Chapter 316: Qjngqing’s Rage, Su Yang’s Support (1)
Translator: _Min_
[AHHHHHHHHHHHH Xie Yu!]
[Congratulations to Xie Yu for debuting as the Center!]
[With billions of votes, Xie Yu, you deserve it!]
The fans’ excitement was short-lived as the second place was announced shortly after the celebration for Xie Yu’s C position debut.
No.2 Lu Yan 223,918,371
No.3 Ye Qingyou 221,928,332
No.4 Xu Xiyun
No.10 Shi Yu
Seeing this ranking, Si Fuqing’s expression paused momentarily, her fingers tightening around the cup she held.
She calmly turned her head, glancing at the show’s director and producer.
The producer and director dared not meet her gaze, their hands hanging limply.
The final rankings caused an uproar among the fans. Those present at the venue stood up excitedly, and if it weren’t for the security personnel, they might have stormed the stage.
The results were far beyond what the audience, who had been following the show, had expected.
[Rigged! Rigged! Rigged!]
[Are you kidding me? Shi Yu was in fifth place just ten minutes ago, and now he’s dropped to tenth? Are my eyes deceiving me?]
[Fu*k, they swapped votes! They swapped positions! After following this for so long, this is what we get??]
[]Xu Xiyun also got swapped! He should have been second, how did he end up fourth?]
[I’m furious, out of the six people from Teacher Si’s class, four had their votes tampered with, Little Xu didn’t make it to the top three, and three of them didn’t even debut!]
Vote swapping was a common tactic in talent shows.
Firstly, investors often collaborated with the trainees’ agencies, exchanging certain resources in return for debut spots.
Shi Yu and the other two trainees were replaced.
Either their agencies secured better resources for other artists or they couldn’t offer enough to secure debut spots.
The camera was focused on the stage, so Lin Qingyan had no qualms.
She smirked, her voice low, “Teacher Si, didn’t you say all your students would debut? Three of them didn’t make it. You’ve lost our bet.’
She had warned Si Fuqing before.
In such talent shows, it’s not about the votes or the audience but the backing of the trainees’ agencies, their financials strengths, and their relationship with the investors.
What does it matter if Xu Xiyun’s singing and dancing skills surpassed Lu Yan?
Investors could still swap the rankings.
Shi Yu was indeed in fifth place, but what could he do if his agency wasn’t strong enough to catch the investors’ eye?
Si Fuqing’s eyes were slightly downcast.
Her fingers clenched, making a ‘crack’ sound, and then she stood up. Before Lin Qingyan could react, there was a loud “bang.” Si Fuqing kicked over the mentors’ table.
The table, fixed to the ground, scattered into pieces.
Water from the table spilled everywhere.
Lin Qingyan’s smile froze, looking at her incredulously, “What are you doing?
Have you gone mad?”
This was a live broadcast watched by eighty million people!
Even the celebrities invited to the audience seats dared not slacken their expressions.
Any captured expression could lead to days of online backlash.
As a dance mentor, how could Si Fuqing cause such a scene?
Knowing how large Si Fuqing’s anti-fan army was,
The vocal mentor was also startled, urgently saying, “Teacher Si, sit down, please sit down.”
Li Jingchen remained silent, his lips pursed, obviously upset.
He knew the votes were tampered with, and the rankings were wrong, but there wasn’t much they could do.
They were just invited mentors, how could they compete with the investors? However, such a commotion, especially on live broadcast, caught everyone’s attention.
Backstage, Xu Jingshan hadn’t expected such an incident, and he was furious,
“What is she doing? Get her down from there now!”
“This… this is a live broadcast, Mr. Xu,” a staff member said, wiping sweat, ‘We can’t use force in public.”
“It’s because it’s a live broadcast that we need to get her down,” Xu Jingshan raged, “A mentor, trying to influence the debut lineup? Who chose her in the first place? Huh?!”
All eyes turned to Manager Luo.
Manager Luo’s face was extremely grim, “President Xu, it was me, but—I‘
He was cut off by Xu Jingshan, “Can’t Tianle Media even control its people now? I guess you don’t want investment in your next show!”
But Xu Jingshan knew it was too late to intervene.
Has Si Fuqing really given up on her career in the entertainment industry?!