Chapter 46: Weakness is the greatest sin!
Chapter 46: Weakness is the greatest sin!
It was already early morning when the recording ended.
Getting on the bus, Ning Luo leaned against the window, looking at the bustling yet empty street scene outside. For some reason, he suddenly felt a little homesick.
Think of that small rural village where there is no floor heating in winter and people are reluctant to turn on the air conditioner in summer.
I think of my dad who always has a drink with him every time he eats, and my mom who always nags him.
I haven't been back for a long time.
As Ning Luo was thinking, he fell into a drowsy sleep.
At noon the next day, the group returned to Dachang, and after putting their luggage away, they hurried to the studio.
The recorded content is to play some boring little games, such as voting for who has the best appearance, who is the funniest, who you most want to be, etc.
Several popular trainees including Ning Luo, Cai Xukun, Zhu Zhengting, and Xiao Gui were taken to a separate studio by the staff to shoot commercials.
After taking the advertising script and seeing the product name, Ning Luo frowned slightly, and the excitement in his heart quickly dissipated.
【Niwodai】, a new P2P online lending platform.
After reading the advertising slogans and product information, Ning Luo felt a strong sense of disgust.
Idol development talent show + P2P network borrowing platform, what does it equal?
This is equivalent to suggesting that the trainees’ teenage fans, who mostly have no source of income, can take out loans to chase stars!
Young people’s values and consumption concepts are not mature enough, and they are in a fanatical atmosphere of chasing stars, and the ones they are chasing are trainees who are in a pressing state of PK in talent shows.
In this situation where the BUFFs are fully stacked, how can fans who don’t have any financial resources prevent themselves from clicking the “borrow” button?
As long as a small number of fans get too obsessed, it will be a big problem.
I can only say that it is worthy of being called Taoyuan Factory. It is of the same character as the Baidu behind it. It can do anything for money.
Ning Luo glanced at Cai Xukun and others who looked normal and sighed silently.
No matter how disgusted or dissatisfied he is, he can't do anything and can only hope that his fans will be more rational.
This feeling of powerlessness is terrible.
Whether it was the on-site voting results at the first performance or this advertising shoot, they all told him a fact.
Being weak is the greatest sin!
Even if it's just to be able to reject these extremely disgusting notices, I must become stronger as soon as possible!
Ning Luo clenched his fists lightly.
In the following days, Ning Luo and others participated in several group advertising shoots while maintaining their daily practice.
Fortunately, these advertisements are all for fast-moving consumer goods products, and they simply want to empty fans' existing wallets without any intention of squeezing their waists.
It is obvious that "Idol Producer" is popular, and it is very popular.
After finishing all these miscellaneous shoots, without giving them much time to rest, the program team gathered all the trainees to the studio to announce the first ranking.
Amid the cheers of the crowd, Zhang Yixing walked onto the stage with a smile.
After a few pleasantries, Zhang Yixing went straight to the point.
"This day has finally come. Now I declare that the first ranking of Idol Producer has begun!"
The originally cheerful atmosphere in the audience gradually cooled down, and a feeling of tension mixed with a hint of anticipation slowly rose to everyone's heart.
Those who are confident of staying worry about the ranking, while those who are not confident of staying hope to be able to stay.
Ning Luo stood there with a calm expression, without any ripples in his heart.
In fact, after the voting results at the first performance were announced, confirming the speculation that the program team had begun to intervene in the rankings in the early stages, he did not have high expectations for this ranking.
There is definitely some reluctance.
But what is more important now is to stay rational and further understand the attitude of the program team towards him as a troublemaker from this ranking, so as to adjust the subsequent strategies and accelerate growth in the cracks.
Just like when he first started playing games with Zhang Ruonan, he didn't have the energy or momentum to match the other party, and was squeezed and bullied by her, which made him feel extremely frustrated.
In this situation, reckless action will definitely not work, as it will only accelerate his defeat.
Only through calm observation can you analyze the opponent's weaknesses, and then use your wisdom and intelligence to adjust your strategy on the spot based on the opponent's voice, expression, and body movements at the time.
Be gentle when you need to be gentle, and be fierce when you need to be fierce.
When you reach that critical point, just go all in!
Break the opponent's psychological defenses in one fell swoop!
As a result, Zhang Ruonan soon became no match for him and could only rely on his eloquence to barely tie with him. After giving them a brief time to discuss, Zhang Yixing raised the microphone and continued the cue process.
"From January 1th to February 19th, four weeks of online voting, combined with on-site voting for the group showdown and bonus votes, we finally came up with the final ranking of all the trainees!"
"This is also the result of your first market test after the show aired!"
"You should have noticed a long time ago that there were originally 100 seats on the pyramid behind you, but now there are only 60 left."
"That means the trainees ranked 61 to 99 will be eliminated directly!"
After hearing this exaggerated elimination rate, the atmosphere on the scene suddenly became more solemn, and some trainees had already begun to say goodbye to their friends.
For example, Group B has five dishes.
"So, how many votes did we get from the national producers in total?"
After keeping everyone in suspense for a while, Zhang Yixing revealed an exaggerated number that no one expected.
"In four weeks, we received a total of 104396443 votes!"
"ohhhhhhhhhhh!"
"Hiss! Over 100 million?! This is too scary! I thought 50 million would be the best!"
“It seems like our show is really popular!”
"Wake up, we should leave after the rankings are announced, this is someone else's show..."
"..."
Glancing at the two unknown people beside him who had fallen into silence, Ning Luo pursed his lips with some regret and gave up the idea of going up to them and pretending to comfort them.
These two people don't look like they would be photogenic, so let's not waste our time.
After everyone had finished discussing, Zhang Yixing began to announce the rankings.
"First, we will start with the 59th to 51st trainees. The 60th trainee who survived the thrilling event will be announced last."
"Trainee No. 59, in the past four weeks, you have received a total of 221443 votes from the national producers!"
"!!!"
"No. 59 has 22 votes?! Then I'm definitely done for..."
"Now I can give up completely..."
Ignoring the noise from the audience, Zhang Yixing said loudly: "He is the trainee Hu Zhibang from Dianxing Culture! Congratulations!"
Looking at the short Hu Zhibang who walked onto the stage crying, Ning Luo applauded and congratulated him along with everyone else, sighing silently in his heart.
It turns out that one trick is enough to make you successful. There is still a market for crying idols.
The only two labels he gave this person were "bad" and "crying".
Facts have proved that personality is far more important than strength.
As Zhang Yixing announced the rankings one by one, Ning Luo was also re-labeling the trainees he focused on in his mind, adjusting their threat or utilization levels.
No. 20, Yuehua Entertainment, Ding Zeren, so nice.
No. 14, Qin Fen, a veteran with average ability, good at socializing and giving chicken soup.
No. 12, Wang Ziyi and Cai Xukun’s bundled CP, trample them to death!
No. 11, You Changjing, the main member of Rubber Entertainment. He is the only trainee in the group who is famous for his singing skills besides him. He must be trampled to death!
No. 10, He Dongdong, we only know that he has participated in "KO One 4", his company is average, his ability is average, I don’t know why he can get such a high ranking, let’s observe it for a while.
"The next ones to be announced are the top nine members, which are the members who will debut!"
"So, in the minds of the national producers, which trainees are closest to their dream of debuting?"
Ning Luo unconsciously clenched his fists, staring intently at PD Zhang who was smiling sweetly on the stage.
His name may appear in every ranking announced next.
The higher his ranking, the more tolerant the program team is towards him.
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(End of this chapter)