I turned out to be top-notch!

"Zhou Dingran? Fifth place?"

All the players, including the staff, almost thought they had heard wrongly, and their faces were full of astonishment.

Even Wei Xiao, who came to play in the gym, was a little unbelievable when he heard this ranking.

People looked at Zhou Dingran subconsciously.

At this moment, Zhou Dingran looked at Hong Ye with dull eyes.

Seeing this, Hong Ye coughed and said: "All the results of the audience voting are well-documented and notarized by the staff of the Xiangjiang Notary Office to ensure that every vote from the public review can be traced. Although Teacher Zhou obtained We finished fifth, but we have advanced. I hope Teacher Zhou will continue to work hard and strive for a better ranking in the next competition."

After speaking, he smiled and took the lead in applauding.

Other staff members followed suit, and the applause was like thunder.

Wei Xiao couldn't bear it anymore. He stood up and was about to say something when his arm was suddenly pulled. When he looked back, he saw Zhou Dingran shaking his head, indicating that there was no need to be impulsive.

"Can you bear this?" Wei Xiao did not cover the microphone this time and said it directly in front of everyone, but unfortunately the sound was suppressed by the applause at the scene.

But Zhou Dingran heard it clearly. He smiled and said, "No need."

It's really not necessary.

If you make trouble over a program ranking and openly offend the Shonan TV station, do you still want to work in the industry in the future?

At least for Zhou Dingran, it was definitely not worth the gain.

Wei Xiao sighed and sat down again. At this moment, he suddenly felt that he had come to the wrong place.

Perhaps "The King of Masked Singer" is the only one in the industry that is willing to ignore the singer's popularity, face and background.

When Zhou Dingran's ranking was announced, all the contestants, including Yan Lei, Jin Shengmei and others, suddenly felt a little boring. Although they were all destined to be ranked higher than Zhou Dingran in this period, as long as they knew a little bit about vocal music and music theory, they would be ranked higher than Zhou Dingran. People can basically see how exaggerated it is that "Zhou Dingran won fifth place". It is simply unacceptable.

But the effect of this is obvious. The first is the increase in topicality!

The increase in topicality will inevitably bring high popularity and high ratings to the program team. This alone is enough.

This is the final result that Xiangnan Satellite TV wants to get.

As for whether there are relevant capitals entering the market to put pressure, such as Tianmang Media, this is a matter of opinion.

But seriously speaking, even though Tianmang Media is one of the leading domestic entertainment companies, it is obviously not qualified to put pressure on Hunan Satellite TV.

So fundamentally speaking, the program team felt that this arrangement was very effective in terms of ratings, so they implemented it to their heart's content. They only focused on ratings and topicality, and did not care about the singer's life or death at all.

Even if it's someone as popular as Zhou Dingran, in their opinion, as long as they don't eliminate the other party, they have the opportunity to do whatever they want, which can increase the topic and increase the ratings. Why not?

However, this move really disgusted several singers present.

But some people are overjoyed, such as Huang Boran.

Zhou Dingran only got fifth place, so Huang Boran must be ranked higher than Zhou Dingran, so he won't be eliminated, right?

as predicted.

In the next ranking announcement, Huang Boran won fourth place.

Although it is only one place higher than Zhou Dingran.

But for Huang Boran at this moment, it is of great significance, even more happy than him winning the championship.

He stood up excitedly, bowed and thanked all the staff, and also gave high-fives to the players beside him with a smile, as if he had won a great honor.

"The clown."

Yan Lei said softly.

The sound was neither loud nor quiet, but it happened to fall into the ears of all the players.

Huang Boran's expression froze, and a trace of anger flashed in his eyes, but he did not look at Yan Lei. In just a second or two, he recovered his smile, turned around and thanked the director again.

Hong Ye said with a smile: "Bo Ran must continue to work hard and don't hold him hostage. Fourth place is not your end. Come on."

"Thank you, Director Hong." Huang Boran clasped his hands together and thanked him again and again.

In fact, almost everyone heard Yan Lei's slight curse just now, but they did not dare to mention it in person. Everyone had smiles on their faces and pretended that nothing happened.

Wei Xiao chuckled and said, "Teacher Yan is indeed a boss, with a real temperament."

Zhou Dingran nodded. He already had a good impression of Yan Lei. The song "Borrow from Heaven for Another Five Hundred Years" has become a classic under Yan Lei's interpretation. He also hopes to cooperate with him in the future. .

At this time, Hong Ye began to reveal the top three.

But before that, Hong Ye took the lead in announcing the seventh place.

"The singer who won the seventh place in the "I Am a Singer" competition is——"

As Hong Ye opened his mouth, everyone subconsciously looked at Wang Quan.

Wang Quan looked very relaxed, obviously mentally prepared.

"Wang Quan!"

Sure enough, as Hong Ye opened his mouth, everyone in the room turned to Wang Quan.

Wang Quan sniffed, stood up, and said with some regret: "It's a pity that I didn't make it to the end, but in front of so many masters, I was very satisfied to be able to survive until the third episode before being eliminated. "

"Wang Quan, don't worry, you can continue to be the host of our show." Hong Ye said with a smile.

Wang Quan looked at the contestants behind him, then at the staff present, shook his head and said, "Forget it, it's most appropriate for me to leave in this episode."

Hong Ye's smile froze.

People are thoughtful.

It is indeed the most appropriate for Wang Quan to leave in this episode.

After all, the "shady" aspect of this scene seems more obvious than the previous one.

In the last competition, Zhou Dingran finished second with his song "Fairy Tale", which already made the contestants feel strange.

In this round, Zhou Dingran only finished fifth!

This is a bit unbelievable. The contestants present are all masters who are immersed in the music industry. Everyone knows how well Zhou Dingran sang "The Intersection Where Phoenix Flowers Bloom" just now.

Under such circumstances, Zhou Dingran only got fifth place...

Lose goodwill.

Even a big shot in the music industry like Yan Lei, who doesn't show his emotions and anger easily, couldn't help but want to curse.

At this time, after Wang Quan thanked him, Hong Ye began to reveal the rankings of the top three.

"The player who won the third place in this game is..."

"Yan Lei!"

Under everyone's eager attention, the third place was won by Yan Lei. As a result, Yan Lei didn't even stand up. He just nodded with a calm expression, indicating that he understood.

There was loud applause, but Hong Ye's expression was already a little embarrassed.

He coughed, and under everyone's attention, began to announce the second and first place winners.

They were won by Jin Shengmei and kicker Wei Xiao respectively.

Jin Shengmei won second place, but she didn't look too happy. She stood up and thanked the public judges for their votes, then sat down.

Wei Xiao is much simpler.

He just put on a bad face. Like Yan Lei, he didn't stand up or even nod. He just sat there with a cold expression and said nothing.

Not to mention Hong Ye, all the staff on site felt that something was wrong with the atmosphere.

Hong Ye was a little angry, but he didn't show it. After reading the slogan along with the host card, he immediately announced the end of the game.

All the players got up and left.

Regardless of whether it was Yan Lei, Zhou Dingran, Wei Xiao, or even Tu Gang, they all left the lounge directly without even saying hello to Hong Ye.

Hong Ye witnessed all this, hesitated for a moment, and finally walked forward quickly and called out to Zhou Dingran: "Teacher Zhou, wait a moment, I have something to say to you."

Zhou Dingran paused, turned around and said, "If you have anything to say, please talk to my agent."

After saying that, he and Wei Xiao left the venue.

He Buwei had been observing the scene in the rest hall from beginning to end. At this time, the building was empty, and he finally couldn't help but said to Hong Ye: "Director Hong, I'm afraid you are going to screw up this time."

Hong Ye raised his brows and said, "Teacher He, I said that all voting results are open, fair and fair, and all votes are traceable."

He Buwei smiled and said nothing more.

But in my heart, I despised Hong Ye a little.

Are you treating everyone like a three-year-old?

The process of operating the game results is very simple. Even if there is an official notarization, who can guarantee the preferences of the audience?

If the program team specifically recruits some of the contestants' biggest fans to serve as public judges, then no matter how good Zhou Dingran, Wei Xiao and others sing, the number of votes will not be much higher.

Some die-hard fans are like this. They ignore the facts and treat their idols with natural admiration.

How to select public judges and keep the voting results on track is a piece of cake for Hong Ye, who has been operating the "I Am a Singer" program for ten years.

But even the experienced Hong Ye couldn't help his eyes twitching at this moment.

His intuition told him that He Buwei was right, he had indeed gone a bit too far this time.

The last program was a small test, and Zhou Dingran came in second place. Everyone's reaction was not intense, so Hong Ye felt that he could do more.

But this episode went too far, and the audience voting went out of control.

Zhou Dingran only finished fifth!

However, too many fans of Wei Xiao and Jin Shengmei entered the venue, causing the fans of these two players to directly control the venue and help the idols get the top two.

"Do these guys understand that if you want to be strong, you should suppress it first? Isn't it okay to let Zhou Dingran take first place in the next episode?"

After He Buwei and everyone left the lounge, Hong Ye couldn't help but curse in a low voice, and then sighed, "I'm not a good director!"

He knew that this would directly offend Zhou Dingran, and maybe Yan Lei, Wei Xiao and others, because before inviting these big guys to come, he had repeatedly guaranteed the fairness and impartiality of the program team, and even Zhou Dingran explained all the requirements of the program team.

Opening the microphone is the foundation, and you will never modify the sound in the later stage. It is all about justice and fairness. If you want to get a good ranking, it all depends on your personal strength!

It is precisely because of this that Yan Lei, Wei Xiao and other talents have regained confidence in this program. Of course, the most important thing is that Zhou Dingran will also join "I Am a Singer", which is worth looking forward to.

But they never expected that dogs can’t change their habit of eating shit.

After leaving Xiangnan Radio and Television Station, on the way to the high-speed rail station, Zhou Dingran received a call from Liu Ruyan asking about the results of the competition.

Zhou Dingran calmly stated the ranking.

"the fifth place?"

Even though Liu Ruyan was not at the scene to watch the game, she still felt very outrageous when she heard this term.

He even asked subconsciously: "Is there a shady story?"

"A different person has a different opinion." Zhou Dingran neither confirmed nor denied, because such a shady case is indeed not easy to catch.

Liu Ruyan was silent for a moment and said: "Emotionally speaking, I think you can immediately announce your withdrawal from the follow-up recording of the show, but intellectually speaking, I think you still have to continue recording. You know, after signing the contract of."

Zhou Dingran nodded: "I know."

He signed a contract with the "I Am a Singer" program team and received an average appearance fee of three million for each episode recorded.

There are only twelve episodes in the entire season, which totals only 36 million.

But the liquidated damages were nearly three times as high.

If Zhou Dingran withdraws from the competition midway, he will need to pay a full 1 million liquidated damages.

Zhou Dingran has 1 million, but he is not stupid, how could he pay million?

The best result now is to continue recording the game, regardless of his ranking, as long as the show is broadcast.

The audience has a pair of piercing eyes.

As for whether the program team will fix the voices of other contestants, etc., there is no need to consider these at all, because all the requirements mentioned by Zhou Dingran were written in black and white in the contract. If there is a fix when the program is broadcast, , or the singers are not all on the mic, it will be much easier to deal with. Zhou Dingran can completely withdraw from the competition on the grounds that the other party broke the contract first.

Of course, Zhou Dingran would not do this until the end. After all, he did not want to offend Xiangnan Satellite TV.

But whether we can continue to cooperate in the future will be a question mark after today.

On this point, Xiangnan Satellite TV’s approach is completely inferior to Zhejiang Satellite TV.

Whether in "The King of Masked Singer" or "The Heart of the Nation", the latter treats Zhou Dingran as a guest and will not treat Zhou Dingran differently based on his status. All he can do is to be fair and just.

This also makes Zhou Dingran very willing to continue to cooperate with Zhejiang Satellite TV.

Therefore, whether it is "Legend of Sword and Fairy" or the earlier "Fireworks on Earth", they are all broadcast on the Zhejiang Satellite TV platform.

There is even a new program on Zhejiang Satellite TV. As long as you say hello, Zhou Dingran is willing to go over and help support it.

But what Xiangnan Satellite TV is doing now is really disgusting to Zhou Dingran, Wei Xiao and others.

Even a senior like Yan Lei couldn't help but curse him for being short-sighted before leaving.

Because they all know that after tonight, the hard-earned reputation of "I Am a Singer" will quickly collapse, and it will be extremely difficult to invite top singers like Jin Shengmei and Wei Xiao to the stage.

As the saying goes, good things don't go out, but bad things spread thousands of miles. That's it.

Not to mention that this matter is related to Zhou Dingran, the most popular person in the music world. (End of chapter)