Chapter 200: Hot Variety Show

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Ever since the Universal headquarters urged her to finish the songs quickly, Miss Luo Quan's time suddenly went from abundant to tight.

She didn't need to worry about the symphony orchestra's rehearsals, but there was an MV to shoot, and the "Produce Girls' Generation" program team was also starting to get busy.

The trainees had already remembered most of the dance moves. After starting to practice singing, they all came to ask her if they didn't understand anything, and she couldn't walk away.

She had to stay in the practice room all morning, and often rotated between two or three classrooms.

Although Miss Luo Quan was not professionally trained, her singing skills were unanimously recognized by everyone, and when the system improved her singing skills, the relevant theoretical knowledge would also be imprinted in her mind.

Therefore, teaching these trainees who generally had no foundation in music theory was more than enough.

However, no matter how "more than enough" it was, she was only one person, and there were over a hundred trainees.

At the beginning, she was also unable to attend to everything and was exhausted by the trainees calling her.

Having no other choice, Miss Luo Quan could only hire a teaching assistant, and that was An Xin, who had the strongest singing skills among the trainees.

This second-year student at Berklee College of Music had a very solid foundation, and she could also explain music theory clearly. After a simple interview by Miss Luo Quan, she decided to attach importance to her.

For An Xin, this was definitely a good thing that she couldn't ask for.

Becoming a teaching assistant meant she would have some of the teacher's power and responsibility. Similarly, she would also have some of the teacher's screen time. This was something all students dreamed of, because more screen time meant more exposure, which was almost equal to fans!

So when Miss Luo Quan asked An Xin if she was willing to be her teaching assistant, An Xin naturally agreed immediately, while the other trainees could only look at her longingly, revealing envious eyes.

With the help of the teaching assistant, Miss Luo Quan's work pressure was indeed reduced a lot.

Actually, An Xin wasn't the only one among the trainees who came from a prestigious music academy. There was another trainee whose resume said she graduated from the Curtis Institute of Music, which was also a world-class institution.

But the "water content" of this diploma was comparable to the Pacific Ocean. During her first assessment, Miss Luo Quan specifically paid attention to her singing and dancing, which could only be described as mediocre. She could sing, but that was all. It was a completely different concept from An Xin.

Just now when recruiting a teaching assistant, this girl also looked eager to try, wanting Miss Luo Quan to choose her.

However, Miss Luo Quan didn't look at her. There was no way around it; choosing a teaching assistant was to have the assistant help her teach the trainees. If she chose a "fake," wouldn't she be misleading the students?

So Miss Luo Quan only hired An Xin as a teaching assistant in the end.

With someone to share the load, Miss Luo Quan's pressure was finally much smaller, and she seemed more efficient in dealing with the trainees' problems.

Such tense days lasted for two days. During these days, Miss Luo Quan had been busy with "Produce Girls' Generation." No matter how Universal headquarters urged her, she remained unmoved.

Not releasing new songs for two days, the popularity of "Love" also declined, but the playback volume of the songs and the sales of the album still continued to rise. The results reached the best level in recent years at home and abroad, and there was a high possibility of breaking records.

The sales record for foreign records in the new century was set by diva Caitlin Buzzer seven years ago, with total global sales reaching over 14 million copies.

At that time, there were no digital albums, all were physical. If Miss Luo Quan wanted to compare with it, she had to multiply the price of the digital album by a factor and convert it into physical albums.

It was hard to say whether it was a disadvantage or an advantage, and the physical album hadn't been released yet, so it was unknown what the results would be like.

But what is certain is that the current world pop music scene already has a place for Miss Luo Quan. I dare not say elsewhere, but calling her an "Asian Little Diva" is definitely no problem.

Busy for two days, Miss Luo Quan finally finished the work of the "Produce Girls' Generation" program team.

The next time would be for the trainees to rehearse and correct mistakes by themselves. Moreover, there were basically no mentor shots in the second half of the third episode, because the trainees would participate in the roadshow directly, and it would be broadcast live throughout.

At the same time, the second episode of "Produce Girls' Generation" was also launched on time, and the playback volume hit a new high. The cumulative playback volume had already exceeded 400 million, and the discussion volume of relevant topics on Weibo exceeded the 50 million mark.

Such popularity was enough to be called a hit variety show, and judging from the current situation, its potential was far more than that.

The show was definitely a hit, but how to keep it going or go further and rise to a national variety show depended on how the production side thought of ways.

The mentors and trainees did everything they could to the end. After all, it was a big event related to their development in the next few years, and no one would be careless.

And with the broadcast of the second episode, more life fragments of the trainees were exposed, and their images in the eyes of fans also seemed more three-dimensional.

Now was the time for trainees to absorb fans rapidly. All the verified Weibo accounts of everyone, regardless of speed, were gaining fans.

And the fastest growing were naturally those in Class A. Kang Yoon-ah had already reached 1.4 million, the trainee with the most fans besides Lin Yuxiao, the undisputed C-position. Yanagiu Junko ranked third with 1.07 million fans.

The reason why Junko ranked third was because the second fastest growing fan base was Luo Luo Chu Yi, who was assigned to Class C in the first episode.

This trainee who looked a bit unintelligent seemed to bring her own punchlines as soon as she appeared, and could always make everyone laugh inadvertently.

And in the second episode, her interactions with trainees, mentors, and even cameramen made people feel that she was a simple and optimistic good girl.

Although the term "good girl" had a bit of a sarcastic meaning now, in the eyes of most passersby and fans, Luo Luo Chu Yi was indeed a very good girl, a bit like a girl next door, very real and full of the "smoke and fire" of life.

And she didn't live up to everyone's liking. In the second episode, she practiced hard and finally rose to Class B after the assessment, taking a solid step toward debut.

This part of the screen was full of: Heaven will not let down girls who are willing to work hard!

It could be seen that Luo Luo Chu Yi's growth could be said to be what everyone expected, and everyone was looking forward to her being able to keep moving forward, keep moving forward.

Of course, "Produce Girls' Generation" didn't just have Luo Luo Chu Yi as a highlight.

The battle between Kang Yoon-ah and Yanagiu Junko for the "Big Demon King" was also the topic everyone discussed most hotly.

The strength of these two was top-tier in the program team, and they were very close. Although Kang Yoon-ah's hard strength was slightly better, the on-the-spot performance also tested psychological quality. When the third episode was broadcast live, she didn't dare to say that she would definitely perform better than Junko.

And the fans of both were arguing endlessly about who was the real "Big Demon King."

It is well known that there will only be one C-position on the debut night of "Produce Girls' Generation," and that is Seeing Wen Xia.

Popularity, appearance, strength—Seeing Wen Xia's serving as this C-position was well-deserved, and there was nothing to discuss.

Then, besides her, who would be the C-position?

A group must have two captains, one main and one deputy. Seeing Wen Xia was definitely the captain, so who would be the deputy captain? It must be the most capable and popular one.

Currently, it seems that only Junko and Kang Yoon-ah could compete for this position. Other trainees, whether it was Yue Wei or Lin Yuxiao, were a bit worse.

And fighting for the C-position has always been a very intense behavior in the entertainment industry, known as a war without smoke, requiring stars and fans to work together until the other side is completely forced back to be considered successful.

Kang Yoon-ah and Junko had no conflict, and were even among the trainees with the best relationship in the program team. In the dormitory, Kang Yoon-ah had been asking Junko for advice on Chinese, and she would also teach Junko Korean.

But there was only one C-position. Maybe they didn't care, but their fans wouldn't care, and the program team wouldn't care either.

Under the intentional "fanning of the flames" by the program team, the fans of both sides also began to have intense arguments about who should serve as the C-position, or who should possess the "Big Demon King" title.

Fortunately, everyone's wording was still restrained and didn't use much profanity, so the scope of discussion was still relatively rational.

After all, the show had only been broadcast for two episodes, the group of "brain-dead fans" hadn't been born yet, and the fans on both sides were still relatively high-quality.

On the other side, the fans of Yue Wei and Lin Yuxiao seemed much more vulgar, having already risen to the stage of personal attacks.

One side was the idol queen of Senna River who had debuted for many years, possessing 7 million fans before participating in the show.

And on the other side, although Yue Wei didn't have many fans in China before participating in the show, the fans of "Galaxy Girls" were not few, including the fans of Chu Xiang herself who also came to support this time.

These were all veterans in the fan circle, with endless means, and the sentences for scolding people were also varied.

The two sides could be considered evenly matched. Currently, because Yue Wei was reprimanded by the mentor and Lin Yuxiao was praised, the fans of Senna River temporarily occupied the upper hand, outputting a round of "riding on the face" (insulting) to the fans of Yuehua.

This situation is expected to continue until the live broadcast of the third episode. At that time, whether it will continue to be "ridden on the face" or make a desperate counterattack depends on Yue Wei's performance.

These were the biggest rhythms of "Produce Girls' Generation" at present. Although it was an argument, it also brought a considerable amount of topics to the show. Overall, the advantages outweighed the disadvantages.

It is estimated that in the later stages, the program team will vigorously create an atmosphere of "trainee fans being one family," temporarily suppressing these arguments and making the image of the show positive and active.

As for after the group is formed, everyone will be one family, belonging to "one glory, one loss." Most fans who want to spray people will probably have to think about the thoughts of the fans of the others in the group.

About two hours after the second episode started, Miss Luo Quan's sixth song was finally launched, catching the tail of today to get on a trending search.

This song was a duet with Gao Liang, titled "Love the Way You Lie."

After brewing for so many days, Gao Liang finally had the confidence to sing the rap of this song well.

As a gifted rapper, being able to spend so much time preparing the lyrics of a song shows that he is extremely serious about this song.

The final effect was also very good. Gao Liang perfectly used the lyrics to show an image of a manic, paranoid, extreme man. The voice, rhythm, and even the posture when rapping all made Miss Luo Quan see the shadow of the original singer of this song—Eminem.

The only difference was that Gao Liang was more handsome than Eminem. Both had baby faces, but Gao Liang was obviously more "baby."

After the song was released, the praise was overwhelming, but there were still many "bad reviews."

However, compared to those sincere bad reviews before, the current bad reviews had more of a teasing meaning:

"Miss Luo Quan is habitually slumping. Good and bad cycle endlessly. Good the day before yesterday, bad today."

"Everything is afraid of comparison. This song is a rare good song no matter when it is placed, but it just happened to be placed after 'My Heart Will Go On'."

"We fans are too floating now. We actually think such a good song is just so-so. Sure enough, Miss Luo Quan has raised our tastes too picky."

"Everyone's reaction is so 'flat,' but I have to praise it. Miss Luo Quan's part in this song is nothing to say, as stable as ever. The high and low notes are perfect, which is a normal performance.

The lyrics and music are excellent, especially the lyrics, which are completely the self-narratives of two severely self-abusing patients, and their love is as sick as their condition, incurable.

They hurt each other, but they love each other. A set of lyrics outlined a movie for me, which is truly wonderful.

And Gao Liang's performance is something I completely didn't expect.

Actually, more than half a year ago, although Gao Liang was also very popular, his reputation in the United States was roughly the same as our current 'little fresh meat'—relying on his face to eat.

Although Gao Liang is completely a strength-based artist, what was most impressive at the time was his face. No way, too handsome. I would like to call these siblings the peak of human appearance.

Then, a 'Baby' started his path as a little king of pop, 'Lose Yourself' was his foothold in the Western rap scene, and this song is the sign of his further progress!

His rap style has made very obvious progress compared to more than half a year ago. Listening to him rap, there is only one word—enjoyment. Plus Miss Luo Quan's voice like a heavenly sound, it is simply giving the ears a Thai massage, super cool.

As far as I am concerned, this song is definitely a model of the combination of pop music and rap, worthy of all those rap singers in Europe and America who want to take shortcuts to learn.

But it is estimated that learning is useless. Not everyone has a caring big sister like Miss Luo Quan."

Although it didn't cause as big a sensation as "My Heart Will Go On," this song could still be called a masterpiece in European and American pop music.

Especially since it was a duet between Miss Luo Quan and Gao Liang, the topic was full, and the fan base was large. For a time, the playback volume and purchase volume were not inferior to the results of the period after "My Heart Will Go On" was released.

At the same time, fans also began to look forward to Miss Luo Quan's new song tomorrow or the day after tomorrow.

According to the "Miss Luo Quan Intermittent Slump Law," this song took care of commerce and popularity, so the next song must take care of the artistic level. ===== CHAPTER 201 =====