Chapter 67: The knockout round begins
(This chapter is updated in two chapters and one chapter, so there is another chapter tomorrow, which will be a little later)
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Shuanghe Road, No. 53 A, Huaxia Brothers Video Store.
An Zhiyuan greeted customers while gathering posters and CDs, and an entertainment program was playing on the TV hanging on the opposite wall.
The female anchor of xìng sense** spoke quickly, "The high-profile Voice of China has finally ended the blind audition in Yucheng, the program team has returned to Yanjing last week, and the mentor selection battle is about to start on October 10, there are eighteen students under each tutor's name, and as in previous years, only five students can advance to the next round......
…… Compared with last year, the fifth season of The Voice not only has a record high ratings, although it does not reach the terrifying 9% of the blind audition in the same period in the first season, but it also far exceeds similar talent shows to reach the top of the list......
There are many topics as always in this year's voice, whether it is the four mentors or the students who have been exposed, they can all attract heated discussions from the audience, Zhao Chu of Shencheng Station was exposed to have a background in the circle, and Meng Xing of Yanjing Station is even more amazing, plus he has recently attracted a lot of attention, and he became the youngest star singer in China at the age of seventeen, but he is extremely low-key An Ran...... This season's The Voice of China can be said to have aroused the audience's infinite expectations......"
An Zhiyuan stopped his busy work, squinted his eyes, and looked at the flashing pictures on the TV, and the smile that couldn't be held back spread on his face.
An's mother turned over the income and expenditure ledger loudly, chattering about the purchase and shipment of goods to An Ning, An Ning's expression was very impatient, and she was weak to deal with it, she had been helping to sell goods in this small video store since she was ten years old, and she had memorized what An's mother said for many years.
Opposite the two of them, the little girl was quiet with her two arms on the counter, her head tilted, her little mouth pouted, her expression was stinky, her big eyes stared at An's mother without blinking, and her face was puffing out angrily.
An's mother chattered non-stop, occasionally interjecting a few words in the parents' short, and the two of them mixed a few words from time to time, and no one paid attention to the little girl with her neck, chatting by herself.
The little girl who was ignored rolled her eyes angrily, and chewed a mouthful of small silver teeth squeaked, don't go too far!
With a "snap", he finally couldn't bear the silence and slapped the table, tilted his head and blushed, and jumped out word by word: "I'm going to Yanjing!" ”
“…… Your mother-in-law is not in good health, and they don't have a caring daughter, Dapeng is always running outside, usually you take care of it more, don't be so angry in their house, people in the province say I didn't teach my daughter ......", An's mother didn't even raise her head, and the words in her mouth didn't stop.
An Ning glanced at the little girl, hooked the corners of her mouth, smiled silently, and her eyes were full of banter.
“…… By the end of the year, it's time for the two of you to do the same...... After entering the door of another house, you can't be like in your own home, and you can ...... by xìngzi."
"I-want-go-Yan-Jing!"
“…… You and my dad are going to go for two days, why do you sound like you're going to settle down, what's the matter, you're going to go to your son and not come back? ”
"Don't interrupt me! If you hadn't stopped since you were a child, I would have been so cāo-hearted? This is also the good temper of Dapeng, everything is up to you, and you try to change someone......"
"Bang dang", the little girl smashed the counter with her head, like a deflated ball, completely out of momentum.
The bulging little face was already shriveled, the mouth was flattened, and a layer of mist appeared in the big black eyes, "I'm going to Yanjing Wow!" Woo...... I'm going to see my second brother sing, and I'm going to Yanjing too! Woohoo......"
An's mother finally raised her head and stared at the little girl sharply, "I'll only check the number and hold it back for me...... One, two, three! ”
"I want to go to Yanjing, woo...... I'm going to see my second brother......"
"Hey, I'm grumpy, dead girl, you're not going to do it yet...... Anning, you go out of the way, don't pull me......"
An's mother yelled, and the little girl jumped to her feet, screaming without showing weakness...... The corners of An's eyes twitched, and he stood far away, so he couldn't see it.
After watching this scene for more than 20 years, he has long been accustomed to nature, compared with that year, this kind of thing in front of him is nothing at all, at that time, An's mother's fixed process every day is to teach the eldest girl in the morning and the little girl in the evening......
Little Tiger ...... Thinking of his son An Zhiyuan, he lost his mind for a while, except on TV, he had never seen his son singing with a guitar, it should be like he was back then......
While making up the picture of his son on the stage of The Voice, An's father became more urgent.
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The Voice has five blind auditions in five cities, and after eliminating hundreds of people, each tutor finally recruited eighteen students.
This is two more than the voice in the previous life, but the next link of the group elimination, that is, the mentor's decision, is still the same process.
It's just that the difference is that when the voice of the previous life reaches this link, the mentor will pair the students against each other, and the two students will sing a song together, and then the mentor will decide who will enter the next round of the "ultimate showdown".
But there has been a change in this life, no longer the two of them sing the same song, but sing separately, in this way, the cycle of the competition has been greatly lengthened, but it is much more reasonable than the previous life.
After all, even if two singers have the same style, their familiarity and interpretation ability with the same song are not the same, and there have been many such situations in previous lives: among the singers who sang a song at the same time for PK, one was familiar with it, while the other was eliminated because he rarely sang or even had no contact with the song at all.
Even if there is prior instructor training, if you are not good at it, you are not good at it, and not all students can be trained through surprise training in a short period of time.
Before signing up for The Voice, after learning about this change that was different from his previous life, An Ran breathed a sigh of relief, he really didn't have much contact with the tunes of this world, if it was still a competition system where two people sang the same song, An Ran really didn't have the confidence to go on this stage.
But now it's up to each to play, let the singer show his best and most special side, and then PK, he is much more relieved.
Now that the time has come to October 9, An Ran, as Uncle Liang said, didn't go anywhere, honestly stayed at home to figure out the tunes, and raised jīng to accumulate sharpness.
In the dead of night, the breeze in the small courtyard is breezy, but it is a little difficult for An Ran, who goes to bed early, to sleep, since the fifth blind audition, he has participated in two mentor trainings in this week.
Although Wei Na invited a well-known gold medal producer in the circle, because the time is too tight, each contestant only has a maximum of six hours of training at a time.
Therefore, although the two instructors taught a lot of things, there was really not much time left for the students to absorb on their own.
During the training, there was less than three hours, which was explained and taught by the two mentors, in addition to making some suggestions on the students' song selection, and then proposing corrections and optimization plans for some of the singers' own deficiencies, the remaining four hours, almost all of them were students singing, and the instructors were listening.
An Ran didn't know how the instructors taught other students during the training, and when he participated in the mentor's training, Wei Nake took a lot of trouble to comment and correct his position, movements, expressions, and even many details such as interaction with the audience on the stage.
Especially the emotional investment when singing, Wei Na unreservedly shared some of her own experience and opinions, An Ran learned a lot in school in his previous life, but he didn't have much experience in performing on stage, so under the confirmation of the two, he had a great harvest.
As for the guidance on singing skills and skills, Wei Na pointed out some key points, then became the shopkeeper, and handed over the rest to the assistant tutor - Wu Ke, a well-known gold medal producer in the circle.
Wu Ke was born in the academic school, in addition to teaching vocal music at the conservatory of music, he has also done songwriting, packaging and publicity, and has been in the music scene for more than ten years, and there are countless singers created by him.
He has seen too many types of singers, so these newcomers of a good voice are not a problem at all, and often just a few slightly sharp comments make the singer's minor faults clear.
But it's one thing to find faults, it's another thing to correct them.
These singers on the Voice stage have basically not experienced professional teaching, and almost all of them are "self-taught", not only the style is full of Jianghu atmosphere, but also in terms of singing methods and skills, most of the students are obviously from the wild road.
This makes Wu Ke often feel difficult to start, especially when he encounters this genius boy who has received a lot of attention recently and can both write and sing, Wu Ke has a deep headache.
Originally, he was still full of affection for this little guy who was only seventeen years old, and it can be said that among the eighteen students, he was most interested in An Ran, in his eyes, although An Ran created several classic songs, but he still had a lot of deficiencies in singing skills and skills.
However, this is not a bad thing, there are faults and shortcomings, which means that there is still room for improvement, but if Enron really reaches the top level of the profession, it is a big bad thing to let the tutor teach without teaching.
After Wu Ke's guidance and An Ran also accepted it humbly, the next step was to discuss the question of what song to sing in the next link.
Wu Ke selected more than a dozen classic songs, which in his opinion fit An Ran's voice and style, and Wei Na, who was in high spirits, also made many suggestions on the side.
But to the complete surprise of the two, what caught them off guard was that this little guy actually refused! He rejected all the recommended songs!
When Wu Ke looked at An Ran and said resolutely that he would insist on singing his original works, he really wanted to shoot the pile of song lists directly.
Wei Na also rolled her eyes when she heard it, and it was a bitter persuasion on the spot.
During this time, she still had a careful understanding of her primary school student, whether it was An Ran's creative talent or singing skills, she was very happy, thinking of Chen Huan's unwillingness at that time, and Yu Yanqing's depression after the failure to win over, Wei Na has often been secretly happy these days.
Although Enron's gimmick will play a big role in the audience's attention and the final media review's decision, Wei Na actually values the most important thing is the future development potential of this little guy.
In her opinion, after her own training and improvement, even if An Ran can't become a superstar in the music world and an existence like the king of heaven, she can still look forward to her current achievements, unless he is proud and complacent, or does not want to forge ahead, otherwise the future is absolutely limitless.
But sure enough, what are you afraid of, singing your own works? Make no mistake!
Looking at An Ran's "stubborn" look, Wei Na, who had said that her mouth was dry, almost roared out of An Ran's nose, and she was even more crazy in her heart.
Wasn't this little guy optimistic about the voice before, how many singers passed the blind audition with originality, but were finally eliminated because they insisted on originality, and in the past five years, which student has won the championship with his originality?
Not to mention the champion, there is not even a single top five, top ten, or even top 20, almost all of them were brushed off during the knockout round in the group!
And for the mentor, this kind of student is the biggest unstable factor, it's okay to fry a gimmick, but expect them to get good results, don't even think about it, rather than leaving it to the end to be a stepping stone for the students of other groups, it is better to eliminate it yourself.
What's more, even if you create those high-quality tunes from before? But who can guarantee that every next song will be as moving and easy to sing as "Life with You"?
Wei Na had a blue face and an unkind gaze.
Similarly, Wu Ke is also a god who hates iron and steel.
Naive! Immature! This is his last evaluation of Enron.
But since the singer insisted on himself, and he was not a genuine mentor, even Wei Na on the side was angry and silent, Wu Ke could only open his mouth, smiled bitterly, and muttered in his heart Let him go, let this little guy suffer some hardships and run into a wall, after all, he is only seventeen years old...... Thinking of this, Wu Ke stopped trying to persuade more.
As for Enron himself, he could only silently comprehend the kindness of the two mentors.
No matter what Wei Na and Wu Ke thought, how unhappy they were, and even from their expressions, An Ran could already see that the two of them had no hope for him, but An Ran still had to stick to his thoughts.
As for what the outcome will be...... An Ran retracted his thoughts, closed his eyes, and everything will naturally be known tomorrow.
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(This chapter is updated in two chapters and one chapter, so there will be another chapter tomorrow, which will be a little later);