This star just wants to make more money

Chapter 10 I'm Just a Cold-blooded Mercenary

The tail end of the accompaniment slowly faded away, and the live broadcast was deathly silent.

It’s not that no one applauded and cheered, but they were still immersed in the feast that had just been enjoyed and couldn’t extricate themselves for a long time.

Until the host came on stage.

The host, who had enjoyed a feast of hearing, walked onto the stage at some point. He opened his arms exaggeratedly and said, "Contestant Xu Feng, your performance was amazing. I believe this scene will become one of the timeless classics of Tomorrow's Singer!"

After exchanging pleasantries, the host smiled and looked at the judges: "Then, please give points to contestant Xu Feng's performance!"

"I believe that this time the scoring will not be a difficult matter."

Two of the four judges didn't even think twice and directly raised the "10 points" sign. Xiao Yue, who didn't get along well with Lin Shenghuan, hesitated for two or three seconds before giving a full score reluctantly.

Xu Feng showed his cards directly without even making any comments. One can imagine how he would perform.

Even though Xiao Yue knew that giving this full score would be equivalent to being completely crushed by Lin Shenghuan, she couldn't bite the bullet and give a low score, otherwise she would lose her dignity and composure.

Lin Shenghuan, on the other hand, calmed down after the initial excitement. He did not rush to give scores, but followed the process to make comments first.

"The composition and lyrics are very good. I don't know much about the accompaniment, but my hearing tells me that it is also very good." Lin Shenghuan gave two comments, and suddenly changed the subject, "The singing skills... in the standard sense, there are no mistakes, but there are a few small flaws in the emotions... For example... and..."

It was within Xu Feng's expectations that the judges who focused on singing skills would find flaws in his singing.

After all, the system only gave him a singing level of 50. Although he didn't sing any extremely difficult songs, this singing level was perfect enough to handle it, but if you really have to find faults, you can always pick out a few.

Moreover, having experts point out his flaws will be of great help to his future progress.

Xu Feng listened to Lin Shenghuan's advice with an open mind. After she spoke without reservation for two full minutes, she took a sip of water and brought the topic back on track: "So, my final score is..."

Everyone waited with bated breath for the final result.

Although Xu Feng has already secured first place, everyone is still curious whether he can get a perfect evaluation.

Judging from Lin Shenghuan’s evaluation, it seems that it is not possible?
Lin Shenghuan paused for a moment, quickly took out the sign from under the table, and raised his voice slightly: "Full marks!"

Xu Feng, who was ready to get a 9, was sprained by this reversal and subconsciously made a puzzled sound: "Huh?"

Lin Shenghuan's eyes flashed with cunning, and he said as a matter of course: "What I said were just suggestions for your improvement, not deductions, so... full marks. Xu Feng, you are great! I am proud of you!"

After saying that, she took the lead in standing up and began to applaud Xu Feng openly.

My people must protect their shortcomings! Even if the performance is not so good, she will give friendship points, let alone such a perfect performance?
Xu Feng also smiled: "Well, thank you Sister Huan."

Sister Huan is really young in mentality...

Amid the tidal wave of applause, Xu Feng was about to leave when he suddenly heard Lin Shenghuan jokingly ask, "Are you really not singing this song for someone?"

Lin Shenghuan was in a really good mood today.

The worry I had just felt suddenly turned into pride, and I felt like joking around.

Hearing this question, everyone at the scene smiled knowingly.

I've heard that Xu Feng is ruthless and has no taboos. He dares to curse green tea in front of tens of thousands of people. Today, I see that his reputation is well-deserved!

Xu Feng smiled helplessly at Lin Shenghuan, who looked cold but had a warm personality, and said, "I said it was a coincidence, do you teachers believe it?"

However, Xu Feng didn't mind if outsiders insisted on making inaccurate guesses - he really hated that green tea girl who had sent him messages to disgust him before the game.

So what if I call you ugly?
"I don't believe it!" Lin Shenghuan answered straightforwardly, "Okay, contestant Xu Feng, go back and enjoy your victory. It's the other contestants' turn to sing next. I look forward to their wonderful performances."

After saying that, Lin Shenghuan looked at Xiao Yue provocatively.

Xu Feng was welcomed back to the waiting room by applause, ignoring the surprised and respectful looks around him, and sat in a corner, waiting for the other contestants to finish their performances.

Everything is going according to plan...very well.

The next step is to plan for subsequent development.

How to capture traffic? How to secure fans? How to expand your abilities to the entire entertainment industry?

The experience of his previous life allowed him to quickly come to his senses from his current success, and he began to make plans in an orderly manner and take every step carefully.

While he was thinking, time passed quickly and soon the other contestants finished their performances.

With Xu Feng's stunning performance at the beginning, this episode had a bit of a strong start but ended up with a whimper - because the suspense about who would be the first place in this round had already been lost.

Who can surpass Xu Feng?
Soon, the scores of the eight contestants came out, and the list of qualifiers was announced on the big screen.

However, at the moment the ranking was announced, the system panel popped up without warning.

[Congratulations to the host for successfully completing a 15 yuan employment mission (winning the top five of the variety show "Tomorrow's Singer"), commission completion rate 100%] [Temporary ability has been reclaimed]

【宿主可进行以下选择：1.完整享受《丑八怪》的所有版权利益；2.系统将对歌曲版权三个月内的金钱收入的90%进行抽成，但宿主唱歌能力永久+5，演奏能力永久+3，同时获得15万积分】

Xu Feng was stunned for a moment when he saw this line of words. Before he could react, he felt that his singing voice had significantly deteriorated, and the bass at his hand suddenly became a pile of extremely unfamiliar things.

Damn it? !
The commission has been completed!

Xu Feng suddenly realized a very serious problem - the mercenary system said that the top five would be the top five, not a point more, and when he was confirmed to be in the top five, the commission was directly ended!
So what about the next game?
"Congratulations! Brother Xu, your performance just now was truly amazing." When Xu Feng was somewhat at a loss as to what to do with this sudden change, Dai Mingli came over and congratulated him sincerely, "You won first place... As for me, I came in sixth, so it was reasonable for me to be eliminated."

"Hahaha...thank you."

Xu Feng responded with a few words casually, returned to the rental house in a daze, forced himself to calm down and started looking for countermeasures - Xu Feng had encountered many sudden accidents at work, and he knew very well that panicking would not solve any problem.

What to do next? How to remedy the situation? How to…

While he was urgently thinking of a countermeasure, his cell phone suddenly rang.

I looked down and saw it was an unfamiliar number.

Xu Feng picked up the phone and asked hesitantly, "Hello?"

"Hello, contestant Xu Feng. I'm from the "God of Tomorrow" program team. Congratulations on winning first place!"

Xu Feng was a little annoyed, and he suppressed his impatience and said, "If you have something to say, just say it directly."

The other party was not annoyed, and slowly said: "You have the best chance of winning the final championship among all the contestants, and the program team also plans to operate you. But you also know that the operating fee has cost fees. Adhering to the principle of voluntary cooperation and win-win, if you are willing to cooperate with us in depth to increase value..."

Well, you can avoid the first day but you can’t avoid the fifteenth.

This kind of music variety show will ask for money secretly, and this has long been an open rule.

The voting format for subsequent competitions will be a comprehensive count of votes from judges, guests, big names in the venue, and audiences outside the venue.

If he didn't pay this money, even if Lin Shenghuan guaranteed him, he probably wouldn't be able to get first place.

But Xu Feng doesn’t have time to talk about these annoying things now.

Xu Feng took several deep breaths and was about to find an excuse to get away with it, but he accidentally scanned the system panel.

【Entertainment Mercenary System】

mercenary……

A tingling sensation like being electrocuted instantly spread throughout the body.

Wait, that’s not right!
Xu Feng's habitual thinking has always been wrong... What about accumulating traffic, accumulating little by little, and moving step by step from a small star to a superstar, those are not his own way!
He is not here to be a traditional star!

From the beginning to the end, Xu Feng was just a mercenary who did things for money and paid for them!

It’s just that the scope is limited to the entertainment industry.

Do as much as you are paid for, don't do more and don't charge more.

From the beginning to the end, he was only responsible to Lin Shenghuan, the employer who issued the commission, and he didn't need to care about other people or other things.

Winning the championship or not has nothing to do with Xu Feng. He just finishes the commission by getting fifth place, collects the reward and leaves, all in one go. This is what a mercenary does.

Anyway, with a system as your broker, there will always be resources and commissions.

Why would you want to go from the quagmire of the workplace to the quagmire of the entertainment industry if you want to live your life over again? Wouldn't it be better to be freer and live a different life?

When the thought of enlightenment arises, the world suddenly seems vast.

The last bit of confusion that came with Xu Feng's previous life disappeared at this moment. He lay down on the sofa and opened a bottle of Coke. He was more relaxed than ever before, and his tone was full of indifference: "Oh, then I'll withdraw from the competition. Bye."

After saying that, he hung up the phone, put it on silent mode, and before going to bed, he carefully wrote down his life motto in his memo.

"Always remember, you are just a mercenary!"

By the way, I selected option 2 in the system options.

Enlightenment is one thing, but the ability to eat is still important.

We’ll have to wait until tomorrow to see what the production crew is going to do.

(Thanks to Juezhiyinxiao for the reward. I am sorry for the expense. Actually, the reward is not necessary!)

(End of this chapter)