0713: You who shine in the parallel world

Although the winner of the second round has not been officially announced, by this point, the brothers already have a good idea of ​​who will win.

Do we still need to keep this a secret? The top two teams are Chen Chusheng and Hu Yanbin's, and Chen Chusheng's team has a perfect record against Hu Yanbin's team. They're not stupid.

Qi Sijun understood this as well, so he didn't lay anything in advance. He simply announced the MVP members for the second performance as soon as possible, namely Chen Chusheng and Lin Zhiying, who were the most popular members among the audience in the first two tribes.

Meanwhile, the results of the popularity ratings for the two contestants were also displayed on the big screen to show that the results were fair, just and transparent.

Chen Chusheng impressed the audience with his solo performance of "Walking Fish" during the second round of the red card showdown. His performance brought many people to tears, earning him the most popular score of the round with 226 points, a full 42 points ahead of second-place Lin Zhiying.

It seems that as long as Lin Zhiying's ranking remains in the top two, the production team will not easily change the popularity vote.

As for third place, Yu Yu surprisingly and predictably took it easily, trailing Lin Zhiying by only 3 points with 181 points.

After all, his appearance on the last stage immediately ignited the atmosphere of the entire event, leaving most of the excited audience reluctant to leave at the end.

"Oh, my score is far from my height," Yu Yu muttered, whether intentionally or unintentionally, but Zhang Yuan, who sat behind her, happened to hear it.

One second he was in a bad mood, the next he glared at the back of Yu Yu's head and said, "What the hell? This can't possibly be my height. You're making me sound short!"

"Let's just round it down," Yu Yu said, waving her hand dismissively.

"No rounding down!" Zhang Xiaoniao insisted, insisting that she was determined to keep every inch of her height.

"Hey guys, look, the three of us are exactly 179, that's our ranking." Wang Yuexin immediately noticed the ranking joke in the popularity score.

Their rankings matched those of that year.

Unfortunately, Yu Yu is 3 and Yu Haoming is 13, so it's impossible for all five of them to be in the same group.

“Oh…” Chen Chusheng hummed as if sighing, then looked at Yu Yu and Yu Haoming, “You two are fish out of the school and Haoming out of the school.”

“The lone rabbit, they say Haoming’s pet is a rabbit,” Wang Yuexin corrected.

"That is indeed quite cute." Yu Haoming nodded with satisfaction.

After the MVP members were announced, it was finally time for the first-place clan to display their photos.

Xiao Qi made the announcement quite decisively. He invited several men in black to come up, each carrying a tray with a black robe with a red lining on it.

When the rousing background music ends, the team that the man in black stands in front of will be the TOP 1 tribe for the day. The man in black will then dress all members of the tribe in robes symbolizing honor, and their photos from both stages will be displayed in the Hall of Honor.

Unsurprisingly, Chen Chusheng donned his tribal robe, and his efforts over the past half-month finally paid off today. The eight people excitedly held up the stage photos amidst the falling confetti and signed their names.

Of course, Yu Yu also knew that the production team probably wouldn't "let it go" anytime soon, but at least they were quite happy for the moment. As for Zhang Yuan, Yu Yu figured that the unlucky kid probably wouldn't be able to get over it anytime soon. It was fine, he could just act as a "burglar" and drag him out.

Sure enough, as soon as they got back, Xiao Qi announced two pieces of bad news in a row—the third eliminated person would be from Hu Yanbin's tribe, and as the last one among the four tribes, Zhang Yuan's team would be disbanded on the spot after the second round and all members would become wanderers.

Zhang Yuan fell silent again.

The guys at the table in front of him glanced at him out of the corner of their eyes. Knowing him as they did, they guessed he was starting to blame himself and fight internally again.

Yu Yu's fingers tapped out a rhythm on the table unconsciously. In his view, the production team's decision was actually a signal. They did not want to let too many artists with excellent professional skills become team leaders, as that would be too much of a threat to the other pre-selected members.

Instead of racking your brains later about how to make Chen Chusheng and Zhang Yuan sacrifice themselves to the heavens, it's better to figure out a way to get rid of one of them now.

Moreover, the people of Zhang Yuan's tribe are quite strong overall. Disbanding their team and dispersing them into other teams can strengthen those teams.

Yu Yu knew that from the very beginning of the show, the production team had been subtly targeting these singers who were both talented and popular. Especially after they showed their talent on the first stage, the team kept making things difficult for them, both overtly and covertly. Of course, this wasn't just targeting them; the production team didn't hold back either. As long as the development of the show didn't go in their favor, they would always find a way to stop it.

Aside from using his professional skills to compete head-on, Yu Yu didn't actually get involved in much else. He could have directly let capital intervene and have Hunan TV rewrite the script, but there are never any airtight walls in this industry. If he did that, in the eyes of some people with ulterior motives, they would be confirmed as "royal family" members, and then everything would be different.

Larry-IS will definitely get involved, but not now; it's not the right time yet. The show hasn't aired yet, and everything is still in the production team's imagination. How the market will react after the show airs is beyond their control.

As long as they perform well enough on stage, the production team will always reluctantly rewrite the script themselves. And when the show airs, that's when capital quietly slips in.

Yu Yu's fingers paused. If he remembered correctly, the first stage performance was scheduled to air between the second and third performances, on August 25th.

"What's going on, Mr. Yu?" Wang Yuexin, who was sitting next to Yu Yu, suddenly winked at him with a teasing look.

They were carrying microphones, and there were some things that didn't need to be discussed in detail, but his eyes clearly said, "Mr. Yu, are you planning to break the ice today since it's getting cold?"

You know what, when Yu Yu's lips curled up slightly but without a trace of warmth, and he propped his head up with one hand and tapped the table with the other, his naturally imposing aura as a person in a superior position was naturally revealed. Anyone who saw him would immediately call him Brother A.

Because there was a cold-faced guy named Big Brother A sitting next to him, and Chen Chusheng's aura was quite strong.

The sight of the two, one big and one small, sitting together is quite pleasing to the eye, if one ignores the overwhelming sense of oppression.

“It’s getting cold, it’s time to recruit Yuan Yuan.” Yu Zong’s aura vanished in an instant, and after being teased by Wang Yuexin, he immediately turned back into that rubber fish. “Let me first put on a pie chart look that’s three parts mockery, three parts indifference, and four parts nonchalance… Okay, I’m getting into character, Xiao Chen.”

Yu Yu reached out and patted Chen Chusheng on the shoulder.

Seeing Yu Yu's affected manner, Chen Chusheng couldn't suppress his smile. He responded cooperatively, "Hmm? What are your orders?"

"Go and retrieve Xiao Zhang," Yu Yu said in a condescending tone.

"Boss Yu, this isn't right, is it? They just went bankrupt." Captain Chen sincerely poked Xiao Zhang in the heart.

Yu Yu waved her hand: "It's good that it's closed down. If we don't take advantage of its misfortune now, when are we going to do it again?"

Zhang Yuan, sitting at the back desk, heard everything clearly: "Hello, I can hear you."

"So what if you heard that? You're not the same Captain Zhang anymore. Calling you 'Little Zhang' is an honor. Give up the fight. Now we're the butcher, and you're the fish on the chopping block. We're here to devour you." Yu Yu chuckled smugly.

Zhang Yuan: "...Ahhh, Master Ma, don't stop me! I'm going to fight him right now!"

Ma Xiaolong, half-lying on the table: "? I didn't drag you, go ahead. If you can beat Xiaoyu, you'll find that there's no one behind you in Yuanyuan."

Xiao Qi gave his brothers time to receive the message, but he didn't expect that the conversation would go off-topic, especially the group from 0705. They always found a way to make Zhang Yuan angry and not have time to be sad.

He had to speak up and remind them: "Brothers over there, please stop flirting in public. We still have a program to go on, we're not done yet."

Indeed, one should be more reserved and dignified in front of the camera. Zhang Yuan released his arms from Yu Yu's neck. After his first failed attempt at fishing, he returned to his seat. After the brothers at the four tables quieted down, Qi Sijun continued to announce the next team formation rules.

After the Zhangyuan tribe disbanded, the three remaining tribal captains were retained, and three captains were selected from among the remaining people. Together with the original captains, they split into six tribes, and the three chieftains would launch a tribal pursuit war.

The selection rules for the three new captains were also very simple. First, the brother with the highest personal popularity among all the brothers, excluding the captain, would automatically become the captain. After going around in circles, Lin Zhiying returned to the captain position in the third performance.

The second leader will be chosen from the members whose combined popularity score is the highest across the two public performances. If there is a tie, then the individual popularity score will be the deciding factor. Therefore, Gem Uncle became the second new leader.

As for the third place, it's the person who has won the most MVP rings from the initial stage to now. Similarly, if there's a tie, it comes down to personal preference. Like Lin Zhiying, Ma Boqian has once again taken the throne of tribe captain after a one-performance hiatus.

Yu Yu watched this unfold, but couldn't help shaking her head inwardly. Anyone who saw the production team's actions would think, "Poor Xiao Ma!" If this scene were shown after the show aired, she would probably be criticized even more harshly.

But Yu Yu soon had no time to worry about Xiao Ma, because the next step was the group formation.

This round of team formation has taken a new turn. Each team leader first has the opportunity to meet with their chosen team member. After the meeting, the team leader can designate any team member present to join the team, and the selected person cannot refuse.

When the one-way choice was made, others might not have reacted yet, but Yu Yu thought of Zhang Yuan, who had now become a wanderer after losing his captaincy.

A team leader cannot refuse to designate a member, but what if two or more team leaders designate the same member at the same time? How should the members be assigned in that case?

Yu Yu's intuition told her that the production team would not do something so ill-considered. Since they had decided to target her, they would do it in every way possible. Although Chen Chusheng's team was first in the second round, they did not have any priority in forming teams for the third round. Instead, the three new captains were the ones who could form teams.

The so-called "new" captain is, after all, a "newcomer" and needs to be given priority.

Even more incredibly, after the new captain was selected, the old captain still chose his team members in the order of their firepower value from low to high on the second public stage, with the tribe with the lowest firepower value being selected first, in order to balance the level of the six teams and take care of the "weaker" tribes.

Pretty.

When Chen Chusheng, the last team captain, chose Yu Yu for a face-to-face meeting, Yu Yu pushed open the door to the training room, came to Chen Chusheng's side, and the first thing she said after sitting down was: "Brother Sheng, the choice of the next team members is actually no longer in your hands."

“I know.” Chen Chusheng nodded. According to the order, he could only make a choice after the others had made their selections. So, the question was not who he would choose, but who would be left to choose after Wang Yaoqing and Hu Yanbin had made theirs.

“They won’t choose me,” Yu Yu said, because the production team can’t control him. Even if Hu Yanbin and Wang Yaoqing covet Yu Yu as a powerful ally, they can’t actually control him. They don’t want him to become too influential.

Of course, Yu Yu didn't say this to reassure Chen Chusheng about choosing him, but rather: "Brother Sheng, when it comes to assigning team members later, you'd better not choose me, Yuexin, or Haoming."