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

Chapter 271 Lip-synching, tuning and changing tracks?

"What a pity. I have to go into the studio to record a show in two days..."

"When I'm done with this busy period, you guys can come over anytime and I'll show off my cooking skills."

Xia Fan agreed readily and watched them get into the business car.

"We're going to be in the studio again so soon, idol auditions are really the legendary hell..."

Leaning against the car window, Xing Minghua glanced at Xia Fan reluctantly and sighed.

Having been a trainee in a small theater of a third-rate idol girl group of Company B for two and a half years, she knows how difficult it is to be an idol...

It seems that the only requirement for idols to enter the industry is good looks, but in fact, the industry is highly competitive and there is a serious loss of audience. The top group of people are even more overwhelmed with their talents.

If it weren't for Xia Fan's successful debut with the song "Sakura", Hoshina Hanami would probably have had to embark on the path of girl group auditions, and float in the bloodless "Idol Warring States" until retirement.

“Online viewers have begun to discuss the content of the latest episode.”

"Classmate Xia Fan, everyone will cheer you on."

Horie Tsubasa, who was sitting next to her, smiled and waved to Xia Fan.

"Xia Fan, you need to have more confidence!"

"Although I let you rub it briefly before, now I accidentally rubbed it so deep, it doesn't matter if you go in and out a few more times..."

"Maybe, I could accidentally snatch a debut spot from those companies?"

"Even if we debuted in ninth place, that would still be the best result of the Burning Department in the past five years!"

Higashino Yoshihide, his face reeking of alcohol, leaned most of his body out of the skylight, shouting loudly.

From this spring to now, Xia Fan has been able to make some pretty big splash whether he's writing songs, shooting commercials or guest-starring in web dramas.

The draft started off very well and the goal was achieved ahead of schedule, so he inevitably had more expectations.

"Get down here, you drunkard."

"Mr. Xia, your making such a big splash this time may not necessarily be a good thing."

"It is impossible for the companies behind the organizers not to react. We must be extra careful and cautious in what we say and do."

After pulling Higashino Yoshie back into the car and sobering up a lot through physical labor, Tachibana Ryoko reminded him with concern.

Having worked in the industry for many years, he is well aware that there is no bottom line in the "industry ethics" of the entertainment industry.

"Well, I can't control external factors. I just have to do my part well and see how far I can go."

Xia Fan nodded and waved as the business car drove away from the intersection.

……

Three o'clock in the morning, Saitama Prefecture.

"Master Xia Fan's high notes are so intoxicating that my ears feel like they are pregnant..."

Aiba Yui was lying in a computer chair, covering the giant headphones on her head with her hands, twisting her naked snow-white body with a look of ecstasy.

As expected, the third episode of "Idol Birth Festival" dominated the trending searches on major social media platforms on the night it was aired.

At the top of the list, buzzwords such as “the last glory of international trainees,” “Xia Fan’s high notes,” “Xia Fan comes and sings it all,” and “you can breathe while listening” can be seen everywhere.

Without a doubt, the biggest highlight of this episode was Xia Fan's four consecutive high-pitched songs that made people subconsciously hold their breath, ending the international trainee team's losing streak.

Xia Fan's team's "Prayer" was considered by netizens to be the best cover version so far...

The summer sick are frantically recommending the pure version of the stage video to passers-by, hoping to take the opportunity to canvass votes and grow.

With the computing power of the national-level "quantum computer", the crawler program that monitors public opinion about "Xia Fan" in real time popped up a prompt.

"This is……"

Being disturbed, Yui Aiba moved closer to the screen with a seductive look.

The system prompts that amid the originally favorable public opinion regarding "Xia Fan", a lot of noise has gradually appeared.

The popularity of negative keywords such as "Xia Fan lip-syncing", "Xia Fan electric eel", and "Xia Fan tuning" began to rise quietly.

After tapping the keyboard a few times with her wet fingers, Aiba Yui figured out the cause of the incident.

An hour ago, a member of the original male singer group of "Prayer" commented on Xia Fan's team's performance on their official account...

It is quite normal for the original singer to comment on the cover, and it cannot even be considered as riding on the popularity of the song.

"That's amazing! If it were me, even if I could sing the high notes of four people, my breath would definitely not be so steady."

His comments, if you just look at the content, are very positive and there is nothing wrong with them.

But among the fans of the original male singer group, they tasted a different flavor...

Our own GieGie is a boy band idol who has debuted for several years. Even if he is not the top star, he is still first-rate...

How could it be possible that when singing my own song, I would not be as good as a trainee who is participating in a talent show?

There can only be one truth...

That is, in order to ensure the program effect and prevent all international trainees from being eliminated, the "Idol Birth Festival" production team not only made fake tickets on the spot, but also "edited" Xia Fan's voice during post-production.

Some curious netizens found the singing videos of Xia Fan in campus singing competitions and first stage, and repeatedly analyzed them, and came up with various conclusions as evidence, such as "Xia Fan had never even sung the C1 note before", "Xia Fan's vocal range is baritone", "There is only emotion but no skills", etc.

As a result, more and more accounts began to spread public opinion in the middle of the night with similar copywriting, claiming to have "hardened" Xia Fan's "audio editing", and even said that he re-recorded and replaced the audio track later...

"The management company of the original singer of "Prayer" is J-company. They made such a weird comment at this time, and the fans just happened to over-interpret it..."

"Hey, the signs of planning are too obvious. They are obviously jealous of Lord Xia Fan's popularity and deliberately create negative public opinion. Do they think that we, the "Midsummer Shrine", are vegetarians?

With both hands tapping on the keyboard, Aiba Yui led the AI ​​accounts and the summer sick people who were still staying up late to present evidence one by one with netizens, confronting each other tit for tat...

……

"Ah? They said the production team helped me fix the sound, and even re-recorded and replaced the audio track? They're pretty nice, right?"

"By the way, did you really help me fix it? How did it go?"

"And there's the matter of re-recording, how come I don't know about it..."

Early the next morning, Xia Fan was awakened by a call from Higashino Yoshihide.

"You haven't woken up yet, have you?"

"The show was aired three days after recording. The production crew must have lost all their hair doing post-production. How could they have the time to do audio editing, re-recording or changing the audio tracks for you?"

"There's a lot of debate going on online right now about this. Everyone's focus has shifted from the wonderful effects on stage to whether you were lip-syncing. I'm sure many passersby who were originally planning to vote for you will be shaken by this..."

"This must be a trick played by those agencies. They want to use negative public opinion to entangle you and waste the voting window..."

Hearing that Xia Fan looked sleepy and totally out of his mind, Higashino Yoshie became even more irritated.

(End of this chapter)