568: Chapter 539: Elimination 568: Chapter 539: Elimination The stage lights suddenly began to flicker wildly, and the music contributed to the tense atmosphere of the ultimate showdown.
“Five contestants!
One hundred dia friends from a hundred outlets each cast their votes!
The two contestants with the highest votes will advance directly to the top ten in the Beijing District!
The third place contestant goes to a pending seat!
The last contestant…” Lin Baoyi said, leaving the tense final answer to her co-host.
“Is eliminated!
Leave this stage!” Tian Qinan said in a heavy tone.
“So!
Please, dia friends, choose carefully!
…Now…” Lin Baoyi said, deliberately pausing.
The stage lights changed once again, and the lights over the audience and the three judges were turned off, while the dia jury’s seats were all lit up, leaving the contestant’s area in total darkness.
“Contestant number one!” Tian Qinan said, as the spot for contestant number one was individually lit up, “dia friends in the first row…please!
Raise!
Your!
Boards!” Tian Qinan said emphatically.
“Shua shua shua” Twenty-five people in the first row raised their boards.
“1…2…3…fourteen votes!” Lin Baoyi counted the votes.
“dia friends in the second row…please!
Raise!
Your!
Boards!” Tian Qinan said again, one word at a ti.
“1…2…3…five votes!” Lin Baoyi counted carefully.
“Now…dia friends in the third row…please!
Raise!
Your!
Boards!” Tian Qinan called out again.
“1…2…3…unfortunately, only three votes!” Lin Baoyi expressed.
“Then…dia friends in the last row…please!
Raise!
Your!
Boards!” Tian Qinan slowed his voice.
“Just…two votes!” Lin Baoyi easily spotted just two placards.
“I announce!
Contestant number one has a total of…twenty-four votes!” Lin Baoyi announced to everyone.
“Thank you, judges!” The first contestant said, visibly disheartened.
Lin Baoyi couldn’t help but give contestant number one an encouraging, “Co on!” Then she continued, “Next is contestant number two!”
“…”
After the voting for the first four contestants was completed, Beina and Chu Qian were leading, with Beina having a clear advantage.
Finally, it was contestant number five’s turn, Mi Zi!
“Contestant number five!
Mi Zi!” Lin Baoyi said, gripping the microphone tightly as the lights suddenly brightened, illuminating Mi Zi, making her appear like a sprite in the dark, her green dress adding to the dreamlike illusion.
“dia friends in the first row…please…Raise!
Your!
Boards!” Tian Qinan gestured for the first row to raise their boards.
“Wow!
Unanimous!” Lin Baoyi couldn’t help but exclaim in surprise.
Tian Qinan was also unexpected, he chuckled and then said, “dia friends in the second row, please!
Raise!
Your!
Boards!”
“1…2…3…twenty votes!” Lin Baoyi counted seriously.
“dia friends in the third row, please!
Raise!
Your!
Boards!” Tian Qinan said again.
“Very impressive!
Another unanimous vote!” Lin Baoyi marveled once more.
“dia friends in the last row, please!
Raise!
Your!
Boards!” Tian Qinan continued.
“1…2…3…five votes…” Lin Baoyi finished counting, a bit awkwardly; there were many things she didn’t know.
“So… Contestant number five, Mi Zi’s total votes are seventy-five!” Lin Baoyi announced loudly, “Congratulations to Beina!
Congratulations to Mi Zi for making it into the top ten of Imperial City’s Tomorrow Star’s Beijing District!
And Chu Qian goes to the pending seat!
It’s a pity, but keep pushing on!”
“And…” Tian Qinan turned towards the contestant area and then said in a very low voice, “Wang Xin, I’m sorry!”
Contestant number one, Wang Xin, couldn’t help but choke up, as the other four girls imdiately ca forward to embrace Wang Xin, all offering comfort.
“Hey!
There are successes and failures!
Soone has to leave!”
“Yes, yes, thankfully it wasn’t Mi Zi!
I was so worried!”
“Just wait for Qi Gongru!
I’m so excited!
Hurry up and let her co on!”
“Why has Imperial City Entertainnt added this questioning segnt!
These dia people are bound to ask all sorts of questions!
By the ti Qi Gongru might even cry!”
“She’s not as simple as you think, she’s not that easily brought to tears, didn’t you see the clear reports in the newspaper!”
“Stop talking nonsense, I’m warning you!”
“Look!
Look!
There’s an added item!
Grant one request to the first place!”
“What?
What?
Imperial City is being too generous!
If she asks for a mansion, they’ll have to give it!”
“…”
“So!
Mi Zi!
What is your wish?” Lin Baoyi asked the first-place contestant, Mi Zi.
“I was wondering…
would it be possible to get a photo signed by the three judges?” Mi Zi asked Lin Baoyi.
Tian Qinan smiled at the three judges and asked, “Could you please fulfill Mi Zi’s small request?”
“No problem!
Co here, sweetheart!” Annie imdiately stood up and extended her arms to Mi Zi.
“Of course, and gladly!” Wei Song said right away.
“Mm!
Sure!” Bao Dabai also nodded and stood up.
Mi Zi imdiately went forward and took a photo with the three people, getting their signatures.
“That was too easy!
I thought she would ask Imperial City to give her a record deal or sothing!”
“I think this girl is not ordinary!
She’s not like other girls!”
“At least she started off well; this way, other girls won’t make any excessive requests.”
“…”
The audience seated around the television set comnted on the rounds of competition, so scoffing, others discussing animatedly, and so lanting with frustration.
“So…
now it’s ti for the last contestant of the last group!” Lin Baoyi dragged out his words, trying his best to enhance the atmosphere.
“Yeah!
All the viewers are just as excited as we are about her performance!” Tian Qinan added.
“Since that’s the case…
please welco the last contestant from group five, Qi Gongru!” Lin Baoyi smiled and stepped aside.
Qi Gongru still carried that unique aura as she walked onto the stage, dressed simply, looking as casual as if she were about to sing casually in a bar.
“Here she is!
Gongru is here!
It’s been a while, but she still looks the sa!”
“These past few days, her scandals have been all over the place!
How can she have the nerve to show up?”
“Shut your mouth!
Which celebrity doesn’t have so news about them?
Besides, those things haven’t even been confird yet!”
“I’m really worried that Gongru might be voted off by the dia jury!”
“The singing has started!
The singing has started!”
“…”
“…Still not properly feeling, the weather when snowflakes bloom.
We tremble together, understanding better what tenderness is.
Haven’t held your hand and walked through desolate dunes yet.
Perhaps from then on, learning to cherish forever and always.
Sotis, sotis, I believe that everything has an end, gatherings and departures happen at tis, nothing lasts forever…”
“Very good!
Really very good!
Your singing skills have clearly improved since the audition phase!
I really like this song too!
You’ve sung it enchantingly!” Annie earnestly said to Qi Gongru, “Stick to being yourself!
Can you keep it up?
Don’t worry too much about the rest!”
Moved by Annie’s encouraging words with deeper aning, Qi Gongru thanked her profusely.
“I’ve always admired you!
This song is much better than your previous ones!
Annie has already given her praise, so I won’t say much more.
But what I want to say is this!
Music carries life and existence; no matter what life and existence endure, they can be transford into beautiful music, allowing everyone to feel you!
You’re uniquely you!
Keep it up!”
“Thank you!” Qi Gongru bowed to Wei Song.
If soone had said these words to her before, she would have scoffed or even mocked them, but having experienced the recent family changes, Liu Hun’s help, and the dia exposing her, she now understood many things, feeling like she had returned to that young girl yearning for family affection and warmth.
“Mm…
how should I put it…” Bao Dabai seed sowhat hesitant, “Although I no longer have the decision-making power.
I can still sit here and comnt on your music!
Just the music!
I still don’t like it!
Sorry!
I won’t say more, I’ll leave it all to the jury.”
As soon as Bao Dabai finished speaking, it imdiately triggered a tide of comnts from many viewers.
“Who cares what you say?!
Save your words!
Rest up!”
“Well said!
I support Teacher Bao!
People of bad character shouldn’t sing!”
“Looking at Wei Song, he seems very unhappy with Bao Dabai!
If Annie weren’t sitting between them, I guess they would be fighting!”
“…”
Hearing Bao Dabai’s words, Wei Song imdiately beca unhappy, “I want to say a few more things!
Gongru, first you must stick to being yourself!
Don’t let so people influence you, being yourself is the only way to do your music right, and just treat other people’s words as wind by your ears.
Also, just if!
I an if!
You can’t stay on this stage.
I, Wei Song, am willing to finance your first album!
Gongru, you keep it up!
Be the best version of yourself!”
“Being oneself is indeed very important!
But…
whether it’s good or bad is hard to say!
Moreover, once you face the public, you should accept different voices, accept everyone’s critiques and comnts.
Those who only want to escape can’t improve.
I’m very disappointed in those who encourage such behavior!” Bao Dabai imdiately countered.
As the two exchanged veiled attacks and banter, the audience in front of the TV was once again divided into two sides discussing, and the viewership of the program continued to soar to new heights.
“It started!
They started fighting!
This is exciting!”
“Wei Song is quite sharp!
True to his writer origins!
Good with the pen and sharp with the words!”
“Bao Dabai is not losing either!
He retorted every sentence back to Wei Song!”
“…”
Liu Hun sat on the sofa watching the debate between the two, this was the effect he wanted.
This kind of debate could stir up Qi Gongru again, making her more popular while also increasing viewership and attention, so why not?
Thus, he picked up the phone that was always connected by his side and said to Gao Yelan, “Manager Gao, tell the on-site director to extend their debate as much as possible.”
“Yes!” ca the affirmative reply from Gao Yelan on the phone.
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