Chapter 269 Life Turning Point

The interview place is on the ninth floor.

As you get out of the elevator, you can see that, except for an area that has been isolated and seems to be used as a spare office space, half of it is an open space, and the end of the open space is connected to a rather large open space. platform.

Zhuang Meiyue thought that she was not too late, but when she arrived, she found that almost the entire ninth floor of Li Qian's studio was full of people, and there were many people waiting on the open-air platform.

Six or seven of them came up in an elevator, and when they got out of the elevator door, a girl in uniform came over, holding a set of materials—the promotional materials of the newly established Minghu Culture Communication Company.

According to the information, this company was formed from the merger of the original Li Qian studio and Minghu Culture Company, which has the qualifications to distribute cultural, printing and audio-visual products nationwide. General Manager Qi Jie, Music Director Li Qian, Deputy Director Liao Liao.

After reading the information, Zhuang Meiyue paid a little attention, and soon found a few friends who had arrived first. They were chatting with some singers who were obviously also here for the audition. From everyone's chat, Zhuang Meiyue learned that It turned out that before eight o'clock, someone had already come and waited.

The scale of Li Qian's studio is not large, and there were only two signed singers before. Therefore, anyone with a little knowledge can guess that even if they plan to sign new singers to train, the number of people will not be many. The home studio has just started for a year, no matter in terms of human resource allocation, equipment, or venue, it should not allow them to expand rapidly.

But even so, after the news gradually spread, so many people still came today.

On the one hand, of course, it is because of He Runqing's successful transformation, the status and reputation of this studio in the underground music circle have reached a certain height; There are too many singers.

Zhuang Meiyue is not very good at chatting with people, so she just stood aside and listened quietly to everyone's chat. From everyone's mouth, she knew that in today's singer interview, Qi Jie, the general manager of the newly established Minghu Culture Company, and the real boss Li Qian probably won't show up. It is said that Liao Liao will host today's interview.

It is said that this popular superstar in the domestic music scene can take half of the boss Li Qian's house in the company's music affairs. Considering that it is said that Li Qian often does not come to work in the studio, Liao Liao can probably be regarded as the number one boss of this studio in terms of music affairs. On the contrary, Qi Jie, the general manager, is only responsible for managing other affairs in the company except music, but never interferes with music.

Hearing that Li Qian would not come in person, everyone couldn't help but feel a little disappointed, including Zhuang Meiyue.

Although with Liao Liao's strength and status, no one would think that if she came to interview these singers in person, it was because the company didn't pay much attention to them, and Liao Liao's qualifications and strength did make them suitable The qualification of "Bole", but after all, everyone is rushing to the name "Li Qian". Li Qian will not appear, of course it will be disappointing.

But then a gossip that spread quickly made everyone excited.

It is said that the newly established Minghu Culture Company intends to hold a concert for Liao Liao and He Runqing, the two queens, before the end of the year. Bian has already started contacting the performers in advance, and the singers who came to audition today, once they are selected by the company to become signed singers, they will have the opportunity to appear as guests at the concert two days later.

This is definitely a great news that makes the hearts of all singers thump.

In today's domestic music scene, no one is more popular than Liao Liao and He Runqing, not even Wuxing Wusu and Zhao Xinfu-no matter whose concert they are, the three to four guests , It is estimated that it is enough to make the singers in the circle grab their heads! What's more, they are not popular underground singers!

Hearing this news, Zhuang Meiyue was also very excited. She rubbed her fingers unconsciously on the guitar for countless times. She felt a little thirsty. better.

However, she soon realized that it was definitely not just herself who was moved by such a good opportunity.

At this time, she turned her head and looked around, and saw that many people had flushed faces, but she soon felt at ease in her heart—she understood very well from the experience of many interviews in the past. Although the singers are a group of people who are struggling on the line of food and clothing, there are hidden dragons and crouching tigers among them.

Coupled with my voice condition and singing style, it seems that I am not happy with the current era by nature. Therefore, although there is no hope, it is better to be prepared in advance to return home disappointed.

The time gradually came to nine o'clock, and no one came up in the elevator for a long time. At this time, a staff member in uniform walked to the center of the venue, clapped his hands, and said: "Everyone, please be quiet, our interview teacher We are ready, so next, we will roll the rolls one by one according to the order of the original registration numbers. Please keep quiet during the waiting period, and whoever is called will enter. The next one, please be ready. If you don't arrive, it will be regarded as giving up automatically..."

The entire ninth floor quickly fell silent. Even if there was occasional communication, everyone deliberately lowered their voices so as not to offend others——Zhuang Meiyue's registration is not too late, but it's not too early either. Look at the front The speed at which the people who went in came out was about four or five minutes for one person. She estimated that her registration number would take about an hour and a half before it was her turn, so she said hello to her friends and walked to the On the roof, lying on the half-height wall, while looking at the far and near scenery, while trying to restore my mind to a normal state.

From time to time, someone pushed the door into the rehearsal room, and someone came out from time to time.

Whenever someone comes out, there are always a few acquaintances in the past, asking about their performance and who is in charge of the interview—as expected, the person who presides over the interview is a big star that everyone is familiar with, Liao Liao.

But Zhuang Meiyue, who hid alone on the rooftop, knew nothing about these new situations.

The time she estimated was roughly accurate.

At about half past ten, the staff responsible for maintaining order outside the rehearsal had already called her name and asked her to start preparing, and five or six minutes later, it was her turn.

When she opened the door and entered, Zhuang Meiyue inevitably felt a little nervous.

The room was arranged very quietly, the sofas had been pushed to the corner of the room, and there were several tables facing the door, and four people were sitting facing them. In front of the table, there is a stool empty.

The one sitting in the middle was indeed Liao Liao.

When entering the door, Zhuang Meiyue stared at Liao Liao curiously for a few times, then quickly looked away - this was the first time she had such close contact with Liao Liao, a popular superstar, naturally she couldn't help being curious, But she knew that it would be very impolite to stare at the examiner all the time, and it would affect her image score.

Some people say that singers, as long as they sing well, they will be popular sooner or later-that is actually pure fantasy.

In any circle, unless your ability is really outstanding, so powerful that people can ignore all your shortcomings, otherwise, interpersonal relationships and personal image have always been extremely important.

However, even if she looked away, Zhuang Meiyue still keenly caught Liao Liao's slightly frowning brows from the corner of her eyes, "Zhuang Meiyue?"

Zhuang Meiyue's heart skipped a beat, but she still raised her head calmly and bowed slightly to the examiners, "Hello, Teacher Liao, hello, teachers, I'm Zhuang Meiyue."

Liao Liao looked at her seriously, as if he was very curious about her.

But Zhuang Meiyue knows that she is neither beautiful nor has any contacts in the circle to trust, so if there is anything that can make Liao Liao curious about her, it should only be that she handed over when she signed up. The tape that went up is gone.

When any company is about to sign a new singer, it will definitely require applicants to submit a copy of their own recordings. Zhuang Meiyue can't afford to enter a recording studio, and she is not willing to spend tens of thousands of dollars to record a recording for herself. A song, so she borrowed a tape recorder from a friend in the circle to record it herself, and the quality is very rough. And the one she handed in this time was transcribed later. She had heard it herself, and the noise was loud and the sound was not clear.

She thought that the quality of the cassette she handed in caused Liao Liao to dislike her, so she couldn't help but feel a little uneasy, but at this time, Liao Liao didn't say anything, but smiled and pointed at the stool in front of Zhuang Meiyue , said: "Sit down!"

Zhuang Meiyue thanked her, went to sit down, and at the same time pulled the guitar behind her to her body.

Liao Liao seriously looked down at the piece of paper in his hand——Zhuang Meiyue couldn't see it, so of course she wouldn't know that what Liao Liao pulled out from that file bag was originally just a very ordinary registration document, with an attached A line of handwritten words: If the voice matches the tape, stay and I will listen to the second round.

So at this time, Zhuang Meiyue didn't know, in fact, no matter how well she sang today, as long as she didn't get out of tune, as long as she didn't have the same voice as the tape she handed in before, then she could pass today steadily.

Liao Liao didn't say much, just passed the paper in his hand to Li Jinlong on the left first, and after he finished reading it, passed it to Sun Meimei on the right—everyone knew immediately.

Regarding Qi Jie's expansion plan, Li Qian has always been neither in favor nor against, but when Qi Jie moved a whole box of portfolios to Li Qian's home, he still listened to the cassettes one by one.

It's just that he listened to it, but he didn't express anything—this Zhuang Meiyue was the only one Li Qian had found on the registration materials since the interview. people.

Therefore, at this time, not only Liao Liao, but also Li Jinlong and Sun Meimei were a little excited.

Among the three, Liao Liao was an exception. With her lazy nature, she would not spend so much time listening to the tapes submitted by the applicants one by one. Her big villa will be renovated soon. After all, she is considering moving recently, and even the concert plan proposed by Qi Jie, she has a dispensable attitude, not as active as He Runqing.

But Li Jinlong and Sun Meimei, as the hosts of this matter, must have heard it one by one, and they also left their own comments on the information of each registered singer for reference during the interview.

On Zhuang Meiyue's application materials, Sun Meimei's initial comment was: very stable, but the small voice has rarely achieved great success so far, so I don't recommend it.

And under her comment, Li Jinlong gave the evaluation: "Small voice, suitable for sad songs all the way, not recommended."

To be honest, with so many recordings, except for a few with really beautiful voices, most of them don’t remember what kind of voice they have and how they felt when listening to them. It was only when they saw the comments of "Small Voice" and "Sad Heart Song" that they had left before that they recalled in a trance, as if they had heard such a tape with a poor recording quality.

However, that doesn't matter anymore. The important thing now is that after listening to so many tapes, Li Qian only left a sentence on this Zhuang Meiyue's information and wanted to listen to it himself. Obviously, this girl The voice should be something that can impress Li Qian - and for Li Qian's vision for identifying the potential of singers, of course they have unreserved trust.

So at this time, the three examiners were full of curiosity about this girl named Zhuang Meiyue.

After circulating the materials, Sun Meimei looked up and saw that Zhuang Meiyue seemed a little nervous. She could guess that the three of them were making so many movements, which put a lot of pressure on her, so she said with a smile: "Don't be nervous, tell me We have listened to the tapes that came up, and for this interview, you can relax as much as possible."

Liao Liao also nodded, "If you are ready, let's start!"

Zhuang Meiyue forced a smile when she heard this, and nodded.

Then she held the guitar firmly, calmed down a bit, and started to play the guitar.

Just listening to the first few notes, Liao Liao knew that what she was going to sing was actually "Persistence".

Of course, she saw the comments of Sun Meimei and Li Jinlong on the registration materials, with a small voice, suitable for singing sad songs... "Persistence" is not a sad song, at least in Liao Liao's interpretation, the song "Persistence" became popular all over the country ", definitely not a sad mood song.

However, as soon as she opened her voice, Liao Liao couldn't help but concentrate.

"When night comes, loneliness is always around me..."

She actually sang so loudly, her voice was sobbing.

To be honest, Liao Liao has sung this song countless times on various occasions, and heard it sung by others, including those singers who came in before, countless times, but she has never heard anyone sing "" The song "Persistence" sang this flavor.

interesting.

After she finished singing, the three of them seemed to be in the same place, and none of them gave any comments, but Li Jinlong was in charge and said: "You go back and wait for the news, if you enter the second round, our staff will be responsible for contacting you. "

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When leaving that rehearsal room, Zhuang Meiyue felt an indescribable disappointment in her heart.

In fact, she already knew that she had little hope, and she also knew that her voice was not a popular type. When she could go to the interview, the examiners would give her some comments, even though they would not choose her. , For example: "In fact, your singing skills are good, and your breath is stable enough, but unfortunately, your voice is too restrictive." For Zhuang Meiyue, although such words are of no practical use, they are How much is a little consolation.

But this time, the three examiners did not give any comments.

This made her feel an indescribable sense of loss.

After going out, she didn't stay outside for a long time, she only said hello to two familiar friends, and then left.

However, what surprised her was that in the afternoon of the same day, she received a call from Minghu Culture Company: "Miss Zhuang Meiyue, right? This is Minghu Culture Communication Company. I just got the news from the interview team that you have entered The second round of our singer signing plan is scheduled to start at 9:00 am on this Saturday, please arrive on time..."

What surprised her even more was that some news quickly spread in the underground music circle after just one or two days of fermentation—it is said that after the interview that day, she got Minghu There were only thirteen people who were notified by the cultural company that they could enter the second round!

And on the night after the news spread, when she arrived at the bar where she performed every night on time, even the boss came over to congratulate her, and some of them were very popular when performing in the bar. It is said that the singers who are in contact with several record companies also came to say hello to her one after another, which made her a little flattered and surprised.

You know, although those singers are also in the underground music circle, firstly their performances are quite popular, and secondly their strength is indeed quite strong, so there will be many record companies interested in signing them. Some independent producers are also more optimistic about them, so they are still quite proud in normal times.

Little people like Zhuang Meiyue are naturally not qualified to deal with them. Even after performing on the same stage in the same venue for so long, they can't even be friends with each other.

But now, it seems that just by entering the second round of Minghu Culture, they have already let themselves leap into the dragon's gate, and they even ran over to say hello so actively.

What's more, that night, when she finished her routine performance and left the stage, someone actually approached her and introduced herself as a producer of a record company, hoping to talk to her about signing a contract.

It seemed that overnight, she really ushered in a big turning point in her life.

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