Chapter 38 First Failure to Win the Center Position and the Grab of the Center Position [Including Forum Style]...
Shi Yao clicked on the push notification link and found that the content and title were completely different. It wasn't about the ranking, but rather the ongoing song selection ranking for the third public performance.
The third performance featured five songs, all of which were original compositions. After the second performance, the production team released demos of the five songs and some choreography clips, allowing the trainees' fans to vote for their favorite songs.
The third public performance is crucial for popular trainees. If they can choose a song that suits them, sounds good, and stands out, it will greatly help their final ranking.
But for trainees with low popularity, this is their last stage, and they may not even get to perform on stage.
After the second performance, the voting for songs began, followed by group practice. However, after a few days of practice, the second performance was announced. Even if the eliminated trainees successfully entered their favorite groups, they were unable to perform on stage.
Every year, the selection of songs for the third public performance is a tough battle because the center position is decided by fan votes, no longer by the trainees themselves. The center position in each group is basically monopolized by the most popular contestants.
The vote count on the charts is hidden throughout, but the real-time vote counts of the top three trainees for each song will be made public to encourage competition among fans. Furthermore, you cannot buy votes with money; the competition is based on who has more fan accounts.
Shi Yao hadn't paid much attention to the song selection for the third public performance. Based on the current high level of enthusiasm from the fans, she could easily get the center position.
As expected, the "promised first place" mentioned in the title of this press release refers to his winning the center position in the third public performance and having the highest number of votes among the five songs.
Shi Yao carefully examined the screenshot and found that the result seemed to deviate slightly from her expectations.
The promised votes are a bit too high.
There were five songs in total. Three of them had around seven or eight million votes for the center position, while the other one had a lower number of over four million. However, Yingxu had a whopping thirteen million votes, three times the number of votes for the group with the lowest number of votes.
However, judging from the vote types, the competition in Yingxu's group is not very fierce. The second-place contestant only has three million votes, while the three groups with seven or eight million votes are more closely matched, with the second-place contestants generally having five or six million votes. The gap is not as exaggerated as in Yingxu's group.
Judging from the song title, the song with the lowest number of votes for center position should be a sweet song that is not very popular, hence the low number of votes. However, the center position for this song surprised Shi Yao, as it was actually Lin Chengxing.
Shi Yao remembered this name. It was a helpful tool for her to boost Yingxu's popularity in the first step, but she hadn't paid attention to it since. A few days ago, she accidentally clicked on the CP super topic again and found that it was already a stagnant pool.
If she remembered correctly, Lin Chengxing was among the top three in popularity on the show, and even now that Yingxu has come up, he is still fourth.
How could they only be able to choose the least popular song, and one with the fewest votes?
Sensing something unusual, Shi Yao immediately opened the green petals and went to the show group to find the answer.
The voting for the third public performance song selection ended last night, and the group is currently in an uproar, with the homepage filled with posts criticizing the show. This is a stark contrast to the atmosphere in the group shortly after the show started airing.
Shi Yao found a compilation post of the three public performance tracks in the popular section, clicked on the link and listened to the demos of five songs.
This year's third public performance featured five songs: two standard high-energy male group songs, one vocal group show-off song, one refreshing sweet song, and one rather unique exotic dance song.
As with previous years, those two boy group songs were a battleground for fans of several popular contestants, as everyone knows that choosing a boy group song is the easiest way to become a hit, making the competition extremely fierce.
Li Yuzhe's fan club was the first to announce that they would vote for the boy group's song A. He was the first in the previous round and the initial center of the show. His fans are currently the most powerful in the show. Therefore, after his fan club announced their target, the fans of the other popular contestants all chose to back down, not wanting to clash with them head-on, lest their center position be unstable.
Jiang Yijia then chose that exotic dance music, which surprised many people.
Then Ying Xu's family announced their choice of song B for the boy group, but unfortunately, Lin Chengxing's fan club also chose the same song, and they announced it almost one minute after Ying Xu's family.
This creates an awkward situation. If one side sends the message earlier, the other side still has a chance to switch. However, since both sides send the message at almost the same time, it's not appropriate for either side to withdraw.
Quitting means being cowardly, it means admitting that you can't beat the other team, which is very detrimental to morale.
One is a popular contestant who has been in the top ranks since the start of the show, while the other is a newly emerging popularity king who suddenly appeared after the first round ended. The two have never clashed before, and the rankings for the second round have not yet been released. It is unknown who will be higher in this round.
After much deliberation, both sides decided to confront each other head-on, with neither side willing to back down.
The voting period lasted three days. From the first day, Ying Xu's family maintained a lead, and by the second day, their lead had increased significantly, even faster than Li Yu Zhe's. After struggling and debating for two days, Lin Cheng Xing's family finally chose to change the song.
Lin Chengxing's vocals are not outstanding, and there is already a popular vocalist in the vocal group, so it is not realistic to switch to him temporarily. Therefore, after discussion, Lin Chengxing's fan club decided to switch to the fifth sweet song, which is the least popular and full of low-popularity contestants, in order to keep his center position. On the last day, they chased four million votes and won the center position.
The arguments in the group have never stopped since the voting started. One minute someone is saying that someone is spamming, and the next minute someone is saying that someone is rigging the vote. The most intense fighting is between Ying's fans and Lin's fans.
Especially after Yingxu's votes were significantly ahead, Lin Chengxing's fans lost their temper, believing that Yingxu's fans must have manipulated the votes, saying that his increase was unscientific, and even reported him to the platform.
However, the platform did not respond to these disturbances, and the two sides could only smear each other.
After the second day ended, Lin Chengxing's family announced a change of song, which sparked another round of heated discussion. Everyone knew that this meant Lin's fans had admitted defeat; they couldn't beat Yingxu's fans.
Furthermore, although Xiaotiange's side didn't have any popular contestants for debut, they did have contestants who were sure to advance to the next round. They had diligently voted for two days, hoping to get the center position for their favorite contestant's last stage performance. But who would have thought that a super popular contestant would suddenly appear out of nowhere, and the center position that was almost within their grasp just slipped away.
Everyone knows that Lin Chengxing will definitely debut. Even if the ranking is uncertain, he is a sure thing to be in the debut group. For him, there will be no shortage of stages after debuting. This third public performance is just one of his countless stages, but it is the last time for that trainee who can't make it to the finals.
The environment for trainees in China is just so-so; they don't have much popularity. After leaving the talent show, they might just go back to being ordinary people. The slightly better ones might become minor internet celebrities or act in some web dramas, but it's hard to say what will happen on stage.
In order to protect their own center position in the third performance, Lin Chengxing's fans forcibly snatched the center position that a less popular contestant was about to take. After getting it, they even looked down on it and complained that the song was not good. This caused public outrage in the group, and many people started posts to attack Lin's fans.
[Main Post: Li Tao, Lin's fans lost the competition for the center position and temporarily changed the song, stealing the center position from a relatively unknown person. Is this really ethical? Moreover, Lin's fans don't seem to like this song, and the big fans are even leading the criticism in fan forums [Image]]
[1L: I'm disgusted. Lin's fans are really like bullies. If you look down on sweet songs, then don't choose them.]
[2L: That less popular contestant didn't do anything wrong, so why did they get slapped after their stuff was stolen? They're just bullying them because they don't have many fans.]
[3L: Anyone can say that what Lin's fans did was breaking the rules. Since they decided to compete from the beginning, they were determined not to give in or change the song. Why did they slink away when they saw that they were falling behind and couldn't catch up? The other person was already sure to be the center, but they were taken away on the last day. It's disgusting.]
[4L: Lin's fans can only act tough among low-popularity contestants; they wouldn't dare to put up a single comment in the top ranks.]
[5L: Lin's fans are still on Weibo saying that it's an honor for them that Lin Chengxing can go to that group, even though he's a low-popularity contestant among the 80. [eye roll]]
[6L: Lin's fans are always arrogant, thinking they have a lot of resources and strong voting skills, and they insist on going head-to-head with Ying's fans. As a result, they were completely defeated. I still remember the Weibo post that Lin Chengxing hyh made on the day the song selection was announced, saying that Lin Chengxing would definitely like this song, that this song has his name on it. Why did they change the song when they couldn't beat them?]
[7L: Since their names are already written down, they'd rather die than leave that group. It's not like only the center can sing; they just have fewer parts. Lin fans, your so-called love isn't very sincere, is it?]
[8L: LOL, making Lin Chengxing a supporting character to Ying Xu, are you trying to kill off Lin's fans?]
[9L: Which rule says changing the song midway is not allowed? Since the voting hasn't ended, anyone can vote. If you're so unhappy, why don't you vote your idol into the center position? No matter how much you complain, it won't change the fact that Lin Chengxing is the center.]
[10L: Oh, there are actually Lin fans who dare to come into this thread. I thought you guys never played when you were behind.]
[11L replies to 10L: You're right, so it's a fact that Lin's fans couldn't beat Ying's fans in the vote. The center position you all wanted, Ying will take it.]
[12L: Well, there was no rule violation, but the overall impression was still not good. The trainee who had his center position taken away was really pitiful.]
[13L: The guy who could have gotten C is having his birthday recently, and his fans were planning to vote C for him as a birthday gift. Fans from other groups who chose this song also supported it. This group was originally very harmonious, but Lin's fans came and ruined everything.]
[14L: Lin fans are really like troublemakers, so annoying]
[15L: Lin fans followed the rules and voted for their favorite in the center position. I don't know who they offended. They care so much about him, but I didn't see anyone else helping to vote before.]
[16L replies to 15L: Yes, you're right, so Lin's fans are defeated by Ying's fans]
...
Shi Yao browsed through the posts, then exited to read several other posts, and finally figured out the whole story.
It turns out that Lin Chengxing's and Ying Xu's families initially chose the same song and neither was willing to give way, as if they were going to have a showdown. However, after the voting started, Lin's fans couldn't catch up with Ying's fans at all. In the end, in order to keep the center position, Lin's fans temporarily switched to the lesser-known group and snatched the center position from them.
From the perspective of the rules, Lin's fans' actions were perfectly legitimate.
From a moral standpoint, they are indeed somewhat immoral.
If Lin's fans had chosen this sweet song to vote for the center position from the beginning, no one would have objected if he had won first place. But they didn't like this song at first and only switched to it after losing the competition. This made the fans of the trainee who originally had a good chance of winning the center position very upset.
However, the popularity of the two sides was vastly different, so even if they were dissatisfied, there was nothing they could do but engage in verbal battles within the group.
The second round of voting has ended, and the third round has not yet started. Fans from all sides are currently idle, and the song selection voting has also ended. Many people have nothing to do, so this matter involving Lin's fans has been attacked by bored fans of other celebrities.
The most popular contestants are all rivals. If one can be suppressed, the others will naturally show no mercy. From the start of the song selection voting to the Lin fans losing to the Ying fans and having to change the song at the last minute, the infighting within the group has intensified.
Surrounded by various forces, Lin's fans have temporarily ceased their efforts and are now in a phase of behaving themselves, planning to wait until this period passes, and once the new episode airs and attention shifts, they will regain their lost ground.
After finishing her gossip, Shi Yao felt relieved for the time being. She thought the rankings were out and that these marketing accounts with nonsensical headlines should really be arrested!
But she couldn't relax for long. After returning to her room and taking a shower, she was just about to put on a movie and relax when she discovered that a new hot post had appeared in the show group.
This season of "Shining Idol" has been strictly managed since its premiere, and no major scandals have emerged. At most, there have been some trivial rumors, such as who hid snacks or who got caught using their phone.
The major gossip related to the rankings has never been leaked to outsiders.
The same thing happened after Ersoon ended this time. There were no insiders to tip them off, and the eliminated trainees did not leave the factory for the time being. Everyone went to work on time every day, and there was no clue at all.
But when she was leaving get off work tonight, a fangirl spotted several trainees buying snacks at a convenience store and chatted with them for a bit.
Whether it was due to a lack of thought or something else, that trainee blurted out about his new roommate. Although he didn't say much, the information he revealed was enough for the fan site administrators to analyze and speculate.
Soon after, a new high-rise post appeared on the homepage of the Show Group.
[Main post: Has anyone seen Starlight Sister's alternate account? It seems to contain a lot of information, holy crap! Does this represent the rankings? [Image] Will Yingxu be number one this round?]
There are two pictures. The first one contains the content for Weibo followers (see the main text).
@ksjjlight: I knew convenience stores were full of surprises, and I actually caught a gluttonous guy craving pork in the middle of the night. Although he's not my favorite, I have to say, Honest Bro's bare face is really good-looking. If I weren't a favorite, I'd really like to start a fan site for him (just kidding).
Getting back to the point, I chatted with Honest Bro for a bit, he's a really nice guy. He told me he's changed dorms now, and Yizi's new roommates are Zhe Bro and Xiao Yingxu. All three of them seem pretty quiet. Could you take some pictures of their dorm life to show me?
The second image is a reply to a comment:
[@熠熠生辉: Sister, are there only three people in the dorm? I remember this round was supposed to be four-person dorms.]
[@ksjjlight replied to @熠熠生辉: Their dorm room only has three people; the others are four-person rooms.]
[@熠熠生辉 replied to @ksjjlight: Oh my god, I suddenly have a feeling that this dorm might be because of the ranking, otherwise why are there only three people in them?]
[@ksjjlight replied to @熠熠生辉: Actually, Honest Bro hinted at it to me, but I didn't dare to say it.]
"light" is the alternate account of Jiang Yi's fan site administrator, "Xu Ni Xing Guang". It doesn't have many followers, and she herself doesn't post on Weibo much. She only posts very occasionally to greet her fans and reply to a few questions in the chat box.
After the post was published, the group instantly became lively, with countless people flocking to Starlight Sister's alternate account, but the original fan comment had already been deleted.
[1L: Ahhhhhh?? Is this the same Xingguang sister I know? I just checked and she didn't post anything.]
[2L: I went there too, has it been deleted already?]
[3L: Starlight Sister's alternate account gained 300 followers instantly, you guys...]
[4L [Original Poster] replied to 1L: It's that Xingguang Jie (Starlight Sister). This is her alternate account. I've been following her for a long time. She rarely posts anything and likes to delete things immediately. I only managed to take a screenshot because I happened to see it. But can you guys please focus on the important points?]
[5L: So, this Weibo post means that the top three in the "second round" are Li Yuzhe, Yingxu, and Jiang Yi?]
[6L: If the dormitory distribution is based on ranking, then...]
[7L: Oh my god... Promise is already in the top three...]
[8L: It's not surprising, is it? Lin's fans couldn't beat Ying's fans. Lin Chengxing was fourth in the last round, so Ying Xu's ranking must be higher than fourth.]
[9L: Who remembers that Promise only ranked 44th in the first round... It hasn't been that long, and he's already in the top three...]
[10L: No, who is this person? Why do you believe her after just a few words? Besides, the dorm assignments weren't based on ranking before; maybe they were random.]
[11L: This is Jiang Yi's biggest fan site admin. She went to meet him offline before the broadcast even started, and she's even bumped into the trainees before. There's no need for her to lie about this.]
[12L: Those who say dorm assignments aren't based on ranking, please look at that picture in the comments again carefully. Sister Xingguang said that Brother Honesty hinted at something to her, so what do you think it could mean?]
[13L: Honest Bro, you're really honest!]
[14L: Wait, Honest Bro already said that, won't he be punished?]
[15L: The production team would punish him if they knew. Honesty Bro is very righteous.]
[16L: So what do you all think the rankings of these three would be? I think Li is 1st, Jiang is 2nd, and Ying is 3rd.]
[17L: I think it should be 2 Jiang 3]
[18L: This time, the vote was submitted a day later, so it shouldn't be a 2.]
[19L: So does this mean Li Yuzhe is the default choice?]
[20L: Otherwise, who can beat him?]
[21L: Okay, Brother Li is absolutely awesome!]
...
[89L: Uh...actually, I also ran into an lxs yesterday. I won't say who it is, but he told me that this round of rankings was quite surprising.]
[90L: Surprisingly, connections have appeared! What does "the ranking is unexpected" mean? Could you elaborate?]
[91L: Could it be that he's promised first place?]
[92L: Brothers and sisters, please stop praising this little boy Yingxu to the point of ruining him, okay? Li fans, please understand, Yingxu fans have absolutely no such intention]
[93L: No way, Yingxu is already in first place? That's insane!]
[94L: What should I do? I suddenly feel like it's very likely. What other result could be surprising? Isn't it the promise of being number one?]
[95L: To the person on the 89th floor, do you have any proof? Everyone knows that Sister Xingguang has always worked at a big company. No one can believe your empty words.]
[96L: Now Li's fans and Ying's fans are going to fight.]
[97L: [Image] I'm just an ordinary fan who follows offline events, not a fan site admin. Meeting LXS was an accident. I didn't record a video, but I did take some photos offline. Believe it or not.]
[98L: This is the entrance to Factory No. 1, right? Oh my god, sister, I believe you!]
[99L: Yingfen is making a fortune quietly, this is a direct leap to the sky]
[100L: Li's fans were all smiles and harmony these past two days, but their base was raided!]
[101L: I feel like this gossip was released just to stir up a fight between Ying's fans and Li's fans.]
...
Shi Yao frowned more and more as she looked at the screenshot in the main post. She recognized the fan site admin who was a regular at the factory. The Honest Bro she mentioned was also a relatively famous contestant on the show. Although he wasn't very popular, he had a much better reputation. He was nicknamed "Honest Bro" because he was very straightforward and often made surprising remarks.
This "Star Sister" is unlikely to lie, so it's certain that Eung Ye-soon made it into the top three, but her final ranking is hard to say.
Although another person in the thread echoed the whistleblower, the self-evidence she posted only proved that she had been to the offline location, but it was unclear whether there was actually a chance encounter or not.
Shi Yao is more inclined to believe that she deliberately muddied the waters.
As the show progressed, the relationships between fan groups became increasingly tense, especially for those with similar popularity like Yeung Hee and Lee Yoo Cheol, making it difficult to maintain a superficial peace.
These past few days, the group has been condemning Lin Chengxing's fans. It seems that the only fans he has ever directly clashed with are Lin Chengxing's fans; their relationships with other popular contestants are relatively peaceful.
Especially Li Yuzhe, with the buff of being the center of the first round, and always in first place, his fans have always been very calm and collected. They just watch the other groups fight each other every day and don't take the initiative to start a fight.
Because Li Yuzhe is currently the most popular contestant on the show, he's essentially losing money no matter who he plays against.
The reason why Li Yuzhe's fans remain calm and composed is because they know in their hearts that no one can shake Li Yuzhe's number one position.
The situation changed abruptly after this post was published, and it's hard to say whether Li's fans can remain as calm as before.
The so-called peace between fandoms is merely because they are not yet direct competitors.
Even when Ying's fans and Lin Chengxing's fans got into a fight, Li's fans would secretly help Ying's fans.
Now that news has spread that Eung-hyuk is suspected to be the first among the second-ranked members, Lee's fans will probably not only stop helping him fight, but will also see Eung-hyuk as a thorn in their side.
Yao doesn't care too much when fandoms fight. A little fighting can help solidify the fanbase and maintain the activity level of the fandom, as long as it doesn't get too out of hand.
This message tonight was clearly posted in the group on purpose. The fan site admin's alternate account didn't have many followers to begin with, and it was deleted shortly after being posted, so only a very few people knew about it.
Once it was posted in the group, the whole world knew about it, and Yingxu instantly became the target of everyone's criticism. Even if the fans wanted to keep a low profile, there was nothing they could do.
As the post grew increasingly heated and Li's fans became more and more agitated, Shi Yao suddenly had an idea and clicked on the homepage of the person who had echoed her in the thread.
The homepage is clean, with no content, and there are only a few groups. It looks brand new.
Shi Yao noticed that the total number of groups this person had joined did not match the number of groups displayed on her homepage; one group was hidden.
She immediately opened Lin Chengxing's dedicated group, entered the whistleblower's ID, and sure enough, the person was in the group.
That person's hidden group is Lin Chengxing's special group.
It seems this person's leak was intentional.
In an attempt to divert attention from the group, they instigated a fight between Li's fans and Ying's fans.
Shi Yao couldn't help but shake her head; this guy's mind really works fast.
Author's Note: Lin fans: We've already begged for mercy.
Lin fans: Hehe, I was just pretending.
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