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February 13th, the fourth day of the Lunar New Year.
Yuan Xiao also spent the New Year alone. He just made a video call to his parents who were busy with their work, and then returned to his original world to rest for a few days. The day after the New Year, he went to the live broadcast of a variety show and started to get busy.
This live singing variety show named "Codename: Heart Dance Stage" started the promotion and final debugging of the live broadcast stage before the New Year. It is not easy to register such a large performance venue in the capital, so Yuan Xiao had to move the entire live broadcast stage in Changsha.
Stary and the other seven boy and girl groups that debuted have already checked into the hotel arranged by the program team and conducted a stage rehearsal one day in advance.
The invitation letter for the audience is still Yuanxin's usual questionnaire format, but this time it is different from the one for "I Have Never Seen You". Last time only fans were invited, but this time no fans are invited.
Based on the principles of fairness, justice and openness, voting for the competition will be 50% online and 50% offline. There will be no judges and audience feedback will be the only criterion.
Yuan Xiao deliberately instigated staggered rehearsal times for each group to ensure that they would not know each group's song selections in advance, in order to retain some program effects for the live broadcast the next day. Even Stary knew nothing about the performances of each other group.
Moreover, since other groups debuted earlier, everyone has more or less seen or known them, but Stary is the only one that is appearing in front of their peers for the first time. They have only debuted for half a year and are very new rookies.
There are two original groups in the lineup invited this time, both of which are starting out. One has been maintaining its tepid popularity until now, and the other is a reorganized group that Yuan Xiao found with great difficulty one by one. At their peak, they were in the same era as Teacher Gu and the others.
The next group to debut a little later was an eight-member Chinese style girl group (a reorganized version with new members). Although they still attend regular events and activities, the eight members now are no longer the eight who sang their famous songs.
The rest are the second-generation groups from domestic entertainment companies, which are also short of people. The talent shows in recent years have broken these young company groups into pieces, and even people who were originally in the same group have to follow the talent show group to the show, and no one knows whether they will meet in the show.
There are three talent shows, two girl groups and one boy group, and they came from talent shows on different platforms. Especially the two girl groups from the same period, they have been compared among fans, and this time we can finally prove which group is stronger.
Gu Yuchen knows everyone. He and Yuan Xiao are in charge of the live broadcast venue together. Every group that comes to rehearse has to come and say hello to him. From the first-generation brothers who have known each other for many years to the new groups that he met later as a producer, our teacher Gu's network of contacts is so spread throughout the entire idol industry.
Mommy made the right decision to sign him. One is worth five.
Promotion of the variety show was launched on various social media platforms a month in advance. Yuan Xiao did not hesitate to buy several high-ranking hot searches for the variety show. He only talked about the competition system but did not announce the lineup, which led netizens to recommend the groups they are currently or have been in under the hot searches.
The hot search fermented for a few days, and many names of the first-generation groups were dug up and appeared on the hot search again. Some people even did a comprehensive inventory of domestic male and female groups. If you don't do it, you won't know that passers-by have always had the impression that the domestic entertainment idol industry is not popular. However, after this inventory, there are more than 50 groups that have existed for so many years and released at least one album. Many of them can be said to be childhood memories.
From the popular groups at the beginning of the century to several talent show groups that debuted last year, all are among the nominees. Whether they are fans or passers-by, they can't escape the Chinese people's love of watching the fun. Who doesn't want to see which of these groups is the strongest?
Of course, fans firmly believe that their brothers and sisters are invincible. If that doesn't work, they can consider changing someone else... In short, the popularity of the variety show is very high. This should be regarded as the first competition-style music variety show in the domestic entertainment industry, with all microphones open, exclusively for idol groups.
Yuan Xiao also has his first variety show that became popular before it was aired.
The real-time broadcast lines have been connected to major video platforms in advance, and the number of people in the live broadcast room has been increasing wildly. Probably because there was nothing to do during the Spring Festival holiday, the number of real-time viewers on each platform almost drained the market of all platforms. Yuan Xiao has been keeping an eye on the lines, and the technical staff has urgently expanded the capacity, and has made a lot of expansions on the basis of the original backup, in order to ensure that the live broadcast is not stuck.
In fact, there will be a delay of about ten to twenty minutes between the broadcast footage and the live scene. When the broadcast is scheduled, a pre-produced concept pilot will be inserted first. This period of time is reserved for handling some emergency matters on site.
There were hundreds of spectators in the entire venue, and there were even more busy staff, so such scheduling was indeed difficult. Yuan Xiao held the intercom in his hand and paid close attention to the situation in the entire venue in real time.
A voice came from the intercom that the first group of guests had arrived and there were less than three minutes before the program officially started. Yuan Xiao in the director's room checked the time and notified each group on the intercom to get ready.
The order of guests' entrance is the same as their debut order, with those with younger debut years coming first and those with older debut years coming last. This is not a deliberate design by Yuan Xiao to have Stary debut first to attract attention, it's just that our little new boy group has debuted for too short a time, less than four months so far. Not to mention the domestic entertainment industry, there is really no group newer than Stary in the world.
The five members walked directly from the door onto the red carpet wearing their stage costumes for this performance. The cameras were immediately pointed at them, and a pre-recorded concept video began to be broadcast online, vividly introducing the original intention of producing this program. It was not for a battle, but just to let everyone see what our own group is like in this way.
It’s not just foreign entertainment that has groups. Our own can also do very well.
Stary was obviously a lot more reserved under the live camera, but fortunately all five of them were well-dressed and pleasing to the eye. From the moment they appeared on the live screen, the little satellites began to frantically scroll through the five people's names and cheering slogans on the screen.
The first variety show after their debut was of such intensity that while fans were marveling at the audacity of Yuan Xiao and Stary, they also secretly made up their minds that they must not drag down their idols in terms of momentum. This was an external war, and let alone them, even other groups that had debuted for a long time and had accumulated deep grievances had to put aside their hatred and unite to face the outside world.
Occasionally, you can catch some good reviews from passers-by. Appearance is always people's first criterion. Even if they click on the variety show with the intention of watching the performance or watching the excitement, the audience will naturally have a good impression of good-looking children.
Walking through the corridor, five long legs stepped all the way on the red carpet, and I wonder how many people's hearts they stepped on.
Pei Zijin, who was standing in the middle, was holding the album box of their first album. The staff reminded them that they could put the things they brought on the shelf in the middle of the corridor, and introduced themselves first, and then explained why they brought such things as the representative of their team?
This was a fixed part for each team when they entered the venue. The director had already discussed it with them in advance. Pei Zijin modestly placed their treasures on the edge of the shelf, then took the microphone and spoke honestly: "Because we don't have much room to choose from, so..."
The audience who heard his words in the barrage all laughed hahahaha, this young captain was really going too far.
After the joke, Pei Zijin became serious and led the five brothers to line up in front of the camera: "Let me introduce myself to everyone first. Hello everyone, we are——"
"Stary!"
"The album that represents our group is our recently released album Stary, which is also our debut album. Nothing can better represent us at the moment than this album. Of course, we also hope that we can release more albums in the future and put them here."
Each album is the best self-introduction for musicians. Most of the bands that entered the venue after them also chose to bring their latest albums or their first albums after their debut and put them on this shelf, which soon filled up the entire row.
Yan Fanrui, who was also watching the broadcast from the lounge, commented: "This is very much like a video store."
Fortunately, the next group of seniors who came in were finally a little different. They were the traditional Chinese style girl group Twenty-Four Order, which debuted for seven years. As soon as they came in, it was obvious that their style was different from all the previous idol boy and girl groups. Everyone was wearing stage costumes similar to ancient costumes, and they caused a burst of exclamations in the waiting lounge before they even went on stage.
Su Chen whispered to Jin Zeyu beside him: "Brother, I also want to do Chinese style in my next post."
Jin Zeyu remained calm: "Do it! Write it! Let Lao Pei write it!"
The leader was also their captain, Mo Shuanglan. She was holding a silk fan with long tassels. After placing it on the shelf, she turned around and introduced: "This is the prop fan we used when filming the MV for our first hit single "Yun Yu Yao". If there is anything that made everyone know us, it can only be this song."
Yes, with their appearance, the number of people in the live broadcast room has ushered in a new wave of increase. In addition to the fans of each group who can more or less see some clues from their own itineraries, the participating groups in this battle have not been officially announced. At this time, we can see who has a large number of passers-by. The Twenty-Four Orders, which has not been seen for a long time, immediately rushed to the hot search as soon as it appeared, attracting more people to click into the variety show.
"Oh, they are the original singers of "Yun Yu Yao". Oh my god, I haven't seen this group for a long time and they are still here. Whose memories are coming back to me again, oh my god."
"Oh my god, our ancient style girl group is here too. It's also giving the domestic entertainment group some small shocks."
"'Yun Yu Yao'? Is this the 'Yun Yu Yao' that I listened to every day when I was in school? I didn't even know it was sung by a girl group."
"It's been a while since I last saw Twenty-Four Order. Has the person changed?"
When the eight of them walked along the aisle into the waiting lounge, there were already five groups inside. The scene of dozens of people standing up at the same time and bowing to both sides was quite shocking. Only with so many idols together could such a weird scene of bowing to each other be created.
Before we finished greeting each other, the next group of guests came in. The last group to perform were naturally the two first-generation groups. In terms of the number of years they debuted, they are almost as many as all the young junior groups combined. At this time, we Stary can also contribute a fraction of their number in friendship.
The moment Lin Xi stepped onto the red carpet and appeared on the live broadcast screen, there was an excitement both online and offline.
It wasn't surprising that Yuan Xiao invited him, but what kind of honor was it to let Lin Xi appear with his long-lost group members?
Many people don't know that Lin Xi actually has a band. He has already been a famous singer, has released many albums and held concerts in stadiums. For him, the only element left that belongs to the band is the prefix Blaze-Lin Xi that he refuses to change in front of his account.
Even many of his fans are not sure whether he has been in contact with his band over the years. At least on the surface, the time since their last group activity is almost the same as the debut of 24 Ling.
He and his two brothers walked into the corridor together, walked past the cameras and the domestic entertainment that was bustling at the moment, and admired the shelves for a while with their arms around each other's shoulders. Only then did they place the symbol of their Blaze - a flame symbol - in the middle of the shelf, wiped it, and then straightened it.
At this moment, Lin Xi's fans aggressively filled the entire screen with Lin Xi's name, and the inquiries and confusions of passers-by were suppressed. If you ask what the domestic entertainment fans hate the most, it may be bloodsucking and freeloading. Even if the real owner shows a good relationship, some irrational fans will only think that my brother or sister is a kind-hearted and decent person.
There is no way around it. The huge gap in fame will only lead to such discussions. The three members of Blaze were already prepared before they came.
There are also five people in their group, but only three of them came today. Another brother will join them later after finishing other work, but -
The last one died of illness at the beginning of last year and will never return to the team, and Blaze will never have all its members together.
【Author’s words】
The group in the article has no prototype.
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