“Yes!” Mu Li nodded, “Today, I’m indeed bringing something new to everyone.”
“You all know I have a band, right?” Mu Li asked.
The audience immediately shouted, “Yes! A band made of Pokémon!”
“Exactly, they say the live performance is invincible.”
“The drummer Sylveon is absolutely insane!”
“Gardevoir on bass is also very cool!”
… …
Mu Li smiled, “It seems our band is quite famous! But does everyone know what this band is called?”
Mu Li didn't keep them in suspense.
“Actually, this band was originally called the Jigglypuff Band,” Mu Li said, pointing to the Jigglypuff on his head, “She’s the lead singer of this band, but I pushed her out.”
At this, Jigglypuff immediately puffed up in anger, her small hand once again grabbing Mu Li’s hair.
“However, despite that, our band’s name is still the Jigglypuff Band,” Mu Li said with a smile, “Since that’s the case, let the Jigglypuff Band perform a song for us!”
As soon as he finished speaking, the Gardevoir and Hatterene on Mu Li’s body, as well as the Ditto that had transformed into a backpack, returned to their original forms.
The Jigglypuff Band’s first full-stage performance officially began.
Mu Li also took a guitar and acted as the second guitarist next to them.
The moment a spotlight shone on Sylveon, the drum beat suddenly rang out, and the entire studio was instantly filled with various instruments.
The temperature on the entire stage gradually rose, and then, under the influence of Gardevoir and Hatterene, the emotions of all the audience members were instantly stirred up.
Everyone immediately stood up from their seats, waving their hands in the air, and started tapping their feet to the music.
Jigglypuff had thoroughly prepared for this performance, because the style she was going to perform this time was completely different from her usual style; this time, it was Electro-Jigglypuff taking the stage.
“Popo Li, Popo Li, Popo Li Po!”
The unique rhythm of electronic music turned the entire studio into a dance hall, and everyone started jumping.
The moment Electro-Jigglypuff’s voice rang out, the atmosphere of the entire studio immediately became distinct.
Because of the electronic music, everyone was extremely hyped emotionally, even jumping in place, and with the very high-energy musical atmosphere, everyone was almost at their peak of excitement.
However, when Jigglypuff's voice was mixed with the electronic music, there was always a faint, almost imperceptible sense of hypnosis that pulled everyone down from the clouds of extreme hype.
Just as everyone was being controlled by this drowsy, hypnotic feeling, Sylveon suddenly emitted pink light rings that enveloped the entire studio, and the sleepiness in the minds of those covered by the pink light vanished.
Their slightly relaxed nerves became excited again.
This mental teasing and drastic emotional fluctuation created an extremely strong sense of contrast, making everyone unable to stop.
He Lin was a man who had seen the world; although he was also very excited, he still managed to maintain his rationality under these circumstances.
After understanding all this, his mouth couldn't help but twitch: “Goodness, electro-hypnosis combined with Misty Terrain, this is truly treating the audience like they’re not human.”
However, it must be said that the appearance of Electro-Jigglypuff also officially refreshed people’s limitations on the scope of Jigglypuff’s music.
No one had expected that a Jigglypuff’s performance could come up with so many tricks.
Compared to the original Jigglypuff’s “Popo Li Popo Li” which was similar to hypnosis and had some healing effects, modern young people seem to prefer this electronic Jigglypuff voice more.
Putting everything else aside, it was simply very exciting.
After one song ended, everyone even felt a bit unsatisfied and began to shout “Encore!”
The shouts of “Encore” grew louder and louder, and Jigglypuff became more and more excited, looking like she was about to start the next song.
Mu Li quickly ran over, clapped a hand over Jigglypuff’s mouth, and, despite Jigglypuff’s angry struggles, forcibly stopped her performance.
Looking at the audience’s enthusiasm, Mu Li couldn’t help but smile bitterly, “Don’t shout encore to her, she can really sing all night, I don’t know if you can handle it, but I certainly can’t.”
Immediately, shouts came from the audience: “Let her sing, I want to listen all night.”
“Listening all night is fine, we can keep recording.”
“We’re not tired yet!”
… …
It should be known that the Happy Saturday program started recording in the evening, and this recording session lasted from yesterday evening almost until noon the next day.
Originally, everyone was on the verge of exhaustion, but unexpectedly, after Jigglypuff’s performance, they became energized instead.
This feeling of being both tired and wide awake was truly wonderful.
However, although the audience was enthusiastic, the program team’s recording also had limitations.
He Lin also did not let the program continue to spiral out of control.
After all, everyone had gone through such a long recording session; whether it was the guests, the audience, or the on-site staff, they were all very physically and mentally exhausted.
Don’t let their current excitement fool you; a large part of it was due to the emotional influence brought by Hatterene and Gardevoir.
Once the Psychic effect wore off, everyone would feel both physical and mental fatigue.
After Jigglypuff finished singing, this episode’s recording officially concluded.
After the recording ended, He Lin originally wanted to treat Mu Li to a meal, but Mu Li considered that they were truly too exhausted, and he also had upcoming recording tasks, so he let them go back to rest first.
The “I Live Alone” production team hadn’t expected that Mu Li would simply drop by Mango TV and coincidentally record an episode of Happy Saturday.
Originally, their plan was for Mu Li to first go to Mango TV for the “Divas Hit the Road” recording, and then meet up with the other five guests, but they hadn't expected such an incident to occur midway.
However, it was still good; although recording Happy Saturday took more than an hour, the other guests also traveled from all over the country.
Mu Li had arrived early in the morning, and even after more than two hours of extra recording, his arrival time at the gathering wasn't considered late.
However, Xu Ming would not continue to participate in the recording here.
When Mu Li went to the recording site to meet up with the other guests, he happened to encounter Jin Zhong, who had just arrived from the airport.
Mu Li had long heard of Jin Zhong.
Because Jin Zhong was an early regular member of Running Man, and his relationship with Chichi and the others was incredibly close, Mu Li had often heard Deng Fei and Chichi mention Jin Zhong, and Mu Li had also watched his TV shows and movies.
It must be said that Jin Zhong’s tough-guy style really appealed to Mu Li.
But unfortunately, the two had never had the chance to meet until this program’s arrangement.
However, Mu Li hadn’t expected that before the recording, the two would coincidentally meet at the entrance of the residential area where the program was being recorded.
The venue for this gathering was provided by Mu Si, the only female host among the five guests; this was where she lived.
After they met, Mu Li realized that Jin Zhong was completely different from what he had imagined.
On screen, Jin Zhong had the image of a tough, iron-blooded man, but unexpectedly, in reality, Jin Zhong even seemed a bit shy.
This contrast made Mu Li feel that Jin Zhong was more authentic.
The sense of distance he originally felt due to Jin Zhong’s tough-guy image immediately disappeared.
However, what pleasantly surprised Mu Li was that Jin Zhong actually knew him.
He, Deng Fei, and Chichi were also in frequent contact, so they naturally knew about Mu Li.
“Speaking of which, my agent said I should thank you,” Jin Zhong said as the two walked into the residential area.
“Thank me? For what?” Mu Li asked, a bit puzzled.
“Haha, he said that our show, thanks to you, pulled up the ratings, otherwise, with my personality, the ratings would probably have dropped to who knows where,” Jin Zhong said self-deprecatingly.
“Hey, I was just lucky,” Mu Li said modestly, “Besides, isn't Ming Yu very good at this kind of variety show? I’ve watched the variety shows he recorded, and the results were all very good!”
Jin Zhong couldn’t help but smile bitterly, “Don’t even mention it, I met Ming Yu once before, and I completely forgot about it. It was a total social death moment.”
The two chatted idly, and soon arrived at Mu Si’s doorstep.
The two couldn’t help but exchange glances, and simultaneously asked, “Did you bring a gift? No! What do we do?”
The two fell into a moment of silence.
“We were chatting too happily, forgot to buy,” Jin Zhong couldn’t help but rub his temples.
Mu Li covered his face with a hand: “I just completely forgot, I didn’t expect this recording to be at someone else’s house.”
“Should we go buy some?” Jin Zhong asked.
“No need,” Mu Li suddenly smiled, “I remembered, I still have some unused gifts from before, if we split them, it should be enough.”
With that, he squatted down and reached into his shadow to start pulling things out.
Jin Zhong’s eyes lit up, and he also squatted down, watching Mu Li pulling things from the shadow with great interest: “I’ve seen this before, this is your Gengar, right?”
Gengar immediately extended two pointed little ears, squeezed half of his body out of the shadow, and gave Jin Zhong a peace sign: “Geng Gui!”
“He says he’s very happy to meet you!” A female voice sounded in Jin Zhong’s ear.
Mu Li looked up at the surprised Jin Zhong and explained, “This is Gardevoir, she often acts as a translator for these Pokémon. You can just speak normally, they can all understand.”
Jin Zhong nodded and exclaimed, “Pokémon are truly amazing!”
As the two spoke, Mu Li pulled out several cans of honey from the shadow: “This honey is what I gave Chichi when I met him before, but I took too much, so there are still a few cans left.”
As he spoke, he pulled out a bouquet of flowers and handed it to Jin Zhong: “I don’t know when this bouquet was put here, but luckily, the preservation effect in this space is quite good.”
With that, Mu Li pulled out another bouquet: “Perfect, one for each of us, it won’t be impolite.”
Mu Li then pulled out an Eevee doll from the shadow: “I remember her Pokémon is Eevee, and I just happened to have an Eevee doll left from before.”
After thinking for a moment, Mu Li pulled out some berries and vines from the shadow, and with Gardevoir’s Helping Hand, these vines turned into two fruit baskets.
“This should be enough then,” Mu Li stood up and clapped his hands.
Jin Zhong was already staring blankly from the side: “I thought Gengar’s stomach could only hold a little bit, but looking at you, he’s practically a big eater.”
Mu Li couldn’t help but smile, “Never mind that, let’s go in first, they must have been waiting for a long time.”
Jin Zhong nodded and pressed the doorbell.