0713: You who shine in the parallel world

Unable to choose their own battle tribe and sandwiched between two pre-selected captains, the production team probably felt that this operation was too obvious, so they added a little "favor" to it: the two tribes without a choice could discuss and decide the order of appearance in the three public performances.

Of course, Chen Chusheng's team and Wang Yaoqing's team must go back to back in the order of the game, and due to the pursuit, Chen Chusheng's team goes first and Wang Yaoqing's team goes second.

Most people, given the chance, would prefer to appear as late as possible, even if the audience has long since run out of energy and patience by the time they finally appear.

At first glance, it seems as if the production team gave them the opportunity to appear later. However, given the Hunan TV production team's "bad track record," Yu Yu believes that they made this rule not for Chen Chusheng's tribe, but for Wang Yaoqing, giving them a chance to dominate the show.

This blatant comeback story has reached the turning point; it remains to be seen whether Wang Yaoqing can seize it.

If they fail to catch it, they can only try to create entertainment by interacting with other people.

Their pre-selected X-Leader, Lin Zhiying, had been rather bland and uninspired in the first two performances. Given Lin Zhiying's personality, it was indeed difficult for her to proactively create any impact. Hu Yanbin, on the other hand, was quite diplomatic. If the production team wanted to generate more variety show content, they would have to come up with other storylines themselves.

During the selection process, Yu Yu had no objections; he was fine with whichever order he appeared, so it depended on what the other people thought.

Wang Yuexin asked Wang Yaoqing a question politely, and Wang Yaoqing didn't hold back at all, directly stating that he wanted to be the last to perform.

Chen Chusheng preferred to come out later, but seeing Wang Yaoqing's strong insistence, he nodded, and the two of them affixed their tribe's signs to the board.

Thus, the order of appearance for the three performers was determined: Lin Zhiying's tribe would be the first to appear, followed by Ma Boqian, Lao Jiu, Hu Yanbin, Chen Chusheng's tribe, and Wang Yaoqing's tribe would be the last to appear.

Once the teams and performance order are finalized, the most crucial part of the pre-performance preparations for the third round begins: song selection.

In this segment, the production team did not adjust the rules. They still calculated the team's overall firepower balance based on the sum of the average firepower values ​​of the tribe members in the previous kilometer, and then bid for songs based on the firepower values.

Upon hearing this news, most people instinctively assumed that Chen Chusheng's team was the richest on the field right now. After all, they not only had "Walking Fish" with 872 points, which broke the record for the highest score on the MVP stage in the second public performance, but also "Investigation" with 865 points, ranking second.

Although Hu Yanbin's team suffered two defeats in the second public performance, it was not surprising that they lost both battles against Chen Chusheng's team, whose individual performances could be considered the best in other public performances. The scores of 838 for "Breaking the Cocoon" and 825 for "I Hate My Devotion" were not low.

Wang Yaoqing's performance of "Zhang San's Song" hit a record low of 796 points in the second public performance, only recovering slightly with 839 points from "Account Deleted".

Zhang Yuan's team's performance of "The Performer" was also good, scoring 832 points despite the limited view of the audience. However, "The Love You Left Behind" only scored 802 points, which is something that many viewers will probably not be able to understand when it airs.

However, when they saw that Wang Yaoqing's tribe was only one point ahead of Zhang Yuan's tribe and barely managed to stay in the team, they probably understood why.

Zhang Yuan's team was disbanded, but their average firepower remained. Wang Yaoqing's tribe, however, became a red-card tribe due to Ma Boqian's failure in the red-card assessment, and their average firepower was reset to zero. Currently, only Zhang Yuan and Ma Xiaolong's combined 554 points are maintaining the situation in their tribe.

Compared to Chen Chusheng's team's 637 points, it's a bit pitiful, but they may not necessarily be the tribe with the lowest firepower.

Six tracks were displayed on the large screen: five designated songs and one song of choice. After viewing them, everyone had ten minutes to discuss and deliberate, and then the bidding proceeded in the order of the songs.

Chen Chusheng, holding a writing tablet, turned around with Yu Yu to look at Wang Yuexin and He Zhancheng in the second row. The two of them also moved forward, preparing to have a quiet meeting.

"Do you have any favorite works?" Chen Chusheng asked.

“‘Bird’s Nest’? Need I say more? This song was obviously made for us, wasn’t it?” Wang Yuexin said happily.

Not only did they think so, but when the song first appeared, the two adjacent teams, Lin Zhiying and Lao Jiu's team, joked that it must be their song.

Chen Chusheng nodded: "This one is indeed good, we can choose it."

“Brother Laisheng, let me help you write it.” Wang Yuexin said, taking the whiteboard and writing down their first choice, “Bird’s Nest.” “Xiaoyu, John, do you have any other ideas?”

Yu Yu's collection of songs in the porcelain culture is not extensive. He has only heard the works of more famous singers from the porcelain country. He still has some impression of the original singer of this song because the singer's voice is very distinctive, and also because the copyright of their works is very strict and concerts are not allowed to be recorded.

Under these circumstances, the production team released a song that most people thought should belong to them, as if they had been arranged for something. Yu Yu did not think the production team would be so kind.

Yu Yu was only silent for a moment because he was thinking, but Chen Chusheng had already realized that he had other ideas about the song. However, under normal circumstances, Yu Yu is very tolerant of any work.

“If we’re going to sing this song, it needs to be changed, and drastically changed. It needs to suit the three of us, and also John’s style.” Yu Yu didn’t directly express his concerns; he simply explained the idea behind the adaptation from the perspective of enabling everyone on the team to shine.

"This involves not only the arrangement but also the lyrics."

After Yu Yu said this, Wang Yuexin finally understood. Indeed, this song didn't suit He Zhancheng's style. Whether it was the dance or the vocals, if no targeted adjustments were made, He Zhancheng's role in this song would be close to zero, or even negative. If he performed poorly, his already low audience popularity might plummet, and then he would be in danger.

Chen Chusheng, on the other hand, thought of many other things, such as the problem they almost encountered two kilometers away, which Yu Yu had anticipated and easily resolved.

During the group meeting for the second performance, Yu Yu not only directly stated that the arrangement needed to be adjusted, but also subtly hinted to the production team that he would change the lyrics. The production team assured him that they had the copyright. At first, Chen Chusheng also thought that Yu Yu would change the lyrics, until later he realized that Yu Yu had only changed the arrangement.

At that time, the copyright that the program team mentioned only referred to was the copyright of the music arrangement.

Now, with the final ownership of "Bird's Nest" still unknown and far from certain, his emphasis on the need for major revisions is not only to accommodate his teammates, but also a subtle reminder to team leader Chen Chusheng that major changes will inevitably involve numerous copyright issues.

The more involved you are, the easier it is for the production team to find loopholes.

Chen Chusheng looked at another song: "How about 'Interview with the Vampire'? Zhan Cheng, does rock music inspire you more?"

He Zhancheng, who was often a background listener when he was in Wang Yaoqing's team and participated in song selection and arrangement discussions, found a long-lost sense of participation in Chen Chusheng's team.

He stated very seriously that he was indeed more comfortable choreographing rock songs, but he could also do ballads; ultimately, the team's overall opinion would prevail.

Although singing "Bird's Nest" is much more difficult for him than choreographing, he can practice more in private. Yu Yu's tutoring classes are very useful; they don't need to choose unsuitable works specifically for him.

“You’re part of the team too,” Wang Yuexin put her arm around his shoulder, a teasing smile on her face. “Besides, for us guys, there’s no such thing as a suitable or unsuitable project.”

Wang Yuexin's words were relatively tactful, but Yu Yu was much more direct: "John, your worries come from Brother Sheng, right? You probably have some misunderstandings or stereotypes about him. Don't assume that just because he misses someone's name while living like a fish with legs, he can only sing sad love songs. He's quite wild; he's known in the underworld as the Little Chili Pepper of Hainan."

"No, hahaha, what the hell is 'little chili pepper'?!" Wang Yuexin was laughing so hard at Yu Yu's description that she couldn't live anymore.

Chen Chusheng, who had been teased by Yu Yu again, laughed in exasperation. He tapped Yu Yu on the head with a marker and said, "Are you starting to climb on the roof and tear off the tiles again?"

“I really didn’t know that Brother Chusheng had a wild rock side.” He Zhancheng was genuinely surprised because he really thought that Chen Chusheng could only sing ballads.

Upon hearing this, Yu Yu completely forgot that he had just been beaten up a second ago. He said to Wang Yuexin with great interest, "Come on, write down the vampire too. If you choose one, let our John have a good look and let Little Chili show him a wild one."

I forgot to play with the shark a few days ago, so I have to catch up today.

Wang Yuexin happily wrote down the name of "Interview with the Vampire," then looked at the two songs on the whiteboard, and then said, "Actually, we can now roughly deduce the firepower of the other teams. I still remember the stage scores of the second performance."

As he spoke, he buried his head and began to calculate.

First, Wang Yaoqing's team's firepower value of 554 is the easiest to calculate; just calculate the scores of Zhang Yuan and Ma Shi.

Hu Yanbin's team consists of the same players from the second round, and their firepower should be around 1170.

Lin Zhiying's group, around 540.

The "Old Uncle" group, around 1090.

Ma Boqian Group, around 600.

"So our firepower isn't that high. Whether we can get the song we want depends on whether those two groups will compete with us. If they raise the price, it'll be really difficult." After writing down the firepower range of the other teams on the whiteboard, Wang Yuexin gestured to her teammates in the direction of Hu Yanbin and her uncle, and whispered while covering her mouth, "Should I go and scout it out?"

Chen Chusheng and He Zhancheng had no idea how Wang Yuexin had calculated it, but Chen Chusheng unconditionally trusted Wang Yuexin's judgment when it came to things that required mental calculation. He didn't say anything, but just nodded, giving off a feeling of secretly plotting something bad.

Yu Yu thought for a moment, then reached out and pulled Wang Yuexin, who was about to rush out after Chen Chusheng nodded, and added, "Now, everyone knows that we will most likely choose 'Bird's Nest,' so let's keep it that way."

Wang Yuexin was slightly taken aback, then immediately realized what was happening and gave Yu Yu an OK sign.

You're such a schemer, Little Fish, a master of cunning.