I was exposed for adding my female boss to my group of female friends.

"For example, you can use funds to hire people to help with the arrangement, dance, and harmony."

At this point, Chen Liang raised his hand.

The host noticed him, pointed at him, and asked:

"Chen Liang, what's the problem?"

Chen Liang asked, "Could we invite a new singer to perform?"

"No," the host said decisively. "What are you thinking? Of course not."

"Oh." Chen Ya said with a hint of regret.

The host added, "By the way, the lyrics and music can't be done with help from others; they have to be done independently. Jin Lan, you can forget about it."

Jin Lan rolled her eyes.

"Pfft..." Qin Yunshang couldn't help but laugh again.

The live stream chat was flooded with "hahaha" again.

Just how afraid is Chen Liang of Jin Lan?

"I can't take it anymore, his serious-sounding humor is absolutely hilarious!"

The host continued:

"Everyone, please note that you must do the lyrics, music, and singing yourself. You can ask for help with other tasks, but you must ask locals."

"What do you mean by 'local'? Can't we invite someone from China?" Meng Xing asked.

“Yes,” the host said with a smile, “We have three partners in Japan: NIX Idol Training Center, Dongbo Vocal Ensemble, and Soul Era Culture Company. We will provide you with a list of all their musicians so that you can contact them freely.”

In fact, the Qin family holds shares in all three companies; strictly speaking, they are all family members.

More than half of the musicians in these three companies are Chinese and received local music training in Japan.

The reason the program team arranged this segment was to pave the way for these musicians to return to China and develop their careers, hoping to recreate the miracle of a certain idol boy group back then.

He Su said, "I would like to add that although our musicians are all excellent, there are differences in their prices and abilities."

"When selecting partners, pay attention to the use and allocation of funds. Don't spend money blindly. The decision-making power should be shared by all team members. It will also test your wisdom and unity."

When he mentioned the word "unity," he glanced at Jin Lan and Chen Liang, the implication being quite clear.

After He Su finished speaking, the host continued:

"Finally, there is one more small change that I would like to introduce to everyone."

Extend your finger to indicate a very small distance, signifying "a minor change".

The host turned around and announced loudly, "Please welcome our overseas idol youth group to the stage!"

Three young men jogged out from backstage; they all had rosy lips and white teeth and looked quite fresh and youthful.

The host, holding up the microphone, said:

"As a condition for lending you our artists, NIX Idol Club has also sent three trainees to participate in our competition. Come on, the three of you, please introduce yourselves."

Three boys stepped forward one by one, bowed, and said:

"Hello everyone, I am Guo Lichuan."

"Hello everyone, I am Qin Weili."

"Hello everyone, I'm Long Fan."

All three boys had identical neat hairstyles, fair skin, and were quite handsome.

The camera didn't hold back in focusing on the three trainees on stage, snapping away to showcase their good looks.

Many viewers in the live stream immediately reacted.

"These three guys are all good-looking! I didn't expect there to be such high-quality overseas artists."

"It feels like a treasure trove of a show. Not only did it unearth two lovable gems, Jin Lan and Chen Liang, but now it also has a handsome guy."

"Sigh, why are they adding more people? I still want to see the three groups compete against each other."

"The next round will be eliminations. Adding people here will just make them cannon fodder, don't worry."

"That's not necessarily true. Look at what the production team did before. They dared to mess with Jia Yi like that. Who knows, they might even eliminate Qin Yunshang in the next round."

……

After the three young trainees appeared, the host continued:

"These three trainees will join the next round of the competition, and the next round will eliminate two groups of contestants, which means that the next round will be a six-to-four competition."

After the host finished speaking, Jin Lan, Jia Yi, and others sitting in the audience turned even greener.

The addition of three contestants midway through the competition might seem to have given them more leeway, but in reality, it increased the pressure.

With three groups becoming six, aside from those with stable voter bases like Qin Yunshang, the votes of others will be divided up significantly, making it even harder to predict who will ultimately be eliminated.

The host said, "These three trainees will use their own songs to participate in the next round of the competition. Don't think that this is unfair. They are newcomers and have no audience base, so it is also unfair. There is no absolute fairness in this world."

"In three days, two contestants will leave this stage. This may be the last time one of you will stand on this stage. Prepare well."

After he finished speaking, a deathly silence fell over the contestants' seats.

Just as the production team had predicted, this competition was truly a hellish ordeal.

This is too much mental pressure.

Perhaps to ease the tension, He Su stood up and announced an even more pessimistic piece of news:

"To add a little challenge for the songwriters, the next round of the competition will be a themed essay. Please look at the big screen."

On the screen, a line of text appeared: "Love Under the Night".

He Su pointed to the screen: "This is the theme for the next round, please remember it."

Meng Xing quickly pulled out his notebook from his pocket and started writing furiously.

"Love under the night sky? That's a very restrictive theme," Jia Yi muttered to himself.

“Yes, it’s like the subject matter is strictly limited to love songs,” Meng Xing said as he wrote. “It also limits the time frame. The indirect nature of the story also limits its narrative element. It’s so difficult.”

"This is hardly just a slight increase in difficulty!" Jia Yi said with a dark face.

Chen Ya didn't have many thoughts on it. His mind was entirely focused on what to do next.

To be honest, there was a moment when he had the thought of eliminating himself from the competition.

Eliminating myself will give me time to deal with Liulizi's matter, which is better than wasting time here with Jinlan.

But if you think about it calmly, that still won't work.

On the one hand, the production team has its own schedule. If he wants to stay in Japan after being eliminated, he won't be left unattended like he is now. He will definitely be subject to more rigorous questioning.

To avoid being exposed, more complicated disguises and maneuvers would be required.

On the other hand, if he is eliminated, he might be laughed at by Gu Yuqing and the others for more than 20 years.

Gu Yuqing might be watching the live stream right now, secretly chuckling and waiting for him to make a fool of himself.

After thinking it over, it's still more convenient to continue participating in the competition.

Jinlan is difficult to train, so let's write an easier song!

Advancing is tough, so let's make the arrangement even more complicated! Let's use more fancy tricks!

Where vocals are lacking, musicality can compensate.

In addition, since the theme this time is "love under the night sky", Chen Ya just happened to have a song in her mind that was perfectly suited to the current needs.

After announcing the time for the next match, the live broadcast ended.

The viewers in the live stream reluctantly left, as the stage performance was a great success and had already piqued the expectations of even more viewers.

After the event, the production team took all the contestants to the hotel.

The group started the competition after disembarking, and their bodies were already at their limit. As soon as they got back to the hotel, many of them collapsed from exhaustion.

After returning to her room, Jin Lan lay on the bed for a long time.

After lying down for a while, she suddenly got up and resolutely walked towards Chen Ya's room.

She had a lot she wanted to say to him face to face.

If we can't settle things with this person today, things like this will keep happening.

Jin Lan stormed into Chen Liang's room, only to find his door still open. She knocked on the door and peeked inside, only to see Chen Liang engrossed in writing, completely unaware of her arrival.

I tiptoed in and watched as Chen Liang's pen trembled, pausing occasionally before continuing to write.

"What are you doing?" Jin Lan asked from behind Chen Liang.

Chen Liang didn't even turn his head, and lazily replied, "Write a song."

"You've started writing again so soon?" Jin Lan was a little surprised.

She thought she could at least rest for one night and start writing songs again tomorrow.

Is songwriting really that easy? Or is this person just incredibly inspired?

Originally intending to argue, Jin Lan instantly forgot her original thought and asked curiously:

What song did you write?

"Can't you read the lyrics yourself?" Chen Liang said, still annoyed.

Jin Lan bit her lip, resisted the urge, reached for the lyrics lying to the side, and read them aloud:

"Ah Zhen fell in love with Ah Qiang on a starry night..."

Chapter 418 I was bullied by Chen Liang!

Jin Lan read aloud:

"Ah Zhen fell in love with Ah Qiang on a starry night."

"Airplanes flew overhead, and shooting stars streaked across the night sky..."

After reading this, Jin Lan looked at Chen Ya with a strange expression and said:

"What is all this nonsense?"

“These lyrics,” Chen Ya said without even turning his head.

"These are lyrics? They're worse than a primary school student's essay!" Jin Lan said, hands on her hips. "You want me to sing such embarrassing lyrics? I'd rather crawl on the ground!"

"Then you can crawl around on the ground all you want, you can start crawling now."

"you!"

Every time Jin Lan talks to Chen Liang, she gets so angry she feels like she'll die. She feels that if she works with him, her lifespan will be shortened by at least six months.

"Tell me, are you really planning to write lyrics like this?" Jin Lan asked, waving the manuscript paper in her hand. "Weren't your previous lyrics quite good? Slow-burning and gentle, flowing lyrics and such. Why do you have to write this kind?"

Chen Ya smiled, turned to look at her, and said, "Wasn't that so it would be easier for you to remember?"

Jin Lan was taken aback.

Her first reaction was: He actually cares whether I can remember the lyrics?

But she immediately realized that Chen Liang would never care about her.

It's most likely just a sarcastic remark about her poor memory and inability to remember the lyrics.

Thinking of this, Jin Lan's face flushed red again, and she wanted to get angry.

However, it is true that he cannot remember the lyrics, so it is difficult to find a suitable reason to start this trend.

Chen Ya continued writing songs.

"Ah Zhen Fell in Love with Ah Qiang" is the most popular single by the Five People Band, bar none.

Most people probably first heard this song from an anime, which is indeed one of the reasons why it became so popular.

Another reason this song became popular was because of a certain variety show.

In a music variety show in Chen Ya's previous life, Wu Tiao Ren actually won second place, which is enough to show that the tastes of the audience are sometimes really unpredictable.

Ironically, this song is so bizarre, the lyrics are so simple, and the melody, according to the bassist, "wouldn't have been written if they knew even a little music theory," yet it still became a hit.