Chapter 387

In the two episodes last night.

The mystery of the first episode of "Chinese Paladin" was finally revealed: that masked hero from ten years ago was not Li Sansi, but Li Xiaoyao himself.

In the Goddess Nuwa Temple, he returned to ten years ago and witnessed everything that happened.

At the same time.

In the new episodes, the romantic storyline between the Wine Sword Immortal and the Saintess of Nanzhao, Yuan Qing, was also revealed; it turned out that Anu was actually the daughter of the Wine Sword Immortal and Yuan Qing.

The entire internet was suddenly in another heated discussion.

Even today, the whole internet was still discussing it.

Many mysteries were solved, such as why the Wine Sword Immortal wanted to cry when he saw Anu.

Only.

They didn't know.

A bigger heartbreak was coming.

The more moved they were now, the more painful it would be later.

No one could have imagined that the highly skilled and free-spirited Wine Sword Immortal would actually die by Anu's sword.

Die at the hands of his own biological daughter.

This was also the plot point that "Chinese Paladin" fans found most difficult to accept.

……

At the same time.

Jin Ling Olympic Sports Center.

The official recording of "Masked Singer 3" was about to begin.

The recording time was set for 7:00 PM.

Starting from 5:00, audience members, guessers, and celebrity guests arrived one after another.

Xu Mingyue was waiting in the lounge for the show to start.

Inside the room.

Besides her, there was also a mature, elegant woman with a short, ear-length haircut, fair-skinned and beautiful, with a curvaceous figure, like a perfectly ripe peach.

But her temperament gave people a feeling of being pitiful, and she spoke very gently.

It made one want to bully her fiercely!

She was the temporary manager arranged by the production team for the young lady, named Cao Dan, who would accompany the young lady through rehearsals and recording until she officially revealed her face and left.

Cao Dan's true identity was actually a new host for Su Province Satellite TV.

Being arranged for this show was to increase her own exposure.

This was also a common practice for music variety shows on major satellite channels.

For example, in the Earth's "I Am a Singer" show, hosts like Shen Mengchen and Du Haitao had once served as temporary managers for singers.

Besides accompanying the singers, another role they played was as the atmosphere group for the show, responsible for easing the tension when there was a lull.

Cao Dan did not know the identity of the Ruthless One.

At this moment, she pointed to the television on the wall of the lounge with soft, Wu-dialect-accented speech, and said with a smile: "Teacher Ruthless One, in a while, we can watch the live singing situation through the television."

Xu Mingyue nodded.

In her past life, she had watched similar variety shows.

She was still quite familiar with these things.

Moreover, in this lounge, not only was there a television to watch the live broadcast, but there were also cameras.

When it came to post-production, the reactions of the contestants after hearing other contestants sing would also be edited in.

Soon.

It was 6:40 PM.

The show was about to begin.

"Knock, knock, knock."

Suddenly someone knocked on the door.

Cao Dan walked over in her high heels to open the door.

The first to enter was a staff member holding a red lottery box in his hands.

Behind him followed a cameraman.

It turned out the production team wanted the singers to draw lots to decide the order of appearance for tonight.

Cao Dan suddenly became a bit nervous.

Her breathing quickened, and her chest heaved.

The massive scale made even the young lady glance sideways, although she herself had them too, and even larger than Cao Dan's.

Cao Dan's nervousness was justified.

The amount of screen time a contestant had on the show determined how much screen time she herself would have.

No one wanted to sit on the bench.

The best thing was to be the temporary manager of the most dazzling star on the show.

That kind of temporary manager had more screen time than some weak contestants.

This was what she currently needed.

And the order of drawing lots greatly influenced the contestants' rankings.

According to previous seasons of "Masked Singer," there were sayings like "Golden Number Six" and "Deadly Number One."

Meaning, the best appearance order was number six, and the worst was number one.

Because the number one spot was the first to appear, the audience, guessers, and celebrity guests had no reference point, so their voting would be very cautious.

The number six spot was the last to appear, so as long as the contestant didn't sing poorly, they were relatively more willing to vote.

Looking at all major music variety shows, it was often the last contestant to appear who had a higher probability of getting first place.

Thus, a very peculiar scene appeared: those who drew the last appearance spot were overjoyed, while those who drew the first were downcast.

Besides this, in "Masked Singer," other poor appearance spots were number two and number five.

Number three and number four were actually quite good positions.

This had to do with the audience's emotional state while watching the performances.

Of course.

Except for those god-like singers who could stun the entire venue the moment they stepped on stage; they didn't care about the order of appearance.

"Teacher Ruthless One, please come and draw."

"You draw for me."

Xu Mingyue stood up but didn't move, saying.

Which appearance spot she drew didn't matter to her.

She was confident that "Dala Bengba" could blow up the stage.

The only difference might be watching the show earlier or watching it later.

Cao Dan nodded, then took a deep breath, her slender jade-like hands trembling slightly as she reached into the lottery box, drew Xu Mingyue's lot, opened it, and then let out a long sigh of relief, a smile appearing on her pretty face as she said: "Mission accomplished, number four spot, not bad!"

"Hmm."

The young lady hummed, which counted as acknowledging she knew.

Cao Dan: "……"

So calm!

Why did it feel like Teacher Ruthless One didn't care at all? This was the number four spot; although it couldn't compare to the number six spot, it was already quite great among the appearance orders.

"Also, judging by her voice, she's not old, she should be quite lively, so why does she feel so cold?"

The Ruthless One didn't talk much; Cao Dan had already discovered this.

Helplessly.

As the show's atmosphere group, she had to liven up the atmosphere herself.

Because this segment of drawing lots would be edited into the show when it aired, it couldn't be a lull.

"There are fifteen minutes left until the show starts; what ranking is Teacher Ruthless One expecting for herself today?" Cao Dan glanced at her watch and asked with a smile.

The next second.

She received an unexpected answer.

"First!"