0713: You who shine in the parallel world

Looking at this grouping situation, Guoguo was also a bit of a headache and speechless.

The lack of a detailed script outlining the role each person should play has led to the current situation, where two of the four team leaders are not the candidates the production team wanted.

However, if the production team really sets everything up, and the script is too obvious, not only will the audience not want to watch it, but even half of the current group of celebrities probably wouldn't have participated in the first place.

If everything is scripted, the celebrities invited will only be some low-profile, hardworking bees who desperately need work, and then this S-level variety show will be completely ruined.

Therefore, the production team could only record the show according to the already skewed reality while trying their best to clean up the mess left by these not-so-"obedient" artists and try to get everything back on the "right track".

Even the production team itself isn't entirely sure if this is what the audience wants. Ultimately, for those of them making the show, everything is geared towards ratings.

Of course, since the show hasn't aired yet, they still have to proceed according to their plan step by step.

"What are the chances of changing the songs for the second performance now?" After the teams were successfully formed, the production team gave the brothers a short break. During the break, Wu Mengzhi, backstage, glanced at the stage director, Chen Qiyuan.

“If it’s just one or two songs, it’s not a big problem, but there’s absolutely no way to change three or all of them, there’s not enough time.” Chen Qiyuan said with his arms crossed. He knew what Wu Mengzhi really meant, but as the stage director, his power was only within the limits allowed by the stage. If the higher-ups were really determined to change them, he couldn’t refuse.

"Actually, even with the songs we've chosen for the second round, they might not be able to handle them well," Guoguo said after a moment's thought.

Wu Mengzhi frowned: "Chen Chusheng and Zhang Yuan, we absolutely cannot let them both occupy the captain's position."

“That’s natural.” Guoguo nodded. “Their captain positions won’t reach the level of the Three Dukes.”

"Sigh, what is Wang Yaoqing doing? Even Hu Yanbin knew to snatch Lin Zhiying first, how could he let Ma Xiaolong get away? How can he protect her?" Wu Mengzhi couldn't help but complain, rubbing her temples.

"It's okay if we can't save the second place. The comeback story hasn't even started yet," Guoguo comforted her, showing a rather optimistic attitude.

"Let's leave it at that for now and see what stage they end up on. If it doesn't work out, we'll work on the stage design. Also, we can bring out the red card assessment we had prepared beforehand. Su Xiaoding's injury is affecting the stage performance, so let him leave for the second performance." Wu Mengzhi clapped her hands to signal the end of the temporary meeting, and the recording of the program continued.

After a performance, Yu Yu, who had been traveling around as the team leader, returned to the 0705 group. But this time, while he was back, Zhang Yuan went out to be the team leader again. It has to be said that sometimes fate is full of coincidences and uncertainties.

Perhaps throughout the entire series of "The King's Avatar 3," after their initial stage performance, the brothers never had another opportunity to perform together on stage.

Unlike Yu Yu, Zhang Yuan had been hesitant about whether the group should stick together even before the show was recorded. He just didn't make it clear because he cared about his brothers' opinions. But Yu Yu could see it, and he believed the others could too.

Zhang Yuan was very thoughtful, and his brothers supported him in pursuing new and exciting things he liked. Yu Yu knew that after he went solo as captain this time, regardless of success or failure, he most likely wouldn't come back.

This is good enough. Excluding his brothers, there are still more than twenty people in the whole season. How often do other programs have the opportunity to work with more than twenty artists at once? If Yu Yu puts his mind to it a little, he would be happy to have some interaction with other musicians.

But now...

It's so much better to stay in the back. When it comes to bidding for songs, Chen Chusheng makes the decisions, and Wang Yuexin calculates the bidding power of other teams to provide strategies for their own team. He doesn't need to use his brain at all; he just needs to go along with the others. Unlike when he was the captain in the first performance, he had to consider everything, even using his brain and scheming to secure the order of appearance...

What do you think, fish?

While Yu Yu was happily slacking off, Chen Chusheng, who was discussing their first auction song selection, looked up at Yu Yu sitting in the second row behind him after listening to everyone else's opinions.

“I think your ideas are all good.” Yu Yu replied with an innocent smile, not at all like someone who was suddenly called on by the teacher while daydreaming in class, or someone who was used to these kinds of surprise questions because he often slacked off in class.

"Then tell me what we all think?" Chen Chusheng, who had seen through him long ago, asked again.

"Brother, if you're going to talk about this, then I'm not sleepy anymore."

Yu Yu immediately started counting on her fingers the pros and cons of the songs from the second performance that the production team had just released, speaking with great professionalism and insightful observations.

You know what, if you didn't know what kind of person he was, you would have been fooled by his overly professional demeanor. At least Li Jiuzhe, his uncle, and Su Xiaoding were so impressed by him that they couldn't help but clap their hands.

Because Pin Guan had worked with these guys before, he roughly knew that Yu Yu was trying to cover up the truth. Wang Yuexin and Yu Haoming, however, showed him no respect whatsoever; they laughed as he spoke.

Chen Chusheng listened attentively and nodded.

Then he reached out as if to slap him, but Yu Yu, who was prepared, cleverly dodged it.

"Yu Yu, you're quite the chatterbox, but aren't you going off-topic? When Brother Sheng asked you what we thought, what was your opinion? You just took those eight works and started analyzing them without saying a word." Yu Haoming directly exposed Yu Yu.

"Hahaha, you think you can just lie around and coast along now that you're here?" Wang Yuexin mocked without any politeness. "You're too naive, Yu Shao."

"If I had known, I should have teamed up with Yuanyuan to take you all down." Yu Yu, who had been scolded by his older brother, muttered uncomfortably while holding his head. When he saw Chen Chusheng about to raise his hand again, he immediately became obedient. "I didn't say anything, brother. Don't worry, don't worry. Our Second Master will just take down Zhang Yuan and recruit him to work for us!"

"In that case, let's first determine one thing: Does anyone have any inspiration for 'X-Song'? If not, then we can just give up."

“In terms of competition, it would be best if we chose one quiet and one dynamic stage. But in the examples provided by the program team, there are not many quiet songs in their arrangements. “Walking Fish” is one, “The Love You Left Behind” is another, and “Account Deleted” can barely be considered one.”

"According to our vocal preferences, Jing's first choice is 'Walking Fish,' followed by 'The Love You Left Behind.'"

“It’s easier to choose songs with dynamic elements. First, we need to see if we can sing and dance, or if we can just go for a rock performance to blow up the crowd?”

Yu Yu looked around at her teammates and realized that none of them were true singers and dancers.

“Singing and dancing is difficult, so we’ll use the process of elimination. The Cantonese song ‘I Hate My Devotion’ is definitely one of the top choices for Hu Yanbin’s group, which has Kenny. It’s not worth it to go head-to-head with them and waste our energy. ‘Zhang San’s Song’ is not very appealing because it’s too familiar. If we want to make it refreshing, we’ll have to rearrange the music or choreograph it. We can only do the former right now, so we’ll have to put it aside.”

"So, for the remaining ones, the first choice is 'Breaking the Cocoon,' and the second choice is 'Under Investigation.'"

Chen Chusheng hummed softly and circled the two song titles that Yu Yu had suggested as his first choice on the whiteboard: "Then these two will do."

“Okay, let’s bid on ‘Walking Fish’ first. If sung well, this song is a very emotional piece,” Uncle said, pointing to the whiteboard.

“We have money, we can film whatever we want,” Wang Yuexin said. He wasn’t just talking nonsense; he had calculated that their team’s firepower was at least in the top two.

Yu Yu added with a smile, "That's right, go ahead and film it. Even if something goes wrong in the end, it's okay. If the original song isn't suitable, we can just adapt it to suit us. It's no big deal."

The others assumed Yu Yu was just trying to comfort them, so they all nodded in agreement. Original musicians aren't afraid of not having suitable works.

However, Chen Chusheng and Wang Yuexin understood better than Yu Haoming, who simply trusted Yu Yu's abilities, that Yu Yu's previous analysis was just a conventional approach. If he didn't follow the conventional methods, Yu Yu's arrangement of the song, possessed by Query, would be like an adult hitting a child.

In other words, given that every song could be a battle with other teams, Yu Yu's relaxed attitude in telling his brothers to just have fun wasn't a joke or overconfidence; he was simply there to cover for them.

In order of bidding, the first item was "Walking Fish".

As the only relatively quiet stage performance in the two-kilometer area, all four teams were quite interested in this song. However, at first, they only increased their bids little by little on a trial basis and were not too daring to shout out a large number all at once. Perhaps it was Xiao Qi's earlier reminder that their remaining firepower would also be used for daily dormitory use that intimidated them.

Zhang Yuan called out to the post-80s generation, then immediately looked at Chen Chusheng's team on the other side, with a look of anticipation: "Why haven't you joined yet?"

“Why should we raise the price? Can’t we just take a look? It’s not like we’re in a rush,” Wang Yuexin said.

"Stop performing this song, it's definitely your first choice. I know you guys too well." Zhang Yuan curled his lips in disdain.

"Then we'll offer the Imperial Jade Liquor plus a small hammer minus a large hammer," Yu Yu said seriously, raising his sign.

Zhang Yuan was slightly taken aback, and his teammates didn't react either. Li Jiuzhe was even completely bewildered because he had never heard of this meme before.

"Are you out of your mind?!" Zhang Yuan laughed and scolded immediately after his mind cleared up.

Others who understood the joke couldn't help but burst into laughter, at which point Boyuan demonstrated just how powerful his laughter was.

Xiao Qi was also smiling, but he dutifully tapped the gavel: "Okay, Teacher Yu Lirong bids 140. Are there any other teams raising their bids?"

Yu Yu set a bad precedent; from then on, his bidding went astray.

"We'll offer six cups of Imperial Jade Liquor minus the price of one hundred shirts!" Zhang Yuan raised his sign.

“考生章远出价165。”小齐赶紧心算出答案。（180*6-9.15*100）

"Three large hammers plus three small hammers minus one cup of Imperial Jade Liquor." Hu Yanbin raised his sign.

"That's the price of a cup of Imperial Jade Liquor, 180!" Xiao Qi said quickly. "Brothers, are you testing my math skills?"

While everyone else was making a fuss, Wang Yaoqing stood out again. He casually threw out the number 200, frowning as if to say, "Stop messing around and focus on recording the show."

At least he doesn't have to do the mental calculations again with Xiao Qi.

But the atmosphere became slightly awkward for a moment.

“Then let’s add 10,” Yu Yu said with a smile.

Arlaric's heir, Laric's son, has seen all sorts of exorbitant auction prices. How could he let such a trivial and clumsy tactic affect his mindset?