novellhall Chapter 107 Isn't it better to sleep until you naturally wake up?
Chapter 107 Isn't it better to sleep until you naturally wake up?
A lottery draw costs 10 points per draw, and every time I participate, it's a painful experience, like I can hardly breathe! This system is such a rip-off. So what if I didn't get a direct upgrade as I wanted? Is it really worth wasting my popularity points like this?
Fine, let me see what kind of amazing skill is worthy of the 10 popularity points I've worked so hard to accumulate!
[Ding! Congratulations, host, you have acquired a mandatory skill: Advanced Singing Ability—Little man who has already released two songs, your singing ability is already declining! Appropriate upgrades will help your development!]
[Ding! Congratulations, host, you have acquired the mandatory skill: Emotional Depth—Singing skills are merely techniques; emotion is the essence. Singing without emotional expression is just playing around! Of course, you can also use this skill in other areas!]
[Current popularity: 54468, Task progress: 613790/1000000]
Lin Fan looked at the two new skills he had just drawn and racked his brains trying to figure out how to pull the system out of his mind and tear it apart! Coat it with egg and breadcrumbs, put it in a pot of oil heated to 60%, and fry it until it's golden and crispy, making the kids in the big factory drool!
System! You damn liar who only knows how to screw over your host! Give me back my 20 popularity points!
Neither of these two skills is what I want. I already got intermediate singing ability, so what if I get advanced singing ability now? Do you dare to give me all the skills of the singing god at once? That way, I won't have to waste my popularity points by drawing [expert singing ability] or [master singing ability] again.
And you're worried that your advanced singing skills aren't good enough, and that you'll always be emotionally nuanced? Are you afraid I'll sing like a ghost howling? What use are my singing skills? I'm not releasing any more songs, and I've already found buyers for those dozen or so songs. Xia, the little rich woman, Yan, is already sharpening her knives. What reason do I have not to sell the songs to her?
Lin Fan felt so tired!
I'm going back to my dorm to sleep!
The kind where they livestream themselves sleeping!
……
Before the live broadcast of the finale, the "Morning Star" program team announced that they would arrange a meet-and-greet for all the trainees. This is a common practice, after all, fans have worked so hard to vote for the group, it's time to give them some treats.
In the first five seasons, the fan meeting was arranged before the third performance. However, in the sixth season, due to a complete overhaul, the entire program cycle was greatly shortened, so the fan meeting was postponed to before the final night.
As soon as this news was released, fans from all sides went into battle mode! Ticket scrambles, preparation of support materials, gift packs, flower wall designs, and other tasks were all waiting for the fan clubs to complete!
In other fan clubs, the discussion revolves around who is in charge of the oranges, who is in charge of material design and production, who is in charge of purchasing small gifts in the gift boxes, who is in charge of personnel organization, and who is in charge of various other miscellaneous tasks... In short, they are busy and chaotic, yet also highly motivated, and are eager to add fuel to the fire for their idol's ranking and push his position higher.
But with Lin Fan, it was a completely different story. Wang Lingli had made thorough preparations the moment she received the news of the meet-and-greet! But!
Wang, a big shot in the fan circle and a seasoned person who switches sides, gets a headache just looking at the string of numbers on the dry rice people's accounts!
[Born Entertainment Reporter Wang: The fan club can get some tickets from the official channels, but the number won't be large. Therefore, priority will be given to core members of the fan club, and the remaining tickets will be decided by lottery.]
[Born Entertainment Reporter Wang: Because we had a lot of money left over from last time, this time we won't be using oranges for support. Instead, we'll spend the remaining money on support materials. A detailed breakdown will be released later. Note: This is probably the last time we'll spend money on Fanfan. After this, we will no longer use oranges or participate in voting to avoid the tragic situation of completely locking Fanfan into the debut position.]
[Born Entertainment Reporter Wang: That's all. Sisters, let's get to know each other at the meet-and-greet!]
……
Looking at the messages Wang Lingli sent in the group chat, Yu Mengmeng felt a strange sense of melancholy well up inside her: "Sigh! This is truly the least fulfilling time I've ever had since I started following celebrities! I didn't even have to use my 'money' power!"
The voting didn't require Mengjie's help, and Juzi only did it once, but the money is still not spent. Then they stopped organizing voting, so now they have to find a way to spend the remaining money!
All the support materials were taken care of by Wang Lingli and Li Shasha, two veterans in the fan circle, leaving no room for Mengjie to use her talents.
Even the fan meeting tickets weren't something Mengjie had to fight for! The fan club managed to get them! And given that Lin Fan has such a large casual fanbase, and that casual fans don't care about the fan meeting at all, and most members of the fan club aren't very enthusiastic either! Yet they still had extra tickets!
Yu Mengmeng was worried that if this happened, Fanfan would have fewer fans at the fan meeting than other groups. Wouldn't that make Fanfan seem less prestigious?
Yu Mengmeng told Wang Lingli about the matter with great concern, but Wang Lingli dispelled her worries with just one sentence.
[Born Entertainment Reporter King: Don't worry, Sister Meng! If there are fewer fans at the event, Fanfan will definitely be the happiest one!]
Yu Mengmeng felt as if she had been shot in the heart for no reason, and she was speechless. What was going on?
……
On the morning of the fan meeting, at 9 o'clock, Lin Fan was woken up from his sweet dream by PD Liu Jia.
"Lin Fan, it's time to get up and do your hair and makeup!"
Lin Fan was completely confused, asking in a daze, "What kind of makeup and hair?"
Today is the weekend, the day when the top 9 trainees—no, now it's the top 8 trainees plus Li Xiaodong—go to record "The Big Ace." Lin Fan, who has already auctioned off his spot, has no idea why he has to get up and do his hair and makeup.
Isn't it better to sleep until you naturally wake up?
PD Liu Jia ruthlessly shoved the camera in Lin Fan's face: "Today is the fan meeting day. After breakfast, you need to get your hair and makeup done, and then rush to the fan meeting venue. It will be noon by then. We'll do a rehearsal and go through the procedures. The fan meeting officially starts at 2 PM. If you get up now, the time will be just right."
Lin Fan was completely dumbfounded: "What? There's a fan meeting?"
"Of course!" PD Liu Jia said confidently. "That was the original plan of the show. The top 9 trainees would participate in the recording of 'Ace vs Ace,' and their fan meetings would also be held there. The trainees who stayed behind would also have fan meetings arranged. Even if you don't participate in the recording, you still have to attend the fan meetings!"
With Lin Fan's immense popularity, how could the production team possibly let him sleep soundly in his dorm and waste it? Not recording "Ace vs Ace" is fine, since they've already capitalized on his popularity—then let him attend a fan meeting!
There's one thing Lin Fan can't escape, and the production team is the ultimate winner!
That's what capitalists are like!