Just as Lin Luosang was lost in thought as he stared at the vote count, news from Yue Hui soon followed.
[You won first place in the online voting by a huge margin! Awesome!]
[This is the legendary Jedi counterattack!]
She was really surprised and asked: [Why is my vote so high? ]
The agent generously offered some advice: "Because hard work will definitely pay off."
Lin Luosang: [? ]
Yue Hui: [I really don't know. Your performance was trending last night, and it's still in the top five today.]
She quickly clicked on the trending search, and sure enough, she was ranked fifth.
Yesterday's stage performance did have many problems. Putting aside the first show where the beat was wrong due to the in-ear monitor, the whole song was actually well performed and the emotions were also on point. It's just that "Extinguishing the Moon" was better, and the arrangement and stage performance were very attractive to passers-by.
Although the program crew started to do something fancy in the second half of "Extinguish the Moon" by handing out raincoats, and the camera used for filming the broadcast was fogged up whether intentionally or unintentionally, in short, no one, whether the audience at the scene or the audience in the live broadcast room, could see Lin Luosang's performance clearly - they only heard the sound but did not see the whole picture, which made them curious about the talented Lin Luosang.
It just so happened that Lin Luosang, the sweet bomber, was sitting in the first row. He was very professional and brought an umbrella and a tripod to record the entire stage performance and posted it on Weibo with keywords.
Passersby who searched for the performance were amazed, fans who watched it for the second time went crazy, and the stage... went viral.
The popular reposts are full of passion:
[Help!! Perfect expression management! A stunning stage that could rival South Korean female idols! I missed so much in the three years since my sister wasn't popular!!]
It's hard to believe there are artists in our country who can sing and dance so well. They always have the best expression facing the camera. This is hard to practice. And is it because of the makeup and hair? They are so beautiful.
How can someone dance so beautifully in the pouring rain? And still have such a steady voice and a straight expression?!
[The rain soaked her bangs, and then Lin Luosang used dance moves to push her hair back. This scene really made me... I'm gay. Is your harem short of people?]
I just realized that "Cinnabar," "Opportunity," and "Tail" were all sung by the same person. I've never been a fan of idols, but I'm frantically testing the boundaries.
That Weibo post was forwarded over 30,000 times, and even Ji Ning took a screenshot of her, saying that the homepage of his secondary account was all about her.
In this way, although Lin Luosang did not catch up with the number of on-site votes, countless people participated in the online voting. Although the proportion of online voting was low, she still relied on her amazing advantage to reverse the situation and won the second place in the overall result.
The program crew probably never expected this.
What they didn’t expect was that they used their own cool actions to push themselves to the top of the hot search list.
In the top trending search of #Audio-visual feast with umbrellas#, many audience members posted their own recordings: Lin Luosang was dancing well on the stage, and the heavy rain also stimulated the excitement of many audience members. The atmosphere was originally good, and there was a possibility of being nominated for the annual live performance list. As a result, suddenly a group of bodyguards rushed out from nowhere and blocked the audience in the aisle.
The program team was scolded by netizens:
What kind of crap is this production team? Are they crazy? Are the audience paying to see lesbians or bodyguards dressed in black? If they like to add drama to their own dramas, why not just start a performance? Start a singing show, you motherfucker!
Is the production team suffering from cerebral palsy, cerebellar underdevelopment, or some other mental illness that I need help seeing a doctor for? Are you so fond of handing out umbrellas because you're afraid everyone else is just as crazy as you? Who else but Lin Luosang would watch your show? Your face is as big as a basin, your brain is useless, and I suggest you remove it, dear.
[I don't understand. Even if you use your ass to think, you can't do such a stupid thing. If Lin Luosang is really eliminated, I won't watch it anymore. Only idiots would like to listen to Jiang Mei bleating like a duck on stage every week.]
Not only did they cause my daughter to have a fever, but they also disrespected the fruits of others' labor by not even allowing the audience to see my daughter perform? I'll crack the brainless production crew's skulls with my fucking earth-shattering hammer and set off fireworks in their skulls. Without my daughter, would you have such high click-through rates? A bunch of ungrateful losers who rode on the popularity and are ungrateful.
If it weren't for the other singers being so serious, I'd really like to go to Douban and give this stupid production team one star.
Netizens flooded the official Weibo account of the program team with more than 50,000 comments, forcing the program team to quickly launch crisis public relations and send an apology letter, admitting their improper operation.
I thought that was the end of it, but as soon as the director team opened the apology Weibo, the comments increased by thousands per second:
Who the hell are you apologizing to? You're being so vague and ambiguous. Are the audience the ones you should be apologizing to the most?
Are Ning's noble fingers only good at handing out umbrellas and picking their noses? Couldn't she properly @Lin Luosang when apologizing to the artist?
【SBSBSBSBSBSBSBSBSB.】
The production team quickly deleted the post and conducted a second round of public relations, removing the simple "shared picture" message and changing the main text to: [Due to the production team's improper handling of an unexpected situation yesterday, which resulted in a negative experience for @林洛桑 and the audience, the entire production team once again apologizes to singer Lin Luosang, the audience, and netizens, and will prevent similar incidents from happening again.]
The initial reviews were quite good, with comments like, "Want a next time? If there's a next time, this new era successor will show you what a socialist beating is."
As a result, five minutes later, the front row of hot comments became uniform:
[Read it, get lost.]
Yue Hui nearly went crazy laughing, his voice messages to Lin Luosang laced with squeals of laughter: "Your fans are so funny! The production team is being criticized for everything they do, and they're being criticized to pieces, hahahahahaha!! It makes me feel extremely comfortable, so cool."
"The head director and executive director's Weibo accounts have also been flooded with comments. The latest posts have thousands of comments. The executive director was so annoyed that he only allowed comments from his fans. He gained 3,000 followers in an hour, all criticizing him. Damn it! I'm going to die of laughter in my chair today."
Lin Luosang thought for a moment and replied, "But I have an idea."
Yue Hui: "What? Tell me."
"I noticed the production team didn't close the voting channel for the eliminated artists. Maybe it's because there weren't enough people voting, so they just ignored it," Lin Luosang said. "If I didn't go to the finals, they wouldn't have had time to close my voting channel, right?"
Having worked together for so long, Yue Hui quickly understood Lin Luosang's intention. "You mean—you won't go to the final episode, but you'll try to get the audience to vote for you. If you get into the top three, you won't go to the awards ceremony, leaving your seat empty...as a counterattack?"
"Fuck! That's such a tough attitude! I like it! If they win, that'll be even better. Leaving the podium empty will definitely embarrass the production team, hahahaha. And it'll definitely be trending. Believe it or not, #LinLuosangFrontallyFightsAudio-VisualFeast# Trending Alert."
Lin Luosang said, "In this case, I must ensure that I survive until the last episode and have the director team prepare for me to win the award."
Only in this way could her counterattack that day be more powerful.
Whenever she stands on the stage, she performs to the best of her ability, which shows her respect for the stage.
But the program crew has never given her equal respect, so there is no need for her to be nice to them, and she will not just sit back and suffer such a loss.
"Okay, but I believe you'll definitely be able to stay in the top circle and survive until the last episode. I never make mistakes, okay?" Yue Hui thought for a while, "But...how can you make everyone vote for you even if you don't perform?"
"I have an idea, but I haven't thought it through yet. We'll discuss it later."
"Okay!"
After hanging up the phone, Lin Luosang breathed a sigh of relief.
It felt really good to turn the tide at the end of the cliff, and thinking of a way to fight back also made her in a very good mood. Lin Luosang hummed a song and went to the balcony to water the flowers. Even the man's reminder that "if you water it again, the flowers will die" did not affect her at all.
Soon she received another call from Yue Hui, saying that he had to rush to Y City urgently.
She put down the kettle and asked, "Why the rush?"
"Well, we were supposed to have a meeting today to discuss the theme for the next episode. We were notified yesterday. But the production team thought you were doomed, so they didn't tell us. They just called at the last minute," Yue Hui said, laughing. "Hurry up! I can hear the desperation in their voices."
Lin Luosang responded, put down his phone and went to the cloakroom to change clothes.
She was originally planning to dress warmly, but then she thought that she might meet fans on the way and she had already promised to dress carefully, so she turned her finger and picked out a nice-looking set.
Maybe it was because her period was coming soon and her body functions were a little disordered, but her fever had almost subsided after a night's sleep, but now the temperature on her forehead had risen again.
Because of the recurring low-grade fever and the thin clothes she wore, she put another fever-reducing patch on her head before rushing to Y City.
As soon as she came out of the cloakroom, she saw Pei Hanzhou standing at the door, seemingly preparing to leave as well.
Lin Luosang quickly grabbed a bag and rushed to his side: "What are you going to do?"
"It's work," the man said, glancing at her attire. "You're going out when you're sick?"
"We have to go to discuss the next show," she tilted her head and smiled non-aggressively. "Where is Boss Pei going? Can you take me with you?"
The man was about to nod, but a second before he did so, he seemed to think of something. He touched the tip of his tongue to his upper teeth and said with a smile, "What if it's not on the way?"
She smiled sweetly: "You have to take me with you."
…
After getting on the plane, Pei Hanzhou noticed the mini Valentino she had casually grabbed. She frowned and looked at the bag, which was only the size of her palm, and asked a man's question: "What can I use this for?"
Lin Luosang followed his gaze and looked at the small red bag at hand. She didn't know how to explain to the straight man that some bags were just for decoration and had no function.
She hissed in a slightly awkward voice, and after thinking for a few seconds, she gave a soulful answer.
"Just act cute."
“…”
Although she took Pei Hanzhou's private plane, Yue Hui still had to take a commercial flight. Lin Luosang first met up with her assistant at the airport, and then waited sleepily for Yue Hui for a while. After the three of them gathered, they went to the program team's meeting room.
As soon as Yue Hui opened the door of the conference room, he saw the director's bitter face.
The director was really taught a lesson by the audience. His brows were furrowed, and his weathered eyes were filled with huge doubts, as if "How could such a ridiculous thing happen?" was written on his face.
Yue Hui couldn't help but burst out laughing.
Then, during the ten minutes that the director was speaking, Yue Hui couldn't help laughing three times. Once he even interrupted the director's speech. The entire conference room listened to him laughing for almost thirty seconds.
Lin Luosang's scalp tingled, and he whispered, "Can you restrain yourself a little?"
"I know. I can't help it, can I? This is too funny. How can I not laugh?" Yue Hui's muscles twitched. "Did you see the director's face? I thought they might think they could eliminate you and even throw a celebration party. But then they checked the trending searches and found out you've gone viral and they're being scolded. Can you imagine that despair?"
"If I were the director I wouldn't be able to laugh, but I'm sorry, I'm not."
The director might have been really hit hard. He choked several times when speaking, and his logic was not very clear. He talked for a long time but didn't get to the point. Lin Luosang took out his mobile phone to dawdle, and after browsing the homepage, he accidentally clicked on his own super topic.
I originally thought that it was still her turn to perform on the super topic, but who knew that a fan took a picture of her waiting for Yue Hui at the airport. In the photo, she was wearing a lotus pink sweater, clutching her small bag, looking drowsy, her eyelids drooping and her head shaking up and down, and there was a fever-reducing patch on her forehead that she forgot to remove.
The Weibo post reads: [While the whole world is captivated by Sangsang's beauty, this auntie fan has evolved into a mom.]
The comments are simply a huge slang scene:
[Wow, I feel bad for my baby having a fever, but she's so cute! I'm fine now, and today is another day of painless motherhood!]
[Sangsang is so cute with the fever patch, auntie>3
She browsed the comment section with a smile on her face, and received some folk remedies for reducing fever in the private message box.
The meeting finally ended when everyone was getting impatient. The director sighed and said one last thing: "Anyway, that's the situation. There will be guests singing next time. You can go to Hall 5 to choose your singing partner."
Yue Hui, still in high spirits, laughed and clapped his hands twice: "Great!"
Yue Hui was the only one in the entire conference room still cheering him on. The director looked at him for a long time, neither grateful nor insulting, and finally managed to utter, "...Get out of here!"
Lin Luosang followed the group to Hall No. 5. The guest singers inside had been waiting for some time, and she unexpectedly saw Duan Qing there again.
Duan Qing waved at her: "Hi, see you again."
"Do you know him?" Kang Jian, the male singer next to Duan Qing, nudged him. "I really want to work with Mr. Luosang. Don't compete with me."
There were seven guest singers in total, and four of them wanted to work with Lin Luosang, sending her the "pick me" signal. Since she could choose her own singing partner, Lin Luosang finally chose Duan Qing.
The reason is very simple. The program team provided very little time for creation. She had collaborated with Duan Qing before. Although that program was not successfully broadcast in the end, the two of them had been working together for a while, and communication would be faster and more convenient.
Besides, there were no female singers among the backing singers, so she could only choose someone she was familiar with.
"Let's work together again with other teachers if we have the chance," Lin Luosang said as he left, clasping his hands and bowing to them. "Thank you all for liking my songs."
"It's okay!" Kang Jian shouted from behind, "You must cooperate next time!"
After leaving the house, Duan Qing smiled and said with emotion: "You are still very popular. It was like this on the show before, and it is still the same now."
"Really?" Lin Luosang shrugged, not chatting much, and devoted his limited time to the song. "What are you going to sing?"
Yue Hui followed up, "Teacher Duan sings folk songs, right? Will it be a hit if he sings this on the show?"
Duan Qing nodded, "Yes, it will be a bit of a disadvantage."
Then he said to Lin Luosang, "What do you think? After all, you are the boss. I respect your opinion."
After a moment's silence, Lin Luosang said seriously, "I chose you this time because I wanted to go for a style that's closer to folk music."
She doesn't like to repeat herself and always wants to take a new path. Folk music is a genre she has never explored on this stage, and she wants to conquer it as a singer.
"My previous performances were quite complex, so I'm going to try something simple this time. Less is more, and it's quite interesting," she said, already having a rough idea in mind. "This time, we're trying to adapt folk songs with a world-style approach."
Duan Qing thought for a moment, then nodded: "Let's go into the composition room."
They entered the composing studio. Duan Qing's agent and assistant remained at the door, but Yue Hui stepped in. Duan Qing looked at Lin Luosang in surprise: "Why is your agent...?"
"I'm married, so sometimes I have to avoid suspicion," Lin Luosang explained. "My agent is watching a drama nearby. He won't disturb us. You don't have to worry about him."
Today's media is very scary, especially good at making up stories based on hearsay. Although her marriage is very plastic, it is always bad to have rumors spread, so she can only try to avoid being alone with the opposite sex.
As for the love between her and Pei Hanzhou, it's good that they have a tacit understanding with each other.
Duan Qing was stunned for a moment after hearing what she said, then he smiled and nodded with sudden enlightenment.
She and Duan Qingmo worked on the arrangement until late at night, and they just finished at twelve o'clock. They made an appointment to meet again the next afternoon.
After leaving the composing room, she heard Yue Hui say to her, "Your husband is here to pick you up today."
"Who? Pei Hanzhou?" Lin Luosang tilted his head. "Is he here too?"
"Well, my secretary just contacted me, and I sent your address." Yue Hui winked. "Boss Pei is very considerate."
Yes, it was really considerate. She had even thought about how this unscrupulous capitalist would be "considerate" to her tonight.
"It's right at the intersection. See that Lamborghini with the hazard lights and the number 8 on the license plate?" Yue Hui said. "Then I won't take you there. There's a fork in the road. I'll stop a car and go back."
Lin Luosang nodded, "Okay."
She took a few steps towards Pei Hanzhou and heard footsteps behind her. She turned around under the dim light and saw Duan Qing following her.
"What's wrong?"
"Nothing, I just thought I'd give you a walk," Duan Qing said. "It's not far anyway, so it's normal for a man to give a woman a walk at night."
He spoke quickly, as if afraid she would refuse.
She smiled and put her hands in her pockets: "Then you can give it to me, but I have to get in the car first."
Duan Qing was silent for a while. When he was still a hundred meters away from Pei Hanzhou's car, he finally spoke: "I didn't expect you to get married so suddenly."
Lin Luosang rubbed his hair. He hadn't expected that folk singer Duan Qing would be so gossipy. He simply responded, "Is it... the time?"
Duan Qing wanted to say something, but she waved her hand and said, "Okay, I'm getting in the car. You should go back as well!"
Then the assistant opened the car door for her. She smiled politely and distantly at Duan Qing, and his face soon disappeared in the shadow of the car door.
Lin Luosang finally breathed a sigh of relief and relaxed after getting in the car.
She didn't know if it was because she had been with a sharp-tongued man like Pei Hanzhou for too long, or if she was a little unfamiliar with Duan Qing, but she didn't feel anything when she was working with Duan Qing, but felt awkward and uncomfortable when they were together in private.
While Lin Luosang was resting, the man beside him flipped through the documents and asked calmly, "Who is that?"
"Partner." She answered with her eyes closed.
The man chuckled softly without any inflection, then looked up at the rearview mirror.
"He personally walked you to the alley entrance in the middle of the night and even watched you leave. What a competent partner."
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