Chapter 118 Who is this person?
Wednesday, September 6th.

The sky is clear, the sun is warm and the wind is gentle.

At around ten o'clock in the morning, Bai Xingjian took a car to the shooting site of the "Trouble Maker" MV.

He was the only one on this trip, and his cheap sister Feng Shiqi was probably still singing her new song in the hotel.

In the studio, Bai Xingjian has already started discussing with the director.

Shu Yaqian and Song Yuhan changed into their costumes and sat together to continue studying the storyboard script.

At the same time, in a radio building in Beijing, thousands of miles away, the recording of a new episode of "I Am a Singer" began.

This program still adopts a more traditional broadcast method, recording on Wednesday and airing on Saturday at 8 pm.

"Wow! Momo looks so pretty in the blue dress she's wearing today!"

"Thank you for the compliment, Sister Jia!"

"Haha, is the stage ready for today's performance?"

"It's almost ready."

"Do you have the confidence to make it through this round?"

"Half and half."

At the recording site, in a room with a sign "Lower Position Area" on the door, Zhou Mo was chatting with a Taiwanese singer.

On the other side of them, Lai Hui was also communicating with a male singer, but she would glance over here from time to time.

Lai Hui was a little confused.

She was obviously going to be eliminated today, so why did Zhou Mo act like nothing happened?
And he looks so calm and composed.

Do you really have no hope for today's game?
But it doesn’t sound like it?

Lai Hui thought about it and decided not to continue to dwell on this matter.

Because Zhou Mo is definitely eliminated today.

The competition system of "I Am a Singer" is extremely cruel. Musicians vote for the ranking based on their opinions of other people's abilities.

The ranking will determine the musician's location room.

Usually, the strongest people are assigned to the upper area, the middle-level people are assigned to the middle area, and the weakest people are assigned to the lower area.

Musicians in the lower zone will challenge musicians in the middle zone, and musicians in the middle zone will challenge those in the upper zone. Everyone will perform against each other, and then the audience will vote.

If the challenge is successful, you will be promoted.

If the challenge fails, you will remain where you are.

If a musician in the lower zone fails two challenges in a row, he will be eliminated directly.

The current situation is that Zhou Mo and Lai Hui have both failed in the challenge once. If they fail again today, they will go home.

However, Lai Hui's situation is much better than Zhou Mo's. First, her strength is comparable to that of her opponent in this challenge. Second, she has a song that is very suitable for the topic.

Therefore, there is a great chance that Lai Hui can successfully challenge and advance to the middle zone today.

……

After the recording officially started, the four people in the lower zone were ready.

Before long, Zhou Mo and another male singer named Zhang Yuan were the only ones left in the room.

Lai Hui and Lu Jia have successfully challenged and advanced to the middle zone.

"Sure enough, I will be the only one left in the lower zone."

Zhang Yuan said helplessly, "Jia Jie and the others both abandoned us and went to live in the middle area."

Why do we say enjoy happiness?
Because the room conditions in the upper, middle and lower areas are different, the higher the level, the better the conditions.

The lower area is the most rudimentary, without even a stool or sofa. There is only a seesaw made of iron.

At this time, Zhang Yuan was sitting on the seesaw, and Zhou Mo, wearing a blue dress, was standing beside him.

"Don't stand there, come sit down."

Zhang Yuan stood up from the seesaw, walked to Zhou Mo, and said, "Even if you are going to be eliminated today, you can't tire yourself out, right?"

Zhou Mo shook her head and said in a low voice: "Please sit down. I'm about to go to the performance."

"Ah~" Zhang Yuan sighed and consoled, "It's good to be eliminated. At least we don't have to suffer in this lower zone anymore. The production team is so heartless that they didn't even give us a proper seat."

There are cameras in every room, and all their conversations are recorded.

And Zhang Yuan’s complaints are very likely to be edited into the main film.

"The production team is really black-hearted."

Zhou Mo nodded. She had stayed in the middle area before, and the room conditions there were completely different from here.

As for the upper area, she took a few glances at it.

That's heaven!

"I will now experience this torment alone in the lower area."

Zhang Yuan sighed, then suddenly smiled and said, "You are also unlucky. You got the most difficult topic. If not, you might still have a chance to make it to the middle zone. What a pity!"

It hurts, brother.

Zhou Mo glanced at him. If it weren’t for Bai Xingjian’s “Under the Sea”, she would probably have the same idea as Zhang Yuan.

but now.

Brother, you should stay in the lower area by yourself.

……

On the stage, Zhou Mo's challenger showed off a clear high note at the end of the song.

The music stops and the show ends.

There was warm applause from the audience. The flashing lights shone on the faces of every audience member. They clapped and cheered, obviously very satisfied with the stage.

The singers in the upper middle area also applauded and said:
"Steady, steady!"

"Xiao Ma sings this folk song with real feeling!"

"From the audience's reaction, everyone really likes the song 'My Girl'."

"Zhou Mo is really on the verge of elimination now."

"Unless she comes up with a song that fits the theme and is extremely suitable for her, today will probably end here."

“It’s just not likely that will happen.”

Mid-level room.

Lai Hui sat on the soft sofa and discussed with the singers around her.

In their words, Zhou Mo's elimination was a foregone conclusion.

"Next, please welcome the singer who will challenge Ma Fan—Zhou Mo!"

Applause broke out from all sides of the audience.

The stage lights shone on Zhou Mo, and a blue mist suddenly emerged.

She is not tall, but at 1 meters tall, her proportions look very good.

Her long legs, her bust with a distinct sense of volume, and her delicate face made the audience around her react even more strongly.

"Wow! Momo's outfit today is absolutely gorgeous!"

"Love it, love it!"

"Goddess Momo! Don't get eliminated!"

"Today is Zhou Mo's last episode here!"

"Oh, it's a pity that such a beautiful girl was eliminated."

The audience was discussing.

On the stage, Zhou Mo held up the microphone and said, "Hello everyone, I am singer Zhou Mo. The song I am going to sing next is dedicated to a special group of people. I hope everyone will keep quiet while I sing, okay?"

The audience nodded one after another, some were curious, some were surprised.

The same is true for the singers in the three-zone room.

"Special group? What's going on?"

"So asking the audience to remain quiet is so that everyone can more easily immerse themselves in the atmosphere of the song?"

"It seems that Zhou Mo is not very confident about the song she is singing today. She needs the cooperation of the audience."

"Indeed, but I can't blame her. It's really hard to find songs with the theme of [Depression]."

"Sing your last song on stage."

Lai Hui shook her head and looked at Zhou Mo on the screen with some contempt.

At this moment, the information about the song to be sung by Weekend was displayed on the screen behind the stage.

【seabed】

【Singer: Zhou Mo】

【Lyrics: Bai Xingjian】

【Composition: Bai Xingjian】

【Arranger: Bai Xingjian】

Seeing this scene, many viewers were stunned.

Bai Xingjian?

The song Zhou Mo sang today was written by Bai Xingjian?

Wang Defa?
What a double chef's ecstasy!!!

It was just because Zhou Mo had just reminded them, so even though they were very surprised and delighted, no one in the audience said a word.

The situations in the rooms in the three major areas are also different.

In the upper area room, several singers were very quiet. They looked at the broadcast screen silently without saying a word.

The name Bai Xingjian may still be unfamiliar to them.

And even if you know, there's actually nothing much to say.

The rooms in the middle area are more noisy.

"Oh my god, this is actually a song written by Bai Xingjian!"

"Bai Xingjian? Who is he?"

"He's a very young musician who seems like he hasn't even graduated from college yet. He's amazing at composing, composing lyrics and arranging music!"

"This guy writes and sings his own songs. He is on the hot search almost every episode of the show next door. He is a very charming little boy."

"So awesome?"

Lai Hui was also looking at the screen in surprise at this time.

Zhou Mo actually sang Bai Xingjian's song this time? !
This guy has so many songs?
Why do you send it out every day?

I won’t let Zhou Mo survive this episode, right?
Lower area rooms.

Zhang Yuan stood there motionless, as if he was petrified.

He naturally knew who Bai Xingjian was, and was quite familiar with Bai Xingjian.

The reason is simple. Zhang Yuan is a Chinese rap fan and also likes dancing and playing basketball.

When he saw Bai Xingjian's name on the screen, he was surprised for a moment, and then he had the urge to cover his face.

Because he remembered what he had said to Zhou Mo before.

"It turns out the clown is actually me."

Zhang Yuan sighed silently, he had almost dug out a three-bedroom apartment with his toes.

As for Zhou Mo's challenger, Ma Fan, he has not yet realized the seriousness of the problem.

But as Zhou Mo's singing began, he suddenly had a bad feeling.

I don't think she will be relegated to the lower position, right?

I just came out from there not long ago!
……

"The scattered moonlight passed through the clouds"

“Hiding from the crowd”

"The scales that form the sea"

Zhou Mo's singing voice is beautiful, ethereal but not vague, very suitable for singing the song "Under the Sea".

... "You like the salty smell of the sea breeze"

"Walking on wet gravel"

"You say people's ashes should be thrown into the sea"

The audience listened quietly, some of them took deep breaths, and some yawned.

It's not because they want to sleep, but because they can't stop yawning when they want to cry.

……

"Always smiles at cool people"

“People on the shore have nothing to do with their faces.”

"There is no nostalgia in the world"

"Everything turns to smoke"

In the upper section, several singers nodded in succession.

"This song is well written and Zhou Mo performed it very well."

“It fits the theme of [Depression] very well.”

"Didn't she say before the song started that it was written for a special group? Could it be people with depression?"

"Most likely."

"Bai Xingjian is a good guy."

The singers in the upper-level rooms are basically professional singers. For some songs, they can make a pretty good judgement after just listening to a short clip.

The room in the middle area was quiet at this time.

Everyone looked at the screen and listened to the song silently.

Only Lai Hui was in a state of confusion at this time.

I'm afraid Zhou Mo will be able to return to the middle zone again.

……

"It's too late, it's too late"

"No one will fish you up"

"It's too late, it's too late"

"You obviously hate suffocation."

With the gentle guitar sound and a hint of sadness, Zhou Mo's voice completely sank into the sea with this song.

When the singing stopped, Zhou Mo closed her eyes, but a tear quietly slipped down from the corner of her eye.

There was dead silence.

No one applauded, no one cheered.

There were only scattered sobbing sounds.

"thank you all."

After calming down, Zhou Mo thanked the audience.

It was not until this moment that thunderous applause broke out from the audience. They were clapping subconsciously.

"What do you say about this song? It's extremely sad, isn't it?"

“I really like songs with this kind of atmosphere!”

"I just felt so low in energy, and my mood was affected a bit."

“This song ‘Under the Sea’ is really [depressing]!”

"Momo's singing is absolutely amazing!"

"Bai Xingjian is amazing. He can actually write a song like this."

The audience was talking about it, and the host came to the stage and announced: "The fourth group of performances has ended. Please 101 public judges go to the voting page and vote for one of the two singers."

"Voting starts now!"

The public judges are the live audience.

The voting results will be out soon.

Ma Fan: 35 votes.

Zhou Mo: 66 votes.

……

Mid-level room.

Zhou Mo pushed the door open carefully, and saw all the singers inside staring at her.

"I'm back!" Zhou Mo had a sweet smile on her face.

"Welcome back!"

"welcome!"

Several singers who were familiar with Zhou Mo started to applaud.

"I never thought that you would come back, Momo." Lu Jia came to Zhou Mo and took a breath: "You sang "Under the Sea" so well! It gave me goose bumps all over my body."

Another singer echoed, "Yes! And Momo, you have a killer song hidden! Everyone originally thought that you had no hope of advancing, but suddenly you came up with a song like this... Tell me quickly, what is your relationship with Bai Xingjian?"

After these words were spoken, many singers looked over.

"It's nothing. We're just colleagues in the same company helping each other." Zhou Mo smiled and waved her hand.

"Huh? Is it that simple?"

"It's that simple!"

"Oh my god, what kind of magical company is Yehua Entertainment? Are you still short of people?"

"Sister Chen, forget about your penalty."

……

Lower area rooms.

"Brother, nice to meet you again!" Zhang Yuan greeted Ma Fan.

"Why? Are you happy to see me back?"

Ma Fan glared at him unhappily.

"Of course! Now we can ride on the seesaw together again." Zhang Yuan sat on the seesaw with a smile on his face.

"Oh!" Ma Fan sighed and sat on it helplessly.

"This iron lump is really hard!"

……

At around five in the afternoon, Bai Xingjian got on the car back to the hotel.

After he left, the director in the studio breathed a sigh of relief.

The director wiped his sweat off his forehead and couldn't help but sigh to the assistant beside him: "Not only is the song well written, but he also had so many ideas when shooting the MV. Fortunately, this guy doesn't know how to use professional equipment, otherwise it would make us seem dispensable..."

The assistant also had a wry smile on his face: "Are all the students in Linjiang Conservatory of Music as awesome as him?"

"Ah!"

Bai Xingjian, who was sitting in the car, suddenly sneezed and picked up his cell phone.

Sure enough, his cheap sister sent another message, asking him why he hadn't returned yet.

"I just got on the bus, it will probably take another hour." Bai Xingjian replied simply.

"Well, I'll wait for you to come back for dinner."

……

At around six o'clock, Bai Xingjian returned to the hotel.

As soon as I changed my shoes and came out of the entrance, I heard my cheap sister's voice: "The busy man is back, go wash your hands and eat~"

Bai Xingjian looked in the direction of the sound and saw three girls in aprons busying around in the open kitchen, looking as if they were overwhelmed.

"Looks like I'm in for a treat tonight." Bai Xingjian grinned, sniffed again, and immediately his appetite was aroused. "What kind of soup are you making? It smells so good!"

"Sister Wei's specialty, mountain treasure snow chicken soup."

Feng Shiqi took a spoon and stirred the casserole, then took a small spoonful and tasted it, and her eyes lit up: "It's ready to be served!"

"The braised pork knuckle and steamed small yellow croaker are almost ready. Let's clean up and get ready to eat!"

Zheng Wei spoke like a chef, with a very imposing tone.

Bai Xingjian washed his hands directly at the sink in the kitchen, and then brought the dishes to the dining table with them.

The table is full of dishes, and the various rich aromas of the vegetables are all tempting people's taste buds.

"Eat it and taste our cooking."

Feng Shiqi glanced at Bai Xingjian, who was sitting at the dining table tying her hair.

She lifted up her soft hair, revealing her snow-white and slender neck.

The temperature in Linjiang in June had risen, and the temperature in the kitchen was quite high, so there was a thin layer of sweat on her neck and forehead.

"The chicken soup, small yellow croaker and braised pork knuckle were all made by Sister Wei, while the sweet and sour spareribs, shredded potatoes and mapo tofu were made by me."

After tying her hair, Feng Shiqi hesitated for a moment and said, "The rice was cooked by Mei Jie."

Mei Jie was a little hurt, and pouted and said, "I still have to wash the vegetables!"

Zheng Wei couldn't help laughing, "Let's eat, my stomach is growling with hunger."

Amidst laughter and chatter, several people began to feast on the food.

After wrapping up his stomach, Zheng Wei looked up at Bai Xingjian and asked, "Xiaobai, how was the filming of the MV for Trouble Maker today?"

Hearing this, Feng Shiqi and Mei Jie both raised their eyes.

“Very good and efficient.”

Bai Xingjian said something concisely.

During the filming process, he didn't actually help much. The most he did was to say "yes", "no", or "change it".

If he wasn't there, the filming of this MV might have been faster.

"I have good news for you."

After talking about filming the music video, Zheng Wei said to Bai Xingjian, "According to gossip, during the recording of "I Am a Singer" today, Zhou Mo defeated her challenger with "Under the Sea"."

Shortly after the program was recorded, Zhou Mo told Zheng Wei the news.

Although such behavior violates some of the program's contract terms, a lot can be seen from this incident.

"Really? That's good." Bai Xingjian smiled knowingly.

"You can't let this matter leak out." Zheng Wei reminded solemnly.

"Of course." Bai Xingjian nodded.

In fact, it doesn’t matter whether it is leaked or not, because someone has already revealed it on Weibo.

However, the whistleblower still had some professional ethics. He only said that Zhou Mo defeated Ma Fan and used a song that no one expected, and did not reveal the specific information of the song.

Although it was just that, it still sparked a lot of discussion.

Under the relevant Weibo, many netizens commented:
"What? Zhou Mo won? Did she use a backdoor?"

"Isn't this possible?"

"Impossible, absolutely impossible!"

"Identification completed. This account is leaking information randomly."

"A song that no one expected? What song is it? A new song?"

"That makes sense, but Zhou Mo doesn't have the habit of singing new songs on the show? And she never said she has a song with a "depression" theme."

"Yes! In the episode that aired last week, when Zhou Mo drew the theme of [Depression], she didn't look like she was acting. If her acting skills were that good, she would have acted in a TV series a long time ago. Why would she sing songs?"

"The song Zhou Mo sang was definitely not her own. It was given to her by someone else. So who was this person?"

"Could it be the opponent she challenged, Ma Fan?"

"???"

"Don't mention it, you really shouldn't mention it, Ma Fan's song was sung by Zhou Mo, which really surprised everyone."

(End of this chapter)