Chapter 036 Chapter 36
As these words fell, the stage lights behind her flashed, and Zhou Quanli, center stage, waited for the audience's excited cheers to die down before continuing:
[Today's first public performance will feature eight songs. After watching the performance, all the producers, please use the voting devices in your hands to vote for the stage you support.
There are two buttons on the left and right above the voting machine, blue supports the first group and red supports the second group.
The number buttons represent the trainee numbers for each team. Please remember the trainees' numbers when they introduce themselves and vote! If you don't want to vote for a trainee, you can also choose to abstain from voting.
Another very important point is that the two stages of the same song are based on the total votes of the trainees in each group. The group with the most total votes wins, and the other group is considered a loser.
In this performance, the winning group will receive 50,000 online votes, and the fate of the trainees will be in the hands of the national producers.
Are you ready to create a global male idol group of your choice? 】
Zhou Quanli passed the microphone to the audience, and the crowd immediately erupted in excitement...
Zhou Xiao was swaying with the waves in the crowded crowd. The audience was so excited that even the girls in the front row next to her were cheering at the top of their lungs.
"The first song we're about to perform is a very nice song," Zhou Quanli said, making a puzzled gesture on the stage. "Is it hot today?"
"Hot!" "Very hot!" "It's so hot!" The audience responded enthusiastically.
"What if there was a song that allowed us to choose the weather—"
"Remote control of the weather!" "Wow wow wow!" "Control! The! Weather!"
The choreography for Star Path 101 was exceptional, so impressive that they had to wait in the darkness for a while before the stage was set up. "Oh my god, they're not going to have to set up every stage later, are they?" Zhou Xiao could faintly hear Zhu Jian's worried voice behind him amidst the clamor.
Fortunately, it has just started. Although it is a bit chaotic, everyone has waited for so long, so naturally these few minutes are acceptable.
However, if the stage is really set up on the spot, then the trainees who come in at the end will undoubtedly be at a great disadvantage.
Zhou Xiao had previously read some revelations on the forum. He heard that nearly 10,000 people had signed up for the auditions for Star 101, so the trainees* on the show all had their own strengths and advantages.
At least after watching these performances, even if I don’t know some of the trainees, I can still think of the trainees with good stage performance first when voting.
Of course, during the voting phase, Zhou Xiao heard some audience members instructing their companions in the audience pool, such as "Don't vote", and Zhu Jian behind him obviously heard it too.
She huddled behind Zhou Xiao and said loudly and sarcastically, "Those who abstain from voting for anything shouldn't come to participate in the first public election."
Zhu Jian's voice was very loud. She cunningly hid herself among several people. Zhou Xiao could feel her trembling as she tried to hold back her laughter behind him.
After that, Zhou Xiao didn't know if anyone abstained from voting, but the whispers of people calling for abstention from voting were basically inaudible. Zhou Xiao couldn't help but find it funny, and in the gap, he reached behind his back and gave Zhu Jian a thumbs-up.
The performance on stage was lively and the audience was also quite lively. Zhou Xiao could now understand how interesting the talent show was offline. It was simply a live version of the reaction, and he was even discussing face to face with the trainees.
The "Clouds" stage that is currently being performed was meant to be lively, cute and full of youthfulness, but unfortunately this group of trainees seemed to have gone astray, trying too hard to manage their expressions, and the cuteness turned into something overly greasy.
Especially the ending of the stage was so horrible with all the groans and faces, the audience fell into a rare silence as soon as the close-up shot came out.
The audience was buzzing with discussion. Even Dong Xiaoyu, who was standing behind him, couldn't help but cry out, "Help!" Zhou Xiao remained silent. Perhaps "Clouds" could be changed to "Dark Clouds," so that the next rain could wash away the oil...
Zhou Quanli, who walked from the backstage to the center of the stage, had a look on her face that was worthy of a big star. Although she was also teased by this group of trainees, she just frowned slightly and did not show any other feelings.
However, Zhou Xiao, who could see the expressions of the people on the stage closely from the audience, felt that she was a little angry. Well, it was really hard not to make the teacher angry.
Fortunately, on the next group's "Clouds" stage, maybe they got some guidance or something, but the atmosphere of the whole group was not only more lively than the previous group, but their facial expressions were also very restrained.
When Zhou Xiao saw the final ending of one of the trainees, he wanted to wink, but when the camera cut to him, he immediately closed his eyes, trying not to be greasy.
Although he missed the ending, his action earned him many good-natured laughs from the audience. Zhou Xiao felt that this guy was quite popular with the audience, although his ability to control the stage and perform was a bit weak.
The competition is already halfway through, but because the stage is built and dismantled immediately, it has been extended a lot.
Zhou Xiao felt that not only Qi Sisi and the others behind her, but even the girls next to her who were originally very excited were now listless. Many audience members were shouting loudly from the audience when the stage was being set up, saying when the show would start.
After the stage set-up was finally complete, the announcer announced that the next stage would be a lyrical performance. However, the atmosphere in the venue was already somewhat subdued; a purely vocal performance clearly wasn't enough to elevate the crowd.
"Oh, I think the production team shouldn't have put the explosive stage so far back," Li Mo said, and Dong Xiaoyu echoed, "It seems like everyone is a little tired now, and their spirits are not up anymore."
Zhou Xiao looked at Wang Quan singing loudly on the stage, and then looked at the other trainees on the stage. Wang Quan was undoubtedly the center of this stage.
Not only the center, but even the climax was carried by him alone, and the trainees who partnered with him were more like his "backup singers." Although it hurts to say this, it is true that in this stage, it does not feel like a collaboration between the trainees, but rather it feels like Wang Quan and his "backup singers."
After the two groups finished their performances, before the trainees could even begin to canvass for votes, many people in the audience began to head for the door. Zhou Xiao could clearly see that the members of the "White" group, who were about to speak, froze as they watched the audience leave.
Zhou Xiao lowered his head and secretly turned on his phone, which was in dark mode. It was already 10:04 pm, and there were still four stages left...
The embarrassment did not end immediately. Zhou Xiao could see that the trainee holding the microphone on the stage had his hands shaking, and his frustrated and eager eyes were cast at the audience in the back row who were leaving one by one.
He was sitting a little far away, so Zhou Xiao raised his camera and saw the trainee's name clearly.
"Come on, Liang Wendao!" Two voices rang out. One was Zhou Xiao from the audience, and the other? Zhou Xiao curiously moved the camera towards the direction of the voice, and it turned out to be Ji Shao.
In the camera, the silver-haired Ji Shao, who was supposed to be preparing backstage at this time, was now clinging to the edge of the stage, holding up one hand to cheer for Liang Wendao on the stage. Soon, someone seemed to be persuading him to come down.
Ji Shao lowered his head and said something to the people below, then looked up and nodded to Liang Wendao who saw him. Just as he was about to jump, Ji Shao seemed to realize something.
He tilted his head to look at Zhou Xiao, his eyes staring straight at the camera. Soon, his originally sharp eyes turned into a smile the moment he recognized Zhou Xiao.
When Zhou Xiao saw Ji Shao jumping down, she paused as she was about to retract the camera, because a raised hand immediately appeared at the edge of the stage, waved to her, and then quickly put it down.
Liang Wendao, encouraged by the audience, the presenter, and his teammates, began to speak. The audience also began to comfort him, and the atmosphere at the scene improved a bit. No one followed the people in the back row out anymore.
When Zhou Quanli watched the trainees leave and was about to speak, she saw her covering her earphones with a bad look on her face.
Zhou Quanli, on stage, glanced around the audience below. The production team had just told her through her headset to inform the audience that, for time reasons, the stage wouldn't be set up. She pursed her lips and let out a soft breath.
Zhou Xiao and the others in the audience only saw her put down the microphone, tilt her head and say something into the headset. The audience was very noisy, and even though Zhou Xiao was standing in the front row, he couldn't hear what they were saying.
After a while, the lights on the stage dimmed again. "The setup has started again," "Here it comes again," "..." These were the dissatisfied murmurs of the audience below.
"Thank you all for waiting for so long," Zhou Quanli said as he picked up the microphone. "Today is the 16th. Do you know what day it is?"
"I don't know." "Whose birthday is it?" "I don't know." "Teacher, tell me."
Zhou Quanli's sudden interaction quickly diverted the attention of the audience who were originally complaining. Although setting up the stage was really annoying, this was Zhou Quanli!
Although the Star 101 production team explicitly stated on their official Weibo that there would be no mentor stage, many fans of Zhou Quanli still came to the event. Moreover, many of the audience members at the scene, even if they were not fans of Zhou Quanli, also had a good impression of her.
"Today is the day I sing a song for everyone," Zhou Quanli said with a smile, "Don't think I'm too rustic~"
“Oh oh oh oh” “Help” “Zhou Quanli!” “Ahhhhhhhh”
She stood very close to Zhou Xiao, with the staff still setting up the stage behind her. Zhou Quanli's enchanting voice came from the speakers. Although the audience was a little exhausted, they all felt their souls were soothed.
After the song ended, Zhou Quanli didn't leave the stage as she had done before. Instead, she held up the microphone and interacted with the audience. When the staff at the back came forward to signal Zhou Quanli that the stage was ready, Zhou Xiao saw her put the headset back on after having taken it off a long time ago.
"The stage is ready. I heard it will be a stage that will make all the producers' hearts beat! "Every Heartbeat" brings you..." As Zhou Quanli finished his introduction, the lights on the stage dimmed.
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