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Chapter 296 Rock and roll, get the whole audience excited!
On the stage, Zhang Wei plucked the electric guitar in his hand, looking like a rock boy.

In fact, he doesn't really need to play, he just needs to pretend, after all, he has a whole accompaniment team behind him.

"The shaking red wine glass, the lips seem to be stained with blood, the unusual beauty, the unforgivable sin, whoever follows faithfully can only be a guard at best, stepping on roses, giving back a kiss as comfort, pitiful..."

Zhang Wei tried his best to imitate Jam Hsiao and began his own singing.

Several judges in the audience showed surprised expressions at the same time. They were not only surprised that Zhang Wei could write rock songs, but also surprised at the style of the song "Princess".

"It's hard rock! This kind of rock is rare nowadays." A judge said softly.

"No, this should be considered metal rock, right?" said another judge.

"But I sound like pop rock!" The third judge gave a different opinion.

Three people, three different opinions, that can only mean that their understanding of rock music is not deep enough. So the three of them turned their attention to Mr. Wang Feng.

When it comes to rock music, no one can compare to Mr. Wang Feng.

However, at this moment, Teacher Wang Feng was looking at Zhang Wei with a serious face. His eyes were solemn, and it was obvious that he was listening to Zhang Wei's music attentively.

"The night is so beautiful, no matter how dangerous it is, there are always people who stay up all night with dark circles under their eyes. Love is so beautiful, no matter how dangerous it is, I am willing to pay for everything with tears that have exceeded a thousand years.
The pain is too beautiful. No matter how humble I am, I want to taste the feeling of being crushed to pieces. You are too beautiful. No matter how speechless I am, I want to isolate the world with a pile of stones. My princess, I want to monopolize your beauty!"

As the song reached its climax, Wang Feng's mouth opened slightly, revealing a surprised expression.

Obviously, Mr. Wang Feng did not expect that he would actually hear such a rock song.

On the stage, the lights began to flicker with the rhythm of the music. After half a song, the audience had already become familiar with the rhythm of the song. At this time, the power of rock music finally gradually emerged.

The sound of the electric guitar surged like a tide or a volcanic eruption. Every note was like a spark that ignited the air, and the surrounding audience began to become excited and fanatical.

The body swayed involuntarily with the rise and fall of the melody, as if pulled by an invisible force, every cell was dancing to the rhythm of the music, and the whole venue was filled with boiling power.

At this moment, everyone was deeply attracted by the charm of rock and roll, completely immersed in this musical feast, forgetting the constraints of reality, leaving only pure passion and freedom.

This is a kind of artistic appeal that can be described in words. It transcends the boundaries of words and forms and directly hits the core of the soul. This appeal comes from music and rock and roll, which can easily awaken people's passion and dreams deep in their hearts, and inadvertently make people merge with music.

This scene seemed to have infected the judges, and even Mr. Wang Feng couldn't help but sway along with the music.

Backstage, the program's director and anchors were also nodding their heads along with the beat of the music, giving people a sense of déjà vu of Chunxiaqiudong, Sixiang and Madam Hua when Tang Bohu sang, "My home is on the edge of Suzhou. I have a house and fields at home. My life is full of joy."

Such passionate rock and roll, such a lively performance, almost everyone in the entire studio was deeply moved.

The only thing that is different is the program planning.

Facing the audience who were already ignited by rock and roll, facing the judges who were already immersed in rock and roll, and colleagues who were swaying to the beat of the music, even the dumbest program planner could understand that Zhang Wei had sung another good song.

"Isn't it said that he can only write lyrical love songs? Isn't it said that his style is completely incompatible with rock and roll? Isn't it said that he can't sing rock and roll well?"

The program planner was filled with frustration. The production team had already begun to formulate unfavorable rules tailored for Zhang Wei, but they did not expect that it would have no effect at all.

"Now we can only place our hopes on the 31 public judges!" the planner thought to himself.

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After Zhang Wei finished singing the song "Princess", the cheers from the audience did not stop for a long time. Everyone was still immersed in rock and roll and couldn't extricate themselves for a long time.

But Mr. Wang Feng, who was on the judges' panel, couldn't help but stand up and raise his hands high to applaud Zhang Wei.

The director immediately cut the camera to Teacher Wang Feng. Apart from anything else, the program effect was definitely maximized.

Then, without waiting for other judges to speak, Teacher Wang Feng took the initiative to pick up the microphone.

Seeing this scene, Zhang Wei was ready to talk about his dream, but Teacher Wang Feng did not ask "What is your dream?"

Teacher Wang Feng commented: "I didn't expect that among the young singers, there would be someone who understands rock so well!"

This first comment drew cheers from the audience.

"Your song "Princess" perfectly combines hard rock and metal styles, and also adds elements of pop music, making the whole song have the wildness of rock music while retaining the smoothness and melody of pop music.

The application of electric guitar is particularly great. Not only is there a rhythmic string part, but there is also a fascinating solo performance, which makes me feel the dynamism and vitality instantly!
I haven't heard such unique and passionate rock for a long time. It's no exaggeration to say that among all the young singers I've met, you are unique in having such a deep understanding and cognition of rock!
Your song "Princess" was the best rock music even when I was young!" Teacher Wang Feng said, making a rock gesture to Zhang Wei.

When Mr. Wang Feng was young, it was the heyday of Chinese rock and roll. He was the top rock and roll of that era. This is definitely a ceiling-level evaluation.

What's more, this evaluation came from Teacher Wang Feng.

Half of the mainland rock music industry has said this, how can other judges say it is not good? If you dare to say it is not good, wouldn’t you be destroying Mr. Wang Feng’s place?
None of the judges were so famous, so they had to follow Mr. Wang Feng's evaluation and gave Zhang Wei a thumbs up.

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The more controversial part of the song "Princess" is actually Jam Hsiao's singing.

Some people think that Jam Hsiao’s singing style and voice are not good, not smooth, making people feel uncomfortable and there is a harsh feeling.

Some people think that Xiao Jingteng's voice is explosive and penetrating, and his slightly hoarse voice matches this song perfectly, just like soy milk and fried dough sticks.

It's a matter of personal preference, but there is definitely no problem with the lyrics and music of this song.

The lyrics of "Princess" are not limited to the traditional description of luxury and romance, but through a series of symbolic images, it constructs a world full of mystery and temptation. This kind of lyrics with desire is very suitable for rock music.

The truly excellent thing about this song is the melody. It is a combination of hard rock and metal, and it also incorporates elements of pop music, which is already very difficult. The key is that this fusion does not lose the rhythm of hard rock, the wildness and power of metal, nor the melody of pop music.

Being able to integrate the three into one and to show the characteristics of all three is definitely the level that only top music creators can achieve.

The composer of "Princess" is Singapore's top music producer Li Sisong. He has a twin brother Li Weisong who is also a music producer. The two brothers are also Stefanie Sun's teachers.

The brothers were singers at first, but later focused on music production. The golden age of Hong Kong music from the late 1980s to the mid-1990s was also when the two began to be active.

Almost all the famous singers in Hong Kong at that time had sung the brothers' songs, including many famous songs, such as Jacky Cheung's "A Thousand Reasons for Sadness".

There are also many classic film and television songs that were written by the two brothers. For example, the theme song of Jackie Chan's movie "Drunken Master", the line "I'm tossing and turning like waves" should be an indelible impression for many people of Hong Kong movies.

In the late 1990s, the glorious era of Hong Kong music gradually faded away, and the two brothers moved to Taipei. They wrote many songs for Gigi Leung, who was also developing in Taipei at the time. The most successful song was the song they wrote for their apprentice Stefanie Sun. The famous song "Hei Hei" was created by the two brothers for Stefanie Sun. This song directly led to Jay Chou not winning the Best Newcomer Award at the Golden Melody Awards, which is also the only Chinese music award that Jay Chou has not won.

Later, Stefanie Sun's hit songs such as "Green Light", "Beginning to Understand" and "Straight Forward" were also works by these two brothers.

So in terms of level, these two are indeed top music producers. They have experienced the glorious era of Hong Kong music and have collaborated with rock bands such as Beyond.

The two also experienced the rise of Taiwanese pop music and helped popular pop divas like Stefanie Sun become famous. That’s why they were able to write songs like “Princess” which are extremely unique and perfectly blend rock and pop music.

Such an experience does not exist in the mainland music scene. Therefore, even Mr. Wang Feng, who is half of the mainland rock music industry, was amazed when he heard this song from an amateur singer.

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According to the competition rules, 31 members of the public jury will decide who can stay on the stage and who will be eliminated.

At this time, more than a dozen of the 31 public judges looked embarrassed, as if they were in a dilemma.

They are all traitors arranged by the program team!

Before the show started, they had received instructions from the program to eliminate Zhang Wei in this segment.

But the development of the situation obviously exceeded their expectations. Zhang Wei's song "Princess" directly excited the whole audience, and its rock attributes were fully brought into play.

Obviously, Zhang Wei's performance is much better than other contestants, and even better than his PK opponents. This kind of whole audience having fun together, dancing together, and letting go together is the real passion that rock brings to people.

Even if you don't understand music or rock, just looking at the atmosphere and based on your personal feelings, you will vote for Zhang Wei.

More importantly, Teacher Wang Feng also gave a ceiling-level evaluation.

This is half of the mainland rock music industry, and the evaluation he gave is absolutely credible.

Teacher Wang Feng thinks it's good, but you guys say it's not good. Do you, the public jury, understand rock better than Teacher Wang Feng?
The song itself is nice, and coupled with the ceiling evaluation from the professional judges, if they eliminate Zhang Wei again, it will be clear that this show is playing tricks.

Talent shows can have shady dealings, but they must not be too obvious. If the difference between the two contestants was not that big, it would be fine, but now the difference between the two contestants is too big, there is no comparison at all.

This put the dozen or so insiders in a dilemma. The public jury will vote later, but everyone will have to appear on stage and vote for the contestants in turn, which means that everyone will appear on TV.

What if someone exposes you? If they find out that you are an employee of Xiaoxiang Entertainment, wouldn't that reveal everything?
The traitor can pass information to Brother Chen, but the prerequisite is that he himself cannot be exposed!
Liu Jianming knew that passing information to Brother Chen would expose himself, so he set up a trap to kill Brother Chen.

In this situation, if you don't vote for Zhang Wei, it will be like telling the whole world, I'm a traitor, come and check me out! Then you'll be dead.

Just as the insiders were sweating with anxiety, their cell phones vibrated almost at the same time.

The dozen or so people were all normal people, there were no abnormalities, and those who did not have children took out their cell phones and then breathed a sigh of relief.

Before the vote, the program team finally issued an order to cancel the previous plan and let them vote according to their own ideas.

At the last minute, the program planner gave up on using the public jury to eliminate Zhang Wei.

There is no way. This is a talent show after all, and at least on the surface, it must be fair and just. If there is obvious shady dealings, the show will be doomed.

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Of the 31 members of the public jury, 29 voted for Zhang Wei, and the last two people who came on stage to vote probably gave their votes to his opponent in order to comfort him.

Zhang Wei successfully advanced to the top eight, but his game is not over yet, because today is a match from 9 to 7, and one person still needs to be eliminated.

Previously, two people had been selected to advance to the top 7, and one was eliminated in the mid-game PK, which means there are still 6 contestants left to compete for 5 places.

The rules of the next competition are still two-on-two PK, and the judges will decide. The winner will advance and the loser will remain to be determined.

After the six people competed in pairs, three advanced and three were left to be determined. Among the three to be determined, the judges would select one person to advance, and the remaining two would enter the final PK stage.

The final PK still follows the old rules, the votes are reset to zero, and then the number of votes sent via SMS is counted.

After seeing that Zhang Wei could also rock and roll, the other five contestants lost their confidence and did not dare to choose Zhang Wei for PK.

Since no one took the initiative to challenge him, Zhang Wei could only look for others.

"Just pick one at random." Zhang Wei looked at several contestants and finally chose the eldest brother Ji Jie.

Anyway, even if he loses this PK, he won't be eliminated directly. At most, he will enter the ultimate PK. With his strength as the big brother, he should be able to hold on.

Standing on the stage again, Zhang Wei did not bring his electric guitar, but picked up Lu Yunxiang's Martin guitar.

The guitar prelude sounded, and this time the music was much slower and did not have as strong a rhythm as "Princess".

"Change of style! This song is pop rock." Teacher Wang Feng's eyes revealed a hint of regret.

The previous song "Princess", with its style of hard rock, heavy metal and pop music, really shocked Wang Feng, so he is looking forward to Zhang Wei's next song.

However, the prelude of this song sounds obviously like a pop rock song.

Pop rock was very common in the Chinese music scene at that time.

It is said that after Hung Hom, rock music is dead.

After entering the 21st century, other types of rock music have lost their audience in China, and almost all rock music is pop rock.

Wang Feng has listened to and sung too much pop rock music.

Compared with the unique style of "Princess" just now, pop rock is not worth mentioning, and Wang Feng has no interest in it at all.

It feels like a person from Tianjin goes to Chengdu, ready to taste the special Sichuan cuisine. A dish of Mapo Tofu just amazes his taste buds, but the next dish served by the restaurant is a Jianbing.

At the same time, the prelude ended and Zhang Wei began to sing:

“The brightest star in the night sky, can you hear clearly…”

(End of this chapter)