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

Chapter 295: Big stores bully customers, big customers can also bully stores

"The next game is a rock special? So we can only sing rock songs?"

"Sing rock and roll! That's great! Rock and roll is what I like the most! Rock and roll boys, get excited!"

"There are many hits in English rock music. You can choose to sing English songs when the time comes!"

"As for rock music, I've already thought of it. I'll sing 'I Want to Say I Love You Loudly'. You guys can't snatch it from me!"

"This name sounds familiar, but I can't remember it at the moment. Who sang it?"

"It's the theme song of Slam Dunk. You must have seen Slam Dunk!"

"You can speak Japanese?"

"No, but I can sing the Chinese version!"

Several contestants began to discuss the song for the next game, but Zhang Wei next to them fell into silence.

“The rock special, which means the competition is limited to a certain theme, is different from the ‘Soon Come Boys’ I remember!

I remember that "Hurry Up Boys" only started to become the theme of each competition in 2013. In the 2007 session, the contestants could sing whatever they wanted.

History has changed? How could this happen? Is it because of me? I participated in this year's Super Boy, so the organizer changed the rules?"

Zhang Wei was thinking about it when a contestant came over and patted Zhang Wei on the shoulder and said;
"Zhang Wei, you're going to sing rock music in the next game. Have you decided what to sing? You're the new prince of love songs, but you've only sung love songs before. I've never heard you sing rock music!"

Zhang Wei turned around and saw that the person who spoke was Ji Jie, one of the contestants. He was thirty years old, the oldest among all the contestants, and was like a big brother in everyone's eyes.

"I haven't sung rock music much." Zhang Wei nodded.

"Then this rule change is quite disadvantageous to you." Ji Jie lowered his voice and continued, "The day before yesterday, I saw Lawyer Guan come to you. Have you not signed the contract with Xiaoxiang Entertainment yet?"

"Yes, I still have some doubts about the contents of the contract, so I haven't signed it yet." Zhang Wei nodded.

"No wonder!" Ji Jie sighed and continued, "Don't blame me for being nosy. If you want to continue in the competition, you should sign the contract as soon as possible! Even if you are like me, it's better to sign a notice contract first.

Otherwise, the rules will definitely become more and more unfavorable to you. Xiaoxiang Entertainment will definitely not want to invest too many resources in an outsider. Even if you can survive this game, what about the next one? What about the next one? After all, the arm can't bend the thigh. "

"Thank you, Brother Ji." Zhang Wei thanked him and understood in his heart why history had changed.

This rock show obviously has rules specially formulated for itself.

In previous competitions, Zhang Wei sang JJ Lin's songs, and the style of the songs was also JJ Lin's traditional lyrical style. It had basically nothing to do with rock.

"I originally thought that in a competition of this level, I would sing JJ Lin's songs to directly reduce my dimensionality, but I didn't expect that the production team would think that I only knew how to sing this type of song! So they specially organized a rock show."

Thinking of this, Zhang Wei couldn't help but curl up the corners of his mouth and reveal a smile.

"This production team really underestimated me! I have plenty of rock songs that are at the peak of their powers. But the saying that the arm cannot overcome the thigh is true, but who is the arm and who is the thigh is still unclear!"

So Zhang Wei picked up his phone and sent a text message to Wang Xing, asking Wang Xing to call him back when he had time.

About twenty minutes later, Wang Xing called.

"I was just having a meeting with the technical department, and there's another meeting with the planning department later. I'm almost too busy!" Wang Xing complained first, then asked, "Junior brother, do you want to talk to me about something?"

Zhang Wei knew that Wang Xing's initial complaint was to make him short and not talk nonsense, so he said directly: "Brother, I need your help with something, or I need to use the resources of the campus network."

"What's the matter?" Wang Xing asked immediately.

"There's a talent show called 'Quick Boys' recently. You've heard of it, right? It's a sequel to the 'Super Girls' that was very popular a few years ago."

"Of course I've heard of it. Our campus network is mainly aimed at young netizens. This is a hot topic among young people. Of course I've heard of it." Wang Xing replied.

After hearing Wang Xing's answer, Zhang Wei knew that Wang Xing only knew about this topic and definitely did not go to watch the game, otherwise he would definitely know that Zhang Wei had already gone to participate.

But on second thought, Wang Xing didn't have time to watch any talent shows. Xiaonei.com was in its expansion phase and needed to attract several subsequent rounds of investment. At least before it went public, Wang Xing was a very busy man.

So Zhang Wei said directly: "Brother, I am also participating in this talent show."

"You're still participating in a talent show!" Wang Xing's tone was full of surprise.

"And I've already advanced to the top 9 in the country. This time I'm looking for you because of this matter. I want to use the resources of the campus network to build up momentum for myself." Zhang Wei said.

"I see. This is easy. CampusNet is our own platform and we will definitely support you with all our strength. I will have a meeting with the planning department later and ask them to prepare a special plan for you and promote you well." Wang Xing said.

After finishing the call with Wang Xing, a smug smile appeared on Zhang Wei's face again.

Although the Internet penetration rate in 2007 was far lower than in later generations, and the Internet had not yet threatened the survival of TV programs, the Internet's communication power is already unmatched by other media.

For example, those first generation internet celebrities, who didn’t know them at the time?

Television media with strict censorship will definitely not report on people like Feng Jie. It will have no positive publicity effect and is not in line with the values ​​of television media. Larger newspapers generally don't bother to pay attention to her. Even if there are a lot of reports on her, they are at most treated as curiosity news.

However, through the Internet, Fengjie became a household name overnight and became the target of netizens' tricks. The spread of her name is comparable to that of the news broadcast, and her popularity is no less than that of hot events.

The situations are similar for several other first-generation internet celebrities. Some rely on making ugly faces, some rely on jaw-dropping remarks, some rely on beautiful photos, and some just need to drink a cup of milk tea to become famous overnight.

Now, Zhang Wei plans to use the communication power of the Internet.

Xiaonei.com is the top social media in China, with tens of millions of registered users, most of whom are young people. There is no reason for Zhang Wei not to use such a good card.

You can't just let the program team find ways to mess with you without fighting back, right?
When a store bullies its customers, the customers feel helpless. But on the other hand, when the customers bully the store, the store owner will also feel helpless! …

Usually, after becoming famous, singer-songwriters will have a relatively fixed music style. This fixity does not mean it will remain unchanged. Instead, their music style will gradually focus on a specific style and field as they grow and accumulate experience, and conduct in-depth exploration and development.

Take Jay Chou for example. Although he has created various types of music, no matter what type it is, fans who are familiar with him will know that it is Jay Chou's song as soon as they hear it. Even if it is a song he wrote for others, fans can still feel his strong personal characteristics.

JJ Lin is obviously also this type of singer. His songs have a very unique personal style. Even when others imitate him, you can tell that this person is imitating JJ Lin.

This type of singer is not without shortcomings. Their biggest shortcoming is that it is difficult for them to change their style, whether it is music creation or song singing.

For example, JJ Lin is a singer with a very complete personal style, who usually sings in his own lyrical style. If you suddenly ask him to write rock music, it's not that he can't write it, but what he writes will most likely have a flavor of "Jiangnan".

Perhaps it was for this reason that JJ Lin asked Mayday to collaborate with him on the song "Dark Knight", and finally successfully integrated piano and rock together.

I wouldn’t say it’s difficult to combine piano with rock music, but it certainly requires relatively high skills, creativity and adaptability.

Rock music is known for its strong beats, dynamic melodies, and unique musical style, while the piano is often seen as a more traditional and elegant instrument.

Combining piano and rock music requires a high level of consistency in overall rhythm and musical style. And even if they can be combined, it may not necessarily result in a good song.

It is also thanks to the fact that JJ Lin and Mayday are both top musicians that they were able to create hit songs like "The Dark Knight".

So the program team followed this idea and believed that Zhang Wei was only good at lyrical songs. If you are good at using piano and orchestra to deepen the emotions, you are definitely not good at rock music, because these two styles do not match at all.

To put it another way, if you have the ability to combine these two styles and create a hit song, then you would be JJ Lin plus Mayday, and you would be so awesome!

……

The topic of this week's quiz was Jolin Tsai's "Don't Stop", a fast and dynamic song. Zhang Wei was last as usual and went straight to the mid-game competition.

Despite ranking last in the quiz, Zhang Wei has calmed down. Moreover, the competition has reached the top 9 and the remaining opponents are all masters. To be honest, their understanding of music is also better than Zhang Wei's.

Zhang Wei only gained ordinary singing skills, but not musical understanding or musical talent. It was normal for him to lose when singing the same song with a group of people who love music, have musical understanding, and are blessed by God.

This match is a 9 to 7 match. Since there are only 9 people left, they are no longer divided into two teams for a PK. Instead, they directly change to a two-on-two PK in the form of competing for the ring.

Zhang Wei ranked last in the quiz and will not participate in the ring battle. After the ring battle, the judges will select two people from the other eight contestants to advance directly to the top seven, and the one with the worst performance among the remaining six will be chosen to enter the mid-game PK.

The opponent in the midfield PK is naturally Zhang Wei, who ranked last in the quiz.

In this competition, the program team once again introduced a public jury, with 31 public judges to decide the outcome of the mid-field PK.

Looking at the 31 public judges who suddenly appeared, Zhang Wei frowned.

The mid-game PK will no longer be decided by SMS voting, but by the public jury. This is obviously not good news for him. With only 31 people, it is much easier for the program team to do shady things. As long as they can control 16 of them, they can manipulate the results of the game.

These so-called public judges have no public identities. If the program team really inserts a few insiders, Zhang Wei will really have nowhere to complain!

"I didn't expect the program crew would use such a shady trick! The situation is a bit bad!" Zhang Wei sighed slightly.

Now we can only hope that these 31 people are truly public judges and not internal personnel planted by the program production team.

However, Zhang Wei also knew that if the program team was really determined to eliminate him, there would definitely be internal personnel in the public jury.

At this time, the host continued, "Today is a special rock show. Our program has specially invited the 'King of Rock' Mr. Wang Feng to be a flying judge. Now, please welcome Mr. Wang Feng!"

As the host's voice fell, the accompaniment on the sidelines also sounded the prelude of the song "Life in Bloom".

Teacher Wang Feng, who still had long hair, walked onto the stage. He was wearing a leather jacket on the upper body and jeans on the lower body, which was really a full rock style.

When he saw Teacher Wang Feng, Zhang Wei was slightly surprised, because in Zhang Wei's memory, Teacher Wang Feng did not come to the 07 Super Boy as a judge.

During the rehearsal before this, Mr. Wang Feng did not show up, which shows that the program crew must have kept it confidential in order to give the audience a surprise.

Wang Feng's status is much higher than that of Wu Kequn in the previous show, and this is a rock show, so inviting a domestic rock star is also in line with the theme.

After Wang Feng's performance, it was the contestants' turn to perform. The contestants were obviously familiar with the theme of rock and roll and they all performed well.

After the other eight contestants finished singing, the judges selected two people to advance directly to the top seven. Of the remaining six, five were to be determined. The one with the worst performance entered the mid-game PK and competed with Zhang Wei in the elimination round.

Perhaps in order to please teacher Wang Feng, Zhang Wei's opponent directly chose the song "Fly Higher".

Seeing the contestant singing his own song, Wang Feng gave a very good evaluation without hesitation, and the other judges also said it was good.

The original singer has already said it's good. If other judges still find fault with it, firstly, they are not giving face to the original singer, and secondly, it would seem that they don't understand music.

Do you understand this song better than the original singer?

You have to know that at that time when rock music had become a niche genre, it was this song "Fly Higher" that brought rock music back to the mainstream. Wang Feng is hailed as the leader of domestic rock music, and he deserves the title.

Do you understand rock music better than Mr. Wang Feng?

The opponent received very good reviews from the original singer, and the pressure instantly came to Zhang Wei.

Zhang Wei stood on the stage, and the bassist who was accompanying him on the sidelines began to play first. Soon, the sound of electric guitar joined in, and a few rhythmic music sounded.

At the same time, the name of the song appeared on the TV subtitles: "Princess".

(End of this chapter)