2. Chapter 2

Zhang Yuan fell asleep in the car on the way home when he came out of the TV station, and when he got home, the driver filmed him for a while before he woke up. Yesterday, there was a business in the field that flew back just after the end, and before he had time to go home to rest, he immediately went to the TV station to rehearse, even if Zhang Yuan was in good health, he really couldn't bear it.

When he went home, Zhang Yuan simply took a shower and continued to work, rearranged the music, and called the band and the program team to communicate, and it was already twelve o'clock in the morning when he was almost satisfied.

Zhang Yuan was lying on the bed and was about to rest, when suddenly his mobile phone rang. Originally, Zhang Yuan was sleepy, but when it turned out that the caller was Liang Xiu, Zhang Yuan immediately woke up, rubbed his eyebrows and picked up the phone.

"Hey, Brother Xiu."

Liang Xiu's gentle voice came from the phone: "Didn't disturb your rest, right?" ”

"It's okay, I just communicated with the band teacher. During today's rehearsal, I didn't think it worked very well, so I'm going to change the arrangement and watch it again. ”

"Well, there's still a few days to go, so don't worry."

"Ouch, brother, I'm not in a hurry, it's not that I'm afraid of embarrassing you......" The more Zhang Yuan said, the more he felt that he had no confidence, and his voice was quieter.

Liang Xiu is now the leading male host in Taiwan, and he is only 29 years old and already has such achievements. Even if it is placed in the whole country, he is one of the best in the hosting industry, whether it is an entertainment variety show or a large-scale gala event, he can control the audience. Moreover, Liang Xiu is very popular in the circle and has a wide range of contacts, no scandals, no scandals, and high business standards, and he is completely a very rare artist with zero negative reviews. Not to mention career achievements, he is also very attractive personally. He is gentle and elegant, if he is placed in ancient times, he is definitely the type of Pianpian Jiagongzi. He has a gentle and accommodating affinity that makes people want to get closer.

Zhang Yuan always felt that he had stepped on shit to get Liang Xiuqing's eyes.

He met Liang Xiu at the lowest point in his career, and at that time, Liang Xiu did not have today's status, and he could only be regarded as two in Taiwan. From that time on, Liang Xiu took great care of Zhang Yuan, often mentioned Zhang Yuan in his own shows, and sent Zhang Yuan to participate in their programs whenever he had the opportunity, and also let Zhang Yuan show himself in front of the audience as much as possible.

At the beginning, Zhang Yuan felt grateful and didn't understand the reason, and later it was also by chance, when Liang Xiu was drunk, he revealed that Zhang Yuan was like his first love.

So Liang Xiu was willing to pull Zhang Yuan when he was the worst. However, Liang Xiu has been taking care of Zhang Yuan later, and he really admires Zhang Yuan very much, and also values his talent, and regrets his decline.

Liang Xiu is GAY, but Zhang Yuan is not, but this does not affect the friendship between them, the two have struggled together for many years, and their relationship is like a brother.

This time, Zhang Yuan was able to participate in "A Song of Loud Brightness", which was also recommended by Liang Xiu.

"A Song of Loudness" is not a novel format, it is a ten-week musical competition between ten established singers. The competition adopts an elimination system, with one singer eliminated in each period, eliminated to three in the eighth period, and the champion is selected among the three in the last two periods. To put it nicely, it's a showdown between singers, and to put it bluntly, it's to take these old fritters back and forth.

This type of program has been done a lot at home and abroad, and the audience's taste is becoming more and more tricky, but it is difficult for a simple singer competition to have a breaking point. So this is not the main program promoted by their TV station this season, neither the producer nor the director has the expectation that he can become popular, after all, the hottest variety show form at the stage is reality show, and the music market is so sluggish that the singer talent show can no longer cause too much topic and discussion.

There are a lot of singers in this show, but those who promised to participate are all below the quasi-second line, Zhang Yuan is already considered to be an old senior, after all, some coffee positions are too big to be afraid of losing too badly, and they will lose people by smashing the signboard.

Among the singers finally decided, two originally debuted in the draft, five others are Zhang Yuan, who has debuted for many years and then passed away, and the other three are not very well-known young singers from Hong Kong and Malaysia.

Although this program is not the main promotion, Liang Xiu's TV station has always had a good reputation and ratings, from the system to the topic, to the sponsorship are also carefully discussed and designed, for second-tier singers, it is also a very good program to maintain exposure.

Liang Xiu is the host of this show, and he nominated Zhang Yuan when the show was still in the planning stage, partly because of friendship, and partly because Zhang Yuan is really cheap and easy to use.

Zhang Yuan is not only a good singer and songwriter, but also a very dedicated variety show. In recent years, many singers have not sung much in the market downturn, Zhang Yuan has not released a record for four years, and he is basically running commercial performances and catching up with announcements, he has a strong sense of variety shows and responds quickly, at least if he is there, the show will be more fun, less heavy and boring.

For Zhang Yuan himself, his gains and losses are not serious, and his ranking is not important, as long as he is not at the bottom. However, Zhang Yuan will also work hard, hoping to hold on to the back and not disappoint Liang Xiu, who strongly recommends him.

Liang Xiu chuckled lightly and said, "Didn't you say that you often participated in competitions and won awards when you were a child?" It's a little competition, you're a senior. ”

"But these kids who came out later are too powerful...... All of them sing so well, I can only say that I try my best. ”

"It's okay, you have your strengths too."

"I know, brother." Zhang Yuan raised the corners of his mouth and smiled.

Liang Xiu was silent for a while, Zhang Yuan thought he was going to hang up the phone, and Liang Xiu spoke again: "I heard Lingling say that when you were interviewing in the background today, you ran into Li Shutang?" ”

"Well, yes, what's wrong?"

"Nothing. I heard that he was going to buy a record company, and I wondered if he would sign some singers, maybe he would have such intentions when he participated in the show this time. ”

"Oh, I'm also thinking about this problem, Mr. Li is so wealthy, if he really sets up a record company, maybe he ......" Zhang Yuan thought about it and shook his head, and laughed self-deprecatingly, "Alas, now that the record market is so sluggish, no matter how rich and rich people are, it is impossible for people to spend a lot of effort to support me as an outdated singer." I, don't think about something that you don't have every day, and earn the money in front of you is the right thing. ”

"It's an industry-wide downturn, and it's not your problem alone. Don't always say that about yourself. Liang Xiu's voice always sounded so gentle and comfortable.

Zhang Yuan laughed, then whispered thank you, then changed the topic and continued to talk about work.

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Soon came to the day of the premiere, Zhang Yuan arrived at the TV station early, and when he was preparing for the dressing room, he and a few Liang Xiu were working hard, there was laughter outside, and after a while, he saw Li Shutang walking into the dressing room surrounded by several people, in addition to the staff and Jiang Anrou beside him, the two stood very close, and if they didn't look closely, they thought that Jiang Anrou was holding Li Shutang's arm.

Jiang Anrou is almost a singer who debuted at the same time as Zhang Yuan, but she is a few years older than Zhang Yuan, she can be said to be the goddess of the whole people back then, and the beautiful songs and sweetness of the people are popular in Southeast Asia, and later Jiang Anrou quit the showbiz because she fell into a scandal with a married rich businessman, and now that almost ten years have passed, she began to look for opportunities to make a comeback. So she should attach great importance to this show, and if you want to talk about strength, she can definitely rank in the top three.

She is still so beautiful, and the style between her eyebrows and eyes is intoxicating. Zhang Yuan looked at her and Li Shutang standing together, and couldn't help but think that they were quite compatible.

As soon as Li Shutang came in, several singers couldn't help but step forward and hug their thighs, and the dressing room became lively in an instant.

Zhang Yuan is actually not very familiar with this kind of embarrassing social situation, he has always only offended people and will not stammer, and he didn't react when he saw Li Shutang come in, so he stood aside so stupidly.

Liang Xiu lightly bumped Zhang Yuan's waist with his elbow, and laughed in a low voice: "The weight guest is here, what are you doing, go up and say a few words." ”

Zhang Yuan stuck out his tongue and hid behind Liang Xiu, muttering, "Oh, brother forget it, he's so strict." ”

Liang Xiu looked at him with a smile, reached out and combed his messy hair, and didn't say a word. Although Zhang Yuan is not a few years younger than him, he just thinks that Zhang Yuan is a child, and when he looks at Zhang Yuan, he can't help but show his eyes full of love, just like looking at his own son.

The actions of the two of them completely fell into Li Shutang's eyes.

Li Shutang himself didn't even notice that he frowned slightly, and couldn't help but imagine the relationship between Liang Xiu and Zhang Yuan.

Liang Xiu knew before gay Li Shutang, so was Zhang Yuan with him?

Li Shutang couldn't help but look at it again and again, Liang Xiu and Zhang Yuan were still talking in the corner, until he sat down and prepared to put on makeup and hair, Zhang Yuan was pulled forward by Liang Xiu, greeted out of politeness, and soon the two of them talked again and walked out of the dressing room.

After they left, Li Shutang was still flustered for a moment, and then suddenly reacted, are they together and how much does it have to do with him? Li Shutang himself felt a little funny, and shook his head to drive these superfluous feelings out of his mind.

The live broadcast is preparing for the final countdown, Li Shutang is sitting on the judges' seat, the singers are doing the last rehearsal, Li Shutang's eyes unconsciously want to look at Zhang Yuan, he is unexpectedly quiet and serious outside the camera, focusing on doing his own thing, not taking the initiative to chat with people, and the appearance of giggling on the screen is not the same.

The live broadcast started soon, Li Shutang was working seriously, in fact, his appreciation of music was just an ordinary public level, but Li Shutang also did a lot of homework before participating in the show, and he needed to make a lot of preparations before acquiring a record company. So after a period of investigation, Li Shutang felt that he was also counted in the door, although Li Shutang didn't know what songs were of high level, but what songs had money sounds, he could hear them at once.

Ten singers will be on the stage in the order of drawing, and will be scored by 100 public judges and two professional judges on the spot, and the one with the lowest score will be eliminated. In addition to Li Shutang, another professional judge, Zhong Zheng, is Zhong Zheng, a famous music producer.

The singers played one by one in order, and Li Shutang also gave points according to his appreciation level. In fact, he occasionally listens to some pop songs when he is bored, but it is also a very new experience to be a judge this time, live is really different, if you listen to it live, you will enjoy singing very well, and some small flaws will be exposed.

Zhang Yuan drew lots to choose the eighth position, the last singer was Jiang Anrou, Zhang Yuan was preparing when she was singing, and Li Shutang saw him whispering to Liang Xiu.

Li Shutang really couldn't help but speculate about their relationship again.

Zhang Yuan's kind of fun little fart, the people who are with him will be very happy every day, right? Li Shutang remembered the meeting a few days ago. For a person like Zhang Yuan, his personal style and imprint are too heavy, even if he has only met once, it is difficult for people to forget it.

Soon, it was Zhang Yuan's turn to play, just now Jiang Anrou sang a very touching love song, accompanied by the romantic petals scattered all over the ground, which looked particularly beautiful, like a fairyland.

The next one is Zhang Yuan, and his painting style changed immediately as soon as he came on the stage.

He wore a very bright printed T-shirt, and his pink hair was especially flamboyant, and he walked slowly onto the stage, and the moment the spotlight shone on him, the corners of his mouth immediately raised a smile, and that smile made his whole body sparkle.

In a brief interview before the start of the singing, Liang Xiu pulled Zhang Yuan to squeeze him and said, "Alas, Zhang Yuan, what's the matter with your hair?" It's like a parrot has been blown up, your appearance doesn't meet the broadcast standards, I'll make a manual mosaic. ”

Liang Xiu said as he covered Zhang Yuan's face with a script, Zhang Yuan smiled and brushed his hand away, and said, "Parrots are parrots!" You don't bother with the parrot that has also exploded! Dodge it, what the audience wants to see is my cute face! ”

There was a burst of laughter in the audience, and after Zhang Yuan praised himself, he was embarrassed and hid behind Liang Xiu.

Li Shutang also laughed.

I saw the little kid who started to make trouble in front of the audience and the camera again.

Liang Xiu dragged Zhang Yuan out and said, "Okay, don't make trouble." You heard Sister An Rou sing just now, it's so touching and beautiful, I really sweat for you, do you have confidence? ”

"Hey, what confidence do you have...... Zhang Yuan said with his eyebrows raised, "Everyone knows that I don't have any other talents, and I just look handsome in the entertainment industry today." I don't have confidence at all, I can only say that I just do my best, and there may be viewers who will vote for me because I am handsome. ”

"I'm annoyed with you. Okay, start singing. Liang Xiu still smiled dotingly and drove Zhang Yuan to the stage.

Zhang Yuan walked to the microphone with enthusiasm, and the accompaniment sounded, which was a very rhythmic English song, and the moment Zhang Yuan opened his voice, the audience was high.

Li Shutang watched Zhang Yuan's live for the first time.

Zhang Yuan's voice was as juvenile as ever. His voice hasn't changed since he was a teenager until now, and it's still milky and moving. He doesn't like to show off his singing skills, but just straightens his voice to exude his enthusiasm. His English couldn't be worse, but he sang really well, his basic skills were solid, and he was really working hard.

During the singing, Zhang Yuan's whole person was jumping on the stage, the bounce power was simply amazing, and he could obviously feel that he was enjoying the stage and enjoying the warm cheers.

At the moment of interlude, Zhang Yuanyi jumped to the small stage at the front, separated from the judges' bench to a distance of three meters, and shouted loudly: "Everyone together!" Dry up! Waved! ”

The screams of the audience in the back row were higher and higher, and the touching atmosphere just now was instantly diluted, and the whole venue was infected with the joy brought by Zhang Yuan, and even Li Shutang couldn't help but nod his head along with Zhang Yuan's rhythm.

Zhang Yuan is simply born for the stage.