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Chapter 150 I'm in a hurry, you can all come at me at once.

"surrender?"

Yu Wei was still pondering what kind of piano piece to prepare for the closing ceremony performance when he suddenly received a private message from Huang Chuyang, who immediately gave up.

Why surrender? This guy has already advanced to the second round, or even went straight in the first round. He hasn't had any matches recently...

"Elaborate?"

Unsolicited kindness is always suspicious, and I was quite curious about what he was up to.

"That's right, Xia Zan was about to lose, so he created a small group for us, saying that we should unite and help each other."

Yu Wei was stunned for a moment before realizing that the "we" Huang Chuyang was referring to must be the group of amateur idol contestants.

Come to think of it, they're not stupid. They can't just sit and wait to die in the face of a large indigenous army. Elimination is possible, but not in this way.

If they lose to other contestants and are eliminated, that's fine. Fans can defend their idols, saying that the opposing fans bullied them because they were relatively unknown, and it can never be a matter of skill.

But if they lose to AI, it will be hard to defend them. Where would an original character and an AI native come from? If they can't even beat the AI, isn't that a matter of skill?

Lies don't hurt, but the truth is the sharpest knife. If you say a talented actor lacks talent, people will just laugh it off. But if you say an idol lacks talent, they'll get really worried, and their fans will be even more anxious.

This is why they cannot afford to lose!

They're all here to gain attention; who would willingly leave a stain on their record in a fake competition? Therefore, they have to do something about it.

Thus, at Xia Zan's suggestion, this small group was formed. The team's motto was to help each other when one was in trouble, and their common enemy was the AI ​​singers led by Yu Wei.

"Shouldn't you have stuck with them and sought mutual support? Why did you come to surrender?"

Yu Wei understood the logic, but according to Huang Chuyang, this was a good thing for him. Many people have great power, and if the fans united to vote, the number would be enormous.

As we all know, there are reasons why traitors become traitors. Huang Chuyang became a traitor mainly because he held a grudge.

In the previous competition, everything was agreed that no one would rig the votes and the outcome would be left to fate. However, Xia Zan suddenly secretly rigged the votes for him, which caused him to lose the initiative and ultimately he had no choice but to advance.

Huang Chuyang was furious. Winning or losing was a small matter; betrayal was a big deal. Who would want to be teammates with a villain? This time, Xia Zan was calling for unity again, and Huang Chuyang was determined not to fall for it again.

"I think I've figured it out. He's been pushed to the limit, so he's trying to drag everyone down with him. Once he gets through this, he'll definitely go back to being indifferent and detached."

That's what egoists are like; I, Huang, am ashamed to associate with them.

Of course, there was another crucial factor in Huang Chuyang's defection: he still felt that Yu Wei was more capable.

Compared to a motley crew, can't he see which side is more worth investing in?
"They mainly talked about three things in the group. First, they were boosting votes. More than a dozen fan groups were boosting votes together, and they would boost votes for whichever competition it was, because they couldn't lose to AI."

Yu Wei guessed this point. The combined momentum of more than a dozen fan groups is quite strong. It would indeed be difficult to win the vote if relying solely on word-of-mouth from casual observers.

AI doesn't really have many fans, so there's a good chance it will win by simply having a large user base...

"Secondly, they spread rumors by hiring a few marketing accounts to spread the message that AI has no other function besides affecting the balance of the game, which gradually escalated into a boycott of AI."

Actually, Yu Wei was the real culprit, as Xia Zan and the others knew, but attacking Yu Wei was useless. This kid had nothing to attack except for writing flops, and he was very popular with the public.

There might be people backing him up, so causing trouble for him would be like hurting the enemy a thousand while hurting yourself twenty thousand. Besides, he's the organizer of a fake competition, so attacking the organizer would just make them look like sore losers.
Since Yu Wei has no weaknesses, they can only attack the AI.

This tactic is quite effective. Instead of mentioning why they are not as good as AI, they directly discuss the results. In short, it's about playing the victim and using conspiracy theories.

Actually, netizens these days quite like this: "I'm weak, so I'm right; you're strong, so you deserve it..."

"Thirdly, make a scene. If you still lose in the end, then follow Tong Yulu's example and resolutely refuse to accept the result of the competition. This will keep the fans in line and also give netizens a bit of smoke and mirrors."

That's a bit of sophistry...

Yu Wei heard this and felt it was a bit troublesome. He was already busy preparing for the final performance of the Lu Wen Award, so how could he have the mind to outwit them?

These three tactics are quite effective. First, they unite the fan groups to vote together, and then they wage a war of public opinion to make the AI's claims illegitimate.

If all else fails, they can resort to the sore loser act: they lose the game but not the person, which may look bad, but it can retain their core fanbase.

"Brother Yu, I'll keep an eye on things for you. Just let me know if you need anything!"

Huang Chuyang's surrender was certainly driven by ulterior motives, but he wasn't greedy. He just wanted Yu Wei to provide him with a strong opponent so he could escape unscathed.

For example, it's not shameful at all for him to lose to Shen Yutong.

His intuition told him that going against Yu Wei would be pointless, and that going with him would prevent him from falling into a trap. He was willing to take a gamble and maybe he could turn a bicycle into a motorcycle.

"Thank you."

Although this guy is a traitor, he actually came in handy this time. A dozen or so idols from the fandom together are quite powerful, so we can't be too careful.

Upon seeing the word "thank you," Huang Chuyang felt as if he had been granted a pardon. He thought, "It's done! I've succeeded! Maybe I'm the only one who can escape unscathed."

"I was just getting annoyed, and now this happens to make things worse."

Yu Wei sighed. He needed to write the piano piece a day in advance for the fifth day of the performance, but today was already the second day.

There are five real contestants left in the "Top Idol" revival competition. Four of the idols have probably already joined their own groups. Besides them, there is only one left, Chen Chen.

Yu Wei's original idea was to have one idol fight against AI, one fight against Chen Chen, and the remaining two fight each other, but now it seems like that's too easy on them.

These young idols are too disruptive; keeping them around is a potential problem. It seems we can't let them advance to the second round.

So you're only giving points to whoever's competition it is, right? What if they compete together?
Yu Wei quickly made a decision: he would finish writing all the remaining matches of the revival tournament tomorrow.

These fan groups have a loose structure. They might help each other out in normal times, but if something happens to them at the same time, they will definitely prioritize their own idol and won't care about others.

So you want to team up, huh? Perfect, let's take them all down at once. I'll finish writing the revival match tomorrow, and then I can arrange the piano piece on the fourth day. Perfect. I'll assign one of the four idols to Chen Chen as his opponent, and assign each of the other three to an AI. Let's just send them away directly, so they don't have to play tricks on each other every day.

For other songs, it would be a bit outrageous to release three at once, but it's something that can be done with poorly made internet-famous songs.

Isn't it normal to have a lot of rejected drafts on hand?
Yu Wei didn't dare to delay and immediately explained the situation to the company's technical department, requesting the deployment of three AIs, one male and two females.

All that's left is writing. I need to release the storylines for the three songs as soon as possible, and then hurry up and record the songs after I've redeemed them all.

Yu Wei is quite proactive; he was really in a hurry this time. Since they like to stick together, let's all go for it.

Stop eating!

……

"Brother Zan, my fans have already voted for you."

"Thank you, I'll have my fans send you gifts when you have your match."

Xia Zan exited the app and glanced at the novel. He was only slightly ahead of the AI ​​by a little over 10,000 points, and with only half an hour left before the countdown ended, he still felt a bit uncertain.

With the rise in popularity of "Top Idol" and the explosive incident caused by Yu Wei a few days ago, it has attracted many new readers.

There are quite a lot of casual voters participating in the vote now, and even if the dozen or so fan groups unite, they won't gain much advantage.

There are definitely fewer core fans in the fandom than casual viewers, and as the number of people participating in the voting increases, the influence of fans will only decrease.

The closer you get to the end, the more your true strength will be tested.

"Are there any fans in the group who haven't voted yet? Help your brother out."

Huang Chuyang naturally didn't ask his fans to vote for Xia Zan. He was actually hoping that Xia Zan would be trampled on by a random AI, which would be very satisfying.

"Have you voted for Chuyang yet?"

Xia Zan was a smart man. The numbers were clearly not right. He knew that someone must have failed to help. Who else could it be but Huang Chuyang, who had a grudge against him?
"I told them, but I guess my fans don't want to vote."

His words were somewhat sarcastic. Don't you know why my fans don't want to vote for you? How dare you?
"Then let's go and urge them, let's help each other out."

Xia Zan's skin was incredibly thick. He actually understood what Huang Chuyang meant, but he didn't want to lose now.

"I'll try again."

How dare you urge me!

Huang Chuyang gritted his teeth and simply asked his fans to vote for AI Lu Renjia. Now that's settled, I urged them, are they satisfied?

Xia Zan was waiting for the competition to end when he looked closely and noticed that his native opponent's votes were getting higher and higher. Was this normal?
Shouldn't these organic votes, which have no existing fans, show steady growth? What's going on here...?

With only ten minutes left, it was too late for him to contact his fans to vote. He could only watch as Lu Renjia overtook him in the last five minutes, leading by more than three thousand votes when the vote count ended.

what happened?
Xia Zan was frustrated by his defeat, but several fans and readers who were the fusion material were overjoyed. They thought he was doomed to lose, but a miracle actually happened.
In their final moments, they became light.

In just over ten minutes, 20,000 more votes were cast. Who did this?

Huang Chuyang, the traitor, smiled without saying a word. He hadn't even intended to kick someone when they were down, but this guy still had the nerve to urge him. You can't blame him for being malicious.

Xia Zan naturally suspected Huang Chuyang immediately, but before he could react, an even bigger surprise occurred.

"Yu Weigang's two updated chapters described four matches!"

The message was posted by the idol who hasn't even appeared yet. He immediately checked Yu Wei's update to see the schedule.

I thought it would be one session a day like before, but Yu Wei wrote four sessions in one go today.

Not only did Yu Wei write four competitions, but he also arranged three AIs to sing three songs.

[Xiao Bingyi's entry in the elimination round of "Top Idol" was "Arrogant"]
[Liu Mangbing's performance song in the elimination round of "Top Idol" was "Youth"]
[Tu Feiting's performance song for the elimination round of "Top Idol" is "Insomnia Flight"]
Dude, you just pulled out three songs in one go. Are you really planning to beat them to a pulp?

The idol who was matched with Chen Chen even breathed a sigh of relief. Losing to an internet celebrity was embarrassing, but it was much better than losing to AI.

Yu Wei's sudden attack was like having a third eye; with all the brothers competing on the same day, things were bound to get messy.

"There's a traitor among us!"

Xia Zan gritted his teeth in anger. Yu Wei had come prepared this time; clearly, someone had already defected to the enemy, and the treacherous minister had already jumped out on his own...

Fortunately, they had other preparations. It's easy to dodge a spear in the open, but hard to guard against a hidden arrow. Even if the AI ​​wins the game, it won't escape their propaganda war.

Why would they randomly include several indigenous characters in the competition and have AI singers do it? What else could this be but deliberately targeting the contestants? Is this fair to the other contestants?
If things escalate, there's a good chance netizens will speak up for them.

Just as they were preparing to guide public opinion, Huang Chuyang quietly posted a comment at the end of Yu Weixin's chapter.

[Original characters are special rewards in the game; defeating them head-on allows you to choose a song from the AI's music library.]
Yu Wei was also wary of the propaganda war tactic, saying that if his AI was interfering with the competition, then why didn't he just set up the natives as the reward level?

No matter how good these songs are, they are sung by AI, so they can't be uploaded to music platforms or commercialized. Whoever gets the song will have a new masterpiece.

In this way, aside from those that are eliminated, who would question the value of these AIs?

Yu Wei's note successfully thwarted their second step plan once again...

Even the slowest among them realized that Huang Chuyang was the mole, but by the time they turned around, the traitor had already left the group chat.

There's nothing wrong with sticking together for warmth, but being a double agent is more liberating for him.

(End of this chapter)