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

Chapter 307 The fun has just begun

In the 6-to-5 match, Zhang Wei was no longer the last in the weekly test, which was rare, and he no longer had to enter the mid-game competition before the game started.

Perhaps the production team felt that giving Zhang Wei first place every week was too deliberate; or perhaps they believed that being last in the quiz would not cause much harm to Zhang Wei, as Zhang Wei would always win in the mid-game PK anyway.

Of course, it is also possible that the program team has prepared a sure-kill move that can directly eliminate Zhang Wei, so there is no need to use this little trick.

After a simple opening performance, the host announced excitedly: "Let us welcome the flying judge of this competition, the king Qi Qin!"

Qi Qin, wearing a white short-sleeved T-shirt and jeans, stepped onto the stage.

"Well, the program crew has invested a lot of money and actually invited Qi Qin! He is probably the biggest star they have invited so far!" Zhang Wei sighed in his heart.

In Zhang Wei's memory, Chyi Chin was invited to the 2007 Super Boy competition, but he only appeared as the last guest in the final. Now this superstar was invited in advance, probably because Zhang Wei changed history.

In the early 1990s, the Hong Kong entertainment industry had four kings, and everyone was familiar with them. The mainland and Taiwan music circles also followed the example of the Hong Kong bands and also created four kings.

The four kings of mainland music bands are Mao Ning, Liu Huan, Jie Xiaodong and Sun Nan, all of whom were the most popular male singers in mainland China in the early 1990s.

The four kings of Taiwanese music are Chyi Chin, Wakin Chau, Jacky Cheung and Ange Tong.

Many people think that the Four Heavenly Kings of Hong Kong are the entertainment kings, while the Four Heavenly Kings of Taiwan are the music kings.

The fact is similar. Among the Four Heavenly Kings of Hong Kong, except Jacky Cheung, the other three are better at acting than singing, and they have won many Best Actor awards.

In fact, even Jacky Cheung, who is the best singer, has been nominated for more than one Hong Kong Film Awards.

This is also the tradition of the Hong Kong entertainment industry. The kings of music are all good actors. Not to mention these four, people like Sam Hui, Leslie Cheung, Nicholas Tse, etc., all have actor-level performances.

Although the Four Heavenly Kings of Taiwan's music scene have also appeared in some film and television dramas, they are obviously better at singing.

What’s more interesting is that the reason these four can be called the Four Heavenly Kings of Taiwan’s music scene is mainly because they are very popular in mainland China.

Take Qi Qin for example, he became famous for extinguishing the Northwest Wind in the mainland music scene.

In the mid-1980s, rock music emerged in the mainland music scene and reached its peak as soon as it debuted. Northwest Wind songs, with their simple rhythms, straightforward expression of feelings, lack of beating around the bush, and easy to sing, quickly merged with rock music to form the most popular style of northern songs at the time.

Songs like "Nothing at All", "Loess Plateau", "Sister, Go Forward Boldly", etc., all belong to this type of songs.

At that time, songs of this style were popular in the north, while Cantonese songs dominated the south.

At this time, Qi Qin entered the mainland market. His songs "Probably in Winter" and "The World Outside" made mainland audiences realize that there was such pop music. This also directly extinguished the northwest wind in the mainland music scene.

After that, the rough rock music that screamed at the top of one's voice was no longer popular, and was replaced by more refined and more melodious melodies. The mainland music scene also began to learn from Hong Kong and Taiwan, began to package singers, and took a market-oriented route.

To put it in an exaggerated way, it was Qi Qin who opened up the huge market in mainland China for Taiwanese music.

Although Qi Qin is not from Hong Kong, he can speak Cantonese and has released a Cantonese album.

After all, Hong Kong was once the entertainment capital of Asia. Many Taiwanese artists in the 1980s and 1990s learned Cantonese for the Hong Kong market. Of course, many Hong Kong artists also learned Minnan dialect specifically for the Taiwan market.

Today's competition has a theme of "Hong Kong and Taiwan Songs", so naturally we have to invite a Hong Kong and Taiwan singer to liven up the scene. Whether in terms of qualifications or strength, superstar Qi Qin is obviously a very suitable candidate.

……

Among the remaining six contestants, there are exactly three from the north and three from the south.

Three southerners, one of them is from Guangdong, and the other has worked hard in Shenzhen for many years and speaks Cantonese as his mother tongue.

The other one is from Chengdu, and he also speaks Cantonese at level 10. Many people in Sichuan originally came from Guangdong, so there is a saying that "Huguang fills Sichuan". In addition, there is a lot of communication between Sichuan and Guangdong people, and many Sichuan people can speak fluent Cantonese.

There are three northerners, one of whom studied in Australia, where there are many Hong Kong immigrants. So he not only speaks fluent Cantonese, but also Hong Kong-style Cantonese.

Only Zhang Wei and another person were left, one from Jiaodong and the other from Northwest China, and they really couldn't speak Cantonese.

Comparing the two, Zhang Wei's image is far less handsome than others!

In a talent show, if a boy is handsome, it is definitely a plus.

Fortunately, Zhang Wei had the devil plug-in, which enabled him to speak Cantonese and make up for his language disadvantage.

The first round of the competition is still a wheel-to-wheel competition. The contestants compete against each other in pairs. The judges select the one with the worst performance to enter the mid-game competition. This set of rules has been used for several issues and everyone is familiar with it.

The competition proceeded just as Zhang Wei had expected. The contestants sang classic Cantonese songs, such as "Boundless Oceans, Vast Skies", "Thousands of Songs", "Red Sun", and "Love in Those Days", which brought out the most nostalgic feelings.

The key point is that the original singers of two of the songs have passed away. To put it nicely, it is a tribute to the deceased, but to put it bluntly, it is exploiting the dead.

The competition has reached this point, and if the song Zhang Wei brings out is not at the golden song level, he will really be defeated.

It was Zhang Wei's turn to go on stage, and it was still the piano prelude, but this time, the melody at the beginning was a little gentle.

"An original song?" Qi Qin, who was on the judging panel, was slightly stunned.

This is not the era of Tam and Cheung's rivalry in 1987, nor is it the era of the Four Heavenly Kings monopolizing the Hong Kong music scene in 1997. Now is 2007, and Cantonese songs have gradually declined. Even those Cantonese kings and queens of the past have switched to Mandarin songs and rarely release new Cantonese songs.

The previous contestants sang classic Cantonese songs, which is exactly the current situation of Cantonese songs. Everyone is nostalgic for the classics.

Now this young man has come up with a rather challenging script and is participating in the competition with an original Cantonese song, which really surprised him.

But this prelude sounds pretty good!
At this time, Zhang Wei also began to sing: "When we broke up, you turned your face away with guilt, not wanting to have any involvement in the future. When I was working, sleeping, praying and having fun, I lived every day so hard, but who would have thought that you would be willing to meet again after being freed..."

"Zhang Wei can speak Cantonese!" The program planner backstage was shocked.

He originally thought that even if Zhang Wei, a native of Jiaodong, could speak a few words of Cantonese, his pronunciation would not be very fluent. However, he did not expect that Zhang Wei spoke authentic Cantonese.

The planner's heart immediately sank. If the language barrier was not difficult for Zhang Wei, then he could only hope that Zhang Wei's song was average!

There are not many new Cantonese songs, and only one or two golden songs are released each year, so you can bet that your songs are mediocre.

At this time, Zhang Wei sang the line "I became a puppet only after I had difficulty breathing. Who is actually holding the string?" The judges and the audience were instantly hooked! "Well sung, the transition of this melody is very coherent and natural, without any abruptness or break, it sounds very smooth!" Qi Qin, who was on the judges' seat, praised in his heart.

At the same time, other people at the scene who understood music also realized that the level of this song was extremely high and it was definitely a Cantonese song at the golden song level.

Eason Chan's "Naked" is of course a golden song.

The Hong Kong music scene used to have no shortage of superstars. After Sam Hui opened the curtain of modern Hong Kong music, George Lam, Danny Chan, Alan Tam and Leslie Cheung shone in the Hong Kong music scene for the entire 80 years. Later, there were the four kings Jacky Cheung, Andy Lau, Aaron Kwok and Leon Lai, and then the fifth king Ekin Cheng and the terminator of the king Nicholas Tse emerged.

However, the title of "King of Pop" could not be passed on to Eason Chan. With the decline of Cantonese songs, Eason Chan became the last King of Pop in Hong Kong.

It was precisely because Eason Chan was the last king of the Hong Kong music scene that Zhang Wei chose his songs without hesitation. In 2007, only Eason Chan's songs could compete with those classic old songs that were filled with sentiment.

Eason Chan has no shortage of classic Cantonese hits. "Naked" is definitely not the best among them. At least "Fukua" and "Under the Mount Fuji" are more classic than "Naked".

But these two songs, released in 2005 and 2006 respectively, had won numerous awards by 2007.

So Zhang Wei had no choice but to choose the song "Naked" from 2010.

The song was composed by "泽日生", and the lyrics were written by Lin, a lyricist with a bad reputation. These two people, together with Eason Chan, were the golden combination of the Cantonese music scene at the time, equivalent to Jay Chou and Fang Wenshan in Mandarin pop music.

The previous classic song "Under the Mount Fuji" was also completed by this trio, and this song "Naked" also hopes to replicate the success of "Under the Mount Fuji".

Although this song ultimately did not reach the heights of "Under the Mount Fuji", it is still considered one of Eason Chan's representative works. Moreover, relying on the popularity of the golden combination in the Cantonese music scene, this song also won numerous awards.

……

After the song "Naked" was sung, it really aroused applause from the whole audience.

There are certainly many audience members here who cannot understand Cantonese. It doesn’t matter if you don’t understand Cantonese, you can still tell whether the melody of a song is good or not.

It's like when we listen to Japanese songs, we don't understand what they are talking about, but we can still feel that the songs are very nice. When "Blue Bird" sounded, I instantly returned to my youth.

"Naked" is such a song. No matter what the lyrics are talking about, the melody is always very charming.

The melody of this song has many turning points, which can be said to be twists and turns. The structure also has many long sentences, but it is full of ups and downs. These are the highlights of the song.

Moreover, the melody of this song is quite lyrical. Through twists and turns, the melody reaches its emotional peak at the climax of the song, instantly enriching the emotions of the entire song.

As for those who can understand Cantonese, although they find the lyrics a bit obscure and subtle, they can still feel the heart-wrenching sadness.

It feels like, I tell you I'm hurt, but what I show you is not my wound, but my scar.

Many times, scars are more hurtful than wounds!
……

Several judges at the scene gave Zhang Wei a pass rating, and Zhang Wei did not have to participate in the mid-field PK for the first time.

Backstage, the planner just frowned slightly and pouted, but still had a confident expression.

At this moment, his cell phone suddenly rang. The planner looked at the incoming call and immediately answered it.

"Leader, I'm at the scene, are you watching the show too? Yes, Zhang Wei is safe for now. You can see that Zhang Wei speaks Cantonese very fluently. I don't know where he learned this foreign language as he is from Jiaodong.

Moreover, he not only speaks Cantonese, but also writes songs in Cantonese, and his writing is pretty good. Did you also listen to the song "Naked" that he sang just now? Yes, if a song of this level is not passed, it will have a negative impact!
But don't worry, these are all within my expectations. I have a response plan. Don't worry, just watch the show slowly. The best part is yet to come. I promise that I will definitely eliminate Zhang Wei this time!"

After putting down his phone, the planner smiled grimly and looked at Zhang Wei in the camera.

"The next part should be the group singing, right? The song 'Old Boy' you prepared is nice, but so what? The fun has just begun!"

……

Teammate Liu Bo'er has already stood next to Zhang Wei.

"Come on, try to advance directly soon!" Liu Boler clenched his fists.

According to the rules, in this round of competition, the judges will select three contestants with good performance to directly advance to the top five in the country.

Among the remaining three people, the one who lost the mid-game PK will choose one of them to compete with him in the final PK, and the one who is not selected will also advance directly.

"I hope so!" Zhang Wei just nodded calmly. He knew that the program crew had been targeting him, so he didn't expect to advance directly.

Liu Boer looked confident: "Zhang Wei, don't worry, your song "Old Boy" is so good, you will definitely advance directly to the top 5!"

The previous contestant sang a medley of songs. This was a smart choice because it was both innovative and could play to one’s strengths and avoid one’s weaknesses, thus avoiding the disharmony caused by different timbres.

Since it is a medley, two people can sing different melodies as long as the sense of rhythm is similar. This is equivalent to two people singing different songs, each singing their own, without delaying each other. It can minimize the impact of tacit understanding on the song, and is very suitable for temporary partner performances.

Next it was Zhang Wei's turn to sing the song "Old Boy" with Liu Boler.

"That's the person I miss day and night and love deeply. How should I express it? Will she accept me?"

"Maybe I will never say those words to her. I am destined to wander around the world, so how can I have any worries?"

This song is not difficult and the rhythm is not strong. The two people sang one sentence each and coordinated well, and soon they sang the chorus.

"Youth is like a rushing river, it goes away and never comes back. There's no time to say goodbye. All that's left is a numb me, without the passion of the past!"

"Look at the flowers floating all over the sky, uh..."

An unexpected thing happened. After Liu Boler finished singing this sentence, he suddenly stopped talking, then stood there, letting the accompaniment pass by without making a sound.

It looked as if he had forgotten the words!

It is common for singers to forget the lyrics while performing.

But did he really forget the words?
(End of this chapter)