Chapter 371: Before the Competition

The Shangyi Music Competition finally ushered in the finals two months after the start.

In the previous semi-finals, after Shangyi opened up full-network voting, Fan Ying initially occupied some advantages, but was still squeezed to second place by Miss Luo Quan, who had explosive popularity and better works.

In fact, the "Nightingale" Miss Luo Quan played during the preliminary round was just a semi-finished product, and playing it on the piano couldn't fully bring out the advantages of the music.

However, even so, she still exerted her strength in the second half of the semi-finals, strongly overtaking Fan Ying and taking first place in the semi-finals.

Fan Ying, who claimed to have the support of the entire hip-hop circle, did not continue his advantage to the end; after being overtaken by Miss Luo Quan, a group of fans were also anxious and pulled votes for him everywhere, even linking this ranking to the honor and disgrace of the entire hip-hop circle.

Unfortunately, although the number of votes increased, the growth rate could not reach the point of surpassing Miss Luo Quan.

After the voting results came out, Fan Ying's fans started cursing online that Shangyi was engaging in "black box operations," deliberately stuffing votes for Miss Luo Quan.

More and more people were cursing, and eventually, it even hit the trending topics.

Originally, this was just a few people in a small circle complaining, but unexpectedly, it hit the trending topics and was made public.

Although hip-hop has been very popular in the country during this period and is a "wealth code" for traffic, it is ultimately a niche culture and cannot be compared to the mainstream.

Therefore, when these people's complaints hit the trending topics, they immediately encountered group mockery from Miss Luo Quan's fans and passersby:

"Who gave you the illusion that you can compete with Miss Luo Quan in terms of fans?"

"You've had a few rappers who are slightly popular, and you really think of the series as international superstars?"

"It's just that Miss Luo Quan never pulls votes for herself; if she posted a dynamic on Weibo or Bilibili, wouldn't she crush Fan Ying from beginning to end?"

"Works and popularity are one-sided, so why would she need to stuff votes?"

"Niche things should just be enjoyed within your own circle; you have to jump out, and if you're not allowed to compete, you say it's discrimination, and if you compete and lose, you say it's black box operations. You've said everything."

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Undoubtedly, the hip-hop circle encountered its first Waterloo since the summer here at Miss Luo Quan's place.

This rather rebellious circle has been tearing into people from other circles since it became popular in the summer, and many people have even been dissed by rappers in songs.

However, this time they met a tough nut, meeting Miss Luo Quan, whom they dared not curse and couldn't curse better than.

Don't look at Miss Luo Quan's gentle and quiet image on the internet now; back then, she was an existence that could roast heaven, earth, and air on the internet. It's just that she became well-behaved after being reported, but those diss songs are still there.

And she herself has written quite a few rap songs, whether in English or Chinese, and the quality is explosive.

Rappers who really have substance know exactly what level Miss Luo Quan is at, so they are even less likely to provoke her.

Therefore, although there are many people online writing songs to diss Miss Luo Quan, the vast majority are some low-level rappers, and the purpose is also to gain clout and hype.

Miss Luo Quan has always treated these voices as if she didn't hear them; there are simply too many people who want to "touch porcelain" with her to get popular, and responding to all of them is simply too tiring.

Moreover, these are just clowns; with her current status, they are no longer worthy of being dissed by her in a song.

Therefore, although the topic online was hyped quite hotly, Miss Luo Quan's accounts didn't have any movement, which made those who wanted to bundle marketing with her anxious.

Singing a one-man show ultimately cannot maintain too much popularity; Miss Luo Quan ignores them, and no matter how much these people want to jump, they have nowhere to borrow strength.

And the preparations for the finals of the Shangyi Music Competition are proceeding as scheduled and are about to be held.

This music competition was originally planned to be on Dragon TV, but because the popularity was too high, it attracted the attention of CCTV, and finally, it was intercepted by CCTV and changed to be held in Beijing.

This is definitely a good thing for Shangyi; although Dragon TV is good, it is still quite a bit worse than CCTV, and being on CCTV is equivalent to receiving national recognition, and they can have more confidence in future publicity!

Moreover, the judges participating this time include not only a group of music professors from Shangyi, but also several professors from the Central Conservatory of Music and the China Conservatory of Music, and even some big shots from the national team will be present as judges.

Such a terrifying lineup is incomparable even to the Young Singer Competition.

Generally speaking, a competition that can gather these old seniors must be at the national level to qualify, but the students participating in this competition only include those within Shangyi, which can be considered eating the welfare of traffic.

Speaking of which, we must thank Fan Ying and his fans; if they hadn't made such a big fuss and triggered so much social attention, the Shangyi Music Competition really wouldn't have reached this point.

The only flaw is that because the contestants are limited to Shangyi, although this is one of the best music conservatories in the country, it is only "one of," and the quality of the works still cannot be compared to national-level competitions.

Therefore, even the works sent to the finals after careful selection are mostly only barely satisfactory.

Fortunately, Miss Luo Quan is among them.

If this competition is a crown, other contestants are the small diamonds embellishing this crown, and Miss Luo Quan is the most dazzling gem on top of the crown.

It doesn't matter if the small diamonds are of poor quality, because the gem is dazzling enough, and the people appreciating it won't notice these flaws on the crown at all.

People who participate in the competition with Miss Luo Quan are sad, because they are destined to become Miss Luo Quan's foil, and no matter how hard they try, they can only compete for second place.

But they are also lucky, because they will be known and remembered by people for having participated in the same competition as Miss Luo Quan.

The competition is held in the studio on the fourth floor of the CCTV building, with the jury composed of professors and department heads from various music conservatories, as well as members of the national team.

As for the audience, student representatives from local universities such as China Conservatory of Music, China Conservatory of Music, Tsinghua University, and Peking University were invited; the first two schools are here to learn and get familiar with the big shots in the industry, which can be considered a large social activity in the music circle.

And the students from the latter two schools are here entirely to enrich their extracurricular life and resumes; of course, there are also many fans who love music or Miss Luo Quan, and in short, the composition is quite complex.

Because Shangyi is too far away, except for the participating students, only a dozen student representatives were sent to observe; anyway, they are all students from their own school, so there is no need for a cheering squad.

At ten o'clock in the morning, the group from Shangyi arrived in Beijing, and after having lunch in advance, the students headed straight to the CCTV building under the leadership of Principal Li.

This Principal Li is the formal principal of Shangyi; Miss Luo Quan had only seen two vice-principals before, one was Vice-Principal Liu, and the other was Vice-Principal Zheng, who also served as the dean of the Music Conservatory.

This was her first time seeing Principal Li, mainly because he had been in the United States for study and investigation and had only recently returned.

Upon returning, he met Miss Luo Quan for the first time and gave very high praise to her recent work "Für Elise."

He also told her that when he was exchanging and studying at the Manhattan School of Music in the United States, he had to meet with many musicians in the music scene every day, and every time he met these musicians, they would talk about her, praising their school for being able to produce such a student.

It can be said that Miss Luo Quan has truly gained a lot of face for him and the school.

Of course, he and all the teachers at Shangyi also know clearly that whether Miss Luo Quan is awesome or not doesn't have much to do with Shangyi; he still has this much sense.

The so-called "flower sedan chair is carried by everyone"; Principal Li praised and valued her so much, and promised all kinds of benefits and preferential treatment as soon as he returned, and she herself also returned the favor, constantly saying that it was all because of the school and the teachers' good education.

In short, the relationship between the two is quite harmonious.

Miss Luo Quan doesn't know about other things, but anyway, if she wants to ask for long leave in the future, it is estimated that it will be completely smooth.

The group of forty people from Shangyi arrived at the CCTV building and, under the guidance of the staff, arrived at the studio where the competition was held.

Various banners and facilities in the studio had already been set up, and the competition would start at six o'clock, broadcast live simultaneously on TV and the internet.

There are a total of 20 students participating this time, more men than women, and the vast majority are pure music, then two pop songs, and one rap.

When entering the CCTV building, Miss Luo Quan was at the front of the team, while Fan Ying stayed at the end, not knowing if it was because he was guilty and didn't dare to face Miss Luo Quan directly.

Because they were the ones participating in the competition, everyone arrived quite early, and at this time, except for the staff, there was no one else in the studio.

Everyone went to the stage to familiarize themselves with the venue first, and then those who needed to give the accompaniment to the director group gave it to the director group.

The competition had no rehearsal, but some procedures still had to be walked through in advance, mainly to let everyone familiarize themselves, so as not to make mistakes later; after all, this is CCTV's national live broadcast, and although it's not that accidents can't happen, it's best to pass once.

As for the accompaniment, Miss Luo Quan originally planned to let the Xianyin Performance Troupe that accompanied her last time for "Time to Say Goodbye," which is the troupe conducted by Senior Song Ling, accompany her performance this time.

It was already agreed, but who knew that those rap fans only allowed the contestants to go on stage alone and did not allow them to invite foreign aid.

No way, all the instruments could only be recorded by Miss Luo Quan herself.

During the time she returned from the Maldives, Miss Luo Quan recorded the cello, violin, piano, electronic keyboard, and harmony according to the content of each voice part.

In addition, she also guest-starred as a conductor and did the conductor's movements.

In order to make the effect present a magnificent momentum, Miss Luo Quan also overlaid some instruments, for example, overlaying a recording track belonging to the violin twenty times, and finally, it sounded like twenty violins were playing.

Of course, no matter how much it is overlaid, it is still not as good as a proper symphony orchestra, so this competition is destined to appear not so perfect.

Participating in the competition this time, the clothes everyone prepared were the winter school uniforms issued by the school.

As the university with the most trendy ideas in the country, Shangyi's school uniforms are not the common blue and white design with big sleeves and big trouser legs in the country.

First of all, boys and girls are all wearing dark coats with slim trousers, inside is a thin warm shirt, and then according to actual needs, see if you want to add a scarf.

To be honest, such a configuration is enough to resist the cold in Beijing, but in Shanghai, in most cases, you can't wear such thick clothes, and it's not useful to wear so little when it's really cold.

So although Shangyi's school uniforms have been rated as the most handsome school uniforms in China many times, they are still just for show and can only be worn during school anniversaries or other important activities.

Today, it is clearly this important activity.

The students changed into school uniforms with the Shangyi badge early, each with fluttering hems, the boys were handsome and compelling, the girls were heroic and spirited, and after being applied with wonderful hands by CCTV makeup artists, their image and temperament immediately rose a notch!

Not long after, students from the four major local universities in Beijing arrived one after another; these schools obviously also made unified requirements for the students who came to observe, the boys were all in suits and leather shoes, and the girls were all in dignified dresses.

But these outfits were too common, and compared with the school uniforms designed by Shangyi, they were immediately suppressed.

However, students from Beijing universities have their own arrogance, especially students from Tsinghua and Peking University; this title is a brand wherever it is taken, not to mention that most of the people who came this time are elites among the students.

Of course, arrogance is not overbearing; after the students came in, they still greeted the people from Shangyi enthusiastically, fulfilling the friendship of the host.

Principal Li and a group of professors and directors were also warmly received by the leaders of local music colleges in Beijing.

However, the leaders of Beijing music colleges were enthusiastic, but the professors who followed were not so good-looking.

In fact, it is easy to understand; whether it is China Conservatory of Music or China Conservatory of Music, as one of the best music conservatories in China, and both in Beijing, there has been no shortage of various competitions on weekdays. Being on CCTV is also a major focus of competition.

But because of the "near water tower gets the moon first," no matter how the two schools fought, they never let this fat water flow out.

As a result, I didn't expect that this time Shangyi, an outsider, was allowed to be on CCTV, and it was a national live broadcast during prime time, and so many seniors and professors were invited, which shows the degree of importance.

And for such a big event, only Shangyi students could participate, so it's strange if the professors of the other two schools have good faces.

Not to mention the professors, even the students actually feel a bit uncomfortable.

This was originally a great opportunity for them to show their faces, but now they can only sit under the stage and watch.

You know, these are their biggest competitors in the future, and now they have to cheer for them under the stage.

Of course, no one can control what they think in their hearts; at least the actual actions of the teachers and students of local music colleges in Beijing are quite generous, the language is polite, and the attitude is enthusiastic.

They were particularly enthusiastic about Miss Luo Quan; in just a while, four student union presidents and seven ministers had come to her to ask for her contact information.

Although these boys came from different schools, Miss Luo Quan did not favor one over the other and refused them all.

However, after refusing the small ones, the old ones came to the door again.

"Miss Luo Quan, come here." Principal Li, who was chatting with several seniors, suddenly called her.

Miss Luo Quan looked up and then walked over.

Ps. Thanks to book friends "Yi! Hao! Wo Zhong De," "Mianyang Duoli," and "Zhe Ci Wo Shulian Le" for the book coins, thank you! ===== CHAPTER 372 =====