53 Chapter 53
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Zhang Li's words seemed serious, but except for the female players led by Yuan Minshan, everyone else understood that she was not saying anything harsh at all.
If, with the support of songs produced by Wang Shi and the training of Zhang Li, the four of them cannot even take the top three spots in "Sing Out Loud", then there is really no point in training them.
The female players led by Yuan Minshan also reacted quickly. The commotion created by Feng Ruo and Deng Xu yesterday was still having a heated response. If she could reach two-thirds of their score, she would also be able to compete for the top three.
Zhang Li asked one last question: "Are you ready?!"
"We're ready!" The four of them stood straight and answered with great confidence, as if they were participating in military training.
"OK, now follow the message Sister Cheng sent you and find your own training room. Xidi will be personally taught by Teacher Yuan, and I will only be responsible for supervision. I will take turns with Teacher Xiaodong to conduct surprise inspections and guidance on you."
"Go ahead."
As soon as Zhang Li finished speaking, the four contestants quickly started to act.
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The popularity of Feng Ruo and Deng Xu really increased all of a sudden.
Yu Feiyu has ordered Lingman Public Relations to pay close attention, because the impact of the release of the two songs is greater than they imagined, almost comparable to Chen Xiaodong's original impact.
The main reason is that "Sing Out Loud" is still ongoing. After the fifth episode, all contestants will return to the stage for the next two episodes.
At such a critical juncture, Lingman suddenly released a big move, telling everyone that they had created an album exclusively for Feng Ruo and Deng Xu. The purpose was self-evident.
[Lingman, no, or rather, Zhang Li's appetite is really big. He wants his team members to take first and second place!]
[When Zhang Li signed these two, he must have thought of this day, right?]
[Even though Zhang Li looked completely harmless during the live broadcast, I'm sure she was the one behind this. Lingman's style was never like this before...]
Many people on the Internet have guessed that this matter should be related to Zhang Li.
Just as everyone was discussing this matter, Pei Yuanzhi, Yun Shang and others also realized something was wrong.
Seeing the overwhelming publicity for Feng Ruo and Deng Xu’s new song on the Internet, Yun Shang immediately searched for it and listened to it.
It wouldn't matter if he didn't listen, but once he heard it, he was completely stunned.
Pei Yuanzhi has been with him frequently recently, and since he didn't announce anything this time, it was no exception.
In fact, even without looking at Yun Shang's expression, he can feel the difference between the two songs based on the appreciation ability he learned from the recent episodes of "Sing Loudly".
Looking at Yun Shang's face which looked like it was about to crack, one could guess that Ling Man and the others must have used a big move this time.
"Didn't they say that only Feng Ruo is very powerful and Deng Xu is nothing to be feared?"
Although Deng Xu suddenly broke out in the first round and entered the qualifying round, he was ranked last in the ranking round at that time.
Afterwards, Yun Shang told Pei Yuanzhi that although Deng Xu made rapid progress, his talent was limited and he posed no threat to their plans.
The result now?
Yun Shang finally came back to his senses, his eyes showing an unprecedented solemnity, "I think I was wrong, everyone was wrong!"
Pei Yuanzhi looked at him in a daze, and then heard an incredible sentence from Yun Shang's mouth.
"It's Zhang Li! Zhang Li is a genius!"
Pei Yuanzhi: "What did you say?!"
"Past Studio must be related to Zhang Li! I'm wondering why Chen Xiaodong would invite an actress like Zhang Li to participate in this show? She must be related to Past Studio!"
"Perhaps she had already figured out how to make Deng Xu famous after hearing his first song!"
"No wonder Lingman signed these two people. Feng Ruo is an A-level signing, and Deng Xu is also an A-level signing!"
"In the eyes of others, Deng Xu is a singer with insufficient talent, but in Zhang Li's eyes, it's different! If Zhang Li wasn't related to the Past Studio, she definitely wouldn't have targeted Deng Xu in the first place! That's why I say she's a genius!"
"And in the first round of the ranking competition, Zhang Li must have made Deng Xu hide his strength!"
Hearing Yun Shang's non-stop chatter, Pei Yuanzhi couldn't help but look more and more gloomy.
"What's the point of you saying this now?!"
"I just want to know one thing, and that is whether Feng Ruo and Deng Xu will affect our plan!"
Yun Shang hesitated for a while, and seeing that Pei Yuanzhi's eyes were becoming increasingly dangerous, he could only say things in a positive way.
"We've long been wary of Feng Ruo's abilities. Although she's improving rapidly and this song has reached a very high level, if South Korea goes all out, they should still have a chance to compete with her. Even with Deng Xu, it's only going from one threat to two. I'll notify South Korea."
However, Yun Shang didn't say one thing - if Feng Ruo and Deng Xu were already so popular this time, and Zhang Li still asked them to hide their strength, then everything would be hard to predict.
Pei Yuanzhi no longer trusts his words as much.
He looked at Yun Shang coldly, "I have already mobilized all the funds I can currently raise, including Liu Shuyi's, and invested them in this project now. If we fail to achieve our goals in the end, think carefully about the amount of compensation you will have to pay."
Yun Shang acted as a guarantor. When he thought of this, cold sweat broke out on his back.
This time, the two of them parted ways on bad terms.
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Pei Yuanzhi has been very annoyed recently.
I don’t know why, but ever since Zhang Li joined Lingman, it seems like everything is out of his control.
Wan Cheng's intervention and Ling Man's resurrection always made him fail.
That would be fine, but even the progress of my relationship with Qingran seemed to have some problems since I showed off in front of Zhang Li that time.
Originally, Qingran agreed to get engaged to him after finishing that drama, but she unexpectedly took on another drama in the middle of the filming, which required closed-door shooting. As soon as this one was finished, she immediately joined the next crew.
Although Qingran kept expressing her deep apologies to him, he still had a bad feeling in his heart.
But it was no use thinking more, he could only blame everything on Zhang Li.
As long as the plan is implemented smoothly this time, we can expand Apocalypse in one fell swoop and suppress Lingman Entertainment.
He believed that without Zhang Li's presence, everything would return to normal.
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Although the hot searches for Feng Ruo and Deng Xu only stayed at the top of the list for two days and were later pushed down by other entries, they still remained on the list for more than a week.
The result of such overwhelming traffic is that Feng Ruo and Deng Xu have become extremely popular in the domestic entertainment industry.
The two of them had over one million fans very early on, and can now be considered super rookies in the music industry.
However, what surprised the outside world was that the two of them did not appear later.
Because of these two songs, many fans have become their die-hard fans.
When they didn't see their idols show up, they naturally started contacting their agents.
Fans became even more excited when Kang Mei said that the two were preparing for a new album and the upcoming "Sing Aloud" finals!
Yes! After the fifth episode of "Sing Out Loud," the finals will be here!
Then they can listen to their idols singing to their heart's content!
With this news in their support, they just hoped that time would come quickly.
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Half a month seemed to have passed quite quickly. In addition to Feng Ruo and the others, Zhang Li also needed to spend some time to give advice to other contestants.
After all, they were all selected into her and Chen Xiaodong's team. Although it was impossible to train them like Feng Ruo and others, the two still needed to take responsibility.
Soon, the fifth round of knockout and ranking matches arrived.
On the day of the elimination round, Zhang Li's group advanced again with two contestants, winning the title of mentor who helped the most contestants advance throughout the entire program.
Even the host Bi Yan couldn't help but cue it during the live broadcast.
"Teacher Zhang Li and Teacher Chen have broken the record for the entire program. Of the ten contestants they've coached over the past five episodes, nine have advanced. The only one who failed was due to a poor performance. I have to say, they're quite impressive!"
After hearing Bi Yan say this, the camera moved to the tutor's desk.
There was no negative emotion on Yuan Minshan and Jiajia's faces, only admiration and praise for Zhang Li and Chen Xiaodong.
The director still remembered that Yun Shang and Pei Yuanzhi had deliberately disrupted the program, so he deliberately asked the camera to stay on the mentor's desk for a while longer.
As a result, many viewers discovered that among the mentors, only Pei Yuanzhi and Yun Shang were not sociable.
Yun Shang is fine, he can still put on a fake smile, but Pei Yuanzhi always looks extremely cold.
After the show was aired, the comments were indeed full of mockery towards Pei Yuanzhi.
On the contrary, when it comes to Zhang Li, the comments seem to be praising her to the sky.
This time, in addition to the original audience and fans, there were also many netizens and fans of Feng Ruo and Deng Xu who came to watch.
[Although I've praised Zhang Li for his skills before, I can't help but praise him again now. Zhang Li really is a real talent!]
[Nine out of ten contestants made it in, and the remaining one was due to poor performance. So, who else is there?!]
Zhang Li is clearly a bug in this show. Even a contestant like Deng Xu, who was not favored by everyone, was picked out by her. It's amazing.
[Oh my god, I remember there were a lot of people mocking Zhang Li for being blind and choosing Deng Xu. Now let's see, who is blind and who has a good eye?!]
[Zhang Li is truly amazing. I have such deep respect for her now. If nothing else, it's because she chose Deng Xu...]
Deng Xu's fans love Zhang Li so much that they praise him highly.
You know, without Zhang Li, their idol wouldn't be where he is today! Therefore, Zhang Li is the person they should be most grateful to.
Zhang Li always responds to praise from the outside world with a smile, and this time is no exception.
Bi Yan only expressed it briefly and quickly brought the topic back to the program itself.
Due to the influence of Feng Ruo and Deng Xu, the ratings of this elimination round broke a new record.
The director finally breathed a sigh of relief.
After knowing that Zhang Li had started the operation, he was no longer worried about the program.
The next day, he asked Bi Yan to announce, after the ranking competition, that new rules would be added to the next program.
Such an action instantly attracted countless attention.
What does this mean?! Bringing in foreign reserve players can directly enter the challenge mode?!
[What?! Could it be that the show is deliberately trying to stir up trouble because Zhang Li's team is doing so well?!]
[Because Feng Ruo and Deng Xu are too strong, are you afraid they'll take the top two spots?]
"That's not right. Last season, I remember there was also a huge gap between the first and second place, but the show didn't do that. What happened this time?"
[Why do I feel like there's some targeting of Zhang Li's team? Is it just my imagination? Singers imported from abroad are definitely trying to capitalize on this opportunity to rise to prominence...]
For a moment, the comments were full of questions about this newly added rule.
Fans of Feng Ruo and Deng Xu were furious and started to denounce the program crew.
The director had known that this might happen, and he didn't intend to take the blame, so he asked someone to explain the reason directly on the official blog afterwards, and also played a trick on it.
[Official Weibo of "Sing Out Loud": This program explains the newly added rules for foreign reserve singers to challenge the club.
The newly added rule is that in response to the requirements of higher authorities, the program team has conducted strict review of the foreign contestants who have registered.
We would also like to thank Tianqi Media, Yunshang Studio, and Huicai Entertainment for providing contestants for this program. Thank you for your support.
Although thanks were expressed, none of the three partners were mentioned, and their real intention is easy to guess.
Then almost everyone understood.
[Oh my goodness! It turns out Pei Yuanzhi and Yun Shang are behind this! And what the hell is that Huicai Entertainment?]
[SJ! You can't beat them, so you resort to such underhanded tactics? I'm really sick of it.]
I used to have a good impression of Yun Shang. After all, I grew up listening to his songs, but this time I really saw his true colors. And Pei Yuanzhi, an actor who knows nothing about anything, is actually able to make decisions on the show. Isn't it ridiculous?
[I'm speechless. I thought these two were just lying there to be ridiculed. I didn't expect them to come up with such a stupid idea at the end. The production team almost got blamed.]
[As expected of a rich young man, even the show's superiors said it was done. This is really disgusting, it's disgusting.]
[Wait… If I remember correctly, wasn't Huicai Entertainment the company Zhang Li signed with before, but later terminated the contract with liquidated damages? …]
As soon as someone mentioned Huicai's history, more people reacted.
[Okay, okay! So you saw Zhang Li getting up, so you started trying to block him again. You're really good!]
Why don't these people just go to hell?! How can people do such disgusting things...?
While everyone was still cursing madly, this Weibo post was quickly discovered by Pei Yuanzhi and Yun Shang's team, and the director soon received a call from his superiors.
His superior informed him to delete the Weibo post.
The director's face darkened and he agreed.
But when it came to actual action, he procrastinated, deliberately waiting for the Weibo post to circulate more before suddenly deleting it.
The director understands the nature of netizens very well. This Weibo post must have attracted the attention of many people, and some people even took screenshots of it.
If the Weibo post was left there, maybe it would be fine. But once it is deleted, netizens who have seen it will definitely understand that they are being "covered", which will only arouse their rebellious psychology and make the situation worse.
The fact was just as the director expected. The Weibo post that was there just now disappeared in the blink of an eye.
Netizens and fans of various groups were shocked.
[It was deleted! This must be another request from above.]
How can you be so shameless?
[Luckily, I was prepared and took screenshots/attached pictures]
[Want to cover my mouth? I just don't live up to some people's expectations...]
Netizens began to spread their opinions to other platforms.
Some marketing accounts also joined in, and soon many people got the whole story and gained a new "understanding" of Pei Yuanzhi, Yunshang and Huicai Entertainment mentioned in it.
What makes netizens and fans angry is that although they can publicize this matter, the newly added rules of "Sing Out Loud" cannot be changed.
Following the reactions from Pei Yuanzhi and Yun Shang, many internet trolls also came out and began to whitewash their names.
Isn't it great to have foreign players join the team? It doesn't break the rules, so I don't know why some people are so upset.
[They're using reserve singers instead of famous ones, so what do some people expect?]
I think this rule is great, isn't it? It will diversify and internationalize the show, and maybe even expand into the international market.
[Foreign singers can only challenge the competition like the eliminated singers? Why didn't you mention this? ...]
With the emergence of whitewashing remarks, public opinion is almost about to turn around.
But Zhang Li had already made Yu Feiyu prepared, and he also dealt with the water army and brought the netizens back to the balance.
"No way? They're starting to clean up so soon? Are those who say these rules are fair just kidding? Do you know why they only announced the addition of new 'reserve' and 'foreign nationality' contestants in the final episode? It's because someone was already prepared, just to catch everyone off guard. Who knows how long the reserves have been in the works? The foreign nationality rule is even more ridiculous; it completely blocks the production team's other options. They can't add any more talented domestic contestants."
[To put it bluntly, Zhang Li and the production team are in the open, while some people are behind the scenes. Those 'reserve troops' must have been carefully selected. Do you know if they are truly reserves?]
[These water armies made me see the true colors of some people]
[How disgusting! These rules are clearly unfair, yet they're still trying to use the banner of 'fairness'...]
After the explanation, netizens finally understood Pei Yuanzhi and his team's "good intentions".
[I'm so cunning!]
[It seems like he really doesn't want Zhang Li to win]
If Feng Ruo and Deng Xu win, it means Zhang Li wins. No wonder some people are trying so hard to do this.
[Come on, Zhang Li! Bring Feng Ruo and Deng Xu with you to give them a good beating! ! ...]
Zhang Li didn't care about the chaos on the Internet at all.
She now brought everyone to the training place.
This time, Li Xiaolan and the others also came, with the purpose of ensuring that the entire plan was arranged perfectly.
Just as Yun Shang feared the most, Zhang Li actually made Feng Ruo and Deng Xu hide their strength.
In nearly half a year, with the careful training of Zhang Li and Chen Xiaodong, Feng Ruo and Deng Xu's strength has actually exceeded everyone's expectations.
And the studio’s song library is even larger than anyone imagined.
Zhang Li had already made plans, including all the songs that Feng Ruo, Deng Xu and the other three would sing at that time, as well as some extra ones prepared in case of any accidents.
After all the details were arranged, Zhang Li approved the plan and asked Li Xiaolan to contact the director at the specified time to hand over the prepared accompaniment, copyright license and other items.
As time goes by, the sixth elimination round is getting closer and closer.
After the director of "Sing Out Loud" finally received the things from the Past Studio, he took a quick look at them and his eyes lit up.
As a director who is well versed in music, he can fully see the potential of these songs.
He was so excited that his heart was trembling at the thought that "Sing Loudly" would be the first performance stage for most of the songs.
"Okay, okay! I don't believe anyone can break through these songs!"
Pei Yuanzhi and Yun Shang's calculations were too naive. They certainly could not have imagined that Zhang Li had already made thorough preparations.
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The sixth elimination round of "Sing Out Loud" went on as scheduled.
In this elimination round, the 25 contestants who originally advanced, including the top three in each round, will be directly exempted from the early elimination rounds.
Among the remaining ten contestants, half are about to be eliminated.
The five contestants who advance will then be merged into the previous team of fifteen people to form a ring team, and the eliminated contestants will challenge the other team to the top of the list.
However, this time, the rules have been added to allow foreign players to challenge the champions and take the lead, that is, they will be merged into two groups.
This forced the program team, which had originally planned only three consecutive days of live broadcast, to temporarily add one more day.
In this tense atmosphere, this episode of the show is finally about to begin.
The familiar host Bi Yan was still standing on the stage, and mentors such as Zhang Li were sitting at the mentors' desk.
Bi Yan was not a contestant after all, so he was calm and composed. After greeting the camera, he repeated his usual sponsor promotional lines.
After that, he invited all the previous contestants to the stage and read out all the rules of the elimination round.
In fact, apart from the newly added foreign players, the other players have already known the rules through the first season.
After completing all the preliminary arrangements, Bi Yan finally invited out the so-called "foreign players" this time.
Because the two parties did not speak the same language, we hired a translator.
What surprised everyone was that when the "foreign" contestants appeared, out of more than ten people, only one had a blond-haired, blue-eyed Western appearance, and the rest were obviously from Eastern countries.
In addition, the contestants have different names but very similar looks, and the same makeup style on their faces, making it difficult not to guess something.
Bi Yan also made it clear directly: "Due to conditions, except for Ella, who is a contestant from the United States, all the other contestants who signed up for our program this time are from South Korea."
After hearing this, there was silence on the tutor's platform.
Facing the camera, Zhang Li just snorted and laughed, making an expression that said, "I know everything, but I can only laugh it off."
After the live broadcast, the barrage of comments exploded.
[This is hilarious! So they're trying to promote South Korean artists to suppress their own country. They're not even pretending?]
[It’s so shameless, I’m really drunk]
[Feng Ruo, Deng Xu, please smash their faces for me! ! ...]
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