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Although Li Yan doesn't yet know what kind of work Lü Ming's original song is, he does know He Jiong and Wang Lei.

Li Yan had known them for a long time and knew their personalities; they were definitely not the type to boast.

These two somewhat reserved people, however, were extremely excited after seeing Lü Ming's original song.

It's important to know that neither of them are people who don't understand music. Wang Lei, for example, is one of the people in charge of music at Hunan TV. His abilities are undoubtedly top-notch in the industry. However, Li Yan spent a lot of money to invite him to work at Hunan TV.

While He Jiong may not have much influence in the music field, he was a popular singer back in the day, and his song "Gardenia Blossoms" is a classic in many people's memories. So he definitely has the authority to comment on the quality of a work.

If these two people can praise it so highly, then the quality must be excellent, perhaps even better than the song "I Will Love You Till I Die" that won them the music talent show competition.

Li Yan is now very much looking forward to seeing what the netizens who were predicting the worst will look like when Lü Ming takes the stage.

It's important to know that Li Yan has been under a lot of pressure and public scrutiny during this period.

As the person in charge of Hunan TV's "Asian King", Li Yan did not expect that the Chinese music scene would be so fragile. After several episodes, the Chinese singers who were invited at the beginning were eliminated one after another, leaving only Na Yin who was barely holding on and barely providing a safety net for the Chinese music scene.

This situation caused an explosion of public opinion online.

If it were any other topic, seeing the explosive public opinion, Li Yan would definitely be laughing so hard he couldn't stop.

As the leading local television station in China, Hunan TV has always been ranked number one in variety shows.

However, in recent years, under the competition from other rivals, Hunan TV has been unable to hide its decline, and its ratings have continued to drop.

Especially after the recent broadcasts of Zhejiang TV's "Running Man!" and Shanghai TV's "Go Fighting!", Hunan TV's position as the top-rated weekend primetime show in China, which had been its domain for over a decade, was snatched away for the first time, greatly increasing the pressure on Hunan TV.

After careful preparation by Hunan TV, the music variety show "Asian King" was launched.

As a response to Hunan TV's efforts to revitalize its leading position, Li Yan attached great importance to the "Asian King" program. He not only invited top Chinese singers from China, but also collaborated with the peninsula and Japan to invite their top singers to compete together.

Originally, Li Yan had planned to invite Lü Ming.

After all, Lü Ming had previously delivered outstanding performances in programs like "Running Man" and "Go Fighting!", which challenged Hunan TV's leading position among local television stations.

To put it bluntly, Lü Ming single-handedly raised the ratings of both "Running Man" and "Go Fighting!" to a whole new level.

Originally, Hunan TV believed that although the two shows, "Running Man" and "Go Fighting!", were of good quality, they were definitely not enough to shake Hunan TV's position as the leading local TV station in variety shows.

However, Hunan TV never expected that Lü Ming would be so outstanding, especially his sense of variety and his ability to generate buzz, which elevated the already high-quality programs "Running Man" and "Go Fighting!" to a higher level and attracted many viewers.

So, seeing the popularity and buzz surrounding Lü Ming, Hunan TV, which already knew this area very well, naturally wouldn't let such an opportunity pass. Not to mention, Lü Ming had previously participated in music talent shows, so he didn't need to adapt to Hunan TV's "Asian King" at all.

However, when Li Yan was about to invite Lü Ming, he learned that Lü Ming was already preparing to film "Candle in the Tomb: The Lost City" and had no time at all.

Li Yan wanted to try again, but his efforts were quickly rejected by his superiors.

In the eyes of those high-ranking leaders, Hunan TV is the leading local TV station in China. Others always vie to be on their variety shows, while Hunan TV has never had to lower itself to invite others.

It's worth noting that even top singers from peninsulas and island nations only agreed to participate in the "Asian King of Pop" program after Hunan TV made an offer. Some even turned down other engagements specifically to participate.

However, Lü Ming refused their invitation, which displeased the high-ranking leaders.

It's obviously impossible for Hunan TV to lower itself and beg Lü Ming again.

Seeing this, Li Yan had no choice but to give up.

However, Li Yan didn't take it too seriously at the time. You see, this "Asian King" program cost Hunan TV a lot of resources, and the singers invited were all top singers from the Chinese music scene as well as from the peninsula and island countries. In terms of scale, it was definitely top-notch.

Just as Li Yan had predicted, when the number of participating singers was revealed, it quickly caused a sensation online, even surpassing the popularity of Lü Ming at the time.

Whether it's IU, Jeon Ji-ryong, Kenshi Yonezu, Ayumi Hamasaki, or Na Yin and other top singers in China, they are all top-tier superstars in the music industry, with an astonishing number of fans.

The first episode, as Li Yan had predicted, was a great success after its live broadcast.

Although two top singers in the Chinese music scene were eliminated, neither Li Yan nor netizens paid much attention at the time, simply assuming that the two top singers had not performed well and were therefore eliminated.

As a major variety show on Hunan TV, Li Yan strictly prohibited any behind-the-scenes manipulation in this season of "Asian King" to ensure fairness and impartiality.

This is not only because the live broadcast of the variety show "Asian Kings" is not limited to China, but also because it features top singers from the peninsula and island nations, and is broadcast live in many countries throughout Asia.

It's important to understand that this is also an experiment for Hunan TV. If successful, Hunan TV could even penetrate the entire Asian market. Of course, they wouldn't resort to backstage manipulation to give others leverage, because if that were discovered, they would lose face in front of the entire Asian continent.

This is also because these top singers from the peninsula and island nations agreed to these invitations. After all, the reason why top singers from the peninsula and island nations like IU and Kenshi Yonezu accepted Hunan TV's invitation was not only because they coveted the huge mainland market, but also because they received a promise from Hunan TV to guarantee the fairness of the program.

If Hunan TV is allowed to manipulate things behind the scenes at will, wouldn't these top singers from the peninsula and island nations become stepping stones for other singers in the Chinese music scene?

They can accept losing to someone stronger than themselves, but they cannot accept being eliminated by Hunan TV through behind-the-scenes manipulation.

When he heard their request, Li Yan agreed without hesitation, and even stipulated in the contract that if Hunan TV was found to have engaged in any behind-the-scenes manipulation, it would have to pay an exorbitant penalty for breach of contract. At the time, Li Yan never imagined that this contract, which he considered insignificant, would eventually become a shackle binding him.

After the first episode was a huge success, the show topped the ratings charts for domestic variety shows, almost breaking the domestic variety show record.

Upon seeing this, the senior executives of Hunan TV and Li Yan couldn't wait to hold a celebration banquet to celebrate Hunan TV's continued success in proving that it was the leading local TV station in China.

Following the huge success of the first episode, online attention to the show has surged, and more and more viewers have become aware of this variety show.

But soon, Li Yan and the others stopped laughing.

The second episode was still very successful, but the only thing that made Li Yan feel embarrassed was that one Chinese singer was eliminated.

Although Li Yan had a vague feeling that something was wrong, he didn't pay much attention to it as the ratings were steadily rising.

In the third episode, "Asian King" broke the record for domestic music variety shows, making Hunan TV proud. However, the only thing that made Li Yan feel a little embarrassed was that another Chinese singer was eliminated.

After three episodes, four Chinese singers have been eliminated. Now, only Na Yin and one other male Chinese singer remain on the show, while none of the singers from the peninsula or the island nation have been eliminated.

By this point, not only Li Yan, but even netizens online could tell that something was wrong.

After watching several episodes, although the show was very enjoyable, the final results were hard for many viewers to accept.

Let alone winning the championship or placing in the top three of a single episode, almost every time a singer is eliminated, it's the singer who gets eliminated.

This is a competition with singers from peninsulas and island nations!
If this continues, won't it eventually become a stage for top singers from peninsulas and island nations to perform?

It's worth noting that when Li Yan was selecting the contestants, the number of Chinese singers was roughly equal to the number of top singers from the peninsula and island nations.

Now, after only three episodes, the vast majority of Chinese singers have been eliminated, leaving only two, while none of the top singers from the peninsula and island nations have been eliminated.

However, after the third episode aired, the online public opinion was strangely calm.

However, upon seeing this public opinion, Li Yan felt no relief whatsoever; instead, he was filled with worry.

Li Yan wouldn't be surprised if netizens criticized Hunan TV, the production team, or even the contestants online.

However, after the third episode aired, there was not a single piece of news about it online, as if all netizens had been silenced.

Li Yan, who had some understanding of domestic public opinion, knew that those netizens weren't unwilling to criticize, but were simply holding back. At this moment, their emotions were like a volcano about to erupt, just waiting to see what would happen after the fourth episode aired.

If the Chinese singers are still being eliminated by the fourth episode, then the overwhelming public opinion will definitely overwhelm Hunan TV.

However, Li Yan was somewhat powerless in the face of this situation.

In the past, Li Yan and his team might have simply manipulated things behind the scenes to ensure that Chinese singers wouldn't be eliminated.

However, the contract that was signed back then was like a noose around Li Yan's neck, leaving him no room to maneuver.

If this gets out, not to mention the exorbitant penalty for breach of contract, the public opinion surrounding it alone could ruin Li Yan's future.

After realizing that the backend operations were ineffective, Li Yan had no choice but to think of other solutions.

On the one hand, they spent a fortune to invite a top Chinese pop star as a contestant in the fourth episode of "Asian King of Pop." On the other hand, they helped Na Yin and the Chinese male singer who had not yet been eliminated to select good works and did their best to help them so that they could perform well and not be eliminated.

But when the fourth episode aired, Li Yan felt as if the sky had fallen.

Despite Li Yan's best efforts, he ultimately failed to change the outcome.

Not only was the Mandopop king, who was paid a high appearance fee to be invited as a contestant, eliminated, but the Mandopop male singer who barely made it through the previous episode was also eliminated.

Fortunately, this episode only eliminated two singers; otherwise, Na Yin would probably have been eliminated as well.

When netizens finished watching the fourth episode and saw that top singers from the peninsula and island nations still occupied the top spots in the rankings, while Chinese singers were eliminated once again, leaving only Na Yin in the entire show, their emotions were instantly ignited.

That night, even the news about the interaction between Lü Ming and Gulnazar couldn't quell the emotions of netizens. Almost all of the top thirty headlines on Weibo were about the "Asian King" program.

In the past, Li Yan might have been very happy to see this level of popularity.

But this time, Li Yan's face showed no joy, only despair.

Almost all the Chinese singers who participated in "Asian King of Pop" were subjected to harsh criticism online. Only Na Yin remained, becoming a tragic hero, hailed as a "sixty-year-old woman guarding the nation's gate!"

Aside from the participating singers, Hunan TV was the most affected.

After all, this program was produced by Hunan TV, and Hunan TV's reputation among netizens hasn't been very good in recent years. (End of Chapter)