Wen Jianing received a call from Director Chen two days later, informing him to participate in the recording of the program on the TV station in a week.
He replied calmly, "Okay."
At the moment when he hung up the phone, Wen Jianing also made up his mind to face this game seriously. He would rather see this as a game than a draft, he is not showing it to others, but finding a way out for his future.
After making this decision, Wen Jianing began to look for the contact information of Ke Xinhang's family. Ke Xinhang's physical disability cannot be known to others, and he does not want his parents to know about it after seeing him on TV.
However, Ke Xinhang's existing contact information does not contain his parents' contact numbers, nor even his brother's.
Wen Jianing found Ke Xinhang's uncle's phone number, called and asked around, only to find out that Ke Xinhang's parents had passed away, and his brother had a bad relationship with him, and the two have now lost contact.
In fact, this is also a good thing. Otherwise, Wen Jianing really doesn't know how to face Ke Xinhang's family. It is Ke Xinhang who has a bad brother, which is an unsettling factor, making Wen Jianing a little uneasy.
Wen Jianing told Su Shan that he passed the interview when he went to the bar at night.
Su Shan was a little surprised, "Huh? Does he really like you?"
Wen Jianing couldn't help but laugh a little, "You don't like me that much?"
"To be honest," Su Shan said, "I was really not optimistic about you before."
As far as Ke Xinhang is holding the guitar and singing those unpopular songs, no matter how beautiful his face is, the entertainment effect may not be enough. If Su Shan felt that Ke Xinhang had such a face and was willing to come on stage to sing the legend of the Phoenix, he might even be able to burst into the audience.
Wen Jianing didn't mind what Su Shan said. He asked for a beer from the bartender who was cleaning the bar and walked towards the lounge at the back. Su Shan asked him what he was doing, but he didn't say anything.
He walked to the lounge of the bar band, knocked on the door, put the beer on the table, and said, "I'm treating the brothers for a drink today."
Wen Jianing is a very kind person and a person who is good at dealing with people. In the past, on the set, even the eldest cleaning lady could smile and say hello, so he has always been popular in the circle and has a good reputation.
Wen Jianing's purpose is to ease the relationship with them and hope to get some help in music at the same time. Now he has no conditions to find a professional music team, he can only use the strength around him to lay a good foundation for his competition.
His singing skills are a little weak, so he needs to work harder on the selection of songs. He needs to choose a song that suits his voice characteristics, and then adapt it appropriately to ensure that he will not be eliminated in the first game.
Singing is not his ideal, nor his hobby. He is even less likely and has no ability to realize his dream for Ke Xinhang. He wants to use it as a springboard for this competition. As for his ultimate goal, he may still want to. Better than Lu Jinlang and truly stand at the pinnacle of his career.
The official program recording is a week later. For the program effect, all the singers participating in the competition will go to the rehearsal one day in advance to walk through the process.
Although there was no audition, there were nearly 70 participants in the preliminary round. The rehearsal process was fast, and the official recording could not be completed in one day.
On the day of the official recording, the backstage was even more lively. There is no makeup artist for the contestants, and what they need for the first time is their real appearance. In a sense, this kind of talent show is the reality show where these young people become famous overnight.
Wen Jianing was listening to the song he was about to sing in the corner with headphones on. It was a love song for a female voice. His somewhat neutral voice was rarely suitable for him. Instead, the songs of female singers could sing it. some flavor.
There was a large makeup mirror in front of him. A young girl was standing in front of the mirror, doing makeup for herself. She tossed and tossed and seemed dissatisfied, but Wen Jianing could sense that she was probably nervous.
And not far from him, a very delicate young man was playing the guitar, his eyes drifting into the distance from time to time.
They are a group of young people chasing their dreams. They seem unrealistic and not necessarily successful, but they all have the courage to chase.
In addition to Lu Jinlang, the judges of this competition, the other three are well-known figures in the music world, one male and two females. The competition system is not too complicated. Except for the first game, which is expected to eliminate a lot of people, after that, the performance will be emphasized and the competition will be ignored, and a moderate number of people will be eliminated in each game.
The elimination system for the first round is very simple. There are four judges. If three or more people pass the test, they will pass the test. If only two people pass the test, they will be undecided. If less than two people pass the test, they will be eliminated.
In fact, the overall quality of the singers is very good. Although the number of people who are eliminated will not be small, the number of people who pass the test is believed to be quite large.
As for the pending ones, it will become the highlight of the first game, because each judge has a place in his hand that can directly let a pending contestant pass, so among the pending people, only four people in total can enter the next round. Just a game.
From the very beginning of the competition, Wen Jianing has been listening to the song quietly in the corner of the big dressing room backstage.
A director directed the cameraman to film the waiting contestants, perhaps because he found that Wen Jianing was good-looking, and the camera was aimed directly at his face.
Wen Jianing noticed that he was filming himself, so he showed a gentle smile to the camera and waved his hand.
When he came on stage, the show had been recorded until night. After waiting for most of the day, people were very tired and there was no quiet environment to rest. Fortunately, he was used to this kind of life when he acted in the past.
As soon as he walked into the competition venue, Wen Jianing saw Lu Jinlang sitting on the jury's seat.
In fact, Wen Jianing didn't quite understand why Lu Jinlang participated in this kind of show. Lu Jinlang has never been on variety shows and entertainment shows. Even to promote movies, he was absent quite a few times.
Sitting here today, Lu Jinlang didn't have any impatience on his face, but his expression was a little indifferent. He just looked down at the player roster in a programmed way, and then raised his head to look at Wen Jianing.
Sitting next to Lu Jinlang is Xu Rujing, the first sister in the music world. Seeing Wen Jianing appearing, she whispered something in Lu Jinlang's ear.
Lu Jinlang nodded, but did not speak.
Wen Jianing adjusted the height of a microphone, turned his head and nodded to the band, and the band began to play. The song he chose to sing was written for her by her ex-boyfriend who was dating the female singer at the time. It was originally a brisk love song. Later, at the female singer's concert, she rewrote the lyrics and then re-edited it. The song was adapted for singing, turning a joyful song into a sad love song. The day after her concert ended, the media revealed that it was her ex-boyfriend's wedding day.
What Wen Jianing sang was the sad version of the song by the female singer.
His voice was very light, the purpose was to cover up his lack of breath, and deliberately create an ethereal texture. Re-arranging and modifying the treble part is also to avoid the sound being too weak when the treble is too weak.
However, from the surface, he sang very deeply. It was originally a song full of emotion. Wen Jianing used his clear voice to express the pain and helplessness of being separated from his lover. .
When I sang to the end, I had a bit of a deliberate cry, and I closed my eyes at the last lyric.
When the singing ended, the entire studio was silent for a moment, as if everyone had been brought into that kind of painful emotion.
The first person to speak was Xu Rujing, she asked, "Are you crying?"
Everyone thought that the young people on the stage were crying.
Wen Jianing opened his eyes, his eyes were clear, but there was no sign of tears in his eyes.
Xu Rujing was a little surprised. She didn't speak, and looked at the two people on the left and the right.
Lu Jinlang was the first to make a comment. His tone was indistinguishable from praise and criticism, and he said, "The acting is good."
The atmosphere at the scene was a little frozen for a while, and no one would think it was praise for a singer's good acting skills. Lu Jinlang was so ruthless, the audience couldn't help feeling a little embarrassed for this young man named Ke Xinhang.
Wen Jianing then cooperated with a slightly embarrassed smile.
Xu Rujing also regained her indifference at this time. She said, "The voice is good and the feelings are in place, but as far as singing is concerned, there is still room for improvement."
The third judge was a female singer who returned from overseas, named Wang Mei. She looked down at Ke Xinhang's information, then raised her head and said in a less standard Mandarin, "Ke Xinhang, right?"
Wen Jianing nodded.
Wang Mei laughed, raised her hand and said, "Maybe the singing skills can be improved, but I really like the emotion you express in this song, Anyway, it's very handsome!"
There was a burst of applause.
Wen Jianing also smiled and nodded in thanks.
The last judge is An Yongkang, a well-known male singer-songwriter in China. He objectively analyzed the problems in Wen Jianing's singing process, analyzed the shortcomings one by one, and told Wen Jianing to listen.
Wen Jianing nodded and said thank you.
Among these people, except Lu Jinlang, the other three are full-time singers and do not act, so they have little interaction with Wen Jianing, but they are not completely ignorant.
In comparison, Wen Jianing and Xu Rujing are actually more familiar than Lu Jinlang.
But now that familiarity has become his one-sided.
Whether the result is passed will be announced on the spot, but the results of each judge's score will not be announced in detail.
Wen Jianing was mentally prepared to be eliminated, but he did not expect that luck was not bad. Two judges gave him the green light and let him wait for the time being.
Before stepping down, Wen Jianing glanced at Lu Jinlang and felt that he was probably hopeless. He did not expect to take away one of the remaining four precious places. Even if Wang Mei, who praised him for being handsome, just thought he was handsome, no one here really thought he sang well.