Chapter 39, Part 2 [Forum Style]: Er Shun, Ticket Theft, Argument, and...
After the post revealing the information appeared, the group was lively all night. When Shi Yao woke up the next day, she glanced at Green Petal and Super Topic again, and the two sides had completely different styles.
Due to the deliberate mudslinging by Lin Chengxing's fans, the brief alliance between Li Yuzhe's fans and Yingxu's fans has broken down. Although the rankings are still unverified, it is a foregone conclusion that Yingxu will be in the top three.
During the second round of voting, the two companies even opted to vote together and exchange votes. Now that Promise has soared to new heights, it's unlikely they will cooperate again in the next round.
Of all the gossip, the most attention-grabbing has to be the ranking gossip. Once this gossip came out, no one cared about the previous incident of Lin Chengxing's fans vying for the center position in the third public performance selection. The entire show group was now focused on predicting the rankings.
The fan site admin who initially posted the message about Jiang Yi deleted her alternate account. This action further increased the credibility of the information she had previously posted. The news that Li Yuzhe promised Jiang Yi to be among the top three in the rankings had basically spread across various platforms.
The public's reaction has changed dramatically since the news was first revealed last night. Last night, almost everyone assumed that Li Yuzhe was number one, meaning there was some debate about who was better between Jiang Yi and Ying Xu, with most people thinking that Jiang Yi was better.
However, with the help of the fake gossipmonger, the onlookers began to doubt their own predictions. Ying Xu became the most likely person to win first place, while Li Yuzhe and Jiang Yi competed for second and third place.
Many people lamented the dramatic changes in the situation. They thought the debut group was pretty much locked in, but who would have thought that after Ilseong ended, Eunghyun would suddenly appear and snatch another debut spot away? Now, not only are the fans of the trainees in the pre-debut group anxious, but the fans of the trainees in the upper ranks are also anxious. No one wants to bear the responsibility of being pushed down in the rankings.
Other rankings haven't been revealed yet, but that's no problem for the fans' sharp eyes. Based on the photos of Ersoon going to work afterward, they can roughly deduce the new dormitory assignments. Some trainees prefer to go alone, or they continue to go with their existing friends, which is harder to predict.
However, some trainees changed their work partners and walked together almost every day after the second round. Considering that the dormitory was assigned according to ranking, and comparing it with the ranking during the first round, we can more or less deduce the ranking of some people.
The production team must have known about the leaked rankings, because all the trainees kept quiet on their way to work the next day. They used to respond to fans' greetings, but today they were all unusually silent.
I endured the day with bated breath, and finally it was time for Ersoon's broadcast.
The group made a list of the new dormitories where the participants could be confirmed, and before the broadcast, there was a lot of excitement about betting on the rankings. But what everyone was most looking forward to was who would be in the top three.
[Main Post: Breaking News, Li Yuzhe is first, Ying Xu is second, Jiang Yi is third, and Lin Chengxing is fourth. The top nine have not changed much.]
[1L: Ah... the promise of second place...]
[2L: To be honest, despite the long debate in the group, I've never thought that Promise could be number one.]
[3L: Same, he did gain a lot of fans during this period, but Brother Fa had accumulated so much popularity in the early stages and was steadily gaining fans after starting his streams, how could he possibly surpass him all at once?]
[4L: And the difference between the first and second place votes is not small. Li Yuzhe has more than 8.3 million votes, while Ying Xu only has more than 6 million votes, a difference of more than 2 million votes. On the other hand, the difference between the second and third place votes is not so big. Jiang Yi is almost 6 million votes behind, while the difference between him and the second place is only a few hundred thousand votes.]
[5L: Li Yuzhe is still far ahead of the leader. Some people can't even hold onto second place, yet they want to associate themselves with the leader. Aren't they shameless?]
[6L: Ying fans have never been associated with her. The person who first broke the news that Ying Xu Ershun was number one was not a Ying fan. Ying fans have been denying the rumors since last night. I understand that they have grievances, but please take your anger out on the person who should be venting it.]
[7L: Jiang Yi is amazing! He was fifth in the last round, and he's third this round. With a little more effort, he could even reach second place. Jiang Yi's fans are making a fortune in silence.]
[8L: Jiang Yi's loyalty level was originally in the top three in your group. He only got fifth place in the last round because of a voting strategy error. Third place is his true level.]
[9L: Lin Chengxing is fourth again this time, but the vote difference is bigger than last time, only a little over four million, he has been blocked by the top three.]
[10L: It seems like Xingsi didn't exchange votes with the favorite this round, because voting alone definitely can't beat a joint vote]
[11L: What's the rush? Xing Si hasn't even given out milk tickets yet. Some people are strutting around, wondering what rank their master got. He didn't even surpass our Lin Xing.]
[12L: I remember that Xingsi and Jiangsi jointly voted and exchanged votes this round, so why is there no joint vote now?]
[13L: The joint voting ended early after only one day. The Jiang family management discovered that someone on Lin's side was stealing votes. Who wants to cooperate with people who are dishonest?]
[14L: I'm truly amazed that someone with multiple fanbases can be called a "star fan." Star fans are the ancestors of all of you.]
[15L: Hmm, even multi-fandom accounts can get accounts issued by the management team through multiple layers of review, so it just means that your Lin fans' management is incompetent, how could they let this pass the review?]
[16L: Some people have time to throw mud at others, but they should think about how to explain their own sudden surge in votes. Yi Shun only ranked fifth and was even blocked by the top four. Er Shun canceled the joint vote and still managed to catch up by six million. I think that certain party shouldn't say that their die-hard fans are in the top three. They should be number one. Even Li's fans joined forces with others to vote.]
[17L: If you want to criticize someone, start your own thread. Don't try to persuade your Li fan sister.]
[18L: Jiang Siyishun's voting strategy made a mistake, which allowed Lao Jiang to get fifth place. Some people will remember this for life. Anyone with eyes can see that Lao Jiang has a strong number of die-hard fans. Some people with high aspirations have been broken.]
[19L: Oh dear, it's not a big deal. It's just that Jiang Chengxing lost a small portion of the votes to Yi Shun because of Jiang's fans' voting strategy mistakes. Then, Er Shun made no mistakes and also lost to Lin Chengxing. Don't be angry, Lin fans. Jiang's fans don't even care about the votes you stole. Be more magnanimous.]
[20L: Weren't Jiangsi and Xingsi on good terms before? They even voted together. How come they're suddenly fighting? Wait, does nobody remember Yingxu? Don't go off-topic!]
[21L replies to 20L: After Xingsi was discovered to have stolen tickets by Jiangsi, the two sides broke up. The person who was blocked in the last round blocked the other in this round. Do you think they wouldn't fight?]
[22L: Let me say it again, there was no vote rigging. It's just a case of a person supporting multiple people. Someone voted for six people, and just because one of them is Lin Xing, they're throwing all the blame on him. Don't use such a robber's logic.]
[23L: Now I know why your Lin fan club is always so shameless. It turns out your entire fan group is like this. Of the six people you voted for, apart from Lin Chengxing, the other five were all eliminated nobodies. Everyone knows this is the most classic toxic solo stan voting method. You still have the nerve to act like this when everyone is watching a talent show for the first time.]
[24L: Let me translate for everyone. What Lin's fans mean is that they didn't steal votes. That "all-around supporter" somehow managed to get 500 accounts after going through our meticulous verification process. And her real fan status is actually one of the five eliminated trainees. When she voted, she somehow included Lin Chengxing, who will never be eliminated. What a coincidence!]
[25L [Original Poster]: Can you guys go and start a new thread to fight? I just want to discuss the rankings properly.]
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[83L: Is the person who initially said Yingxu was in first place still here? Please explain what happened. Thanks to you, Yingxu has been criticized for a whole day and night. If he were really in first place, being criticized would be one thing, but not only was he not in first place, but the vote difference was also quite large. Whose darling was you taking the blame for?]
[84L: That person deleted their account this morning. I even made a post about it because I felt something was off about her, but nobody paid any attention to me.]
[85L: Ying's fans are just like their idols, they're the easiest to bully on this variety show, anyone can bully them. This little boy has only been famous for a short time, he's no threat to anyone, please stop spreading rumors about him, he's already begging for mercy.]
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[142L: Actually, I think if Li's fans hadn't joined forces with Ying's fans in this round of voting, Ying probably wouldn't have gotten second place.]
[143L: I agree. Jiang Yi's family got so many votes even without joint voting. At least half of Ying Xu's votes came from Li's family. If you subtract that part, he might not even be fourth, let alone third.]
[144L: Looking at it this way, Yingxu's second place is actually quite weak. The difference between him and the fourth and fifth place is not that big. Last night, that person who spread rumors scared me to death. I thought he had really soared to the top and changed the dynasty.]
[145L: It's not fair to say he's weak, but a top-three finish is definitely not guaranteed. A top-five finish should be no problem. If he doesn't deliberately cause trouble later on, he's a shoo-in for a debut spot.]
[146L: You guys have so little confidence in Ying Xu? Can you consider the objective conditions? He only suddenly rose to fame after the first round of voting ended. He had no prior popularity accumulation; he skyrocketed purely because of that video. Voting ended the night his second performance aired, meaning all the fans who voted for him were attracted by that video and its derivative content. The fans gained from the second performance haven't even had a chance to participate yet, and there's still the third performance. Ying Xu is the center of the boy group song, so he'll definitely gain 200% more fans, okay? And you still think he's just a sure thing in the top five? Haha, you guys are too naive.]
[147L: Was his second performance very popular? I don't think it really broke out of its niche this time. The most-viewed stage on Bilibili only just over a million. A stage needs to be popular enough to attract fans outside its core audience.]
[148L: Wasn't that stage performance that got over a million views Yingxu? His group's performance was just average, the overall effect was neither as good as Li Yuzhe's group nor Jiang Yi's group, yet they still got the highest number of views. Do you think they gained fans or not?]
[149L: Moreover, the fancam data for the second performance of "Encore" is also very good, almost reaching five million. It is currently in first place, and second place is Li Yuzhe with four million eight hundred thousand. After that, there is a huge gap. The third place only has two million. Li Yuzhe has always had excellent data in all aspects. After "Encore" became popular, the fancam data for the first performance and the theme song did not increase much, but the data for the second performance increased quickly. I feel that he has gained a lot of fans.]
[150L: You can't judge a die-hard fan by their fancams. It just means they have a decent general popularity and their stage performances are quite entertaining. Eong-soo does dance really well, and I quite enjoy watching his fancams.]
[151L: While fancams from other places can't really prove you're a die-hard fan, they definitely can from talent shows. This fancam was posted on the Kuyu platform. Aside from fans and show-watching fans, who would specifically come here to watch fancams? Everyone would just go to Bilibili to see reposts.]
[152L: So what? Then it should be the number one line of die-hard fans, right?]
[153L: What's the rush? I think he'll either be first or second. This second place is definitely not a coincidence. His future ranking won't be lower than this one. Just wait and see.]
[154L: Actually, I also think so. Just saying that Ying's fans and Li's fans voted together benefited from it, but Ying's fans voted a day later than everyone else, and they hadn't organized anything before. They only started this round at the last minute. In fact, many of Ying's fans had never followed a talent show before and didn't know anything about voting. They were able to do this much from scratch. Even if they got second place because of Li's fans, their own level is definitely not bad.]
[155L: Sisters, where are you talking about? This is only the second performance of "Soon"! The third performance hasn't even been recorded yet, why are you already talking about the final of "Soon"? Ying's fans aren't that powerful, but they're not weak either. They just voted with all their might. There's nothing to talk about.]
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[339L: Let's estimate the top three in the next round. I think Li will be 1st, Jiang 2nd, and Ying 3rd. Jiang Yi's family didn't have a joint vote this time, but there won't be a large-scale joint vote in the next round either. However, they still have milk votes, so I tend to think they can still improve. Ying Xu will definitely not fall out of the top three. Lin's fans are quite stubborn, but they have never won a single battle. Li Ge will definitely be as stable as a rock.]
[340L: I think Yingxu is still second. Jiang Yi's die-hard fans are awesome, but Yingxu is not bad either, and there's still the third public performance. Judging from the song selection, I think Yingxu's stage performance is more likely to attract fans. Jiang Yi's exotic style is too niche. It's either amazing or terrible, so it's hard to say.]
[341L: The fans gained from the third public performance don't reflect Sam-soon's true feelings. The voting ends after the stage performance airs. You'd be more interested in the final round.]
[342L: But there are performance photos! There are so many photos from the second performance. Several of the contestants who didn't make it to the next round did so because some fansite admins released their photos in advance. Otherwise, it would have been too late by the time the stage photos were released. There will definitely be even more photos from the third performance.]
[343L: The results of the third public performance ticket lottery are out tonight. Please, please let more of our fans get selected. We can do without the kids, but we absolutely need our fans!]
[344L: Aren't there group tickets? Don't worry if you don't get them.]
[345L: Five group tickets are not enough. Every popular idol has a dozen or twenty fan site admins. Group tickets also need to be distributed to the fan club members. There are simply not enough.]
[346L: There are only five stages for the third public performance, so the recording definitely won't be so late again. What should I do if I suddenly start to feel anxious?]
[347L: But the camera management this year is really lax. I feel like everyone who brought one in got to take pictures. They're so lucky. I remember last year only a few people were able to take pictures, and the checks were much stricter.]
[348L: Did the venue not hire security for this year's performance? How can they be completely unconcerned? Aren't they afraid that people standing in the stands will be pushed and fall over?]
[349L: Maybe the production team knew they were delaying the stage setup, so they deliberately showed the ocean for everyone to take pictures.]
[350L: The third public performance is where true die-hard fans are tested. Each person can only vote once, so everyone will know who the top performers are and who is guaranteed a debut spot.]
[351L: It feels like there aren't any contestants with a huge gap in popularity this year. There shouldn't be any situation where one person gets more than 100 or 200 votes out of a total of 500 votes.]
[352L: Aren't you afraid of being attacked by Li's fans for saying that? Their comments have always been the only ones that are overwhelmingly in the top spot.]
[353L: Sorry, I didn't notice. If there really was a significant gap, then Yingxu wouldn't have surpassed him in the fancam. Also, Yingxu had the highest vote in the third public performance song selection. Although it's probably due to competition, it shows that Yingxu's fans have the ability to win.]
[354L: Li Yuzhe's lead isn't that huge, but there is a small gap. Also, Li's fans are very enthusiastic about offline events. I heard they prepared at least 200,000 yuan to collect votes for the third public performance to ensure a final lead.]
[355L: Winner?? Two hundred?! Why not use that money to buy milk tickets and save them for the finals? That could buy so many boxes of milk! The final carry is the most useful!]
[356L: Is it possible that they don't even care about the two million? That's the power of Li's fans. They want the center position and the MVP of the third public performance.]
[357L: Let's not be too sure of anything. Yingxu's live votes this round were not low either. He was in the top two overall, only a dozen votes less than Li Yuzhe. It's really hard to say who will win in the third round.]
[358L: The voting rules for the second and third performances are different. In the second performance, you can vote once for each group, but in the third performance, you can only vote once for the entire audience. In the second performance, one of them is a rapper and the other is a dancer, and they don't split the votes, so it's not surprising that Yingxu has more votes. If Yingxu and Li Yuzhe are both rappers or dancers, and he is only a dozen votes behind Li Yuzhe, then that would be really impressive.]
[359L: That's not entirely true. For the third performance, you can be sure that the people who vote for your team are definitely your team's fans. But for the second performance, it's not so certain. Even if these two are in the same group, fans from other groups can still vote for them. Anyway, it won't affect your team's vote count. With so many people getting in, it's hard to say how many of the hundred or so votes that were promised actually came from his fans.]
[360L: Okay, okay, Ying's fans are wrong. They only got second place in the second round thanks to the kindness of other fans, is that enough? Ying's fans are no good, is that enough?]
[361L: I beg you guys to open your eyes and look at the world! After the second performance, more than 20 fan sites posted pictures, ranking first among all trainees. Now there are 39 fan sites in total, still ranking first among all trainees. How did they take the pictures if the fans didn't even go to the venue?]
[362L: Don't you know about proxy bidding? Since when can the number of fan sites be used to judge die-hard fans? That's hilarious.]
[363L: You can hire someone to take photos at other times, but it's really hard to find photos for public performances. Who can be sure they won't get caught when they take photos? Fan site admins who have their own favorites basically won't take orders for public performances. If they get caught taking photos of someone else's stage and end up not getting photos of their own favorite's stage, then they'll lose more than they gain. As for pure proxy photographers, I can only say that there are only 500 tickets for Shining Idol's public performances, and they're so strict. It's difficult for proxy photographers to even get in.]
[364L: The third performance recording is tomorrow, what's the rush? We'll know the results by this time tomorrow night at the latest. We can deduce who has more tickets by seeing which fan site has more photos posted.]
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By the time Shi Yao finished watching the show, it was almost 10 o'clock. Er Shun had more than half an hour less than Yi Shun, since there were almost half as many people. This time, the production team was very honest and did not dare to delete anyone's speech like before. They honestly ensured that everyone had their allotted time.
This issue of Promise added three more mid-roll ads. Shi Yao didn't look for the poster who ranked the ad counts, but she felt that Promise should have already reached the top.
The second promise was somewhat unexpected, yet also somewhat predictable.
Yao didn't take the news last night seriously at all, especially after finding out that the person was a fan of Lin Chengxing, which made her even more certain that the news was fake.
It's likely to be in the top three, but definitely not number one.
His popularity did rise rapidly, but it wasn't enough to reach the top in one step. As usual, Shi Yao glanced at what the green petals said, and sure enough, many people thought that Jiang Yi's ranking would drop in the next round of voting, while his would rise.
As for Lin Chengxing, it seems he has been eliminated from the top three competition.
Lin's fans deliberately stirred things up last night, breaking the alliance between Li Yuzhe's fans and Yingxu's fans, but after the show aired today, a lot of attention within the group has returned to them.
Because of the ticket theft.
Every year, there are several fights over vote theft. It's hard to say whether or not votes were actually stolen. In fact, the 500 stolen votes wouldn't affect the ranking, but the act is despicable.
In each edition, fan groups that are caught cheating will be kicked out of the joint voting, which is not conducive to the early rankings. However, the final is a 1-pick, and there is no joint voting, so being isolated or not has little impact.
Aside from the fight between Lin Biao's fans and Jiang Zemin's fans, the other half of the group was mostly discussing the ticket-stealing in the next two rounds and the third public performance.
The forum's analysis is actually correct. If there is no further consolidation, the ranking will definitely drop. The initial hype is limited. After the brief period of fervor, the new fans attracted from outside the circle will definitely be exhausted from voting.
However, the votes become more valuable as time goes on. If he can't keep attracting new fans while others do, he will definitely be squeezed out, just like he squeezed out others now.
The forum was abuzz with arguments about who was more loyal to Ying Xu or Li Yuzhe. In fact, most of the people debating this issue were not fans of either side, but rather fans of other celebrities or casual observers.
It is expected that the second public performance received a high number of votes, only a dozen votes behind Li Yuzhe, but the two are in different groups, so it is not appropriate to use this to speculate on die-hard fans.
However, the third round is different. Each person can only vote once, and that's the number of votes. There are no "friendship votes" or "favoritism votes." Die-hard fans will only vote for their favorite contestants. This is the best time to test true popularity. Fans of several popular contestants are all eager to try and get more tickets.
This is also a crucial battleground for Shi Yao. Whether Ying Xu can secure the center position in the finals depends on this round of performances.
The show's ticket lottery had ended, and when she logged into her fan club account, she found a message from the fan club asking if she needed group tickets.
Sure enough, being the top fan site admin comes with a lot of perks.
Shi Yao didn't reply immediately. She opened the lottery page and refreshed the results. After confirming that there was a guaranteed prize, she felt much more relaxed. She hadn't had much hope, but luck struck and she actually won!
After filling in her name, phone number, and other personal information, Shi Yao exited the page and replied to the fan club that it wasn't necessary and asked them to save it for the fan site admins who didn't get a spot.
A few minutes after filling in the information, I received a text message from the production team with information about the performance recording. The recording venue was Factory No. 5 at Yuyang Film and Television Base, and the entry time was 10:00 AM. I was required to bring my ID card and was not allowed to bring any photography equipment.
Shi Yao pretended not to see the last sentence. Anyway, this sentence is used in every performance, but quite a few people still take pictures of it, especially in talent show performances, where it can mean the life or death of the trainees.
The recording time surprised her a bit; she arrived so early. She hoped she wouldn't have to wait too long, as she wouldn't be able to eat or drink once inside, and standing all day would be pure physical labor.
Shi Yao quickly packed her backpack, set up her camera lenses, and finally threw in a point-and-shoot camera before she could finally relax.
Finally, she could see the promised stage again.
Author's Note: My computer suddenly crashed while I was writing this chapter, which scared me half to death. After restarting, the software was only partially recovered. I'm speechless at WPS, and I'm speechless at Windows 10 :)
Now, let's look forward to the official ascent of the summit!
Thank you to all the little angels who voted for me or watered my plants with nutrient solution between 2024-06-27 20:55:36 and 2024-06-28 20:57:06!
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Thank you so much for your support, I will continue to work hard!
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