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

Chapter 231 The audience's money is split -
"Hearing that makes me very motivated, I also want to prepare for the concert again..."

"She can sing and dance to this extent. It seems that those abdominal muscles are not just for show."

Watching Xia Fan singing and dancing smoothly on the stage, Yayoi Tsuki rested her chin on one hand with peace of mind and teased in a voice that only her own.

Kimura Goro and the other three, who can serve as mentors together with Yayoi Tsuki, are naturally people with high professional level in the entertainment industry.

Although they have to lie with their eyes open when evaluating and scoring due to their corporate background and capital manipulation, this does not affect their private appreciation of art and stage.

If you want to be good at "singing and dancing", the most important thing is not repeated practice, but strong lung capacity and physical fitness.

Most trainees focus on honing their talents before their debut. They do not have the conditions or willingness to spend a lot of time and money to improve their physical fitness, so singing and dancing become their most common shortcomings.

Before this, she had always been worried about Xia Fan's singing and dancing performance, but from the moment Xia Fan opened his mouth, the heavy stone in her heart fell to the ground.

On the stage, Xia Fan, who sang and danced passionately, seemed like a tireless, precise and powerful dancing machine. The emotions in his singing made people dream back to their youth, always looking up at the sun in the rough...

His movements and singing, like a fusion of ice and fire, create a strong visual and auditory impact.

What is even more outstanding is Xia Fan's neat posture, impeccable appearance, simple and generous expression management, and those sparkling eyes that grasp the camera, which complement the singing and dancing, creating a stage effect where one plus one is greater than two.

"This kid's singing and dancing are so infectious, they are already at a professional level..."

The mentors were like baseball players who were cheered on by a huge cheerleading team. They couldn't wait to rush into the stadium and compete with others.

"The flame in my heart, the light of hope, cuts through hope."

"You are my God, illuminating the starry night and allowing me to find my true stage."

After the song and dance ended, Xia Fan's chest rose and fell slightly, with no sign of breathing. He bowed calmly and waited for the test results.

The four mentors, without any hesitation, directly raised four "qualified" signs.

"Very good, Xia Jun, a very standard and stable performance. The coordination and breath of singing and dancing are also excellent..."

"I didn't give you any stars during your first performance because I wanted to wait and see your dance part. And you didn't disappoint me!"

Goro Kimura gave a "kind" smile and said in a pretentious manner.

His somewhat far-fetched remarks were obviously a false evaluation, but he actually wanted to explain to the audience that he was moved to tears during the first stage, but he gave them sporadic performances.

"The dance moves are very good, they are textbook standard!"

“Even with such a strenuous and fast-paced dance, the singing is as steady and infectious as ever.”

Shota Hirai and Masaru Oda also followed suit and gave positive comments.

It was impossible for Xia Fan to fail in singing and dancing the theme song with such textbook-level skills, so they were happy to help him and took the opportunity to "whitewash" themselves in this episode.

Anyway, it was the program team that "betrayed" first, and the mentors who were careful to protect their reputation had no time to care what the executive directors thought.

“Thank you, mentors. I will continue to work hard.”

After getting four "qualified" scores, Xia Fan bowed and left the studio obediently.

……

Three hours later.

"Director, out of the 101 trainees, a total of 21 people failed the assessment and cannot participate in the theme song recording."

In the recording room, Assistant Director Souta respectfully handed a form to Manjiro Akimoto.

"Twenty-one people? That's about the same as expected... They can't even do the most basic performance. Regardless of their company background, they will all be disqualified." Looking at the statistics, Manjiro Akimoto curled his lips in dissatisfaction.

In the recording of the theme song, the chorus part at least had a chance to "get by", so these twenty-one people, who could not even pass the most basic dancing and facial expressions and were seriously unbalanced trainees, were not worthy of being "let off the hook".

"The live-action videos of the qualified trainees have also been sorted out and are all here. They will be online on the website tomorrow..."

"For the cooperating channel partners, activities such as recharge, consumption, and new user recommendation to exchange voting rights will also be launched simultaneously."

Assistant Director Kusata opened the folder, revealing a densely packed collection of his own dance live-action videos.

"Is it finally about to begin? The first test of the consumption potential of the "Idol Birth Festival"..."

Akimoto Manjiro sat down in front of the computer and his expression became serious.

The popularity votes for the "Idol Birth Festival" are mainly obtained through the consumption of "support products" and the acquisition of new customers on the Internet platform.

The categories range from video website memberships, game memberships, instant noodles, fruit juice, etc., which can be said to fully cover all aspects of the audience's life.

For him, as the "creator of a girl group", the voting data of the theme song's personal straight shot with real money can reflect the consumption potential of this program to a certain extent.

"Based on your preliminary internal judgment, which trainees will perform better in this straight-shooting?"

He randomly clicked on a few trainees' videos and examined them carefully.

"Based on my preliminary judgment, the five-star trainees, Yuta Hirano, Yu Takahashi, Xia Fan, Shiyao Kishi, Jack, and Basong, are very well-balanced in all aspects and will have better results with straight-shot shooting."

After thinking for a while, Assistant Director Souta mentioned a few names.

"What's the best?"

Akimoto Manjiro was obviously not satisfied with this answer and continued to ask.

“The best…”

"It should still be... Xia Fan's, right?"

Souta looked at several executive directors nearby and answered submissively.

Straight shooting refers to shooting a single person's entire performance. Naturally, it is impossible to add special effects or "one cut plum" through post-production as before. At most, we can help with the sound.

In terms of the overall stage quality, Xia Fan is good-looking, has charming eyes, inspiring singing, and his dancing is of such standard that even the choreographer himself could not find any fault with it.

Although the other five-star trainees also performed very well, they all had their shortcomings and pale in comparison with Xia Fan.

"Xia Fan? That boy does have the potential to become a top idol, but it's a pity that he has already signed with the Burning Department..."

"This time, the popularity votes are real money. Company B won't be stupid enough to inflate the votes and help the rival company increase its sales."

"So, Xia Fan is destined not to be able to stand in the nine positions on the main stage."

Clicking on the trainees' straight-shot videos one by one, Akimoto Manjiro's muscles twitched and he smiled without comment.

For this theme song MV, the nine positions on the main stage have already been decided through negotiation by several companies behind the organizer, and they will use "internal votes" to get their own "seed players" on the list.

As for the funds for "internal tickets" to the charts, in this kind of program, it has always been "30% to 70% split of the audience's money, and the company's money is returned in full." It's just a matter of accounting and tax deduction for related transactions between entertainment companies and consumer channel merchants.

Of course, these "companies" do not include Bethesda.

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(End of this chapter)