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

Chapter 214 Say your wish
"what?"

Goro Kimura really wanted to complain, "You said you are not qualified, so we are even less qualified," but Yayoi Tsuki had already run away.

"Ahem, this song has a special meaning to Miss Yayoi. It's understandable that she was moved by the scene."

"Well, Mr. Oda... Hirai..."

He could only look to Oda Masaru and Hirai Shota for help...

However, he found that these two people, like him, had tears in their eyes, staring blankly at Xia Fan on the stage, obviously still immersed in the emotion of the singing.

"Teacher Oda, what is your evaluation..."

"Well, that... this song, the emotions expressed in the song are just right... hiss..."

After being reminded by Goro Kimura, Oda Masaharu came back to his senses, wiped the tears from the corners of his eyes, blew his nose hard, and began to comment.

"But the singing technique and pitch...are a little rough...there is still room for improvement..."

He put on a stern expression, but his red eyes and slightly hoarse voice silently betrayed his emotions that had not yet calmed down.

“My rating is one star.”

Oda opened the box and revealed a star inside.

"Yo...gorgeous electronic keyboard...stealing the entire band's job...I can take you to play with me when I go to the Budokan..."

Shota Hirai, who also had a red nose and eyes, insisted on rapping with a twitching vocal cord, and there was only one star in the box he opened.

"Well, it's my turn. My evaluation is..."

Goro Kimura, who was originally scheduled to give his comments last, had to give his scores in advance because a national female star left the room midway.

"Contestant Xia Fan, your playing is smooth and emotional, but your singing skills still have a lot of room for improvement. In order to give you more motivation to move forward, I have decided not to give you a star this time..."

His box was completely empty.

"The only thing left is Miss Yayoi's score..."

The three people's complicated gazes fell on the box left by Yayoi Tsukishima...

To be fair, Xia Fan's stage performance of playing and singing has surpassed all the previous trainees.

His electronic keyboard performance alone has reached the live performance level of a professional band.

Although her singing skills were neither good nor bad, the emotions in her song were so strong that it seemed like she was throwing a "forced tear gas bomb".

Although the three mentors kept reminding themselves that these were people from other companies, they shouldn’t listen carefully and shouldn’t be too moved…

But Xia Fan's magical singing voice easily aroused their resonance...

The hardships before becoming famous, the pressure at the peak, the despair at the bottom, the pain during the difficulties, the silent crying while biting the sheets when being bullied, all come to mind clearly, and merge into a mixed feeling of sadness...

After all, not everyone is a gifted Yayoi Tsuki.

After working in the purgatory-like entertainment industry for many years and sitting in the mentor seat now, who doesn’t have some sad past?
Although they said "no" in their hearts, the mentors' bodies honestly gave physiological responses to the surging emotions.

However, when the singing ended and it was time to give the ratings, rationality gradually returned to the mentors' minds.

In this kind of debut stage without lighting and atmosphere, which is so plain that it cannot be more plain, they can perform with such infectious live performance. If we don’t suppress them, how can the trainees of our own company survive?
According to the current situation, there is a high probability that the two-star rating that Yayoi Tsuki has never given will be given to Xia Fan.

Therefore, Masaru Oda and Shota Hirai gave one star each, while Goro Kimura shamelessly chose not to give any star.

In this case, Xia Fan's expected rating is about four stars...

Yayoi Tsuki must exceed expectations and give three stars so that he can reach the full five-star rating and be on par with those "seed trainees".

In the eyes of several instructors, four stars is already a relatively high evaluation for Xia Fan, who is labeled as "burning type" and "Dragon Country trainee". "Ms. Yayoi will not be back for a while. In order not to delay the progress, I have asked Mr. Kimura to open her box and grade it."

At the same time, the executive director standing on the sidelines whispered to everyone.

"Then I won't be polite..."

Goro Kimura walked to Yayoi Tsuki's seat and opened her box in front of the cameraman's close-up shot.

"..."

His expression was dull for a moment, he closed the lid, rubbed his eyes, and opened it again...

"what happened?"

Noticing Goro Kimura's abnormality, Masaru Oda and Shota Hirai also stood up and looked at the black box.

"Hey, this... this situation..."

"How do we calculate this?"

The three of them looked as if they had seen a ghost and looked at the executive director on the sidelines for help.

"Asshole... How dare she do this... This is against the rules... This kind of behavior that disregards the program rules... I will cancel Yayoi Tsuki's score..."

At the same time, in the recording room, Akimoto Manjiro, with red eyes, began to spit angrily into the intercom.

The executive directors, who were moved to tears by the performance, stared blankly at the close-up scenes on the monitors...

Under the camera, five metal stars were neatly placed in the box left by Yayoi Tsukishima!
That’s right, she, who was very stingy with giving compliments throughout the entire show, gave Xia Fan five stars out of sheer capriciousness.

"Well, Director, the program's published rules do not clearly state the upper limit of the scores that the mentors can give..."

"So, there is indeed nothing wrong with Ms. Yayoi's scoring..."

Assistant Director Souta quickly looked through the rules on the program's website and confirmed with Manjiro Akimoto.

"You are teaching me how to do things... Do you want me to give this Xia Fan seven stars and then ask him to 'tell me your wish'?"

Akimoto Manjiro was stunned for a moment, then asked back with a disappointed look.

"That's not necessary. According to the rules, the highest rating for a trainee's first stage is five stars. So Xia Fan can only be considered a five-star rating. Miss Yayoi's behavior is just a willful waste of two stars."

After thinking for a while, Assistant Director Souta gave some advice.

"Speaking of which, there are only a few five-star trainees among these international trainees. Although their own abilities are also problematic, this program seems too unfair..."

"Giving this five-star rating to Xia Fan is in line with the original plan. Let's do it this way."

After calming down, Akimoto Manjiro gritted his teeth, smiled, and nodded stiffly.

"Everyone, according to the program rules, although Xia Fan received an unexpected seven stars, his rating is still the highest five stars. He will receive an additional 500,000 popularity votes in the subsequent performance stage. Congratulations!"

In the studio, after listening to the instructions from the program team in the headphones, Goro Kimura smiled stiffly and handed seven metal stars to Xia Fan.

"Thank you teachers!"

Xia Fan happily took the handful of stars, bowed and left under the complicated gazes of the mentors.

He naturally had no idea how many brain cells of people in front of and behind the stage had been killed because of his performance and Yayoi Tsuki's capricious scoring.

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(End of this chapter)