vstars Chapter 2's performance blew the audience away.
Chapter 2's performance blew the audience away.
Three days before the competition, while others were busy with final checks of their pieces, Tian Mingze was busy recovering from his injury.
When Chen Fan had some free time, he leisurely hummed the song sheet provided by the system. After gaining a clear understanding of the fat man's vocal qualities, he was no longer in a hurry.
As the saying goes, when God closes a door, He always opens a window.
Fatty got his singing talent by sacrificing his body, so he should cherish it.
"Masked Voice" is Zhejiang TV's flagship program this year. It started its promotion three months ago and launched a large-scale audition across the country, striving to generate immense buzz.
Not to mention, the show's gimmick is that the contestants don't show their faces, which has made singers with distinctive voices the subject of much discussion.
The show's popularity peaked after the production team entered the campuses, with campus heartthrobs and beauties from various universities being popular choices, and for them, whether they were masked or not made little difference.
Failing to advance would be a huge mistake.
Seeing the huge crowd, Chen Fan felt nothing but noise.
[Host, your "emotional value" will have to come from these "noisy" people later!]
The system kindly reminded him, and Chen Fan replied casually: "Stop bluffing. It's natural for a good song to resonate with people. Look at how many of these people in the audience came specifically for the song? Aren't they just here for the looks!"
The system was rendered speechless by the rebuttal.
"Good evening, everyone! Welcome to the audition for the Masked New Voice Zhonghai Division—University Town Sub-district! I'm your host, Youyou!"
"This competition is divided into two groups of 20 people each, with a 50% advancement rate, meaning the top ten from each group will advance."
The scoring structure is a composite score based on the judges' scores, the support rate from the 500 audience members present, and the real-time online support rate!
"Group 1 contestants, please get ready. Let's first introduce our judges for tonight's match! Please welcome them!"
The host briefly explained the advancement rules before introducing the judges.
Chen Fan rarely calmed down to listen; the speakers included singers, professional composers, vocal coaches, former pop singers, and top producers...
I used to be a judge too!
"Hey, last place! Go try on that dinosaur suit and see if you can fit into it!"
"OK!"
The reality is, with his mountain-like physique, there aren't any mascot costumes that fit him.
The contestants in Group 1 were all of similar skill levels, but the winner's song was an original work, which led to a surge in both online and live audience support.
Only then did Chen Fan finally have a vague impression of it.
Although the entertainment industry in this world is not as vibrant as in the previous one, the awareness of copyright protection is much stronger.
Even though that kid Tian Mingze stole the original owner's sheet music, he still remembered to send out a statement for people to sign, which shows how much they care about 'legality'.
In the second group, the contestants displayed a dazzling array of performances.
The first song was a stunning original blues piece, followed by another original song.
Before Tian Mingze came on stage, 5 out of the 16 songs performed were original, accounting for an astonishing third!
Tian Mingze is indeed good at creating hype. He started marketing his "campus heartthrob" persona as early as his freshman year of college. Later, he stole Chen Fan's song and sang it, which suddenly made him popular.
Tian Mingze naturally wouldn't stop doing something that only yields gains and has no costs.
This led to his attempt to legalize "robbery" by providing a contract.
After more than two years of cultivation, Tian Mingze's "warm-hearted school heartthrob" persona has become very popular. Apart from the thugs around him and a few people who were bullied, he has never given himself away.
Today he sang a love song he had taken from Chen Fan, called "Midsummer".
It has to be said that Tian Mingze is quite capable. He handled several vocal transitions and sharps and flats very smoothly, all with skill and no emotion.
But Chen Fan laughed when he heard this.
This song doesn't require much technique; it just needs to convey emotion.
As expected, the average score from the judges was 7.9!
Chen Fan couldn't help but whistle.
"Alright! Please welcome the last contestant from Group 2 tonight, 'Extraordinary Person,' with his song 'A Person Like Me'!"
"Oh, what a unique song title!"
After the host finished introducing the program, the audience fell silent.
Have you heard of this person?
"No? Maybe we should go! I'm in a hurry to get back and get my dorm members to vote for Mingze!"
"Let's go! Let's go together!"
Before Chen Fan, who had no name or surname, even took the stage, he encountered an awkward silence.
Amidst the noisy background, the harmonica's melody was barely audible, but the moment Chen Fan uttered his first line, it was as if everyone had been put on pause.
"Someone as outstanding as me"
"He should have lived a brilliant life"
"How come after more than twenty years..."
Still adrift in the sea of people
His voice was clear and deep, carrying a sense of vicissitude, which inexplicably calmed people's restless hearts and made them want to listen to his story.
"People like me who are lost and confused"
"People like me who are searching"
"Someone like me who accomplishes nothing."
How many other people have you met?
The song is melodious and gentle, yet it doesn't feel like a traditional song. Most importantly, every word of the lyrics resonates with the listener.
"A vulgar person like me"
I never like to pretend to be profound.
Why do I sometimes hear old songs?
Suddenly, I was also distracted.
Who hasn't felt lost at times?
Who hasn't had moments of feeling down?
Who hasn't felt lonely after the hustle and bustle fades away?
This song doesn't say a single word, yet it perfectly captures all the unspeakable bitterness in people's hearts.
Only one person knows the bitterness within.
"A lonely person like me"
"Someone as foolish as me"
"Someone like me who refuses to be ordinary."
How many people are there in the world?
"Someone as inexplicable as me"
"Will anyone feel sorry for me?"
As the song slowly came to an end, it became clear that we are all just ordinary people, and that I am not special at all.
When he sang this part, Chen Fan felt a pang of pain in his heart.
Those weren't my own emotions; they were the original owner's.
In my memory, he was always lonely. He had no parents when he was a child, and his friends didn't play with him. Even when he grew up, he was busy paying off his debts and was still alone.
He desperately wanted to find acceptance and integrate into the class, but despite his best efforts, he discovered that there were some circles he was simply not cut out for.
However, all he wanted was for someone to stand by him when he was tired or felt wronged.
But he forgot that integrating into a circle doesn't mean losing yourself and giving in. The first person you should accept is yourself.
"Someone as inexplicable as me"
"Will anyone feel sorry for me?"
As the last sentence fell like a whisper, the scene fell into a deathly silence.
Those who were leaving the audience just stood there. I don't know who was the first to come to their senses, but they clapped twice in a daze.
Snap, snap!
Then the applause erupted like firecrackers, resounding throughout the entire venue.
Even the judges applauded.
Only Tian Mingze's face instantly darkened.
He's already on the verge of danger, and this guy's sang some rubbish song, and the response was actually better than his!
The system paused for a moment, then a series of notifications sounded:
[Congratulations on receiving +99 emotion points from Wang Qing!]
[Congratulations on receiving +66 emotion points from Sun Xiaoya!]
[Congratulations on receiving +88 Emotional Points from Zhao Mu!]
[Congratulations on receiving +333 emotion points from Li Ningyuan!]
[Congratulations on receiving +555 emotion points from Hu Zhengyang!]
[Congratulations on receiving +666 emotion points from Lin Tiantian!]
[Congratulations on receiving +888 emotion points from Fang Zitong!]
......
Chen Fan even developed tinnitus.
The host stood stunned on the sidelines, only coming on stage to salvage the situation after receiving instructions from the director: "It's a song with a very compelling story! I was completely engrossed in it!"