() According to the unified arrangement of the organizing committee, the Guangdong provincial team and the Xiangjiang team also stayed at the Ito Hotel. The three teams are on different floors from each other, so they don't usually meet each other, but they can occasionally be seen during meals.

The fifteen contestants are all young talents in the local music scene, and they all want to compete for gold and silver in the first competition.

However, among the three teams, the team leaders of Shencheng and Guangdong Province are very strict with their respective teams, for fear that there will be some things that will not be cleaned up during the event. So until the semi-finals were about to begin, the atmosphere between the three participating teams was quite peaceful. There wasn't much communication with each other, limited to the occasional nod or gaze at the restaurant, and there was no insinuation of sarcasm or sabre-rattling confrontation.

Except for the leaders and judges of the three participating teams, the contestants basically did not know about the contestants of the other two teams, and they did not know what kind of strength these contestants were going to compete with them.

But Ye Zi is an exception.

Of course, Ye Zi does not have any popularity in the Xiangjiang music scene, and these Xiangjiang players will not know where Ye Zi is sacred, what kind of works he has, and what is the style and type of singing.

But with the Guangdong provincial team, the situation is different.

The three-week top of "The Sound of the Waves" on the "Lingnan New Song List" in Guangdong Province has just passed, and it is still in the booming stage. And the MTV of "The Sound of the Waves Remains" has been broadcast on Guangdong Provincial TV and has been widely acclaimed. Therefore, the leaders and judges of the Guangdong provincial team, including these players, already know that the Shencheng team has such a famous and strong player. Naturally, Ye Zi also "gloriously" became the number one opponent in the minds of the Guangdong provincial team.

It's certainly not a wonderful thing, and it's never a good thing to be the target of public criticism. Not to mention anything else, the three judges from Guangdong Province during the competition must have scored Ye Zi more strictly than the other contestants in Shencheng. Under the same circumstances, Ye Zi's score will be at a disadvantage.

That's the treatment of the number one opponent, but it's not a big deal. Without the insider arrangement of the entanglement of team interests, the nature of the "sheep herding competition" determines that a large part of the results of the competition still depends on the strength of the players.

Ye Zi has strong confidence in his own strength.

Along the way of the competition, Ye Zi has never fully exerted his strength, and has always participated in the competition based on passing the level. But in the final finals stage, it is no longer necessary to continue to keep quiet and hide strength.

This time the semi-finals and finals. Ye Zi will do his best to display his talent without reservation.

Under full play, with Ye Zi's current singing ability, even if some judges lower his score for various reasons, the possibility of reaching the final or even winning the championship is still not small.

And once you win the championship, such a championship is full of gold.

This is Ye Zi's goal.

In order to achieve this goal, in addition to your own strength and performance during the game, it is also important to know yourself and your opponent. Understand the strength of the opponent and the choice of Ye Zi in the final. For example, the choice of songs, such as the way of performance, etc., all have a great effect.

The reason why Ye Zi chose the Cantonese song with a very unique style and charm for the final finals is based on such a confidant and knowing the enemy.

In his previous life, Ye Zi first struggled in the music industry, and then he has been active in the night scene, and his daily performances have made him very familiar with the singers who will appear in the mainland, Xiangjiang, and the Taiwan Strait in the next 20 years. For these ten players of the Guangdong Provincial Team and the Xiangjiang Team. Ye Zi analyzed them one by one.

The vast majority of contestants do not have any impression in Ye Zi's memory, and this situation at least shows that these contestants will not continue to stay in the music scene in the future.

It can't be said that these players are no threat to Ye Zi. It can only be said that the threat is less. It is true that they will not succeed in the music industry in the future, but success is sometimes not determined by strength, and luck is also an important factor.

For these players, Ye Zi will be cautious and vigilant, but he will not be overly worried.

And those who are still active in the music scene after 20 years. is Ye Zi's real opponent.

There are three such players.

Chen Yichen, a Xiangjiang player, has extraordinary strength.

He is one of the future superstars of the Hong Kong music scene, popular all over Asia, and it is from this year that he officially stepped into the music scene.

He will be Ye Zi's biggest opponent.

Wu Lili, a talented female singer of the Guangdong Provincial Team. She will also be another big obstacle on Ye Zi's way to winning the championship.

In the next 20 years, she has been one of the most famous singers in the Chinese music scene.

In addition to these two players, Ye Zi has another opponent in his heart, that is, Ye Zi's rival Liu Qi.

Liu Qi's situation is completely different from the previous two players.

Although Ye Zi does not have the name Liu Qi in his memory, and his singing strength is not as good as Chen Yichen and Wu Lili, but since his mentor Li Huaitong has come to Xiangjiang, he will never be willing to watch his disciple fall to Sun Shan.

Ye Zi knows this very well.

For Liu Qi, Ye Zi is the most precautionary in his heart.

Not surprisingly, these three contestants and Ye Zi himself will be the most powerful contenders for the championship of this competition, who will die, it depends on who has a higher singing level, better performance on the spot, who is more favored by the judges, and many off-the-field factors.

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To show fairness, the draw for the semi-finals was attended by all 15 players, and after the welcome reception, the players were able to meet all the opponents they were about to face in the tournament for the second time.

Ye Zi's luck has always been poor, but this time it was okay, and he drew the No. 10 lot.

Ye Zi's three opponents were all lucky, and Chen Yichen was in front of Ye Zi, the seventh sign. Liu Qi followed him closely, the eighth sign. Wu Lili is the No. 13 pick, although she is a little behind, but with her singing strength, there will be no problem in entering the finals.

The draw for the Shencheng team was very interesting, drawing four even numbers of No. 2, No. 6, No. 8, No. 10 and one odd number of fifteen.

Zeng Chun's luck is good, she is number six. Jin Qiaozhen is worse, she is the last place in today's semifinals, No. 15.

Zhang Lei's luck is also not good, he will be the second player to play tonight.

After coming to Xiangjiang, Zhang Lei has always insisted on using the kind of hypnotic practice under high pressure to maintain his state, and whether he can really successfully withstand the pressure and get the ideal results depends on the next competition.

Dinner on the day of the semi-finals was eaten in the backstage lounge of the broadcast building, and the TV station provided the contestants with the famous box lunch, which appeared repeatedly in Xingye's movies.

It's not that the TV station is stingy, but to save time and effort. Besides, there will be a competition in a while, and the players don't have the appetite for a big meal. For female contestants, if they accidentally break their makeup while eating, they have to touch up their makeup and lipstick, which is even more troublesome.

Therefore, a boxed lunch is the best choice, just take two bites and not be hungry. Now, all the minds of all the players are on the upcoming semi-final.

At a quarter past six o'clock in the evening, a program assistant similar to Xiao Zhao of Shencheng TV pushed open the door of the Shencheng team's lounge.

"Ladies and gentlemen, now verify your singing repertoire for the last time, please fill in tonight's song and singing tone on this form, if you have special requirements for the band and sound and lighting, please fill in carefully."

"Please fill it out as much as possible, thank you."

After politely speaking, the program assistant put a blank form on the dressing table.

"I want to ask, is it okay to fill in the singing key differently from the ensemble and rehearsal?" Ye Zi asked a question.

Actually, this is a redundant question.

For any band with a professional element, any temporary change in key before the singer sings will never be a problem. Singing in the key of F during rehearsals, and changing it to G or any other key during the competition should be no problem at all.

This is one of the benefits of using a band to accompany you live.

Sure enough, the program assistant gave Ye Zi a positive answer.

Quickly filled in his repertoire and singing tonality, Ye Zi walked towards Zhang Lei.

"Zhang Lei, what tune are you singing tonight?"

"E key, that's the key during rehearsals." Zhang Lei was a little puzzled and looked at Ye Zi.

"I think you'd better sing the original tune, or else you'll only go up a minor second to E flat?"

Ye Zi pondered for a moment and spoke. (To be continued......)