Four Mentors

"Little Feng, we meet again."

One of them smiled and waved at Feng Bingbing. Feng Bingbing quickly stepped forward and bowed slightly to the other person:

"Teacher Wang? Long time no see. Hello, I didn't expect you to be a mentor too. How have you been lately?"

He was a middle-aged man with a gentle smile. His facial features showed that he was handsome and refined in his youth, but his hairline had receded quite a bit now, ruining his mature, handsome aura.

His name was Wang Xinzhe. He was once a representative figure in China's music scene, known as the "Prince of Love Songs," and the dream lover of countless young girls.

Feng Bingbing grew up listening to his songs.

At an awards ceremony last year, Feng Bingbing won the award for Best New Artist of the Year, and it was Wang Xinzhe who presented her with the award.

Wang Xinzhe greatly admired this dazzling newcomer. They had discussed many musical issues at the time and even exchanged contact information.

Feng Bingbing deeply respected Wang Xinzhe. Seeing that he was also a mentor now, she was pleasantly surprised.

"Not too bad, just that my hairline has gotten a bit higher."

Wang Xinzhe touched his hair self-deprecatingly. In his youth, Wang Xinzhe was handsome with thick, flowing black hair.

Unexpectedly, as he entered middle age, he faced a hair loss crisis. His ever-receding hairline had often become a topic of discussion.

"Old Wang, you're doing pretty well. Look at me, not even forty and my hair is almost all gone."

A man in his thirties standing beside him quipped.

He had a slightly rugged appearance and was younger than Wang Xinzhe, but looked much older.

Yet, this man insisted on wearing a ridiculously trendy leather jacket and pants. His sparse hair was dyed yellow and styled into an explosive mess.

From a distance, he looked like a Super Saiyan in a leather outfit.

"Teacher Zhang, hello."

Feng Bingbing also knew this person: Zhang Zheng, a late-blooming A-list singer, nicknamed Leather Pants Zhang.

Zhang Zheng had sung in bars and played in bands in his early years, but never achieved significant fame.

It wasn't until after he turned thirty, married a movie queen, that his career suddenly took off. Several of his albums became huge hits, and he won Best Male Singer of the Year twice in a row.

This cemented his status as an A-list artist in the music industry.

He was also a man who aged like fine wine. Within a few years of marriage, his movie queen wife had given him three daughters, making him a true winner in life.

The only thing people criticized was his taste.

His unchanging leather jacket and pants, along with his occasional non-mainstream trendy hairstyles.

Many people complained that even marrying a movie queen couldn't salvage his "Tudou-level" aesthetic sense.

Seeing Feng Bingbing now, even Leather Pants Zhang, with his bizarre taste, couldn't help but show a look of astonishment on his face, praising her sincerely:

"You're even more beautiful in person than on TV. No wonder my wife likes you so much."

Feng Bingbing asked in surprise, "Sister Fang likes listening to my songs?"

The "Sister Fang" Feng Bingbing mentioned was Zhang Zheng's movie queen wife, Fang Yue.

This movie queen was once a national goddess, but somehow married the then unknown Zhang Zheng.

A swan giving itself to a toad's mouth left countless otaku heartbroken.

At this moment, the "toad" chuckled and said to Feng Bingbing:

"Fang Yue doesn't just like listening to your songs, she likes you too. Ever since she had our three daughters, she's started liking pretty young girls!"

Zhang Zheng leaned closer to Feng Bingbing and whispered, "Especially after hearing about your confession at the concert, she praises you to me every day."

Feng Bingbing smiled, "Really? My agent scolds me every day."

"My wife's personality is just like yours, she likes girls who dare to act. She was the one who pursued me back then! Hehehe."

Zhang Zheng said proudly.

"Oh, you certainly have that charm." Feng Bingbing forced a smile.

After talking for so long, this big shot was just finding creative ways to praise himself?

Seeing Feng Bingbing's bewildered and speechless expression, Zhang Zheng burst into hearty laughter, and then said to Wang Xinzhe and Chen Xin:

"Am I funny? Do you know now why my wife liked me back then?"

"..." Wang Xinzhe was equally speechless.

"Humorous, Teacher Zhang is truly humorous!" Director Chen Xin was delighted. She had invited Zhang Zheng precisely because she valued his variety show appeal.

For a pure music competition program like Pure Voice, stage control was crucial.

Besides the host, one of the four mentors needed to liven up the atmosphere.

Chen Xin had originally considered Feng Bingbing for this role.

Feng Bingbing was young, beautiful, and had a cheerful personality, making her seem quite suitable.

However, considering her reputation as "Feng Yidao," and the recent "concert confession" drama she had just staged, Chen Xin worried her heart couldn't take the strain, so she ultimately decided to entrust the tasks of stage control and atmosphere creation to Zhang Zheng.

Regarding the division of labor among the four mentors, Chen Xin had already informed their agents in advance.

Of course, this meant Feng Bingbing's "screen time" would be significantly reduced, and Chen Xin was worried the popular Little Diva might get upset and cause trouble.

Seeing Feng Bingbing chatting happily with Zhang Zheng and Wang Xinzhe as soon as she arrived, Chen Xin breathed a sigh of relief.

For a moment, the room was filled with a cheerful atmosphere. The four of them chatted and laughed, neglecting the young man with a gentle appearance sitting beside them.

Chen Xin quickly introduced Feng Bingbing, "This is Zhou Yiyi. You two are about the same age and should have plenty in common."

The gentle-looking young man immediately stepped forward, smiling and extending his hand to Feng Bingbing.

"Hello, Teacher Feng, I'm Zhou Yiyi. I'm also a big fan of your music."

As soon as he spoke, the cheerful atmosphere in the room seemed to pause. Wang Xinzhe and Zhang Zheng fell silent.

"Hello, you're too kind. Just call me Feng Bingbing."

Feng Bingbing shook his hand and looked him up and down, thinking he was decent-looking, just a tiny bit less so than Senior Lin.

Seeing Feng Bingbing's eyes light up as she looked at him, Zhou Yiyi assumed the Little Diva was captivated by his beauty and smiled slightly.

"Alright then, I'll call you Bingbing."

He surprisingly didn't let go of Feng Bingbing's hand, gripping it tighter and tighter.

Feng Bingbing snapped back to reality and quickly pulled her hand away.

She had heard of Zhou Yiyi, a top star.

Rumor had it he was diligent and shy, but seeing him now, at least the shyness seemed like an act.

He dared to take advantage of me when I was thinking about Senior Lin?

Is my reputation as Feng Yidao not fearsome enough?

Feng Bingbing's pretty face turned cold, and she was about to roll up her sleeves.

She could take on ten of these pretty boys!

Seeing the situation turning sour, Zhang Zheng quickly tried to smooth things over, "All four of us mentors are here now. Director Chen, shouldn't we get down to business?"

Wang Xinzhe also reacted, moving to Feng Bingbing's side and gently tugging her arm through her sleeve.

"That's right, Director Chen. Didn't you say there was a contestant in the preliminaries who got an S Card and was very good?"

"Yes, everyone, please have a seat. We've edited some clips of key contestants from the preliminaries for you to watch."

Chen Xin skillfully took over the conversation and led Feng Bingbing to a seat.

Zhou Yiyi, unaware that he had just narrowly escaped a brush with death, kept his eyes on Feng Bingbing and sauntered over, intending to sit next to her.

"Little Zhou, come, sit here!"

Wang Xinzhe directly pulled him between himself and Zhang Zheng, effectively sandwiching the clueless young man.

Zhang Zheng chuckled at Zhou Yiyi, "We call this being 'surrounded by men,' haha!"

Zhou Yiyi rolled his eyes and kept glancing at Feng Bingbing, trying to squirm free. But held firmly by the two, he had no choice but to resign himself to his fate.

Chen Xin continued, "This time, we had S Card contestants in all five preliminary competition zones. Let's listen first."

With that, she had the staff play the edited preliminary clips. The screen first showed the stage at Jiangrong Comedy Center.

Above was a stage divided into three areas with three tents. Inside the original creation area of the red tent, piano music and singing could be heard:

"Only the piano has talked with me all day, the cello asleep, the old, old..."

Feng Bingbing, who was still angry, froze.

This voice