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

Chen Ya said, "As long as Jin Lan doesn't cause any problems, there won't be any issues."

"Wow!" Meng Xing said, "Pretty confident, huh!"

As they walked and talked, Meng Xing turned his head and glanced behind Chen Ya. There were three unfamiliar women standing there, obediently following behind Chen Ya.

He felt inexplicably familiar with the three people, but he couldn't remember where he had seen them before.

However, he wasn't that perceptive and didn't think about it in detail.

Chen Ya said, "You seem more confident. Did you not encounter any creative blocks this time?"

Meng Xing smiled wryly and puffed out his chest, saying, "Of course! This time, we'll definitely win!"

Meng Xing is a bit of a maverick; although he always acts exaggeratedly, he can write songs very quickly.

He used to procrastinate when writing songs, but this time the production team forced him to do so, which unleashed his inner potential, and he finished the song in a day.

"This time, I asked Mr. Bachang to arrange the music for me. Have you heard of him?"

"Have not heard."

"Anyway, he's very strong," Meng Xing said.

"Oh."

Chen Ya wasn't very interested in talking and his reaction was lukewarm, so the two didn't continue. Lu Chujiu seized the opportunity and weakly said to Chen Ya:

"Brother Chen Liang, your 'Plum Jam' has recently become a huge hit."

"Oh." Chen Ya replied calmly, as if he thought "Plum Jam" was destined to be a hit.

“Your score should have surpassed the others,” Lu Chujiu said. “In that case, you’ll be in first place in the first round. Congratulations!”

"Okay," Chen Liang said.

As they walked, they turned a corner and saw Jia Yi and Qin Yunshang.

Upon seeing Chen Ya, Jia Yi gave him a hostile look before turning and leaving.

The conflict between Jia Yi and him had become almost public, so this reaction was not surprising. Qin Yunshang smiled at him instead.

Meng Xing was extremely nervous. He whispered to Chen Ya beside him:

"I think you shouldn't make things so tense with Jia Yi. We should unite against them and take down those Japanese trainees."

Chen Ya shrugged: "It's not that I wanted to have a falling out with him."

Meng Xing shook his head and smiled.

It seems so.

Qin Yunshang walked ahead, thought for a moment, then looked back at Chen Ya, and then looked at him again.

"What's wrong?" Jia Yi asked from behind.

"It's nothing," Qin Yunshang shook her head. "It's just a feeling... never mind."

She had a strange feeling that the three unfamiliar staff members behind Chen Liang looked quite familiar.

But although it looked familiar, I just couldn't remember where I had seen it before.

The group arrived on stage, the production team made some adjustments, and the show officially began.

As the show began, countless viewers flooded into the live broadcast room, only to be met with a thunderous opening scene as the lottery was already underway on stage.

Six singers and the names of the songs they were going to sing popped up on the screen.

The songs by the three trainees were either in English or contained symbols that were difficult to understand; while Jia Yi and Meng Xing's songs both had two-character titles.

This makes Jin Lan and Chen Liang's song titles seem particularly...special.

"Haha, what's 'Ah Zhen Fell in Love with Ah Qiang'? Sounds kind of funny!"

Are these two planning to take comedy to the extreme?

"What kind of song is this? The title sounds like something a country bumpkin would say. Are they really serious?"

"Maybe they felt they couldn't win, so they gave up. You see, Chen Liang had a conflict with Jin Lan back then."

"What do you know! I want to hear 'Ah Zhen Fell in Love with Ah Qiang' right now! Give me 'Ah Zhen Fell in Love with Ah Qiang'!"

And it was indeed as the audience wished.

"Ah Zhen Fell in Love with Ah Qiang" successfully drew the last lot and went on stage last for the grand finale performance.

Chapter 422 Popping Champagne!

Ever since they saw the names of Jin Lan and Chen Liang's show, the live stream chat went wild.

I kept seeing comments like, "I want to hear 'Ah Zhen Fell in Love with Ah Qiang,' please let me hear 'Ah Zhen Fell in Love with Ah Qiang'!"

In this way, everyone knows that there will be a song called "Ah Zhen Fell in Love with Ah Qiang" later.

With just the song title, it generated a lot of buzz and raised audience expectations, which can be said to be at the forefront of live streaming effectiveness.

The contestants were all seated in the first row of the stage, directly facing the camera, so that the camera could be switched at any time to capture their expressions. Chen Ya was seated at the very back.

The production team didn't assign seats to the non-staff members, so Shiina and the other two had no seats.

Shiina Apple said to Chen Ya in Japanese, "Mr. Ya, shall we go backstage first?"

Chen Ya nodded and said, "Then I'll have to trouble you for a bit. By the way, I'm sorry to have taken up your time these past few days."

"What are you saying? Mr. Ya helped me so much before, and it's only been two days. Of course I have to come and help."

Utada also said, "I haven't had much to do lately, and I've learned a lot from rehearsing with Teacher Chen Ya."

"I wish the teacher could write another song for me." Miyuki Nakajima stuck out her tongue. "Just kidding."

Chen Ya smiled and said, "Okay, write it. I've been thinking of writing a song called 'I Once Thought of Ending It All,' which I think would suit you perfectly."

Miyuki Nakajima was taken aback: "'I Once Thought of Ending It All'?"

Chen Ya then turned to Shiina Apple and said, "You have one too, and I also have a song called 'Queen of Kabukicho'."

Shiina Apple exclaimed in surprise: "The Queen of Kabukicho?"

He then said to Utada Teru, "I have another song called 'One Last Kiss' that I'll play for you later. It might suit you."

Utada Teru's eyes widened: "One Last Kiss?"

"Yes, these are all tailor-made for you. If you don't like them, you don't have to pay."

The three of them made the arrangements perfectly in an instant, and were overjoyed, bowing deeply in gratitude.

For some reason, when Chen Yaguang mentioned these three names, the three of them felt a strange sense of familiarity.

It's as if these three song titles have a particularly close connection with them in some mysterious way.

The three of them went backstage. He Su, who was sitting in the middle, turned his head and looked at the brief commotion with a puzzled expression.

He also felt that these three people looked so familiar.

Is this feeling of encountering vaguely familiar faces in a foreign land a kind of homesickness?

Jin Lan turned to look at Chen Ya and couldn't help but ask, "What exactly did you say to them?"

"It's nothing." Chen Ya was too lazy to explain to her.

"You can speak Japanese?"

"I studied in Japan before." Chen Ya still remembered his own background.

"Oh, right, I remember now." Jin Lan nodded.

So, those three people were probably people Chen Ya met while studying abroad.

Because of this incident, Jin Lan actually thought more highly of him.

She thought that Chen Liang, who had been writing songs quietly for so many years, must be just another unknown figure in the music industry.

Surprisingly, he actually had connections in Japan.

Fortunately, Jin Lan was unaware of the true nature of these three Japanese women.

The three of them can now be referred to in the form of "era name" + "songstress" in the Japanese music scene.

The three of them almost never appear together, and the idea of ​​them standing on the same stage is something they never even dare to imagine.

Chen Ya thought they would be recognized soon, but so far, not a single person has recognized them.

It's probably because most of the people present were Chinese employees, and there were very few (almost none) from the Japanese music industry.

Moreover, this is currently the warm-up phase, and the cameras are only scanning the trainees' stunning good looks, not filming this side at all.

Even when the three were filmed, the footage was blurry, and no one in the audience recognized them.

The end result was that the three of them stood there casually, like three drops of water falling into the sea, without causing a ripple.

None of the three of them are people who care about appearances. Although they have high status in the music industry, they don't act like stars at all. After get off work, they would wear slippers and go to the supermarket to buy groceries by themselves.

So Chen Ya chatted with them for a long time without being disturbed by anyone.

Speaking of which, Chen Ya met Shiina Apple and the other two when he was traveling to Japan for music.

At that time, he got involved in the Japanese music scene a little, making some rock music and anime songs, and thus gained some connections.

Later, he went to Europe and America, and used the code name JX.

However, he never used the name JX in Japan, so they still respectfully called him "Mr. Gai".

They had just gone backstage when a cultured man with brown glasses came over.

"Mr. Kamoda!"

"Hello, Professor Kamoda!"

The three Japanese trainees stood up and bowed to him. "Teacher Kamoda" nodded and sat down.

He wrote all three trainees' songs, and these songs are being released for the first time.

He didn't have to come, but he's meticulous by nature, so he came anyway.

Even if these three ruin the song, he wants to see with his own eyes how they ruined it.

The same host took the stage as last time, and after a brief warm-up, the competition began.

Guo Lichuan was the first to appear.

Chen Ya had some impression of him; when he visited the three trainees on set earlier, he was the most low-key.

Surprisingly, his singing skills were quite solid. He sang and danced at the same time, and even did a rap in the middle, which means he had all three amazing skills.

Singing and dancing at the same time without losing your breath is something that not everyone can do. Even superstar Michael Jackson could only complete those performances with a semi-live microphone.

Seeing Guo Lichuan's performance, Lu Chujiu, Meng Xing, and the others all looked grim.

That's when the pressure starts to build up, isn't it?

The live stream chat was filled with comments:

Wow, that was a pretty good performance!

"Yes, I feel like he has completely outshone a large number of young actors in China. His basic skills are so solid."

“Trainees in Japan and South Korea are strictly managed, unlike in China where they are mostly rich kids who exaggerate their abilities and act recklessly every day.”

"The only downside is that the melody and lyrics don't quite match."

After Guo Lichuan finished, He Su and Yu Xiaoxiao both gave him high praise, and then the next round began.

Next up on stage was Lu Chujiu.

The highlights of this episode include not only the internal competition among the trainees, but also a bit of a competition between the Chinese and Japanese trainee training systems.

Just now, the Japanese training center sent out Guo Lichuan as their vanguard, so Lu Chujiu can be seen as the young general sent by the Chinese side.

Therefore, Lu Chujiu felt immense pressure.

However, the pressure did not affect her performance; on the contrary, it brought out her true potential, and even Chen Ya sat up straight upon hearing it.

He could sense that Lu Chujiu seemed to have evolved compared to the last competition.

Last time, He Su and Yu Xiaoxiao severely criticized her lack of confidence, but this time, her stage presence and aura improved significantly.

Jia Yi and Meng Xing have very different musical styles. Jia Yi writes songs that are very sweet and sentimental, while Meng Xing's songs are more intense and aggressive.