I loaded up the life makeover game

Chapter 111

At this time, in the backstage of the performance venue, Chen Xiu'an got the fourth appearance after drawing lots.

Compared with the previous time, Chen Xiu'an, who was about to perform on stage, did not feel nervous at all.

Because of the regulations, Jiang Zhi was not qualified to enter the backstage.

So they could only wait in the auditorium for Chen Xiu'an to play.

Although the maximum performance time limit for each contestant is 10 minutes, most of the contestants do not actually perform for 10 minutes.

At this time, most of the audience in the auditorium were students from colleges and universities.

Some signed up voluntarily, but many were actually forced to participate.

"Has the Guitar College Competition become so cold?"

"The audience actually needs our students to make up the numbers?"

Because they are forced to participate, many people naturally have emotions, so it is inevitable to complain or something.

"Aren't we still eligible to vote?"

"Isn't that unfair?"

"Are there any contestants in our school?"

Some people also asked with some doubts.

"Our school seems to have entered the national competition."

"But only one."

"And there are only ten contestants in the entire capital."

"There will be no introduction to the players' schools before the competition."

"Even if someone you know comes to be an audience, it doesn't actually have that much impact on the final result."

"It can only be said that it has a little home court advantage."

In fact, this statement is quite objective.

After all, in this national competition, there are ten contestants from each province.

The number of contestants from colleges and universities in Beijing is only ten, and everyone may not be able to recognize them. The situation of friendly voting has little impact on the knockout round.

"Stop talking, the game is about to start."

"Let's take it as a show, and it's not a bad thing to be drawn to participate."

The girl next to the person who complained just now spoke.

"Welcome everyone to the third performance on the third day of the knockout round of the National College Guitar Competition."

"The number of contestants appearing today is ten, and the performance time of each contestant is limited to less than 10 minutes."

"The audience has a total of ten votes, and each vote can only be cast for a fixed contestant. As for how many votes to cast in the end, it will be up to everyone to decide."

"I hope that the 200 spectators who have voting rights present can cast their votes fairly and justly, which is crucial to their eligibility to advance to the semi-finals."

The host first came on stage and briefly introduced the relevant rules and procedures, and then there were no other redundant links, and soon the first player came on stage.

Because most of the contestants are actually fingerstyle pieces, so everyone plays sitting down.

The audio equipment in the stadium is much better than that in Bo City. Even if you sit in the corner of the auditorium, you can still hear the sound of the guitar clearly.

The first contestant to play chose two songs with a relatively small and fresh style, and the transition between the two songs was quite smooth.

Although it can be known that two pieces of music are played together, it does not give people the feeling of separation.

Just because of the style, audiences who like it will like it very much, while audiences who don't like it will feel indifferent.

In short, there is something to give, and it is not considered that such a song is a niche, and it will lose part of the audience while it has advantages.

But maybe it's because the performer is a cute looking girl, and with such a style of music, the response from the scene after the performance is still good.

At the very least, it dissipated the resentment of some students who were forced to listen to the performance before.

The main reason is that the players who came to participate this time are not actually weak in terms of level.

At least they are beginners, and they look much more professional than the uneven levels of the previous competitions in various provinces.

At the same time, not only Chen Xiu'an, but even Jiang Zhi also noticed that there were quite a few staff responsible for on-site recording in this competition.

It gives people a feeling of recording a music program.

The ten contestants in the backstage also put on makeup, but Chen Xiu'an didn't pay much attention to it, thinking that the previous competitions were actually like this.

But Jiang Zhi knew that last year's competition was not so grand.

Although there will be people recording on-site, but there is only one camera, and it is always placed in the same fixed position.

It is probably because there is a corresponding recording task on the official side, but they don't want to spend much money on it, so it is equivalent to going through the motions.

But this time, Jiang Zhi discovered many details.

For example, the layout of the venue, including the return of the ballot box, seems to have been significantly designed compared to last year.

It does seem to make the competition a lot higher.

But these are not important things anyway, and Jiang Zhi didn't delve into this point carefully.

Because the voting was only done at the end of the whole show, the host just went on stage and simply announced the name of the show after the performance of the first contestant, and then stepped down.

The performance time of the first contestant is only 5 minutes.

After all, it is a combination of two songs, in fact, this time is not too short.

The second contestant was faster, came to the stage and played a piece of music in the early 3 minutes.

Many audiences even lost their minds, and it was over.

Although the strength and performance are similar to the first player.

But because the first contestant is a cute girl, and the style of the song fits well with the other party's image, it should be more memorable. The second contestant belongs to the kind of person who is not remembered by everyone after the concert is over.

Because it is not a scoring mechanism on the spot, it is actually important to leave an impression on the audience.

Otherwise, when it comes time to vote later, even some viewers won't think of someone like you.

At the same time, when Chen Xiu'an was about to enter the stage, a man in a certain room in the backcourt ordered:

"Attention all departments. The contestant who will appear next is the champion of the Sichuan competition area. There is a high probability that it will be edited into our final film. We must take more shots as material."

Chen Xiu'an looked at the photographer who was following her in the waiting area with a strange expression on her face.

The main reason is that he thinks it is just a college guitar competition. Although it is quite formal, there is no need to film the process of this kind of players on stage.

But after all, it seemed to be the organizer's decision, and Chen Xiu'an couldn't say much. She just pretended not to see it.

Although Chen Xiu'an didn't speak at this moment, the photographer unexpectedly asked a question on his own initiative.

"Excuse me, you will be playing soon, are you nervous?"

Chen Xiu'an didn't react for a while, but at this moment it was only him and the photographer, and it was impossible for the other party to talk to other people.

I didn't think much about it, I just thought that the other party was simply greeting him.

Chen Xiu'an said directly and honestly, "There's no need to be nervous."

"Are you confident in your own strength?"

The photographer continued to ask,

Because he saw that Chen Xiu'an looked confident.

Chen Xiuan came to his senses at this time and asked, "Are you doing an interview?"

Without waiting for the photographer to answer.

"Cough cough."

Chen Xiu'an stood upright, and spoke again very formally:
"Actually, I'm still a little nervous."

"But I think as long as I can show my strength, the trip is worthwhile,"

Photographer:
Although Chen Xiu'an didn't know whether the pictures taken by the other party would be broadcast or not.

But he thinks it is better to make himself look humble in the camera.

At the same time, the director in the room couldn't help laughing when he saw the real-time footage.

"This player is quite effective on the show."

"You can pay more attention to it later, if you advance."

"Next is Chen Xiu'an, the fourth contestant in this field. He brought us the guitar song "Assassination""

It was Chen Xiu'an's turn to play, he was not very nervous, and with the addition of the badge of "Appear before others", he was extremely calm.

Guitars blared in the arena.

The song "Assassination" is actually quite famous, because many of the people present are from music colleges or music-related majors.

Many have actually heard this song, but it may not be the guitar version they listened to, and there are other versions played by other instruments, or adapted songs.

The mood of this song is layered and progressive.

From the beginning, the assassin's hesitation after receiving the mission gradually turned into the assassin's determination to die.

Although there are no lyrics, but in the final climax, people can feel the tension of the assassin when he pretends to be close to the assassination target.

It's a bit like the ancient Jing Ke's assassination of Qin Dynasty, but the author is foreign, so I don't know if he borrowed this story.

In the end, the assassin's assassination failed, and the sad emotion of death was the end.

The whole song is about 7 minutes long, without any lyrics, and there is no so-called story.

But it still allows many listeners to make up a wonderful story after listening to it.

Compared with the previous three players, Chen Xiu'an's performance was basically crushing.

Such a narrative style of music is actually not everyone can control.

But if the strength is enough, it is still a good choice.

At the very least, Chen Xiu'an is currently proficient in guitar, and she performed this piece perfectly.

Even after the song ended, the audience had a feeling that I couldn't understand, but was greatly shocked.

The scene was quiet for a few seconds before there was warm applause.

"so perfect!"

After Chen Xiu'an's performance ended, the director backstage couldn't help applauding loudly.

"Our show will definitely explode!"

He spoke confidently.

This person is called Xu Shengzhi, and he is the director of a variety show.

Not to mention well-known, I once did a few variety shows on a local station in Guizhou Province where few people watched, but the final ratings were still not dead or alive.

It's the same as some other local stations in Guizhou Province that don't have any characteristics.

This time, after learning about the National College Guitar Competition, I suddenly had the idea of ​​turning this competition into a program.

Especially after knowing the process of the game, I think it is still very interesting.

So it took a lot of effort, and finally persuaded the local TV station in Guizhou Province that I cooperated with to pay a considerable amount of money, and obtained the authorization for the recording of the game and the broadcast of the later program.

But only if it doesn't interfere with the game itself.

In fact, this is still very risky.

But Xu Shengzhi decided to take a gamble.

Anyway, his own situation is so embarrassing now, even if he loses the cooperation with the local TV stations in Guizhou Province and loses his job in the end, he still wants to make this show.

Xu Shengzhi, who is in his 30s, can be said to put his future in it.

But in fact, many people who know Xu Shengzhi are not very optimistic.

It was really because the organizers did not allow him, the director, to participate in the process and results of the competition.

It can't even affect the players themselves, so that the nature of the game itself becomes a program.

As a result, even if they can freely shoot and post-production, there are too many uncontrollable factors.

It is very likely that what was filmed did not have any program effect in the finished film.

The whole process is dry and boring.

This is a very fatal point for variety shows.

Even if it is a variety show of music itself.

But in fact, besides the music itself, many variety shows that can actually become popular, actually have their own highlights in it.

Sometimes the effect of the program actually depends on the active guidance of the director and the program group.

Now the situation is that they have no control over it.

Xu Shengzhi's failure is very likely.

He himself is very clear about this.

In the two days before the concert, his filming team can be said to have been filming non-stop.

Just to be able to find more interesting material.

Xu Shengzhi was actually very satisfied with the final result.

The main reason is that the strength of these players is actually not bad, after all, it is a professional competition.

There should be no rollover in the final film.

And the part of the audience voting itself is quite interesting.

It is easy to create suspense in the program. If the editing and production can be done in the later stage, it is completely enough as a selling point of the program.

What makes Xu Shengzhi still have the most confidence is the few players like Chen Xiu'an who have a high level of guitar skills.

These are the cornerstones, even if the final show does not explode, there are still so-called highlights.

The reason why Xu Shengzhi chose the National College Guitar Competition to shoot is also because of the professionalism of the competition and the guarantee of the strength of the contestants.

It's a pity that we can't dig deep into the players themselves.

The only thing is to let the photographers in charge of shooting quietly ask some questions from time to time, guiding them to achieve the effect they want.

As for Chen Xiu'an's appearance just now, Xu Shengzhi was obviously very happy to see it.

At the beginning, the other party was confident and didn't even care about the elimination. Later, when he heard that they were filming and interviewing, the whole person suddenly became humble, which was very comedic.

The most important thing is that after Chen Xiuan came on the stage, he performed the song "Assassination" at a high level.

It can definitely be regarded as one of the highlights of the previous knockout program.

Xu Shengzhi was naturally happy to be able to capture such material.

At this time, I have already started to plan in my mind how to edit in the later stage.

(End of this chapter)