Great Xia was the topmost major power within the Donghuang Federation, with two super-first-tier cities serving as incubators for subsidiary projects of Shining Stage.
Most countries outside it had one node each, such as Tokyo in the Island Nation and Seoul in the Chao Nation.
However, because countries served as the basic units, even some relatively backward regions without international metropolises could establish a subsidiary project of Shining Stage with support from the World Government, giving them a safety net.
Thus, counting farther outward, the Donghuang Federation as the main axis and the Sacred United Nation alone could produce nearly a thousand subsidiary projects. Adding them all together, there were countless more, as numerous as the stars.
Which subsidiary project could pass through the competition system, advance to a higher-traffic channel, and enter a broader arena depended entirely on the popularity accumulated during the talent show and on the idol groups ultimately selected from among them. It was truly a battle royale.
This orthodox path of advancement determined that the competition possessed an extremely high degree of purity.
The current plight of Kyoto's Shining Stage clearly proved the fate of losers. They could only endure the pain of having their popularity and audience stolen, swallowing their grievances until they could win them back on the next stage.
Accordingly, the program and its contestants had also become a relationship in which one prospered and one suffered.
Chu Yuanqing had added weight to Sea Capital's Shining Stage. The popularity gained from it would directly benefit her as well, snowballing into greater and greater profits and enough capital to compete for a Debut Spot.
Once the other contestants learned of the benefits involved, they would give their all to win them back on the next stage.
After all, winning just once onstage, with