Chapter 1: Tailgating
"Hello judges, I'm No. 067 contestant Meng Feibai, 18 years old this year, the track I sang is an original song, the song is called "I", I hope you like it."
In the center of the room, the boy with a shy expression bowed to the four judges, adjusted his breathing, and began to sing by himself.
“I'm what i am
I'll always love me..."
This is the audition site of "The Strongest Voice in the Asia-Pacific Region", before Meng Feibai, the four judges and teachers have listened to the singing of 66 contestants, but none of the contestants who can be promoted, many contestants have only obtained a pending result, and more contestants are directly eliminated.
As soon as the boy named Meng Feibai spoke, he attracted the attention of the four judges. They involuntarily leaned forward and looked earnestly at the boy singing with his eyes closed in the center of the room.
At this time, it is very close to the end of this afternoon's audition, and the four teachers have different degrees of tired looks on their faces, they thought that today's audition will end here, but they did not expect to receive a big surprise at this time.
"I am who I am, fireworks of different colors
The sky is wide, and we must make the strongest foam
I like me and let the roses blossom into a fruition
In the lonely desert, the same bloom is naked..."
Meng Feibai slowly exhaled and opened his eyes.
"Smack, smack, smack."
The only female judge among the four judges smiled and took the lead in giving her applause. The other three male judges also smiled and applauded softly.
A hint of joy flashed in Meng Fei's white eyes, and he hurriedly bowed to the four of them again.
"Yes, you are the voice I heard today, the most in line with my selection criteria, you just said that this song is your original?"
The female judge with a smile on her eyebrows said softly.
Meng Feibai froze for a moment when he heard this, his face showed just the right amount of shyness, nodded lightly and said:
"Yes, this is the first song I wrote, and I hope the teachers will like it."
After he finished speaking, the four teachers began to come together and whisper, and he looked at them with nervous and expectant eyes, while silently muttering in his heart:
Mr. Lin Xi, Leslie Cheung, I just hope that your works can be spread in this world, and I don't mean to plagiarize your works, you must understand me...
Soon after, the four teachers ended whispering, and a male judge picked up the microphone and asked with a serious face:
"It's a very big song, and you're just an 18-year-old, so I want to know what inspired you to write it."
Meng Feibai, who was distracted, trembled in his heart when he heard this, raised his head and glanced at the four teachers, and then at the eldest brother who was carrying the camera behind them, with a look of embarrassment on his face.
"What? Didn't you actually write this song? ”
The serious-faced male judge frowned, realizing that things were not so simple.
"That..."
Meng Feibai glanced at the cameras behind the four mentors again, and his face gradually turned red.
Seeing this, the three male judges couldn't help but glance at each other, and the smiles on their faces were put away at the same time, and the judges who spoke first saw Meng Feibai's expression, and had already decided that Meng Feibai was lying, and when he was about to reprimand him with a black face, the only female judge Wen Yan said:
"Is there anything you can't say in front of the camera?"
Meng Feibai raised his head when he heard this, threw a grateful look at her, and nodded vigorously.
The female judge smiled slightly and comforted softly:
"It's okay, you just say, if it's not suitable for broadcasting, I'll let the director cut this paragraph."
Meng Feibai looked at her with timid eyes, lowered his head and hesitated for a moment.
It seems that the heat is almost over.
He secretly observed several judges and teachers, and after seeing a trace of impatience on the faces of the three male judges, he raised his head and said softly:
"Actually, I am an orphan, since I was conscious, I have lived in an orphanage, I don't know who my parents are, and I have no relatives, although I am surrounded by friends and uncles and aunts, but I still sometimes feel very lonely, feel very lost, and do not know where my future is.
Whenever this time I like to find a place to hide from people, once I hid in the piano room, I happened to hear the young lady in the courtyard playing the piano, that was the first time I heard music, and it also made me understand at that moment that this is my future.
Since then, I have pestered her to learn to play the piano, and slowly began to write something by myself, this song, which I wrote when I was lonely and confused, I hope that I can be as written in my lyrics, even in the lonely desert, I can bloom naked..."
Speaking of this, he lowered his head and rubbed his eyes vigorously, and when he raised his head again, the four teachers saw that his eyes were already red.
"Ahem."
The male judge who questioned him at the beginning saw Meng Feibai's state at this time and understood that he had misunderstood him, so he couldn't help but blush, cleared his throat and said comfortingly:
"I see, your songs are very well written and sung, and I like you very much."
Meng Feibai looked at him with red eyes when he heard this, still with a somewhat aggrieved expression.
Meng Feibai's eyes deepened the guilt in the judge's heart, so he took off the sunglasses he was wearing on his face, looked at Meng Feibai's eyes with a sincere face, and said firmly:
"You are a very talented young man, everything you have experienced will become the nourishment of your creation, I believe that your appearance will definitely bring new vitality to the current Chinese music circle, come on, I am very optimistic about you."
After Meng Feibai heard his words, his face was slightly red, and he nodded vigorously.
After listening to Meng Feibai's story, the remaining three judges also liked this poor experience, shy appearance, good voice, and very talented contestant in their hearts, so they did not hesitate to praise him, and after praising and encouraging him, they hung the gold necklace representing the direct promotion around his neck.
Walking out of the door, the other players waiting for the room couldn't help but exclaim when they saw the necklace around Meng Feibai's neck.
"Damn, you're on the cut?!"
A boy of the same age as him rushed out of the crowd, and after Meng Feibai saw him, a soft light flashed in his eyes, and he let him pounce on him and give him a big hug.
"Okay, okay, I told you I could, don't be so excited."
Meng Feibai patted him lightly on the back and broke away from his embrace, pulling him away from the crowd while dealing with the players who were pouring up around him to learn from him.
Ten minutes later, the two left the audition site and walked side by side on the street where the lights were shining.
Meng Feibai sighed in his mind about everything that happened today, and at the same time looked at the little friends around him who looked happier than him.
His name is Jia Junjie, and he is Meng Feibai's only friend in the orphanage, after leaving the orphanage, the two of them wandered together in this big and somewhat excessive city, keeping each other warm and relying on each other for their lives.
"In order to celebrate your passing the audition, wait for us to go to the store, I invite you to drink, today we will not get drunk and return!"
Jia Junjie still kept saying this beside him, while Meng Feibai had a calm face, and his expression was completely different from when he participated in the audition just now.
After a while, the two walked to the bar where Jia Junjie worked, Meng Feibai raised his head and glanced at the moon as big as a millstone overhead, a trace of vicissitudes that did not fit his age flashed in his eyes, and after sighing slightly, he followed the smiling Jia Junjie into the bar.
In the darkness not far away, a woman wearing red high heels slowly walked out, she glanced at the signboard of the bar with interest, and after thinking of the appearance of Meng Feibai and Jia Junjie, she couldn't help biting her lower lip, she cautiously glanced around the surrounding environment, and then walked into the bar.