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Chapter 180 "Love My China"

"Okay, let's give a round of applause to Teacher Ming En and thank him for his wonderful performance..."

After Shen Ming'en's performance, which was still the "last" and "final" act, the host Hua Shao went up on stage, glanced at the table card a few times, and then started to talk non-stop!
"Let's thank the organic milk, peanut oil, oyster sauce, and other brands for their generous support of this program!"

"Also, thank you..."

He went on and on and on!
【666...】

The viewers in the adjacent online live stream were completely exhausted from hearing it, and the chat was flooded with comments:
[I feel like the sponsorship of this show is longer than my life!]

[Haha... No wonder, Shen Ming'en has generated so much buzz, there's been a huge rush to sponsor him.]

These days, most small factories don't even qualify. I work for a big brand, but when I sent them my cooperation requests, they didn't even reply; it was like throwing a stone into the ocean. Later, I heard it was because their quotes were too low...

[How much money are they going to make off us? Are they going to give Shen Ming'en a cut?]

……

Amidst the rising and falling voices of discussion, the host's voice drew everyone's attention:

"With the conclusion of Teacher Ming'en's performance, the second round of performances for the 'Chinese Music Music Center Red Song Season' [August 1st Theme] has now come to an end!"

"I need to remind everyone that the voting channel will close in 20 seconds. Those who still have votes can vote through several video and live streaming platforms such as **, **, etc. The links are at ***..."

Listening to the host's words, Shen Ming'en, who was standing next to him, almost couldn't hold back and wanted to yell. He was saying, "Seriously, they're going to add video platform ads to the voting process?!"

Their "Chinese Music Music Center: Red Song Season" has so many ads that there's almost nowhere left to insert them. Damn it, just now backstage at his live broadcast, the staff even had a huge pile of ads there. Unbelievable.

Amidst a chorus of complaints from the audience, the host finally managed to smoothly transition through the "commercial break" segment. A moment later, the staff backstage locked the votes, officially concluding the voting process.

"Okay, let's take a look at the voting results here..."

After the host Hua Shao finished reading the advertisement, he began to proceed with the program. At that moment, everyone's attention, whether it was the online and offline audience, the guests participating in the performance, or Haji Ling in the audience and Director Niu in the studio, was drawn to the big screen.

At the time, many people online were discussing it, saying things like:
I don't think Shen Ming'en's vote count will be ridiculously high this round...

[He seemed to have gone off-topic this round.]

Those crazy people are talking nonsense. They're completely off-topic; the melody and style of his song are simply not right.

……

Not only them, but several other singers besides Yue Huochuan were also whispering among themselves, discussing whether Shen Ming'en's votes in this round would not be as high...

But when the offline voting results were announced, these people all stared wide-eyed, dumbfounded, their faces filled with disbelief...

Amidst much anticipation, the voting results from the 500 live audience members—the so-called "public vote"—were officially announced. As is customary, the results were released in the order of performances. Unsurprisingly, most singers performed quite well in this round of voting…

Basically, most singers received more than 400 votes.

This is normal. After all, compared to the previous round, the quality of their performances in this round has improved to some extent, and several of them have their own unique characteristics, so there will definitely be some progress.

Veteran Yue Huochuan achieved an impressive score of 476.

When Shen Ming'en arrived, it was basically the time when everyone's attention was focused on him most uniformly and in the most unified manner...

"Let's take a look at Teacher Ming'en's offline voting results..."

The host created suspense and even inserted a commercial break during that moment, which made the audience want to curse. The host quickly glossed over it and told the staff backstage to announce the results.

When Shen Mingen's voting results were announced, many people in the audience couldn't help but gasp...

On stage, the large screen displayed: "Shen Ming'en: 499 votes!"

"..."

When the voting results were announced, the previously noisy scene fell into complete silence.

Immediately afterwards...

"hiss……"

A huge gasp of shock filled the air!
Countless people stared wide-eyed at the voting results on the big screen, some even rubbing their eyes in disbelief, as if afraid they had misread the words.

No...

How come this is even higher than the last round?!

Haha...

The chat in the adjacent online live stream was exploding with messages; so many people were saying:

[You all underestimated him, but he proved you wrong!]

[The quality of the song and the performance are best judged by the audience's experience. 499 out of 500 people voted for him—isn't that enough proof?!]

[Perseverance in the ordinary, sublimation through dedication—I still maintain that Shen Ming'en's "Returning from Target Practice" is the best work on the theme of "sense of mission" in this issue!]

……

That's a slap in the face...

Just now, before the vote count was announced, many people were saying that Shen Ming'en went off-topic this round, but in the live vote, he even got more votes this round than in the previous round!
Tell me, isn't it terrifying!
How outrageous is that!
What the hell does "rule by absolute power for all ages" even mean?!

Do they really think everyone deserves to be called "Emperor"?!
"Mom..."

Backstage, Xu Jiajia, the self-proclaimed talented female singer who had planned to surprise Shen Ming'en this episode and use him to climb to the top, was shocked to see this scene...

No...

She knew that Shen Mingen might perform better in this round, but she really didn't expect that Shen Mingen's vote rate would be so high in this round!

Who could possibly be a match for him?!
On stage, veteran Yue Huochuan frowned as he watched this scene. To be honest, like many others, he felt that Shen Mingen's theme of "sense of mission" in this round was too obscure and difficult to understand in the song "Returning from Target Practice." It was somewhat understandable given his high popularity, large fan base, and online following, but his offline data probably wouldn't be too good...

But who knew that when the offline events came out, they would completely slap him in the face!

It has to be said that audiences' tastes have really improved these days, especially at the "Chinese Music Awards". The audience seems to be very professional. They can not only understand the meaning that the creators want to express from a creative perspective, but they can also talk about the intricacies of the song's melody and composition.

Such an audience means that no matter how obscure or difficult the elements Shen Ming'en incorporates into his works, they will be able to understand them and cast their votes for Shen Ming'en without reservation.

If things are like this offline...

Online, need I say more?
"Let's take a look at the online voting results and the contestants' vote percentages!"

As the host gave the order, the teachers backstage displayed the online video platform's vote count on the big screen... Just like the offline voting, everyone's data in this round was much better than the previous round. Among the eight main theme singers, probably more than half of them had votes of around seven or eight million.

Veteran voter Yue Huochuan, for example, surpassed the previous round by breaking through the eight million mark, ultimately reaching a total of nine million two hundred and thirty thousand votes…

That's terrifying.

Compared to the previous round, they have all made progress. In the last episode, when the topic was "Military Life," Shen Ming'en only managed to get a little over eight million online votes. Now, most singers can get that many votes.

What about Shen Ming'en?
While others are moving forward, has Shen Mingen regressed?
This is not a problem, because Shen Mingen's fans and supporters will never let him lose!
Although Yue Huochuan and others already had impressive data, when Shen Mingen's data was released, they immediately understood what it meant to have "there's always someone better"!
On the big screen, Shen Ming'en's online voting data showed:
Shen Ming'en: 13578965 votes!

More than 13 million votes!

Another thirteen million votes!
Although it didn't reach the staggering 13.91 million votes (nearly 14 million) of the previous round of "One Two Three Four Songs," it still surpassed the nearly 5 million votes received by most singers!
That's ridiculous!

All I can say is, Shen Mingen's online data is truly impressive!

In terms of the internet and traffic, looking at the Chinese entertainment industry, currently, no one can really surpass it!

"Oh!!!"

On the scene, as Shen Ming'en ranked first in both online and offline voting, many viewers, realizing that Shen Ming'en had once again taken control of multiple votes in this round, couldn't help but cheer.

"Brilliant!"

Someone shouted:

"Emperor Ming'en, unparalleled throughout eternity!"

"Thunder Yatalia, the undefeated legend!"

"That year, with your hands in your pockets, you never met your match!"

……

There were only about 500 people there, but the atmosphere was just as lively as a concert with thousands or tens of thousands of attendees...

"grass……"

Watching this scene from below the stage, Hajiling was internally screaming the name of a plant!
I've cleared the game...

Shen Ming'en cleared the game again!
He's already cleared two out of five rounds of the competition!

And all of them were completed by "winning with overwhelming force" and "crushing the competition by a wide margin"!
This situation was not a good thing; a sense of foreboding was brewing within Hajiling, and it was only growing stronger...

It's worth mentioning that, compared to Haji Ling's anxiety and unease, Director Niu backstage actually breathed a sigh of relief upon seeing this scene. Perhaps it was just a coincidence, but while he was in the control room watching the cameras, he caught a glimpse of the camera filming Xu Jiajia out of the corner of his eye...

After a brief hesitation, Director Niu's face broke into a mischievous grin. He then picked up the walkie-talkie and connected with the director on set. He said something, and the director on set couldn't help but smile with anticipation. Then, he picked up the walkie-talkie again and spoke into the host's earpiece on stage...

Upon receiving the instructions, even the host on stage almost burst out laughing. After a brief moment of consideration, he picked up the microphone and said:

"Okay, the results of the second round of voting have now been announced and concluded. Now let's connect with the surprise challengers backstage and ask them if they plan to challenge any particular singer this round."

As soon as these words came out...

Backstage...

Xu Jiajia: "???"

Xu Jiajia and her agent were completely dumbfounded!
The two looked at each other and stared at each other blankly, completely dumbfounded!

Wait... this show has this segment?!
There's even a surprise attack on a singer via remote connection?!

What happened to the surprise singer keeping the mystery going?!
Wasn't it supposed to be announced only during a surprise attack?!
To be honest, the host's move completely stunned them...

Before they could even react, before Xu Jiajia's fangs had even retracted, the live stream camera was already pointed at them!
A close-up shot!
Poor Xu Jiajia, completely bewildered, didn't even realize what was happening before the live stream camera was connected!

"Oh!!!"

The audience at the venue was cheering, and the chat in the online live stream next door was also flooded with comments:
[This is interesting, so interesting!]

I love these kinds of exciting and quirky segments!

[Hahaha... Xu Jiajia was stunned, didn't expect that, did she? Her head is spinning, isn't it!]

[Does she even dare to launch a surprise attack on Shen Ming'en this round?!]

……

Desecrate the corpse!
Director Niu's actions are tantamount to publicly humiliating a corpse!
It's probably because some incredibly resourceful netizens spread this, but now almost everyone knows that Xu Jiajia's goal is to "climb over Shen Mingen to get ahead," and that she's planning a surprise attack on Shen Mingen...

So, under these circumstances, with Shen Mingen holding a commanding lead and overwhelming everyone else, how could she dare to launch a surprise attack on him?!
If you're too scared to do it, what's the point of pulling it out?

It's all for the purpose of directly attacking the enemy's face!
"puff……"

On stage, Shen Ming'en simply couldn't hold back anymore...

He was fine when he wasn't laughing, but when he started laughing, several people nearby couldn't hold back. The director was also a genius; he took the opportunity to focus the camera directly on them, and the scene turned into a very abstract "laughing scene."

Xu Jiajia: "..."

At that moment, Xu Jiajia's face was as ugly as could be!

But then, the host asked in front of everyone, "Jiajia, are you planning to launch a surprise attack on one of the singers performing in this round?"

"No..." Xu Jiajia's face was incredibly awkward. After a long while, she managed to force a very ugly and forced smile and said, "No surprise attack."

To be honest, she should have said something polite at this point, but her brain just completely shut down, and she really couldn't say anything nice no matter what!
Shen Mingen was laughing so hard he was practically rolling on the floor...

Bamboo shoots!

The production team snatched all the bamboo shoots off the mountain!

Upon noticing Shen Mingen's smile, Xu Jiajia immediately clenched her teeth, her eyes filled with undisguised resentment...

She thought to herself, "You just wait, this is only the second round, there are still three rounds to go. I don't believe you can keep crushing everyone and continue to lead!"

If you fail in one game, you'll be in big trouble!

According to Xu Jiajia, she even felt that Shen Mingen would weaken in the third round, which is the next round!

But how could she have imagined that in the third round, on the topic of "collectivism," Shen Ming'en would directly dominate the entire audience with his rendition of "I Love My China"!
……

(End of this chapter)