Low Key Star

  Chapter 100 [100] Qingming Rain

   Zhang Yang and Yang Wenxuan are in the fifth group, which can be regarded as the final battle of the Ling Ran group.

  In the first group, Lin Guoer faced off against a girl with a lazy and **** voice, and won the battle, effectively rebutting the saying that "cuteness is vulnerable to sexiness"

  —But this probably has something to do with Ling Ran being a female mentor.

   Zhang Yang is also concerned about the next two and three duels, but the fourth group is the one that pays the most attention.

   Zhang Yang doesn’t have many songs, and if he can save one song, he will definitely fight for the gold seat in the second round of the knockout round. The strongest competitor is in the fourth group, a girl named Shangguan Qiyu.

She is a student of the Beijing Conservatory of Music. She has a beautiful appearance, a pure voice, and excellent singing skills. During the blind selection, she surprised the audience with Lin Suyuan's "Red Dust". League" top position.

   After "Sunny Day" reached the top, it also ranked second firmly.

Zhang Yang didn't have much direct contact with Shangguan Qiyu, basically just meeting and saying hello, but with some observations, it can be judged that she is from a good background, well-educated, and in some cities, she treats people and things with a bit of tact. Among the two, they are the most popular.

  The student who confronted her was named Shi Jianjun, a folk song uncle in his thirties, with a thick voice, equally popular and excellent strength, which caused many people to be very puzzled that Ling Ran had arranged these two together in the first knockout round.

   But the duel between the strong and the strong is naturally good. The only pity is that Zhang Yang and the others are in the background, and there is no way to directly see the live performance.

  The result was not as expected, Shangguan Qiyu was even better, Shi Jianjun was eliminated, Zhang Yang faintly heard Ling Ran's farewell words in the background, and he felt quite apologetic and reluctant.

  Shangguan Qiyu won, but there was not much surprise, but a little sadness in his indifference. When speaking, he recalled the details of the practice together during this period, and did not forget to thank Shi Jianjun for his help.

   Standing on the sidelines, she is beautiful and singing, with good character and a lot of fans.

   Then Zhang Yang and Yang Wenxuan appeared.

  The two walked onto the stage side by side with a distance between them. As usual, they greeted the instructor and the audience first, and then the host Ying Zi asked Ling Ran about his consideration for assigning the two to the same group.

Ling Ran replied: "Just now, I wanted to see a strong confrontation between Shangguan Qiyu and Shi Jianjun, but this group is actually two people with a big contrast. He belongs to what we call a genius, no matter in study or music, he is a genius."

"This kind of experience reflects that their styles are completely different, but in music, on this stage, they are equal and fair. I want to see what kind of confrontation between the two of them, very expect."

  Zhang Yang and Yang Wenxuan bowed again to express their gratitude to their mentors.

   Yingzi said: "Okay, that's not much to say. We look forward to the wonderful singing of the two students. First of all, Zhang Yang will bring us his singing songs."

  Yang Wenxuan smiled at Zhang Yang and cheered, and retreated to a corner of the stage, while Zhang Yang stepped forward and came to the center of the stage.

  The lights dimmed.

  The big screen in front of the stage slowly lit up. It was an ink painting. The morning light was twilight, and the trees, birdsong, and small bridges were looming.

  The gurgling sound of guzheng, like the gurgling water in the stream under the bridge, perfectly contained the pipa and electric piano that came in later.

  The light slowly came on.

  In the ink painting on the back, someone sits up from sleep and looks through the window at the small bridge and flowing water in the morning light.

   "The first dawn is through the window, the sun is shining on the West Bridge, and the clouds are shaking by itself. I miss the corner of your clothes that were swaying slightly in the lotus wind"

  The low voice sounded, still a familiar singing voice, with a touch of sadness covering the entire recording hall with the singing, the audience was silent, and even the soft lights seemed to flow out a light sad melody.

   "Golden wood carving, ripples of time, I sealed my pen seven years ago, because I spend my life only for you"

   "The rain wets the eye sockets, leaning on the well every year and looking forward to returning to the church"

   "I'm most afraid that two lines will be wet without realizing it"

  …

  Because it was an original song with complicated lyrics, I was worried that everyone would not be familiar with it and it would be difficult to achieve the desired effect. Xia Hai tried his best to resist the crowd and asked people to work overtime to make the video, not to mention adding subtitles.

  In this way, even if it is the first time listening, everyone can follow the subtitles and hear every line of the lyrics clearly.

   Many of the words and sentences, even if many people have difficulty fully understanding their meaning at the first time, the nostalgia, longing, and sadness in the singing can be clearly felt.

   "It's raining on the Qingming Festival again, and the chrysanthemum will be sent to your side"

   "Sing softly your favorite song"

  The last note stopped, and the scene was still silent. After Zhang Yang bowed his body, there were sparse applause, and then it spread rapidly.

  Tong Wan said: "Wait, wait, everyone, don't talk, let me slow down, I can't get out..."

  Lu Yuan, Ling Ran, and Xiao Jingyu all laughed, and Wang Chuxi also laughed and said, "It's really a good song, and it's also a good song... Did you write it yourself?"

   Zhang Yang replied: "Yes."

  Wang Chuxi gave a thumbs up, "Your mentor is right, you are a genius."

   Zhang Yang bowed his body and said, "Don't dare, you're too much."

  Tong Wan asked: "Your previous two songs were about campus and love, but this song has completely changed its style. It seems to be about mourning, about Qingming, isn't it?"

"Yes."

   Lu Yuan took the conversation and said, "Is there any story? Why did you write this song?"

   "This song is actually written from my grandpa's perspective, in memory of my grandma."

Zhang Yang has deliberated on this kind of rhetoric many times, and softly "explained": "My grandpa used to be a martial arts writer. My grandma passed away seven years ago, and my grandpa stopped writing. My grandma loved flowers very much. Half an acre of flower fields, every year during the Ching Ming Festival, my grandfather would use yellow paper to fold flowers to worship, and this song came about."

Zhang Yang hesitated for a moment, and continued: "And today, uh, refers to the recording today, which happens to be my grandpa's birthday. In the past, we would go to grandpa's house for dinner. There is no way to go this year, so I chose this A song is a small gift."

Although Zhang Yang did not intentionally conceal the identity of the old man, he seldom mentioned it on his own initiative. In the media reports these days, his family only said that his parents were both teachers, and his family was well-educated. Check again.

   Except for Xia Hai and Ling Ran, everyone present heard this for the first time, and couldn't help being a little surprised. Ling Ran smiled and said, "This gift is not small."

  Xiao Jingyu asked: "Well, I want to ask, your grandfather is a martial arts writer... What's his pen name, can you tell me?"

   Zhang Yang hesitated before saying, "Luo Shengyong."

Many audience members in the audience were surprised when they heard this name, and several instructors also gave an "oh-" and were a little surprised. Ling Ran helped to introduce: "Everyone should be familiar with this name. The four masters of martial arts back then one."

  Tong Wan said: "Yes, yes, I was still a fan of his books, and my dad, really... When your grandfather sealed the pen, my dad regretted it for a long time."

  Lu Yuan also said: "This is the origin of family learning."

Wang Chuxi said: "Your grandfather was our generation, including our elders, our common memory, you will now be your generation, the memory of the entire generation, just because of the three songs you wrote, I am very happy. Optimistic about you, come on!"

  The audience applauded spontaneously, and Zhang Yang bowed again to thank him.

A few instructors chatted for a while, and Lu Yuan asked again: "Your song is quite different from the previous two songs. It should be regarded as Chinese style. In fact, I have heard all three of your songs, and the styles are all different. , is there any consideration?"

  China in this world is also deeply influenced by Western culture, but there have always been people committed to the inheritance and development of traditional culture. The concept of Chinese style has appeared at this time, and it was proposed by Wang Qingyuan, a well-known "Tianwang Mentor" in the industry.

  The reason why he is called "Heavenly King Tutor" is because he has six apprentices in total, five of whom are at the level of heavenly kings and queens. Lu Yuan is one of them. He also tried a few Chinese songs, but then gave up.

  Now only Lin Suyuan, Wang Qingyuan’s closed disciple, still insists on Chinese style songs, but the results are not very obvious.

Zhang Yang said: "I like Chinese style songs very much, and I also like national musical instruments, so I added a lot of national musical instruments to this song, which can be regarded as an attempt—Mr. Ling Ran and Mr. Xia Hai both gave me a lot of guidance and help. "

  Ling Ran picked up the microphone and said: "Here I have to say something, Xia Hai and I did help in this song, but it's like helping nail two nails in a building, it's insignificant."

  She glanced at Zhang Yang, and then said sincerely: "This is the most talented person I have ever met, bar none, he can sing all styles of songs at his fingertips—"

She paused, and continued: "My words may sound exaggerated now, but I believe that time, no matter how far Zhang Yang will go on the stage of "Sound Super League", time will prove that gold will sooner or later Shine with the light it deserves!"

   The applause was like a wave.

  Lu Yuan said: "No exaggeration, no exaggeration, I agree with this sentence very much!"

   Zhang Yang continued to bow to thank him.

   Then Yang Wenxuan sang.

Logically speaking, after Zhang Yang's singing just now, especially after the praise of several mentors, his pressure should have been greater, but when Zhang Yang passed him by, he could clearly feel that his state of mind seemed to be More relaxed.

   Zhang Yang smiled and said "Come on", it is not false, I really hope that he will perform better, and get a little favorability before leaving, so that the situation in the future will undoubtedly be much better.

   "I have been confused again and again, where is the way forward"

  “I have hoped again and again that there is light in the dark night”

The deep male voice is slightly vicissitudes. This is probably the true psychological journey of Yang Wenxuan for many years. At this time, he has no scruples and gives it a go. He is completely immersed in this song called "After Despair", and his emotions are suppressed to the extreme. It actually gives people a sense of depression that the volcano is about to erupt.

   Sure enough, the thick and desolate voice began to erupt in the next line of lyrics, making everyone present, including Zhang Yang, feel a sense of trembling:

   "I have been disappointed again and again, there is no light in the night—"

The final suffix continues to rise, and the energy accumulated in the depression seems to tear a hole in the thing that imprisoned it. As it gradually vents, the hole becomes bigger and bigger, and the energy and emotion that burst out are like a flood that bursts a bank , finally came out overwhelmingly.

   "I was desperate—I couldn't see a little light in despair—"

   "I used to be in despair—in despair, I also smiled and said it didn't matter, the road is ahead—"

   "I was once in despair—in despair, I have to tell myself that I am born in this world, and I am strong alone—"

  …

  After the results of the group came out, almost no one, including the audience who liked Yang Wenxuan, was optimistic that he could advance, and elimination was his next fate.

   But after the song was sung, Zhang Yang could clearly feel that Ling Ran was shaken.

  After the four mentors gave suggestions, Wang Chuxi was the first to speak, which shocked Zhang Yang even more: "Frankly speaking, I am still optimistic about Zhang Yang, but this time, I suggest that Ling Ran choose Yang Wenxuan."

   "Because Yang Wenxuan needs affirmation more, compared to Zhang Yang, a small setback may promote his growth even more."

Then there is Tong Wan: "I disagree with this statement. We are not allocated according to needs. To be honest, Yang Wenxuan's performance has impressed me. He has the strength to advance, but I still stick to my original intention. Zhang Yang is better. I still recommend Zhang Yang. "

  Lu Yuan also voted for Zhang Yang as a "suggestion vote".

  Xiao Jingyu voted for Yang Wenxuan for the reason: "Zhang Yang is amazing, but Yang Wenxuan touches the heart."

  The right to make the decision is only in Ling Ran's hands.

   "As the four mentors said just now, Yang Wenxuan's performance today can be called a breakthrough. You have brought us a huge surprise..."

  When Ling Ran said this, he choked up for a while, and after a while, he said: "To be honest, I actually regretted the grouping just now... But the game is like this, someone always has to leave, I'm sorry."

   "My choice is... Zhang Yang."

  Zhang Yang and Yang Wenxuan bowed to thank each other, and then hugged each other. Yang Wenxuan did not show the sadness or regret of other people present, and said with a free and easy smile, "Come on, I am also looking forward to your future."

   Zhang Yang was at a loss for words for a moment, not knowing what to say.

   As the only "newcomer" in the second season's mentor seat, Ling Ran is the youngest and the most junior in qualifications, but in terms of popularity, even compared with Lu Yuan who sits in the middle, he is not inferior.

Her career has not been smooth sailing, but she has walked steadily step by step. She has a good reputation inside and outside the circle, and is very popular with passers-by. This is by no means explained by "character". Very rational.

  Zhang Yang believed that Ling Ran's entanglement was not a lie. She did have a new look at Yang Wenxuan at the last moment, but she was never so difficult to make a decision. She wavered, but the final decision never changed.

Leaving aside music and original bonuses, in terms of singing purely based on the consideration of the competition system, Zhang Yang may not be inferior to Yang Wenxuan, who has performed supernaturally by relying on his talent, but in the end it was singing and even music that made him advance. s things.

   There is even a high probability that it is not only the addition of poetry, originality and popularity.

Jiang Mo had once said to Zhang Yang that she would not give him preferential treatment, and could only give him a fair playing field as much as possible, but in fact, from the moment she intervened, it was hard to say that there would be as fair a situation as possible. up.

  As for Jiang Mo's help, how much is out of appreciation and the overall situation, how much is out of personal affection, and how much is earned by his own ability...by cheating, Zhang Yang has no way of knowing.

   Until a long, long time later, he heard the truth about Jiang Mo's good words for him from his prospective father-in-law.

  (end of this chapter)