You're about to retire from the entertainment industry, yet your concerts are still so popular?

Consultant Wu opened his mouth, wanting to defend Ye Chen's work, but he was powerless to refute the mainstream aesthetic bias.

Finally, he forced out a sentence, albeit somewhat awkwardly:

"There's nothing major wrong, it's just that the lyrics and music... there's still room for improvement. Although the previous teachers praised you, the lyrics and music definitely need strengthening."

Han Hong's eyes lit up: "Overall, your singing is alright, but the lyrics and music are too weak."

But on her face, she wore a look of disappointment and frustration:

"As your mentor, I'm doing this for your own good. I don't want you to get criticized by those music-savvy netizens online. From now on, focus more on studying lyrics and music, and stop singing these...cheap songs."

When it comes to being vulgar, Han Hong's expression is like she just stepped in dog poop, but she still tries to act elegant.

After Han Hong fired the first shot, Lin Zhiwei immediately became arrogant:

"This kind of song is musical garbage; the lyrics and music have absolutely no aesthetic value. Murong Shujin, singing this kind of song is beneath your dignity."

"These are just pop songs, not good enough for serious audiences," Han Hong scoffed.

Studio.

The live stream chat went absolutely wild!

I don't know if this song is corny or not, but you two are pretty corny.

[Lin Zhiwei is so arrogant, she's doomed this time! This is the song Ye Shen wrote for Murong Shujin! You're all criticizing Ye Chen's lyrics and music?]

[What else can you two do besides act like old fogies? Nine hundred thousand people are watching your clown performance online, are you enjoying it?]

Does Han Hong have any breakout works of her own? Does she even have the right to talk about Ye Chen?

Is this the level of the mentors on this show? No wonder Chinese music isn't thriving!

[Let's rename the show "The Many Faces of Mentors"!]

……

At this very moment, in the conference room of the Ministry of Culture.

Zhou Weikang stared at Han Hong's distorted and twitching face on the projection screen, his voice cold:

"These mentors know nothing! They're smearing good songs like dirt; how can Chinese music ever thrive?!"

As Zhou Weikang spoke, his face turned green!

We've been too lenient with these parasites!

"Minister Zhou, the data..." Lin Xiaotang's throat was dry, "Ye Chen made an appearance in the screening room, and there were over 900,000 people watching the live stream at the same time."

"How much?!" Zhou Weikang's eyes widened!

"Over 900,000! Previously, the peak for music variety show live streams was only 150,000..."

After Lin Xiaotang finished speaking, the room fell into a deathly silence.

Zhou Weikang suddenly looked up, staring at Ye Chen's profile on the screen, his pupils shrinking!

Just because Ye Chen was sitting there, the live stream viewership was so huge?!

Where did previous music variety show live streams get such a massive number of concurrent viewers?!

Moreover, amidst such widespread popularity, those corrupt officials completely lacked any sense of responsibility!

At this rate, when will Chinese music ever flourish?!

However, as officials, it is not easy to directly restrict their individual behavior.

These useless bunch are a real headache!

"or……"

Zhou Weikang stood up and paced back and forth, his speech becoming increasingly rapid: "How about we create our own new program, letting talented and virtuous people sing the praises of China?"

Zhou Weikang's opinion made everyone in the meeting room brighten up, and they all agreed.

"Hmm? A new program to promote the voice of China? I think it's very necessary!"

"That's true, I think it would be best to invite Ye Chen onto the show as well!"

""

Amidst the cacophony of voices, Zhou Weikang made another bold statement:

"Also, since Ye Chen is so popular, let's have his concert streamed live."

"Isn't he going to retire from the entertainment industry? Then let him spread the voice of Chinese songs all over the country before he retires!"

"Otherwise, if we miss this opportunity, it will be much harder to promote a music revival once he retires from the industry."

The meeting room fell silent instantly.

A few seconds later, He Zhixian said in a daze, "But, Lao Zhou, there's no precedent for live-streaming a concert."

He Zhixian looked surprised and was about to continue speaking.

"Squeak."

The door was pushed open.

Li Shaojun held the official document in his hand, chuckling as he waved it: "Weikang, don't get worked up."

"After everyone jointly petitioned last time, the authorities finally relented."

He smiled in a憨态可掬 (endearing and simple) manner.

But each word was spoken slowly and deliberately, like dropping a bomb.

"It can be opened on an experimental basis, and the live broadcast of Ye Chen's concert is hereby approved."

!!!

He Zhixian and the others stood there, stunned, their minds buzzing!

After a long pause, Zhou Weikang snatched the document away!

His fingers, holding the document, trembled: "Heaven... is helping China!"

In the subsequent meeting, Li Shaojun assigned tasks one by one.

After a long silence, Zhou Weikang clenched his fist, his expression invigorated: "Alright, I'll go see how to get these two things implemented!"

……

Right now, on the show stage.

The results of this episode have been determined by a combined vote from the live audience.

The air froze as the host read out the last name.

Among the audience, the three songs that received the most votes this time were, in order, "Love Transaction", "Flowers Bloom All the Way" and "Dala Bengba"!

Even though Uncle Teng's cover of "Da La Beng Ba" went off-topic, it was still highly loved by the audience!

After the results were verified.

Those contestants who weren't eliminated breathed a sigh of relief.

As for those contestants who ranked last, they all looked heartbroken.

Because this would mean they would be completely eliminated and have no chance to participate in future episodes!

Then, the next second!

Ye Chen watched as they all started to create personas and put on a show of acting skills!

Those who weren't eliminated hugged their eliminated brothers with tears in their eyes.

Some of them even cried until their eyes were red!

"No! Brother! What's the point of this stage without you!"

"Waaaaah, I'll carry your dream forward!"

The group appeared to be embracing and weeping as if it were a life-or-death separation, but in their hearts they were overjoyed!

What good brothers and good friends? That's complete nonsense!

They secretly wished that all the other contestants besides themselves would be eliminated.

Seeing this, the other contestants who had advanced immediately swarmed around him, forming a circle and collectively choking back tears: "Brother! We will protect this stage for you!"

Ye Chen held a teacup in the screening room, his lips twitching.

Goodness, if that acting skill had been used in singing just now, would they have been ranked last?

He watched as the young man who was crying the loudest secretly clenched his fist and cheered himself up from a blind spot out of the camera's view.

The eliminated contestant, whose dream was being protected, turned around and rolled his eyes dramatically, muttering something under his breath.

Ye Chen put down his teacup and sighed to Su Jinyun, "I suggest the production team add a segment to the next episode."

"Huh? What part?" Su Jinyun asked in surprise.

"Best Actor Award. It's a loss for the Chinese entertainment industry if these guys don't go into acting."

Su Jinyun was suppressing her laughter so hard she was practically bleeding inside: "Teacher Ye Chen's mouth is really sharp! Couldn't you be a little more tactful?"

"No," Ye Chen said seriously, "I felt sorry for them. I shed half a liter of tears, but not a single drop went into my heart."

"Now, please welcome our special guest for this episode! Teacher Ye Chen!" Suddenly, a loud voice resounded throughout the venue!