The first round of promotion matches concluded.
Thirty-six contestants successfully advanced.
Although the live broadcast ended, all the successful contestants did not leave; instead, they were invited by the production team to a large room.
A drawing determined the opponents and content for the next round of competition.
Thirty-six into ten.
Therefore, in the second promotion round, some groups would still face a hellish competitive situation: large-scale multi-person productions.
Whoever was selected for a large-scale multi-person production was unlucky.
This was already a recognized fact.
… …
Inside the room.
All thirty-six people were waiting nervously.
Twenty minutes later.
The system's big data ranking began.
There were a total of ten drama segments.
When the rules for the second promotion round were listed on the large screen in the room, everyone gasped.
This is insane!
Thirty-six people would be divided into ten groups.
This meant that many groups could potentially be composed of three or more people.
So, whoever could draw into a two-person group, where it was a one-on-one elimination, was actually the luckiest.
The largest group might accommodate six or seven people, competing for that single promotion spot using a large-scale drama segment.
It was extremely cruel.
The elimination rate was too high.
Therefore, everyone in the room was worried.
Of course, there were also people with a calm and indifferent expression, such as a young idol sitting in the very center, named Li Han.
A well-known princeling of the Beijing Circle.
His godmother was a heavyweight figure in the film and television industry who had once won the Best Actress award.
Li Han already had some fame.
He had participated in several period dramas and urban dramas; his acting skills were not to be evaluated, but at least he was already a familiar face among young idols.
It was said that his original profession was a race car driver.
He accidentally got injured during a professional competition abroad, so he bid farewell to the racetrack and returned to China for development.
His godmother immediately activated capital to promote him.
He was a person with a strong background.
He didn't care.
He consistently ignored the information displayed on the electronic screen, only looking down and fiddling with his phone.
Besides him, there was also a girl who seemed indifferent.
She was also very famous.
Zhuang Feifei, one of the Beijing Circle's 'Three Sisters'.
A beautiful urban girl.
Her resources behind her were also astonishing.
She used to be a talent show girl.
Besides these two well-known figures from the Beijing Circle, there was another rather special person among the contestants.
It was said that he was the last disciple of the Northeast big boss Heitu.
His name was Xu Yao.
He was not good-looking, even a bit homely.
But there were rumors in the jianghu that he was Heitu's illegitimate son, others said he was the mysterious male companion of Heitu's daughter, and some even claimed he was the youngest son of a certain underworld boss in the Northeast.
In any case, rumors abounded.
Xu Yao himself was also versatile, witty, and humorous.
Among the successful contestants in the room, he was the most active, so seven or eight people gathered around him.
He also seemed completely unconcerned.
He was still quietly joking about the upcoming AI big data ranking system.
Apart from these three people, plus Chen Feng, the rest all showed signs of nervousness.
… …
Twenty minutes later.
The AI big data ranking screen officially appeared on the large screen in the room.
All the names of the successful contestants appeared on the screen, then were all scrambled, and began to randomly assign dramas and opponents.
This method was called the most unforgeable ranking method.
However, Chen Feng didn't quite believe it.
In his opinion, using AI to rank should be the easiest method for behind-the-scenes manipulation.
Soon, the first group of contestants appeared.
Li Han's name was prominently listed.
And his opponent was a delicate-looking girl.
A two-person drama, the simplest group.
When that delicate-looking girl saw that her opponent was Li Han, her face, which had been full of tension and anticipation, instantly fell.
And Li Han merely looked up and glanced.
Then he continued to look down and play with his phone.
Calm throughout.
As if he had known the outcome all along.
Immediately after, the second group was revealed.
Chen Feng kept shaking his head.
The second group was Zhuang Feifei, and her opponent was a man, at least thirty years old, and unknown.
He was probably a minor character like himself, right?
Another two-person group.
The subsequent third group was also a two-person group.
Xu Yao was on the list.
His opponent was also an unfamiliar contestant.
Seeing his sly smile, it was clear he was very satisfied with this ranking.
With the capital power behind them, making them successfully advance in the show was simply too easy.
If nothing unexpected happened, by the end of the Yan Jing division, it was highly likely that these three people would be competing with their respective capital powers.
As for everyone else, they were cannon fodder.
The subsequent groups were released one after another.
Three people in a group, four people in a group, five people in a group…
In the end, there was even one group that accommodated seven people.
A super-large group, also known as the death hell group.
And Chen Feng's name appeared extremely prominently in this group.
Damn it!
Chen Feng cursed inwardly!
To say that such a show had no shady dealings, even ghosts wouldn't believe it.
If it weren't for having embarked on this path, if it weren't for wanting to experience more roles, Chen Feng really wouldn't want to participate in such variety shows anymore.
Boring!
The three people with connections were all in two-person groups.
The rest were all in multi-person groups.
The elimination rate far exceeded 50%.
Chen Feng was even directly placed into the seven-person death hell group.
How could there be no trickery in this?
… …
More than an hour later.
The ranking and grouping ended, and everyone also received their drama information.
The next live broadcast was in two weeks.
All contestants had two weeks to familiarize themselves with their drama and handle some matters.
Because the second promotion round added a segment.
That was popularity voting.
Voting would take place on online platforms.
At such times, the power of capital became evident.
After ten o'clock in the evening.
Chen Feng left the Yan Jing Grand Theater.
He was indifferent to the grouping situation.
However, the drama selected for his death hell group was quite interesting.
“rain sounds”.
A classic spy drama.
The segment they were to perform was the part where the seven characters in the play were trapped in a large house, scheming against each other.
Seven people, seven classic characters.
Five men and two women.
A game of searching for 'Old Ghost'.
It was very watchable.
Extremely difficult.
Because when the movie was originally filmed, all seven characters in the play were performed by big names in the film and television industry.
Now, each of them had achieved great success.
With such excellent precedents, it was very difficult for newcomers to imitate; they could only develop their own unique characteristics.
The specific roles had not yet been assigned.
Two weeks were given for the contestants to carefully experience the atmosphere in the play and repeatedly ponder the characteristics of each character.
On the day of the live broadcast, the final roles would be determined.
This further increased the difficulty.
Therefore, this group was called the death hell group.
Everyone had to ponder multiple roles.
The two female contestants had it relatively easier; they only had two roles to ponder.
But the five male contestants had it difficult.
Chen Feng also didn't know which role he would ultimately be chosen for; he could only wait now.
He hoped not to be chosen as the effeminate attendant, Bai Xiaonian.
Otherwise, if the system directly assigned the effeminate trait, that feeling would be awful.
Time to go home!
Rest for two weeks and then see.