Chapter 93: Chi Ye Tears Apart The Flower Mage
The audience below, packed with heads, was silent as a grave, and after one or two seconds, thunderous applause gradually erupted.
The cheering grew louder and louder, while backstage, many singers and guests covered their mouths, exchanging silent glances.
“Shi Shi! Shi Shi! Shi Shi!”
“Chi Ye! Chi Ye! Chi Ye!!”
Several little girls in the front row were very excited. They were among Shi Daifu’s few fans, but at this moment, while excited, they also became fans of Chi Ye…
Forgive them for switching walls; Chi Ye is just too handsome!
Handsome in looks, even more handsome in singing, and standing next to Shi Shi, even f***ing handsomer!
With a face like yours that can sustain star power in the entertainment industry, coming to a pure singer competition program—isn’t that a bit too bullying?!
“Thank you, thank you everyone.”
Seeing this, Chi Ye bowed with a smile on his face. Shi Daifu hadn’t reacted yet, and only under Chi Ye’s reminder did she hurriedly bow along.
Rustling applause.
The applause from the audience grew even louder.
“Alright, wow… thank you again to both singers for the wonderful performance.”
The host walked onto the stage, came to Chi Ye and Shi Daifu’s side, and as per convention, conducted a simple interview.
But before handing the microphone to Chi Ye, there was still a second of hesitation in his eyes.
—Although the assistant director had confidently said earlier that the microphone could be given to Chi Ye, but… are you sure there won’t be a live broadcast accident?
Chi Ye: “?”
He glanced sideways at the host and calmly “snatched” the microphone.
Here you go, I’ve already come to participate in the program, it’s too late for you to regret it now!
Host: ……
“So, we can see that the song performed by the two today…《Rose in the Palm》 is an original song, personally written and composed by Teacher Chi.”
The host asked: “I think many people are very curious, how did you create such an excellent work in such a short time?”
Hearing this standard question, Chi Ye felt it was uninteresting and nodded in response: “Well… to be precise, the creation of this song wasn’t completed in a short time.”
“Oh?”
The host’s ears perked up.
Chi Ye looked at Shi Daifu: “Because Teacher Shi and I are friends, I have some understanding of her experiences and mindset. Um… the song was written in the past few days, but the initial inspiration for the creation came from Teacher Shi’s experiences. I also hope this song can let her shine on the《Voice of Nature》 stage, getting better and better.”
It was originally just official pleasantries, but as soon as he finished speaking, the live audience screamed like they were crazy.
Teacher Shi’s eyes reddened, and she quickly lowered her head, trying hard to hold back. She didn’t want to be caught crying on camera at this moment.
She just silently said in her heart: thank you.
Chi Ye couldn’t hear it, nor could the host. He then turned to ask Shi Daifu, who was now much more emotionally stable, but her responses were still very brief.
Finally, the host asked them what they had to say about the upcoming Huang Yixiao group.
Chi Ye paused and said: “Buddy, good luck.”
Don’t flop again, you flop every time, I’m even embarrassed.
Backstage, Huang Yixiao’s face turned waxy yellow, feeling as uncomfortable inside as if he had taken a punch from Shi Daifu—to die.
You sing such a high-quality original right before me, how am I supposed to sing next?!
You’ve raised the audience’s expectations, f***!
At the same time.
The bullet comments on《Voice of Nature》 had already exploded. Those watching delayed had just finished watching Chi Ye and Shi Daifu’s perfect chorus and were frantically spamming the screen.
「Mage, come out and speak!」
「So touching I cried, Ye Zi is a powerful singer!」
「Tell me loudly, who is the father of the father of the Chinese music scene?!」
「Who said my bro can’t do live? If you can’t, you go up?」
「Original, oh my god, I really love this song!」
「Shocked, I actually believed the marketing accounts before, thinking Hu Ye’s《When You》 was edited word by word.」
「Both originals, but in comparison, Hua Yichen really can’t sing.」
「Teacher Shi!! Baby don’t cry!」
「My bro is so warm! Teacher Shi good luck! Really a fan now, you deserve it!」
Bullet comments surged, and for every live broadcast of《Voice of Nature》, the hot searches were almost bought in sync.
Previously, Hua Yichen and Xiao Gui’s chorus occupied the top hot search, but shortly after Chi Ye and Shi Daifu’s performance ended, their hot search terms soared to the top.
—#Chi Ye Shi Daifu Fairy Chorus#
—#Chi Ye Live Strength#
—#Thanks Yue Na for Cultivating Powerful Singer#
—#Teacher Shi Deserves#
What, you ask why so fast? Is it really because《Voice of Nature》 has high popularity?
Yes and no, so to speak.
High popularity is one aspect, another aspect… the program team and Chi Ye Team were just waiting to buy hot searches after the singing!
Such a great marketing opportunity can’t be missed.
……
“Look, look, they’re already making amends for themselves.”
Backstage, Teacher Na put down her mobile phone, and while the camera wasn’t on her, pointed at Chi Ye’s interview on the big TV: “What experiences of Shi Daifu inspired this song, he totally copied it!”
“There must be a ghostwriter behind it.”
Her voice was quite loud, and only after speaking did she signal the director: “Cut that just now, don’t broadcast it.”
Everyone: “……”
Others, even if the camera wasn’t on them and there was a delay, wouldn’t dare to directly diss Chi Ye to his face.
In fact, at this moment, all the singers in the room were feeling shocked and uncertain—unwilling to believe it.
No, this Chi Ye, a small card who no one in the music industry had heard of before, whose most famous works are:《My Face》《Jin Xia》.
How can his live be so steady?
Yes, steady, so steady it’s a bit fake, like a walking CD player!
Saying Chi Ye’s singing skill instantly stunned all the music industry big stars present would be pure nonsense.
But compared to the younger generation of singers… like Hua Yichen, who now had a gloomy face and didn’t even want to act, Chi Ye was far ahead.
Not talking about whether this《Rose in the Palm》 is copied or not, just this live performance alone is enough to make people look at him differently.
But… could it be lip sync?
Earlier, impacted by this high-quality original《Rose in the Palm》, no one thought that way, but now, some couldn’t help suspecting.
Lip sync isn’t a secret in the industry; it’s a half-open mic singing method that many music shows and strength singers in poor condition have done… like a certain Hong Kong singer queen eliminated last period.
In other words, it’s semi-cheating.
Shi Jinwei had a blank expression, her pair of treasure-blue big eyes occasionally lost in thought…
A live as steady as a CD… if it’s lip sync, that explains it.
She suddenly realized something again and looked toward the program team.
Program team puzzled: “?”
She withdrew her gaze; whether it was or not, that’s no reason for you to chase me with a stereo playing songs!
—Not acknowledging!
This thought peaked when Chi Ye and Shi Daifu returned backstage, Chi Ye “deliberately” sat next to her, opened his mobile phone, and played the performance video shot by Xiao Liu from below the stage: “Rose in the palm, pricking without realization.”
“Are you sick?!”
She waited for the camera to pass, unable to tolerate any longer.
Chi Ye was dumbfounded, full of question marks: “Are you sick? Why suddenly insult me?! No resin!”
Sister Qianzi with a gloomy face: “You deliberately sit next to me playing rose what?”
Chi Ye: “?”
I deliberately sit next to you?
Who are you? The president?
He glanced sideways at Sister Qianzi: “Then what should I sing? Pliers in the palm, smashing without knowing?”
Shi Jinwei trembled with anger, pointed at Chi Ye, then put her hand down, and inexplicably laughed.
Chi Ye: “?”
“Forget it, I have nothing to say to a ghostwriter finder like you.”
Chi Ye: “I find plier hand.”
“……You!” Shi Jinwei was stunned for a long time, wanted to insult but couldn’t find words, and finally squeezed out: “You… you really have no resin!”
“Yes, I also have no pliers.”
“……”
Sister Qianzi coldly glanced at him and got up to walk to the other side.
Bad luck!
“Does she have a problem with her brain? So self-righteous?”
Chi Ye was equally speechless.
He felt Sister Qianzi’s brain wasn’t quite normal, too sensitive.
As if everyone in the world is desperate to crowd around her, afraid others would rub her popularity…
Um… he suddenly thought of his own “bad reputation” and smiled in relief.
If rubbing, I’d rub my Empress Dowager, who are you?
……
On the other side.
Hua Yichen, who hadn’t spoken much since Chi Ye returned backstage, took the chance during a toilet break to take out his phone and call the Yue Na team.
“Hello?”
“No good, I feel this period they’ll rank higher than me… need to release more negative press releases.”
The other end asked: “Which direction?”
“Ghostwriter, he definitely has one, the behind-the-scenes team is probably a top Hong Kong team, plus lip sync, push hard on these two directions, otherwise after his live today… the market will have another me? No way!”
“……Okay, don’t worry, he has so much dirt, no shortage of angles.”
The agent on the other end comforted: “Hurry back, bullet comments are saying you’re afraid of Chi Ye and Shi Daifu’s real offline and ran…”
Hua Yichen: “?”
Which idiot released that press release? No brain?! Smearing me like this?
Must be Chi Ye Studio!
F***, we’re not done!
He gritted his teeth and added before hanging up: “Buy me some paper effigies, invite that Thai master who raises little ghosts, I’ll help him change his luck!”
Agent: “……Hanging up.”
“Mm.”
They hung up, he returned backstage, but by then backstage was full of exclamations and shock.
—Teacher Han Hong took the stage, her partner this period was Sun Nan Teacher Sun.
These two true evergreen trees of the music industry cooperated tacitly, and after Huang Yixiao flopped and failed to hold the stage left by Chi Ye and Shi Daifu’s combo, they successfully pushed tonight’s program to a climax.
“As expected of Teacher Han and Teacher Sun… them participating in this program is a dimensional strike.”
Unlucky Huang Yixiao listened with a face full of enjoyment.
“This singing style is too beautiful.”
Teacher Na and Teacher Yang couldn’t help nodding too.
If《Voice of Nature》 can explode, it’s really thanks to this period’s guests and guest performance format.
Teacher Han coming out, this period also inviting Teacher Sun, what level are these two? Few here can beat them.
“Now it’s Teacher Wang and Teacher Xiao.”
After Teacher Han’s combo returned backstage, everyone sincerely praised them, then the remaining singers like Teacher Wang, Taipei King of Singers Teacher Xiao, etc., took the stage one by one.
But Teacher Xiao’s combo performed averagely, while the final Teacher Wang, with a classic rock-style explosive work, gave this period’s《Voice of Nature》 a perfect finale.
—His selection last period was very advantageous, picking his specialty rock, and the invited guest performance partner was also a Heavenly King who plays rock.
Thus, all eight guest groups finished performing. After enjoying the voices of nature, the audience’s viewing enthusiasm and external hot searches only increased—the real highlight of this period’s program arrived!
After all guest singers finish performing this period, there are two most explosive segments, which is the second reason《Voice of Nature》 can explode.
1. Sixteen singers from guest performances will mutually evaluate and star rate other groups’ performances.
2. The perennial ranking issue + after announcing rankings, select a few sharp audience comments for singers to face “criticism” or “praise” directly.
The first mutual evaluation, due to the well-known entertainment industry social graces, has always been criticized by audiences as boring, so the program team tacitly consented targeting Shi Daifu.
At least there’s a point of interest.
But only a little interesting, not much.
But today, the mutual star rating segment was exceptionally eye-catching.
—Chi Ye came!
At this moment.
Chi Ye sat next to Shi Daifu, inexplicably feeling several more gazes on him, a bit surprised.
Why are you looking at me like that?
My mouth isn’t really a restricted knife.
Probably… not, right?
He wanted to take out his phone to ask Empress Dowager, but with the camera on him now, it wasn’t convenient, so he turned to ask Teacher Shi: “Do you think my mouth is very harsh?”
Teacher Shi was stunned: “Ah?”
“Um… no… not harsh.”
Chi Ye: “?”
He asked again: “How many stars are you planning to give Hua Yichen?”
Teacher Shi: “……I’ll follow you.”
“Um… for Teacher Shi and Chi Ye’s group… I feel《Rose in the Palm》 is actually a bit lacking in technique.”
At that moment, the father of the Chinese music scene had already started amusing everyone again, star rating Chi Ye’s group:
“Of course, I’m not saying the song is bad… able to ‘create’ in such a short time… should be creation, right? Teacher Chi said himself it was prepared earlier… um… it can be seen that the live is more emotional, not quite suitable for the stage.”
“So, I’ll give three stars.”
He actually wanted to give one star, but Teacher Han and others just gave four stars; five stars means perfect, no one usually gives that awkwardly high, in four periods only once; four stars is the default best evaluation.
While that and Yang just pinched their noses to give three stars, looking unwilling.
If he gave too low, it would be awkward.
But he really didn’t want to give Chi Ye a high score… you know, last period he gave Shi Daifu one star!
So, three stars is best, passable, then let marketing accounts spin the meaning of this “three stars,” no problem.
“Good, three stars… then let’s see Teacher Shi and Teacher Chi’s group?”
Next was Teacher Shi’s star rating for Hua Yichen, and everyone’s gazes turned over.
Teacher Shi’s body obviously stiffened; clearly, she had been the “targeted” object in this segment before and had some PTSD again.
Chi Ye actually knew about this; Teacher Shi is just too straightforward and serious, like a little silly bao.
Others targeted her before, always giving her one star, but when it was her turn to rate others, she always did it seriously, rating based on how good the singing was.
So, Hua Yichen always got seriously rated two stars by Teacher Shi… um, no wonder the mage doesn’t like her…
“I’ll rate.”
Seeing Teacher Shi’s almond eyes looking at him, Chi Ye righteously took over this “thankless task,” painted one star with the brush, and held it up: “This is the star I give to Hua Yichen’s group.”
Everyone was stunned: “?!”
One star?!
F***, not even salting anymore?
Hua Yichen’s face immediately darkened, unable to even force a smile, coldly staring at Chi Ye without speaking.
The chief director was also very shocked: “One star… are you sure? Why?”
“Why? Um… from a technical analysis, throughout the performance, Teacher Hua had multiple pitch deviations, for example, the first high note entering the chorus should reach C5 pitch… honestly, too high, no need, couldn’t reach, so his actual singing was half a tone low.”
“Teacher Xiao Gui didn’t follow him either, even lower, causing the entire song’s melody line to collapse by half, destroying the explosive auditory feel the chorus should have.”
Chi Ye continued sharing his feelings: “Additionally, on sustaining some long notes, there were slight pitch fluctuations, not stable enough, which I feel is very undeserving, because Teacher Hua is actually good at long notes… but now I found the reason.”
Everyone was dumbfounded; that, Yang, Shi Jinwei were shocked: no way bro, you really know your stuff?!
Teacher Hua’s face was black as the bottom of a pot, breathing quickening.
He’s always the one harshly critiquing others… like Shi Daifu, when has anyone critiqued him like this?!
Here, the chief director came back to his senses, excitedly yet “shocked” and expectantly asked: “Oh? What reason did you find?”
Chi Ye unchanged: “I’ve seen sitting singing, standing singing, but never two people lying down singing…”
“If they can still hit high notes in that posture, then there’s a ghost.”
