After offending capital, my songs became more and more popular.

Chapter 156 The Proud Youth

The air conditioning in the stadium was quite strong, and to be honest, even someone like Shen Mingen who wasn't moving around felt a bit cold. However, judging from the live broadcast on the big screen, the athletes on the field were sweating profusely.

Especially for Team Dragon, his clothes were soaked with sweat, and the sweat on his forehead even wet his hair. He wasn't exactly disheveled, but he looked really tired.

In comparison, the contestant opposite him, who was also covered in sweat, wasn't as badly sweaty. At least his hair wasn't completely wet.

And...

Whether it was because of the winning streak that he saw a great chance of winning, this guy always had a look of anticipation and pride on his face. Every time he won a game by a small margin, he would let out a very loud "Hey!" cheer.

When he won that big score, he cheered for his country's audience in the stands from afar, and also waved to some of our country's audience.

It was like a provocation...

"Your mother!"

“Fuck you*&%￥#@…”

"Are you tired of living?!"

"Don't be so arrogant, little one. We'll see who has the last laugh!"

"You're only in the lead, you haven't won yet!"

……

Many of our country's audience members on stage were furious with the criticism.

But despite the criticism, it was really infuriating because the Dragons were clearly not in good form today, which everyone could see. If they had really suffered an upset loss to Kato Shikazu, then this match would have been truly exciting.

It's worth mentioning that, in the offline arena, some of the audience members from their countries, being in our home country, didn't dare to be too obviously happy or shout too loudly...

Meanwhile, on the other side of the internet, in the live stream, netizens in that country were basically having an "instant climax"!

【Let's get to work!】

[Can we finally defeat those despicable Chinese players?!]

I knew you were the best! You're destined to be number one in the world!

[Those despicable Chinese, they overestimated themselves! Now they've been taken down!]

【Hahahahaha...】

……

These guys with itchy noses were laughing so hard!

Our online viewers here are not to be outdone at all; they're all commenting:
What's the rush? Let the bullets fly for a while...

[With the future uncertain, you are all but beasts of burden.]

[They just came back from 0-2 down to win 4-2. How can we maintain international friendship if we let them have two games to make them happy before we even get to the top?]

Look at you guys, so naive! It's only been two rounds; you haven't even completely won yet!

Just wait and see, the Dragons will definitely come back with a crushing victory.

……

In response, netizens on the other side of the screen mocked and ridiculed us, saying we were sore losers and bragging, etc.

Anyway, it was said in a pretty harsh way.

Now, given that they are trailing by a large margin, and by a score of 2-0, the audience on the Chinese entertainment side can't really say much. They can only keep saying things like "Let the bullets fly for a while" and "Trust Team Long."

But just then, something very troublesome happened...

That is, in the third game, the Dragons lost again.

The current score is 3-0.

What concept?
This match is a best-of-four series, meaning that if Kato Shikazu wins one more game, he will defeat the Dragon team and win the match.

A score of 4-0, with such a huge gap, is almost a complete "humiliation" for a professional player, especially for a versatile player like Long!
It's important to know that when our national table tennis team plays against opponents with a significant skill gap, especially when the score is 2-0 or 3-0, they will usually let the opponent win a game or two. This is to give the opponent face and maintain good relations between the two sides...

Judging from this, Kato Shikazu has absolutely no intention of leaving this point behind!

With that arrogant, itchy nose attitude, he probably wished he could shut out the Dragon team right away!
If that's really the case...

Tomorrow, this is really going to be trending on social media in various countries!
Everyone knows our country is strong in table tennis, and everyone knows that Team Long is a well-rounded player. This time, however, they suffered a shocking defeat to Kato Shikazu, a classic opponent they have already lost to, and by such a large margin...

That would really make us a laughing stock in other countries.

And at this moment...

The moment the score reached 3-0, the netizens next door were really excited, with some even saying:
There's no way we can lose now, right?

Even if they win three games in a row, as long as Shiwa-kun wins just one more game, they will still win!

We can definitely win! Let's do it!

……

Pop the champagne at halftime!
They're already hyped!

no way……

Just as they said, unless the Dragons can win four consecutive games, their chances of winning are ridiculously small!

"Mom..."

Shen Ming'en, watching from the stands, couldn't help but show a hint of worry in his eyes.

He wasn't worried about what netizens thought; his biggest fear was that the athletes would be negatively affected, which would be the most serious consequence.

Look?

Offstage, during halftime, the Dragon team sat on a bench, head down, seemingly lost in thought, looking rather dejected...

It has to be said that as a well-rounded player, Dragon carries too many expectations, but he is not young anymore, and years of training have left him with injuries all over his body, and he is often tormented by illness...

He has already tried his best.

It's infuriating to even think about it...

At the scene, a fan of Kato Shikazu, a young woman who appeared to be Chinese, actually shouted:
"Kato Shikazu four to zero!"

At the time, because it was halftime, the scene was noisy, but everyone was just talking to themselves and no one was shouting excitedly. Therefore, this female fan's "scream" was particularly noticeable.

"Your mother!"

Some Chinese fans nearby were furious and couldn't help but shout:

"Are you calling for your mother?!"

"Are fandom fans so obsessed with nationalities that they can't even tell the difference anymore?!"

"Don't you know what time it is, you motherfucker!"

"You bunch of little fairies really need to be disciplined, I'm telling you!"

"Get the fuck out of here!"

……

These days, a lot of young girls are going to extreme lengths to idolize celebrities...

While it's not uncommon for many young women to idolize foreign sports stars these days, the prerequisite for being a fan is that you fucking remember your nationality, right?
No matter what sport it is, when our country is up against a team like ours, it's a matter of national and personal hatred. At that time, even if you really like that team's athlete, you can't support them!

Are you an idiot?!

But why!
This girl even had the nerve to act all "righteous and self-righteous," saying things like she was just supporting her favorite athlete, that sports have no borders, that people like her were too prejudiced, that she shouldn't treat a young girl like that, that she was wrong to be a fan, and so on.

That's fucking Kabuto's Super Transformation Form, spouting all that crap!

"Security!"

Even the on-set director couldn't stand it anymore and couldn't help but shout:

"Get that woman out of here! Put her on the internal blacklist and never allow her to participate in any related events again!"

"I fucking want to kick her out..." Shen Ming'en gritted his teeth in hatred. He didn't care about his status. At this moment, whether someone was a celebrity or not didn't matter. Any Chinese person would want to have this woman.

"Tsk..." Feng Yucan had also arrived at the stands at some point. He pursed his lips, sighed silently, patted Shen Ming'en on the shoulder and said, "The intermission performance over there is about to start. Let's go prepare too. Sing well later and try to cheer on our contestants."

This kid's grown up now, saying things like that...

Shen Ming'en nodded, and was about to follow Feng Yucan backstage to prepare for the performance...

And it was at this time...

Several people dressed very flamboyantly, in brightly colored clothes, like performers, suddenly walked past them down the stairs.

Judging from their speech, they seemed to be using everyday language, and judging from their manner...

"Could they... be the people from the intermission performance on Xiao Ri Zi?" Shen Ming En asked.

“Well…it seems so,” Feng Yucan nodded, also quite stunned, looking at the group with a bewildered and strange expression, and asked the staff next to him, “Did they…intend to dress like this from the beginning?”

Feng Yucan is a very popular person. Before his makeup session this morning, he was just wandering around aimlessly and even wandered into the performance troupe at the Guorenjia performance area...

If he remembered correctly, the outfits they were supposed to wear were mainly sky blue and pure white, the color scheme of the sky and white clouds, for a Doraemon OST with a peace theme...

But the clothes they're wearing now seem to be... the same as what Feng Yucan saw back then.

No! Not! The! Same! Ah!

They are a well-known band from the "Little Days" anime, and the clothes they are wearing seem to be cosplay outfits from "Little Days," a very popular anime in recent years.

That anime is primarily "hot-blooded," the kind that's incredibly exciting and might even make you cry while watching Boruto. It's worth mentioning that the anime's theme song is also super energetic; the dense drumbeats alone are enough to get your blood pumping...

And if those people dressed up as characters from that anime started singing its theme song...

So!

They're probably going to have an orgasm right there, right?
"This……"

The staff member who was asked by Feng Yucan was also completely dumbfounded when he saw this scene.

He actually knew what clothes the people opposite him were supposed to wear, and because of that, he knew even more how similar their anime cosplay outfits were to...

Outrageous!

"director!"

The staff didn't even bother to answer Feng Yucan's question; they grabbed their walkie-talkies and ran off to find the on-site director.

The on-site director then communicated with the general director, who was also completely bewildered and immediately went to question the staff member in charge of the day's activities...

The staff in charge of the daily routine were also completely baffled. They were saying, "Why didn't you tell me about these people with itchy noses?!"
Then he went to ask the person in charge there... In short, everyone was completely baffled by the clothes worn by the cast and crew of Xiao Ri Zi!

It's infuriating that the person in charge at Xiao Ri Zi (小日日子) claimed they were unaware of the situation, saying their side was in complete chaos, and that the band made the decision on their own.

Damn you!
Even ghosts wouldn't believe such a thing!
This is a complete and blatant scam!
Without their authorization, would that small band performing abroad dare to change their song on the spot like this?!

The problem is, since their manager said that, our staff can't communicate with them...

"Find Si!"

The chief director, Zhao Wei, was so angry he wanted to curse them out!

The fact that the Dragons are currently trailing by a huge margin and the fans on the other side are going wild has already caused a lot of complaints from our country's audience. If the fans on the other side are allowed to play their "battle song" again, then they're really in trouble. They'll be getting cursed to death by the Chinese people!

Director Zhao Wei was still hoping that the band on that special day had simply changed their outfits, but the songs they were going to perform remained the same...

But when they stand on the stage, when they beat the drums!
"Boom boom boom!"

The moment that familiar, high-energy music resounded on the stage!
"Oh!!!"

"Ahhhh!!!"

The audience on Xiao Rizi's side went absolutely wild!
The online buzz is incredible too!

Even Kato Shikazu, the table tennis player from that day, jumped up and felt instantly full of energy!

"It's over..."

At that time, the chief director Zhao Wei looked ashen-faced.

"I fucking knew it!" Not far away, a person in charge of the rehearsal area shouted angrily, "Those guys hired a band instead of a singer, I bet that's why!"

Because Xiao Rizi hired a complete band, they didn't really need our help at all in terms of accompaniment and rehearsals...

For this reason, if they want to change a song on the spot, they only need to discuss it within the team. They can choose what accompaniment to use and what song to sing, and they can do whatever they want.

This is just great……

Now they can play their war songs.

This is really going to be a big problem!

Well...

If they were trailing by a large margin, even if they played a battle song, our country's audience would disdain it and generously say, "Let them sing! They're already behind and about to lose, so why can't they sing if they want to?"
Unfortunately, we are now in a huge and shocking situation, and the deficit is quite ridiculous!
Just say it!
This situation!

And they even let the other side play their war song!
This is like lighting a lamp in an outhouse – looking for shit!
Look?

【? ? ? 】

From the moment the performers from the other side of the show came on stage to play their battle anthem, countless netizens in the online live stream next door were frantically spamming question marks and expressing their opinions:

[What did the production team do? They made them play war songs?!]

【Are you kidding me?! Are you out of your mind?!】

[You really want the Dragons to lose, don't you?!]

[The Dragons are already under enough pressure, are you guys crazy?!]

……

Clearly, the audience was very dissatisfied.

You have to understand that playing the battle song for Xiao Rizi right now puts the most pressure on the team, not anyone else but the Dragons, who are already under a lot of pressure as they are trailing by a large margin!
If it were someone else's home turf, they could sing whatever they wanted, and we wouldn't care; but now that it's our home turf, are you going to let them sing their war songs?!
Are you out of your mind?!

Is this really a case of sabotaging the athletes?!
Morale is always important. If you boost the enemy's morale while undermining your own, aren't you just asking for trouble?
Some netizens are already furious and have started tagging the Organizing Committee repeatedly, threatening to file complaints against the relevant personnel...

"Ahhh!"

At this moment, the chief director Zhao Wei was so angry he wanted to curse. He could already imagine what kind of punishment he would receive after this incident.

It will definitely not be small!
Absolutely terrible!

Thinking of this, Director Zhao really wished he could go down on the spot and tear those Japanese devils apart!
"Boom boom boom..."

Below the stage, the high-energy melody and incredibly powerful vocals of the lead singer from "Little Days" truly ignited everyone's emotions. Even Shen Ming'en, a fellow Chinese, felt a sense of shame as he was being set ablaze...

There's nothing we can do; it's a physiological reaction, so we can't blame him.

"What should we do? Oh dear..."

Feng Yucan also looked troubled at that time, not knowing what to do.

They've prepared a song focused on "peace," which certainly won't be as energetic as their anime battle anthem. There's bound to be some "comparison" comments online, saying their version isn't as good as "Little Life's"...

Although these decisions were made by the organizing committee and no one will blame them, they will still have some impact on them to some extent!

Of course, they no longer care about whether it will affect them; now, they are just like the spectators, concerned about whether the athletes will be affected.

And it was at this time...

"Tsk..."

Shen Ming'en grew increasingly angry as he looked at the group of people in the audience playing war songs. He clicked his tongue inwardly, patted Feng Yucan on the shoulder, and said, "Come with me, quick."

After saying that, Shen Ming'en turned around and walked towards the room where the chief director Zhao Wei was.

Feng Yucan: "???"

He looked completely bewildered!
No way, bro, where are you going at this hour?!
Shen Ming'en remained silent, only running wildly. In the time it took for Feng Yucan to react, Shen Ming'en's figure had already disappeared around the corner.

"Hey..."

Wait for me a minute!

Feng Yucan's lips twitched. Although he didn't understand what was going on, he could only hurry after them.

And so, the two of them jogged through the room and eventually ran all the way to the director's control room.

"What are you two doing...?"

At that time, the chief director Zhao Wei was having a headache, feeling disgusted by the cast and crew of Xiao Rizi. Shen Ming'en and Feng Yucan, who were supposed to be preparing for the scene, suddenly arrived on set, catching him completely off guard.

"director!"

Perhaps because of the long run, Shen Ming'en was a little out of breath. He tried to calm himself down for a while, then raised his hand and said something that made everyone present freeze in place and almost drop their jaws in shock!

He said, "We need to change our songs too!"

As soon as these words came out...

"..."

The previously chaotic control room fell into a deep silence.

Everyone was slightly taken aback, then looked at Shen Ming'en with an incredulous expression...

"Change...change the song???"

Even the chief director, Zhao Wei, was completely dumbfounded at the time!

no……

What are you doing?!

If the cast and crew of "That Little Day" suddenly change the song, you're going to change it too?!
Do you even know how incredibly insensible they are to do something like that?!
How come you, Hajime, are just as clueless as them?!
Do you know that by changing the song on the spot, all the rehearsals, lighting, and stage design we did were wasted?
Besides, the performance is about to start, how are we supposed to know what song you want to change to at the last minute!

Director Zhao had so many complaints he couldn't keep venting that he didn't even know where to begin!
Before any of them could react...

"Change!"

Shen Ming'en said decisively:

"They're already singing those kinds of songs, why are they still praising peace at a time like this? We should also cheer on our athletes!"

Shen Ming'en's words were thunderous. His voice might not have been loud, but his attitude was completely conveyed to the hearts of everyone who heard him!

That moment...

"..."

Everyone stood there, stunned, their expressions thoughtful.

yes……

Those lowly people are really bullying them!

They're all dancing in their home stadium!

If we don't teach them a lesson, they'll really think we're hopeless in the Chinese entertainment industry!
They played war songs in front of the stage, their country's audience popped champagne halfway through, and that guy Kato Shikazu was even more brazenly provoking our audience...

It's gotten to this point!
Must we remain unchanged?!
"You..." Director Zhao hesitated for a moment, then asked, "What song do you want to sing? What about the accompaniment? Is there enough time in such a short period of time? You..."

Director Zhao asked many questions, but in the end, he looked very seriously into Shen Ming'en's eyes and asked, "Are you confident?"

The problem is, Shen Mingen might not be confident!
To be honest, everyone present could see Shen Ming'en's talent. Whether it was songwriting or singing, his abilities were second to none in the Chinese entertainment industry. His three Olympic theme songs established his position in everyone's hearts, and as long as he said he was confident...

So!

Everyone then truly believed that he was confident!

Every Olympic-related activity is taken very seriously. The song that Shen Ming'en and Feng Yucan were going to sing was even pre-recorded and lip-synced on the spot, just to be on the safe side and avoid any problems.

Therefore, everyone knows the risks involved in changing songs on the spot!
We're not exactly living a simple life, and we're not going to be so naive!

At that moment, because of Director Zhao's words, everyone's eyes turned to Shen Ming'en...

Especially Feng Yucan...

To be honest, when I heard that Shen Mingen was going to change the song at the last minute, I almost spat out a mouthful of blood!
Please!

Brother!

You changed the song at the last minute, you should at least have discussed it with me first!

I was totally unprepared!!!
At this moment...

Facing the gazes of everyone, Shen Ming'en knew what burden he would have to bear if he nodded.

Even so, how could our great nation allow the Japanese to turn their backs on us?!
A war song, is it?!
High-energy, huh?!
You guys have anime theme songs, we have "Proud Youth" too!

This great nation, which has overcome numerous obstacles along the way, has never been afraid of failure!

As long as you give it your all, there's no such thing as failure!
……

(End of this chapter)