Chapter 177 Rushing to the Ranking
While GoldenCold was rehearsing in the Mango Radio Building, the "Voice of China 2024" program team also announced through Weibo the singer groups participating in the announcement of the list this week.

In addition to GoldenCold, there is also a pop singer named Shi Xue.

Compared with the previous two times, this week's singers are obviously inferior in terms of both popularity and strength. This situation naturally caused many netizens to complain.

[Who is this talking about? I have never heard of this.]
[Why did the program team start inviting nobody? Did they run out of funds?]
[Hahaha, that should be the case. I guess hiring Martian Brother was a bit over budget.]
[What budget is over? The advertising fee for one episode was earned back directly. It’s obvious that the production team just doesn’t want to spend more money to invite a more famous Chinese singer.]
[No, isn’t GoldenCold a big name? They were the runner-up in “New Era of Heavenly Group” after all!]
[Runner-up? No one will remember the runner-up.]
Looking at these comments, GoldenCold's fans were furious.

GoldenCold has been closed for nearly two months, right? How come the Internet seems to have forgotten about them?
So, GoldenCold’s fans, while looking forward to GoldenCold’s performance on the show “The Voice 2024”, began to post comments in the comment section.

Before long, the comments at the top of the comment section of the program's official Weibo account were almost all cheering for GoldenCold.

As for the others, they were comments cheering for Shi Xue.

This situation also made many netizens who don’t pay much attention to the music industry feel some of the cards played by GoldenCold and Shi Xue.

After coming out of the Mango Radio Building, Wang Yaqi took out her mobile phone and checked Weibo in the car on the way home.

Seeing the messages from many fans cheering for GoldenCo, she felt more confident.

"In fact, I feel that even if the production team doesn't help us GoldenCold with those extra things tomorrow, we still have a chance of succeeding in unveiling the list."

Wang Yaqi said with a smile.

Regarding today's rehearsal in the studio, she only wanted to say that their GoldenCold stage performance was simply amazing.

Li Zhenxi smiled and nodded: "I feel the same way."

Before, he was worried that without the help of the program team, Golden Cold would most likely be eliminated in the first round.

But today, feeling the live stage of "The Voice of China 2024", they, GoldenCold, may not be able to defeat Phoenix Yufei with their real strength.

“As long as Fenghuang Yufei doesn’t sing songs like “As Wish”,” Lin Hailun added.

"Too."

Hearing this, Li Zhenxi spread his hands helplessly.

Wang Yaqi also smiled awkwardly.

The more they watched Fenghuang Yufei's "As Wish" stage performance, the more shocked they felt.

Until now, in their eyes, it was a matter of course that Mars lost to Fenghuang Yufei last week.

"I just don't know what kind of song Fenghuang Yufei will sing tomorrow night."

Although she was very confident, Wang Yaqi's tone was still a little apprehensive when she said this.

"We'll find out tomorrow."

Li Zhenxi smiled and said, "It's probably the same as before, it's also a new song. But we can deal with it as it comes. Who cares what song they sing? We just need to do our best."

The song list to be sung by the singer will be announced at 12 o'clock every Friday.

Therefore, Wang Yaqi and the others did not know what kind of song Bai Xingjian and Feng Shiqi would sing.

"Uh-huh."

Wang Yaqi raised her lips and smiled, "But Brother Mars should still sing his popular songs. I'm really looking forward to meeting him tomorrow night."

"Then you can ask for autographs and take photos."

When talking about Mars Brother, Lin Hailun suddenly became excited, simply because he is a loyal fan of Mars Brother.

Li Zhenxi was also a little excited: "I'll try to stay on the show tomorrow night, so that I can compete with Mars brother on the same stage!"

……

Time quickly came to Friday, at two o'clock in the afternoon. In a luxury hotel near the Mango Broadcasting Building, Mars Brother sat in front of his laptop and video chatted with a bearded man on the other side of the world.

"We have to take the first place ranking tonight, understand? Not being able to take the first place last week has caused a lot of dissatisfaction among many people."

On the laptop, the bearded man said expressionlessly.

"Dissatisfied? What's there to be dissatisfied about? Did I make a mistake on stage? Or did I fail to liven up the atmosphere?"

Mars said indignantly: "This is not my home court. Whether I can get first place is not something I can decide, okay?"

The bearded man frowned: "I know this is the truth, but those people only care about the results. What can I do?"

"So you have no other choice but to bother me?"

Mars sneered, "If that's the case then there's nothing much to say. I'll sing 24K Magic tonight, and you guys will see if I can get first place."

As soon as he finished speaking, Brother Mars hung up the video call, leaving the bearded man on the other side of the world looking at the black computer screen helplessly.

"His temper is really getting worse and worse. He didn't even let me finish my words."

Unlike his serious expression just now, the bearded man smiled, and then did not even bother to turn off the computer and fell directly on the bed.

It was already two o'clock in the morning and he was extremely sleepy.

Just as the bearded man was wandering in his dream, the eighth episode of "The Voice 2024" also began its live broadcast.

As soon as the live broadcast room was opened, countless long-awaited viewers rushed in, and barrages instantly filled the screen.

[Sofa sofa! ]
[Waiting for Mars Brother’s “24K Magic”! ]
[Brother Mars! Take back that damn first place!]
[Look forward to the new song of Fenghuang Yufei! ]
[My Vanxia! Stand up quickly!]
Lights flickered on the gorgeous stage.

Amid the enthusiastic cheers from the audience, hosts He Ling and Hai Quan, both dressed in suits, appeared on the stage.

After a similar opening speech as in previous episodes, He Ling glanced at the cue card and said with a smile: "Before tonight's competition officially started, we received a notice from the program team about the change of the competition system."

As soon as these words were spoken, the audience was shocked.

Most of the singers who were in the preparation room also looked confused.

Especially GoldenCold and Shi Xue, who had just arrived here, had shocked expressions on their faces.

The format has changed? What's going on?
The program crew didn’t inform them about this before the live broadcast started?

"It's actually nothing."

He Ling smiled and explained to the audience, "It's just that the [Unveiling Competition] has been changed to the [Ranking Competition]. The rules of the two competition systems are not much different. The only change at the moment is that the [Ranking Competition] limits the challenge area for the ranking singers. The ranking singers can only choose to compete with the top four singers from last week. There are no other changes."

After the words fell, the audience began to discuss quietly.

At this time, the camera switched to the singer's preparation room.

Wang Yaqi, Li Zhenxi and Lin Hailun remained calm and were not affected by the sudden change in the competition system. After all, they were challenging Fenghuang Yufei, who was ranked first last week.

[GoldenCold is indeed a group that has seen a lot of big events. Even though their competition system has changed, they still remain calm.]
[Of course not! Anyway, GoldenCold and Fenghuang Yufei are from the same show, how can they not have strong psychological qualities?]
[I think they want to challenge Fenghuang Yufei, so they are indifferent.]
[Challenging Fenghuang Yufei? How dare they?]
[I can only say that you are very courageous!]
GoldenCold appeared in the live broadcast, and netizens in the live broadcast room were also talking about it.

The camera then switched to Shi Xue, the young female singer's preparation room.

Her behavior at this moment was completely opposite to GoldenCold's calmness and composure. She stared with her eyes wide open and her mouth wide open, vividly illustrating what it meant to be dumbfounded.

"Is this still possible? This is simply messing with my mentality, isn't it?"

Shi Xue said to the music partner beside her.

Tonight she was originally going to challenge Huang Fei, who was the last one last week.

But now the rules have changed?
She has to challenge the top four singers from last week?

Phoenix Yufei, Mars Brother, Liao Bei and Shantimo...

Shi Xue instantly thought of the top four groups of singers.

Then she discovered that no matter who she challenged, most of them were just there to deliver food.

The music partner sitting next to her was also a little surprised and said: "This is indeed quite sudden. The rule change caught us off guard."

[Hahahaha! Xuexue’s expression is almost making me laugh to death!]
[Is it really okay to say something like "I'm being screwed"? Xuexue is still as cute as ever!]
[Why can’t I say it? The production team of “The Voice of China 2024” is just a makeshift team! The rules can be changed at will. Xuexue was very considerate by not complaining too much.]
[Sand sculpture show! ]
Although Shi Xue is not a very famous female singer, she still has many fans supporting her.

The camera cuts back to the scene, where Hai Quan is holding a cue card on the stage, continuing to introduce the rules of the [Ranking Competition].

Similar to the [Ranking Contest], as long as a group of singers succeed in reaching the top of the list, there will be an elimination spot in the online singer camp, and the number will be accumulated sequentially.

After all singers have finished their performances, the singers at the bottom of the final ranking will be eliminated according to their elimination quota, and the singers who are trying to make the list will serve as replacement singers and join the online singer camp.

After explaining all the rules, Haiquan held up the microphone and said, "Just when I was explaining the rules, a group of singers' [audience reservation value] had reached 500,000."

At this point, Haiquan raised his voice a notch: "Then next, the [Ranking Competition] officially begins!"

"Please welcome singer Shi Xue to announce the singer she will challenge!"

The camera cuts back to Shixue's preparation room.

After communicating with the relevant staff just now, she already knew that Fenghuang Yufei had been booked by GoldenCold, so she had to choose other singers.

Under the gazes of countless people, Shi Xue smiled sweetly and said:

"I choose Brother Mars as my challenge opponent tonight."

[ha?]
[Sister Xue...are you serious? Choosing Shantimo is at least better, right?]
[That’s right! They actually chose Martian as their challenger. They really want to be eliminated in the first round!]
[To put it bluntly, with Shi Xue's ability, it would be difficult for her to succeed in challenging the top four singers.]
[**Program team! Change your** rules!]
When the live broadcast room heard the result of Shi Xue's choice, it suddenly exploded.

The camera switched to the preparation rooms of several other singers, and everyone was surprised by Shi Xue's choice.

"What a courageous girl!" Feng Shiqi said with a smile.

"I'm afraid there's no way back this time." Bai Xingjian said calmly.

They didn't know much about Shi Xue, they only knew that she was a pop singer and was 24 years old.

On the other side, Brother Mars also showed a surprised expression after hearing the reminder from his music partner.

"Isn't it just that I didn't get first place last week? Even a little girl wants to challenge me this week."

Brother Mars muttered to himself.

To be honest, Shi Xue's choice made him feel embarrassed, as he indulged everyone's one-sided thinking.

"Okay, then let's invite Brother Mars and his team to come to the stage and start tonight's performance."

Haiquan said with a smile, and Mars and his group hurried to the stage aisle.

[《24K Magic》!!!]
[Brother Mars is definitely number one tonight!]
[Don’t open the champagne at halftime! Are you Mars fans still not satisfied with the lesson you learned last week?]
[This is definitely not about opening champagne! Because the song that Fenghuang Yufei is singing tonight is definitely not the same type as "As Wish".]
[That’s right! Just look at the song title and you’ll know that the song that Phoenix is ​​singing tonight should be a ballad, so the first place tonight is definitely for Mars Brother!]
[I am really impressed. You guys don’t take our Yaya seriously at all!]
Netizens in the live broadcast room were talking a lot.

In the studio, Brother Mars and his team members also came to the stage.

They stood in front of their respective instruments and microphone stands.

The stage lights dimmed, then lit up with a hazy blue light.

At the same time, a rhythmic melody flows out.

Similar to "Uptown Funk", "24K Magic" is also an upbeat song with a disco-funk feel.

As the melody sounded, many audience members couldn't help but stand up from their seats and began to dance to the rhythm of the music.

The studio is gradually transforming into a disco venue.

[In R&B music, Martian Brother is simply an invincible existence! ]
[It’s true! This song “24K Magic” sounds so comfortable! ]
[It was comfortable, but I felt that this song was not as exciting as last week's song. So many audience members were not able to dance.]
[Hahaha, really! Only the ones on the stage were having fun by themselves.]
In terms of rhythm and live atmosphere, "24K Magic" is indeed not as good as "Uptown Funk".

But the melody of the song "24K Magic", especially the climax, is very catchy. It will stay deeply in people's minds after listening to it, making people unforgettable.

Look, after Brother Mars on the stage finished singing a song, the audience in the audience and the audience in front of the screen still had a feeling that they wanted more and wanted Brother Mars to sing it again.

“A really nice classic song!”

The host He Ling said with a smile: "Please invite Brother Huoxing to take a seat at the edge of the stage and watch the performance of the chart-topping singer Shi Xue with us."

(End of this chapter)