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

Chapter 251 No One Cares
Without any hesitation or choice, Xia Fan stood under the song titled "Prayer".

Standing under the same sign with him was Kishiyo, who ranked third in popularity.

"I didn't expect that we would meet each other in the first performance..."

"However, Xia Jun was really unlucky to have chosen this song."

Kishiyo touched the curly hair on his forehead, looked friendly, and whispered in a playful tone.

"What's wrong with this song? Didn't you choose it yourself?"

Xia Fan frowned slightly and asked curiously.

He had noticed before that most of the trainee captains obviously avoided this song when choosing the program.

But Kishiyo, who was the fifth from the last to exercise the right to choose, voluntarily chose this song even though there were many other options.

"Don't worry, you'll understand when we rehearse."

Kishio pretended to be handsome, casting charming eyes towards the camera and spoke in a low voice with a sinister tone.

"OK, next, all trainees, please take turns to line up and communicate with the captains who intend to participate in the program. After mutual confirmation, the team will be successfully formed..."

"Please note that you only have half an hour. Those who fail to form a team will be assigned by the production team."

After the fourteen captains took their positions under the seven song cards, it was the trainees' turn to "double-select"...

"I'm a strong dancer, let me join in!"

"I just happened to have practiced this song before. Don't believe me? Now I'll sing you two verses..."

"If you are sure you can take responsibility for the high notes in these places, then come on..."

For a moment, the main studio seemed like a large job-hunting site.

"Give me the C position and I will join."

"I've trained my leg muscles. If you still want to rely on me, then you can just... "

The trainees and the captains began to "bargain" over personal qualities, performance positions, and conditions for joining the team...

In order to compete for a place on the team, some people showed off their talents on the spot...

In order to recruit high-quality teammates, some captains are willing to give up the C position and even promise to pay some unspeakable price.

There is no other way. Under the cruel rules of the program group, the trainees not only have to work together to deal with external team confrontation, but also have to maintain internal competition at all times...

When choosing a team, everyone not only hopes to have a piece of music that suits their performance, but also considers whether their teammates are too strong and whether their own performance can surpass their teammates...

In short, we must ensure that the team has the strength to win, and also ensure that after victory, individuals can get as many popularity votes as possible.

Driven by countless "demands", the principle of "automatic market regulation" in economics began to take effect in the studio at this moment...

The average strength of the gradually formed teams is obviously not too different judging by the distribution of trainees of different star levels.

However, there is an exception.

"So idle..."

If the other captains have a bustling vegetable market in front of them, then Xia Fan's place is a haunted house in the wilderness that no one cares about.

More than ten minutes had passed, and even the neighboring An Ziyao had recruited several local trainees...

But not a single international trainee came to Xia Fan to ask a question.

"Hey, Mr. Xia, business is slow... I've already negotiated four offers..."

Martin Luther King came over at some point and raised four fingers with a smug look on his face.

"My song's title seems to be in the native language of District 11. Is it because the dance moves are too difficult?"

"Or maybe, I just have a bad relationship with people?" Xia Fan shrugged helplessly and laughed at himself.

"It's not the problems you mentioned."

"Hey, you haven't seen this song performed before, have you? It was very popular for a while a few years ago..."

His reaction surprised Martin.

"I'm sorry. Although I volunteered to participate in the talent show, to be honest, I really haven't watched the stage performances of boy band idols very often..."

Xia Fan really knew nothing about the song "Prayer" above his head. He wanted to look it up on a search engine, but his phone was handed in before the show started.

"The dance moves for this song 'Prayer' are not difficult, but the difficulty lies in the singing..."

Pretending to "bargain" with Xia Fan, Martin squatted beside him and explained in a low voice.

It can be said that the song "Prayer" was born for the purpose of "showing off" from the very beginning...

The original stage featured 4 VOCALs taking turns singing high-pitched solos and 2 RAPPERS interspersed with high-speed rap, working together to create an auditory feast that was quite amazing to the ears.

The key point is that the high notes in the climax of this song basically start at C3, which requires a very high average singing skill and vocal range of the entire performance team.

You have to know that vocal range is a combination of innate conditions and acquired training, and not every vocalist can sing tenor.

An ordinary boy band usually has one vocalist and two or three assistant vocalists. But where can we find four lead singers, all of whom must be tenors?
Therefore, since the release of this song, the original male singer group has performed many LIVE stages indoors, outdoors, on rainy days, snowy days, and even on typhoon days...

But no other group has ever challenged to cover it.

"Is it so difficult? No wonder no one dares to come to me..."

After hearing what Martin said, Xia Fan suddenly realized.

Most international trainees already have a certain level of language proficiency.

On such a large-scale performance stage, the group dance and the solo singing take turns to sing high notes. If a performance error occurs and the voice breaks, not only will the score be low, but it will also become an indelible stain on one's career.

"No, besides the difficulty of the song itself, there are other reasons..."

"It seems that a certain 'conspicuous person' doesn't have enough self-awareness."

Staring at Xia Fan's delicate features and shining eyes, Martin murmured in a low voice.

Although the performance stage seems to be a team competition, the whole show is ultimately a competition of individual popularity...

No matter which international trainee, after seeing the broadcast effect of the "international version of the MV", they would not want to stand in the same shot with Xia Fan again and serve as a pitiful background board again.

"Oh, Xia Jun's brilliance is too dazzling. No one dares to stand with you."

An Ziyao, who was standing next to him, lifted his bangs and chuckled.

Just now, there were already seven people standing behind him, and the team was successfully formed.

"This An Ziyao, although his dancing is weak, I heard that he has been training in the choir since he was a child. He is known as the trainee with the best singing skills in S Club this year. Dolphin sounds are no problem at all..."

"The key is, you see, he also selected the right people. They are all local trainees who are good at singing and rapping."

Merging into the shadow behind Xia Fan, Martin silently injected information.

"There are three minutes left. Trainees and captains, please hurry up and communicate and quickly confirm the team formation..."

"The remaining people will be automatically assigned by the program team!"

At the same time, the executive director's urging came from the sidelines.

"Don't worry about it. I'll just wait for the team to be automatically formed. You've already negotiated with four companies, so go and finalize it."

There was not much time left, so Xia Fan quickly waved at him.

(End of this chapter)