This celebrity is absolutely wicked.

Chapter 189 Holy crap, Lu Ran is here!

After recording the interview content, Lu Ran returned to the hotel.

The stage content for "The Voice of China" will be officially recorded tomorrow.

Because he was a challenger, he was the last to appear in this episode.

At the hotel, Li Quan explained the information about the singers for this episode to Lu Ran.

"With your abilities, you should pay attention to these people. One is Han Ye, a powerful singer who is over fifty years old and has excellent singing skills."

And then there's this one, netizens call her the "Cheongsam Goddess" Ye Zhenzhen, she's also a good singer.

Fu Ziheng, you know him, is Cai Jiasheng's son. Cai Jiasheng knows all these singers, so this show is probably Cai Jiasheng paving the way for his son.

If Fu Ziheng wins the championship, he will definitely make further progress in the music industry.

Li Quan then introduced all the guests in a row.

Finally, Li Quan asked, "If Cai Jiasheng asked you to give way to his son, would you?"

Lu Ran said calmly, "It all depends on our strength."

Li Quan was not surprised by this answer at all.

"I knew it, it's going to be another tough battle!"

On the other side, in the hotel.

Fu Ziheng was lying naked on the bed, with a beautiful woman with a classical style lying next to him.

This was a woman he knew before he came to the recording studio.

The days of recording the show were too boring, and when he was lonely at night, he needed a close female friend to talk to.

Fu Ziheng put down his phone, his brows furrowed.

The woman next to him asked, "What's wrong?"

Fu Ziheng: "That's strange. I didn't even find out who the challenger was this episode."

The timing of his appearance as a challenger was deliberately timed.

The initial lineup of guests were all strong contenders, and several had already been eliminated in the first few rounds.

He would come back in, gradually improve his ranking, and eventually win the championship. This was Cai Jiasheng's plan for him.

The only variable is the challenger singer.

The main reason is that director Mu Yong has the backing of Tencent Video and has his own ideas.

Cai Jiasheng didn't have that ability either, so he directly told Mu Yong to let his son be the champion.

I'm going to take a roundabout approach; if I can't get the director, I can get the singer instead.

This time it was strange. He asked someone in the program team, and they said that the secret level of the challenger singers was very high. Apart from Mu Yong's confidants, no one else knew about it.

"Who could it be?"

At that moment, Fu Ziheng's phone rang.

The caller was Cai Jiasheng.

"Who is the challenger this time?" Cai Jiasheng asked.

"I couldn't get an answer."

"What kind of trouble is Mu Yong up to now? Never mind, I'll just ask him directly."

After hanging up the phone, Cai Jiasheng called Mu Yong.

"Director Mu, who is the challenger this time?"

Mu Yong chuckled and said, "I'm sorry, Mr. Cai, I also signed a confidentiality agreement, so I can't disclose it casually."

"You're the director, whether there's a leak or not is just a matter of you saying a word."

"I really can't say that."

Cai Jiasheng asked a few questions, but finding he couldn't get any answers, he had to give up.

He called Fu Ziheng again.

"Don't worry about who the challenger is. I can handle whoever it is. Just focus on singing."

After putting down his phone, Fu Ziheng felt very at ease.

This is why I have a singing king as my father.

The next day, Lu Ran and the other person went to the studio.

Lu Ran waited in a separate room with a screen that showed a live broadcast of the stage performance.

In the studio, the audience and judges entered one after another.

The voting for "Voice of the Heart" is done by both the audience and the judges, with the audience accounting for 70% and the judges accounting for 30%.

On the judges' panel, Hu Nengkai sat steadily in his seat.

He is a regular judge on the show "Voice of the Heart". As soon as he sat down, the people around him started chatting.

Have you heard Lu Ran's song "The Story of Time"?

Hu Nengkai immediately replied, "Of course I've heard it. This song is an absolute classic. Believe it or not, people will still be listening to it ten years from now."

Hu Nengkai is a typical example of someone who loves to hype things up.

After chatting for a while, Hu Nengkai sighed, "It's a pity that Lu Ran doesn't seem to sing Cantonese songs, otherwise we could have seen him on this show."

"Yes, Lu Ran hasn't sung on stage for a month."

"The last time was the National Day Gala."

It's normal for other singers to not perform on stage for a month, but it's not normal for Lu Ran.

"Lu Ran is busy writing songs for Li Haorui. Li Haorui can also sing Cantonese songs. Do you think it's possible for Li Haorui to appear on this show and have Lu Ran write a Cantonese song for him?" Hu Nengkai asked.

The people around shook their heads.

“The way Cantonese songs are written is different from that of Mandarin songs, so Lu Ran can’t write Cantonese songs.”

As everyone chatted, the recording of "The Voice of China" officially began.

One singer after another took to the stage.

Among the regular guests, Fu Ziheng was the last to go on stage to sing.

He sang an original Cantonese song.

However, he did not write this song; it was written by a lyricist and composer from Hong Kong.

Even if a cover of someone else's song becomes a hit, there's always a limit. It's impossible to achieve massive popularity, or rather, there's always a hurdle to overcome.

If Fu Ziheng wants to go further, he must produce original works.

After he finished singing this song, the whole audience erupted in applause.

After the final scores were announced, Fu Ziheng ranked third, behind only Han Ye and Ye Zhenzhen.

After returning to their seats, Han Ye and the others applauded in welcome.

Wearing a dark green cheongsam and with her hair in an updo, Ye Zhenzhen smiled and said, "We've all finished our performances. I wonder who the singer who's coming to challenge us today is."

Han Ye shook his head: "I don't know. I asked the people in my WeChat Moments, and they all said no."

"Did the production team do such a good job of keeping things under wraps today?"

"Could it be Jiang Yaofeng?"

"Jiang Yaofeng is having a concert, he doesn't have time."

Everyone chimed in with their own opinions, speculating about who the challenger would be today.

The host then went on stage, read the advertising copy, and chatted for a few more minutes.

At this moment, in Lu Ran's room.

The young girl who greeted him smiled and said, "Teacher Lu Ran, may I ask what kind of song you sang today?"

"A song related to my name."

The little girl continued, "Is it Lu Ran, or Shao? Or Lu Ranhao?"

"Yes, I hope this song can bring strength to everyone."

"Okay, Mr. Lu Ran, please stand up. We're going to the stage."

Led by the little girl, Lu Ran left the room and picked up a microphone from a bauhinia flower stand when they reached the stage entrance.

You can hear the host's voice here.

A short while later, Lu Ran heard Mu Yong's voice in his in-ear monitor.

"Teacher Lu Ran, get ready to enter."

"Please welcome our challenger to the stage!"

As soon as he finished speaking, Lu Ran slowly walked onto the stage.

In the guest seats, Han Ye and others looked up, some even standing up to look at the stage.

This is the case both on the judges' panel and in the audience.

Everyone looked at the stage with curious eyes.

A figure slowly walked towards them.

When everyone saw what this person looked like, their faces showed shock.

Hu Nengkai's eyes widened, and he pinched the flesh on his thigh hard.

After confirming he wasn't dreaming, he exclaimed in shock, "Holy crap, Lu Ran is here!"

　Don't scold me for leaving out the chapter; it would be even more frustrating if I had to stop singing halfway through. I'll finish writing it tomorrow, hehe.
　　
　
(End of this chapter)