Chapter 126

Driven by *Leisurely Slow Life*, variety shows that started airing in the last two months all began to try live recording.

But competition-style variety shows had started live recording during the grand finale a long time ago.

The competition variety show Gong Jiajia participated in was called *I Am the Brightest*, aimed at the younger generation of singers to collect the brightest voices.

It was different from *PICK~ Next Stop Diva*, which followed the group trainee model; its variety effect was weaker, and it had higher requirements for singing skills.

At the same time, it didn't choose unknown trainees, but singers who had already debuted and had some fame.

These singers at least wouldn't be unknown to the public like trainees, and they had a certain base of popularity.

But due to popularity and budget issues, the production team couldn't afford famous singers, so they could only invite new-generation musicians.

The advantage of this was that because the musicians had a certain amount of popularity, they saved on promotion fees.

But the disadvantages were also obvious.

Young musicians didn't have as many fans as imagined, their singing skills weren't as outstanding as imagined, and their song choices were very casual.

This led to *I Am the Brightest*, a singing competition variety show, failing to make a splash from the first episode to the last.

Other competition variety shows at least gave some blockbuster gimmicks in the first episode.

But the first episode of *I Am the Brightest* was just boring self-introductions by young contestants.

No stage presence.

No resume.

To sum it up in four words: No wonder it’s cold.

Even though *I Am the Brightest* started live recording during the grand finale and did relevant advertising, once the live stream actually started.

The popularity of less than 100,000 in the live stream room was truly breathtaking:

What a "cold" word!

"Director, the guest singer list is out, and the guest singers are in place."

The field director received the list from the floor manager, looked down, and focused on Gong Jiajia, who was listed last.

The director couldn't help but frown.

Gong Jiajia’s guest singer was still kept secret.

*I Am the Brightest* had high hopes for guest singers, hoping that young singers could use their connections to invite famous singers from the same company to help, and even set up a confidentiality mechanism.

It can only be said that the idea was good.

But reality was cruel.

After reaching the grand finale, the guest singer mechanism didn't take off.

As one young singer after another entered the grand finale and brought their guest singers to rehearsals without hiding it, the guest list was collected by the production team.

There were brothers who were also young singers, seniors who had been out of style for so long that even their names couldn't be remembered, and some who directly brought newcomers to help...

The only better one was a contestant who invited a second-tier singer.

The director looked solemn; could they only use that second-tier singer as a selling point for promotion?

But that second-tier singer was also selected in the early years and had long since become a marginal figure, not having appeared for half a year.

It was the grand finale, and advertisers had invested one million in advertising fees on site; wouldn't it be too embarrassing if there wasn't even a first-tier singer?

"Director, Director?" The floor manager called him.

"The advertising department is already urging us to release some raw photos to warm up for the live stream. Which singer should we focus on? Or the one decided before?"

The director came back to his senses, staring at Gong Jiajia’s guest singer for a long time.

He always felt that the guest singer who had been kept secret all along would be a blockbuster.

"Wait, let me think again. Do you remember which company Gong Jiajia is from?"

The floor manager nodded: "I remember, Chenxi Entertainment. Her agent even bribed the production team recently, asking to put Gong Jiajia last."

Otherwise, how would this last spot fall to Gong Jiajia?

Director: "Chenxi Entertainment, why does this company sound familiar?"

Floor manager: "Jin Li and Xi Mengze are in this company; this second-tier company has been very popular recently."

A flash of inspiration hit the director, and he quickly said: "Like this, let the field camera crew go film Gong Jiajia, and send someone to communicate with her, just say...

Just say that the confidentiality mechanism for the mysterious guest cannot be kept secret after the live stream starts, and let Gong Jiajia say who the mysterious guest she invited is.

After knowing who it is, call me immediately!"

Floor manager nodded: "Okay!"

The director was in charge of the scene and had to keep an eye on many things, otherwise he would have run to ask Gong Jiajia directly.

Ten minutes later, the floor manager called the director and said excitedly: "It’s Jin Li! The guest singer Gong Jiajia invited is Jin Li!"

The director clenched his fists hard.

It was actually Jin Li!

This Gong Jiajia was capable!

He pondered for a few seconds and immediately called his superiors; he needed to apply for more promotional resources.

Recently, with the hit drama *Ruyi Langjun*, "Princess Liu Ci" played by Jin Li had also become popular.

Her princess was innocent and romantic in the early stage, vicious after turning dark in the middle, counterattacking for revenge in the late stage, and her reputation collapsed in the very late stage.

Online, the discussion about "Liu Ci" among netizens exceeded the sum of the male and female leads.

Jin Li jumped to become the hottest female star in June, bar none!

What made industry stars even more envious and jealous was that she relied entirely on the hit drama to gain traffic and hadn't run any extra promotional errands.

One hit drama, one popular variety show, pushed her to the status of the most discussed female star of the month on the entire network.

When the leaders of *I Am the Brightest* heard it was Jin Li, they gave the green light without saying a word.

Promote!

Promote it hard for me!

Change all promotional materials!

Change all slogans!

Before the live stream of *I Am the Brightest* officially started, the production team used the banner of "Jin Li is coming as a guest singer," which had already reached the top ten of the blog hot search.

[Jin Li is going to be a guest singer? I’m dizzy, I didn't receive any news at all!]

[No wonder Li Bao’s live stream duration has become shorter these days, it turns out she was busy with work]

[Don't be happy too early, upstairs; facts prove that whenever we think Li Bao is working, she is actually silently grinding in places we don't know (tears)]

[So do you know what song Jin Li is singing this time?]

[Dizzy, dizzy, dizzy, did you notice who Li Bao is supporting? It’s actually Gong Jiajia! My god, dream back to *PICK~ Next Stop Diva*!]

For a time, Gong Jiajia and Jin Li set off a wave of nostalgia, and the whole network was reminiscing about *PICK~ Next Stop Diva*.

This highly popular variety show had ended less than three months ago.

The newly selected team had already held a concert, and all tickets were sold out.

The feeling given was that the momentum was good.

And those who didn't form a group and debut, and failed with regret, were gradually forgotten by people.

But those contestants who failed with regret were not without fans.

On the contrary, many fans were broad-minded.

They just focused on supporting the new team, but that didn't mean they forgot the feeling of voting for other contestants.

[Wuwuwu, my Jiajia, she was really just a little bit away from debuting!]

[Thinking of my Yilian, it’s all the production team’s heartless group elimination system, otherwise, with her top five popularity, how could she have been eliminated!]

[To be honest, the popularity of the newly selected 'Soft Candy Girl 101' is not good at all.

This team is not a combination of super popular contestants, just relatively balanced, so they could PK successfully all the way!]

[Just ask, can a company come and sign all the failed super popular contestants to debut together?]

While the internet set off waves of discussion, *I Am the Brightest* also successfully "rode the carp," and as soon as the live stream started, the popularity reached over a million.

—Amazing progress!

You know, the total popularity of this show from the beginning to now was barely a million.

One live stream, the popularity had already exceeded all previous accumulations.

Not only that, over a million was just a starting point, not the end.

In the background of *I Am the Brightest*, senior management checked the data in real time.

Almost every few minutes, they had to ask once.

And the programmer’s answer was always: "Still growing."

The fermentation of heat on the internet takes a certain amount of time. When the live stream started, the news of "Jin Li as a guest singer" hadn't been out for long.

As more and more netizens discussed it, more and more netizens came to watch the live stream of *I Am the Brightest*.

It is worth mentioning that *I Am the Brightest* only opened the live stream in the background of the video website and did not go to the relevant live streaming network for supporting promotion.

After all, it only started live streaming during the grand finale, and the previous competitions were recorded, which didn't fit the style of the live streaming network.

So Cat Claw captured the heat at the first time and communicated with the official production team of *I Am the Brightest*, wanting to obtain the exclusive live streaming rights.

But the result was unexpected.

Zhong Wenkun asked the person in charge again, saying in disbelief: "Are you saying that the grand finale live stream of this show has already been taken by another platform?"

The person in charge said: "Yes, sorry, they contacted us one step faster."

Zhong Wenkun: "You’re talking about Wangwang Live, right? Can you tell me when they contacted you?"

The person in charge hesitated, "Just three minutes ago."

After Zhong Wenkun hung up, his eyes flickered.

They only contacted three minutes ago, and they negotiated the exclusive live streaming rights; needless to say, Wangwang must have offered a high price!

But that wasn't what he was worried about.

It was that Wangwang had always been insensitive to variety show live streaming, while Cat Claw had been pushing this matter.

But this time, with Jin Li still being their own charity ambassador, Cat Claw actually lost to Wangwang?

This is not scientific?!

What medicine did Wangwang take wrong, why did they react so fast?

At the same time, in Jin Li’s major fan groups.

Jin Li didn't have an official fan group, her schedule wasn't announced to the public, and she didn't require fans to complete any activity indicators.

Not just Jin Li, other members of Pink Girl were also so Buddhist in arranging fans.

So the fan groups related to Pink Girl were all private groups, not official groups.

Cute Beauty Cherry: [Assemble, assemble! Jin Li air-dropped into the grand finale of *I Am the Brightest* as Gong Jiajia’s guest singer (horn X3)!]

Wanwan Mark: [Koi Baby is in place, will definitely watch Jin Li’s guest singing segment later!]

Pink Jasmine: [Koi No. 2 is in place, count me in!]

Lanlanlanlan: [In place!]

At the same time, in different places.

In the background of a variety show, Sanyuetian had two hours of rest time and had to record at night.

This variety show had high intensity, so they specifically chose to record at night to stay away from the crowd.

The scene selected by the production team had fewer people at night and could be partially blocked.

"Ding-a-ling—"

Gu Cheng just arrived in the lounge and immediately took out his phone, preparing to watch the live stream.

Chen Lin, who sat down right after, had an alarm go off on his phone.

He took it out to look, his eyes lit up immediately, and he reminded: "Come quickly, come quickly, Sister Jin Li’s guest singing live stream is about to start. I specifically set an alarm, I just want to see how they dance.

The choreography was too rushed, and we were busy running errands, so we didn't know how they practiced."

Yan Xingdong and Luo Yi specifically glanced at Gu Cheng.

Hmm, expression calm, looks quite normal.

Since Chen Lin said so, Yan Xingdong and Luo Yi also sat together to watch.

Yan Xingdong: "We left the video for them, there should be no problem."

Luo Yi: "Sister Jin Li must be fine, her experience as a girl group member is still there, but that Gong Jiajia, long arms and long legs, I’m afraid she won't match Sister Jin Li very well."

Chen Lin nodded: "So I suggested choreographing a duet for them, Gong Jiajia can walk the male steps, Jin Li walks the female steps, the two match very well."

Gu Cheng took the earphones out of the charging case, the crisp click sound attracted everyone’s attention.

He put on the earphones unhurriedly and said lightly: "No, the two don't match. Jin Li’s status is higher than hers. If they adopt the duet form, the limelight will be stolen by Gong Jiajia."

Chen Lin pondered for a while, "There is this problem, but I don't think Sister Jin Li would care.

Gu Cheng, are you thinking too much? Maybe Sister Jin Li agreed to this plan?"

Gu Cheng looked at him and asked calmly: "Since I have a better plan, why should I let her choose a lesser one?"

Chen Lin shrugged, "Alright, you’re right, you pursue quality, I pursue time. Fortunately, your choreography was designed in an hour."

Only Yan Xingdong and Luo Yi wore expressions of seeing through everything.

Heh, little guy.

Isn't it just that you don't want Jin Li to dance a duet with others? Why talk about stealing the limelight or not.

Chen Lin shouted: "Come and see, Sister Jin Li is coming out next!"

At the same time.

Wangwang Live also focused on promoting *I Am the Brightest*.

Not long after *I Am the Brightest* started live streaming, Wangwang Live took the exclusive live streaming rights.

As soon as the live stream went online, Wangwang Live gave various big covers and pop-up reminders.

[My god, Wangwang has grown up, I actually saw Jin Li on Wangwang!]

[Just went to Cat Claw to take a look, Cat Claw is not good, they didn't get the live streaming rights synchronously]

[This time, Wangwang defeated Cat Claw, not easy!]

Relying on this wave of traffic, many users who only downloaded Cat Claw but not Wangwang all downloaded Wangwang one after another.

Wangwang didn't do any paid promotion.

The new users who surged in the evening almost all came from Cat Claw.

[Jin Li is out!]

[This prelude... singing Little Star Wish!]

[Ahhh, dressed so beautifully, dream back to Li Bao who just debuted four years ago!]

[What preservative did she eat, why hasn't her face changed at all?]

[Li Bao grew up eating cute!]