Chapter 22 The Silent Counterattack

The war of words between Xiao Qingfeng and Xia Luan also affected Hunan TV, with some people even calling the "Singer Who Makes Waves" program to ask them to disqualify Xiao Qingfeng from the competition.

However, "Singer Who Makes Waves" has been getting worse with each season. Now, the scandal involving Xiao Qingfeng and Xia Luan has caused a huge uproar in the music industry, and the show has become incredibly popular as a result.

Therefore, Zong Hai would never replace Xiao Qingfeng at this point, especially since Xiao Qingfeng seems to have changed a lot, with many people criticizing him and quite a few supporting him.

Therefore, Zong Hai, the chief director of "Singer Who Makes Waves", directly expressed his position in an article.

"Singer is a genuine music program. Our aim is to bring pure music to our audience. Therefore, we hope that some media outlets and netizens will not bring impure things into this stage!"

Zong Hai's statement set the tone for the whole affair, making it clear that we are only concerned with making the show, and we have no say in the singers' private lives. He also told some people not to bring these issues onto the "Singer" stage.

"Support Director Zong! Music is music, don't let it get mixed up with other things!"

"There are very few directors like Director Zong who are purely dedicated to music these days, and we must support them!"

"Some unreasonable idiots, if you don't want to watch, then don't watch. The production team doesn't expect you to listen to them. You want to replace someone, so you just replace them? Don't you even know who you are?"

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At 6:50 p.m. on Friday, many viewers were already impatient!

Not only the audience, but also many singers from the music industry entered the live broadcast room.

It's true that netizens love gossip, but those in the entertainment industry are even more enthusiastic about it than netizens.

The story of Xiao Qingfeng and Xia Luan has been trending on social media for a week now. The two will continue to appear on stage together this week, and the biggest highlight tonight will be the clash between them.

At 7:00 PM sharp, the second episode of the 12th season of "Singer Who Makes Waves" officially began!

Host He Han walked to the center of the stage first, greeted the 5,000 audience members, and then read out a list of sponsors from the script.

With the groundwork laid in the first episode, the process for the second episode was much faster, and we got right to the point in just a few minutes.

Teacher He smiled and said, "I know everyone is here for their favorite singers, so I won't take up any more of your time. Let's turn the camera backstage!"

As soon as He Han finished speaking, the camera switched to the backstage area.

The backstage area was hosted by Wang Tao, another excellent host from Hunan TV.

Wang Tao looked at the camera with a smile: "Dear viewers and teachers, I am your host Wang Tao. It's a pleasure to meet you all!"

"Next, let's have the seven teachers say hello to the audience!"

Soon, the seven initial singers greeted the audience one by one.

After everyone greeted each other, they quickly began the lottery, the purpose of which was to determine the order of performances that night based on the numbers drawn.

Whether it was intentional on the part of the production team or not, Xia Luan drew number 1 while Xiao Qingfeng drew number 7, so one of them started the show and the other finished it.

The order between the two is: Wang Bolun second, Ashima third, Michelle fourth, Lin Jiarui fifth, and Mei Fei sixth.

Once the order of appearance is determined, the camera switches to the foreground.

Teacher He looked at the audience and took a deep breath: "Dear audience, the order of the singers' appearances has now been announced. Next, let's welcome our first singer, Xia Luan!"

A cheer erupted from the audience, and the live stream chat was flooded with messages of Xia Luan's name, cheering her on.

Amidst enthusiastic cheers from the online audience, Xia Luan stepped onto the stage!

Xia Luan looked stunning tonight, her eyes sparkling with energy.

The reason is that after the press conference, they managed to regain a lot of popularity, and even gained more than 100,000 fans.

Xia Luan took a few deep breaths to calm herself down, and at that moment the intro to the song began.

Tonight, Xia Luan will be covering another diva, Lan Lin's, hit song, "Rain Falls on My Heart".

When Xia Luan spoke in the lounge, Lin Ran couldn't help but secretly observe Xiao Qingfeng's expression again.

At this moment, Xiao Qingfeng frowned slightly, seemingly quite dissatisfied with Xia Luan's singing.

"It seems there's a deep-seated grudge between the two!" Lin Ran couldn't help but think.

After Xia Luan finished singing on stage, her face looked extremely pale.

As a singer, she knew that her performance today was terrible; she hadn't even shown half of her usual ability.

But there was nothing more to be done, so Xia Luan could only bow and leave the stage.

Following closely behind was Wang Bolun, then Ashima, Michelle, Lin Jiarui, and diva Mei Fei.

Almost everyone performed steadily and up to their expected standard, with Michelle and Ashima even performing better than in the previous performance.

Pop diva Mei Fei and Wang Bolun went all out, eliciting screams from the audience!

The songs chosen by both artists were the kind that were very energetic, with a fast rhythm and a soaring melody, which easily stirred the emotions of the audience.

After Mei Fei left the stage, the host He Han came up!

"Now you all know which singer will be on stage next without me having to say it. Last time, Teacher Xiao Qingfeng brought us an original song, which I thoroughly enjoyed!"

"Today, Mr. Xiao Qingfeng will be performing another original song that has never been released before. Please give him a round of applause!"

After He Han finished speaking, he walked off the stage.

At that moment, song information appeared on the big screen!

Silence is Golden

Lyrics by: Xiao Qingfeng

Composer: Xiao Qingfeng

Singer: Xiao Qingfeng

Unlike before, a line of small text was written from top to bottom on the right side of the large screen.

Sometimes silence isn't a sign of being in the wrong, but rather a sign of disdain for arguing!

The moment these words appeared, both the audience at the scene and the viewers in the live stream instantly understood the key meaning: this was a pointed remark!

The live stream chat was flooded with comments.

"I think Xiao Qingfeng is implying that Xia Luan is deliberately picking a fight, and that he disdains to respond to those unreasonable accusations."

"Perhaps Xia Luan was jealous of Xiao Qingfeng's talent and deliberately created conflict to suppress him. Xiao Qingfeng used this song to express his disdain."

"Could it be that Xia Luan spoke ill of Xiao Qingfeng behind his back, and Xiao Qingfeng used silence as a way to show his arrogance?"

"Perhaps Xia Luan did something that harmed Xiao Qingfeng's interests, and Xiao Qingfeng didn't want to waste words, so he used this song to express his attitude."

"I guess Xia Luan might want to use Xiao Qingfeng to create hype, but Xiao Qingfeng's silence indicates that he doesn't want to cooperate."

"Did Xia Luan steal Xiao Qingfeng's resources, which is why Xiao Qingfeng retaliated like this?"

"It feels like Xiao Qingfeng is saying that he has a clear conscience and that Xia Luan's accusations are all fabricated."

"Perhaps Xia Luan started the trouble first, and Xiao Qingfeng has remained silent. Now he is using this song to end this farce."

"It is possible that Xia Luan wronged Xiao Qingfeng in some aspects, and Xiao Qingfeng used this song to prove his innocence."

"I think Xiao Qingfeng wanted to tell everyone that he wouldn't hold a grudge against Xia Luan because he believed that the facts would speak for themselves."

"Could it be that Xia Luan used unfair means to compete, and Xiao Qingfeng used this song to satirize her?"

"Perhaps Xia Luan lied, and Xiao Qingfeng used silence as an excuse to show that he was too lazy to expose her."

Netizens have come up with all sorts of wild ideas and speculations, all trying to decipher the truth behind the conflict between Xiao Qingfeng and Xia Luan from this song.

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