In September, the heat wave hits again.
This is also the last super hot heat wave.
Yanjing Workers' Stadium, where the final night of "Summer of Idols" was held.
Han Zhou specifically chose this venue for the finals.
Although it is expensive, there are still football league matches to be held here.
However, Han Zhou still found a company that specializes in hosting commercial performances, the venue, and the Yanjing football team, and negotiated with them, and finally won the deal.
The venue fee, sound system, and lighting arrangements alone cost a full 80 million!
If it didn't cost so much money, the program's pure program revenue would be even higher.
Han Zhou has always wanted to establish his own "idol concept" in China, but he has been too busy recently, so he has been lazy in many aspects.
Therefore, on the night of the finals, Han Zhou hopes to use three words to complete the audience's understanding of the new generation of idols.
"Chinese style", "hard power", and "de-feminization".
Look at the current representative contestant, Wang Chuyang, who was born in a wealthy family, but he shows that he has basically no bad habits of a rich kid both on and off the stage, and he doesn’t buy into the ways of idols or even stars at all.
Lin Jianqiu was determined to play rock music and participated in the program simply to make his debut.
Wang Mo is a great dancer, but under the influence of her two teammates and the education of Zhang Ceyong, she basically gave up on all the fancy things and pursued efficiency and elegance.
Zhang Die, a representative of struggle, has gone from being blacklisted by the entire Internet to where he is today.
Qi Xiaoqi, the idol singer that Mailang originally planned to be, actually has abilities that are more geared towards singing.
Xu Ping, an idol launched by Universal China, is almost a pure singer.
Among those who have basically confirmed that they will debut as a group, McCarty is the only one who has truly mastered expression management, idol dancing, and idol singing.
Apart from him, only Wang Mo herself has a strong old idol temperament.
Even the other contestants selected in the end are all old-school or Japanese and Korean style idols.
Well, half of the team doesn't even fall into this category.
What are they? They are strong enough, with all the skills needed to be an idol, and are backward compatible with the identity of an idol.
And if this team is established, it will be equivalent to raising the threshold for idols.
In the future, if you want to become an idol just by being handsome and being able to act cool, that is just wishful thinking.
In the final, Han Zhou also tried hard to incorporate the concept of Chinese style.
There is a huge problem in the current idol market , that is, they like to pretend to be fashionable. Lu Jin was like this before joining New World, and Chen Yin is still doing this to this day.
However, in the new era, the word "foreign" has become synonymous with the word "rustic".
Foreign is local, local is foreign.
A foreigner is someone who has never seen the world, has no knowledge, no culture, and fails at pretending to be cool.
Today, many viewers who usually do not watch the programs on time, but wait a few days to watch them, are also sitting in front of their computers.
Don’t forget that today is not only the end of "Summer of Idols", but also the end of "Summer New Singer".
Although in the eyes of industry insiders, the two are no longer from the same world.
However, Lizhi TV is bullying ordinary passers-by who don’t understand and has been promoting the greatness of "Summer New Singer".
"Summer of Idols" only has this one chance to prove to passers-by that it is far better than "Summer New Singer".
You can directly use the number of viewers of the finals and compare it with the number of viewers represented by the ratings, and directly crush "Summer New Singer".
During the non-live recording of the first half of the program, representatives from several major companies gathered.
Most of today's content is in semi-live broadcast format, and the broadcast is only ten minutes later than the recording.
So, today, all the giants gathered together.
Yang Hong, representative of New World, Li Shanghong, president of Penguin Video, An Shengnan, chairman of the board of directors of Universal China, Liu Jianxi, president of Mailang, Wang Xiya, president of Tianle, and bosses of several small companies also arrived at the scene.
They knew that the people they promoted might not be able to form a group, but they had to go just for the occasion.
Today, the new and old platforms are in a life-and-death battle.
It also determines whether these companies can successfully enter the new era.
The scene, as above, actually airs pre-recorded clips before the game begins.
In order to highlight the importance of creation, the first half almost only shows the works of Han Zhou and Wang Jianing at that time.
The audience has become accustomed to Wang Jianing picking up the guitar and playing it at any time to find inspiration.
This time, Wang Jianing took the drumstick and beat the rhythm next to the big drum.
"It's hard to write a song for the finals, since there are only two teams."
Han Zhou: "Are you interested in playing Chinese style?"
Wang Jianing raised an eyebrow: "Are you serious?"
"Of course I'm serious. Are you afraid that the Chinese style is too difficult?" Han Zhou joked.
Wang Jianing: "I'm afraid of you, grab your weapon."
Wang Jianing said happily: "It just so happens that I wrote half of the song before. If you complete it, it will definitely be top-notch. I can't let you perform alone this time."
Han Zhou was happy: "Okay, let's listen."
Wang Jianing took out the half-finished song he had made earlier and played it.
Drummer: "E sharp?"
Han Zhou and Wang Jianing retreated tactically.
God damn E sharp!
The key of E sharp is the key of F.
Of course, it is absolutely wrong to say that "E sharp is F". The correct statement is "E sharp and F are equal to each other (in the twelve-tone equal temperament). This is also because the current popular music theory is based on the twelve-tone equal temperament, so it is generally believed so.
However, although E sharp and F have the same pitch, they are at different pitch levels and are written in different positions on the staff, so they represent different meanings.
Use whatever pitch level is needed, and do not use its equivalent when a certain pitch level should be used.
But this is for creators; for performers, there is no such thing as E sharp.
There is no such thing as B sharp, because B sharp is C.
This joke made a lot of viewers who understood music theory laugh out loud in the barrage, but other passers-by were confused.
Because they don't know what the joke is.
Of course, there are also barrages explaining to passers-by.
In fact, for Wang Jianing and Han Zhou, there is an E sharp, but for the musicians, there is no E sharp.
The reason why everyone finds this funny is because the drummer revealed one thing, that is, drummers do not need to learn music theory, drummers only need to have a sense of rhythm.
In other words, the drummer doesn't need to understand the music score at all, but he has seen the music score, so he knows about "E sharp", but he doesn't know that "E sharp" has no meaning to other musicians.
This joke is not difficult. It basically means that for distributors, two one-liter bottles of medium-sized Coke must be counted as two bottles of medium-sized Coke, not one two-liter bottle of large-sized Coke, because the price is different. But for drinkers, two bottles of medium-sized Coke equal one large-sized Coke. But for people who only drink cans, they don't know that two bottles of medium-sized Coke equal one large-sized Coke. That's it.
It was just such a joke that the barrage master took a long time to make other viewers understand.
No one expected that this joke would happen again just a few minutes later.
After a while, Zhang Die was pushed over by his teammates to see the teachers' creations.
After listening to half of Wang Jianing's song, Zhang Die said: "Ah, it's in the key of F."
In the barrage, Zhang Die’s fans breathed a sigh of relief.
Although our Zhang Die has not been learning music for a long time, fortunately he has not made any fool of himself.
Then they moved to Bengbu.
Zhang Die: "Some teammates may not be able to sing in the key of F. Can they sing in the key of F flat?"
Wang Jianing and Han Zhou looked at each other.
The drummer who just figured out the problem: “Haha, haha…hahaha…”
Han Zhou said earnestly: "Zhang Die, you have joined Yanying, right?"
Zhang Die nodded doubtfully: "Yes."
Han Zhou: "Why not sign up for a music class and learn some music theory..."
After this little episode, Han Zhou also took out his own song, but it was not played.
But after Wang Jianing finished reading it, he closed his eyes and said, "Damn... did you start preparing for it the year before last?"
"I feel better this way."
Han Zhou: "How could I have started preparing for this two years ago? I started learning to play the harmonica when I was five years old. Wasn't that preparing for these songs?"
Then there is a scene where the musicians begin preparing for recording.
After this part, we finally came to the contestant part.
Each player has his own independent screen.
A large part of it was shot at Yanying, because they all went to report to school at that time, and the camera had to follow them in to shoot.
The content of each person's interview and recording is nothing more than explaining what each person has done in the past few days, what preparations they have made, how hard they have worked, etc.
Only one person is different.
Wang Chuyang faced the camera and showed his new school textbooks: "In the future, I will be an actor."
"Singing is fun, but I've already experienced it, so I may not sing as much in the future."
"If the group is formed successfully, I will sing with the new team for a year. After that, I may only sing when the three members of Xinyu get together, such as the 10th anniversary concert or the 20th anniversary concert."
“I hope to be a good actor.”
Barrage, exploded directly!
To be honest, when the editor asked Han Zhou whether he wanted to release this part, Han Zhou was stunned.
Wang Chuyang is a guy who is out of control when it comes to what he says and does.
Exposing your relationship, many people will scold you, right? You want to stop being a fan, right?
I'm afraid that you won't be able to stop being my fans decisively, so I'm here to help you stop being my fans. I'm not going to do it for now, so you can do whatever you want.
It's not just idols. In the environment where the older generation of singers grew up, falling in love was also an issue that could not be touched upon.
In order to maintain their status as idols, many singers keep their marriages secret and even dare not have any gossip.
Being an actor is a little better.
If you are an idol actor, you may also have to consider this issue.
If you are talented, who cares whether you want to get married or not?
Wang Chuyang has been exposed to the entertainment industry since he was a child and knows that only fans would fanatically demand that singers remain single.
So, he directly blocked the camera and said that he didn’t want to sing anymore and would only sing for one year at most.
It’s up to you to listen or not.
Do you think this is human language?
However, Han Zhou allowed the editor to keep this part as it was.
Han Zhou recalled that in his previous life, many singers had made this choice in order to be able to date without constraints or for other reasons.
For example, a singer named Xie turned into a martial arts star.
A certain singer who was called "You are my God" on the stage changed his career to become an actor as soon as the competition was over.
There are actually no rules in the entertainment industry.
Being bound by rules and regulations and fans simply means that you are unwilling to give up.
You can only gain if you give.
As long as you don't want to make money from fanatical fans, you can be free and not be bound by fanatical fans.
If you want to be free in love, you have no choice but to accept the reality of a collapse in the number of fans and a large number of people leaving.
You can even directly abandon this fan group, and the fans won’t be able to do anything to you.
Just like the explosion of barrage now.
It was so crowded that many people who came to watch the game couldn’t see the screen at all. They could only see various questions and question marks from Wang Chuyang’s fans on the screen.
Someone else complained: "So, I told you not to get too close to Han Zhou..."
"If you keep company with vermilion, you will be red. If you keep company with ink, you will be black. If you keep company with Han Zhou, you will become crazy."
Fans of Han Zhou: "Yes, yes, it's Han Zhou who is to blame. You can tell at a glance that he is not normal."
As the images of each contestant were broadcast, the large number of comments from fans of other contestants diluted the comments from Wang Chuyang's current accumulated crazy fans.
After all contestants' individual screens were broadcast, the countdown began.
“10!”
“9!”
“…”
“1!”
As the countdown ended, the screen cut to Yanjing Workers' Stadium.
Lu Jin held the microphone: "Finals night! Cheers!!!"
The 20,000 spectators who entered the scene screamed wildly.
Han Zhou complained: "Why do you insist on cheering when you don't even sing a song or anything?"
Fengchu Lu Jin obviously didn't understand that this was a joke: "Ah? Do I still have to sing to warm up the audience? I didn't see this in my schedule?"
Zhang Ceyong smiled and patted Lu Jin: "It's the finals, the night of the group formation, let's watch the contestants perform."
Having filmed a play together, Zhang Ceyong and Lu Jin are now very familiar with each other.
However, Lu Jin didn't play basketball very much, and he didn't play with Zhang Ceyong many times in private. But Han Zhou was often called by Zhang Ceyong to play basketball. Han Zhou was not too busy, so he only went twice.
An Lan: "It's the night of the group formation. The summer is about to end here."
“Hopefully this summer, the hard work will pay off.”
Han Zhou: "Not every effort will be rewarded, but if you don't work hard, there will be no reward. Many trainees worked hard along the way, but stopped at the finals."
"And today, the fourteen best trainees we have selected will compete for nine spots in the group and the center position for debut."
"On the night of the finals, we were divided into two groups of seven people each."
"The competition will begin. The winning group, whose individual votes are not lower than the top ten, will all debut as a group."
"After the winning group has selected its candidate, the losing group will be replaced according to the number of votes they received."
In other words, if the situation is extreme, the winning group may all debut, while only two people in the losing group may debut successfully.
But this is almost impossible.
Because when grouping, they are grouped according to one, three, five, seven, nine, two, four, six, eighty.
However, the few people at the end of the list know their vote counts and know that they have to fight hard.
If your team wins, you still have a chance of winning. If your team loses, you are doomed.
What’s more, there will be one more voting opportunity on the night of the finals.
The votes in the second half are very close, and the outcome is uncertain.
Two groups of players came out.
Wang Chuyang leads the team, and Wang Mo, McCas, and Qi Xiaoqi are all in this group.
The second group is led by Zhang Die, and Lin Jianqiu and Xu Ping are all in this group.
Judging from the strength, each group of Wang Chuyang's team is slightly stronger than the second group.
Therefore, the second group has priority in selecting songs.
Lu Jin: "Tonight is very special. I have watched everyone's training for 150 days, nearly half a year."
"At the beginning, many contestants didn't even know basic dance moves."
"Today, everyone is great."
"First round of competition, dance."
"The one who chooses the song first has the advantage of choosing the song, so he will be the first to appear on stage, and the one who chooses the song later has the advantage of being the latecomer."
"Now is the time to test the results of your efforts."
"Tonight, we will be performing Chinese style music and idol dances. It will be very difficult. Are you confident?"
Some answered yes, some shouted yes, some responded with their eyes, and some were already silently preparing to dance.
Wang Chuyang took his team members to the deputy stage to wait.
The people from Zhang Die group stood on the stage.
The sound of heartbeats rang out and the lights suddenly focused on the stage.
The music starts.
The rhythm of the bass drum was so majestic that it instantly caught everyone's attention.
Is the Chinese style suitable for dancing? Is it a more intense dance?
"This song is so majestic. No wonder dancing to Chinese-style music is so exciting?!"
The song information is also written on the screen behind.
"I Wander Alone in the World"
Composer: Han Zhou
Bass drum, Zhao Qiang, electronic keyboard, Zhang Ceyong
Dance: The final night of "Summer of Idols" Zhang Die group, Zhang Die, Lin Jianqiu, Xu Ping...