This star just wants to make more money

Chapter 6: Close to the face and open up

Luohe City TV Station, recording site of the program "God of Tomorrow's Singer".

After the first few dull episodes, those who tried to take advantage of the situation were gradually eliminated, and the program gradually began to move towards a fierce and climax.

"Wang Peng, your voice is good, but your basic skills are lacking, and your proficiency in the song is not enough. You sang four wrong words in just five sentences. To be honest, your overall performance is not bad, but this is a competition for the top eight... Unfortunately, you were eliminated."

Xu Feng was sitting in the lounge. On the big screen in front of him, a contestant was accepting Lin Shenghuan's comments with a look of regret on his face, and finally left the stage sadly.

Contestants like this will get a little bit of attention when the variety show is held, and there will be audiences applauding and cheering for them.

But in a month at most, it will be completely forgotten by everyone, and in the end even the name may not be remembered.

This is the cruelty of the entertainment industry.

There is nothing more terrible than being forgotten.

"Fortunately, I made it to the next round." Xu Feng held up the promotion sign in his hand, "But the first few rounds were just small fights. The songs I sang were fixed by the program team. As long as my singing skills are up to standard, I don't have to worry about not being able to advance."

In the previous competitions, Xu Feng performed extremely stably and always ranked among the top in every round.

What's more, he has the very important bonus of good looks.

Variety shows also need ratings, and good looks themselves can attract a lot of traffic.

This can be seen from the fact that Xu Feng is the most discussed singer among all the singers.

“When it comes to the top 8 to top 5, it’s the most comprehensive challenge.”

From playing to singing, from writing lyrics to arranging music, if you can do any one of them well, you are a rare talent, let alone doing all of them well!

Even with a professional team to assist in the creation, getting good results in the top 8 competition is not an easy task.

At this time, several judges walked into the lounge, sat down casually, and signaled all the contestants not to stand up.

A male judge said solemnly: "First of all, congratulations to everyone for successfully advancing. The upcoming elimination rounds will be even more brutal, and I hope everyone will be mentally prepared."

"I believe everyone has already known about the upcoming 8-to-5 competition in advance. The contestants will play their own accompaniment and sing their own songs on the stage, and have a real fight with other contestants."

"Composition ability, performance ability, and singing ability are all indispensable! Because here, we are the singing gods of tomorrow!"

"..."

"Well said, instructor!"

"Don't worry, I won't embarrass you."

"Haha...get past me first."

The impassioned speeches made many contestants excited again, and they even competed with each other - in this kind of music variety show, it is very normal for different contestants to provoke and dislike each other.

After the lounge quieted down for a while, Lin Shenghuan took over the conversation and continued, "The mentor team will decide the order in which you choose the creative team based on your performance."

“Don’t worry, every creative team is equally professional, but the order at the front allows you to choose a team that suits you very well.”

Xu Feng glanced at Lin Shenghuan who was wearing a bright red cheongsam.

Not to mention, the way she spoke with a stern face really gave her the aura of a cold goddess.

In other words, she appears to be quite aloof on TV most of the time, but in private she is very cheerful and generous.

As if he noticed Xu Feng was looking at him, Lin Shenghuan turned his gaze slightly, paused for a moment, and hooked his eyes: "The first contestant to choose a creative team is Xu Feng."

"Come up, I'll introduce you to our eight creative teams. Remember, you must choose the one that suits you best."

In fact, this is not only an introduction to the contestants on the scene, but also to the audience in front of the screen.

"First of all, I have to make it clear that since this is a joint creation, the copyright will ultimately belong to the entire production team, including the contestants. The specific weight will be stated in the contract later."

"second……"

When Lin Shenghuan continued to speak, Xu Feng raised his hand: "Sister Huan, can you interrupt for a moment?"

By the stage of 8 to 5, Lin Shenghuan only had 2 contestants left, one of whom advanced to the next round at the last place and had almost no potential to move forward - it can be said that this contestant she picked up at the concert is now her only trump card.

Lin Shenghuan raised her red lips slightly and said, "Of course, if you have a lot to say, you can come up and say it. I'll give you the microphone."

"That's not necessary." Xu Feng smiled and waved his hand. "I just want to ask, if I can complete all the lyrics and music by myself, can I not choose a creative team?"

As soon as these words were spoken, everyone in the audience looked at them in surprise.

Not choosing a creative team?!

Does this mean that Xu Feng wants to sing an original composition in such an important competition?

Not only the other contestants, but even the judges showed surprise on their faces.

But this surprise is by no means an endorsement.

Just last year, in the same place, the contestant who advanced as first place was eliminated cleanly with the last place because of his blind confidence and the desire to make a splash with his original work.

Anyone who abandons the creative team at this stage will generally not end up well - this also includes those contestants who have prepared original songs long ago but pretended to have created them on the spot.

The songs composed by the program's creative team cannot be said to be amazing, but at least they are not wrong and they are not unpleasant to the ear.

Everyone admits that Xu Feng has great singing skills, but it is not easy to write original songs. If you are not careful, you may end up becoming a huge laughing stock.

Lin Shenghuan took two deep breaths, and tried to squeeze out a little warning from her charming eyes. She maintained a smile with gritted teeth: "I think you should think about it carefully again." Why can't you think of creating an original work in such an important occasion... Handsome Xu, why are you so impatient!

Wouldn't it be better to win the game steadily?

Only Lin Shenghuan herself knows how important this variety show is to her.

Whether in terms of personal strength, the quality of her works or popularity, Lin Shenghuan is objectively not inferior to her senior singers.

But judging from recognition and album sales, Lin Shenghuan is still one step away from reaching this level of celebrity.

After the variety show is over, she plans to take advantage of the popularity to release her new album, which she has worked so hard on, and make one last attempt to impact this status.

Teaming up with Xu Feng, the two high-level and good-looking "teachers and students" immediately attracted countless eyeballs and brought in a lot of traffic.

She naturally hopes that Xu Feng can advance to a few more rounds or even win the championship - the more outstanding Xu Feng's performance is, the greater the possibility that Lin Shenghuan will have to rise to a higher level!
Xu Feng gave Lin Shenghuan a cryptic look: "I've been very inspired recently, I want to give it a try."

Lin Shenghuan opened her mouth as if she wanted to say something, but considering that this was a variety show shooting scene and that Xu Feng was quite reliable, she didn't say anything in the end. After glaring at him, she turned her eyes away and continued, "Okay, then the second contestant will choose. The rules are..."

"..."

Xu Feng stood there with a normal expression, ignoring those contestants who were gloating.

During the trash talk time after the game, two or three players even mentioned this incident specifically, saying things like "Xu Feng is a very good opponent, but unfortunately he was too arrogant. Choosing originality is tantamount to suicide" and so on.

Obviously, they were very happy to see their strong rival Xu Feng choose an original song.

……

By the time the show was finished, it was already evening.

Xu Feng got on the bus home, casually rejected a girl who wanted to chat on WeChat, took out his mobile phone and put on headphones, intending to listen to some music to relax his body and mind.

Standing on the stage and singing intensively is really tiring... No wonder Lin Shenghuan could fall asleep directly after the concert.

I had just unlocked the screen and hadn't found the song I wanted to listen to when I saw Lin Shenghuan impatiently sending me a message.

"Handsome Xu, can you tell me what surprise you have prepared? You must have something big in store, right?"

Xu Feng randomly selected a song, switched to WeChat, and replied: "Keep it a secret for a moment, trust me, it won't be bad."

Lin Shenghuan did not ask further questions: "Okay, I'll wait. If you feel like you're going to fail, feel free to come to me. As my favorite contestant, I'll make an exception and give you a chance to regret it. Don't think too much about it. The main thing is that I will be embarrassed if none of my contestants make it into the top five."

This woman...there's a big contrast between her on and off stage.

He came here under the pretext of asking about the song, but in fact he wanted to inform me that if I regretted it, I could choose another creative team at any time.

Even though he had already expressed his feelings once, Xu Feng still expressed his feelings again, "She is a beautiful person with a kind heart."

When you get along with this kind of person, your mood will unconsciously improve.

"Thank you, Sister Huan."

"polite."

As soon as the two finished chatting, a new message notification suddenly popped up in the upper left corner of WeChat.

Xu Feng didn't think much about it and exited the current chat box.

Then he saw the message from Green Tea Chen Huihui: "Xu Feng, are you there? I know it was my fault that day... I didn't mean it. Now everyone on the Internet is scolding me. Can you help me clarify it? You will help me, right?"

wipe……

The smell of tea hit him in the face, and all the good mood Xu Feng had just accumulated was instantly washed away.

I have been so busy lately that I forgot to delete her.

Seeing that Xu Feng didn't respond, Chen Huihui sent another message, with a hint of grievance: "Or, you can clarify it on the variety show. Will you agree? You have ignored me for several days... You have never been so cold to me before."

These past few days, Chen Huihui was unable to keep her composure as she read the overwhelming accusations and insults leveled against her online.

She took someone else's concert ticket and said she didn't know the person at the concert. No matter where she put it, there was no room for explanation.

Unless... Xu Feng expresses his opinion himself.

I have already shown that I have given in. Xu Feng should forgive me no matter what. It is not a principled mistake...

While Chen Huihui was fantasizing, Xu Feng abruptly sent her a video link without saying a word.

"what is this?"

Chen Huihui was stunned for a moment and clicked on the video link.

Then she saw a scene that she never wanted to recall in her life - at the concert, Xu Feng was shining brightly and sang the humiliating "Little Crocodile Song" to her in front of thousands of people.

The only word that entered my ears was "idiot".

Chen Huihui angrily opened WeChat and asked, "Xu Feng! What do you mean!"

What she didn't expect was that a big red exclamation mark appeared after this sentence, along with a very warm reminder.

The other party has turned on friend verification, but you are not his (her) friend yet.

(End of this chapter)