Then on the evening of December 31, in the NKH studio, the Red and White Song Party was about to be sung.

The studio hall can accommodate more than 1,000 spectators, and these live viewers are basically drawn from the users of NHK's paid channels.

The probability of winning the lottery is probably about the same as the probability of winning the Mark Six lottery......

As is customary, the Red and White Song will be divided into two parts, the first part will be from 7:30 p.m. to 9:25 p.m.

Then play a 5-minute news run.

Then came the second part, which lasted from 9:30 a.m. to 11:45 a.m.

Although Du Caige is not a paid subscriber of NHK TV, he was also invited to the scene.

He and some other celebrities were placed in better positions.

After patiently greeting the people around him and complimenting each other, Du Caige looked at the time.

There are still ten minutes left before the show officially begins.

However, even if the show starts, there are still nearly 4 hours before Duan Xiaochen appears.

According to the arrangement of the program group, Duan Xiaochen will appear as the singer of the penultimate order of the red group.

It's a little regrettable that I didn't get the finale.

Dream Mutual Entertainment won for her, but this year there was a famous female singer who was going to retire from active service, and NHK finally decided to let the female singer take the finale after consideration.

However, NHK gave Duan Xiaochen more than 8 minutes, which is the player in the red group with the most time this time.

On the program list, she has two songs: "Letitgo" and "A Million Possibilities".

In the Red and White Song Party, Chinese songs rarely appear.

Instead, there are English songs, and there are a few of them almost every year.

Singers, bands, and popular groups from the Stars and Stripes and Europa often come to the scene of the Red and White Song Party.

Chinese songs, in so many years of history, seem to have only appeared 4 or 5 times.

After many negotiations with Dream Mutual Entertainment, NHK agreed to this arrangement, considering Duan Xiaochen's popularity and her Dahua background, thinking that she could bring freshness to the audience by singing a Chinese song and save the declining ratings.

In addition, letitgo's singing version will be different from the previous delivery version, and the "Red and White SPECIAL" logo will be given at that time, and it will be added to the single CD along with the basic Japanese version.

The Red and White Song Club, or the Red and White Song Battle, has always been the fastest way for Sakurajima singers to ascend to the top, and it is the largest and most dazzling stage for singers to show themselves.

It is believed that by appearing on the stage of this Red and White Song Meeting, Duan Xiaochen's influence will spread rapidly, which can well drive the sales of Duan Xiaochen's single CD.

However, it depends on her performance at this red and white song party.

If the performance is not good, of course, it will not lead to sales.

Don't take the people of Sakurajima for fools.

It's not difficult to make money here, but you have to have real skills.

Of course, Du Caige believes in her strength and her big heart.

While waiting for the opening, Du Caige was bored and listened to the discussions of the people next to him.

His Japanese is not particularly good, he can understand others speaking slowly, and he can make some less complicated expressions himself.

At this time, listening to the audience chatting from all over Sakurajima, the accents were mixed, and he could only understand part of it.

However, it was obvious that Duan Xiaochen's name had been mentioned several times, and he had heard someone say: "...... I love her previous song so much, the lyrics, almost describing my heart. ”

"I used to think about it, because on my birthday, when the apricot blossoms bloomed, and taking a nap in the shade of the tree that sifted through the sunlight would probably be like an insect that had not been reincarnated, and I would be able to sleep in the soil. ”

"Mints, lighthouses in fishing ports, rusty arched bridges, discarded bicycles, pestles standing in front of the fireplaces of wooden stations...... Li Lisan, do you know, these lonely images, can you understand them?"

The person he asked said, "I don't really know how to understand it, but I also think this song is great." The lyrics are great and the singing is very good. When Duan Xiaochen appears, I will vote for the red group. ”

On the other side, a man and a woman, two children who look like high school students, are talking. "I've downloaded that letitgo and listened to it. ”

"yes, what do you think?"

"Super nice. I said, I'll buy you a copy when the CD comes out. ”

"Wow, thank you so much, next time I'll treat you to milk tea. ”

In fact, NHK has conducted a telephone interview survey before, asking the audience who the singer group is most interested in watching.

The survey was conducted 10,000 times, and the sample size is not very large.

The results show that Duan Xiaochen ranks sixth.

If this data is credible, then Du Caige is still quite optimistic.

There are a total of 26 groups of duels in this red and white song meeting, that is, the red group (women's group) and the men's group each have 26 appearances.

A total of 52 singer groups.

After all, Duan Xiaochen has not been in Sakura Island for a long time.

Although, she also had some songs released on Sakurajima before. The people of Sakurajima probably also know that she is the queen of the Great Hua Kingdom.

After all, Dahua Zitian and Sakurajima have a connection and a partner.

But the center of gravity of Dahua Zitian is not here in Sakura Island after all, so the people of Sakura Island have a very limited understanding of Duan Xiaochen.

This time, Dream Chasing Entertainment spent a considerable amount of money to help her hit the charts, and finally let her have two songs that can be among the best on the public trust list and the distribution list, which finally let the people of Sakurajima understand her a little bit.

But if you only talk about Sakurajima's popularity, she should be in the twenties, or even after the thirties, among the 52 singer groups that appeared tonight.

However, in the survey, she was ranked 6th in the ranking of "the most anticipated singer group".

This shows that there are many people in Sakurajima who are curious about her.

These are all her potential fans, all fans who may spend money on her CDs and merchandise in the future.

It depends on whether Duan Xiaochen can show his might tonight and conquer them with the sound of heaven.

The Red and White Song Club used to have a rating of 90%, and although it is declining, it has been able to maintain a rating of about 40% in recent years.

So if Duan Xiaochen performs well, it will make her popularity take a qualitative leap, and her name will be directly imprinted in the hearts of hundreds of millions of Sakura Island people.

The time soon came to 7:30, the three hosts appeared, and the red and white song meeting officially began.

These three hosts are the red group, the white group and the comprehensive host, usually the red group and the white group host are artists, and the comprehensive host is a professional host.

The hosts of this year's red group and white group, Du Caige looks very familiar, he saw it when he was sweeping the Sakura Island drama, but he didn't pay attention to the names of these two artists.

After the opening remarks, the host introduced the on-site judging and guest judging to the audience, and announced the voting rules for this year.

First of all, the red and white groups take turns singing each other, and at the end of each round, the audience in front of the TV can vote with their paid accounts.

Only one vote can be cast for the red group or the white group, and no two votes can be cast.

These votes will be added to the total number of votes.

At the end of all the battles, the audience voting will be terminated, and the on-site judges and guest judges will vote, and each on-site judge and guest judge will only have one vote, and no double selection will be allowed.

All the votes are added up, and the team with more total votes will win the party.

In fact, it can be seen that the rules are very simple and not necessarily fair, and the number of spectators far exceeds the on-site judges and guest judges, so it can be said that the voting of the on-site judges and guest judges is almost meaningless.

In fact, there will be some differences in the voting methods of each Red and White Song Club, and this year's one is not the most bizarre and unfair.

But in fact, Sakurajima people don't care if the voting process is absolutely fair.

The Red and White Song Club is equivalent to their Spring Festival Gala.

What else do you want to be fair in the Spring Festival Gala?

Du Caige didn't bother to think about anything anymore, completely relaxed and enjoyed the romantic evening in this foreign country.

One by one, the singers took the stage and presented their best performances.

Of course, lip-syncing doesn't exist, Sakurajima people care about this in particular, your performance can be imperfect, but it must be real.

And the sound effects of the scene are also very good, so that Du Caige can enjoy many different types of voices and singing voices intoxicated.

Even if it's "singing", if you empty your brain and listen carefully, you will actually find it quite interesting.

"Singing" can actually be understood as a popular song of the previous generation of Sakurajima Province.

Of course, this understanding is not particularly correct.

Or it can also be said that "singing" has a "model opera" flavor in it, which has a unique singing style and unique melodic characteristics.

In the past, when he was on Earth, Du Caige also heard some "singing songs", the most famous of which is the Misora Skylark's version of "Spring in the North", which is also a household name in China.

And its adapted Chinese version, it is estimated that quite a lot of middle-aged and elderly people have heard it: Teresa Teng's "Me and You" is no stranger.

Speaking of the title of the song, maybe some people are not impressed.

But what about the lyrics. "Without you, give me the nourishment of love, my life would be meaningless. We revel in the spring breeze and drizzle in the midsummer night. ”

Is the melody starting to loop in your head?

Therefore, in the final analysis, the art form of "singing", although old, is not yet immortal, and still has the power to move people's hearts.

In the Red and White Song Party, the frequency of singing is very high.

In the last century, nearly one-third of the repertoire was even singing.

But after entering the new century, the space for singing (old pop songs) has been continuously compressed, new pop songs have occupied more and more program time, and some idols and groups that were once unelegant have also begun to be invited to participate in the Red and White Song Party.

Du Caige is not a professional in music after all, and he doesn't know much about many things.

But tonight, it was he who was able to calm down and experience a high-level pop music festival in Sakurajima, which was very rewarding.

The music here on Sakurajima, compared to the music of Dahuaguo, is indeed more blooming, and there are more explorations at the forefront.

There are some songs that are afraid to be too trendy in China, so they dare not release them, but if they are put on Sakurajima, they may be popular.