Huayu: Starting from the top talent show

Chapter 233: The Founder and the Origin of the Masterpiece
Ticket checking and admission will begin at 2 pm.

The program officially started recording at three o'clock in the afternoon.

The host is the same as last year.

It is still Che Che, the chief director and new vice president of Kiwi, who got promoted and made a fortune thanks to the success of last year’s show.

"Welcome everyone to the semi-finals of the Vivo China New Rap competition."

Vivo is promoting their new model X23.

The spokesperson officially announced this month is Cai Xukun.

In fact, they were originally in contact with Shen Juan.

However, Shen Juan’s current endorsement of OPPO R11s is still three months away from expiration of the contract.

As they are competitors, it is impossible for OPPO to give the green light to Vivo to poach its spokespersons.

So Shen Juan had to be forced to give up one business deal and start looking for other mobile phone endorsements that suit him.

In fact, there are not many choices.

Only Huawei, Xiaomi, OPPO and Vivo are willing to pay high prices to hire celebrity spokespersons to help promote their products.

Huawei's position is full. They just announced in June that Yi Yang Qianxi would be the spokesperson for the Nova line. They are not looking for a domestic spokesperson for the Mate line for the time being, and OPPO and Vivo are not high enough, so the answer is already obvious.

That is to replace Kris and become Jun Ge's MiFans. It just so happens that Xiaomi also has the idea of developing overseas, which matches Shen Juan's overseas influence.

Sure enough, good things happen every time I see Kris.

So, this time when we met, he insisted on giving me his own mobile phone as a gift, which really made me feel embarrassed.

Shen Juan in the lounge couldn't help but snort when he saw Wu Jiaheng's face on the TV screen, which looked a little stiff and guilty compared to his usual pretentious and cool attitude.

This Chris is awesome!

"Today's competition will be divided into two rounds. In the first round, we have invited four outstanding musicians to come and help. They will serve as guest singers and form a group with the top four contestants." Che Che was still reading out the rules of the competition.

"Then there are 350 audience members with voting devices. After watching the collaborative performances of the top four contestants and the guest singers, please vote carefully and choose the group of performances you support. The two contestants with the highest votes will directly advance to the national finals."

"Please welcome the first singing group, Nawukere and his singing guest You Changjing."

Speaking of which, Nawukere is actually a bit like last year's Shen Juan. Both of them are extremely popular on the Internet, but because they are not in the underground world, they have no connections in the Kazakh circle, which led to them suffering a loss in the voting session by industry insiders in the final.

But the difference is that his online popularity has not reached the same huge advantage as Shen Juan did last year.

Moreover, he did not produce as many hot singles as Shen Juan in the show, so his commercial value is indeed limited.

So it's difficult for Kiwi to change the rules for him.

Because he doesn't deserve it.

Capital is so realistic.

And what about You Changjing?
The last time Shen Juan met him offline was probably in the finals of Idol Producer more than four months ago.

So the first reaction after a long separation was
Why have you lost weight again?
With this height and body type, is he 60KG?
Of course this is not the most exaggerated thing.

Because Shen Juan learned from chatting with Kun Kun that he had recently successfully controlled his weight to 116 kilograms.

Even Shen Juan was stunned.

He had only seen this height-to-weight ratio when he was in high school, because at that time most teenagers only grew in height and had not yet had time to gain weight.

But Kunkun is an adult and fully grown with a height of 184cm and a weight of less than 120kg.
This is even more exaggerated than Lu Han's weight loss from 176cm to 120kg (data from Wu Ha when he was slightly overweight).

It can only be said that in order to improve their looks, look better on camera and dress more to look thinner, male stars are also trying to follow the example of female stars in terms of body management, and their hair is getting curlier and curlier.

After a brief preparation time, Nawukere and You Changjing took the stage together to perform their collaborative song:

Drifting North

The performance of both of them was quite good, which made the LIVE version of the song from the original time and space go viral, and people in the music circle were still discussing it four or five years later.

"That's great!" Liu Boxin couldn't help but praise.

"It's pretty good." Shen Juan nodded, but he didn't quite agree with the instructor's praise of him as a Chinese E-M.

What level of figure is Eminem in the rap circle?

If Nawukere is the Chinese version of Eminem, then last year when I entered GALI's song into the competition, did I become the Chinese version of Kanye? Should I also find an opportunity to grab someone else's microphone and speak on stage to strengthen my image?
The second group to take the stage was ICE and Li Ronghao.

The collaborative song is "Ace Enemies".

Although ICE had some flaws in its live performance, the part before the end was a bit lame compared to the previous ones.

But overall, it is still relatively enjoyable among the rap works that pursue live excitement and stage bombast.

Li Ronghao also played the role of a supporting actor, not stealing the spotlight at all, and giving the center of the stage entirely to the contestants.

In the contestant lounge backstage, Shen Juan was already playing with his phone after watching the stage performance.

No tricks.

I have too many friends and am too busy with work, so there are countless unread messages to deal with every day.

Jiang Peiyao: [I found the urban villages in Guangdong quite interesting! But some places are a bit messy.]

She is currently playing a supporting role in the crime drama film "Crime Probability" produced by Ning Hao in Guangdong, which is also the "Tropical Memories" starring Eddie Peng.

What’s interesting is that Shen Juan knew many of the actors in her crew, such as Wang Yanhui, whom she knew through Yearning, and Zhang Yu, whom she knew through An Elephant Sitting Still.

It was because Shen Juan liked her post on WeChat Moments showing her taking a walk in the streets during a break in filming that she was approached by her and found a suitable topic to talk about.

Shen Juan: [Is it as fun as when we were in Shanghai?] After work, they would occasionally go for a citywalk.

Jiang Peiyao: [Of course not.]

Shen Juan: [Because Shanghai is more fun than Guangdong? ]

Jiang Peiyao: [Actually, that’s not the reason~] Shen Juan asked knowingly: [Then what’s the reason? ]

It showed "The other party is typing." About a minute later, Jiang Peiyao sent a message: [Because when I was in Shanghai, someone walked with me, but there was no one in Guangdong. ]

Shen Juan smiled, and then typed a reply: [Little Monkey Zi is indeed a very good walking companion. ]

It was "The other party is typing." for a long time.

Then Shen Juan saw this message.

Jiang Peiyao: [Actually, you are pretty good too~]

So they chatted for a while about their respective recent situations and agreed to meet again when they had time in Beijing. Shen Juan then opened the chat window of another WeChat friend.

Li Yitong: [You are back to China? ]

This sister is currently filming "The Story of Yanxi Palace" in Yichang.

They had not had much contact after recording that episode of Baibing, but because Shen Juan had asked in his circle of friends some time ago whether there were any reliable channels for overseas purchasing, and she happened to be the first one to contact Shen Juan, so over time they developed into an online friend relationship.

Shen Juan replied: [I replied yesterday. ]

Li Yitong: [It’s great, it’s still comfortable to be home. ]

Shen Juan agreed with what she said.

He has neither friends nor backers abroad, and local entertainment industry investors have to be on guard against suppression at all times.

But there aren’t so many troubles in the domestic entertainment industry.

In the domestic entertainment industry, he is the only boss!

No wonder that even the most ambitious artists would be corrupted by the comfortable environment after returning to the domestic entertainment industry.

It can only be said that the various income benefits provided by domestic entertainment to artists are really too generous. The status gap between artists and ordinary people is unimaginable to foreigners.

Shen Juan asked: [How long will you take to shoot this play? ]

Li Yitong: [It will probably be finished by the end of the year. ]

Li Yitong: [After half a year, I am numb]

Shen Juan replied with a cat emoticon that said "come on!"

Li Yitong smiled so hard that her eyes curved into a pair of small crescents: [I'll treat you to a meal when I return to Beijing after the filming is finished! ]

Shen Juan: [Why do you want to treat me to a meal? ]

Li Yitong didn't find it strange and continued to type a reply with a smile: [Because you are very popular! ]

Young, rich, handsome and in great shape (visible to the naked eye), with a nice personality and the ability to flirt (personal opinion), plus the famous titles of "top star", "global icon" and "pop superstar", it is really hard for such a Shen Juan not to receive excessive attention from the outside world and public opinion, and it is hard not to be coveted by these women.

The third group to take the stage were Jike Junyi and Zhou Tanghao.

I can only say that he is definitely not a singer of the same level.

Although Shen Juan did not watch the previous episodes, just looking at his performance on this stage, he could not find any other reason for Zhou Tanghao to advance to the semi-finals and become one of the top four in the country, except for spending money and relying on connections to get in through the back door.

(Son of Billie, the first generation singer of Wanwan)
"Jike Junyi is a plus for this song."

"Uh" Liu Boxin was so scared that he dared not say a word.

“Her hook is still pretty good.”

If it was last year or early this year, he would never have told such a truth that could easily offend people.

But it’s still the same sentence:
Nothing is set in stone.

A lot of things are different this year.

So he can do whatever he wants. Although he does have to survive and develop within these rules and regulations, it does not mean that he has to abide by all the rules and regulations.

Then, it was finally Shen Juan's group's turn to perform.

"Please welcome the fourth singing group, Lexie Liu Boxin and her guest singer Alex Shen Juan." When Che Che's announcement sounded, the audience below the stage instantly became boiling.

All the men were exclaiming "What the hell!"

All the women were screaming.

Obviously, no one expected that the program crew didn't do any warm-up beforehand and actually came up with such a big move.

The world's top stars are coming to China's new rap?
The champion of the first year of hip-hop returns to the rap field?

Or.
Alex Shen and Kris Wu meet again?
No matter which aspect you approach it from, it’s a hot spot.

The studio was filled with cheers and screams at this moment.

Even though he was just a guest singer, Shen Juan was still the undisputed focus of the whole show.

The two stood in the darkness, waiting for the show to begin.

About half a minute later, the prelude sounded.

Shen Juan resisted the urge to yell 1! 5! and silently beat the beat in his heart following the drum rhythm.

"Why are you always in a mood?"

"Fuxkin' round, actin' brand new."

"I ain't tryna tell you what to do."

Shen Juan set a perfect standard as soon as he opened his mouth.

The instructors and the audience went crazy!

Although the melody and lyrics are still very European and American, as long as Liu Boxin's verse section is not bad, it will definitely become another hit single of this season's show.

(Mood - 24kGoldn/iann dior. Of course, you may be more familiar with the cross-century work "Zood" that pioneered the Grammy era. Friends who haven't seen it can go to B station to search and watch it)
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