The eight veteran singers sat there calmly, without blushing or skipping a beat. Some of them even whispered to each other, seemingly discussing the singer's singing skills.
Pretentious!
These guys are disrespectful to their elders; I can't waste my time following them blindly.
Liang Liang shook her head slightly and gave him her score.
Once he gave a score, the experts followed suit and gave their scores as well, which were, of course, clearly different from Liang Liang's scores.
The performance continued in this same order throughout the show.
It wasn't until the Happy Farmers Band came on stage.
The atmosphere in the Oriental Dance Hall became lively as soon as the peasant band came on stage.
There are four or five hundred audience members in the Oriental Dance Hall, so of course it's not free. Capitalists don't care about free things; even if it's free, it's just for the sake of getting a bigger return.
However, the tickets are not expensive, only two yuan each, and each performance can bring in a thousand yuan or so in revenue for the Oriental Song and Dance Hall.
The lineup of the Happy Farmers Band was a pleasant surprise.
They have uniforms, with two sets of performance costumes, one red and one white.
Red shirt and black pants are the performance attire for weddings, while white shirt and black pants are the performance attire for funerals.
Naturally, one wouldn't wear white clothing to a singing competition.
Three girls, Xu Mei and Gao He, stood on the stage, and Xu Mei and Gao He attracted a lot of attention. They wore red jackets and black leggings.
The young men in the audience began to stir.
Unlike others who use cassette tapes for accompaniment, this band accompanies themselves.
According to the rules, this alone should earn extra points.
The song the peasant band performed in the preliminary round was "Yellow Sand Ridge of Baiya Cliff".
A guitar plucks a string, and just as the plucked note is about to fade, a long note from the flute enters, followed by a loud thud from a drum.
Liang Liang used the guzheng and pipa with drums to differentiate himself from the original piece, creating a different flavor.
Gao He's lead singer Xu Mei and Xia Dongdong provided backing vocals.
Huangshagang, Baiya Cliff
A towering poplar tree stands tall
There is a Haiqing house separated by a fence.
You always want what you don't have!
What you get is still something to look forward to.
Who wants to wait and wait only to be left heartbroken?
…
Gao He's voice is a bit rough for a female voice, making her sound overly tender when singing sweet songs, but it's just right for this somewhat tough song.
Therefore, once she started singing, she was just as good as the original singer.
It felt a bit awkward to stand and sing while holding a pipa, so Gao He only plucked one or two simple chords on the pipa while singing, and then increased the intensity of the pipa playing when she wasn't singing.
Between the first and second sections, Liang Liang also composed a performance piece for them, featuring the guzheng, pipa, and guitar.
After this solo ended, the flute, in high spirits, played another solo.
The second verse flows seamlessly into the next line.
After the song was finished, the dance hall erupted in enthusiastic applause for the first time.
Not only did she sing well, but Xu Mei's electric guitar playing added a lot to the performance.
This doesn't mean she plays the electric guitar exceptionally well.
Putting aside Xu Mei's good looks and figure in black leggings, she also wore two pigtails at the back of her head today.
Her pigtails weren't hanging down but sticking up; when she moved, the two pigtails swung wildly behind her head, making her look exceptionally lively and cute.
This is quite similar to the anime-style look she adopted many years later, which was suggested by Liang Liang.
It would be even cooler if she wore a super short skirt.
Liang Liang thought to himself as he sat on the judges' panel.
At the end of the song, Xu Mei also made a few exaggerated guitarist gestures, such as bending over backwards and doing a split.
This infuriated Liang Liang, who remembered all these strange and unusual things perfectly.
Because of her performance, when the song ended, the applause was like an eruption of a volcano.
Now it's Liang Liang's turn to have a headache.
If this song were scored normally, Liang Liang would give it a high score of 9.8.
However, if he gives such a score, those old fogies will definitely not give more than 9.5 points, and then they might not be able to enter the second round.
Liang Liang took a deep breath, gritted her teeth, and wrote a neutral score of 9.5 on the cardboard.
He was a little nervous after scoring this score. If these old fogies played normally this round and didn't go against him, he would have shot himself in the foot.
Liang Liang took a deep breath, trying her best to appear nonchalant and calm, and rhythmically tapped the table with her pen.
After Liang Liang finished scoring, the first person to raise their sign was number four, Bai Lizuo, who scored 9.7 points.
When Liang Liang saw the score, he almost burst out laughing. This was the highest score so far today, and with Bai Lizuo leading the way, it was impossible for the score to be too low.
really…
"Judge No. 1 gave a score of 9.69; Judge No. 2 gave a score of 9.69; Judge No. 3 gave a score of 9.68; Judge No. 4 gave a score of 9.7... Finally, the highest score of 9.71 and the lowest score of 9.50 were removed, and contestant No. 20 finally scored 9.69."
This is the highest score among the twenty contestants who performed today.
Liang Liang wasn't happy at all. He was wondering if the antiques would give him a low score if he gave them a high score.
By 5 p.m., a total of 30 contestants had participated in the preliminary round.
"Esteemed seniors, how about I treat you to a meal? Consider it an apology for any offense I may have caused today?"
Liang Liang felt that continuing like this was too boring and unfair to the participating singers.
That won't do, so he decided to humble himself and treat these people to a meal.
Resolving conflicts at the dinner table is not a matter of deep-seated hatred.
"Sorry! I have something to do, so I won't be able to have this meal!" Bai Lizuo was the first to refuse Liang Liang's invitation.
He was the leader among these people, and since he didn't accept the challenge, the others naturally also declined Liang Liang's invitation.
The woman didn't say a word and walked away with her head held high.
Liang Liang shook his head with a bitter smile, realizing that his good intentions had been misunderstood.
"I feel like there's something off between you and those judges?" Qin Wenju approached Liang Liang, who was still sitting on the judges' panel.
"You noticed something was wrong too?"
"I don't know the specifics, but something seems off!"
It's not pleasant for me to be isolated by others.
"How much money did you pay them?"
"400 yuan per person throughout the entire event."
The competition will last for about a week, and each person will receive about fifty yuan per day.
Just as Liang Liang was about to say something, his pager went off.
Liang Liang saw that the call was coming from the Haiyun Dance Hall.
"Come to your office, I need to make a phone call."
Should I get myself a cell phone?
2G phones are already available on the market, and they're much cheaper than those bulky phones; you can buy one for under 10,000 yuan. I'll check out the south next time; I definitely need to get a phone.
Liang Liang went to Qin Wenju's office and dialed the number for the Haiyun Dance Hall.
The call was from Han Chui.
"Who? Who did you say came?"
Is Han Chui talking nonsense? He's slurring his words. What is he even saying?
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