Chapter 101
Even before the Star Path 101 livestream began, forums and blogging accounts were already leaking rumors about the final nine-member debut lineup. Some netizens were also scouring the internet for details that might reveal the final debut list, including one that found something fishy in a recent mid-roll commercial filmed by the trainees for a sponsor.
——Forum——[August 19th evening]
[Topic] By the way, did you notice the materials sent out by the two program sponsors, Chocolate and Coffee, this morning?
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The picture is a screenshot of a mid-roll advertisement video shot by two groups of trainees for a sponsor. Each photo is a group of five trainees. Ji Shao is in both groups of trainees, and he is standing in the middle.
1L
Really... Ji Shao is the center of both brands, and the two groups of trainees add up to 9 people! By the way, is this the predetermined roster for the group?
17L Nini
Regarding the speculations raised by the original poster and the netizens above... have you noticed that Xingtu 101 also has materials from other sponsors? I heard from an industry insider that Xingtu 101 advertising is easy to negotiate, but they just love the 1+N bundling model.
Ji Shao is the center of both sponsors' advertisements, so it is very likely that the two sponsors specifically asked Ji Shao to be in the middle of the show, but the program team proposed a bundling model.
26L
The person above cleared up my confusion. I was wondering why every time there is a sponsor's insert, there must be at least three people. It turns out that they require bundling... I thought it was just for fun.
41L
What would happen if Ji Shao couldn’t become the C position?
59L
Reply to 41L: Why don't you listen to what you're saying? Ji Shao's votes have been way ahead of the C position since the second round of rankings were announced. If he really can't be the C position, I don't think there's any point in continuing the Star Path 101 show [smile]
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Besides the positioning in the commercial insert, some have also pointed out the recent splash screen ad for Star 101 on the Blueberry app. The trainees' positioning has become a point of much speculation, and netizens have been digging through all of Star 101's recent material involving the number "9" to calculate positioning probabilities and group formation percentages.
On August 19th, all day long, discussions about the Star 101 ranking predictions could be seen on trending searches and major apps. Many people flooded their WeChat Moments with messages praying and canvassing for votes, hoping that the trainees they picked would make their debut successfully or at a high position.
As the live broadcast of the Grand Finals approached, the number of new posts on the forum skyrocketed, refreshing the screen every second. During peak activity, even if you took a screenshot on your phone at any given time, you wouldn't see a post from 10 seconds ago lingering on the forum's front page.
In order to ensure normal communication among netizens, the administrator of the Xingtu 101 forum quickly pinned the post he opened as a live discussion forum and began to limit the number of posts.
--【forum】--
[Topic] [Sticky] Forum Live Streaming · Part 1
[Main Post] Xingtu 101 Forum Administrator 101: To prevent the forum homepage from being flooded with live broadcast posts and affecting everyone's experience, we have opened a live broadcast discussion forum. Please share your viewing experience in the forum!
1L
The administrator finally came out to maintain the forum orz The front page is so full of posts that I don’t know where to start! It hasn’t even started yet! If it starts, remember to kick me!
26L
A lot of you guys are kicking my ass on the first floor, so I won't do that. The opening theme song was so electric! It was incredible. When I saw the lights on the stage come on and the eliminated trainees appeared on the screen, I was so overwhelmed with emotion that I couldn't put it into words...
43L
The live broadcast was good except for some lags. Teacher Zhou's look for today's finals was so stunning that it made me dizzy. It was so beautiful! And the makeup and styling of the trainees today were all great. The production team put a lot of effort into it, and everyone was in great shape for the finals!
81L
Reply to 43L: Xiaogua just said that the trainees' looks in the finals were created by the styling teams of each agency, but this at least shows that each agency is extremely concerned about this competition!
116L
Um... I saw the CEO of my agency in the audience, but I don't understand why he's sitting in the middle of the stage? It's a shame not to give such a good seat to the fans! Are the production team worried about the CEOs' poor eyesight?
146L
Reply to 116L: Maybe it was their own request. Who knows? (laughing to death)
230L
Is this a bit off? The first round of ticket sales started right after the theme song performance? Shouldn't they wait until the first group's performance is over? And Xu Zhou is even here... He was fifth last time...
293L
Reply to 230L: I feel the same way. The production team is really anxious. Maybe it’s because they hired a notary public and couldn’t make the tickets this time (hell joke). But Xu Zhou fans really need to work harder! The reservations are too scary!
391L
Oh my god! Ji Shao is competing for the C position! Oh my god! Has this Buddhist Ji·Captain·Shao finally made a move? I feel like the audience at the scene are more excited than me when they see Ji Shao competing for the C position hahahaha
421L
This stage is awesome! It feels like a high school boy from an idol manga stepping into reality! Does anyone know the brand of this baseball uniform? This is really important to me. Seriously, I'm buying one right now as a couple's outfit!
500L
Reply to 391L: There are a lot of Ji Shao fans offline this time... Wait and see the end (I'll stop here hahaha)
517L
Oh my god, how come the first group is so good at playing? I envy the fans whose phones and cameras were taken away. By the way, can these lucky audiences show us theirs when the time comes? Please, please, please
666L
During the ending segment, everyone took selfies with the audience's electronic devices. I was really jealous... How could someone be so good at this? The key is that they were very good at finding the camera when holding these things. Live streaming has really been played by them! And at the end, Ji Shao knelt on one knee and took photos with the audience. I can't imagine how happy the audience in the front row must have been.
932L
Sisters in the building, please restrain yourself. This guy has been pushed to over a hundred floors in a short time... Speaking of which, in this second round of card list, Wu Yanyan actually dropped to eleventh place. I remember that he seemed to have never dropped out of the top nine, right? This wave of ranking drop is too severe.
1011L
Xiang Rui is ninth! If their company bets on Xiang Rui at this time, maybe the dog company can produce two. I really beg you to let Xiang Rui debut!
1436L
Help... Why did Liang Wendao have such a big accident? I feel dizzy. I dare not look at the computer now... I was just happy with the sisters upstairs that Liang Wendao got the C position in the vocal group. This is too inconsiderate to my weak heart.
1521L
"Chasing" is not easy to sing. The C position of this group seems to be panicking, which is such a pity!
1601L
Ahhhh, they're asking for tickets again. I'm so nervous. Teacher Zhou, can you please give me a quick fix? This atmosphere is making me want to vomit.
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Inside the studio, Zhou Quanli took the card handed to him by the production staff from backstage and scanned it. On it was the list of trainees who had been selected for the third round of reservations.
The audience in the audience, who were swept by her eyes, felt a sense of nervousness for some reason, as if their teacher was about to call on them to answer a question. When they heard Zhou Quanli reading out the names of the trainees, everyone couldn't help but tremble in their hearts.
"This is the first time I've felt so much pressure coming to a live event," Li Mo whispered in Zhou Xiao's ear. The others nodded in agreement. Who could have imagined that even attending the finals would require a quick fix? Remember, at this point, the trainees who had reserved spots were still being announced as a way to encourage votes, and the official group list hadn't even been announced yet.
This round, the audience reacted with astonishment with each name Zhou Quanli read out. The list of contenders for this round was Yan Shu, Zheng Shulin, Liang Wendao, and Lin Nan. With the exception of Liang Wendao, the remaining three had all been ranked in the upper middle tier during the third round of rankings.
Seeing the incredulous expressions on the audience's faces and the endless chatter from the audience, Zhou Quanli pursed his lips and spoke seriously, "There's not much time left to vote for the Star Path 101 finals. For those of you who haven't voted yet, remember to hurry up and cast your precious vote for your chosen trainee!"
"Next, the trainees will be divided into vocal and dance groups to present their solo performances," Zhou Quanli said, looking towards the stage. "Please invite the vocal group trainees to come on stage first!"
The lights on the main stage dimmed, and soon, eleven trainees appeared on a lighted extension platform. Zhou Xiao, sitting in the audience, was surprised to discover that all eleven were members of the "Flying" group. After conferring with his friends, everyone speculated that the two tracks in the finals would represent the solo performance categories the trainees would choose.
The vocal group's performance was one song per person, but with multiple people taking turns, this was done to take into account the difference in the audience's experience between lighter and slower songs. Although each trainee performed very hard, it was clear that many were still severely suppressed in this performance.
What Zhou Xiao remembers most is a trainee from a lower-ranking circle who brought his own musical instruments to sing on the stage in order to increase his popularity among the public, acting like a rather non-aggressive musician.
However, it was precisely this characteristic that completely dampened the originally leisurely singing and playing on the fiery stage. Many people noticed that the mentors in the mentor seats clearly frowned, apparently expressing regret and dissatisfaction with the trainee's move in the finals.
After the vocalists finished their performance and left the stage, the lights on the main stage came on, revealing 11 trainees dressed in colorful costumes reminiscent of their baseball uniforms from their "Chasing the Wind" performance. As the music began to play, many in the audience began to wonder if the dance group was performing together as a group.
Soon everyone's doubts were answered. After the trainees danced together in the prelude, the crane camera above the stage began to closely follow the first trainee performing. The trainee who was about to perform next to this trainee was Ji Shao.
Zhou Xiao and Zhu Jian, who was standing next to them, exchanged a glance and pulled out a half-meter-long light board from their bags. Qi Sisi and the others, along with most of Ji Shao's fans at the scene, also took out light boards with the word "Shao" on them.
This was a custom light board the fan club had created after gathering all the Ji Shao fans they could contact for the finals. The unlit purple board looked unremarkable in the darkness. However, as he waited for the first trainee to finish, he panned the camera on the jib toward Ji Shao nearby, and the dark audience suddenly lit up like a purple galaxy, creating a dreamlike experience.
The gradually lit-up light boards below the stage also attracted Ji Shao, who was about to put down his arms that were covering his eyes. He should have made a fierce expression as if he would tear everything apart in the next second according to the style of the music, but he looked at the light boards and laughed, closed his eyes and tilted his head back.
Just when the audience thought he was moved by the light signs on the scene, the next second there was a powerful attack from the top "alpha".
The lavender hair stayed on the forehead with the sweat on it. It should have been soft, fragile and non-aggressive, but at this moment it became full of sexual tension that broke out from the depths of the ground.
The deafening screams from the audience seemed to add a blazing flame to the entire stage. At this moment, both the audience on the scene and those who were watching the performance in front of the screen were attracted and immersed in it.
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It was not until the dance group finished their performances and Zhou Quanli came on stage to tell the national producers that all voting channels were closed that the dizzy Ji Shao fans in the audience were awakened from the visual feast.
"It would be better to keep me stuck in the stage just now," Zhou Xiao heard Qi Sisi say sadly through Li Mo. "I feel like my stomach is in knots right now because I'm worried about the vote count."
Leaning over to glance at the young woman, she could tell she was being a bit exaggerated. Zhou Xiao then turned back to the host, Zhou Quanli, who seemed to notice her gaze. She smiled slightly, then looked back at the camera on the jib and said, "The 22 trainees' individual stage performances have concluded. I wonder if the national producers are curious about what it was like when the 22 trainees auditioned for Star Path 101?"
"Next, please look at the big screen—"
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