0713: You who shine in the parallel world

Aside from surprise, confusion, and a vague anticipation for a good show, among the brothers on stage, there are probably a few who feel awkward and uncomfortable, such as Wang Yaoqing, who almost spent a lot of money to buy this song earlier.

Compared to almost being tricked, he felt that this was even more unpleasant, like punching cotton.

After all, he could still believe that the former wanted to acquire the song at a low price—just as He Zhancheng said during the discussion earlier. However, because the price he raised was unacceptable to them, they "furiously" gave up the bidding, thinking that they would "hurt the enemy a thousand while hurting themselves eight hundred."

It turns out he was just outsmarting thin air, because the other party never intended to bid for "Bird's Nest" in the first place. If it weren't for the production team's support, their third public performance song might have been "Bird's Nest".

Moreover, He Zhancheng seemed quite easy-going, honest, hardworking, and unconditionally obedient to the captain's arrangements when he was in Chen Chusheng's team. How come he started to have bad intentions and spread misinformation as soon as he joined Chen Chusheng's team?

Lin Zhiying was also blinded by He Zhancheng's smokescreen, though he was currently in a very good mood, as if he had suddenly won the lottery. Their group had analyzed earlier that if they were to compete with Chen Chusheng's team for "Bird's Nest," they would definitely lose. Based on their intuition, they believed Chen Chusheng's team had a very high firepower, perhaps even the highest in the entire competition.

I just spent 10 yuan to get my favorite piece without breaking a sweat. Isn't that just a stroke of good luck?

In fact, it wasn't just Lin Zhiying's team that misunderstood the firepower of Chen Chusheng's tribe; most other teams had the same misconception. This was because Chen Chusheng's tribe was so formidable during the second public event that even now, with the tribe reorganized, seeing the three veterans from the 0705 generation in their team, others would subconsciously assume that they had a lot of firepower at hand.

However, a small number of people felt that they might not be the richest. For example, Tang Yuzhe would roughly calculate the firepower of the other five teams and thought that Chen Chusheng's tribe's firepower should rank in the middle to upper range among the six tribes.

But even if they knew the exact firepower of Chen Chusheng's group now, it wouldn't be of much use. Because of the dramatic performance of "Bird's Nest" just now, no one present was sure which song their team actually wanted.

So when it came to the bidding for the second song, "Black Orange," everyone else became cautious, especially when they saw Chen Chusheng hand his paddle to Wang Yuexin so he could continue bidding: "30!"

The uncle who had just quoted 20 a second ago: "? No way, why do you guys want every song? Eating too much at home will make you fat!"

It was clear that Uncle had forgotten Tang Yuzhe's analysis during the meeting that Chen Chusheng's team's firepower should be below theirs. Now, seeing Wang Yuexin, this troublesome brat, holding up a sign, he felt uneasy and hurriedly spoke up to stop her.

“Sorry, we’re pretty versatile. We can sing R&B too, my little fish can sing it too.” Wang Yuexin gently pulled Yu Yu up with one hand higher than the other. As if someone said nothing is perfect, so Wang Yuexin is like.jpg.

Yu Yuchun raised her hand.

The uncle wanted to scold but stopped himself, because he suddenly realized that it was true, and he couldn't find any reason to refute it. Yu Yu could not only sing, but also teach.

Tang Yuzhe tugged at his uncle's clothes, urging him to lean closer and whisper a few words in his ear. He instantly calmed down and confidently waved his hand, "Alright, alright, if you want to raise the price, go ahead. 100, do you want it? If you do, we'll add 500, 600."

Wang Yuexin suppressed a laugh and exchanged glances with the other three, then waved her hand: "We were thinking of saying that since you've all put up a perfect score of 100, we should just forget about it, but if you want to put up 600, we won't stop you, we have no objection."

Qi Sijun smiled and said at the right moment, "So, are there any tribes that want to raise the price for 'Black Orange'? 600 once, 600 twice..."

"?" The uncle, who had been handsome for only a second, quickly reached out to stop Qi Sijun, "Wait a minute, Xiao Qi, Xiao Qi, don't drop the hammer, we quoted 100, not 600, you misheard! You've made such a mess of things."

The extent to which Uncle withdrew his bid was different from Wang Yaoqing's previous offer. Qi Sijun could make the decision himself, since Uncle was just joking around. Of course, he wouldn't admit that he was just teasing him out of a bad mood and didn't actually intend to sell at 600 yuan.

"Huh? Did I hear that right? Isn't it 600? Okay, maybe 6 and 1 sound similar, so that's 100 firepower. Does the Black Orange have any additional 100 firepower bonus for the clan?"

The answer is no. Other teams are not very interested in this song. Although it is a classic work with a great influence, it is precisely because it is so classic that most people are worried about being bound by the work.

Next up is a rock song, "Interview with the Vampire".

If the brothers present were surprised when Chen Chusheng's tribe first raised a sign for "Bird's Nest" but then withdrew, and puzzled when they raised a sign for "Black Orange" the second time, then the third time, they were simply used to it.

"What exactly is your strategy? You're not planning to release 'X-Song,' are you?" Ma Boqian asked, somewhat amused. "Or should we also call it 100?"

He thought this time would be the same as with his uncle earlier.

Wang Yuexin retorted, "Aren't you 100?"

Ma Boqian nodded.

“Then, then you should handle this kind of thing, brother.” Wang Yuexin said, handing the sign to Chen Chusheng.

Captain Chen, who was lying down with Anxin and Yuyu watching Wang Yuexin charge forward, was speechless.

"What am I here for?"

"Come on, you name your price," Wang Yuexin said with a grin.

Well, look at him, he's just a junior member, not some invisible vice-captain and strategist like Xiaoyu. When it comes to things like fighting against other tribe captains, the captain has to go personally.

Noticing Chen Chusheng's questioning gaze beside her, Yu Yu understood and showed him the whiteboard where Wang Yuexin had written down the firepower range of each tribe.

Chen Chusheng understood: "610".

Ma Boqian was completely bewildered: "Ber Sheng, are you kidding me?! You approved my uncle's bid of 100, but now that he's bid 100, you've jumped directly to 610, which is just over their total firepower. What's the meaning of this?"

After the initial surprise, the others laughed in realization. Zhang Yuan clapped his hands with a confident look: "Good, good, good, you guys are actually going to play rock and roll, good, good, good, what happened to focusing on vocal performance?"

You guys start having all sorts of fun when he's not around, right?

Yu Yu blinked: "It doesn't necessarily have to be rock and roll. How about you name 620 again, Yuan-ge? Do you think we'll keep adding more? Maybe we'll give it up since 62 is your birthday number?"

"Go away, go away, you pretty but lazy bum with the worst mind." Zhang Yuan waved his hand at Yu Yu like he was shooing away a puppy. He wouldn't fall for Yu Yu's tricks and be teased by her so easily.

Whether his reaction counts as Yu Yu successfully teasing the bird is another matter, but the other meaning behind his words certainly had an effect.

No one can be sure whether they will continue to follow suit when others raise the price after they have raised it to 610, or simply give up like they did in the first round of "Bird's Nest".

Their strategy seemed harmless at first glance, but in practice it made everyone uneasy. It's hard to imagine which cunning person came up with such a treacherous strategy.

Until Qi Sijun brought down the hammer, the price of 610 remained unchanged.

Chen Chusheng's tribe finally acquired their work, but lost the right to bid on the subsequent three works. This made Hu Yanbin sigh, "The auction seems to have lost some of its fun without their interference."

Indeed, without Wang Yuexin raising her paddle, the remaining bidding became rather uneventful.

Unable to secure the first choice, "Interview with the Vampire," Ma Boqian's team had to choose the second choice, "Love Song 1990."

The dance song "Joker" failed to sell at auction because both Wang Yaoqing's team and Hu Yanbin's team wanted to bid on "X-Song". The result was also obvious: Wang Yaoqing's team, with the lowest bid, was disappointed when Hu Yanbin offered a "high price" of 560, and "Joker" with zero bids was sold.

After the group song selection was completed, they had to spend the next two days recording the reality show while searching for inspiration for the third public performance, in order to prepare for the director's group meeting five days later.

However, the preparation time between the second and third performances is longer, a full 24 days, which is enough for them to prepare a new stage.

Back in their sweltering dorm, the brothers could finally relax, enjoying a late-night hot pot snack and chatting about recent or past funny incidents. The cameras set up by the production crew were still filming, but the cameramen had already gone home. With a group of burly men with equipment no longer filming them, their mood was more or less relaxed.

This is no longer the time when everyone first got to know each other after being assigned to dorms. When there are no special dorm activities, although the cameras set up around the room will film 24 hours a day, the production team will not include any particularly interesting or meaningful shots in the post-production.

After three people were eliminated in the second round, there were empty beds in the dormitories of Lin Zhiying, Hu Yanbin and Wang Yaoqing's tribes. For the convenience of rehearsals and meetings, Guan Zhibin finally decided to move out and live with the people from Hu Yanbin's tribe.

Seeing that he had moved out, Zhang Yuan hesitated for a moment and then prepared to pack his things and move to Ma Xiaolong's room, since he would be practicing dancing until very late during rehearsals.

Wang Yuexin was holding a skewer of grilled mushrooms. Seeing Yu Yu helping the two of them pack their things, he turned to Yu Haoming and said, "Are you also thinking of moving out? Why don't you leave too? After you leave, the lower bunk will be just right for me, Xiaoyu, and Sheng-ge. It'll be much more spacious."

"Xiao Zhi's room is right next door, I don't need to move." Yu Haoming was a little speechless. Zhang Yuan and Guan Zhibin moved out because it was inconvenient for meetings and rehearsals, but his new captain was in a single room next door, so why should he move?

As for Cai Guoqin, he had gotten used to living with his brothers and simply didn't want to move, so he stayed as well.

"Oh right," Wang Yuexin realized that Yu Haoming didn't have the trouble of running back and forth. He stuffed all the mushrooms into his mouth in one go and said indistinctly, "Then Xiaoyu will continue to sleep over there with Brother Sheng. Anyway, he's already used to being locked up by the strongman... I'll come and help too. Brother Yuan, why did you bring so much stuff?"

“I was thinking of staying here for several more days…” Zhang Yuan said, seeing Wang Yuexin neatly stuffing the odds and ends into his suitcase, and seeing Yu Yu already sealing Guan Zhibin’s suitcase, he couldn’t help but sigh, “You two, one divorced with two kids and the other widowed, are quite good at taking care of people. I wonder where you learned that.”

Yu Yu had honed her organizational skills through years of travel, while Wang Yuexin simply enjoyed tidying up. Of course, when he was lying in his new dorm bed late at night, hiding under the covers looking at his phone, and suddenly saw Wang's private message, he might not have thought that way—

"Brother Yuan!!! I need your help urgently!!! Please come back tomorrow morning, I just put my height-increasing insoles in your suitcase..."

Zhang Yuan, who had been feeling sleepy, suddenly became wide awake: "?"

"Hahahahahahahahahahahahahahahaha!"

"Don't laugh, it's brand new!!!!"