0713: You who shine in the parallel world

Seeing that he hadn't managed to intimidate Yu Yu immediately, Wang Yaoqing didn't want to lose face, so he also pretended to be calm and imitated Yu Yu's tone: "Add 10."

"Add another 10." Yu Yu raised her sign again without hesitation.

This time, Wang Yaoqing did not bid any further, because considering that they needed to auction two songs and also had to spend money to buy dormitories, they originally planned to spend no more than 200 on each song.

He was a bit too conservative, though he followed the rules set by the production team.

He didn't bid, and the other groups weren't particularly interested in the song either. Zhang Yuan, the only one who had some interest, thought about it but didn't want to spend too much money. So, Chen Chusheng's group bought "Walking Fish" with only 230 firepower points, leaving 622 to compete for the next song.

After a quick discussion, Uncle realized that the money they spent on their first song was still within an acceptable range. He immediately ran over to Wang Yaoqing's group, who had just bid against him, and boasted about it, saying that he didn't really want it but somehow managed to buy it.

However, he didn't gloat for long, because the next song was "Breaking the Cocoon." As soon as the auction started, he quickly ran back and casually raised his paddle: "200!"

"Why do you guys want every song? This is only the second one up for auction today!" Seeing his team's aggressive bidding, Zhang Yuan chimed in and immediately placed his bid: "250."

Yu Yu always felt that Zhang Yuan was insulting them, but he had no evidence.

"Didn't you say you wanted to sing and dance?" Wang Yuexin retorted.

“Who says ‘Breaking the Cocoon’ can’t be adapted into a song and dance? We have Ma Shi, adapting it into a song and dance is a piece of cake!” Zhang Yuan proudly raised his chin and showed off.

The trash talk between the two teams didn't affect Hu Yanbin. He discussed it with his teammates, and after reaching a consensus, Lin Zhiying started raising her sign: "300".

Zhang Yuan was exchanging glances with Wang Yaoqing's team and Chen Chusheng's team, but his teammates were still online. When the captain was distracted, Cai Guoqin jokingly called out, "365 blessings to you all."

"Thank you, but we need 450." The old man cupped his hands in thanks.

The price had already been bid over four hundred. Wang Yaoqing, who had originally intended to cause trouble, was worried that he would get himself into trouble if he tried to raise the price, so he shut his mouth and sat aside to watch the show.

Hu Yanbin's team was determined to get the song, and they had already offered a high price of 550. They originally thought that no one would raise the price further to sabotage them, but Chen Chusheng's team kept raising it, directly to 600.

Hu Yanbin and Lin Zhiying looked at the team next door with some confusion. The eight people there were all grinning and joking, making them unsure whether they were serious or just trying to cause trouble and deplete their firepower.

That's 600! Right now, each team's firepower is only around 800 per round, and no team can reach 900. Are they serious? Where we stay tonight doesn't matter, let's focus on winning the song first.

If they're causing trouble, aren't they afraid that if they give up bidding, they'll end up losing money and spending all their money on a song they don't need?

"They have to be rich, you know?" Hu Yanbin looked at Qi Sijun, seeking confirmation that they weren't just asking for a random price.

“Yes, they are rich.” Xiao Qi nodded firmly.

Hu Yanbin went all out: "Fine, they have money, and so do we. We have more money left than they do, right? 620."

It looks like they can only get one first choice. Yu Yu looked at her teammates.

Hu Yanbin was determined to win "Breaking the Cocoon". He was right, they had more money than them, and they couldn't compete. But it didn't matter, they had a second option.

Seeing that they couldn't win, the eight people readily gave up the competition. Wang Yuexin and her uncle even waved their hands in a pretentious manner, saying, "Hey, take it, take it, it's yours."

Clearly, their move was very successful, but their decision to give up was so decisive that it confused Hu Yanbin's team next door. Lu Yi asked uncertainly, "Are you deliberately trying to wear them down?"

Su Xiaoding, an actress and stage performer who has played deeply memorable villainous roles, found the advantage of stereotypes in this situation. Her smile, which was clearly not malicious, was inadvertently perceived as the smile of a scheming merchant: "We are just simply inflating prices."

Then, Hu Yanbin's team was indeed misled, and they all exclaimed that these guys seemed cunning but were actually not honest at all, and that they had been swindled out of 620 yuan by them.

The next two songs, "Zhang San's Song" and "The Love You Left Behind," were not in Chen Chusheng's team's plans, but Wang Yuexin, who loved to stir up trouble, certainly wouldn't let the other teams get their hands on the songs so easily.

To add some fun and variety to the show, he and his uncle confirmed Su Xiaoding's claim of price gouging, pushing each song's price to over 300 before stopping.

The other six sat on the sidelines watching the fun, while Chen Chusheng, the team leader, silently tolerated Wang Yuexin's bidding behavior. He always believed that professionals should do professional things. He was not good at this kind of game, but Wang Yuexin was quite good at it, so he let him have his fun.

Chen Chusheng, who is not good at games, always manages to win, and no one knows what kind of mysterious winning principle he has.

Although "Zhang San's Song" is also a song and dance song, the stage play style of this song is not Zhang Yuan's cup of tea, so he gave up on this song and it was taken by Wang Yaoqing.

As a member of 0713, Zhang Yuan and his buddies had developed a certain tacit understanding over the years. Chen Chusheng's team included "The Love You Left Behind" as one of their options, and so did Zhang Yuan.

Unable to get "Walking Fish", he opted for "The Love You Left Behind" as a second choice. However, thanks to the machinations of the evil little dinosaur and the evil uncle, he ended up spending 260 yuan to get the song, which was even more expensive than "Walking Fish".

If I had known this would happen, I would have been better off fighting Cen Cusen to the death over the fish! Zhang Yuan glared at Wang Yuexin, who was smiling unusually "cheerfully".

The first phase of auctions for the four songs has been completed. The remaining four songs will be decided through a one-time bidding process, with the highest bidder winning.

Therefore, at this point, it is necessary to comprehensively consider how to allocate the remaining firepower of one's own side, as well as the remaining firepower of the opponent.

Your poker player KA Wang is now online.

“The remaining firepower of the other three teams is roughly like this.” Wang Yuexin wrote three numbers on the whiteboard and whispered to her teammates, “If we want to compete for ‘Investigation’ and win by default, this number should be enough.”

Wang Yuexin pointed to the number 391.

"If it's a sure win, shouldn't we go all in?" Li Jiuzhe asked, puzzled.

"Not necessarily. First of all, after Yan Bin spent 620, he was no longer competitive in the second round. Our opponents are only Yao Qing and Yuan Yuan. In the last round, we used up 310 of Yao Qing and 280 of Yuan Yuan. Their current firepower is no more than 530."

"Judging from the first round, their bids are relatively conservative. Changing dormitories in the second round also requires firepower. They will most likely keep 150, so we can play it safe and bid 391."

Wang Yuexin launched into a fierce analysis, but when she looked up, Li Jiuzhe was still completely bewildered. He clapped his hands in amazement, exclaiming, "Wow, you're amazing, Yuexin!"

"But what if they go all in? We only have one chance." Su Xiaoding hesitated.

“If we want to prevent them from investing all their money, we just need to bid higher than all of their remaining money,” Wang Yuexin said. “We’ll bid 551.”

"So we only have 72 left?" Yu Haoming recalled the previous housing prices; 72 wouldn't buy any room.

“Then we can just sleep in the free tents and make a makeshift bed on the floor in the living room. It would be a novel experience.” As the eldest brother who doesn’t spoil the fun, Victor Wong joked.

“It’s okay, it’s no big deal. If you all stick to your guns, I stick to my guns, and everyone sticks to their guns, then we’ll all be broke. The production team can’t just leave us all homeless, can they?” Uncle said, hugging his knees.

It seems...that makes sense? Wang Yuexin blinked and looked at Chen Chusheng: "Brother Sheng, what do you mean?"

Chen Chusheng glanced at Yu Yu, who shrugged, looking like he would cooperate no matter what they chose. So he snorted and said, "Let's focus on the stage and write 551."

Wang Yuexin nodded and erased 391, changing it to 551.

But five minutes later, they realized they had been outsmarting thin air the whole time—the other three teams had bids of 0 for the song "Under Investigation".

The 551 team of Chen Chusheng's team exuded an air of nouveau riche.

"Hahaha, who exactly is stirring up trouble with 'Under Investigation'? Oh, it's you guys!"

While mocking the Brothers team, Zhang Yuan brought up an old joke that was unique to Pi Ge, which originated from the first season when the brother from the Greater Bay Area bought a song that nobody wanted for an exorbitant price. At the time, there was a famous saying: Who exactly is hyping up "3189"?!

Chen Chusheng couldn't help but laugh and hid behind Yu Yu. Yu Yu shrugged, mainly because in this situation, who would know if they didn't find out in advance?

Fortunately, their team wasn't the only one that spent most of its energy on the stage. Hu Yanbin knew he didn't have much energy left, so he went all in on the song "I Hate My Devotion".

"Account Deleted" was temporarily unsold. For the last song, "X-Song", both Wang Yaoqing and Zhang Yuan went all in. However, Zhang Yuan's team spent less on the first song than Wang Yaoqing, so even though their team's initial firepower was lower than Wang Yaoqing's, his remaining points were actually a few points higher than Wang Yaoqing's at this point.

"X-Song" was accepted by Zhang Yuanxiao, while "Account Deleted" automatically belonged to Wang Yaoqing.

With the song assignments complete, today's filming has finally come to an end. Tomorrow, they will finalize the stage personnel assignments and hold another group meeting with the directing team.

The four teams returned to their dormitories with their meager firepower remaining. As they expected, the production team wouldn't actually leave them without a place to stay, so they just said they would pay the room fee later and let the older brothers continue to stay. Of course, everyone knew that this matter would only fizzle out.

Having gotten used to the lake-view rooms for the past two weeks, the eight people were too lazy to change rooms again, so this room ended up housing people from four different teams. Cai Guoqin jokingly called their dormitory a mini United Nations.

Given that they had to hold a group meeting with the directing team tomorrow, both team leaders, Chen Chusheng and Zhang Yuan, planned to first discuss personnel allocation with their teammates. Zhang Yuan and Cai Guoqin went to Luo Jiefu's room for the meeting, while Guan Zhibin and He Zhancheng were also called away by their team leaders, leaving the room for Chen Chusheng's team.

The eight people sat casually by the bed or on the floor, forming a circle. Captain Chen Chusheng took charge and planned to ask his teammates for their opinions first.

Wang Yuexin looked around, then turned and patted Yu Haoming: "Shall we do one? Go work on 'Under Investigation'? What about Xiaoyu? Want to come?"

He had his own considerations. Although he, Yu Yu, and Yu Haoming were not good at singing and dancing, it was clear that singing and dancing was a big challenge for others as well. Rather than making things difficult for others, he might as well take on this difficult task himself and solve Chen Chusheng's problem.

Su Xiaoding was the youngest in their team, followed by him and Yu Haoming, but he couldn't very well let the newly arrived injured person sing and dance, could he?

"The three of us?" Yu Haoming understood what Wang Yuexin meant. He just had some concerns. With only three people, would the singing and dancing for "Under Investigation" be enough to handle the situation?

Although Yu Yu doesn't want to sing or dance, he'll still step up if the team needs him: "I can do anything, you can treat me like a brick."

That's the truth. Apart from being a little weak in dancing, Yu Yu is a true all-rounder.