Chapter 60 The Provocation of Cannon Fodder

Niu Zifeng, start singing now!

Viewers in the live stream have already started commenting.

"It sounds alright, but it lacks a strong sense of rhythm!"

"I'd be willing to vote for him, but he'll most likely just be cannon fodder!"

With Xiao Qingfeng and Jing Chenxi participating, the others can probably only compete for third place.

"Third place is not bad either, that's a two million prize!"

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Soon, the song ended, and Niu Zifeng bowed in thanks after finishing his performance!

"Thank you everyone, I hope you will vote for me!"

The host then walked onto the stage and said, "You now have 30 seconds to vote for Niu Zifeng. Let's begin voting!"

As soon as the host finished speaking, the voting interface appeared on the big screen.

At the top is Niu Zifeng's portrait and name, and directly below is a bar chart representing the number of votes.

Niu Zifeng looked at the voting records with trepidation.

After thirty seconds, Niu Zifeng received 47,000 votes.

"Let's congratulate Niu Zifeng!"

Niu Zifeng nodded, bowed again in front of the camera, and then went backstage.

It's clear that Niu Zifeng is not satisfied with the voting results.

Because the voting is open to all viewers, not just those present at the event, the game had over 50 million pre-registrations due to pre-event promotion.

Even though there were over ten million viewers in the live stream tonight, I only got a little over forty thousand votes.

After Niu Zifeng left the stage, the second singer quickly followed.

Then the third... the fourth...

"Next, let's welcome our next contestant, Lin Fei from Phoenix Media!"

Upon hearing Lin Fei's voice, a cheer erupted from the audience.

At this moment, Xiao Qingfeng, who was in the dressing room, was also watching Lin Fei take the stage with great interest, while there were many other singers waiting around.

In another corner, Jing Chenxi, his agent, and his assistant all glared at Xiao Qingfeng with hostility.

Many people in the industry know that Jing Chenxi has a powerful background, so even though many people want to get close to Xiao Qingfeng, they keep their distance from him because of Jing Chenxi.

However, there were exceptions, namely Zhang Hao and his agent Liu Man, who were currently standing on either side of Xiao Qingfeng.

Zhang Hao now admires Xiao Qingfeng immensely; he knows that he will become famous after tonight.

With a smile on his face, Lin Fei casually tossed his hair, which covered half of his face, and walked straight onto the stage.

"Hello everyone, I'm Lin Fei. This is my first time participating in this type of competition. The song I'm performing is 'Breaking Through Armor,' which I've carefully prepared. I hope you all enjoy it!"

Lin Fei took a deep breath and then nodded to the sound engineer.

Soon, the accompaniment started playing!

The melody has a strong rhythm and immediately incorporates the cool feel of heavy metal.

It certainly brought a great surprise to the audience.

But the tempo quickly slowed down. Xiao Qingfeng, who had initially thought highly of the song, couldn't help but frown when the tempo slowed down.

The intro is good, but it has major flaws. It would be better if it could maintain a strong rhythm throughout.

In the live stream, netizens were also discussing it.

"This song is really good! I didn't know Lin Fei was a singer-songwriter!"

"This song is good, but it doesn't seem to fit his previous style at all. Could it have been ghostwritten?"

"Perhaps, it really is possible!"

...

Lin Fei ultimately received 312,300 votes, which is a very good result, and he is currently in a commanding lead.

Lin Fei's expression turned grim upon seeing these results; it hadn't even broken the million mark!

"Today's audiences are trash; they have no idea how to appreciate music!"

Huang Ju was originally assigned to lead Lin Fei and Xia Luan to form a new group, but Xiao Qingfeng's fire disrupted the plan.

But since Xia Luan hasn't had any engagements lately, she came along this time.

Seeing Lin Fei achieve a decisive first place backstage, Huang Ju excitedly ran up to Xiao Qingfeng.

"Qingfeng, what did you think of Young Master Lin's performance tonight?"

Xiao Qingfeng glanced at him: "Trash!"

These words immediately attracted the attention of everyone around!

Huang Ju immediately became displeased and shouted, "I think you're just jealous of Young Master Lin, jealous that he sings better than you!"

The rest of the group all looked on with amusement, after all, Huang Ju was also Xiao Qingfeng's former manager, and the two were indeed at odds as rumored.

Xiao Qingfeng was too lazy to waste words with her; this kind of woman was always self-righteous!

When Lin Fei returned backstage, he saw Huang Ju nagging Xiao Qingfeng.

Huang Ju also saw Lin Fei at this moment, and immediately abandoned Xiao Qingfeng to meet Lin Fei.

"Young Master Lin, you sang this song very well. I'm sure you'll achieve great results!"

Lin Fei was also quite pleased with himself. Although he hadn't reached his expectations, he was still in first place by a wide margin, which was something to be happy about.

Lin Fei was very pleased with Huang Ju's compliments and went straight to Xiao Qingfeng.

However, before he could speak, Xiao Qingfeng spoke first.

"Get out of here, don't disgust me. You sing so horribly and you still dare to go on stage? If I were you, I would have gone home and raised pigs long ago!"

Go home and raise pigs?

Lin Fei's expression changed, and he angrily said, "How do I look like a pig farmer? You're the one who should go home and raise pigs!"

"You country bumpkin, you have no idea what good music is. Today I'm going to show you what failure tastes like!"

Xiao Qingfeng glanced at him: "The rage of the incompetent, the roar of the loser. Don't cry when you lose!"

"Who are you calling incompetent? Who are you calling a loser?"

Xiao Qingfeng looked at him with pity: "Hey, with your IQ, raising pigs is too kind of you. You should just let them roam freely, but remember to let one out."

Seeing that Lin Fei was about to explode in anger, Huang Ju quickly said, "Young Master Lin, don't lower yourself to his level, it's just lowering your own status!"

She realized that the current Xiao Qingfeng was not the same Xiao Qingfeng as before. She couldn't even keep up with him in an argument, but judging from his physique, Lin Fei might not be able to beat Xiao Qingfeng either. If they continued to argue, Lin Fei would only suffer.

Lin Fei knew that he was no match for Xiao Qingfeng if they really fought, so he could only snort and be dragged aside by Huang Ju to sulk.

Two more singers finished their performances and left the stage.

The host has returned to the stage!

At this moment, Jing Chenxi, who was in the corner, slowly got up and glanced at Xiao Qingfeng with great disdain.

On stage!

"Alright, I know many of you are here today for the same singer, and I'm a fan of his just like you. Let's shout his name together!"

"Jing Chenxi!"

"Jing Chenxi!"

...

"That's right, this is Jing Chenxi. Now let's give a warm round of applause to welcome Teacher Jing Chenxi on his dazzling debut!"

The host was clearly a fan of Jing Chenxi, as he wasn't particularly enthusiastic when introducing other characters.

As soon as the host finished speaking, enthusiastic cheers erupted from the audience.

This scene surprised Xiao Qingfeng. Jing Chenxi was indeed quite capable; otherwise, he wouldn't have so many die-hard fans.

Amidst enthusiastic cheers from the audience, Jing Chenxi, dressed in a dazzling outfit studded with crystals, walked onto the stage.

"Tonight, I will avenge myself!"

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