On the Hundred Ways of Chasing Mermaids

"It's not without you, but Jin Xiangjiao's organizing committee has changed the rules!"

Zhao Xiaotao was holding her breath in her throat originally, unable to spit it out or swallow it down. Hearing Lanxi's question now, it seemed like an extra vent was created out of thin air, and the complaints came like a river. :

"The original rule is that before the deadline, the winner will be the one with the most votes in the online and paper media's voting, but this time the organizing committee said that it is necessary to ensure the visibility of the award ceremony. The number of votes for the male and female singers and the best newcomer within two hours, isn't this nonsense!"

Zhao Xiaotao sighed: "So all previous votes are invalid."

Originally, his own artist topped the list with nearly 200 million votes, and No. 2 was pulled down by nearly 100 million. Once the votes were emptied, the award that was firmly in hand became uncertain again.

The most exasperating thing is that although many fans have sprayed their heads with blood for the organizing committee's approach, many of them are in favor of it, and most of the comments in favor are aimed at Lancey intentionally or unintentionally——

What is "A certain person fucked a fan once to win a prize, but unexpectedly changed the rules, and now he is probably crying at home."

What else is "more like an Internet celebrity than a singer".

It's almost like saying that Lancey's popularity is due to her face.

"At that time, there will be a live performance at the awards ceremony, which is said to be used to solicit votes. If we want to go, we must hurry up and release a song."

This is where Lancey is weaker than other contestants.

Others can choose their own famous songs, and use this opportunity to promote their new songs, but here, there is only one song "Xing Qing" that they sang at the concert that can be used.

...but with his popularity, the song has long been familiar.If it is sung again, it will inevitably not attract negative comments.

Thinking of this, Zhao Xiaotao suddenly felt a little tired.He drooped his chin and suggested: "Otherwise, forget it?"

There is no Golden Banana Award, and there are Golden Strawberry, Golden Pineapple, Golden Pineapple and other awards, so you can't get all of them, right?

Lan Xi was flipping through her Weibo at this time.

The number of retweets and comments has exceeded [-]. Among the popular comments, fans have tried various methods to help him solicit votes——

"This is probably the first award our Xiaoxi has won. Please move your fingers on the homepage and do me a favor."

"One ticket, one kiss, take a screenshot and cash it in!"

"Xiaoxi study hard, don't worry about the number of votes. Come on."

Lancey put down the phone, her face was a little bit confused - this feeling is really strange, obviously she may not have expected this award very much in her heart, but at this moment, a ball of flame suddenly burst out, burning all the way from the bottom of her heart to her brain, Those hesitation, retreat, and hesitation were all shattered by this fire, and finally only firmness remained——

"We will participate."

Zhao Xiaotao raised her head in surprise, then froze in place.He saw his artist's face glowing.

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When Sun Xiaoruo came home from school on Friday night, her family had just cooked a meal. Her parents were sitting at the dining table waiting for her. The TV was on, and I didn’t know which channel it was on. The host’s deliberately amplified voice came from it. :

"Friends from the audience, this is the scene of Banana Guardian's annual Golden Banana Music Festival. There are still 5 minutes before the official start of the party. Here, the host wants to ask the audience in front of the TV, are you ready? Did you vote for your favorite singer?"

"Tonight, in the short time after the party starts, your awards will determine whether the singer can win tonight's trophy, what are you waiting for, quickly pick up your mobile phone, enter the voting channel to vote for your favorite singer Let's vote!"

Sun Xiaoruo changed his shoes, brought out the rice from the kitchen, handed it to his parents who were engrossed in watching TV, and asked casually, "What are you doing?"

Without turning her head, the mother explained in a few words: "The awards ceremony will be broadcast live."

"... Oh." Sun Xiaoruo took a bite of his meal, feeling that it was meaningless.With the retirement of her favorite singer, coupled with the stress of her studies after entering university, she has long since lost interest in those young freshmen in the music scene.

Many just heard a name, and they didn't even know what the other person looked like.

"I heard that there is Liu Ruohua tonight, and Zhou Ruoli, who hasn't come out for a long time. I don't know when they will come out." Sun's mother raised her head and asked, taking a few mouthfuls of food in a hurry while entering the advertisement.

The corner of Sun Xiaoruo's mouth twitched, she knew Zhou Ruoli, an old singer more than ten years ago, her mother's favorite when she was young.No wonder the two old guards were reluctant to leave in front of the TV.

Although the grandson looked calm on the face, he was very clear about the rules of the competition: "In the back, the best newcomer and male and female singers are at the end, so that fans have time to vote, and they are also hanging."

Sun Xiaoruo swallowed the food and asked casually, "Who is the best newcomer this year?"

Grandfather patiently explained: "Didn't I just say that I didn't vote for it, and it will be broadcast live later, and I will see it soon."

Sun Xiaoruo finally came to his senses: Live broadcast?This organizing committee really knows how to play!

As the first gala to eat crabs, the Golden Banana Organizing Committee has indeed made up its mind to make the live voting live, and specially opened up a large screen to live broadcast the real-time voting results. Not to mention, the live camera will scan over every few minutes. Let the audience in front of the TV can also see clearly.

"Best newcomer, hey, who is this Luo Zhizhou who is ranked second? His name sounds familiar." Sun's mother asked with some doubts. Since the voting at the party, the number of votes for this singer has risen extremely fast. It doesn't matter if you don't attract attention.

Sun Xiaoruo was playing the game in his hands without even raising his head: "A new singer who debuted in the United States for several years and just returned to China this year."

Grandmother nodded, her eyes fell on Luo Zhizhou, the first name, "Hey, isn't this Lanxi the boy from the variety show last time? How did he become a singer?"

"He seems to have debuted as a singer, but now he has become an Internet celebrity."

As if everyone understood that the brilliance of the party was at the end. In the first half of the party, the venue was lifeless. Occasionally, when someone’s votes exceeded No.1 on the big screen, it would attract a small reaction. It's no different from a normal party.

"When will Zhou Ruoli come out?" Sun's mother was already waiting impatiently.

"Don't worry, hey, is this Luo Zhizhou?"

The lights on the stage have been dimmed, but there are enough shadows to see many people standing silently in their positions, and then, a lifting platform rises slowly, the lights turn on again, and a man with three-dimensional features jumps out— —

The backup dancers moved with him, the man sang and danced, and interacted with the female backup dancer, which was extremely sexy.

At the end of the song, facing the cheers, the man breathed a sigh of relief and bowed: "Please vote for me, thank you all."

Grandmother reacted and sighed: "This singer is not bad." Although she doesn't like the style of the song, it doesn't affect her evaluation of the singer himself.

Sun Xiaoruo also put down his phone when Luo Zhizhou came to the stage, and nodded after listening carefully: "As expected, he came back from America."

At this time, the screen had switched to the real-time voting results. Sure enough, after Luo Zhizhou's wonderful performance, his votes jumped up again, miraculously surpassing No.1 Lancey by [-] votes.

"It seems that the result is settled." Grandfather analyzed.

Grandmother agreed in her heart, but she retorted: "Don't worry, there are still 10 minutes before the end of the voting." As she was speaking, the lights dimmed again, and then the stage lighting effects became completely different. Pink.

... Diva?

Sun Xiaoruo looked over casually, and then, a cheerful singing voice suddenly came out of his ears:

"I'll take a sip of what you say you love me

Still reminiscing about the tenderness you gave

I lightly taste this fragrant temptation

You have everything I like"

A boy in a light pink suit appeared on the stage. He smiled and sang seriously, looking directly at the camera, as if silently telling you that this song is for you.

At this moment, for some reason, Sun Xiaoruo didn't even want to blink.

She seemed to return to the summer when she was 17 in an instant. The boy in jeans and white shirt that had been buried in her memory for a long time reappeared in front of her eyes. Looking at her with a slight smile, the cute little canine teeth were exposed.

Stretching out his hand, the boy took her hand like this.

Midsummer, cicadas singing, a deep sense of happiness overflowed like this, she couldn't help laughing, and in a blink of an eye, the other party was actually smiling.

"Xiaoruo, why are you crying?"

Under her mother's worried eyes, Sun Xiaoruo wiped away tears, choked up and said, "That's right, the song is so nice."

Lowering her head and opening the address book, she suddenly realized that her dear boy in white had already been left behind by her in the summer of 17 years old.

"Dad, Mom, lend me your mobile phones, I want to vote."

---

When Lan Xi came down from the stage, Zhao Xiaotao was even more excited than he was, uttering Northeast dialect: "Xiao Xi, you didn't know it on stage, but the reaction below is great, some audience members cried."

Cried?

Lanxi was a little confused, he sang a sweet little love song.

"Hey, it's not important, I just noticed that your vote count is already the same as that of Luo Zhizhou, and you will surpass it soon!"

Helping Lan Xi put on a thick down jacket, Zhao Xiaotao muttered to the side: "If you want me to say, if you didn't let me go for a public relations trip, there would be no need to be so frightened now. The one surnamed Luo, just look at the number of votes. .”

Lancey couldn't laugh or cry: "If I am the same, how is it different from those people you hate?"

"Whatever you say makes sense!" Zhao Xiaotao gave her artist a helpless look, raised her head, and found that Xuan Mo was already waiting in the background.

I want to eat dog food again!

Sure enough, Lanxi jumped over happily and was embraced by Xuan Mo.

"Is this song good?"

"Sing it to me?"

"……of course not!"

Xuan Mo smiled lightly, and smoothly carried him on his shoulders: "I'll give you a chance to change your mind."

Zhao Xiaotao covered her face - hey, I don't have the face to look.

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Twenty minutes later, the results of the vote count came out. Luo Zhizhou led by 10 votes and won the Best Newcomer of this year's Golden Banana Awards.

There was an uproar in the arena.