Huayu: Traffic is king

Chapter 67 The Familiar Smell of Tea

"Li Quanzhe!!"

"You Changjing!!!"

"Gu Jingyi!! Xiaojing!!!"

"Ah ah ah ah ah--"

The audience's screams boiled over again, giving enthusiastic support to their performance.

Zhang Yixing reappeared, standing next to Gu Jingyi and smiling, saying, "Thank you for your performance. This song feels like a very well-performed performance. 'What I Miss' is a relatively sad love song. How did you understand this song? Did anyone come to mind when you sang it?"

After praising the entire group, in order to give the trainees more opportunities to perform on stage, Zhang Yixing started to cue the process and asked questions.

This question itself is actually quite normal, probably because the trainees in "What I Miss" are almost all highly popular contestants. "Idol Producer" has only aired three episodes, and their backgrounds have been thoroughly exposed.

After Fan Chengcheng was exposed for intimate photos with an internet celebrity-looking woman, Chen Linong's situation became even more bizarre. Not only was his manager's dark past exposed, but he was also exposed for using a secondary Instagram account to interact intimately with an amateur beauty. The two exchanged likes and even exchanged intimate items like underwear and perfume.

Later, it was discovered that he had liked and followed many hot girls who were wearing revealing clothes and behaving boldly on social networks.

It’s not that there’s anything wrong with having a girlfriend or following hot girls, but it’s a far cry from the super shy and super innocent character that Chen Linong showed in his self-introduction and in the derivative works…

In the past few days, even the staff of the Rubber Entertainment trainees in the program have been making sarcastic remarks about Chen Linong in their circle of friends, saying that he is two-faced.

Gu Jingyi thinks that being in love or being a playboy is fine.

However, if the character you set is very different from your true personality, you must be mentally prepared for backlash.

As soon as Zhang Yixing asked this question, Chen Linong broke into his signature grin and said, "Because I have no experience in this area, I really can't find the feeling when I sing. After consulting Jingyi, I discussed with Changjing how we should imagine each sentence..."

Wonderful, a very standard tea-flavored speech. While establishing a pure and innocent persona for himself, he also secretly framed Gu Jingyi.

But most of the fans in the audience did not buy it, and there were even boos from the area where Gu Jingyi's fans gathered.

Originally, the "Jing Fei" had no feelings for Chen Linong. Throughout the entire "Idol Producer" competition, no contestant caught their eye. Even when facing Kun Kun, the "Jing Fei" ignored him with a haughty attitude.

Chen Linong? Who cares!

Before the "Second Public Performance", his love affairs had already been thoroughly exposed, with both men and women secretly showing off their love affairs on social platforms.

You're already giving each other underwear, and you're still pretending!
After Chen Linong said this, the "Jing fans" in the audience were extremely angry.

Among all the trainees, Gu Jingyi has no romantic scandals! All the revelations from his classmates who went to school with him were all made under the agreement!

Chen Linong, huh? He's really good at pulling people down. He can't clear himself of the blame, so he just wants to sink with them!
Zhang Yixing looked at Chen Linong deeply, with a flash of mockery in his eyes.

He has been in the circle for many years, so he naturally knows that this guy has backfired.

"So what about Jingyi? I heard that everyone asked you how to sing this sad love song. Who were you thinking of when you sang it?"

Zhang Yixing cued Gu Jingyi, and the audience erupted in screams again. Beneath a sea of ​​black and gold cheering signs, a few heart-wrenching cries of "Jingyi——" were mingled.

Gu Jingyi smiled and said, "I will think about my fans"

"what?!"

There were bursts of cheers from the audience. In fact, fans were also afraid of hearing the description of "sister-in-law" or "ex" from their idols.

No girlfriend fan can accept that their brother is in love. They naturally reject any woman who tries to get close to their brother.

But his girlfriend fans are also very clear that with a face like Gu Jingyi's, it is impossible that he has no love history.

As long as Gu Jingyi doesn't make it public, they can pretend not to know.

When Gu Jingyi was asked this question, the "Jing Fei" were so nervous that they forgot to breathe.

After hearing Gu Jingyi say "I will think about my fans", they were stunned by this sudden pie in the sky.

I am so happy. It turns out Xiaojing cares about us so much.

Before they met Gu Jingyi, they had never thought that chasing stars could be a two-way journey with their idols.

Even if they travel thousands of miles to attend fan meetings, the gifts they bring are categorized by their idols. When they finally get to interact with their idols, their idols will complain that the gifts are "too tacky." Fans who defend their idols despite being labeled "brainless fans" are not fools.

It’s just that the past love cannot be taken back for the time being, so I choose to sink into it soberly.

It was not until they met Gu Jingyi that they understood what it meant to run towards each other in both directions.

Gu Jingyi on the big screen nodded and continued, "I miss all the days with you behind me, so whenever I think about losing you, I feel sad."

He curled the corners of his mouth, and his eyes were full of sincerity when he spoke.

"Ah... no wonder Jingyi, you sang this song so affectionately."

Zhang Yixing nodded and cooperated very well.

Some fans in the audience covered their faces and almost cried on the spot.

Chen Linong's face froze, he seemed to have really messed up.

Having fans is a compulsory course for idols, and Gu Jingyi directly contributes to the ceiling level of fans.

Chen Linong really lost both the wife and the army, and once again served as a stepping stone for Gu Jingyi to abuse his fans.

Later, You Changjing and Li Quanzhe's responses were also very subtle, "movies" and "family." They all had the same tacit understanding that they would not move closer to lovers.

You can only choose safe answers, and even if they are not brilliant, you will not make mistakes.

After everyone in the group had spoken, Zhang Yixing said, "Next is the moment that will decide your fate. Citizen Producers present, please take out your voting devices and start voting."

As soon as he finished speaking, every audience member pressed the voting button.

"Three, two, one, voting is over!"

As soon as the audience finished voting, a special effect suddenly appeared on the big screen behind the trainees.

The number of votes for each trainee will also appear after the special effects are completed.

【Chen Linong 78 votes】

As soon as the vote count was announced, Chen Linong's face changed. He pursed his lips and forced himself to look sad but strong.

After all, he is a top-ranked contestant, so it is understandable that Chen Linong's votes in the Vocal group are not as good as You Changjing's.

But since he couldn't beat Li Quanzhe, who didn't even make it to the debut position, it can only be said that Chen Linong was courting death.

After his performance, his despicable behavior of trying to drag Gu Jingyi down with him reminded the audience of the first public performance. In order to support Chen Linong, the program team suppressed the votes of Gu Jingyi, Cai Xukun and other top contestants.

He also deliberately created a "performance ranking" to make everyone support Chen Linong and let this guy stand next to Gu Jingyi.

Of course, Chen Linong became the hatred of everyone. Seeing his hypocritical smiling face reminded them of the number of votes that were suppressed for their brother.

But the instigator did not know how to restrain himself and even teased Gu Jingyi, the "victim" in front of everyone.

I'm sorry, Chen Linong doesn't even have a neutral vote anymore.

Even when Zhang Yixing announced his vote count, there was booing from fans in the audience.

【Li Quanzhe 175 votes】

He glanced at his vote count, smiled, and applauded. It was obvious that he was very satisfied with the result.

The second one got caught cheating and had to miss a test. So the last one would naturally be the second to last one.

【You Changjing 313 votes】

There's nothing much to say about this. You Changjing's vocals are indeed quite impressive among the trainees. He's only a notch below Gu Jingyi, so it's easy for him to pull away from the others.

“Ahhh, Gu Jingyi!!”

When Gu Jingyi's vote count was about to be announced, cheers resounded throughout the venue.

The screen began to scroll, and finally announced his vote count of 434 votes.

"What I Miss" was the last group in the vocal category, and "Xiaoban" was performed before "What I Miss." Zhou Rui, the center of the group, who had successfully lost weight and had long hair, unexpectedly won first place in the group.

However, his votes did not even reach 400, and Gu Jingyi easily won first place in the group and first place in the Vocal category with 434 votes.

I don’t know if it’s a coincidence, but so far in the show, all the trainees in the top circle have not received many votes.

Although Gu Jingyi's 434 votes are not a huge C, it is enough to stand out from the crowd.

He returned to the backstage lounge and found that only Chen Linong among the team members was called to prepare for the interview.

Even with his toes, Gu Jingyi could predict that after the second public performance was broadcast today, Chen Linong's votes would be a blow to his loyal fans, and "Nong Nong is not smiling anymore" would become a hot search.

In this way, after the "Second Duke" leaves the stage, the more the "Jing Fei" scold Chen Linong for his gossip, the more his fans will be purified and grow rapidly.

With just a little effort, the program team was able to "help" Chen Linong, who was about to be kicked out of the upper circle due to over-performance.

Wonderful! Has Gu Jingyi really become the "big villain"? Is it so easy to ride on the popularity of Emperor Jing?

Gu Jingyi, who is familiar with the fan circle ecosystem, quickly came up with a countermeasure.

Let’s wait and see after the “Second Public Performance” is broadcast.

The performances of the following groups of trainees also ended quickly. They were almost all composed of low-popularity trainees and the response was mediocre.

After everything was over, the same rules as the previous "first public performance" were followed. All fans left the venue in an orderly manner, and the audience rankings for the second performance were announced again.

Gu Jingyi's votes once again took the lead, and he once again verified the saying: in the face of absolute strength, all conspiracies and tricks are in vain.

It’s not like the program team didn’t touch Gu Jingyi. Some of his passerby tickets were distributed to other trainees, and no one dared to do anything too drastic.

The show is still going on, and Cai Xukun ranked 15th in the votes this time. He did not receive any additional votes and ranked 15th overall.

Although 15 more votes were added, it did not mean much to Cai Xukun, who was firmly in second place.

But the successive failures also made Cai Xukun feel bitter.

He had just gotten over the loss to Gu Jingyi, but then lost to other top players.

After the second public recording was completed, the trainees who had been busy with a week of intense competitions once again had a holiday.

(End of this chapter)