This star just wants to make more money

Chapter 221: Eliminated

When the other students heard Xu Feng's question, they looked at each other.

As for the plan for the next challenge in the ring...to be honest, they hadn't thought much about it.

The top three singers on the stage are very strong, and if there is no choice at all, no one would challenge them.

But the rankings for the remaining positions in the ring are relatively unreliable.

Those who rank high in this round may not have been so high in the previous round.

Performance, luck, song selection... etc. will all be key factors in determining the ranking, and the gap in hard power is not particularly large.

Therefore, who they challenge depends purely on which opponent they think is relatively easier to challenge.

"Well, many of us here are defending in the first round, right? We can't decide who to challenge, we can only wait to be challenged."

"It's okay. Aren't there still people who are not defending the ring?"

A student who was standing in the challenge position at the beginning thought for a moment and said, "I want to challenge the defender of Zhuo Zixuan's group."

Among all the champions, this student ranks last.

But even so, he is already Zhuo Zixuan's last hope.

The two popular singers must hope that he can keep his position so that they can still have a lot of shots in the next show.

But the last person standing in the ring will become the main target of others!
When the other students heard this answer, they immediately laughed.

"Forget it. I don't know how many students want to challenge this weakling. It's not your turn at all."

"Hahahaha! The instructor is a soft persimmon, and the student is also a soft persimmon. They are really soft."

"Don't be like that. He is a weakling guarding the ring. What am I..."

“It’s really too humiliating…”

"..."

After Qin Daoqiu successfully challenged Zhuo Zixuan, these singers lost their last bit of respect for the two popular singers.

These two people are so famous and have so many fans, but it turns out that doesn’t mean they are stronger than us?

Not only is he not stronger than us, he is even weaker than us?
Is he qualified to be our mentor? Is he qualified to give us advice?

If he was a theoretical expert like Teacher Bai Yao, who could use various scientific singing methods to improve a singer's level in a short period of time; or if he had the same composing ability as Teacher Xu Feng, then it would not be impossible.

But it seems that these two popular singers do not have these two abilities?
This not only made the singers look down on the two popular singer mentors, but also caused them to become hostile towards their students.

The only regret is that there is no one transferred from the traffic singer team in Xu Feng’s team.

In order to avoid being unable to compete with other students, the students who wanted to run conservatively chose several other good groups.

So he did not join Xu Feng's team.

If there was a former team member of theirs present at this time, the atmosphere would probably be even more cheerful.

"Don't think too much." Xu Feng smiled and shook his head. "Just because Qin Daoqiu can win doesn't mean you can... It should start soon, you should go on stage and get ready."

The students nodded and walked into their own passages.

"Wait for our good news!"

"Just don't get eliminated..."

At this moment on the stage, Qin Daoqiu took the lead and walked to the first stage alone and sat down steadily.

The promotion number on the big screen also showed 1/12.

In other words, Qin Daoqiu has already secured advancement.

Other students can only challenge other arenas.

The host glanced at Qin Daoqiu, then at the gloomy Zhuo Zixuan and his demoralized students, and sighed in his heart.

What is this...

For the program team, the success of this challenge may not necessarily be a good thing.

The ratings will definitely increase, the discussion will definitely increase, but at the same time, it will definitely be besieged and abused by Zhuo Zixuan's fanatical fans.

These are all fine and can be solved by controlling the comment section.

But the biggest problem is the agency behind these two popular singers.

Among the audience there, there were not only real audiences, but also staff invited by the program team to liven up the atmosphere, as well as employees from the management companies of the students and mentors.

If something major happens on site, they will be responsible for reporting the matter to the company immediately.

The company will then urgently contact and negotiate with the program team.

For example, this challenge is considered a "major event".

At least for Zhuo Zixuan, it is an absolutely major event, a major event that may affect his future career.

In fact, before the PK was over, someone had already discovered the clues and contacted the agency in advance.

For professionals, there is no need to wait until a song is completely finished. They can judge that Zhuo Zixuan is about to lose one or two minutes in advance.

The agency also contacted the program team as soon as possible.

The requirements are very simple - how is the performance on stage, and the final scoring must make Zhuo Zixuan win.

As long as they can do it, they can transfer some resources and directly transfer money... In short, no matter what, Zhuo Zixuan cannot lose, at least not to Xu Feng's students.

There was actually some debate within the program team as to whether to agree to their request.

Some people think that it would be a waste not to make money if they can, so they just raise the price and agree when it’s about right.

Another group of people think that if the performance gap is not that big, it would be fine, but now the performance gap is so big, forcibly increasing the scores may very likely lead to some bad consequences.

Moreover, even if you really don't care about the consequences, you should think about the price you will pay for offending Xu Feng and Lin Shenghuan.

Qin Daoqiu is Xu Feng's student. He was clearly winning but was judged unfairly. Do you think Xu Feng will let it go so easily?

Xu Feng and Lin Shenghuan are already wearing the same pants. Xu Feng will not let go of something, so how can we expect Lin Shenghuan to give him a good face?
For the sake of Zhuo Zixuan, not only will he damage his own reputation, but he will also offend Xu Feng and Lin Shenghuan. Is this deal really worth it?
What if I could work with Xu Feng again in the future?

What if they need Xu Feng's help in the future? What if they need to place an order with Xu Feng to save the situation?
Losing two popular singers actually means no loss at all for the program team - without your song "Hitting the Sofa", can't they find another song "Hitting the Table"?

But if they offend Xu Feng and Lin Shenghuan, their program team will miss out on countless excellent works.

The song is short and the negotiation time is also short.

In this more urgent decision-making environment where there is not much room for thinking, most people will tend to prefer the more conservative option that is less likely to make mistakes.

In other words, do nothing and let things happen as they should.

Reject all requests from Zhuo Zixuan's agency!
The host had just come out from the chaotic backstage, so he was naturally a little tired.

"Then, students, please step onto your respective stages according to the order on the big screen."

"Other students, please line up in the audience and wait for the challenge to begin."

"Let me reiterate once again, Qin Daoqiu has won a permanent seat on the stage because he won the mentor challenge, so the challenge on stage number one will be closed and no students can choose it."

"Well, the ring challenge begins now! Please invite the first contestant to choose his opponent!" The first singer to come up was a student from the second-ranked group.

He first glanced at the last-ranked arena, a hint of excitement flashed in his eyes, but he quickly looked away.

It's not that he doesn't want to pick on the weak, but if he only challenges the weakest people on paper, it won't be a good thing in the long run.

Because when a singer challenges the "soft persimmon", he himself stands in the position of the "soft persimmon".

Although there is a mechanism to protect him from being challenged continuously, he doesn't want to live a life where he will be challenged once he becomes challengeable.

If he is challenged frequently, his tolerance for error will be too low - no matter how many games he wins, if he loses at least one, he will no longer have the chance to fail next time.

Therefore, it is better to challenge some arenas with slightly higher rankings at the beginning, so as to reduce the frequency of being challenged later.

The fault tolerance rate will increase accordingly.

Moreover, he also believed that as long as they were not the top ones, the gap between the other arenas was really not much different.

"I want to challenge Arena No. 10!"

The host was stunned for a moment, then praised: "Well! Good, you have courage!"

Soon, the student walked onto the stage and made his first challenge.

The performances of the two were very close. In the end, the first challenger narrowly defeated his opponent with an extremely slight advantage and took the No. 10 ring.

The student who was defeated in the challenge felt a little annoyed, but he quickly adjusted his state - what was there to be afraid of, he still had two more chances to challenge!

This is the advantage brought by good early performance.

Other students can only lose twice, but they can lose three times.

After calming down, the student came to the end of the line and waited for the challenge.

The second singer to perform was also a student under Zhuo Zixuan.

Since his mentor had just failed in the challenge, many people at the scene turned their eyes to him with a little curiosity in their hearts.

My mentor just suffered a terrible defeat. As a student, would you think about revenge on your mentor?

For example, challenge the defender in Xu Feng's camp?
Everyone is looking forward to this scene.

Variety shows are always more interesting when there is quarreling... and Zhuo Zixuan just embarrassed himself, so he must want to save some face now.

In Xu Feng's lineup, the weakest one is guarding the No. 11 ring, almost at the bottom position!
To be honest, it is very likely that the challenge will be successful.

Under the expectant gazes of the crowd, the student hesitated for just a second and then looked towards stage No. 12.

The sounds of expectation that had already been heard at the scene suddenly dropped.

Ring No. 12...these are my “teammates”!

Although the program team does not prohibit the occurrence of "civil wars", generally speaking, no one will choose to eliminate their teammates unless they have no other choice.

The production team had similar arrangements, and there would be situations where a civil war would have to happen...but no one expected that this would happen so soon.

Could it be? !
And this student actually said: "Host, teachers, I want to challenge the No. 12 ring."

The whole place was in an uproar!

Zhuo Zixuan's face suddenly became very ugly!

In order to ensure that one of the students advances, they went through multiple rounds of training before the competition... In other words, teammates know each other best.

Judging from the challenger's appearance, he might have prepared his own private goods long ago.

He knows his opponents and his "teammates" very well, but his teammates may not know him that well.

The chance of winning this challenge is probably very high...

Such internal friction is really harmful to a group and a mentor.

Whether they win or lose, their group will lose a ring seat and a challenge opportunity!
It will not have any impact on the situation on the field.

If they weren't recording a show, Zhuo Zixuan would have even wanted to curse.

And as expected, this challenge was a singing challenge.

Relying on the information advantage, the challenger successfully defeated his teammate and stepped onto the No. 12 ring.

The loser came to the end of the team with an angry look on his face.

It looked like he obviously felt he had been betrayed.

This scene shocked everyone present.

"My goodness... This is a real internal fight, huh? They're starting to use tactics and strategies, right?"

"Because I know my teammates better, I made a targeted plan. I challenged them to kill my teammates first?"

"So insidious."

"Look at his teammates. Tsk, tsk, so miserable."

"I really didn't expect that not only did he not challenge Xu Feng's students, but he defeated his own teammates first. Le."

"This variety show is really fun."

"Sure enough, watching other people fighting among themselves is the most interesting thing."

“After this episode airs, I can’t imagine how much discussion it will have online!”

"..."

The host was silent for a moment, then announced the result: "Well... the challenge was successful! Congratulations, let's invite the next contestant to come on stage!"

This is the variety show with the most weirdness she has ever hosted, no doubt about it.

However, the audience was indeed feasting their eyes.

In general variety shows where everyone is just pretending to smile and flattering each other, you never see such exciting scenes.

"..."

Soon, the first round of challenges ended.

Among the 11 arenas, 6 of them had replacements.

This is enough to show how fierce the competition is!
The student who had previously challenged his teammate was also successfully challenged by other students and returned to the queue sequence again.

In the second round of challenges, the student who was previously backstabbed by his teammates and fell off the ring successfully challenged ring No. 9 and once again became the defending student.

However, no one expected that he would be stabbed in the back once again.

That's right! His good teammate once again chose to target him in the second round of challenges, and chose to advance by stepping on his teammate's corpse.

And he succeeded in the challenge.

After being challenged by his teammates for the second time, the atmosphere on the scene had become extremely weird.

Wow, these two good teammates are planning to use up all the challenge opportunities in internal friction, right?

Without anyone challenging them, they eliminated themselves first?
(End of this chapter)