Chapter 307 The fun has just begun
In the 6-to-5 game, it is rare for Zhang Wei to no longer be the last one in the Zhou Xiaokao, and he does not need to enter the midfield PK before the game has started.
Perhaps the program team feels that giving Zhang Wei the first place every week is too deliberate; or perhaps they think that being last in the quiz is not very harmful to Zhang Wei. Anyway, Zhang Wei Wei always wins the midfield PK.
Of course, it is also possible that the program team has prepared a one-hit kill trick that can directly eliminate Zhang Wei, so there is no need to use such a small trick.
After the simple opening performance, the host announced happily: "Let us invite the flight judges of this competition, the King of Heaven Qiqin!"
Wearing a white short-sleeved T-shirt and jeans, Qi Qin stepped onto the stage.
"Well, the program team has spent enough money to invite Qi Qin! This is the biggest star they have invited so far!" Zhang Wei sighed in his heart.
In Zhang Wei’s impression, Kuainan did invite Qi Qin in 2007, but he only appeared as the finale guest in the finals. Now that this superstar has been invited here in advance, it should be because Zhang Wei has changed history.
In the early 1990s, the Hong Kong entertainment industry produced the Four Heavenly Kings, and everyone was familiar with them. The mainland music scene and the Taiwanese music scene also followed the example of the Hong Kong orchestra and also created the four kings of the music scene.
The four kings of mainland orchestras are Mao Ning, Liu Huan, Xie Xiaodong and Sun Nan. These four were all the most popular male singers in the mainland in the early 1990s.
The four kings of the Taiwanese music scene are Qi Qin, Zhou Huajian, Wang Jie and Tong Ange.
Many people think that the Four Heavenly Kings of Hong Kong are entertainment kings, while the Four Heavenly Kings of Taiwan are music kings.
The fact is similar. Except for Jacky Cheung, the other three of Hong Kong's four kings are better at acting than singing, and each one of them has a soft hand in winning the Best Actor.
In fact, even Jacky Cheung, the best singer, has been nominated for more than one Hong Kong Film Awards.
This is also a tradition in the Hong Kong entertainment industry. The kings of the music industry are all good actors. Not to mention these four, people such as Xu Guanjie, Leslie Cheung, Nicholas Tse, etc. all gave actor-level performances.
Although the four kings of Taiwan's music scene have also appeared in some movies and TV dramas, they are obviously better at singing.
What’s more interesting is that these four can be called the Four Kings of Taiwan’s music scene, mainly because they are very popular in mainland China.
For example, Qi Qin became famous by extinguishing the northwest trend in the mainland music scene.
In the mid-1980s, rock music was on the rise in the Mainland music scene, and it was at its peak after debuting. The songs of Northwest Wind, because of their simple rhythm, straightforward expression of the heart, no beating around the bush, and easy to listen to, were quickly integrated with rock music to form It represented the most popular style of northern songs at that time.
Songs such as "Nothing", "Loess Plateau", "Sister, Go Forward Boldly", etc. all belong to this type of song.
At that time, songs of this style were popular in the north, while Cantonese songs dominated the south.
At this time, Qi Qin entered the mainland market. The song "About Winter" and the song "The Outside World" made mainland listeners realize that there was such a kind of popular music. It also directly extinguished the northwest trend in the mainland music scene.
After that, the rough rock music that shouted at the top of your lungs was no longer popular, and was replaced by more refined and melodious melodies. The mainland music scene has also begun to learn from Hong Kong and Taiwan, and has begun to package singers and follow the market-oriented route.
It would be an exaggeration to say that it was Qi Qin who opened up the huge mainland market for Taiwanese music.
Although Qi Qin is not from Hong Kong, he can speak Cantonese and has also released a Cantonese album.
After all, Hong Kong was once the entertainment capital of Asia. Many Taiwanese artists in the 1980s and 1990s learned Cantonese for the Hong Kong market. Of course, there are also many Hong Kong artists who specifically learned Hokkien for the Taiwan market.
Today's competition has the theme of "Hong Kong and Taiwan Songs", so it is natural to invite a Hong Kong and Taiwan singer to support the scene. In terms of qualifications and strength, Qi Qin, the King of Heaven, is obviously a very suitable candidate.
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Among the remaining six contestants, there are exactly three from the north and three from the south.
Three southerners, one of whom is originally from Cantonese, and the other has worked hard in Shenzhen for many years, and Cantonese is equivalent to his mother tongue,
The other one is from Chengdu and also has level 10 in Cantonese. Many people in Sichuan originally came from Guangdong, so there is a saying that "Huguang fills in Sichuan". Moreover, there are more exchanges between people in Sichuan and Guangdong, and many Sichuan people can speak fluent Cantonese.
Three northerners, one of whom is studying in Australia, where there are many Hong Kong immigrants, so he is not only fluent in Cantonese, but also speaks Hong Kong-style Cantonese.
Only Zhang Wei and one other person are left. One is from Jiaodong and the other is from northwest. They really don’t know Cantonese.
Comparing the two, Zhang Wei's image is far less handsome than others!
In the talent show, the handsome guy is an absolute bonus.
Fortunately, Zhang Wei had the devil plug-in to speak Cantonese, which helped him make up for his language disadvantage.
The first round of the competition is still a round-robin competition. Players PK in pairs. The judges choose the one with the worst performance to enter the midfield PK. This set of rules has been used for several times and everyone is familiar with it.
The competition process was just as Zhang Wei expected. The contestants sang all classic Cantonese old songs, such as "Broad Sea and Sky", "Song of Thousands of Ques", "Red Sun", "Love of the Year", and sentimental Fill it up directly.
The key is that the original singers of two of the songs have passed away. The good ones are about paying tribute to the deceased, and the bad ones are about consuming the souls of the dead.
The competition has reached this point. If Zhang Wei’s song is not a golden song, he will really be compared.
It was Zhang Wei's turn to take the stage, and it was still the piano intro, but this time, the melody at the beginning was a bit melodious.
"Original song?" Qi Qin at the judges' table was slightly stunned.
This is not the period of Tan and Zhang's hegemony in 1987, nor is it the era of 1997 when the four kings monopolized the Hong Kong music scene. It is now 2007, and Cantonese songs have gradually declined, even those Cantonese kings and queens. Switching to Mandarin songs, new Cantonese songs are rarely released.
The previous contestants sang classic Cantonese old songs. This is exactly the current situation of Cantonese songs. Everyone is nostalgic for the classics.
Now this young man came up with a challenging script and used an original Cantonese song to compete, which really surprised him.
But this intro sounds pretty good!
At this time, Zhang Wei also started to sing: "When we broke up, you turned around because you felt guilty because you didn't want to be involved in anything in the future. When I was working, sleeping, praying and having fun, I was so dedicated to living a good life every day. Who would have thought that you would loosen your grip? I would like to meet again..."
"Zhang Wei can speak Cantonese!" The program planner backstage was shocked.
He originally thought that Zhang Wei, a Jiaodong native, would not be proficient in pronunciation even if he could speak a few words of Cantonese. However, he did not expect that Zhang Wei's Cantonese was very authentic.
The planner's heart suddenly went cold. The language barrier can't hold Zhang Wei back, so I can only hope that Zhang Wei's songs are average!
There are very few new Cantonese songs, and only one or two hit-level songs are released a year. I bet your songs are mediocre.
At this time, Zhang Wei sang the line "You will become a puppet until you have difficulty breathing. In the final analysis, who has the control of the string?" Both the judges and the audience were instantly in a trap. ! "Well done, the melody turns and the lines are very coherent and natural, without any abruptness or breakage. It sounds very smooth!" Qi Qin at the judges' table praised in his heart.
At the same time, other people who knew music at the scene also realized that this song was of extremely high standard and was definitely a golden-level Cantonese song.
"Naked" by Eason Chan is of course a golden song.
There was no shortage of king-level figures in the Hong Kong music scene in the past. After Hui Guanjie kicked off the modern Hong Kong music scene, Lin Zixiang, Chen Baiqiang, Alan Tam, and Leslie Cheung shone in the Hong Kong music scene for the entire 80 years, and then there were the four kings Jacky Cheung and Andy Lau. , Aaron Kwok and Leon Lai, and then the fifth king Ekin Cheng and the king terminator Nicholas Tse came out.
However, the title of "King of Heaven" was passed down to Eason Chan, but it could not be passed on. With the decline of Cantonese singing, Eason Chan became the last king of Hong Kong.
It was also because Eason Chan was the last king of the Hong Kong music scene that Zhang Weicai chose his songs without hesitation. In 2007, only Eason Chan's songs could compete with those classic old songs that were attached with feelings. A battle.
Eason Chan has no shortage of classic Cantonese hits, and "Naked" is certainly not the best among them. At least "Beautiful" and "Under Mount Fuji" are more classic than "Naked".
But these two songs were released in 2005 and 2006 respectively, and by 2007 they had won numerous awards.
So Zhang Wei had no choice but to choose this song "Naked" from 2010.
The composer of this song was Zan Risheng, and the lyrics were written by Lin, a notorious lyricist. These two, together with Eason Chan, were the golden combination in the Cantonese music scene at that time, equivalent to Jay Chou and Fang Wenshan in Mandarin pop music.
The previous classic "Below Mount Fuji" was also completed by the combination of these three people, and this song "Naked" also hopes to replicate the success of "Below Mount Fuji".
Although this song did not reach the heights of "Under the Fuji Mountain" in the end, it can be regarded as one of Eason Chan's masterpieces, and thanks to the popularity of the golden group in the Cantonese music scene, this song has also won various awards. .
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After the song "Naked" was sung, the audience applauded.
There must be many in the audience who don’t understand Cantonese. It doesn’t matter if you don’t understand Cantonese. You can still tell whether the melody of the song is good or not.
Just like when we listen to Japanese songs, we can’t understand what they are talking about, but we can still feel that the songs are very good. The song "Blue Bird" sounded, and I instantly returned to my youth.
"Naked" is such a song. No matter what the lyrics are, the melody is always very charming.
The melody of this song has many turning points, which can be regarded as a thousand turns. The structure also has many long sentences, but it has constant ups and downs. These are the highlights of the song.
Moreover, the melody of this song has a relatively strong lyricism. Through repeated turns, at the climax of the song, the melody reaches the peak of emotion, making the entire song full of emotion in an instant.
As for those who understand Cantonese, although they find the lyrics a bit obscure and euphemistic, they can still feel the heart-wrenching sadness.
This feeling is like, I told you that I was injured, but what I showed you was not my wound, but my scar.
Many times, scars are more painful than wounds!
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Several judges at the scene unanimously gave Zhang Wei a passing rating, and Zhang Wei did not need to participate in the midfield PK for the first time.
Backstage, the planner just frowned slightly and pouted, but still had a confident expression.
At this moment, his cell phone suddenly rang. The planner looked at the call and immediately answered the call.
"Leader, I am here, are you also watching the show? Yes, Zhang Wei is safe for the time being. You have also seen that Zhang Wei speaks Cantonese very proficiently. I don't know, he Where did a Jiaodong native learn foreign languages?
And he can not only speak Cantonese, but he can also write songs in Cantonese. He wrote the song "Naked" just now, right? ? Yes, if you don’t give a song of this level, it will have a negative impact!
But don’t worry, these are all within my expectations. I have a response plan. Don’t be anxious and watch the show slowly. The fun is yet to come. I guarantee that Zhang Wei will be eliminated this time! "
After putting down the phone, the planner smiled gloomily and looked at Zhang Wei in the camera.
"The next session should be a group singing, right? The song "Oldboy" you prepared sounds good, but so what? The fun has just begun! ”
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Teammate Liu Boer has already stood beside Zhang Wei.
"Come on, try to advance directly!" Liu Boer clenched his fist.
According to the rules, in this round of competition, the judges will select three contestants who perform well and directly advance to the top 5 in the country.
Among the remaining three people, the person who lost the previous midfield PK will choose one of them to have the final PK with him, and the one who is not selected will also advance directly.
"I hope so!" Zhang Wei just nodded calmly. He knew that the program team had been targeting him, so he did not expect that he could advance directly.
Liu Bo'er looked full of confidence: "Zhang Wei, don't worry, your song "Old Boy" is so good, it will definitely advance to the top 5!"
The previous contestant sang a skewered song. This choice was very smart. It was innovative, and it could use strengths and avoid weaknesses to avoid disharmony caused by different timbres.
Since it is a medley of songs, two people can sing different melodies, as long as the rhythms are similar. This is equivalent to two people singing different songs, each singing his own song, and no one will delay the other. , which can minimize the impact of tacit understanding on the song, and is very suitable for temporary partner performances.
Next it was Zhang Wei’s turn to sing the song “Old Boy” with Liu Boer.
"That is the person I miss and love deeply day and night. How should I express it? Will she accept me."
"Xu will never tell her that. In short, I am destined to wander around the world, how can I care about it?"
This song is not very difficult, and the rhythm is not strong. The two of them sang one line each, and their coordination was appropriate, and they quickly reached the chorus.
“Youth is like a rushing river. Once it goes away and never comes back, without time to say goodbye, I am left numb, without the passion of the past!”
“Look at the flowers floating all over the sky, uh... ..."
Unexpectedly, after Liu Boer sang this line, he suddenly stopped talking, then stood there blankly, letting the accompaniment pass by without making a sound.
It looks like I have forgotten the words!
It is common for singers to forget their lyrics while singing.
But did he really forget the lyrics?
(End of this chapter)