Chapter 141: Runner-up

The band's national competition, Zhuo Ziyuan still did not succeed in the end, the competition is divided into three stages, four days, 16 into 8 arranged in two consecutive days, each team only needs to play once, the judges collectively scored, the top 8 teams qualified.

The organizers do have a way, this time the competition was on CCTV, but it was not a live broadcast, but a unified broadcast after editing, and the response was very good, CCTV rebroadcast for three consecutive days, and the ratings were higher and higher every time. Originally, when 16 entered 8, although there were spectators in the competition venue, most of them were people related to the competition, relatives and friends of the band members, people brought in by the organizers, and a small number of people who knew the news to join in the fun, after all, this was not a celebrity concert or anything like that, and it couldn't attract people from all over the country, only some interested people in Kyoto participated.

But after the CCTV broadcast, the effect is completely different, in order to give this topic some time to ferment, the organizers deliberately put the second phase 8 into 4 a week later, and sure enough, the effect came out, the venue that can accommodate more than 1,000 people is full of people, so there are still many people asking for a vote but can't.

The Moth Band also attracted a wave of fans, because their 16 into 8 songs are selected because of love, this song has been released for several months, it is very loved by the public, and brought the first fans to the band, when Zhuo Ziyuan watched the TV broadcast, he obviously felt that when the Moth Band came on the stage, the audience under the stage was particularly enthusiastic, and this time the 'West Sea Love Song' was sung, and the audience shouted for another song and another song, through the TV, Zhuo Ziyuan felt the warmth of the atmosphere.

The final semi-finals were still a week apart, with lots drawn to decide the two-on-two matchup, with the upper bracket battling the title and the lower bracket battling for third place.

With another original song 'Ugly Eight Monsters', the Moth Band successfully advanced to the finals, but lost to another three-person girl band called BF3 by 1 point in the championship competition, Zhuo Ziyuan was very puzzled when he knew the news, he had not heard of such a band, of course, Zhuo Ziyuan himself only remembered those more famous, like F4, ***, Shuimu Nianhua, Yuquan these. It was still after half a year, after the Moth Band had a certain popularity in the circle, they learned that the reason why they only won the runner-up in this competition was because the champion had already decided on this BF3 girl band, and this competition was supposed to be considered to build momentum for them, of course, the result was obviously unsatisfactory, and in the end BF3 did not become famous, but became the Moth Band.

Although they didn't win the competition, the whole staff of the Moth Band was extremely excited and satisfied, they were nothing half a year ago, and they were even confused about the future, and they were still worried about the group.

After this competition, especially the broadcast of CCTV, it has brought them huge popularity, before and after is completely different, on the day of the end of the game, Xue Mei and they called Zhuo Ziyuan to report the good news, and said that as soon as the game ended, some reporters rushed to interview them, and some brokerage companies invited them.

Zhuo Ziyuan heard the excitement on the other end of the phone, and he was just as happy for them, although it was a song provided by himself, but if the band's own ability was insufficient and its image was poor, Zhuo Ziyuan was also a clever woman who could not cook without rice, so everything was inseparable from the efforts of the band four.

Originally, Xue Mei and they also invited Zhuo Ziyuan to participate in the celebration banquet they held in Jinling, Zhuo Ziyuan did not go on the grounds that the college entrance examination was close at hand, and the end of the game was already June 25th, and their celebration banquet was on the evening of the 28th, that is, Friday.

Although the exam is approaching, the school has canceled the evening self-study in order not to increase the pressure on the children in the third year of high school, and Saturday and Sunday are also normal holidays, but Zhuo Ziyuan still chose not to attend the banquet, who knows who there are at the banquet, several people in the band shouted one by one, how to introduce yourself when the time comes?

Zhuo Ziyuan was an otaku in his previous life, and now he still insists on living a low-key life, he doesn't want too many people to know that he is Ye Zi, so far, except for Xue Mei and them, there are only a few people from the record company when he first sold songs, as well as law firms, and Li Xinyuan knows that he is Ye Zi's identity.

As for writing novels, the more widely known is the pen name Wutong, after the basic book was published, it has disappeared, and Zhuo Ziyuan is not ready to use this pen name anymore, it is really that the income from domestic books is too big a gap with the American imperialists, not ordinarily large, but huge. Although Zhuo's father and mother knew about the overseas book, Zhuo Ziyuan did not tell them about the specific situation, and he knew these situations best, except for Zhuo Ziyuan himself and the relevant people in the law firm, there was only Li Xinyuan.

With Zhuo Ziyuan's character in his previous life, to say that he doesn't like the aura brought by these successes, that's a lie, all otaku have a dream of turning against the sky, and he is no exception, but rebirth makes Zhuo Ziyuan more cautious, he doesn't want to attract too many people's attention, especially when he doesn't have the ability to protect these reputations and wealth, he is more worried about the trouble he imagined after becoming famous.

Xue Mei and they didn't insist, from Tong Xue and several contacts, they also learned about Zhuo Ziyuan's personality, and said that when Zhuo Ziyuan finished the college entrance examination, they would come to Longcheng to hold a thank-you banquet, and they must invite Zhuo Ziyuan to appreciate the light at that time.

It's just a matter of eating a meal, of course Zhuo Ziyuan has no objection, and after the college entrance examination, there is no excuse to refuse.

The Moth Band became popular all over the country because of this game, and major entertainment newspapers also reported on their band, and more exaggerated reporters even used the best rookie band of the year 02 to describe them, and some newspapers even compared them with *** and Shuimu Nianhua, of course, these are just to attract people's attention.

Their four songs were played in a loop by the post-80s and post-90s generations over and over again, and many people in Zhuo Ziyuan's class listened to these songs in their spare time and relaxation.

In this way, the Moth Band became popular, and the road ahead depends on how they go.

In this way, Zhuo Ziyuan's long-awaited college entrance examination has finally arrived, the reason why he is looking forward to it is because Zhuo Ziyuan feels that only in college can he really let go of himself, unlike now, he always feels that he is studying with a group of children, of course, this is completely his own psychological effect, but high school life and college life are completely different, that is true, this is also what Zhuo Ziyuan is looking forward to, he wants to spend the college time in his previous life, in this life to enrich, he wants to make friends, the most important thing is the expected love。

As if the appointment was made, in the last week before the college entrance examination, people familiar with Zhuo Ziyuan called him one after another to cheer him up.

The first to bear the brunt is Lu Tao of the law firm, he knows Zhuo Ziyuan's general plan, the reason why they came to Dongdu to open a law firm was originally because of Zhuo Ziyuan's proposal, and the reason why he can be the leader of Dongdu Law Firm is also thanks to Zhuo Ziyuan's relationship. He knew that Zhuo Ziyuan would definitely go to the Eastern Capital, in addition to cheering for Zhuo Ziyuan, Lu Tao said bluntly that it would be much more convenient to wait for Zhuo Ziyuan to go to the Eastern Capital to go to university, and he didn't worry about Zhuo Ziyuan not being able to get into the Eastern Capital University at all.

After that, there are a group of people under Zhuo Ziyuan, Du Nan, Liu Bin, Xu Ziqiang, of course, while they cheered for Zhuo Ziyuan, they also reported the progress of all aspects, of course, they all reported good news and not bad news, no one would be uninteresting in this stall and make the boss uncomfortable.

Zhao Qiang didn't go out of his way to cheer him up, the relationship between them was closer, and they spent more time together, Zhao Qiang was relatively shy, and he liked to do things more than talk.

Zhuo Ziyuan's parents are even more direct, in the last week, they took Zhao Lan to Zhuo Ziyuan's current place every afternoon, it was already July, Zhao Lan and Li Xinyuan had already had summer vacation, so they were there every day. Zhuo's mother didn't worry about the two children cooking by themselves, and she was afraid that their nutrition would not keep up, so she cooked for Zhuo Ziyuan to eat every day, and Zhuo's father pulled the family over in the afternoon, and after eating and cleaning up in the evening, the family went back to the town, saying that it was for Zhuo Ziyuan to relax and relax, and not to be busy with housework and these sesame mung beans.

Although Zhuo Ziyuan felt that there was no need for this at all, he didn't say much, this is what parents should do, and it is also a manifestation of parents' love for their children, he has already escaped from the control of his parents, if he is even deprived of the right to cook and do housework for him, what sense of existence do parents have? Zhuo Ziyuan didn't want to test what type of parents his parents belonged to.

It's just that Zhuo's mother stews a boy chicken every day, saying that it is to make up for Zhuo Ziyuan's nutrition, and every day at dinner, Zhuo Ziyuan is forced to drink two small bowls of chicken soup before letting go, Zhuo Ziyuan drinks it with a bitter face, he usually cooks by himself, and there is never a shortage of nutrition, so I'm really worried about making up for it, but seeing his mother's happy expression after he drank the soup, what can I do if I make up for a little blood in my nose.

"The college entrance examination is going to be the day after tomorrow, how about we go to the temple tomorrow?" Lying on the bed, Zhuo's mother was still thinking about Zhuo Ziyuan.

"There's no need for this, what era is it, still believe this!"

"It's not a question of believing it or not, it's a question of whether we have this heart, and sincerity is spirit, and I'm going to pray tomorrow morning. ”

The next morning, Zhuo's father still got up early to prepare, bought some fruit cakes, and then drove to the temple with Zhuo's mother, and the two of them made offerings in front of the only Bodhisattva in the temple, offered incense, and bowed down devoutly.

On the other side, in the cemetery connected to the temple, Li Xinyuan prayed equally sincerely in front of her parents' monument, hoping that her parents' spirits in heaven could bless her brother Ziyuan with a good score in the college entrance examination.