Chapter 160 First place!
In a luxurious villa in Beijing.

"'A Bridge of Fate' opens with a poem... Bai Xingjian has learned the essence of our show!"

Xu Jun, the director of the show Songgu, looked at the stage where Fenghuang Yufei was performing and suddenly felt like he was being tricked.

Apart from "Last Night's Book", are there any previous works of Bai Xingjian that begin with ancient poetry?
It seems not.

However, after this guy sang "Songgu", a few days later he wrote another song called "A Bridge of Fate" which started with an ancient poem.

This is actually not the point. The point is that Bai Xingjian turned around and sang this song on the stage of "The Voice of China 2024".

This……

Xu Jun felt sad, especially when he heard Feng Shiqi's singing, the sad feeling in his heart reached its peak.

"Feng Shiqi obviously didn't even sing on the stage of Songgu..."

"And the lines she sang don't seem to be ancient poems, right? I guess they were written by Bai Xingjian himself, and matched with the four lines of Wang Changling's poem above."

"Like! It's so similar to Last Night's Book!"

Xu Jun pounded his hands and stamped his feet on the sofa. He couldn't believe how good the show would be if Fenghuang Yufei sang this song on the stage of "Songgu".

……

"When I saw the playlist this morning, I thought Fenghuang Yufei would sing another little love song, but it turned out to be completely different from what I expected. This song is really majestic."

"Of course not! With the poem "Out of the Frontier" leading the way, the momentum of "A Bridge of Fate" cannot be anything but magnificent!"

"Sure enough, judging the theme of a song just by looking at the title is a very sloppy and stereotyped way to do it."

"So why does this song "A Bridge of Fate" make me feel like my blood is boiling? It's like my blood is awakening."

"Fenghuang Yufei's opponent is Ju Jinyi. Can we not awaken our bloodline?"

The barrage of comments in the live broadcast room was floating around, but the audience was immersed in the singing, staring at the flying phoenix on the stage.

Before Feng Shiqi finished singing, Bai Xingjian started singing.

"When talking about love and hate, don't be careless"

"Beat the war drums"

"I will endure it with a pledge of trust"

Bai Xingjian's angry voice was affectionate and powerful, accompanied by a melody that was about to burst out, which made many audiences' eyes light up.

Then Feng Shiqi also sang in an angry voice:

“This fate is like a bridge”

"The flags are fluttering"

"If you want to leave, please draw your sword immediately"

"Love written off"

The duet in the style of Phoenix Flying appeared again, and Feng Shiqi's voice, which was even angrier than Bai Xingjian's, made countless listeners' scalps tingle.

The backstage singers’ preparation room.

"Are Xiaobai and Xiaofeng venting their emotions on stage these days? Every line of the lyrics sounds like anger."

Watching the two people's performance, a smile was faintly visible on Ding Xin's lips.

"That's how it should be."

The music partner smiled and nodded, "Bai Xingjian's ability to write lyrics is truly amazing! This song was obviously written recently, and it fits their current situation perfectly!"

……

On the stage, Bai Xingjian and Feng Shiqi looked at each other, and began the first chorus of the night amid the pouring, majestic melody.

"When talking about love and hate, don't be careless"

"The world is burning"

"Use life and death to prove who is more important"

Just as Ding Xin said, the two of them kept shouting angry words.

The audience stared with wide eyes, as if to say, "We are clearly singing, why do you feel like you are arguing with the microphone?"

Feng Shiqi's voice became louder again:

"This fate is like a bridge"

"Take a look at the story"

Facing her, Bai Xingjian was not at all inferior:

"Let's go to the end of the world, you and I take off our armor"

"Dream of the Great Wall"

……

in front of the screen.

Wang Yaqi's mood fell to the bottom as she listened to the singing of Bai Xingjian and Feng Shiqi.

This song made her, who hated Fenghuang Yufei, want to say "good". The other listeners must have been fascinated by it.

How come the two of them are getting stronger and stronger?!
Wang Yaqi was puzzled.

Li Zhenxi also looked at Bai Xingjian on TV with red eyes.

This kind of song, this kind of performance, and this kind of audience reaction are all the scenes in his dreams!
However, it was Bai Xingjian on the screen, not him, Li Zhenxi.

The data center behind the studio.

Looking at the soaring live broadcast data, director Li Xiao couldn't stop smiling.

"Fenghuang Yufei is really awesome! If we continue with the current momentum, I'm afraid it won't be long before I can achieve the goal I set at the beginning."

The current number of people watching the live broadcast online has exceeded 1700 million, less than 2000 million away from his goal of 300 million+.

Assistant Director Hong Yang smacked his lips, "Tonight's Phoenix Flying has a real chance of taking first place."

……

The interlude of "A Bridge of Fate" is very short, but it uses a variety of instruments, such as traditional Chinese instruments such as flute, guzheng, pipa, in addition to modern instruments such as guitar.

These elements give this song rich flavor and depth.

"Qin~Qin~"

Amid the melodious flute sounds, Bai Xingjian held up the microphone and uttered the word "Qin" twice in a rather fast voice.

The familiar progressive rock made countless audiences think that he would perform a rhythmic rap next.

However, it didn't happen. To everyone's surprise, Bai Xingjian began to show off his falsetto skills.

"The bright moon in Qin Dynasty and the pass in Han Dynasty"

“The Long March has not yet returned”

"As long as the flying general of Dragon City is

"We will not allow the Hu horse to cross the Yinshan Mountains"

Although there are not 83 inflections in the lyrics of Hu Yanbin's "Moonlight", every line of the poem sung by Bai Xingjian has a melody with ups and downs.

In addition, the accompaniment is only the sound of a simple guitar, which makes Bai Xingjian's falsetto particularly obvious.

Countless listeners were extremely shocked, with goose bumps all over their bodies, and the blood hidden in everyone's hearts gradually boiled.

In ancient times, the brave soldiers guarding the border resisted the invasion of the Hu people!
Nowadays, the Chinese music scene is facing the invading Hu people, and Fenghuang Yufei, as a rising star, stands tall on this city wall, towering and unshakable!
"A city built with flesh and blood is pierced by thousands of arrows"

"Blood-stained armor reflects the moonlight"

"The distant Hujia music breaks my heart"

"The howling of wolves suddenly shook the border"

If Bai Xingjian's falsetto gave everyone a sense of ethereal unreality, then this Qinqiang opera that came out of Feng Shiqi's throat was like a spear, piercing the hearts of countless listeners.

The live broadcast room was filled with comments like heavy snow:

"So cool! My goddess Feng!!!"

"Her Qinqiang is really amazing!"

"Yes! Feng Shiqi sang with such force that thousands of troops avoided the red robe!"

"This is a true female general! The previous Shantimo also had to stay out of the spotlight for a while!"

"A female general? I feel like Feng Shiqi is more like a queen!"

in front of the screen.

Su Caitao couldn't help but sighed to the camera: "Oh my god! This word is so well written! Shi Qichang's singing is even more unique, the word 'ying', the word 'cui', and the sudden high-pitched word 'wolf howl'..."

Su Caitao took a breath, blinked her bright eyes and exclaimed: "It really touched my heart!"

The feelings of the viewers in the live broadcast room were almost the same as hers, and they kept commenting on the screen such as "I agree", "Awesome!" and "666".

……

"When talking about love and hate, don't be careless"

"Beat the war drums"

"I will endure it with a pledge of trust"

Feng Shiqi's singing voice remained stable. What was surprising was that even though she did not sing this section in Qinqiang, there was still a majestic momentum emanating from her.

Bai Xingjian's voice began to intertwine with it:
"This fate is like a bridge"

"The flags are fluttering"

Unlike before, here he raised the tone and added a bit of anger.

"If you want to leave, please draw your sword immediately"

"Love written off"

When singing these lines, Bai Xingjian looked a little grim, and several blue veins appeared on his forehead.

There's no way, the high notes here are too difficult for him to sing, even more difficult than the high notes in "Last Night's Book"!

Even though he had been practicing like crazy these past few days, he still seemed quite reluctant when singing the high notes tonight.

Fortunately, although he managed it reluctantly, Bai Xingjian did not make any mistakes.

The audience was also shocked by his high notes. They all stared at the man on the stage with wide eyes and disbelief.

"Awesome! My brother Xingjian!"

"Shocked! This is the first time I've seen Bai Xingjian look so hideous on stage."

"Hahahahaha, you wrote this song yourself, so you have to sing it even if you have to kneel down, right?"

“I feel like Bai Xingjian wrote a song that could kill him.”

"Feng Shiqi's high notes are already amazing, but I didn't expect Bai Xingjian to be able to do the same. Phoenix in flight is truly impeccable!"

"Brother Xingjian, with this performance, why wouldn't he be the first tonight?"

Backfield preparation room.

Li Zijun and Huang Fei were so surprised that their mouths opened wide. When they listened to "Last Night's Book" a few days ago, they thought that the high notes sung by Bai Xingjian were the result of processing by a "million-dollar sound engineer".

After all, this guy was not known for his high notes before, but now?

Apart from the word "admiration", Li Zijun and Huang Fei really couldn't find any words to express their admiration for Bai Xingjian.

Ding Xin's heart was beating fast, there was a gleam of surprise in her eyes, and her hands were clapping.

Fenghuang Yufei might actually have a chance to take first place tonight!
Liao Bei's brows slightly frowned at this time. These two young men are indeed quite something.

the other side.

The captain of the Black Tiger band had a playful gleam in his eyes and glanced at Ju Jinyi, who had a serious expression on his face, on the other side of the sofa.

Xiao Ju Ju, you are sweating all over now, right?

……

"When talking about love and hate, don't be careless"

"The world is burning"

"Use life and death to prove who is more important"

During the chorus, Bai Xingjian and Feng Shiqi faced each other, you wouldn't let me and I wouldn't let you. The two seemed to be using high notes and angry voices to perform a decisive battle on the top of the Forbidden City on the stage.

"This fate is like a bridge"

"Take a look at the story" "Travel around the world, you and I take off our armor"

"Dream of the Great Wall"

Veins bulged on Bai Xingjian's forehead. For the first time, he experienced what it meant to "scream at the top of one's lungs" on stage.

Different from her ferocious expression, Feng Shiqi just frowned slightly when she sang the last paragraph, and there was nothing unusual other than that. It seemed as if she had not yet used up all her strength at this moment.

The audience was already shocked to the extreme by their high and angry voices.

Some of the more emotional audience members even burst into tears.

“Is this their true strength?”

Vanxia and his music partner looked at each other and saw shock in each other's eyes.

The music partner nodded, then shook his head, and was not quite sure what he said.

……

When Bai Xingjian and Feng Shiqi put down the microphones, the whole audience was boiling.

Nearly a thousand audience members stood up at the same time, and there was continuous applause, screams, shouts, and roars, as if everyone was venting the emotions that had been pent up in their hearts for a long time.

In this song "A Bridge of Fate", Bai Xingjian and Feng Shiqi's angry voices really expressed the feelings of the audience for so many episodes.

Shantimo is first, Vanxia is first, Vanxia is first...

In the past month, the top singers in weekly live broadcasts have all been foreign singers.

Many domestic audiences at the scene were holding their breath, hoping that one day a Chinese singer would be able to turn the tide and take the first place!

Tonight, even though the final ranking has not yet been determined, the song "A Bridge of Fate" sung by Fenghuang Yufei has already given them great confidence.

但使龙城飞将在，不教胡马度阴山！
Phoenix will do it, right?
Many viewers have an inexplicable feeling in their hearts.

"Phoenix is ​​flying!"

"Phoenix is ​​flying!"

"Phoenix is ​​flying!"

I don’t know who started it, but almost instantly, the audience started shouting “Phoenix Flying” in unison.

The roaring shouts shocked every foreign audience member, as well as the singers in the backstage.

Bai Xingjian and Feng Shiqi on the stage looked at each other, smiled knowingly, and each bowed to the audience with a deeply moved heart and left the stage.

The number of people online in the live broadcast room and the number of comments have reached an alarming level, causing the live broadcast screen to become slightly stuck.

"Great! Fenghuang Yufei's performance tonight was amazing!"

"Full fire! Brother Xingjian and Sister Shiqi are really firing on all cylinders tonight!"

"This song "A Bridge of Fate" makes my hair stand on end and my blood boil!"

"Just because of that ferocious expression on Brother Xing Jian's face, even if I don't get first place tonight, I will give you full marks!"

"If I were there, I wouldn't be sure if Ju Jinyi would be able to walk out of the studio later."

"Bai Xingjian is simply a genius!"

“This is music that touches the soul!”

“This song should only exist in heaven!!!”

……

Singer's preparation room.

The leader of the Black Tiger band asked in Japanese in a rather amusing tone, "Ju Jinyi-san, you said before that you have never lost in singing in Neon, so tonight, what do you think are your chances of winning the challenge against Fenghuang Yufei?"

Ju Jin looked up at him and then fell silent.

The images and sounds from the studio were broadcast live to the preparation room via a screen. Ju Jinyi naturally saw Fenghuang Yufei's performance and the enthusiastic audiences on the scene.

In his eyes, Fenghuang Yufei's performance was impeccable and amazing. The possibility of surpassing them tonight was... almost zero.

What kind of devilish opponent did I pick?

We won’t just go straight to the first round tonight, right?
……

The cheers in the studio lasted for a long time until He Ling took the stage to take control of the situation, and then everyone quieted down.

After that, it was naturally Ju Jinyi's turn to perform on stage.

Although the performance he brought was quite exciting and explosive, perhaps the audience was naturally incompatible with Japanese music. No matter how Ju Jinyi danced on the stage, everyone just nodded symbolically.

Such a scene also surprised the audience in the international broadcast room.

But when they learned that Ju Jinyi was a Japanese, they understood instantly.

Backstage center.

Li Xiao was already sweating profusely, for no other reason than that after Ju Jinyi went on stage to perform, the number of people online in the live broadcast room began to drop at a crazy rate.

Halfway through the song, the number of people online dropped by half, from the peak of 1800 million+ when Fenghuang Yufei was present to directly drop to 900 million+.

Li Xiao felt heartbroken as he looked at the line that suddenly turned downward.

"Oh my god, doesn't everyone like Ju Jinyi? I remember when I was doing background checks, wasn't he quite popular?"

Li Xiao suddenly felt like he had walked through the gates of hell. If he succeeded in making the list tonight and entered the online singer camp, his live broadcast data would suffer a fatal blow.

"Luckily, Ju Jinyi challenged Fenghuang Yufei." Li Xiao let out a long breath, "Otherwise, if he had faced other singers with this performance, he might have succeeded in winning the championship."

"You're lucky too." Hong Yang said with a smile, "But the sharp drop in the number of live viewers is not entirely because everyone dislikes Ju Jinyi, but because Fenghuang Yufei's performance was too eye-catching, and Ju Jinyi's stage did not keep up with everyone's emotions, resulting in a cold audience."

Li Xiao nodded: "It's just that this scene is too cold."

……

After Ju Jinyi's performance, the results of his challenge remained sealed.

At this point, the challenge session for the two groups of singers has ended.

Next, it was the turn of the online singers to perform.

"Hahaha, Ju Jinyi has no chance of beating Fenghuang Yufei with his performance tonight."

“Not to mention the audience’s reaction, the difference in stage performance is also visible to the naked eye.”

"This is the first time I've seen the difference between foreigners and our Chinese singing voices on this show. Fenghuang Yufei is amazing!"

"I feel that compared to Fenghuang Yufei, Shantimo's previous performance was not very amazing. Now it's up to Vanxia. If Vanxia also performs mediocrely, then Fenghuang Yufei might really be the first tonight!"

"Sister Taotao, what do you think?"

In Su Caitao's live broadcast room, netizens rushed to express their opinions.

"How do I see it? I look with my eyes wide open."

Su Caitao winked at the camera and said in an excited tone:

"Bai Xingjian and Feng Shiqi really opened my eyes tonight! There's no need to mention the pitch and no vibrato, these are the basics for them."

"But the high notes... Bai Xingjian was really off the mark. The transition between his true voice and falsetto was extremely smooth. Even when there were a few sections where the female voice sang the key, he tried his best to carry it through."

"Although his facial expression was a little grim, the singing was very effective. Bai Xingjian's singing skills are becoming more and more surprising."

At this point, Su Caitao took a sip of tea and continued, "However, what surprised me the most was Feng Shiqi. She performed with ease throughout the entire singing process. She sang the high note that made Bai Xingjian look frightened with ease."

Su Caitao shook her head and said, "I feel like Shiqi is more like the great devil hidden in the Phoenix, and her main character is unfathomable!"

Many netizens in the live broadcast room expressed their deep agreement with Su Caitao's remarks.

……

After you sing, I will appear.

Ding Xin, Huang Fei, Liao Bei and Li Zijun completed their performances one after another.

To everyone's surprise, Ding Xin's performance tonight was much better than last time. Li Zijun also continued his performance from last time, and the same was true for Huang Fei and Liao Bei.

"What's going on tonight? Chinese singers are all exploding?"

"Except for Fenghuang Yufei, the others can't be said to be explosive. I can only say that everyone played very well tonight. This is the best performance in the past few episodes, right?"

"Yes, it's the best time ever!"

"It all depends on Vanxia's performance. I hope Fenghuang Yufei can take first place!"

"Hope +1"

Amidst many hopeful comments, Vanxia took the stage to sing.

Her performance was still brilliant, but due to the style of the song's adaptation, the singing effect was neither good nor bad, and it felt quite abstract.

"The completion is acceptable, but the adaptation is hard to describe. A dynamic dance piece has been turned directly into a ballet."

"Indeed! This feels like a song about you giving your first love to a woman in her sixties or seventies singing it in a square. It feels totally inappropriate."

"Yaya is so proud of herself! After being ranked first for three consecutive weeks, she is so proud of herself."

"Ohohoh! Phoenix is ​​firmly in first place!"

"Watch out for the champagne at halftime!"

Netizens are talking a lot.

After all the singers finished their performances, host He Ling returned to the stage with a cue card.

"Before announcing the final ranking, let me first announce the top three rankings of tonight's second round of public predictions."

He Ling glanced at the cue card and announced loudly: "The ranking from high to low is Fenghuang Yufei, Shantimo, and Liao Bei!"

Although it was just a predicted ranking, there were still many audience members cheering and the live broadcast room was quite lively.

Because everyone has a hunch that Fenghuang Yufei will secure first place tonight!

"These three groups of singers have won the support of many netizens with their outstanding singing abilities. Next, we will officially announce the final rankings of tonight's live broadcast!"

He Ling's voice became deeper: "And announce the challenge results of the two groups of singers tonight."

"But before we get the final data."

He Ling changed the subject and said, "Let's turn the camera to the singers' home and listen to what the singers think."

As the words fell, the camera cut to the singer's home.

This time, the interactive host Xiao Shen sat next to Bai Xingjian and Feng Shiqi.

"Phoenix Yufei, say hello to everyone!" Xiao Shen looked at the two people beside him with a smile.

"Hello everyone!"

"Hello everyone~"

Bai Xingjian and Feng Shiqi waved towards the camera.

Just after hearing Bai Xingjian's voice, many viewers showed surprised looks.

"Bai Xingjian's voice... is his voice hoarse?"

"seems like it."

"what?"

"Brother Xingjian, did you lose your voice from singing?"

“Can this be considered a work-related injury?”

Amid everyone's guesses, Xiao Shen smiled and gave the answer: "Just as you just heard, our Xiao Bai's voice has indeed become hoarse from singing tonight."

"But don't worry, everyone. The medical staff just checked and found that it's just a minor problem. Just rest for a few days and it will be fine."

"So, we may not hear Xiaobai's voice tonight. I hope everyone can understand."

Xiao Shen's voice is relatively sweet, and the audience and netizens in the live broadcast room expressed their understanding.

Because Bai Xingjian is temporarily unable to speak, all interactions between Xiao Shen and Fenghuang Yufei are handled by Feng Shiqi.

After an enjoyable Q&A session, the camera cut back to the scene.

"It seems that our Xiaobai is exhausted tonight." He Ling said with a little humor: "Fortunately, there are two people in Fenghuang Yufei, so Xiaobai's silence is not a problem for the time being."

The scene was filled with laughter.

"Then the final ranking will be officially announced next."

He Ling became serious, and under countless nervous and expectant gazes, he turned over the card and read:
"First place..."

"Phoenix is ​​flying!!!"

(End of this chapter)