Chapter 60 Lies Don’t Hurt People
"Hmm? What's the theme of this song?"

"When I first saw the song title "Telephone Booth", I thought it would be another clichéd sentimental song about being away from home, but after listening to it, I discovered that this song actually describes the life of a man and a woman after gender swapping, which was totally beyond my expectation!"

"Yes, it's worthy of being written by Mr. Xu Weiwen. The intention is to directly veil those sad love songs that moan without any reason!"

“I don’t know if it’s my illusion, but I always feel like this song is promoting feminism?”

"Fuck! I feel the same way. It looks like feminism has been proven!"

"Promoting women's rights? I feel like this song is promoting men's rights..."

"That's right, it's just that you see different things when you're standing at different angles."

"Besides, the saying that men are responsible for making money and supporting the family, while women are responsible for looking beautiful, is wrong in the first place."

“But I have to admit that this song “Telephone Booth” is a good song, and the stage performance was also very exciting, especially when Li Zhenxi walked into the phone booth and Wang Yaqi came out, it really amazed me!”

"I feel the same way! It's like a magic show, it's incredible!"

Barrages of comments flashed across the screen like snowflakes. Facing GoldenCold's stage, netizens in the live broadcast room had an extremely heated discussion.

The same was true at the scene. When GoldenCold finished his performance, the audience cheered and applauded enthusiastically.

Sanshui said loudly: "Thank you GoldenCold for the wonderful singing! Before the voting session begins, let's hear the opinions of the mentors."

The camera pointed to Lin Qingying, who smiled slightly and said, "This song is great, especially the theme. The lyrics vividly convey the pressure and difficulties faced by men and women after gender swapping. The lyrics are very realistic and worth savoring!"

"Isn't it bullying to use a song composed by Chen Zhihong and written by Xu Weiwen to participate in the program?"

When it was Xu Wenzhou's turn to comment, he said: "To put it bluntly, today's song "Telephone Booth" was a bit of a dimensionality reduction blow on the show."

Before seeing the song information, Xu Wenzhou had a vague feeling that GoldenCold's stage performance today would not be simple.

He understood only after he heard the song and watched the entire performance.

This is not only difficult, it's like using a hundred-year-old pine tree as firewood. Isn't it a waste of wood?

"Holy crap! Teacher Xu Wenzhou actually gave this song such a high evaluation?"

"Dimensionality reduction attack? Tsk, it does feel that way."

"As expected of a man who has written lyrics for King Zhang, Xu Weiwen's lyric writing skills have reached the pinnacle."

"Xu Weiwen is so awesome? How come I haven't heard of him before?"

"Normally, who would look at who wrote the lyrics when listening to a song? Do you?"

"Even if the truth is revealed, I won't watch it, unless the lyrics, music and arrangement are all written by the same person. Yes, I'm talking about Yoyo brother!"

"Don't talk about Yoyo brother here. Yoyo brother is just a little Karami in front of Xu Weiwen. The two are not on the same level."

Many viewers were discussing Xu Wenzhou's evaluation, and the contestants in the preparation room had different expressions.

But the only thing that is certain is that what Xu Wenzhou said was somewhat hurtful.

It’s not that what he said was bad, but that his words were true enough.

After all, lies don't hurt, the truth is the sharpest knife.

The camera turned to Gu Zetao, who said, "It's a good song, but it doesn't sound like a song sung by a trio. If I remember correctly, Lin Hailun doesn't seem to have any lyrics assigned to this song, right?"

After these words were spoken, the scene was silent for a moment.

Then, discussions arose from every corner.

"Yeah, that boy named Lin Hailun didn't seem to start singing!"

"Isn't he a full-time bass player? Why does he care whether he starts singing or not?"

"But do you see him playing bass this episode?"

"Didn't he play it? What was he doing today?"

"See, Lin Hailun's presence is so low that you don't even notice what he is doing."

"In fact, it's not like Lin Hailun didn't have the lyrics. He clearly backed up Lee Jinseok, okay?"

On the stage, facing Gu Zetao's question, Wang Yaqi, Li Zhenxi and Lin Hailun all looked a little embarrassed.

Because Gu Zetao was right, Lin Hailun really did not have a single line of lyrics in the song "Telephone Booth".

Today, his role is just a background board, a passerby who witnesses the change of identities of the male and female protagonists.

This situation was also proposed by them themselves, for the simple reason that they wanted to perform a duet in response to Fenghuang Yufei.

"Isn't the theme of this competition duet? It would be a bit difficult to handle if all three people had to sing, so we decided to assign the lyrics to only two people, and the other person will be responsible for the backing vocals."

Wang Yaqi held up the microphone and downplayed the question.

However, everyone was not very satisfied with this answer, especially netizens, who expressed their opinions through barrage.

"Who says duets can only be sung by two people? If that's the case, what about groups with multiple members like Galaxy Girls and Thorn Boys?" "That's right! Wang Yaqi and the others' understanding of the theme of 'duet' is obviously a bit narrow. Duets don't really require members of a group to sing duets, as long as the content has corresponding themes, it's fine."

"This is also easy to change. Isn't the theme of Wang Yaqi and Li Zhenxi's lyrics about gender swapping? Lin Hailun can just go with LGBTQ."

"666, you dare to come to me!"

"Xu Weiwen: Here's the pen, you write the lyrics!"

Facing Wang Yaqi's response, Gu Zetao smiled faintly and did not pursue the matter further:
"GoldenCold is not a band, but a group. I hope you will pay attention to this problem and don't make the same mistake again next time."

Wang Yaqi, Li Zhenxi and Lin Hailun nodded.

"My thoughts are actually similar to Xiao Gu's."

The camera switched to Qiao Xi, who spoke with a gentle smile on her face: "You must always remember that you are a group, a community on the stage. It will not be complete without anyone, no matter how well you sing or how wonderful the stage is."

At this point, Qiao Xi changed the subject: "But I have to say, your performance today was really great. It would be even more perfect if Lin Hailun could sing a few lines of the lyrics."

Hearing these words, the audience couldn't help but laugh out loud.

The camera turned to Suning, who nodded and said:
"Xixi is right."

There was laughter again at the scene.

"Suning is amazing. He can make money just by saying this sentence when participating in the show. It's true that having a good wife at home makes everything easy!"

A barrage of comments passed by quietly.

When the instructor finished his evaluation, Sanshui handed the final word to the panel of one hundred judges.

As professional judges, they are all music critics or professionals from major platforms, and the opinions they express are to the point and of high standard.

But most of the responses are praise.

This was actually arranged by the program team. Most of the professional judges holding the microphone and evaluating are fans of the subject of the evaluation. Even if they are not fans, they have certain tendencies.

Otherwise, the situation will be very embarrassing.

"After listening to the comments from the mentors and professional judges, I believe everyone has their own ideas. Next, please follow your heart and pick up the voting machine in your hand to vote for GoldenCold."

Sanshui said loudly.

Voting begins!
On the big screen behind the stage, the number of votes rose rapidly.

650 viewers, 100 professional judges, and 750 votes in total.

Everyone was watching the big screen nervously and excitedly.

The final vote count has been finalized.

691 votes!
Among them, 78 votes came from the professional jury.

Sanshui smiled and said, "Congratulations to the GoldenCold group for receiving an excellent result of 691 votes! Since they are the first group to appear, they are temporarily ranked first."

Outside the stage, on a screen near the edge of the stage, GoldenCold's vote results were displayed in real time and ranked first.

It is obvious that the program team will conduct a public execution.

On the stage, Wang Yaqi, Li Zhenxi and Lin Hailun looked at the number of votes of 691 and all smiled with surprise and satisfaction.

This is a very good result!

“I feel like our No. 1 will last for a long time.”

In the passage back to the preparation room, Wang Yaqi said with a smile.

"Not just for a long time, I feel that the first place in this live broadcast must belong to us, GoldenCold."

Li Zhenxi clenched his fists and spoke in a firm tone.

He is very confident about today's song. Although it has some minor flaws, it is just as Xu Wenzhou commented - a dimensionality reduction attack.

In the program "New Era of Heavenly Group", besides GoldenCold, who else can ask Xu Weiwen to help write lyrics and Chen Zhihong to help compose music?

Even the Thorn Boys and the Galaxy Girls can't do it.

As for Fenghuang Yufei, what if he signed with Yehua Entertainment?

Isn’t it because there are no professional composers or lyricists to help?

Can Bai Xingjian make it to the end relying on the few works he created alone?

I can only say it is difficult! Very difficult! Extremely difficult!
"Hahaha, I hope so." Wang Yaqi looked at Li Zhenxi and smiled. She subconsciously wanted to raise her hand to hold Li Zhenxi, but stopped abruptly when she thought of the cameras around.

Lin Hailun, who was walking behind them, saw this scene and couldn't help but smile bitterly.

If he had heard the song "Always Quiet", he would definitely want to hum a few lines at this moment.

(End of this chapter)