Tokyo: The evil god doesn't want to be the top star

Chapter 202: Yayoi Tsuki’s “Main Push”

The seemingly harmonious conversation between the three mentors, intentionally or unintentionally, labeled Xia Fan as "a celestial dragon", "unemployed", "a vase", "a burning person" and so on...

These three people are veterans who have been in the entertainment industry for many years and have extremely sharp eyes.

Putting aside the company background, to be fair, just from the eyes, temperament and appearance, this Dragon Country trainee named "Xia Fan" has crushed all the trainees who appeared before...

In the current era of "mass aesthetics", the trainees' appearance, dress, hairstyle and style are all becoming more and more similar, even to the point of making people face-blind.

Although the carefully selected "seed trainees" have excellent looks and temperament, Xia Fan's eyes are too beautiful, with a particularly eye-catching charm...

If these people appeared in the same shot, the first person the audience would look at would definitely be Xia Fan.

Therefore, Xia Fan, who was selected by the "Burning Department", would naturally be suppressed by them in unison and tacit cooperation.

"There are so many companies in the Burning Department that I can't even recognize all the artists. How can I know a trainee like this who hasn't debuted yet?"

Facing the topic they raised, Yayoi Yue looked disdainful and shook her head slightly.

Just when the teachers thought she was going to say a few more venomous words to completely sever her relationship with Xia Fan...

"Well, but from now on, I officially know this Xia Fan."

"I've decided. I'll use him as the 'main push' for this show."

"After all, this impeccable appearance alone is enough to be the center of attention."

Yayoi Tsuki suddenly changed the subject and announced in a playful tone.

"..."

"what?"

"You...pushed...him..."

Her "shocking words" like those of a crazy female fan petrified the other three people at the table.

You are a national-level female singer, and you announced that you want to "promote" a trainee. What kind of move is that? Isn't that the opposite?
"Hahahahahaha, Miss Yayoi really knows how to joke..."

"Young people nowadays are so bold in what they say..."

"Oh, if we talk about the show effect, it has to be Senior Yayoi!"

After a moment of silence, the three of them thought they understood her intention and laughed knowingly.

For the guest mentors, talent show variety shows are essentially reality shows. It is normal for the artists to do some shocking things for the sake of the show effect.

Especially when Yayoi Tsuki, who is always aloof, sharp-tongued and honest, suddenly throws out this "fan girl" argument, the contrast effect is particularly good.

The three even thought that this was the "lines" that the director team had written for Yayoi Tsuki in advance.

"Hey, hey, that Yayoi Tsuki who is known for her 'realness' is actually willing to lower her status and do a variety show effect?"

"With her words, not only will the first episode of the show be more talked about than expected, but Xia Fan from the same company will also get enough attention. It's a very smart move."

Akimoto Manjiro, who was watching the monitor, had the same idea as the three of them and nodded as if he understood something.

On the big screen, Xia Fan had already completed his "martial arts performance" with great effort and ended the personal interview with a double-fisted salute.

"The hypocritical entertainment industry has degenerated to the point where no one believes the truth..."

Yayoi Tsukki held her chin with one hand and sighed softly.

After Xia Fan's personal introduction video, she no longer had any interest in watching the big screen and became even more taciturn than before... Even when other trainees from the Burning Department appeared, Yayoi Tsuki did not express any opinions and listened absent-mindedly to the other mentors talking.

"Dear producers, this mentor meeting ends here."

"In the next episode, all the trainees will officially appear on stage and bring us their first individual performances. Please look forward to it..."

"The personal interview videos of the 101 trainees will be published on the program website. The number of likes and views of the videos will determine the time of each trainee's 'first stage performance' in the next episode."

After nearly another hour of recording, with Goro Kimura's closing remarks, the first episode of this "Idol Birth Festival" was finally completed.

……

The recording is over and the mentors have left, but the work of the program team has just begun.

"Thank you for your hard work, today's recording was great, and we got a lot of useful materials..."

At the review meeting, Akimoto Manjiro made work arrangements with a serious face, but he could not hide the joy in his eyes.

In this recording, although the trainees' self-introductions were varied and of varying quality, they fully took into account the "international characteristics" and "topicality", and successfully set off the normal and stable performance of several "seed trainees".

Although the popular mentor Yayoi Tsuki did not give too many "harsh" comments as expected by the program team, she did make unexpected "surprise remarks" such as "the condition has improved" and "I will not comment on the singing skills".

As for Yayoi Tsuki's action of announcing the "push" of Xia Fan, it was in line with the "big devil" script that Manjiro Akimoto had arranged for Xia Fan in the early stage.

This made him feel happy as if everything was under control, and he was extremely glad that he had decided to sign the "unequal treaty" and invite Yayoi Tsuki over.

"During post-production, we will use Yayoi Tsuki's speech as the highlight to showcase the trainees with unique characteristics. As for those 'demons and ghosts', we will just use them as a diversion and adjustment..."

He circled a few names on the trainee list and silently handed it to Assistant Director Souta beside him.

These are naturally the "seed trainees" who are given special attention during post-production by focusing on allocating time, presenting positive images, and refining their images.

"Director, the clip with Xia Fan may not be able to be cut too short..."

After taking a look at the list and noticing that "Xia Fan" was not on it, Assistant Director Souta whispered in Akimoto Manjiro's ear.

After all, Yayoi Tsuki’s shocking announcement of “promoting Xia Fan” was one of the highlights of this episode, and Xia Fan’s personal interview segment naturally could not be omitted.

"It doesn't matter, just play his part normally. After all, before the official performance elimination round begins, the international group trainees have to do their job as the 'atmosphere group', and they can't be without even one or two decent ones."

"The program's official website will be online tomorrow. This episode will be broadcast simultaneously on NHK TV and major cooperative platforms in three days. We have very little time left for post-production, so please hurry up and start working..."

"Meeting dismissed."

Akimoto Manjiro didn't care at all and announced the end of the meeting with a confident look.

……

Three days later, in Shibuya, Tokyo, there were fried food shops everywhere.

"Excuse me, what's the situation with this trending search 'The trainee recommended by Yayoi Tsuki'..."

Xia Fan sat in the narrow tatami room, flipping through his phone with a depressed look on his face.

"I came back from Kyoto and took the time out of my kindness to treat you to a meal, but as soon as we sat down you asked me such a boring question?"

Sitting across the table from him, Yayoi Tsukishima, with her silver hair like a waterfall, turned her face away with a look of disdain, but her pair of fox ears swayed mischievously.

She was wearing a black leather jacket and a small leather skirt today, and her lipstick was even pinker and more attractive than usual. Combined with her icy expression and her trash-like eyes, she gave people a contrast of ice and fire.

(End of this chapter)