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

Chapter 272 Deep Sea Fisherman
"Asshole, there are only two days left until the first elimination vote count is counted. I have to think of a way to prove my innocence quickly..."

"Oh, right, take a video right now, pretending to be practicing singing, reproducing those four high notes, and post it online using your personal account!"

Dongye thought quickly and made a suggestion to Xia Fan.

"No, I signed a contract with the show, did you forget?"

"Before the show is broadcast, all public comments, photos and videos on the artist's account on the Internet must be reviewed by the program team."

"Even if I post it, those people on the Internet can still say that the audio track of the video I posted was changed or the sound was edited."

Xia Fan yawned, obviously not optimistic about this suggestion.

"What you said does make sense. I was too impatient. The best way to deal with it right now is to not respond and keep the controversy going to maintain attention..."

"However, if negative public opinion appears during this critical window period, a lot of popularity votes will be lost..."

Higashino Yoshihide also gradually calmed down.

Negative public opinion is always like "it takes only one mouth to spread rumors, but it takes a lot of effort to refute them"...

In the absence of direct evidence sufficient to launch a direct counterattack, responding will only excite the opponent more and is worse than giving the cold shoulder.

"As for popularity votes... well, I'm currently, still in first place..."

"Based on my current state, even if I stay where I am, no one should be able to catch up with me in two days..."

Xia Fan took a look at the real-time popularity rankings on the program’s website and felt even less concerned.

Because the first round of competition was over and entered the "first round of survival battle", the rankings temporarily divided into international group and local group were merged together again.

He had already accumulated 1.35 million votes when he filmed the theme song, 1.4 million votes for the performance, and 500,000 votes for the five-star rating. During the recording and broadcast of the latest episode in the past few days, he naturally gained hundreds of thousands of votes...

As of now, Xia Fan tops the list with a despairing popularity value of four million.

Hirano Yuta, who is “closely following” in second place, only has 2.5 million...

"That's true... that's true..."

"Then, let's just ignore it until we can come up with a better solution..."

After being reminded by him, Higashino Yoshihide seemed to take a look at the popularity ranking and looked relieved.

"Wait, the personal account of 'Deep Sea Fisherman' just released new updates, and it seems to be about you..."

"Hey, hey, hey, this guy said he's going to do a live broadcast to 'hammer' you!"

However, his tone, which had just relaxed, suddenly became high-pitched again.

"Deep-sea fisherman? Hit me? What does this guy do? I've never heard of him..."

The phone was on speakerphone and Xia Fan, who had fallen back on the bed at some point, asked in a daze.

"This guy is a relatively well-known blogger who specializes in lip-syncing..."

"There were a few stars who used the original CDs in their concerts before, but he analyzed the tracks and hammered them out, and then this guy became famous."

"Later, he simply specialized in evaluating various live lip-syncing videos, and idols who liked to sing with the 'half-open mic' the most became the hardest hit."

"This time, I guess a lot of netizens tagged him, and this guy saw that there was traffic to be gained, so he came here."

"The live broadcast reservations cost hundreds of thousands. Although not responding is the best solution, it always makes me uncomfortable to watch these 'piranhas' coming to rub against you..." Dongye was still chattering, but the only response from the other end of the phone was a faint snoring.

"Xia Fan? Hello, are you still there? Did you fall asleep again? Aren't you too careless?"

……

"The entertainment industry is like the deep ocean. Today, the old fisherman is going to hunt those small fish that are 'all show and no substance' again. Hehehehe..."

"Everyone, everyone, the show is about to begin. Good morning..."

"What? Are you tired of hearing the opening line? Let's change it. Do you know how much time and effort I put into designing and practicing the lighting, movements, angles, and tone?"

Just when Xia Fan was taking a nap, an account with the ID "Deep Sea Fisherman" started a live broadcast on a social media platform called X.

"I suddenly received so many private messages early in the morning, and some people gave me a lot of gifts and asked me to appraise the "Idol Birth Festival" stage. I was a little overwhelmed..."

"It's just started and there are already 500,000 likes. It seems that this trainee named Xia Fan is very popular."

"What, it's currently ranked number one? No wonder...

"I just searched it and he is really handsome. Even a middle-aged uncle like me has my heart beating faster..."

"I wonder if it's the same silver-plated spear head as the previous ones?"

In the live broadcast, there is a middle-aged fat otaku wearing a shark mask, and next to him are a variety of professional-grade music equipment that only music enthusiasts can name.

"Okay, okay, I was wrong. Stop sending rotten eggs and get straight to the point."

"Thank you for your private message bombing invitations. I specially held this surprise live broadcast to identify the performance stage of the third episode of "Idol Birth Festival" you specified, the last song "Prayer"."

"As usual, I would like to make a statement in advance. I hereby promise that, apart from the income from gifts in the live broadcast room, I will not accept any funds from any individual or group. When evaluating songs, I will only use data and indicators. Whether it is 'lip-syncing' is left to the audience to judge for themselves."

"Then let's get started..."

After a solemn and skillful "disclaimer", "Deep Sea Fisherman" opened the latest episode of "Idol Birth Festival".

"Well, just by listening, he sang four sections in one breath with plenty of breath and emotion. He is indeed an amazing tenor."

"If this is the effect on the scene, then this Xia Fan is not the type I thought he would be, relying solely on his looks to get ahead."

While editing the clip of "Prayer" by Xia Fan's team, he also carefully appreciated this stage performance and looked full of praise.

"Of course, as always, the human ear is easily deceived."

“So, we have to use software that doesn’t lie to analyze it carefully.”

Having said this, "Deep Sea Fisherman" imported this stage video into professional music production software.

"Well, for this stage, I will use the live concert video of the previous team that sang the same song, as well as the original male singer of "Prayer", as the basis for comparative analysis."

"The budget is limited and the computer is slow. The video is very large, so please bear with me..."

He was obviously very good at vocal identification, and he skillfully imported the stage videos of Kishiyo's team, as well as the most popular live version of the original boy band.

"Thank you all for the gifts... Have the simultaneous calls exceeded 700,000? That's too much. This is the first time so many people have come..."

As the import progress bar slowly moved forward, the number of users that continued to pour into the live broadcast room also refreshed the recent live broadcast data record of "Deep Sea Fisherman".

(End of this chapter)