âEveryone.â
After they removed their masks at the front deskâ¦
Director Tong Shuwen signaled to pause the shooting, then began to speak, âContinuing from our earlier topic, even if Lu Yumeng didnât bring it up, I was planning to discuss the upcoming competition format with everyoneâ¦â
Piggy Qiqi had already revealed his face.
Tong Shuwen didnât hold back: âLu Yumeng guessed right. There will be a team battle in The Masked Singer. In the next two rounds, if none of you are eliminated, you will automatically form the first team of this program!â
âTwo rounds?â
The Swan keyed in on the crucial point.
Tong Shuwen nodded, âThe selection of each team will need to go through four rounds of challenges. Youâve already gone through two rounds consecutively. Two more rounds will make a month. At that time, we will begin to select the second team. Our principle is each team will have five members, and will definitely include one King and one Queen of Singing. Of course, if the King or Queen get eliminated early, we wonât flout the rules just due to their titles.â
âInteresting.â
The Robot remarked with a smile.
Tong Shuwen sighed, âThe number of singers applying for this program is overwhelming. We still havenât closed the application channel yet, so weâre not sure how many teams there will ultimately be. What we do know is that there will be two replacement singers in the next round. It will still follow the format of a six-person ranking battle where the last one is eliminated and the remaining five are safe.â
âThere are no undecided spots?â
âCorrect, there are no undecided spots in the third and fourth rounds. However, in the fourth round, we will give singers who have performed fewer times a chance to perform extra. Itâs not possible to let replacement singers pass directly because of their outstanding performance in one round. They must also perform an extra song for score determinationâ¦â
This was to ensure fairness.
Replacement singers join midway. The Prince of Lanling and his group had already performed for several rounds. It wouldnât be fair if replacement singers can advance directly after winning just one round. The program rigorously pursues fair competition rules.
ââ¦..â
After Tong Shuwen finished explaining the situation, everyone chatted a bit before they all left. The first round didnât have a chatting segment. This was only after everyone found out that there would be team battles later on. They wanted to get to know each other better since they might become teammates, provided they werenât replaced by the replacement singers in rounds three and four.
Lin Yuan didnât go to the company.
He went straight home.
He needed to seize the time to practice his singing skills. While this might seem like cramming for a test, he had to practice his singing skills diligently. The more he can improve, the betterâ¦
âThe Swan is strong.â
âThe Robot is strong too.â
âEven if weâre only comparing singing skills with Pufferfish, the replacement singer who just appeared today, Iâm not a match. Whatâs more, itâs obvious that Pufferfish is a professional singer who is very good at competitions. This kind of opponent is a formidable threat to even the King and Queen of Singing. Add to that the unknown strength of the replacement singers that will appear later, the difficulty is really increasing step by step.â
Lin Yuan was well aware.
His singing skills were indeed not good enough. Even though he still has a grasp on getting first place now, with the intensifying competition, itâs only a matter of time before he gets eliminated, especially since the King and Queen of Singing havenât fully shown their strengths yet.
He had some tricks up his sleeve!n/ô/vel/b//in dot c//om
But others might also have theirs!
The only thing Lin Yuan regretted was that even though there were countless stage-shaking songs in the systemâs music library, and even nuclear-level pieces that could easily stun the audience, due to his own limitation in singing skills, Lin Yuan couldnât master many of the songs. So, he could only choose some songs that were not as difficult to sing. Wasnât the choice of singing âBoyâ also a helpless move due to these circumstances?
A talented woman is hard put to it without rice!
He could even build fighter jets and cannons if necessary, and even nukes if he had to. But the problem was that Lin Yuan could build them, but he couldnât use them himself!
Who could he vent his frustrations to?
His spirit was willing, but his flesh was weak!
Sometimes, Lin Yuan would lament, âIf my voice wasnât damaged, after several years of training, based on the original hostâs talent, even if Iâm not the King of Singing by now, at the very least, I would have had the singing level of a top-tier singer. And that would be just fine as a top-tier singer can master the vast majority of challenging songsâ¦â
Singing skills require constant refining.
Other singers have been constantly refining their skills, which is why their singing abilities are constantly improving. Lin Yuanâs talent was very scary, he had the singing skills of a second-tier singer during his college years. Normally, he would at least be a top-tier singer, if not the King of Singing by now.
But his voice had failed him.
These years when his voice failed him, Lin Yuanâs singing skills remained stagnant, still at the second-tier singer level. Even though the system had compensated Lin Yuan with a female voice and a husky voice, their help in the upcoming battles was less concrete than proper singing skills.
However, not all was lost.
The compensation with a female voice and husky voice might not be as helpful as singing skills in the competition, but singing skills can be improved, whereas a natural female voice and husky voice are not possible to be trained technically. One must have a long-term vision.
Lin Yuan comforted himself.
While the competition hadnât yet heated up, he wanted to get better results. He wasnât satisfied with coming in third this round, but he was the one responsible, as the song choice wasnât suitable for a competitive stage.
This was normal.
The Swan, who is an established Queen of Singing, surprisingly got fourth this round. The root of the problem was the same as Lin Yuanâs. However, the Swan didnât get high votes from the judges, which was because of the pianoâ
Lin Yuanâs piano skills were too good!
The Robotâs piano skills were not bad either!
After comparing all three of them, the Swan, whose piano technique was okay originally, suddenly appeared inferior. The judges surely didnât give her too many votes due to this reason.
It could be foreseen.
In the next round, the Swan will definitely do the same as Lin Yuan, she will not choose songs that are not strong in competition anymore. It would be too embarrassing if the Queen were to be eliminated before the team selection is over.
Having completed the summary.
Lin Yuan prepared to enter the Systemâs Virtual Space to train his singing skills. Suddenly, an electronic sound rang in his ear, and the mechanical voice of the System sounded, âCongratulations to the host for achieving the prerequisite condition to open the Gold Treasure Chestâ¦â
Lin Yuan was stunned.
Of course, he didnât forget that he still had a Gold Treasure Chest. But he couldnât open this Gold Treasure Chest himself, it required certain conditions to be triggered. The System had not told Lin Yuan what the prerequisite conditions were to open this chest.
âPassion for Competition!â
The System seemed to guess Lin Yuanâs thoughts and explained, âThis stems from the hostâs desire for victory. Although music may not have a hierarchy, competitions are bound to have winners and losers. The hostâs passion and pursuit of music is the prerequisite condition for the second Gold Treasure Chest to be opened. Shall I open it now?â
âOpen it!â
Lin Yuan didnât hesitate!
This timing couldnât be better! The prerequisite is related to music, which means that the reward in this Gold Treasure Chest must also be related to music. Lin Yuan needed more tricks up his sleeve!
Yes!
Though he had already predicted that âBoyâ had a low chance of getting first place, the final third-place ranking still frustrated him a little. He suddenly understood the feelings of both Fei Yang and Chen Zhiyu from before.
âShush!â
Bright golden light seemed to flash before Lin Yuanâs eyes, then his breathing suddenly quickened. The reward from the second Gold Treasure Chest appearedâ¦
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ps: After holding it in for so long, I finally wrote about the part where the singing skills werenât up to mark. The monthly tickets will become invalid in a few hours, so Iâm asking for votes!