Chapter 101: Forum
[Goose Gossip Group | Highlights | “Starlight” Episode 12 Live Discussion Thread]
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[Original Post]
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Only one week left until the finals.
[2F] No way, how is it the 10th already… Last week’s seven days went “whoosh” and were gone. Is heaven secretly messing with my accelerator?!
[11F] Happy times are always short. The moment I start working, one day feels like a year (headache).
[15F] Did everyone manage to get tickets?
[17F] …Let’s not talk about that, upstairs. We’re still one big loving Goose family.
[24F] So who actually got tickets?
I had five people helping me grab them yesterday, but before I even saw the seating options: “Sorry, system busy, please try again later.”
Scalper tickets are ridiculously expensive. Section C started at 20k, but even then it was gone in seconds. When I went back to ask, they were already sold out.
Hehe, I’m going crazy.
[31F] The pain of chasing hot tickets.
[39F] Who dares to scroll through Weibo’s #MoonlightShowoffCorner#, you’ll find “surprises.”
[45F] If I’m not mistaken, that’s Tide’s special tag for flexing. Who dares to look? I won’t, I’m scared it’ll kill me haha.
[52F] I couldn’t resist my curiosity and looked… got so emo I almost wanted to h*ng myself. Are all those instantly-sold-out tickets in Tide’s hands?
Her screenshots look like wholesale—endless pages. Meanwhile, in the Super Topic, tons of people are still wailing about not having tickets, asking if anyone’s reselling.
[67F] Better be careful buying those resale tickets, though. Watch out for fake scalpers scamming you.
[81F] This is also a rite of passage for newbies in the fandom. Once you get scammed, you learn your lesson (back then I got cheated out of 500 yuan by a fake scalper and didn’t even dare report it).
Money spent, lesson learned.
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[93F] Once the show ends, we “fans” won’t have anything to eat again. Finals night and still no ticket—I’m honestly laughing from anger.
[101F] This episode is the last elimination, so cherish it while it lasts. We’ll miss everyone afterward.
Next time there’s a survival show, let’s all gather to sharply critique the trainees again. Everyone’s venomous mouths are strangely comforting and familiar (smile).
[125F] Isn’t Penguin’s survival show coming soon? Could Yue Zhaolin maybe guest as a special performer or something?
[137F] This year Penguin’s show is picking girl idols. Not sure if Xingqiong will let Yue Zhaolin go.
[156F] I think Xingqiong wants Yue Zhaolin to take the orthodox young idol path? That Youth Day greeting he did before was so proper.
Black hair, black eyes, white shirt, striking looks, energetic and full of spirit.
[181F] Next year he’s definitely making it onto the Youth Day Gala. With a few more mainstream events… hmm, even the New Year’s Gala should be possible next year.
[195F] The country values cultural promotion, and on top of that he’s got the overseas popularity buff.
[231F] Once he debuts, he’ll definitely be the one carrying the group on his back.
[254F] He hasn’t even debuted yet and we can already see it happening.
Doesn’t the voting officially start after this episode finishes airing? Last week, tons of fanbases of other trainees were already fighting tooth and nail in fundraising wars—super intense—but none of that touched Yue Zhaolin at all.
[271F] How could it?
Even if you add up the votes of ranks 2 through 6, they still don’t surpass Yue Zhaolin. Starlight’s concept god—besides Yue Zhaolin, everyone else is in the lower tier.
[281F] Right now if you buy a one-month membership you get twenty extra votes, so the lower-ranked ones can actually catch up.
[295F] Honestly, I don’t really get why the fanbases had to start fundraising so early. If the trainee gets eliminated tonight, won’t all that money be useless?
Refunding must be a hassle.
[297F] Or maybe they just won’t refund at all—big fans behind the scenes happily score themselves a seaside apartment (.)
[301F] Part of the reason is the show itself urging people to vote. Without preparing in advance, fan groups feel insecure. Plus that hundred-page PPT just muddied the waters.
[338F] That so-called “PPT expose” was like diarrhea—huge buildup at the start, but in the end just thunder with little rain. Most of the dirt was trivial.
Was it the production team hyping themselves?
[361F] Not all of it was trivial—smoking and gambling counts as a house collapse already.
[394F] But they didn’t reveal names.
[421F] Upstairs, did you miss the melon? That guy is “Zhihu Bro.” Someone even mic-connected and asked if it was Liu Xiaocui—he denied it, but the way he denied it was basically a reverse confirmation.
[450F] Tsk tsk, this guy really has all five poisons.
[482F] His ranking has stalled at seventh… with today’s voting, can his fans try harder?
[510F] I’ll at least contribute my free votes.
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[1007F] Here comes the main episode—
[1021F] The familiar opening.
Eh? They added a voting-reminder at the start, I’m dying. Pretty obvious what the production team is aiming at—if Tide won’t be squeezed, then squeeze everyone else.
[1036F] Why does it start right away with a flashback sequence?
[1072F] Nobody wants to watch “Stage Panic Bro” recount his inner struggles over messing up in the third performance. And stop apologizing already—what’s the point now?
Can he sit down and let the host announce the rankings sooner?
[1105F] Has anyone told Rong Ruize that when he cries, it sounds like a horse neighing? He’s already become the latest weapon in the remix meme world.
[1139F] If all else fails, just play that edited ad with the mother and daughter surviving in the icy wilderness. Compared to this, I’d actually rather watch that.
[1174F] The production team really knows what they’re doing. Whenever the atmosphere gets awkward, they cut to Yue Zhaolin’s shot to divert attention. Works every time.
[1186F] On him you can truly feel what “top-tier beauty” means—it’s such a rare resource. Honestly, it’s hard to get mad at that face.
[1201F] That hair color of Emperor Yue’s really isn’t something just anyone can pull off. And about that puppet makeup trend on Douyin—let’s just say… most of them are imitating Yue Zhaolin.
As for the results, emmm…
[1230F] Thinking back, Emperor Yue’s career path has been incredibly smooth. He was already popular before the show aired, and once it did, his hype never dipped. All three performances were solid.
He’s already secured his place in the industry.
[1241F] Once debut night is over, he should open his personal Weibo. How many followers do you think he’ll gain in 24 hours?
[1258F] The current record in C-ent is over 4 million. As long as he surpasses that, he’ll be number one. He should get even more, maybe 6 million?
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[2136F] They’ve started the announcement.
[2153F] This time the host is Shao Meng.
[2178F] Recently the Li Ying × Yue Zhaolin CP has been rising fast. Can’t believe Li Ying isn’t here to host—no fun to watch now.
[2201F] Better be cautious upstairs. If our fandom gets hit by both Tide and Raccoon at once, that’ll be brutal. Both those fanbases are peak toxic-solo empires.
[2217F] Correct. (Secretly takes a sip of the “gentle older guiding type” CP before leaving…)
[2230F] Do you guys know what the neighboring forum is saying? They’re calling Li Ying an “old-age CP” hahaha, I’m laughing so hard I’m about to be recycled into a spin cycle.
[2237F] Has the Melon Group gone crazy? Randomly attacking everyone?
[2241F] This time they’re announcing from rank 18 upward. Tsk, really playing with our hearts.
But based on the experience of Chinese survival shows, 80% of the debut lineup usually comes from the top 9 in the third elimination. So the last few spots don’t mean much, no need to overanalyze.
[2346F] √
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[2595F] Rank 14: Orleans.
[2617F] His rank is actually pretty high. How should I put it… maybe I still have bias because of his Douyin influencer background. He’s got solid skills, but I just don’t feel like he suits a boy group.
[2681F] Chen Wu dropped to 13?! First surprise of the night—last round he was in the top 9, now he’s fallen hard.
Personally, I hope he debuts. His positioning is the essential “main dancer” every boy group needs.
[2721F] Wei Lai at 12.
If I remember right, this monkey was scooped up by Tide.
[2750F] Not even sure if Tide will actually vote for their one-pick. Casual Douyin onlookers only watch for fun, and their attention span is limited, so Wei Lai basically has to rely on his solo stans.
Even just holding steady is tough, let alone moving forward.
[2768F] What about the red-haired non-mainstream guy?
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[2985F] Replying to [2768F]: Mao Ding is eighth!
[3089F] He’s lucky—Tide has been supporting him the whole way.
Honestly, Red-hair Bro’s skills aren’t bad, but his screen time in the actual episodes is too little, so he doesn’t attract many fans. If one-pick voters drop him, the risk of falling out is high.
[3141F] Rong Ruize, Stage Panic Bro, ranked 7th.
Zhu Zhu, Zhihu Bro, ranked 6th.
[3240F] These two rankings may as well be the script being slapped in the audience’s face. Sigh. No energy left to comment on these two so-called hidden dragons and crouching tigers—just please let them get eliminated soon.
[3263F] Fifth place, Fu Xunying.
[3302F] His rank hasn’t changed.
Honestly, his face is decent, and his singing and dancing are good enough. But I just don’t like him—purely because I resent the rich.
His family is already so wealthy, so why does he need to switch tracks and become a star, milking money from ordinary people? That’s just too much, huh?
[3315F] Exactly, the entertainment circle has turned into a playground for young masters and rich ladies.
[3364F] Yeah, the recent trend is to look down on grassroots stars and instead hype up the pampered sons and daughters—always flaunting their silks, satins, and jewelries.
[3385F] Chu Li in fourth.
Ever since he clashed with Zhihu Bro last time, he seems to have gained a wave of fans?
[3494F] With another push, he might surpass Cen Chi.
[3523F] Speaking of Cen Chi, I feel like he’s a bit indecisive. Sometimes he panders to CP fans, other times he leans toward solo stans—feels like he wants both ways.
His stance is just… unclear.
But I get it—after all, his CP with Yue Zhaolin used to be one of Starlight’s top “Royal CPs.” Even a dying camel is still bigger than a horse.
[3571F] I don’t think he’s indecisive, just calculating. He flatters CP fans a bit, flatters solo stans a bit, keeping both sides happy.
He doesn’t speak lightly, and doesn’t easily offend anyone.
That’s “holding the bowl of water level.”
[3595F] That’s why Tide always calls him “the old soy-sauce golden retriever”—full of little schemes in his stomach.
[3624F] Tan Shen is still second.
He only rose up by clinging to Yue Zhaolin’s “leg pendant” status—he’ll probably drop later, right?
[3687F] Wait, hold on. Why does it feel like Emperor Yue hasn’t even debuted yet but is already carrying three others on his back?
[3704F] I’m laughing so hard my bed frame is shaking.
[3741F] Emperor Yue, the capable one who just keeps getting loaded with more.
[3785F] Even though everyone knows already, let me say it anyway—Emperor Yue’s votes have surpassed 100 million—
[3810F] Has the proportion of overseas votes gone up?
[3836F] !!!
[3850F] Emperor Yue starts off with the ultimate move: “I am a very vain person”… Go out and ask around, what other idol would ever say that about themselves?
Every time he gives a speech, it’s never official-script talk. It’s just pure Yue Zhaolin flavor—totally unpredictable, but always sincere.
[3864F] To admit vanity—you’d only say that in front of people close enough to you. So when he says it, that natural sense of intimacy just springs up. Tsk tsk.
[3882F] Where on earth did he learn all these little fan-pleasing tricks? Please share the online course with the whole C-ent idol industry—everyone should study it!
[3912F] Just from those two lines of his speech—he didn’t say a single love phrase, but I still broke out in sweat. It felt like I was sneakily eating Tide’s fanmeal… such a guilty pleasure.
[3940F] Blink and suddenly they’re already picking songs for the finals night. Terrifying.
[3987F] The final songs, “Red Rose” and “Suit Aesthetics,” both sound amazing. Either one would work. The lower ranks are in trouble though—they’ll easily get squeezed out.
[4012F] They’ve been announcing rankings for over an hour, I’m sleepy already… but I also want to know what Emperor Yue picks, so I’ll keep watching.
[4026F] Same, I’m so sleepy, but I’ll stay up a bit longer.
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[4701F] That scared me awake—what did he pick?!
[4716F] …Suit… rap……
[4076F] Wait a second, is this choice for real? Isn’t the finale night just going to turn into his personal concert?!
