Chapter 107: The Best of the Best

In the rehearsal hall of the Cultural Affairs Bureau, more than 30 men and women dressed in colorful costumes are gathering in groups to chat, or to hang their voices in the corner and try out musical instruments.

When Li Xiangdong walked in with the two of them, the actors who were close to the door hurriedly stepped forward to say hello. These people are all outstanding figures in Fu'an's "literary circle", and they usually participate in various performances and activities, so they are naturally very familiar with Director Li of the Fu'an Cultural Bureau.

Li Xiangdong had a reserved smile on his face, and gently nodded at the person who greeted him, just like the two of them who had just greeted him with a smile in the office.

Following Li Xiangdong, Liu Yufan looked at this familiar rehearsal hall and couldn't help but feel a little emotional. It was here three years ago that he participated in the training camp of the city's rehearsal, and when he came, he was still a student, but he didn't expect to come here today, but he was a judge. The changes that have taken place in the past three years are really too great.

At the beginning, some of the students who trained with him were still in the art team, some had already entered high school to study, and some had entered the society in advance and participated in the work. Three years is not a long time, but it is not a short time, and too many things have happened to everyone.

Li Xiangdong came in, as if there was a silent hand directing, and these rehearsal and chatting actors invariably stopped and gathered towards Li Xiangdong.

"Lee's good!"

"Bureau Li!"

…… A cordial greeting with a smile kept pouring towards Li Xiangdong, and those bold young actresses also ran to Li Xiangdong and made a little joke with him.

In front of the east wall, two small tables and a few chairs have been arranged, and the pen and paper have already been prepared, no need to ask if they are for the two judges.

Li Xiangdong raised his hands and pressed down, signaling everyone to be quiet, then he cleared his throat and said: "Everyone be quiet, let me introduce it first, I believe everyone is familiar with it, it is Director Jiang Ya of our Education Bureau, and it is also a celebrity in our Fu'an literary and artistic circles, Director Jiang Ya is also the general person in charge of our literary and artistic performance team in the countryside, this is Liu Yufan, a senior apprentice of Teacher Jiang Ya, today we will do a selection here, and I hope everyone will show the ability to take care of the house. I wish you all a smooth passage and become a glorious member of our Fu'an Literature and Art Propaganda Team! Li Xiangdong said a few words briefly, and there was immediately warm applause below. However, the enthusiasm is warm, and the eyes of those actors looking at Jiang Ya and Liu Yufan have a different meaning.

When I looked at Jiang Ya, I was better, but when I looked at Liu Yufan, there was a lot of disdain and contempt, no wonder they were like this, Liu Yufan was too young. Although he is also tall and big standing there, he still has a student's face, and such a person also wants to give them these "veterans" in the literary and artistic world as judges? I don't know which official's disciple. Just said that he was a student of Teacher Jiang Ya, and eighty percent of it was Jiang Ya's strength for him.

People in the literary and artistic circles are already arrogant, no one is convinced, seeing that Liu Yufan is a young man who has not grown any hair, he ran here to give them pointers, who can be convinced? These people are holding back a fire in their hearts.

Li Xiangdong finished speaking, explained a few more words to Jiang Ya, and then turned around and walked out of the rehearsal hall. In fact, on an occasion like this, he didn't have to go out in person, and the office director could have done it. But in order to show the importance of the event, of course, mainly to Jiang Ya's "attention", Director Li decided to come in person to cheer for her.

Watching Director Li walk out of the rehearsal hall, Jiang Ya picked up the microphone on the table, did not sit behind the table, but just stood in front of everyone and spoke.

"Hello everyone, I know that everyone's time is precious, I'll make a long story short, everyone will go to the staff to draw lots in a while, and then show them one by one in order, and the results of the selection will be notified to everyone this afternoon, okay, let's start." Jiang Ya was indeed very brief, and she knew that there was no need to say too much. These people have been participating in various activities for more than a day or two, and they all know the necessary procedures.

Sure enough, after listening to Jiang Ya's words, these people immediately dispersed in a hurry and went to the staff Lao Dong to draw lots.

"Give me one!"

"Hah, try your luck."

"Fatty, what number do you draw?"

…… These people usually come into contact with each other in various performances, and most of them know each other, so they are also giggling when the lottery is drawn, which is very lively.

"Okay, everyone has finished drawing, let's officially start." Jiang Ya sat behind the small table specially prepared for the judges this time and said into the microphone.

"Bang!" The door to the rehearsal hall was suddenly pushed open, and a pale yellow figure rushed in.

"I'm sorry, I'm late!" Chen Siying shouted loudly when she came in, attracting everyone's eyes to look at her. This look suddenly made many actors' eyes a little straight!

Just now a Jiang Ya has already made them a little distracted, and now there is a young and invincible beautiful girl again!

Chen Siying is wearing a pale yellow knee-length dress, with a refreshing ponytail tied behind her head, and a beautiful melon seed face full of youthful vitality, unlike Jiang Ya's mature beauty, Chen Siying is the kind of elf-like and lovely beauty, which makes people feel that they seem to be younger and happy when they see it.

It's just that Chen Siying was busy apologizing as soon as she came in at the moment, and the embarrassed look made many male compatriots feel "distressed" for a while, and they all smiled and comforted: "It's okay, don't worry, it's just the beginning." ”

However, when Chen Siying saw the two people sitting on the judges' bench, her beautiful eyes suddenly widened and she exclaimed!

"Teacher Jiang? Liu Yufan? How could it be you? Chen Siying couldn't believe her eyes. She had just finished her summer vacation and learned that there was this literary and artistic propaganda team in the county and was recruiting, so she wanted to come and exercise, but when she came in, she met two acquaintances, which surprised her.

"Siying, it's late, hehe." Jiang Ya waved her hand at Chen Siying, signaling her to go and get the number first, in fact, there is no need to draw it, everyone has finished drawing, and it must be her turn to be the last one.

Liu Yufan also waved at her, and the little girl wrinkled her nose at him, turned around and drew lots.

"No. 1", because they are all actors participating in the audition, in order to show fairness, Jiang Ya is inconvenient to talk to Chen Siying more, and after seeing that there are no follow-up people who come in, she immediately starts the selection.

As soon as Jiang Ya's words fell, a woman in her forties, wearing a green evening dress and a somewhat fat figure, came out in front of the crowd and stood in the center of the rehearsal hall.

"Xiaoya, you see that I have good luck and won the first place." Gao Li smiled and nodded at Jiang Ya, but he didn't look at Liu Yufan.

This Goryeo, Liu Yufan still has some impressions, I remember that three years ago, she sang a song "I Love You China" at a performance in the county to celebrate the eleventh day, and Jiang Ya also mentioned it to herself at that time, saying that she was the best bel canto singer in Fu'an. I haven't seen her for three years, and she doesn't seem to have changed much except that she is fatter than before.

Seeing Gao Li, Liu Yufan couldn't help but think of a very interesting thing, I remember when I was in school, a few vocal lovers chatted together, chatted and talked about one thing, one person said why most of the women who sing bel canto are very fat, but another brother took over and said, that is because they always use chest and abdomen combined breathing, and the position of the lower abdomen is always forced, so it is bigger, and the other said that the physical consumption of practicing vocal every day is large, and they eat a lot, so they are fat, and the third said that they deliberately ate fat, Because the cavity of fat resonance is large, the sound is thick. At that time, a few people laughed for a while, but now that I think about it, they may really have some truth in what they said. Look at the famous flowery soprano singers on TV, how many of them are not as thick as buckets? Chest bulging like two big balloons? Not absolutely, of course, but for the most part. It seems that in order to pursue art, we really have to sacrifice something.

"Larks fly by from the blue sky, I love you, Chinese ......" Goryeo sang loudly with his hands clasped to his chest.

This song "I Love You China" is also her specialty track, to be honest, if you don't measure it with a professional eye, it's really very good. At least she can sing in the original key, and the voice doesn't sound so harsh, which is not easy.

As for the faults, there are also problems. Although Liu Yufan's vocal music is average, he can listen to it. This Gao Li is too focused on the method and seems to be very professional, but in fact, the voice lacks a kind of appeal and does not integrate into his feelings. And her resonance point is a little backward, her voice is thick but thick, but it is a little muffled, and the words are not very clear. Liu Yufan always feels that in vocal singing, articulation is a very important basic skill, no matter how well the breath is controlled, the articulation is not clear, it will sound very uncomfortable.

But in any case, this is only an amateur selection, and most of the actors are limited to Fu'an, and the level of Goryeo is very good.

In fact, the Yafan Celebration itself has a group of singers with a good level, but most of them focus on pop, for such a literary team with political propaganda colors, pop songs are destined not to occupy the mainstream position, and more songs with the main theme. Therefore, Jiang Ya and Liu Yufan thought of conducting another selection in the county to enrich some talents who are good at this aspect.

After Goryeo sang the song, the actors who were sitting or standing around the side applauded one after another, although it was not enthusiastic, but it was also very rare. If it weren't for the fact that Goryeo had old qualifications in this circle, these people would not have applauded at all.

"Yu Fan, Sister Gao doesn't have any doubts about this, it's decided." Jiang Ya said, casually jotting down Goryeo's name on the paper.

"Yes, okay." Liu Yufan didn't say much. Although he had some opinions about Goryeo's singing, he also knew that it was not appropriate to say it on such an occasion, so he also wrote down Goryeo's name with Jiang Ya.

After Gao Li finished singing, she said hello to Jiang Ya and left, and she didn't seem interested in watching the rest of the show at all.

"No. 2", Jiang Ya also knew that Gao Li had always been like this, so she didn't care, and continued to call the next person.

No. 2 was a man with a small round face, a bald head, and a short and fat body, and when he heard his name called, he turned around and took a black electronic piano bag from the corner, took out the electronic keyboard, and skillfully set it up in the center of the rehearsal hall.

“roland!” After seeing the logo on the piano, Liu Yufan couldn't help but let out a low sigh!

(To be continued)