Island Tycoon

Chapter 413 Play-in

At this time, the second round of the novice singing competition is underway.As a prosperous area, Yau Tsim Mong District has many more contestants than other districts, and their strength is also very strong.

After the teenagers on the stage sang Xu Guanjie's "Double Star Love Song", they waited anxiously for the judges to announce the results.

Compared with the first audition with only one judge, the number of judges in the play-in competition has increased to two, and the evaluation conditions are more stringent.Let every player on the stage bear an invisible pressure.Some players even performed abnormally, resulting in losing the chance to advance.

"Let me introduce myself first," a bespectacled judge asked the name of the teenager on stage.

The boy hurriedly reported his name and said, "Hello, two teachers. My name is Zhang Weijian. I am 16 years old. You can call me Jianzi."

"Well, Jianzi, I still remember you." This judge was obviously the judge of the last audition.

At that time, he barely gave Zhang Weijian a pass, but he was not optimistic about Zhang Weijian's next performance, thinking that even if the opponent could be shortlisted, he would be eliminated in this competition.

Unexpectedly, in just a few days, Zhang Weijian's mastery of timbre has greatly improved.It seems that he really listened to his advice and made up for his lack of experience in music theory.

Although, the judges are still not optimistic about Zhang Weijian's ability to break into the quarterfinals, or even the quarterfinals.But Zhang Weijian's hard work was still recognized by him.

"I'll give you 6.5 points, I hope you will work hard." The judge raised the score card in his hand.

The second round of finalists is a scoring system. As long as the total score of the two judges exceeds 72 points, the contestants can be included in the shortlist.But in the end, we still need to look at the rankings. There are only [-] places in the third semi-final.

"Thank you teacher." Zhang Weijian bowed gratefully and continued to wait for another judge's score.

"Actually, the song you chose is not suitable for your timbre, but your timbre does have an advantage over others, so I give it 6 points for the passing line." Another judge commented.

Zhang Weijian nodded humbly in response, but when he heard his results, he still couldn't believe it: "Then I... am I already shortlisted?"

It was all because he mistakenly thought that he had no chance of advancing from the eyes of the two judges just now, but he didn't expect that things would have a chance to turn around.

"Well, to be precise, you are only included in the shortlist, and it depends on the score ranking to determine whether you can advance." The judge explained.

"Thank you teacher, thank you teacher." Zhang Weijian bowed continuously.

The judge made a gesture of shove at him, and Zhang Weijian knew that there were other contestants behind him.After being grateful again and again, he stepped down immediately without wasting time.

He hopes most now that someone can share his happiness, and this person is naturally a family member who doesn't know.At the beginning, he didn't even dare to let his family know about the registration, because he was afraid that the greater the hope, the greater the disappointment, which would make the family disappointed.

Now he has been shortlisted for the third semi-final, although he has not completely passed this level, and the list will be determined by the score ranking later.

But this joy made him no longer want to hide it from his family.If he can get the support of his family, it will undoubtedly bring him greater motivation.

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Zhang Weijian returned to the tenement house where he lived. The four of them lived in a room of less than [-] square meters, which seemed extremely cramped.Even when one person wants to pass, other people need to move.

"Mom, where are the younger brothers?" At this time, Zhang Weijian approached and asked, while Zhang's mother was cooking in the kitchen.He is the eldest son in the family, and for this reason, he needs to share the pressure of the family for his mother.

"Ah Er is going to pick up Jizai from school, and he should be back soon." After cooking, Mama Zhang wiped her hands with a rag, motioned for Zhang Weijian to sit down, and asked, "Jianzai, have you not been working part-time these days?" ?”

"Mom, I..." Zhang Weijian really wanted to share the joy of being promoted to the singing competition with his mother, but when asked this question, he immediately became unhappy.Said: "I recently participated in a singing competition, and..."

Without waiting for Zhang Weijian to say that he had been shortlisted for the semi-finals, Zhang's mother sighed and said: "Mom is not blaming you, but you also know the situation in our family. Even the money for grocery shopping these days is Mom borrowed it from the aunt next door."

The family's economic situation is not optimistic. Although Zhang's father left a house for their mother and son before the divorce, this house is a rural building. Even if the property market is soaring, it has no value at all.

And Zhang's father didn't leave any money to them, so Zhang's mother could only choose to sell the house and rent it to live.

Coupled with the fact that several sons are still studying, apart from Zhang Weijian who is able to work part-time, the tuition fees of his three younger brothers can only be paid for.Zhang's mother also doesn't have any good skills. She can only do some odd jobs, and she can't maintain the family's expenses at all.Now Zhang Weijian even needs to work part-time to help some household expenses.

It's just that Zhang Weijian didn't take the initiative to hand over money to his family recently, and Zhang's mother naturally guessed something.

"Mom, listen to me first. I participated in this singing competition not just for fun. As long as I advance to another round, I will have at least 1 yuan in bonuses." Zhang Weijian told Zhang's mother the rules of the competition.

After listening to the latter, he was not happy for Zhang Weijian's nomination. On the contrary, he said earnestly: "Son, your career has never skyrocketed. If you really don't want to study anymore, you can come out to work after graduation next semester. Mom, I I have no ability, now I can only rely on you, the eldest son."

"I... got it." Zhang Weijian's joy just now was gone, and all he got was depression and disappointment.

If he can really advance to the semi-finals, should he continue to participate in the competition?He still followed his mother's advice and looked for a job steadily. Zhang Weijian became even more confused for a while.

"You're not young now, so you should have your own ideas. But with the situation at home, if you can, Mom doesn't want you to give up your studies so early." Mother Zhang sighed again.She knew that the eldest son was very sensible, but the family situation could only wrong him.

"Mom, my brother and I are back!" At this time, Zhang Weijian's two younger brothers also returned home from school.

"Get ready to eat." Zhang's mother stopped talking with Zhang Weijian and got up to clear the table for dinner.

"Yeah." Zhang Weijian helped take out the bowls and chopsticks, in front of the three younger brothers.Despite the constant turmoil in his heart, he still faces his family with a friendly smile.

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(End of this chapter)