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

Chapter 93 The Strongest Online Debut Strategy

"Good morning, audience, judges, and contestants!"

"Thank you for the speech, President. Next, I have the honor to announce that the auditions for the District 11 Campus Singer Competition, Tokyo University of the Arts, have officially begun..."

"The first contestant to take the stage is..."

After the judges took their seats and the principal gave a speech, the host announced the official start of the auditions.

The students who signed up for the audition came out from the backstage one by one and began their official performances.

“All units must remain vigilant and report the situation regularly.”

On the side of the stage, "Teacher Higurashi" in a black suit stood with his hands behind his back, staring at the people inside and outside the gymnasium with a sharp gaze.

Because the auditions have a large number of participants and last a long time, the audience, who are mainly students, also adhere to the principles of "only watch what you want to watch, come when you have time, and go to class when you have classes", and they go in and out of the gymnasium like a buffet.

"The temporary command center issued a routine report that the monitoring system and the facial recognition system are normal."

"Because the publicity was so intense, the number of visitors was higher than expected, and there was no time to manually confirm each one, so we could only use the Skynet system to randomly screen the identities of the audience on site."

"Except for the fact that some staff from an entertainment company brought in a miniature camera to film, no suspicious circumstances have been found so far."

"Rooftop team, everything is normal."

"Backstage team, everything is normal."

"Outfield team, everything is normal."

"The mobile team is on patrol, no findings so far."

From time to time, in his headphones, he could hear reports from agents who were working in the stadium and surrounding areas as "staff."

Higurashi looked towards the other side of the stage.

Xia Fan, who was queuing to go backstage, shook his head at him.

"Understood. The 'consultant' has not found any supernatural signs. All units remain vigilant."

After receiving the "secret code", Rimu whispered into the headset and continued to monitor the scene.

The entire competition scene is now in a state of looseness on the outside but tightness on the inside.

Once there is any target suspected of being a "supernatural criminal" hiding inside or outside the stadium, a defense force comparable to that of a US head of state will come out in full force to bring him to justice.

"The next group to participate is number 13, Chengle Band."

Halfway through the audition, Makoto Shibata, dressed in hip-hop style, made a stunning appearance with several other "fellow trainees" who had outstanding looks and temperament, holding instruments that were obviously worth a fortune.

"Dear audience, this is the Makoto band, and I'm Makoto Shibata, the guitarist and lead singer."

"Bassist and rapper, Naoki Kame, DAME!"

"Lead vocalist and guitarist, Yamicho."

"Drummer and harmony, Niugu Tienan, yoooooo!"

"Keyboardist and backing vocalist, with thick nose hair."

"what!!!"

As soon as these people came on stage and introduced themselves, they immediately caused screams from the audience.

"Kameno-senpai, so handsome!!!"

"I've finally waited for it, Shibata Makoto, Saigo!"

"Beautiful butterfly, beautiful butterfly, dancing like a butterfly!"

Many students even took out the banners, light boards and glow sticks that they had prepared long ago.

As contracted trainees, these people are often active in campus performances and have accumulated a lot of student fans. It is not an exaggeration to say that they are "campus celebrities." "Huh, you see, this is the difference between the 'trainees' who are about to debut and 'amateurs'..."

Looking at the light signs with his name on them below the stage, Makoto Shibata was very satisfied with the enthusiasm of the crowd.

"So, are you ready to get excited?!"

He raised his left hand handsomely, made a "PEACE" gesture with his fingers, and asked loudly.

"Get excited!!!"

"YEAH!!!"

With the drummer's crisp beating, "Cheng Band" ignited the entire stadium with its explosive rhythm.

"Cheng Band" is a band formed on short notice. They only gathered and practiced less than ten times in total. The song they sang in the audition, "Can't Live Without Air Conditioning", is also a very common and popular rock song.

But thanks to the five members, all of them are senior trainees who have practiced for more than two and a half years. Their instrumental skills and singing skills are excellent, and their appearance and stage presence are incomparable to ordinary students...

The band's entire stage performance, from singing to musical instruments, can be said to be a very complete and mature presentation.

Even in the Dongyi competition area, which has a large number of art students and many top talents, he still stands out.

"handsome!!!"

“Encore, encore, encore!!!”

After the song was finished, Makoto Shibata excitedly performed an "improvisational sliding kneeling + guitar strumming" ENDING POSE and ended the performance amid the cheers of the audience.

“Thank you for the wonderful performance of Cheng Band. The judges thought that the basic skills of the instrument and singing were solid, and the performance was very appealing, but the coordination was slightly flawed... They gave it a high score of 9!”

"This is the highest score we've gotten since today's auditions! You know, the ranking of the audition scores will determine the selection of players for the next game. It looks like the 'Cheng Band' will get a very favorable order of appearance in the second round!"

Amid the host's praise, "Cheng Band" ended the show with a high score.

In the competition auditions, the top 10 individual and group contestants will be selected based on the judges' scores to enter the next round of eliminations.

Players with higher scores will have priority in choosing the order of appearance.

Singing competitions are different from concerts, and there is no such thing as a "finale". From a "competitive" perspective, if you appear too early in the competition, the judges will tend to be conservative in your scoring, and if you appear too late in the competition, your opponent may overtake you.

Therefore, most contestants will give their best efforts in the auditions to compete for the "middle" position in the next round.

"Just now, they should have taken some good pictures, right?"

Shibata Makoto smiled brightly and waved to the audience. He deliberately slowed down his pace to delay his exit, but his eyes were always fixed on a few fixed positions on the stage.

There, several "audience members" arranged by the economic company were holding sports cameras and silently filming the performance on the stage.

Tonight, the performance footage of my audition will be carefully edited and uploaded to the short video platform with titles such as "Meeting a Natural Handsome Guy at a Campus Singer Competition", "Sunny Rock Boy", "First Meeting and Recommending a Campus Male Singer", etc.

With J-Corp's standardized online hype process and professional idol packaging techniques, I believe that after three rounds of competition, he will quickly become well-known on the Internet and will naturally debut as an idol.

It can be called the “strongest online debut strategy”.

"The next group to participate is No. 28, the 'Broken Wings Descending to Earth' group."

While Makoto Shibata was delaying his exit, daydreaming about his bright future after his debut, his teammates had already left the stage one after another, and the host announced the next group of contestants to enter.

Being the last one to enter the waiting passage, he saw Xia Fan pushing an old electronic keyboard and walking towards him.

"Senior Chai Dao, you sang very well!"

When they met face to face, Xia Fan greeted the other party.

Today, he was wearing a blue yukata, which further highlighted his cool and handsome face. He looked like a beautiful Edo boy who had walked out of a painting.

Obviously, the next person to come on stage was Xia Fan's turn.

(End of this chapter)