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"problem occurs?"

Lu Wantang was almost the first to notice that something was wrong.

Chang Yun immediately realized: "I'll call Sifas and ask."

The live broadcast of the program went very smoothly.

The assistant director should only need to keep an eye on things.

With this thought in mind, Chang Yun didn't feel the slightest bit guilty about disturbing her friend's work and made the call directly.

For some reason, Sifas answered the phone but didn't say anything.

Just as Chang Yun was about to say hello, he heard a somewhat familiar voice speaking rapidly in the common language of Xizhou.

With the hands-free function turned on, Lu Wantang became the translator.

"The one speaking should be Lin Zhihao."

"He was questioning the production team, asking if they deliberately arranged for him to go on last, to make him lose to Cleefia, and then get him fired."

"The staff said that the challengers ahead of him might choose to challenge Cleifia. The order was determined by a draw, and who he ends up challenging is a matter of luck."

"Lin Zhihao felt that the production team had tricked him and asked to switch the order with the previous challenger."

"Hmm, there were some unpleasant words mixed in. He really doesn't respect the production team! He seems to be a very arrogant person."

Upon hearing this, Chang Yun understood:

"He's trying to challenge Xiao Chen! Partly to avoid Cleefia, and partly to get revenge. The way he looks at Xiao Chen is really strange; there's probably some grudge between them."

Lu Wantang hummed in agreement. "After all, of the remaining two people, Clephia doesn't seem like an easy target at all."

Chang Yun was somewhat puzzled: "Logically speaking, Lin Zhihao should have been specially invited by the production team..."

"Maybe it wasn't discussed beforehand? Or maybe Lin Zhihao didn't heed some of what the production team said. Who knows?"

"It is very possible that some variety shows invite guests under the guise of having no script or set script, but once the guests are invited, the program flow and everything else are entirely under the control of the production team."

Lin Zhihao probably thought that "Voice of the West" couldn't possibly let the "special guest" be eliminated in one round. Saying it was fair competition was just a way to fool the audience.

They never imagined that what they said was true.

The two talked in hushed tones, and after a short while, the arguing on the other end of the phone stopped.

Chang Yun asked in confusion, "Why is it so quiet? Has everything been taken care of?"

"Neither Lin Zhihao nor his agent would back down. It seems that Sifas had made arrangements with the person who was going to go on stage to let Lin Zhihao go first."

"That person probably didn't want to agree, and remained silent. Lin Zhihao even said a few harsh words to him."

Lu Wantang stated this in a calm tone.

Chang Yun was a little dissatisfied: "Tsk, why should the program rules give way to him? They actually treat our Xiao Chen like a pushover!"

"Isn't this perfect?" Lu Wantang raised an eyebrow, as if she couldn't understand why Chang Yun was angry.

"What's so good about it? What if he actually succeeds in the challenge? Wouldn't Xiao Chen be eliminated?"

In the first round of the competition, Lin Zhihao at least had a second chance.

But the second round of defending the title doesn't offer the same advantage!

"Let's look at it from a different angle."

Lu Wantang gently reminded, "Know yourself and know your enemy, and you will never be defeated. Compared to an opponent you've beaten once, it's obviously easier to be eliminated when competing against a challenger whose strength you don't know."

Chang Yun hesitated slightly, then suddenly thought of the strength of the previous challengers:

"That makes sense..."

That's what they said, but when Sifas finished his business and the two started a formal call, Chang Yun immediately expressed his dissatisfaction.

"I heard the conversation just now very clearly." Chang Yun tried to soften his tone and make his words sound weaker.

“Sifas, I think it’s very unfair to change the order of appearance at the last minute, especially for Chen.”

"You know he's still a newcomer who needs to be protected... Since that Mr. Lin has 'special privileges,' shouldn't our company's artists also have them?"

Chang Yun sounded worried that his artist might be eliminated.

"I'm very sorry."

Sifas was about to explain when he suddenly paused.

"Please wait a moment, Mr. Richard is coming."

After saying that, the phone seemed to be moved a little further away.

Chang Yun and the other person did not hear this conversation.

Less than half a minute later, Sifas made the call again.

"Mr. Richard said that the production team could not grant Chen special privileges, but there would be an explanation for this matter."

Chang Yun looked at Lu Wantang, mouthed the words, and silently asked, "Should I say yes?"

The latter nodded.

Chang Yun then reluctantly said, "Alright, we'll wait and see."

The call ended there.

“They’re quite busy,” Chang Yun snorted. “But this is a pleasant surprise. If Sifas hadn’t answered the phone, we wouldn’t have known that something like this had happened in the middle of the show.”

Lu Wantang chuckled and reminded him, "They didn't say they would give compensation, they only said they would give an explanation, that's all."

Even if Chang Yun didn't express his dissatisfaction, they might still have done so.

Judging from Sifas's tone, Lin Zhihao might just be the 'cannon fodder' that Richard casually invited.

Chang Yun shook his head in disapproval:

"Who knows if they'll do that? What if they don't let us know from the beginning or give us any explanation? Wouldn't that save us from offending anyone?"

"At least for now, they're in the wrong and owe us a favor, right? They'll have to pay it back later, won't they?"

Lu Wantang pondered, "Would people from Xizhou care about this?"

Chang Yun said matter-of-factly, "No matter how different the customs and traditions are in Xizhou, they wouldn't be so indifferent to basic human relationships."

"In this way, even if Xiao Chen is eliminated from this episode, he won't suffer too much loss."

"alright."

Lu Wantang looked helpless.

She didn't really care about this small favor.

Furthermore, the probability of Chen Yubai losing is definitely no greater than 50%.

"How do you think they will handle this?"

"Are we going to just reveal what happened behind the scenes?"

"Or are you going to use staff members to leak this to the media?"

Lu Wantang pondered for a moment, "It shouldn't be that straightforward—"

While the two were wondering how to handle the unexpected incident, Lin Zhihao had already returned to the stage in a very generous manner.

As a challenger, he naturally didn't have a separate video recording.

But just as he stepped onto the stage, a video suddenly started playing on the big screen.

Even though the staff switched the screen quickly, the audience could clearly see that the person appearing in the video was not Lin Zhihao at all.

Xiwen explained, "It was just a minor mistake by the staff."

Other details were not mentioned.

But the audience, who are prone to overthinking, immediately deduced that Lin Zhihao's delayed appearance on stage must have been due to some unforeseen event backstage.

—For example, the second-to-last challenger to go on stage was not Lin Zhihao at all.