Chapter 984: Strategic Talent

Even without searching, Luo Quan knew by now that this middle-aged man was a comedian; he was creating comedic effects from start to finish, able to make everyone burst into laughter with just a few words.

However, the more he could let go in front of so many celebrity beauties, the more it showed that this host had high status and seniority.

On one hand, it was his rich experience; on the other, it was that even if his jokes were a bit excessive, others wouldn't take offense.

Although Luo Quan hadn't appeared on many variety shows, she could still see these basic things.

Taking advantage of the gap while everyone was laughing, Luo Quan also learned the information about the host in front of her.

Li Henian, the lead host of the Multi-Entertainment Channel, had nearly a hundred years of hosting experience. From his debut until now, he had hosted dozens of programs, large and small, the vast majority of which were highly acclaimed.

This male host's style was witty and humorous, and he liked to interact with female guests, using jokes that everyone loved to create highlights.

In his early days, he was criticized for being disrespectful, but as his seniority grew and his status rose, these criticisms gradually faded, turning instead into praise for his hosting skills.

In the hosting industry, especially for entertainment programs, those with over fifty years of experience were already rare; a century-old host like Li Henian was like a family heirloom for every channel, possessing huge influence and vast resources.

Therefore, when female celebrities were teased, they would all cooperate with him; after all, it was just words.

Although Li Henian played the image of a lecher on stage, he grasped the boundaries quite well; to this day, no scandals like "groping hands" or "hidden rules" had been exposed about him.

Regardless of what kind of person he was in private, at least on stage, he was a gentleman wearing the appearance of a lecherous uncle.

Besides that, he was an old senior in the entertainment industry and a massive warehouse of resources.

Whoever built a good relationship with him, even if not guaranteed a smooth path to stardom, would certainly not have to worry about having no roles to play.

So, of the ten women on stage, eight of them looked at him as if they were seeing a relative, laughing so happily.

However, Luo Quan could easily see the pretense in their smiles; when it came to acting, these female celebrities still lacked some depth.

Of the two women who weren't laughing that happily, one was Luo Quan, and the other was Chu Yueyan.

The latter was the highest-ranked among the ten beauties on stage.

Except for those women who didn't participate in the competition, such as the Empress or the Saintess, Chu Yueyan was likely the most beautiful in the Universe.

Upon seeing her in person, Luo Quan couldn't help but sigh in her heart that this woman was indeed transcendently beautiful, with every glance and smile possessing the magic to control one's heartbeat and breathing frequency.

Her makeup wasn't gaudy, but the two natural peach-blossom blushes on her cheeks made her look as if she were wandering between gentleness, tranquility, and unbearable shyness.

Like cold porcelain and chilly jade, her exquisitely beautiful face had lines of perfect curvature outlining her peerless features; the radiance that erupted when blended together made everything else pale in comparison.

And the moment her eyes overlapped with the stage lights, it was like a bewitching and beautiful firefly dancing in the sunset's afterglow, breathtakingly stunning.

In the past, Luo Quan always complained that she had no rivals, and even after meeting Xu Yanqing, she had maintained this view.

But after meeting Chu Yueyan, Luo Quan's heart finally wavered slightly.

The woman in front of her could truly compete with her in terms of looks.

It could only be said that she was worthy of being the publicly recognized most beautiful in the Universe; although she was said to be at the peak of Level 9, Luo Quan felt she had already stepped half a foot into the threshold of Level 10, and was completely not in the same concept as the other nine at the same level.

It was no wonder everyone was so polite to her; besides the reasons of status and popularity, they probably also knew they couldn't compete with her at all.

As for the jokes Li Henian made, Chu Yueyan also had an expression of being uninterested, looking exactly like someone forced to work.

Luo Quan was all too familiar with this state; wasn't it just like herself back then, originally wanting to slack off but having to perform on stage for various reasons?

It was just that Chu Yueyan was better at hiding it.

"Luo Quan, why have you been staring at Miss Yueyan?"

Li Henian's sudden question made Luo Quan jump, and also shifted the focus of the entire venue onto her.

As the lowest-ranked among the ten beauties, she originally didn't have much screen time, but she didn't expect Li Henian's eyes to be so sharp, noticing where her gaze was gathered.

"No, I just found Sister Chu Yueyan so beautiful, so I couldn't help but look twice."

Luo Quan didn't hide it either, speaking the truth directly.

Chu Yueyan was also intrigued by Luo Quan's honesty, starting to carefully size up this junior who had the appearance of the Divine Federation.

Hmm... clearly this facial contour was the material of a peerless beauty, so why was the final effect presented a bit lacking?

Her skin and figure were all good, so why would this situation occur?

No one could help her answer this question for the time being, because Li Henian clearly had more things he wanted to ask Luo Quan: "Luo Quan, then who do you think is more beautiful, you or Chu Yueyan?"

Luo Quan's eyelids twitched, and she grinned as she said: "That must be Sister Chu Yueyan who is more beautiful; the ranking order has already been set by the netizens, this is the most objective and fair ranking."

To be honest, this was the first time she had admitted that her looks were inferior to someone else's, and it felt quite strange.

And such an answer, while correct, had absolutely no sensationalism.

If it were someone who liked to hype things up, the answer would probably be: "Maybe Chu Yueyan is more beautiful now, but it's hard to say in the future."

The legal age of adulthood for people in the Universe is twenty, but they continue to develop until they are thirty.

Luo Quan wasn't even twenty-five yet, so theoretically, there was still a possibility of natural changes, so saying it this way wasn't wrong, it wouldn't easily attract hate, and it was more convenient for the production team to create topics.

Li Henian had practically fed the food to her mouth, but Luo Quan simply wouldn't take it.

"This year's newcomers aren't very easy to lead..."

Li Henian sighed in his heart, but he decided to give Luo Quan a chance: "Then as the youngest among the ten, how about you take the lead in this talent show segment?"

"No problem." Luo Quan agreed without even thinking; this was probably the thing she was most skilled at on stage.

And agreeing so readily made Li Henian reveal a look of astonishment: "I originally thought you would shyly refuse."

"Because performing is my strength." Luo Quan said confidently.

"Then come on." Li Henian made a gesture of invitation, "This stage is yours to command."

"Actually, the program I'm performing this time has already been recorded into a video, just play it for everyone directly." Luo Quan said, raising a small chip in her hand.

Before participating in the show, she had received a notice that she would be required to perform a program for this interview.

On the basis of not spoiling the performance prepared for the Anniversary Assembly, everyone had to think of other ways.

Fortunately, Luo Quan had nothing else, but she had plenty of programs, so she immediately had Plan B ready.

Because it was a symphony, one person couldn't play that kind of momentum, so Luo Quan could only use a recorded method to let everyone appreciate it.

Fortunately, Li Henian didn't mind this either, standing to the side with his arms crossed, looking like he was waiting for her performance.

Seeing this, Luo Quan immediately handed the chip to the staff, telling them to just play the content inside.

Soon, many Luo Quans appeared on the huge light screen behind the stage, some holding batons, some holding various musical instruments.

If the students of Shangyi were here, they would probably be very familiar with this scene.

When Luo Quan participated in the competition back then, she was questioned for using an entire symphony orchestra to perform a symphony, which was unfair to the individual contestants.

So Luo Quan simply formed a group by herself, independently completing all the parts in a symphony, and then spliced them together.

Performance in this situation didn't need a conductor at all, but for the sake of ritual, Luo Quan still added the conducting part.

At that time, this scene of one person forming an army shocked countless people, and now, re-enacted in the Universe, it also harvested countless exclamations.

In the Universe, being skilled in multiple skills wasn't a difficult thing, but wanting to be proficient wasn't that simple; it not only required talent but also ten years of persistent effort.

Although many of these alien musical instruments couldn't be identified as to what type they were, there were dozens of them densely packed and not repeating, and wanting to master them all would also take decades.

The key was that these were all estimated by the standards of the people of the Universe.

And Luo Quan was only born on a backward Level 2 planet; she didn't have the good innate genes of the people of the Universe, nor did she have such abundant acquired educational resources.

But even though her starting line was far behind the people of the Universe, she still achieved what most people of the Universe found difficult to do.

And not only was she multi-talented, but her talent in martial arts was also ridiculously high, and she possessed looks that had a very high hope of breaking through to Level 9.

Combining these elements, the audience couldn't help but want to ask, was this really not a genius descendant sent out by some big family to suffer?

Wanting to rely on DNA to randomly match and give birth to such a fairy, the probability was simply too low.

However, regardless of whether the audience believed it or not, the miracle of life was standing in front of them now, and was about to tell them with her performance to what extent life could be miraculous.

The video started playing, Luo Quan's baton also waved, and all the Luo Quans began to play music under the baton.

(PS: The song title is "From the New World," also known as Dvořák's Symphony No. 9, 4th Movement.)

The audience who only heard the beginning thought this was a light and slow lyrical piece, but in less than three seconds, the surging melody instantly washed away these newly constructed wrong impressions.

That music, like a ship setting sail, created an incomparably impassioned and hot-blooded atmosphere, making almost every listener get goosebumps.

And when the song reached its climax, a tall giant's phantom actually appeared on the stage.

The giant held a long sword and shouted, as if calling his soldiers to attack forward.

The appearance of the phantom immediately made the audience's virtual feelings about the music concrete.

That hot-blooded, uncontrollable urge to fight someone swept through every audience member's heart.

Fortunately, the Multi-Entertainment Channel immediately released a blue halo while playing, making these affected audience members immediately calm down.

The song passed in a flash, and Luo Quan waited anxiously for everyone's response.

Although a one-person symphony orchestra was very cool, she didn't know if everyone liked this piece.

The audience's expressions under the stage were quite rich, but they were clearly quite excited at the beginning, but relaxed as they listened, which made Luo Quan unsure.

Such anxiety didn't end until Li Henian took the initiative to applaud loudly.

He applauded fiercely, and also led the listeners on and off the stage to applaud enthusiastically.

"Luo Quan, bringing out a War Song of this level so early, what are you going to do at the Anniversary Assembly?"

Amidst the applause, Li Henian asked her worriedly.

Actually, Li Henian naturally knew that Luo Quan had other preparations; this was just to start a topic to let Luo Quan show how talented she was, but this time Luo Quan didn't let him have his way.

"War Song? What is a War Song?" This was the first time Luo Quan had heard this term.

"You really are..." Li Henian looked at her, crying and laughing, thinking, is it that slow to cooperate?

But since she had already asked, and he happened to know, he could only answer seriously:

"The best music can give birth to a Song Spirit, and the best Song Spirit can significantly influence people's emotions on a large scale; if it influences in a good direction, it is called a War Song.

This song of yours, although it only condensed a Song Spirit phantom, already possesses the effect of a War Song, which represents quite high potential.

Usually, War Songs cannot be sung casually, because they will cause the audience's emotions to develop in an uncontrollable direction, easily leading to accidents.

So when War Songs are used for entertainment, the channel needs to be equipped with Song Spirit interferers in advance to weaken the influence caused by the War Song.

Fortunately, although our Multi-Entertainment Channel didn't know in advance that Luo Quan would perform a War Song, the equipment needed for various emergencies is complete, so the effect of the War Song didn't last too long just now.

If it were another channel, I'm afraid it would have become a broadcast accident by now."

"So that's how it is." Luo Quan finally understood why the audience under the stage suddenly changed from excited to calm; it was probably the Song Spirit interferer at work.

"If I remember correctly, you are only twenty-four years old, right? Being able to create War Song-level music at such a young age, if it were in those turbulent years of the past, you would be a proper strategic-level talent!"

Li Henian returned the topic to the show and began to praise Luo Quan.

The title of strategic-level talent was simply too outrageous; Luo Quan didn't dare to accept it, directly saying with a grin, "Teacher Li, you are too kind," and skipped over it.

Seeing her so dull, Li Henian was also angry and stopped feeding her lines, turning to interview other female stars. ===== CHAPTER 985 =====