April 10, 3:30 p.m., Kyoto City Gymnasium.

The weather is a bit gloomy today, and although it won't rain, there is always a feeling of oppression.

I went out at half past two and took Peng Xiuya's car to the Kyoto City Gymnasium, which was supposed to be about half an hour away, but it took an hour because of the traffic jam.

The top 50 and top 25 qualifiers in the Kyoto division of "The Voice of China" started on time at five o'clock in the evening, and the contestants need to arrive at the venue in advance, so that the competition party can arrange the random sorting of the appearance.

Originally, Guan Fang asked Chen Yixu to come over at four o'clock, but Chen Yixu had a very strong sense of time, and he stayed up at home with his daughter until half past two, so he couldn't bear it, so he called Peng Xiuya and asked her to drive herself and her daughter to the game site.

Chen Yixu arrived at the competition site an hour and a half early, that is, the Kyoto City Gymnasium.

The Kyoto City Indoor Stadium is the second largest sports venue in Kyoto City after the "Olympic Sports Nest", and it is also one of the first places to hold various large-scale events, and many second-tier stars also choose to hold concerts here.

The stadium covers a huge area, and the central stadium can build a huge stage, coupled with four-sided projection technology, people from all directions of the stadium can see the players on the stage through the large screen.

This time, "The Voice of China" opened, and more than 10,000 official tickets were sold, which means that more than 10,000 spectators will come to watch the competition at that time

After Chen Yixu arrived, he made a call to Guan Fang.

There is a person I know who is in charge of the behind-the-scenes work of this competition, which is quite good, after Guan Fang received a call from Chen Yixu, he soon came to the gymnasium to pick up Chen Yixu and the three of them.

"Brother Chen, you guys are still early, so let's go to my office first."

Guan Fang took Chen Yixu, Liu Yuan and Peng Xiuya to a room in the gymnasium, which is a small office, and there is an LCD screen monitor on the wall of the office, which Guan Fang said was used to watch the live broadcast after the game started.

After briefly introducing Chen Yixu to the random sorting that took place for a while, Guan Fang was busy.

As the time approached five o'clock, there were more people in the gymnasium, and the contestants and staff were busy coming and going in the gymnasium, and a large number of spectators came to the gymnasium one after another.

After staying in Guan Fang's office for almost half an hour, Peng Xiuya received a call from the music director, so she explained to Chen Yixu and Liu Yuan, and left the office to enter the audience.

After another ten minutes, Guan Fang returned to the office.

"Hey, where is Sister Xiuya?"

After coming to the office, Guan Fang found that there were only two people here: Chen Yixu and Liu Kite.

"She's in." Chen Yixu replied: "Are you going to start the arrangement of the appearance sorting?" ”

Guan Fang nodded and said, "Yes, it's going to start soon, I'll take you over." ”

In a hall of the gymnasium, the top 50 players in the competition area gathered here.

"Xiaowen, how many players haven't arrived?"

A middle-aged man wearing a hat who looked like the person in charge of the competition looked at all the players present.

"Two more."

"Quick, call and urge."

The staff Xiaowen was about to call to urge the two players who had not yet arrived, and Guan Fang brought Chen Yixu and Liu Kite over.

"Lao Wang, people are here."

Guan Fang signaled to Chen Yixu and Liu Kite and asked the two of them to enter the team of players.

"Okay, the contestants are all ready, there is still an hour to start the competition, I think you must have made enough preparations, you and our staff have already been contacted, and now what we have to do is to arrange the order of appearance."

The fifty contestants listened quietly to the speech of this middle-aged man, who was the general manager and chief planner of the Kyoto competition, Wang Zhengde.

Behind Wang Zhengde, there is a cardboard box, which is the appearance number plate, and whoever touches the number is the first appearance.

"Draw numbers according to the popularity ranking on the official website, come, the first Lin Yiling." Wang Zhengde said.

In the crowd, a girl with a graceful figure walked out, her temperament was a little different from other girls, Chen Yixu took a look, she did have a goddess style.

Lin Yiling gracefully walked to the cardboard box, and then reached out and found a serial number plate, which was No. 11.

If you are on the 11th, it is quite forward, which is a relatively unreasonable appearance number, because it is too far ahead, the audience will hold the idea of waiting and watching the players behind, and if you are in the middle or back, the audience may be a little tired of appreciating at that time, so the players who play slightly in front will have a certain advantage.

"Next, Jiang Wei."

The second person is the handsome sunny man who ranks second in popularity, his name is Jiang Wei.

Jiang Wei naturally came to the cardboard box and randomly drew a serial number card.

Number 10!

Lin Yiling couldn't help frowning when she saw Jiang Wei's serial number, this guy actually drew the serial number next to him, and it seemed that a strong collision was inevitable.

"Next ......"

As the players continued to draw the serial plates, it was soon the turn of the willow kite.

"Good girl, good luck."

Chen Yixu whispered to Liu Kite.

Liu Kite walked out of the crowd and came to the cardboard box, and the crowd of contestants began to talk, because this contestant was too young, and he looked like he was only about seventeen or eighteen years old.

Looking at all the top 50 contestants, this girl seems to be the youngest.

Liu Kite should have panicked, and when she saw that people were talking about herself, she stood there stunned and did not move.

"Hey, little sister, do you want to smoke it? If not, go home and go to school. ”

Among the contestants, a man's voice teased the willow kite.

Chen Yixu glanced in the direction of the man who spoke, it was a young man with a hip-hop style.

Liu Kite came back to his senses, looked at his father, and then drew a serial number card, and after a closer look, it turned out to be No. 3!

This is also too forward, Chen Yixu felt a little bad when he saw the serial number plate drawn by his daughter.

Several more people were drawn, and finally it was Chen Yixu's turn.

"Next."

Chen Yixu stepped forward and prayed silently in his heart, it is best to draw a seventeen or eighteenth, not too far forward and too far back.

Taking a deep breath, Chen Yixu also drew a serial number card.

Glance at it, number 12?

Seeing this serial number plate, Lin Yiling was stunned for a moment, she was the 11th, and she would pay more or less attention to her former and last one.

Chen Yixu was also quite surprised, he actually drew the 12th, and appeared behind Jiang Wei, who ranked second in popularity, and Lin Yiling, who ranked first in popularity.

The next person to draw the number was the hip-hop man just now, he stepped forward and passed in front of Chen Yixu, put his hand on Chen Yixu's shoulder and said, "Uncle, good luck." ”

When the hip-hop man said this, many people laughed.

Chen Yixu didn't say anything, and silently stepped aside.

A few minutes later, the fifty players were randomly drawn and sorted, Liu Kite was the third, and Chen Yixu was the twelfth, all of which were quite high.

After Wang Zhengde said a few more precautions to the players, he asked the players to go down and prepare.

"Uncle, you and Little Kite are so lucky, I don't know what to say."

After the contestants dispersed, they went their separate ways to prepare, and Guan Fang, Chen Yixu, and Liu Yuan walked to the office.

"It's really sad, it was drawn behind Lin Yiling." Chen Yixu also sighed.

And the willow kite was a little frizzy: "It's so annoying, how did I get the 3rd, how good it would be if it was the 33rd." ”

Under normal circumstances, the first few players who appeared will not receive a lot of attention, which is the law of the previous "The Voice of China", because people will always think that there will be better players coming back to the stage, so they will keep the vote in their hand and vote lightly.

Speaking of voting, the voting rules of "The Voice of China" are mobile phone SMS voting + official online voting, each mobile phone user can only vote for one player, that is, each person has only one vote, but the supported player can be replaced, for example, audience A just started to support player 1 and has already voted for him, but soon after audience A likes player 2 more, he can revoke the vote that supports player 1 and change it to support player 2.

Online voting is the same as SMS voting, and network users are also registered with mobile phone numbers, while mobile phone numbers in the Republic of China are registered with real names.

Each user can only vote once, which fundamentally puts an end to the saving of votes, and it is precisely because of this that "The Voice of China" has always been a relatively fair music competition.

"Okay, don't complain, just take care of it when the time comes." Chen Yixu encouraged his daughter and said: "As long as you work hard, you are not afraid that the audience will not support you." ”

Guan Fang also touched Liu Kite's little head and said: "Your father is right, relax your mind, don't have stage fright, don't be nervous, finish singing your song with your heart, and let the audience choose the rest." ”

Back in the office, Chen Yixu and Liu Kite are both trying to relax their minds, to be honest, Chen Yixu is the first time to participate in this kind of large-scale music competition, and his daughter is also the first time, after all, there are tens of thousands of viewers on the scene, and not to mention in front of the TV, at least more than one million people watched this game, so nervousness is inevitable.

"Dad, are you nervous?"

Sitting on a chair, Liu Kite suddenly asked.

Chen Yixu pretended to be calm, shook his head and said, "How can I be nervous." ”

In fact, Chen Yixu's heart beat very fast at this time.

Liu Kite seemed to see that her father was pretending, and she laughed secretly.

"Your aunt called."

Chen Yixu's mobile phone rang, and it was Peng Xiuya calling.

"Hey, the order of appearance has been determined, the little kite is the third, and I am the twelfth."

"Then how do I know, this girl is unlucky, and she has drawn such a high serial number."

Peng Xiuya called to find out when Liu Kite and Chen Yixu would appear, because the music director of "Original Voice" had already arrived at the competition site, next to Peng Xiuya.

After hanging up the phone, Peng Xiuya said to the middle-aged man in a suit and leather shoes and glasses next to her: "Mr. Xiong, Chen Yixu is the twelfth to appear, I believe he will satisfy you." ”

Xiong Zhihui nodded with a smile and said, "Okay, you have promised him so, then I will have to wait and see." ”