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Chapter 202 Don’t win! Lose!

Hearing the knock on the door, everyone in the practice room looked in that direction.

Xu Feng didn't think much about it and said, "Who is it?"

A familiar voice came from outside: "Teacher Xu Feng, teammates! We are here to discuss tactics with you!"

It turned out to be a member of another group...

Coming here so soon?
Xu Feng was still discussing how to solve the problem, but people from other groups had already come over?
Besides, the groups have just been divided.

It's a bit fast.

It seems that he can't wait to make progress.

"come in."

"I'm coming!"

The group outside, having obtained consent, quickly opened the door of the practice room and greeted everyone inside one by one.

The mentor of this group also nodded to Xu Feng.

Because they were facing the camera, these students were relatively reserved. They didn't come up and ask the boss for guidance, nor did they come up and praise Xu Feng.

But their expressions could not hide their joy.

I can be assigned to the same team with Xu Feng's group!

Their group performed very poorly in the first round, and even worse in the second round, directly ranking second to last, only slightly better than Zhou Yanliu's team.

Among all six teams in the entire variety show, they had the largest number of eliminated students, almost half of them.

All members of the group were in a state of uncertainty.

When they saw that they could be assigned to a group with Xu Feng, they left their cramped practice rooms without much thought and came here to become sworn brothers.

Their goals and demands are very simple. They can do all the dirty and tiring work, and just give some guidance if there are good songs.

The group's instructor was also somewhat helpless.

The strength is indeed relatively poor...

The main reason is that this variety show has really high requirements for the instructors!

No variety show in the past has had such high requirements.

The instructor sits at his seat, presses a button, makes casual comments, and gives scores. At most, he just needs to sing a few lines and flex his muscles using his strong basic skills.

It's not like this time, what originality, what whole song has to be sung.

What kind of tutor's performance will affect the group's performance...

There is even a professional team that rates the tutors’ performance!

It's really unheard of.

You have to know that with this segment, many mentors will need to consider whether or not to participate in this variety show.

But quitting now would be a little bit embarrassing.

Moreover, precisely because the variety show rules are so rigid, the ratings are higher than expected and the traffic is greater than expected.

Even if the mentors didn't perform that well, their appearances on variety shows brought these second-tier singers unimaginable popularity.

As a result, their famous songs have received a lot more play counts.

Anyway, they have the basic skills and their original songs can't be said to be bad, so it's not as embarrassing as the other students.

You can only grit your teeth and be a supporting role for others. It's better to just drink the soup than not get a single bite at all.

However, the instructors still had to maintain their appearance. There was no obvious compliment on their faces. They just greeted, "Teacher Xu Feng, Teacher Bai Yao, good afternoon."

"Good afternoon." Xu Feng nodded. "Everyone has read the rules. Do you have any ideas?"

When Xu Feng asked this question, he was very sincere in his heart.

To be honest, the commission he received was to guide Bai Yao and bring two specific students in the group to a good position.

Performing well on stage is just a means to achieve this goal.

If the teammates can stand up a little better, if the other mentors can come up with good songs and achieve the same goal, wouldn't Xu Feng be able to save a few more points?

Fewer points, better task completion, why not do it?

However, when he asked this question, everyone else had obvious stunned and speechless expressions on their faces.

idea……

Hearing Xu Feng say these two words, everyone including Bai Yao couldn't help but complain in their hearts.

Aren't you asking this even though you already know the answer?
Isn't the idea to just cling to your thighs?

Otherwise, why are we here, to drink tea and chat?
"Uh..." Seeing their instructors remain silent, a student coughed softly, "It's like this, Teacher Xu Feng, Teacher Bai Yao and your team always achieve good results. We think we should learn from you."

“So, we want you to take the lead.”

"Yes, learn from the strong!"

“Study, study!”

"..."

Looking at those "teammates" who nodded in agreement, Xu Feng couldn't help but sigh.

This order is too difficult to handle, one person is dragging a group of people along.

Isn't there any teammate who can let him relax a little and take some time off?
Ugh……

No, you can't give up so early.

It's not like I only have this group of teammates.

There is another group!

Just because the group with poor grades is willing to "be obedient" doesn't mean the other group will be willing to do so as well.

As long as that group has their own ideas, Xu Feng will immediately choose to obey and let them take the lead.

Moreover, the performance of that group is probably not bad.

We agreed on a phase of internal fighting, it shouldn’t be possible that we won’t even encounter it once, right?

The singers who were supposed to be unruly, the veterans in the Chinese music scene who were supposed to think highly of themselves, wouldn't they all be willing to lower their face like that?

Xu Feng evaded the question: "It's not impossible... But we still have a teammate, so we should at least ask for their opinions, right?"

As soon as he finished speaking, a noisy sound was heard outside the practice room.

"Wow... this is a big dormitory. I'm so jealous."

"Is this the size of a single room? It's a mansion, right?"

"I'm so envious... I also want a toilet of my own. I don't want to share a toilet with that person, haha."

"Who are you scolding?!"

"Shh, keep your voice down, have you forgotten what our mentor just said?"

"Remember... For the sake of results, we can't fight among ourselves and we can't be fooled by the production team. This time, let the group ranked first take the lead!"

"Our mentor is smart. He has seen through the show's tricks and will not be fooled."

"Tsk, isn't it just for the ratings?"

"Mainly, what if the other group didn't think of this?"

"What are you afraid of? We are willing to let Teacher Xu Feng's group take the lead. It's already two against one. They have to agree even if they don't agree."

"That makes sense... The most important thing is to reach a consensus quickly. Time is so tight. Who can come up with a new original song in such a short time?"

"..."

What's the point of talking about ratings... Actually, after careful consideration, everyone feels that the winning rate is higher if they hang out with Xu Feng.

Everyone recognizes Xu Feng's ability. If everyone thinks that Xu Feng's group is not capable of taking the lead and that the songs written by Xu Feng are not as good as their own, this "big picture view" will disappear immediately.

Why should we give up the initiative for the sake of the overall situation?

Why don't you give up the initiative for the sake of the overall situation?

I am obviously stronger than you.

So, in the final analysis, strength is what matters.

After the noisy sound, there was the familiar knock on the door.

Then a group of very polite people walked in. Just as I was about to say hello to the people inside, I suddenly realized that I seemed to be late.

Looking at the two groups of "teammates", everyone on the scene fell into a state of staring at each other.

Wow, it turns out that the other teammate "surrendered" faster than us, much faster!
After several seconds, the person on the other end said uncertainly, "Uh, Teacher Xu Feng, good afternoon?"

Seeing the other party's posture, Xu Feng finally gave up his fantasy.

Ugh……

It seems that this new teammate has also compromised.

In the end, I still have to take the lead?

"All right……"

"..."

……

At the same time, in another practice room not far away.

Unlike Xu Feng's temporary alliance, Zhou Yanliu's temporary alliance showed signs of trouble from the very beginning.

"Damn, why are we so unlucky?"

"Ahhh! Can't we be assigned to Xu Feng's side in the two-by-two group? How are we going to play?"

"Don't make a fuss. The average level of our group is not bad."

"The main thing is... Never mind, I won't talk about it anymore."

"Three groups take one song? How do you calculate this?"

"Who knows? We had the best results in the last round, so why don't we release a song here?"

"The most outrageous thing about this director is that there were three groups working together, but in the end, there were only four singers performing!"

That is to say, one of the three groups will definitely be missing a student.

Who to allocate the extra quota to is a big problem.

If we use a hard division, the other two groups will definitely feel dissatisfied.

But if we divide them by strength, there won't be enough time to bring everyone out to compete...

"No matter what, let's gather first! Where are our teammates? Where are they?"

"They are all in their practice rooms."

"Where shall we meet?"

"They must come to our place. We are the second place after all. Even if we don't consider the ranking, they should come to the practice room with a bigger space. There are three groups of people here."

"Then I'll go call them over..."

"Okay, go ahead and pull it over quickly. Things like what song to sing need to be decided immediately."

"Okay, I'll get in touch."

"..."

However, after a full 10 minutes, the student responsible for the contact still did not return.

Another five minutes passed, when the students and instructors in the practice room were getting a little impatient, the man pushed open the door of the practice room, his face full of fatigue.

It was a tiredness that hadn't appeared after practicing singing all day.

The instructor of this group looked at his students, was stunned for a moment, and asked a very critical question: "Where are the people?"

Shouldn’t we ask this student to contact other groups?
How come after we contacted him for half a day, he still came back alone?
Can't you even do such a small thing?

The student walked in, took a few gulps of water, and then couldn't wait to complain: "I contacted them, but...ah, I don't want to say anything."

"One said that if they come to us, they will have an extra quota, and we can't take all the good things..."

This is referring to the team of traffic stars.

Upon hearing this, the practice room exploded.

"What the hell?!"

"What kind of logic is this? Our practice room is bigger, so aren't they the ones taking advantage? It's like no one wants to team up with them."

"You don't really think you're so popular, do you? If this wasn't a random grouping, who would want to team up with them? It's like we're asking them to do something."

The two mentors sitting at the top frowned.

To be honest, as talented singers or those who have retired from the top, they all have a negative impression of traffic singers.

Now the perception is even worse.

But they were all people who cared more about their reputation and their image in front of the camera, so they resisted the urge to complain and continued to ask, "What about the other group? What's going on over there? Is it going well?"

The other group is naturally Zhou Yanliu's group, which is ranked last.

Considering that Zhou Yanliu's group was ranked last, their actual level was not that low, so in this confrontation, the average levels of both sides were indeed similar.

There's no hope for the popular singers, but Zhou Yanliu won't let me down, right?
Although Zhou Yanliu is not a good person, these two mentors still recognize her ability.

The student heard the instructor's question and shook his head with a wry smile: "Over there... they said they were here to provide the songs and contribute the most, so they needed two places."

At this point, even the mentor was a little shocked: "Why should they release a song? Did we discuss this internally? Moreover, they insisted on releasing a song, and even asked for an extra spot. They took all the good things, right?"

What kind of crappy teammates are these? They want a spot when nothing is decided yet?
Why?
Are you strong?
A team composed of popular singers. They can barely find one or two good songs after searching through the playlist. Their singing skills only rely on the post-production stage. They have no real ability and rely on hype. Their results are still poor. Yet they still want to take the lead?

On the other side, they even took the last place in the heavyweight category.

To be honest, if these two teammates had a better attitude and could produce convincing works, they would not be unable to compromise or give in.

As long as we can win in the end, everything is fine.

but……

They are the team that got second place in the last round, and they are the team most likely to defeat Xu Feng!

Why should we ask the other two teams to give in when they are performing extremely poorly?
Do you think others have no temper?
I originally wanted to speak nicely, but others didn't speak nicely, so I might as well just stop speaking nicely.

"Then don't come!"

A student who had performed extremely well in the previous round and received A grades twice in a row immediately stood up and slammed the table.

"It's like who is begging them. They can come or not. At worst, we will lose this round and we won't win. Who is afraid of who? Anyway, we are strong enough. We can defeat them in a civil war when the time comes."

"That's right, don't win. We are not afraid of falling into the loser group."

"Let's see how many people they can eliminate."

"They are the ones who can't stand losing the most. If they lose again, there won't be many members left in the group. Why don't they just keep their tails between their legs?"

"I agree."

"I agree."

The students quickly reached a unanimous agreement - they would rather both lose than let others win alone.

Then they looked at their two mentors, waiting for their final decision.

Of course, the first-line singer who was a big name in the entertainment industry in his early years would not be bullied like this. Seeing that the students all had the same idea, he nodded and said, "Okay, just tell our 'two' teammates, if you don't want to win, then none of us should win. We are not afraid of any challenge."

(End of this chapter)