Chapter 101 Fortunately I didn't fight with Fenghuang Yufei
Time always flies, and Saturday comes in the blink of an eye.

With the support of various publicity and promotion resources, in less than seven days, "In the Name of the Father" has topped various charts of Xinghuo Music.

This song is at the top of all the charts, including the Rising Song Chart, Song Identification Chart, Male Singer Sales Summer Chart, Monthly Chart, Weekly Chart, Daily Chart, etc.

If Wen Suxi hadn't stood in the way, the "male singer" prefix on the summer list could have been removed directly.

There is no way around it. The fan base of Bai Xingjian and Wen Suxi is too different, which can be seen from the difference in fans on Weibo.

Bai Xingjian’s Weibo followers have just exceeded 200 million, while Wen Suxi’s Weibo followers are almost 3500 million.

Although it is said that the number of fans on Weibo is just for fun, most of the main force buying albums or singles comes from there.

The power of fans in fan clubs is sometimes terrifyingly great.

A tavern in a county town.

Xu Yang, one of the double champions of "The New Rap", once again gathered together with his friends in the circle.

The topic they were talking about at the moment was Bai Xingjian's "In the Name of the Father".

"Ah Wei, after listening to "In the Name of the Father", do you still want to diss Bai Xingjian?"

"What's the point of diss? I think I'm a pretty self-aware person. I won't do such abstract work."

"Ye Nan, what about you?"

"Is there something wrong with me? I'm going to diss Bai Xingjian? Although I dissed him a while ago, a hero never brags about his past achievements. His song "In the Name of the Father" really made me convinced. I have already switched sides and am making a video analyzing this song. I estimate that it will be uploaded to the platform tonight."

"Fuck! It has to be you, Brother Nan! Why didn't I think of making a video?"

"Brother Yang, what do you think of "In the Name of the Father"? Our rap circle has been discussing this song recently. Many people in and outside the circle say that this song is the ceiling song of our Chinese rap. As one of the champions of the first rap talent show in China, what do you think?"

"Xiao Hai, are you a reporter here? Your questioning skills are pretty good."

Everyone at the bar was talking about it. Under everyone's gaze, Xu Yang sighed while holding his glass:

"What can I do? I'll just sit here and watch. The song 'In the Name of the Father' is really speechless. I guess almost no one in our rap circle can write a song like this."

When saying this, Xu Yang felt quite fortunate.

Fortunately, he had resisted the urge to diss Bai Xingjian before, otherwise he might have been wearing a clown mask now.

Although many people in the rap community have put on clown masks, there are still some people who refuse to give in.

Just like a very young boy next to Xu Yang said, "Brother Yang's evaluation of "In the Name of the Father" is really high, but have you ever thought about whether Bai Xingjian can still sing this song well after leaving the recording studio?"

Hearing this, Xu Yang's face became a little strange, and he said to him earnestly: "Your question is a bit tricky, but when "In the Name of the Father" appeared in the public eye, it was no longer important whether Bai Xingjian could sing this song well after leaving the recording studio. Because some songs are like this, even if the original singer sings it, it may not have the charm of the studio version, and "In the Name of the Father" is exactly this type of music."

"Brother Yang is right! Just like the song "Sunlight", isn't it true that Xiao Gu's live version can't live up to the original's charm? But that doesn't stop Xiao Gu from being awesome!"

"Indeed, we should not look at things too one-sidedly."

"No more talking." Xu Yang waved his hand and said to Ye Nan, the hooded man at the back of the bar, "Old Ye, turn on the program on the screen. The New Era of the Heavenly Group is about to start."

"Okay, brother Leyang, wait a moment."

The people around were not surprised by what Xu Yang said, because they all wanted to watch "New Era of Heavenly Group", or to be more precise, they wanted to see Bai Xingjian.

They are now very curious about the creator of "In the Name of the Father".

They are not the only ones who are curious. Many listeners who have listened to "In the Name of the Father" also flocked into the live broadcast room when "New Era of Heavenly Group" was broadcast today, just to catch a glimpse of Bai Xingjian's true face.

So at noon, when "The New Era of Heavenly Group" officially started live broadcast, the popularity of the live broadcast room suddenly broke the highest popularity record except for the first live broadcast.

Director Hong Yang, who was working backstage at the show, looked surprised, and then found the reason from the keywords in the barrage.

"I heard that Bai Xingjian, who rapped "In the Name of the Father", is participating in this program?"

"Even Bai Xingjian has written "In the Name of the Father", wouldn't it be a waste of time to participate in this kind of music talent show?"

"I might have scolded you if you said that when the first episode of the show was aired, but now I can only say - you are damn right!"

"So will Bai Xingjian sing "In the Name of the Father" today?"

"He might be singing in your dream."

The keyword most mentioned in the barrage is "Bai Xingjian", followed by "In the name of the father".

Hong Yang stroked his black glasses frame without lenses and said with a smile: "When the program started, I thought the gold we dug up was Feng Shiqi, but now it seems that the biggest gold is still Bai Xingjian! He just released a song, but the influence is so great and it also brought so much traffic to our program."

"Indeed!"

Li Yue, the camera operator, was also quite emotional. He shook his head and laughed, saying, "Recently, the screen has been flooded with "In the Name of the Father". There is a young man in our community who plays this song on the basketball with his Bluetooth speaker every day. The prelude directly scares away the children who come to mess with the basketball and the grandpas and grandmas who dance in the square. It almost caused some neighborhood disputes."

Director Lao Lin laughed and said, "I'm not a big fan of the song 'In the Name of the Father', but the young people around me seem to like it very much. My son keeps playing this song at home, and I was almost scared when I first heard it."

Li Yue nodded: "I am not that attracted to "In the Name of the Father" either. It is not as exciting as "Above the Moon", "Flying Free" and "All Is Love"."

"It's normal." Hong Yang said, "Everyone and every age group likes different things. Otherwise, how can we say there is a generation gap between us and young people?"

At this point, Hong Yang forced the topic to end: "No more talking, let's start concentrating on work!"

……

"Welcome everyone to watch "New Era of Heavenly Group" sponsored by Jialan Organic Milk and co-hosted by Xinghuo Short Video and Mango TV. I am the host Tang Miao..."

Sanshui's passionate voice rang out, and with his introduction, the five mentors came on stage together amid the applause of the audience and professional jury.

The on-site layout of the studio today is no different from the last live broadcast, with the red and blue mentor seats still there, and the screen above the heads is filled with stars showing the number of stage duel victories.

"Next, we will have the second round of mentor team PK competition..."

Sanshui held the prompt card and announced the corresponding rules information.

During this process, the camera switched to the players in the preparation rooms of the four major teams.

The contestants waved and greeted the audience through the camera.

Seeing these familiar faces, the live broadcast room's barrage of comments instantly filled the screen.

"Mi Mi, fly bravely, we will always be with you!"

"Yichen is so handsome! We love him so much!"

"The production team is quite sensible. They even knew to give Yoyo brother a long shot."

"So the guy in the black suede suit is Bai Xingjian?"

"Fuck! This outfit? Is Yoyo going to sing "In the Name of the Father" today?"

"How can we sing "In the Name of the Father"? This song is a solo song, okay? Should we let Goddess Feng sing the soprano in the prelude?"

"It's not impossible. Let Goddess Feng touch the fish for a while this time."

"I second the proposal!"

"So, why did Lee Jin-seok look so depressed today? Did he not even feel like saying hello when the camera was on him?"

"How can he not be depressed? He released a rap single at the same time as Bai Xingjian, but was attacked on many levels. It's already very good that Lee Jinseok can come to participate in the show today, which shows that he still has some psychological quality."

Just like what was said in the comments, Li Zhenxi was in a rather low mental state today.

The reason is very simple, that is, he was hit by Bai Xingjian.

He was not the only one feeling depressed. Wang Yaqi and Lin Hailun were not much better either.

In 7 days, the sales of Bai Xingjian's song "In the Name of the Father" will soon exceed the total sales of all their previous albums of GoldenCold combined.

Although albums and singles are not the same concept, they basically serve the same purpose.

The sales of Bai Xingjian’s single this time are so high, what about his next album?
I guess the sales volume won’t be that bad, right?
Oh, what a crime!
The GoldenCold trio was in low spirits, and the atmosphere in Gu Zetao's team's preparation room was also a little low.

"In the Name of the Father" released by Bai Xingjian was like a sword of Damocles hanging over the heads of each of them.

After all, they are rivals of Lin Qingying's team, and in the next competition, anyone may face Fenghuang Yufei.

Several members of the Thorn Youth Group glanced at GoldenCold and his two companions, feeling somewhat relieved.

Fortunately, the team that faced off against Fenghuang Yufei today was not them.

……

The camera cuts back to the studio.

Sanshui has finished reading out the competition rules, and the second round of mentor team PK competition has officially begun.

Unlike the last live broadcast, the first teams to compete this time are Team Xu Wenzhou and Team Aska and Fish.

The order of the groups' performance today is also chosen by the losing team in the last live broadcast. The Bird and Fish team chose to sing after Xu Wenzhou's team.

This can be considered as a small preferential treatment given by the program team to the loser.

After all, the group singing later will leave a deeper impression on the audience and may influence the voting choices of some viewers.

Perhaps it was because of the advantage of singing later, or perhaps it was because the Bird and Fish Team had a stronger sense of crisis, they performed very well today. After singing the theme songs [Popular], [LOVE], and [Childhood], they led the Xu Wenzhou Team with a score of 2:1.

In the final [Ethnic] themed stage showdown, the Akiba group from the Aska and Fish team narrowly defeated the Gaokang group from the Xu Wenzhou team by a margin of 9 votes.

“Let us give a warm round of applause to congratulate the Bird and Fish Team for winning the second round of the mentor team PK competition!!!”

On the stage, Sanshui shouted passionately.

Amid the deafening applause from the audience, Sanshui continued, "Thank you to Xu Wenzhou's team for the wonderful performance. Now let's start the showdown between Gu Zetao's team and Lin Qingying's team! Everyone, welcome them with applause!"

(End of this chapter)