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

Chapter 330 Everything is under control

"Chief Director, Assistant Director..."

After a while, the "teaching assistant" from Xia Fan's group came trotting over.

"How's your group's rehearsal going?"

Without Akimoto Manjiro saying anything, Assistant Director Souta asked with understanding.

"Yayoi Tsuki's chorus was solid, and the chorus choreographed for the trainees was also good."

"As for the rap part, although we specially invited OG Kato himself to provide guidance, he himself seemed dissatisfied with the results and even suggested changing the lyrics..."

The female teaching assistant reported seriously.

"What about Xia Fan? How is his performance?"

After listening for a long time without getting the point, Akimoto Manjiro finally couldn't help but speak...

Except for Xia Fan, everyone in that group was at the bottom of the class, and no one cared about the performance of those "dead guys".

"Xia Fan... He was in charge of the center position, and his rap performance was the best among them, but Kato felt that it did not meet his standards..."

"Also, it seems like his lyrics have been revised several times, and they were just finalized today..."

Hearing the name, the female teaching assistant blushed and answered truthfully after thinking for a while.

"Humph, Kato's rap is similar to Yayoi Tsuki in the industry. He is a unique existence with an 'irreplaceable' charm. Otherwise, he wouldn't be able to rely on his diehard fans even after leaving the entertainment company."

"Even Xia Fan can't easily complete his rap."

Hearing this, Akimoto Manjiro felt like a stone had fallen from his heart.

The original purpose of arranging "The Villain" was for this purpose, so this situation was naturally within his expectations.

"Souta, how is the rehearsal going for Hirai Shouta's group?"

He turned his head and looked at Souta again.

"Wait a moment, let me confirm..."

"The assistant coach said that Hirai Shouta and the trainees have been living and eating together in the practice room these days and have been practicing very hard. Hirai himself was very satisfied with the final result and said that he would like to invite the trainees to be guests on stage at future concerts."

Cao Tai called to inquire, then reported seriously.

"That's fine. When comparing two rap songs of the same genre, it's not surprising that the audience voted for the one with the better live performance."

Hearing this, Akimoto Manjiro breathed a sigh of relief, but he could not hide the fatigue in his eyes.

"Hmph, Xia Fan, let's see how you can turn things around this time."

Since the official recording of "Idol Birth Festival" began, the name "Xia Fan" has gradually become his lingering shadow.

Even if the reason of "software tickets" was used this time to forcibly cancel the tickets generated by Xia Fan's free support activities, the tickets generated by the real money support consumption all had value-added tax records, and they could not be moved at all...

Therefore, even after deducting the "software tickets", Xia Fan still has nearly 14 million votes, occupying the fourth position for debut.

As a result, the companies behind the show put so much pressure on him that he had to take sleeping pills to fall asleep.

"After the performance, the huge difference in reward tickets will be enough for other trainees to push Xia Fan out of the top nine debut positions."

In this last round of performances, there was no ticket for Yayoi Tsuki's mentor, and all the 1,000 audience members were his people...

Thinking of Xia Fan's wonderful expression when he received a single-digit live vote, Akimoto Manjiro felt very happy. "But, Director... Although the performance bonus tickets are very generous, Xia Fan's fans' voting power is a bit exaggerated recently. Even the audience in Longguo is paying more and more attention to the show, and overseas tickets are also soaring..."

Assistant Director Kusata, who was monitoring the vote count backstage at all times, still looked anxious.

In the past two days, because of the "software voting incident", Xia Fan's fans have become more aggressive in "manual voting", and his popularity ranking has even climbed back to third place at a speed visible to the naked eye.

Although Xia Fan was unable to obtain bonus tickets for the performance due to the almost brutal on-site vote control, with his growing popularity, there is still a possibility that he can make a comeback and get into the top nine during the "voting window period" after the show is broadcast.

After all, the opponent of the program team is the "Great Demon King of the Celestial Dragons" Xia Fan, who is very popular and has overturned his wishes time and time again.

"The voting window period... is indeed the last destabilizing factor... Maybe the Burning Sect will take advantage of the opportunity to launch a sneak attack..."

Having said that, Akimoto Manjiro lowered his head, as if thinking about something.

As if they were in sync, his cell phone started vibrating.

"Yes... I understand... Please express your gratitude to President Matsudaira for me."

After a few words, Akimoto Manjiro ended the call.

"Souta, the last source of instability has been eliminated."

"President Matsudaira has agreed to have J Company allocate a huge amount of special funds to stop Xia Fan and keep him out of the ninth place."

"It seems that Mr. Zhou's refusal has also made President Matsudaira very sad."

"With such treatment, it wouldn't be unfair for Xia Fan to fail to make his debut..."

His facial muscles twitched and he couldn't suppress a hideous smile.

A few days ago, he submitted this "special fund blocking plan" to J Company, and finally received a positive response today.

You know, in the history of idol talent shows, there has never been a situation where investors specifically match funds to snipe a certain contestant...

It is not a problem of capital cost, but that doing so is too deliberate. Data changes can easily be exposed, leading to various legal issues such as making fake invoices, fabricating income, and issuing false VAT invoices.

"Everything is under control. This draft is finally back on track and will soon have a perfect ending..."

The problem that had been a thorn in his side for many days was finally solved, and Akimoto Manjiro relaxed completely.

The hype of Yayoi Tsuki in the early stage and Xia Fan's unexpected breakthroughs in the circle have pushed the ratings and performance of the program to a height that similar programs in previous years could not reach...

If Xia Fan is forced to make his debut successfully, it will be a Waterloo for J Club's idol career.

But now, under the premise that the results of the draft meet the capital requirements, all these popularity and performance have become the "performance wedding dress" of Manjiro Akimoto's first boy group draft, which is the peak.

Thinking that after this show, the entire District 11 boy and girl group idol auditions would be under his control, the world before his eyes became extremely pleasing to the eye, and even the carbon dioxide released by the dry ice machine being tested next to him became sweet and delicious.

"Director Akimoto, it's finally time to record the last episode..."

After a while, Goro Kimura, who was dressed particularly exquisitely today and exuded the charm of a middle-aged handsome man, also entered the studio.

"You've got to be both a mentor and a host, it's really hard work, Kimura-kun. Compared to your idol days, you've really improved a lot in all aspects."

"No, no, if there are good program resources in the future, I will ask Director Akimoto for your support..."

Akimoto Manjiro was in a good mood and praised Kimura Goro politely, which made him feel flattered.

(End of this chapter)