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

Chapter 354 Appearance Rate 1000%
"Hirano Yuta and Kimura Goro's 'successful star-chasing', Kishi Sho and Oda Masaru's 'the passing on of the torch of music craftsmanship', Hirai Shouta and Nagase Kaito's 'same school of thought', are all very good hype points..."

"Supervisor, put Xia Fan and Yayoi Tsuki in the same group. Perhaps we can further hype up scandals about them, such as 'Burning Favoritism' and 'Sister-Brother Love'."

"Make arrangements immediately. Create news, forum posts, comments, and message templates for each of these topics, just in case."

While everyone was watching the show, the public opinion response team was quickly recording public opinion topics that could be planned in order to maximize the promotion of other trainees and suppress Xia Fan.

After the grouping results were finalized, the program content entered the regular "rehearsal stage"...

This part is usually composed of fixed content such as "trainees encounter difficulties", "breakthroughs through hard work and help from mentors", "the groups are evenly matched and the result is yet to be known", etc. It focuses on how hard the trainees work and how strong the relationship between teachers and students is in order to raise the audience's expectations for the performance. It can be said to be the most difficult part to find highlights in post-production.

However, when OG Kato, dressed in hip-hop, strode into the rehearsal room of Yayoi Tsuki's group and Shota Hirai ran over to bow and greet him like a little fan, there was a commotion in the conference room.

Even Matsudaira Johnny, who had remained silent, sat up a little straighter.

"Hey, hey, Yayoi Tsuki actually invited OG Kato to be a 'flying guest' and guide the show rehearsal?"

"Why haven't I heard from the production team? No, they are in the 'treatment observation period' and cannot be contacted..."

You know, the "rap instructor" who was originally invited first at the "Idol Birth Festival" was OG Kato, who has long served as a mentor on major rap programs.

After being rejected by Kato, and with some careful thinking from A Company, they replaced him with Shota Hirai.

The sudden appearance of this authority in the rap world and his personal guidance in rehearsal of this group of "rap rookies" means that the professionalism of the show's performances will be enhanced and the number of views will also increase as it attracts audiences from the rap circle.

Due to time constraints, the details of Kato's intervention and guidance were not edited into the main film, and the camera quickly turned to other groups.

In order to gain exposure, other groups also tried their best to create various famous variety show scenes such as hard rehearsals, rehearsal accidents, and conflicts between trainees and mentors.

Perhaps it was because of his "vital juice" or perhaps it was because he had plenty of physical strength, but among all the trainees, only Xia Fan insisted on rehearsing for a whole night, and the program editing also intentionally or unintentionally highlighted this point.

"Supervisor, based on comparative analysis, Xia Fan's close-up shots so far have increased by 1000% compared to the previous episodes combined. This is very detrimental to suppressing his popularity."

A staff member reported to Ozawa in a low voice.

Because of the sudden arrival of OG Kato, the "free traffic", his guidance of the trainees in Yayoi Tsuki's group naturally took up a lot of shots and time.

In this group, Xia Fan, the "Great Demon King of the Celestial Dragons" and "Seven-Star Trainee", whose looks and eyes steal the show, has the most close-up shots among the trainees.

As for the exaggerated increase of 1000%, it was actually because Xia Fan had almost no shots during the rehearsal stage of the first few episodes.

"There are more close-up shots of Xia Fan. There's nothing we can do about it..."

"The key is that this child has great looks, temperament and camera sense."

"It's true that the reputation is well-deserved that it led for such a long time before falling from first place."

Looking at Xia Fan on the giant screen, Supervisor Ozawa couldn't help but nod repeatedly. Several other female staff members at the conference table even held their hot cheeks with their hands.

"Especially this pair of beautiful eyes. I can feel the real emotions transmitted through the screen, as if the person is right in front of me..."

"What's going on with this strange sense of reality? I didn't notice it when I was catching up on the previous episodes." Feeling that something was wrong, Director Ozawa took off his eye cloth and wiped it.

Generally speaking, there is a big sensory difference between the characters in film and television images and the real people who appear in front of you.

This is not to say that there is a difference in image between fat, thin, ugly or beautiful, but because the emotional aura cannot be transmitted, making people feel unreal and unable to feel any oppression.

This is the same reason why otakus are unmoved by close-up shots of female celebrities through the screen, but become so nervous that they become speechless if a random person of the opposite sex sits in front of them.

At this moment, Xia Fan appearing on the screen actually gives people a sense of reality as if he is "in person", conveying his personal charm to the fullest.

"This sense of the lens is indeed very 'unnatural'..."

Jenny Matsudaira also had a serious expression on his face, staring at Xia Fan on the screen.

"This kid, the divine aura on him is stronger than before?"

"Is it because of 'that incident'? So, he is really the 'unknown god's agent'?"

But what he was thinking about was completely different from what the other people in the meeting room were thinking about.

While everyone was having different thoughts, the trainees in the program had already come to the acceptance stage on the second day after rehearsing hard all night long.

"Humph, Director Akimoto is indeed very shrewd. He arranged Xia Fan to Yayoi Tsuki's group. Not only did he lose his vote as a mentor, but he also chose rap, which he is not good at, and the trainees he arranged are also a group of 'rap experts'."

"This group's performance can only be sustained by the chorus of Yayoi Tsuki."

Watching the acceptance performance session, OG Kato listened with a dark face and complained about the trainees' "disaster-level" rap, and director Ozawa's expression relaxed a little.

There was no way. After reading all the way to the present, he recalled the previous content and realized that Xia Fan’s presence was too strong.

Apart from the stars that the audience is familiar with, such as Yayoi Tsuki, OG Kato, and several other mentors, the existence of other trainees is as weak as air...

Even if Director Ozawa tried hard to recall, he couldn't remember what the other trainees did in the first half of the episode.

"In the end, performances still have to be based on stage performance..."

"Well, if Xia Fan's rap performance is not good, you can use a 'magnifying glass' to find faults frame by frame and make a series of bad memes, and try to make it a label that he can never get rid of."

When it was Xia Fan's turn to rap, the staff responsible for public opinion planning showed an expectant look.

"Is Xia Fan's rap so fast? Is this the original version without any slowdown?"

"Not only the speed, but also the pronunciation and rhythm are very strong..."

However, when it was Xia Fan's turn to walk out of the dance team and start rapping with a cold face during the rehearsal, the entire conference room fell silent.

Only the expensive surround sound speakers could be heard, with Xia Fanna speaking at the same 16SPS speed as the original, with clear, bright, hot and passionate long raps.

(End of this chapter)