Chapter 56: The Entire Internet in an Uproar! Collective Shock! The Flop Celebrity Turns a Music Variety Show into a Solo Concert!! [Monthly Tickets Requested]

Silence filled the auditorium. Everyone sat unmoved, because it was an unfamiliar original song. Before hearing the entirety of the verse and chorus, no one could integrate themselves into Lü Ming's rhythm and sing along.

Perhaps due to the various marketing campaigns on the internet recently, people held extremely high expectations for Lü Ming even before he took the stage. Listening now to these sentimental lyrics that felt like a whisper in the ear, the audience suddenly experienced a considerable sense of disappointment.

This was the complete opposite of the vocals they had expected to hear.

Meanwhile, Teacher Yang and Teacher Hua, who had previously been on high alert and worried about what kind of trouble this canceled-celebrity might pull off, let out a long sigh of relief upon hearing these mediocre sentimental lyrics, immediately followed by barely concealed excitement.

Ninety-percent water bottle?

The damn canceled-celebrity was so good at hitting high notes in the previous episode, but now he's left his vocal cords at home?

Hilarious!

With a love song as outdated and characterless as this, even if I, your lord, spray and roast this canceled-celebrity into a die, online netizens won't be able to pick out any flaws.

Go ahead and wait for death!!

The two of them were in high spirits with excited looks in their eyes. Anyone who didn't know better would have thought they had been deeply moved by the contestant's singing and were dying to turn their chairs...

[Is this listening experience just so-so?]

[Without riding on my Teacher Yang's coattails, and after switching vocal techniques, there is completely none of that scalp-tingling feeling from before.]

[The canceled-celebrity has truly revealed his original form!]

Only Sister Zheng's expression looked somewhat amiss.

She was incomparably certain that looking across the entire domestic entertainment industry, the canceled-celebrity had only ever been romantically involved with her. Suddenly coming out with a love song was already defying common sense, and coupled with these lyrics that clearly pointed to something, could this be a song written for her?

With such humble lyrics, has this bastard finally realized his career is finished and knows he was wrong?!

Having been burned before, she suddenly found herself somewhat unable to trust the canceled-celebrity's conscience when facing something so obvious.

Listening before the screen, G.E.M. vaguely detected the clues: "His vocal technique is fine, as strong as ever, and he is very emotionally invested. With the same lyrics, an ordinary person wouldn't be able to achieve such a strong rendering power. A single section doesn't reveal much, I must observe further!"

Lü Ming's gentle singing flowed slowly like a clear stream, causing every listener to unconsciously immerse themselves in it and ponder its meaning.

"You spoke with such earnestness"

"Making me look deliberately perfunctory"

"These clichéd plots"

Gradually, Lü Ming's pitch climbed step by step, and he completely shed his previous nostalgic expression. As if suddenly attaining a sense of relief, he sang slowly with a desolate look in his eyes:

"Pale upon the stage"

"Is separation bound to require lingering attachment"

"To feel a little less casual"

His voice was pleasant, melodious, and lingering. Before the audience could react, following a brief silence, the accompanying piano notes abruptly rose in pitch, and Lü Ming's tempo also visibly accelerated. His clear and beautiful voice resounded through the entire studio:

"Take everything you want"

"Turn memories into nothingness"

"Don't care about the feelings"

"Leave a decent reservation"

"Words once spoken tossed away as complimentary gifts"

"I no longer have to accommodate you"

"Uttering the excuse of a breakup"

"Once, twice, three times"

"Ending up with a hundred mouths and unable to defend myself"

"..."

[???]

[Damn it!]

[So good!!!]

[This is simply too good!]

[Which pop king is impersonating a canceled-celebrity on stage?!]

[Oh my god!]

The netizens expressed shock and straight-up praised the song, and even the melon-eating onlookers in the live audience were moved by it.

Amidst the shocked gazes of the live audience, Lü Ming's vocal technique abruptly underwent a one-hundred-and-eighty-degree transformation. His speed reached the absolute extreme, and his little mouth fired away frantically like a machine gun. Yet, despite such a rapid pace, he managed to articulate every word with crystal clarity. This alone exceeded many people's comprehension, but he did not pause for even a split second...

Every audience member felt like they were sitting in a car traveling at a steady sixty miles per hour, only for the driver to suddenly slam the accelerator to the floor and launch into rapid acceleration, making everyone clearly feel the thrilling push-back sensation.

As the melodious piano notes resonated and harmonized with his beautiful voice, both their pitches soared. Without even hearing Lü Ming take a breath to catch his air, people saw him seamlessly connect right back into the chorus:

"Take everything you want"

"I will bear the rest"

"Leave our dog behind"

"Regardless of whether it's of any use"

Teacher Yang twitched his brow and froze right there on his mentor chair.

He immediately looked around, casting a sideways glance at Teacher Hua, only to find that this deity of the Chinese music scene also wore a blank expression, clearly having not anticipated that this unfavored original song by the canceled-celebrity would actually be of such high quality!

When he glanced sideways at Sister Zheng, he saw that she had already stood up in excitement.

Wait, what is she doing?!

The next second, Sister Zheng slapped the chair-turning button in front of her with a loud *thwack*. Accompanied by the sudden sound of steam venting from the mentor chair, Sister Zheng and her chair spun around to face the front together. Then, with a furious face and an expression mixed with a trace of disbelief, she stared fixedly at the stage.

Teacher Yang: "???"

Teacher Hua: "!!!"

The two of them looked at each other in utter disbelief.

Hey bestie, didn't we all agree beforehand not to turn for the canceled-celebrity and send him packing?

What is the meaning of this!

Could it be he really wrote you a song, and in just a few dozen seconds, sang you back to a change of heart?

The incident from the last episode where he fed you wasabi in public is still fresh in your memory!!

Even as the two of them felt frantic inside, they heard Lü Ming's melodious singing echoing nonstop throughout the studio:

"I'm afraid no one will dote on it hereafter"

"Even if it doesn't understand my pain"

"I no longer have to force things for you"

"One year, two years, three years"

"Already taciturn and silent"

"..."

"Closing the door, we are even with each other—"

The singing was beautiful, the rhythm tight, and the climaxes wave upon wave. At this moment, the emotional tension of these tightly linked lyrics was pushed to the verge of bursting!

Teacher Yang instinctively placed his hand on the red button in front of him. Even as a mentor, he had to admit that the quality of this song was top-tier, and the vocal difficulty was at least three stories high. He even felt an uncontrollable urge to press the turn button...

"Whoa!!!"

"Canceled-celebrity!!!"

"King of Songs!!"

Right at that moment, a burst of screams erupted from the audience seats, snapping Teacher Yang out of his trance.

Realizing how dangerous his action had been, he hurriedly moved his hand away. But the next second, he saw TeacherHua, sitting right beside him, slam his hand down on the chair-turning button with a loud *bang*.

"What is going on?" Teacher Yang instantly wore a face full of absolute disbelief, his eyeballs practically bulging out.

Looking at the thousand-person audience breaking out into a huge uproar and rising to their feet as one, he also realized where the problem lay.

Teacher Yang instinctively leaned his head out from the side to look back toward the main stage. For easier tallying, an LED screen behind the main stage was broadcasting the real-time voting data of online netizens. Upon seeing that number, Teacher Yang's eyes nearly popped out of his head in shock.

At this moment, Lü Ming's online vote count had astonishingly reached a staggering 2,835,412!

Moreover, this data was flickering like garbled code, the last four digits refreshing with the frantic rush of a flash flood, making it impossible to even see the specific numbers clearly...

Was the counting system broken or something?!

The vote counts of the previous contestants hadn't exactly stalled, but their rising speeds were comparable to snails. Singing an entire song and wanting to get fifty thousand votes—let alone twenty thousand—was no easy feat. How could it compare to this canceled-celebrity, whose votes were already nearing three million halfway through the song...

Oh no, in the brief moment he had been in shock, it had already crossed the three million mark!

Voting actually required people to use their mobile phones to scan a QR code and receive verification codes just to cast a vote!

Has everyone lost their minds?!

Teacher Yang couldn't understand, but Teacher Yang was profoundly shocked.

Since things had reached this point, whether he turned his chair or not no longer mattered. Besides, in this short span of time, the canceled-celebrity had already blown up the entire audience; he couldn't possibly just sit there stupidly while the other two mentors had both turned, could he—especially as a respected senior?

With this thought in mind.

Bang!!!

Teacher Yang also pressed the chair-turning button, then sat stunned, staring at Lü Ming on the stage.

Seeing that kid putting on airs and acting cool right now, why did it make him so infuriated!

......

"Maya! This is too insane! How can his breath control reach this kind of level?!" Before the screen, G.E.M., who had already considered Lü Ming's vocal skills exceptional, stared wide-eyed. Excited like a young girl looking at her idol, she was for a moment too thrilled to string her words together: "This original song of his is too awesome! No, my goodness, this is incredible! He actually wrote a pop masterpiece based on his romantic history with Sister Zheng!"

"If this song doesn't blow up, there is no justice in heaven?!"

......

"Is this a canceled-celebrity? Is this fucking a canceled-celebrity?" Wu Qian cursed angrily: "He used to be tone-deaf, relying entirely on acting crazy and pulling stunts to sing in the past, and now he's running to the music scene to act all cool?"

"No, watching him act this cool is more agonizing to me than being killed!"

......

"On what grounds!" Li Changfeng couldn't believe it: "Fake, it must be fake! He definitely hired a ghostwriter to help write the song. A gold-record hit of this level is not something a canceled-celebrity like him could ever write. He doesn't have this kind of talent!"

"I cannot accept this!"

......

"How much time has passed since we finished recording Running Man last time? The damned canceled-celebrity was even blacklisted by Huayue Media. Not only did he not completely die out, but instead his career is thriving?" Teacher Huang was furious: "Is there still justice in the world?"

......

"Is this what a true genius contestant looks like?" BaBy gazed at the canceled-celebrity, whose stage presence was so handsome it leaped right off the screen, with starry eyes: "Compared to before, it's two completely different extremes!"

"If I had known he was so talented, I should have interacted more with the canceled-celebrity while recording the show before."

* * *

"Reba specifically posted on Moments this morning to cheer for the canceled-celebrity. These two might already be dating by now!"

Thinking of this, BaBy felt a sudden wave of regret.

Good looks might not be an absolute kill-move, but coupled with talent, would a canceled-celebrity like this continue to stay 'canceled'?

The answer was absolutely not.

The canceled-celebrity was about to make a comeback!

The moment she thought of Reba unearthing a potential stock from a pile of garbage, the fire of jealousy in her heart began to burn fiercely.

......

"Sis, look, look over there!" Reba hugged Mi Jie's slender arm excitedly and said, "An original song! Didn't you say before that he could only write original garbage? He actually wrote a real original song!"

Mi Jie: "..."

She quietly watched the canceled-celebrity belting out songs on the screen. With this divine visage that even she couldn't help but feel a sense of affection for, coupled with these captivating singing techniques, she had to admit that at a certain moment, a trace of admiration welled up in the depths of her heart...

The thought that such a magnificent work was written and composed entirely by the canceled-celebrity himself left Mi Jie feeling a sense of surrealism: "Is there really someone in the domestic entertainment industry who can play the fool to this extent?"

Recalling her only interaction with the canceled-celebrity, Mi Jie couldn't help but feel a sense of cognitive dissonance and contrast.

"Sis, say something, quickly evaluate the canceled-celebrity's talent!" Reba shook Mi Jie's arm, chattering nonstop with a face full of pride on his behalf.

Mi Jie sighed helplessly: "I saw it, I saw it all..."

"I have to admit, your sister here indeed underestimated the canceled-celebrity previously. The crucial point is that in order to break free from Huayue, he truly hid himself far too deeply. If he weren't blessed with this face, ordinary people really wouldn't dare play it like this..."

"Just tell me if he's awesome or not!" Reba's brows and eyes were filled with pride.

"Awesome, awesome, alright?" While acknowledging it, Mi Jie said with a hint of petty pride: "However, even if he possesses extraordinary talent in music, he definitely won't be able to act well. Just looking at the entire Chinese music scene, there are quite a few who cross over into acting, but tell me, which of them didn't eventually slink back to their main profession?"

"Acting is a field that requires both innate talent and time-tested refinement. That canceled-celebrity is destined not to master it."

"If you collaborate with him in filming, you better be prepared to ruin your reputation!"

Reba dismissed it nonchalantly and just smiled foolishly: "I'm not afraid!"

"Perhaps this is just the foolish getting lucky..." Mi Jie sighed in resignation. Listening to Lü Ming start singing the second verse of the chorus in the live broadcast, she also smiled brightly as she watched the livestream on television, quietly enjoying this audio feast of the moment.

......

[666!]

[Explodingly good to listen to!!]

[Who said my Brother Canceled-Celebrity wouldn't make it without Teacher Yang's vocal style? Step out and say that again!]

[Is there anyone still doubting the canceled-celebrity now?]

[Everyone was pessimistic... no, to be exact, absolutely no one was optimistic about you. Yet you, this canceled-celebrity, always manage to prove yourself so brilliantly!]

[My brother has a rebellious personality; the less he is acknowledged, the more he insists on swimming against the current!]

[So handsome, Brother Canceled-Celebrity! Being part of the Ming-faction fandom was totally worth it this lifetime!]

[Where are those Ming-haters who were saying the canceled-celebrity was revealing his true colors earlier?]

[Haters, speak up!]

[Even as a Ming-hater, I'm dumbfounded. At first, I thought this was a love song, but the more I listened, the more I realized it had nothing to do with a love song. In fact, this song is fundamentally a dig at Sister Zheng!]

[It really is! Not a single line mentions Sister Zheng, yet every single sentence is about Sister Zheng.]

[This is a classic pop style, and moreover, the canceled-celebrity made many changes on the foundation of this genre. The most badass part is whether it's him singing the entire chorus in one breath or the multiple sudden drops and rises in pitch, these are sections ordinary people can never learn. I tried singing along just now; forget about articulating clearly, I couldn't even keep up with his speed!]

[If these lyrics didn't perfectly match his and Sister Zheng's romantic history, someone would definitely question whether the lyrics and composition were ghostwritten. Haters have nothing to say now, right?]

[In short, the canceled-celebrity will never win my approval, but as for this song, I hope it quickly drops on QQ Music—I'm going to add it to my favorites!]

[That's right, this is the canceled-celebrity: his looks are a peerless divine visage in the domestic entertainment industry, his persona is down-to-earth, his vocal skills rival a heavenly king, and his talent allows him to casually adapt his romantic history into a pop gold record. Joining the Ming-faction army, you never have to worry about your idol collapsing, because he was already a pile of ruins to begin with—he can't collapse any further.]

[I really have no choice but to stan the canceled-celebrity now.]

The livestream chat room was boiling with excitement.

While hyping him up, the enthusiastic netizens enjoyed the canceled-celebrity's fiercely rhythmic singing amidst the light, upbeat groove, while pulling out their phones to scan the QR code and vote for him.

At this very moment, in the face of pure strength, even the six major allied fanbases that had previously been making a fuss in the chat room demanding a crusade against the canceled-celebrity were left speechless. They quietly lurked in the livestream, watching this audio-visual feast that exceeded everyone's expectations.

Because the chorus section of this song had distinct characteristics, was instantly memorable, and possessed an extremely strong hook, just listening to it once allowed the packed live audience to sing along synchronously with Lü Ming's rhythm during the climax.

In a flash.

The entire studio produced a scene of a thousand people singing in unison. Realizing which section the audience had just learned, Lü Ming delivered the microphone toward the audience seats during the catchy high-tempo chorus to interact with them.

The crowd instantly ignited like a string of firecrackers, cheering in unison and singing at the top of their lungs!

Clearly, this was a talent selection show featuring mentors evaluating contestants, but at this moment, the passionate and boiling atmosphere of the entire venue was turned into a full-blown concert by Lü Ming.

Amidst the chorus, Lü Ming excitedly leaped off the stage, walking straight up to Sister Zheng—whose face was pale green and who stood at the side of the mentor chair radiating a murderous aura—and sang out jubilantly:

"Leave our dog behind, regardless of whether it's of any use..."

Sister Zheng had long been fumed to the point of smoking from her seven orifices. Seeing Lü Ming acting all cheeky and coming right up to her face to cast a ultimate move, she felt a stifled knot of frustration block her chest. With a distorted face, she cursed: "I am really going to get mad!!"

The next second, the exasperated Sister Zheng lunged forward and bit down hard on Lü Ming's arm. The sharp pain shooting up his arm forced him to shut his mic instantly...

Sister Zheng's move to initiate the team fight left the two nearby mentors—who harbored deep vendettas—itching for action. Teacher Yang's fierce expression was filled with a desire for revenge, while Teacher Hua's brows carried a lingering trace of jealousy.

Though Lü Ming's voice had stopped, the audience—now completely hyped up—continued to march forward in full song, especially since they were currently belting out the part about the 'dog'.

Sister Zheng felt as though her lungs were about to explode from anger.

She had never even been spoken to harshly since she was a child, but during this period with Lü Ming, she had suffered all the grievances she would ever experience in a lifetime.

Now, having to face live mockery from so many people, Sister Zheng let out a sudden hiccup. Failing to clear the pent-up frustration stuck in her chest, her entire body stiffened straight as a board, and the next second, she slumped headfirst right into the arms of the man standing before her.

Lü Ming: "???"

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