Chapter 185 Cheng Cheng: Ahhhhh, why did you mess with me?
"We made a profit this time. Cheng Cheng couldn't do anything to us. We finally got back a point, hehe."

In an office of Xiangjiang Satellite TV, Hong Min, the chief director of "Singer 2022", and a group of leaders were very proud and had smiles on their faces.

"That's right." A leader opened a bottle of champagne, poured himself a glass, and said, shaking, "It's not appropriate for Cheng Cheng to leave this time, and it's not appropriate not to leave either. If he leaves, he can contribute traffic to our show. If he doesn't leave, he can only watch us write copy to drag him down, and watch our show step on his "Masked Singer" to rise to the top."

How should I put it? This is not an isolated case. This is a collective phenomenon among some literary and artistic workers today, arrogant and selfish.

The other leader also poured himself a glass of champagne, drank it, and said:

"This is the cycle of cause and effect, retribution is inevitable~ The King of Masked Singer stepped on La La Land to rise to the top, he should have expected this day to come!"

"I think he must be very anxious now, right? Hahaha~", another person laughed, "But what can he do? He can't do anything, this is an open conspiracy! He is too young to play with us!"

"Hurry, hurry, hurry! It's best to be anxious. If not, how can we relieve the hatred in our hearts? It would be best if he died of anxiety!"

"He's so anxious that he can't help it!"

Hong Min said: "This is the result of fighting against Xiangjiang TV. Find more trolls to create momentum and make it sound like he dares not to fight and is deliberately avoiding the battle! Use his reputation to make our show a success!"

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"Oh, I'm so mad!"

In the office, Li Zhuo complained to Cheng Cheng:
"This is clearly the work of Xiangjiang TV! They deliberately led the topic to us, while dragging down the Masked Singer and comparing him to the Masked Singer, saying that the singer is better than the Masked Singer, and at the same time encouraging us to join the show."

The more she spoke, the angrier she got. "Netizens, don't mind. What do you mean by 'fighting for the country'? Can a local TV station's crappy variety show be called 'fighting for the country'? If you don't appear on it, you're not a Tianxia person? We have so many things to do now, albums, movies, concerts, book publishing, how can we have time to appear on this crappy show? Besides, can they afford to pay us to appear on the show?"

"Oh~", she said sarcastically, "You can't say that yet, because they have already led the entire domestic entertainment industry to say that Grammy singers charge less than domestic stars~"

Cheng Cheng raised his head and interrupted, "Wait, I like to tell the truth, this is true."

Li Zhuo: “.”

Li Zhuo: "I also know it's true, but Xiangjiang TV deliberately revealed the appearance fee. Isn't it obvious what they are thinking? And you can't compare them like that. The two foreign singers' status in foreign countries is not high to begin with, so it's reasonable for them to have a low appearance fee."

Cheng Cheng: "But domestic entertainment is still on the high side."

Li Zhuo's head was black and he said madly:

"Boss Cheng, whose side are you on? Now they are riding on our heads, and you are still speaking for them. What should we do now? Or should you get sick again?"

Cheng Cheng looked straight at her and said seriously: "I reiterate again: I am not sick."

"Okay, okay~" Li Zhuo saw that his beloved boss was about to get angry, and he knew that he had said something he shouldn't have said, so he quickly comforted him, "I'm sorry, boss, I was wrong, I was just a little angry and confused, it's really that Xiangjiang TV is too despicable, what should we do now? You can't really go on their show."

Cheng Cheng: "I don't have the time to be on their show. But there are ways to deal with it."

Xiangjiang TV station is so aggressive to him, and he is not made of clay, so it is natural for him not to be angry.

On the contrary, Cheng Cheng is the person in the entire entertainment industry who is most likely to explode. If you dare to provoke him, he will give you a big one!

Xiangjiang TV thought it had given him two options:
1. Go on the show.

2. Don’t go on the show.

In the view of Xiangjiang Satellite TV, no matter which of these two paths Cheng Cheng chooses, he will contribute traffic to Xiangjiang Satellite TV. However, one is active and seems unfair, while the other is passive and seems aggrieved.

But Cheng Cheng has a third way to go!

Even if he doesn't appear on the show, Xiangjiang TV will still be trapped in its own web and shoot itself in the foot!

Li Zhuo's eyes widened: "Boss Cheng, what should we do?"

Cheng Cheng: "Send WeChat first~"

Cheng Cheng opened WeChat and clicked on the dialogue box with the person in the cocoon.

After the person in the cocoon appeared, Cheng Cheng still hadn't chatted with her.

Cheng Cheng: “Are you there?”

If anyone starts with this, it must be the clown. To be honest, I haven’t seen such an old-fashioned way of chatting for a long time.

She first sent a question mark, then asked: "What's wrong?"

Cheng Cheng: "Cooperate, blah blah, this and that."

Cocoon Man: ".Please don't omit it manually."

Cheng Cheng: "Oh, that's it. I write a song for you and you go on "The Singer". How about that? Let's collaborate."

Cocoon Man: "Send the song so I can listen to it."

Cheng Cheng: "[Audio file (A Diao)]"

The man in the cocoon: "Okay, I agree!"

Cheng Cheng: "There are only three days left, can you practice well?"

The person in the cocoon: “Yes.”

Both of them were decisive people and quickly determined the terms of cooperation.

Two hours later, Xu Lin, a cocoon, posted a microblog with only one sentence:

"If you have a schedule, please consider @湘南卫视歌手#歌手2022##歌手2022请揭榜#"

As the saying goes, the less you say, the bigger the matter. Once this Weibo post came out, the already lively domestic entertainment industry became more heated as if adding fuel to the fire.

In this Weibo post, there is also a video of Xu Lin's god-level performance on "King of Masked Singer". Because this is the requirement of Shonan TV, singers need to bring the two entries #歌手者2022##歌手2022请揭榜# when registering, and @湘南电视歌手, and also attach a real.live scene.

Xu Lin was afraid that Xiangjiang Satellite TV would cheat and say that she had registered in the wrong way. After all, this was something Xiangjiang Satellite TV could do.

The comment section exploded:
"Let her go! It's on fire!"

"Oh my god! Okay, okay!"

"Aaaaah, you're awesome, sis. A true singer never shy away from a fight!"

"Linlin, it's your turn to take action!"

"I knew you wouldn't ignore it, sister!"

"The strongest of the strong! Please let our Linlin compete. Winning or losing doesn't matter. You really make our country's singers proud!"

"Quickly put out the fire!"

"Domestic entertainment is in trouble, come and put out the fire!"

"@Shonan TV Singers special matters, green channel is set up!"

"It has to be you, sister!"

Xu Lin's public response immediately won her great favor.

Previously, she was ranked fifth on netizens' list of people to be ranked, ahead of Cheng Cheng, Li Huowang, Xi Xiang, and XXX (a certain meme character).

Now, Cheng Cheng and Li Huowang have not shown up, and Xi Xiang has not responded. She is the first singer to come forward and respond to netizens' expectations.

And with this wave of singer’s popularity, all the demons and monsters have come out!
It's not just Xiangjiang TV. There are also some singers who thought it would be embarrassing to go on the show with their own abilities, but they didn't want to miss out on this wave of popularity and didn't want to appear to be cowardly, so they stepped forward and applied to fight. However, when Xiangjiang TV contacted them, they found out that they were all just talking big and none of them had schedules.

In comparison with the two, Xu Lin seems even more valuable.

In addition, Xu Lin fully understood the registration method for singers. Not only did he follow the registration process completely, he also claimed that he had a schedule, which immediately put Xiangjiang Satellite TV in trouble.

The pressure suddenly came to Xiangjiang TV.

The comment section is full of comments mentioning Xiangjiang TV.

You came up with the registration method yourself. Now that people have signed up, and they are the ones that netizens are most looking forward to, you can’t refuse to accept them, right?
If you don't accept it, you'll be slapping yourself in the face!
Xiangjiang TV.

A certain person in charge asked Hong Min: "Director, Xu Lin has signed up, what should we do? Should we agree or not?"

Hong Min laughed grimly:
"What can we do? Agree. Why not?! Doesn't she want to participate? Then let her draw Bettina and let her be eliminated in the first round! This is a good opportunity to suppress "Masked Singer" and let those netizens see that the stage of "Masked Singer" is nothing compared to "The Singer"!"

"Okay, leader, I'll do it right away!"

Soon, Xiangjiang TV contacted Xu Lin, and after negotiating the terms, they posted on Weibo:

"#徐琳冲榜歌手者2022#Popular New Voice @徐琳 launched a chart-topping challenge. See you this Friday at 20:00 #歌手2022# for the new chart-topping competition!" The comment section went crazy:
"What the hell is really coming?!"

"If Xu Lin sings "For Life" it will be a killer song. Of course, "Bird" and "Don't Stop" are also very good."

"Ahhh it would be interesting if Xu Lin sang really, really well. Love watching this kind of fun!"

“Oh shit, my sister is here!! You guys need to be nicer to her, ahhhhhh!”

"Rock and roll woman, come on!"

"She's coming, she's coming! She will definitely take the honor that belongs to her!"

"Be nice to my woman."

“It feels like those two foreign singers are going to be eliminated!”

"I'm very happy that Xu Lin can participate in the ranking. I believe that in the live broadcast without audio editing, the audience will definitely know how valuable she is. She won the second place in the fierce competition of "Masked Singer"! In my opinion, although "The Singer" is not bad, it is still far from the fierce competition of "Masked Singer"!"

Xu Lin signed up, so Cheng Cheng just ignored it for the time being.

He called Yan Gou'er and Wen Lian to come and shoot the Fantasy MV.

In addition, a very funny thing happened on the Internet recently.

Because Icheng's popularity is getting higher and higher, his voice in the domestic entertainment industry is also getting higher and higher. In addition, with the release of "The Internationale", the moral issues of touching Icheng before have become a behavior that everyone is condemning in today's public opinion environment, and Icheng's behavior is becoming increasingly untenable.

Therefore, Icheng's attitude also took a 180-degree turn.

"From "Resolutely boycotting Cheng Cheng, Cheng Cheng is a low-quality artist who has a love affair behind the fans' backs and stabs the fans in the back" to → "Cheer me a little and I'll be back" to → "You won't coax me and I'll scold me, right? Well, none of us should have an easy time! We will fight you to the end!" to → "Hey, why are you getting more and more popular? How is this possible? How can you be so popular without our support?" to → "It doesn't matter if you don't coax, in fact, Cheng Cheng doesn't coax because he is afraid of offending the black fans. Cheng Cheng has been kidnapped by the black fans. Cheng Cheng's original intention is still good. He hasn't scolded us for so long, which is also a kind of coaxing" → "The stinky lower-ups don't want me to be a fan of Cheng Cheng, but I will. They are broken again, and the girls win!"

This was really a lot of fun. Many black fans were dumbfounded. All we can say is that Icheng and others know how to find a way out. From one victory to another, they are always on the road to winning.

But it also proves the opposite: Cheng Cheng's public support is getting higher and higher, and Icheng and others have also realized this problem. If they continue to be stubborn and continue to choose to be tough with Cheng Cheng, they will only be despised by all circles.

Thursday, the day before the second live broadcast of "Singer 2022".

At the rehearsal, Xu Lin had a conflict with the singer program team.

Xu Lin frowned: "Why do you want me to change the song? Don't singers even have the freedom to choose songs?"

The deputy director of "The Singer", Cheng Jinyuan, also had a very optimistic expression. He had already seen the information about Xu Lin's song. It was a new song, and it was written by Cheng Cheng:

Do they really think he doesn't understand what they want to do?!
And the most important thing is that after listening to this song, he found that the quality is indeed very good and it is very suitable for Xu Lin to sing and very suitable for the singer's stage. If he lets her sing this song, she might really win.

He won't allow this to happen!

In this way, wouldn't it make her and Cheng Cheng famous? !

He said arrogantly: "There is no reason. Your song does not match the theme of the second episode. This is how we select songs for Xiangjiang Satellite TV. You are just a singer, and it is enough for you to sing on the show. But we are the program team, and we need to consider many things.

For example, the overall effect of the program and the audience's expectations, as well as the ratings of a large-scale music program, we also have to consider the issue of ratings, so from the perspective of the program, you have to change the song."

He is just talking bullshit.

The overall effect of the program, the audience's expectations, and the ratings, what do these things have to do with what song Xu Lin chooses.

But that's what he said. He just made up a random excuse to force Xu Lin to change the song. Anyway, I have already given the reason. What do you know as an artist? You must change it. You have to change it.

Xu Lin looked at him and asked, "If we have to choose the song again, do you want me to choose it or should I choose it?"

Cheng Jinyuan said: "I can refer to your opinion."

Xu Lin suddenly laughed in anger: "You mean, even if I change the song, I can't change it to whatever I want? Or do I have to let you choose?"

Cheng Jinyuan said: "You can choose a few songs. If possible, we will pick one from the songs you gave us."

Xu Lin: "What if it's not possible?"

Cheng Jinyuan said: "Then let's discuss it again."

Xu Lin: "What about the other singers? Let me ask them if their songs were also selected by the program team."

Cheng Jinyuan said: "The program team has different arrangements for different singers due to different considerations."

"What a different consideration, different singer, different arrangement."

Xu Lin certainly had no plans to change the song.

She had made an agreement with Cheng Cheng and had no intention of betraying him. She just wanted to see the true nature of Xiangjiang TV. Now she sees clearly that Xiangjiang TV was deliberately targeting her.

She didn't have much to say, so she took out her phone and called Cheng Cheng.

Cheng Jinyuan was caught off guard. He said in horror:

"What are you doing?!"

Xu Lin glanced at him and said:
"I'm just an artist. I can't communicate with you high-ranking production crew. So I'll find someone who can talk to you."

"Are you crazy?!" Cheng Jinyuan yelled, "This is an internal matter of our Xiangjiang TV station. What's the point of calling Cheng Cheng? He is not omnipotent."

"You'll know if it works after you call it." Xu Lin shook her phone and showed it to him. "Hey, take a look. I picked it up."

Then, Xu Lin told Cheng Cheng everything about how Xiangjiang TV forced her to choose the song.

Cheng Jinyuan was at a loss as to what to do and didn't dare to disturb him.

The staff looked at each other in bewilderment and could only watch as Xu Lin repeated to Cheng Cheng what had happened.

After a while, Cheng Cheng said on the phone:

"Give him the phone."

Xu Lin handed the phone to Cheng Jinyuan and raised an eyebrow at him.

Cheng Jinyuan didn't dare not answer the call. He held the phone in both hands. Just as he put the phone to his ear, he heard Cheng Cheng's voice: "Cheng Jinyuan, right?"

"Oh, yes, hello, Director Cheng." Cheng Jinhua's voice softened, and his attitude towards Cheng Cheng was far less tough than when he treated Xu Lin.

Cheng Cheng: "Cheng Jinyuan, I fuck your mother."

Cheng Cheng spoke frankly and clearly, and his standard Mandarin was heard by everyone.

Cheng Jinyuan's body froze.

He had heard that Cheng Cheng was a rampant person, but he didn't expect him to be so rampant. The higher-ups sent troops to question his mother.

He was surprised and asked, "Director Cheng, why are you cursing?"

Cheng Cheng: "I am scolding you. Don't think I don't know the despicable activities of Xiangjiang TV. On the one hand, you bought articles to discredit me for not daring to appear on the show, and on the other hand, you marketed "Masked Singer" as not as exciting as "The Singer". Isn't this all your doing? Do you really think that Grandpa doesn't go online? Do you really think that Grandpa doesn't have anger?"

"Fuck you, I haven't lost my temper in a long time. I haven't lost my temper in a long time!"

"During this period of time, I have been busy with my own affairs, working diligently and conscientiously! I am cultivating my character, not competing with the world, and trying to calm down. I think I have done very well, and I think I am about to get over it. Why do you keep trying to touch me? Why do you keep provoking me again and again?"

"You bastards, you treat me like a crematorium. You want to burn everyone here, right?"

"I'm putting this out there. You can't change Xu Lin's songs! I said that! Whoever tries, just try! I'll fly to Star City tomorrow, go to the downstairs of your TV station, and broadcast live at the same time as your program is on the air. I'll repeat the fact that you forced the singer to choose the song ten thousand times. Don't doubt it, I can do it!"

Cheng Jinyuan was already sweating profusely.

He had no doubt about Cheng Cheng's words:
This is definitely something this madman would do.

He quickly comforted her, "Director Cheng, don't worry, please don't worry, I'll go and discuss it with the director right away, don't hang up the phone."

Having said that, Cheng Jinyuan held the phone and hurried to find Hong Min, not daring to delay at all.

He is just an assistant director. Why should he go against a madman like Cheng Cheng? We should find someone who can take responsibility.

Xu Lin looked at this and laughed:

Sure enough, evil people still need to be punished by evil people.

And Cheng Cheng is the biggest villain in the entertainment industry.

Not only evil, but also crazy.

(End of this chapter)