Chapter 173: Live Accompaniment
Translator: Dragon Boat Translation Editor: Dragon Boat Translation
“Bai Zhi?!”
“What’s going on!”
“Guest appearance at a concert?”
“This is too much information!”
“Let me buffer for a moment!”
“What kind of presence does Meng fatty have?!”
“…”
Soon, the number of viewers in the stream reached 10,000 and then continued to soar.
In this day and age, it wasn’t strange to see a celebrity stream. Various websites and APPs on different platforms often hosted celebrities and their streams. After all, we have entered an era of national streaming, with various capitals floating about the market. The money raised by these platforms is fully enough to invite celebrities to use their stream.
Moreover, live streams have a market and are popular as well. Plus, streaming could attract popularity and increase exposure. Hence, several celebrities are willing to partic.i.p.ate in the stream.
However, after the initial novelty and its normalization, even after some celebrities began promoting their streams, it was still difficult to attract a large viewer base. In the end, it was just their own fans watching them, alongside a few netizens.
The reason was simple. After all, the most important thing about live streaming in this form of entertainment is interaction. In general—regardless if they’re famous or not—most celebrities can let go of their image, but they can’t let loose completely. They have too much emotional baggage and an image to maintain, and they were hesitant. Not only was it difficult to be down to earth, but the feeling of real interaction was also lacking. From the perspective of a viewer, they are not as interesting as actual streamers.
Of course, there are some exceptions. For example, those who play video games, or ones with grounded character, who are very honest and straightforward…
Some time ago, a platform invited a female actress to share her shopping experience and recommend some products. The actresses who wore high priced items, which was aligned to their own net worth, would recommend clothing and cosmetics to their netizens and describe their usage. It sounded pretty down to earth.
Then a female celebrity who had a bad taste in men suddenly very seriously recommended a bag in the 6 digit price point, sharing that when buying diamonds you should not buy any under 1 carat because ‘anything under one carat can be considered wasted dust’, and was not worth any money… Although the netizens may not be able to afford everything that’s recommended to them, because it revealed the real consumption habits of an actress, she actually drew a lot of stress.
Having said that, after the first wave of interest towards celebrity streaming, it became difficult for celebrities to rely on streaming to gather fans. However, streaming was still a good way for stars to self promote. They wouldn’t give up the channel just because it was hard to gain fans. There are still many celebrities partic.i.p.ating in these streaming events.
Of course, on the contrary, the att.i.tude of the netizens towards these celebrities is not so enthusiastic.
It was interesting that these celebrities and their companies and their powerful promotions were not appreciated by the netizens. But when someone like Bai Zhi suddenly appears on the screen, it made many netizens’ hearts skip!
Why?
Of course, the accidental factor was one reason, another was that the subconscious would a.s.sume a sudden appearance would be more real, rather than a promotional appearance after being packaged—Even if the appearance was sudden and there was no difference.
Of course, there was another important reason; that was because Bai Zhi appeared in her “element”.
To make an inappropriate comparison, it’s like when you are not interested in a celebrity, no matter how famous they are, but when one appears in your hometown, no matter how well known or not, you are sure to pay more attention!
And Bai Zhi was pretty well known!
Immediately, they all rushed to tell each other, as if they discovered something abnormal.
“Whoa, my Bai G.o.ddess! She’s so beautiful!”
“Bai G.o.ddess looks so good in such a simple outfit!”
“Bai Zhi’s figure is too good!”
“She looks so good without makeup, and her skin is glowing!”
“Idiot, it’s called natural makeup not no makeup!”
“Sister Bai looks so approachable!”
“Take a photo with her!”
“Hey hey hey, I just want to know what’s going on!”
“How did Bai Zhi find Meng host?!”
“Oh no, our Meng fatty cannot be hidden anymore!”
Bai Zhi had streamed before as well, so she naturally directed her eyes towards the live comments. It appears that these comments from Meng Fan’s stream were a lot more chaotic than her own stream. Yes, it was chaotic but way more interesting. She read them for a while and smiled, talking to the netizens, “Didn’t you guys make him sing yesterday, I thought he was pretty good, and we were missing a guest. Conveniently, he’s in Hangzhou, so I invited him.”
“The G.o.ddess has great taste!”
“The G.o.ddess watches Meng boss’s stream?”
“Does Bai Zhi know Meng Fan from before?”
“Although you’re a G.o.ddess, I have to disagree when you say we edged him on. We forced him okay?”
“Is Bai Zhi a fan of Meng host’s manga or his shooting skills?”
Seeing Bai Zhi was willing to interact, the netizens in the stream couldn’t contain their excitement.
On the other side, Tao Tao ended her rehearsal. She walked over to greet Bai Zhi and was just about to turn and leave when Bai Zhi stopped her.
As for Meng Fan… He could go die somewhere else. He wasn’t wearing his hat, but at this moment his presence was at an all-time low.
When Meng Fan saw this, he approached the stage. Either way, the bad was now free, so why not practice on his own?
He had no stage experience, nonetheless singing; alongside a live band as well.
Although he didn’t quite understand the difference between a live band and a recorded soundtrack, Meng Fan was able to distinguish if there was a difference. It wasn’t a problem to sing along to a soundtrack, but it might not go as smoothly with a live band.
He gestured to the bandleader and told them curtly that he has no experience whatsoever performing on stage with a band. The band seemed to know of this already and warmly proceeded.
“It’s okay, I’ll familiarize myself with it first. I will tell you when to begin at which drum beat, it’s very simple.” The leader of the bad was a middle-aged man called Mao bro. He wasn’t bald; in fact, he had a lot of hair that was long and black and s.h.i.+ny. Tied into a small ponytail, he looked pretty cool.
They went through it once.
Mao bro coughed lightly. “Uhm, can we go through it again?”
The band members knew Meng Fan was a streamer, and one of them even rummaged his videos and watched them. They admitted his voice was decent, and since Bai Zhi already warned them of his lack of performing experience, they already were prepared to deal with him, only… He had zero foundation and no musical sense!
Practicing with him was not just regularly difficult.
But after going over it a few times, the band members let out a sigh of relief.
Meng Fan had zero musical sense indeed, but his vocal skills contained a variety of basic skills, in addition to the sound range, tone, pitch, sound quality, etc. he also had a feel for music.
If his pitch accuracy could make his sound match the sound of the band, then the feel for music meant he could more accurately grasp the rhythm of the music.
Meng Fan slowly grew accustomed to the accompaniment and was able to rely on the +6 attribute to work in harmony with the band. He was not out of touch, or ahead of the beat, but firmly grasping the rhythm.