Peninsula: My mentor Kim Tae-yeon

Su Xia and Liz joined in clapping at the same time.

Su Xia glanced at the rapidly scrolling comments, her eyes almost unable to keep up, but the speed at which the comments scrolled showed that the live stream was quite successful.

Thinking of this, Su Xia couldn't stop smiling.

"Thank you for coming, Chestnut."

Su Xia clapped again, and Liz, a little embarrassed, bowed slightly towards the camera.

"That concludes today's live stream. Goodbye, everyone."

Having achieved her main objective, Su Xia didn't waste any words and decisively waved goodbye to the audience.

Before the viewers in the live stream could react, the live stream went black.

The live stream lasted less than twenty minutes, leaving the viewers completely bewildered.

As the live streaming equipment was turned off, Liz's tense nerves relaxed instantly.

"Liz did a good job, give her a compliment," Kim Tae-yeon said to Su Xia.

"You performed exceptionally well. Looks like you're a live singer too?" Su Xia said with a smile.

"It was just an exceptional performance." Liz laughed as well. Compared to her practice in the practice room, those two performances were indeed exceptional.

"Exceptional performance is also based on sufficient hard work in normal times." Su Xia shook her head. "Hard work doesn't necessarily guarantee a reward, but any rewarding result is supported by hard work behind the scenes."

"I'll be going back to China in the next day or two. What I've taught you should be enough for you to absorb for a while. If you encounter any problems you don't understand, just send me a message or video call me."

"Okay." Liz readily agreed. She had enjoyed working with Su Xia for a very pleasant week and had learned a lot from her.

It's really hard to imagine that the other person isn't a professionally trained singer.

"Su Xia, Liz has a schedule coming up and might need to go there to prepare." At this moment, IVE's team manager walked over, politely interrupting their conversation, and said to Su Xia.

Liz glanced at her agent with a puzzled look. She shouldn't have any plans tonight.

But she didn't expose her agent.

"You guys go ahead." Su Xia naturally wouldn't say anything more since she had other plans. She waved to Liz and said, "See you next time."

"Okay, goodbye Su Xia oppa." Liz waved vigorously at Su Xia and left with her manager.

"Shall we go too?" Su Xia turned to Kim Tae-yeon and said.

"Yes, I'll take this opportunity to talk to you about the shortcomings of your performance when we get back."

"My performance wasn't perfect?" Su Xia said in surprise.

"There's no such thing as a perfect performance." Kim Tae-yeon shook her head with a chuckle. "The best way to improve is to review and work on what you've missed after a performance."

"good!"

On the other side, Liz couldn't help but ask her manager after leaving the live stream.

"Unnie, do I have an urgent appointment tonight?"

"No, it's just that Yujin... um, Yujin called. She and the other members are waiting for you at the dorm," the manager explained.

Although An Youzhen wasn't here, her wide, staring eyes still lingered in my mind.

She was truly at her wit's end.

"Okay, okay." Liz nodded. "Then I'll go back to my dorm today."

"Yes, the car is outside."

……

June 16th, the next day.

On the high-speed train from Seoul to Jeonju, Kim Tae-yeon sat nervously in the empty seat next to Su Xia. Usually very lively when arriving at a new place, she was quiet like a well-bred young lady.

Su Xia, standing to the side, paid no attention to Kim Tae-yeon, engrossed in watching the news on her phone.

Yesterday, with Liz's self-verification live stream promoted by CJ MCN, he made a strong debut on the Chinese internet's trending topics. Although he only reached second place on the entertainment list at his peak, it was still a significant amount of buzz.

His singing skills and vocal intelligence were almost a perfect replica of Kim Tae-yeon's, which moved countless Kim Tae-yeon fans. Liz and IVE fans were also pleasantly surprised by Liz's first appearance on the live stream. The combination of these two factors pushed the popularity of Su Xia's live stream, which was supposed to prove that he was not an AI, to a new peak.

Many music critics also posted videos praising... uh, Liz.

It might seem like the background is overshadowing the main point, but it's definitely true.

Music critics are focusing more on Liz. Most of them have commented on him before. If Su Xia is using AI to change his voice, then there's nothing to say. But if he isn't, then his vocal ability and singing skills will be at a very high level.

And it turns out that he was indeed singing live. So, aside from marveling at how exaggeratedly high his vocal range is compared to male voices, all that's left is to apologize and say that Su Xia is indeed very talented, not that he used an AI to switch his voice.

But Liz is different.

Music critics who work in K-pop are well aware of the vocal abilities of the artists in the new generation of K-pop girl groups. Liz's name has been mentioned quite often, but most of them praise her for having a good voice and good skills, while very few praise her singing ability.

But this time was different. Liz's vocal abilities had improved to a certain extent, and with Kim Tae-yeon's hands-on guidance, she had reached a very sophisticated level in refining the song "My Love".

This gives the public the illusion that Fuqu has limited Liz's true strength.

This has led many to call for Starship to give Liz a solo performance, as her skill level is quite high, at least in terms of sound quality.

There are tons of music review videos like this, but only a few analyze Su Xia and Liz's performances in detail.

Most comments about Su Xia praise his singing skills and his resemblance to Kim Tae-yeon, while also mentioning his vocal range issues.

The vocal ranges of female and male voices are completely different. A key that is easy for a female voice will be very difficult for a male voice because male voices are generally a whole octave lower than female voices.

Su Xia's high-note comfort zone is extremely high. Take the C5 high note, which many male singers need a lot of practice to stabilize, for example. If a male singer can clearly pronounce C5 without cracking, it means that his high-note level can be called top-notch.

But what about Su Xia?

This thing's high-frequency comfort zone is C#5!

It's a semitone higher than C5, the watershed for top male singers.

This means his C5 is a very relaxed tone, which is quite exaggerated.

There are very few male singers in the Chinese music scene who can do this, among whom Zhang Jie and JJ Lin are the most representative.

It's outrageous that Su Xia, a lawyer-turned-internet celebrity, has such talent.

Unfortunately, not many music critics have noticed this, or rather, even if they have, they are too lazy to say it.

With Liz, a highly talked-about celebrity, by her side, there's no need to worry about what happens to Su Xia.

Even though Liz attracted a lot of attention, the news about Su Xia's self-defense continued to gain popularity, and the most direct feedback was that Su Xia's music notes and the number of followers on Bilibili started to increase significantly again.

Meanwhile, Su Xia, at the center of the vortex, had already arrived in her loyal Quanzhou with her "foolish master"!