"Hello, good afternoon everyone. Didn't expect our live stream to be earlier today. Follow Brother Han backstage to check on the contestants' condition!"
Brother Han said, standing in front of the camera with a microphone.
The program team had decided to have an early live stream today to investigate the contestants' states before the competition.
Therefore, the contestants were not informed of this live stream, so that their genuine reactions could be captured.
After his opening remarks, Brother Han, accompanied by the cameraman, entered the program's waiting area.
"Hello, good afternoon everyone!"
As Brother Han walked into the waiting area, he casually greeted the contestants there.
Many contestants noticed the camera behind Brother Han and began to check their makeup in mirrors, then moved to get in front of the camera.
"Teachers, the semifinals are about to start. Are you nervous?"
"I'm so nervous, Brother Han, I'm really afraid of being eliminated!"
"Yes, I was so nervous I couldn't sleep all night yesterday!"
In response to Brother Han's question, several contestants close to him eagerly chimed in.
They understood that appearing on camera more meant more recognition from the audience.
After all, audience votes held a significant weight in the competition, and reaching a certain number of votes could even lead to a revival and continued participation after elimination.
However, while all the other contestants were trying their best to get in front of the camera, Wang Shu was still fast asleep.
"So, what kind of songs have you all prepared for today?" Brother Han continued to ask.
"Rap!"
"Rock!"
"Mine is folk!"
The contestants continued to answer in a rush.
Brother Han wasn't particularly interested in their answers.
Instead, he was looking for Wang Shu among the contestants. Since the live stream had started early, the viewership was not yet high.
Only by finding Wang Shu, the contestant who generated the most buzz, could the popularity be quickly boosted.
However, he scanned the crowd several times but couldn't find that kid, Wang Shu.
"Could it be that he didn't show up today?" Brother Han thought to himself.
"Excuse me, everyone, please quiet down. I'd like to ask, is Wang Shu here today? I don't see him?" Brother Han asked the contestants again.
However, after Brother Han's question, none of the contestants spoke.
Then, a piercing snore echoed throughout the waiting area.
Everyone heard it and turned to look.
Brother Han also curiously looked in the direction of the snoring, and the cameraman behind him followed suit.
"What a kid, sleeping so soundly here?"
"He's finished today. Falling asleep before the competition, the audience will definitely curse him to death!"
"Hilarious, it's live now, Wang Shu is definitely going to lose miserably today!"
When the contestants saw Wang Shu still sound asleep and snoring loudly, they couldn't help but chuckle internally.
Even Brother Han was stunned for a few seconds when he saw it was Wang Shu snoring.
"A contestant is sleeping in the waiting area, this is too much!"
"Doesn't that guy look like Wang Shu? He's sleeping so soundly!"
"Damn, is this guy for real? Snoring backstage!"
"I have to say, his snoring is comparable to my dad's."
"Who would have thought, no matter how good they sing on stage, they snore like ordinary people!"
When the viewers in the live stream saw the scene on camera, they also started discussing it amongst themselves.
Some were already taking screenshots of Wang Shu sleeping and making them into memes.
Others even recorded his snoring sound and posted it on Weibo's trending topics.
And they used a very dramatic title.
"Semifinals, I choose to snore to relieve my anxiety due to being too nervous? #GoodVoiceOfWeek #TheOrdinaryRoad#"
"Is this Wang Shu's snoring?"
"Listen, this is how a scumbag snores!"
"Sisters, let's go to the live stream and condemn this scumbag!"
"Let's go! Damn scumbag, dare to sleep during a recording!"
When these Weibo posts were seen by the gossipy users who had been swayed by the narrative, they indignantly searched for and entered the live stream, intending to condemn Wang Shu.
And under another trending topic, "The Ordinary Road," the situation was completely different.
The people in this topic were basically fans of Wang Shu's song "The Ordinary Road."
Therefore, they did not believe any of the black material about Wang Shu.
Because they believed that someone who could write a song like "The Ordinary Road" could not possibly be a scumbag who abandoned people after starting something!
"This is too real, it's the exact situation of a worker! If you can slack off backstage, slack off!"
"Indeed, being an artist isn't easy. Seizing every moment to slack off is the true meaning!"
"You can tell this guy has a good quality of sleep!"
"As expected of the person I'm a fan of, completely different from those flashy, attention-seeking pretenders."
Regarding Wang Shu sleeping backstage, these fans felt that Wang Shu had no problem at all.
They even thought that Wang Shu fell asleep backstage because he was too tired from creating.
After all, in yesterday's competition, most of the contestants only sang cover versions of classic songs.
The remaining original songs were either bought or were uninspired ditties, stitched together.
Only Wang Shu's "The Ordinary Road" could be considered a proper original piece of music.
Therefore, in the fans' opinion, Wang Shu must be constantly creating, which is why he was so exhausted.
Instantly, they consciously went to the live stream to cheer for Wang Shu.
And Hunan TV's live stream viewership began to surge.
Within just a few minutes, the viewership was even higher than when the official program started yesterday.
"Brother Han, the live stream is getting popular, with nearly 100,000 viewers online in such a short time!" Brother Han's assistant whispered to him.
"What's going on?" Brother Han was also bewildered. He only filmed Wang Shu sleeping, so why did so many people suddenly appear in the live stream?
Could it be that live-streaming sleep is so popular now?
"As expected of a scumbag, even his sleeping posture looks scummy. This face. It's indeed a scumbag face!"
"Even though he's a scumbag, honestly, if he looks like this, I'd be willing to be hurt by him!"
"Sisters upstairs? What nonsense are you spouting? Don't fall for him just because he's handsome!"
"Damn, he is indeed handsome. I'm starting to waver."