I really don't want to be the top streamer anymore

Chapter 125 Finals Live Begins

"Sister Yuxin, you really won't go backstage with me?"

On the plane to Star City, Song Youyou asked.

Shang Yuxin nodded.

"Well, I'd better stay in the audience. I feel like it will be more immersive to watch the show there."

Shang Yuxin explained with a smile.

Xu Kong didn't expose it.

Shang Yuxin was probably afraid that if she appeared in his lounge and it was broadcast live, it would be difficult to explain.

Especially for a sea queen like the other party who has no idea how many fish she has in her fish pond, such misunderstandings must be avoided if possible.

"Oh, I still prefer to stay in the backstage lounge."

Song Youyou didn't doubt anything, and after hearing Shang Yuxin's words, she no longer forced her.

For her, she actually came mainly to accompany Xu Kong to participate in the show. As for the performances, she was not very interested in anyone else's except Xu Kong's.

When they arrived in Xingcheng, Wu Youxue was very considerate and prepared hotel rooms for Song Youyou and Shang Yuxin.

The two did not charge any appearance fee and came here voluntarily.

It provides additional exposure for the show.

In exchange, Wu Youxue also agreed to let Xu Kong promote his new drama on the show.

However, it is still too early for "The Legend of Sword and Fairy" to be broadcast. The effect of publicity and promotion at this point in time will be minimal and it will be just a formality at best.

"Are we in Star City?"

As soon as he arrived at the hotel, Xu Kong received a message from Su Zhi.

"Yeah, I just checked into the hotel."

Xu Kong replied.

"Song Youyou came with you?"

Su Zhi's message came again.

Xu Kong was stunned for a moment, then he remembered that when he and Song Youyou were leaving the airport, they were surrounded by fans and asked for their autographs for several minutes.

I guess the news has already leaked on the Internet.

It's no surprise that Su Zhi knew this.

"Yes, and Shang Yuxin, they came together to promote my new drama."

Although Su Zhi already knew about his relationship with Song Youyou, Xu Kong still subconsciously explained it.

Of course, Su Zhi obviously didn't care about this.

Just replied:

"What a pity. I was planning to give you a new reward this time."

Xu Kong:?
Although he was very curious, Su Zhi did not reply.

"No, no, no!"

"Can't!"

Song Youyou waved at Xu Kong.

"You have a performance tomorrow, so make sure you get enough rest tonight."

Xu Kong was kicked out of the room by Song Youyou.

Su Zhi piqued my interest, thinking that there was a Youyou following her.

Unexpectedly, she, who usually liked to immerse herself in the play and reenact scenes, rejected Xu Kong sternly at this moment.

Obviously, Lin Hong finally let him go this time, and he hasn't followed us yet.

But in Song Youyou's opinion, it is obvious that Xu Kong's performance tomorrow is more important.

"At present, I do know some clues, but I can't be sure which side they are from."

The next day, the rehearsal of "Our Song".

Even Wu Youxue knew about Xu Kong's progress during this period.

The discussion was too huge, and a large number of marketing accounts and internet trolls were mobilized at the same time. As someone in the industry, it was impossible not to notice anything.

"What is certain is that this time it was not just one party that spent money. It is estimated that there were at least three waves of relatively large-scale trolls, and there were many more small-scale ones."

"Each side finds a different angle to guide your rhythm."

After all, Mango TV is one of the pioneers in marketing and hype in the domestic entertainment industry, and it knows more about these more hidden information than others.

Xu Kong couldn't help but sneer: "At times like this, they actually cooperated quite well."

The methods of flattery, cross-dressing, rumor-mongering, and leading the trend are all different.

"It's impossible to find out the specific person. The leaders of the troll army usually won't disclose the information of their employers."

Wu Youxue said somewhat helplessly.

After all, they make a living by doing this, especially some larger domestic water army companies. They have a large number of water armies and different types of marketing accounts under their command. Most of them have only relatively covert connections, and only the boss controls these resources.

There are even so-called spare ones.

Leaking information about your employer is a serious career crisis.

If it happens once, no one in the industry will trust it anymore.

It is normal that you cannot find out.

Moreover, in a case like this, it is only one-sided and will not involve the real owner, so it is even more difficult to investigate.

"However, I know the contact information of some marketing company managers, and I can give it to Feng Ge."

"Let your company negotiate with them, and it should be able to slow down the current pace."

Wu Youxue still cares a lot about Xu Kong, and is even willing to use Mango's own resources to help.

"Thank you, Director Wu."

"But since it has come to this, I won't bother with it anymore."

Wu Youxue hesitated to speak, but still nodded.

Indeed, although his help has a certain effect, it is just a drop in the bucket.

The bottom line is, these rhythms are not going to disappear any time soon.

However, these effects on Xu Kong will not last long.

In the final analysis, it is nothing more than the efforts of marketing accounts and water armies that have caused the public to question Xu Kong's title of the king of singers, and have implicitly made people think that the reason Xu Kong has become so popular in the past six months is because he has the help of capital background.

This will completely negate Xu Kong's own talents and abilities.

But Wu Youxue knew that for Xu Kong, time would prove everything.

When the works accumulate to a certain amount, all these doubts will naturally disappear.

The most important thing for Xu Kong at the moment is the live performance on today's show.

This is equivalent to Xu Kong's formal response amid so many doubts from the outside world.

Even if Xu Kong's performance finally won the championship undisputedly, those doubts would not completely disappear, but it would be enough to shut up many people.

During the days of preparation for the final live broadcast, Wu Youxue had already begun to look forward to what kind of new song Xu Kong would write today.

After the rehearsal, Wu Youxue watched Xu Kong's performance and suddenly realized that his worries seemed unnecessary.

No wonder Xu Kong wasn't panicking at all.

After this song comes out, I think the rhythm will probably be almost calmed down.

The day of the "Our Song" competition.

Before the live broadcast started, Bai Ran took the initiative to come over.

This time he did not avoid suspicion at all, nor did he pretend to be a fan of Xu Kong.

"Idol, don't listen to what those people on the Internet say. I think those awards should have been won by you." Bai Ran's way of comforting people was also very direct.

In his opinion, it was just the best singer of the year. If Xu Kong didn’t take it, no one else would be qualified.

In addition to the contestants who advanced to the finals, other contestants from previous shows were also present.

They will perform on stage as guests in the opening performance and will not participate in the voting for the final.

Speaking of which, as an artist under Mango TV, Yu Huai didn't even make it to the finals this time, which is indeed a bit disappointing.

Mango TV has already provided such good resources and tried its best to support him.

This is the final result.

I don’t know whether Mango TV is willing to continue betting on Yu Huai.

"Brother Xu Kong, which one are you?"

Backstage before the finals began, the program team prepared separate lounges for the six finalists.

"This time, they are ranked according to the previous vote count, so they should be the second to last."

Xu Kong began to explain.

“Welcome to watch Our Song.”

As the host read the opening remarks, the live broadcast of the finals officially began.

Of course, there is still some time before the official competition and performance, and the pre-match interview phase began on the live broadcast screen.

"Of course I'm here to support our director."

"Come on, Director Xu!"

Sitting in the front row of the audience, Shang Yuxin smiled sweetly at the camera.

Then they also took the opportunity to advertise "The Legend of Sword and Fairy" which was still in filming.

"No need to watch. When will Xu Kong be awarded the prize?"

"Capital is empty and participating in the competition, is there any need for other contestants to compete? Are we competing for the second place together?"

"Why are the comments all talking about Xu Kong? Is there some gossip?"

"Can you just follow others' lead? From Xu Kong's performance in the previous few episodes, everyone can see that there is no dispute about his first place, right?"

"Xu Kong's pace has been too loud recently, and the comments are totally unbearable. It feels like he's not here to watch the show seriously."

The barrage of comments in the live broadcast room scrolled rapidly.

The most discussed person was naturally Xu Kong.

Compared to other contestants on the show, Xu Kong's popularity is really too high.

In addition to the various rhythms during this period, there are also many people who come specifically to live broadcast and watch the melons.

In the media review area, he was browsing on his phone because the performance had not officially started yet.

Seeing the comments during the live broadcast, I was so angry.

As a self-media person, he could certainly sense that Xu Kong was definitely being led by someone this time. And it was a fairly large scale one.

Originally, after Xu Kong won the Best Singer of the Year award and the wave of public opinion about Bai Mintao ended, there should have been no follow-up.

Who would have thought that so many messy rhythms would suddenly appear.

Feiniao was not sure about the rumors that Xu Kong had various backgrounds.

But considering Xu Kong's progress in the past six months and the other party's genuine singles, Feiniao actually doesn't think there is anything unacceptable about Xu Kong winning the award.

However, Xu Kong has hardly made any public responses during this period.

The Weibo post is still stuck on the one criticizing Bai Mintao.

In this final, Xu Kong must win the championship no matter what, and the performance he puts on cannot be bad, otherwise, he will probably be subject to even more criticism.

As all the singers of this season of "Our Song" appeared on stage at the same time, the curtain of the finals was also raised.

The three celebrity judges Su Zhi, Lu Xuan and Jian Junfang also took the stage to contribute their first performances on the show.

It is worth mentioning that the song Su Zhi sang was the song "So Many People in This World" that Xu Kong wrote for her.

Although there are no restrictions on song selection.

But she specifically sang the song Xu Kong wrote for her, which showed her attitude.

In addition, eliminated contestants such as Yu Huai, Xue Yan, and Ding Chaoqing also performed.

After the opening performance, the previous vote rankings of the six finalists were announced on the big screen.

Bai Ran: 441 votes, Chu Shi: 427 votes, Rong Xia Bing: 410 votes

Wenren Chuncheng: 390 votes, Xu Kong: 382 votes, Tu Lang: 378 votes

According to the rules, each media judge can only cast three votes this time. In other words, if Xu Kong really wants to win the championship, although it will be difficult, he still has a chance.

In addition, the three celebrity judges each have an additional ten votes.

And you can only vote for one person. These thirty votes are very important and may directly determine who will be the final champion.

This time, voting will be conducted after all contestants have performed, which is fair to the contestants who perform later.

Otherwise, the contestants who performed earlier would have a huge advantage.

After all, each media judge has a limited number of votes.

The votes in the final accounted for 60%, which is also the key to Xu Kong's subsequent chances to compete for the championship.

No matter what, Xu Kong's performance today needs to show a level that crushes other contestants.

Or maybe it’s because there was one less vote in the previous game, which resulted in the vote gap being too big.

Bai Ran was the first to appear on the stage. Although other contestants on the show were not as popular as Xu Kong, there were still many supporters of Bai Ran on the barrage at this time.

Apart from Xu Kong, he is the singer with the most fans participating in this show.

However, these supporters are not all fans of Bai Ran himself.

"Come on, Bai Ran. We must not let someone win the championship!"

"Support Bai Ran and defeat the unworthy singing king."

"Why do I feel like Bai Ran doesn't have that many fans, but instead they are all Xu Kong's haters?"

"It's not brothers, Bai Ran is a fan of Xu Kong, what are you doing?"

Because Bai Ran currently has the highest number of votes, many black fans have placed the "heavy responsibility" of preventing Xu Kong from winning the championship on him.

Of course, Xu Kong is no longer the traffic idol with all the black fans on the Internet.

Even though the composition of these black fans is complex, with some being water armies who deliberately lead the trend and some being passers-by who are led by the trend after hearing the so-called melons, there are still many rational people.

Regardless of whether Xu Kong deserves the award, his previous works are always solid.

There are too many netizens who follow the crowd, and most of them are just following the trend subconsciously.

There is no cohesion among these people. Today they are as black as the enemy who murdered their father, but tomorrow they may find that public opinion has changed and suddenly become Xu Kong’s ten-year-old fan.

Although he admired Xu Kong very much, Bai Ran didn't expect to deliberately give in to him.

In his opinion, that would be a mockery of Xu Kong and would also confirm some recent statements from the outside world.

Only by giving full play to one's strength can one show the greatest respect to Xu Kong.

So the song Bai Ran prepared this time is also the new song he is most satisfied with writing this year.

"Alone Until Death"

"Singer: Bai Ran"

"Lyrics and music: Bai Ran"

As the name of the song appeared, it was still the same type of song title that Bai Ran was familiar with.

“This melody and arrangement.”

Fat Bird in the audience was slightly shocked. Although he always knew that Bai Ran was a very talented newcomer, he didn't expect that even in the finals, the other party could still hide a big trick.

(End of this chapter)