They’re all reborn, what’s wrong with being a little more almighty?

Chapter 284 Parallel Lines

After dinner, Old Wu finished watching the day's "News Broadcast" and even took the dog out for a walk.

The prime time viewing time of 8 o'clock every night has never had anything to do with Old Wu. At this time, the TV is always occupied by his daughter, and the love TV dramas watched by young people are obviously not to Old Wu's taste, so he might as well go out for a walk with the dog and chat with the fishermen when passing by the river.

After wandering around outside for more than an hour, Lao Wu returned home. The main reason was that the fisherman by the river had not caught any fish for a long time. Finally, the dog became anxious and dragged Lao Wu home.

Walking to the sofa and sitting down, Old Wu picked up a rag to wipe the dog's paws, while casually glancing at the TV.

Today, my daughter didn't watch the TV series "Do you love me or not?", but watched a singing competition. The contestants were all young men, and many of them were dressed in non-mainstream styles, which made Old Wu frown.

Nine out of ten people of this age would think that the Zangai Family is a group of monsters.

Finally, a guy who looked more pleasing to the eye appeared on the TV screen. Upon closer inspection, he looked somewhat familiar.

"I seem to have seen this person somewhere!" Old Wu said.

"Dad, have you seen him? Did you watch the last episode too?" the daughter asked.

"Why would I watch this kind of singing competition? I seem to have seen this young singer on the news broadcast." Old Wu said.

"Can it be on the news broadcast? What kind of competition is it?" the daughter asked.

"It's not a competition, it's an international award for mathematicians. I can't remember the details! Anyway, the winners are all mathematicians. The young man who won the award looks quite like him." Old Wu replied.

"They just look alike, they are definitely not the same person. This is a talent show and has nothing to do with math. The contestant's name is Zhang Wei, he's an original singer and the songs he writes are all pretty nice," the daughter said immediately.

"Zhang Wei? I remember the mathematician who won the award was also called Zhang Wei." Old Wu said.

"It's the same name, right? There are so many people named Zhang Wei. My elementary school classmates, junior high school classmates, and high school classmates all have the name Zhang Wei." said the daughter.

"That's true. There's also someone named Zhang Wei in my unit, so it must be a duplicate." Old Wu nodded in agreement.

Probably no one could have imagined that a Fields Medal winner, the country's top scientist, would come to participate in a talent show for amateur singers.

So even if some viewers thought Zhang Wei looked familiar, they didn't think about it that way. One is an internationally renowned mathematician, and the other is an amateur singer. These two professions are completely parallel, and no matter how hard you try, you can't connect them.

What's more, this person is called Zhang Wei. There are hundreds of thousands of people named Zhang Wei in the country. The number of celebrities named Zhang Wei in the encyclopedia is almost one thousand. Even if the name is mentioned, people will think it's just a coincidence.

After all, who doesn’t know one or two people named Zhang Wei!

……

After the regular meeting on Monday morning, Principal Gu returned to his office.

The assistant came over and handed over several documents, the top one of which was the schedule for the week.

Principal Gu took a look at the schedule, simply modified two items, and then returned the schedule to his assistant.

"Principal, there is one more thing I think I should report to you. It's about Zhang Wei." The assistant looked as if he wanted to say something but hesitated.

"Looking at your expression, it doesn't look like a good thing. What is Zhang Wei up to now? Is he going to drop out again, or change his major again?" Principal Gu asked directly.

"Zhang Wei participated in a talent show and advanced to the top ten in the Beijing region." said the assistant.

"Talent show? He wants to be a star!" Principal Gu complained.

"That's really possible. The talent show is called 'Soon Come On Boys'. Two years ago there was a 'Super Girls' show that was very popular. You must have heard of it! The two shows have the same organizer."

"This Zhang Wei signed up for a research project on the graphene Hall effect at the end of last year. I thought he had changed his ways and was planning to come back to do scientific research. The project hasn't even made any progress, so why is he trying to be a celebrity again? He's really unruly!" Principal Gu looked dissatisfied.

The assistant continued, "Principal, I learned from the side that Zhang Wei's next competition is next weekend. He borrowed a room from the Art Education Center and found a few classmates who can play musical instruments. He rehearses every day! Our school's student union has also set up a support group for him. They plan to go to the scene to cheer him on during the competition."

"Why is the student union getting involved? Aren't they doing anything serious?"

"You forgot that last semester, Ye Haotian was the president of the Student Union. He took the initiative to resign because he was about to go to the United States to study for a master's degree. Ye Haotian and Zhang Wei live in the same dormitory." The assistant reminded, and then quietly observed Principal Gu's expression.

Principal Gu had a gloomy face and was obviously very unhappy.

In Principal Gu's opinion, it is a waste of talent for such a scientific research genius to become a celebrity!

After a moment, Principal Gu asked, "You just said that Zhang Wei made it into the top ten of the Beijing Division. What level is that?"

"I've seen the competition system, which says that you have to be first in your region to advance to the national finals. Then the national finals will determine the champion, runner-up and third place."

"This is a singing talent show, right? Zhang Wei didn't study music, so he shouldn't be able to make it to the national finals, right?" Principal Gu said.

"Well, I'm afraid it's hard to say," the assistant replied.

"What do you mean? Can Zhang Wei get the first place in the region? Is Zhang Wei a good singer? I've never seen him participate in the New Year's Eve party and the school anniversary performance every year!" Principal Gu said.

“I really don’t know whether the singing is good or not, but the song is really well written.”

"He's good at writing songs? Besides writing equations, Zhang Wei can also write songs?" Principal Gu had a surprised expression on his face.

"I watched that episode of the talent show. Zhang Wei was the only original singer, and all the songs he sang were songs he wrote himself. Even I, who don't know much about music, think his songs are very nice," the assistant replied.

Principal Gu was worried: "This kid has always been disorganized and undisciplined. He is used to doing whatever he wants. If he gets addicted to playing, he might really quit and become a star!"

"Principal, how about I call Zhang Wei over and you talk to him?" the assistant asked tentatively. "No, for every word I say, he has three words waiting to be retaliated against me." Principal Gu thought for a moment and said, "Forget it, I guess this kid is in a good mood right now, let him mess around for a while!
This kid has always been a jack of all trades. He has changed three majors in three years. I don't think he can stick with singing for long. By the way, how many people in our school know that Zhang Wei is participating in the talent show? "

"If you say you know, you should have heard something about it! But except for some students, most people don't pay much attention to this matter. All departments are busy with academic research and experiments, so they don't have that much time to watch talent shows. So it doesn't have much impact." The assistant replied.

There are quite a few people who know Zhang Wei, but they are basically concentrated in the academic circle, all of them are physicists or biologists. Whether they are the top scientific research experts or the bottom experimental dogs, none of them have time to watch any talent shows. Some people don’t even pay any attention to the entire entertainment industry.

High-end scientific research and amateur contestants are two completely unrelated parallel lines, so even if Zhang Wei appeared on TV, no one in the academic community paid attention to it.

For these scholars, even if they were told that Zhang Wei was going to participate in "Hurry Up Boys", their first reaction might be, what topic is this "Hurry Up Boys" researching?

……

As the program of 50 to 10 was broadcast, the manipulators behind the scenes also began to take action.

In an entertainment company, the manager is discussing behind-the-scenes operations with several of his subordinates.

"In the next competition, if you want to win first place, you need to sing three songs. Recently, Wang Bo from our company has been training on these three songs. We also specially invited a stage teacher to design a set of stage performance scripts for him."

"Eight of the thirteen expert judges have already been chosen. If we count them, there will be nine votes. The winner of the PK competition is decided by voting. By then, Wang Bo from our company will definitely be able to win the final championship and enter the final PK."

"Two of the three judges have expressed their willingness to help us. When the competition comes, if the contestants are equally strong, they will also favor Wang Bo."

The manager frowned and asked, "Why not all three?"

"One of them asked for a higher price, and our budget doesn't cover it." The man paused, then continued, "But in the next competition, the judges won't play a big role. Whether you can get first place still depends on the SMS voting outside the venue."

"We have to take first place. If we enter the 48-hour breakout competition, with nearly 50 people competing for four spots, our chances will be slim." The manager snorted coldly and then asked, "You all watched the 10 to competition. Which contestants do you think will be Wang Bo's strong rivals?"

"In terms of singing skills, there are a few who are pretty good. Compared with our Wang Bo, they all have their own characteristics! But if we talk about image, our Wang Bo is definitely the best!" said one of them.

"Of course. Wang Bo spent more than one million won to create his face! If it doesn't look good, the company's money would have been wasted!" The manager snorted coldly.

"Apart from his image, Wang Bo's greatest advantage is his stage performance. Wang Bo has gained a lot from his training in Korea over the past six months. Although he was eliminated during the trainee selection, the stage performance he developed in Korea is still better than those amateurs in China." said another person.

"So, you all think that Wang Bo has a sure win?" the manager asked.

"I think there is a contestant who deserves our attention, and that's Zhang Wei. Although his image and stage performance are average, he is an original singer, and his songs are really good!
In the 50 to 10 competition, the song "You Are Not Really Happy" made even the live accompaniment cry. And as far as I know, this song is very popular in bars in Beijing now, and it is almost a must-sing song every day. "

"I've also noticed this contestant, but his singing skills are very average. From a professional perspective, he can't even be considered a singer."

"But he is an original singer after all, which is definitely a plus in a talent show. The key is that the songs he wrote are particularly good."

"Those two songs are nice to listen to, but how many good songs can a musician write in his lifetime? I guess he only has these two songs to show off. By the time of the next competition, he will have run out of ideas, so it's not enough to be used as evidence!"

Several people began to express their opinions, but in the end everyone turned their attention to the manager and asked him to make the decision.

After a moment's silence, the manager said, "What about his next competition song? Just go and ask around and you'll know. It's already this late, and the contestants have already rehearsed several times. The program team has provided the accompaniment and dancers. Go find them and steal his competition score!"

"Okay, I'll do it right away!" One of them immediately walked out of the meeting room.

However, only three minutes later, the man returned to the meeting room.

"You found out so quickly?" the manager looked puzzled.

"I just asked someone I know, and he said Zhang Wei didn't attend the rehearsal."

"The competition is next week, and you haven't rehearsed this week. Do you not plan to compete?"

"My acquaintance said that Zhang Wei chose to bring his own band, so he did not use the accompaniment and dance provided by the program team. Even the program team did not know what song he would sing during the competition!"

Hearing this answer, the manager felt distressed and a sense of foreboding rose in his heart.

"Is this guy named Zhang Wei planning some big move?"

……

It was not until the day of the competition that the organizer received the list of three participating songs submitted by Zhang Wei.

The program director looked at the song titles and said, "I haven't heard any of the three songs. Are they all original songs? Zhang Wei is really amazing. He can actually come up with three original songs to participate in the competition. I really hope he can make it to the national finals. Having an original singer will definitely help the ratings."

"Let me see what songs they are!" The director next to him also came over and said, "'Sad People Don't Listen to Slow Songs'? This song title is so childish!"

"The song title is a bit childish, and this is his first song in the competition! He dares to put it as the first song, maybe it will give us a surprise!" said the director.

"I heard that this contestant did not use the accompaniment and dance provided by the program team, but brought his own band? We can only hear the true performance of this song during the competition in the evening!" said the director.

"When he was selecting 50 to 10, he sang 'You're Not Really Happy' and the lyrics were really good. I hope this song can be of the same standard," said another person.

"If you want to see the lyrics, I can show them to you now. The next show is a live broadcast, and singers are definitely not allowed to sing randomly, so the lyrics are reviewed in advance." The director handed the materials in his hand and then instructed: "Read it here, don't take it away, and keep it confidential after you finish reading it."

"Director, don't worry, I know the rules!" The director took the lyrics and read them carefully.

“I don’t care who you are or who is yours, I am mine. Let my heart beat, beat, beat, beat, beat, beat, and feel alive. This word is quite interesting. It feels like a tongue twister!”

(End of this chapter)