Chapter 84: The Grand Finale of

Time pushed forward by another few days.

Recently, the remaining 20 trainees have been doing some commercial work in addition to preparing their own grand finale tracks.

For example, filming a few advertisements for the sugar daddies of *Creating Idols*, or going out to participate in some time-saving and effortless small events.

Besides that, it is just taking some personal photos, magazine pictures, and the like.

For stars in the entertainment industry, shooting the cover of a hit magazine is actually a symbol of strength.

If one of the four major magazines asks you to shoot a cover, it is equivalent to recognizing your personal temperament and fashion attributes, and at the same time, it is also recognizing your strength and popularity.

In fact, some magazine photographers do have extraordinary skills; the pictures taken by some photographers will become viral images, and just by relying on a few pictures, they can make some stars gain countless fans.

Today's content is relatively simple: filming a short commercial for the title sponsor; this is an obligation, and everyone must do it.

With three days left until the grand finale, the production team plans to treat everyone to a big meal after filming the commercials, held to the standards of a banquet, and will even prepare red wine and champagne, which can be considered wealthy and imposing.

At the banquet, Luo Mo could clearly feel that the gazes of the people around him were completely different from before.

The show's recording is almost over, and most of the remaining trainees have strong backing; although they are still in a semi-closed recording state, they are all well-informed.

They are crystal clear about the storms in the outside world.

That Luo Mo has provoked Pineapple is no longer a secret.

The main thing is that this person actually refuses to sign the group formation agreement!

This made Shen Mingliu and that trainee who had been stuck in tenth place all along bloom with joy in their hearts.

"Is this person a fool?" many people thought to themselves.

Don't look at how these trainees all seem quite glorious right now, with decent popularity and each possessing traffic.

But in reality, they had always been their company's people before participating in the show, and the contracts they signed were all low-level contracts.

The company cultivated them, poured in so much money and so many resources, so they must definitely suck more blood in these few years; this is the rule.

Shen Mingliu and the others all understand the rules, and they also know that once they endure these few years, things will be a little better.

They certainly won't think about how Luo Mo's situation is inconsistent with theirs; in this world, there aren't many people who will put themselves in others' shoes to think about other people's problems.

For Shen Mingliu and the others, if Pineapple were willing to sign a B Class contract with them, they would wake up laughing in their sleep!

Therefore, when they look at Luo Mo recently, there is even a hint of pity in their gazes.

This is a very normal thing, because although they are still at the age of students, they are not entirely students anymore.

They have been trainees at their companies for so many years; their status isn't great, their treatment isn't great, but the rumors they have heard are one after another.

The messy things in the circle, the truth and falsehoods within—you could eat melons until you vomit!

Like how this female senior provoked which executive and then what happened.

That male senior provoked some company and then started to go downhill.

They feel they have long understood how terrifying the power of big companies is.

Luo Mo is suffering from not having a company; he doesn't know how terrifying Pineapple is as one of the four major companies!

This made Shen Mingliu and the others feel a sense of relief in their hearts when chatting in private.

"Luo Mo, oh Luo Mo, even if you are ahead of us now, so what?"

"The road of life is still long, and we aren't just living for these few years."

"In the future, you will be the enemy of Xingshi Entertainment and Pineapple Entertainment, while we will continue to receive the top resources in the industry for these three years."

"Right now, this might just be the most glorious day of your life."

This made Shen Mingliu not completely break down mentally even after being overtaken by Luo Mo on the 【Popularity Support Ranking】.

Yes, just this afternoon, Luo Mo ascended the throne!

And there was no such thing as a throne battle; after overtaking, he never gave Shen Mingliu's fans a chance again.

This group of people has spent money for so long that their ammunition depot is also a bit empty.

Looking at Luo Mo's side, relying on a vast number of passersby and fans, he quickly widened the gap in votes.

The current situation is just this bizarre: a bunch of people just want to keep this guy who has no group formation agreement high at the top of the ranking.

What kind of bullshit game of capital.

If we're going to play, let's play to our heart's content!

Shen Mingliu could only comfort himself: "Anyway, the C-Position will be mine in the end, and I've sat on this first-place throne for so long; for the last three days, I'll just let him have it."

"Besides, on the night of the group formation, the votes are calculated by doubling; who knows, I might still be able to make a comeback." Shen Mingliu harbored a glimmer of luck.

"Is it interesting to be first in votes but unable to debut?"

Shen Mingliu has been warning himself that life is already this bizarre, so his mentality must be even more twisted!

There is no most twisted, only more twisted!

At the banquet, Luo Mo and Tong Shu sat together, out of place with the other 18 trainees.

These eighteen people all have companies behind them, and their companies have basically all joined forces to carry out Anti-Explosion against Luo Mo.

This made everything appear so clearly demarcated.

If it weren't for the little follower Tong Shu by his side, Luo Mo might have had to eat all alone.

The eighteen trainees were all drinking champagne and red wine; Luo Mo could tell that most of these teenagers actually didn't really know how to drink yet.

But, the entertainment industry is a place of debauchery, and they seem to have a strong interest in red wine and champagne.

Not to mention, trainees from big companies are just different; the companies even taught them some so-called table etiquette.

Like how to hold a wine glass and such.

Luo Mo was quite indifferent to it; Tong Shu saw that they were drinking so enthusiastically, so he was a bit curious, but after taking a sip, he was soured by the astringency. Seeing him like this, Luo Mo laughed and added cola to his red wine glass; after Tong Shu took a sip, his facial features were no longer so ferocious.

At this moment, Shen Mingliu was seen holding a wine glass, swaying as he walked over, followed by Ji Kangdong and Meng Yangguang.

Everyone's gaze instantly converged here.

"Luo Mo, have a drink?" Shen Mingliu said.

Luo Mo looked at him with interest, not knowing what this little brother, who was several years his junior, was actually thinking.

Seeing that Luo Mo made no move, Shen Mingliu pretended to be indifferent and said, "We've all been in this show for so long. In three days it'll be the finals, and we might not even see each other after that."

"Luo Mo, I admire your strength."

"Shall I toast you?" he continued.

Hearing these words, Luo Mo found it even more interesting.

He actually didn't understand why, after so many storms had passed, Shen Mingliu could act like nothing had happened and even take it upon himself to show such magnanimity.

Regardless of the camps everyone belonged to, or the friction they had actively provoked after entering the competition, there had been no so-called reconciliation to this day.

This feeling was like an abuser showing off their own broad-mindedness.

Ultimately, it was just a young man at this age who had learned to use so-called poise to cover up the smugness in his heart, using it to vent his emotions.

It was also possible that he was using what he considered a mature way to inform the other trainees who would be debuting together that he would be a mature and proper C-Position and captain.

Tong Shu watched their smiles from the side and felt indignant on behalf of Brother Mo.

Luo Mo smiled and said, "You know, actually, for me, the competition field hasn't been here for a long time."

I am not arm-wrestling with you; it hasn't been that way for a long time.

"Fine, let's clink glasses." Luo Mo raised his wine glass.

However, his posture for holding the glass was different from theirs.

Luo Mo placed his thumb and index finger on the rim of the glass and lifted it up.

Before clinking glasses with Shen Mingliu, he held his glass with two fingers, while his middle finger was slightly raised and pressed against the rim of Shen Mingliu's glass, pushing his wine glass downward so that it was half as low as his own.

"Ding—". The glasses collided, and the red wine swayed.

This "elderly" contestant, the oldest in the entire "Creating Idols," downed the wine in one gulp.

……….

……….

The final day of "Creating Idols" was on the last day of this summer.

Once the grand finale passed, it would be the beginning of autumn.

It was just that the weather didn't have the slightest chill; it was still hot as hell.

Two more days passed; after tonight, it would be the day of the grand finale.

During this time, Luo Mo hadn't been idle; besides his daily practice, he was also making the most basic plans for his future.

Occasionally, he would also give Tong Shu some guidance.

This afternoon, he went to knock on Ning Dan's office door.

There was a matter he needed to communicate in advance with the ever-accommodating Run Jie.

This in-depth communication ended pleasantly.

Luo Mo had come to find Ning Dan with the Demo of his song for the finals, asking her if it was convenient for this song to appear at the live broadcast of the finals.

For Luo Mo, he could not care about Pineapple, and he could even not care about Penguin, but he had to have the bare minimum of respect for the show's General Director, Ning Dan.

She had shielded Luo Mo more than once or twice.

After listening to the Demo, Ning Dan carefully read the lyrics from beginning to end.

During the process, she lifted her beautiful eyes to look at Luo Mo several times.

It must be said that the act of a beauty lifting her eyes was truly full of charm.

However, Luo Mo was admiring Ning Dan's charm, while Ning Dan was surprised by Luo Mo's lyrics.

After pondering for a moment, she pursed her red lips and finally said, "Pretend I never saw it."

"I heard that some excellent creators can freestyle and perform impromptu," she said, looking at Luo Mo.

"Ning Dao, you flatter me too much," Luo Mo replied with a smile.

Just as Luo Mo was about to leave the office, he was stopped by Ning Dan: "Luo Mo, wait a moment."

"Ning Dao, is there anything else?" Luo Mo asked.

Ning Dan looked at him and turned her office chair, facing the office door.

Standing in front of the door, from his Perspective, he could see her plump thighs, wrapped in a skirt, pressing against the chair and causing the flesh of her legs to spread out just a little.

"I'll tell you a piece of news: tonight, some of the friction between you and Pineapple will be exposed," Ning Dan said.

Hearing this, Luo Mo's heart shook, and he looked at Ning Dan in astonishment.

The friction to be exposed here was actually the coercion and inducement Pineapple used when they wanted to sign Luo Mo, as well as their extremely ugly behavior.

"Ning Dao, won't that make you lose Face?" Luo Mo asked.

Ning Dan smiled and said, "It has nothing to do with me, and it doesn't have much to do with the show team; it's Penguin that insists on doing this."

If Penguin heard this, three question marks would probably appear above their heads—isn't this our deal?

Ning Dan said: "There's no way around it. Since those big video platforms are competitors, and at the same time, Penguin Video attaches great importance to the heat of the finale night and wants to break the domestic record. Well, their company is about to release a financial report, you should understand, right?"

As she spoke, the woman added: "Also, don't forget, even if 'Creating Idols' is over, you and I still have a variety show Contract."

Luo Mo nodded. Previously, Ning Dan wanted to buy him a Hot Search, and in return, he signed a variety show Contract with her; he would have to go record an episode for one of Ning Dan's variety shows in the future as a guest.

Ning Dan said: "This variety show is also broadcast on Penguin Video. By the way, I told Penguin about this in the morning; I forgot to tell them earlier."

Luo Mo took a deep look at Run Jie.

Honestly, this level of care was something Luo Mo had never experienced in all his years of struggling on Earth in his past life.

At night, when it was quiet, Luo Mo took a shower in his single dormitory.

"If nothing goes wrong, at this hour, the outside world should be stirring up a storm again," Luo Mo said while wiping his wet hair with a towel.

"Looks like I'm going to be on the Hot Search again," Luo Mo smiled.

But he didn't pay attention to these things, nor did he know that what was happening in the outside world was far more complicated than he had imagined.

On the night before the finals, Luo Mo went to sleep early and had a very long dream.

Some of it was memories from Earth, while some of it was not.

"Luo Mo, your boy band's new song was originally supposed to allocate four lines to you, but Xiao Chen reacted to it, saying his high note was unstable and it would be easy to crack during concerts in the future. So, for this song, you just take charge of this high note; all four of those lines will go to Xiao Chen. You know, the high note is the legendary killing part! One line is enough."

"Luo Mo, it's really that Brother Tian is lacking in ability. That previous announcement had some problems; some bastard pulled strings. This grudge, the company has noted it down. Next time, we will definitely settle the score with their company and get some resources back to compensate you."

"Luo Mo, look, we finally managed to skyrocket in popularity thanks to Masked Dance King. Brother Tian will say this: you have the ability. Don't worry, we will definitely do better this time!"

"Luo Mo, this Contract, you had better sign it, otherwise it will be very hard to handle things later! Regarding the treatment, the company will definitely raise it in a few years. You are still young; you need to have a long-term perspective."

"Luo Mo, sign this drama too. Let me tell you, you have to sign it whether you want to or not; this is a package deal."

"Luo Mo, just go and offer a toast. What's the big deal about drinking a few glasses of wine?"

"Luo Mo, you must come to this dinner party."

"Luo Mo, can you still walk? Go and pay the bill."

"Luo Mo, just lower your head and apologize. Is it that hard? Do you know how many people will be watching you make a fool of yourself then?"

"Luo Mo... Luo Mo... Luo Mo..."

At eight o'clock sharp in the morning, Luo Mo opened his eyes to the sound of his alarm.

After getting up, he went to the bathroom to wash his face.

Then, he pushed open the window, breathed in the air outside, and felt a wave of heat from the outside world.

Although today was the last day of summer, there was still incessant, noisy cicada chirping outside.

Very noisy, very noisy, extremely noisy.

It was as if if they didn't scream with all their might on this last day of midsummer, they would have lived in vain.

Luo Mo leaned against the window sill and glanced at the scorching sun in the sky.

"The power of capital is money."

"How does that saying go?"

"The Rothschild family warned us: when money stands up to speak, even the truth must remain silent!"

Listening to the endless cicada chirping, Luo Mo wore a faint smile on his face, but said, "I'll silence your mother's c*nt."

(PS: Two chapters totaling 9000 words, requesting monthly tickets.)

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