Seeing so many missed calls and messages, Lin Xi felt a headache.
Was this the trouble of being famous?
He couldn't reply to so many people one by one. Besides, it was already past eleven at night, so Lin Xi decided to go back to the dormitory first.
Walking back to school, Du Yu and his two other roommates surrounded him as soon as he entered the dormitory.
"F * ck, Lin Zi, you're finally back.”
"Why didn't you pick up when I called you? Were you really the one who sang 'My Deskmate?”
Du Yu said excitedly.
Lin Xi smiled bitterly." I'm at work. My phone is on silent mode. Who else could it be? We've been living together for two years. Don't you recognize me?"”
"No."
Another roommate quickly shook his head and said,"I just can't believe it. I didn't expect you to sing so well. To be honest, when you said you wanted to sign up, we tried to persuade you not to go.”
"That's right." Du Yu took over and said," You really couldn't tell. When we went to karaoke together, what was the song you sang? The entire class was shocked by you. In the end, the moment you opened your mouth yesterday, you stunned the entire country. What's going on?”
"Could it be that he found the stage too small and deliberately sang so badly to brush us off?”
The third roommate said with a little resentment.
Lin Xi was stunned. He really didn't know how to answer this question.
Fortunately, Du Yu and the others were excited. They didn't care if Lin Xi replied or not and changed the topic.
"Our dormitory has a big celebrity now. Lin Xi, don't forget us when you're rich in the future.”
"Yeah, yeah, you're a big shot now. You're the most popular person on the internet!”
Du Yu took over and said readily,"For the next match, if you need any help, just let us know.”
"Yes, we're all brothers.”
"I think you shouldn't work part-time for the time being. If you don't have enough money, we'll gather some for you first.”
Lin Xi's heart warmed at his roommates 'words.
"It's okay. I can handle it."
Du Yu and the others saw that Lin Xi was unwilling to accept their help, so they didn't say anything.
"Alright, you must be tired. Rest early.”
......
The next day, Lin Xi found a small recording studio. He had already thought of what he would sing for the semi-finals.
The last time he sang "My Deskmate", he didn't have the time or conditions, so he could only take a guitar and sing.
There was enough time to prepare this time, and Lin Xi was here today to compose the song for the semi-finals.
After hearing Lin Xi's request, the boss asked for 4000 yuan, which shocked Lin Xi. He haggled with the boss for a long time, but in the end, the boss recognized him and gave him a discount.
In the end, he spent 1500 yuan. He had no choice. He did not have any equipment, so he had to spend this money.
Just like that, Lin Xi was left with less than a thousand yuan.
Before he left, the boss repeatedly emphasized that Lin Xi could come to him if he wanted to arrange music in the future and that he would never raise the price.
Lin Xi could only smile awkwardly and brush it off.
......
A few days passed like this.
It was the day of the semi-finals of the National College Singing Contest.
The semi-finals were different from the preliminaries. The contestants in the preliminaries only needed a judge to give them a pass to advance.
In the semi-finals, the judges would not only give a pass, but they would also give a star rating. There were a total of four grades from one star to four stars, with four stars being the highest.
Every contestant must get at least four stars to advance to the next round.
In other words, on average, each judge had to give a score of one star.
Of course, if any of the judges were particularly optimistic about you and directly gave you four stars, you would also be able to advance to the next round.
If the number of stars obtained was less than four, the contestant would be eliminated.
Backstage.
The contestants from universities all over the country gathered in groups of twos and threes, sitting in various corners.
These were all contestants who had passed the preliminaries. They could be said to be the most outstanding among the amateur singers.
As soon as Lin Xi entered the backstage, he was met with countless odd gazes, including Tang Hong, who was from the same school as him.
"Is this Lin Xi? The one that sang deskmate?"
"Yes, it's him. There have been videos of him everywhere recently. It's hard not to recognize his face.”
"He's probably the most popular player among us.”
"Isn't that so? I suspect that there must be a team behind him. Otherwise, how could he write such a good song by himself?”
"It can't be. I heard that he's a second-year student. It can't be fake, right?”
"So what if she's a university student? Can't a university student have a team and a company behind him? Let me tell you, I have a friend who's in his class. He said that Lin Xi used to sing at a KTV. He was tone-deaf and out of tune!”
"Ah, no way. Then how did you suddenly sing so well overnight?”
"That's why I said that there must be something fishy behind it. Just you wait and see!”
Some people discussed in low voices, their voices filled with unconcealable jealousy.
Whether it was Lin Xi's appearance, his talent, or the attention and praise he had recently received, it was enough for these competitors to treat him as their number one opponent.
Lin Xi felt all sorts of gazes on him, but he didn't care.
In fact, he had also gone online to take a look these few days. Although most of the people online supported the likes, there were still some jealous netizens who made malicious speculations.
One was that Lin Xi had a team behind him, but he didn't write the song at all.
Another voice criticized Lin Xi's song, saying that although his song was well written, the lyrics were ordinary and vulgar, without any artistic conception. Even a primary school student could write them.
Of course, as soon as this comment came out, it was dissed by the majority of netizens. If even a primary school student can write it, then why don't you try writing one!
He had long understood this truth, so he did not intend to defend himself, nor did he intend to deal with these people.
She quietly found a seat and sat down.
After a few days, Lin Xi finally understood the current state of music in this world.
Pop music was still the mainstream, and most of it was love songs, which was similar to Lin Xi's previous life.
The difference was that this world did not have folk singers like the one in his previous life, so there was naturally no such genre as folk music.
Although there had been some similar attempts before, they had only made some minor improvements to pop songs. The essence had not changed, so it seemed nondescript and did not spread very well.
The market was still filled with all kinds of fast-moving love songs.
That was why Lin Xi's ballad had caused such a sensation!
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