One morning in early September, a studio was vacated in the NBC studio building.

In this studio, the outer wall is a full wall of glass, and you can see the Empire State Building in New York.

The jury bench was propped up in front of the glass wall, a streamlined, modern table with the "Music Saved" sign.

One of the three judges of this show, Lawrence knocked on the table and said to Ye Luo: "The props of the TV show are like this, they look glamorous, but they are actually the cheapest plastics. ”

"Mr. Lawrence, watch the words." The conductor reminded him, "The meeting will start immediately, and the first singer has already entered the elevator. ”

Just like the pilot episode, the main content of the first issue of the official "Music Rescue" is the meeting between the judges and the down-and-out singers.

The first shot of the meet-and-greet will be given to the singer.

Each singer, after their turn to meet the judges, enters an elevator with a mirror that gives the singers a final confirmation of their self-image.

At this time, their heartbeat and breathing will be monitored and amplified with sound effects.

The elevator goes up to the predetermined floor, the green light is on, the door is left and right, and as soon as the singer walks out of the elevator, he is directly in the studio, face to face with the three judges.

The whole meeting will interview more than 100 singers, and Ye Luo will finally screen out 16 people, and after several rounds of competition, these 16 people will be decided, and these four people will really be saved by Ye Luo's music.

The original plan for music was eight people, because Yang Yuanshan knew Ye Luo's ability, eight people were not a problem.

However, NBC has reservations about Ye Luo's ability, and considering that there are too many places, it will seem that this opportunity to be saved is not precious enough. In the end, NBC mentioned yì four, and the music did not object.

This morning. The first singer Ye Luo saw was a black man in his thirties with a big beard.

"What's your name?" Lawrence asked directly.

"Ham." The black singer replied, "Ham. . Byron. ”

"Ham, OK, please prove your status as a professional singer." Lawrence continued.

"This is a record I released three years ago." The singer pulls out a record from his jacket pocket. "I was signed to a company called Green Light Records."

"And what's your career dilemma?"

"My contract expired three months ago, and the company stopped renewing my contract, and I lost my job. I have two children, a five-year-old and a three-year-old, and my wife was diagnosed with uremia last month. I'm at the end of my rope. ”

"Okay, please show me your professionalism."

……

That's the general process of each singer coming in.

In this process, Ye Luo will go through three days and interview more than 40 singers every day.

The first day was conducted in the morning. About a dozen singers came in, and their stories were worse than the other.

But even Qin Shiyue was not moved to the point of losing her temper, based on Ye Luo's understanding of this woman, it could be seen that her sympathy and comfort were more out of the nature of etiquette.

Why. Because the professional level of these singers is not enough.

The standard is not enough, and there is no way to eat this bowl of rice. I can't blame others. No matter how miserable it is now, it can only show that this singer has entered the wrong industry, and he should not be a professional singer.

This kind of singer whose strength is obviously not enough, of course Qin Shiyue will not let Ye Luo use music to save them, because he really can't save them. Qin Shiyue didn't want to harm Ye Luo.

But after a morning, more than a dozen singers were in this situation, and Ye Luo inevitably muttered in his heart.

What if more than 100 alternative singers were like this?

The three singers who were tried out before were actually not miserable. are all contracted singers who are releasing films.

These three singers were temporarily found by the director team, and they spent some money to save the scene, saying that they were miserable, and they were pretended for the effect of the show, because it was originally a pilot episode, and it would not be screened publicly, so it was just a performance.

The dozen or so people who came in right now were really miserable, but they were so miserable that they were quite realistic, and their strength was really not enough.

The music market in the United States is relatively mature. The most significant indication of a mature market is that the grade is clear and the judgment is made.

If the singer sings well, then most of them mix well, and if they don't sing well, they will inevitably mix badly.

Ye Luo smiled bitterly in his heart, if his heart was really not good, then he could only pull the general in the stinger.

Just as the morning interview was coming to an end, and when Ye Luo was about to lower the standard in his heart, the elevator in front of him opened and a girl came in.

As soon as the girl came in, the three judges, including Ye Luo, were stunned for a moment.

It was a Caucasian girl, probably in her twenties, with natural silver hair and blue eyes.

The average white girl, because of the pigmented characteristics of the skin, is prone to freckles, or a lot of moles.

And this girl, the skin exposed from the whole body is like white porcelain, the leather is excellent, and the face is exquisite, and the figure is also great, very beautiful.

This is a white beauty who can be compared to Marina.

Ye Luoxin finished, this girl is so beautiful, professional singers can't do it, how bad does this have to be sung?

"What's your name?" Lawrence asked, the attitude is still so strong, and there is no soft-heartedness in the face of beautiful women, this is the professional attitude.

"Sheryl." The white girl replied, "Sheryl. Smith. ”

"Sheryl, ok, please prove your status as a professional singer." Lawrence continued.

"This is my record label contract." Shiryl produced a copy of the text.

"Well, I paid attention to the date, it's a new contract, and the signing date is in June of this year." Lawrence looked at the contract and said, "Then I'm confused, what is your career dilemma?" ”

"This is proof of my contract suspension." Shirlill took out two copies of Wen Jiàn from the handbag she was carrying, "And this one, it's my medical certificate." ”

"Medical certificate?" Qin Shiyue's expression froze, and she asked out loud, "Can you let us take a closer look." ”

Shiryl took two steps forward and placed the diagnosis on the judges' bench.

"Oh my God, A.L.S?" Qin Shiyue exclaimed in surprise.

"Yes." Shiryl nodded calmly.

Ye Luo blinked, he didn't understand.

Ye Luo's English is pretty good now, and he has no problem communicating with each other on a daily basis, but when it comes to non-musical terms, especially abbreviations, he takes a break.

Lawrence is a veteran television person, and the abbreviation of a medical term like this may not be known to the average American, and he immediately explained: "A.L.S. stands for Amyotrophic. ”

This lower leaf falls to understand, this is amyotrophic lateral sclerosis.

This is a terminal disease, and the characteristic expression is that the muscles are gradually atrophied and weak, and the body seems to be gradually frozen, so it is commonly known as "ALS", also known as "ALS".

Ye Luo was shocked in his heart, a young girl like Shirlier should be the group with the lowest chance of suffering from this disease, but sometimes God loves to joke so much.

"So, I'm a sleeping beauty." Shirley smiled slightly and said calmly, "My professional dream is to become the world's top singer."

But my illness prevented me from achieving this dream. The record company I signed to was a Chinese label, and they couldn't let me realize this dream quickly before I fell asleep, so I offered to terminate the contract after learning that I was sick.

That's the career dilemma I'm in right now. ”

"Please show me what you are capable of." Lawrence said.

The so-called display of professional ability is actually to sing a cappella. Of course, when the average singer auditions, as long as they know how to play a musical instrument, they will bring a musical instrument with them, so that they can have an accompaniment, and the effect will be better.

Shirmile apparently didn't, she simply sang a cappella.

And the song she chose was actually "Listen" written by Ye Luo to Qin Shiyue.

After the main song was finished, before the chorus started, Ye Luo had basically confirmed it in his heart.

This is the first shortlisted singer.

As a result, together with the chorus, Ye Luo confirmed that there was no longer much suspense about one of the top four.

When Qin Shiyue recorded this song, she was very tired of this beauty, because of the high-pitched song, Qin Shiyue didn't sing much.

And Shirley on the opposite side sang, her tone did not drop, her demeanor was relaxed, and the quality of each technical link was comparable to Qin Shiyue.

Her natural timbre is also like a natural sound, this timbre reminds Ye Luo of Long Miaoqin.

Shirlill finished singing this song, and before Qin Shiyue could speak, Lawrence spoke first:

"From the perspective of a record company running a singer, Shiryl, you can't help it.

I'll be honest, because your future lifespan may only be three to five years, and the time you can sing may be even shorter.

In such a short period of time, the record company spends the cost of publicity and production on you, and it is very likely that it will not be able to recover the cost.

So the average record company won't invest in you and won't take that risk for you.

Our show serves both NBC TV and Beauty Records, so we, the judges, are responsible for the record company.

In this regard, I intellectually do not approve of Mr. Ye Luo to save your career, or rather, to save your career dreams.

However, you just sang so well. ”

Speaking of this, Lawrence cursed a swear word: "Fuck the role positioning, Mr. Ye Luo, I will build yì for you to save her." ”

"Ye Luo, I will also build yì for you to save her." Qin Shiyue waited for a long time, and finally had a chance to interject, she couldn't wait to say, "A singer who is terminally ill and can still hold on to her dreams, I think you should give her a chance." ”

"Miss Smith." Ye Luo Zhengse said, "I can't cure your illness. But your musical dreams, I can think of a way.

Congratulations, you've been shortlisted. (To be continued......)