Theme: [I heard your QT effortlessly dominated the entire stage again]
Content: [It is known that the number of live audience members for the first performance was 500. The number of tickets released by the official in the lottery pool was about 400. Yet, the number of ‘casual viewers’ claiming to be live audience members and posting experience reports on forums reached tens of thousands……
Really? If there are no pictures, the experience reports are all made up. What, do the tickets reproduce on their own?
Most of these ‘casual viewers’ followed a pattern of praising your Ting, while a few ‘reasonable neutrals’ first criticized Wen Qi, Yan, Xue, Zhou, Wu before praising your Ting. So, just whose fans are these ‘casual viewers’ who have stirred up the atmosphere in the NS group section until it’s a chaotic mess? It’s so hard to guess [scratching head]]
1L: [Whichever family has the most actors, that’s who. ‘I was there and I also think’ has already become the necessary phrase for a certain family’s fans to blow rainbow farts, okay? [rolling eyes]]
2L: [I can’t say, I can’t say. If I say, the private messages will get interesting.]
3L: [If you can’t say, I won’t say either [shhh].]
4L: [Casual viewer passing by…… Are you talking about that mixed-race guy in NS who is the most handsome?]
5L: [Fans, stop pretending to be casual viewers. Since none of you will say it, then I will say it…
Of course it’s that fan-voted dark horse with the ultra-relaxed vibe. He was still sleeping in the car before the public performance, needed someone to provide a wake-up service when they arrived, and even looked annoyed when woken up. Truly a young master from an aristocratic school descending to earth to endure tribulations, huh.]
6L: [hhh Our young master must have predicted he would win the championship, that’s why he was so relaxed, right?]
7L: [That’s for sure. No matter who gets eliminated, it won’t be our ultra-perfect face–dance–vocal triple threat who is proficient in all 360 trades, the underage all-rounder bking. [rolling eyes]]
8L (OP): [I really can’t understand what’s so great about a [clown] to brag about. There isn’t even a live video, purely relying on a bunch of actors jumping up and down. Your Ting acts like a clown on stage, and the fans act like clowns off stage?]
9L: [[Caterpillar] is like that. I seriously suspect jmz(program team) gave [Caterpillar] special treatment. The experience report bloggers in the group section almost all have Ugly Dragonfly fan affiliations. The audience members showing tickets and posting rainbow farts are even more of a [Caterpillar] gathering spot. The smell is too strong. [vomit]
This ratio is clearly abnormal. Is there anyone who will join me in calling to jmz to complain about shady operations in the first performance ticket lottery results? [fist][fist]]
***The nickname “Caterpillar” for Quentin’s fans stems from a pun on the Chinese version of Quentin’s name 昆廷 (Kūn Tíng). The first character 昆 (Kūn) also appears in 昆虫 (kūnchóng, “insect”), so black fans created insect-themed nicknames: Quentin himself is called “Ugly Ting(Dragonfly)” (丑蜓), and his fans are called “Caterpillars”
***”Ugly Dragonfly” comes about because 昆廷 (kūn tíng) and 蜻蜓 (qīngtíng, dragonfly) sound similar in pronunciation.
10L: [Hahahaha who came up with Ugly Dragonfly? This name suits him so well!]
11L: [After all, he’s the one who dressed as a clown for the first public performance. [snicker]]
12L: [First, showing a live performance ticket to prove identity. [photo.jpg]
Sigh, to be honest, your Ting does have some skill, and that face is indeed good-looking. It’s a pity he’s completely dragged down by his fans behind the scenes, they’re always out there stepping on others and acting all sensitive, it’s so annoying.]
13L: [There’s no helping it. Ting just has these elementary school students so infatuated they’ve lost their minds and gone bankrupt. Never expect anything from a group of people who exaggerate to the heavens a niche French song. When will these little sisters stop glorifying academic qualifications? [sigh]]
14L: [@XiaoQXiaoQWeLikeYou, come look at this post. They’re so sour… already so sour they’re starting to talk nonsense. [laughing-crying]]
15L: [? What the hell, such a smelly post. First, cleanse the evil. [mugwort.jpg]]
16L: [How could anyone think we like Quentin because of his academic qualifications……Help, we liked Quentin first and then found out he had good grades, ok? Nowadays, black fans know the idol better than the fans…]
[@XiaoQXiaoQWeLikeYou, has been banned by the OP]
[@TingMamaNeverGivesUp, has been banned by the OP]
17L (OP): [They caught the scent as soon as the post went up……Are they insects or dogs…]
18L: [If we are dogs, then what are you? [thinking]]
[@BornFree, has been banned by the OP]
19L (OP): [I finally understand why Ting fans are called Caterpillars. Their vitality is really tenacious……]
20L: [Iz, you’ve worked hard, sending the OP a bottle of insecticide.]
21L: [That, don’t you think the words ‘Ugly Dragonfly’ are funny instead? It’s not aggressive at all…
Fans will find it funny, and casual viewers will just think you’re blind……]
22L: [The ugliest thing is clearly the look of jealousy on OP’s face. You can’t dig up any black material on Quentin so you shift the blame to the fans……
Laughing to death, nowadays fans are guilty for praising their own fave? If your fave had half of Quentin’s ability, I guarantee you’d praise him more exaggeratedly than I do.]
[@PickAStarForYou (Met Quentin Version), has been banned by the OP]
23L: [Insects are just insects, can’t get rid of them all. [holding nose]]
24L: [When you find one Caterpillar in a post, there are already thousands hidden in the dark~ hehe.]
25L (OP): [Whatever. Waiting for the main episode update to see how well Ugly Dragonfly performed the clown role on the first performance stage.]
26L: [You can’t trust the main episode either, jmz’s audio editing is too heavy. Ugly Dragonfly is definitely a royal, there must be capital backing him!
Think about it carefully, if he didn’t have connections, how could he suddenly parachute into NS? And among the three high-trainee trainees, the other two besides Ugly Dragonfly both went through tribulations in the first performance!
In contrast, Ugly Dragonfly not only had the most expensive costumes and the most elaborate stage setup but also occupied the absolute C position. Who would believe there’s no trickery involved in this!]
27L: [We can just wait for a technical expert to do a comparison of the pure vocal audio without the backing track.]
28L: [Who knows how their team leader was selected either. Waiting for the main episode.
@[Next Stage] official, the team formation, team leader selection, and C-position selection must have the entire process shown. Otherwise, we’ll report you for shady dealings and forcibly propping up royalty. [smile]]
29L: [Pure vocal audio comparison… someone already edited one for the initial stage performance… Quentin was one of the few whose difference before and after removing the backing track was minimal, and he still sounded leagues above the others.
As for royalty, well, as a fan, I also really hope Quentin is royalty. I’ll take your auspicious words.]
[@RetortAndBounceBack, has been banned by the OP]
30L: [0006]
593L: [Came from the trending list. Are all these 500+ posts in this thread Ting antis?]
594L: [Oh ho, even an anti post can trend. Should we say OP is amazing, or that Quentin is popular?]
595L: [The number of likes on the anti-site is so much higher than the promotional posts for other trainees… By the way, I thought the hashtag #QuentinClown# meant someone secretly filmed and leaked Quentin’s first performance stage.]
596L: [Uh, you Ting fans don’t actually think this trending topic is praising your Ting, do you? [black face question marks]]
597L: [Uh, you black fans don’t actually think this lousy post is trending because of you, do you? [surprised]]
598L: [Obviously, a bunch of rats who can’t stand the light hitched a ride on Quentin’s traffic to get on the trending list. I guess this is the spotlight moment of your entire lives.]
599L (OP): [Family, I can’t keep up with the banning. Might as well just lock the post. Getting on the trending list leaves me speechless…
OP doesn’t want to be associated with Ugly Dragonfly in the slightest, and doesn’t want to see a bunch of insects jumping around in front of our eyes. [headache]]
600L: [Not~ in~ the~ slight~est~]
[@DontBotherMe, has been banned by the OP]
[This post has been locked by the OP]
*
The day after the public performance was Friday, which was also the day [NS-Live Room] updated.
For this spin-off program, the program team distributed a selfie stick and a GoPro to each of the 100 trainees, then divided them equally into five groups, scheduled to broadcast live during five time slots throughout the day.
During each time slot, there were 20 live stream windows. Viewers could choose to watch a single livestream in full screen or split-screen view multiple streams. To ensure clarity and chat functionality, each device could split into a maximum of five small screens simultaneously.
The official released the program plan in advance on the forum, along with the grouping list for the first live broadcast and their corresponding time slots.
Probably to ensure traffic for each time slot, the highly popular trainees were all split up and assigned to different groups.
For example, Wen Xinyi was in [11:00~12:00], Qi Yang in [12:00~13:00], Yan Qiao in [19:00~20:00], Cheng Shaozhi in [20:00~21:00], and Quentin in [21:00~22:00].
As of now, the top five trainees by votes on the official website fell into the five different time slots. Trainees with lower rankings were randomly scattered.
[Ah……Quentin is last again… Fine, just in time to watch after taking a shower and lying in bed.]
[I feel like the evening traffic is better than noon. Isn’t that a bit unfair to Wen and Qi?]
[Friday noon is pretty good too, just right to watch while eating lunch.]
[It’s fine, the program team said they’ll rotate weekly. Everyone will eventually get an evening slot.]
[This shows online popularity…… and you can even send tips and gifts? Are these gifts for the program or for the trainee themselves? Do you have to be so eager, the program has just begun to broadcast and you’re already trying to make money?]
[I give up. After the live streams, fans will definitely make charts comparing the popularity……Please, everyone, don’t compare the gift values, okay? Let’s all be united and not let jmz actually succeed in making money.]
[Actually, it’s okay. I just went to check the program page. You can’t buy gifts with money, you can only exchange them for points obtained by checking in punctually on Youth TV morning, noon, and night every day. So it doesn’t matter.]
[No… now the problem is even bigger. [despair] Problems that can be solved with money aren’t real problems. Using points to exchange truly tests the overall fan stickiness. Otherwise, just one rich fan could balance the gap.]
[Can’t everyone just watch the live streams happily? Always comparing this and that……it’s so boring.]
[The one who posted the previous comment, don’t go urging your friends to check in for points right after posting. If you want to compete, do it openly!]
The online discussions grew more intense as the first live time slot approached, and the fan circles of each family seemed to be stirred by undercurrents.
However, among the 100 trainees, there were actually only a few with truly organized fan circles.
Those with the ability, or rather, the qualification, to pull charts and compare data were even fewer, limited to the top five families: Que, Qi, Wen, Yan, Cheng.
The others were just brought in by these five families to make up the numbers; they didn’t even bother with those ranked lower.
Among these five, the fan cohesion of the Qi and Wen families was the strongest, followed by Cheng’s, and finally Que and Yan’s.
The reason was simple: fan cohesion takes time to accumulate.
Qi and Wen: the former had proven results from a hit drama, the latter debuted under the protection of Xinda Media since childhood and attracted fans. Both had experienced the black fan wars, and over time, their cohesion gradually trained up.
Cheng Shaozhi had the boost from the variety show [Dance World]. Although the show’s popularity wasn’t particularly high, it was quite recognized by seniors in the industry.
Moreover, his skills in the variety show were outstanding, and his looks were uniquely handsome, so he had also accumulated quite a few fans.
Que and Yan, on the other hand, only officially appeared in the public eye through [NS].
How Quentin broke out of the circle and attracted fans goes without saying. Yan Qiao’s high vote ranking was because his dual identities as a “BKL Super A-Class Trainee” and “original dance position reserve for the seventh-generation boy group” successfully attracted a sizable base of BKL family fans.
Unfortunately, both these families suffered from their idols’ short debut time. Official fan groups and support clubs were nowhere to be seen, and both families lacked big fans with significant influence to carry the banner.
However, these matters of fans and black fans couldn’t affect the trainees who were forced to disconnect from the internet for the time being.
After receiving their selfie sticks and GoPros, they each waited for their own live broadcast time, and most had a general plan for what they would do during their live stream.
As for Quentin, whose live broadcast time was in the last batch, he temporarily ignored the matter and went about his routine, finishing breakfast early in the morning and heading to the practice room.
Their dorm room 303 had the healthiest routine in the entire dormitory building. Quentin and Wen Xinyi were also among the earliest risers among the 100 trainees.
As for Fang Xu, he was a bit of a sleeper. Even after going to bed and waking up early with his roommates for half a month, he couldn’t develop a biological clock. He relied on Wen Xinyi to wake him up every day; otherwise, he would be awakened by the colorful Sunshine Alarm that rang out promptly at 6:30.
Today was a live broadcast day, and there were no classes scheduled. The boys could finally sleep in, which happened to help alleviate the fatigue from preparing for the public performance over the past week.
The A-class practice room was empty at this time.
Normally, Wen Xinyi and Xue Mingzhu would also come early to practice dancing, but this time they were both in the first live broadcast group. They weren’t seen, probably preparing for their live streams.
After finishing his warm-up exercises, Quentin turned on the projector, found a boy group dance he hadn’t learned yet from the resource library provided by the program team, and began practicing, learning the dance by himself in front of the mirror.
This was the task the program team had given them after yesterday’s public performance.
It was said that after the second public performance, an “outdoor random dance challenge” flash mob activity would be arranged.
Staff would then take these trainees, who had lived a closed-off life for a month at the recording base, in groups to various shopping malls or pedestrian streets in Yanhai City. They would wear wigs/hats/masks/face masks and start a random dance challenge in public without revealing their identities.
The songs for the challenge would be randomly selected from a resource library containing 50 popular songs, 90% of which were songs from senior boy and girl groups.
Most trainees had already learned the choreography for all the popular boy and girl group songs on the market during their company training.
For them, as long as they spent a little free time during the remaining half month following the videos in the resource library to review, it would be enough to deal with the so-called random dance challenge.
However, Quentin had only crossed over to this world last month. Forget 50 songs, the number of boy and girl group works he had heard so far could be counted on two hands!
During his first week after crossing over, he had listened to the hit songs of this world on the light music app, so he did have a preliminary understanding of the popular music here.
But, the gold song charts on the light music platform were the most authoritative charts in the entire Chinese music scene. Boy and girl group works ultimately can’t rank at the top in the diverse and flourishing music scene.
As a result, the relationship between Quentin and these 50 songs could only be described as “Nice to meet you, please take care of me.”
It was really fortunate that the program team told them about this half a month in advance. Otherwise, Quentin would have exposed the fact that he didn’t know any of them during the random dance challenge, and the consequences would have been dire.
