Chapter 186: Sacrificing the Entire Team

Su Chen's words silenced the entire audience. They had not yet fully recovered from the intentional manipulation embedded in Cai Xukun's rhetoric.

However, when the audience heard Su Chen's remarks once again, a surge of pride welled up spontaneously, shattering the psychological constraints of Cai Xukun's brainwashing!

That's right!

With five thousand years of history, our nation of China has always been a heavenly empire, a supreme state to which myriad nations once paid tribute year after year in the past!

How did it come to be that nowadays, we subconsciously feel a head shorter than foreigners?

Is the air abroad inherently freer? Is life abroad sweeter? Is foreign technology bound to be more advanced?

Give it a rest!

In the current era of globalization, as long as it is not some country in Africa or Southeast Asia, anyone willing to embrace economic globalization will not fare poorly.

Not to mention that foreign capital cares nothing for the poor; they only care about the wealthy. So how could the lives of the underprivileged in Western societies compare to those in China?

Furthermore, China is undoubtedly one of the safest countries in the world, with a foolproof safety index, unlike certain places overflowing with freedom that are fraught with danger.

After all, freedom in the United States means a shooting every day!

Therefore, we should not, cannot, and must not harbor blind worship of things foreign!

Not only does this defy science, but dammit, it defies metaphysics, and even more so, it defies the core values we've been taught since childhood!

China has never had a history of bowing its head and submitting, let alone any so-called inherent slave mentality—we are the descendants of the dragon!

Thus, tracking down the root cause, everyone suddenly realized that this subconscious sense of inferiority seemed to be caused by the surrounding environment.

Those social elites who served as leaders and role models had adopted the ways of capital, preaching by word and deed, and continuously distorting the ideology of China's new generation.

Coupled with the deliberate promotion by certain official accounts and public figures, this situation was created.

This influence was subtle, continuously reinforced, and even led people to utter such absurd claims as foreign air tasting sweeter than China's.

This is an individual problem, but it is also an environmental problem!

Su Chen's words struck heavily against everyone's minds and hearts!

Before long, irrepressible cheers and roars erupted from the auditorium!

"To hell with the foreign-worshiping running dogs! Mandopop is the absolute best!!!"

"That's right! Don't let Cai Xukun blind you! Mandopop is the absolute best!!!"

"Cai Xukun, step down! You're not even fit to sit in the mentor's chair!!!"

"Step down! Step down! Step down!"

......

Host Liu and the other three mentors suddenly felt a familiar sense of deja vu.

It seemed... that sewing machine life of Zheng Huayu started right around a moment like this, didn't it?

Cai Xukun's bright future was suddenly in grave danger!

The last mentor who went against Su Chen was already enjoying government-provided board and lodging; could this one be far behind?

Everyone was completely dumbfounded!

Host Liu, standing on stage, was left utterly bewildered.

Why is this happening again... I am the host, not a firefighter!

Having a major broadcast accident every single episode—what kind of nonsense is this?!

No way, Wu 通's appearance fee is too low; the harder I work, the more I lose!

A raise... I must get a raise!!!

No matter how many complaints Host Liu held in his heart, he had to endure them right now!

The audience had gone wild. If the host went crazy too, would Cai Xukun even be able to walk out of the studio alive?

Host Liu felt that outcome was still quite up in the air...

Therefore, the most urgent task at hand was to quickly advance the show's flow and get Su Chen off the stage to minimize this impact!

...What? You ask why not get Cai Xukun off the stage instead?

The man is a mentor under contract with the production team! You can't just find a replacement on the spot when problems arise!

Besides, look at Cai Xukun slumped in the mentor's chair, his face as pale as a sheet; what else could you possibly expect him to do?

Even if he were a dog, Host Liu could wave a bone and it would come running over, but given Cai Xukun's current state, let alone a bone, he might not even be able to sit up straight if he saw a pile of shit!

In response, Host Liu could only use his most resonant voice to address the auditorium: "Everyone, please calm down. Due to the program's time constraints, we need to move on to the next segment of the show!"

"The outcome of the battle between Mentor Yan Mi and Mentor Cai Xukun is already very clear, and the scores of the four contestants who performed on stage have all been announced!"

"This elimination round adopts a four-into-two format. Therefore, among the four contestants, the two with the highest scores will advance to our Night of the Pinnacle, while we can only say a sincere apology to the remaining two."

Host Liu's voice steadily drowned out the commotion in the auditorium, and as his words settled, the audience gradually quieted down.

Everyone was filled with anticipation, eager to witness Su Chen advance to the finals!

"...So, the only two advancing contestants for this episode are Meng Xiaotian from Mentor Cai Xukun's team, and... Su Chen from Mentor Yan Mi's team!!!"

"Congratulations to both contestants!!!"

Before Host Liu's words had even completely faded, the cheers erupting from the auditorium swept through like a tidal wave.

Even Host Liu's booming voice, which had previously managed to suppress the noise of the auditorium, collapsed instantly at that moment!

"Ahhhh! Su Chen!!!"

"Brother Su Chen! Brother, look at me!!!"

"Ahhhh!!! Brother really looked over here!!!"

"Congratulations to Brother on your official debut!!!"

......

Facing the cheers of the audience, Su Chen broke into a radiant smile and bowed deeply to the auditorium!

Having experienced a past life, Su Chen knew very well that in the entertainment industry, especially for singers, fans are your bread and butter.

That was why Su Chen still couldn't understand why some people would reap the dividends of traffic while privately cursing their fans as poor dirtbags.

There was zero difference between that operation and being mentally handicapped!

However, Su Chen didn't dwell on it too much. After all, he had finally made it to the final four, and securing a spot in the final four of *The明日之星* basically guaranteed an official debut slot.

This meant that after wandering around this world for more than twenty years, Su Chen was finally a newcomer in the entertainment industry once again.

Thinking of this, Su Chen couldn't help rubbing his nose and shaking his head with a bitter smile.

Yet before he could finish smiling, Su Chen's peripheral vision suddenly caught sight of a graceful figure rushing down from the mentor's seat, followed by a solid, tight embrace!

It was Yan Mi!

Thank goodness Yan Mi wasn't heavy, but even so, it almost knocked the wind right out of Su Chen.

Yan Mi clearly didn't realize she had almost committed murder in public, and still flashed a brilliant smile as she said to him, "Ahhhh! You've debuted! Hahaha! Little brother, you've debuted!"

"I can finally report back to your sister! Should I consider this sacrificing my entire team just to successfully launch your debut? Hahaha!"

Su Chen: "......"