In the concert hall of the Great Hall, there was one wave after another.

The opening ceremony of the singing competition started with the contestants of the Chinese art song group, all of which were heroic ancient-style songs.

Then it was the turn of the contestants from the Cantonese pop group to take the stage, and the audience's ears could finally relax.

Ou Ruiqiang introduced: "The sixth contestant to appear is Cai Fenghua. He is only 16 years old and is currently a fifth-form student."

Deng Ailin took up the topic, "Student Cai won the double championship of Chinese song solo and English song solo in the open category of this year's Hong Kong inter-school competition."

The two emcees gave Cai Fenghua a brief introduction. Although he is still a middle school student, he has also made a name for himself in the music world.

The audience in the audience secretly thought that it was indeed a contestant who could advance to the finals. Although he was not a professional singer, he would still not be simple.

Either he has rich experience or he has outstanding singing skills.

Deng Ailin raised his voice a bit and said, "The song that Mr. Cai is going to sing next is "The Story of the Stone"."

As soon as the emcee finished speaking, many people's eyes unconsciously turned to the judges' seat, and they laughed tacitly.

"The Story of the Stone" that Cai Fenghua will sing is the theme song of the long-running classical TV series "A Dream of Red Mansions" broadcast by Jiayi TV.

An interesting scene is happening at the scene. The contestants are performing this song on the stage, but the judges in the audience are the original singers of this song.

Lu Dongjie crossed his arms and looked at the stage with a calm expression on his face. He was not amused by this coincidence.

Amidst the applause, Cai Fenghua slowly walked to the center of the stage from the side and greeted the audience.

The audience in the audience looked at his youthful face. Even though he was dressed very elegantly today, he was still just a student.

But when you think about it, he can win the double championship of Chinese and Western songs in the Hong Kong inter-school competition, which is indeed something that should not be underestimated.

Cai Fenghua was still a little nervous, especially when facing the man sitting in the judges' seat, there was an invisible pressure.

The original singer of the song he entered was sitting in the audience at the judging table. This coincidence really caught him off guard.

But it was too late for him to think about anything else, the live accompaniment band had already started playing the melody.

What he has to do at this moment is to put aside unnecessary distractions and sing this song well.

Along with the misty prelude, Cai Fenghua sang softly:

I've seen Leng Leng Qingfeng all over

The snow is getting thicker

Shoes soaked on the broken road

........

The audience nodded secretly. Although he looked young, his singing ability was quite impressive.

Of course, many people were disapproving of him and thought that the song he chose to sing contained elements of opportunism.

Cai Fenghua was indeed a little wronged, and he felt as if he could not be cleansed by jumping into the Yellow River, but he could only make mistakes.

The registration deadline for this Hong Kong-wide amateur singing competition held by Radio Television Hong Kong is in September, and the preliminary round will officially begin in October.

The song that Cai Fenghua prepared for the competition was "Double Star Love Song" by Xu Guanjie, and he advanced to the finals with this song.

This Cantonese pop song, which is well-known in the streets, was the episode of the movie "The Ghost Rider" that broke the Hong Kong movie box office record at that time.

In terms of arrangement, its style is soft and sweet, nostalgic and sentimental, with a pop and minor-key style.

The lyrics are better than the current Cantonese pop songs, not so vulgar and superficial, and have the charm of quite classical poetry.

He likes this song very much and is confident that he will participate in the competition with this song and win a good place.

Just when he was practicing his singing skills hard and preparing to win another victory in the finals, the time came to the end of October.

Jiayi TV officially started broadcasting "Dream of Red Mansions", and the red tide finally began to appear on the TV screen.

A song "The Story of the Stone" was sung throughout the city overnight.

Cai Fenghua was really amazed by this song at the time, as if he was practicing Xiaowuxiang Kung Fu, but suddenly picked up a secret book of "Tai Xuan Jing".

He had never heard of a pop song that so perfectly combined Chinese classical poetry with modern swing music.

He felt that if "Double Star Love Song" is a masterpiece that incorporates Chinese poetry, then "The Story of the Stone" has reached a higher level.

So during the finals, he changed the song "Double Star Love Song" that he had practiced countless times to "The Story of the Stone" without hesitation.

Cai Fenghua's decision did not disappoint him, and he successfully advanced from the finals to the finals with this song "The Story of the Stone".

The audience has always liked the new and hated the old. Since there are such good new songs, why should they sing the old songs?

After all, he is just an ignorant boy.

It's just that God's calculations are not as good as those of humans. Who would have known that when it came to the finals, Lu Dongjie would actually be sitting on the judges' bench.

But now, Cai Fenghua can only bite the bullet and perform steadily on the stage and sing:

Nuisance about getting married

Spring night love turns into love

true true false false

Flowers, color and fragrance are all visible

...

Miss Guan reached out and touched the left side, lowering her voice a bit, "What do you think of his singing?"

Zhong Chuhong glanced at the judges' seat, her big eyes narrowed slightly, "It's not bad, but it's a lot worse than what he sang."

Miss Guan smiled and nodded with deep understanding, "Of course, the original singer is the best!"

At the finals, two lively girls sat together, but occasionally they felt bored and had to talk to relieve their boredom.

Then each group took turns taking the stage, bringing different types of songs, like a hodgepodge.

Ou Ruiqiang said with a smile: "Dear guests and audience, all the contestants in the finals have finished singing, and now the five judges need to leave temporarily."

Deng Ailin continued: "They will rate each contestant, and then they need to make a careful ranking of the competition."

Ou Ruiqiang nodded, "The results will be announced soon, and you will know immediately who will stand out."

The audience in the audience were waiting patiently, praying secretly for the contestants they supported, hoping for good results.

The singing competition jointly organized by the Urban Council and Radio Television Hong Kong is indeed fairer than other competitions to a certain extent.

Because the purpose of the competition is to entertain the public, it does not involve too many other interests.

Whatever level you are at, you will get the ranking.

On the contrary, in singing competitions organized by TV stations, a lot of consideration will be given to the rankings, and those who are beneficial to you will be selected.

After all, when TV stations hold singing competitions, what matters is only the ratings, not how good the contestants are.

Singing art is secondary, and using it for me is the purpose.

Backstage, based on the statistical results of the scores given by the five judges, the preliminary rankings of the contestants in each group have come out.

There is no big problem with the rankings of the other groups. Basically, the judges' scores are all reasonable, and there is no preference for any one.

But the ranking of the Cantonese pop music group is a bit inappropriate.

Lu Dongjie was a little dumbfounded when he saw this result. Student Cai actually received high scores from several other judges.

But if this was announced directly, would the audience suspect that they were working together and operating behind the scenes?

The other four judges also felt that this result was a bit embarrassing, but they couldn't say it clearly. They looked at Lu Dongjie to see what he had to say.

Lu Dongjie coughed slightly and said, "Although Mr. Cai has great potential, it is not appropriate to encourage others to develop. It is better to move back a little."

The other four judges looked at each other, secretly breathed a sigh of relief, and finally smiled.

The five judges finally reached a consensus.

The two emcees of the conference received the instructions given by the judges, and then began to announce the rankings of the singing competition group by group.

First of all, it is the ranking of the Chinese art song group.

Champion: Long Guoji "Teach me how to miss him"

Runner-up: Zhang Jiping "Manjianghong"

Second Runner-up: Tsang Wing-yao sings "The Great River Goes East"

The results were announced, and the chairman of the Urban Council, Salish, was present.

Next, there is the ranking of the Cantonese pop music group.

Champion: Zhou Xiong-"Farewell Lover"

Runner-up: (Double Runner-up) Huang Mingxiu-"Tears of Love", Cai Fenghua-"Stone Story".

Second Runner-up: Fang Dong-"Jiuyuanwangdihun"

The audience in the audience was a little surprised that there were actually two runners-up, but judging from their intuition, there was obviously something behind the scenes.

Cai Fenghua heard the result backstage, and a relieved smile finally appeared on his originally tense face.

He had worries and selfish motives before.
To be continued...