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Chapter 104 103. New Year's Day Concert (Subscription Request)
7:35 in the evening.

Within a few minutes, the New Year’s Eve concerts on various TV stations began one after another.

This is the last fierce battle among several first-tier TV stations every year, and after midnight, the competition for traffic and resources in the next year will continue smoothly.

This is the real battlefield!

Zhuxia, city center stadium.

Tomato TV’s New Year’s Eve concert officially begins at 7:35.

The hosts of the evening party were still the most familiar faces in Taiwan, among whom, the most famous were the top male host Meng Guangtao and the top female host Chen Xi.

The two are the true pillars of Tomato Channel.

There was a bustle in front of the stage.

Behind the scenes, chief director Guo Wei was busy adjusting the camera positions while keeping an eye on the real-time data on the live broadcast page.

The TV ratings won’t be counted until tomorrow.

However, the number of online users and interactions on the live broadcast page are visible in real time.

Because each TV station has signed contracts with multiple video websites at the same time, the website can adjust the recommendation position at any time based on the real-time traffic data of each station, switching the TV station with higher traffic to the most prominent recommendation position.

It’s so direct and so cruel.

Generally speaking, although the New Year’s Eve concert starts at 7:30, the actual traffic peak is between 8:30 and 10 o’clock.

After ten o'clock, the traffic will gradually decrease and reach another small climax at midnight.

After that, things took a sharp turn for the worse until around 1 o'clock.

During the whole process, there may be slight fluctuations due to a certain star appearing on stage, but the overall trend of traffic is strictly allocated according to this time period.

In other words.

8:10 to :, as well as the performance time before midnight, is the golden time for the entire New Year’s Eve concert.

In the hour before 8:, each station is still in the warm-up stage, and the level of traffic on the website backend cannot be used as a basis for judging success or failure.

The real struggle officially began at 8:.

The person scheduled by Tomato Channel to go on stage at 8: was Han Xixi.

In the original plan, Han Xixi's appearance was scheduled between 10:11 and o'clock.

This location is not bad, but it is not prime time.

Considering her newcomer status, Tomato TV thinks highly of her with this treatment.

Later, there was an incident where Han Xixi and her newlywed husband were surrounded at the airport, and it became a hot topic.

Passersby were attracted by the atmospheric photo, and then started to crazily support the couple - even though they didn't even see the man's face.

This popularity immediately made Tomato TV see the traffic potential of Han Xixi.

So after several consultations with Zhou Hui.

Han Xixi's appearance position was adjusted to 10:10 to :.

This position is still not in the golden section, but it is already at the end of the golden section.

This is a slight improvement over the first solution.

Until the chief director Guo Wei heard the song "Nuan Nuan".

After listening to it for the first time, he made a decision and arranged Han Xixi's appearance at 8: - the goalkeeper of the prime time, as the first shot in the battle for traffic among various stations!
When he made this decision, he actually encountered some opposition from the director team.

After all, this period is too important.

As the entrance to the prime time, if the content of this period fails to attract the audience, netizens and viewers will directly switch channels and never come back.

So according to the practice of previous years.

At this time, a superstar or top-level singer will be arranged to appear on stage, and their strong popularity and strength will stabilize the audience on the Internet and TV.

Subsequent programs will gradually build to a climax.

But Han Xixi?

A newcomer, although popular, is not a top star. Why should he take on such an important task?
Everyone’s doubts are completely understandable.

But Guo Wei did not give too much explanation, but made the decision directly, and everyone else had to follow the director's arrangement.

Now.

The number of people watching Tomato Channel's live broadcasts reached 1700 million, second only to its arch-rival Mango Channel, which is a good performance.

Then it was Han Xixi's turn to go on stage.

At this moment, Lin Xiao had already arrived at the stadium and was sitting in the crowded and noisy audience seats.

The ticket Han Xixi gave me was in a good location.

Although it is not the closest to the stage, the view is very good and you can clearly capture everything on the stage.

After standing for an hour, Lin Xiao was actually a little tired.

It’s not that I’m physically tired.

The main reason is that we have been living in peace and tranquility for too long, and suddenly being in such a noisy environment is something I am not used to at first, and it makes my head hurt a bit.

He didn't ask Han Xixi in advance what time he would appear.

Now he just hopes that she won't stay until after midnight, because then he really can't stand it.

Now, he still has enough strength to watch the top brother Meng Guangtao and the top sister Chen Xi take the stage again.

"The next singer to perform is amazing. Even though he's a newcomer, he's very popular and his songs are also very popular..." Meng Guangtao kept the audience in suspense.

Chen Xi naturally followed up: "Oh? Who is it?"

Meng Guangtao took a deep breath: "She is... Sister Xi, guess who she is?"

A "Tao-style turn" immediately drew boos from the audience.

The audience all knew Meng Guangtao's funny hosting style, so the booing was not malicious but rather a form of interesting interaction.

Chen Xi smiled gently: "Then I can't guess it!"

The two of them kept teasing each other like this.

"Can't guess? This singer has a huge connection with you!" Meng Guangtao said.

"Is he related to me?"

"Of course, they are both beautiful women, so they are related!"

"This...thank you for the compliment!"

"Don't be so quick to thank her, her name is pronounced the same as yours!"

"Oh?" "And you are Xi, and they are two... just tell me if they have any connection?"

"Oh...I think I guessed who you're talking about!"

"If you still can't guess it, I'm going to kneel down! Everyone in the audience has guessed it, right?"

Meng Guangtao shouted loudly, and the whole audience responded in unison.

"Han Xixi!!"

The loud shout reached the side stage directly.

Han Xixi, who was already a little nervous, became even more nervous.

Since participating in "The Voice of China" in April, I have accumulated a certain amount of stage experience.

The recent performances have been a hit.

But now, in this stadium with tens of thousands of people, she became uncontrollably nervous again.

I don’t know if it’s because the stage is so big and there are so many audiences.

Or maybe it was because... there was someone in the audience who came specifically to see her performance.

At this moment, there is no point in thinking too much.

She quickly adjusted her breathing and put on her earphones.

Then, listening to the prelude of "Later" in her ears, accompanied by deafening applause and cheers from the audience, she, wearing an elegant white dress, stood on a lift platform and slowly rose to the ground from the bottom.

"Later, I finally learned how to love..."

The voice arrives before the person appears.

The applause from the audience became even louder, but quickly faded away amid the beautiful singing.

This song "Later" has been popular for six years. It is no exaggeration to say that it is everywhere and almost everyone can sing it.

So when Han Xixi started singing, the scene immediately turned into a chorus.

"It's a pity that you have already gone far away and disappeared in the crowd..."

Han Xixi's voice is rather cold and not as sonorous as the original singer's.

But it was also because of this that she broke away from the inherent template formed by the original singer and successfully sang in her own style.

Her version of "Later" became almost the only cover of this song that was accepted by the public.

Many netizens even said so.

Compared to the original singer's cold and hard voice, her voice is more suitable for the regretful feeling of missing first love in this song.

This statement also caused dissatisfaction among the original singer's fans after she appeared on "The Voice of China" for the first time.

The two sides started a small war of words, which also became a hot topic.

Han Xixi quickly became famous because of this.

It even helped this season's "The Voice of China" to become a success, successfully extending the life of this long-running variety show, which was already on the decline, for another year.

From this perspective, there is no reason for Tomato TV not to support Han Xixi.

Now.

The whole audience sang the song "Later" in unison. Tens of thousands of audience members simultaneously recalled their green first love, and even the cold wind at night was filled with a hint of regret.

Among the crowd, Lin Xiao was the only sober one.

He didn't have any feelings for that elusive first love. Instead, he stared at the stage with his eyes fixed on the girl who was singing seriously, and he felt a little dazed.

"Xixi, what you're wearing today... is really beautiful!"

The white dress has long tulle sleeves and a hem that reaches just below the calves. Without excessive cutting and design, it looks elegant and lively, with a bit of girlish playfulness.

Lin Xiao has known her since Autumn. He has never seen such a pure and lively version of her before, which is pleasing to the eyes.

But the night wind is cold.

Han Xixi, however, wanted to keep cool and sang on the stage for more than ten minutes. Even he felt cold for her!

Today is the first time for me to listen to her sing live.

What’s on TV is on TV, and what’s on the Internet is on the Internet.

Last time in Yunzhou, I also watched her performance in the hotel.

But from a distance, and listening to the smoky-voice version of "Later", the feeling was completely different from now.

Now.

He obviously did not reminisce about his first love, but he still followed her sad and lonely singing, which made his heart tremble and filled with tenderness.

This is the charm of music. Even without resonance, it can still move you.

The song ends with "Later".

The scene once again erupted in warm applause and cheers, and many people even began to shout Han Xixi's name, which shows how popular she is.

"Um... the next song is called 'Human World'!"

Han Xixi is a soul singer when he sings, but when he speaks, he returns to being that introverted and silent person.

Lin Xiao couldn't help but feel funny in the crowd.

I could clearly sense that the audience around me were still mired in the regrets of "Later", but the accompaniment of "Human World" had already sounded on the stage.

It caught many people off guard.

"After the storm there may not be a beautiful sky..."

A completely different artistic conception permeates the entire venue.

Just now there was the regret of first love and the lost tenderness, but now it has transformed into the coldness of the world and the splendor of fireworks.

Although this song "Human World" is not as popular as "Later", it is also considered a hot single in the second half of the year.

When it came to the chorus, many people started singing loudly.

Even Lin Xiao started singing along.

As I recalled my experience of traveling through time, I suddenly had a trance-like feeling as if I was traveling in a dream!
The song "Human World" ends.

Hosts Meng Guangtao and Chen Xi walked onto the stage and surrounded Han Xixi.

In the audience, Lin Xiao couldn't help but frown as he watched this scene.

"Aren't we going to sing a new song? Why is the host here?... Is there a change of plan again?"

(End of this chapter)