number one idol

Chapter 154 Audition Begins

The popularity of "Confession Balloon" is purely a surprise.

It's also because this song really suits young people's tastes, Jay Chou's music and Fang Wenshan's lyrics, it's hard not to think it's popular.

It is early morning in Huaguo again, when the competition in Weibo hot search list is at its weakest, so there is no pressure for "Confession Balloon" to become popular.

It's not the first time that He Xiao has been on the hot search list. Apart from the joy at the beginning, there is no big ups and downs. He has become accustomed to it, and fell asleep after covering the quilt.

When I opened my eyes again, I was awakened by the early morning sunshine in Paris, and my eyelids shone brightly.

With a sigh of relief, He Xiao sat up from the bed, and the first thing he did was to look at his phone.

It took me a long time to touch the pillow before I caught it. I don't know if I kicked the quilt when I fell asleep last night, and the phone almost fell into the crevice of the bed.

The current time is eight o'clock in the morning in Paris, and I have slept for about seven hours in total, which is enough for an adult.

Pulling the non-blocking curtains to both sides, He Xiao looked out of the window, and the snow from last night had melted and disappeared.

This is the last time Paris has cooled down, and then the weather will pick up sharply, and spring is coming.

Even now, patches of lush green can be vaguely seen in the green belts of the city.

The Eiffel Tower stands tall in the distance, and occasionally a group of birds pass by from the top. This scene is really beautiful.

He Xiao couldn't help being in a good mood. After washing up, he went downstairs to the restaurant to have breakfast, and then returned to his room to start researching about the Isabella Piano Competition and the shooting of the "Confession Balloon" MV.

In addition, he had to inform his manager Yu Xiao, otherwise, after a game, it would not be the same thing if he didn't see anyone for several months.

Turn on the phone, first glance at Weibo habitually, the popularity of "Confession Balloon" has not diminished, and it has climbed to the No.3 position on the hot search list.

After clicking in, you can see in the recently released Weibo that many netizens have become fans of this song and expressed their support.

However, it is impossible for everyone to like anything in this world. Under most of the praise, a small group of people expressed indifference to this song.

"Rubbish."

A simple and clear comment came into He Xiao's eyes, but he smiled lightly and ignored it.

The Internet has always been an unscrupulous place. For the keyboard warriors, it's over if they look unhappy and spray him, there is no reason at all.

He Xiao has long been used to doing whatever he wants and speaking freely.

Even Zhang Juncheng, the song god, would be scolded, let alone such a young star who just debuted.

Swipe across this comment, and continue to flip through the hot spots, and one of the long Weibo condemning "Confession Balloon" came into view.

"What kind of song is this? You are really harmful! This song of yours! My son's grades in every subject are no more than that average. He is now in the second year of junior high school. What do you call my son? Go to high school, okay? You killed my son!"

A parent, Ait He Xiao, angrily reprimanded the song.

He Xiao suddenly wondered, what does my singing have to do with your son?
After clicking on the parent's homepage and scrolling up and down, it suddenly dawned on me.

What happened was that her son was too obsessed with the entertainment industry, always listening to music and watching variety shows, avoiding studying.

No, she caught him again this morning. The young man was watching the video of He Xiao's "Confession Balloon".

So the parent was furious and ran to Weibo to reprimand He Xiao.

In fact, He Xiao was completely lying about this matter, because his son is obsessed with the entertainment industry, not the star He Xiao. He also watches other variety shows and TV series, but he happened to be listening to He Xiao's songs when he caught him. .

This parent obviously has a long-standing grudge, and there is nowhere to vent his anger. He can only count whoever is caught.

Such aggressive behavior naturally aroused dissatisfaction among the crowd, and many fans of He Xiao went up to argue.

"What does it matter to our young master if your son doesn't study?"

"Parent, please calm down."

"Hello, except for your son, our fans span the world, with an average of 985 and 211 graduates. May I ask what your son is?"

"..."

Seeing the gunpowder smoke rising higher and higher, He Xiao touched his nose, but ignored it.

This kind of thing is justified and can't be explained clearly, just keep silent, if you respond once, the other party will only become more and more fierce.

Leave it to the company's PR team, or let it cool down, and you'll be fine.

Ignoring this episode, He Xiao was about to continue browsing Weibo when a phone call came in.

"Brother Yu, long time no see."

After He Xiao picked up the phone, he couldn't help showing a smile. He was thinking about calling Yu Xiao to report the situation, but he didn't expect the other party to call first.

The sound of sorting out files came from the microphone. Years have passed, people have returned to work, and the company is busy again. As the head of the artist management department, a gold medal manager, and a music producer, Yu Xiao’s daily workload very big.

"Xiao He, I saw that your new song has become a hot search, but there are some negative comments on Weibo, and I have sent a publicist to deal with it just now."

Yu Xiao still has the appearance that time is precious, he speaks straight to the point every time, and is very capable. This is also a common problem of most business elites. In their eyes, time is money.

"I see." He Xiao nodded unsurprisingly, and said again: "By the way, let me tell you something, my new song "Confession Balloon" is going to be included in the first album, and the MV happens to be on France took the photo by the way, and may need to allocate an extra amount of funds."

"It's not a problem, you can arrange it yourself." Yu Xiao swallowed his tea and didn't care about it.

He Xiao is very free in the company and has always had a lot of authority.

After hearing that Yu Xiao didn't really interfere in his affairs, he thought about it, and then told him about his plans to participate in the Isabella Piano Competition.

But this time, Yu Xiao reacted, almost without hesitation, his voice raised a level directly.

"Are you crazy? That's the Isabella Piano Competition. Do you know how low the chance of winning is? And it will last for two full months. Do you know how precious these two months are to you? I It can win you a lot of variety show announcements, and if the response is good, maybe your Weibo followers will exceed 2000 million in two months!"

Yu Xiao has always cultivated He Xiao as a seed, and tried his best to win the chance for him to become popular. The first month of the new year is very important for He Xiao.

Compared with the unreliable Isabella Piano Competition, he felt that He Xiao returned to China to participate in variety shows to increase his exposure.

He Xiao touched his nose, but he didn't expect the agent to react so strongly.

Thinking about it, Isabella's competition, throughout the past century, no Chinese has won the championship, and the best result is only the top ten.

So it's normal for Yu Xiao to feel that this matter is unreliable. He considered the problem from an objective point of view, and didn't know what kind of cards He Xiao had in his hand.

"Brother Yu, I have been following the original route since I was in "The Voice of Dreams". You should know my level. Believe me, this Isabella Piano Competition will definitely help my future more than participating in domestic variety shows." big!"

He Xiao didn't want to give up this opportunity so easily, so he patiently explained to Yu Xiao and assured him.

The other party was also silent when he heard this, probably thinking about the possibility of the matter again in his heart.

After about a minute, a sigh came from the microphone.

"Well, I believe you won't joke about your stardom, so be careful abroad."

Yu Xiao finally approved the request. It can be said that there is no other artist in the company who is as willful as He Xiao and can let his manager accompany him to toss with his temper.

The two sides exchanged a few simple greetings, and then hung up the phone.

He Xiao pinched his waist and looked at the beautiful scenery of Paris outside the window, his heart suddenly opened up.

The company has been settled, and there is no need to worry about the future. The next thing is to fight hard.

Success or failure depends entirely on God's will.

……

seven days later.

The temperature in Paris is rising faster than expected.

The audition for the Isabella International Piano Competition will start today, and the temperature has already reached ten degrees above zero.

He Xiao wore a simple British windbreaker, trousers, leather shoes, and a pair of leather gloves, and strode out of the hotel.

He bought this outfit for shooting the MV of "Confession Balloon", and the whole is full of British style.

The so-called people rely on clothes and horses rely on saddles, and their personal temperament has also improved a lot because of this.

Stepping on the tidy gravel path, He Xiao got into a black business car.

Carol was sitting inside and putting on makeup for herself. Her eyes lit up when she saw He Xiao's outfit. This outfit is very handsome.

"You finished filming the MV for that song?"

Putting the cosmetics into the bag, Carol turned her head and asked with a sweet smile.

"No, it's only halfway through the filming, take your time, anyway, I'll be in Paris for two months."

He Xiao took off a glove, closed the car door, leaned on the leather chair and straightened his body and said.

The plot and scene layout of the MV of "Confession Balloon" are very delicate, and the filming can't be finished in three to five days, but fortunately, this is not something to be rushed. Finish.

Carol nodded, and at the same time signaled the driver to drive first.

The opening of the competition is coming soon, and the audition has already started today.

According to official statistics, the number of participants this year is 860, and these 860 are piano elites from all over the world.

The schedule is cruel, and the elimination rate is terrifyingly high. All contestants are inevitably a little nervous.

The audition stage will last for a week, and half of the people will be eliminated in each round until the top [-] are determined.

And the competition is not held in one place, the organizer has opened a total of four competition areas to share the workload of the judges.

Both He Xiao and Carol were assigned to the East Division. Their numbers were 48 and 33, and they would not appear until around noon.

So as long as you arrive at the place before noon, otherwise it will be considered as a waiver if you are late or not.

The vehicle was driving fast on the road, He Xiao and Carol stopped talking, and silently adjusted their state.

Both of them are contestants who want to perform original repertoire. Unlike others who directly play famous piano pieces, they take a shortcut and are more difficult.

Carol has some talent in music, and she is specialized in composing music, so she is better than singing in terms of music.

But He Xiao is much simpler and rougher. There is everything in the black phone, and he just needs to pick a suitable song.

The life of being obsessed is so cool.

Of course, it cannot be said that He Xiao is 100% sure of winning the championship. After all, the aesthetic level of this world is also different from that of black phones.

Everything is inseparable from the right time, place and people. Sometimes, the music in the black phone may not be popular in this world.

You have to choose the right one, the one that is enough to touch people's hearts.

The car sped forward and soon arrived at the East Division where the audition was held, a hotel with a very large area.

It is also one of the sponsors of this event.

Looking out from the car window, you can see that many people have come in front of the hotel, densely packed, with all kinds of skin colors.

However, most of them are white, followed by black, and Chinese are the least.

Paris is too far away from Huaguo, even if Huaguo has some folk gods with extremely high piano attainments, they don't have the conditions to come here to compete.

So every competition, the Chinese are "rare species".

After getting off the car, He Xiao wrapped his coat tightly and entered the hotel side by side with Carol.

Following the directional icons, they turned to the hall on the second floor, where the audition for the East Division was held.

At this point in time, a lot of people had already come to the scene. Besides the contestants, there were also some media, holding long guns and short cannons in their hands, trying to catch some big news.

Because there are not only amateur players, but also many famous masters in the field of piano will also participate.

Or a star like Carol who is trying to be gilded, as long as you observe carefully at this time, you can find a lot.

Isabella's competition is the most formal, including the audition, whether it is a famous master or a wandering musician at the bottom, all will be treated equally.

It is precisely because of this that in previous competitions, news that some star singers were eliminated in the audition stage often appeared, and they became the object of ridicule after leisurely tea and dinner.

Yuji is the most unconscionable group of people, they are afraid that the world will not be chaotic, so they are indispensable in the audition scene.

If any star is eliminated during the audition, it is guaranteed to let the whole world know within one day.

Carol seemed to be a little afraid of these reporters, she kept wearing a mask after entering the scene, and followed He Xiao to hide from the camera.

They had to register first, show their identity information, and review the information they made on the official website before they could enter the infield of the game.

In front of a temporary counter, a Caucasian woman in a small suit was reviewing documents in front of the computer, and there was a long queue in front of her.

He Xiao could only line up obediently with Carol.

Although they are usually stars, they have to abide by the rules when they come here.

After half an hour, it was finally their turn.

"Sir, please show your valid identification information."

The woman was surprised to see that He Xiao was a Chinese.

Because there are very few Chinese participating in the Isabella Piano Competition, this is the first one she received today.

"Ok."

He Xiao nodded, and handed in the passport and the serial number sent by text message during the appointment, and the review went smoothly, and He Xiao was soon allowed to pass, followed by Carol, who walked into the interior together field.

"..."

(End of this chapter)