This celebrity is absolutely wicked.

Chapter 395 You call this an amateur track? (Happy National Day everyone!)

Because it's summer vacation, there are many variety shows airing during this time.

Shows like the Hip Hop Club on Orange Video and the lukewarm "King of Mask Singer" on Winter Bamboo Shoots Video, among others.

The show "Hip Hop Club" focuses on rap, but since rap shows are no longer their original creation, it has been difficult for them to come up with something new in recent years.

Ultimately, the show also veered towards hype.

The entire program has been plagued with problems since the auditions began.

Contestants eliminated in the auditions disagreed with the mentors' decisions and criticized them on the spot. Two contestants almost got into a fight on the show. During the team competition, a contestant argued with his teammates and stormed off the set, only to be persuaded to return by his teammates. These were incidents that occurred on set.

Off the field, there were also instances of one contestant stealing another contestant's underwear to wear, and urinating and defecating anywhere was commonplace.

Each message serves only one purpose: to trend on social media and generate buzz.

They'll stop at nothing to get these things.

If no song breaks out of its niche in the end, then create a gossip topic that can break out of its niche.

This is also a common tactic used by many variety shows these days.

Ultimately, I'm not afraid of being criticized by the audience; I'm afraid of not being criticized at all.

Among the remaining music variety shows, there are fewer and fewer that can be truly interesting. The scripted elements are too obvious, which diminishes the fun. The audience's emotions feel like they are being carefully manipulated rather than developing naturally.

Lu Ran's fan meeting has garnered a lot of attention in the past few days, with many viewers coming to watch out of curiosity.

However, viewers didn't have high expectations for the show's performance.

After all, it's a live broadcast room, not a studio, so it can't compare to variety shows; the investment costs are there.

Lu Ran was already seated in his hotel room.

This area was simply set up as a live streaming area, with fill lights for illumination and dedicated live streaming cameras for filming.

Lu Ran sat in front of the computer wearing headphones.

"Are you all ready?"

Lu Ran asked.

The staff's voice came through the earpiece.

"Ready!"

"Then let's get started."

With Lu Ran's command, the live stream was officially connected to the network.

Viewers who followed Lu Ran's fan meeting recently received a notification that their hands were shaking.

"Lu Ran's fan meeting has begun!"

"Let's go, let's see what shows are on!"

"Finally, the eldest son of my second uncle's third maternal uncle's fourth aunt's daughter is participating in the competition today."

A large number of viewers immediately flooded into the live stream room.

In the live stream, the main element of the screen was a poster for Lu Ran's fan meeting.

This poster was specially made, and it reads "Lu Ran's Fan Club Amateur Track First Preliminary Round, 20 to 5".

At this moment, many contestants are also watching the live stream.

Some contestants were watching the live stream before it was their turn to compete.

The contestants had already checked in and prepared for their performances.

In the lower right corner of the screen is a small image, which shows Lu Ran.

Lu Ran announced loudly: "Good evening, everyone in the live broadcast room. This is the preliminary round of the first Lu Ran Fan Club amateur track. Thank you to the Douyin platform for providing support."

This concert adheres to the principle of making friends through music, creating a pure platform for musical exchange…

Lu Ran spoke very quickly, swiftly explaining the competition rules.

"Wow, you're talking so fast."

"Of course, we'll be listening to twenty people sing tonight, so we have to be fast."

"Hurry up and get it done."

After finishing his opening remarks, Lu Ran continued without pausing, "Let's welcome our special guest commentator for this year's fan meeting with the most enthusiastic barrage of comments."

Lu Ran paused for a moment.

The audience was laughing so hard they couldn't live without it.

The live stream is full of enthusiastic comments, right?

Lu Ran's voice continued to come out.

"Tang Yufeng, a top producer in the Chinese music scene and music director of Xingyao Media!"

The moment those words were spoken, the chat in the live stream seemed to pause for a moment.

"If it's not you, buddy, who are you talking about?"

"Holy crap? Even Guan Ye was invited as a special guest?"

"Lu Ran, how did you do that?"

This caused an uproar among netizens.

At that moment, Hu Nengkai was also watching this fan meeting.

His face froze.

"Didn't they say Lu Ran had a conflict with Xingyao Media? Guan Ye actually went to be Lu Ran's special guest. Isn't that too much of an NTR thing?"

At this point, Lu Ran continued, "And Mr. Lian Xinghan, a three-time Golden Melody Award winner for Best Composer, who is hailed as a poet of melody!"

The Masked Singer is currently airing, featuring Tang Yufeng and Lian Xinghan.

Some of their hesitant expressions on the show were made into short videos and spread on Douyin (TikTok), and netizens have come to know the two of them.

Upon hearing the name, everyone was immediately shocked.

Lu Ran hadn't announced beforehand that these two would be coming.

Soon, two more windows appeared on the right side of the live stream, showing two versions of Lian Xinghan and Tang Yufeng.

The two men were older than Lu Ran, but they didn't look old at all and appeared to be full of energy.

Tang Yufeng and Lian Xinghan both greeted the audience with smiles on their faces.

Lu Ran didn't say any polite words and went straight to the next step.

"Next, let's welcome the three judges of this year's fan meeting with the most enthusiastic barrage of comments."

Su Qingtang is a representative singer of the folk singing style.

Lin Xingchu, a pop diva in the Chinese music scene.

And—Teacher Zhou Hao.

The three screens were then connected to the live stream.

As soon as Zhou Hao answered the call, he said, "Lu Ran, what do you mean? Everyone else gets a prefix when they're introduced, why don't you get one for me?"

Lu Ran laughed and said, "Then what prefix should I add to you? Rapper? I think rapper is an insult." Upon hearing this, Zhou Hao was speechless.

You know what, that makes a lot of sense.

The problem is that he has indeed sung quite a few rap songs before.

However, the rap he sang was different from the rap music we hear now.

Lu Ran has a long-standing grudge against the rapper, so there's nothing wrong with what he said.

Zhou Hao laughed and said, "Alright, alright, you're in charge."

"The best cosmetic procedure for men is rap."

"Ever since I said I was a rapper, I used to be called an idiot, but now everyone says I'm real."

"Who says Director Lu doesn't hold grudges? Director Lu remembers them all."

Before netizens could recover from the excitement of the arrival of the professional judging panel, Lu Ran continued, "Then our competition will officially begin. Please welcome the first contestant to the stage."

A bunch of question marks immediately appeared in the comments section.

"What are you doing so fast?"

"I feel like something's missing, it's the ads, yes, it's the ads!"

"I'm not used to watching a variety show without any filler for the first time. I need to take it easy."

In the past, variety shows took a long time from the opening to the singers taking the stage at the end.

The match has officially started just a few minutes into the game.

This was Lu Ran's arrangement; he didn't intend to waste any time.

If no new guests join the next episode, they'll even skip the opening guest introductions and jump straight into the competition.

It's not that he wants to be fast; if he weren't fast, with so many people participating, how long would it take to finish?

Meanwhile, the backstage staff immediately connected with the first contestant.

The contestant joined the live stream, but no video appeared; it was just a voice connection.

"Hello, Teacher Lu Ran, hello, guests and teachers, hello, viewers in the live broadcast room, my name is Tractor."

This is a boy, and he sounded a little nervous.

Moreover, it's quite obvious that his equipment isn't very good; the sound is also a bit noisy.

Lu Ran: "Let's welcome this contestant called Tractor. Are you ready?"

"Ready."

"Let's begin then. What song are you going to sing today?"

"I'm going to sing 'My Future Is Not a Dream'."

Upon hearing this, Lu Ran laughed and said, "Not bad, not bad, singing my songs saves me money."

After all, there's no need to buy copyrights anymore.

"let's start."

After Lu Ran finished speaking, he and the other guests listened quietly without making a sound.

Hu Nengkai looked at the screen as the intro to "My Future Is Not a Dream" began.

Lu Ran's song is also very difficult to sing, and it is not an easy thing to sing it well.

However, when the contestant nicknamed Tractor opened his mouth, Hu Nengkai's eyes widened immediately.

"You sing well!"

This far exceeded his expectations.

Is this even an amateur track?
Not only him, but also Lin Xingchu and the others showed surprise.

Even with subpar equipment, you can tell that Tractor's singing is quite good, at least a third as good as Lu Ran's rendition of this song.

The chat in the live stream exploded at this moment.

"Wait a minute? You call this an amateur track?"

"You must be mistaken! This is much better than Huotuan's singing!"

"True masters are often found among ordinary people!"

"I feel like he sings even better than those singers on music variety shows."

The singers on music variety shows vary in skill level; some singers on these shows simply can't sing well.

"My future is not a dream; my heart beats with hope."

After the tractor finished singing the last line, the live stream chat was filled with four words.

"Direct advancement!"

In the eyes of netizens, this is the level that would qualify them for the next round.

"My performance is over," Tractor said.

Lu Ran was very satisfied.

There are always people in the entertainment industry who think that there aren't many singers in the Chinese music scene.

That statement is both right and wrong.

There aren't many real singers in the Chinese music scene right now; it's not like a bunch of popular celebrities are all trying to be singers.

Entertainment companies tightly control the door to becoming a singer; who becomes a singer is entirely up to them.

With over a billion people in China, how could we not find someone who can sing?
It's often said that among China's billion-plus population, it's impossible to find someone who can play football, but as long as the Football Association doesn't interfere, the matches organized by the public are quite successful.

The opening performance by Tractor was excellent.

Lu Ran smiled and said, "The scoring will officially begin. There is one minute left in the countdown. Viewers can score the scores on the pop-up screen."

A scoring window popped up on Hu Nengkai's interface, where he could enter an integer score within one hundred, and the window would automatically count down for one minute.

Hu Nengkai thought for a moment and finally gave him a score of 90.

While there are flaws in her singing technique, they do not detract from her overall excellence.

Lu Ran continued, "Do Teacher Tang and Teacher Lian have anything to say?"

Tang Yufeng couldn't hold back any longer, and he immediately said, "Tractor, are you pretending to be an amateur? Your breath control is more stable than some professional singers."

Lian Xinghan immediately coughed twice to remind Tang Yufeng to watch his words.

Tang Yufeng ignored him completely and continued, "If you can tell someone's skill level with equipment this bad, then... never mind, let's not talk about that. I have a suggestion for you. I think you can try my song 'Against the Waves.' This song is also suitable for you."

This time, Tang Yufeng spoke frankly and openly.

I almost said the wrong thing several times, but I managed to correct myself in time.

Viewers also noticed that this was completely different from his performance on The Masked Singer.

Tang Yufeng had been holding back a bit before, but this time he completely unleashed his power.

(End of this chapter)