Chapter 20: First Place
It was already early morning when Wen Yu regained consciousness.
After receiving the news, Lu Ran stayed by his bedside.
"water……"
When Wen Yu opened his mouth, he realized that his voice was unusually hoarse.
Lu Ran, startled awake by the sound, hurried over and poured him a glass of water: "Wen Yu, how are you? Are you still feeling unwell?"
Uncomfortable.
Wen Yu's stomach felt empty and uncomfortable.
"I'm hungry."
He told the truth.
"There's porridge."
Lu Ran was worried that Wen Yu would be hungry when she woke up, so he cooked a bowl of eight-treasure porridge for her in advance and put it in a thermos.
“I was terrified when I received the news…”
Lu Ran handed the porridge to Wen Yu: "You have no idea how miserable you looked at that time. Your lips were bloodless, and the bandage on your arm had broken. Blood was flowing down your arm. It looked really scary."
"Did you take me to the infirmary?"
Wen Yu looked at Lu Ran uncertainly.
In fact, his memory is already a little confused.
He remembered that he seemed to see Song Shinian and even chatted with him for a few words. He vaguely felt someone picked him up and finally sent him to the infirmary.
The doctor seemed to have said something like, "Luckily, we brought him here in time. If we had brought him here a little later, he would have lost too much blood."
This person shouldn’t be Song Shinian, right?
After all, Song Shinian is a well-known mysophobia in the circle. At that time, even he himself disliked his clothes. The original owner had no friendship with Song Shinian, so Song Shinian should not make an exception, right?
"no."
Lu Ran shook his head: "It's Teacher Song."
At this point, Lu Ran's tone actually revealed a hint of "envy": "Wen Yu, you are so lucky. If Teacher Song can personally send me to the infirmary, I would be willing to drive a luxury car and live in a villa."
Wen Yu: "..."
He doesn't think being injured is a good thing.
However, Wen Yu was still a little surprised when she heard that Song Shinian had sent her to the infirmary: "Where is he?"
"When he saw me coming, Teacher Song left."
Lu Ran answered truthfully.
Lu Ran's first stage performance has ended, so it doesn't matter if he is not in the practice room afterwards. But it is different for Song Shinian. Song Shinian is the most important mentor of "Pick Me". Because Song Shinian had to go to the bathroom, the program crew deliberately stopped the show for ten minutes. So after making sure that someone was taking care of Wen Yu, Song Shinian left the infirmary.
"Oh right..."
Wen Yu lowered his head and drank a few mouthfuls of porridge. When his stomach felt better, he remembered to ask the main question: "Is the first stage over?"
"it's over."
Lu Ran nodded excitedly: "You are first, Ren Yi and I are tied for second place."
Wen Yu was the only contestant to receive three "A"s.
Song Shinian has very strict requirements for the first stage. Except for Wen Yu, no one can get an "A" in his hands.
Therefore, Lu Ran and Ren Yi, who received two "A"s and one "B", naturally became the second place.
There were five contestants who received "B" this time, Zhao Ziyue was one of them, and he tied for third place with several other contestants.
"Wen Yu, you don't know how popular you are now."
Thinking of the trending Weibo searches he had seen a few hours earlier, his tone grew even more excited. "Weibo is full of news about you now. They're calling you 'Little Wen Yu,' and saying you're likely to become the brightest rising star."
In recent years, countless people have wanted to imitate Wen Yu, but most of them have failed to attract fans. Instead, they have been criticized by Wen Yu's fans.
The trainee Wen Yu from "Pick Me" is the only one who has imitated the essence of it over the years.
Netizens have mixed opinions on trainee Wen Yu.
Some people think that he deliberately used the name "Wen Yu" to gain popularity and profit from others' misfortune, which is extremely despicable; some people think that since he can perfectly replicate Wen Yu's performance, it doesn't matter if he just uses the name to gain popularity; some people think that he has no style or characteristics of his own and only knows how to imitate "Wen Yu's" songs, so his popularity will not last long; some people think that he is very talented, not only has a handsome face, but also has a unique voice and timbre, and it is only a matter of time for him to debut...
No matter how netizens discuss it, "Wen Yu" has become popular.
Nowadays, countless people are discussing him on the Internet. Three hours have passed since his first stage performance, but the number one trending search on Weibo is still #《pick me》練生温玉#.
"Not only are you the most talked-about trainee on 'Pick Me', you also took first place in the audience vote..."
Lu Ran became more and more excited as he spoke: "Ren Yi and Zhao Ziyue both have more fans than you, but neither of them has as many votes as you. Ren Yi is second and Zhao Ziyue is third, but your total votes are more than both of them combined."
Although Zhao Ziyue received a rating of "B", his fan base is better than Lu Ran, so he is ranked above Lu Ran.
"...audience vote?"
Wen Yu had some impression of these words, but not a deep one.
"Yes."
Lu Ran was already accustomed to Wen Yu's personality. He patiently explained, "Whether we can debut depends on the audience vote. The ratings given by the mentors will affect our subsequent performances and accommodation conditions, but the most important thing is the audience vote. After all, what stars need most is popularity."
In the first episode, the contestant with the lowest mentor rating is eliminated, but in the next eight episodes, contestants are eliminated based on audience votes.
The trainee with the lowest number of votes will be eliminated.
In each episode, eleven people will be eliminated until the last trainee is crowned the winner.
Wen Yu had the highest total number of votes in the first phase.
There were 35.8 million netizens who voted in the first round. One person could cast a maximum of one vote. Wen Yu received a total of 16.6 million votes, accounting for nearly half of the votes.
This is unheard of in draft history.
After all, on the first stage of a talent show, the national recognition of each trainee is similar, and netizens are still at the stage of "recognizing people". If he does not perform particularly well on the first stage, netizens will not cast their votes for him.
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