Chapter 12: I heard someone wants to fight with me
The other players, who had already readied themselves to hear Qiao Dai’s team’s good results, were still very surprised when Jiang Fengchi rated them all A, not to mention the Galaxy trainees who had played just before. Ruan Tao was still managing her expression but Lai You would have gotten up from her seat had she not held her.
The live broadcast room was also stunned.
[Aaaah, this is the first time I ever saw a 5A group!]
[The sisters are great! COCO already had three As before that!]
Luan Zhen, Lin Lang, and Qiao Dai had both been graded A during their self-introduction. Combined with the rating right now, it meant they had a full score and would for sure enter Class A.
When they heard their COCO’s evaluation, the girls became excited and hugged each other happily. After all, they were all teenagers. But among the compliments in the barrage, some voices were unhappy; most of them were Galaxy fans, they could not believe COCO could get A when Galaxy didn’t.
“You performed very well, but the fact is that you did not reach the A level we had in mind.”
Jiang Fengchi was not in a hurry to break the bubble of joy of the girls and deliberately waited until they finished embracing each other before continuing. When he opened his mouth, the scene was instantly quieter.
What? Did not reach the A level?
[Jiang Fengchi, what does that mean?]
[If they don’t have the level, why give them A and not give Taotao A too?]
[Galaxy went first and failed to get good ratings but the mentors realized that COCO was not as good.]
Jiang Fengchi’s comments attracted a lot of attention. Zheng Taijing coughed twice to remind the players to keep quiet and Lu Cong said: “But we appreciate your courage to show new things on stage. You respect the stage very much and you did your best to show it. That is the charm of youth and I can see a bright future and a lot of potential in you.”
[Ah, I understand. It means that Galaxy did not go all in and did not respect the stage, so they couldn’t get A?]
[Galaxy is stable, okay? The tutors are completely blind scoring!]
[Galaxy fans, stop crying okay. Szd1, with this little sweet song, why give them a good rating because you say so? Can you say they’re good?]
Qiao Dai listened seriously to the tutors and after they finished talking, she bowed her head and thanked them for their advice and evaluation. Jiang Fengchi squeezed his lips and slowly retracted his haze from her to avoid having people doubt his intentions. He did not have any ulterior motives but it did not mean others wouldn’t think so. Especially among the five girls, he could tell that Qiao Dai was the weakest at present; she was not bad but the time she had spent in the circle was still too short. It was a pity; Jiang Fengchi was certain that if she had joined a draft in a year, her performance would probably be outstanding. Qiao Dai had great potential and he could see it, this was precisely the reason he had also given her an A.
As for what the others thought, Jiang Fengchi did not really care. He only worried it would affect Qiao Dai and her teammates. As far as he was concerned, he wanted to see how these girls would perform in the future.
Qiao Dai and the others took their rating cards from the tutors and went back to their seats to watch the next performance. As soon as she returned to her position, Qiao Dai yawned; she had not exercised like this for a long time. When she was still in the Pacific with her friends, they would mostly eat, drink and sleep all day. When they would accidentally encounter an enemy, they would escape but most of the time, being a sea otter was being a salted fish and floating on the surface of the water under the sun.
Qiao Dai leaned her head on Luan Zhen’s shoulder. Luan Zhen turned her head to look at her slowly as if she was afraid of disturbing Qiao Dai’s drowsiness and, like coaxing a child, said in a soft voice: “Hold on for a while. When it’s over, you can rest.”
Listening to Luan Zhen’s words, Qiao Dai nodded and gently rubbed her face on her friend’s shoulder, making Luan Zhen smile.
Unlike the relaxed Qiao Dai, the other contestants withdrew their envious gazes, both admiring the COCO trainees for their grades and worrying about their next performances. In the following stages, the mentors were still very strict. Most players stepped down in tears, and while the performances were still in full swing, only a few girls had been rated A, some B and most of them had gotten C, D, and F.
By the end of the last stage, hours had passed. In the process, the sharp-eyed live audience had noticed Qiao Dai had fallen asleep and Luan Zhen had been gently blocking the air conditioning for her.
[Wow, Daidai is so cute and soft, I want to pet her.]
[The little sister can still fall asleep at this time *cry and laugh*]
[No, at least respect the other players. Isn’t it a bit too much to sleep?]
[Huh? Isn’t it the performer’s fault if the audience wants to sleep?]
At this time, the total scores of the girls were getting counted; Jiang Fengchi got up and walked to the stage, ready to announce the candidates for each class.
“The players that will enter Class A are Ruan Tao, Luan Zhen, Lin Lang, … and Qiao Dai.”
Each time Jiang Fengchi would call a name, the camera would focus on the player and when he announced the last name, the screen showed Qiao Dai’s sleepy face.
[Sisters, rush! The Crystal Throne is ahead!]
[This is so exciting, will we witness the birth of an ACE? I bought shares!]
[This is only the first issue, don’t rush to buy shares! Be careful you don’t buy the sacrifice script or you will lose money.]
There were 101 contestants participating in the draft and the time of each episode was limited; naturally, only the top players would get more lens time. In fact, the scale of popularity had already started to tilt at this time; the players in Class A would get more shots and more shots meant more exposure. It would accumulate popularity for them and this popularity would ultimately determine who would be able to debut.
In any case, being able to enter Class A in the first rating was a real surprise for Qiao Dai. After all, according to the original plot, she had joined it neither on this stage nor the next. Qiao Dai was very satisfied with today’s results. It was decided, she was going to reward herself with a big lobster! Although, right now, they were going to live in the trainees’ dormitory provided by the program team. She would record the rewarded lobsters in a small notebook first and eat them when they would be allowed out!
[Wait a minute, so COCO’s 5A group are all in Class A?]
Some viewers realized that despite Jiang Ruowei and Shi Qing only getting a B during their self-introduction, with their stage rating their total scores were the same as Ruan Tao and allowed them to enter Class A. Because everyone had been immersed in their performance, they had all ignored this point but when the five COCO girls stood next to Ruan Tao and the other Class A members, the audience felt a little subtle. How to say? Although the COCO trainees had performed very well when put together with the others, they looked… a little bit unqualified?
If one person thought this way, a second did too and the players on the scene started whispering, seemingly dissatisfied with this result. Especially for those like Lai You, who had gotten two Cs; she had not made the top 26 and could only go to Class C.
Although she made a lot of controversies, there was no doubt Lai You was talented and the fact that all of her teammates were A or B, being C was a bit unreasonable.
“I know that some of you are not happy with the current ranking and I need to tell you that this is not today’s final scores.”
Listening to the unhappy players, Jiang Fengchi did not show any impatience. On the contrary, he spoke slowly and gently; his voice was not loud but clearly reached the ears of everyone present.
“There is a special rule for this competition. Each of you has a chance to challenge a higher-ranked player. The content of the battle is randomly assigned by the mentors; if the challenge is successful, the challenger can take the challenged’s ranking while they will drop one level.”
In other words, if you were now a member of Class F, as long as you could win a battle against a Class A member, you could move from F to A and turn the tide against the wind. This kind of temptation was undoubtedly huge. Who did not want to seize this last opportunity to get a better ranking? Especially when they felt they deserved better.
[Wow, the show is really good at creating tension.]
[Are they gonna tear themselves up? Let me see the first person who will try!]
[That does not sound very fair for Class A, right? They can only stand up and be picked by others?]
As soon as someone said so in the live broadcast room, Jiang Fengchi’s voice sounded once more: “However…” He raised his eyes to look at all the girls in front of him before continuing to speak, “if the challenge fails, the ranking of the challenged will remain unchanged and the challenger will be directly demoted to Class F.
[Directly demoted to F?!]
[Damn, who will dare battle now?]
The eager players were immediately doused in cold water. Those who had been confident just now fell silent after hearing this last rule.
Although the audience wanted to see the contestants battle their way from F to A, if they were really that strong, they would most likely not have entered Class F in the first place, right? Therefore, this additional special promotion was more aimed at players who had obvious strength but had failed to grab a seat in A and joined classes B or C for various reasons. It was a chance for them to come back.
Everyone wanted to fight their way into Class A but when they thought of the penalty of being relegated to Class F if they failed, they had to weigh their own strength.
The contestants were asked from F to A; the players in F and D knew their level and not many people wanted to take the risk to challenge other classes. Until Class C…
“I want to challenge.”
Lai You looked a bit imposing as she spoke; she was almost the first player who had decided to battle without hesitation. This made all the other contestants turn their heads to look at her, somewhat surprised by her courage.
“Who do you want to challenge?”
Without the slightest uncertainty, Lai You said in a conceited voice: “Qiao Dai.”
Chapter 12: I heard someone wants to fight with me
The other players, who had already readied themselves to hear Qiao Dai’s team’s good results, were still very surprised when Jiang Fengchi rated them all A, not to mention the Galaxy trainees who had played just before. Ruan Tao was still managing her expression but Lai You would have gotten up from her seat had she not held her.
The live broadcast room was also stunned.
[Aaaah, this is the first time I ever saw a 5A group!]
[The sisters are great! COCO already had three As before that!]
Luan Zhen, Lin Lang, and Qiao Dai had both been graded A during their self-introduction. Combined with the rating right now, it meant they had a full score and would for sure enter Class A.
When they heard their COCO’s evaluation, the girls became excited and hugged each other happily. After all, they were all teenagers. But among the compliments in the barrage, some voices were unhappy; most of them were Galaxy fans, they could not believe COCO could get A when Galaxy didn’t.
“You performed very well, but the fact is that you did not reach the A level we had in mind.”
Jiang Fengchi was not in a hurry to break the bubble of joy of the girls and deliberately waited until they finished embracing each other before continuing. When he opened his mouth, the scene was instantly quieter.
What? Did not reach the A level?
[Jiang Fengchi, what does that mean?]
[If they don’t have the level, why give them A and not give Taotao A too?]
[Galaxy went first and failed to get good ratings but the mentors realized that COCO was not as good.]
Jiang Fengchi’s comments attracted a lot of attention. Zheng Taijing coughed twice to remind the players to keep quiet and Lu Cong said: “But we appreciate your courage to show new things on stage. You respect the stage very much and you did your best to show it. That is the charm of youth and I can see a bright future and a lot of potential in you.”
[Ah, I understand. It means that Galaxy did not go all in and did not respect the stage, so they couldn’t get A?]
[Galaxy is stable, okay? The tutors are completely blind scoring!]
[Galaxy fans, stop crying okay. Szd1, with this little sweet song, why give them a good rating because you say so? Can you say they’re good?]
Qiao Dai listened seriously to the tutors and after they finished talking, she bowed her head and thanked them for their advice and evaluation. Jiang Fengchi squeezed his lips and slowly retracted his haze from her to avoid having people doubt his intentions. He did not have any ulterior motives but it did not mean others wouldn’t think so. Especially among the five girls, he could tell that Qiao Dai was the weakest at present; she was not bad but the time she had spent in the circle was still too short. It was a pity; Jiang Fengchi was certain that if she had joined a draft in a year, her performance would probably be outstanding. Qiao Dai had great potential and he could see it, this was precisely the reason he had also given her an A.
As for what the others thought, Jiang Fengchi did not really care. He only worried it would affect Qiao Dai and her teammates. As far as he was concerned, he wanted to see how these girls would perform in the future.
Qiao Dai and the others took their rating cards from the tutors and went back to their seats to watch the next performance. As soon as she returned to her position, Qiao Dai yawned; she had not exercised like this for a long time. When she was still in the Pacific with her friends, they would mostly eat, drink and sleep all day. When they would accidentally encounter an enemy, they would escape but most of the time, being a sea otter was being a salted fish and floating on the surface of the water under the sun.
Qiao Dai leaned her head on Luan Zhen’s shoulder. Luan Zhen turned her head to look at her slowly as if she was afraid of disturbing Qiao Dai’s drowsiness and, like coaxing a child, said in a soft voice: “Hold on for a while. When it’s over, you can rest.”
Listening to Luan Zhen’s words, Qiao Dai nodded and gently rubbed her face on her friend’s shoulder, making Luan Zhen smile.
Unlike the relaxed Qiao Dai, the other contestants withdrew their envious gazes, both admiring the COCO trainees for their grades and worrying about their next performances. In the following stages, the mentors were still very strict. Most players stepped down in tears, and while the performances were still in full swing, only a few girls had been rated A, some B and most of them had gotten C, D, and F.
By the end of the last stage, hours had passed. In the process, the sharp-eyed live audience had noticed Qiao Dai had fallen asleep and Luan Zhen had been gently blocking the air conditioning for her.
[Wow, Daidai is so cute and soft, I want to pet her.]
[The little sister can still fall asleep at this time *cry and laugh*]
[No, at least respect the other players. Isn’t it a bit too much to sleep?]
[Huh? Isn’t it the performer’s fault if the audience wants to sleep?]
At this time, the total scores of the girls were getting counted; Jiang Fengchi got up and walked to the stage, ready to announce the candidates for each class.
“The players that will enter Class A are Ruan Tao, Luan Zhen, Lin Lang, … and Qiao Dai.”
Each time Jiang Fengchi would call a name, the camera would focus on the player and when he announced the last name, the screen showed Qiao Dai’s sleepy face.
[Sisters, rush! The Crystal Throne is ahead!]
[This is so exciting, will we witness the birth of an ACE? I bought shares!]
[This is only the first issue, don’t rush to buy shares! Be careful you don’t buy the sacrifice script or you will lose money.]
There were 101 contestants participating in the draft and the time of each episode was limited; naturally, only the top players would get more lens time. In fact, the scale of popularity had already started to tilt at this time; the players in Class A would get more shots and more shots meant more exposure. It would accumulate popularity for them and this popularity would ultimately determine who would be able to debut.
In any case, being able to enter Class A in the first rating was a real surprise for Qiao Dai. After all, according to the original plot, she had joined it neither on this stage nor the next. Qiao Dai was very satisfied with today’s results. It was decided, she was going to reward herself with a big lobster! Although, right now, they were going to live in the trainees’ dormitory provided by the program team. She would record the rewarded lobsters in a small notebook first and eat them when they would be allowed out!
[Wait a minute, so COCO’s 5A group are all in Class A?]
Some viewers realized that despite Jiang Ruowei and Shi Qing only getting a B during their self-introduction, with their stage rating their total scores were the same as Ruan Tao and allowed them to enter Class A. Because everyone had been immersed in their performance, they had all ignored this point but when the five COCO girls stood next to Ruan Tao and the other Class A members, the audience felt a little subtle. How to say? Although the COCO trainees had performed very well when put together with the others, they looked… a little bit unqualified?
If one person thought this way, a second did too and the players on the scene started whispering, seemingly dissatisfied with this result. Especially for those like Lai You, who had gotten two Cs; she had not made the top 26 and could only go to Class C.
Although she made a lot of controversies, there was no doubt Lai You was talented and the fact that all of her teammates were A or B, being C was a bit unreasonable.
“I know that some of you are not happy with the current ranking and I need to tell you that this is not today’s final scores.”
Listening to the unhappy players, Jiang Fengchi did not show any impatience. On the contrary, he spoke slowly and gently; his voice was not loud but clearly reached the ears of everyone present.
“There is a special rule for this competition. Each of you has a chance to challenge a higher-ranked player. The content of the battle is randomly assigned by the mentors; if the challenge is successful, the challenger can take the challenged’s ranking while they will drop one level.”
In other words, if you were now a member of Class F, as long as you could win a battle against a Class A member, you could move from F to A and turn the tide against the wind. This kind of temptation was undoubtedly huge. Who did not want to seize this last opportunity to get a better ranking? Especially when they felt they deserved better.
[Wow, the show is really good at creating tension.]
[Are they gonna tear themselves up? Let me see the first person who will try!]
[That does not sound very fair for Class A, right? They can only stand up and be picked by others?]
As soon as someone said so in the live broadcast room, Jiang Fengchi’s voice sounded once more: “However…” He raised his eyes to look at all the girls in front of him before continuing to speak, “if the challenge fails, the ranking of the challenged will remain unchanged and the challenger will be directly demoted to Class F.
[Directly demoted to F?!]
[Damn, who will dare battle now?]
The eager players were immediately doused in cold water. Those who had been confident just now fell silent after hearing this last rule.
Although the audience wanted to see the contestants battle their way from F to A, if they were really that strong, they would most likely not have entered Class F in the first place, right? Therefore, this additional special promotion was more aimed at players who had obvious strength but had failed to grab a seat in A and joined classes B or C for various reasons. It was a chance for them to come back.
Everyone wanted to fight their way into Class A but when they thought of the penalty of being relegated to Class F if they failed, they had to weigh their own strength.
The contestants were asked from F to A; the players in F and D knew their level and not many people wanted to take the risk to challenge other classes. Until Class C…
“I want to challenge.”
Lai You looked a bit imposing as she spoke; she was almost the first player who had decided to battle without hesitation. This made all the other contestants turn their heads to look at her, somewhat surprised by her courage.
“Who do you want to challenge?”
Without the slightest uncertainty, Lai You said in a conceited voice: “Qiao Dai.”
