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Chapter 260: East Wind Breaks

“I feel like there isn’t much hostility among people in this episode.”

"Indeed, the atmosphere was much more harmonious before the Spring Festival."

"I can't help it. If it was you, and you knew in advance that Xu Kong was going to sing a new song, and it was a Chinese style song, would you still want to compete with him for the first place?"

……

At this time, many netizens were discussing in the live broadcast room of "Singer".

Although the show hasn't officially started yet, the number of people has already broken the record for this season.

This time, because Xu Kong announced his new Chinese-style song in advance, although the popularity of "Singer" dropped significantly, it still attracted a large number of netizens to watch in a short period of time.

The barrage's guess was almost correct.

There is no way, because before the show started, all attention was focused on Xu Kong.

So in this episode, including the two singing kings, none of the singers participating in the competition thought of competing with Xu Kong for the so-called first place.

As long as you are not eliminated directly, just be a background board.

If Xu Kong's new song becomes popular, the singers on the show will also be able to get some of the traffic.

Before Xu Kong came, the show "Singer" had already received less attention than before.

Not to mention compared to the previous season, even some variety shows in the same period have seen a serious decline in traffic.

Therefore, Xu Kong's participation did not steal traffic from others, but instead brought more attention to the program.

The results of the "Singer" competition may be useful, but in comparison, traffic and attention are the most important for the participating singers.

……

Soon, all the preliminary processes were basically completed.

Finally, we entered the crucial stage of drawing lots to decide the order of performances.

Compared with the previous few issues, Xu Kong was not as lucky as before, and was drawn to be the third to appear this time.

In competitive arenas, the later you appear, the greater your advantage.

This is almost taken for granted.

But for Xu Kong, it doesn’t really matter which performance it is.

After all, the song had been decided long ago, and he didn’t care too much about the results of the "Singer" competition.

……

"The first one to appear is Su Yuwei. I wonder if this is a new song..."

This time, Fei Niao still came to the scene as a media judge.

However, precisely because he was there, he could clearly feel that in this episode, it could be said that everyone came for Xu Kong's new Chinese-style song.

Not only the audience, but also the judges themselves are the same.

Mainly including him, many media judges of "Singer" have directly or indirectly participated in this online debate.

The discussion about Chinese style has never completely ended since the Spring Festival Gala.

Fei Niao himself is naturally one of Xu Kong's most solid supporters. Almost when Xu Kong predicted that his new song would be of Chinese style, he said that the quality of Xu Kong's new song would definitely not be low.

Although it is not far superior to "Blue and White Porcelain", it is definitely not comparable to those poor imitators that appeared on the market later.

What’s more interesting is that among the media reviewers present at the scene, several are traditional music critics who have had a war of words with him online.

Of course, they cursed at each other online, but when they met offline, although their faces did not become harmonious, both sides still had to restrain themselves a lot.

I won’t say that people are still cursing offline.

But it is foreseeable that among the media reviews, there are still many doubters about the so-called Chinese style proposed by Xu Kong.

If Xu Kong’s new song this time is not too bad in quality, but does not have the same stunning effect as “Blue and White Porcelain”, it will probably still be criticized by many people.

Everyone's demands on Xu Kong are no longer the same as they were before, there is nothing that can be done about it.

Xu Kong was a newcomer before, and just one new song of good quality was enough to break everyone's stereotype of him and even improved his reputation a lot.

But now, although only two years have passed, Xu Kong has become the king of singers and has won various behind-the-scenes creation awards from the three major music organizations.

Netizens’ psychological expectations have long changed.

I can't even accept that the songs written by Xu Kong are mediocre.

Feiniao certainly knows this. If you put yourself in his shoes, you will realize that this kind of psychological pressure alone is enough to suffocate people at times.

So Feiniao always showed great confidence in Xu Kong.

But in fact, there are still some worries in my heart.

……

"Please welcome the first singer of this show, Lan Shu!"

Lan Shu ranked last in the vote count in the previous episode, but because two other singers received the same number of votes during the same period, an extra episode was added.

I have to say, I have never fallen to the bottom before.

During this period, Lan Shu was still under considerable pressure.

Although he had never thought about defeating Xu Kong or taking first place, he had to at least make it to the finals. If he was eliminated now, public opinion might not cause too much of a problem, but with Lan Shu's strong personality, he would definitely not be able to accept it.

So a lot of preparations were made for this episode, including song selection, stage, etc.

"Sure. Although this new song is not of the same genre as Lan Shu's previous songs, it is still very eye-catching after the new arrangement."

The music director of the small company next to Fei Niao spoke at this time.

This evaluation was recognized by Fei Niao.

In fact, he has never had a very good impression of Lan Shu.

It’s not because of any problems with the other party’s music. Lan Shu’s songs are definitely not bad, and it can even be said that the quality is not low.

Moreover, her singing skills, professional attitude, etc. are impeccable.

Otherwise, it would be unlikely for him to reach his current status as a first-tier singer at a age in his early thirties.

But apart from that, it can be seen that Lan Shu is a more competitive person.

The songs themselves are also quite competitive.

He participated in a number of competitive music variety shows and achieved quite good results.

There is nothing wrong with this, and he is even better than many professional singers who just give up.

But Feiniao just felt that the other party gave him a bad impression. After all, most singers' works are mainly based on musicality. Any more is at most a compromise made for the market.

But Lan Shu is different. Her songs are not of poor quality, but they give people the feeling that they were specially prepared for the competition.

Feiniao calls them so-called competition singers. Strictly speaking, there is actually nothing wrong with this. They have their own choices.

But at the same time, Feiniao doesn't like Lan Shu because of these reasons, and there is no other reason.

The most important thing is that although Lan Shu’s live performance was quite good, and her singing skills were even at the level of a queen, the songs were of similar genres and there was not much emotion involved.

The appeal is almost entirely due to the high notes and other parts of the chorus.

……

"Lan Shu's final vote count is..."

"88 votes!"

Lan Shu's results weren't too surprising.

Fat Bird eventually voted for the other side.

Although he had opinions about Lan Shu, his current identity was, after all, a media reviewer.

Since he has the right to vote, he still hopes that he can maintain a uniform standard.

Don't be emotional and influenced by your likes and dislikes.

……

The second person to come on stage was Su Yuwei.

Feiniao has listened to a few songs by Su Yuwei, and her voice is actually more sweet.

They look a lot like some internet celebrities who are pretty good at singing.

However, if we compare the two, Su Yuwei's vocal conditions and singing skills as a professional singer are still much better.

Of course, what’s more important is that although some of the songs Su Yuwei has released since her debut are sweet songs, the homogeneity is not serious.

With the support of a big company like Jiying Media, the songs written for her are of high quality.

And it has a fairly large audience base. If it weren't for the fact that Xu Kong, a newcomer, was too dazzling, it would be easy for people to overlook some other young singers.

The speed at which Su Yuwei became popular is definitely one of the fastest among all young singers in recent years.

Moreover, Su Yuwei's well-behaved and quiet personality, coupled with her sweet looks, can easily lead people to misunderstand her age.

Feiniao also checked the information and found out that Su Yuwei actually signed a contract with Jiying to become a professional singer after graduating from university.

Now he is almost the same age as Su Zhi.

……

“It’s actually a new song?”

As soon as the prelude came out, Fat Bird made a judgment.

He had listened to almost all of Su Yuwei's old songs.

Before, Feiniao had been listening to Su Yuwei's songs for a while.

The main reason is because of the other person's sweet looks, which is indeed popular among many lsps in his live broadcast room.

He was forced to watch many of the other party's MVs and various stage performances.

It was difficult for Fei Niao to feel any dislike towards Su Yuwei.

Even though strictly speaking, the other party doesn't have any singles that are particularly amazing.

In the last episode of "Singer", the song that Guo Min wrote for the other party was an exception.

But as men, sometimes they are prone to being irrational.

……

"It feels not as good as the one in the previous issue..."

The music director next to Fat Bird spoke.

The new song written by the famous composer Guo Min in the last issue, especially the melody of the chorus, is really impressive the first time you hear it.

Moreover, the style is somewhat different from Su Yuwei's previous songs.

This issue is exactly the same as Su Yuwei before.

Feiniao thought about it and realized that if Xu Kong sang the song "The Magic of Love" that he wrote for Song Youyou to Su Yuwei, there would probably be no sense of incongruity.

On the stage of "Singer", Su Yuwei's cheerful pop songs do not really have much advantage.

Even though the other party had deliberately avoided songs that were not suitable for competition when choosing songs, there was still this sense of déjà vu.

This is especially obvious in this episode because there is no lyricist or composer of Guo Min's level to help write songs.

……

"Singer Su Yuwei, the final number of votes is..."

"80 votes!"

The vote count came out, and it was as expected.

Although there was nothing wrong with Su Yuwei's performance, she was still at a disadvantage in terms of the type of song.

In comparison, do you think Lan Shu's performance is that much better? Not really.

But the difference in votes is just 8 more.

All I can say is that Lan Shu is indeed a competition-type singer and she is good at competing.

……

Su Yuwei's votes were a bit low, but it didn't attract much attention.

The main thing is that after her performance, it was Xu Kong’s turn.

For many viewers who watched the live broadcast, the main purpose was to listen to Xu Kong’s new Chinese-style song.

At this time, everyone naturally seemed excited.

As Xu Kong appeared on the stage, there were quite intense cheers and screams at the scene.

There is no way. There may still be some room for discussion in terms of singing skills. After all, the two European and American singers on the show, including a singing king like Jian Junfang, are definitely not worse than Xu Kong strictly speaking.

But when it comes to popularity, there is really no big controversy.

With Xu Kong's "Want to See You", two hit dramas last year, plus a bunch of hot singles in between, he is now undoubtedly the most popular young artist in the domestic entertainment industry.

And they are quite different from those traffic idols created by marketing hype.

The number of Xu Kong's passerby fans now far exceeds the number of fans he once had in the fan circle.

……

As the scene gradually quieted down, the piano prelude finally sounded.

Although it is a piano piece, the song still makes people feel the unique ancient Chinese charm that Xu Kong mentioned before.

“Is there an erhu in there?”

Fat Bird couldn't help but speak.

“It’s the erhu!”

The music director next to him also spoke up.

Xu Kong mentioned before that the so-called three ancients and three new, many Chinese-style songs that appeared later that imitated "Blue and White Porcelain" were trying their best to meet this condition.

But the final product always seems a little unsatisfactory.

I don’t know whether Xu Kong himself will say that the new song can meet the requirements he set out before.

……

“It’s really a new Chinese style song!”

"As soon as this prelude came out, I felt like it was already stable. As expected, the Chinese style of the founder Xu Kong is still authentic."

"It's not the 'Blue and White Porcelain' I mentioned before. Although the style is the same, there is no sense of resemblance between them."

The audience watching the live broadcast also began to get excited at this time.

Although I had received a preview from Xu Kong before.

But when you really hear the new song of Hua Xia Feng at this time, it is inevitable that you still feel a little uncontrollably excited.

At the same time, information about the song began to appear on the screen and on the big screen behind Xu Kong.

"Dongfeng Po"

"Singer: Xu Kong"

"Lyrics: Xu Kong"

"Composition: Xu Kong"

……

The piano and erhu prelude ended, and what followed was Xu Kong's unaffected, leisurely singing voice.

"A lamp of sorrow, standing alone at the window"

"I'm behind the door, pretending that you haven't left yet"

"It's like revisiting an old place, and the full moon makes me feel even more lonely."

"The candlelight that wakes me up in the middle of the night can't bear to blame me harshly"

……

"Stable!"

These two words popped up in Fat Bird's mind almost subconsciously at this moment.

Although it was only the beginning part, after listening to it, his only feeling was that the quality of this song was no less than "Blue and White Porcelain".

Moreover, the two songs can be heard to have the same style, but they are not identical.

This is the most important.

Because before, some people on the Internet questioned whether Xu Kong could write his so-called new song with Chinese style.

What more people speculate is that Xu Kong's new song will be similar to "Blue and White Porcelain", whether it is the lyrics, melody, or arrangement. If there are similarities, then even if it is a new song, in the eyes of many people, it is still just a new "Blue and White Porcelain".

And now, with the first paragraph of "Dong Feng Po" out, Xu Kong's so-called Chinese style is completely stable!

……

(End of this chapter)