Chapter 527: Chapter 357: Are Moon Cat Fans Being Treated Like Japanese People? _2
"Yeah, that time really left a lasting impression!"
Zhu Ye fell into reminiscing, sighing,
"After all, the one eliminated was a very famous contestant at the time! It’s quite normal for fans to be unhappy."
"As a fan, it’s understandable that you can’t accept your idol being eliminated!"
Fengye smiled at the camera and said,
"Actually, music is a very subjective thing. You can’t just do something impulsive because someone disagrees with your opinion. Our judging panel represents the highest standards in the music industry today, and they have a more professional perspective to judge what kind of performance is better. We trust our judges and respect all the contestants in the Dragon Violin Cup....."
Listening to Zhu Ye and Fengye chatting and laughing.
The audience in the livestream started feeling something was off the more they listened.
Suddenly the talk turned to judging scores, unreasonable fan behavior.....
Why does it feel like...
Is there a hinting towards someone?
Among them,
some more sensitive netizens immediately picked up on the problem.
[Oh boy, are you trying to hint at Mr. Moonlight and Miss Cat!]
What "popular contestant."
"Unreasonable fans"?
Who are you insulting?
Who doesn’t know,
in this Dragon Violin Cup, which contestant is most likely to have a "perspective misalignment between judges and the audience"?
Isn’t that Gan Yanyu?
With the recent hype around classical vs. pop music topics, many netizens have participated in the drama and debates.
It’s unavoidable,
many netizens have been educated on how the music competition rules affect classical music.
Oh boy!
After all this time,
these two commentators have been rambling for so long here.
They’re setting the stage for today’s competition!
Doesn’t this mean that there’s a high chance where Moonlight and Cat’s classical music will be unfairly scored low today?
Are they setting up a preemptive defense for us?
Treating Moon Cat Fans like we’re fools?
The Moon Cat Fans suddenly got riled up.
Some more excited netizens immediately voiced their grievances in the bullet chat:
[Hilarious, they’re not even pretending anymore!]
[What "more professional" perspective, this is just finding excuses in advance!]
[If you’re targeting Moonlight and Cat, just say it directly, no need to beat around the bush.]
[Exactly, music is subjective, I think the judges are lacking too, any problem with that?]
[.....]
After these comments appeared.
Another group quickly joined the battlefield.
[Huh? Did a single word about Moonlight and Cat get mentioned? How sensitive and fragile are some of these fans!]
[Hilarious, I thought they were targeting Maozi!]
[Falling into paranoia again, huh? The competition hasn’t even started, and you’re already imagining getting low scores from the judges!]
[Hahaha, when you get eliminated, you’ll just say you’re being targeted— easy excuse!]
[.....]
With the appearance of these comments, many Moon Cat fans who hadn’t entered the fray started to get angry too.
Soon, different groups jumped into the battle, fingers bouncing on keyboards back and forth.
[Damn! You’re lying with your eyes open, aren’t you?! Who doesn’t know classical music is at a disadvantage in the Dragon Violin Cup!]
[You guys playing pop music can talk too? Isn’t it known that this year’s competition favors pop music? Just keep shouting then!]
[Damn, are you kidding? Playing the strong version like it’s nothing!]
.....
Various curses and unpleasant adjectives floated around.
The livestream quickly turned into chaos!
Watching the terrifying environment of the comments, Zhu Ye and Fengye were also overwhelmed.
No!
The competition hasn’t even started yet!
It’s only the entrance scenes of the contestants being broadcasted now.
And the fight has already begun?!
Even before coming to work today,
the two of them had already anticipated that today’s commentary would be a very difficult task.
Who doesn’t know,
about the ongoing disputes between Moonlight and Cat, and Mao Weiang.
This has been going on Weibo for half a month!
Half a month!
So many pop singers have stepped in, heavyweight seniors have spoken out, leading to a massive battle online.
One careless move, and you’d be finished!
At this critical juncture,
Zhu Ye and Fengye were under immense pressure.
For this commentary, if they said something wrong, made any accidental remarks.
They’d offend the netizens below and the organizers above.
They’d be awaiting a massive online backlash!
At that point, losing a job would be the least of their concerns; the dreadful public opinion could drive someone to a mental breakdown.
So, they decided to layer up by discussing the topic of misalignment between judges’ perspectives and the audience’s before starting.
After all, those who slightly understand today’s situation internally.
All know,
that in this semi-final, Moonlight and Cat, no matter what, would not advance!
By then, the first at the forefront would be the two responsible commentators.
No matter what they said, it would be hard to explain away.
If they said there was an issue with the judges, they wouldn’t want to keep commentating.
If they said Moonlight and Cat weren’t good enough, they wouldn’t want their account anymore.
Preparing in advance was also leaving some wiggle room for their commentary later.
One can imagine,
just how immense their pressure was.
.....
With this belief, Zhu Ye and Fengye started today’s commentary.
However, despite being well-prepared.
It was evidently not enough.
Only 10 minutes into the live broadcast.
The pace of the session was already completely out of control!