Chapter 36: Live Stage
For several days in a row, don’t know if Wu Xianhao’s deterrence had an effect or Xin Nanyi’s skill of avoiding people had improved, Xin Nanyi never saw He Li who liked to hang around in front of him at every turn.
Q&P was overtaken by the top girl group, Cute Love, after taking first place each on Orange Channel and HXTV.
Cute Love’s fan base and national popularity were already higher than Q&P’s so Xin Nanyi and the girls were already satisfied with such results. Moreover, after only playing songs for more than two weeks, Q&P has sold more than 700,000 copies of physical albums and the digital album has also exceeded one million copies, which is already a very eye-catching achievement in the girl group.
Q&P’s songs are now being played in stores on both sides of the street. Offers for advertising endorsements, magazine shoots, and variety shows are coming in one after another.
Before HXTV’s monthly live stage is about to begin, Xin Nanyi and the director is talking about whether to give Q&P a full open mic. In the corner, while waiting for the scene, Yi Ke caught a person sneaking around the sound system. She frowned a few more times, thinking it was someone checking the equipment, she didn’t pay much attention to it and lowered her head to continue drinking the juice in her cup.
HXTV’s live music is a long-standing tradition because countless people have fallen through the pit on this stage with blood and ridiculed lectures, so idol groups are generally not given open mics.
It was only after a long time that Xin Nanyi was able to convince the director to let Q&P fully open mic for this live stage.
The forty-year-old director shook his head. This was the first time he had seen an idol group take the initiative to ask for a full mic in a live music show. In an ordinary music program, if something goes wrong, it can be recorded again but it won’t work on a live broadcast. Whatever the performance is, it will be directly presented to the audience immediately.
(this translation is only here on ztranslations.blogspot.com otherwise, stolen)
Before Ji Chuqi went on stage, she felt a sudden palpitation and always had a foreboding feeling that something would happen. She held it back alone, she was nervous alone, and she could not affect the state of other members because of her own problems.
Xin Nanyi remained in the corner of the audience today, watching Q&P play songs.
Just as Qiao Cheng sang a small high note on her part, the accompaniment suddenly stopped. As soon as Xin Nanyi stood up, he frowned and looked at the several people on the stage, shouting in his heart: This is a live broadcast, don’t be in a daze ah!
Don’t know whether she was scolded too much by Xin Nanyi or she had developed a certain stage quality, Qiao Cheng’s high note did not stop. The other members just reflexively glanced at their captain who was standing in the C position when the accompaniment stopped and she continued to dance without hesitation.
At the sight of their captain continue to perform, Q&P also took heart and silently danced to the beat. Those who should sing the background song sang it. Those who should switch to the C position to sing their part also secretly sang acapella on the beat.
Everything is carried out in an orderly manner. The knife dance was still neat, their eyes and expressions are all in place, and the performance of the clean singing is also perfect; as if the accompaniment did not stop.
When he saw this, the nervous director finally breathed a sigh of relief, and hurriedly asked someone to check the equipment.
Xin Nanyi also sat down at ease. Now it’s almost the last part, even if the equipment was repaired, there was no need to continue playing the accompaniment.
On the live screen, a series of “666666” were brushed out by the netizens watching the show.
“Fuck! It’s a really open mic! There are not many girl groups that fully open mic in live singing. The little princesses are really courageous.”
“Just now, little sister Qiao Cheng’s last note was handled powerfully, indirectly giving the next member time to react and prepare.”
“As soon as the accompaniment stopped, the other members’ eyes peeked at their captain and the group’s soul exploded!”
“Crazy call for my family's five little princesses; super responsive and super strong.”
“Contracts to sing* with the daughters.”
*like to sing opera music (without staging or make up)
“The strength of fans is really based on the strength of fans ah!”
“Each of the little fairies is super stable.”
“HXTV is also terrible. If Q&P didn’t open mic, doesn’t this just pit people? If they did not react, the stage will be ruined.”
“Garbage TV. If the girls did not react quickly and professionally enough, the stage would have been ruined.”
“A strong confession of Q&P.”
“Contract Yi Ke’s milky rap.”
“I just noticed that their clothes today changed again for a new one? These sets of clothes seem to cost tens of thousands. Q&P is really the richest group in Xin Yu!”
“Xin Yu’s family’s fan said that this is the most handsome and domineering girl group in Xin Yu’s history. Their style is completely different from Angelia's. Of course, Angelia is also very powerful.”
“Q&P’s clothes are completely different from the school uniforms and pleated skirt of the same generation of girl groups.”
"This singing is awesome."
“Don’t go in front of the pleated skirt. It seems that there is no uniform pleated skirt that can exceed 10,000!”
“Black acid has nothing to say about it this time! My little princess is dancing super intense and singing high notes without gasping.”
“Why does the little fairy looks so soft but her aura bursts out of the screen when she sings.”
“Ning Ning little angel’s eyes are so provocative.”
“The female fan is bent, bent into a coil.”
......
Once Q&P’s performance was over, the host hurriedly went on stage and apologized to the audience.
As soon as Q&P stepped off the stage, they ran to Xin Nanyi who was waiting at the side.
Ning Ning habitually held Xin Nanyi’s hand and leaned on his shoulder, pouting. “Brother Nan, I was scared to death just now, there was suddenly no accompaniment.”
Xin Nanyi patted her hand appeasingly and said, “It’s okay.”
“Is it really okay?” Qi Chaohan was still a little worried.
“You guys behaved professionally, there were no pauses nor broken voices. I just went to watch the live audiences’ reactions and they were all very good. This can be regarded as a blessing in disguise.”
“Yeah!” Yi Ke and Ji Chuqi gave a small high five. “This time, no one will doubt our strength!”
Xin Nanyi scratched down Yi Ke’s smug little nose.
He looked at Qiao Cheng who was frowning and asked, “Qiao Cheng, what’s wrong? What are you thinking about?”
“I was thinking,” Qiao Cheng hesitated for a moment and said, “HXTV’s live music rarely have equipment failures so why did the accompaniment suddenly stop midway this time?”
Yi Ke seemed to think of something and jumped. “When I was waiting for the stage, I saw someone sneaking around the sound system. I thought it was to check the equipment so I didn’t even pay much attention to it. When you think about it like this, there’s a problem.”
Xin Nanyi also frowned. If the stage accident was really man-made, then it will be a disaster. People come and go on the backstage so many eyes watch attentively!
He patted the clinging Ning Ning on his hand and said, “You should go back to the waiting room and rest first, don't think too much about this beforehand. Don’t mention it to others.”
“But……”
“No buts. You have to go to the magazine shoot in the afternoon, get some rest first. You have to wait for the end of the broadcast to announce first before you can leave! I’ll take care of this matter so don’t worry about it.”
Q&P could not resist and can only go back first.
Xin Nanyi thought about it and did not intend to deal with it personally. He directly told the director whose face was still purple in anger about what Yi Ke saw. Most of the people who can brazenly cause trouble with the equipment were mostly HXTV internal staff, it’s better to let them handle it themselves.
As soon as Xin Nanyi left backstage, he received a call from Xia Zeqi.
“Nanyi, I heard there was something wrong with the live broadcast of the group you led?”
“Yeah! How did you know that, aren’t you filming a TV series lately? How come you have time to watch the live broadcast.”
“I heard it from my assistant, he’s a fan.”
“It’s okay. Someone is messing up, I’ve handed it over to their director.”
"Someone from inside HXTV."
"It's possible."
"Okay, I'll take care of it."
“Huh? No, you go about your business. You don’t need to be distracted to interfere with this matter.”
Xia Zeqi knew that Xin Nanyi did not want him to interfere with his affairs. He pondered for a while and said, “It’s not just for you, but I also have a little share in HXTV.”
(this translation is only here on ztranslations.blogspot.com otherwise, stolen)
Xin Nanyi was about to vomit a mouthful of blood. Isn’t he an actor? What’s the point of investing shares in a TV station?”
“Okay then! Do as you like.”
“Nanyi, I may not be back until next week.”
“So soon?”
Xia Zeqi frowned, “Don’t you want to see me?”
“No……no ah?” Hearing Xia Zeqi’s tone instantly cooled down, Xin Nanyi immediately wilted.
“What you just said seems as if you despise me.”
Xin Nanyi gulped as if he could see him frowning through the phone, his lips pursed tightly and his eyes lowered, feeling wronged.
“I really don’t dislike you, I just……don’t you usually take a month or two to film? You just said a week, that’s why I……”
“Well,” Xia Zeqi’s tone dropped another point: “I see. I'm just on vacation during filming. The scenes on those days happened to not have me in it so I took two days off and went back to continue filming.”
Xin Nanyi hastily coaxed, “I’ll cook a big meal for you when you come back! A good consolation to comfort you.”
“Only for me to eat.” Xia Zewi remembered the last time He Li said on the phone that he wanted to eat Xin Nanyi’s cooking again, feeling inwardly vinegar.
“Good, good, good.” Xin Nanyi hurriedly agreed.
When Xin Nanyi finished coaxing the child and returned to the waiting room, Yi Ke and Ning Ning rushed over and said with anticipation, “Brother Nan, cook for us! We suddenly want to eat your cooking. The food you brought to the practice room last time was delicious.”
“Yeah! Yeah! We haven’t eaten it for a long time. For the sake of our recent hard work and good results, just make us a meal!” Since their relationship with Xin Nanyi has completely improved, they began to dare mention various demands, especially the youngest ones. Although the three oldest ones won’t be as spoiled as they are, they are also conniving by default.
Xin Nanyi looked up at the forty-five-degree ceiling and choked. No way!
He tried to smile and said, “You have to be on camera and stage lately. If you eat foods with high oil and salt, it’s easy to get edema* and gain weight. If you don’t want to be pushed into the limelight by this 16:9 widescreen TV, just bear with it again!”
*swelling
“Brother Nan~”
“Be good. After your hit song is finished, I’ll set up a celebration for you guys to have a good feast.”
With a lot of coaxing, Xin Nanyi finally settled them as well.
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