Tokyo: The evil god doesn't want to be the top star

Chapter 146 Start practicing

"The idol business has always been the weak point of the 'burning system'. Over the years, S Company and J Company have already developed a mature idol business logic, from selection, training, referendum debut to various activities to harvest fans, and even entering the 'dark entertainment industry' after elimination. The entire industry chain is well arranged."

"Although the organizer of this program, NHK TV, is a public TV station and seems to have a relatively fair stance, from the sponsors to the general director to the working group, it has long been infiltrated by S and J companies."

"In previous talent shows of the same kind, contestants sent by different companies have been labeled as different grades by the program crew from the very beginning, just like piglets from different factories. There is a tendency to treat them differently."

"According to past practice, contestants selected by the Burning Department usually have fewer scenes, lower scores, and may even be maliciously edited. In addition, their own level is not as good as others, so they will be eliminated after the first or second round."

Milky white smoke flowed out from between his fingers, and he told the helpless reality of the industry.

Based on the strategic thinking of "if you can't change the past, then control the future", S Company and J Company have continued to delve into the field of young idols for many years, tightly controlling everything from the training system to the audition mechanism, forming a certain degree of commercial monopoly.

However, the huge Bethesda is unwilling to give up this top-level large-scale talent show, and is also unwilling to give up its core newcomers to others as runners-up, so it will give the spots to small companies under the Burning Group and send the newcomers to train, take advantage of the popularity, and try their luck.

"If it were based on past market conditions, I wouldn't have considered sending you to this show. After all, you would only get one or two shots at most and then be rejected. The exposure wouldn't be enough to achieve the effect of a 'debut'."

"But this year, the competition system is different. In the first half of this competition, the teams will be divided into "Team J" from the eleven local regions and "Team I" from other countries according to their nationality, and the "JI confrontation" will be held. "

Higashino Yoshihide suddenly changed the subject and his eyes became extremely aggressive.

"I have confirmed with your father that your whole family is still Dragon Country nationality, and they have only obtained permanent residency, which just meets the requirements for joining the "I Team."

"The trainees of S Club and J Club are basically all locals of District 11. They can't steal the spotlight from the players of Team I, so their exposure rate is much higher."

"Promotion in the competition mainly depends on online voting. Taking advantage of your good popularity online recently, you can go to a big show like this to show your face and consolidate your popularity. If you're lucky, you might be able to advance to the second round..."

After extinguishing the cigarette butt in the ashtray, he looked at Xia Fan seriously: "That's probably the situation. It's up to you to decide whether to go or not. Although the Combustion Department is a 'runner-up spot', it will cost me a lot of connections to compete with others."

"In other words, if I go to this show, take advantage of the popularity, and make it to the second round, that would be considered as exceeding the debut mission, right..."

"Go ahead, why not take advantage of the free popularity?"

Xia Fan thought about it silently and gave an affirmative answer.

"Okay, that's settled then."

"Hello, Tongkou, it's me. It's time to repay the favor you owe me..."

Dongye handed the registration form and pen to Xia Fan, motioning him to fill it out first, and then walked aside to make a phone call.

"OK, I'll ask your music club boss, Touguchi Norio, to secure the spot for the Burning Department."

After a while, Higashino Yoshihide came back after making a phone call.

"When he heard that he was going to 'come down to earth' to 'have some fun' on a talent show, he was so surprised that he was speechless for half a minute."

"However, because you haven't agreed to sign the 'exclusive cooperation agreement', and they are worried that you might be poached, Tongkou agreed to help get the quota, with the condition that you sign a confidentiality agreement and not disclose in public that you are a music producer 'incarnated'."

Although he was surprised that someone would "come down to earth" to participate in a talent show, Toguchi Norio, who came from a rock band, also understood the young people's jumping thoughts and the strange "way of collecting materials" of musicians and producers.

In addition, no one from the Burning Department has advanced to the third round of the idol audition program for six consecutive years, so he is not worried that Xia Fan will waste too much time on this.

"There's no problem with the confidentiality agreement. When participating in the show, Xia Fan is Xia Fan, and Xia Fan is Xia Fan, right?"

Xia Fan filled out the form quickly and handed it to Dongye. In this parallel world's District 11, "Xia Fan" and "Xia Fan" are similar in pronunciation, but written differently, so the correlation is not too high. What's more, even if he said it, as long as Bethesda refused to admit it, others might not believe it.

"Speaking of which, kid... this time, you didn't say you would rub it once, but you pushed it all the way in again, right?"

Dong Ye checked Xia Fan's registration form, his eyelids twitching slightly...

The keen intuition honed by years of underworld career seemed to be reminding him of something.

"How is that possible? Idols and talent shows are not areas I am familiar with at all. Besides, I am a burning type. Didn't we agree to be the runner-up?"

Xia Fan shook his head like a rattle.

He has also watched this kind of idol talent show, where they compete in singing, dancing, rap, basketball...

Apart from his looks and [Divine Eyes] which could accumulate some favorability, the rest of the messy protections like [Psychic Body], [Noh Mask], [Izumo Sword Dance], etc. were of no help at all.

But as Uncle Higashino said, it would be nice to have a chance to appear on such a large-scale show, accumulate stage experience, and make a formal debut.

"That's right, what I was thinking..."

"During this period, you should not take other 'part-time jobs'. Before the competition officially starts, I will hire professionals to arrange a series of rigorous practice courses for you, including singing, dancing, rap, body shaping, etc. Even if you are just running with others, you can't be left too far behind."

Dongye laughed at himself and took out a "practice plan" and handed it to Xia Fan.

"Finally, are we going to start the 'practice'?"

Looking at the densely packed "practice courses" on the form, Xia Fan also became excited.

……

"Shariputra, emptiness is not different from emptiness, emptiness is not different from form. Form is emptiness, emptiness is form. The same is true of feeling, perception, mental formation and consciousness..."

Just as Xia Fan finished filling out the registration form for the "Idol Birth Festival", solemn Buddhist scriptures were echoing in a large meeting room in Class 9.

"No, Master, stop talking, just let me go to the shit..."

“Wuwuwu… I can’t get the job of an action movie actor… My life… is meaningless…”

The walls of the conference room were covered with talisman paper. Dozens of men, women, old and young, wearing bondage clothes and ball gags in their mouths, sat in rows with lifeless eyes and a look of despair in their lives.

In the open space in the center, two elderly monks were sitting cross-legged, chanting scriptures with their eyes closed.

His lips hardly moved, but the scriptures he spoke rang clearly in everyone's ears.

If there is a psychic here, he can even glimpse a faint Buddha light lingering in the house.

"Second monk, how are these people doing?"

Aoi Jinguji pushed the door open and walked in, looking a little anxious.

(End of this chapter)