Chapter 32: Look at This Bowl

After the entire venue was silent for a few seconds, enthusiastic applause and cheers erupted.

It is hard to imagine that, with only five hundred audience members at the first public performance, they could produce such a mountain-shaking, sea-roaring Shouting for "Big Fish"!

For many people, this stage might be something they remember for a lifetime.

Especially the final Siren chanting, combined with the Opera Singing, made people feel an endless aftertaste.

A thought popped into the minds of many young audience members.

"So, is Opera Singing this charming?"

In the past, many people's concept was that Opera was for the elderly, and it was particularly boring!

But listening to it now, it seems... not bad?

Luo Mo's 【Anonymous】 team began to bow to the audience and the mentors together.

In the past, Wei Ran was always the first one who couldn't hold back, but this time he didn't speak first, as if he were still surprised by the final chanting.

As a good buddy, Li Ge had to comment first: "Sigh, after listening to this whole song, I am very angry!"

After maximizing the show's effect, he then smiled and said: "Luo Mo, I really appreciate you, but in these two stages of yours, there hasn't been a single bit of Rap! Not even a single Rap element! I can't comment on you in my professional field!"

Laughter came from the audience below, and Li Ge shrugged, pointing at his buddy: "Look, the Music Mentor is stunned."

Wei Ran glared at him, a single look proving his domestic status.

Li Ge shrank his neck and stopped teasing him.

The Rapper, wearing a big gold chain and clothes covering a large number of tattoos, was cowardly to the extreme in front of his buddy.

Wei Ran picked up the microphone, looked at Luo Mo and Tong Shu, and said: "This song truly stunned me."

"But what I say next might be a bit heartless." He looked at the other four trainees and said: "Luo Mo and Tong Shu's performance from beginning to end can be described as perfect, but you four are actually dragging them down relative to this song."

His meaning was very clear: if this song were a duet, it would definitely have a better effect.

The four trainees lowered their heads to look at their toes, appearing a bit ashamed.

How could they not understand this point?

Luo Mo glanced at the four of them sideways and only said three words: "Stand straight!"

The four of them reflexively lifted their heads and puffed out their chests, no longer drooping their heads.

Instructor Luo is terrifyingly strict.

He knew very well that these four had actually tried hard enough, but this "Big Fish" was too difficult to interpret, especially with Tong Shu providing the vocals.

Goods compared to goods should be thrown away; people compared to people should die.

Without comparison, there is no harm; this is unavoidable.

Wei Ran smiled and said: "Indeed, this cannot be blamed on you either; you have actually all made very obvious progress, very obvious."

Xu Chujing picked up the microphone at the right time, took over Wei Ran's point, and said: "Mm, the progress is great, but what I am most curious about is Tong Shu's change."

This woman with a powerful aura looked at Tong Shu and said: "I remember during the first stage, you couldn't do what you are doing now."

Tong Shu met the Diva's gaze, only feeling his whole body stiffen and his scalp go numb.

He adjusted the microphone by his mouth, his hands even trembling a little.

"That... it was Brother Mo who told me to adjust my singing style and taught me how to sing it note by note," Tong Shu replied.

He had been "trained" every day recently, experiencing hellish training.

Everyone's gaze gathered on Luo Mo once again.

Shen Yinuo's eyes shone with light as she said: "So, Luo Mo is not only the original composer and lyricist of this song, but also served as the producer?"

"And also, Tong Shu, keep working hard, use this singing style from now on, only then will you have character!" Shen Yinuo waved her slightly fleshy fist to cheer Tong Shu on.

Tong Shu nodded somewhat embarrassedly and unconsciously leaned toward Luo Mo.

Seeing his cowardly appearance as if he had never seen the world, Luo Mo retreated half a step with slight disgust to keep his distance.

Jiang Ningxi picked up the microphone and asked: "Luo Mo, this is your first time using Opera Singing on stage. I am very curious, will you bring more performances related to Opera in the future?"

Hearing this, Luo Mo had a rare look of seriousness on his face.

He said solemnly: "I will. Next, I will bring everyone performances containing more Opera Elements."

A person must not forget their original intention.

Jiang Ningxi nodded with satisfaction and did not ask further.

She knew very well how much Luo Mo loved Opera.

"I understand him better than anyone else at the scene," this cold goddess thought to herself.

Seeing that the mentors had finished their comments, Xu Chujing spoke up: "Then, please let the audience at the venue cast their votes."

"If you like the "Big Fish" just now, press the Red Button in your hand."

"Thirty-second countdown for vote counting."

Thirty seconds passed quickly, and after the time was up, the vote counting stopped.

A staff member quickly brought an envelope onto the stage, which contained the final vote counts for the 3 Original Group teams.

Xu Chujing did not like to keep people in suspense; she announced the result directly.

"The first place in the Original Group is—'Big Fish'!"

Cheers erupted at the venue; the audience's reaction proved it was well-deserved.

In the lounge, Ji Kangdong and Meng Yangguang's expressions were extremely ugly.

Even Shen Mingliu's expression stiffened.

Because just a moment ago, when the camera swept over the audience, he saw a fan holding a light board with his name on it, who was desperately cheering and Shouting for Luo Mo's team!

This was openly "climbing the wall" right in front of the original idol!

Changing one's heart right in front of them, is that even allowed?

Meng Yangguang gritted his teeth and said: "Ji Kangdong, how does it feel to lose?"

Ji Kangdong clenched his hands on his knees and forced a smile, saying, "It's alright."

He felt incredibly miserable inside.

He was completely unable to maintain the magnanimity he had previously boasted about.

The reason was simple: Shen Mingliu and he were currently ranked first and second on the Popularity Support Ranking.

However, the third-place contestant was biting at their heels.

Their company, Xingshi Entertainment, had pulled strings with a staff member from the production team, so the three of them were able to know their real-time rankings, and even their specific vote counts!

And this trainee in third place had just ranked first in his team during the Singing stage.

The extra bonus votes he received could directly knock Ji Kangdong down to third, dropping him by one spot.

Although there would be opportunities to catch up later with the help of fans, everything was still unknown, wasn't it?

Who wouldn't want to hang at the top of the rankings for a few more days?

This was also a form of exposure!

Shen Mingliu sighed and had no choice but to comfort him in a low voice: "Forget it, forget it, there's no need. Think about it, if Luo Mo can debut in the same group as us, he can still write lyrics and songs for us. If everyone gets along well, there's no harm in it."

Ji Kangdong looked at him and said, "It's easy for you to say, you're not the one about to be pushed down in the rankings."

Upon hearing this, Meng Yangguang couldn't help but frown slightly.

Huh, why does this way of speaking sound a bit familiar?

………

………

At this time, the first public performance could be considered to have come to an end.

The production team began to go through the motions, having all one hundred trainees come up on stage and wave to the audience below.

Shen Mingliu walked to Luo Mo's side, squeezed out a smile he considered to be quite friendly, and took advantage of the chaos on set to say, "Luo Mo, let's form a team for the next public performance?"

Luo Mo glanced at him, feeling somewhat surprised.

He remembered very clearly that when he stepped out of the elevator that day, Shen Mingliu had told him that Xingshi Entertainment would not lose a second time.

In fact, from the very beginning, Luo Mo had never provoked them, nor had he deliberately provoked Xingshi Entertainment.

He viewed them all as children; they were all his juniors.

Ignore them completely!

But as for forming a team together and writing a song for them to sing...

Wouldn't that mean there was something seriously wrong with his brain?

Shen Mingliu looked at Luo Mo, thinking that as the contestant ranked first on the popularity list with strong ability, there was no reason for the other party to refuse such a proposal of a strong alliance, especially since he was taking the initiative to show goodwill.

For Luo Mo, this would also be beneficial for boosting his popularity, as fans could drive traffic to each other.

It was somewhat similar to bundled marketing.

Luo Mo looked at him, smiled, and said:

"So, can you wash dishes?"

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(PS: Second update, asking for double monthly votes!)

(End of chapter)