Chinese entertainment: Top stars started being pursued by young actresses

Chapter 26. Lin Shaobai, Champion of Jay Chou's Team
Hua Shao: "Alright, our two contestants have finished their performances. Zhou Jielun, do you have anything to say?"

On stage, the host continued the Q&A session.

Jay Chou, dressed in a black and white suit, stood with his arms crossed, smiling as he looked at the two contestants on stage.

"First of all, both of them chose their songs very well. In my opinion, Dabu is a unique contestant with a husky voice and great sound quality. However, he also encountered a very strong contestant."

"Lin Shaobai has been singing his own original songs these past few times. Choosing original songs is actually a rather bold idea. Everyone is completely unfamiliar with you, and it all depends on your ability to win their favor. As it turns out, you have done it."

Hua then had some off-site music judges give their comments, and then came to the most crucial voting stage.

"Red and blue represent Da Bu and Lin Shaobai respectively. The five judges in the first row, please vote."

"Three votes for Da Bu, two votes for Lin Shaobai."

This is the first time that someone has surpassed Lin Shaobai in the first row of votes.

The opponent, unaware of the situation in the first row, secretly encouraged himself.

Keep it up! Victory seems within reach!!

Lin Shaobai stood ramrod straight beside him, watching quietly.

Even Zhou Ye in the audience seemed more nervous than him; his senior sister clenched her fists and kept praying in her heart.

She genuinely hoped that Lin Shaobai could go further and achieve great success.

Chen Duling pulled her mask up a little more to her face, her eyes still glued to the stage.

She thought it was quite remarkable that Lin Shaobai, at such a young age, remained so calm in this situation.
"Second row, teachers, please vote. Four votes for Da, five votes for Lin Shaobai."

"Next row, teachers, please vote. Two votes for Da, seven votes for Lin Shaobai."

"Fourth line, please vote. Two votes for Da, seven votes for Lin Shaobai."

Cheers erupted from the audience, because the outcome of Jay Chou's team's victory was already quite clear.

"Next, teachers, please vote! Eight votes for Lin Shaobai, one vote for Da Bu!"

"Last line, teachers, please vote! Seven votes for Lin Shaobai, two votes for Da Bu."

"Thank you everyone, please put it down. Of the 51 votes, Da Bu received 15 votes, and Lin Shaobai received 36 votes. Theoretically, the numbers on Zhou Jielun's envelope have the power to change this trend. Now, please hand the envelope to me, Zhou Jielun."

Zhou Jie straightened his clothes and handed the envelope he had secretly written to the host.

In the final battle to determine the group champion, the mentor actually has the final say, since he can control 50 points on his own.

Hua Shao: "This time, mentor Zhou Jielun's method of allocating his 50 points is... Da Bu 24 points, Lin Shaobai 26 points!"

This is a rather equitable approach.

After all, they are both your students, so you can't show too much favoritism, or you'll get yelled at to death.

"Out of a total of 101 points, Lin Shaobai scored 39 points, while Zhang Fei scored 62 points! Congratulations to Lin Shaobai for becoming the champion of Zhou Jie's team!!!"

Hua raised his voice slightly and announced the results of the match.

In the original timeline, the champion of Jay Chou's group was Dong Ziyan, who was eliminated by Lin Shaobai in the previous round.

She represented Jay Chou's team at the Bird's Nest for the finals and ultimately won the national third place.

This time, Lin Shaobai will represent Jay Chou's team in the final competition.

The audience stood up and applauded to celebrate this moment, and many people were happy for Lin Shaobai.

For example, the two girls next to the senior sister were almost hoarse from shouting.

At that moment, Zhou Ye truly felt Lin Shaobai's popularity rising. Da Bu picked up the microphone, laughing as he said, "Alright, I'm going back to school. Shaobai, you have to win a championship for Teacher Jielun."

Lin Shaobai nodded and said in Northeastern dialect, "Don't worry, buddy."

Soon after, Da Bu left the stage, and the background music changed to "Nunchucks".

Host Hua Shao: "Standing on the stage now is Lin Shaobai, the champion of Zhou Jielun's team. Please welcome his mentor, Zhou Jielun, and our guest performer, Teacher Ha Lin, to present Lin Shaobai with the championship trophy!!"

Lin Shaobai received the specially customized team champion trophy from Jay Chou for the second season of The Voice of China, which was also engraved with the Voice of China logo.

Lin Shaobai held the trophy in his hand and looked at it, then made a funny face at the camera with his signature grin.

Hua Shao: "Mentor Zhou Jielun, please deliver your team declaration to the other three teams."

Jay Chou cleared his throat and put an arm around Lin Shaobai's shoulder: "The strongest on earth, forever the strongest. Do you know who you're going to face? It's Lin Shaobai! My prized student, who's amazing at writing original songs."

The other three mentors also smiled indulgently.

They all knew that Lin Shaobai was a favorite to win the championship this season; his creative talent and singing ability were undeniable.

On stage, Lin Shaobai took photos with many people before being taken backstage by staff.

What's about to happen on stage is Liu Huan's group championship battle.

Lin Shaobai knew that if things went smoothly, their group would ultimately choose Zaxi, who would also be the overall champion of this season in the original timeline.

If Lin Shaobai absolutely had to choose an opponent, it would be him.

After changing his clothes, Lin Shaobai left the TV station and rushed to catch a plane to Hengdian to film a movie.

Due to some special reasons, we didn't finish work until the early hours of the morning.

We started work at eight o'clock the next morning, worked overtime in the evening, and started work early again the next morning.

A few days later, I finally found an empty room to sleep during a break.

Lin Shaobai was lying on the black sofa inside when his phone rang.

"Shaobai, there's someone here who claims to be your classmate, Zhou Ye. Do you know him?"

Lin Shaobai gave a soft "hmm" with his eyes half-open.

"She brought some things to see you. Tell me where you are now."

"I'm in this lounge..."

"Ok."

The staff only allowed Zhou Ye to enter after receiving permission.

They usually won't let you in unless you're visiting the set.

If just anyone can get in and leak information from the set, then people won't have any anticipation for the show.

This is just like many audience members who go in to record variety shows.

If you take some photos with your phone and post them online, the variety show will most likely cut out the segment you filmed.

In China, concerts are usually allowed to be recorded, but in foreign countries, such as Japan, filming is not permitted at all.

Zhou Ye, carrying his things, followed the address given by Lin Shaobai and wandered around for a long time before finally finding the door to the lounge. When he pushed it open, he found that he was the only one there.

Oh my god, I finally figured out how to insert images into articles. Thank you everyone for the monthly votes.

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