They’re all reborn, what’s wrong with being a little more almighty?

Chapter 317: Turning Passivity into Advantage
There were four contestants left, and at this stage, the organizers also cancelled the weekly quizzes.

In order to make the show longer, in addition to each contestant performing at least three programs, some behind-the-scenes content from daily filming will also be inserted into the program.

In the previous game, Jie Shao was eliminated. Without this insider, the remaining four people's sources of information were not blocked. It was obvious that except Zhang Wei, the other three people were able to get some inside information from the organizer.

"I heard that the public jury will be cancelled in the next competition, and the three judges will only invite guests from the mainland music scene. Do you know why?" Mr. Chen asked.

"It is said that it was because of the judges' judgment that caused quite a controversy. Speaking of this matter, it was all because of Zhang Wei." Su Xing said and looked at Zhang Wei.

"Because of me?" Zhang Wei looked confused.

"Your song 'Bauhinia Blossoms' was performed at the CCTV gala celebrating the 10th anniversary of the return of China to China. However, during the competition, the judges gave it a pending status. Then some people said that these judges were unpatriotic. Many people reported to the General Administration, and the General Administration asked us to rectify this program." Su Xing explained slowly.

"Is there such a thing?" Zhang Wei pretended to be clueless.

"Is this serious? Will it affect the subsequent games?" Mr. Chen asked.

Su Xing answered, "It's actually quite serious. Talent shows are controversial among the public. When Super Girls was popular, didn't many parents complain that the show corrupted their children?

Our talent show "Happy Boys" was also repeatedly reviewed and approved many times, and finally passed after changing the name. If it can be successfully completed this time, it will be fine. If there is a scandal, it will be difficult to hold such a talent show in the future, and the General Administration will not approve it. "

"Then we may very well be the last dancer in the talent show!"

"It won't be the case for The Last Dance, but in the next few years, we may not be able to hold such talent shows, and the General Administration is likely to introduce stricter regulations."

Zhang Wei listened to the conversation quietly and couldn't help feeling a little proud.

Being able to get the organizer to cancel the public jury is a victory for Zhang Wei.

And after this incident, the judges will definitely consider it carefully when voting for me.

The judges invited from outside were said to have problematic stances. At most they would lose the mainland market, but they could still return to their hometowns to make money.

But if a judge from the mainland is considered to have a problematic stance, his job will be lost.

As a few people were chatting, a staff member walked in with a stack of A4 paper in his hand.

"Now I will announce the rules of the next game."

Next is the competition to select the top four. The first round is a dance challenge. Each contestant will have a female partner, and the competition format is still the traditional offense and defense.

However, since there are only four people left in the competition, even if they win the championship, they cannot advance directly and must perform in the follow-up. The last person will not be eliminated, but will only enter the rescue seat.

The second round of the competition was a fixed song "A Dream in the Dark".

At this time, "Again, I Met You" was a hit on the air. This TV series was adapted from Qiong Yao's novel "Again, I Met You"

The version of "A Dream of Splendor" starring Liu Dekai and Chen Derong was a phenomenal work that earned the audience's tears. It is a big IP in itself and one of Qiong Yao's most classic works.

Now that this classic IP has been remade, the satellite TV station naturally has high hopes for it, hoping to recreate the popularity of "My Fair Princess".

Therefore, the program team specially arranged this segment to advertise "Again, I Met You Meng". Qin Lan, as the heroine of "Again, I Met You Meng", will be a guest performer and perform with the contestants.

This second round is purely for advertising placement, so no contestant will advance, and of course no contestant will be eliminated.

However, contestants can still win votes from the audience outside the venue through this segment.

Next is the third round, which returns to the traditional self-selected song. Then the 9 eliminated contestants vote, and the one with the highest number of votes will directly advance to the top 3 in the country.

Among the remaining three people, the one with the lowest number of votes can choose an opponent for the final PK, and the one who is not selected will directly advance to the top three in the country.

The two people who will compete in the final PK will be determined by the number of votes sent via text messages, and the one with the highest number of votes will advance.

In other words, the promotion rules for this round completely circumvent the judges, and who will ultimately advance will be decided by the contestants and the audience.

"This organizer has really made some changes! They must have a strong desire to survive to come up with such a rule." Zhang Wei thought to himself.

At this time, the staff announced the respective dance partners for the first round of dance challenge.

Chen Sheng's dance partner is Yueliang, also known as Teacher Xu Shiyun, who has served as the lead dancer on CCTV Spring Festival Gala and is also the dance instructor for Super Girl and Fast Boy.

Su Xing's dance partner was A Duo, who was also a well-known female singer and dancer in China at that time. She originally studied folk dance and was recruited into the art troupe because of her dancing skills.

Wei Chen's dance partner is Teacher Yang Yang, a name that must be familiar to everyone. As the pioneer of Chinese TV dance programs, she can be seen in all the well-known dance programs in the country.

Zhang Wei's dance partner is SARA.

"Who is SARA?" Zhang Wei asked in confusion.

"SARA is the English name of Korean singer Kang Se-hwa," the staff explained.

"My dance partner is Korean?" Zhang Wei frowned suddenly.

Partnering with a foreign star is not a problem, but the key is that I have never heard of this person named Jiang Shihua!
"Can this Jiang Shihua speak Chinese?" Zhang Wei asked.

"She should know a little. But don't worry, if she can't speak Chinese, we will hire an interpreter," said the staff member.

"How old is she?" Zhang Wei asked again.

"The information shows that he was born in 1985 and is 22 years old this year," the staff member replied.

Zhang Wei pouted helplessly. It was obvious that this was targeting him again!

The dance partners of the other three people are all well-known dance practitioners in the country. They not only have strong professional abilities, but also have a certain degree of fame. The key is that they are all Chinese, so there is no problem in communicating with them.

My dance partner is Korean, and communication is a big problem. You know, dancing with a couple requires a certain level of tacit understanding. If even communication has to go through an interpreter, how can there be any tacit understanding?

If it was a famous Korean star like Lee Hyori, Zhang Wei would have tolerated the inability to communicate smoothly, but now it was an unknown Korean star. Zhang Wei had never heard of the name Kang Se-hwa.

People of Zhang Wei's age have experienced the entire process of the invasion and decline of Korean Wave.

Starting with the earliest Shamatte originator HOT, Korean entertainment began to enter China, with TV series such as "Autumn in My Heart" and "Dae Jang Geum" dominating the TV screens, movies such as "My Sassy Girl" and "Sex is Zero" being popular in major Internet cafes, and then with the rise of Korean groups, various Korean boy and girl groups became popular among young people.

When "My Love from the Star" was a hit in 2014, it was almost the peak era of Korean entertainment in the Chinese market. In the following three years, a large number of Korean stars came to China to make money, Korean groups' concerts in China were sold out, many entertainment programs would invite several Korean stars to host, and some popular TV dramas would also invite Korean actors to play important roles. There are also many Sino-Korean co-productions of film and television dramas.

However, no matter how powerful the Korean wave is, it cannot stop the Koreans from committing suicide. No one can tolerate this behavior of eating your food and then smashing your pot. In 2016, after the "Korean Restriction Order", the Korean entertainment industry directly lost the Chinese market. Advertisements endorsed by Korean stars could not be broadcast, Korean groups could not hold concerts, and TV dramas starring Korean actors could not pass the radio and television review.

Although Korean Wave has become popular again since 2020 with "Squid Game", BTS and Thai artists supported by capital, it has never been able to enter the Chinese market and can only play some marginal balls on the periphery to get some traffic.

During the years when Korean Wave was at its most popular, it almost occupied half of the domestic entertainment market. Girls went online to watch Korean dramas, and boys went online to play games or watch Naruto.

Those Korean stars who are somewhat famous are not unfamiliar to young people in China. Even if you can't call out their names, you will have more or less an impression of them when you mention their works.

However, Zhang Wei had no impression of this SARA Jiang Shihua and had never heard of her at all.

Then there is only one possibility, this Jiang Shihua is not popular at all!

If there is any work that goes viral, Zhang Wei would not have never heard of her.

Seeing Zhang Wei frowning, Chen Sheng next to him said, "I have some impression of this SRAR."

"Brother Chusheng, tell me quickly." Zhang Wei said with a flattering look.

"She was a trainee in South Korea for several years but didn't have the chance to debut, so she came to China and formed a group with a Chinese and another Korean. She made her official debut. I remember it was in 2005. But later the group disbanded. She should be signed with a mainland agency now," Mr. Chen introduced.

"It turns out she debuted in China, no wonder I've never heard of her. She has been in China for two years, so she should be able to speak some Chinese!" Zhang Wei showed a look of sudden realization.

The elimination rate in Korean entertainment is very high. It is said that there are millions of trainees in Korea, but only 1% can successfully debut. This number may be a bit exaggerated, but it at least shows how fierce the competition among Korean trainees is.

In South Korea, if a trainee is over 20 and has not yet made his debut, he or she can give up the path of becoming an artist.

This is probably the case with Jiang Shihua. She is 20 years old, but has not been able to make her debut in Korea and has been abandoned by a Korean agency. She can only come to China to try her luck.

But for now, her luck is obviously average, at least Zhang Wei has never heard of her name.

If Zhang Wei had a future encyclopedia, he would be able to look up this SARA Jiang Shihua. She debuted in a group called The Color. The Chinese singer in the group was named Ning Danlin, who played Xia Xue in the third and fourth parts of "A Family With Children".

In 2018, Jiang Shihua joined another Korean girl group called HONEY POPCORN. There is also a top Japanese artist in this group, that is Teacher Yikuernao, who has been engaged in import and export work for many years.

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Two days later, the four dance partners arrived one after another, and Zhang Wei also met Jiang Shihua.

In terms of appearance, Jiang Shihua is not very recognizable, and coupled with the classic Korean makeup, several mainstream female stars in Korea at that time basically looked like this.

Zhang Wei knew at a glance that this face had undergone plastic surgery.

Everyone knows that Korea is a country of plastic surgery. As early as the 1970s, double eyelid surgery became popular in Korea. In the 1980s, many Hong Kong and Taiwan stars would go to Korea to have double eyelid surgery.

After entering the 21st century, the Korean plastic surgery industry has become more and more developed, and plastic surgery clinics can be seen everywhere on the roadside. At that time, the graduation gift for female high school students was a plastic surgery package. Therefore, Korean female college students look very beautiful, but the appearance of Korean female high school students is not good enough.

Later, as Koreans' appearance anxiety became more and more serious, plastic surgery began to occur at a younger age. Not only high school students, but also junior high school students and even elementary school students had plastic surgery.

The original template for plastic surgery for Korean women was Kim Hee Sun or Lee Young Ae, but with the technology at the time, it was not easy to achieve that look.

After 2000, as Lee Hyori became popular, Korean women tended to have a small V-face. If you take a walk around Gangnam District in Seoul, you will see women with small V-faces and wearing Lee Hyori's heavy Korean makeup everywhere.

Later, bone cutting and filling became popular in Korean plastic surgery. Bone cutting mainly involves cutting the chin, while filling is to create rounded apple cheeks. A picture circulated on the Internet that year showed more than 20 people in a Korean beauty pageant sharing the same face. When they smiled, they all had pointed chins and plump apple cheeks. This was a product of this era.

This type of cosmetic surgery can easily result in a snake-like face if the technique is not good, and the side effects are also quite serious, so it is gradually being replaced by newer cosmetic surgery methods.

Then the so-called "Korean first love face" became popular for a while. In recent years, with the development of plastic surgery technology, South Korea has also followed the Japanese plastic surgery route and started personalized customization. Therefore, the younger generation of Korean women are generally easier to identify, and their makeup looks more and more like Japanese photo girls.

In 2007, plastic surgery in South Korea still focused on small V-face and unnatural heavy makeup, and Jiang Shihua had this image.

After introducing each other, Zhang Wei felt a little melancholy.

"I don't have a very recognizable appearance, and I'm not famous in the domestic entertainment industry. It's a bit confusing to have a dance partner like this for me!"

Zhang Wei hesitated for a few seconds and asked, "Ms. Jiang, what type of dance can you do?"

"When I was in Korea, I received dance training in many different genres, including Poppin, Hip-Hop, Jazz, and Newstyle. I've practiced them all," Jiang Shihua answered in her not-so-fluent Chinese.

"These are all essential dance types for girl group trainees." Zhang Wei thought to himself.

"How tall are you?" Zhang Wei asked again.

"1 meters."

"What about your weight?" Zhang Wei continued to ask.

The other party hesitated for a moment and answered, "43 kilograms."

Hearing this number, Zhang Wei couldn't help but look at the other person carefully.

"She's 1 meters tall and weighs 64 kilograms, which is considered very light, but she still looks well-proportioned! Korean stars' body management level is really amazing." Zhang Wei couldn't help but sigh in his heart.

It has to be said that Korean female stars' body management level is indeed the best in Asia, much better than mainland stars, and much better than Hong Kong, Taiwan and Japanese stars.

The competition in the Korean entertainment industry is already very fierce. Being in the Korean entertainment industry is really like rowing against the current. If you don’t move forward, you will fall behind. This also forces Korean stars to be self-disciplined.

Moreover, Korean celebrities are the most exploited. The entire Korean entertainment industry is controlled by the chaebol capital behind the scenes, and the brokerage companies have a lot of say. If you dare not be self-disciplined, the brokerage company will deal with you in minutes.

The Korean star training system starts with trainees, and after years of training and selection, they can finally debut. During the trainee stage, those who are not self-disciplined have been eliminated, and those who remain have long been accustomed to a self-disciplined life.

No matter how beautiful or ugly a person is, as long as he is self-disciplined enough, his figure will definitely be good.

"Having a good figure is also an absolute advantage when dancing."

Zhang Wei thought that although his dance partner was not very good, when it came to the competition, he could definitely play to his strengths and avoid his weaknesses, turning passivity into initiative.

Thinking of this, Zhang Wei said, "Ms. Jiang, I have a song here that is very suitable for a dance for two people. But I want to confirm in advance, do you mind wearing something sexy when dancing?"

"What should I wear?" the other party asked immediately.

"A tight-fitting miniskirt with 10cm high heels, okay?"

(End of this chapter)