Perfect Superstar

Chapter 107

The youngpeople nowadays are really incredible!

Gu Ruilooked at the young man who was smiling very brightly in front of him, and hefelt very emotional in his heart.

As a veteranin the industry and the current music director of “Singing China”, hehas met many newcomers who have just entered the entertainment industry.

Some of themare wild and arrogant, some are naive, some are cautious and timid, and someare servile...

In Gu Rui’simpression, very few can be like Lu Chen who is still courteous and notoverbearing in the face of such a behemoth as Beijing Satellite TV, and thereis no background force behind him.

Unlikeseveral contestants who did well in the qualifying round, Lu Chen did not signup for entertainment or agency companies.

What or whogave him so much courage and confidence?

An agent whohe doesn’t know if it really exists?

Gui Rui couldn’tguess the answer.

But themusic director could see that Lu Chen was not pretending to be calm. His eyeswere bright and clear, and his smile was sincere and cordial. Although he waspolite, he always stuck to his bottom line and didn’t make promises easily.

Even forhim, it was an excellent opportunity to get closer to Beijing Satellite TV.

Such a youngman has a promising future!

Gu Ruiimmediately smiled and said, “Monday is OK. I’ll leave you my phone number.Feel free to contact me.”

Gu Rui represents the Beijing Satellite TV “SingingChina” program team, but it doesn’t matter to him whether he can buy orpay the price to get the copyright of “Life on A String”.

He was quitefond of Lu Chen.

Gu Ruihanded Lu Chen a business card of his own.

Lu Chen gotup and took it with both hands and said, “Thank you, Director Gu.” (TN:Like this. .)

This smalldetail made Gu Rui feel quite comfortable. A 22-year-old young man who has justgraduated from college is rarely so polite and usually takes a few years tolearn in society.

Many willnever even learn, or even disdain to learn.

Gu Rui’s attitude became more and more friendly: “You’rewelcome. Our program team appreciates your talent very much. I hope you can goall the way to the final and bring more wonderful works to the audience. Goodluck!”

Lu Chenthanked him again, and then said goodbye and left.

Back in thebackstage of the studio, the third contestant had just finished singing.

Herperformance should not be very good. Among the four judges, Lin Zhijie and ZhenZhen only gave 4 points, Chen Fei’er gave 6 points, Tan Hong gave 5 points, andall of them added up to only 19 points.

If therewere no surprises, the contestant should be eliminated.

So, she leftthe stage crying.

The currentreality show competition is so brutal. Especially in the promotion stage, a simplemistake during a performance could take a contestant out directly, and it isnot easy to get the golden buzzer in the hands of the judges. (TN: The goldenbuzzer could also revive an eliminated contestant. .)

The competitioncontinued.

It wasundoubtedly a long process for 32 contestants to sing one by one and receivethe judges’ scores.

However, LuChen was patient enough to wait for the moment to reap the fruit of victory!

At 11:15 inthe evening, all the singers finished singing.

The hostimmediately announced that he would be publicizing the voting results of thelive audience and off-site audience, and the top 16.

Because ofthe large number of contestants participating in the competition, their audiencevotes were all counted by the computer system, and the results are released atthe same time to save time.

In the singingdistrict finals’ top 10 of 16, instead of waiting until the competition isover, the data will be published live.

“Now,let’s look forward to the birth of the top 16 contestants in "Singing China" BeijingSinging District!”

“Theyare...”

In thehost’s impassioned speech, the atmosphere at the scene was pushed to a newclimax.

The 1,500viewers in the studio are all looking forward to it. All eyes are focused onthe large screen in the background. The continuous flashing of the words “SingingChina” on the large screen indicates that the answer to the mystery willbe revealed soon!

The fourjudges, Tan Hong, Chen Fei’er, Lin Zhijie and Zhen Zhen, clapped their hands.

The screensuddenly changed, and a golden number jumped out.

16!

In the nextmoment, the number burst into bits of golden light, and the identity of the16th place was revealed.

Lin Yaru!

Name ofcontestant: Lin Yaju

Contestantnumber: 023

Song: "SummerNight"

The judge’stotal score: 27

Live audiencevotes: 1,025 votes

Off-siteaudience votes: 162,540 votes

Overallscore: 77.69 points!

Backstage inthe studio hall, a woman with long hair and shawl covered her face with herhands. She was so happy that she burst into tears of joy!

She isundoubtedly Lin Yaru, who has just made it to the top 16.

Although sheranked last, it also meant that she has beaten half of her opponents and entereda higher level of competition. No matter whether she end up in Beijing Singing District’stop 10 or not, this is already a victory for her.

In the previous competitions, many of the contestants who were eliminated in the promotion stage were favored by entertainment agency, and thus successfully signed a contract, which was better than having a victory over their opponents.

Therefore, it is very important for one’s face to be recognized, and the more one’s face is recognized, the more opportunities one has!¹

Next, the 15th,14th, and 13th places were announced in turn.

The top 16contestants appeared one after another. The audience cheered on continuously,and the warm applause continued.

Everyonefelt a strong sense of satisfaction when they saw the contestant they supportedand like successfully promoted to the next round.

In thebackstage rest area, the contestants were either silent, cheering, excited orweeping.

There is nothingmore painful and will tests one’s willpower than this process.

The 3rdplace has already been announced, but Lu Chen still has not seen his name.

But he remainedunperturbed and calm.

By contrast,the viewers who sat in front of the TV and computers for more than three hours couldhardly bear it, especially Lu Chen’s relatives, friends and fans.

Fang Yunrubbed her eyes and said with a wry smile, “This program is too good at hangingpeople’s appetite!”

Lu Xueclenched her small fist and said with great certainty, “Mom, I’m sure bigbrother will win and be the champion!”

In the ForgetWorries Bar, the regular customers stopped drinking, and everyone’s eyes werefixed on the TV screen.

He won’t beeliminated, right?

That’s absolutelyimpossible!

Ye Zitongsaid to herself secretly. She didn’t even notice her roommates who had justreturned to the dormitory.

Although it’salready summer vacation, many people still prefer to stay in this super-bigcity during the hot summer, because there are so many wonderful days to enjoyhere.

Ye Zitong’slife is not rich and colorful, but this summer she applied for residence oncampus for the first time.

Just to stayin bed in the dormitory and watch a talent show?

In Lu Fei’slive broadcasting room. The number of bullet screens sent out by 950,000+online viewers has reached a terrible level!

If he didn’tset up the bullet screen partition, no one will be able to watch the live broadcastat all.

“Oh, myGod, there are only two places left. Do you think our Lu Fei will beeliminated?”

“Bahbah! What a crow’s mouth. Our anchor is 100% to be the champion! ”

“I’m sonervous! I’m so nervous! I’m so nervous!”

“Everyonecalm down, he is either first or second. Believe me, my fortunetelling is 100%right.”

“Idon’t know what you’re nervous about. General Lu has the highest judges’ score.Will he still be eliminated?”

“Yeah,yeah, the anchor is sure to win!”

“I’m reallyconvinced by Beijing Satellite TV. They made the top 16 of 32 look like theNational Finals.”

“If theanchor is eliminated, I will eat a fly live!”

“Haha,you are all so naïve...”

At thistime, the second place of the top 16 was announced - Mu Xiaochu!

At thestudio’s backstage rest area, warm applause rang out at the same time. Whetherthose doomed to be eliminated, or have been successfully promoted, all of themcongratulated the beautiful and shy little girl.

“Thankyou, thank you everyone!”

Mu Xiaochu’spretty face flushed, stood up a little at a loss, and bowed again and again tothank them.

She did noteven expect that she could win the runner-up position in the top 16.

At the sametime, Mu Xiaochu could not help looking at Lu Chen, who was also applaudingher.

At thismoment, she was thinking who will be first place.

Is it LuChen?

Not only MuXiaochu, but many contestants in the backstage rest area were also secretlyspeculating.

Although LuChen got the highest score from the judges, and his creative talent is alsoobvious to all, it’s still hard to guarantee. the “Singing China”program team might come out with a big news, and eliminate Lu Chen directly tocreate a hot topic.

In the past,such methods were common in all kinds of talent show. The so-called a big heat isbound to die! (TN: Big heat - hype)

And Lu Chendoesn’t really have to be eliminated immediately. Don’t forget that all fourjudges can still revive an eliminated contestant through the golden buzzer. hecan be “unexpectedly” eliminated first, and then successfully reviveinto the list of top 16 candidates. He can still take part in the rest of thecompetition.

In this way,they can achieve the dramatic effect they wanted, achieve the purpose of thehype, and everyone is happy!

As forwhether Lu Chen is willing to be played, can a newcomer dare fight againstBeijing Satellite TV?

That wouldbe a big joke!

Lu Chennoticed the strange glances from the other contestants, and he even knew whatthe other contestant were thinking in their heart.

But Lu Chendidn’t care at all - how could a sparrow know the ambition of a swan!

On the bigscreen of the stage, the character “1” was finally displayed, and witha beautiful crown as a backdrop.

The firstplace of “Singing China” Beijing Singing District’s top 16 of 32 isrevealed!

He is...

Lu Chen!

Name ofcontestant: Lu Chen

Contestantnumber: 001

Song: "You WhoSat Next To Me"

The judges’total score: 39 points

Live audiencevotes: 1,469 votes

Off-siteaudience votes: 726,502 votes

Overall score:95.35 points!

Yes, it’s LuChen. Beijing Satellite TV didn’t play any tricks.

He really livesup to his championship title!

Thunderousapplause suddenly rang out inside and outside the studio hall, and many audiencesapplauded and stood up.

They were cheeringfor their favorite singer!

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TN: This line was hard to machine translate. The original translation was: "So it’s very important to brush your face, and the more you brush, the more opportunities you have." And research says that face brushing means face ID like the face unlock in smartphones. Therefore, means face recognition. Like actors/actresses, you can recognize them with one look.¹

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