The legend of rebirth

Chapter 528 Sleeping Beauty

One morning in early September, a studio was vacated in the NBC studio building.

In this studio, the outer wall is a whole wall of glass, and you can see the Empire State Building in New York.

In front of the glass wall, the judges' seats were propped up. This is a streamlined, very modern table with the logo of "Music Salvation" on it.

One of the three judges of this show, Lawrence knocked on the table and said to Ye Luo: "The props of the TV show are like this. They look bright and beautiful, but they are actually the cheapest plastic."

"Mr. Lawrence, pay attention to your words." The director reminded through the earphones, "The meeting will begin immediately, and the first singer has already entered the elevator."

Just like the pilot episode, the main content of the first issue of the official "Music Rescue" is the meeting between the judges and the down-and-out singer.

The first shot of the meet and greet will be given to the singer.

Each singer, after their turn to meet the judges, will enter an elevator with a mirror in it to give these singers a final self-image confirmation.

At this time, their heartbeat and breathing will be monitored and amplified with sound effects.

The elevator went up to the predetermined floor, the green light was on, and the doors were divided to the left and right. As soon as the singer stepped out of the elevator, he was directly in the studio, face to face with the three judges.

Throughout the meeting, more than 100 singers will be interviewed, and Ye Luo will finally select 16 singers. After several rounds of competition, four people will be selected from these 16 people. These four people will be truly saved by Ye Luo's music.

The original plan for Le Shi was to have eight people, because Yang Yuanshan knew Ye Luo's ability, eight people were no problem.

However, NBC has reservations about Ye Luo's ability, and considering that there are too many places, it will appear that this opportunity to be saved is not precious enough.In the end, NBC proposed four people, and Le Shi did not object.

This morning, the first singer Ye Luo saw was a black man in his thirties with a big beard.

"What's your name?" Lawrence asked directly.

"Ham," replied the Negro singer, "Ham Byron."

"Ham, ok, please prove your identity as a professional singer." Lawrence continued.

"This is the record I released three years ago." The singer took out a record from his jacket pocket, "The company I was signed to was Green Ray Records."

"Then what is your professional dilemma?"

"The contract expired three months ago, the company did not renew my contract with me, and I lost my job. I have two children, one is five years old and the other is three years old. My wife was diagnosed with uremia last month. I have It's all over."

"Okay, please show your professionalism."

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This is the general process for each singer to come in.

Ye Luo will go through this process for three days, interviewing forty singers every day.

After the first morning, about a dozen singers came in, and their stories were more and more miserable.

But even Qin Shiyue was not so moved that he lost his composure. From Ye Luo's understanding of this woman, it could be seen that her sympathy and comfort were more out of courtesy.

Why, because these singers are not professional enough.

If the standard is not enough, there is nothing to do if you can't eat this bowl of rice, and you can't blame others.No matter how miserable he is now, it can only show that this singer has entered the wrong profession, and he shouldn't be a professional singer.

Of course, Qin Shiyue would not let Ye Luo use music to save them for such a singer who was obviously not strong enough, because Qin Shiyue didn't want to harm Ye Luo because he couldn't save them with sincerity.
But at the end of the morning, a dozen or so singers were in this situation, Ye Luo couldn't help muttering in his heart.

What if more than 100 candidate singers are like this?
The three singers in the trial broadcast before were actually not doing badly. They are all contracted and working singers, and they are releasing videos.

These three singers were recruited temporarily by the director team, and they spent some money to save the scene. They said that they were miserable, and they pretended for the effect of the show, because it was originally a pilot episode, and it would not be screened publicly. It was just a performance.

The dozen or so people who came in right now are really miserable, but they are also quite realistic, and their strength is indeed not enough.

The American music market is relatively mature.The most obvious sign of a mature market is that the grades are clear and judgments are made.

If a singer sings well, then most of them will do well;

Ye Luo smiled wryly in his heart, if he really couldn't do it, then he could only pull out the general in the box.

Just as the interview in the morning was coming to an end, when Ye Luo was about to lower her standards, the elevator opened and a girl came in.

As soon as the girl came in, the three judges, including Ye Luo, were stunned for a moment.

This is a white girl, probably in her twenties, with natural silver hair and blue eyes.

Ordinary Caucasian girls are prone to freckles or many moles because of the pigmentation of their skin.

As for this girl, the skin exposed all over her body is just like white porcelain. The leather is excellent, her face is exquisite, her figure is also great, and she is extremely beautiful.

This is a white beauty comparable to Melina.

Ye Luo thought to herself, this girl is so beautiful, she can't be a professional singer, how bad does she have to be?

"What's your name?" Lawrence asked, his attitude was still so strong, and he didn't soften his heart in the face of beautiful women. This was a professional attitude.

"Shiryl." The white girl replied, "Shiryl Smith."

"Shirley, ok, please prove your identity as a professional singer." Lawrence continued.

"This is my record company contract." Shirley showed a document.

"Well, I paid attention to the date. This is a new contract, and the signing date is in June this year." Lawrence looked at the contract, and then said, "Then I am very confused. What is your professional dilemma?"

"This is my contract termination certificate." Shirley took out two documents from her handbag, "And this one is my medical certificate."

"Medical certificate?" Qin Shiyue's expression was fixed, and she asked aloud, "Can you let us take a closer look."

Shirley took two steps forward and put the diagnosis certificate on the judging panel.

"Oh my god, ALS?" Qin Shiyue exclaimed.

"Yes." Shirley nodded calmly.

Ye Luo blinked, but he didn't understand.

Ye Luo's English is pretty good now, and his daily communication is no problem at all, but when it comes to non-musical technical terms, especially abbreviations, he stops.

Lawrence is indeed a veteran TV personality. Americans may not know the abbreviation of this medical term. He immediately explained: "ALS, the full name is Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis."

Now Ye Luo understands, this is amyotrophic lateral sclerosis.

This is a terminal illness, characterized by gradual muscle atrophy and weakness, as if the body is gradually frozen, so it is commonly known as "gradually frozen person", also known as "gradually frozen disease".

Ye Luo was shocked. A young girl like Xue Lier should be the one with the lowest chance of suffering from this disease, but sometimes God likes to joke like this.

"So, I am a Sleeping Beauty." Shirley smiled and said calmly, "My career dream is to become a top singer in the world.

But my illness prevented me from realizing this dream.The record company I signed with before was a medium-sized label, and they couldn't let me realize this dream quickly before I fell asleep completely, so after I learned that I was ill, I offered to terminate the contract.

This is my current professional dilemma. "

"Please show your professional ability," Lawrence said.

The so-called display of professional ability is actually singing a song.Of course, when an ordinary singer is interviewing, as long as he knows how to play an instrument, he will bring an instrument with him, so that if he has an accompaniment, the effect will be better.

Shirley obviously didn't, she just sang a cappella.

And the song she chose was "Listen" written by Ye Luo to Qin Shiyue.

After the verse was finished and the chorus hadn't started yet, Ye Luo had basically confirmed it in his heart.

This is the first nominated singer.

As a result, the chorus came together, and Ye Luo confirmed that there was no suspense about being one of the top four.

When Qin Shiyue recorded this song, this beautiful woman was very tired, because Qin Shiyue didn't sing much because of the high-pitched songs.

On the other hand, Xue Lier sang without dropping her pitch, with a relaxed expression, and the quality of each technical link was comparable to that of Qin Shiyue.

Her natural timbre is also like the sounds of nature, this kind of timbre reminds Ye Luo of Long Miaoqin.

Shirley finished singing the song, and before Qin Shiyue could speak, Lawrence spoke first:
"From the point of view of a record company operating a singer, Shirley, in your situation, there is nothing you can do.

I am speaking realistically, because your future lifespan may only be three to five years, and the time you can sing may be even shorter.

In such a short period of time, the record company spends publicity and production costs on you, and it is very likely that you will not be able to recover the cost.

Therefore, ordinary record companies will not invest in you and will not take this risk for you.

Our program serves both NBC TV station and Beauty Records, so we, the judges, are responsible to the record company.

In this regard, intellectually, I do not agree with Mr. Ye Luo, who came to save your career, or in other words, save your career dream.

However, you sang so well just now. "

Speaking of this, Lawrence cursed: "Fuck your role, Mr. Ye Luo, I suggest you save her."

"Ye Luo, I also suggest that you save her." After waiting for a long time, Qin Shiyue finally had a chance to intervene, and she couldn't wait to say, "I think you should give her a singer who is terminally ill and can persist in her dream." a chance."

"Miss Smith." Ye Luo said seriously, "I can't cure your illness, but I can think of a way for your music dream.

Congratulations, you have been shortlisted. "

(End of this chapter)