As the show aired, when Wang Shu appeared, a song called "Nocturne" immediately excited countless viewers in front of their televisions.
They hadn't expected that "Qi Tian Da Sheng's" final song would be so outstanding.
"As expected of Da Sheng, he always starts with a bang. This song is so lit!"
"Yeah, every song is a different style. I really don't know what kind of monster Da Sheng is."
"This is the only rap lyric I can tolerate listening to so far. Other rap songs are full of vulgarity and have no substance."
"Looking at it now, Da Sheng's rap skills completely crush those rap artists!"
Many viewers couldn't help but sigh with genuine emotion after watching Wang Shu perform "Nocturne."
They had long become accustomed to Qi Tian Da Sheng's excellent performances; after all, he had surprised them enough before.
Even with such an outstanding "Nocturne," they felt it was just Qi Tian Da Sheng's usual standard.
"I really wonder who this Qi Tian Da Sheng is, to be able to create so many excellent works."
"I'm so looking forward to it. Today, we'll finally know his true identity."
"Da Sheng, you must be a handsome guy!"
Many viewers were extremely excited as they watched Zhang Liangying on TV prepare to take off Wang Shu's mask.
"My back hurts, and my kidneys are overdrawn...!"
Just as everyone was intently watching the much-anticipated reveal of the true identity, the show was suddenly interrupted by a commercial break.
However, even during the commercials, the audience didn't change the channel.
Jiangnan TV Station, "King of Masked Singers" Production Team.
At this moment, for the finale of the show, the entire production team and everyone at the TV station gathered in the monitoring hall, staring at the real-time ratings on the big screen.
Although "King of Masked Singers" had already climbed to the number one spot nationwide for its time slot several weeks ago, tonight, a group of people were still waiting for "King of Masked Singers" to break the ratings record.
"Director Gong, your show has truly been a lifesaver for our Jiangnan Station."
"That's right. Without 'King of Masked Singers,' our Jiangnan Station might have really fallen to the bottom tier."
"Look quickly, the commercials have been playing for four minutes now, and not only has the viewership not dropped, but it's actually increasing, even higher than when the show was on."
"Yes, we are getting closer and closer to the national record for the highest viewership. I feel like our Jiangnan Station is about to create a new record!"
At this moment, the staff members sitting in the hall all had expressions of great anticipation.
Because as long as Jiangnan Station could set a new ratings record, their advertising evaluations would go up a notch.
Once the advertising rating improved, higher-paying advertisers would come to place their ads.
"If we break the record tonight, the title of 'number one variety show in Xiangnan' might belong to us!"
"That's for sure. Look at the continuously increasing numbers. I think breaking the record tonight is a sure thing."
"Don't get carried away. Because of this one show, we've offended Qian Yin. After this show ends, where will we find artists to record variety shows?"
At this moment, a middle-aged man with a stern face frowned and spoke coldly to the group of young people, looking very helpless.
"Exactly. I don't know what there is to be happy about. Even if this show breaks the ratings record tonight, what will we broadcast next week?"
"A bunch of young people who don't know the immensity of heaven and earth. Jiangnan Station is ruined in their hands."
"I really don't know what the old station director was thinking, to side with an outsider. He's just a small artist, why risk the future of Jiangnan Station?"
At this time, many older employees had very displeased expressions.
They were quite satisfied with the original situation of Jiangnan Station. Even though it was lukewarm back then, they had enough artists to record shows.
Now, for an unknown singer, they had offended the music giant Qian Yin Group.
Now, if they wanted to find artists to record shows, they had to avoid Qian Yin's artists.
However, they had collaborated the most with Qian Yin Group's artists in the past, and had almost no cooperation with the other two companies.
So when Qian Yin turned their backs on them, they were stunned, and even their ongoing programs were forced to stop.
Therefore, they did not have a high opinion of Gong Tao and these young employees.
As the commercial countdown reached its final ten seconds.
More and more users began to flock to Jiangnan Satellite TV.
For a time, Jiangnan Satellite TV's viewership surged exponentially.
"Scary, this is a straight line increase, right!"
"When has Jiangnan Station ever experienced such high ratings? This is unprecedented in history!"
"It's terrifying. The viewership is only slightly lower than Xinwen Lianbo."
When the employees saw the rapidly increasing viewership numbers on the big screen, they all gasped in cold air.
As professionals in the television industry, they had never seen such terrifying growth in viewership.
Moreover, Jiangnan Satellite TV was just a small television station ranked outside the top thirty in viewership just a few weeks ago.
Unexpectedly, not only had it held the number one position for a long time, but it was now subtly on the verge of breaking the past viewership records.
When the commercials ended and the show resumed.
As Zhang Liangying removed Wang Shu's mask.
When Wang Shu's face was exposed to the entire nation's television screens.
Countless viewers were so shocked their mouths hung open.
"So handsome, worthy of being my idol!"
"Isn't that Wang Shu? I thought it wasn't him, but I didn't escape his clutches!"
"Oh my god, I'm kneeling. I can't believe it's Wang Shu. How many songs has he written?"
"So embarrassing. I boasted to my classmates that I wouldn't listen to Wang Shu, but now, why is Qi Tian Da Sheng also Wang Shu?"
The audience was momentarily stunned by the revelation that Qi Tian Da Sheng's true identity was Wang Shu.
At the same time, in the monitoring hall of Jiangnan TV Station, the real-time viewership of "King of Masked Singers" had broken the record for all variety shows on the station.
And the viewership was still soaring.
On Weibo,
#The_True_Identity_of_Qi_Tian_Da_Sheng#
#I_Ultimately_Failed_to_Escape_Wang_Shu's_Clutches#
#King_of_Masked_Singers_Finale#
Three topics quickly surged into the top thirty of the trending search list.
Their rankings were also constantly rising.
"No wonder Wang Shu was blacklisted. He alone is a match for several music companies. This output rate is astonishing!"
"Let's not talk about anything else, Wang Shu alone completely crushes those music companies. These songs by Wang Shu are masterpieces. Can those music companies produce one good song out of ten?"
"Be more confident, brother, they can't even produce one out of a hundred."
"Qian Yin Group is truly disgusting. If they can't recruit him, they'll just play this trick."
"Aren't many singers in Qian Yin recruited through coercion and temptation? And Qian Yin's contracts are the most disgusting!"
Under the Weibo topics, many of Wang Shu's fans were fiercely discussing.
Some fans who had been won over by Qi Tian Da Sheng's identity had also joined the discussion and began to condemn Qian Yin Group.
After all, the hype surrounding Qian Yin Group blacklisting Wang Shu had not completely subsided.
Even though Qian Yin Group was constantly buying internet trolls to twist the facts, Wang Shu's loyal fans were not to be outdone and kept clashing with these trolls.
"Manager Ji, have you seen the Weibo hot searches? Our company is being bashed on the trending list again!"
In the office, Ji Cheng was being intimate with his secretary when an employee rushed in, pushing the door open, and said.
When he saw the situation in the room, he immediately froze awkwardly.
"Get out quickly!"
Ji Cheng was also startled and immediately lost his momentum. He glared at the employee who had barged in and shouted.
"Are you still okay?"
Lin Qian, who was in front of Ji Cheng, couldn't help but frown and ask awkwardly.
"Okay my foot! Quickly see what kind of trouble has arisen. Our Qian Yin is preparing for its IPO, don't mess things up!"
Ji Cheng had no intention of doing anything else at this moment.
The higher-ups were currently preparing for the company's IPO. At this critical juncture, any public opinion would affect the IPO process.
Therefore, he had to quickly cut off the rotten and suppress all unfavorable news about the company.
Lin Qian couldn't help but pout after hearing Ji Cheng's words, and then quickly opened her phone, went to Weibo, and clicked on the trending search page.
At this moment, among the top twenty trending topics, #Qian_Yin_Group_Get_Out_of_the_Music_Industry# popped up.
"Manager Ji, look!"
Lin Qian handed her phone to Ji Cheng and said.
Ji Cheng took the phone and immediately saw the trending topic.
He then clicked on it, and it was filled with all sorts of old grievances. Many musicians who had been blacklisted or shelved by Qian Yin Group in the past had come forward to accuse Qian Yin Group of their actions.
"I was once a singer full of musical ideals. I won many awards and competitions along the way. I was also noticed by Qian Yin Group and signed as their artist.
I thought they would do their best to cultivate me, but what I didn't expect was that after signing, the first thing they asked me to do was to withdraw from that talent show and give the championship to another artist from the company.
I didn't agree, but I also couldn't continue participating in the program successfully because Qian Yin directly forced me to perform at another event, causing me to miss the opportunity to record that show. After that, I was shelved by Qian Yin until the contract expired."
A Weibo user posted this long post under the trending topic, along with various contract clauses and chat records from Qian Yin Group.
"They've all gone too far, even mad dogs are starting to bite!"
Looking at the posts on Weibo, Ji Cheng was so angry that he trembled all over.