Chapter 94: Mage Performs Ritual On-site, Shatters Chi Ye’s Kidney Stone
Everyone: “?!”
The studio was so quiet you could hear a pin drop.
Teacher Shi came back to her senses from her “shock” and worriedly tugged at Chi Ye’s sleeve.
Chi Ye didn’t turn around, just lazily leaned on the sofa, gesturing that this was nothing.
Shi Jinwei’s sapphire blue eyes looked at Chi Ye, then at Hua Yichen, wanting to see their reaction.
What was Hua Yichen’s reaction at this moment?
He was furious!
His partner Xiao Gui next to him was also furious.
What did that mean?
Wasn’t Xiao Gui a ghost?!
“Oh, embarrassed, I forgot Teacher Xiao Gui was right there.”
Chi Ye also reacted and changed his wording: “Then let me rephrase… if this could hit the high notes, it would be divine… eh, but God is right here, that’s not right…”
He suddenly realized something, looking at Hua Yichen and Xiao Gui: “You two teachers’ duo could totally be called the ‘Playing God and Ghost’ duo!”
Hua and Gui duo: “?!”
“Cough cough, regarding Chi… Teacher Chi’s evaluation, I must say a few words…”
Hua Yichen suppressed the humiliation in his heart because what Chi Ye said… was really fucking right, hard to refute.
He could only defend himself from another angle… he had no choice, the persona he built outside was music prodigy, genius.
If he didn’t fight back after this from Chi Ye, wouldn’t his persona collapse?!
“Lying down while singing… was a stage effect we discussed beforehand with the dance teacher. Also, the high note in this song isn’t as high as C5. When I sang it, it should have perfectly matched the pitch, no issue with not reaching the high note…”
“Stage effect? What effect? Funeral effect?”
Everyone: “?!!”
The chief director hurriedly waved his hand: “Cut this segment, can’t air it!”
Everyone: “…”
“Your song, you call the shots.”
Chi Ye suggested: “How about we pull out the musical score and take a look?”
Hua Yichen: “…”
Fuck, is it still in time to change the score now?
He stopped talking.
Chi Ye hadn’t stopped yet, continuing his merciless sharp critique: “Also on rhythm, didn’t you notice you had major issues today too?”
Hua Yichen: “?!”
Everyone: “?!”
Still coming?!
Teacher Na and Teacher Yang opened their mouths, staring at Chi Ye—this was the rhythm of tearing it up live to the end?!
Did these two have no regard for the fact that this was live broadcast?
But… speaking of which, the program team set up this segment probably for this kind of effect.
Thinking of this, everyone looked toward the program team’s chief director.
Sure enough.
At this moment, Voice of Nature’s chief director was thrilled, grinning to his ears, revealing two rows of cigarette-stained yellow big teeth.
“If I didn’t hear wrong, Teacher Hua and Teacher Xiao Gui’s work’s prelude melody should be 1 7 6 5 | 4 6 7 5, but Teacher Hua, you clearly dragged a beat on one note.”
“It doesn’t look obvious on stage, but if you listen carefully, you’ll find the accompaniment rhythm all messed up, disrupting the entire song’s rhythm and flow… what surprises me most is you didn’t adjust throughout… I’m a bit disappointed.”
Chi Ye shook his head, each sentence more cutting: “Finally, the overall performance state was too poor!”
“I don’t know what caused your vibrato while singing…”
“Logically, a long note like that should be no problem for you, but in the chorus part, it didn’t go up, forcing it caused this not-quite-vibrato vibrato, a hollow feeling… the entire song’s pitch accuracy and accompaniment continuity were destroyed.”
“So, the overall sensory experience was very poor.”
Chi Ye paused, looking at Teacher Hua who was visibly trembling with anger, speaking bluntly: “That’s why I gave one star. Do you think it’s enough?”
The people around were dumbfounded, their looks toward Chi Ye completely changed.
—Surprised he dared to be so blunt was one thing.
On the other hand, he actually knew his stuff and could point out so many professional things…
Too unexpected!
Was he really an insider?!
Shi Jinwei looked at Chi Ye in utter surprise, then started using her clever brain to analyze and speculate.
Teacher Na, Teacher Yang, Han Hong, Wang Feng and the other teachers stayed silent.
Truth be told, what Chi Ye said was indeed all correct.
But… it depends on how you look at it. If you’re serious, it’s a big problem; if not… ordinary people could at most hear that Hua Yichen didn’t hit the high note earlier, had vibrato and hollow sound…
In other words, with Chi Ye’s frame-by-frame analysis, not just Hua Yichen, most singers couldn’t withstand it!
“Uh… then we’ll… Teacher Xiao, it’s your turn for star rating…”
The chief director saw Hua Yichen’s eyes nearly turning red, and the assistant not far away frowning and arguing loudly with the program team’s assistant director… probably wanting to cut this segment during the delay.
Seeing no chance to continue the feud, he could only move to the next guest for star rating.
And this “feud” segment ultimately aired a short clip due to the program team’s “accident”… too sensitive parts still couldn’t air.
Even so, the bullet comments had already exploded.
「Aaaah!! Ye Zi really knows his stuff!」
「Bro, too handsome!!」
「Said long ago Ye Zi is a genius, @Yue Na is a talent training base!」
「I’m from Yue Na, I’m pissed off.」
「Hu Ye! You must die!!」
「What C5, 123456, I don’t get it, I just know Hu Ye is deliberately picking faults!」
「Hu Ye is just jealous Hua Hua has higher popularity than him, this kind won’t last.」
「Lip sync and ghostwriter user, fit to evaluate music industry seniors? This person has no manners.」
The bullet comments unsurprisingly started “firefighting,” the Chi-Hua dispute had entered a white-hot phase.
Meanwhile.
In the studio.
《Voice of Nature》’s first contentious star rating segment ended, moving to the final key segment—the singer duo rankings for this episode.
In previous episodes, or since the show started except the first, Shi Daifu had always been in last or second last, bottom last in the first two episodes.
Per the rules, if her ranking today is in the bottom two, she’ll be eliminated.
At the same time, this episode’s ranking decides next episode’s song and theme selection priority.
Because of what just happened, the studio atmosphere was slightly tense.
So, when this segment arrived, no need for the program team to build suspense, everyone held their breath instinctively.
The chief director smiled at everyone: “Everyone, the most exciting segment is here again.”
Everyone: “…”
“Don’t torture us, can you just announce it all at once this time?”
King Xiao smiled wryly.
“Yeah, your program team is too mean, always starting from eighth place, last episode I went home and prepared quick-acting heart pills.”
Teacher Yang nodded too.
“Haha.”
The host smiled without speaking, but obviously, how could they skip such a key ratings-boosting segment?
He paused, scanned everyone, the post-production live footage already matched with heavy BGM.
“Starting from eighth place.”
“Ah~!”
Everyone collectively covered their faces.
King Xiao was sweating profusely: “Not me, right?”
He knew his own performance today wasn’t great… similar to Hua Yichen, but Hua Yichen had huge online buzz and some mysterious force helping… so he couldn’t beat him.
As for Shi Daifu, who everyone agreed was targeted before… probably not last today?
He subconsciously glanced at the only person in the room who didn’t look nervous—Chi Ye.
The host kept a straight face until everyone frowned, then announced: “《Voice of Nature》 episode four eighth place…… Xiao Li and Li Xiang duo.”
“Ah… I knew it.”
King Xiao and his partner looked dejected.
“Xiao Li duo’s evaluation and singer evaluation this episode is…”
The host paused: “Please look at the big screen.”
The big screen showed today’s live audience evaluations of Taipei King Xiao duo’s live performance today.
Since the ranking was low, the program team picked very sharp comments.
King Xiao got last place for the first time, forced himself to watch, face embarrassed, kept sighing.
The chief director was very satisfied with this episode’s effect—inviting Chi Ye was the right call!
After giving enough “lonely” shots of King Xiao, he announced seventh place with lingering satisfaction: the substitute Huang Yixiao duo.
Professional cannon fodder Huang Yixiao smiled, looking like he had a tough fate.
Then sixth place, Teacher Yang duo.
Fifth place, Hua Yichen and Xiao Gui’s “Playing God and Ghost” duo.
This was a poor score, at least for Hua Yichen, his worst in top three episodes was fourth, but this episode…
He strongly suspected it was because of Chi Ye’s “public nitpicking” earlier.
While hating Chi Ye more in his heart, he barely smiled on his face and watched the program team’s selected audience sharp critiques of him.
Luckily, the program team didn’t go too far, picking mostly good comments, letting Hua Yichen breathe a sigh of relief.
Who knew, at that moment.
Perhaps some Hua Yichen live fan saw that scene, too excited, actually ran to the backstage doorway shouting: “Unfair! Program team is unfair!”
“Hua Hua sang way better than Chi Ye! How long has Chi Ye been singing? Does he deserve to evaluate Hua Hua?!”
This young lady was very indignant, even crying, pulling her boyfriend to gesture: “Hua Hua’s high note earlier was no problem, but super impactful, my boyfriend’s kidney stone got shocked out!”
“He just came back from the toilet and told me, he peed out a yellow stone, Hua Hua’s high note was so impactful, shocked out the kidney stone!”
Everyone in the room: “?????”
One by one dumbfounded, looking toward the doorway, then at Hua Yichen.
Hua Yichen’s face also turned beet red, hurriedly lowering his head.
The chief director was speechless for a second, then furious: “Who let audience come here?! How did she get through?! Get her out, get her out!”
“What if something happens?!”
Normally, Voice of Nature’s backstage does have quite a few singer fans coming for check-ins and autographs.
But today was different.
Chi Ye was here today!
If they ran into an extreme fan and Chi Ye got stabbed… um…
Thinking of this, the chief director suddenly froze, looking at Teacher Shi who had been sitting silently next to Chi Ye, but the moment the female fan’s shout came in, she stood up, her almond eyes coldly sharp…
Um… how to put it… Chi Ye should be safer now than during Jian Ni.
The chief director suddenly realized he was overthinking!
“Hua Hua’s high note impactful, shattered kidney stone!”
“He shattered the kidney stone, he should be top three, not fifth!!”
“Kidney stone!!”
The fan’s voice faded, everyone in the room exchanged looks.
Shi Jinwei inwardly roasted: Shattered kidney stone? Witch doctor?!
Chi Ye was silent for a moment: “Mage brings a heal, pretty normal, right?”
“Pfft.”
Teacher Han had just taken a sip of water, nearly choked to death in the studio upon hearing.
“Um… cough cough… that… let’s continue the announcement.”
The chief director waved his hand for the Nth time today: “Cut that segment earlier, can’t air!”
He said that, but the deep meaning in his eyes, the assistant director instantly got.
Can’t air, but can technically leak it… um, boost program popularity.
Don’t say their dogs, they all learned from Mango TV!
“Then… the singer duo taking 《Voice of Nature》 episode four fourth place is…” The chief director’s voice pulled everyone’s attention back, gazes toward the four unrevealed groups: Teacher Han, Teacher Wang, Teacher Na, and Shi Daifu.
Especially the last Shi Daifu.
Since joining 《Voice of Nature》, always bottoming, could she enter top three this episode?!
Now looking… she probably had a shot at third, after all 《Rose in the Palm》 quality was high.
Originals on this stage are sometimes the cleverest way.
Otherwise, why did Hua Yichen also do an original “Mage Catches Ghost”?
“Fourth place.” The chief director moved his hand, gaze also surprised: “Teacher Na and Shi Jinwei duo.”
“Wow…”
Instantly, everyone shook their heads.
Shi Jinwei’s expression unchanged, she knew her and Teacher Na’s performance today was just guaranteed, no mistakes but no highlights.
But… lose to Chi Ye?!
Felt so off in her heart.
She was a bit unhappy, hoping Shi Daifu stayed at third.
But unfortunately, this episode with Chi Ye as guest performance, new work, and her own stage “explosion,” Teacher Shi finally welcomed her spring, could stand tall and “speak loudly” in this program.
Third place announced, today’s great performance rock king, Teacher Wang.
Only first and second left, champion and runner-up locked.
Close-up shots frantically face-pushing, switching between Teacher Shi and Teacher Han.
Atmosphere tense and anxious.
“Sigh.” The person involved Teacher Han wasn’t nervous at all, smiling: “Shi Shi performed well today, doesn’t matter who takes first.”
New song, or 《Rose in the Palm》 quality original new song on this stage, freshness alone crushed their sung songs.
Very advantageous, but she didn’t mind—music industry could use more songs of this quality, right?
“Mm.” Teacher Shi nodded too.
Guest performer Sun Nan Teacher Sun and Chi Ye didn’t speak.
Honestly, Chi Ye thought second today was already great…
Mainly first was too strong, Teacher Han + Teacher Sun duo, one 《Rose in the Palm》 felt a bit short.
“Second place…”
The chief director got curious himself, slowly moving the cue card in hand, camera following: “Hiss~!”
Gasped, then closed it.
Everyone: “?!”
Director you asshole?!
“Um… this result… feels… indeed…”
The chief director’s gaze complex, ignoring everyone, just kept shaking his head, looking at Teacher Han: “Second place, Teacher Han and Teacher Sun duo.”
“Fuck, this is black curtain?!”
Hua Yichen couldn’t hold back: “Why do Shi Daifu and Chi Ye get first?!”
Then reacted, hurriedly: “Cut cut… this segment… actually this segment doesn’t need cutting!”
Everyone: “?”
“Um… I need to explain here.” The chief director looked at everyone: “There’s news, new friends might not know, but old friends do.”
“That is, our scoring has offline and online types, plus singer star ratings, each star worth ten points.”
“Teacher Han duo led offline over Teacher Shi duo, but Teacher Shi duo slightly higher online, scores nearly tied.”
The chief director paused, awkward: “But… on singer star rating scores, Teacher Hua’s final three stars to Teacher Shi duo just exceeded Teacher Han duo, so… congratulations to this episode 《Voice of Nature》’s ‘King of Singers Group’—Teacher Shi and Chi Ye!”
Two updates today.
