At the recording studio.
There were no empty seats in the audience, and the machines were about to start.
Dafei came looking for him. "Brother Hu, a singer has expressed his opinion."
Hu Fei sighed. "What is it?"
Dafei gave a wry smile. "Last time it was Li Yu, and this time it's Flowing Time. A masked singer said that if she brought people from her hometown to the live show, she could even beat Petal Shower and The Clown!"
"Brother Hu, what do we do now?" Xiao Lu came back after informing the singer.
Hu Fei blamed himself, "What else can I do? We can only do it this way. Everyone is here, and they are our sponsors. We can't just kick them out, right? We were to blame for not clarifying or asking them about the purpose of the tickets. We thought that they were going to use it as a national lucky draw. If that was the case, there would be an even distribution of genders and regions. Hai, we can only blame ourselves for not having any experience in such a large-scale singing variety show. That's why there were so many problems with the flipping. It's all my fault. If Zhang Ye was in my position as executive director, none of this would have happened! If I had known it would be like this, I would have made him the executive director no matter what. I would have just been an executive producer watching from the side. How easy would that have been! "
Dafei immediately said, "It's not your fault. We don't have this experience either."
Xiao Lu said, "Director Zhang has disappeared again?"
"I guess he went back?" Dafei also looked back.
Hu Fei said, "Let's start recording. We have to do this no matter what. When we're done recording, I will personally speak to the singers. Come, let's count down to one minute."
…
Applause rang out!
"Hello, everyone."
"Welcome to this episode of King of Masked Singers!"
"I'm your host — Dong Shanshan."
Many spectators screamed.
There were also many men whistling.
This was not something that the program team had prepared in advance, nor was it something that they had requested the audience to cheer and applaud. Instead, it was the most authentic atmosphere in the venue. As Dong Shanshan was currently very popular, and King of Masked Singers was the top-rated television show in the entire country, everyone was very excited to be able to come to the venue to watch and even vote on the "life and death" of the singers. As such, the mood was raised to a very high level right from the start.
Today, Dong Shanshan was still wearing the same black suit and gold-rimmed glasses.
After a string of advertising messages, Dong Shanshan looked at the audience and said with a smile, "I saw a lot of people online asking me why I wear the same clothes every episode?"
Many of the audience looked over curiously.
Dong Shanshan said, "Because the program team doesn't have any money!"
Immediately, the jeers from below continued!
"Yi!"
"Yi!"
"Hahaha!"
You don't have money?
You guys are the richest program team in the country right now, alright?
After Dong Shanshan heard this, she looked at Yao Jiancai, who was sitting in the guest seats, and said with a smile, "What a familiar voice. Teacher Yao, are they yelling at you?"
A few of the guests laughed.
Yao Jiancai pointed at Dong Shanshan. This Little Dong was making fun of him.
Today's script had more scenes for the hosts, so it was rare for Dong Shanshan to have the opportunity to say a few words at the beginning of the show. However, it was just a few words. "I know everyone has been looking forward to this, so I'll leave the rest of the time to the singers. Next up, let's welcome the first singer to take the stage — Spinach."
The contestants were already waiting in the waiting area.
The audience applauded!
"He's here!"
"It's spinach!"
"She's the first?"
Spinach went onstage and seemed a little displeased. But after taking a few deep breaths onstage, she quickly composed herself and nodded at the band.
The music started.
She started singing.
Spinach was actually singing a song that was very theatrical today. It was called "The Big Play." There were quite a few parts of the song that were sung in a high-pitched Peking Opera style. When these parts of the song were pulled up, the audience got very excited. Wave after wave of applause rang out!
After the song ended, Spinach bowed and left the stage.
Chen Guang was surprised. "This?"
Wang Zhuishu was also stunned. "Who is she?"
"Do you know who she is now?" Zhang Xia said with a smile.
Chen Yidong said, "I think I guessed it!"
"It's her?" Amy also seemed to recognize her.
Zhang Xia had a good relationship with Spinach and had even worked with her once or twice before. So Grandma Zhang had already recognized her during the previous episode. It was only today that the other guests could roughly guess who she was.
Yao Jiancai commented, "She sang quite well."
Zhang Xia smiled. "When she's older, she'll definitely be even better."
Onstage, Dong Shanshan said, "Let's welcome our next contestant — Flowing Time."
When he said that, the audience immediately cheered and screamed enthusiastically. The cheers were several times louder than when Spinach came onstage, especially when there were more than a hundred people in two sections. Many of them were dressed in the same clothes and were cheering Flowing Time on in Hokkien. It was unknown if they had seen the news online, but a lot of them were probably guessing if this person was Teacher Zhao Qiquan.
Amy turned around and looked. "Hokkien?"
"Are there that many of them?" Yao Jiancai exclaimed.
Zhang Xia knew a little of what was going on. She had heard it from the program team staff before going onstage. "It's an advertising sponsor." She explained it to the others.
Chen Guang said, "There are that many locals?"
Chen Yidong said, "It's going to be very difficult for the other contestants."
"It's more than difficult." Amy said in a speechless manner, "If Teacher Zhao were really here, wouldn't the outcome be decided already? That's a minimum of a hundred votes! "
They also felt that the audience this time was too monotonous. Wasn't it all just for Flowing Time?
Flowing Time went onstage.
Applause rang out again.
Finally, Flowing Time gestured for everyone to quiet down. Only then did the applause stop.
Flowing Time smiled. At this moment, the music started playing.
Everyone looked at him, waiting for him to speak.
"Please look at me.
"Is this the person you love so deeply?
"Why did she turn around and leave when you were in trouble?
"Please look at me.
"Is this the kind of friend you trust?"
"Why did he never turn back when you were in trouble?"
It turned out to be a Mandarin song!
It was a very famous song, "Please Look at Me"!
The audience was excited!
"Mandarin?"
"Isn't it a Hokkien song?"
"That person isn't Zhao Qiquan?"
"No, listen to his accent!"
"His Mandarin is spoken with a Hokkien accent!"
"That's right, it's definitely him!"
"It's the smell from over there!"
"It's really Zhao Qiquan who's here!"
"That's great, he sang it so well!"
"There's going to be a good show to watch today! Teacher Zhao has really come! "
"Haha, The Clown has met his match!"
The cheers from the Xiamen and Chaoshan people were especially deafening. Most of them were Zhao Qiquan's fans and loved to listen to Hokkien songs!
When Spinach, who was in the audience, saw this, she felt a little helpless.
After he finished singing, Flowing Time bowed in thanks. It was obvious that he was quite satisfied with his performance today.
Then Spinach returned to the stage after being invited by Dong Shanshan.
The judges were already giving their comments.
Zhang Xia said, "They were both very good, really good."
Wang Zhuishu said, "I was very satisfied listening to these two songs. It was so enjoyable."
Chen Yidong smiled and said, "I liked Spinach's performance more. Besides, I think I've already guessed your identity."
Spinach nodded in thanks.
Yao Jiancai said, "I liked Flowing Time more. He sang with a lot of depth."
"Each has their own merits, so it's really hard to judge who's better." Chen Guang looked at the two of them and said, "Hur hur, let's leave this difficult question to the audience."
Both of their songs had completely different styles and were completely unrelated. So it was indeed quite difficult to judge who sang better. Spinach's advantage was that her voice was clear and had a lot of penetrating power. Her melodic singing was also very tasteful. Flowing Time's advantage was his experience and control. He also had a good relationship with them. So in the judges' opinion, the two contestants should be evenly matched in the first group of the competition. Even if Flowing Time was slightly better, the gap would not be too big. But when the voting began and the results were announced, the judges fell silent!
The voting ended!
Spinach: 107 votes!
Flowing Time: 381 votes!
Flowing Time won!
It was a huge disparity!
The audience was almost overwhelmingly supporting Flowing Time!
The program team staff looked at one another.
At this moment, the other contestants in the waiting room did not look too good either!
Clearly, the audience had already recognized Zhao Qiquan from his slight accent and voice. He had not even sung a Hokkien song yet. He had only revealed a little bit of Hokkien Mandarin, but the votes were already three or four times more than his. If Flowing Time really sang a Hokkien song, who in the audience could be his match?
This home field advantage was too great!
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