Chapter 178: The Future Godfather of Music
After the registration ended, the auditions for each competition area of the "Global Chinese Rookie Singing Contest" began in full swing.
Although the number of applicants for "Millionaire" last time was large, after all, there were very few people who were able to participate in the show. Therefore, although the people of Xiangjiang know that "Millionaire" is very popular, they do not have a specific concept after all.
The singing contest was different, when the news came out that the number of applicants in Xiangjiang and Wanwan combined was nearly 200,000, the media in Xiangjiang couldn't help but be a little shocked. Even the media in Wanwan wrote a lot about the news.
You must know that a few years ago, the largest number of contestants in Miss Hong Kong was only two or three thousand. Unexpectedly, the number of participants in the singing contest held by Star TV this time far exceeded that of Sister Hong Kong.
Therefore, in addition to Wu Ming's media tracking and reporting on the singing contest every day, other news media couldn't help but comment on the competition one after another, speculating which contestants have the hope of entering the finals or winning the championship.
Because the number of applicants is so large, each of the eight competition areas in Xiangjiang has five audition points, and the two competition areas in Wanwan have ten audition points each. It is expected that nine out of nine of these participants will be eliminated, and only 2,000 will be left to participate in the qualifiers in each region.
The audition scene is the same as many talent shows such as "Happy Boys", and the contestants have to perform on the open-air stage in front of passers-by.
On the one hand, it is to test the contestants' ability to be on the spot, and to eliminate those contestants who will have stage fright on the stage. On the other hand, setting the stage in front of the public can attract many live audiences and promote the official competition.
And the result did not disappoint Wu Ming, among these contestants, there were three teachers and nine streams, there were everyone, and some of the more bizarre contestants were full of jokes, adding a lot of points to the game, making the game full of entertainment and fun.
After the edited audition video was broadcast on Star TV every Tuesday, Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday, at half past nine, it immediately turned the tide, and the ratings of less than 20% immediately increased to 50%, and it was a tie with "Happy Tonight". made Huang Xizhao and Zhou Liang Shuyi smile and blossomed.
In this regard, Shaw Yifu and Fang Yihua of Wireless naturally hated it, and then seized the time to hold the "Xiangjiang Chinese Rookie Singing Contest".
It's a pity that although all aspects of the wireless competition copy the singing contest of Star TV, their prize money is far lower than that of Star TV, only one-tenth of that of Star TV. If it weren't for Star TV, it would be estimated that there would be no tenth, and one percent would be about the same.
Therefore, the number of applicants for wireless TV is much lower than that of Star TV, only less than 10,000. And most of them are crooked melons and cracked dates eliminated by Star TV. In addition, Star TV has taken the lead, and after the audience has watched the wonderful performances on Star TV, how can they be interested in watching a similar program with a lot of differences on TVB, even if TVB plays the "Xiangjiang local feelings card" is useless.
Wireless tried to broadcast an episode at the same time, but was immediately defeated by Star TV, and even one percent of the ratings did not reach, so frightened that Wireless hurriedly changed "Happy Tonight" back the next day. Move the singing contest to the afternoon slot and compete with the unpopular programs of Star TV. It can be said that Shao Yifu has regretted holding the "Xiangjiang Chinese Rookie Competition" now.
"Uncle Zhan, what is this?" Wu Ming looked at Huang Zhan with a thick document and asked suspiciously.
"Here is a list of some good seedlings who appeared in the singing contest, I picked out some excellent players who are more powerful and have good singing voices, and in them are their identity information. Huang Zhan explained with a smile.
"Oh!" Wu Ming said with a smile on his face, "Then I have to take a good look!"
Then Wu Ming slowly opened the document and read it carefully page by page. It's just that the singers that Wu Ming is more familiar with are all famous after the mid-eighties, so most of the above names are relatively unfamiliar, and only a few know them, but they are not very familiar with them.
It didn't take long for Wu Ming to roughly read more than half of it, read the information of the players in Xiangjiang, and then looked at the players in the Wanwan area.
"This is?!"
Seeing the familiar name above, Wu Ming was very shocked in his heart. I saw that the three big characters "Luo Dayou" were clearly written on this page of paper.
Wu Ming took a deep breath, and then carefully read the information on it.
"Sure enough, it's him!" After reading it, Wu Ming said secretly in his heart.
This "Luo Dayou" is naturally the famous godfather of Wanwan music, who created many famous songs such as "Tomorrow Will Be Better", "Dream Chaser", "Childhood", "Love Song 1990", "Queen's Road East" and so on.
At first, Wu Ming didn't dare to confirm that this was the godfather of music, after all, how could such a celebrity come to participate in this kind of newcomer singing contest. It wasn't until Wu Ming finished reading his information that he understood that although Luo Dayou was already famous, he hadn't really debuted yet.
After graduating from university last year, he worked in the radiology department of a hospital in Taipei, but eventually resigned this year to become a professional musician because of his love for music. In fact, Wu Ming's singing contest was held at the right time, otherwise in a month or two, Luo Dayou would join Rolling Stone Records, and then debut in April next year.
Luo Dayou came to participate in this singing contest because he heard that Starlight Records gathered many music creators such as Huang Zhan, Lu Guozhan, Li Xiaotian, Gu Jiahui, etc., and the treatment was also very good. And Starlight Records has also been promoting original music, which coincides with his philosophy. So I want to take this opportunity to compete with all kinds of folk masters and join Starlight Records.
"Do you want to contact it in advance?" Wu Ming thought secretly.
Immediately, Wu Ming shook his head secretly, but just after the audition, the strength of the players had not really been shown, so he went to contact the players, which was a little too abrupt.
"After the preliminaries, let Uncle Zhan and them get in touch with the future godfather of Wanwan music!" Wu Ming made a decision in his heart.
Wu Ming didn't believe that Luo Dayou would be brushed down in the preliminaries.
Then Wu Ming couldn't wait to look through the rest of the players' information, hoping to find some talents.
Then Wu Ming really found some singers who had an impression, but because he was not very familiar, he just secretly memorized them like the previous Xiangjiang contestants.
However, there is still a name that Wu Ming is very familiar with "Li Zongsheng", that is, another music godfather of Wanwan.
However, Li Zongsheng did not participate alone, but participated with the "acoustic guitar" choir composed of several alumni.
"Recruit him alone when the time comes!" Wu Ming said secretly.
"Very good, the information is more detailed. Wu Ming smiled, "Uncle Zhan, if you have your eye on someone, you can contact them in advance, and even if they don't get the ranking, you can join Starlight Records." ”
"I'm just waiting for your words!" Huang Zhan laughed.
Huang Zhan showed this document to Wu Ming, but it was not to let Wu Ming know more about the competition. It's that he and others have taken a fancy to a few good seedlings, but the strength of those good seedlings is a little insufficient, and they may not even be able to enter the finals.
So I came to Wu Ming to ask him to open the door of convenience, so that those good seedlings who were brushed down also had the opportunity to join Starlight Records. Unexpectedly, before he could say it, Wu Ming took the initiative to mention it.
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