Chapter 117
After the six-to-three performance, Rebirth became a huge hit.
For those who don’t know their experiences, they seemed to have popped out from cracks in the rocks. Overnight, their songs were played in the streets and alleys. You can hear them even if you just browse the major video platforms, not to mention some forums and squares. People who like them and those who don’t like them basically dominated the major squares.
Faced with the sudden popularity, Zhou Li and Shan Jia acted as usual, but Zhu Le was a little uncomfortable. Although he had fantasized about the day when his band would be recognized, this day came like this, and instead made him feel a little at a loss. He even started to lose focus during rehearsals and paid close attention to online comments every day.
"Zhu Le, what are you playing?" Zhou Li yelled at Zhu Le angrily, "You can even make such a simple fingering mistake! Are you really paying attention to rehearsal? If not, then don't practice!"
Facing the captain's accusation, Zhu Le was stunned for a moment. His fingers on the bass drooped, and he lowered his eyes and said, "I'll go out and adjust my condition."
Zhou Li frowned, and seeing that he was distracted, he waved his hand and let him go out.
Zhu Le took off his bass and placed it against the wall.
Among the six bands, there are three bands that entered the finals, including Rebirth, One Flower, and Highway Band. Tang Bai is very proud of this. Highway Band and One Flower both have a lot of fans supporting them online. As a rising star band, Rebirth Band has a huge momentum, but few die-hard fans, and more are passers-by who are just watching the fun.
The final will combine the scores of professional judges and audience votes to decide the champion, leaving a lot of room for maneuver.
Tang Bai had just finished a phone call with Li Simeng and returned to the rehearsal room when he met Zhu Le standing alone in the smoking room by the window. As a former teammate, Tang Bai knew Zhu Le very well.
This is a fool. Because he thought it was Shan Jia who discovered him, he has been following Shan Jia with a grateful heart. All the way here, many people have left, but he is still with Shan Jia.
Tang Bai also noticed the recent online trends. As a popular band, the members of the band would also be compared with each other, and Zhu Le received the lowest evaluation.
Tang Bai walked over and patted Zhu Le on the shoulder.
Zhu Le came back to his senses and saw that it was Tang Bai. He frowned in disgust and shook off his hand from his shoulder.
"Why is it you?"
"Who else do you think would come to see you?" Tang Baixiao asked, "Why are you waiting for Shan Jia or your captain?"
"No." Zhu Le put out the cigarette butt and threw it into the ashtray.
"Isn't it hard?" Tang Bai said with emotion, "You're clearly a member of the band, but they never see your contribution and think you're a drag on the team."
Zhu Le hates Tang Bai and doesn't want to listen to him.
Tang Bai is the best at gossiping.
But even though he didn't want to hear it, those words still flew into his ears.
"The finals are coming up soon. They'll say you lost because you were reborn."
"Just follow the crowd. The world only worships the strong. Zhu Le, you have to be careful!"
Zhu Le slammed the door.
In the rehearsal room, Zhou Lizheng asked Shan Jia, "Zhu Le's condition is too poor. He won't be able to reach the competition level if he continues like this."
Zhu Le stood in front of the rehearsal room door and heard Shan Jia say, "Let him pause his practice."
Before Shan Jia could finish her words, Zhu Le excitedly pushed open the door and yelled at them, "Do you also think I'm a burden?!"
"Zhu Le?!" Zhou Li was speechless. She had never seen Zhu Le like this before. She was stunned.
Shan Jia frowned.
Zhu Le was so depressed after yelling that he murmured, "I'm going back first."
Zhu Le turned around and saw Tang Bai.
He was originally reluctant to let Tang Bai see his decadent side, but the panic in his heart took over and he ran away in a hurry.
"Zhu Le?" Zhou Li chased out. Tang Bai leaned against the wall, clapping his hands and said sarcastically, "Hey, the competition is about to start. No time for quarreling."
"It has nothing to do with you." Zhou Li chased Zhu Le with a gloomy face, but Zhu Le ran fast. When she came out, he was gone. Zhou Li didn't expect that the person who should have no problems in this competition would have problems.
There were still five days left for the competition, and Zhu Le disappeared for a day. Only Zhou Li and Shan Jia were left in the rehearsal room. The two were not rehearsing, but were trying to find ways to contact Zhu Le.
Shan Jia was staring blankly at his phone. Zhou Li asked, "Old Wang said he found Zhu Le! Let's go over there quickly!"
Shan Jia looked up, pursed her lips and said, "I won't go over."
Zhou Li was stunned. She pinched her eyebrows. The finals were about to begin, but the team had disbanded. She glanced at the camera, took off her own microphone, grabbed Shan Jia's hand, lifted him up, and took off her microphone as well.
"Let's talk."
After taking him to a place away from cameras, Zhou Li asked, "What's wrong with you? You know, Zhu Le regards you as his boss and listens to everything you say. If you don't go, how can you persuade him to come back?"
Shan Jia pursed her lips and said, "Maybe it's me he least wants to see."
"There's a misunderstanding between you. Last time you said he should suspend practice because he wasn't in good shape, not because you didn't want him anymore. He's in a bad mood, are you too? What's going on between you two?"
Zhou Li frowned, feeling anxious and angry.
With the finals approaching, problems arose among the team members and she didn't know how to solve them.
Shan Jia apologized: "I'm sorry."
Zhou Li sighed. She pinched Shan Jia's chin and asked, "Why are you apologizing to me? Do you know why Zhu Le is angry?"
Shan Jia looked at Zhou Li obediently, but there was a sadness in his eyes.
She whispered, "It's because of me. He doesn't believe me."
Zhou Li put down his hand and hugged the lost Shan Jia.
She said, "I believe you. The backbone of rebirth is not me, but you. As long as you go find Zhu Le, he will come back."
Shan Jia put his arms around Zhou Li, took a deep breath of Zhou Li's scent, and was very glad to have Zhou Li by his side at this time.
The people around him left one by one, leaving only Zhu Le.
It is impossible to say that Zhu Le is not important to her. If Zhu Le also leaves, Shan Jia will doubt why her life is such a failure.
"Let's go find him."
The live house at night was lively and exciting. Zhou Li hadn't been there for a long time, and she felt a little uncomfortable in such a lively environment, but the feeling soon dissipated. She saw Zhu Le sitting alone at the bar, drinking a glass of wine.
Boss Wang brought the two men over and left. The bar was busiest at night, so as the boss, he also had to help.
Zhou Li glanced at Shan Jia, who walked over and patted Zhu Le on the shoulder. Zhu Le was not surprised at all.
"Boss, you're here."
Zhou Li sat on the other side of Zhu Le and ordered two glasses of wine.
Three people sat in a row.
After the wine arrived, Shan Jiacai said, "You have never been a burden."
"Oh." Zhu Le exhaled and said with a smile, "Boss, don't comfort me."
"It's true that I'm not as strong as you, but this team can't be formed without me, right?"
He raised his head and drank a glass of wine, then lowered his head on the table, hiding his expression, and whispered, "I'm afraid of dragging you down."
The fear hidden deep in Zhu Le's heart was that he was dragging down the entire band.
The boss and the captain are both at the god level, but Zhu Le is also good at guiding himself. Two kings and one A are also at the king bomb level.
He chuckled and said, "Actually, if you guys hadn't come today, I would have gone back tomorrow. Old Wang already said that you two were going crazy looking for me."
"You kid." Zhou Li hit Zhu Le on the head, and Zhu Le lowered his head and cried out in pain.
Shan Jia felt even more guilty in her heart. She clenched the wine glass and found that she was only focused on moving forward and never cared about what others thought.
Zhou Li glanced at her, walked around Zhu Le and pinched Shan Jia's waist. Shan Jia looked over and she raised her glass and smiled at her.
"Then let's celebrate in advance today."
"The championship belongs to us!" Zhu Le shouted.
Shan Jia also raised his glass.
When he returned to the dormitory at night, Shan Jia couldn't sleep. He knocked on Zhou Li's door in the middle of the night. Zhou Li was also awake, so he opened the door and saw that it was Shan Jia.
Shan Jia whispered, "Can I come in?"
This was the first time Shan Jia took the initiative to enter her room.
Zhou Li opened the door and let Shan Jia in.
Late at night, there were few lights on in the dormitory building.
As the competition was eliminated, fewer and fewer lights were on in the dormitory area.
Shan Jia stood in the room feeling a little at a loss. Zhou Li came in and hugged her waist from behind.
"Can't sleep?" Zhou Li asked.
"Yeah." Shan Jia stared at Zhou Li's messy bed. She should have been sleeping on the bed just now.
"Did I disturb your rest?" Shan Jia asked.
"No." Zhou Li chuckled.
She grabbed Shan Jia's hand and led him to sit down on the bed.
"Are you still thinking about Zhu Le?" Zhou Li's voice was gentle.
Shan Jia nodded and asked Zhou Li, "Am I not a very qualified teammate?"
Zhou Li shook her head and pinched Shan Jia's face. The bedside lamp made Shan Jia's face look confused.
"You are the most qualified teammate."
"You've taken care of all the lyrics, music, and creation. All we have to do is cooperate with you. Nothing in the world could be simpler than this."
Zhou Li put his arm around Shan Jia's shoulders and said, "But people are never satisfied."
“There may be things like this or that that disrupt things, but you just have to be yourself, and that’s good enough.”
She kissed Shan Jia, "You are so beautiful like this that my heart is moved."
The two fell onto the bed, and Zhou Li pulled the quilt over them.
"Go to sleep, everything will be fine tomorrow."
Shan Jia hugged Zhou Li's waist and buried his face in her arms.
"Will you always stay with me?"
"Yes."
Zhou Li kissed Shan Jia's hair, knowing that she was extremely vulnerable at night.
"I will always be with you."
Shan Jia closed her eyes and didn't want to ask Zhou Li whether he had deceived her.
At least at this moment, she was unwilling to suspect that Zhou Li wanted to leave her.
The final match began as time passed.
The host passionately introduced the competition on stage: "Now we are at the finals of 'Miracle Music'. In addition to the 400 audience members here, we also have you all from the judges' panel! They include top entertainment companies! Popular media companies! They also include executives from major websites! And producers! They understand music, they love music, and now they've come together because of music! Now, please welcome all our contestants!"
The camera turns to the stage.
In the final, all the bands came together and each band performed for three minutes before entering the competition.
According to the number of tickets in descending order, the first to perform is the Road Band.
The second performer was Yizhihua, and the last was Rebirth Band.
The makeup artist was touching up Zhou Li's makeup. This time, the three bands had their own lounge, where they stayed to put on makeup and watch the show. When Zhou Li saw the host introducing the judges, the face of Ye Zilin, the agent of Le Sheng Entertainment, flashed by.
She glanced at Shan Jia.
Due to the popularity of the show "Miracle Date", the program team has given the champion additional rewards on top of the original ones. One of them is to provide a signing company, and Lesheng Entertainment is one of them.
But Zhou Li rejected LeSheng Entertainment, and he didn't know whether the other party would deliberately lower his score when giving scores.
Zhou Li was worried, but she couldn't tell her teammates before the game because she didn't want to turn her worries into everyone else's worries.
Shan Jia is watching Tang Bai's performance.
After Tang Bai left Fengche, his performances became more mature. He now has his own performance style, and with the help of his teammates, the songs and performances are both very complete.
The atmosphere on site was very good.
Voting is in progress and the judges gave it high praise, with the final score being 568 points.
The total score from the audience and judges was 600. The road band already received a lot of votes, which put a lot of pressure on the next band to perform.
The Yizhihua Band was still the same as before, their musical style was sophisticated, it didn't seem like they were performing, but more like they were enjoying the music, and the chorus that the whole audience evoked at the end was even more heart-warming, but in the end they scored 556 points, unfortunately losing to the Highway Band.
The scores of the two bands are not much different. It can only be said that personal preferences are different, and neither is worse.
Finally, it’s time for the Rebirth Band.
Zhou Li's face was serious. Before going on stage, she said to Shan Jia and Zhu Le, "We've come this far. It would be a lie to say we don't want to win. Let's show our best and give him a big win!"
She stretched out her hand, Shan Jia took it, and Zhu Le also took it. The three of them had the same determination in their eyes.
"Next up is Rebirth. They're a fledgling band, yet they're unstoppable and have moved us deeply. Several of their songs have been well-received by the public. Some say they're the wind, others the fog. Regardless, we all remember the surprises they brought us on stage! Today, they're back! They're performing 'I I', please enjoy!"
This song is different from the previous ones, it is about self-pull.
The deep beat of drums first opened the stage, dim light shone on the lead singer, she held the microphone stand with her face turned sideways and sang softly, with the guitar slung across her body, casting a beautiful silhouette on the ground, at the end of the shadow sat Zhou Li.
Zhou Li was dressed in black, with a black hat on. Her top was made of black broken lines, which danced up and down in the air with her movements. In the distance, snow was falling. A lonely bassist stood there, plucking the guitar casually with his hands, and there was a whimpering sound.
At the climax, the three of them sang in unison, and the echo of my confession reverberated in the room, making people confused.
The music gradually grew, with only the drums supporting it, the female voice was quiet, and it was just me.
This is an imagistic song in which everyone can see themselves.
After one song, the heated atmosphere quieted down. After a long while, someone quietly shouted, "Rebirth!"
"Ah ...
The sounds are practiced into a piece.
The host came out and said, "I didn't expect Rebirth to bring us a song like this. 'I Me', I'm struggling with my ego. What do the judges have to say?"
The microphone was handed to the judges, and the first one was Ye Zilin from Lesheng Entertainment.
She looked at the contestants standing on the stage, her red lips curled slightly as she said, "I don't know why Rebirth chose such a song for the finals, but I have to say, using a quiet song to compete shows either absolute confidence in one's own abilities or sheer ignorance!"
The whole audience was in an uproar.
Ye Zilin handed the microphone to the next judge and lowered her head to give her own score on the control screen.
Zhou Li frowned slightly, then quickly relaxed.
Her hands balled into fists at her sides.
I thought Ye Zilin might deliberately take revenge, but I didn't expect this woman to do it so blatantly.
My hand was suddenly grabbed.
Zhou Li looked to her side and saw Shan Jia looking at her with a calm look in his eyes.
Zhou Li slowly calmed down.
The performance is over, they gave their best performance, and the result is no longer important.
"The results of all the bands have come out. Now I announce! The champion of this year's "Miracle Music" is——"
The only remaining band was Rebirth, which had not yet been announced. Yizhihua was defeated by Highway Band. The lights flickered between Highway Band and Rebirth Band, and Zhou Li accepted his fate.
"Let's congratulate Rebirth! They scored 570 points! They're the champions of this year's 'Miracle Music'!"
"At the same time, Rebirth also won the first place in audience popularity and our 'Miracle Music' grand prize! Let us thank XX, the sponsor of the Champions Night! ..."
Streamers were flying above Zhou Li's head, and she was hugged tightly by Shan Jia and Zhu Le!
Tang Bai couldn't believe it. The judges' low scores were actually pulled back by the audience. They were surpassed by Rebirth with a difference of only two votes!
This time Tang Bai had to admit defeat.
The script that had already been written was forcibly changed by the power of rebirth.
The audience's love cannot be faked, even capital has to give way to it.
He looked gloomy, yet somewhat calm. At least he deserved the second place.
Tang Baihan smiled and clapped his hands. Yizhihua was no longer so reserved and went over to ravage the younger ones one by one.
"You guys are going to beat us to death, right? How about we two bands collaborate sometime?"
Yizhihua invited Zhou Li directly on the spot, and Zhou Li accepted with a smile.
"Okay! We must cooperate!"
On the dazzling stage, sponsors presented awards to the Rebirth Band. This is the starlight that belongs to Rebirth!
The three of them held up the medals, their eyes shining with stars.
This Avenue of Stars starts from here.
【Mission completed, do you want to transmit?】
Zhou Li was still a little confused as he hadn't heard the system's broadcast voice for a long time.
She was too immersed in her little world. Looking at Shan Jia beside her, Zhou Li chose no.
The bureau's system has been upgraded, and she can submit applications directly in the system without having to leave.
After the competition, the program team introduced them to five brokerage companies, the album was scheduled, and there were some GG and music festival work, and program invitations also came in.
Zhu Le followed them and saw the business card of Lesheng Entertainment. Shan Jia hesitated for a moment before handing it to Zhou Li and said, "I think this is the most suitable for you."
"What about you?" Zhou Li asked, "Didn't she look for you?"
Shan Jia raised his chin, "She also looked for you."
"I refused." Zhou Li looked at Shan Jia, "Don't test me, I won't leave you."
She held Shan Jia's hand tightly and said, "I will tell you everything you want to know. As long as you ask me, I will tell you everything. There are no secrets between us."
Zhu Le felt awkward listening to this. How could this be like talking to a young couple? It was so corny. He said casually, "We're selling two and getting one free. Anyway, without a boss or team leader, these companies won't look down on me."
He knows his own strength.
Zhou Li pulled out a company's business card and said, "Let's choose this one. They offer the most flexible contract. I don't like others forcing us to eat grass. Besides, we are a whole team. Rebirth cannot be done without anyone."
She held Shan Jia's hand.
Shan Jia pursed her lips and smiled.
After the competition, what she feared most was that everyone would go their separate ways.
It seems that they need her, but in fact it is Shan Jia who needs everyone.
She was most afraid of loneliness, but Zhou Li never let her feel lonely.
She seems cautious, but in fact she dares not cross the line.
The closer the distance, the more it will hurt each other.
But Zhou Li broke the curse. She broke in wantonly and walked around in her world. She not only climbed over the wall but also opened the window. All the demons under her bed were shaken off by Zhou Li.
She took her with her and traveled light.
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