Chapter 96 The Second Performance is Over
"I don't know what the result will be..." Liu Xiu clenched his hands, staring at the data display screen on the wall and muttering anxiously.
Currently, there is only the name of the Dance group's "Addiction" team on it, and a blank table below. It is obvious that the votes are still being counted.
Wen Yan, who was standing next to him, was originally quite calm, but his calves were trembling as he scolded him.
He couldn't help but pull Liu Xiu's hand, wanting him to stop "doing that", but he didn't expect to be slapped away.
Not only was he beaten, but he was also looked at warily and suspiciously, with eyes full of disgust.
Wen Yan suddenly thought of the "heroic act" of Xie Qingyu's male fan just now, and his face turned pale.
Shit!!! Who do they take him for?
Besides, if he doesn't even look at himself in the water, then he's not good at all, right? Even if he really is...
Thinking of this, Wen Yan secretly glanced at the figure standing quietly next to him, and sighed in his heart: Even if it is true, I have to choose someone like this!
Xie Qingyu naturally noticed the little dispute between the two people beside him, but it was just a minor fight and there was no need to interfere.
Besides, the stage performance is over~ He is liberated~ Finally, he doesn’t have to ‘guard the house’ anymore~ It’s so touching!
At this moment, the display screen on the wall flashed, and rows of data jumped out from low to high.
Everyone's vote count wasn't too low, but when they saw the number at the top with the little crown, everyone's eyes widened except for the person involved.
"Oh shit!" It turned out that it was the smart anchor Li who couldn't help but fail in front of the camera first.
But no one cared about that now. Liu Xiu had already put his arm around Xie Qingyu's shoulders and jumped up, "That's awesome! That's awesome!!"
Wen Yan looked at the number of votes for Xie Qingyu on the screen, then looked at the number of votes for himself, who was the second in the team, and his Adam's apple rolled unconsciously.
This is... too exaggerated! Could it be that the program team made a mistake in the statistics?
Xie Qingyu smiled as Liu Xiudai's shoulders were shaken by her excitement. "Okay, let's go out first."
They are the centerpiece of the show, and they still have a backstage interview to do, so they must not delay the announcement of the overall ranking.
Before leaving the small room, Xie Qingyu raised his eyes again and glanced at the number of votes, feeling a rare sense of comfort in his heart.
Finally... after this experience, I finally managed to gain a foothold in the talent show "Road to Star Dreams".
Perhaps because the process schedule was really tight, their team's post-harvest time was not long.
Even the questions given to Xie Qingyu were much milder than those in the first public performance. It is not ruled out that his popularity has skyrocketed now, and the program team has become more restrained.
On the way back to the waiting room, Xie Qingyu caught a glimpse of two familiar figures around the corner.
He narrowed his eyes slightly, signaling his teammates to go first, while he approached quietly and gave a slap to the ferocious figure among them.
"Who is it?" Wei Liangchen touched the back of his head and yelled in dissatisfaction. Since the person he hit didn't use much force, he wasn't very angry.
But can you just hit a man on the back of the head? Today, I have to let this sneak attacker know—he's not to be trifled with!
Wei Liangchen turned around fiercely and saw Xie Qingyu, who was standing with her arms folded, silent and looking at him with a raised eyebrow. In that instant, all his momentum was gone.
Instead, he smiled guiltily and said, "My benefactor, you're back so soon. You must be tired! How about we..." As he spoke, he tried to pull Xie Qingyu back to the waiting room.
"What are you talking about?" Xie Qingyu suddenly smiled with a dangerous tone, looking over Wei Liangchen at Gu Qi who was lazily leaning against the wall behind him.
From a distance, I could hear this idiot saying to the old fox Gu, "My benefactor..."
She felt a little panicked for a moment, fearing that he would lead her to cause trouble, so Xie Qingyu hurried over to check.
"No...nothing~" Wei Liangchen avoided the question, looking at the sky and the earth but not at Xie Qingyu!
Gu Qi looked at the two people opposite him, pretending to be pitiful, blinking timidly and whispering, "Is he bullying me?"
If you ignore the playful curve of his lips, it does look like that.
"You...you're talking nonsense!" Wei Liangchen's lips trembled as he looked at the man in front of him in disbelief at his ability to confuse right and wrong. It was obvious that he was the one who called himself out.
After refuting him, he hurriedly explained to Xie Qingyu: "Really not, benefactor, do you think I look like that kind of person?"
After saying that, he looked at Xie Qingyu eagerly, as if to say: Look at my sincere eyes~
Xie Qingyu sighed helplessly and was about to say something when the voice of the staff came from the door of the waiting room not far away.
"The overall rankings are about to be announced!"
In addition to the three of them, there were several bored contestants waiting and wandering around the corridor.
Gu Yan took the opportunity to move closer and whispered in Xie Qingyu's ear: "I heard from someone that you are going to teach me a lesson after the performance?"
As soon as he finished speaking, he quickly distanced himself from me, walked past me in a good mood, and left with a chuckle, "I'll wait~"
Looking at Gu Yan's departing back, and then looking at Wei Liangchen who was pretending to be a good boy beside him, Xie Qingyu closed his eyes and held his forehead, he knew it!!!
I'm not afraid of thieves stealing, but I'm afraid of thieves targeting you, especially if they're targeting you like an old fox like Gu Qi, that would be even worse.
But no matter what, we have to finish the last bit of the second public recording first.
After returning to the waiting room, Xie Qingyu didn't have to look for a seat as he was surrounded by greetings from other contestants.
"Thank you, sir. Here, here, there's a vacant seat!"
"Don't sit over there, boss. There are too many people and you can't even stretch your legs. It's more spacious here!"
"No, no, no, I've already calculated it. The place behind me is a good place for Feng Shui, and it's a perfect match for the boss!"
I saw them all pointing enthusiastically to the empty seats near them, their eyes filled with the expectation of "sit here".
Xie Qingyu nodded politely one by one, but his gaze paused slightly when it swept to the corner - Leo was looking at him expectantly, and those wet eyes made it really hard to refuse.
Although the program team has no explicit rules, it is better to sit with teammates at important moments such as the ranking announcement.
Then Xie Qingyu politely declined the kindness of others, turned around and looked at the puppy, shook his head lightly, and walked straight to the location of the "Addiction" team.
The rejected contestants nodded in understanding. There was nothing much to say since they were sitting with their teammates.
After looking away, he turned his attention back to the display screen on the wall where the numbers were constantly jumping.
Although Leo puppy felt disappointed, he could understand his brother's thoughts and shook his head to comfort himself - there were so many people here, and others would definitely be unhappy if they sat where he was.
Alas~ Before, there was only this annoying guy, I don’t know when so many people started to compete with him for Xie Qingyu, it’s so depressing!
On the other hand, You Jinchao now has experience.
From the moment the screen lit up, he walked to the side of the "Knowledgeable and Commentary" contestant as if he was familiar with the place.
Although he knew that the performance of "Spring Memories" today was not satisfactory and he might hear some harsh comments, he still chose to face reality.
Just listen to the honest reviews and try harder to regain your form next time on stage!
This failure on stage also made You Jinchao truly realize that in the idol industry, one really cannot stay in one's comfort zone forever. The updates and iterations are too fast, old fans leave quickly, and new fans come slowly, and soon the industry will be unable to make ends meet.
Even though his personal performance this time was okay, it was far less loud than the one he received in the first performance, and the physical feeling was much worse.
I don’t know what the process of selecting songs for the Three Public Performances is. It seems that I still have to push myself hard when necessary!
The announcement of the total ranking of live votes for the second performance is slightly different from the first performance.
It is a direct result of slowly climbing up from the lowest individual vote to get the first place in the whole field.
Finally, the votes of team members are added up and the overall rankings of the team, group and the entire competition are announced.
The total vote pool for the second public performance was almost 9,000 votes, although "La Ge Nan" restrained himself and did not create the "0-vote miracle" again.
However, the contestant with the lowest number of votes still only received 9 votes. He was a contestant who played badly in the second half of "Funny Friends".
Looking at the contestant lowering his head in shame, the expressions of the other contestants around him did not change. There was no surprise, no ridicule, and even no conversation.
After all, the choice is your own, and as long as you can accept the final result, it will be fine.
The situation in the waiting room remained like this until the 40th-ranked contestant received 82 votes, and then everyone couldn't help but look at each other in slight surprise.
There are 9,000 votes shared by 60 contestants, but the middle and lower positions are only in double digits, and the vote gap has not widened. What does this mean?
Does this mean that the top-ranked contestants will take up all the votes?
"What's going on? I thought I would be at the bottom with just over a hundred votes," one contestant scratched his head and smiled bitterly, "but it turns out to be quite high? This is a bit outrageous." His complaint expressed the thoughts of everyone.
The vote counts became increasingly bizarre. The difference between 40th and 21st place was pitifully small, only a single-digit difference. If you didn't know, you'd think the battle was intense and tense.
When he reached 20th place, with nearly 200 votes, he was only 3 votes higher than 21st place.
The atmosphere in the waiting room grew increasingly tense, with everyone wondering the same thing: where did all the tickets go?
It wasn't until the 300 votes for the 15th place appeared that the contestants inexplicably felt that it was "quite a lot."
This numbing mentality was finally broken when You Jinzhao's 9th place result was announced - he was more than 100 votes higher than the 10th place.
Although this time "Spring Memories" did not rank very high overall due to its poor stage performance.
However, You Jinzhao's "rescue" performance was too unfortunate, but he still won himself a good number of votes.
He is also the first in the "Haruhi no Memories" team, slightly inferior to the first public performance, but he is already satisfied to maintain this level.
"Why don't you analyze anymore?" You Jinzhao whispered in the ear of the "commenting" contestant.
This time he came over specially, but he didn't expect that no one would react at all. Last time, the top ten were all commented on.
The other party twitched his lips and said directly, "It's not challenging, I won't talk about it!"
You Jinzhao thought about it and nodded. That's right! The overall ranking of the second public vote is already quite clear. What's the point of saying that everyone has an idea in mind?
On the "Addiction" team's side, they watched as the individual votes posted on the screen got closer and closer to that position.
The four people whose votes had been announced seemed even more secretly excited than Xie Qingyu himself.
They can't be the only ones to be frightened. It's better to scare others than to scare them alone. Good things should be shared with everyone.
By the way, he secretly glanced at Xie Qingyu again and again, and he admired her very much in his heart.
If you were to say that he got such a high number of votes, most people would have been proud of themselves at this time, right?
But now he is calm and composed from the inside out, as still as the wind, as steady as an old man... No, as steady as Mount Tai, what an amazing person!!!
Xie Qingyu sighed and pushed back Liu Xiu's head, which was about to move into her arms.
These guys were just about to use a microscope to observe his expression. I found this a little amusing and suggested they apply for the second season of "Road to the Stars" next year. They could rely on them to make a living from the show forever.
At this time, the individual votes for the second to fifth rankings were also released, from lowest to highest they were Leo, Gu Yan, Sun Lele, and Bai Lang.
How should I put it? Looking at their vote counts, everyone felt a bit strange. These votes... weren't that high!
Some contestants who were good at math had already silently counted all the votes that had been announced so far. After calculating the difference, they were so shocked that they covered their mouths.
At this time, the total number of votes for the first place also popped up:
"Dance group 'Addiction', Xie Qingyu, individual total votes 2047 votes, first place!"
60 people shared 9,000 votes, and he alone took nearly a quarter of them!!!
This number instantly silenced the waiting room, and all the contestants turned to look at Xie Qingyu as if they were looking at an alien creature.
They need to calm down and suppress the swear words that are about to burst out. Isn't it too outrageous?
After waiting for a long time, some contestants gradually regained their vocal cords amid the laughter of the four contestants from the "Addiction" team who had already known the result and were celebrating around Xie Qingyu.
The waiting room exploded in an uproar, and everyone gathered around Xie Qingyu, chattering.
"Ahhhhhhhh, sir, are you accepting disciples? I need a tutorial on how to get high votes on the performance stage!"
"Don't push, don't push, let me go first!"
"Hey! Hey! Everyone, please maintain public order and don't cut in line!"
The contestants' performances seemed extremely exaggerated, but in fact they all kept a proper distance from Xie Qingyu.
Some of them might not be completely shocked. After all, there are cameras there, and if they don’t use them now, when will they use them to react?
The curve of Xie Qingyu's mouth remained unchanged, and he looked gentle and attentive to everyone before responding, without any trace of impatience.
But when his eyes inadvertently swept across the figures outside the crowd who never came to join in the fun, his eyes softened unconsciously.
No matter what, everyone knows that after the second performance, Xie Qingyu's position as the king is unshakable, and his popularity explosion is unstoppable!
In this performance, he successfully swept the individual, group and overall vote counts, and received an additional 185,000 bonus votes!
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