Tokyo: The evil god doesn't want to be the top star

His handsome appearance, coupled with his naturally charming demeanor, makes him even more feminine than a woman.

"Gudong..."

Xia Fan, Martin, and Jack all felt the temptation of a certain taboo at the same time, and the male genes in their bodies immediately produced a resistance reaction...

The feminine characteristics of Basong cannot be simply explained away as "some habits".

"Ahahaha, we come from different countries, so it's normal to have different living habits and cultural beliefs!"

"That's right, mutual respect is the most basic thing among international friends!"

Xia Fan and Martin laughed it off, trying to dispel the inexplicable forbidden atmosphere in the field.

"Ahem, Mr. Xia is indeed a Dragon countryman who practices Kung Fu. His heart is indeed strong..."

"Even when the online public opinion is in a mess, he still has the mood to laugh and joke with us. His mental quality alone deserves a seven-star rating."

Leaning against the head of the bed and stretching, Jack gave Xia Fan a thumbs up sincerely and cleverly changed the subject.

"Ah? What do you mean..."

Xia Fan tilted his head and asked in confusion.

"Hey, Xia Jun, you haven't been to the Internet cafe today?"

"After the second episode aired this morning, netizens were very excited about your seven stars."

Martin opened the social software and displayed the "hot searches" column.

"I packed my things last night and came here early this morning to complete the formalities. I was originally planning to stay and then slowly watch the second episode..."

"It seems that everyone's focus is on Yayoi Tsuki's score. No one has noticed the performance I carefully prepared?"

Looking at the scolding in the hot search, Xia Fan frowned slightly.

"It's not the audience's fault that they didn't see it. It's because the program team didn't even play your singing and playing performance in its entirety. Only a few seconds of footage was left..."

"However, only letting the audience see what they want to see is a common tactic used by variety shows."

Martin patted Xia Fan's shoulder comfortingly.

"This kind of 'One Cut Plum' is still good. You haven't seen many front-to-back splicing, three-cut-to-one, and more outrageous ones that tempt people to make excuses."

Basong also looked accustomed to it.

Xia Fan, who received the highest number of stars, actually had the least stage time in the main film. The intention of the program crew to deliberately suppress him and create conflicts is self-evident.

"The innocent are innocent. As a trainee participating in the competition, I still have to prove myself with my own strength. Public opinion doesn't matter."

Xia Fan shrugged nonchalantly.

This public opinion was obviously directed at Bethesda and Yayoi Tsuki, but they didn't respond. As a small character caught in the middle, no one would care even if I spoke out to explain.

"Notice, all trainees, please watch the TV in your room immediately!"

"Notice, all trainees, please watch the TV in your room immediately!"

The speaker in the corner of the room suddenly sounded, and the voice of a staff member was heard.

Then, the TV on the wall turned on by itself...

"Dear trainees, congratulations on moving into the dormitory and embarking on a brand new audition journey."

"Now, I will give you the next stage of the task..."

"That is, the theme song MV recording for the "Idol Birth Festival"!"

Goro Kimura, as the "Representative Producer", appeared on TV.

"All trainees need to learn to sing and dance to the theme song of the "Idol Birth Festival" within three days."

"Three days later, the instructor will assess everyone's theme song performance. Only those who pass the assessment will be eligible to participate in the group dance shooting, and the live-action video of everyone singing and dancing will be published on the website for the producers in front of the screen to vote."

"The nine people with the highest number of votes will become the 'representative trainees' of the program and will stand on the 'main stage' in the center to present the theme song MV!"

"Everyone, try your best to stand in the center position!"

"Next, let's take a look at the theme song singing and dancing demonstration given by the program team..."

After announcing a new "task" to the trainees with a smile, Goro Kimura bowed and left the stage.

Then, it was the turn of the choreography teacher and vocal teacher to perform the theme song.

The theme song MV can be said to be one of the most important content planning for idol audition variety shows.

The participating trainees performed a dance together. Such a large-scale group dance with many people is very interesting and is most likely to attract the attention of passers-by.

A MV performance of just a few minutes is easier for passers-by to watch than a feature film that requires several hours of viewing, and then decide whether to follow this variety show.

It can be said that a good theme song MV is the fundamental factor that determines whether the entire variety show can break through the circle and continue to snowball to attract more audiences.

The theme song of "Idol Birth Festival" is called "You Are My God".

The song's accompaniment tends to be the fast-paced electronic music that young people like nowadays, while the lyrics are sweet and cool.

The dance moves were adapted from several folk festival dances in District 11. There are no difficult moves that require physical conditions, but they are very detailed and complex, with very high requirements for rhythm and timing.

"Wow, the dance moves look a bit difficult. It's not something that can be done with zero basic skills..."

"In three days, the dances can be copied, but if the lyrics need to be pronounced accurately, the foreign trainees will have a headache."

The four of them, including Xia Fan, focused on watching the theme song on the TV screen, their expressions gradually becoming more serious...

Within three days, they had to practice singing and dancing this difficult theme song to the point where they could shoot a music video. The task was extremely arduous.

At this moment, through the steel frames and iron sheets with poor sound insulation, one can hear that the accommodation area is already filled with wailing.

Chapter 220 False propaganda

2024-07-13

"Ahem, although it may not be appropriate to say this at this time... However, based on my experience in participating in competitions, some of the 'seed trainees' may have already known about and even practiced this song and dance in advance."

“So, don’t think about practicing separately. If we want to stand at the center of the stage in the theme MV, the four of us must unite and work together…”

Martin, who is experienced in participating in competitions, turned his back to the camera, covered his mouth with his fists, and spoke in a low voice.

"You're right. Then you and I will be responsible for breaking down the movements, and then we can all rehearse the dance together."

Basong thought for a moment and suggested in a sweet voice.

"How about letting Jack and I work on the song part and then lead everyone to sing it together?"

Xia Fan took the initiative to take over the song part.

"I have no problem with that. I'll give it my all."

Jack spread his hands.

Xia Fan was from the Department of Music at Tokyo University of the Arts. He was also very good at playing the electronic keyboard and was the person who spoke the most standard dialect in District 11. It was of course a great pleasure to have him help practice the song.

"So, everyone in Room 501, are you ready to live in the practice room for the next three days..."

Martin licked his front teeth excitedly and stretched forward the back of his hand.

"Of course."

"Give it your all."

"come on!"

Xia Fan and the other two people placed their palms on top of each other.

……

"OK, theme song task released, this section of recording is complete."

In the recording room, Manjiro Akimoto was staring at the monitor.

Through the various cameras at the recording site, we can see that after watching Goro Kimura's "Theme Song Challenge Mission" video, many trainees couldn't wait to rush to the practice room.

"In the remaining three days, you just need to focus on collecting video footage of the trainees' rehearsals and daily lives, especially 'those' people..."

"If there's nothing else, I'll leave first. I promised to participate in an outdoor activity at my daughter's school."

He stood up and stretched, then gave instructions to Assistant Director Souta.

"Understood. We will focus on the people on the list. You can rest assured and leave this to us."

Assistant Director Souta nodded in understanding.

After the recording of the last segment, while the trainees were rehearsing the theme song, the director could take a break for three days...

But the hard-working program crew still has to maintain the operation of this "temporary base" and continue recording the program with the "fixed camera + mobile photographer" method.

"By the way, how's the broadcast data for the second episode?"

Akimoto Manjiro asked again.

"The second episode of our show ranked first in real time among variety shows of the same period, and ranked first in historical data comparison of similar programs, and overall exceeded expectations by 50%..."

“Real-time broadcast data is still growing and setting new records.”

"It's only the first stage, but we've already received so much playback and attention. This is all thanks to your wise decision, Director Akimoto!"

After taking a look at the real-time data in the background, Assistant Director Cao Tai skillfully took a series of photos of the horses.

Generally speaking, for idol talent shows, the data rises after the theme song MV is officially released...

At that time, most of the publicity and promotion resources of the entire program will be concentrated on promoting the theme song to break the circle and attract traffic.

But right now, the number of views and public attention of the second episode have already skyrocketed. This is naturally due to the fact that a series of topics about Yayoi Tsuki and Xia Fan were fully hyped up, which triggered a wave of public opinion.

"Humph, hyping up topics is just a routine operation, there's nothing strange about it."

Putting on the coat held up by Assistant Director Souta, Manjiro Akimoto remained calm on the surface, but was still somewhat happy inside.

He edited Xia Fan's first stage performance in a "Spring and Autumn style". Not only did he use Yayoi Tsuki's popularity to ignite the show's topic, he also suppressed the Burning System and Xia Fan, and by the way, he let those "seed trainees" stand in the role of being unspokenly ruled to gain sympathy. It can be said that he achieved three goals with one stone.

"correct……"

Thinking of this, he turned around and took a look at the footage of Xia Fan’s dormitory.

There, Xia Fan and three other international trainees were doing the "hand-in-hand" cheering gesture.

"Originally, I was worried that this guy couldn't handle the public opinion and it would affect the next recording..."

"It seems that Xia Fan doesn't care about the comments online, or maybe he doesn't know much about the influence of online public opinion?"

"It's great to be young..."

Looking at Xia Fan who seemed to be doing normal in front of the camera, Akimoto Manjiro smiled coldly.

"Cao Tai, do you know that there is an old saying in the Dragon Country that water can carry a boat, but it can also capsize it..."

"Popularity and public opinion are both double-edged swords. They can make people feel superior and invincible, but they can also make them fall into the abyss and be shattered to pieces."

Looking at the youthful and hopeful trainees on the monitor, Manjiro Akimoto, who has witnessed the ups and downs of countless groups from the first to the third generation of girl groups, sighed with vicissitudes of life.

"Director, this is terrible. A large number of netizens have gone to the official account of the program, the TV station, and various online broadcasting platforms to give our program negative reviews and to file complaints and protests..."

"All the broadcasting platforms and sponsors called us and asked us to 'handle' it."

As Akimoto Manjiro just walked to the door, an executive director hurried over.

"Leave a message to protest? Leave a bad review? With such a wonderful program, what are they dissatisfied with?!"

This sudden news made Akimoto Manjiro both angry and amused.

"The main point they accused us of was that we were engaged in false propaganda and did not broadcast Xia Fan's debut performance in the main program!"

"Huh? False publicity. When did we promote Xia Fan's debut performance?"

But the executive director's next answer left him even more confused.

"Our colleagues in the publicity and promotion department quickly traced the whole story and found that the cause of everything was this video that was uploaded simultaneously on various platforms starting yesterday..."

The executive director handed over the tablet and clicked on a video.

"This...this is..."

Staring blankly at the video content, Akimoto Manjiro's pupils gradually dilated...

"Xia Fan's first stage performance? Or the complete version from the host position?"

The content of the video is Xia Fan's first stage performance video, which was shot with a fixed camera and not edited.