Chapter 310 Where are the tears?

Chapter 310 Where are the tears?

“Why are you singing to him and crying again!” The planner looked at the camera with a confused look on his face.

This is not the first time that a judge has been sung to tears. Teacher Wang Feng was also sung to tears before.

But I definitely didn’t cry to this extent!

This teacher Qi Qin is crying, it’s too weird!

"No, is this song so touching? As for crying like this!" the planner said with a puzzled look on his face.

“I don’t know, we don’t understand Hokkien either!” someone next to him replied, and the others nodded.

"Okay, asking is in vain." The planner pouted.

The director quietly came over and asked in a low voice: "Look, Teacher Qi Qin is crying like that. I guess Zhang Wei will definitely advance during the voting!"

The director's words reminded the planner, and the planner's heart tightened, and big beads of sweat broke out from his forehead.

This planning took so much effort, and the purpose was to eliminate Zhang Wei, but after Qi Qin cried like this, how could Zhang Wei be eliminated!

"This can't even deal with him!" Deep in the heart of the program planner, a sense of powerlessness arose. He deeply realized that in the face of absolute strength, conspiracy and tricks are of no use.

If you think Zhang Wei, a northerner, cannot speak Cantonese well, then set rules and sing Cantonese songs. This will definitely expose your shortcomings!

What? Do you speak Cantonese very well? Well, let's change the rules again and let you sing Hokkien songs. You will definitely die this time, right?

The result is that the effect of singing Hokkien songs is better than singing Cantonese songs. When singing a Cantonese song, everyone could only clap their hands and say a few words about how awesome it is. When singing a Hokkien song, one of the judges cried, and he was the one with the biggest seat.

If "A Cat and a Dog" is sung to tears, you will cry, but if the person being sung to tears is a king of Chinese music, the effect will be different.

You can tell with your buttocks that tomorrow’s entertainment news will definitely include the news that King Qi Tian was moved to tears by the music.

This is definitely good for the ratings of the show, but it is even more good for Zhang Wei. The original singer sings the song "The King of Crying", which is definitely a good draw!

Not to mention anything else, a short text message voting, at least 300,000 viewers paid for the tears of King Qi Tian.

Just when the planner was dumbfounded and his mood hit rock bottom, the other three judges at the judges' table also stared at Qi Qin in surprise.

Everyone has seen people crying, but never seen crying like this!

The one crying, the other one was grief-stricken, and everyone who saw it was baffled.

“The melody of this song is quite good, and it feels like there is a rich love song when singing it, but why do I cry like this?”

“Is this song so touching? I Why don’t you think so! But when Qi Tianwang cried, he was really expressing his emotions, and it wasn’t like he was pretending!”

“Although the song is very nice, I can’t help but cry from this song. Where is the point! Is this the King’s understanding of music? As expected of King Qi, his understanding of music really surpasses me.”

The judges obviously couldn't imagine that King Qi Tian was crying so hard because of his debt to his former lover. Although he was full of regrets now, he could no longer turn back.

Emotions are the things that can most inspire people to cry. Especially when it comes to things like love, not to mention romance movies, even many soap idol dramas can make people cry.

For example, in "Meteor Garden" back then, Shancai got caught in the rain outside the Daomingsi family mansion, which earned the tears of many teenagers and girls.

Now it seems like it’s just a rainy day in the summer. What’s the big deal? Who hasn’t been a drowned rat in this life?

Film and television works can easily bring people to tears, let alone personal experience.

If it weren't for emotional factors, King Qi Tian wouldn't be crying like this.

But others didn’t know this. They were not roundworms in King Qi Tian’s stomach, so they instinctively thought that Zhang Wei’s song "The Prodigal Son Returns" was really good and completely moved the music king.

The quality of the song "The Prodigal Son Returns" is indeed very good. It is worth mentioning that this is a song written in 2013, but it only became popular after 2018.

Two reasons. One is that the original singer of this song, Eggplant Egg Group, is not very famous. After forming the group in 2012, they did not release their first album until 2107, and then included the song "The Prodigal Son Returns" .

The second reason is that Hokkien songs are too niche and are not the mainstream of Chinese music. They can only entertain themselves on an island. If they rely on normal sales of records, Hokkien songs will not be available at all. Can't get out of the circle.

After all, not even Jay Chou can sing a popular Hokkien song.

Almost every song in Jay Chou's "Octave Space" album is a classic, and every song can be regarded as the title song. But there's only one song that doesn't work, and that's "The Train Takes Your Seat".

Young people born in the 2000s probably don’t know that Jay Chou has this song, and those born in the 80s and 90s probably don’t have much of an impression of this song even if they know it.

Because this is a Hokkien song, and it is also Jay Chou's only song entirely in Hokkien.

You must know that this was Jay Chou in 2003. It can no longer be described with the word "red". That year, Jay Chou appeared on the American "Time" magazine with a song "In the Name of the Father" It was broadcast simultaneously on 50 radio stations across Asia, with 800 million people listening at the same time. At that time, college students would be too embarrassed to attend classmates’ gatherings without a few Jay Chou albums.

At that time, even if Jay Chou learned a few dog barking words, recorded it and released it on a record, there would still be a lot of fans paying for it.

But even at that time, Jay Chou could not create much waves if he put a Hokkien song on his strongest album.

When listening to the album "Octave Space" on tape, how many people born in the 1980s would directly press fast forward to skip to the song "The Train Takes Your Seat"?

In the era of relying on tapes and CDs to sell songs, niche songs like Hokkien songs simply cannot make it out of the entertainment industry. No matter how good the song is, if the record can't be sold, no one will care about it. Over time, no popular singer has touched this type of music.

Fortunately, the song "Prodigal Son Returns" has encountered the Internet era. After being covered by several Internet celebrities, it quickly spread on the Internet and quickly entered the public eye, becoming a popular song in the past twenty years. The only Taiwanese hit song that can be popular in the mainland.

If we were still in the era of traditional recordings, perhaps this song would have been completely lost and would never have had its day.

So when Zhang Wei drew the Hokkien song, he immediately thought of the song "The Prodigal Son Returns".

The quality of this song is good enough, but the key point is that there is no better choice. In the past two decades, there have been no good songs in Hokkien.

Zhang Wei himself did not expect that this song would be so effective. King Qi Tian burst into tears after listening to it.

Who would have thought that this song would arouse Qi Tianwang’s guilt for his former lover. He has put himself into the role of a prodigal son. He is inexplicably moved by himself. Who can stop this? !

Looking at King Qi Tian who was crying into tears, Zhang Wei also looked confused, and then cast a worried look: "Damn, this song is quite good, but is it so touching? Why are you crying like this? Don't stop. What's wrong with crying? I won't be able to explain it when the time comes!"

Fortunately, Zhang Wei's worries did not last long and he entered the stage of judges' comments.

The other three judges looked at Qi Tianwang. Here, he is the most qualified to comment on a Hokkien song.

The staff handed King Qi Tianwang a tissue, and King Qi Tianwang wiped his tears and said with a cry: "I'm sorry, I just... this song... I... really... I... Wuwuwu..."

Another one couldn't hold it back and started crying!

However, the next second, the entire audience gave the warmest applause.

The judges showed their sincerity when making their comments, which deserves some applause!

"What's going on! Just clapping along blindly! He didn't say anything at all! He was just moved by himself!" the program planner backstage couldn't help complaining.

But crying like this doesn’t look like acting!

The microphone was handed to another judge, but he didn't know what to say.

Originally, I was thinking about adding a few words to what King Qi Tian said, but in the end, he just cried, or else he would also squeeze a few tears?

But where are the tears? I don’t feel like crying at all!

No way, just give me a few compliments first!

This judge praised him all the time, and the next judge also followed suit.

The next step is to announce the SMS voting session.

"Zhang Wei, 837,451 votes!" When the host read out this number, his tone was full of surprise.

This is a record-breaking number of votes, and behind this record-breaking number, it also represents record-breaking ratings.

Obviously, when the King cried, the ratings exploded!

……

In the conference room, it was time to review to the leadership again.

However, this time, the leader was not angry because he had watched the last game in person.

After watching Zhang Wei's performance throughout the game, he finally understood that it was not because these men were weak, but because Zhang Wei was simply too strong.

For a northerner to be able to write such a good Hokkien song is a bug!

It’s just that you have a bug yourself, and the guests will also have a bug, so the music king of such a big star cries like that.

This guest was invited by the program team to share the bug with you. Is this appropriate? By the way, what kind of guests did my program team invite? Why are the tears so low?

Last time I invited teacher Wang Feng, who sang on stage and made me cry. This time I invited the king Qi Qin, who sang on stage and made me cry again!

Crying so easily, do these guests have any psychological problems? Why don't you take a psychological test the next time you invite a guest, and try to hire someone who is strong and unstoppable?

Yong Zhengzheng called to the experts: Huang Ama, choose me, choose me!

At this time, the subordinate next to him noticed that the leader’s expression was not very serious. He felt that the leader might be in a good mood, so he said:

"Actually, our plan this time was half successful. For example, during the duet stage between the two of them, Zhang Wei's partner Liu Bo'er suddenly forgot the lyrics and successfully prevented Zhang Wei from being directly promoted. Otherwise, given the quality of Zhang Wei's song, , maybe at that stage, they would be directly promoted to the top five in the country."

Another person also said: "The lottery stage designed at the end was also relatively successful, but Zhang Wei actually said Minnan. "This is beyond all of our expectations."

A few people summed it up, and the general conclusion was that the dirty tricks we used were fine, just because Zhang Wei couldn't be killed with too many peaches.

The leader nodded slightly, then glanced across the conference room, and then said: "Now we are among the top five in the country, and there are four games left. My bottom line is that Zhang Wei will never advance to the top. Three! You must come up with a plan as soon as possible to get rid of Zhang Wei!"

"Actually, I have an immature plan, but this plan cannot be completed by the program team alone. It requires multiple people. Cooperation from the department.” This time it was the show’s music director Hu Li who spoke.

"Director Hu, if you have any ideas, please tell me as soon as possible."

"I study music. From a music perspective, Zhang Wei's biggest advantage is his originality in music. Every competition, regardless of No matter what theme we set, he can come up with first-class original songs. In this regard, he is indeed a musical genius.

But in terms of singing, his singing skills can only be regarded as quite satisfactory. His singing skills are outstanding, and his voice is not very unique. As a singer, it is considered to be adequate, but not outstanding.

As for the other four. The contestants are better than Zhang Wei in terms of singing. In terms of singing skills, they are all slightly better than Zhang Wei. The most important thing is the voice. The voices of the other four contestants have their own characteristics, and they are all very good.

We can start from this aspect and use the media power we have to attack Zhang Wei's poor singing skills. Comparing Zhang Wei's voice with the other four contestants only leaves the audience with Zhang Wei. The impression that he has no singing skills, no matter how good his songs are, will probably knock him out.”

"What a good idea. This is tantamount to using your strengths to avoid weaknesses! Director Hu, you should have told me about such a good idea earlier." Someone next to him said.

Hu Li explained: "This method could not be used before, because the other contestants' voice talents were relatively average. But it is different at this stage. Except for Zhang Wei, the other four Everyone has great vocal talent and outstanding singing skills.”

“Director Hu’s idea is very good. Let’s do this. Director Hu, you write a plan and send it to me, and then each department will divide the responsibilities among each other. Let’s cooperate, share resources, and act together,” the leader said.

The program planner continued: "Leader, there is one more thing. According to the plan we made before, in the next competition, we will invite the Super Girls from previous years to sing in a group with the contestants. I I think we can modify the plan and instead invite famous female singers to sing with the contestants. This will definitely help the ratings."

"Explain your plan in detail."

"According to the original plan, our next game guest will be Wen Lan, and the next game will be SHE. I want to invite them all, so there will be four guests, and then we will invite another one who doesn't speak Mandarin well. There are five Hong Kong guests. Let this guest who is not very good at Mandarin be paired with Zhang Wei. In this way, if Zhang Wei sings Mandarin songs, his partner will definitely not be proficient in Mandarin. There is a problem; and if Zhang Wei sings Cantonese songs and the other groups of contestants sing Mandarin songs, then Zhang Wei's group will also lose points," the planner explained.

The leader nodded: "This plan is feasible. After all, our program is for mainland audiences, and the audience for Mandarin songs should be larger."

......

"In today's era of talented music and fierce competition, every singer who stands on the stage is carrying countless expectations. Today, I want to talk to you about Zhang Wei, a contestant of "Fast Boy".< br>

It is undeniable that Zhang Wei is a talented musician. Every week in the "Fast Boys" competition, he can bring us two or three good original songs. However, in terms of singing skills, Zhang Wei does still have a lot of potential. Room for improvement.

From a technical perspective, his pitch control, breath management and vocal expressiveness are indeed slightly inferior compared to some senior or talented singers.

When singing high notes, Zhang Wei occasionally seems unable to do his job, and the bass part lacks sufficient composure and thickness..."

This report appeared in the entertainment section of the homepage of a portal website The first article, although it is not a front-page column, can be seen by scrolling the webpage a little, and it is considered a prominent position.

“Who is this, trying to catch my attention? "Zhang Wei subconsciously searched for the name of the author of the article and found that he was a well-known arranger.

"I don't know this person, and I probably haven't offended him. Why are you saying bad things about me? Is it to gain popularity, or is there another purpose?"

Zhang Wei lowered his head and thought for a moment, then opened the search engine. Search for the keywords "Fast Boy Zhang Wei" in it.

Sure enough, several new links appeared on the webpage, all published in the past two days. The titles either said that Zhang Wei's singing skills were average, or that Zhang Wei's voice was mediocre.

Click on any article:

“Zhang Wei’s exploration and attempts in the field of music are worthy of recognition, but if analyzed from the perspective of professional singing skills, his performance still has many areas for improvement. .

Specifically, there are still slight deviations in Zhang Wei's grasp of pitch, especially in the processing of complex melodies and high-pitched areas. There are occasional instability phenomena, which affects the overall harmony.

The bass area is slightly weak, lacking the necessary thickness and resonance, and failing to fully demonstrate the layering of the sound.

More importantly, Zhang Wei’s timbre is relatively ordinary and lacks unique recognition and appeal. In the music market, a voice with distinctive personal characteristics is often the key for a singer to stand out.

However, Zhang Wei's current timbre does not fully demonstrate his unique musical charm, making it difficult for him to stand out among many players. ”

There are many similar comments, but the content is roughly the same. The people who wrote the articles are all professional musicians. Each one seems to be professionally analyzing, but in fact they are questioning Zhang Wei’s singing skills and timbre.

After reading a few comment articles, Zhang Wei sighed helplessly, because everything they said was right.

Zhang Wei's singing skills are only at the level of ordinary singers. Although they are far better than KTV level, among many professional singers, they can only be regarded as mediocre.

As for the sound, it is even more ordinary. It has no characteristics at all and is not recognizable. It is just the same.

Such a level was manageable in previous competitions, but now that they have advanced to the top five in the country, they are at a disadvantage.

Except for Zhang Wei, the singing skills of the remaining four people are all above average. The key is that they all have musical talents, and they are the type where God rewards them with food. Zhang Wei is really incomparable in this regard.

Zhang Wei also admitted that his singing skills and timbre were not as good as those of the other four. However, at this point in the competition, so many such articles suddenly appeared in the media, which is intriguing.

Starting from the top 13 in the country, there have been five competitions. Zhang Wei’s singing skills are mediocre and his voice is average. It’s not just a day or two. Everything was fine before, but now someone jumps out to make a fuss?

It would be fine if there were only two or three music critics talking about their singing skills, but with so many people suddenly appearing overnight, there must be something wrong if something goes wrong!

Zhang Wei has been able to guess that this is most likely another dirty trick used by the program team.

Since I can't beat you in the game, I will find fault with you outside the game and give you a stumbling block. Americans are very familiar with this trick.

"If this is really a dirty trick by the program team, then in the next competition, maybe they will use singing skills as an excuse, and I have to deal with it early."

Zhang Weizheng is thinking about how to deal with it, and the ringtone of his mobile phone It rang. It was Brother Jie's phone.

"Hey, Zhang Wei, I just got an inside message from the program team."

Everyone knows that Brother Jie can get the inside information, because at this time, Brother Jie Currently in love with Sister Na, Sister Na is the organizer's ace host, so she will naturally leak some inside information.

"What kind of internal information, Brother Jie, please reveal it to me." Zhang Wei said quickly.

"The rules of the competition have been changed again. Didn't we say before that we would invite the Super Girls from the previous two years to sing with us in the next competition? Now we have changed it to invite well-known female singers." Brother Jie said.

"Who are the famous female singers?" Zhang Wei asked immediately.

“Guess?”

“If I were to guess, it should be mainly singers from Hong Kong and Taiwan, right? Our well-known female singers from mainland China are all big names, so they shouldn’t form a group with us. Team."

As Zhang Wei said, the figures of Han Hong, Faye Wong, and Na Ying appeared in his mind. Big names of this level would definitely not step off the stage to sing with the elective singers.

In addition to these big names, the most popular female singers in the mainland at that time were those who were born in Super Girl.

Brother Jie continued: "You really guessed it. This time the program team invited SHE and Wen Lan."

"There are only four people, and there is one more. ?”

“The last one hasn’t been decided yet, the invitation has been sent out, it depends on whether it is available.”

“Who is it?”

"What are you thinking! How much appearance fee does Jolin Tsai get? It has to be a performance at the level of a New Year's Eve party to be willing to spend money to invite her." Brother Jie paused and then said: "The one whose schedule has not yet been determined is Joey Yung.”

(End of this chapter)