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Chapter 220 Counterattack
Want to challenge?!

Not only the audience, host, and mentors on the stage, but even Xu Feng was shocked.

Qin Daoqiu was his student, and he didn't even know that Qin Daoqiu wanted to challenge his instructor! Didn't we make it very clear in the practice room just now? Don't even think about challenging your instructor.

Is she really sure?

Fortunately, the host was professional. She was stunned for a moment, then quickly picked up the microphone and asked, "Student Qin Daoqiu, you are very brave. Which instructor are you going to challenge?"

Qin Daoqiu didn't think twice and pointed at one of the two popular singers, named Zhuo Zixuan, who had previously argued with Xu Feng during the student selection stage.

After this choice, the whole audience fell silent again.

Xu Feng’s student... chose to challenge another mentor in the mentor challenge?
And this instructor just had a minor disagreement with Xu Feng outside? !

Could it be a coincidence?
Probably not...

In the eyes of many insiders, this was probably Xu Feng’s deliberate revenge... Did he use some tricks for his students?
In other words, even if he can't win, he should use this challenge to humiliate these two popular singers?
After careful consideration, many people think it should be the latter situation.

First of all, everyone knows that the mentor has an advantage almost like cheating in the ring challenge, and no matter what tricks Xu Feng gives, they are very effective.

Secondly, everyone is aware of Qin Daoqiu’s strength, so even if there is only one challenge opportunity, there shouldn’t be any big problem in advancing.

So, this should be a humiliation deliberately arranged by Xu Feng?
But it is different for the traffic singer group. They cannot send their own students to target Xu Feng because the two challenge opportunities are too important to them.

"I see...Xu Feng is also quite ruthless. He doesn't hold grudges overnight."

"Haha... look at those two young hunks, their faces look so ugly."

"There's nothing we can do. Although we are all mentors, the gap between mentors is still quite large. Look at Xu Feng, he has a strong army and a powerful team, but he uses a student to challenge you and humiliate you. So what?"

"Yes, this kind of challenge is actually not beneficial at all for the instructor... If you win, then you deserve to win, but if you lose, haha! It's embarrassing."

"That's why the production team gave the mentors a lot of advantages, and the punishment for those who failed the challenge was very heavy."

"There's nothing we can do about it. The challenge is still here. What should we do?"

"What else can I do? No matter if I win or lose, I'm going to suffer this humiliation..."

"I can't stand them anyway, so it doesn't matter."

"..."

Lin Shenghuan in the audience widened his eyes and nodded excitedly, as if he wanted to see this scene.

She even took the time to give Xu Feng a thumbs up.

Xu Feng was a little confused by what he saw.

What's going on? Why are you all looking at me?

They don't think I ordered this, do they?

Xu Feng felt a little confused - did he look like someone who held grudges? He was obviously very generous!
But... at this time, Xu Feng had no way to explain anything.

I could only glance at him with a smile, and in a disguised way, I took the blame.

Well... at least Qin Daoqiu was quite strategic. He chose the singer with slightly lower level among the popular singers and did not forcefully challenge the strong one.

"Maybe, it might actually succeed?"

Xu Feng asked his partner in a low voice.

Bai Yao thought about it, and seemed to have done some analysis in her mind, then nodded: "Teacher Xu Feng, I'm telling the truth... I think Qin Daoqiu's singing skills are actually better than his, but with all the cheating factors, it's hard to say."

"Okay, why not wait and see."

Xu Feng nodded and waited to see the show.

Because there was no plan for the relevant links in advance, the program team was a little hesitant.

After more than a minute, everything was finally ready.

Qin Daoqiu also came to the stage and prepared everything before the challenge.

"Then, the song you two are going to sing is one of Mr. Zhuo Zixuan's...famous songs, "Hit the Sofa". Qin Daoqiu, you have 3 minutes to prepare. The timer starts now!"

After hearing the title of the song, Xu Feng almost couldn't help but burst out laughing.

Many talented mentors, including Lin Shenghuan in the audience, couldn't hold back their excitement.

“Famous song”?
These two popular singers only have one or two songs that can be truly called famous, and the rest of their songs can only be considered as catchy songs at best.

I guess he thought that not many people would challenge the mentor, but was afraid of any unexpected situations, so he chose one of his own less popular songs.

Just the song title...

You can tell the quality is poor just by listening to it.

In Xu Feng's heart, he was even ready to lower his psychological expectations for this song to the level of "You Cross".

Zhuo Zixuan’s face also looked really bad.

At this moment, he truly felt the dilemma brought about by his lack of strength... If it were Xu Feng, he would probably get cheers and screams from the audience if he played any song he had sung before.

When he played this song, there was only a moment of silence and formulaic applause.

This is undoubtedly a humiliation...

The time for preparation is almost here.

The host announced with a smile:
"Then please let Instructor Zhuo Zixuan sing first!"

Zhuo Zixuan was very familiar with his own song. He picked up the microphone, listened to the accompaniment, and sang skillfully.

"Sofa, sofa, sofa..."

To be honest, the lyrics of this song are meaningless and the melody is also very simple. It is the most standard pop song.

It's the kind of thing that you can only listen to three times at most, and you'll get bored if you listen to it more than that.

However, it was still acceptable to the ears, a little better than Xu Feng had imagined.

After singing, Zhuo Zixuan said nothing and went straight back to his seat.

To be honest, the difference between the upper and lower limits of this kind of songs is really too small. If you sing it well, it's just so-so, and if you sing it badly, it's not that bad either.

The judges' scores will definitely favor the instructor.

In other words, if the performance is similar, the instructor will definitely give a higher score.

I can only say that this popular singer really has “I don’t want to lose” written all over his face.

"It feels a bit difficult..." Bai Yao sighed, "I really didn't expect that they could come up with such a trick."

"You changed the difficulty of the questions to 1+1, and then used the rule that if the game ends in a tie, I win, right? That's really shameless, and you don't have the manners of a mentor at all."

"I really didn't expect that I would be challenged..."

"Tsk...Look, Qin Daoqiu is about to get on."

“I feel like there’s still some hope.”

"..."

While the discussion was going on below, Qin Daoqiu on the stage was also preparing to start singing.

However, as soon as she opened her mouth, Xu Feng's expression changed slightly. This feeling...why does it seem a little different?
When Zhuo Zixuan sang it, this catchy song was the most standard catchy song, going in one ear and out the other, and it was difficult to leave any deep impression in the mind.

The kind that you forget about in two days.

But as soon as Qin Daoqiu opened his mouth, he gave the song a slightly different attribute.

A little, a little playful?
Although it still cannot change the nature of this song as a catchy song, and it cannot change the fact that it is easy to get tired of listening to it, it still leaves people with a little impression and memory.

"sofa……"

"..."

This memorable and interesting point lasted throughout the song until the end.

After the last accompaniment ended, everyone's expression was not right...

To be honest, since this song is not really a good one, judging from the performance alone, there is really no difference between the two.

If a math professor does 1+1, the result will be no different from that of an elementary school student.

However, in terms of memory points and interest points, Qin Daoqiu's performance surpassed Zhuo Zixuan!
Anyway, at least this song is interesting.

The advantage of a simple test paper is that the results obtained by experts and novice test takers are almost the same, but its disadvantage is also obvious - generally there will be no gap, but once there is a gap, it will be extremely eye-catching.

Because there is nothing else eye-catching about this song, once it appears, it will attract unlimited attention.

There are a total of 90 questions. I got 89 of them right and you got right. At first glance, the difference won’t seem that big.

But if there are only three questions in total, the impact will be huge.

In the former situation, the judges may still forcibly award the candidate with 89 points as the winner in order to save the mentor's face. Anyway, not many people can see the difference.

But in the latter situation...if the production team doesn't want to be in trouble with Xu Feng and Lin Shenghuan, and doesn't want to ruin their reputation, they can't just make a random judgment.

What's more, these two popular singers and the companies behind them did not give them any money.

It is a favor to save face, but if it is really impossible to do so, the program team can only make a fair judgment.

Any deaf person can tell that Qin Daoqiu sings better than Zhuo Zixuan...

"Teacher... ahem, Mr. Zhuo Zixuan, student Qin Daoqiu, please wait for the judges to give the final score."

Zhuo Zixuan's face looked very bad.

He never expected that even though he was so shameless and tried to exploit the "loophole" in the rules to win, he still lost!

No, maybe I haven’t lost yet…

Perhaps, the company will urgently contact the program team and ask their judges to forcibly declare their side the winner?
This is a recorded variety show, not a live broadcast, so there is a certain amount of room for maneuver.

No matter whether you win or lose on the field, as long as you don't lose in the final score, you can save your face.

There are plenty of ways to suppress the voices on the Internet.

There are ways to clean the floor.

Losing to a student, and losing to Xu Feng's student, is really embarrassing.

Zhuo Zixuan couldn’t even imagine how big a storm this variety show would cause if it were released.

How much resources does the company have to spend to get through smoothly...

Moreover, I was about to hold a concert. If this incident were to ferment, how much negative impact would it have on the sales of concert tickets and albums?

All of them are uncountable.

What's more, this round of challenge was planned by Xu Feng, and his original intention was probably just to humiliate himself with the challenge itself.

But, was this challenge successful?

Xu Feng was not someone who was easy to mess with. "The God of Tomorrow's Singer" offended Xu Feng, and he has not recovered until now. He was scolded to pieces as soon as he said a few words.

Today's concert even with Lin Shenghuan...

If he loses, he can’t imagine how Xu Feng will treat him!
However, Zhuo Zixuan was disappointed.

At the end, on the scoreboard, Qin Daoqiu's score was 0.1 higher than his, symbolically giving Zhuo Zixuan a little face.

But the result cannot be changed...

The student challenged the instructor and succeeded!
Success...

The "deterrent power" of the mentors, at least some of the mentors, in front of the students collapsed instantly.

Can't even win after cheating like this?

So, do we have a chance?
You know, as long as you can defeat the instructor, you will be promoted directly.

At this point, everyone no longer cared about Zhuo Zixuan's extremely ugly expression, especially those top-ranked students, who all showed eager eyes to try.

If you can’t challenge Xu Feng, then you can’t challenge a popular singer?
Zhuo Zixuan and his partner wanted to just turn around and leave, and their students looked even more dejected.

Even his own mentor can’t beat the opposing student?
What level of crushing is this...

However, the host seemed to have seen what the students were thinking. After announcing the result, he immediately said, "Well, the mentor challenge session is over... Thank you both for your wonderful performance, and thank you Teacher Zhuo for your humility. Thank you!"

"Then, let's officially enter the ring competition!"

It was really unexpected that the student challenged the instructor and succeeded!
Could it be that this is also within Xu Feng’s plan?

First, he safely sent a student into the final round, and then successfully humiliated his opponent... No, Zhuo Zixuan could not be considered Xu Feng's opponent, he could only be considered an enemy at best.

Maybe Xu Feng really taught him some unique skills before the fight?

But no matter what, the mentor challenge must be stopped immediately.

Otherwise it would be chaos.

If a second mentor is successfully challenged, the production team will be really scared.

Logically speaking, this possibility is extremely small...but, Xu Feng is here!
Maybe one of the students secretly found Xu Feng and bought a gift package to challenge the instructor?

Others might treat this as a joke, but they can't. They know Xu Feng's abilities clearly and how weird this person is. He dares to take any magical order and can complete any order!
What if someone really places an order?

Stop right now and get back to the normal process.

"..."

"Ahem..." The host coughed, "Because there is one less seat on the stage, we are making some temporary adjustments. Please take a five-minute break."

"..."

At this time, Qin Daoqiu had already returned to his own camp.

The rest of the teammates looked at her in astonishment, but they couldn't help but applaud.

It’s no exaggeration to say it’s a miracle!
"Not bad, not bad." Xu Feng also nodded and praised, "You've severely dampened their morale. I've been annoyed with them for a long time!"

Qin Daoqiu laughed and said modestly: "It was Teacher Xu Feng and Teacher Bai Yao who taught me well."

Xu Feng nodded slightly, then looked at the others and asked, "The first battle was a success... How do you plan to challenge the ring?"

(End of this chapter)