Chapter 10

October 26th.

The eighth Youth Star Singing Competition at Fugwan Music Station entered the intense semi-final stage.

For the 50 singers who made it to the semi-finals, this day was absolutely a big day.

Although it wasn't like the final, which would be broadcast live by Fugwan Music Station, a good performance in the semi-finals still gave them a good chance of being edited into the semi-final highlights aired the next day, thus gaining significant exposure to a wide audience.

Therefore, major record companies began to focus on promoting and packaging their new artists at this stage.

Among them, the Big Four were the most active.

They dispatched a large number of personnel and resources to support their new artists in the competition.

Those new artists who were highly anticipated received treatment on par with popular singers, arriving at the competition in limousines and being attended to by a group of people before and after their performances.

As in previous years, this year's Youth Star semi-finals still adopted a scoring system based on one song, with scores given by four professional musicians and 100 listeners in a specific area of the venue.

Each of the four musicians had 100 points to score, and each audience member had 1 point, for a total of 500 points given to the participating singers.

The top 10 singers with the highest scores would advance to the final of the Youth Star competition.

According to the rules, the semi-finalists had to arrive at Studio 1 of Fugwan Music Station by 11:00 AM on the day to draw lots for their performance order.

After that, they could practice their songs in the studio and receive guidance from the on-site director.

The semi-finals would start promptly at 2:00 PM.

Following Du Xinghe's advice, Xu Nuo specially changed into the light blue uniform of Huaguang Art School for the competition today.

It felt as if she had returned to school, as if everything would start anew.

In the past, because of her large chest, she always had a hunched back when walking.

Now, full of confidence and determination, Xu Nuo's posture was much straighter, and her impressive bust appeared even more prominent.

The light blue uniform shirt, which had become smaller, tightly wrapped around her chest, creating a sense of imminent bursting, like a little bird eager to fly high in front of everyone.

With this strong confidence from within, Xu Nuo's luck was also very good, and she drew the 37th performance slot.

Coming to Du Xinghe, Xu Nuo showed him her lot.

Du Xinghe, satisfied, said, "Not bad at all. I was worried you might draw the first slot."

"Do you really think my luck is that bad?"

Xu Nuo,不服气地拨了拨额前的可爱斜刘海, sweetly smiled and said, "Actually, I've always had good luck. I always believe that good people will have good rewards."

"Being dropped by Nian Dai is also considered good luck?"

Having spent most of the past two days practicing songs with Xu Nuo and becoming increasingly familiar with her, and seeing that her confidence had returned, Du Xinghe felt comfortable enough to joke with her.

Xu Nuo smiled nonchalantly and said, "If I hadn't been dropped by Nian Dai, I wouldn't have met you, this genius. I really feel very lucky now."

From the admiration in her eyes, it was clear that Xu Nuo's words were heartfelt.

Over the past two days, Xu Nuo had watched Du Xinghe create over a dozen songs that left her in awe. She was utterly impressed by Du Xinghe.

Especially the song "The Most Romantic Thing," which was so moving. Xu Nuo had tried singing it a few times, and her body felt as if it were melting, completely immersed in the song.

She was infected by the sweet melody and lyrics, longing for a romantic love.

Last night, she even dreamed of sitting on a grassy field, back-to-back with Du Xinghe, counting stars.

In the end, she lay down on Du Xinghe's lap, intoxicated.

That sweet physical contact was something she had never imagined.

The feeling of being enveloped by romance was something she had never experienced.

After waking up, Xu Nuo still savored the sweetness of her dream.

When she saw Du Xinghe in person in the morning, she still felt a subtle fragrance in her heart.

This made Xu Nuo realize that she had fallen deeply in love with Du Xinghe.

This reborn Huaguang Wolf, in Xu Nuo's eyes, had become much more charming than before.

The restrained charisma of Du Xinghe was like Pandora's box, always attracting Xu Nuo.

Just a slight opening, and Xu Nuo would be captivated by the endless charm of the music inside.

Wave after wave of overwhelming pleasure made Xu Nuo firmly believe that Du Xinghe would lead the Cloud World down a bright path.

However, while the future looked promising, the present was still harsh.

This morning, only Du Xinghe accompanied Xu Nuo to the competition. The scale was far inferior to that of the new artists promoted by the Big Four, and even compared to singers signed by smaller companies.

Cloud World had not yet resumed operations, and there were no stylists or assistants to help Xu Nuo, nor any fake fans to support her.

The only support for Xu Nuo was Du Xinghe.

As Xu Nuo's agent, Lin Jianguo should have been there.

But because he had to deliver the demo of "Butterfly Dream" to South China TV, Lin Jianguo could only come to support Xu Nuo in the afternoon.

Actually, it didn't matter whether Lin Jianguo came or not, because he didn't believe Xu Nuo would make it to the top ten.

As a veteran agent who had been in the music industry for over a decade, Lin Jianguo had no outstanding achievements, but he was very clear about the industry's inner workings.

Competitions like the Youth Star were initially designed to promote new artists for the Big Four record companies.

New artists from small companies or those who came to sing with dreams but no backing from a record company had no chance of succeeding in this competition.

For a girl like Xu Nuo, who had no background, making it to the top 50 of the Youth Star was already a stroke of luck.

The semi-finals were a war between the Big Four record companies, and Xu Nuo would definitely be eliminated.

The influence of the Big Four on the Youth Star competition could be seen from the four judges in the semi-finals, all of whom were singers or producers from the Big Four, one from each company, maintaining a balance.

The organizing committee of the Youth Star competition claimed to encourage young people with dreams and a love for singing to enter the music industry, but insiders knew that the selection was made internally by the Big Four record companies.

According to an unwritten rule, during the semi-finals, each of the Big Four record companies would send two artists to the final.

The remaining two spots were almost always contested by new artists from the Big Four who were not guaranteed a spot.

Other new artists, unless they had extremely outstanding singing skills, had no chance of competing for the last two spots.

In Lin Jianguo's view, an ordinary girl like Xu Nuo clearly lacked the outstanding singing skills and strength. Therefore, the possibility of Xu Nuo making it to the top ten was definitely zero.

Instead of wasting time on Xu Nuo, he might as well go to South China TV to finalize the end credits song for "Bao Qingtian."

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