Chapter 1179 The Last Fig Leaf for Domestic Entertainment
"Are you ready?"
Luo Quan and Shen Zhou sat side by side on stools, with the closed conference room door in front of them.
There are only two days until the Bay Area Gala. This time, in order to show the strength of the singers, the director allowed everyone to sing for real.
As long as you feel you are strong enough, the program team will cooperate in all aspects.
But if you don’t have this confidence, then just keep lip-synching when it’s time to do it.
Precisely because it relies on strength and does not need to be arranged in advance, there is not even a need for too many rehearsals this time.
Speaking of which, Hong Kong entertainment has been declining in recent years, and there has been no outstanding newcomer for a long time. It is just a bunch of old faces supporting the scene.
As for domestic entertainment, no matter what their level is, the popularity of newcomers is overwhelming, and being on trending searches is like going home.
Although the entertainment industry has always been about new generations replacing old ones, in this vanity fair, no one wants to be eliminated like this.
Therefore, Hong Kong artists are said to be holding their breath this time and want to show off their abilities at the party.
If you are lucky, you can definitely create a feeling of a powerful tiger.
In the future, if there are any variety shows, movies, TV series, etc., you can also hide and win a few spots.
Nowadays, movies and variety shows are okay, but there are really not many Hong Kong artists in TV series.
In addition, Hong Kong dramas themselves are not up to par. They are always policemen and robbers, or they are poorly filmed martial arts. Mainland China has long stopped following this routine.
In order to rejuvenate their careers, a group of old guys are secretly preparing to compete with the young people.
As for the young people in the internal entertainment group, Luo Quan came over just now and saw that most of them were playing on their mobile phones, and a few went upstairs chatting. They probably had some more private topics to talk about.
Young people, handsome men and beautiful women, can't help but want to talk about their feelings after meeting their eyes.
Luo Quan knew that this party would have a certain competitive nature, and she was not worried at all. She did not think that anyone at the party could be her opponent.
But seeing his teammates all looking like this, Luo Quan felt that he had "defeated" written all over his face.
"A crime other than war." Luo Quan couldn't help but shake his head and sigh when he thought of this, the hero was short of breath.
"What's wrong, Sister Luo?" Shen Zhou cast a curious look, "What's the mouth?"
"Nothing." Luo Quan shook his head gently, "You will enter later, why should you answer truthfully?
If I ask you to sing a few lines, you can perform as usual. "
"Don't worry, Sister Luo, I will definitely not disgrace our singing club." After singing in the Bird's Nest in the semi-finals, Shen Zhou no longer knew what stage fright was.
He has experienced big events with nearly 100,000 people. Is there any venue in China bigger than the Bird's Nest?
Even if there were, the number would not exceed too much.
If we insist on saying that there is, then the only thing left is the Spring Festival Gala.
However, Shen Zhou can be said to be very and extremely confident now. Even if he is allowed to attend the Spring Festival Gala, he will probably be able to perform normally.
Words like nervousness and stage fright are now completely insulated from him.
As soon as he finished speaking, the door of the conference room opened, and several singers walked out with very depressed expressions.
Like Shen Zhou, these are all singers who came to the interview through connections.
Although there was a relationship, I only got an interview opportunity.
The stage is so important, and popularity and singing skills must account for the same amount. If there is no popularity, no strength, and only a favor, then you will definitely not be able to get on the stage.
Judging from the expressions of these singers, it was obvious that they were too overwhelmed and did not choose them.
As for Shen Zhou, who entered with both front and rear legs, his performance was completely different from the previous ones.
As soon as he raised his voice, the expressions of several interviewers suddenly changed.
It's not like they haven't heard of Shen Zhou's songs before. Station B's fan club is so popular that they will always catch some clips.
Of course, Shen Zhou is the one who is most amazing, but they believe that the program's sound editing also had a certain effect on Shen Zhou's singing.
However, after hearing Shen Zhou's original voice at the scene, they deeply realized what it means to be rewarded by God.
The voice is really nice, and the singing skills are hard to fault. Not to mention that he just recently won the championship of the fan club, and his traffic is currently the number one in domestic entertainment.
Why does such a super new star need to be introduced by Luo Quan? A good singer like him should be on a good stage.
Thinking of the connections I met today, the interviewers all shook their heads and sighed.
Forget it if Shen Zhou doesn't show up, it means everyone in domestic entertainment is bad.
But the fact that there are outstanding newcomers like Shen Zhou shows that domestic entertainment is not without talents, but those who are favored by capital have suppressed their chances of getting ahead.
How could they not feel sorry for this?
But no matter how regretful it is, there is nothing we can do. Whether it is favors or capital, today we have to select a few from this group of scum to get the quota, and then push them to the front.
If it weren't for Shen Zhou, I would have to choose one more person to make up for the trouble today.
All in all, Shen Zhou passed the interview very smoothly.
Luo Quan originally thought it would take a lot of effort, but it turned out to be so simple. Shen Zhou only sang a few lines and passed.
It can only be said that his voice is really powerful. Just opening his mouth can make people's skin crawl all over, making Luo Quan himself a little envious.
After the list of performers was confirmed, everyone began rehearsals in the next two days.
This is the second time Shen Zhou has appeared on the concert stage. He has a very calm expression after this experience. Many seniors in the music industry watched in amazement and lamented that he is really a formidable person now.
The days passed by, and soon it was the day of the Greater Bay Area Party.
Tonight's theme is destined to be nostalgia.
Because nearly half of the artists on stage are old Hong Kong stars over forty.
At their peak, they contributed the best entertainment content to people across the country.
Whether it is music or film and television works, even now they are classics that are difficult to surpass.
In this era of comparing bad works, people find that even the works that were recognized as rubbish back then are comparable to many excellent works today, let alone those recognized classics.
So in fact, netizens actually like to reverse the trend of internal entertainment. If we go back twenty years, internal entertainment will be even more exciting than it is now.
But flowers will bloom again, and people will never be young again.
The era of those old Hong Kong stars has passed, but at least they can still show their prowess from time to time.
The Greater Bay Area Gala is such a stage, and with Brother Chen Long taking the stage to sing for the first time, this aging storm belonging to Hong Kong stars finally began to blow up.
As the only two international superstars at the party, Brother Chen Long's status was quite high even in front of Luo Quan.
Although it is rare to win two consecutive Oscars, the Oscar Lifetime Achievement Award is not bad at all.
Especially compared to his popularity abroad, Luo Quan may be better in Europe and the United States now, but in Asia, Africa and Latin America, Brother Chen Long is definitely a well-known presence.
This is a superstar who only needs to mention his name to get dignitaries from various countries to facilitate his filming. If necessary, even the military can be used.
Decades of hard work have already made him a cultural symbol and a symbol of an era.
Luo Quan is now working hard to develop in this area, but he is already quite close to success.
Maybe in another ten years, when she gradually becomes less popular, people at that time will more naturally say when they mention the second decade of the 21st century: That was the era of Luo Quan.
If such a thing happened, Luo Quan would be quite satisfied.
As for whether she can remain popular until 2030, to be honest, she really doesn't dare to think about it, but it's not impossible to do it.
Like Brother Chen Long, he is still in his sixties and still refuses to accept his age, making action movies.
It's just that his vision for choosing partners is really poor, so after the news of the new movie's filming came out, he was criticized by many netizens.
But complaints are complaints. When he took the stage, the barrage of "Brother Chen Long" and "Uncle Long" still represented the respect of countless people born in the 90s and 2000s.
As the lead singer of Beijing Welcomes You, Brother Chen Long is a well-deserved figure in the domestic entertainment industry.
Of course, no matter how high your status is, you still have to lip-sync when you should.
Although Brother Chen Long debuted as a singer, he is a kung fu superstar after all. His singing skills can only be said to be full of emotion, but his technique is a bit lackluster.
When he was young, he could still hold those passionate songs with the strength gained from practicing martial arts. Now, it is a fact that he has to admit that the hero is dying.
Therefore, Brother Chen Long took the initiative to lip-sync. Compared with the likely occurrence of broken voice, shortness of breath, etc., he felt that it would be better to dedicate his best singing voice to the audience.
Of course, if this was the stage of an action movie, he would definitely take part in it himself.
After singing the song "Men Should Improve themselves", the scene was already heated up.
The arrangement of this concert is very interesting. Hong Kong stars and domestic entertainment artists take turns taking the stage.
After Brother Chen Long finished his performance, Brother Hua came on stage immediately.
Ever since the practice became popular all over the Internet, Hua Ge has been going further and further on his unique path.
He could still sing well in the past, just because he was obsessed with high notes, but if he encounters a song that allows him to play to his strengths, he can still give a satisfactory performance.
But I don’t know if he wants to compete with netizens, or if he is really overwhelmed by the praise of fans.
He became obsessed with the practice.
The so-called method is to sing songs in various ways that are difficult for ordinary people to understand, including but not limited to piercing ghost screams, body movements with unknown meanings, and clothing and makeup that exceed the aesthetics of normal people.
Brother Hua is currently terminally ill, and watching him perform on stage is a torture.
But for netizens, it is also an expectation.
Because everyone is curious about what kind of good life this leader can bring to everyone.
But this time, Hua Ge didn't do anything wrong. Not only did she dress normally, but the songs she chose and her singing style also became normal.
However, I don’t know if he has forgotten how to sing the song because he has done so much.
He spoke less than three sentences before the stage turned into a car accident scene.
Broken timbre, lack of breath, harsh treble, and abnormal pitch. These are all conditions that only tone-deaf passers-by can experience. All of them happened to Hua Ge.
When he finished singing his part, the faces of the audience and the director behind the scenes changed.
The specifications of this party are based on the Spring Festival Gala. What are the specifications of the Spring Festival Gala?
I would rather lip-sync than allow the scene of a car accident to appear, and give the audience the most perfect performance.
However, this party is not as strict as the Spring Festival Gala after all. In addition, in order to reflect the strength of domestic entertainment singers, as long as the singers are willing, they can choose to sing for real.
And Brother Hua confidently chose to sing for real.
Before that, no matter how he behaved, at least the public still recognized his singing skills.
Even if it's not as good as the seniors in the industry, it's at least much better than the popular fresh meat, so the director team isn't too worried about his performance.
Who would have thought it would be like this now?
And if he overturns, that's fine. The key to his song is that he sings it with two people. The other singer is the lead singer of a rock band in Hong Kong.
This band is not well-known. It is basically only famous in the Greater Bay Area. The lead singer is not even well-known. Compared with Hua Ge, its traffic is as high as in the sky.
But after he opened his mouth, the gap between the two singing skills became inversely proportional to their popularity on the Internet.
This little-known lead singer of the band beat Brother Hua to the ground in seconds.
So much so that after Brother Hua finished singing, the barrage was filled with overwhelming curses. As soon as the Hong Kong star opened his mouth, everyone immediately started chanting "It's like listening to fairy music and your ears are temporarily bright".
Fortunately, the singer couldn't see the barrage, otherwise Hua Ge's mentality would have exploded.
However, even though the lead singer of the band performed so well, he still could not withstand Hua Ge's historic performance, and ultimately failed to prevent the performance from turning into a car accident.
It can only be said that it was originally a series of rear-end collisions between dump trucks, but now it has become a car.
Although both were tragic, at least the latter still left a whole body.
And Brother Hua's collapse seems to have set the tone for today's collapse of domestic entertainment singers.
The few young people who came on stage after him either lip-synched or sang without any skills at all, and they were all high-definition.
As for Xiangjiang, except for those who are too old to sing, most of them are real singers, and their level is quite good.
This contrast between the one before and after gave the entire party a huge sense of tearing.
Often one person sings, making netizens immersed in the music and expressing enjoyment.
Then someone came up immediately and polluted everyone's ears with a hoarse and mocking song.
It's probably best to describe it as both fragrant and smelly.
Moreover, the fragrant group and the smelly group belong to two entertainment circles, and the contrast is extremely sharp.
"Is the internal entertainment here?"
Soon someone was asking questions in the barrage, and more people were already cursing, scolding these incompetent traffic stars for why they dare to come to this stage.
And just when the audience's dissatisfaction was about to overflow, Luo Quan and Shen Zhou finally appeared on the stage.
The two of them are like the saviors of domestic entertainment, carrying the expectations of countless people.