Chapter 82: Wings Of Steel
The friendship development between Qi Luo An and Lin Yuting was so fast that Yu Wei found it somewhat unimaginable…
Qi Luo An being naturally sociable was one thing, but Lin Yuting was such a shy person. They’d only known each other for a few days, yet she had already fast-forwarded to inviting her to the program site to watch the performance.
Their common topic couldn’t possibly be complaining about themselves, right?
On the day of the second episode’s performance recording, Qi Luo An indeed showed up. Her black-and-white checkered skirt was quite eye-catching in the audience seats, and Yu Wei spotted her as soon as he sat down in the guest seats.
He casually reminded Lin Yuting about it, so she would have a heads-up.
“Invisible Wings” was indeed easy to sing, but singing it well was truly not easy. It didn’t require many techniques, but the emotion had to be spot-on, so one’s state was especially important.
In the following days of practice singing, Lin Yuting’s performance was good. As long as she maintained her emotion, there would be no problem.
“Looking forward to your ‘Invisible Wings’.”
As an extra in Yu Wei’s novel who was defeated by this song, Su Xinnan was quite looking forward to this song.
Ever since being shown up by Yu Wei’s new song in the first episode, Su Xinnan and the others had figured out the pattern. They were now treating Yu Wei’s novel as a strategy guide.
“Music Blind Box” had no real competition, but they couldn’t be suppressed too badly, or they would lose face.
In entertainment novels, lyrics didn’t appear too much, but the style of the songs was still evident. Last time, Yu Wei wrote that “Under the Flying Clouds” was not easy, but unfortunately, they hadn’t read the book.
They had suffered from not reading the novel. This time, the guests had wised up and had been waiting early for Yu Wei’s novel update. Invisible Wings? Had to guard against it.
For this, they had made targeted preparations: you inspirational, us inspirational too—esports player inspirational, chef inspirational, programmer can also be inspirational.
Before formally entering the performance segment, the program followed its routine with a segment of interviews. Perhaps because it was the second episode, everyone had matured, and there was much less pleasantries.
Yu Wei’s otaku readers still seemed to harbor resentment toward him. After affirming how great Tong Yulu’s personality was, they resolutely decided to switch fandom.
It felt like these two’s topic was also complaining about themselves…
“Brother Meng’s attitude is impeccable, but he’s a turncoat. The dishes he makes are teeth-grating.”
The chef uncle’s words embarrassed Meng Han. He had actually tried very hard, but cooking was a trade that couldn’t be learned in a short time.
On the second day of the program, he was reassigned to the lobby as a waiter. At his level, he was purely making trouble in the back kitchen.
The others’ interviews had some mutual teasing, but when it came to Lin Yuting, it completely changed style. She said Yu Wei was approachable, understanding, considerate, attentive, and brimming with talent. She praised him so much that Yu Wei felt a bit embarrassed.
“But…”
As everyone knew, the real point came after “but.” Lin Yuting changed tone, saying Yu Wei was too tight-lipped, not telling her, his partner, anything about the live broadcast content.
Experiencing civilian life, and not even telling the person involved afterward, right? What unseemly things did he do during his live broadcast?
Not only the audience, even the other three mentors were a bit curious. It was just a live broadcast—did he really need to hide it from people?
On the contrary, the program team already had the inside story. Yu Wei was right; it really wasn’t easy to talk about… after all, his operation was something ordinary people couldn’t pull off.
Taking the interview opportunity, Yu Wei simply advertised for Lin Yuting: follow Lin Tingyu’s live broadcast room, investment won’t lose, as for why it won’t lose, you’d know soon.
It seemed Yu Wei was very confident in her performance, so it was indeed worth watching closely.
Given Yu Wei’s performance in the previous episode, this time the program team simply scheduled their group’s performance last. Otherwise, the following acts wouldn’t be able to follow up, which would be awkward.
The first group on stage was Yu Wei’s fan “Rogue Ninja” and Tong Yulu. They did a chorus of a song about a frustrated Beijing drifter youth.
Tong Yulu’s singing method was very typical girl group style. She managed to sing a somewhat melancholic song with a bit of liveliness. The little reader wanted to pull her back but couldn’t.
High emotional intelligence: reinterpreting a classic; low emotional intelligence: mangling it.
Strange singing method, but fortunately no off-key, and not unpleasant. Just that the original singer teacher might not be able to sleep after hearing it…
“3.8, no more.”
Yu Wei was serious with the score this time. Tong Yulu was an acquaintance, so he wasn’t afraid of offending her. As for civilian contestants, what was a traitor being cocky about.jpg.
“So strict? Then next time cover yours.”
“9.9, must be 9.9.”
Yu Wei backtracked super fast. Sister Lu’s move was too ruthless. If she really sang his, then the one who couldn’t sleep would be him.
I report her, she’s ruining songs!
Meng Han’s adaptation this time was still top tier. It was thought he would continue the rock music path to ignite, but unexpectedly he brought out “Hometown Dishes,” using his husky voice to depict the bittersweetness of a wandering wanderer.
A very flavorful song, especially since its core was similar to Tong Yulu’s song and came right after, somewhat like a dimensional strike.
Yu Wei discovered that the songs they chose this episode seemed all to be works filled with faith and hope. Even if starting melancholic, they ultimately gave people strength.
Aimed at me?
If the first two songs were coincidence, then Su Xinnan’s song choice proved Yu Wei’s guess. What she brought out was exactly “My Faith” written into the plot as an extra.
In the novel, the protagonist without a doubt wouldn’t lose. Su Xinnan just wanted to see if these two songs really clashed, who would win!
There were many audience members who came for Yu Wei, including no lack of the novel’s loyal readers. Su Xinnan’s choice thrilled them.
No matter how you read the novel, it couldn’t match on-site immersion and substitution. Sister Nan wanted to recreate the novel scenes in reality!
For an esports player, “My Faith” was spot-on. No matter from what angle, this song’s appearance was perfectly timed.
Moreover, this contestant was not ordinary. Most esports players’ singing skill was unbearable to hear, but he was an exception. Skipping training to compete for starting spot to come to music variety show, clearly also wanting to show off.
The two’s cooperation was very tacit, obviously practiced many times. Especially when singing the classic line, some on-site audience even sang along.
“From now on I no longer pray, self is the best medicine.”
Su Xinnan hadn’t sung many songs, but because of the explosive hit film and television dramas, every theme song was the audience’s childhood. Most importantly, they sang really well.
Popularity was the biggest shortcoming of original songs. After all, it was a debut stage; the audience might be amazed, but inevitably lacking that resonance.
Like this full-audience sing-along atmosphere, original songs couldn’t achieve.
The on-site audience had been completely ignited by this classic old song. In their eyes, this song came with its own MV, and the MV’s protagonist was their past selves.
Pressure on Yu Wei…
Yu Wei thought facing such a strong opponent, Lin Yuting would be nervous, but she just sat there quietly, seemingly completely immersed in Su Xinnan’s singing.
It wasn’t that her mentality was great, but for someone who couldn’t see, a song that evoked memories was really good to hear.
When the drama using this song as theme song aired, she could still see with her eyes. That was her most precious memory and color…
After the singing stopped, Lin Yuting dazedly touched her cheek and found her eyelashes already wet.
“Go for it!”
Yu Wei’s slightly comforting encouragement came from behind. She nodded heavily, then with staff help, walked toward the stage.
She really liked Sister Nan’s song, because memories were her past, but the next song would be her future.
Seeing Yu Wei’s solemn gaze, Meng Han teased: “This ‘Invisible Wings’ isn’t custom-made again, is it?”
What do you mean “again”? His previous song wasn’t custom-made either, okay.
“Of course not.”
“Really not?” Meng Han just didn’t believe it. Casually writing a song that perfectly fit the contestant—who are you fooling? “If not custom-made, then can I sing it too?”
Yu Wei was a bit stunned hearing that. Such a gentle song, what business did your big smoky voice have meddling…
Wait, actually, it seemed not impossible.
But not Invisible Wings, it would be Wings of Steel.
