Chapter 523: Chapter 499 Completely Offensive_1
Although the reactions of the backstage singers were unseen, the audience seating area was immensely lively.
A few seconds of silence were followed by the resounding sound of applause and gleeful cheers:
“My goodness!”
“They actually brought the Prince of Lanling over!”
“His biting remarks are no joke…”
“The show’s creators know how to have fun!”
“The director sure knows what we like to see!”
“Now we can enjoy Prince of Lanling’s sharp tongue to its fullest!”
“Thrilling, incredible!”
“Definitely worth it for this segment!”
“…”
The judging panel of four also had smiles on their faces.
Each team’s judging panel would rotate members, and this time was no exception.
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This season’s judging panel, once again, consisted of Maestro and other three music industry heavyweights.
Leading the panel was Maestro Yin Dong —
For those who need a reminder, Yin Dong is the same Maestro who collaborated with Fei Yang twice, and ended up in second place both times with a somewhat deadpan expression.
“You’ve watched previous episodes, haven’t you?”
“This Prince of Lanling’s comments are quite harsh.”
“Sometimes, I feel his remarks are even more brutal than Teacher Yin Dong, but most of the time, I agree with his critiques.”
“….”
The panelists were discussing amongst themselves.
The on-stage host, chuckling, said: “Teacher Prince of Lanling will only be providing commentary, not voting, and will only be commenting after everyone has voted for the singer, so there’s no need to be concerned that he will influence the competition. Now, let’s welcome our first singer to perform!”
The audience applauded even louder!
Only the heavens knew if the applause was for the singer, or for the Prince of Lanling, or simply because they were excited by all the drama.
Lin Yuan sat in his chair.
Quietly watching the stage.
The first singer was a female masked as a rabbit. Lin Yuan had seen her performance in the previous episodes and guessed that she should be a top-tier singer.
The song ended.
The four panelists provided their critique.
The overall evaluation was fairly good.
As proceedings were more or less wrapped up, An Hong suddenly laughed and turned to his right: “I’m curious to hear what Teacher Prince of Lanling thinks.”
It’s happening!
It’s the Prince of Lanling’s segment!
The audience was instantly perked up!
At the center stage, the lady Rabbit shuddered subconsciously. The destructive power of Prince of Lanling’s remarks was known to be something not everyone could withstand.
Lin Yuan was silent.
All eyes were on him.
Finally, Lin Yuan spoke: “Rabbit, you rely too much on your singing techniques. I’m not against showing off one’s skills on stage, but not every song is suitable for this. The emotional expression of this song should be valued more than showing off technique. If you prefer displaying your skills, I suggest you choose songs with a more complicated singing method.”
Rabbit: “…”
What’s expected has arrived!
Uproar arose from the audience; everyone was eager for the much-anticipated commentary from Prince of Lanling, who always speaks his mind!
“Splendid!”
“That’s Prince of Lanling alright!”
“This guy, so blunt as ever!”
“He really isn’t afraid to offend people!”
“Why is he so defiant!”
“His emotional intelligence is low, that’s why he’s so straightforward!”
“Oh, An Hong is so trying to hold back his laughter!”
“….”
The audience at the scene was holding back their laughter at An Hong’s expression.
An Hong suppressed his laughter: “Alright, let’s now invite our second singer of the day…”
The second singer is likely the King of Singing!
This singer is a man, disguised as a samurai.
Facing the King of Singing, would Prince of Lanling continue in the same sharp-tongued manner?
The audience was curious.
The answer was soon made clear——
“High pitch is nothing new on this stage, and your problem is similar to that of Mu Shi’s, struggling to control your breath and having issues when you need to take a breath,” Prince of Lanling critiqued Samurai’s performance.
Here it is again! Here it is again!
Doesn’t matter if you’re the King of Singing!
Prince of Lanling is still that Prince of Lanling who dared to critique King of Singing Fei Yang from a distance!
The audience went even wilder!
There’s an even wilder commotion at the judging panel!
“The Prince of Lanling is ruthless; after criticizing Samurai, he even dug up Mu Shi to whip a corpse!”
“How dare he!”
“I really want to see the expression of the singer under Samurai’s mask. Didn’t the judges previously guess that he is the King of Singing?”
“An Hong just couldn’t hold it back.”
“As expected, one would get used to it after some time.”
“When this episode airs, Prince of Lanling will surely get scolded by many people!”
“But still, I must say he makes sense.”
“What’s the use of making sense? Isn’t Prince of Lanling faultless himself when singing, nitpicking is something everyone can do. But I admit that I really enjoy watching him stirring up trouble, it’s indeed quite fascinating!”
“…”
On the center stage.
An Hong chuckled, “Thank you for Prince of Lanling’s evaluation. Any thoughts you want to share, Warrior Teacher?”
“Me?”
Suddenly, the Samurai glanced at the Prince of Lanling and then clearly stated, “I don’t agree with the Prince of Lanling’s opinion!”
The audience was taken aback!
Then they became even more enthralled!
Yes!
The tension is building up!
Would there be a physical fight on stage?
Prince of Lanling was silent.
The Samurai turned to Prince of Lanling and continued, “Suudenly, I really hope to encounter Prince of Lanling in the upcoming competition, and I hope Prince of Lanling can give me more advice at that time!”
This Samurai could be the King of Singing!
A rather outrageous King of Singing at that!
His aggressive approach was already witnessed in the last episode of the show. He even picked a fight with the judges, and even though it didn’t go beyond the line, the audience knew he was a tough cookie.
Rabbit chose to remain silent in response to Prince of Lanling’s criticism.
However, the Samurai chose to…
Declare war directly!
The four judges were laughing and exchanging comments:
“A head-on confrontation, eh!”
“I knew there would be some singers who wouldn’t stand the criticism.”
“In the past, Prince of Lanling critiqued backstage and never upfront to the singers. Now that he criticizes them openly, singers with less tolerance will certainly fight back.”
“Quite interesting.”
Teacher Yin Dong kept staring at Prince of Lanling, seemingly trying to identify who’s behind the mask, sensing some manipulation in the arrangements of the show’
How would Prince of Lanling respond?
All eyes were on him.
Lin Yuan didn’t give it much thought and didn’t feel provoked. He simply picked up the microphone and said:
“Ok.”
He agreed!
Being concise and to the point!
Just like Prince of Lanling!
An Hong chuckled, “Warrior Teacher doesn’t seem to be convinced by Prince of Lanling’s comments. It seems like we can already start looking forward to the team competition!”
“…”
The Samurai strode off the stage.
The next four singers took their turns, including the sixth one, who is quite possibly a top-tier female singer.
However.
No matter whether they were kings or queens of singing, or top-tier singers, Prince of Lanling treated them all the same. He expressed his thoughts openly in front of the camera and the audience, sticking with his old style from previous recordings, and put it bluntly to every singer:
“Your high notes aren’t clear enough. This song requires high notes with a stronger sense of penetration.”
“Your baritone voice is nice, but you came in a bit too early during the second part of the song. The fault was obvious. You should thank the orchestra for being able to back you up nicely.”
“Among ten male singers, nine would sing it like you, neither good nor bad, but lack uniqueness.”
“…”
Piercing!
Sharp-tongued!
Ruthless!
Even when Prince of Lanling occasionally had words of praise, they’d always be followed by a “however,” serving as a turnabout!
After six continuous rounds.
The audience was boiling over!
This Prince of Lanling was absolute savage. When he used to compete, he’d just offend one singer at a time.
But this time, acting as a special commentator, he was like a gatling gun!
Pouring his criticisms on all the singers!
Every single singer in the third team was offended by Prince of Lanling!
Especially the last singer…
She was definitely on the level of the top female singers.
Yet, the comment Prince of Lanling gave was: “You did okay, middle-level among the top female singers.”
Ok?
Being middle-level among top female singers?
Was that a compliment? Because it sure didn’t sound like it!
It would’ve been better off not complimenting at all!
However, this masked top female singer didn’t seem offended, and cheekily replied: “I accept your assessment, but I hope Prince of Lanling will officially beat me, the middle-level top female singer, in the next competition. If you can do that, your critique will be more convincing.”
Alright then.
This seemingly good-tempered singer also declared war on Prince of Lanling. You, Prince of Lanling, like to critique other singers venomously, then beat me if you can!
“Alright.”
Prince of Lanling responded with his usual brevity.
The venue was caught in an uproar, every critique after each performance was the climax of the show. As for Prince of Lanling’s words—
Some were furious!
Some were thrilled!
Some were cursing!
Some were supportive!
The controversy caused by Prince of Lanling once again became the subject of the hottest debate among the audience, making the show an absolute hit!
In the director’s room.
Director Tong Shuwen was overjoyed. With Prince of Lanling, there would be no need to worry about ratings for the next episode!
Who would you most like to see unmasked?
Tong Shuwen was very confident. If the audience could only choose one singer to unmask, everyone would choose Prince of Lanling!