Entertaining Children

After a half-day trip to the old city of Yanjing, Mei Fang's film crew captured enough daily footage for this episode, and set off back to southern Shonan the next day. As for Xiao Yao, he also devoted himself to the preparations for the song competition.

Whenever the "Singer" program is recorded, there will be many fans at the airport in Shonan waiting for the arrival of their singers. But compared to usual, there are obviously a lot more fans here today.

After a certain flight from Yanjing arrived, a large group of people came out from the passenger exit. Walking in the forefront is the veteran singer Xiao Siqi who has stayed on the stage for six consecutive periods as the first singer. It's just that when the group of them came out, the fans waiting outside the exit didn't shout Xiao Siqi's name.

"Women's Band! Girls' Band!" A group of fans shouted loudly, holding up the signs in their hands. What they came to greet was not Xiao Siqi, but the dozen or so young and beautiful girls walking behind Xiao Siqi.

Xiao Yao is the only weird artist who will refuse fans to come to the airport to support and pick him up. Although the "Women's Orchestra" is a folk band, and this time they only appeared on the show as accompaniment musicians, they have a lot of die-hard fans after more than a year of development. , its number is not inferior to that of singers and entertainers, and it can be regarded as a special pop idol group. Like most singers, they will also disclose their itinerary to some fan groups, so today many fans who got the news that they will participate in the recording of "Singer" came to the airport to support their idols.

In fact, it is not that there are no fans of Xiao Siqi at the scene, but Xiao Siqi is a middle-aged male singer who has stood in the music scene for more than 20 years, and the "Women's Band" is a group of young and beautiful girls. No matter in terms of number or momentum, the fans of Xiao Siqi who appeared at the airport were completely incomparable with the fans of the "Girls Band".

Facing the enthusiastic fans, more than a dozen girls in the "Girls Band" raised their hands and waved to the fans outside, which also caused the volume of the fans on the scene to suddenly increase. Although they are also a girl group, neither Xiao Siqi nor Xiao Yao thought of asking them to learn from Korean girl groups. Whether it's the expressions or the waving movements of the girls, there are all kinds of them, and they also show their different characteristics.

Because of the program "Singer", there are big-name singers and celebrities appearing at the airport in Shonan almost every week, and the security personnel at the airport are also well prepared. Although there are a lot of fans and the momentum is great, the security personnel on the scene are still very responsible Protected Xiao Siqi and "Women's Band" and left the airport's pick-up hall.

Xiao Siqi followed Ye Huanhe, the manager who came to pick them up, and the filming crew to the singer's exclusive vehicle, while a dozen people from the "Girls Band" boarded a group specially arranged by the "Singer" program team to pick them up. luxury bus.

The supporting guests during the singer competition are all personally invited by the singer himself.

The program team will not pay the show fee, but as long as people come, objectively, they are here to help improve the program's ratings, so the program team will still be responsible for basic celebrity treatment such as vehicle transportation. There are more than a dozen people in this group, and there are more than a dozen portable musical instruments, as well as a few assistants and some staff who help carry large instruments such as guzheng and dulcimer. The program team simply arranged a luxury bus with a car They picked them all up.

"Xiao Yao, why do you really become a porter and carry musical instruments?" The bus set off on the road, and after leaving the airport, Zhou Jin stood up from her seat and walked to the back of the vehicle, a man wearing a hat The young man in the mask said beside him. The other girls in the "Women's Band" also looked back.

This time, Xiao Yao still didn't show up publicly at the airport, but got mixed up with the "Girls Band" team and followed them out of the airport by bus. If Xiao Yao wanted to do this, the members of the "Women's Band" could only cooperate, but they were a little surprised that after they got in the car and took their seats, they found that Xiao Yao who got in the car was really dating a real girl. The porters brought up a box containing musical instruments.

"Do a full set of acting," Xiao Yao took off his hat and mask, and said with a smile, "Who told you to have three boxes so big? I'm a big man, if I don't do anything, I'll just go with you empty-handed Get in the car, isn't it too eye-catching?"

"You, the young master, can carry the musical instruments for us," Zhou Jin said with a smile, "we are afraid that we will be scolded by the boss after we go back."

"It's okay. Boss Xiao usually doesn't care about what he does." Fang still pretended to be the assistant of the "Girls Band" and interjected with a smile, "He often helps our assistant carry the luggage when he goes out, and The last time he pretended to be Liang Xueying's assistant at the airport, he also helped Liang Xueying with her luggage, and it was nothing more than helping you carry a musical instrument case into the car."

"Who made me a man?" Xiao Yao spread his hands deliberately, "Men are born to do coolies, there is no way!"

"Cut~ You obviously proposed it on your own initiative, voluntarily!" Pei Minyi also complained.

When the bus arrived at Shonan TV Station, the crew led by Mei Fang waited at the entrance of the TV building again. This time, Xiao Yao informed Mei Fang and Shen Man in advance that he would not show up at the airport and would hang out with the "Girls Band" team, so they didn't go to the airport to pick up Xiao Yao, and waited directly at the entrance of the TV station building.

The singer lounge is the exclusive place for singers and their managers. There is another lounge for the guests invited to help out. In addition, the singers also have to follow up on the recording day. Therefore, except for the rehearsal and official competition, the singer and The guests invited to help out did not stay together.

After helping to lift the large musical instrument out of the car, Xiao Yao and the girls of the "Girls Band" temporarily separated.

Xiao Yao's rehearsal time for this issue was relatively late. Not long after returning to his room and changing clothes, Xiao Yao was called to film the pre-match interview.

The question this time is more routine, and it is about Xiao Yao's feelings and gains after participating in this program for so many episodes. Xiao Yao had watched similar shows for several seasons in his previous life, even the original Korean version, so he was able to answer such questions with ease.

"Your rehearsal time is 3:30 in the afternoon, and there is still some time left. Do you want to have a piano concert in the hall today?" After the interview, Shen Man asked Xiao Yao with a smile.

"No," Xiao Yao shook his head. "Last time, I had to play the piano during the performance, so I moved my fingers in advance. I don't want to play an instrument in today's performance. Let's forget it." Almost half of it came out, and he didn't want to play all the tunes on this show.

"Then what are you doing during this time?" Shen Man asked.

"Play computer, sleep!" While speaking, several people had already walked back to the singer hall, Xiao Yao smiled and walked directly to the room on the second floor.

After returning to the room, Xiao Yao checked the new email about the parkour script on the computer, and then fell asleep on the sofa. Xiao Yao didn't get up until the rehearsal time was up, and the staff of the program group came in and told them to go to the rehearsal.

After the rehearsal ended and returned to the lobby, the other singers and managers had arrived, and even the new replacement singer for the show had arrived.

"Hehe, here comes another beautiful woman!" Xiao Yao smiled and greeted the new replacement singer, "Hi sister Wei, I'm Xiao Yao."

The replacement singer this time is Wei Shile, who was born on Hong Kong Island. His father was a smash hit music producer in the 1990s, and he also came from a musical family. After graduating from middle school, he went to study in the UK. After graduating from the Davis Conservatory of Music, he returned to Hong Kong Island to develop, and made his debut in the music scene after signing with his father's record company. A female singer like her with a family background and a major in a world-renowned music school is extremely rare in China, not to mention Hong Kong Island. Coupled with her outstanding appearance, she is naturally highly praised by the record company. Object.

Wei Shile is also a female singer with both appearance and strength, but she has been developing in Hong Kong Island before, and her popularity is basically limited to Hong Kong Island and some cities in the nearby Guangdong Province. There are not many audiences in the mainland who are familiar with her. This time to participate in "Singer", her team also hopes to use this to gain popularity in the mainland and achieve further development in the mainland.

"Hi Xiao Yao, just call me Sammy." Wei Shile politely stepped forward and shook hands with Xiao Yao.

"A small gift, a little token of my heart!" After Wei Shile and Xiao Yao finished greeting, he took a small paper bag from the manager next to him and handed it to Xiao Yao, "It's the earphones that I endorse. some!"

If Wei Shile wants to enter the mainland music scene, it is also necessary to establish a good personal relationship with some mainland musicians. The singers in this program are all important figures in the music scene, and they are naturally the people she wants to make friends with. If you want to give people a better first impression, giving a small meeting gift is a very good choice.

"Good stuff, thank you!" Xiao Yao looked at the brand logo on the paper bag, took it with a smile and thanked him, then turned to Qin Xiaodong and said, "Brother Xiaodong, look at him, and then at you! They are also replacement singers, why is the gap so big?"

"Huh? No one told me that I have to give gifts when I come to this show?" Qin Xiaodong smiled wryly.

"It's all your fault," Qin Xiaodong turned his head and pointed the finger at Hong Wei and said, "You brought up the bad atmosphere of gift giving."

"What's none of my business?" Hong Wei immediately said, "I just gave a box of Pang Dahai casually, and Xiao Yao sent clothes and a guitar. If you say that it is bad, it is also Xiao Yao's bad."

"Hey, you obviously asked for the guitar yourself!" Xiao Yao shouted immediately when he saw Hong Wei turning the finger back on himself.

"Okay, now that everyone is here, let's determine the order of appearance for today." Zhang Qiao stepped forward to guide the program's fixed flow.

Today, the way to determine the order of appearance is back to making games. When the staff took the props, Zhang Qiao also announced the rules of the game: "Today's game is a competition to blow up balloons. Whoever blows up the balloon first will have the priority. The starting position, the last one who blows up has no choice."

"It's a fight for lung capacity, you don't need to come forward to replace me, I will do it myself!" Xiao Yao said to Shen Man beside him. In fact, there is also a factor of lung capacity competition in blowing balloons. The lung capacity of singers is generally larger than that of ordinary people, so Xiao Yao decided to go to the battle in person this time.

Since Xiao Yao pointed out that blowing up balloons is a competition for lung capacity, the other singers did not ask their managers to do it for them, so they all decided to play in person. Since the program team has arranged this game, it is estimated that they want the singers to compete in public for lung capacity, so let's do it.

"May I try it too?" Wei Shile raised his hand and asked. According to the rules, as a replacement singer, she will always appear in seventh place, so there is no need to participate in this competition.

"Yes, but no matter what your score is, it will not affect your ranking." The on-site director said. There are many props and balloons, since Wei Shile offered to play, let her play together, but the rules cannot be broken.

"I know, I'm sure I will be the last one to appear today." Wei Shile nodded.

Wei Shile took a balloon from the staff, walked over and stood in a row with the other six singers, brought the mouth of the balloon to her mouth, and got ready.

"Everyone get ready~start!" Seeing that everyone was ready, Zhang Qiao ordered.

The seven singers took a deep breath and immediately started blowing. After a few seconds, you can see that someone's face turns red, which is because of suffocation. There was also some laughter among the group of people who followed the filming crew in front of them.

The program group is more disciplined. The balloons prepared for the singers are not very big. When they are blown to the limit, they are only about the size of an adult's four fists. So it didn't take long before a "boom" was heard at the scene. !

A sudden loud noise startled many people. Some of the singers who were trying to blow up the balloons subconsciously let go of their mouths in fright, letting the blown balloons in their hands run away a lot. Although they reacted Soon, he blocked it with his mouth again, but he was already affected a little.

"First place, Xiao Yao!" Zhang Qiao announced loudly, "Others continue!"

"Boom!"

"Boom!"

"Boom!"

The sound of balloons popping sounded one after another, but the singers who had not yet burst the balloons had already gained experience and psychological preparations, and continued blowing with their cheeks puffed up without being affected at all.

Seven balloons burst one after another, and several singers took a few breaths.

With the result, Zhang Qiao first asked Xiao Yao: "Xiao Yao, you choose first, which one do you choose to play?"

"Sixth!" Xiao Yao smiled and raised his thumb and little finger to make a sign of six, then quickly put his hand down, and secretly removed the piece of balloon fragment stuck between the nails of his little finger. When blowing up the balloon just now, when the size of the balloon was almost about to burst, Xiao Yao used the tips of the little fingernails of both hands to press against the inflated balloon, and quietly exerted force on his hands. In a sense, this balloon can also be considered as Xiao Yao secretly popped it.

"Okay, the next one, Mr. Hong Wei, which one do you choose to play?" Zhang Qiao nodded and asked.

After the order of appearance of the singers was determined, the singers returned to their rooms and began to make the final preparations before the competition.