Chapter 34: Half a

In this world, there are actually quite a few stars who have exploded in popularity by relying on variety talent shows.

It's just that the era of traffic in this world hasn't been going on for long; while many have climbed to the first tier through variety talent shows, not a single one has become a true so-called 【Top Traffic】.

Becoming 【Top Traffic】 is indeed a bit dependent on fate.

Many people are just a flash in the pan; after exploding for a while, they fizzle out.

But as insiders, Jiang Ningxi and Shen Yinuo know very well that most Top Traffic stars really did almost all explode suddenly.

Shen Yinuo looked at Jiang Ningxi and said, "Stop with the Metal Element. In this day and age, talent shows haven't produced a real Top Traffic star yet. And there's one thing I want to warn you about."

"What?" Jiang Ningxi asked.

"Since you mentioned Top Traffic, let me ask you: do you think if Luo Mo continues alone with this momentum in the show, he will encounter 【Anti-Explosion】?" Shen Yinuo said.

Upon hearing this, Jiang Ningxi fell into silence.

Although Shen Yinuo is indeed a bubbly, silly girl, she is, after all, the only daughter of an industry tycoon.

She understands the shady operations within the circle.

So-called 【Anti-Explosion】 is actually when others don't want to see you get popular, so they use various forces to suppress you while you haven't yet become a force to be reckoned with, but show signs of doing so.

The fact that a specific term exists to describe this phenomenon shows that such operations are not isolated cases.

In reality, even with a big company behind you, it is possible to be successfully 【Anti-Explosion】ed.

If one fights alone like Luo Mo, the road will be very difficult, super difficult.

The power of capital is too terrifying.

——Only capital can defeat capital!

Jiang Ningxi looked toward the traffic outside the car window, silent for a long time.

After a good while, she said, "After I finish recording in a few days, I'll go find him to chat."

She had previously been struggling with whether to be in the same company as her first love.

But once she thought about his future and prospects...

She knew very well that, as of now, the company Xinyu is indeed the best choice for Luo Mo!

"I'm doing this for his own good, helping an old classmate, there is no selfish motive," she thought to herself.

Time passed quickly, and this Saturday after the first public performance, the first episode (Part 2) of "Creating Idols" was set to officially air.

With the popularity accumulated from the first half and a week of fermentation, the heat of this show undoubtedly reached a new level.

Today, many viewers opened Pineapple TV or Penguin Video early, waiting for the broadcast of the second half of the first episode.

There's no helping it; the ending of the previous episode was truly too hateful, leaving a cliffhanger directly—who is the Shou A member in "Creating Idols"!

Viewers who already have a favorite trainee will definitely think—of course it's my idol!

Oh, there are also "mom fans," who will think of course it's my son!

Here, it is suggested that some male viewers can voluntarily put themselves in the role of "dad fans," and watching this type of variety show will make them more calm.

Never mind, retracting the suggestion; I'm afraid that once they think it's their own son, they won't be able to help but want to jump into the screen and hit someone.

At this moment, a young girl is lying on the sofa, holding her phone and waiting for the show to air.

It wasn't until the phone accidentally smashed onto her face that she started shouting in pain while adjusting her posture to sit up and watch.

The girl's surname is Fang, and she is Xiao Cai's college roommate.

It's just that while Xiao Cai has become a mature 【Mo-Born Person】, Xiao Fang is a fan of Ji Kangdong.

She is a wealthy JK Uniform girl who has a whole closet of JK Uniforms at home; she is the kind of fan who will spend real money to boost rankings for Ji Kangdong.

"I did a little bit last week and gave him 500, so let's do 800 this week," Xiao Fang thought.

As for Luo Mo, whom Xiao Cai recommended to her, she had heard of him.

The 【Mo-Born Person】 fan group insists on "free-loading," with the goal of making Luo Mo work overtime continuously so he doesn't face 【Elimination】. If they spend more than 1 yuan on him, they will even be teased internally and given a yellow card 【Warning】.

This group is actually already looked down upon by many in the fan circle.

What kind of thing is that? It sounds so pathetic.

Those who have spent money love to find a sense of superiority in front of the 【Mo-Born Person】s.

Xiao Fang isn't quite like that; she is the 【Peaceful Years】 type who supports vigorously but doesn't participate in infighting.

And she knows very well that her college roommate Xiao Cai is actually very wealthy at home, and just enjoys this kind of fun.

Wearing her JK Uniform, she sat on a small stool. Because the stool was low, her legs, which had nowhere to rest, were placed in an pigeon-toed position.

Her knees were pressed together, while her fair, tender calves splayed outward.

Part of her JK skirt was caught by her knees and hooked inward, which was quite aesthetically pleasing.

"Ah! The show is starting!" Xiao Fang immediately became excited.

She complained while watching, saying, "Others give the editors chicken legs, but I really want the editors of 'Creating Idols' to have no food to eat!"

The opening of the second half didn't mention Shou A at all; this content hadn't aired yet, still keeping the audience in suspense.

It wasn't until the progress bar reached the halfway point that the suspense of Shou A began to be revealed.

At this time, Luo Mo finally appeared on stage.

As soon as Luo Mo came on stage, Xiao Fang's college roommate group chat started to get rowdy, and Xiao Cai, as one of the earliest 【Mo-Born Person】s, started 【Shouting】.

Xiao Fang glanced at the group chat and said, "They're truly obsessed."

"The path of an 【Idol】 still requires strength. If you're just a slacker, you won't be a fan for long."

"Memes are memes, and messing around is messing around; you'll get tired of it soon!" Xiao Fang muttered.

In reality, Teacher Li on 【Earth】 also only stayed popular for a long time because there were many shining points in his personality.

When Luo Mo said the words "singing and playing" on stage, Xiao Fang was slightly stunned.

When Luo Mo sat down at the piano, Xiao Fang had to admit that he was indeed handsome.

Without the blessing of fan filters, he seemed to be indeed a bit more handsome than our Ji Kangdong.

As for the song brought by Luo Mo, to be honest, Xiao Fang did not hold any expectations.

She was someone who frequented fan circles, and she knew very well what kind of existence a trainee was.

Luo Mo had a training duration of 0 days and had no experience whatsoever.

Creating a miracle is very difficult.

"The song is called 'Gentle', it seems to be a standard love song."

"I just don't know if it's singing about a man's gentle care for a woman, or a woman's gentle love for a man?"

"Oh, right, right, it could also be about familial love."

With such thoughts, she began to listen to the song carefully.

The moment Luo Mo opened his mouth, she was a little bit won over.

"This voice... is actually quite nice. Come to think of it, the voice this person uses to speak in daily life would probably be unbearable for those obsessed with voices, right?" Xiao Fang thought.

The probability of there being perverts among those obsessed with voices is very high; many women are fantasizing and imagining a man with an incredibly deep and magnetic voice, pinning them down, then exhaling by their ear and saying: "Hmm?"

Until the finishing touch of this "Gentle" appeared, Xiao Fang was completely stunned.

"【Not disturbing you, is my Gentle】." She looked at this line of lyrics and felt her heart get pricked.

She was the type of listener who always had to look at the lyrics when listening to songs.

If a song's lyrics were written well, it would get bonus points from her.

"This angle is amazing!"

"I didn't expect it, it's actually this kind of gentle!"

Immediately following that, a frustrating scene appeared.

This song was actually only half a song, without even a chorus.

She hadn't heard enough at all and wanted to continue listening.

She had only just started to feel a little bit of an itch.

And the result?

"It's gone! There's nothing more below!"

(PS: Today is the last day for double monthly tickets; tips count as quadruple monthly tickets. Begging for monthly tickets to climb the rankings!)

(End of this chapter)