Chapter 92
Inside the studio.
Since the groups for the third public performance are divided according to the positioning of vocal, rap and dance, the ranking is also arranged according to three large groups. There is no direct competition between the groups. When fans vote, each large group can cast one vote. The first place evaluated from different groups is tied for first place, and the number of votes awarded is also the same.
This time the voting cycle was very long, and the number of voters was concentrated online, but the general popularity distribution was basically formed in the initial stage of voting. Everyone also knew that as the program progressed, various vote types and rankings had gradually taken shape.
"For this referendum, we received enthusiastic support from over 22 million producers. The final voting results have been officially released today. Two trainees have surpassed 5 million popularity points, and six have surpassed 3 million..."
The host on the stage was reading the opening remarks, and Luo Jiayu in the audience was very restless and wanted to hook the little finger of the person next to him, but the other person looked listless and almost dead, so he wanted to hook it secretly but hesitated.
This time the seats were not freely chosen, but specially arranged by the program crew. Chu Yu and Luo Jiayu were placed in the two seats in the center of the front row. There were all kinds of cameras surrounding them in 180 degrees. Several of them were shot right at the trainees' faces. Every few seconds, there was a crackling sound of shutters ringing in his ears, and the red lights of some cameras were flashing. Luo Jiayu felt that Chu Yu next to him had not relaxed since he sat down. His jawline was obviously tense and his body lines were stiff.
TOP treatment, but someone broke it quietly in an invisible place.
He turned his head to look at Chu Yu and naturally grabbed the latter's hand hanging by his side.
Chu Yu was originally looking down with his eyes, trying to divert his attention by counting sheep in his mind. Halfway through, he felt that sheep alone could not make him immersed enough to forget about the camera, so he changed to counting Samoyeds.
One Samoyed, two Samoyeds, two and a half Samoyeds, three Samoyeds, three point one, four, one, five, nine, and twenty-six Samoyeds... It doesn't seem right, let me count again.
Although after being tempered by so many stages and materials, even people with social disabilities have been forced to adapt by the program crew, the essential nature of social anxiety still makes them somewhat resistant to life surrounded by cameras.
Just when he counted to the twenty-second Samoyed, he suddenly felt a warm touch in the palm of his hand. Luo Jiayu stroked his back like smoothing fur, until the body in his arms relaxed and softened little by little. He knew that his childhood friend was not as nervous as before.
At this time, the director just cut the camera over, and the angle stopped at Chu Yu's face. According to international practice, any precious frontal shot should be cherished by the trainees. Luo Jiayu reached out and gently lifted his childhood friend's head, motioning him to look at the camera.
Chu Yu knew what his action meant, and let Luo Jiayu lift his chin and look directly at the camera. Then he took a deep breath and slowly revealed an awkward and shy smile.
Because everything from his behavior to his expression was too natural, Brother Baizi didn't realize that his and his childhood sweetheart's smooth one-two punch was too ambiguous even for business purposes. He also didn't realize that he had shown such a lively smile only a few times since joining the camp, and the few times he had smiled were under Luo Jiayu's guidance, so the barrage of comments went crazy again.
[What are you guys doing? This is the third public ranking, not a wedding!]
[I'm so excited about dating on public funds]
[No, sitting in the middle in front of so many people is so blatant.]
[The way he looked made me feel like he wanted everyone present to be witnesses]
[Boss Luo, I toast you a glass. I've been in the domestic entertainment industry for so many years and I've never seen anyone so love-brained. I've never seen such a thing before.]
[I'm a little scared. Do you know how to block the cabinet door?]
【Fans, just kidding, don't take it seriously】
[No way, no way, no way, you're not really talking about it behind our backs, are you?]
[I just checked and saw that smile from Brother Baizi suddenly increased his Weibo followers by over 50,000. I was shocked.]
[The top training passerby plate is still big, but it rarely participates in discussions among fans.]
[This is how popular our Capybara became, gaining 50,000 followers in one minute! Mom fans are proudly standing with their hands on their hips.]
[A thousand-year-old divine picture is added. When I debut, I will treasure it and pass it on to the next generation to share the same beauty.]
[Brother Baizi, please smile more. You don’t know how charming you are when you smile. I can’t take my eyes off you.]
[The main character brought so much fun that I almost forgot I got into it because of his looks...]
This elimination round was the last before the finals. Only twenty out of the thirty-five trainees would remain. Luo Jiayu had been ranked seventeenth last time, just three points away from elimination. A certain Capybara had secretly worried about this for a while.
A worried Capibara took advantage of the moment when the director's camera cut to the host on the stage to secretly make gestures to his childhood friend next to him, but because the gestures he created were too abstract, no one around him, including the audience in the live broadcast room, could understand them after watching for a while.
But Luo Jiayu miraculously understood what he meant and responded with a set of more abstract gestures of his own creation.
The two of them communicated across borders using the languages of Yu and Luo respectively. Although the progress was abstract, it was strangely smooth.
——Was (the negotiation) successful?
——Success, success!
——Is the (debut spot that was bought) back?
——I’m back! I’m back!
--Really?
——Really, really!
——Can you make it into the top ten?
——Yes, yes, yes!
Chu Yu's eyes grew brighter as they talked, and Luo Jiayu's mouth corners rose uncontrollably as they stared at each other. Neither of them realized that the indifferent and charming atmosphere between them, which even a primary school kid couldn't conceal by secret signals, had become so thick that it was almost flowing from the air to the floor.
The host on stage coughed a few times with a hint of meaning: "...Next, we will announce the final rankings for this round of performances."
The two people did not react.
So the host decided not to beat around the bush. His next words were, "Contestant Chu Yu, please come on stage."
Chu Yu shuddered and came back to his senses from the state he had just been immersed in, and his ears were honestly red.
This kind of embarrassing situation is often a compulsory course for young couples - they unconsciously start to show affection to their partner in a public place, and only realize that they have just fallen into it without knowing it until they are exposed and reminded by a third person. At this time, those who are thin-skinned will suddenly feel embarrassed and at a loss.
Luo Jiayu also realized that he seemed to have gone a bit too far just now. Unlike Chu Yu, he knew very well that lifting his childhood friend's chin under the gaze of millions of people was no different from having a love affair at the center of the world at public expense. But his dog nature made him act faster than he thought. He had to wait until he had fulfilled his wish and completed all the intimate contact he wanted. He was so satisfied that he remembered to block the cabinet door.
The two of them seemed to have telepathic connection, one turned his head and the other looked away, one looked at the sky and the other at the ground, clearly trying to cover up something, but the more obvious it was. Chu Yu didn't even look back and quickly followed the host's instructions to go on stage. However, halfway through, he realized that he was using the same hands and feet. Awkwardly and desperately, he switched arms, and then found that he had also switched legs. Luo Jiayu deliberately didn't turn around to look at him. After sitting quietly for a while, he very unnecessarily covered his mouth with a fist and let out two healthy coughs.
According to the eyewitness Sister Shuangyu at the scene, it would have been better for these two people not to pretend. Once they pretended, their poor acting skills were immediately exposed, and the sticky and ambiguous atmosphere just now seemed to be no longer fake.
The stage was divided into three areas: red, yellow, and blue, corresponding to the upper circle representing the debut position, the middle circle representing the blocking position, and the lower circle representing the elimination position. There was no extra space. Chu Yu walked up, looked left and right, and the host asked him with an understanding look:
"Which area does Xiaoyu think he will end up in?"
This is a question of emotional intelligence. If you talk about the debut position circle, you will easily be accused of being arrogant and lacking self-awareness. If you talk about the qualifying position circle, you will easily be accused of playing the victim and bullying the fans. If you talk about the elimination position circle, you will easily be accused of being hypocritical and taking advantage of others. These kinds of questions are full of pitfalls and are often the favorite questions of the hosts on the show.
Chu Yu thought about it and felt that he could do a split on the spot. His legs were just long enough to step on all three circles. He told the host in a polite manner that he could go to any circle, but he was not flexible or thick-skinned enough, so he gave up after thinking about it.
As a person, you should play to your strengths and avoid your weaknesses. Chu Yu knew very well that he was not good at being tactful and that he had no social skills, so he took two steps and walked to the red line representing the debut circle.
Chu Xiaoyu stood obediently in the circle representing the debut position.
The host was surprised: "Are you so confident?"
Chu Yu nodded obediently.
Because theoretically speaking, his current ranking is indeed suitable for his debut.
"Okay, now I will announce the final voting results for contestant Chu Yu--" Before the official announcement, the host asked Chu Yu a few questions in a semi-teasing and semi-difficult manner. The latter only nodded or shook his head, and his responses were concise and clear, making him feel like he had punched cotton, so he had to speed up the announcement process.
"Five million one hundred and ten thousand, first in the vocal group, second in overall popularity."
There was thunderous applause in the venue, and the fans of the only and dual-partners in the live broadcast room cried with joy. Chu Yu was unable to react to the words he heard for a long time.
Then he made a stupid "two" gesture, which looked like a "yeah".
Danmu fans:
[One! One! You are number one!]
[Five hundred and eleven, first in vocals. You have so many ones, you must be number one! Give me a one!]
[Baby, why are you so stupid? Hahaha, didn’t you expect the ranking to be so high?]
I thought everyone knew that Brother Baizi was the top trainee traffic password. There was no other trainee as popular as him. Isn't this ranking normal?
[I still think second place is too low. In terms of popularity, it has long been a distant first place.]
He never takes his popularity for granted
Chu Yu didn't come back to his senses for a long time.
Although his previous fifth and fourth places were also very high, and he had been voted the most popular by the audience more than once or twice, he was always confused and puzzled by his inexplicable popularity. He could only understand that it was controlled by some invisible power in the book. All the votes, fans and praises were vague and empty, and because they had no basis, he would never and dared not take them seriously.
But this time it was different. The funny thing was that after he knew that he could express his true feelings and be socially dead in front of the whole world, he finally understood where the popularity that came to him like snowflakes came from.
It's not groundless, but a genuine liking for him as a person. It could be madness, it could be fun, or it could be that his half-asleep and dead look made a certain group of people laugh. But no matter how outrageous the reasons for voting for him are, it represents a certain kind of liking for him.
This was the first time in all his life that he had received so much genuine, unconditional love for himself.
This feeling was so unfamiliar that when the host handed him the microphone and signaled him to give a speech, he tried to open his mouth, but his voice was stagnant. With emotions piled up in his throat, it was difficult for him to utter complete sentences, not to mention that he was not good at speaking.
He closed his eyes and took a deep breath.
"Thank you for your likes," he said, and then bowed deeply to the camera.
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One sentence seemed too little for a speech, but no matter how hard Chu Yu tried to organize his words, he couldn't find a better sentence than this one to express his mood. In the end, all he could say was just a repetition:
"Thank you for your likes."
Luo Jiayu can be said to have jumped onto the stage.
As soon as he came on stage, before the host had the chance to ask him the international standard question of emotional intelligence, he stepped into the debut circle with confidence and stood shoulder to shoulder with Chu Yu, as if two separated magnets finally closed tightly.
The host was surprised again: "Are you so confident?"
Luo Xiaogou nodded confidently. Before the other party could ask the second internationally accepted question, he took the microphone and answered in advance: "I think I can debut."
"..." With all the lines already taken up, the host chose to return to his duties and cue the proceedings, no longer insisting on his tricky Q&A session. "Okay, next I will announce the final voting results for contestant Luo Jiayu."
Chu Yu beside him silently clenched his hands.
Hearing my boyfriend's voting results was more stressful than hearing his own.
"...Luo Jiayu, 4.97 million, first in the rap group, third in overall popularity."
Chu Yu's clenched hands suddenly loosened.
"From 17th to 3rd, these are the players who have made the most progress in the history of our top training. They are dark horse seeds and they deserve the title." After the host made the announcement, he added an extra sentence of praise.
The CP sisters in the live broadcast room and super topic were setting off firecrackers to celebrate the New Year.
【Double TOP】
【Double TOP】
[Double TOP!!! I've finally been waiting for this day!!]
Will I ever see the day when a group truly debuts with the highest popularity rating?
[The sisters in front can definitely do it! ! ]
[I'm so happy, I really am. I declare that now is the era of Pisces! ]
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