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Chapter 507 - 364: Wild Chicken Ranking_2

Chapter 507: Chapter 364: Wild Chicken Ranking_2

Until...

"I’ve got quite a few things on my schedule lately. First, I need to finish shooting Director Lin’s movie; there are just a few more scenes before we wrap it up. Then, I have to shoot a tourism promotional video—my hometown, Nangang, is having the Dragon King festival, and they asked me to help with the promotion. Plus, I’ve got a game to work on; there are bugs reported from the backend that need to be fixed. Oh, and the creative workshop for the game hasn’t been completed yet, that’s on the to-do list as well."

On the screen, Wu Mu was answering Lu Yao’s question about his schedule, listing things one by one.

It’s quite a lot.

But is something missing?

The clueless Lu Yao didn’t notice anything was off, cheerfully spending the whole day having fun.

When it was time to leave in the evening, she appeared slightly unsatisfied, and just when she was already on her way back, she suddenly realized, "Wait, I haven’t discussed what song to use for the finals with Xiao Wu yet!"

Huh?

Xi Wan and Chi Jiajia exchanged puzzled looks.

What kind of ridiculous pairing is this!

Everyone else is working hard, and these two spent the whole day messing around?

Are they here to clown around?

Besides, that celebrity just claimed to have a busy schedule, but nothing looked busy all day, right? Wasn’t he just lazing around the whole time?

Sitting in front of the computer for a bit and then taking several hours’ break, back at the computer briefly, then sunbathing half the day.

"This... doesn’t seem very good, does it?" Xi Wan hesitated.

Such an important competition, can this person really not prepare at all?

Is this performance deliberately for the camera?

And even if no preparations were made, there’s nothing worth broadcasting about this, is there? Isn’t this disrespectful to the competition and others?

First time encountering someone like Wu Mu made Xi Wan and the others feel strange.

But in the comments section.

"So boring, now every show is flaunting Wu Gou’s laid-back, carefree moments."

"Exactly, shocked the first time, intrigued the second, but this is the third and fourth time, still the same routine!"

"Lol, I kind of understand the production team—could it be that they truly have nothing to edit? Wu Gou’s reality is all like this, so how can they edit it? They can’t even find genuine moments of effort."

"Just like this, Wu Gou disgusts me the first time, makes me frown the second, annoys me the third, fourth, fifth... Anyone else would be establishing a persona of having innate talent without needing to strive. Wu Gou’s reality is indeed strong talent! I’m confused, how did Wu Gou, a pop singer, suddenly become so talented?"

Huh?

Xi Wan and the others were stunned.

What are the comments talking about?

The screen continued.

After the contestants’ pre-game preparation, the competition day’s onstage footage began.

...

Beijing, Hua Country Singer Association.

End of the year is always the time when major magazines and self-media do industry rankings.

These rankings are rarely done officially, as there’s a fear of offending people.

Rank within the industry?

If it’s the little known juniors that’s fine, but what if you rank that senior low—how do you explain that?

But Hua Country Singer Association isn’t afraid!

Because they’re irrelevant.

Claiming to be an officially registered serious association, but in reality, they have no influence; neither inside nor outside the industry pays attention.

So this year, to increase their influence, the association’s president suddenly had an idea.

Given their lack of influence, why not just do an industry ranking?

It couldn’t get much worse anyway.

Thus, under the sudden inspiration of the president, the "202x Hua Country Singer Rankings" was born.

Although the list had to cover up for some washed-up veterans, it still retained some level of fairness.

For instance, Mo Mo was ranked twenty-first on the overall list and sixteenth on the active singers list.

The rank seems low, but counting those ahead, various national teams, and musicians in grand theaters and concerts, it doesn’t look too bad.

At least factoring in age and status, she’s already the top among the younger generation.

Other powerful singers also made the list, aligning well with the popular online image.

All in all, it’s a list that squeezes out the seniors’ water weight, and is genuinely worth a look.

The only issue perhaps is that the ranking crew seemed not to favor singers who have gained fame in recent years.

Mo Mo’s rank isn’t low, but she started gaining fame eight or nine years ago.

Singers who have risen in recent years, especially certain young male idols, didn’t fare so well in rankings.

For example, a certain Wu-surnamed singer was ranked eighty-ninth...

The top twenty are big names and national teams, the top forty are those who had immense popularity for a time, the top sixty are powerful singers, the top eighty are those with vocal skills, occasionally having popular songs but not widely recognized.

The top one hundred... go sit with the kids’ table.

The vice president in charge of this looked at the rankings and felt no remorse for underserving a certain Wu-surnamed celebrity, instead nodding in satisfaction, "This should be about right. Let’s post it on our official account, and if anyone has contacts with magazines or newspapers, ask them for a reprint."

It looked like the list was about to be finalized.

A young man beside the vice president reluctantly handed over his phone, "President, Wu Mu just won over Mo Mo in ’Legendary Voice’, should we rank him higher?"

"Legendary Voice? What’s that?" The vice president asked, puzzled.

Is it surprising that a singer association president doesn’t know about a trending music show in the circle?

Not really, most official associations are like that.

However, despite being uninformed, this president is quite "kindly relatable."

Indeed irrelevant.

He took the phone handed by the young man beside him.

"1983 alley, December clear skies, Night’s Seventh Chapter..."

He froze.

Though irrelevant, he does have some ability; after all, he’s genuinely in the industry, graduating from a proper music academy.

This song...

He seriously looked at the young man’s phone.

The young man’s phone comments were still on, densely populated.

"Such an amazing song! Even I, who knows nothing about music, got goosebumps listening!"

"Can Wu Gou really win!?"

"This composition amazes even the uninitiated, and for those who understand... even more amazing! Music professionals are already in awe!"

"As long-time fans of Wu Gou, also in the music industry, let me explain to all, Wu Gou’s song is truly remarkable. In terms of composition and melody, it instantly makes one feel they’ll never be able to write such a song in their lifetime. Let me break it down for you, starting from... the beginning."

The vice president fiddled several times but couldn’t turn off the comments, so he ignored them altogether and listened to the song earnestly.

Just as the comments densely flooded, the composition and arrangement were indeed impressive.

And a song with impressive composition and arrangement is already enough, considering composers often have a more distinguished status than lyricists.

"Where’s Mo Mo’s?"

"Up ahead, rewind by twenty minutes."

After listening to Wu Mu’s song, he pondered for a moment, then operated the device to listen to Mo Mo’s again.

Having listened to Mo Mo’s, he then fast-forwarded to see Wu Mu winning.

This... the song is really amazing.

And he won over Mo Mo, ranking him like this might be inappropriate?

The irrelevant president hesitated for a short while and spoke, "Young talents indeed need encouragement. Rank him to fifty... fifty-seven, below Xu Zhiwen."

Huh?

What?

The young man beside looked puzzled.

Initially, he thought his president was merely unaware of young talents, disfavoring young male idols.

But now he suspects that the president might understand well and deliberately be sarcastic?

Unable to resist, he spoke up, "President, he also won over Xu Zhiwen."

"Hmm?" The vice president frowned, "He’s beaten quite a few."

"Then rank fifty-six, ahead of Xu Zhiwen."

"While this show stage is good for young talents, there’s more to hone."

The rankings were thus set.

Released directly from their official account.

But virtually no one cared because it was too irrelevant, didn’t even have any major influencers commenting on it.

Besides, the online buzz was all about Wu Mu winning the competition and claiming the singer king title.

This matter was making waves online!

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(To be continued)