Ye Cheng and Ke Liang went to the sea on June 28th. As soon as they left the airport, the steaming heat wave was almost roasting people.

Ke Liang wiped the sweat from his forehead and cursed: "The weather forecast is only 33 degrees, but I think there are 40 degrees."

Ye Cheng looked up at the dull sky and said, "It should be raining and it's stuffy."

Before coming, Ke Liang had already booked a hotel. Ye Cheng was going to go for a trial sing this afternoon. Now it was almost noon, so the two decided to go to the trial sing directly.

Ke Liang waved to a taxi, and after getting in, he unbuttoned his two shirts for breathability, and said, "Master, go to the East China Normal University Gymnasium."

Ye Cheng closed the car door and asked strangely: "Aren't you recording a program at Baoshan Stadium?"

"It was officially recorded in Baoshan, and the trial singing location was at East China Normal University," Ke Liang explained a few words and comforted him, "You don't have to worry. The producer is optimistic about "Dongfeng Po". You just go through the motions and are 100% selected."

"It's so complicated, I have to wait for the official recording for many days." Ye Cheng couldn't wait.

"It's still early, and some people are always eliminated," Ke Liang said. "Last year, I recorded "The Voice of China". At the beginning, I chose more than 2,000 singers, and only more than 500 people actually entered the studio to sing. In the end, only more than 160 people were left when the video was recorded, and only 56 were selected by the mentor."

Ye Cheng said astonished: "The competition is quite fierce."

Ke Liang smiled and said, "This time it will be much easier. I heard that the program team has selected more than 300 original songs, and one-half of the students can participate in the video."

Some people say that the Chinese music scene lacks originality, which is correct. After all, many popular golden songs are covered from abroad. But it can also be said to be wrong. There are so many musicians across the country who have original songs almost every day, but most of these songs cannot be spread.

Just like Ye Cheng’s five songs including “The First Experience of Love”, which took so much effort, they are just popular online now, and more original singers are as unknown as their songs.

When he arrived at the East China Normal University Gymnasium, before he got off the bus, Ye Cheng saw a lot of people outside the gymnasium.

Different from the various professions of contestants in "The Voice of China", most of the people who come to participate in "The Good Song of China" are musicians. Whether they are music teachers, art school students, street singers, or music practitioners who are engaged in supporting singing, arrangement, recording, etc., they basically have a certain degree of musical literacy, otherwise they would not think of writing original songs themselves.

Ye Cheng followed Ke Liang toward the gymnasium, and suddenly a guy emerged from the crowd, looked at Ke Liang in surprise and said, "Liangzi, why are you here?"

Ke Liang pointed to the gate of the gymnasium and asked, "Come on a good song?"

"Yes, so are you?" the man asked.

"I came with Xiao Ye," Ke Liang introduced for Ye Cheng, "Xiao Ye, this is a friend who sang in the past, named Ye Guotao, you two are still our family. Guotao, this is my little brother, named Ye Cheng."

"Hello Xiao Ye..." Ye Guotao stopped halfway, and then slapped his head in surprise, "I remembered that "You Once Upon a Time" was sung by you, and that "The First Experience of Love"!"

Suddenly being recognized by a stranger and knowing which song he sang, Ye Cheng was very happy, at least it means that he had a certain popularity. Ye Cheng smiled and shook hands with Ye Guotao and said, "Hello, Brother Tao, my name is Ye Cheng."

"Hello, hello," Ye Guotao patted Ye Cheng on the shoulder and said to Ke Liang, "Liangzi, you little brother are good. His songs are well written. Especially the song "Once Upon a Time", when I first listened to it, I cried my buddy."

Everyone has different tastes and preferences. Among the songs that Ye Cheng sang, most people like the most is "The First Experience of Love". Because the melody of this song is light, the lyrics are straightforward and catchy, and people without any musical cells can sing along, so they are the most popular. The second is "When You Are Old", which is romantic and poetic, sincere and touching, and is also easy to win the public's love.

For Ye Guotao's grassroots who struggled hard but failed again and again, "You Once Upon a Time" undoubtedly fits his mood, so he likes this song more.

The three of them didn't chat for a while, the gate of the gymnasium suddenly opened, and the staff announced that the afternoon audition would continue.

Many students who were hot as dogs outside rushed into the gymnasium in a swarm.

Ye Cheng rushed in with the crowd, and his vest was sweating when he entered the gymnasium. He saw several staff members on the stage working, three judges sitting below, and a few lunch boxes were thrown on the ground next to him.

Ke Liang pointed to the three "judgments" and quietly said to Ye Cheng: "The three below, the middle is the program producer Zhao Changbo, the one on the left is the director Jin Lei, and the one on the right should be the professional musician they invited."

Ye Cheng sat down in the audience. As soon as he took out his phone, a sharp-eyed staff member came over to remind him: "Mobile phones, DVs, tablets... these electronic products are all packed and are not allowed to be taken out!"

Ye Cheng understood that the program team was afraid that someone would secretly record the video, so he quickly put away his phone and looked on the stage. Soon someone shouted in the microphone: "No. 296, Zhao Gang! No. 296, Zhao Gang... No. 296, Zhao Gang did not arrive at the trial singing scene and was considered abstention. Next, No. 297, Yuan Zhicheng! No. 297, Yuan Zhicheng..."

The audition is arranged according to the registration order. It has been held for several days before, and Ye Cheng is the last group. Since there are too many selected songs, the program cannot arrange each song, so students who have no money and ability to arrange the songs themselves can only use simple guitar or piano accompaniment when singing.

This student named Yuan Zhicheng was obviously prepared for a long time. He sang an original rock song, brought a song to accompany him, and was very mature in the arrangement.

Ye Guotao pointed to Yuan Zhicheng on the stage and said, "I know this person. He used to be a migrant worker in Beijing, but later he went to Cheng. He was in that area and was the leading singer of the Chengdu Century Stage."

Ke Liang smiled and said, "I know Lao Yuan, too. It seems that this time, "Good Chinese Songs" has caused many old guys."

"That's not," Ye Guotao said with emotion, "It's not that we can't write good songs when we play music, but that we don't have the chance to sing them even if we write them. Now Oriental TV has set up a platform with Century Tiancheng Company, who doesn't want to show off? By the way, guess who I met yesterday?"

Ye Guotao asked mysteriously, and after asking, he gave himself an answer: "I met Yuan Cong!"

Ke Liang looked surprised and said, "No, Yuan Cong is our ancestor, and he is still here to join in the fun?"

Ye Cheng had never heard of Yuan Cong's name and asked curiously: "Who is Yuan Cong?"

Ke Liang explained: "In the early 1980s, the first group of people in the mainland to play music. Yuan Cong worked as a bassist for the rock godfather Cui Zijian, and wrote many songs for the Leopards. Have you heard of "The Girl in West Town"? It was written by him."

"He wrote "The Girl in Xizhen". This song is my parents' love song, older than me." Ye Cheng said speechlessly, "Is this kind of great musician, interesting to come to the kindergarten to beat children?"

Ye Guotao smiled helplessly and said, "He probably wanted to go crazy in the end. This person has been in Australia for more than ten years, and he has no place in the mainland music circle for a long time, which is very touching."

While listening to Ye Guotao and Ke Liang's story, watching other contestants' trial singing, two hours passed in a blink of an eye, Ye Cheng finally heard someone shouting: "No. 313, Ye Cheng! No. 313 Ye Cheng!"
Chapter completed!