161: Overtake

Below the stage, Xie Yunxuan's mouth was slightly agape.

Didn't he tell Chen Fang that just the day before yesterday?

What the heck, he gave Chen Fang inspiration? He must have been in a relationship but was too scared to admit it, right?

After two seconds of anger, Xie Yunxuan snapped back to reality.

No, this friend shouldn't be him; a song with such a high degree of completion couldn't have been written in two or three days.

Phew—that scared him; he almost thought he had helped him make money.

...

Phew—that scared her; she almost thought he was going to reveal his relationship.

Yue Qingzhu, who was beside her, also let out a sigh of relief.

But can just listening to friends chat have such a miraculous effect? Is that even possible?

On stage, He Xing continued to ask, "Teacher Chen, you seemed to have sung in two states just now. From the naive full-effort pursuit to later recognizing reality, which one do you personally prefer?"

Chen Fang pondered for a moment and said,

"I think they are both life experiences. When people recall and miss someone, they often think of the beautiful moments. But in reality, when experiencing it, there are all kinds of ups and downs. The feeling when reminiscing is not the same as the experience when living it, right?"

For example, these past two days, he felt thatnoob was a well-behaved and cute little cat, and he really missed the days when Brother Cat slept at the head of his bed.

Chen Fang continued, "Let me put it this way: people cannot simultaneously possess youth and the memories of youth. But being able to have the memories of youth is also a good thing, isn't it?"

Song Yu, hearing this from below the stage, suddenly felt a bit desolate.

He didn't have such memories.

During middle school, he was ordinary in appearance and grades, had two or three friends, and his circle was very small, so small that he might not even find someone to confide in when wronged.

He didn't have a grand campus romance during his youth; he only had a crush on a very good person, with no special story.

He just had a quiet youth, and he didn't amaze anyone's youth either.

Alas—

He recalled Chen Fang's sigh in his mind.

Oh wait, Brother Chen is also a single dog, on the same level as him.

Thinking of this, Song Yu felt much better.

"Alright, thank you, Teacher Chen. Next, we will begin the voting segment. All audience friends, please click the voting link in the bottom left corner of the screen and cast your valuable vote for your favorite team. The number of votes in this round will determine the distribution of our 9 points for this round."

"The calculation method is to allocate 9 points to the two teams based on the integer ratio closest to the vote count ratio. For example, if Team One has 48,000 votes and Team Two has 42,000 votes, then Team One gets 5 points and Team Two gets 4 points."

"We still have one last chorus performance and the final guest message. In 20 minutes, we will tally the scores for the final segment and for the entire day."

"Alright, now let's welcome all the guests to the stage to perform 'Youth' for us."

The eight guests below the stage all stood up.

At the same time, viewers in the live stream also began to vote.

On a bus in the Capital.

A female university student, a junior, had just finished her internship and was sitting by the window, holding her phone.

The screen in front of her showed that her account name was [Chuan Guan].

That's right, she was a fan who had joined Xie Yunxuan's fan group.

Xie Yunxuan was her idol, at the core of her heart.

Cough, although her heart was durian-shaped.

Looking at the piano on the left side of the stage on her phone screen, Chuan Guan hesitated for a moment, then clicked to vote and chose Team Two.

Sorry, Xie Yunxuan, you can stay in the cold palace for a day.

I'm going to cast my vote for my youth.

She temporarily exited the live stream and searched for "Chen Fang + cant learn," quickly finding the performance clip from earlier.

With the program team's supervision, each media outlet could only post 20 seconds of music. She sighed lightly, opened the twenty-second clip, and looked out the window.

Through the car window, she looked at the bustling city, the traffic flowing, and the lights reflecting off the glass onto her face.

Chen Fang's voice came from her ears.

His singing was soft and quiet, yet carried the pain of years of experience.

The day's suppression was released with the song at this moment...

At the same time.

In a restaurant private room near Tianji Entertainment in the Capital.

The composer Shen Si smiled and sighed softly, turned off the live stream, and gave Tang Chen a 'V' sign with a smile, "Two words: very strong. You don't need to rush; with his level, if he's cultivated well, in a few years, he might be able to write music of top difficulty, entering the top ten in Chinese music difficulty."

Tang Chen took a sip of hot tea, but still couldn't suppress the urge to smile, and joked, "Teacher Shen, you're not backing out, are you?"

"What are you talking about? If I promised to write it, I naturally will." Shen Si straightened his back, "It's just that it will take some time. Firstly, the difficulty is not low. Secondly, as I just told you, the animation department is in a hurry for background music and is pressing hard. Perhaps, this matter requires us to step in."

"You handle your side of things first, and find some time to chat with Chen Fang."

"Don't worry, I will definitely put my heart into writing for him. Who knows, he might become a Heavenly King in a few years?"

"Haha, you flatter him." The smile on Tang Chen's lips became increasingly difficult to hide.

"Speaking of which," Shen Si frowned slightly, "I got news from a friend that the Spring Festival Gala selections are about to begin this year. He can give it a try."

"I'll look into it later. Thank you for the reminder, Teacher Shen." Tang Chen said with a smile.

...

At the venue, after the song 'Youth' ended, the eight guests began to share their opening remarks.

After the last guest, Tang Xiaoyu, finished speaking, the time came to 9:20 PM.

The program team's voting portal closed on time.

He Xing stood to the left of the eight, smiling at the camera, "Now, let's take a look at the final round's voting results."

Xie Yunxuan took a deep breath and, along with the others, looked at the large screen behind them.

The vote counts displayed were:

[Team One: 50,118 votes]

[Team Two: 98,912 votes]

His heart sank. Oh no, if this is converted to the closest ratio, will Team Two overtake them?

Just as he thought of this, he heard He Xing say:

"50,118 divided by 98,912 equals 0.507, which is closest to a 3:6 distribution ratio. So, in the last segment, our two teams' scores are 3 points and 6 points. And now, today's total scores are out. Team One received 5 points, 2 points, and 3 points in the three segments respectively, totaling 10 points. Team Two received 4 points, 1 point, and 6 points respectively, totaling 11 points. Congratulations to the four guests of Team Two!"

Shen Wantang and Zhao Jin instantly became excited.

Shen Wantang covered her mouth, bouncing on her toes, "Us? Is it us? Ah ah ah ah!"

Zhao Jin tugged at her sleeve, "Ah ah ah, oh my God, that's great."

Bai Wenbin was also very moved. Great, he finally gets to do less work. He didn't want to be accompanied by dirt.

Chen Fang was also very happy; it was another stack of task cards.

On the other side, Liang Yan, Xie Yunxuan, and Yue Qingzhu from Team One all wore fake smiles.

Especially Xie Yunxuan; the thought of the winning team definitely having a toilet cleaning card made his face darken.

Only Tang Xiaoyu smiled genuinely. She wasn't happy for them, but rather happy that she could get off work. Haha! The shackles of Capital end today!