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

Chapter 218 Black Hot Search

Soon after the program was broadcast, keywords such as "Yayoi Moon triggered emotional scenes", "Yayoi Moon is biased", "Burning series malicious hype", and "Seven-star rating does not live up to its name" were successively listed on the hot search list.

Under the deliberate guidance of public opinion by certain companies, Xia Fan's song selection for the first stage and the extremely high evaluation of "Seven Star Trainee" were naturally regarded by netizens as the result of the Burning System manipulating behind the scenes and arranging Yayoi Tsuki to hype up her own trainees without caring about her manners.

Under several "black hot searches", Burning Xi, Yayoi Tsuki, and Xia Fan are all bearing the wrath of netizens at the same time.

The "extreme background" of the Burning System, the fact that it has monopolized half of the entertainment industry for many years, and its various "barbaric operations" in the past have once again been routinely dug out and repeatedly criticized.

Even Yayoi Tsuki, who is extremely popular and known for her "authenticity", cannot avoid being questioned such as "turning to variety shows when she can't sing anymore", "disregarding her manners for hype", and "repeatedly hyping up the last song".

As the focus of contradictions, Xia Fan, the "Seven-Star Trainee", was labeled as "only his face is good-looking", "a two-star Dragon Country expert", and "Yayoi Yue's thigh pendant".

And several "specific" five-star trainees in the local group were "naturally" considered by the audience to have been "suppressed" by the Burning System and Xia Fan's co-mentor Yayoi Tsuki, and they gained a lot of sympathy from passers-by.

Regarding this sudden storm of public opinion, the publicity and promotion department of Company Be, which had never paid attention to this kind of talent show and only sent people to "catch the popularity" as usual, naturally had no time and no plan to make any response.

Yayoi Tsuki, who has always been aloof and never even posts photos on her social media accounts, was even more disdainful to respond, leaving her many die-hard fans to "scold each other for 300 rounds" with netizens on the Internet.

Of course, some fans who call themselves "Summer Disease" are also active in this online war of words...

But because its size was too small, it was instantly overwhelmed by the huge amount of public opinion and failed to cause any waves at all.

As for Xia Fan himself, he was completely clueless about this.

Because, after the first stage, the third episode of "Idol Birth Festival" has already started recording non-stop...

He was busy pressing the recording notification, packing his luggage, and checking into the trainee dormitory. He had no time to recharge his VIP account to watch the second episode that had just been aired.

……

Shinjuku, Shibuya, NHK Studio Park.

"The dormitory environment looks pretty good, but it smells like renovation..."

Dragging his suitcase and holding the room card, Xia Fan walked along the long and narrow corridor.

The trainee dormitory for the "Idol Birth Festival" was temporarily built with steel and wood structure in a container-like photography building.

During the one-month recording of the entire program, the trainees will be required to live a closed-management collective life here, so in addition to dormitories, there are also dining areas, practice rooms, and rest and entertainment areas. It can be said that although small, it has everything.

"Let me see, 501, here we are..."

After swiping the room card to open the door, Xia Fan saw a spacious dormitory with a seating area, a private bathroom, and four beds with upper bunks and lower tables.

Inside the room, several trainees had already arrived and were packing their luggage.

"Oh, the last person in this room is actually the famous 'Seven Star Trainee'. It really brings honor to this humble place."

Before Xia Fan had time to take a closer look at the people in the room, a big warm hand patted him on the back and dragged him and his luggage into the room.

"Martin? Why are you using the 'business voice'..."

Xia Fan turned around and just as he saw the dazzling white teeth, he called out the visitor's name with some surprise.

It was the "fake foreigner" Martin Luther King whom he met on his first stage.

"Because, from the moment we stepped into the studio, the recording of Di Sanji had already begun..."

Martin Luther pointed to the camera on the roof of the dormitory and winked cunningly. "I see..."

Xia Fan suddenly realized.

When checking in, the program team required the signing of a relevant disclaimer and solemnly informed each trainee that cameras would be installed in every area except the toilet and bathroom after check-in.

The trainees’ every move during this period may become “program material” for the official broadcast, so they must be “careful in what they say and do” and pay attention to “image management.”

"Come on, let me introduce you to my roommate. This is a Thai trainee, Basong, with a five-star rating..."

"And this one is an American trainee named Jack who likes pop music. Five-star rating!"

"As for this Xia Fan, the famous 'Seven Star Trainee', there is no need for me to introduce him in detail..."

Martin Luther King, speaking in his "foreigner-only business voice", enthusiastically introduced the other two people in the room to Xia Fan.

"The production team deliberately assigned the only three five-star trainees in the international group, plus me, a four-star trainee, to the same dormitory, just to make it easier to collect materials and see if there could be some different interactions..."

He switched to the fluent District 11 dialect and whispered an additional sentence in Xia Fan's ear.

"Xia Jun, swipe my card..."

Basong, who has medium-length hair, beautiful features and a slender figure, clasped his hands together implicitly in front of Xia Fan.

With his androgynous clothing, feminine temperament and charming expression, if you ignore his firm chest and not-too-obvious Adam's apple, most people would think he is a tall and graceful woman.

By the way, Basong’s personal interview video ranked fifth in views because of the sexy women’s clothing that made him look so sexy that “how can you tell whether I am a man or a woman?”

"International student Jack, nice to meet you... Let me correct you. Although I am American, I am of Canadian, French, German, Irish, Scottish, and British descent."

Jack, who was sitting on the corner of the bed, listening to music with headphones on, didn't seem to be very talkative. He put two fingers together in front of his forehead and waved, greeting in a casual manner.

With fair skin, blue eyes, three-dimensional facial features and a tall and thin figure, he possesses all the beautiful (stereotypical) features of a "Western man" as perceived by the people of District 11.

Although his District 11 dialect still has some foreign accent, it is considered very standard among international students.

"We'll be roommates for the time being, please give us your guidance."

After greeting the three people, Xia Fan found his bed and started to pack his things.

He didn't bring much luggage to begin with, so after sorting his belongings and putting them in the closet, he was done packing.

"..."

His eyes swept across Basong on the next bed, and several suspicious triangular and eye-mask-shaped lace fabrics came into Xia Fan's sight.

"Ah, are you looking at my underwear?"

"Boys don't usually wear this style and material, so it would look weird, right?"

Basong folded up the brightly colored, thinly made, feminine underwear and smiled shyly.

"No, I just saw it accidentally, sorry!"

Although it was clearly a boys' dormitory, Xia Fan, driven by some instinct, turned his head away to explain.

(End of this chapter)