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Chapter 309 Another Singer Cried

There were commercials on TV and the final PK would not begin for a few minutes, but the program planner was already immersed in the joy of victory and could not extricate himself.

"This combination of punches of mine was really clever!" The planner thought about it carefully and became more and more complacent.

At this point in the competition, the program team has already recognized Zhang Wei as a musical genius, and songs of all types and themes are no problem for Zhang Wei.

This also made the program team realize a reality: if they wanted to eliminate Zhang Wei, it would be useless to limit the types and themes of songs. The key was to restrict Zhang Wei's originality.

For this special show of Hong Kong and Taiwan songs, a rule for Cantonese songs was set at the beginning. This was to take advantage of the fact that Zhang Wei, a native of Jiaodong, could not speak Cantonese. This was also a way to restrict Zhang Wei's originality and force Zhang Wei to sing classic Cantonese old songs.

Once Zhang Wei loses his original songs, he will be like an eagle without wings and a tiger without claws, nothing to be feared.

However, Zhang Wei directly broke the program team's plan with a song "Naked".

But the planner had a backup plan, and that was Liu Bo'er. Liu Bo'er was asked to go undercover beside Zhang Wei, and pretend to forget the lyrics during the singing session, tricking Zhang Wei and allowing him to enter the final PK.

If Zhang Wei showed his lack of proficiency in Cantonese in the previous competition, he would still sing a Cantonese song in the final PK.

If Zhang Wei has shown in the previous competition that he can sing Cantonese songs, then a draw will be set up to allow Zhang Wei to sing Hokkien songs.

The other contestant in the final PK is from Guangdong, and his Cantonese must be very authentic. In terms of language proficiency, he is 100% better than Zhang Wei.

So no matter which situation it is, Zhang Wei will definitely lose the final PK and be eliminated.

Now we just have to wait for Zhang Wei to announce the song he is going to sing, and then he will finish the song in his unprofessional Minnan dialect, and then he will be eliminated, and then everything will be done.

"Zhang Wei's song was reported!" The errand boy came hurriedly with a piece of paper in his hand.

"Is it 'The World's Best'?" the program planner asked immediately.

"No." The errand boy shook his head.

"Could it be 'Only Hard Work Can Win'? It's an old song from the 1980s. Is Zhang Wei trying to make it harder for himself?"

"Not really!" The errand boy still shook his head.

"What is that? Apart from these two songs, other Hokkien songs are not well-known in the mainland, right?" the planner said.

"It's a song I haven't heard before." The errand boy looked at the manuscript in his hand and continued, "The song is called "The Prodigal Son Returns."

"'The Prodigal Son'? Has anyone heard of this song?" The planner looked around the entire director's room.

However, everyone looked confused, and no one said anything after looking at each other, obviously no one had heard it.

The errand boy said, "This song seems to be written by Zhang Weigang."

"What? Just wrote it? Are you sure?"

"I should be correct. When I found Zhang Wei, he was writing this song. I waited for a while before he finished writing the song and gave it to me." The errand boy said as he handed the manuscript paper in his hand to the planner.

The planner took the manuscript paper and looked at it. The handwriting looked very new. He could even feel some ink marks when he touched it with his hand. It was obviously newly written.

"He wrote a song on the spot. Does he really think he is Cao Zhi, who can compose a poem in seven steps?" said the planner, looking at the lyrics with disdain.

"I light up cigarettes one by one and drink cup after cup. Please understand me. I can't drink much. Sell me Chong Kang. What does Chong Kang mean? And this, Dai Mou Zi Dou Zhen, what does this mean?"

"It sounds like Minnan dialect, but I don't know what it means exactly." Someone nearby said.

"Hokkien? Could it be that Zhang Wei really speaks Hokkien?" The planner shook his head, "Impossible, absolutely impossible. How could he, a Jiaodong native, speak Hokkien?"

……

In the judges' seats, everyone's eyes were focused on Qi Qin.

"Teacher Qi, I come from folk singing background, and I'm not very proficient in Minnan songs. I'll need your guidance for my comments later." One of the judges said.

Another judge nearby also said, "Although there are many Malaysian Chinese who speak Minnan dialect, my ancestral home is in Guangdong, and my elders at home all speak Cantonese, none of them can speak Minnan dialect. For Minnan dialect, I only know a few greetings, such as 'have you eaten yet' and 'what are you doing'."

Except for Mr. Bao, who was also born in Taipei, the other judges said that they did not understand Minnan songs. The implication was that when they gave their comments later, they would let Qi Qin say a few more words and they would just echo him.

As for Mr. Bao, although he is also from Taiwan Province and can definitely speak Hokkien, his status is far inferior to that of superstar Qi Qin, so he naturally follows the lead of superstar Qi Qin.

Qi Qin exchanged a few polite words with a few people. At this time, Zhang Wei also came to the stage with a guitar.

The song that Zhang Wei was about to sing appeared on the big screen: "The Prodigal Son Returns".

"'The Prodigal Son Returns'? I've never heard of this Minnan dialect song! Teacher Bao, who sings this song?"

Teacher Bao shook his head: "I don't remember this song. Teacher Qi, you are well-informed, do you remember this song?"

"Not at all. I don't remember there being such a song." Qi Qin also shook his head, and then continued: "This should be his original song, right? I remember you mentioned to me before that contestant Zhang Wei is very good at originality. His first song today, "Naked", was very well written. The second song felt good too, but it was a pity that he made mistakes in the performance."

"If it's a Mandarin song, it's possible that it's original, but this is a Minnan dialect song, I think it's unlikely to be original! Teacher Qi, you don't know that Zhang Wei is from Jiaodong, it's unlikely that he can speak Minnan dialect."

"People from Jiaodong? They are my fellow villagers! My father named my brother Qilu because he missed his hometown!" Qi Qin said, and then he took another look at the lyrics on the big screen and muttered to himself: "The prodigal son returns, this name is interesting."

There was a hint of reminiscence in Qi Qin's eyes, and at this time Zhang Wei also began to perform.

"I light cigarettes one by one, drink cups of wine one by one. Please understand me. I can't drink much. Sell me Chong Kang. Time goes by day by day, sweat flows drop by drop. One day, we will all be old, and I will bring my son to play with me, and the prodigal son will return..."

"I haven't heard of this song before. It's really an original song. Zhang Wei is really amazing. He can even write songs in Minnan dialect."

"Teacher Bao, what do you think of this Minnan dialect? Is it authentic?"

"He speaks Taiwanese quite well. If you don't know him, you might think he's from Taiwan. Zhang Wei has a talent for languages!" Teacher Bao commented. Zhang Wei also sang in standard Taiwanese: "Dear, lovely, handsome, friend! Trash, tasteless, useless, friend! I ride my bare motorcycle on the bumpy road. What's the point of my life? I have no money, no body, no life, no life. Friends, come and fight!"

Few of the audience could understand Minnan dialect, but they could feel that the melody of the song was very nice and comfortable to listen to.

"It's a pop rock style, with a tight rhythm."

"The interval jumps and changes are very good. This design makes the melody have both layers and unity."

For professional musicians, even if they don’t understand Minnan dialect, they can still understand the song from the perspective of music and melody.

For those who can understand Minnan dialect, the lyrics of this song are the essence.

The lyrics are written like a mirror, reflecting the inner struggle and desire of the prodigal son;
It is also like a glass of strong liquor, which may be spicy and pungent at first, but after careful tasting, you can feel the deep emotions and life philosophy contained in it;

It is more like a book of life, recording every important moment with real camera language, and every page is about growth and transformation.

However, for the king of pop Qi Qin, this song "The Prodigal Son Returns" has a different flavor.

The lyrics and the melody were heard by Qi Qin like bubbles, expanding in his heart. Past memories were reflected on the bubbles, emitting brilliant light, and finally burst, leaving only a little regret.

At this moment, the past events came flooding into Qi Qin's heart like waves.

He recalled that when he was a child, his father's strict discipline made him rebellious. When he was in middle school, the conflicts between him and his father became more and more serious, and he finally ran away from home after a conflict.

Then he made friends with a group of bad youths, just like in the movie "Monga", wandering around all day, drinking and fighting.

But he didn't have a father who was a gangster boss like in "Monga", so he was caught by the police for a fight and sentenced to three years in prison. Being sentenced to three years means that he beat the opponent very badly, probably causing serious injuries.

Fortunately, he was only sixteen years old at that time. As he was a minor, he did not need to go to prison but only had to serve his sentence in a reformatory.

A young man who goes to a reformatory at the age of sixteen probably has no future and will be abandoned by society after he comes out. The best case scenario is that he joins a gang, fights and kills all the way, and finally dies in gang fighting.

But his sister did not give up on him. She would visit him at the reformatory every weekend and used the prize money from a singing competition to buy him a guitar. From then on, he embarked on the path of music.

Recalling this, Qi Qin couldn't help but take a deep breath, and tears inexplicably appeared in his eyes and began to swirl.

The lyrics of the song "What the hell is my life worth? I have no money, no money, no children, what kind of life am I worth?", aren't they describing myself at that time?
"Lighting up cigarettes one after another, drinking glass after glass of wine", isn't that what I was like when I was a gangster?
Some of those who used to be gangsters with him, his former buddies, are struggling to survive at the bottom of society with disabilities;

Some are in prison and may never get out;

Those who were less fortunate had already died on the streets, and some were even sunk into the sea to feed the sharks, and their bodies could not even be found.

But he himself is a household name in music across Taiwan, Mainland China and Hong Kong!
"The prodigal son returns, is that me?"

Qi Qin thought of his sister. If it weren't for her, he might have ended up like his former companions, with no trace left.

Gratitude towards his sister turned into tears at this moment, but Qi Qin held back and did not let the tears fall.

This song is so immersive! It resonates so well with me!
However, at this time, the song has entered its climax. The low melody at the beginning has become passionate and high-pitched after layers of progression, and richer emotions are prevalent.

"Time goes by day by day, sweat flows drop by drop, one day, we will all be old, lead someone to entertain us, lead someone to entertain us, lead someone to entertain us, the prodigal son will return!" Zhang Wei's singing finally came to an end.

"One day, we are all old, and we will take our children with us", which means that one day we will all be old, and we will be with our wives and children. This line of lyrics expresses the former prodigal son's yearning for family and vision of future life, but when it falls into Qi Qin's ears, it has another meaning.

Especially when Zhang Wei repeated the sentence "Take a certain child to do something", the figure of another person inexplicably appeared in his mind. That was not his current girlfriend, but the one who had been in love with him for more than ten years, broke up and got back together many times, but finally ended up breaking up.

One of them is talented, the other is charming. They are recognized as the golden boy and girl, the talented man and the beautiful woman in the entertainment industry.

That year, he wrote the song "Probably in Winter" for her, which was sung all over the country and became popular all over China.

The two had gone through more than ten years of ups and downs, breaking up and getting back together many times. Even the parents of both sides had met each other and bought a wedding house together. All that was missing was a wedding, and this love would come to fruition.

But in the end, the two separated. She completely quit the entertainment industry and ran to Canada on the other side of the world to live a secluded life just to avoid him.

Since we can't be together, let's never see each other again!
Recalling this, a heart-wrenching pain filled his heart. The warm time they once spent together has now become an unbearable burden on his mind, just like the fallen leaves in the autumn wind, even if they still have some of the residual warmth of summer, what they show is irreversible withering.

Loss, regret, self-blame, confusion, all kinds of painful emotions mixed together and turned into a tiny saw, which inadvertently sawed off his soul bit by bit. The wound was not big, but it made people feel heartbroken. When the pain was over, only regret was left.

It feels like being trapped in an endless loop. Every time you want to escape, you are pulled back by deeper regret, making you continue to feel the torture, letting you know that you will never have the chance to make up for this regret.

People are like this, they don't know how to cherish something until they lose it completely.

It was at this moment that the tears could no longer be suppressed and burst out from my eyes.

A minute ago, these tears were just gratitude to my sister. Then, they turned into longing for my former lover. And when the painful emotions continued to accumulate and finally separated the soul, the tears of regret could no longer be controlled.

At this moment, the tears were like pearls that had broken off the string, continuously pouring out from the eyes, slowly sliding down the cheeks, and finally dripping onto the lapels, spreading out into sad splashes of water.

He could no longer suppress his tears. At first, his tears were low and suppressed, but gradually, they turned into uncontrollable sobs. Even the people around him could feel the sadness and despair.

The camera also gave a close-up of Qi Qin at this time. Seeing King Qi crying like this, both the audience at the scene and those watching on TV were all shocked.

I have seen people cry because of being moved, but this is the first time I have seen them cry like this.

At least Mr. Wang Feng didn’t cry so miserably before! Not so sad!

On the stage, Zhang Wei looked at Teacher Qi Qin, his heart full of surprise.

"Another person cried because of this song. But the crying was too exaggerated, right? Did this touch some tear point?"

(End of this chapter)