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Chapter 312 It’s time to show off your singing skills!

It's time for the weekly quiz again.

"Zhang Wei, you are a very talented contestant, but in terms of singing skills, you do have some gaps compared to other outstanding contestants. Specifically, these gaps are mainly reflected in the accuracy of pitch, the stability of voice, and the control of timbre.

Let's talk about pitch first. Pitch is the basis of singing, which requires the singer to grasp every note accurately. In this regard, you are not as good as contestant Ajie.

Let's talk about the stability of the voice, which is one of the important indicators to measure a singer's singing skills. During the singing process, your voice sometimes fluctuates. In this regard, you are not as good as Wei Chen.

Chen Sheng and Su Xing are better than you in pitch and voice stability, and their timbre is the most outstanding. Compared with them, your timbre has no characteristics..." the judges commented slowly.

"What are you saying? Mr. Chen has a great voice. There are only a few people with such talent in the entire Chinese music scene. How can I be so bored as to compete with him in voice?" Zhang Wei couldn't help but complain in his heart.

"So the contestant who failed the quiz this week is..." The judge deliberately dragged out the tone: "Contestant Zhang Wei!"

This result was completely within Zhang Wei's expectations. When some portal websites published articles criticizing Zhang Wei's singing skills, Zhang Wei had already guessed that his singing skills would definitely be used as an article by the program team.

Now it seems that his guess was correct. He first created hype on the Internet and created an image of a person who is not good at singing.

Then when it came to the competition, he started talking about his singing skills, and told the audience through the judges that Zhang Wei’s singing skills were not good and his voice was average.

Next, he will compare him with other contestants to let the audience know that other contestants are better than Zhang Wei in singing. Naturally, many audiences will be affected and will not vote for Zhang Wei.

This trick is especially useful in the voting phase of a one-on-one PK. In front of the national audience, praise your opponent's strengths and exaggerate your weaknesses. Your fans will be less willing to vote, while your opponent's will will definitely increase. The key is that neutral audiences will definitely vote for your opponent.

This is like political elections abroad. If a candidate is involved in a scandal, his supporters will most likely not vote, while his opponent's supporters will vote more enthusiastically, and the votes of the middle-class voters will naturally go to the opponent's side.

"It's time to show off my singing skills!" Zhang Wei took a deep breath and called upon the devil:

"Brother Gui, remember you said that you can exchange talents there, right?"

"Yes, but talents are high-level items and can only be exchanged for lifespan." The devil paused, then continued: "Also, I'm a devil, not a ghost. Ghosts are the kind that float around humming, while we devils are the kind that wow wow wow and are very vicious."

"Your description is quite vivid!" Zhang Wei responded.

The devil returned to the point: "Tell me, whose talent do you want to exchange?"

"I want to exchange for Zhou Shen's singing talent for one day." Zhang Wei said.

"Just one day? That's too little, I can't change it!" The devil refused directly.

"You said that anything can be changed, but you don't intend to follow the rules?" Zhang Wei asked with a smile.

"What do you mean 'again'? When have I ever failed to follow the rules? It's just that you always find loopholes in the rules and are arguing with me about bugs."

The devil paused for a moment, and finally offered a price: "One month of life can be exchanged for one day of Zhou Shen's singing talent."

"So expensive?" Zhang Wei questioned.

"Zhou Shen's singing talent is world-class, so his price is naturally high!" the devil replied.

"What if I exchange it for two days?" Zhang Wei asked again.

"Two days is of course two months of life, doesn't that count?"

"No discount?" Zhang Wei continued to ask.

"You only exchange for one or two days, where is the discount?"

"How many days do I have to exchange it for a discount?"

"It will take at least a month!" the devil replied.

"One month is 30 days, which is 30 months of life. How much discount can I get?"

"I can give you a 27% discount and only charge you months of your life."

"More than two years!" Zhang Wei pretended to be in deep thought, then asked, "Is it true that if it's less than a month, there's no discount, and only if it's more than a month, there's a discount?"

"Yes," the devil answered without hesitation.

"Brother Gui, we have known each other for several years. Can we discuss it? Can we change the price?"

"No room for negotiation. The price will not be changed if it is less than one month. This is the rule!" The devil continued impatiently, "Do you want to exchange it or not? If not, I'm leaving!"

“The exchange is based on the rules you mentioned. One day’s talent requires one month’s lifespan. A day is 24 hours, so I will exchange 4 hours of Zhou Shen’s singing talent. So, a month has thirty days, and 30 divided by 6 is five days of lifespan. Did I calculate it right?” Zhang Wei said with a smile.

"Wait a minute! Why is it exchanged by the hour again?" The devil immediately interrupted Zhang Wei.

"The rules don't say that we can't exchange by the hour."

"You are trying to use a bug on me again, aren't you?" The devil snorted coldly, and then said, "The rules don't say that you can't exchange by the hour, but if you exchange by the hour, it won't be the price you said. Let me do the math, 4 hours of talent requires two weeks of life!"

"Hey, Brother Gui, have you forgotten that you just said that the price will not be changed within a month? This is the rule! What, are you planning to break the rules?"

"So you were bargaining with me just now to set a trap for me and wait for me here?" The devil realized that he had been tricked by Zhang Wei again.

"Don't think like that. You made the rules, and I have been following them. You should also have some sense of contract, right? Besides, 4 hours of talent will use up five days of my life. If I exchange it hundreds of times, you can take away a few years of my life. And you don't even have to give a discount. It's a profit from small profits but quick turnover. You won't lose out." Zhang Wei said with a smile.

"Cunning human!" The devil's voice seemed a little distorted, and then he fell into silence. He was probably drawing circles and cursing Zhang Wei behind his back.

Four hours of talent is enough for Zhang Wei to handle a game.

……

The next four opponents Zhang Wei will face are not only powerful, but also the type that are blessed by God.

When talent reaches a certain level, it cannot be surpassed by any method. No matter how hard you work or how much money you have, you cannot bridge the gap of talent.

The only thing that can beat talent in a certain field is higher talent!
The ones who defeat the gifted monsters are always the big gifted monsters.

Faced with several opponents who were gifted by God, Zhang Wei could only exchange for higher talents in order to defeat them.

In the Chinese music scene, the one who has been blessed the most by God is none other than Zhou Shen, because he is an innate saint in singing and can truly reach the level of heavenly sounds.

In terms of voice, God gave ordinary people a bowl of rice, and singers fish-flavored pork shreds, Kung Pao chicken, boiled fish, and those who were luckier were given hard dishes such as braised spareribs and scallion-fried sea cucumber. And God gave Zhou Shen a bowl of Buddha Jumps Over the Wall, which was made with wild double-headed abalone!

If Zhou Shen's singing talent were to be displayed on stage, no one, unless they were deaf, would make a fuss about his singing skills and voice.

……

The program planners are always keeping an eye on Zhang Wei's movements.

"Have all the songs for Zhang Wei's talent show been submitted?"

"It's been submitted. Just like before, they're all original songs. Can I give them to you now?" The subordinate said as he hurriedly went to find the song that Zhang Wei had submitted.

The planner doesn’t understand music, can’t read music scores, and can’t judge the quality of the song. He can only look at the lyrics.

"What is this? A long, long time ago? A dragon? A princess? A fairy tale?" The planner curled his lips, obviously not understanding.

Then he asked, "Teacher Yung Cho has already contacted Zhang Wei, right?"

"Mr. Yung Cho's assistant has been here and has met Zhang Wei." the subordinate replied.

"Did he make any special requests?" the planner asked again.

"Yes, the assistant mentioned that Mr. Yung Cho must sing in Cantonese!"

"It's just as I expected!" The planner let out a long sigh and smiled as if he had succeeded in his evil plan. Then he continued to ask, "Have all the 21 members of the public jury been selected?"

"Don't worry, everything has been arranged. We have all been equipped with Nokia phones with the best signal. When the time comes, group text messages will be sent in a few seconds. There will be no delays."

The subordinate first expressed his merits, and then asked, "For the next competition, do you want to make arrangements in advance for the three judges?"

"I will go and talk to the judges myself. But let's wait until before the competition starts to find the three judges to avoid leaking the news in advance." The planner said.

The subordinate nodded and continued to report: "There is one more thing. This time, Master Jie also submitted an original song. He found a professional music producer and wrote a song specifically for him."

"It seems that everyone is under a lot of pressure at this stage of the competition. Some contestants have already started to use their own resources." The planner narrowed his eyes slightly and then asked, "I remember that among the eliminated contestants, there are also singers who are good at original creations, right?"

"Yes, and there are more than one. In addition to the contestants who were eliminated in the national finals, there are also many who were eliminated in the previous regional competitions who can write songs."

"Then contact some of these singers who are good at original creations and collect excellent works from them." The planner took a deep breath and continued, "Perhaps only original creation can beat original creation!"

……

On June 6, the sixth game of the "Go Boys" finals, the top 29 to top 5 competition officially started.

On the judges' panel, the three judges seemed calm, but in fact they had different thoughts.

Before the show started, the planner came to the lounge in person and made two requests. One was not to vote for Zhang Wei; the other was to deliberately criticize Zhang Wei's singing skills and voice when commenting.

The planner personally took action, which clearly showed his true intentions. The judges must comply with the requirements of the program team.

Several judges are veterans in the entertainment industry and have seen many unspoken rules in the industry. In various singing competitions or talent shows, it is normal for the organizers to pre-determine the rankings of the contestants and send contestants with backstage connections to advance.

Under normal circumstances, the judges would just turn a blind eye and follow the organizer's instructions. Because at a certain stage in the competition, the level of the remaining contestants would not be very different, so it would be reasonable to choose anyone to advance.

But this time it was different. Zhang Wei would bring two or three original songs to each game, and they were all hits. This was really a big plus! If they forcibly eliminated Zhang Wei, it would be clear that they were playing dirty.

The judges all have their dignity to protect and don't want to be stabbed in the back.

However, when commenting on the topic, there is nothing wrong with deliberately criticizing Zhang Wei for his mediocre singing skills and ordinary voice.

Compared with the other four contestants, Zhang Wei's singing skills are indeed very average and his voice is indeed unremarkable. It is honest to criticize Zhang Wei from this aspect.

From a moral perspective, it is indeed quite unkind to deliberately pick on other people's shortcomings.

The three judges looked at each other, and they probably understood each other's thoughts from their eyes.

Then the three of them nodded to each other. This was not a greeting, but a consensus.

As the saying goes, when you are under someone's roof, you have to bow your head. These judges are paid by the organizers, so naturally they have to obey the organizers' requirements.

These judges are not big enough and dare not offend the organizers easily.

The competition begins and the contestants come on stage one by one. The one with the worst performance will have the final PK with Zhang Wei.

After the other four people finished singing and the judges finished their comments and selected the one with the worst performance, it was finally Zhang Wei's turn.

The piano prelude sounded, followed by drums and orchestral music, and Zhang Wei began his singing.

"I walked and stopped along the way, following the traces of the boy's drifting. The moment before leaving the station, I was a little hesitant..."

"Huh? Zhang Wei's voice seems to have changed!"

"Yeah, he didn't have this voice before. His previous voice wasn't so neutral!"

"I feel that Zhang Wei's voice seems to have become clearer, with a sense of agility and gentleness!"

"Did he change his vocalization method? Otherwise, his voice wouldn't have changed so much."

The judges and the audience all showed surprised expressions. This time Zhang Wei's voice was completely different from the previous few games, as if he was a completely different person.

If they hadn't been there, they would really have suspected whether Zhang Wei had asked another person to record a lip-syncing session in advance.

For those professional musicians, their first reaction was that Zhang Wei changed the way of vocalization, so the sound changed so much.

They didn't know that Zhang Wei had exchanged his talent with Zhou Shen's, and his voice naturally changed completely.

Everyone's attention was focused on the changes in Zhang Wei's voice, but they did not realize that this time he was singing another divine song, and a quite difficult one at that.

The chorus of the song "The Wind Rises" is basically difficult to sing well for people who are not music professionals. The vocal range fluctuates, and it is absolutely impossible to produce the low notes and sing the high notes.

It is also quite difficult for female singers who have studied vocal music. Many internet celebrity female singers will blush when they cover the chorus of this song.

For boys, the chorus of this song is an ultimate challenge to singing skills!
(End of this chapter)