This top guy is crazy!

When Zhang Yibai came out, he found that Cheng Cheng and Jiang Nan arrived together.

Cheng Cheng was seen wearing a new Chinese-style suit, his hair dyed red, and a pair of sunglasses. The suit was embroidered with gold thread.

He already had an inhuman appearance, and choosing such an exaggerated hairstyle made him look even more evil. In addition, he was nearly 1.9 meters tall, and his body had the most perfect golden ratio, giving people a sense of alienation and indifference.

Next to him, Jiang Nan was also wearing a pair of sunglasses.

She was also wearing a black women's suit with a tube top underneath, revealing half of her snow-white waist. She looked very eye-catching and sexy, and she had dreadlocks in her hair, which made her look very hip-hop.

When she and Cheng Cheng walked together, the two of them did not look at each other, and their attitude of "no strangers allowed" was fully displayed.

Zhang Yibai almost didn't have the courage to go up and talk to him.

"Director Cheng, Jiang'er, have you arrived?" Zhang Yibai asked in a friendly manner.

Cheng Cheng nodded and asked:

"Have the other two arrived?"

Cheng Cheng was asking about Shi Jing and Kaka Xie Duo.

Zhang Yibai said: "I'm already here, I'm in the lounge now."

Cheng Cheng said:
"Let's go to the lounge first."

Zhang Yibai led Cheng Cheng and Jiang Nan all the way to the tutor's lounge. When they opened the door, Shi Jing, Kaka and Xie Duo were chatting. When they saw Cheng Cheng and Jiang Nan behind Zhang Yibai, they stood up quickly.

In fact, Cheng Cheng and Jiang Nan are much younger than them.

But in the entertainment industry, what matters is not age but strength.

Kaka Xie Duo said excitedly:

"Hello, Director Cheng, Hello, Teacher Jiang Nan. I have been looking forward to working with you. I am so happy that the production team approached me this time."

In fact, Xie Duo also had Cheng Cheng and Jiang Nan’s WeChat accounts. They added each other when they attended the same party around 19. However, Xie Duo tactfully did not mention it, because if Cheng Cheng and Jiang Nan could not remember them, she would be the one who would be embarrassed.

In comparison, Shi Jing was much more reserved and just said:

"Director Cheng, I'm very happy to join the show The Rap of China and I look forward to our future cooperation."

Cheng Cheng and Jiang Nan shook hands with Xie Duo and Shi Jing respectively.

Seeing Cheng Cheng and Jiang Nan's almost identical movements, Xie Duo sighed.
Zhang Yibai interrupted at the right time and said:
"Director Cheng, the program will be recorded in two hours. Next, I need to talk about the program process and precautions. Director Cheng, do you think it's better for you to talk about it or for me to talk about it?"

Cheng Cheng said:
"You tell it."

He sat down next to Jiang Nan.

Zhang Yibai pushed up his glasses:

"Okay, let me explain it, but we are all old hands, and we will be familiar with these procedures after going through them once.

First of all, we need to meet the contestants. Since the format of our program is quite special, when we appear on stage, we will rise from a lift to the stage. We may need the cooperation of the mentors to do some hip-hop style moves, so just do as you please.

Next, we will have a simple interaction with the contestants in the audience, shouting to them and encouraging them to win the qualification through their 60-second personal show. Of course, the four mentors on the stage can also have some light conversations and jokes to create a relaxed and happy atmosphere. "

Then, Zhang Yibai said:
"Now, let me talk about the competition system of the show. Our competition system is divided into four parts. In the first stage, 288 contestants are divided into six groups, each with 54 people standing on the scene. The producers will select the contestants one by one. The contestants will perform a 60-second personal show and show their original rap works. The producers will decide whether to give them gold necklaces.

In the second stage, 46 groups of contestants were divided into 3 groups by lot to be assessed by the producers. The producers gave the theme and each group of contestants performed freestyle. The producers decided on the elimination.

The third stage
However, our main task today is to complete the first phase of recording."

Xie Duo and Shi Jing listened very carefully.

As for Jiang Nan, he had already heard Cheng Cheng talk about it.

Xie Duo seemed to be thinking about something, and asked:

"What is the passing standard? How do you decide whether to give a player a chain?"

Zhang Yibai said:

"This is a very good question. The passing criteria are indeed mainly based on the subjective judgment of the producer. As long as the teachers think he has passed, he will be passed. However, I still hope that the instructors will give them the most fair and professional evaluation."

Xie Duo nodded and said:

"I'm fine."

The historian asked another question:
“What if the contestants question the results?”

Zhang Yibai: "As long as we have a clear conscience, we can reduce doubts to a great extent. Because sometimes, no matter how perfect we do, there will always be some different voices."

Shi Jing nodded.

Zhang Yibai looked at Jiang Nan: "Jiang Er, do you have anything to ask?"

Jiang Nan shook his head: "No."

Zhang Yibai looked at Cheng Cheng again: "Director Cheng, do you have anything to add?"

Cheng Cheng looked down at his watch and said:
"It's almost time, let's go directly to the recording site."

Cheng Cheng stood up and tilted his head to look at Shi Jing and Xie Duo:
"Do you two still need to put on makeup?"

Shi Jing was stunned for a moment. Does this mean I don't have any makeup on?
He shook his head and laughed inwardly, thinking that the rumored Cheng Cheng was indeed worthy of his reputation. He said, "No need. I only have this face. I will be the same on the show as I am in real life."

Xie Duo was vomiting blood in his heart.

She really wanted to say, I put on full makeup!

Where am I without makeup?
Is that a polite thing to say?
However, she also admitted that compared with Cheng Cheng and Jiang Nan, she really looked like she had no makeup on. It's not that her makeup was light while Cheng Cheng and Jiang Nan's were heavy, but the effect was that she looked like an ordinary person.

Xie Duo said awkwardly:
"I don't need it either."

Cheng Cheng said:
"That's fine."

He just mentioned it casually.

Then, the four people walked out of the lounge and headed towards the recording site.

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At this moment, the contestants are being interviewed.

In fact, for any talent show-type program, the production team will place bets on the contestants in advance. Some are those who are favored by capital, some have backgrounds, and some are those who have real talents, and the production team really wants to promote them.

This type of player has a unified name, called "Emperor".

The typical characteristics of "Emperor" include camera hegemony: the editing team will forcibly increase the presence by adding personal story lines, reaction shots and even meaningless face shots; script escort: from group song selection to elimination system, there are often "counterattack scripts" tailored for them; double standards of judges: when commenting on other contestants, the mentors use words such as "room for growth" to deal with the obvious mistakes of "Royal Family".

In addition, "Emperor" is also divided into different types, including "Ming Emperor" and "Hidden Emperor", and also "True Emperor" and "Fake Emperor", which will not be elaborated here.

In short, "royal family" is a very common phenomenon in talent shows.

Although Cheng Cheng wants to make “The Rap of China” a fair one, how can it be truly fair?
After all, "The Rap of China" is not a talent show for amateurs only. Many contestants were already well-known in the hip-hop circle, or even successful, before joining the show.

For these famous contestants, the program team will naturally give them more shots and attention to attract the audience's attention.

Otherwise, if all 288 contestants are treated equally and there is no focus, how can the audience continue to watch?

Even if it is a talent show for purely amateurs, it is impossible to achieve absolute fairness. There will always be good-looking ones and ugly ones.

This has nothing to do with the script, but the program team's judgment of the contestants.

During the interview stage, the production team of "The Rap of China" laid the groundwork for this. Through the tone of a certain contestant, they inadvertently pointed out several contestants with relatively strong strength and high status in the circle, which not only provided highlights for the audience, but also increased the authority of the program. After all, the first, second, and third place in the domestic rap circle all came to participate in the program, which also proved the value of this program from the side.
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The time came to half past ten in the morning.

Finally, the recording of "Summer Rap of China" began, and 288 contestants have arrived at the recording site.

The style of the entire studio is mainly industrial and full of street style. A giant LED screen is usually set in the center of the stage, and metal frame structures and neon tubes are matched on both sides of the screen to create a geometric cutting sense.

The lighting design uses highly saturated neon colors to create an alternative "underground club"-like psychedelic feeling.

The stage floor is similar to a basketball court, with street elements such as iron mesh fences, graffiti spray paintings, skateboards, etc., highlighting the roughness and realism of hip-hop culture. Chinese-style symbols are occasionally inserted into the graffiti to form a cultural mix.

It can be said that the entire stage design is very hip-hop.

This is not easy. You know, the reason why "The Rap of China" was so successful in its previous life was due to the stage design.

Firstly, it strengthens cultural identity. Through elements such as street and industry, it conveys the freedom and rebellion of rap culture to the audience, especially young groups, helping the audience to quickly establish an understanding of hip-hop culture and let everyone know what hip-hop is and what it feels like.

Secondly, it enhances the appeal of the performance.

Thirdly, it has shaped the program’s brand recognition, making "Summer Rap of China" completely different from other music variety shows.

At this time, the lighting at the recording site was dim.

The 288 contestants on the scene stood in the light and dark shadows.

A voice sounded:
“This is the first super event in the history of Tianxia HIPHOP!”

“This is the first global gathering of Chinese rappers!”

"Here is a battle of strength between the strongest rappers!"

“Welcome to the Youlingdao Vitamin Water’s “The Rap of Summer”!!!”

At the recording site, scarlet spotlights suddenly cut into the sea of ​​fog like a scalpel, flashing wildly at 0.3 second intervals, just like a beating heart!
"Bang", "bang", "bang"!
The lights flickered again and again, just like the final preparations before a tsunami erupted, accumulating violent power.

Every rapper at the scene was extremely excited, because they knew——

coming soon!
“Please welcome the star producer who is responsible for promoting Chinese hip-hop music to the world——

Cheng Cheng!"

As the two words "Cheng Cheng" fell, the last "bang" seemed to explode at the rhythm of a heartbeat, and the entire venue suddenly fell into absolute darkness. After a vacuum period of 0.7 seconds! The big screen suddenly lit up, and Cheng Cheng's poster appeared on it.

Then a beam of light chased down, and Cheng Cheng stood on a lifting platform, slowly rising from under the stage.

Suddenly, the rappers in the audience were completely excited. They screamed excitedly, waved their arms, and welcomed Cheng Cheng's appearance in the most enthusiastic way.

When Cheng Cheng was fully lifted onto the stage, sixteen stage smoke machines simultaneously sprayed dry ice.

At this moment, the rapper finally saw Cheng Cheng’s true appearance.

"ohhh——"

"Oh shit, God!"

"So handsome!"

The cheers from the rappers in the audience rose one after another, they were crazy about Cheng Cheng's appearance!
The sound hasn't stopped yet:
"Welcome, pioneer of Chinese hip-hop music, star producer——

History books!"

The rappers in the audience burst into strange screams again.

“Please welcome the pinnacle of Chinese hip-hop music, the world’s pop idol—

Jiang Nan! "

"ohhh——"

"Welcome, the unique genius of Chinese hip-hop music, the queen of topics——

Kaka Xie Duo! "

"Thank you, Duo!"

When the four of them stood still, Cheng Cheng looked at the audience:

"Accept my challenge. Either you conquer this stage, or you are defeated by this stage. Among you, only one true champion will stand before me and prove his strength and worth. From now on, fight."

The rapper in the audience responded loudly:
"Ahhh!"

Jiang Nan:

"If you want to get the chain from me, show me your strength. I hope you can do it."

Historical Scriptures:

"If you want to be recognized by me on this show, I want to see real music. I'm counting on you guys."

Kaka Xie Duo:

"See you later if you're ready."

After the four of them met with the participating rappers, the first round of screening finally began.

Half an hour later, the 288 contestants in the first stage were divided into six groups. The first group of 54 people were already standing on the scene. The first one to be screened was Shi Jing, and the second one was Cheng Cheng. This was decided by drawing lots.

When Cheng Cheng went to the screening, all 54 people at the scene were waiting in their seats, looking at Cheng Cheng with eager eyes.

Cheng Cheng walked up to a man and looked down at him.

This male rapper was stared at by Cheng Cheng's eyes behind his sunglasses, and his aura was inherently weakened.

He asked carefully:

"Can I start now?"

Cheng Cheng: "Okay, you start."

Then, the male rapper started a 60-second a cappella rap in front of Cheng Cheng. He shook his head and tried every means to attract Cheng Cheng's attention, but Cheng Cheng stood still, as indifferent as a passerby in a porn movie.

The male rapper even suspected that Cheng Cheng fell asleep while wearing sunglasses. Cheng Cheng did not give any reaction until he finished his performance.

"I don't think so." He moved on to the next person.

The male rapper looked frustrated.

Walking up to the next rapper, she smiled meekly, trying to get close to him, and said, "Hello, Mr. Cheng Cheng, my name is Emily, and I have also covered your song, It's Love Before BC."

"Don't call me Cheng Cheng." Cheng Cheng rejected her greetings and said seriously, "Please call me the Supreme Demon Dragon Emperor!"

Emily was dumbfounded: "Supreme Demon Dragon Emperor?"

Cheng Cheng: "You ask, Supreme Demon Dragon Emperor, can I start now?"

The female rapper obeyed stupidly: "Supreme Dragon Emperor, can I start now?"

Cheng Cheng stretched out his hand and gestured: "Okay, let's start."

Female rapper: "." (End of this chapter)