Soon, the knockout round of the 8-in-5 Chinese Song Contest officially began.

This is the penultimate game in the entire Chinese song competition system, and 5 players will compete from 8 contestants to advance to the final finals.

At that time, the finals will be broadcast live around the world, and its attention and influence are incomparable to the other play-in and knockout rounds of the China Song Contest combined.

Therefore, many stars regard reaching the finals as their ultimate goal, as long as they can stand on the stage of the finals, no matter what their ranking is, they are already winners in life.

It is certainly an honor to win the championship in the finals, but those who can enter the finals are superstars with outstanding strength and popularity.

In the past history of the Chinese Song Competition, there are often examples of runners-up, third runners-up, and even fourth- and fifth-place players who are more popular than champions.

Because of this, the 8-in-5 elimination match before the finals is often the most competitive game in the entire Chinese song competition.

And with the painful lesson of being overtaken at the last moment of the last round of the competition, several contestants tonight spared no effort to frantically swipe votes from the second the voting channel opened.

Before the competition began, the competition directly entered the white-hot stage.

By the time the first contestant officially started tonight's competition, the fierce atmosphere reached its peak.

In Chen Lei's words, the air was filled with the smell of gunsmoke.

When Chen Lei was waiting backstage, he saw that the first few contestants and assistant guests performed very hard tonight, and they all came up with very eye-catching works.

Although these songs are still slightly behind the classic repertoire of later generations, they are already above the standard.

Chen Lei couldn't help but sigh that the Chinese Song Contest is really the highest stage for original Chinese music in this generation.

"Are you nervous?" Seeing Wu Mengdie walking around in the lounge, Chen Lei couldn't help asking.

"yes. Wu Mengdie said very honestly: "This is the last hurdle, step over, it is the glittering finals, fame and fortune; I can't help but be nervous. ”

I thought that hearing myself say this, Chen Lei would comfort and comfort himself, persuade himself not to be nervous or something, but he nodded and said: "It's better to be nervous, it's more conducive to extraordinary performance, unlike me, I can't be nervous if I want to." ”

“……”

This is really an emotionless killer.

Wu Mengdie lamented in her heart, and then asked, "Chen Dacaizi, have you ever been nervous?"

Chen Lei thought to himself, of course there is.

That night, Yao Ruoying took the initiative to kiss, and the moment she accidentally held the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau, she was quite nervous.

It was at that moment that Chen Lei finally understood why the saying always says that "mountains are high and people are peaks".

This is all the experience summed up in actual combat.

The ancients did not deceive me!

However, this experience is not enough for outsiders.

Chen Lei's determined appearance made Wu Mengdie even more convinced that this was a killer with no feelings.

Soon, the contestants and supporting guests of the first three rounds were finished.

Chen Lei accompanied Wu Mengdie to the stage and said to her: "Nervousness is a good thing, because this is an emotion in itself, transform this emotion and pour it into the song, it will be even better for interpreting this song." ”

This is not a dry word of consolation, but a highly operational technical advice, which cannot be given without rich experience and professional standards.

Wu Mengdie looked at Chen Lei and nodded, took a deep breath, and then walked to the stage.

Soon, the melody sounded, and Wu Mengdie's clear and penetrating singing voice came:

"I don't know how long I slept in the dark."

"I don't know how hard it will be to open my eyes"

"I've come from afar, and it just so happens that you're there"

Wu Mengdie's breath is very stable, and as the lyrics unfold, the emotions that Chen Lei has been emphasizing are also very accurate.

Chen Lei knew that this meant stability.

Even if you can't go any further, you can definitely maintain your current ranking.

At this time, Bai Siyu, who had just finished canvassing in the last round of competition, came down from the stage and was surrounded by a large number of agents and staff to the lounge.

However, what everyone didn't expect was that Bai Siyu actually stopped and turned back, walked up to Chen Lei and took the initiative to stretch out his hand: "Teacher Chen, I can often see your name on the Internet recently. It's an honor to compete with a talented young man like you. By the way, I don't need to introduce myself. ”

The last sentence made everyone around laugh.

Bai Siyu is the real first sister in the Chinese entertainment industry today, as long as she is in the entertainment industry, there may be people who have not heard of Wu Mengdie, but there will definitely be no one who does not know Bai Siyu.

No matter how talented Chen Lei is, it is already a great shame for this young man to let an absolute first sister like Bai Siyu take the initiative to turn back and say hello.

"Miss Bai's name, I am also like thunder. Fortunately. Chen Lei stretched out his hand and shook it with the other party, his expression and tone were neither humble nor arrogant, just right.

But this is certainly not the expression and tone that ordinary juniors in the industry should have when they see a diva.

Bai Siyu himself was stunned for a moment, in this politeness, there was alienation that anyone could see.

However, this made her more interested, and said, "I have heard your songs, you are very talented, if nothing happens tonight, your group should be able to advance." ”

"Then Miss Bai thinks we'll end up in the first place?"

At this time, Wu Mengdie's performance was nearing the end, her singing was very successful, and the number of votes rose rapidly, but despite this, it was only to stabilize her fifth place position and open up the gap with the following combinations.

and did not complete the overtake of the previous place.

Bai Siyu pointed to the number of votes on the leaderboard and said with a smile: "No, isn't the ranking of the competition already rehearsed in advance?" In fact, tonight's game can be finally promoted, but the ranking is not so important, from this point of view, the fifth place is a very cost-effective ranking." ”

As the words fell, everyone laughed again.

Bai Siyu said that fifth place is a cost-effective position, but she herself is currently in second place in the rankings and is likely to win the championship.

Whether her words are intentional or not, they sound sarcastic to everyone.

Bai Siyu waved his hand at Chen Lei with a smile and said, "I'll go rest first, bye-bye." ”

“Досвидания。 Chen Lei said.

This sentence is not English, nor is it French, Japanese and other languages that Chinese people learn more nowadays, Bai Siyu didn't understand, but before she could figure out what it meant, she was already surrounded by the staff.

At this time, Wu Mengdie's performance ended.

When she left the stage amid applause, tens of thousands of spectators applauded even more enthusiastically, welcoming the man who was the best in the world in their minds.

The applause and cheers were so warm that Bai Siyu, who had not yet gone far, was shocked.

"Hello everyone, I'm Chen Lei. ”

Screams erupted.

"I haven't known you for a long time, and I have dedicated "The Original Scenery of My Hometown" played on the ocarina and "The End of the World" played with piano accompaniment for you on different stages, and today I ......" Chen Lei shook the guitar hanging in front of him and said, "It's finally turn of this." ”

More frantic screams.

Chen Lei stretched out his hand to signal everyone to be quiet, adjusted the microphone, and said, "Please turn off the lights on the main stage and leave me a top light, thank you." ”

When the words fell, the entire venue fell into a deep darkness, and there was only a top light, illuminating Chen Lei, who was dressed like a bard today.

At the same time, in the VIP seat in the front row, a middle-aged man pointed to the stage and said to the gray-haired old man next to him: "Old Zhao, this is Chen Lei, the creator and performer of "The Original Scenery of Hometown". ”

The old man looked at Chen Lei on the stage, and said with a little dissatisfaction: "Hmph, this Chen Lei's talent is so high, it has been rare for decades! But he doesn't make good use of his talent to study instrumental music, but instead sings in popularity, which can really be described as overkill!"

Hearing Zhao Lao say this, the middle-aged man couldn't answer anymore.

Originally, what path each person chooses to take is completely everyone's freedom, not that people must study instrumental music if they are highly talented in instrumental music, there is no reason for this.

It's just that Zhao Lao is the Taishan Beidou in the Chinese music industry today, and people are more stubborn when they get old, and if they defend Chen Lei at this time, it will be counterproductive.

The middle-aged man simply stopped talking and concentrated on watching the game.

But just then, the guitar melody sounds.

Zhao Lao's expression changed.