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

"Drip drip..."

With the computing power of the national-level "quantum computer", the crawler program that monitors public opinion about "Xia Fan" in real time popped up a prompt.

"This is……"

Being disturbed, Yui Aiba moved closer to the screen with a seductive look.

The system prompts that amid the originally favorable public opinion regarding "Xia Fan", a lot of noise has gradually appeared.

The popularity of negative keywords such as "Xia Fan lip-syncing", "Xia Fan electric eel", and "Xia Fan tuning" began to rise quietly.

After tapping the keyboard a few times with her wet fingers, Aiba Yui figured out the cause of the incident.

An hour ago, a member of the original male singer group of "Prayer" commented on Xia Fan's team's performance on their official account...

It is quite normal for the original singer to comment on the cover, and it cannot even be considered as riding on the popularity of the song.

"That's amazing! If it were me, even if I could sing the high notes of four people, my breath would definitely not be so steady."

His comments, if you just look at the content, are very positive and there is nothing wrong with them.

But among the fans of the original male singer group, they tasted a different flavor...

Our own GieGie is a boy band idol who has debuted for several years. Even if he is not the top star, he is still first-rate...

How could it be possible that when singing my own song, I would not be as good as a trainee who is participating in a talent show?

There can only be one truth...

That is, in order to ensure the program effect and prevent all international trainees from being eliminated, the "Idol Birth Festival" production team not only made fake tickets on the spot, but also "edited" Xia Fan's voice during post-production.

Some curious netizens found the singing videos of Xia Fan in campus singing competitions and first stage, and repeatedly analyzed them, and came up with various conclusions as evidence, such as "Xia Fan had never even sung the C1 note before", "Xia Fan's vocal range is baritone", "There is only emotion but no skills", etc.

As a result, more and more accounts began to spread public opinion in the middle of the night with similar copywriting, claiming to have "hardened" Xia Fan's "audio editing", and even said that he re-recorded and replaced the audio track later...

"The management company of the original singer of "Prayer" is J-company. They made such a weird comment at this time, and the fans just happened to over-interpret it..."

"Hey, the signs of planning are too obvious. They are obviously jealous of Lord Xia Fan's popularity and deliberately create negative public opinion. Do they think that we, the "Midsummer Shrine", are vegetarians?

With both hands tapping on the keyboard, Aiba Yui led the AI ​​accounts and the summer sick people who were still staying up late to present evidence one by one with netizens, confronting each other tit for tat...

……

"Ah? They said the production team helped me fix the sound, and even re-recorded and replaced the audio track? They're pretty nice, right?"

"By the way, did you really help me fix it? How did it go?"

"And there's the matter of re-recording, how come I don't know about it..."

Early the next morning, Xia Fan was awakened by a call from Higashino Yoshihide.

"You haven't woken up yet, have you?"

"The show was aired three days after recording. The production crew must have lost all their hair doing post-production. How could they have the time to do audio editing, re-recording or changing the audio tracks for you?"

"There's a lot of debate going on online right now about this. Everyone's focus has shifted from the wonderful effects on stage to whether you were lip-syncing. I'm sure many passersby who were originally planning to vote for you will be shaken by this..."

"This must be a trick played by those agencies. They want to use negative public opinion to entangle you and waste the voting window..."

Hearing that Xia Fan looked sleepy and totally out of his mind, Higashino Yoshie became even more irritated.

Chapter 272 Deep Sea Fisherman

2024-07-13

"Asshole, there are only two days left until the first elimination vote count is counted. I have to think of a way to prove my innocence quickly..."

"Oh, right, take a video right now, pretending to be practicing singing, reproducing those four high notes, and post it online using your personal account!"

Dongye thought quickly and made a suggestion to Xia Fan.

"No, I signed a contract with the show, did you forget?"

"Before the show is broadcast, all public comments, photos and videos on the artist's account on the Internet must be reviewed by the program team."

"Even if I post it, those people on the Internet can still say that the audio track of the video I posted was changed or the sound was edited."

Xia Fan yawned, obviously not optimistic about this suggestion.

"What you said does make sense. I was too impatient. The best way to deal with it right now is to not respond and keep the controversy going to maintain attention..."

"However, if negative public opinion appears during this critical window period, a lot of popularity votes will be lost..."

Higashino Yoshihide also gradually calmed down.

Negative public opinion is always like "it takes only one mouth to spread rumors, but it takes a lot of effort to refute them"...

In the absence of direct evidence sufficient to launch a direct counterattack, responding will only excite the opponent more and is worse than giving the cold shoulder.

"As for popularity votes... well, I'm currently, still in first place..."

"Based on my current state, even if I stay where I am, no one should be able to catch up with me in two days..."

Xia Fan took a look at the real-time popularity rankings on the program’s website and felt even less concerned.

Because the first round of competition was over and entered the "first round of survival battle", the rankings temporarily divided into international group and local group were merged together again.

He had already accumulated 1.35 million votes when he filmed the theme song, 1.4 million votes for the performance, and 500,000 votes for the five-star rating. During the recording and broadcast of the latest episode in the past few days, he naturally gained hundreds of thousands of votes...

As of now, Xia Fan tops the list with a despairing popularity value of four million.

Hirano Yuta, who is “closely following” in second place, only has 2.5 million...

"That's true... that's true..."

"Then, let's just ignore it until we can come up with a better solution..."

After being reminded by him, Higashino Yoshihide seemed to take a look at the popularity ranking and looked relieved.

"Wait, the personal account of 'Deep Sea Fisherman' just released new updates, and it seems to be about you..."

"Hey, hey, hey, this guy said he's going to do a live broadcast to 'hammer' you!"

However, his tone, which had just relaxed, suddenly became high-pitched again.

"Deep-sea fisherman? Hit me? What does this guy do? I've never heard of him..."

The phone was on speakerphone and Xia Fan, who had fallen back on the bed at some point, asked in a daze.

"This guy is a relatively well-known blogger who specializes in lip-syncing..."

"There were a few stars who used the original CDs in their concerts before, but he analyzed the tracks and hammered them out, and then this guy became famous."

"Later, he simply specialized in evaluating various live lip-syncing videos, and idols who liked to sing with the 'half-open mic' the most became the hardest hit."

"This time, I guess a lot of netizens tagged him, and this guy saw that there was traffic to be gained, so he came here."

"The live broadcast reservations have cost hundreds of thousands. Although not responding is the best solution, it's always uncomfortable to watch these 'piranhas' coming to rub against you..."

Dongye was still chattering, but the only response from the other end of the phone was a faint snoring.

"Xia Fan? Hello, are you still there? Did you fall asleep again? Aren't you too careless?"

……

"The entertainment industry is like the deep ocean. Today, the old fisherman is going to hunt those small fish that are 'all show and no substance' again. Hehehehe..."

"Everyone, everyone, the show is about to begin. Good morning..."

"What? Are you tired of hearing the opening line? Let's change it. Do you know how much time and effort I put into designing and practicing the lighting, movements, angles, and tone?"

Just when Xia Fan was taking a nap, an account with the ID "Deep Sea Fisherman" started a live broadcast on a social media platform called X.

"I suddenly received so many private messages early in the morning, and some people gave me a lot of gifts and asked me to appraise the "Idol Birth Festival" stage. I was a little overwhelmed..."

"It's just started and there are already 500,000 likes. It seems that this trainee named Xia Fan is very popular."

"What, it's currently ranked number one? No wonder...

"I just searched it and he is really handsome. Even a middle-aged uncle like me has my heart beating faster..."

"I wonder if it's the same silver-plated spear head as the previous ones?"

In the live broadcast, there is a middle-aged fat otaku wearing a shark mask, and next to him are a variety of professional-grade music equipment that only music enthusiasts can name.

"Okay, okay, I was wrong. Stop sending rotten eggs and get straight to the point."

"Thank you for your private message bombing invitations. I specially held this surprise live broadcast to identify the performance stage of the third episode of "Idol Birth Festival" you specified, the last song "Prayer"."

"As usual, I would like to make a statement in advance. I hereby promise that, apart from the income from gifts in the live broadcast room, I will not accept any funds from any individual or group. When evaluating songs, I will only use data and indicators. Whether it is 'lip-syncing' is left to the audience to judge for themselves."

"Then let's get started..."

After a solemn and skillful "disclaimer", "Deep Sea Fisherman" opened the latest episode of "Idol Birth Festival".

"Well, just by listening, he sang four sections in one breath with plenty of breath and emotion. He is indeed an amazing tenor."

"If this is the effect on the scene, then this Xia Fan is not the type I thought he would be, relying solely on his looks to get ahead."

While editing the clip of "Prayer" by Xia Fan's team, he also carefully appreciated this stage performance and looked full of praise.

"Of course, as always, the human ear is easily deceived."

“So, we have to use software that doesn’t lie to analyze it carefully.”

Having said this, "Deep Sea Fisherman" imported this stage video into professional music production software.

"Well, for this stage, I will use the live concert video of the previous team that sang the same song, as well as the original male singer of "Prayer", as the basis for comparative analysis."

"The budget is limited and the computer is slow. The video is very large, so please bear with me..."

He was obviously very good at vocal identification, and he skillfully imported the stage videos of Kishiyo's team, as well as the most popular live version of the original boy band.

"Thank you all for the gifts... Have the simultaneous calls exceeded 700,000? That's too much. This is the first time so many people have come..."

As the import progress bar slowly moved forward, the number of users that continued to pour into the live broadcast room also refreshed the recent live broadcast data record of "Deep Sea Fisherman".

Chapter 273 Eating Melons and Enduring the End

2024-07-13

Some of the users who entered the live broadcast room were "Summer Disease" who supported Xia Fan, some were fans of the original singer team of "Prayer", some were fans of other trainees of the idol birth festival, and some were "interested people" who maliciously attacked Xia Fan...

The majority, of course, are those who just want to enjoy the show online.

For a moment, the extremely complicated live broadcast room was in chaos, and the barrage of comments rolled at a speed that was completely invisible.

"Stop arguing. Whether it's real singing or lip-syncing, everyone should have the answer in their hearts right away..."

“Some people asked, why not compare it with the official MV?”

"The original version of the official release has been retouched, so what reference value can it have? Let's just compare and identify the three live stage tracks."

The loading bars of the three videos finally reached the 100% mark. At the urging of the audience, the "Deep Sea Fisherman" did not hesitate and started the analysis directly.

"Well, let's start from the opening part."

"Friends who often read my analysis know that vocal tracks with large fluctuations, unstable breath, or out-of-tune are generally those that have not been post-edited or backed up..."

"As you can see, the live version of the original male group has a very obvious sawtooth fluctuation in the track, and only the pre-recorded harmony part is smoother..."

"There's nothing we can do about it. The studio version was recorded many times, and the post-production also involved repeated sound adjustments. There will be singing and dancing on the live stage, so it's normal for the breath to be disordered and the pitch to be off..."

He first gave a “sample explanation” of the original male group’s live stage track.

"Then, the trainees who played the same piece of music and performed on the same stage as Xia Fan all used the same set of live vocal equipment, which is also very valuable for reference. Let's take a look..."

When the stage of "Prayer" by An Ziyao's team opened, "Deep Sea Fisherman" was stunned for a moment...

"Huh? Wait..."

He superimposed the sound track of Kishiyo's team on the sound track of the original boy band.

"Hey, you must be kidding. Look everyone, the sound track has been flattened!"

If the original boy band's track is like ups and downs, then Zi Yao's team's track is like a flat river...

"The production team obviously overdid it in the later stages. The entire song was completely flattened."

"No wonder, when I heard it before, I felt a surge of electricity, hahahahahaha..."

Pulling back quickly, the "Deep Sea Fisherman" let out a terrifying laugh like "Hunting Time".

He was originally a vocal music-related behind-the-scenes person, and he had always been frustrated in his career, so what he hated most were those celebrities who made money by "lip-syncing"...