A small mountain village.
Mo Xiaowen cried buckets holding her phone.
This song conveyed a pure devotion to love.
Deeply in love yet separated by life and death, the old man dancing alone chose to live in memories. From youth to old age, he traversed decades, transcended life and death, forever etching his love for his wife. His life was lonely, but his heart was not.
After a long while.
She looked at Qin Feng on the screen, saw the matching bracelet on his wrist, and finally made up her mind.
She opened WeChat and sent him a message.
"I will wait for you always."
Back then, when Qin Feng came to find her in the small mountain village, he asked her to wait for him there while he became the King of Singers. He promised to find her once he achieved his dream.
At the time, Mo Xiaowen thought he was joking.
Now, even if Qin Feng were joking, she was willing to wait!
…
A running joke on "I Am the King of Singers" was that they'd pay eighty yuan to live audience members, an extra hundred yuan if they shed tears, and they'd even provide a boxed meal.
This joke stemmed from the fact that some songs, while not particularly moving, would make the audience cry buckets. During the singer's performance, the camera would aggressively zoom in on these crying audience members, as if viewers wouldn't believe they were moved otherwise.
At this moment.
On stage, the dancer had already exited.
But a clip of his solo dance was displayed on the big screen.
Surrounded by darkness, the old man danced under the spotlight. Against the black background, in an artistic font, the four characters "Mohe Dance Hall" were displayed.
In the blank space of the image, a line of small text read: "The stars at night are like the day I first saw you, dazzling starlight, you broke into my heart, conquering and pillaging, from then on my heart was yours, my remaining life was yours."
"Goodbye, Evening Star."
Seeing this passage on the big screen.
The audience members in the venue felt a sudden pang in their hearts, and their suppressed emotions instantly erupted!
It hit them hard, right in the heart!
That bitter ache brought tears to their eyes instantly.
The director's cuts were a bit frantic.
Because too many people were crying!
Qin Feng took a deep breath and stood up from his high stool.
He walked to the center of the stage and bowed deeply to the audience.
Amidst the thunderous applause, he gradually let out a sigh of relief.
He had finally interpreted this song perfectly.
Mei Haoyun, the host, was already stunned and frozen in place.
Wasn't Qin Feng supposed to just be making a cameo?
Wasn't his style considered unsuitable for live performances?
Now, he finally understood why the contestants this week were so fiercely competitive.
Each of them seemed to be on steroids, bringing out their strongest performances.
Wait a minute!
In this challenge competition, he himself seemed to have performed the worst!
Thinking of this, he couldn't help but stumble.
Damn, I'm screwed!
"Where's the host?"
"Why isn't he coming up yet?"
"Teacher Mei Haoyun, it's time for you to host."
Through his earpiece, he heard the director of the program group urging him.
Mei Haoyun, his face ashen, walked onto the stage.
"Thank you, Qin Feng, for bringing us such a stunning performance…"
Mei Haoyun was surprisingly speechless.
He struggled for a long time, his face turning red, but he couldn't utter a few words. The audience started to stir.
It was important to note that for this challenge competition, the program had adopted a live broadcast to create a sense of tension and excitement.
If a live broadcast accident occurred, it would be a huge embarrassment.
"Mei Haoyun, what are you doing!"
"Quick, get a host up there to salvage the situation!"
Through his earpiece, the director's furious voice sounded again.
Following that, a host from the program group in the audience quickly walked up with a microphone.
"Haha, it seems Qin Feng's song was so powerful that it rendered our Teacher Mei speechless and unable to host. So, allow me to host in Teacher Mei's stead. You can go down and rest."
The host, having experienced many live incidents, handled the situation with ease.
After his words, Mei Haoyun also breathed a sigh of relief, nodded gratefully at the host, and stepped down.
Their performance was relatively natural.
However, some audience members in the hall had noticed something unusual.
"Haha, that's not being choked up, that's clearly being silenced by Qin Feng's song."
"In this episode, only Mei Haoyun made a mistake. The other singers were all super energized. From the live atmosphere, Qin Feng's 'Mohe Dance Hall' has a high probability of advancing, and the one likely to be eliminated is Mei Haoyun, as a single mistake is fatal in a competition of this caliber."
"Haha, if only Qin Feng could sing. Who would have thought Ting Yu would write songs for Qin Feng."
"Don't even mention them, I doubt anyone could imagine any connection between Qin Feng and Ting Yu, especially since he's not an artist from Xinghui, nor has he collaborated with Xinghui."
"Haha, I never expected to hear a new song from Ting Yu on the stage of King of Singers, what a pleasant surprise!"
"Ting Yu fans are ecstatic!"
"…"
A commotion erupted from the audience.
However, the host skillfully steered the conversation away.
"Teacher Qin Feng, may I ask if this song was specially written for you by Ting Yu?"
He knew Ting Yu's immense influence. As long as the topic was steered towards the song's producer, everyone's attention would be diverted.
As expected.
As soon as he finished speaking, the audience fell silent and looked at Qin Feng expectantly.
"That's right, after understanding my style, Ting Yu tailored it specifically for my vocal range," Qin Feng nodded.
When he received the song, he instantly felt that it would definitely become his signature work, as this style suited him perfectly.
The live audience and the judging panel also nodded in agreement.
Indeed, Ting Yu always chose singers perfectly when selecting them. A singer might not have top-tier vocal skills, but they would certainly be a perfect match for his songs.
Seeing that the audience's attention had been diverted.
The host continued to ask a few questions about custom songs based on his response.
Then, he quickly moved on to the next segment.
"This song is indeed very suitable for Teacher Qin Feng. Now, let's proceed to the public jury voting segment."
"Whether the challenging singer today can successfully challenge or must leave this stage, we hope the public jury will cast their three most precious votes according to their hearts!"
After the host finished speaking.
The audience members on the judging panel began to vote for their favorite songs.
The background music on the scene became tense.
After a brief voting period.
Director Hong Tao began his usual stalling tactics.
"The results of this episode have been very surprising to me, because the King of Singers stage has gone through so many episodes, and we have several powerful singers who have persisted from the first episode until now. So, I announce… Oh, right, have you all had dinner before participating in the program?"
Hong Tao built up the anticipation, then suddenly brought up a different topic.
This made the singers and audience members present anxious and eager.
After several more such instances.
He finally began to announce the rankings.
The same pattern as before.
Starting from second place.
Once all the rankings were introduced.
Only the first and last places remained.
Qin Feng and Mei Haoyun were still on stage.
Although the results had not yet been revealed, everyone in their hearts already knew the outcome.
"I now announce, the first place is Qin Feng!"
Wow!
When the first place was announced.
A thunderous wave of applause erupted from the venue.
Qin Feng stood up and bowed to everyone.
This first place left him in disbelief.
He had originally aimed to at least be in the top four, but he never expected to take first place.
The remaining Mei Haoyun was ashen-faced.
He was a favorite to win this season of King of Singers.
He had become complacent for this episode and was unexpectedly eliminated directly.
He looked at the singers who appeared relieved, opened his mouth, and finally let out a sigh of helplessness.
These guys must have known something beforehand; they were all putting on an act in the lounge!