Chapter 94: Finals vs. Tiger (Three Chapters)
The day of the finals.
Lin Zhixing got up early. He had a strange dream last night. He dreamed that he beat a tiger before the finals and was given a nickname by his fans.
ââFight the tiger tonight.
After the game, I successfully won the championship. I woke up from the dream while celebrating. I looked at the time and it was exactly early morning.
It is said that "dreams at noon are bound to come true", which is a very good omen.
He decided to do some metaphysics again, so he pulled out a pair of purple underwear from his backpack and put them on, hoping that tonight "it would work out!" After changing his clothes, he took out the phone from under his pillow and opened Weibo, intending to ask for tickets for the evening's game.
The comments on Weibo are all filled with blessings from fans.
"Come on, yeah brother! You are the champions today!"
"I've never voted on the show, but tonight I'll vote for you!"
"I watched your trash talk on live broadcast yesterday and I became your fan. I really like your show-off look. Come on, make sure you deliver on your words tonight!"
Lin Zhixing read the encouraging words from his fans and felt more and more empowered.
"How can I not work hard? Everyone who loves me wants to see me reach the top!"
âCome on!â
Lin Zhixing encouraged himself, edited a Weibo post and sent it out.
[The dragon is trapped on the beach, and will turn into a dragon when it encounters wind and clouds! Family members, help me reach the top tonight! ]
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Recording outside the building at 7:30 pm.
Two hundred audience members lined up in an orderly manner to enter the venue.
They looked at the hall corridor with shining eyes. Almost everyone had cheering equipment in their hands, such as posters, light boards, cheering sticks, etc., as if they were attending a concert.
Each of the audience members who can come to the recording site to watch the finals today is a lucky koi. They are the lucky spots drawn by the program team on Weibo. They reported one day in advance. If the winners do not come, there are substitutes.
The admission process was very slow and the staff checked very carefully.
The fear is that someone will sell the winning spots. If a wealthy fan buys them, and everyone supports one person, there will be a big live broadcast accident.
now.
A handsome guy in a gray sports suit took a selfie with his hands pointing upwards in front of the recording building. After sending the photo on WeChat, he showed his ID to the security guard and strode into the recording building.
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In the lounge.
The top four contestants had all put on their makeup and changed into their clothes. While waiting to enter the venue, they were all doing voice exercises, and the room was very noisy.
Tonight is the most important moment. Lin Zhixing, who never practices voice before a game, also practices to be safe.
"Zhixing, are you nervous?"
Song Ge looked at the time passing by on the wall clock, feeling a little anxious. He turned his head to look at Lin Zhixing who was beside him and wondered what he was thinking about, hoping to seek some comfort.
"nervous!"
Lin Zhixing patted her hands on her black dress and said comfortingly, "Everyone here is nervous, and no one is sure of winning. Even if everyone is nervous, the game is still fair. Just relax."
After listening to what he said, Song Ge's nervousness and anxiety eased a little, and he made a cheering gesture, "Yeah, we will win!"
While he was talking, Lin Zhixing felt his pocket vibrate twice, and then he realized that he had forgotten to turn off his phone.
I took out my phone and took a look. It was a WeChat message. My roommate Liu Junjie sent me a photo with the recording building as the background.
As Lin Zhixing turned off his phone, a smile appeared on his face.
Ouch, the sponsor's son-in-law came to watch the game? ...
In a room of the Atour Express Hotel, double curtains make the room pitch dark.
"Wipe it off for me before you lie down again."
"goodâŚâŚ"
Ji Yu, with a flushed face, sighed with satisfaction and fatigue, took out his mobile phone from under the pillow, opened the Penguin Live app, and waited for the live broadcast to begin.
Dong Chen, with a pale face, hunched over and threw the paper ball into the trash can that was about to burst, then lay down on the bed.
"Baby, Brother Lin and the pigeons are going to start the race soon!"
"Well, they will definitely win..."
Ji Yu turned her head and glanced at her sleepy boyfriend, and suddenly remembered to ask: "Have you finished the video for Brother Lin?"
Dong Chen closed his eyes and nodded, "It's done. I sent it to him yesterday!"
"That's good."
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Eight o'clock in the evening.
After a start gesture from the on-site director, the live recording of the last episode of "The Birth of a Group" officially began. The audience on the scene quieted down and raised their cheering equipment.
Looking around, fans of Sunshine Boys and Fengqi Wutong accounted for two-thirds of the audience, and the rest were fans of Talented Man and Pretty Girls and Mulan Brothers.
The inspiring entrance music sounded.
Five mentors, dressed in bright and beautiful clothes, appeared one by one amid the enthusiastic applause and screams of the audience. The eagerly waiting netizens flocked into the live broadcast room on time, and the screen was filled with barrages of comments.
"First, the sofa!"
"It's the last episode, everyone, start chanting, let the slogans fill the screen!"
"The birth of a group cannot be without Oh Ye-ge, just like pancakes cannot be without green onions!"
"Sisters, let's start chanting!"
"Sunny Youth Group, shining on you like the warmth of the sun!"
"Husbands, come on!"
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In the director's office.
Ji Lei looked at the initial data in the live broadcast room and was so surprised that he was speechless. The initial data was 3.5 million. It seemed that breaking the record of 4 million was an inevitable result.
The names of the mentors are almost invisible in the barrage of comments in the live broadcast room today, as two groups of fans of Fengqi Wutong and Sunshine Boy Group are fighting each other.
"Okay, okay, the smell of gunpowder is getting stronger!"
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On the gorgeous stage.
"Good evening, audience friends, welcome to watch the music talent show "The Birth of a Group" sponsored by Penguin Live and Penguin Video..."
The host wore a very handsome suit today. After his passionate introduction, the camera turned to the top four contestants in the contestant booth, giving each of them a brief close-up.
Although they were all very nervous, they looked calm and were smiling and waving at the camera.
After waving his hands, Lin Zhixing made a "yeah" gesture to the camera and mouthed "oh yeah". The fans in the live broadcast room were excited when they saw this scene.
"Okay, I declare that the final competition of "The Birth of a Group" will begin now. Which group will be the first to perform tonight? Everyone, please look at the stage screen!"
Following the host's shout, the camera turned to the stage screen and the atmosphere suddenly became tense.
"Don't let us start the show!"
"Don't let us start the show!"
The eight boys of the Sunshine Boys Group silently said to themselves that the audience's emotions were not stable yet, and the opening performance would be a big disadvantage.
three.
two.
one.
The countdown ended and the information of the contestants who were about to appear appeared on the screen.
ăYears of Friendshipă
[Phoenix perches on the sycamore]
ăLyrics: Lin Zhixingă
ăComposition: Lin Zhixingă
ăArranger: Lin Zhixingă
"Now, please welcome the Fengqi Wutong band to perform their original song 'Years of Friendship'. Please welcome them with applause!" After the host announced the program, the audience burst into warm applause.
âYeah!â
When the strong rival started, the eight boys of Sunshine Boys Group were overjoyed and looked sideways at Lin Zhixing and Song Ge.
The probability is one in four, so I'm mentally prepared.
Lin Zhixing and Song Ge both looked very calm. The finals were difficult, but the top four and top three, even the opening performance, would not be a big problem.
"Years of Friendship? This song title is very relevant!"
âAlthough time is not long-lasting, friendship is. The song is well named. I look forward to it!â
"Oh yeah, brother is about to make an appearance, cool!"
The audience was talking about it, some talked about the names, some talked about Lin Zhixing and Song Ge, but no one talked about the originality, because they were all used to it and would be surprised if it wasn't original.
After the player information stayed for a few seconds, the screen suddenly changed and a line of words appeared.
ăPre-match trash talk from the top four players. ă
The subtitles flashed by, and then Lin Zhixing appeared on the screen.
"From the moment I made a move, I knew the limit of this program. Opponent? From that moment on, I put my hands in my pockets and didn't know what an opponent was!"
"Are you all here to compete for second place?"
Many viewers are not in the habit of watching daily live broadcasts and did not see yesterdayâs live broadcast. After seeing Lin Zhixingâs incredible remarks, the scene and the live broadcast room exploded.
"Oh yeah brother is so mighty and domineering!"
"Awesome, this is so cool!"
"This guy is so cool!"
"Now that I've said it, you have to win, or this video will become a social demise!"
Player seats.
"Fight the tiger tonight!"
Lin Zhixing lowered his head and muttered something in his heart. When he raised his head again, his eyes became firm. He looked at Song Ge, and the two of them went on stage together.
"Hahaha, look everyone, Oh Yeah Brother really put his hands in his pockets!"
"Okay, the video was only halfway installed before, now it's full, 666!"
"Full marks, must be full marks!"
The audience only saw Lin Zhixing walking towards the stage with his hands in his pockets. Out of their sight...
âThump, thump, thump, thumpâŚâ
When Lin Zhixing went on stage, he even prepared the entrance music of "God of Gamblers" in his mind.
I am the most handsome guy in the audience tonight !
"How dare you when the world is still unsettled?"
The three groups of contestants in the contestant booth all had dark faces, especially the eight boys from the Sunshine Boys Group, who all glared angrily. They didnât expect that yesterdayâs trash talk was just a prelude and it was actually for real?
"You are so handsome now, don't fall too badly later!"
Tutor seat.
Wang Cong looked at Lin Zhixing, who was full of confidence on the stage, and liked him very much.
"Good boy, you are even crazier than me!"
Dong Dehua looked at Lin Zhixing on the stage and was full of expectations for the song "Years of Friendship".
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Auditorium.
Liu Junjie looked at his roommates on the stage and was so happy in the audience.
"Okay, okay. It's been a while since we last met. You're becoming more and more mature now!"
As he was laughing, he turned his head to look at the contestant seats and saw Li Zhenzhen's heavily made-up face, feeling sick.
"Green tea bitch, just wait for the third brother to eliminate you!"
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The stage spotlight shone on the two people.
Lin Zhixing wore a black jacket and had his hair cut short, looking handsome and stylish. Song Ge wore a black long skirt and crystal high heels, looking pretty and cool.
The two of them standing together had such a strong stage presence that before they even started singing, the fans at the scene were already waving their cheering sticks excitedly.
After getting ready, Lin Zhixing turned around and nodded to the music teacher.
The accompaniment with an electronic sound sounded, and the rhythmic prelude made people nod their heads unconsciously.
When most of the audience's eyes fell on Song Ge, unexpectedly, Lin Zhixing beside her slowly raised the microphone and sang in a low voice.
"The lost time is scattered in the wind"
âIt seems that I canât remember facing it againâ
"You are with me during my wandering days, and we will meet again by chance"
As soon as he opened his mouth, the audience was stunned. It wasn't much shocking when Lin Zhixing sang it first, the key point was that the dialect was too shocking, it was actually Cantonese!
Before the audience could react, Song Ge raised the microphone and continued singing.
âThe voice of innocence is fadingâ
âWe are separated from each other for a purposeâ
"Looking at the night sky, who was that in the past?"
âUnderstand the tiredness in your heartâ
The song was also sung in Cantonese! In surprise, the live broadcast room's barrage of comments started to float.
âOh my god, they can actually sing Cantonese songs!â
"Oh yeah, my Cantonese is average, how come Song Ge's Cantonese is so good? Is she from Guangcheng?"
âIt sounds nice!â
As the audience was amazed, the chorus arrived.
Lin Zhixing thought for a long time, then suddenly pointed at Song Ge and sang: "Come on!"
Their eyes met, and Song Ge understood and sang: "Forget about right and wrong"
"Come"
âMiss the pastâ
âThere is always joy in times of troubleâ
âDonât believe and you will despairâ
âNo hesitationâ
âCompeting in a dreamâ
âWork hard every day to make progressâ
The two people cooperated very well and received a lot of praise in the live broadcast room.
"It's so annoying. As soon as Oh Ye Ge said the word 'come', Song Ge's voice came right after him. It was totally unstoppable. It was so powerful!"
"To be honest, not many singers can sing the word 'lai' with the same flavor!"
"The level of these two is really high!"
"Just these two words are absolutely amazing!"
The other three fans in the live broadcast room were furious.
"Good fellows, don't you have anything else to brag about? You're bragging about even a single word?"
"In the Storm"
"Unruly Awake and Drunk"
"All the stories seem to have happened in the wandering years"
"The wind has passed and calmed down"
âWho will I return my love to?â
"Let the tears take away the night's haggardness"
During the interlude, the big screen on the stage suddenly lit up, and a scene similar to that of a music video appeared.
The video tells the story of a successful man who works in the general manager's office and misses his old friends while looking at yellowed photos at night.
The flashback scene explains two things. The first is that he and his good friend have drifted apart. They no longer have naive ideas, but only their own goals.
The second is that every time this successful man feels depressed at night, he will think of the days when he struggled with his good friends.
Those beautiful days inspired his fighting spirit, and his past positive attitude was also the original intention that kept pushing him forward, and he still remembered this original intention.
Friends who share weal and woe are the same, which was a very beautiful thing in the past era of struggle, but once you reach the top, your friends will no longer be able to move forward with you.
The successful man in the video looked at the photos and shed silent tears at the reminiscing. He could only let his tears take away the haggardness of the night and the sadness in his heart.
As the audience listened to the lyrics and watched the pictures, they felt that the video was like a MV made specifically for the song.
In fact, this video was indeed a short film that Lin Zhixing asked Dong Chen to find a creator to shoot on the short video website.
The result is quite satisfactory. People can understand the lyrics very intuitively by looking at the pictures, especially those who donât understand Cantonese.
After only half a song, many viewers liked it, especially with this video, they felt the song was more immersive, and the live broadcast room received a lot of praise.
"Oh yege's two "lai"s and Song Ge's follow-up are so good, they have such a good chemistry! I really like this song!"
"I didn't like them much before, but this song really blew me away!"
"I just heard this song while driving on the highway, and I stepped on the accelerator to the floor and sped up to 200 mph. I decided to give this song 88 points, and the remaining 12 points to the traffic police!"
"It made my blood boil. That year, seventeen, I picked up a machete early in the morning and chopped from east to west, from north to south, and finally I finished chopping ten acres of sugarcane."
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Tutor seat.
Wang Cong didnât understand much Cantonese and initially didnât quite comprehend what the song was trying to express. But with the help of the MV, he finally understood the song.
Kobayashiâs idea is really good. Friendship with a bit of tragedy can actually move the audience more.
Dong Dehua was also moved by the song while listening to the lyrics and watching the video.
As a superstar, I can understand this song better. Many of my friendsâ childhood friends are no longer in touch with me due to the disparity in status.
When the name "Ahua" becomes "Brother Hua", the friendship becomes a thing of the past.
Sometimes I really miss them in my memories.
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At this moment, off screen.
In a family of three in a first- or fifth-tier city, the family is following the music program "The Birth of a Group", and the whole family are loyal fans of this music program.
Xiaowen is a sixth-grade primary school student who is about to enter junior high school. He used to be a naughty child and his parents were often called to the police station for his mischief when he was in the fifth grade.
Later, I was educated well by my mother's righteous iron fist. Now I focus on my studies every day, and my grades have improved from the bottom to the top ten in the class.
After all, the child is still young, so Wen's mother allows Xiao Wen to watch TV with her on weekends and gives him two hours to play with his mobile phone, but he is not allowed to play games and can only chat with friends.
At this moment, "The Birth of a Group" was at the opening stage where the host was explaining the rules. Xiao Wen was not very interested. He opened QQ on his phone and checked the news of the week.
[Xiao Mei]: My desk mate, itâs my birthday on Tuesday. What gift are you going to give me?
[Xiaomei]: Let me give you a hint. I like round and hard ones.
Xiaowen saw the message, poked the screen and replied.
[Xiao Wen]: I'll punch you! [Xiao Mei]: Hate it, I want a ring! You're ugly but you want it, haha! Xiao Wen snorted disdainfully and clicked on another new message.
This message was sent from a special attention group, from a former good brother named "Lao Ba".
[Lao Ba]: Brother, someone will be blocking me at the school gate after school tomorrow afternoon, come and help me!
Xiaowen turned his head to glance at his burly mother sitting on the sofa, and imagined the scene of the iron fist of justice swinging at him. He shuddered, and typed a line of words with trembling hands.
[Xiao Wen]: If I were 9 years old now, I could help you, but now I am 10 years old and I have retired.
"I played my son, and your favorite Oh Ye Brother is going to sing!"
"Oh, OK!"
Xiaowen put down his phone and watched it with his parents.
"Let's forget about right and wrong"
âCome and reminisce about the pastâ
âThere is always joy in times of troubleâ
This verse of lyrics deeply touched Xiao Wen, and he couldn't help but recall the days when he and his brothers ate spicy noodles together and fought together.
Suddenly I remembered that Lao Ba, who had just come to find me, had once been beaten for me.
We said at the time that we would be brothers for life, and that we would help each other no matter what it took. How could I have forgotten all that? Xiaowen glanced at his mother.
How could he ignore his brother under the tyranny of a tigress? He was simply unworthy of the word "loyalty". Xiao Wen listened to the song and recalled the years of friendship in the past, and his eyes gradually became red.
I have to help my brother again, even if I have to get beaten up by the tigress.
Thinking of this, Xiaowen picked up the mobile phone on the sofa and prepared to take on this tough battle.
I opened QQ and found that my good brother had already replied.
[Lao Ba]: Even if the fish is brought ashore, it will still have a fishy smell.
Xiaowen fell into deep thought after reading this. His brother was right. Even if he retired from the underworld, he could not erase the facts of the past. Thinking of this, he typed a line of words.
ăXiao Wenă: For the last time, I will protect you with my life! Send location! ăLao Baă: Liaocheng Xinmei Primary School - Shared location.
[Xiao Wen]: I will definitely be there tomorrow. If there are not enough people, I will bring my cousin who is in the first grade of junior high school.
[Lao Ba]: Thank you brother. After this, letâs go to the old place and drink some white wine. This time, letâs drink two liters. Itâs my treat!
[Short article]: Years of friendship (handshake)!
Xiaowen put down his phone and felt his blood boiling.
"I am worthy of the word brother!"
The other side.
Dad Wen was also moved when listening to this song, and his thoughts went back to many years ago when he and his good brothers went online to sing karaoke and flirt with girls.
In those days, if we had a hundred dollars to spend together, we would share it with each other, except for our girlfriend and underwear. We didn't distinguish between you and me in other things.
Time flies so fast. In the blink of an eye, we have started our own families and our children are about to enter junior high school.
"Why!"
Dad Wen felt a little sad. He took out his mobile phone, opened WeChat, and found the profile picture of his good brother whom he hadn't contacted for many years. After hesitating for a while, he clicked on the profile picture.
After deleting and revising, he reduced the long paragraph in the chat box to one sentence, raised the corners of his mouth and clicked send.
[Brother, how are you doing recently? ]
After sending the message, he started watching TV again, listening to music and imagining his good brother's reply.
Five minutes later, the phone beeped.
He quickly picked up his phone and clicked on the new message, but he never expected that his good brother would only reply with two brief words.
ăNo money.ă
The corners of Wen's father's mouth that had been raised suddenly flattened stiffly. He stared at his good brother's reply and felt sad, his eyes gradually turning red.
Music was playing on the speakers.
"The lost time is scattered in the wind"
"Let the tears carry the night's haggardness"
That time has really been blown away by the wind, and things have changed! In front of the screen, many men who have had the same experience were deeply touched by this song.
A new voting force is rising! ăI was wrong, I owe you one more chapter, I'll pay it back tomorrow, woo woo...
(End of this chapter)
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