Chapter 98 - 98: Outrageous

Translator: EndlessFantasy Translation Editor: EndlessFantasy Translation

The director sighed in return. “Someone bought Lin Shanchu her way onto the trending list…”

“Oh, that? I know. Don’t worry about it.” Nan Mu had long discovered that someone had pushed Lin Shanchu onto the trending list.

“But Lin Shanchu’s rehearsal yesterday…”

Nan Mu interrupted him. “Don’t worry. Lin Shanchu will definitely be fine. Besides, it’s a good thing that she got on the trending list thanks to others’ efforts.”

At two o’clock in the afternoon.

The live broadcast officially began.

It was still hosted by Huo Xunzhou and Yu Weixin.

When the camera zoomed in on Huo Xunzhou, comments started flying past the screen.

[Long time no see! My husband became hotter!] [What a coincidence, Huo Xunzhou is my husband too.]

[Yu Weixin: Should I leave?]

Yu Weixin began to read out the names of the supporting guests.

“Let’s welcome our guest of honor, Tang Qidai!” The camera panned to Tang Qidai’s face. The commenters were confused.

[Huh?]

[I have so many questions right now.] [Is the pretentious lady unable to score herself more gigs?] [This is so outrageous! Hahaha!]

Next was Ji Yuan, who had previously been an assistant mentor.

After the host introduced the guests, he began to explain the rules of the competition.

“There are a total of 15 groups of members participating in this competition. All 800 of the audience members who are present at the scene can pick up the voting devices in their hands and vote for the group member that they think is the most charming onstage. The group that wins the title of the most popular group will get an additional opportunity to show off… “Next, please enjoy the members’ performances.”

The order of the performance was decided by drawing lots.

Yun Wu’s group was the first group to go onstage.

The production crew was very satisfied with this result.

Everyone had witnessed Yun Wu’s strength, so she could lead her groupmates to warm up the atmosphere.

Not only was Yun Wu powerful, but she was also good at teaching the other members.

However, there was still a rift between the ordinary members and the talented stars.

Even though the groupmates were already doing well and Yun Wu had devoted a lot of effort to teaching them, the gap between them was still obvious.

The commenters started discussing.

[The girl in the central position is so awesome. She’s obviously much stronger than her groupmates!]

[That’s Yun Wu, the sixth place of the previous episode!]

[Boss Yun will never let us down.]

Yun Wu’s group finished their performance.

The host announced that the audience could start voting.

After the voting session, it was the mentors’ turn to give their evaluation.

Qin Shuya picked up the microphone and said, “Yun Wu, ‘dazzling’ is a term meant to describe you.”

“Your performance is perfect, but…” Bai Yu commented.

He paused for a moment.

The commenters were curious.

[ Big Boss Yun is so powerful. I refuse to believe that Bai Yu can find fault with her.]

Bai Yu continued, “Members of a girl group need to be good at singing and dancing. I look forward to your attempt at something else next time.” The camera cut to Yun Wu just in time to capture her raising an eyebrow.

The commenters went wild.

[That action of raising her brow is somehow arrogant. Haha!]

[Yun Wu’s sweet side will only be unlocked in front of Lin Shanchu.]

[I’ll translate what Yun Wu means with her brow-raising action. “You think you can control me?”]

[Hahaha! It does look that way…]

Xu An said, “Dancing isn’t my strong suit, but I think Yun Wu’s group performance is overall an enjoyable experience for the audience. All of you have made great progress.”

The commenters were all laughing.

[Hahaha! He claims that dancing is not his strong suit, but his comment is longer than the professional dancer!]

The votes for Yun Wu’s group would be announced after the second group.

The second group was Xia Jinmeng’s group.

Before the performance, there would be a clip of the group members’ training.

Xia Jinmeng had many die-hard fans. When they saw that Xia Jinmeng was injured, their hearts ached for her.

[My heart is aching. Mengmeng’s foot must be in pain.]

[Mengmeng’s life is really too difficult. She finally had the chance to participate in a talent show, but she accidentally fell and injured herself.]

[She’s still practicing even though she’s injured. Mengmeng is really good at enduring hardships, but she has to take care of herself.]

[Mengmeng has been working so hard. We must work hard to ensure her debut!]

[Let’s vote for Mengmeng first!]

Xia Jinmeng’s group had to make some changes to the original dance moves in order to cooperate with her.

The performance style was also much gentler.

It wasn’t as explosive as Yun Wu’s group performance.

After the performance ended, the audience applauded in unison, but they were not as enthusiastic as the applause they had given to Yun Wu’s group.

After the audience voted, it was time for the mentors to give their comments. The camera only cut to Qin Shuya and Xu An.

Bai Yu didn’t say anything.

The commenters started speculating.

[What about Bai Yu? I want to listen to his comments!]

[The production crew must have stopped him from saying anything!]

[Xia Jinmeng must have major connections to the production crew. I can relate to her not being able to dance well due to her foot injury, but she can’t even sing well. Yet, the production crew is still protective of her.]

Xia Jinmeng’s fans immediately retorted on the comment section.

[It’s already not easy for Mengmeng to continue performing in this state. Can’t you be more compassionate?]

[Isn’t it because certain people’s fans are afraid of Mengmeng snatching their idols’ spots? That’s why they hate Mengmeng without a reason!]

Xia Jinmeng was in second place last week, while Lin Shanchu was first.

The position she could fight for was naturally the first place.

Lin Shanchu’s fans refused to be outdone.

[A certain person has been with the production crew for so long, and yet they never produced a mindblowing performance. Not only that, but they keep coming up with conspiracy theories while acting very paranoid.]

[Competitions are supposed to be fair for all. Everyone can use their strengths to fight for the top spot.]

Everyone knew that Xia Jinmeng was only able to rank in the top two because of her die-hard fans.

Xia Jinmeng’s fans felt a little guilty, so they quickly changed the topic.

[Focus on your own idols. At least our idol’s performance is perfect and flawless.]

[As for the one that got on the trending list, I hope they won’t make any mistakes during their performance.]

The host then went on stage. “Next, we’ll be announcing the votes for the two groups. Please look at the big screen.”

The screen displayed the individual members’ vote count.

With the exception of Yun Wu and Xia Jinmeng, the votes of the other members had been displayed.

The average votes for Yun Wu’s group were higher.

“Jinmeng, how many votes do you think you’ll have?” Yu Weixin asked Xia Jinmeng.

“I’m actually not too satisfied with my performance. I don’t think I’ll get many votes.” Xia Jinmeng tucked her hair behind her ear while pretending to be humble.

“Yun Wu, what about you?” Yu Weixin asked Yun Wu.

Yunwu still had that cool expression on her face. “I should have more votes than Xia Jinmeng. ”

Yu Weixin was speechless. As expected, people who were close to Lin Shanchu dared to speak their minds.

The commenters went crazy.

[Boss Yun’s personality is really amazing. She’s so capable and often speaks bluntly!]

Yu Weixin said while maintaining his professional smile, “Let’s reveal the final vote count.”

“Congratulations, Yun Wu, for obtaining 480 votes, which is the highest number of votes among the individual members so far.

“At the same time, I would like to congratulate Xia Jinmeng for becoming the second most-voted individual member, second only to Yun Wu.”

“Thank you, everyone.” Yun Wu bowed.

The smile on Xia Jinmeng’s face froze for a moment before she bowed and thanked everyone as well.

Not only did she not get as many votes as Yun Wu, but the total votes of her group were also far behind Yun Wu’s group.

She had always been pampered by her fans. Last time, she lost to Lin Shanchu, and this time, she couldn’t even win against Yun Wu.

Her mentality had collapsed.

Naturally, the smile on her face could not be maintained..