Chapter 899 - SUCCESSOR (3) (2/2)

This kind of test often contained many aspects. It required the team leaders of each team to coordinate and distribute the load amongst the members. The program team would conduct a comprehensive evaluation after completing the task.

These four tests were done step by step. The program team would record the preparations of the various teams throughout and give more scenes to the key characters in it. Gradually, the public would become familiar with these apprentices who might become superheroes in the future.

During this process, there had to be a limit to the coaches’ guidance. They could not take it all on and do it all. That would steal the limelight from the apprentices and cause the apprentices who did not have the chance to show their faces to be defeated in the following ratings of favorability. They could not completely leave it alone either, or it might lead to a crushing defeat in the team competition.

All in all, a team competition like a talent show was like a prelude to a superhero’s future work.

The first episode of the team competition was indeed as everyone had expected. Phil’s team had suffered a crushing defeat in the competition with the other teams.

The production team also gave the least number of shots to Phil’s team. This created an illusion for the audience: It seemed like Phil did not do anything, and his team was as useless as him. They quickly lost.

Thus, the discussion about Phil became even worse.

However, Phil’s team seemed to have changed completely in the second episode. They obtained second place with outstanding performance.

However, this time, the production team still gave Phil’s team the least number of shots. This caused a lot of information during the preparation process to be missing, causing the audience to be dissatisfied.

The audience felt that it was the production team who looked down on Phil’s team and did not take them seriously. They gave more shots to the other three teams, causing Phil’s team to be treated unfairly even though they achieved good results.

Thus, in the third episode of the team competition, the production team gave Phil’s team more screen time. This time, the audience could see the entire process of the preparations made by Phil’s team.

Phil Simmons played a crucial role in the preparation process. He constantly encouraged the apprentices and gave them hints and pointers. He did not decide on the plan for the apprentices to carry out. Instead, he used a more enlightening method, to make them think of a more perfect plan.

The originally disorganized apprentices suddenly became full of fighting spirit. Not only did the trust in the team increase by one notch, but they were now united and their individual abilities seemed to shine.

Thus, Phil’s reputation in the show began to change.

Many people’s impression of Phil changed drastically, and more dimensions appeared in their evaluation of him:

He was a playboy, a rich second-generation heir. He was born at finishing line of many, making people envious and jealous.

He was a genuine person who spoke without thinking on Twitter. The things he liked were no different from poor young people. It made people feel that he was very down to earth.

He had a high education and had opened a company with good results. At his age, this meant that he was very talented and successful in business. He was not only smart but also hardworking.

The most impressive thing was that he was very clear about many problems. He understood a lot more than the average person. Not only was he chatting and laughing with the other three mentors on the Successor, he was also strategizing and leading a team with lousy abilities to win. His standard was completely on the same level as the industry big shots.

Of course, there were still doubts about Phil, and they were getting stronger.

However, the voices supporting Phil became stronger, completely overshadowing the voices of doubt.

Phil’s performance in the show had already won over many people after all. Those who doubted him could easily be called “green-eyed monster”, “rich-haters”, and “Loser mentality”.

After the program ended, the black man from Phil’s team obtained second place with his outstanding performance.

Phil’s promise to bring him into the top five was fulfilled. What’s more, he exceeded his promise.

The black man was very grateful to Phil on the show. His eyes were filled with tears, but Phil only smiled and said, “This is all your own effort. I’m only helping you to dig out your potential.”

This made the audience feel that Phil was a good judge of character and deserved his title as a “mentor”.

After the program ended, the program team worked with a few big management companies. A few outstanding apprentices were arranged to debut as superheroes. They were in great limelight.

Many people thought that Phil would take this opportunity to debut as a superhero.

However, Phil sent a tweet saying that participating in this program was a spur of the moment idea and that he had no intention of becoming a superhero.

After that, Phil no longer participated in any topics related to superheroes. That caused the audience to feel that it was a pity.

However, what they did not know was that Phil’s first phase of the plan had been a success.

He might not have debuted as a superhero but he obtained a lot of attention and successfully changed the public’s impression of him: from a rich second-generation heir who was completely unrelated to a superhero to a real and capable industry insider who knew the professional content of superheroes like the back of his hand.

Phil had to wait for a better opportunity to carry out the next step of his plan.