Recently, Liu Qiliang has been very active.
He frequently participates in various programs.
He can be seen on television almost every day.
Whether it's live or pre-recorded.
As he participated in more shows, the questions he was asked also increased. The most frequent naturally concerned the Ace City Competition.
This time, as Ting Yu's opponent, he enjoyed the benefits of Ting Yu's explosive popularity. Even as an opponent, he had a heat comparable to first-tier celebrities.
Videos of his interviews often appeared in the trending sections of websites.
Among them, in at least eight out of ten videos, his catchphrase appeared: "No one understands square dancing better than I do."
The hottest one was where he was bragging to the host.
"Don't think Ting Yu is amazing; most of his parents and relatives like my songs. Do you believe it?"
"I'm not boasting, but in the middle-aged and elderly market, I am the undisputed top streamer."
"Think about it, in every street and alley, how many shops play my songs?"
"In China, no matter the occasion, as long as there are middle-aged and elderly people, if I give a casual kiss, how many people haven't heard my songs?"
"What does it mean to be the King of Square Dancing?"
His confident words, combined with his tactical backward lean,
were wildly reposted by netizens.
For a time, Liu Qiliang's popularity reached an unprecedented peak.
Su Yu did not pay attention to these matters online.
However, Lin Yanyu was constantly keeping track.
After she showed the video to Su Yu,
Su Yu's brow furrowed.
Has this Liu Qiliang's arrogance gone too far?
Indeed, his mother and eldest aunt, and others, used to like listening to Liu Qiliang's songs.
But now, let those become a thing of the past.
"System, make a trade..."
...
End of July.
The Ace City Competition officially began.
This program, after the warm-up of the regional qualifiers,
had already become the most watched competition program in all of China.
Backstage.
The entire singer group wore expressions of immense excitement.
Even Zhao Zhicheng, who had been on the sidelines, had a gleam of excitement in his eyes.
"Did you finish your recording?"
"Did you finish yours too?"
"Haha, has everyone finished their recordings?"
"..."
The first thing the singer group said upon meeting was to ask if you were finished recording, and their expressions were filled with anticipation.
Other staff members, seeing their unique way of greeting, were all confused.
What was Ting Yu's singer group up to? Why did everyone seem to have been injected with chicken blood?
Moreover, as they walked, they would even hop a little.
It was truly puzzling.
Liu Qiliang's singers this time, Liu Yinfei and Ren Yun, the "Fei Yun" duo, were passing by the corridor. Seeing Su Yu's singer group so happy, especially the Shen Qingfeng siblings chatting and laughing, they couldn't help but snort coldly.
However, their voices carried a hint of jealousy.
"Who's eating lemons?" Shen Qingling, who was already sharp-witted, not only wasn't angry upon hearing the snort but looked around and then focused her gaze on Liu Yinfei: "So it's the Fei Yun duo. When did you change your name to the Lemon duo?"
"Hmph, don't think you can be so smug just because you've latched onto Ting Yu. If you lose this competition, not only will you be scolded by bystanders, but even Ting Yu's fans won't let you off."
After Liu Yinfei finished speaking, he led Ren Yun beside him towards their dressing room.
Looking at their retreating backs,
the members of Ting Yu's singer group couldn't help but show meaningful smiles.
"You have no idea what's about to happen."
The crowd said in unison.
...
Producer's lounge.
Su Yu was resting on the sofa, with his sister Su Xiaoling beside him.
Because the song "Most Dazzling National Style" had a section sung by a little girl towards the end.
Su Yu had asked Su Xiaoling to sing it.
Later, on stage, she would dance along with the backup dancers.
Although Su Xiaoling was only seven years old, she often followed her eldest aunt and others to dance square dances. Moreover, the child was very brave and completely unafraid.
At this moment, Shen Qingfeng entered with his sister Shen Qingling from outside.
"Master..." Shen Qingfeng chuckled.
"It's about to start. What are you two running here for?" Su Yu asked doubtfully.
"Uh... can you add more lines for me?" Shen Qingfeng rubbed his hands sheepishly.
"Brother, that's not fair. How can you talk to Master like that? Master definitely has his reasons," Shen Qingling admonished him from behind.
Shen Qingfeng's voice was filled with grievance: "Master, in this song 'Most Dazzling National Style,' I only have two lines, one is 'staying' and the other is 'I know'..."
"Pfft... you also have harmonies and a rap section." Shen Qingling couldn't help but burst out laughing.
Indeed, throughout the entire song, Shen Qingfeng seemed to be slacking off.
All he said was "staying" and "I know."
"Isn't there another song later..." Su Yu, suppressing a smile, spread his hands helplessly.
The songs by Phoenix Legend had this style.
Moreover, Zeng Yi, one of the lead singers, often teased himself about having fewer lines.
"In the song later, I only have a few lines too, yo yo, come on..." Shen Qingfeng continued to pout and then made a rap gesture.
Su Yu: "..."
Shen Qingling: "Hahaha..."
...
At Su Yu's parents' home.
A group of relatives gathered in front of the television.
Gu Qianqian, due to the holiday and her work as a director at Xinghui, was also in Shuangqing City.
She had the live broadcast screen on her phone and then cast it to the television.
Su Yu's parents and relatives sat on the sofa, waiting for the city competition to begin.
"Zhengguo, turn up the TV volume a bit," Zhang Guizhi said to Su Zhengguo, waving her hand.
The latter heard her, picked up the remote, and turned up the volume: "It hasn't started yet, the volume is too loud and it'll disturb people."
"It's about to start. Little Yu said this time he specially wrote a divine song for square dancing for us, so of course, we have to show our support."
"That's right, you men don't understand anything!"
"And this time, little Ling will be on stage to sing a couple of lines. It's all thanks to Little Yu."
"Little Yu's songs are always number one, and he even said these songs won't be given to the Square Dance Association until a month later. Once these songs are out, only our group can dance to them. Just think about how many people will envy us when we dance them in the square."
The eldest aunt and others also chattered excitedly.
Now their group, because of the song "Drunk Butterfly," had grown to two hundred people.
However, having only one song was a bit lacking.
This time, Su Yu had sent them a message that he would release quite a few songs at once, enough for their dance troupe to perform.
"It's starting, it's starting!"
Zhang Guizhi said quickly when she saw the picture appear on the television.
Everyone also stopped their discussions.
...