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

Chapter 299 Establishing a Character

Including the previous auditions in major competition areas, the competition of "Coming Soon Boys" has been going on for three months.

Starting with the finals of each sub-competition area, the program began to be broadcast live nationwide, plus two 48-hour breakout competitions and three national finals. By the time the top seven were reached, there were ten competitions that were broadcast live nationwide.

After three months and ten live broadcasts as warm-up, the popularity of "Soon Come On Boys" has risen, and its ratings and attention have surpassed those of Super Girl in 2005.

What is different from the Super Girl Contest in 2005 is that this time there was a higher level of attention from online media. The music channels of portal websites such as Sina and Sohu even had a special feature called "Soon Come Boys".

The 2005 Super Girl contest was also extremely popular, but the Internet was not so developed. At most, there was a report about it in the entertainment section of major newspapers. It was not until the finals that it had a chance to appear on the front page of entertainment.

Sina also specially invited contestants to open a blog.

In 2007, Twitter was just starting out and there was no Weibo in China. At that time, traditional blogs were very popular. The click rate of Sina Blog even exceeded that of Sina's portal website, and it gradually became Sina's main business.

At the same time, the contestants’ competition videos were also posted on Sina Podcast Channel.

This Sina Podcast is the predecessor of Sina Video, a video sharing platform established by Sina in December 2006.

After all, a portal website is just a channel for disseminating information. It can only spread news to netizens quickly. The exchange of information between netizens still mainly depends on major forums and social media.

On the campus network, an article titled "The Prince of Love Songs Zhang Wei is actually a top student at Tsinghua University" quickly spread and sparked widespread discussion among young people.

A few friends gathered together in the university cafeteria.

"Did you watch 'Soon Come On Boys' last weekend?"

"I saw it, and they even invited Teacher Wang Feng!"

"Zhang Wei's song 'The Brightest Star in the Night Sky' is so beautiful that it made Teacher Wang Feng cry."

"I think his first song is better, it feels particularly happy."

"You mean the song 'Princess'? I have a very deep impression of this song because it started to rain right after he finished singing it. I had to take back the clothes I had just hung up."

"I was browsing the campus network last night and saw a post saying that Zhang Wei is a top student at Tsinghua University!"

"From the Department of Music at National Tsing Hua University? No wonder you can write such beautiful songs!"

"Only National Tsing Hua University in your country has a music department!"

"Does National Tsing Hua University not have a music department? Then I'm just a music lover!"

"It's amazing that a music lover can write such a beautiful song!"

"I am from Tsinghua University. There are all kinds of monsters in Tsinghua University. Those who can be admitted to Tsinghua University are well-rounded in moral, intellectual, physical, aesthetic and labor aspects!"

Tsinghua University's BUFF is still top-notch. Ordinary people's impression of Tsinghua University's top students is a mixture of amazement and admiration, not only in terms of academic level, but also in various hobbies, which are all at an enviable level.

Not only is he good at studying, he is also good at sports, art and culture, musical instruments, and every aspect of life. Even when it comes to using an AK gun, he is better than others.

So in the eyes of ordinary people, Tsinghua University’s top students are very awesome, and this is taken for granted.

Zhang Wei also took this opportunity to establish himself as a top student.

2007 was still the early stages of talent shows, and people had not yet realized the importance of personality to contestants.

As a reborn person, Zhang Wei has watched so many talent shows and of course knows how important personality is to a talent show.

Simply put, personality is the concentrated reflection of the contestant's image and characteristics in the public eye, and this reflection will directly affect the audience's cognition and emotional projection, affecting the audience's support for the contestant and the final voting choice.

All the final PKs of "Soon Come Boys" are based on audience text message voting, so this influence on voting choices is particularly important.

With so many contestants on a talent show and the same stylists, it is inevitable that the contestants will all have similar looks.

How can you make the audience remember you at this time? Personality is the best weapon. A distinctive and attractive personality can help contestants stand out from the crowd of contestants, form a unique memory point for the audience, and thus increase the contestants' exposure and attention.

Elements such as the contestant's personal experience, personality traits, and values ​​can all be used to operate as a character setting to attract attention. If the audience can find emotional resonance, they will be more likely to support and like the contestant.

Therefore, after singing a song on "The Voice of China", the contestants have to tell a story. If they don't have a touching story, they will make up one. If that doesn't work, they will stab themselves twice on the spot to show their sympathy, just to establish their personal image.

If everyone else is establishing their own character and you don't, then the audience will remember them instead of you, which will force you to quickly establish your own character.

Therefore, those who cannot tell stories when participating in this kind of talent show are not good contestants.

When talent shows become more mature in the future, things like establishing character image will not only affect the outcome of the competition, but also the contestants' future commercial potential and long-term development.

Sponsors and brands tend to prefer working with contestants with distinctive personalities and wide influence. A deeply rooted personality can help artists establish a stable fan base in the entertainment industry.

A typical example is Yang Jinli’s character in “Creation 101”, which is definitely a successful case of establishing a character in a talent show.

"The hard work and luck of an ordinary girl" is a character setting that can attract the audience's attention and trigger widespread resonance. Without the "village flower" and "koi" character settings, Yang Chaoyue would not have been able to gain so much traffic.

Zhang Wei knew the importance of personal image, so he used the resources of the campus network to establish a personal image of a top student. After all, top student is a commendatory title, so this can be considered a positive personal image.

As for other characters, such as scientists, writers, cartoonists, etc., there is no rush for now and they will be added little by little in the future.

When it comes to establishing a character, you should do it step by step, like squeezing toothpaste, so that the general public can accept it more easily. If you suddenly reveal a top-notch character, people will not be able to accept it.

For example, if Sun Wukong just popped out from a crack in a rock and was given the character of the Great Sage Equaling Heaven, readers would definitely think that the author is an idiot.

But after experiencing a series of events and battles, his character as the Monkey King is different, especially after he caused chaos in Heaven. Even though he was pressed under the mountain by Buddha for five hundred years, the character of the Monkey King, at least, has been established.

……

The next game is 7 to 6, and the program team also announced the rules of the game.

"The theme of the next game is gratitude to parents?"

Upon hearing the theme of the competition, several contestants were a little confused.

This type of talent show usually involves singing pop songs. Songs about gratitude to parents are often folk songs, or bel canto songs, suitable for formal performances in formal attire. There aren't many pop songs about gratitude to parents.

The contestants immediately started discussing.

"It's not easy to find a song for this theme. Are we supposed to sing 'Only Mom Is Good in the World'? That's a children's song!"

"It's not just a nursery rhyme, there's also 'Mother in the Candlelight', what a classic!"

"This type of song is not suitable for me. I am more suitable for singing pop songs. I might as well sing Jay Chou's "Listen to Mom"!"

"Hey, why are you stealing my song? I wanted to sing this one!"

"Then change the song and sing 'In the Name of the Father'."

"Forget it, 'In the Name of the Father' is a difficult song to sing. If it's not Jay Chou, he definitely won't be able to sing it with that flavor. If he doesn't sing well in the competition, he'll be scolded by the audience!"

"There aren't many songs to choose from to express gratitude to parents, and the key is that most of them are old songs!"

"In fact, classic old songs are not bad either, at least they sound good. When the time comes, you can sing "The Wine Is Gone". If you sing well, you will definitely move the audience and make the judges cry with you!"

"Forget it. I don't have Zhang Wei's ability. Besides, my voice doesn't have Su Rui's penetrating power. Singing "The Wine Is Gone" would be a shame. I'm thinking, I'll just sing "Missing You 365 Days"! It's easier."

“Is “Miss You 365 Days” a song to express gratitude to parents?”

"Of course it is, it's the theme song of The Lotus Lantern. Haven't you seen the cartoon The Lotus Lantern? The Monkey King in it was voiced by Chen Peisi! Chenxiang split the mountain to save his mother, isn't that a way of expressing gratitude to his parents? This song is about a child's longing for his mother. He thinks about his mother every day of the year, 365 days a year."

"If that's the case, then Jeff Chang's "Love Is Just One Word" also counts!"

"Liu Huan's 'Heaven and Earth in My Heart' also counts."

"They are all interludes from the play The Lotus Lantern, and they are all about Chenxiang splitting the mountain to save his mother. They are also all songs written for mothers, so they definitely count! Haha, we suddenly have three more songs to choose from."

"In addition to Chinese songs, there are also songs about gratitude to parents in English songs, right? Foreigners also have parents who gave birth to them, right? Do any of you plan to sing English songs? Brother Su, you are good at English songs, have you thought of any suitable English songs?"

Everyone's eyes turned to Su Xing. He had studied abroad in Australia and was familiar with English songs. He had often sung English songs in previous competitions.

"I'm thinking about it." Su Xing said.

"I remember a song, 'Bohemian Rhapsody' by Queen. It's so famous. The first line of the song is 'Mom'."

"The first line of Bohemian Rhapsody is "Mom," but the next line is "Just killed a man, Put a gun against his head, pulled my trigger, now he's dead."

What it means is that I just killed a guy, I put a gun to his head, seized the plane, and now he's dead! You call lyrics like this grateful to your parents? You're scaring your parents to death!"

"Yeah, don't think that calling mom and dad in the lyrics means being grateful to parents. Jay Chou also has a song called "Dad, I'm Back" which is against domestic violence!"

While everyone was discussing enthusiastically, Zhang Wei was concerned about the specific procedures of the next game.

Now there are only seven contestants left. The number of participants has decreased. In order to make up the program length, the original 13 people sang one song each, but now seven people have to sing two songs each.

Therefore, the number of PK rounds has been increased, and each player must participate in at least two rounds of PK. In the first round of PK, the winner does not advance directly, but enters the second round of PK, and only the winner of the second round of PK can be promoted.

Those who fail in the first round of PK will go to the mid-term PK. It doesn’t matter if you lose the mid-term PK, you will not be eliminated directly. You will still have a chance for the final PK, because the next game is 7 to 6, and only one person will be eliminated.

This is equivalent to a double elimination system, where everyone has two lives. Only when both lives are used up will they be truly eliminated.

"In this week's quiz, I will most likely be ranked first again, and will directly enter the mid-game competition. If I lose the mid-game competition, I will directly enter the final competition, and I will only sing two songs.

If you win the mid-game PK, you will be relegated successfully and can enter the second round. If you win the second round, you can directly advance to the top 6 and sing two songs.

If I lose the second round, I will have to enter the final PK and sing one more song, which means I need to prepare three songs to cope with this game!"

Thinking of this, Zhang Wei instantly understood the intention of the program team.

"There aren't many songs about the theme of being grateful to parents, and even fewer that are top-tier hits. There are only a few over and over again, and if seven of us were to share, we would have basically finished all the songs of this type.

Moreover, this theme has nothing to do with love songs or rock songs. The mainstream is mainly folk songs. If it is ordinary pop music, it would be easier to write songs with this theme.

The program set this rule to restrict me. They don't want me to sing new songs anymore, and as long as I sing other people's old songs, they have an excuse to eliminate me directly.

This program team really planned to eliminate me! Last time they had a rock show, but they failed to eliminate me. This time they had a theme of gratitude to parents. I really admire their brains!

Fortunately, I am a reborn person, and I have future hits in my mind. If I were to write now, I might not be able to write three good songs to express gratitude to my parents in such a short time!"

……

Just as Zhang Wei expected, he was last in this week's quiz again.

The champion of the quiz was Jie Shao, and his championship benefit was to sing a song with the flying judges.

The guest star of this episode is Valen Hsu, also known as the "Queen of Love Songs", but her status is definitely not as high as that of Leung Kam-yu, Rene Liu and Karen Mok of the same period.

At the beginning, Valen Hsu and Jie Shao sang a song "Love Movie" together. Jie Shao's voice is very suitable for singing this song. This opening performance also gave Jie Shao a lot of extra points.

Next, the other six contestants except Zhang Wei sang in turn, and the one with the lowest number of off-site SMS votes would compete with Zhang Wei in the middle of the show.

However, the outcome of the mid-game PK is not determined by the number of SMS votes, but by 31 public judges on the scene.

Looking at the 31 public judges on the sidelines, Zhang Wei had a bad feeling in his heart.

The guest star Valen Hsu doesn't seem to be a very emotional person. Her evaluation of the contestants is relatively neutral. It doesn't seem like she would give herself the same strong support as Teacher Wang Feng.

This is understandable. After all, they are artists from Hong Kong and Taiwan and do not have a deep foundation in the mainland entertainment circle. They are not like Mr. Wang Feng, a rock veteran with extensive connections.

"Without the support of the judges, I'm afraid these public judges will mess with me!"

Zhang Wei took a deep breath, but didn't take it seriously.

Even if he loses the mid-game PK, it will not affect the overall situation, because the final PK will still depend on the audience's SMS voting. As long as it is SMS voting, Zhang Wei is confident that he can turn the tables!
(End of this chapter)