Chapter 39: Special Ticket, Theme Song

The atmosphere over at Chu Wang Shu was more relaxed, unlike Tang Liuli who was feeling increasingly pressured.

The little girl was enjoying the attention and admiration from many people, her eyes bright and shining. She chatted happily but shyly with bullet comments, answering questions seriously, which attracted more and more fans to gather around her.

On the other side,

The Grade A players who had the ability to handle bullet comments were the ones who had the best effect on the show.

As for Kirimi Miyuki, who couldn’t understand Daxia’s characters very well, she was kindly helped by a group of fans using bullet comments in a language she understood, which successfully made up for her weakness.

The young idol was overwhelmed, her eyes slightly red, her usually perfect smile a bit off balance. But she managed to hold back her tears, not letting the belated comfort make her cry. Instead, she patiently and earnestly continued answering fan questions.

Well, this includes a small number of CP fans who are not aggressive.

Dream Weaver Rabbit remained silent. The current fan interaction session was a part of the show’s early plan.

The contestants can use this to find out what’s happening outside, get closer to their fans, and truly understand what the stage has brought to them.

And this is exactly the situation that “Dazzling Stage” wants to see.

Ambition means that one must taste power before it can grow.

Idols are the same way too. After experiencing the love, praise, and support from the stage, can they still accept the cruel reality of being eliminated and falling into ordinary life?

If not, they must try their best to show their shining selves on stage to the public.

This stimulating cycle, combined with the special cultivation methods of the underground base, will allow all idol trainees inside to continuously evolve with an unimaginable growth curve, time after time.

And the people who ultimately emerge from this fierce competition will be capable of carrying the weight of being national idols, or even world idols!

The time was now 7:59.

On the large screen behind Dream Weaver Rabbit, the list of votes started flowing from zero, replicating the 24-hour vote accumulation in a very short time.

The votes for the top theme songs are very close, causing a lot of anxiety.

The popularity of “Dazzling Stage” is rising rapidly like a blazing fire, growing every minute and second. The momentum of voting is also increasing rapidly, like a snowball effect, eventually overwhelming with wave after wave of surpassing, tugging at the heartstrings of the viewers.

We can see that the top three theme songs that are fiercely competing are “No Way Back” known for its skills and high difficulty level, “Something” with a sexy and hot style emphasizing rhythm, and “Candy” with a sweet and youthful theme, featuring simple yet intricate choreography.

The first song is clearly suitable for absolute powerhouse singers, like Xie Qingxuan, Ji Shuzhu, and some contestants from Grade A.

The second song is hard to predict; dances by cool, hot, and rhythmic girl groups are always popular. Sometimes, the intentions of fans from the same group may not be unified. This theme song’s rise to the top seems more like a chaotic creation driven by popular demand, with unclear ingredients.

The third song is quite clear; Kirimi Miyuki’s stunning stage presence has left a shadow in the hearts of some contestants. She is undoubtedly the most suitable performer for “Candy” in the upper circle.

Due to her outstanding strengths, most fans are drawn to her and eagerly anticipate her next performance. This leads to a difficulty in diverting their votes, as most of them will support “Candy.”

This makes this somewhat unremarkable theme song unexpectedly rise to the third position in the early stages.

The rankings are constantly changing.

The contestants were amazed by the incredible popularity of “Dazzling Stage” in the outside world.

You see, according to the rules on the voting interface, each fan can only get one vote with their ID card, there is no need to buy products to get votes, or watch ads to get a set amount of votes.

So, every vote behind the theme song has value.

But the data hasn’t reached its peak yet, the total number of votes has already exceeded a million, it’s hard to imagine how many people are watching the live broadcast right now.

Dream Weaver Rabbit smiled and said:

“Here’s a warm reminder being broadcasted temporarily.”

“The official has set a special option on the voting interface, where each viewer can freely choose between a regular ticket or an exclusive ticket for a specific contestant when collecting votes with their ID card.”

“By the way, the introduction interface for exclusive tickets is arranged by levels.”

With these words, almost everyone understood the hidden meaning.

This setup means that the officials can check every vote thoroughly and even make a table showing the percentage of each fan group voting for each theme song.

The key question is, why did “Dazzling Stage” intentionally categorize the voters by their fan clubs? What big event are they planning?

The Dream Weaver Rabbit’s eyes were bloodshot, its mouth curved into a horrifying smile, silently announcing a piece of bad news that sent shivers down the spines of the poorly performing trainees.

“Yes, you guessed it right.”

“The program group will announce the specific amounts of exclusive tickets in the final selection of the theme song, and reward the top three vote-getters with one million, fifty thousand, and ten thousand votes respectively.”

“Although these votes can only be used for the Carry Center selection of the theme song, you should understand how important it is for the first large stage performance at the Carry Center without me having to explain, right?”

These words were cold and piercing.

Whether it’s the players who made mistakes in the first round, leading to their obscure status, or those who arrived too late and missed the live broadcast of the first round, the 68 contestants who are now hardly known are facing a harsh reality.

One step ahead, step by step.

Slow steps lead to slow progress.

Even though she received a Grade A evaluation on the stage under backlighting, facing the serious lack of exposure and the difference of a million votes at the beginning, hoping to turn the tables with Carry Center, the chances seemed slim, or even delusional.

Can they grab a few undetermined debut spots in such a disadvantageous situation?

However, Dream Weaver Rabbit didn’t give everyone a chance to calm down, as the countdown suddenly appeared on the big screen, leaving only a short ten seconds until the answer was revealed.

The audience felt even more nervous than the contestants.

Since the official “Dazzling Stage” stopped updating the voting data an hour ago for live broadcast ratings, only the voting channel was open, leaving a large number of show fans unaware of the final answer and had to patiently wait for the result in front of the live stream.

10、9、8、7、6…

Then,

The countdown reached zero.

The screen refreshed to show the final results.

– Theme song, “Candy”

– Total votes: 297,000

– Exclusive tickets: Kirimi Miyuki 39%, Chu Yuanqing 33%, Lin Bao’er 11%…