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Chapter 314 I'm here to show off my skills

Backstage, the program planner looked at the broadcast screen and listened to the singing coming from the speakers, his face was gloomy again.

Reality once again deviated from the script he had designed. He thought that by assigning Zhang Wei a partner who could not speak Mandarin, Zhang Wei would only be able to sing Cantonese songs. However, he did not expect that Zhang Wei would take another approach. One of them sang in Mandarin and the other sang in Cantonese.

But if you calm down and listen carefully, this song is quite nice.

There are not many songs that are a mix of Mandarin and Cantonese, mainly because of the language differences. Forcing two different languages ​​together will make the singing effect worse.

Therefore, many Cantonese songs will have a special Mandarin version, and singers will also use different performance methods to show the charm of the song.

Sometimes, even if the same lyrics are sung in Cantonese, they will sound very good, but when sung in Mandarin, they will not sound the same. Similarly, many Mandarin songs will sound awkward when sung in Cantonese.

Therefore, the Mandarin and Cantonese versions of some songs have different lyrics. For example, the Mandarin version of Zhou Huajian's song "The Hard Sutra to Recite" has modified the lyrics.

For some songs, I simply use one melody and write two sets of lyrics, one in Cantonese and the other in Mandarin.

The most typical example is Eason Chan. The Mandarin version of "Same Time, Next Year" is "Ten Years", the Mandarin version of "Under the Mount Fuji" is "Love Transfer", and the Mandarin version of "White Rose" is "Red Rose". There are more than a dozen songs like this, and the lyrics of all of them were rewritten.

Even a superstar like Eason Chan needs to re-write the lyrics when switching between Mandarin and Cantonese, which shows that it is very difficult to sing a song well with a combination of Mandarin and Cantonese.

The most famous song of this kind of combination of Mandarin and Cantonese is "Good Will to Break Up" sung by Wang Leehom and Candy Lo. At that time, Cantonese songs still had some market. After Cantonese songs gradually declined, songs of Mandarin and Cantonese duet became rare.

This time, the song Zhang Wei chose was "Bauhinia Blossoms", a song specially created by CCTV to commemorate the 25th anniversary of Hong Kong's return to the motherland. The original singers were Li Ronghao and Gigi Leung, one of whom sang in Mandarin and the other in Cantonese.

As a song produced by CCTV as a tribute to the return of the motherland, "Bauhinia Flowers in Bloom" is of high quality both in composition and lyrics.

More importantly, 2007 was the tenth anniversary of Hong Kong's return to China, and the date of this match was June 6, two days away from the tenth anniversary of the return, making it perfect for singing this tribute song.

It is because of this special meaning that Zhang Wei is certain that the queen Yung Cho will not reject this song.

At this point in the world, no matter how big a star or diva you are, or how difficult you are to please, no one will refuse to sing a song with this theme.

……

Although the planner's face was not good, he was still confident in his heart. After all, the judges had already made it known that even if Zhang Wei sang the song well, the three judges would not vote for Zhang Wei.

Hu Li listened to the lyrics with a thoughtful expression on her face.

"The lyrics are all about perseverance and love being as deep as a parent's love. It sounds like a love song, but I feel like something is wrong."

Hu Li didn't react at first. The "love" mentioned in the lyrics was not the love between men and women, but the love for Hong Kong.

While Hu Li was still pondering the lyrics, Zhang Wei on the stage had already finished singing, and the next step was for the judges to comment.

Before the judges could speak, Zhang Wei took the lead and said: "Today is June 6th, and the day after tomorrow is the 29th anniversary of Hong Kong's return to China, so I wrote this song specifically to express my celebration of this historical moment.

Bauhinia is the city flower of Hong Kong. When the Bauhinia is in full bloom, Hong Kong is enveloped by the warm sunshine of the motherland. Together we create dreams, share the same starry sky, and under the same roof, we set sail for a brilliant future! "

Following Zhang Wei's explanation, the audience burst into warm applause.

However, among the three judges, only one applauded, and the other two just nodded slightly with calm expressions, obviously not taking Zhang Wei's explanation to heart.

Because among the three judges, only one is a mainland musician, and the other two, one is from the other side of the strait and the other is from Malaysia, both of them are indifferent to this important historical moment of the tenth anniversary of the return.

At this time, the two were still thinking about voting for other people according to the requirements of the program team, and absolutely could not let Zhang Wei advance directly in this round.

Backstage, Hu Li had a look of realization on her face; "No wonder the lyrics of this song feel a bit strange. It doesn't sound like a love song, nor does it sound like a lyric. If it's a tribute song for the 10th anniversary of the comeback, then it makes sense.

No wonder Yung Cho-sung, such a big star, is willing to accommodate a newcomer like Zhang Wei. No Hong Kong singer would refuse to sing a song with this theme at this time."

"So what if the theme is good?" The planner curled his lips and continued, "It still has nothing to do with him to advance. Not only can he not advance in this round, but he can't advance in the next round either. Just go to the final PK honestly!"

Just as the planner said, among the three judges, only one voted for Zhang Wei, and the other two voted for Zhang Wei to be determined. With a two-to-one vote, Zhang Wei could only be determined temporarily.

When Zhang Wei heard the host announce the result, he was not depressed, but instead showed a faint smile.

"What a bunch of idiots! If I were allowed to advance directly, maybe there would be less trouble. Why do you insist on making me wait? Isn't this just handing a knife to me? This production team has been targeting me every other day. This time, it's finally my turn to fight back!"

……

In this round of competition, two players were selected by the referee and directly advanced to the semi-finals. Jie Shao entered the final PK because he had the lowest number of votes off-site, while Zhang Wei had to compete in a round of PK with another player, Su Xing. The winner would advance to the final PK.

Su Xing sang a song called "Shuffle", which helped Lee Kyu-cheol get a nomination for the Best Newcomer Award. It is considered his famous work.

Su Xing's voice is very suitable for singing this song. He performed very well and won a lot of applause.

Next it was Zhang Wei's turn to perform. When he stood on the stage, the name of the song appeared on the big screen: Dala Mengba.

"Dala Bang? This song title is so weird!"

"It feels like chanting a spell, similar to the kind of mantra that you hear."

“Looking at the title, I have no idea what this song is about.”

At this time, the prelude sounded, and the rock-like prelude was quite dynamic.

Backstage, Hu Li looked at the lyrics with a puzzled expression.

"A long time ago, a giant dragon suddenly appeared, brought disaster, took the princess away and disappeared. What the hell is this lyrics? Is it a nursery rhyme?"

Just as Hu Li finished her complaints, Zhang Wei at the front desk had already started singing. At that moment, Hu Li's face suddenly changed.

"This sound? How is it possible!?"

What came out of Zhang Wei's throat was actually a sound similar to that of a little girl.

Not only Zhang Wei, but everyone at the scene, whether judges or audience, were all shocked.

"Is this Zhang Wei's voice?"

"How did he make a little girl's voice?"

Before everyone could come to their senses, Zhang Wei's voice changed again, this time it was the voice of a young man.

"His voice has changed. It's completely different from before. He's like two different people!"

However, after just two lines of lyrics, Zhang Wei's voice turned back into that of a little girl.

"Oh my god, his voice is back, how did he do that?"

Doubts flashed through everyone's mind, but Zhang Wei's voice turned back into that of a young man, and then, an adult male's voice appeared, deep and powerful.

"Did you hear that? A third voice! There can be a third voice!"

One person used three voices in the same song, which was beyond everyone's cognition.

Backstage, Hu Li, who had just been complaining that this was a children's song, was now dumbfounded.

Looking at the lyrics alone, it does sound like a nursery rhyme, but when Zhang Wei sang it, Hu Li realized that this was not a nursery rhyme at all, it was a rap song!

The planner next to him obviously didn't realize this. After all, he didn't study music and didn't know the difficulty of voice changing. He just thought that this way of singing sounded interesting.

"Make some weird things to attract attention!" The planner curled his lips with disdain.

"Seizing the limelight? This is not seizing the limelight! Just singing out these three different timbres is very difficult, not to mention switching between the different timbres." Hu Li explained.

"Is this difficult?" asked the planner.

"It's very difficult, and I think Zhang Wei is targeting us on purpose." Hu Li paused, and then said, "Before, we asked someone to write an article saying that Zhang Wei's voice is ordinary. Now that he sings this song, who would still say that his voice is ordinary? Those articles criticizing Zhang Wei's voice are now bullshit!
Now it seems that this is Zhang Wei's counterattack! Since some people say that his singing skills are average, he chose a song "The Wind Rises" to show his singing skills. Some people say that his voice is average, so he uses three voices in one song to show his voice. In this way, all the articles we asked people to write before were wasted. "

While the two were talking, Zhang Wei had already sung the lyrics of "Giant Dragon" and the fourth voice appeared!

"There's a fourth voice!"

"It's bel canto. Not only does it have a fourth voice, but it's also bel canto!"

The previous shock has not yet passed, and a new shock has come.

"He's showing off!" Hu Li exclaimed.

Regardless of what the song is like, just the fact that Zhang Wei used four timbres and two singing styles clearly shows off his singing skills.

Countless viewers in front of the TV heard such a song and saw such singing style for the first time.

Many of them carry their MPS with them all the time and are very familiar with popular songs from both sides of the Taiwan Straits and Hong Kong, but this is the first time I heard that songs can be sung like this!
"Yesterday, someone posted on the forum that among the remaining five contestants, Zhang Wei's voice was the most mediocre. How was he mediocre? One person used four different voices, and each voice performed so well. Who else in the Chinese music scene can have such a unique voice?"

"Those so-called experts on the Internet are really unreliable. They say that the singer's singing skills are average and his voice is ordinary. That's completely nonsense. I won't listen to their nonsense anymore!"

"If I close my eyes, I will never believe that this is sung by one person. Those who know it is a song, and those who don't think it is a musical!" Four different voices appearing in one song at the same time really give people the sense of déjà vu of a musical.

However, this is not the end of the song. Zhang Wei's singing came to the bel canto coloratura part.

"Then Dara Bengba Bande Bedi Budo Biruong chopped at Kuntu Kuta Kati Kot Suvasilasong, and then Kuntu Kuta Kati Kot Suvasilasong bit Dara Bengba Bande Bedi Budo Biruong, and finally Dara Bengba Bande Bedi Budo Biruong defeated Kuntu Kuta Kati Kot Suvasilasong..."

Zhang Wei's voice became louder and louder.

"One, two, three, four, five, six..."

Hu Li counted silently in her heart, and her expression became more and more shocked. Gradually, this shock gradually turned into an incredible color.

"Eleven, twelve!"

Zhang Wei's singing was finally coming to an end, and Hu Li's silent count in her mind reached the number "12".

"Twelve, actually twelve, how is it possible, how is this possible! How did he do it!" Hu Li muttered to herself.

"What twelve?" The planner looked at Hu Li, only to find that Hu Li's eyes were dull and she was still immersed in her own world.

The planner had no choice but to nudge Hu Li with his elbow and then asked, "Director Hu, what did you say twelve? What's impossible?"

"Twelve C6 skips, did you hear it just now? Twelve C6 skips! Such a fast rhythm, such frequent changes, and there are actually twelve C6 skips! Can anyone really do that? Is he really a human being?" Hu Li stared at the broadcast screen, and her whole body trembled involuntarily while speaking.

"What is C6 skipping sound?" The planner scratched his head in confusion: "Forget it, you don't have to explain it to me. I don't understand it anyway."

Hu Li then said: "The range of this song is already three octaves, and it is already very good to be able to sing it smoothly. In the middle, you have to adjust the speed of the lyrics and quickly switch the tone. The key is the 12 C6 jumps. 99% of domestic singers can't do this. Zhang Wei can be directly enshrined as a god after singing this song!"

“Is it really that powerful?” The planner was so unwilling and resentful that he could only transform himself into the strongest king.

……

If it weren’t for Zhou Shen’s talent, Zhang Wei really wouldn’t dare to challenge this song “Dala Bangba”.

When Zhou Shen sang this song on "Singer", he really amazed everyone, and Zhou Shen also won the first place with this song.

At that time, the singers of that period had reached the elimination stage. The contestants all brought out their best skills. Although the contestants were all young singers, they were all powerful singers. It might be a bit of an exaggeration to say that it was a fight between gods, but there were definitely no weaklings.

It was in that competition that Zhou Shen became a legend with the song "Dala Bangba".

One person played multiple roles at the same time, using different voices to switch between each other, with real and false voices seamlessly connected. Add in the twelve C6 jumps, it was a complete show of skill.

On a stage like "Singer", facing so many talented singers, he dared to show off his skills and succeeded. This is a pure display of strength.

Zhou Shen's singing also brought great popularity to the song "Dala Bangba". Although this is a two-dimensional song, it is not in the mainstream pop song category.

But with Zhou Shen's singing, this song ranked first in B station's hot search, popular search, entertainment search and the entire site; Hupu hot search ranked first; NetEase Cloud Music hot search ranked first, Migu Music hot search ranked first, QQ Music hot search ranked first, Weibo hot search ranked first
Things like two-dimensional music are also well known to ordinary listeners.

When Zhang Wei exchanged Zhou Shen's talent from the devil, he planned to put this song "Dala Bangba" on stage.

No matter whether this kind of two-dimensional song can be accepted by the general public, let’s show off our skills first!

Didn't those music critics on the Internet say that my voice is ordinary? Then I will show you, is it enough to have several voices in one song? Is it enough to have seamless voice changes?

Didn't the music critic say that my singing skills are average? Then I'll sing a song with three octaves off and twelve C6 skips. Is this good enough?
If you dare to say I’m not good at this, I will dazzle you with my skills!
……

Whether it was live or in front of the TV, people who understand music could see that Zhang Wei was simply showing off his skills.

Those music critics who used to be paid to write articles now wish they could find a crack to crawl into.

Twelve C6 skipping notes, you say this is just average singing skills? Multiple sounds seamlessly connected, you say this is just average timbre?
Are you deaf?

Zhang Wei's performance had just ended when a well-known music critic picked up the phone and dialed a number.

Result: Busy.

After waiting for a minute, he dialed the number again, but the line was still busy. After another minute, he dialed the number for the third time and finally got through.

"Hello, Editor Liu? Can I withdraw the article I submitted to you on Tuesday?"

"Teacher Sun, why do you want to withdraw your paper too?" the other party asked curiously.

"Also? You mean, besides me, there are other people who have withdrawn their papers?"

"That's right. Including you, you are the fifth one. They all called just now and said they wanted to withdraw the manuscript. Is there some problem?" the editor asked curiously.

"There's nothing wrong with it, I just think this article is not well written, so it's better to withdraw it!"

Of course he couldn't say that he felt slapped in the face after watching this episode and so he quickly withdrew the article in order to avoid embarrassment.

The editor replied: "Okay, you are the author of the article. Since you want to withdraw it, I will remove it for you. But there is one thing I need to explain to you. If you want to withdraw the article, you can only withdraw it from our website. If it has been reprinted by other websites, we cannot withdraw it!"

"What? There are other websites reprinting it?" Teacher Sun suddenly felt like the sky was falling!
The reputation that I worked so hard to build up is about to be ruined!

……

After Zhang Wei finished singing, he stayed on the stage. Contestant Su Xing was also invited up. The two stood side by side, waiting for the results of the PK.

Su Xing walked up to Zhang Wei and hugged him, congratulating him. It was obvious that he realized that he had lost the PK.

Zhang Wei has shown off his skills to such an extent that no one can beat him!

However, the outcome of this competition was not decided by the on-site judges or text message voting, but by a panel of 31 public judges.

At this time, more than a dozen members of the public jury received text messages on their mobile phones.

Then the voting began. At first, two people each had one vote, and it seemed very tense. But after twenty votes, several public juries in a row did not vote for Zhang Wei.

In the end, Zhang Wei only got 14 votes. Faced with this result, the audience was of course shocked.

He showed off his skills to such an extent, and sang the song so well that he was considered a god, but he couldn't win!

Are these public juries all deaf?

Is there something shady going on?
Backstage, Hu Li looked a little nervous. She asked, "Is it really okay for us to do this? Isn't this too obvious?"

"Don't forget, the leader has issued a strict order that Zhang Wei must not be allowed to enter the top three. This game is from 5 to 4. If Zhang Wei cannot be eliminated, there will only be one chance left to enter the top 4 from 3." The planner said.

"But anyone with a discerning eye can see that Zhang Wei's performance is indeed much better. Public opinion will question whether we are involved in shady dealings," Hu Li continued to ask.

The planner pouted in disdain: "It wasn't me who voted, it was the public judges who voted. If they are unfair, it has nothing to do with us. At worst, we can just make an announcement in the next issue and replace all the public judges!"

The program planners have already made up their minds to let the public jury take the blame.

Hu Li then said, "There are some of our people on the public jury, right? What if they are exposed?"

"Don't worry, this time I'm looking for outsiders, all selected from the project contractor, and no one from our company. I've been on guard against trouble!" said the planner confidently.

"I think you shouldn't be too happy too soon. Don't forget that there is still a final PK. The final PK depends on the off-site text message voting. When it comes to the off-site voting competition, Zhang Wei has never lost." Hu Li continued.

"Isn't it that Zhang Wei relies on original songs to gain popularity? He is not the only one who has original songs! If he can have them, others can too!" the planner replied.

"You think that Master Jie also wrote original songs?" Hu Li was shocked.

"That's right. I've been keeping it a secret before. Now that the final PK is about to begin, I won't hide it from you. For this competition, Master Jie found a musician and tailored a song for him."

The planner said this and handed the song to Hu Li.

"Liu Jining wrote the lyrics and composed the music. Is this Liu Jining the Xiao Ning from the former Dadi Orchestra?" Hu Li asked.

"I don't know. I'm not as familiar with people in the music industry as you are." The planner shook his head.

"His creative ability is quite strong. The song 'Love is Broken' won the MTV Best Original Song Award. If it was a song written by him and sung by Jie Shao, he might really beat Zhang Wei!" Hu Li continued.

……

The final PK began, and the "Little Prince of High Notes" Jie Shao was the first to go on stage.

The song he was about to sing appeared on the big screen.

When Zhang Wei saw the title of the song, he was stunned.

"Oh my god, why is it this song? That's not right. It's only the end of June. This song shouldn't appear at this time!"

(End of this chapter)