This star is a bit wild

Chapter 3 National Idol Development System
"Dear viewers, welcome to the third qualifying round of 'Singer Global Season'. I'm the host, Han Zheng..."

Accompanied by passionate music and bright lights, Nanhu Satellite TV's ace host Han Zheng, wearing a neat suit, walked slowly out from the center of the stage with a magnetic voice and a steady stage presence.

At the same time, Nanhu Satellite TV and Mango TV immediately transmitted the live images to thousands of households through wireless signals. The number of people watching the live broadcast on Mango TV continued to soar like a rocket.

30, 50, 80, 100...

In just two minutes, the number of people watching the live broadcast online exceeded one million. The live broadcast screen was flooded with comments, and the comments in the comment area were constantly updated so fast that it was difficult to see clearly.

This is the popularity of the strongest music variety show in history. Even if today is just the qualifying round of "Singer Global Season", its popularity is enough to make many variety shows feel out of reach.

……

At this moment, in the director's room directly above the studio.

Gao Zhenhai, the chief director of "Singer Global Season", sat in the main seat, with two deputy directors sitting on both sides. Other staff members around him were busy with their work, and the scene was filled with a slightly depressing atmosphere.

Live streaming is a huge challenge for any team in the industry, because there are so many uncontrollable factors in live streaming that everyone needs to be on edge during every live broadcast, for fear that someone will suddenly make some outrageous remarks.

"Cut the camera and show the faces of each of the seven contestants."

Gao Zhenhai leaned back in his chair and gave instructions to the two assistant directors beside him. He looked serious, with a frown on his face.

The "Singer" series is the flagship program of Nanhu Satellite TV. After Gao Zhenhai took over the baton of this program for the first time this year, he carried out drastic reforms.

Not only did it pioneer a new model for live broadcasts of music variety shows, it also ambitiously invited many top singers from around the world, striving to bring an audio-visual feast to audiences across the country and even the world.

Facts have proved that risks and returns are always proportional. Gao Zhenhai took such a big risk, but the rewards he got were indeed very generous.

On the day when "Singer Global Season" was broadcast, it attracted great attention from the entire network, and then it became unstoppable. The popularity continued to rise and it broke many records one after another.

Logically speaking, Gao Zhenhai should be feeling very proud of his achievements. However, it is really difficult for Gao Zhenhai to be happy now because he is in a very embarrassing situation.

Good news: He achieved the globalization goal he set before the show started.

The bad news: the show has indeed been globalized, but there will be no Chinese singers in the show.

When the show started, there were only two foreign singers among the first singers, and the remaining five were all Chinese singers.

Now, the program has just passed the halfway point, and there are only three Chinese singers left among the original singers, and the remaining four are all foreign singers.

Now that the sixth round of the list-revealing competition is over, the seventh round of the list-attaching competition will once again welcome a heavyweight foreign singer. If the other party succeeds in the challenge again, the situation will likely become an embarrassing situation where only two of the seven online singers are Chinese singers.

Netizens, however, enjoyed the fun and said that even if all the Chinese singers on the stage were eliminated, they would still support the show. However, netizens did not care, but Gao Zhenhai could not help but care.

Nanhu TV is an official media after all. No matter whether the program is good or bad, it must not violate the main theme of building a culturally strong country. If it allows the program to continue to develop like this, and if in the end all the online singers are foreigners, no matter what the final result of the program is, he will definitely not end up well.

If Gao Zhenhai wants to reverse this situation, he has only two options. The first option is the simplest. As long as he can find someone who can control the situation and reverse the decline, all problems will be solved.

But the problem is that Gao Zhenhai can't find such a person now. He originally thought that the veteran singer Donna was such a person, but he never expected that the veteran singer's ability to withstand pressure was really a bit unsatisfactory.

Facing the powerful foreign singers, Donna, as the most experienced senior singer this season, has been regarded by many netizens as the last line of defense to guard the country's borders.

However, Donna, whose ability to withstand pressure was already unsatisfactory, felt even more pressure after being placed with high hopes by netizens across the country. In the last two rounds of competition, Donna even made serious mistakes such as singing out of tune.

Gao Zhenhai knew that if this continued, Donna's mental collapse was a matter of time, so he could not rely on Donna at all. As for the remaining two Chinese singers, one was named Su Hong, who was best at love songs, and the other was named Yang Anjin, who was best at folk songs.

"The Singer" is a music variety show competition stage. On such a stage, love songs and folk songs have inherent disadvantages. In front of those foreign singers who can easily ignite the audience, they can only be beaten.

Unable to rely on online singers, Gao Zhenhai could only look outside the venue and invite those music industry giants who were strong enough to come to the rescue. However, Donna's previous experience was right in front of him, and the attitudes of many music industry giants were ambiguous.

In addition, the actions of the director of the previous seasons of "The Singer" have made "The Singer" have a poor reputation within the music industry, so Gao Zhenhai has not been able to find a strong external aid so far.

If the first method does not produce any results, then even if Gao Zhenhai is reluctant, he will have no choice but to choose the second method. This second method is to artificially control votes, which is simply to engage in shady dealings.

By artificially controlling votes, they try to improve their own rankings, thereby ensuring that there are always a considerable number of Chinese contestants on the stage, in order to forcibly save their reputation.

Doing so can certainly temporarily solve the problem, but the price is that the reputation Gao Zhenhai has worked so hard to build will be lost. After all, the audience is not all deaf, and it is easy for them to tell who sings well and who sings poorly.

Gao Zhenhai has poured countless efforts into making "Singer Global Season" come to where it is today. It is like Gao Zhenhai's child. He really would not be willing to do this unless it is absolutely necessary.

"Hey……"

Gao Zhenhai was filled with sorrow and couldn't help but sigh imperceptibly. Then he shook his head and temporarily suppressed those troubles in his heart. It was obvious that the current live broadcast was the most important thing at the moment.

Just as Gao Zhenhai was regaining his focus, the camera happened to cut to Chu Hang. Looking at Chu Hang's young and handsome face, Gao Zhenhai casually asked the assistant director beside him, "He's the Chu Hang who came over to save the day, right? I had a meeting on stage this afternoon, so I couldn't pay him any attention. Have you reviewed the song he prepared? Is there any problem?"

"Director Gao, I was the one who reviewed the song Chu Hang submitted." Assistant Director Liu Chunrong, who was sitting to Gao Zhenhai's left, took over the conversation. "It's an original song, and there's nothing wrong with the lyrics."

"Oh?"

"Original?"

Gao Zhenhai raised his eyebrows slightly, and his tone became slightly agitated.

Liu Chunrong nodded. "He wrote the lyrics, composed the music, and arranged the music all by himself. Although Chu Hang has a terrible personality, he did win the first season of The Voice of China, so he does have some talent."

"Um……"

"Being able to become a highlight is not in vain for me to show off my face."

Gao Zhenhai nodded slightly, and didn't pay too much attention to it after he finished speaking. After all, with his current status, he has come into contact with too many big-name singers in recent times. For an ordinary original singer, it is already very good if he can attract a little attention from him.

……

As time goes by, the qualifying competition continues to progress according to the established process.

According to the draw before the game, Chu Hang was the fifth singer to appear on stage. The four singers in front of him took turns to perform on stage, and their singing styles were also unique.

Soon after the fourth singer came on stage, Chu Hang, at the signal of the staff, prepared to stand up and go backstage to prepare for the performance. However, just as Chu Hang stood up, Xiang Tianyu, who was sitting not far away from him, also stood up.

"Brother, come on!"

Xiang Tianyu was very enthusiastic. Not only did he take the initiative to encourage Chu Hang, he also gave Chu Hang a big hug. If someone didn't know, they would think that they had a very good relationship.

"work hard together!"

In front of the camera, Chu Hang also appeared very enthusiastic.

We are all adults, everyone knows how to put on a show.

During the hug, Chu Hang glanced at Xiang Tianyu and saw that he was also carrying a guitar. Thinking that Xiang Tianyu was the sixth person to appear, an intriguing smile appeared on the corner of his lips.

"I hope you can still laugh later..."

Chu Hang thought silently in his heart, then he greeted the remaining singer politely and turned to walk out of the preparation room.

At this moment, the host Han Zheng was introducing Chu Hang who was about to appear, and at the same time, a large number of cameras began to tilt towards Chu Hang.

"He's really handsome, but unfortunately he's just a bootlicker!"

"Who would have thought that Chu Hang, who shone throughout the summer four years ago, would end up in such a state now? It's truly unexpected!"

"I saw on the marketing account that Chu Hang's crush is Shen Qingyuan, right? You know what, if these two get together, they'd be quite a match. Just based on their looks, I'm going to give them my all!"

"Chu Hang fans, get away! Don't get involved with our Yuanyuan! Our Yuanyuan only wants to focus on her career, but now everyone wants to get in on the fun, without even considering their own status!"

"Another original song? Not one of those incredibly sentimental, heartbreaking songs, is it? His work used to be quite spiritual, but the songs of the past two years are just hard to describe. The lyrics are so awkward they make you dig your toes into the ground!"

"Chu Hang, don't pay attention to those rumors. All of us Pure Love Warriors will always support you!"

……

After a large number of cameras were tilted towards Chu Hang, many comments and comments suddenly began to contain a lot of content related to Chu Hang.

However, Chu Hang, who was preparing for the performance backstage at this time, was in great shock, because at this moment, many system virtual prompt boxes that no one could see suddenly appeared in front of him.

[The conditions for launching the National Idol Development System have been met...]

[Host binding...]

[Talent panel is being updated...]

[Skill panel is being updated...]

【Wealth panel is being updated...】

[Updating the item panel...]

(End of this chapter)