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

Chapter 190 Tianlong people

"Okay, I've written down all the questions you have, and I'll verify them later."

Assistant Director Souta answered the questions one by one calmly and wrote down the situations that needed to be verified.

"The next thing to be announced is the 50 international trainees in Group I..."

After taking a look at Manjiro Akimoto and getting his confirmation that he had no objection, Assistant Director Souta reported the information of the trainees who were not from District 11.

"Ken, 20 years old, 175cm tall, Filipino, has been training for 3 years..."

"Xide, 21 years old, height 171cm, Indian nationality, practiced for 10 years..."

"Basong, 19 years old, height 173 cm, Thai nationality, training time 3 and a half years..."

"Martin, 23 years old, 188cm tall, non-citizen, has been training for 4 years..."

"Jack, 20 years old, 184cm tall, American, has been practicing for three years..."

One by one, "international trainees" with different skin colors, facial features, body shapes, and nationalities began to appear on the projection screen.

"Hey, replay it. Martin's appearance is completely invisible. When he smiles, only the whites of his eyes and teeth are visible..."

"That Sid has been practicing for ten years, which means he started at the age of 11. This is definitely a common resume-faking trick used by the Indians!"

"Has the gender of this Basong been confirmed? She's prettier than the members of the girl group. Is she really on the right show?"

At this stage, the tense atmosphere in the meeting room, which was full of people reporting on each other, suddenly disappeared.

The representatives were taking notes casually and teasing the contestants with "international characteristics".

Within the program team, the "International Group" is pronounced as the "Cannon Fodder Group" and written as the "Foil Group".

Due to differences in culture, aesthetic tastes, and language barriers, international trainees can only be "appreciated" by the audience at best, no matter how excellent their personal talents are. It is difficult for the audience to "empathize" with them and "feel involved" and spend real money to get on the charts.

Therefore, in the history of District 11 idol talent show variety shows, there has never been a record of contestants from outside District 11 debuting as a group.

The program sets up an "International Group" and a "Local Group" with the real intention of allowing the audience to not only have the "pleasure of cultivating idols", but also the pleasure of "the perseverance of the people in District 11, defeating international powerhouses and making their successful debut". With the double impact of personal XP and national honor, the audience will be more generous in spending their money to vote.

All the brokerage companies are well aware of this, and they select "international trainees" more with the mentality of "riding on the popularity".

"Tsk, these crooked melons and cracked dates, really dare to stuff them in..."

"This Jack has a good appearance, with blond hair, blue eyes and fair skin. He should be quite popular..."

Only the chief director Manjiro Akimoto examined the application form more carefully.

"Can't we have a few more to brighten our eyes and liven up our spirits?"

He circled the information of "Jack" and complained somewhat dissatisfiedly.

Even if it's a "supporting group", there should at least be a few who are a little bit more capable...

Otherwise, the script of how hard the contestants from District 11 worked and tried their best to defeat the "international powerhouses" would not be able to be filmed.

"Xia Fan, 19 years old, height 180cm, Dragon nationality, training time two and a half years..."

Director Souta yawned and clicked on the next registration form.

"This boy... is so handsome!"

In the upper right corner of the table, Xia Fan’s impeccably handsome face came into everyone’s sight without warning.

The bright eyes, delicate three-dimensional facial features, and the cool and sluggish lips made the people whose eyes had just been polluted by a group of "monsters" feel "purified" in their hearts. "Pause..."

Akimoto Manjiro's eyes also lit up. He called a timeout for the first time, then silently looked at Xia Fan's registration form.

"It's rare for someone of Dragon nationality to participate in the District 11 talent show."

"He should live in District 11."

"Based on her looks, it's enough for her to just be a 'face' for those small, obscure groups."

The representatives in the conference room also began to discuss in low voices.

To be fair, Xia Fan's appearance is slightly better than those "seed players" marked by Akimoto Manjiro in Group J, and his cold temperament is even more personal.

The entertainment industry in Long Country across the sea has been extremely developed in recent years. Given his appearance, it would naturally be a better choice for him to go back and develop.

"A native of Longguo, a freshman at Tokyo University of the Arts, good at acting and playing the electronic keyboard..."

"The management company, GTE Entertainment...selected by the Burning Department?"

"good, very good, excellent!"

After reading Xia Fan's registration information, Akimoto Manjiro couldn't help but admire him repeatedly.

"It's simply...a perfect...backdrop..."

"We must pay special attention to Xia Fan... During the initial stage, let him appear on the show as the most dazzling trainee in the international group..."

"When the first performance of the 'competition match' comes, let him fall hard and become a stepping stone for the 'seed players', so that the audience's sense of national honor can be sublimated to the highest level..."

He put his hands together on his nose and gave a satisfied grin.

Xia Fan's appearance is excellent, and his racial characteristics are no different from those of people in District 11. He also has a series of plus points such as "academic master" and "musical instrument", making him very suitable to be developed into an "internationally outstanding trainee".

Coincidentally, Xia Fan is the only Dragon nationality trainee in the entire Group I.

After all, Dragon Country is the sovereign state of District 11. Both its economic size and the level of development of its entertainment industry far exceed those of District 11. The people of Dragon Country are often privately teased as "Dragon People", and they are the envy, jealousy and hatred of the people of District 11.

It must have been a very touching and tear-jerking scene when such a good-looking and talented trainee from Longguo was defeated by the passionate and hard-working trainees from District 11 in the show.

What’s even more perfect is that Xia Fan was actually selected by the Combustion Department.

You know, in this talent show where the debut positions are monopolized by the "JAS Alliance", all the Burning Series contestants, regardless of their nationality, are originally predetermined to be "first-round cannon fodder."

Taking into account multiple factors, Xia Fan's image of "the great devil of the Celestial Dragons" has taken shape in Akimoto Manjiro's mind.

"However, Xia Fan alone is not enough... We need to find some suitable 'background boards'..."

"Even if they are not that good... in the early stages of the show, they still have to be promoted by me, and then be eliminated in a touching way..."

After making a five-pointed star mark on Xia Fan's registration form, Akimoto Manjiro signaled the assistant director to continue reporting the information.

"…These are the fifty trainees in Group I."

But until the end of the report, there was no other "perfect supporting actor" like Xia Fan who made his eyes light up.

"Well, let's move on to the second agenda... How is the confirmation of the program mentor selection going?"

Akimoto Manjiro, looking a little disappointed, simply skipped the questioning session and announced that he would move on to the second topic.

(End of this chapter)