Chapter 220: Freemasonry
If you talk about the three songs just now, in all fairness, the four people, including Wakazakura, all sang very well, and there was no situation where the zài song was particularly good or particularly ugly.
Why did the young people and his agents react significantly worse to "Endlesslove" and "Then and That Day" than "The Reason to Leave Me"?
Che Guanglong and Duan Shanshan's expressions were basically ignored by them, and at most they agreed with it, "Well, it's okay, there's no big problem with the pitch." ”
On the contrary, it was Wakazakura, who sang a little worse than the two of them, and because of the closeness of the relationship, she received the encouraging support of those who were young.
But when it came to Liu Kewei, the audience was petrified for a long time, and Xiaoyuan and Yun'er were still squeezing each other because they were a little stimulated. Even Kim so Yong, who was a talent scout, jokingly said that if Liu Kewei was a few years younger, he would have persuaded him to change careers to become an idol.
Is it just because Liu Kewei can crush Che Guanglong and Duan Shanshan in all aspects of his appearance and figure?
Or is it because he seems to have a higher status in the studio than the other two, so he is particularly looked at at at it highly?
There may be a small number of reasons for this, but it is certainly not the key.
What's the key?
The answer is simple, the relationship between vocal range and timbre.
Everyone can sing in the middle and low range, and if you want to stand out, it depends more on the uniqueness of the timbre.
To give a relatively simple example, the mainstream aesthetic orientation of the Cantonese music scene is the middle and low range, although they both belong to the Chinese-speaking circle, but the style of Hong Kong singers is completely different from that of mainland China and Taiwan.
In the Cantonese music scene, the vast majority of "pure" singers who stand out do not consider cross-border singers such as Liming, Andy Lau, Aaron Kwok, etc., they are all existential beings with extremely special timbres, such as Che Guanglong's natal Leslie Cheung, such as Jacky Cheung, such as Alan Tam, such as Luo Wen.
It's not that they can't sing high notes, but when it comes to absolute high notes, Cantonese singers generally can't spell Chinese singers.
One of the most important reasons why they can successfully stand at the height of their own Cantonese music is that they all have their own special and unforgettable timbres.
On the other hand, in the case of high registers, the importance of timbre is relatively reduced.
Because there are not many people who can sing it.
At this time, who can sing higher has become a decisive factor on the premise of maintaining a certain sound quality.
Including the mainland and Taiwan, the mainstream aesthetic orientation of the Chinese music scene is the treble vocal range, so the mainland admires Liu Huan, Sun Nan, and the Manchu Wenjun, and the hegemony in Taiwan is Liu Kewei's natal Zhang Yusheng, the power train, Zhao Chuan, Lin Zhixuan, Yang Pei'an, Su Jianxin......
Of course, this is a comparison after the singer-songwriter has been eliminated.
Songwriters themselves are scarce resources, and it doesn't matter if their singing skills are good or bad, for example, Zheng Zhihua, who is admired by Duan Shanshan, is the best example, and there are also music talents such as Luo Dayou and Huang Zhan, whose actual singing skills are not excellent, but they can all be very popular. Not to mention all-round singer-songwriters like Jay Chou, Tao Zhe, and Wang Feng, who also have good singing skills.
Theoretically, it is impossible to compare singing skills between different types of singers.
Take the Chinese-speaking circle as an example, Zhang Yusheng is the first person to have a high voice, Luo Wen is the first person to have a timbre, and Jay Chou is the first person to have a rhythm. If you want to compare the singing skills of the three of them, who is higher and who is lower, how to compare? There can never be a conclusion that everyone can agree with.
But if the scope is narrowed down to Liu Kewei, Che Guanglong and Duan Shanshan, it can really be compared, and the method is very simple, to see who can stand in a relatively high position in their own field.
Che Guanglong and Duan Shanshan's timbre is not difficult to hear, but the recognition is not high enough, in the middle and low range, this is equivalent to being unrecognizable, and Liu Kewei's timbre recognition is not much stronger than the first two, but it is easy to sing to a relatively high scale, and it is enough for him to kill most people in the high range.
Although the phrase "high pitch equals singing skill" is arbitrary, it is not without any truth.
Therefore, after singing "Reasons to Leave Me" to him, it is normal for him to have a completely different reaction from his agents.
Before, for the young people, Liu Kewei was his fan on the one hand, and on the other hand, he was a game maker with the possibility of cooperation in advertising, and his attitude towards him was polite and respectful, except for Yun'er. But these two identities are a distance for them, and compared with their peers in the entertainment industry, agents around them, relatives and friends, the psychological distance is definitely much more estranged.
After Liu Kewei sang this song, the eyes of the young people looked at him completely differently than before. An outsider with excellent singing skills can be treated as most of his "peers".
Of course, there are two mentalities among the nine people. The confident singing skills are definitely stronger than Liu Kewei's five lead singers, and they are more from a bird's-eye perspective of appreciation, while the mentality of the other four lead dancers is more subtle.
Both sides are different in gender and occupation, and there is certainly no possibility of zài competition. But as a professional idol, being surpassed by a layman in a certain professional field of his own, although that is not the main development direction of the four of them, it is inevitable that anyone will feel a little embarrassed, right?
Uh-huh, especially someone who is being fed by this "transcendent".
Just as the young people were looking at Liu Kewei with very different eyes, Jin Yanping broke the brief silence with a cough: "Su Yong, are you joking?
He was right. Although their current income is definitely much higher than Liu Kewei's when they were young, it is the result of them already standing at the top of their industry, and Liu Kewei has just stepped into the field of game production and is in a relatively low position.
Naxon's most profitable game is Dungeons & Warriors, and its producer, Kim Jong-taek, may not earn less than the average when he was young.
If you want to talk about social status, idol and game producer zuò people can't be compared at all, it can be seen from the host specifications, the South Korean government's attitude towards the game awards is higher than that of the so-called "three major awards of film and television" of the Blue Dragon Bell Baeksang, see Chapter 135 for details, so I won't repeat it here. In the entertainment industry, the status of actors is much higher than that of idols.
Jin Suyong naturally understands these truths, and his original intention is to be mostly flattering in disguise, and he doesn't really think that the profession of idol can be attractive to Liu Kewei, so he nodded and smiled: "Well, it's me who lost my words, don't mind Liu Zhizuò." ”
As soon as the two agents said this, the girls around them became a little heavy, and their faces showed a look of helplessness and unwillingness.
Even if they stand at the height of the overlord of the girl group, they still can't change the social status of idol in South Korea.
"It's not condescension or condescension, in our Celestial Empire, the status of artists is much higher than that of gamers. On the contrary, those who do our job are often discriminated against, and many people are not even able to find girlfriends. It's just that I personally prefer this industry. Liu Kewei smiled a little embarrassedly, "Do you want me to tell you a joke about the game people over there?"
Several agents nodded amusefully, and the young ones also looked at him with curious eyes. This Liu Zhizuò has always been good at reversal, I don't know what he wants to say this time?
Che Guanglong and Duan Shanshan smiled bitterly and exchanged puzzled looks, there are too many stalks in the Celestial Empire game circle, which one does Lao Liu want to talk about?
"Our Sioux Provincial TV station has a blind date program, and there are twenty-four single female guests in each episode, each with a lit lamp in front of them. The male guests will introduce themselves one by one, and if the female guests are not satisfied with him, they will turn off their lights and say no......"
Speaking of this, Che Guanglong, Duan Shanshan, and Wakazakura had already laughed, and they leaned forward and leaned back with laughter.
You know, the four of them watched that episode together in the dormitory of the Holy Grail Studio.
When they were young, they looked at the three of them unconsciously, wondering what was so ridiculous about this kind of show.
"Once, a male guest only said half a sentence after coming on stage, and the lights of the audience went out together. Speaking of this, Liu Kewei couldn't help laughing, and it took a few seconds before he controlled his feelings and continued, "That half-sentence is hello everyone, I'm a tourist...... At this point, before even the words of the play could be spoken, the twenty-four female guests reached out in unison to turn off the lights in front of them. Tsk, think about that scene......"
"Haha, it won't be"
"Really?"
"It's amazing that there can be such a thing"
"You're kidding, right?"
As soon as Liu Kewei finished speaking, the young people suddenly fried the pot, surprised and laughed, and expressed their exclamation or doubts one after another, but they suddenly forgot about the loss just now.
For Koreans, whose social status is not as good as that of e-sports stars, this is indeed a thing that is simply incomprehensible.
Liu Kewei waved his hand and said, "It's true, and you don't believe it and ask them about the car program, we watched it together at that time." ”
When they were young, they looked at the other three Celestial Empire people suspiciously, and the three of them covered their mouths and nodded with a smile.
"Could it be that the male guest's appearance is not good enough, so he ......" Xiuying, the smartest, rolled her eyes and asked Wakazakura curiously.
Liu Kewei and Duan Shanshan have all taken advantage of some loopholes before, such as the Korean song of "Then and That Day" and the English name of Shanni, I always feel that the words of these two people are not too credible, as for Che Guanglong, although he looks honest, it doesn't seem good to take the initiative to talk to him in front of his girlfriend.
Her characteristics of high IQ and high EQ can be reflected in such a subtle link as choosing the object of questioning.
Wakazakura shook her head: "I don't remember the specific appearance of that person, it shouldn't be because of this, otherwise before the male guests speak, the female guests can turn off the lights, without waiting for him to say his profession." ”
The girls can be regarded as completely believing Liu Kewei's statement.
"So, our line of business really doesn't have much status in the Celestial Empire. Liu Kewei shrugged his shoulders and spread his hands, "I know that the status of idol in South Korea is not too high, so ah, in fact, we can also be regarded as sympathy."