably not a style you would like, right?"
He looked at the other person, meaning, why are you trying to steal my person?
Sheng Yan was also surprised that Shen Huaixi actually chose this person. He smiled a little embarrassedly, but his attitude was still firm.
"I like it."
If both mentors make a choice, then the right to choose falls to No. 65.
Shen Huaixi looked at the other party expectantly, but the result disappointed him greatly.
No. 65 is a fan of Sheng Yan. When chosen by her idol, she chose him without hesitation.
The first choice failed. Fu Qingyan on the stage saw Shen Huaixi's face full of disappointment and comforted him.
"It's okay, let's take a look at the second one."
Originally, Fu Qingyan wanted to go with the second one to ease the embarrassment that the first contestant brought to Shen Huaixi.
Unexpectedly, the second contestant also collided.
It was a collision with Xu Beizhou.
Xu Beizhou was a little surprised to see this result.
He had chatted with Shen Huaixi before, and guessed from their conversation which contestant the other party liked, so he tried his best to avoid conflicts with him.
Unexpectedly, I still bumped into one.
Seeing the contestants on the stage and Shen Huaixi's expectant eyes, he canvassed for votes for himself in a perfunctory manner.
But even though he was so perfunctory, the contestants who didn't understand the air still chose him...
"Feel sorry……"
Seeing that Shen Huaixi's face looked a little bad, Xu Beizhou quickly turned off the microphone and apologized to him.
Shen Huaixi, who had long felt that the other party was interested in her, smiled at Xu Beizhou aggrievedly and stubbornly, "It's okay, I don't blame you."
Shen Huaixi was a little embarrassed after being stood up by two contestants in a row.
Fu Qingyan also knew that if he opened another envelope with the same development, Shen Huaixi would have no face at all today, so he changed to open the envelope of the tutor.
But I don’t know whether everyone has the same vision in choosing people, or Shen Huaixi is particularly unlucky.
When he opened other people's envelopes later, they found that the contestants they chose were the same as his.
He wrote down ten names, but only two were chosen.
The other eight all chose other mentors.
Such a low selection rate makes him look a bit embarrassing.
Especially compared with the mentors on his left and right who each selected seven people, it was really ugly.
Fu Qingyan on the stage comforted the unselected contestants, "Don't be discouraged, there is still a chance."
While secretly observing Shen Huaixi's face which no longer had a trace of smile.
"Then, next, please welcome the contestants who advanced directly from the first stage to the stage!"
In the first stage, only four contestants got four promotion cards.
Under the guidance of the staff, Su Xingyao followed the three people in front of her onto the stage.
When the four direct qualifying winners came on stage, there was a burst of warm applause from the audience.
After all, these four are the strongest among the strong. Whether everyone likes them or not, at least they respect them on the surface.
Especially Su Xingyao, many people couldn't help but whistle and shout "Cat!" crazily after seeing his cute doll costume again.
Fu Qingyan stood beside Su Xingyao and smiled at him.
"After the show aired, many people asked you for the link to the cat headgear. Would you mind telling us where you bought it today?"
Su Xingyao, who was suddenly cueed, took a step back out of habit.
He spoke only after he had maintained a safe distance from Fu Qingyan.
“I made it myself.”
Fu Qingyan didn't care about Su Xingyao's reaction. Instead, he thought that the other party was deliberately acting surprised and stepping back in response to what he had just said.
So he praised more enthusiastically, "Did you make it yourself?"
"What a great and versatile cat."
Facing such an enthusiastic Fu Qingyan, Su Xingyao remained silent and did not speak again...
Of the four contestants on the stage, Fu Qingyan was only interested in cats.
After cueing Su Xingyao, he directly announced that he had entered the next stage.
At this time, the program team finally used their trump card - the blind box lottery.
Su Xingyao looked at the extremely familiar boxes in front of her and picked one at random.
After opening it, he found that he had successfully drawn the last one.
Because he was the last one, he immediately and consciously retreated to the edge of the stage to wait for the first three candidates.
The first three contestants who advanced were not hesitant. After going on stage, they directly and readily announced the names of their favorite mentors before the mentors started fighting.
The first person selected from the Creative Writing Department was Xu Beizhou.
The second gentle choice is Wen Yun.
The third idol choice is Sheng Yan.
The contestants in the audience looked at how balanced the selection of the qualified contestants was and wondered if the production team had informed each mentor in advance and deliberately gave each mentor a smaller share of the prize.
So when it was Su Xingyao's turn to go on stage, everyone was confused.
“No way…Maomao wouldn’t choose Shen Huaixi, right?”
“No…”
"Cat, come to our group!"
However, the contestants think so, but the mentors do not.
The moment Su Xingyao stood on the stage, Wen Yun, who was always slow and gentle, took the initiative to speak.
"Cat, come to my team. Our team style should be a good match for you."
Sheng Yan, who often "criticizes" Wen Yun, couldn't help but open the microphone, "Brother Yun, why are you trying to snatch someone from me again? We already agreed that I'll reserve the cat!"
Xu Beizhou originally wanted to speak up and fight for it.
But seeing Shen Huaixi staring at the cat doll costume nervously, he smiled magnanimously.
"I feel like I can't win against you guys, so I won't join the fight."
Xu Beizhou's words sounded really strange. Many contestants looked at him in confusion, not understanding why he gave up for no reason.
However, Xu Beizhou didn't explain anything, he turned to look at Shen Huaixi, and whispered to him with his mouth: Come on!
At this time, Shen Huaixi was indeed a little anxious.
In fact, there was no doll costume No. 78 in his preliminary list.
In fact, he didn't like the other person very much from the first time he met him.
Especially after the last episode was broadcast, he was scolded by some viewers for what he said to the other party, so under normal circumstances, he would never consider such a person joining his team.
but……
So far, there isn't a single decent player in his group.
Especially those three contestants who advanced directly just now, none of them mentioned his...
This was the first time he faced such an uncontrollable situation. Even though he didn’t like it, he still desperately wanted to get No. 78 to his team.
So he eagerly turned on the microphone, looked at Su Xingyao and praised, "Cat, your voice is very beautiful."
"I was shocked when I first heard you sing."
"Many people may have misunderstood what I said to you before the show aired, but let me explain it here."
"I just like you so much... so I'm eager to get to know you more..."
After Shen Huaixi finished explaining to himself, he used his lifelong acting skills to look at Su Xingyao.
"Of course this is not the point. What I want to say most today is, come to my team, let's rush to the championship together!"
Shen Huaixi said it gracefully and sincerely, but Su Xingyao on the stage was silent after hearing it.
If he doesn't understand the other person, he will believe it.
After Shen Huaixi finished speaking, it was time for Su Xingyao to make the counter-election.
As the first contestant to advance and the one who received the most attention.
Su Xingyao is now being fought over by three mentors.
The program crew also knew how to create a good atmosphere and they directly used a very exciting BGM to create this tense atmosphere.
The contestants in the audience were driven by this atmosphere. They looked at Su Xingyao in the center of the stage and unconsciously began to breathe more nervously.
Some people are wondering if he will be moved by Shen Huaixi.
Some people are praying that he can have a mentor with them...
Fu Qingyan also spoke at the right time, looking at him with curiosity and anticipation.
"So Cat...what's your choice?"
A few seconds later, Su Xingyao picked up the microphone and said, "Thank you to the four mentors for your recognition and love..."
He raised his head and looked ahead.
"But my choice is..."
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