China Entertainment 1997

In the Chinese music scene in recent years, although King Cao has introduced some old-style and dramatic styles, due to the threshold, they are still among the minority.

When it comes to taking stock of drama singers in the Chinese music scene, the first one to recommend is Cao Daguan.

"Chi Ling", "Wan Jiang" and "Ten Years in the World" are all classic masterpieces of opera, and they are also the leaders of ancient opera, with high status and strong strength.

Next is the second "Rising Star" Li Yugang. This singer, who is a female actor, is good at reverse roles. Many of his songs have dramatic accents, and his unique style is impressive.

Another one is Zeng Li.

Zeng Li's most famous identity is actually the Chinese Opera teacher. After all, the Chinese Opera Class 02 is so famous that there are now ten first- and second-tier artists scattered here and there.

This achievement, coupled with the fact that Zeng Li is a star himself, naturally makes him even more legendary.

After being a star teacher in Chinese opera, he was the actor who left his profession.

The Empress of the West Palace does not film many movies, but she does have representative works and roles. The most well-known ones are "Sword Rain" and "Xiu Chun Dao 2". "Di Renjie: The Emperor of Heaven" is also quite famous. There are also TV series such as "Li Wei Becomes Official" series and Jin Yong dramas. Li Mochou and Yin Susu.

So far, Zeng Li is basically on the list of many outstanding female characters in martial arts and Jin Yong dramas.

After that, he was known to the public as a singer.

In fact, there is another Cao Xuan scandal target who is also very famous, but he is not a professional, so he is not included in it.

Zeng Li didn't act much and sang even less, but he still had two masterpieces.

One is the blockbuster "The Drunken Concubine" during the Spring Festival Gala, and the second is "Exploring the Window" which was also a hit that year.

Needless to say, the former is still a classic program of the Spring Festival Gala, and the latter also has a good status in the niche genre of opera songs. At that time, it reached the top of the major music charts, even though it was due to Cao Xuan's lyrics and music. , but the popularity is not fake.

"She sang, meeting an old friend in a foreign land

Every step and every word is lovesickness

Everyone in the audience, the title of the gold medal is correct

Never recognized each other, old acquaintance on stage

…”

Every sentence is sincere, every word is about lovesickness, there is endless sadness and regret, and there is also a sense of freedom and letting go. It is endless aftertaste and makes people feel sad.

Director Feng Xiaoning originally even intended to adapt this song into a story, but he had no choice but to give up because he didn't get a good script.

On the contrary, Guohua adapted a version of the drama "Lovesickness" through Yuanquan's audience, but the box office can only be said to be okay, and the influence is far worse than the song.

Zeng Li had only sung these two songs, but he gave her the impression of a famous dramatist.

When the Chinese music industry talks about drama singers, the first one that comes to mind is Li Yugang, and the second one is her.

Although Cao Xuan's works are the best, he is an all-around singer and is top-notch in drama, ancient style, pop, love songs and other themes. Although his drama is strong, it also represents a lot of his abilities, so he is not as good as Cao Xuan. Li and Zeng, two students with partial subjects, attracted more attention.

This is also the reason why Zeng Li was immediately recognized as soon as he opened his mouth. The scope is so small and the reputation is so big that it is not difficult to guess.

Of course, the effect of the show still needs to be considered before guessing, so if two people insist, someone will immediately disagree.

"It may not be Teacher Zeng. I think Li Yugang is more likely."

"Maybe it's a river map."

"There are a few very good online singers on the Internet. Maybe they were specially invited by the program team."

In short, we may be able to reach a consensus when the names are unveiled to reflect the professionalism of their judging panel, but there are still processes to go through before the final unveiling.

So a few people divided into two groups and sang a double act. After Zeng Li finished singing, they still conducted a decent test.

"This Qingyi...teacher."

Da Zhangwei hesitated for a moment, but still gave him the honorific title: "Is this "Silk Opera" a new song?"

"yes."

It was okay when Zeng Li sang, but when he interacted and spoke, he had switched to an electronic male voice, which was considered to be intentional to confuse the audience.

Not to mention, the routine is a bit simple, but there are still some doubtful viewers who are murmuring in their hearts.

However, there are basically a few people on the judging panel. As a music creator, Da Zhangwei is more interested in songs than performing in Double Yellow.

"Can I take the liberty of asking, who wrote this song?"

Zeng Li adheres to the policy of being concise and concise: "Friends."

Da Zhangwei: "..."

This was not clear at all, but since he guessed it was Zeng Li, he had a vague idea of ​​who composed the song.

The others were also very interested in the song and asked here and there, but Zeng Li was precious about his words. He seemed to have given some information, but it was also vague and full of nonsense.

Empress Nishinomiya had no idea that she had been exposed. She thought she was hiding well and was trying her best to "match wits and courage" with these judges.

However, Cao Xuan, who had been observing the scene with the help of real-time camera broadcasts backstage, saw something fishy at a glance.

"Teacher Zeng revealed his secret."

Zhang Chong, who was standing next to him, nodded and thought about Zeng Li's song just now: "It's indeed not difficult to guess. If I could recognize it, why did you let Sister Li sing this song?"

"She chose it herself, thinking she could hide it from others."

"Silk Opera" is a song "written" by Cao Xuan very early, and was originally intended to be released as a single by Zeng Li.

As a result, Nishinomiya thought it was too troublesome when she released a song called "Exploring the Window", so she didn't plan to join the music scene. She just recorded the song and planned to use it as the theme song for a TV series one day.

As a result, when she participated in "The King of Masked Singer" this time, she heard that she was hiding her identity. She didn't know what she was thinking, so she pulled out this song.

I originally thought it was a new song to facilitate disguise, but I didn't expect my cleverness to be mistaken. As soon as the drama came out, I was immediately exposed.

"But in this case, if I sing new songs, will I be trapped in a cocoon?"

Cao Xuan had a headache. Since he could recognize Zeng Li, it was not difficult to guess that "Silk String Opera" was written by him. When a new song came out at this time, it was difficult not to make people think about it.

"It's not necessarily true. Sister Li can sing your new song, and so can others. Maybe the show team is trying to spread suspicion, so they'll do the opposite."

"It's not impossible."

Cao Xuan rubbed his chin with a slight smile. The entertainment industry is full of smart people, but sometimes the smarter the smart people are, they think more than others. When their thoughts are mixed, their judgments are not so accurate.

There is a kind of poker game called Fried Golden Flower, where open cards are not allowed. Blindly hiding them makes it easy for people to see the truth.

Only half of the cards are revealed and half are hidden, true and false, specious, making people suspicious but not sure, and they will be led by the nose when they are indecisive.

Cao Xuan and Zhang Chong chatted happily, and even thought about how to sell a flaw and lure others into traps, how to hide the truth from the truth, hide the truth from the truth, pretend to attack the east and attack the west, surround Wei and save Zhao Balabala, which made the photographer next to him break out in cold sweat.

We are just a variety show where we listen to songs and guess people, why do we use the art of war...

On this side of the room, the double reeds sang almost the same, and they also invited Huang Bo out just now, and the audience voted to determine the winner.

In terms of singing and performance alone, it's hard to tell the difference between the two. Huang Bo has better singing skills, while Empress Xigong is better because of her uniqueness.

However, Zeng Li had the bonus of the song "Silk String Opera" and gained a lot of impression points, which made him even better in the end.

Zeng Li's promotion aside, Huang Bo will also face the judges' final guesses before he reveals himself.

If he guesses incorrectly, Huang Bo gets a gift and the jury gets a punishment, and vice versa.

However, this punishment and gift are just a general idea, giving both parties an excuse.

After a period of debate, the jury finally jointly gave their answer - Zhang Yu.

Cao Xuan strongly suspected that the judging panel guessed based on height and body shape.

Because it was not a serious competition, Huang Bo didn't show any childish gestures, and quickly revealed his face, taking off his hood to reveal his face. An impressive face.

"ah!"

There were constant exclamations throughout the show. It is no exaggeration to say that this result was almost beyond everyone's expectations. Huang Bo's name had never been among the top ten singers guessed by the jury before.

It's not that Huang Bo hid it well, but that they fell into a misunderstanding.

The singers unveiled in the previous two issues were all professional singers, including Zeng Li, whom they recognized, who has released several singles and is also a number one figure in the Chinese music scene.

Although Huang Bo also started out as a singer and had just attended the Spring Festival Gala during the Spring Festival, his achievements as an actor were so great that he completely overshadowed the singer's brilliance.

Most people's impression of him is that of a movie star or comedy figure, but there are really not many people who regard him as a singer.

Just now, both the judging panel and the audience were all thinking about the singer. They never thought that Huang Bo, who was killing everyone in the film industry, would succeed in fishing in troubled waters.

Theoretically speaking, Zeng Li could actually use this trick to hide the truth, but he couldn't help but the drama was too recognizable, so he didn't hide it.

The judging panel was so angry that they called the program team treacherous, but Huang Bo was in a good mood.

Although he was the first to be eliminated, he was not here to compete. Being able to fool the judging panel felt quite a sense of accomplishment.

Huang Bo entered the guest seats to watch the show. Zeng left the arena to be determined, and Jia Ling invited the third masked singer.

Wearing powerful clothes, a sword on his waist, a bamboo hat on his head, and a black cloth mask, his name is also very simple - "The Prodigal Son".

The songs sung are also well-known ones. It was Cao Xuan's first Chinese ancient song that year, the theme song of the TV series "Little Li Fei Dao", "Not a Hero".

"Fold flowers to the south of the Yangtze River"

To the spring breeze and red wax

Passionate is always like me

romantic love world

…”

This song with a bright rhythm, free and unrestrained, "Huangzi" sings it with a little more heroic spirit, especially the climax part is a little more passionate, which is slightly different from Cao Xuan's original version.

However, it was precisely because of this paragraph that Cao Xuan, who was originally sitting on the sofa, couldn't help but straighten up and look at "The Prodigal Son" on the TV in surprise.

Zhang Chong, who was standing next to him, saw this and quickly asked: "What, did you hear who it was?"

"Can't tell."

Cao Xuan looked a little weird: "Although I'm not sure who this is yet, I see that although the tone of the breath has been changed, it is very similar to my usual singing habit."

Zhang Chong looked confused and didn't know what Cao Xuan meant. Cao Xuan simply explained more.

“Before, the main singer sang very normally, but his voice was obviously hidden, which made people confused.

But in the chorus stage, it seems that the singing is different from mine, but the processing and application of many details are very my style. If you are familiar with my singer, you can easily detect this. "

Zhang Chong is also a human being. As soon as he said these words, he immediately understood: "This is a trap."

Cao Xuan looked at the camera and smiled: "It is probably arranged by the program team. The lineup of "Dear" is not a secret. Huang Bo and Teacher Zeng are exposed. It is inevitable that everyone will not guess about me. This is just a good opportunity to hide Chen Cang."

"Wonderful."

Zhang Chong was so impressed that he even drew inferences from one example and realized that the reputation of this charlatan was also intended to be a smoke bomb.

One of Cao Xuan's labels is martial arts, which means martial arts. He also played Linghu Chong, a famous prodigal son in the martial arts genre. Moreover, Cao Xuan has a romantic personality and has a similar influence in the eyes of the outside world, which is extremely relevant.

In this way, it seems to have some connotation of Cao Daguan, Zhang Chong was happy.

"This Su Wei is so courageous."

Cao Xuan glanced at him and turned to look at the shivering director and photographer beside him.

"He cut out the sentence he just said."

"Okay, boss."

Cao Xuan said it simply, but in fact [The Prodigal Son] behaved a bit cryptically. That is to say, Cao Xuan knew his own style best and noticed it immediately. As for others, they did not react as quickly as he did.

However, two professional singers, Da Zhangwei and Qi Wei, still vaguely discovered something, especially because the prodigal son may have deliberately given clues later, so he was exposed again.

Not to mention professional singers, even some fans who are familiar with Cao Xuan can tell that something is wrong.

Sure enough, as soon as the song "The Prodigal Son" was sung, Qi Wei immediately got into trouble.

"What you sing sounds familiar. Do we know each other?"

The prodigal son nodded, and the latter asked: "Then the two of us have ever collaborated, whether it's singing or acting."

The prodigal son hesitated for a moment, then spoke in a falsetto: "We have indeed collaborated."

Qi Wei asked again. The question always revolved around some of his experiences with Cao Xuan. He obviously recognized her as Cao Xuan. The prodigal son was also happy to see this. He followed her words and even if there was a slight discrepancy, he still felt that he was Cao Xuan. People thought he was covering up.

"This guy is good at acting."

Cao Xuan praised him in front of the TV, and Zhang Chong was curious: "Did you recognize it?"

"Um."

Cao Xuan smiled: "I was a little unsure at first, but then I saw that he looked more and more like him and I knew who it was."

"who?"

"You forgot that there was a man who was famous for imitating me, and his nickname was Xiao Cao Xuan."

Zhang Chong suddenly realized that Cao Xuan didn't say much. Seeing that the stage was still being aggressive, he didn't look much and went directly to the stage to wait. He had just had a new idea and planned to discuss it with the band.

During the preparation process of Cao Xuan, Jianghu Huazi also battled wits with the jury and ended up voting with Zeng Li and successfully won.

The judging panel "hesitated" for a while and decided that [Qing Yi] was Zeng Li, and successfully guessed it.

After the general excitement, it was finally time for the fourth masked singer to appear.

Wearing a gorgeous shirt and cape, with accessories added to make it bulging, and a mask with domineering and exquisite gold patterns on his face, he looks very cool and a little bit middle-class.

The host Jia Ling looked at the card in his hand, suppressed a smile, and introduced with a slightly trembling tone.

"Welcome to the song brought to us by [The Great Demon King Dugu Undefeated in the Heaven and Earth, All the Seas and the World] - [Wukong]."

"puff!"

The judges' table and the audience were all confused. What an unlucky name. It was so long and stinky.

Many people were speechless, and some were so amused that they laughed, thinking the masked singer was interesting.

Cao Xuan ignored the voice below. When he entered the performance state, he was always attentive. After silently preparing, he spoke as the prelude ended. His voice was not as magnetic as before, but a little clearer, more high-pitched, and more penetrating.

"The moon splashes on the stars, the road is long

The wind and smoke are gone, the shadow is dim

Who told me that I have extraordinary skills?

Who puts me in a dilemma between love and hate?

Later, the liver and intestines were severed.

………”

Everyone who was still struggling with their names slowly stopped their various thoughts as the song sounded and listened to the song seriously.

The melody is soothing, but a little desolate. Along with the lyrics, the story has a strong sense, giving people a sense of loneliness and loneliness, and a sense of vicissitudes of life.

In this way, everyone remembered the title of the song "Wukong" that had just been announced, and as the lyrics were performed, the image of a monkey was slowly sketched in their hearts.

In the past, everyone had the impression that Sun Wukong had vast magical powers, was rebellious, or fought against gods and gods in heaven and earth. However, the Sun Wukong in the story has boundless power but is helpless.

"Still uneasy, still sad

The golden hoop is at the head, if you want to say it, give it up..."

However, this Sun Wukong's bones were not bent due to pressure. He became mature and stable. He was no longer as frizzy and unruly as before, but he still maintained his arrogance and arrogance, so he still shouted out.

"Treading on the spiritual sky, acting unbridled and unruly

The evil paths in this world are dangerous and there is no way to escape.

This stick

Tell you to turn into ashes

…”

But this arrogance is a little more free and easy, and a little more Liao Ji.

Angry, sad, and crazy, he is a human being, a ghost, or a monster, but he has a demonic debt in his heart.

The Great Sage Qitian has changed after all!

This song "Wukong" has a Zen feel and can be interpreted in many ways. Everyone can see the Sun Wukong in their own minds and understand the meaning of their own understanding.

Good song! Good words!

Although Cao Xuan is disguised, his singing skills are here, and it is definitely a good performance.

The judging panel looked at him with uncertain expressions, making some guesses but also full of doubts.

The lyrics and music of this song "Wukong" are first-class and definitely not made by ordinary people. Combined with the previous "Silk Opera", everyone guessed that it was written by Cao Xuan.

But the voice and breath of [Jiang Hu Ronin] just now are very similar to Cao Xuan. Why didn't he sing and leave it to this big devil?

What's even more strange is that although this big devil's voice is a bit different, his treble is very penetrating, a bit like Zhang Jie. Thinking that one of the theme songs of "Dear" seems to be sung by Zhang Jie, everyone's expressions become more determined.

But I always vaguely noticed that something was wrong, but I couldn't tell it.

Everyone was already confused, but Cao Xuan seemed to be carelessly throwing fog bombs, and the identity of the two people became even more confusing.

Several members of the judging panel couldn't help but feel angry. How could a variety show about guessing singers look like Werewolf...