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

Chapter 207 The third song of Su Zhi's new album
I have to say, as a mere audience, it is indeed much easier than being a participating guest.

This is Xu Kong’s current state.

Although Xu Kong had participated in the last season's singer competition, he either sang for Su Zhi or wrote songs for her, so it was inevitable that he would have some concerns about the number of votes and so on.

This time I was called over to watch the show at short notice, and I was able to relax and enjoy the performances of these talented singers.

"I wonder what the results would be if Teacher Hua came here."

Xu Kong couldn't help thinking.

This season, like in previous seasons, we also invited singers from abroad with good singing skills.

In fact, the others are also veteran singers in the music industry with strong singing skills and live performance.

The average debut time is more than 20 years.

But Hua Hongjuan is indeed recognized as the number one female singer in Chinese pop music. Even if it is not a dimensionality reduction attack, she is definitely the one with the greatest chance of winning.

Unfortunately, Hua Hongjuan obviously has no interest in such music variety shows now.

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Unlike Xu Kong, who is an expert, the audience at this time did not enjoy it that much.

"It was quite interesting last year, but this year it suddenly feels a bit boring."

“The performances of the guests were very well done, with almost no mistakes, but it felt like watching a normal evening show, without any big surprises.”

"Wild boars can't eat fine bran. You guys were complaining about the many mistakes last year, but this year the performances were almost perfect and some people are bored again."

There is no way around it. After all, there aren't actually that many music lovers who really enjoy watching this kind of performance.

In fact, most of the audience are just attracted by the well-known IP of the show "Singer".

The reason why "Singer" was so popular last year, in addition to the new live broadcast format, the most important thing was the failure of some so-called veteran and powerful singers in the previous episodes, which brought certain program effects and popularity.

This year, colleagues like Xu Kong must have enjoyed listening to it.

But some ordinary audiences felt that they had only watched a flawless evening party, and the songs sung were still not well-known or were old songs they had heard before.

……

Xu Kong didn't realize this until the live show ended and he went back home.

Although the popularity of "Singer" is still very high this year, after the first live broadcast ended, the hot searches on Weibo were almost all related searches.

But from the enthusiasm of netizens in discussing, we can feel that it is far worse than last year.

As expected, every variety show has a fixed peak period.

"Singer" has been an IP for so many years, and it became popular again last year, overwhelming all other variety shows in popularity. This was more or less due to luck.

It turns out that it is not that easy to reproduce it again this year.

"Why are you still mentioning me?"

Xu Kong suddenly saw his name on the trending search.

It was a bit surprising.

"It does feel like it's not as exciting as last year. Of course, I'm not referring to the singers' performances, but last year, it was clear that there was still some tension. This year, it's a bit too harmonious."

"It's really like many people said, it would be great if Xu Kong participated, at least we could hear a few of his new songs."

"Although Xu Kong is young, he is a singing king after all. No matter how you look at it, he is definitely qualified."

"It can be seen that Mango should have invited him, but Xu Kong declined it himself."

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Although he only showed up briefly in the live broadcast of "Singer", he still became a hot topic.

They also hope that the program team can invite Xu Kong to participate in the competition.

There's no way, Xu Kong is too popular now.

It is said that he is one of the most popular and discussed male artists in the domestic entertainment industry in the past year.

Moreover, those who made such demands were not Xu Kong’s own fans, but some passers-by.

True fans would say that my brother must have his own plans and schedule, so it is normal for him not to attend.

Only those who love to watch the fun would be so looking forward to Xu Kong appearing in the show as a contestant.

In fact, when Xu Kong first won the Best Male Singer award at the music festival, there were still many people who questioned his title of the youngest singing king.

Even now, when we talk about last year’s awards, there will probably still be some controversy.

But regarding Xu Kong's singing skills and music creation ability, even the haters have to admit that among singers of the same age, Xu Kong is indeed irreplaceable.

……

"Are you going to attend?"

Su Zhi naturally also saw these related hot searches and online discussions.

At this time, I couldn't help but ask curiously.

Xu Kong shook his head.

"I have refused."

To be precise, Wu Youxue had invited him three times in total, but without exception, Xu Kong politely declined each time.

Xu Kong also knew that Su Zhi was also invited to this season of "Singer".

But it seems that Su Zhi definitely doesn't have that kind of free time at the moment.

With a series of things like new albums and concerts to come, it is not possible to spare time to participate in a program with such high competitive intensity.

And judging from the rate of return, there is really no need to participate.

After all, we won the championship last year, so there is not much point in continuing to participate this year.

……

The live broadcast of "Singer" was just a small episode. In the end, Xu Kong and Su Zhi still had to continue to participate in the recording of the "Autumn Concert" program.

However, since they are all Mango TV programs, the popularity and data of this program will definitely be affected to a certain extent after "Singer" is broadcast.

As a director, Deng Baoliang seems to be in a good mood.

This program itself does not have such high targets and tasks.

Because Xu Kong and Su Zhi participated in the previous episodes, the popularity and data were up to standard.

Now that the variety show "Singer", which is the pillar of Mango TV, has been aired, his show has become a mere runner-up.

Although there will be no rehearsal beforehand, the guests will still be allowed to familiarize themselves with the stage.

But now, even this process has been omitted.

The main focus of the shooting was almost entirely on chatting.

The guests of this episode, in addition to Xu Kong and Su Zhi, are still two familiar faces, Xie Yiman and Yang Jiangjie.

But apart from these, the remaining two invited were two independent singers who are not very famous.

Both of them sing folk songs. In fact, among singers of the same type, they are already quite famous.

But compared to some mainstream pop singers, the number of audiences who know him is definitely small.

At the same time, this also means that the appearance fees of these two independent singers will not be too high. This is because Deng Baoliang and the program team have begun to intentionally control the budget and cost.

At the very least, compared to the two Hong Kong singing kings in the first episode, the guests’ status is far inferior in all aspects.

It was because of the show’s premiere, for popularity and traffic.

There is no need for that now. The main thing is to save where necessary and spend where necessary.

……

It is worth mentioning that after the program officially started recording, they did not talk about music this time.

Somehow, the topic suddenly focused on Xu Kong alone. Or rather, it focused on his drama "The Long Season" which had just finished airing less than half a month ago.

"I saw that there were quite a few old songs from the last century. I had heard some of them before, and I thought that some of the others were just new to me. But I didn't expect that they were actually written by Director Xu himself!"

"You have no idea how surprised I was."

"It's really too strong!"

Even though Xu Kong was thick-skinned, he couldn't help blushing when he heard this independent musician in his twenties praising himself so exaggeratedly.

The key is to be able to see that the other party is not deliberately flattering Xu Kong because of his identity or status.

But I really like the drama "The Long Season" and its soundtrack from the bottom of my heart.

Especially when talking about the plot of this drama, he has many unique insights.

And he was very curious and compared answers with director Xu Kong.

"Once a film or TV work is made, there is no such thing as an official explanation. The final right of interpretation lies with the audience."

“There’s no right or wrong.”

Xu Kong didn't lose his mind at that time and start bragging.

It was just an official reply.

……

"Director Deng, isn't this topic a little off topic? Do we need to bring it back?"

"Director Deng?"

Deng Baoliang, who was listening attentively to the conversation between Xu Kong and others, was reminded by the deputy director of the program team.

Although there is no specific script, from the beginning of the recording of the show to now, the guests suddenly started discussing Xu Kong's drama "The Long Season".

It seemed that what was originally a casual chat session had turned into a quiz show about the show "The Long Season".

But Deng Baoliang shook his head.

"No need."

"It's not good to be too deliberate, so let's just leave it at that."

When the assistant director heard this, he had no choice but to agree.

He could actually feel that with the broadcast of "Singer", their show had actually completely become a foil.

On the contrary, there are not so many requirements and restrictions.

There's really no need to be so concerned.

To put it simply, there are only a few episodes left of the show, so let’s get started!
Of course, he didn't know that there were other reasons besides this.

In addition, Deng Baoliang was also quite interested in the topic that Xu Kong and others were talking about at that time.

If he hadn't been the director and was still recording the show, he might have been involved a long time ago.

Although I am a variety show director, who doesn’t want to make movies, TV series and the like?
Becoming a real film director is one of Deng Baoliang's dreams.

He also watched the entire "The Long Season" by Xu Kong.

In his own words, if he could make a drama like this, it would be worth dying for.

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Of course, in addition to Deng Baoliang, there is another person who is similar to him.

That is Yang Jiangjie, one of the guests.

Although I am a guest, from the beginning to now, I have had almost no chance to join in the topic.

Even if it was Su Zhi, there was Xu Kong or Xie Yiman who would give her topics to talk about from time to time.

As for Yang Jiangjie, he is a quiet and withdrawn person by nature. Although he has recorded so many programs together, his relationship with Xie Yiman is actually not very harmonious.

Not to mention Xu Kong, who was difficult to deal with in the first place.

In fact, he himself was in a very complicated mood at this time.

Because he also watched "The Long Season" at that time, and the reason was because the director was Xu Kong.

After watching it, although he still doesn't like Xu Kong, it does not prevent Yang Jiangjie from appreciating the drama.

So when he heard a few people talking about related topics, he wanted to join in.

But I just can't bring myself to do it.

……

However, it didn't take long for the chat session to end and the guests' performances officially began.

Yang Jiangjie was the first to appear this time. I don’t know if it was because of the lessons learned from previous times or if he had let it go on his own.

Finally, he didn't choose to sing any new song, but instead sang a song from his previous album.

Overall, the atmosphere in this episode is much more harmonious than before.

Xu Kong sang the ending song "Looking Back" of "The Long Season".

The atmosphere on the scene reached a climax.

Until Su Zhi came on stage, the third song from her new album provided an almost perfect ending to the entire show.

……

In this episode, Yang Jiangjie suddenly became so well-behaved that Xu Kong was a little uncomfortable with it.

After all, every time the other party saw him before, he liked to look down on him.

Of course, although he did not expect such a situation, Xu Kong would not deliberately provoke trouble or anything like that.

So this episode ended its final recording in such a relatively harmonious atmosphere.

The only person who was a little upset was the director Deng Baoliang.

She had already decided to start the show. Anyway, the ceiling of the show was already like this, so there was no need to spend too much energy on it.

But after listening to Su Zhi's new song, he suddenly had a feeling that after this episode was broadcast, the popularity might not be too low.

Although he thinks it is unlikely to surpass "Singer", it can definitely cause quite a bit of discussion.

Is it a bit too early to start?

Although I knew that Su Zhi would sing a new song this time, I didn’t expect it to be another single of such high quality.

……

After the program was completely recorded, Xu Kong and Su Zhi did not return to Beijing immediately.

Instead, they cleaned up the house they rented together first.

Like changing door locks.

After staying in Star City for another day, they left.

Less than a week after the recording of the program ended, the "Autumn Concert" program was broadcast as scheduled.

This time, Deng Baoliang and the program team have obviously learned their lesson.

When promoting, Su Zhi and Xu Kong were placed directly at the forefront.

And he was not afraid of being exposed in advance at all, and directly released the news that Su Zhi would sing the third song of her new album.

Under such circumstances, even though the program did not have much advance publicity, it still attracted considerable attention.

Mainly because of Su Zhi's album, there are so many netizens, music critics and colleagues who are looking forward to it.

With the support of the previous two hit singles, the popularity of this third song cannot be low.

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(End of this chapter)