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Chapter 265 I warn you not to spread rumors!

"The Voice of China" is a long-established music variety show in China, dedicated to discovering grassroots artists.

However, this is just a slogan. In reality, the show has long been divided up by various labels, entertainment companies, agencies, and MCNs.

The champion of each edition is predetermined.

It's undeniable that the artists launched by various companies all have their own style and characteristics, but the audience just doesn't buy it.

Therefore, the show's ratings have been declining year by year.

To boost the show's ratings, the production team invites famous celebrities from three generations—old, middle-aged, and young—to serve as judges every year.

This year, two of the four judges of "The Voice of China" have grudges against Ye Xian, and one has a past relationship with him.

One is Liu Bohan, one is Li Lao, and one is Tang Feng.

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Tang Feng is an old acquaintance of Ye Xian. Even though they have never worked together, they are now friends. Moreover, Tang Feng once made a joke about asking for songs in Ye Xian's live stream.

Liu Bohan, needless to say, is an old rival.

Old Li was Liu Fengying's classmate. He had previously tried to take advantage of his seniority and warned Ye Xian not to offend Liu Bohan, but Ye Xian gave him the cold shoulder. In addition, the Sixth Princess had originally approached him first for the song "The Song of Peony," but he missed the opportunity because he was afraid to take the risk. As a result, his old rival, Teacher Jiang Wei, became famous all over the country again because of this song.

These two incidents combined brought Old Li's disgust for Ye Xian to its extreme, leading him to believe that this junior did not know how to respect his teacher and was arrogant and presumptuous.

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Ye Xian's "First Nighttime Singing Contest" was originally just a small competition, not on the same level as a large-scale variety show like "The Voice of the Tang Dynasty," which held auditions across the entire Tang Dynasty.

However, we live in the era of self-media.

Many amateur contestants whose talents were wasted by "The Voice of China" had no way to advance, so they naturally chose to participate in Ye Xian's competition. Anyway, for everyone, as long as they could get exposure and fame, they didn't care which competition they participated in.

Although Ye Xian's competition was of low standard and low quality, the final prize was attractive, even if it required signing with Ye Xian's Qiu Ye Yan Xuan.

For ordinary people, participating in The Voice of China requires signing a contract, and the resources provided may not be as good as Ye Xian's, since Ye Xian has already successfully launched 9 artists.

A company that can boast nine breakout stars can hardly be considered a small entertainment company anymore.

Furthermore, Ye Xian's singing competition was more like a fast-paced music challenge, with extremely high participation from the general public. Not many people were aiming for the top three; most were just following the trend out of habit.

Therefore, some artists participated in both the "The Voice of China" competition and the fan club competition. In fact, many ordinary people chose Ye Xian's songs when participating in "The Voice of China".

Ye Xian's songs are currently very popular, with diverse musical styles suitable for different types of singers, and are very popular among young people. Whenever someone sings a Ye Xian song, the audience readily gives them tickets.

The problem is that the audience is quick to give their votes, but the judges are not.

Liu Bohan and Li Lao didn't even give any amateur who chose Ye Xian's songs a chance to turn around.

Tang Feng is a kind-hearted man who initially gave some ordinary people a chance, but he gradually realized what was going on, so he had to selectively turn away.

There are four judges, and the other judge is a top-tier singer, Chen Xun. He is the biggest star and doesn't care what songs the contestants sing. He will only follow the program's arrangements to decide who passes and who doesn't. If he sees a promising talent, he will try to sign them.

As a result, Liu Bohan and Li Lao quickly stirred up the topic of Ye Xian's songs on the "Great Tang Good Voice" program.

This was naturally facilitated by the "Great Tang Dynasty Good Voice" program team.

Nobody knows whether the show's producers bought and promoted this trending topic.

This show is experiencing a decline in viewership and desperately needs some buzz to boost its ratings; even negative publicity is still publicity.

Fans from both sides engaged in a fierce battle on Weibo and Weibo supertopics.

[Please call me Grinding Dog: Tsk tsk tsk, unable to compete with the graduation season song, he resorts to sabotaging the competition. Liu Bohan's character isn't much better!]

[Riding a snail to chase an elephant: How can you talk like that? It's clearly an amateur who's incompetent, yet you're saying our Han-ge is targeting Ye Xian? What kind of twisted logic is that?]

[Love is a deep pool with many scoundrels: A twisted logic? Of the amateurs who sang Ye Xian's songs in these episodes, how many advanced? And of those who advanced, not one had ever sung a Ye Xian song? I refuse to believe it! Ye Xian's songs are currently dominating all the charts, yet not a single advancing singer has chosen one of his songs!]

[Winter Break Day 1: Haha, is there a problem with not choosing Ye Xian's song? So what if Ye Xian's songs have won awards? Why not show off even one Golden Melody Award? Which of the songs chosen by the advancing contestants isn't a classic? Why choose a song by an online singer?]

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[The King of Verbal Critic: Some TV shows have no shame whatsoever! The problem is, some judges are even more shameless than the shows! Not only do they deny amateurs a chance to win, but they even eliminate contestants who choose Ye Xian's songs! How afraid are you of Ye Xian's songs becoming famous?]

[The Gun-Fighting Prince: Does Brother Xian really need Liu Bohan's approval? A few graduation season songs have already crushed him; his reputation is ruined. The question is, why is Old Li doing this too? Why is he getting involved in this?]

[Don't Hit Me, Brave Warrior: You didn't know this, did you? Old Li and Liu Bohan's aunt, Liu Fengying, are old classmates! Wait, I just realized, Liu Fengying is Ye Xian's mentor. Wasn't she the one who got a warning from the Central South Conservatory of Music last time? Now that you mention it, Ye Xian's expulsion seems to be related to Liu Bohan?]

[Han Family's Strategist: Hey upstairs, I'm warning you, don't spread rumors! Spreading rumors is illegal! Be careful, or our Han-ge will send you a lawyer's letter!]

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The grudges between Liu Bohan and Ye Xian were brought up again. This time, because of Elder Li, when everyone was digging into the relationship between Elder Li and Liu Bohan, they suddenly discovered that Liu Bohan's aunt was Liu Fengying.

The celebrity relationship chart in SuperBlog clearly shows this network of connections.

This immediately thrust Liu Fengying into the spotlight once again.

Ye Xian's dismissal is a source of great resentment for many late-night diners!

Because of this status of being forced to leave, the fans of the late-night snack group have always felt ashamed when arguing with fans of other groups.

Even though Ye Xian proved time and again that he was strong, talented, and gifted enough, being persuaded to quit was still a stain on his reputation.

However, this time, it seems that everyone has found a breakthrough.

Liu Fengying immediately felt the pressure. Many media outlets flocked to her, all wanting to interview her. This scared her so much that she didn't dare to go to work and could only take sick leave to rest at home.

When they couldn't find Liu Fengying, they started looking for her colleagues. Everyone knew about the sordid things that happened back then, but the problem was that talking about it would offend Liu Fengying and Old Li. So everyone stammered and avoided the media.

This attitude immediately alerted some entertainment reporters and marketing accounts to the suspicious activity.

In addition, some unsubstantiated rumors have already been circulating within the industry, but no one has concrete evidence to back them up.

As a result, some marketing accounts started writing articles based on the images, using them to stir up controversy and spread rumors.

"Uncovering Ye Xian's background, was he involved in his expulsion?!"

"A senior suppressing a junior's development? There might be more to Ye Xian's dismissal than meets the eye!"

"Can you believe that a second-tier top-tier celebrity only sold two bottles of wine in three months? There's photographic evidence!"

"I heard that Ye Xian humiliated Old Master Li back then because of him!"

"You missed out on a classic song! I heard that 'The Song of the Peony' was originally intended for him!"

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