Marriage Concerto (Small Thing Called Love)

Chapter 5: Preliminary Round

Heavenly Voice was a talent show produced by Xing Yao Entertainment and A City TV Station. As long as a person was a citizen and at least 18 years old, any male or female could participate.

Based on the large crowd that came to the casting auditions, Ding Meng assumed that the broadcasting building would be packed with people as well. However, when she arrived, she realized that even though the building had quite a few people busying about, there was nowhere near as many as she had imagined.

At the entrance, she filled out a form and received a number card from the staff. She was instructed to wear it and wait in the waiting area.

The waiting area already had quite a few people. All the seats were already occupied so Ding Meng was forced to find a spot by the wall to stand.

She had planned to imitate the people around her and plug in her earphones to listen to music, but someone tapped her arm just as she took out her phone. Ding Meng turned her head around and saw an unfamiliar, short-haired girl. She looked to be about twenty years old and had a pear flower perm.

T/N: Pear flower hair is a short hair cut with a lot of curls and volume near the tips, which curve inward to make a pear shape. The style was popularized by a Japanese model named Rinka, and Rinka written in kanji (梨花) means Pear Flower. More info if you're interested

The person smiled at her and appeared quite embarrassed. "Excuse me, I'm a little nervous, and I was hoping I could find someone to chat with."

Ding Meng paused for a moment and then smiled in return. "No problem, I'm actually a bit nervous myself."

Hearing Ding Meng's words caused the girl to relax a lot. She introduced herself quite naturally. "My name is Tang Shiran. What about you?"

"I'm called Ding Meng. The Meng in Ning Meng"

T/N: Ning Meng means lemon

"Ding Meng, this name is quite pleasant. I'm a music student. Do you also study music?"

"No, I'm very amateur."

Tang Shiran's eyes flickered, laughing, "You're too modest! Anyone who is able to pass the casting audition must have a certain level of skill."

"....Really?"

"Of course! Over ten thousand people tried out, but only about three hundred people ended up passing the audition."

Ding Meng, "....."

Somehow she had unwittingly stood out for her talents among a pool of ten thousand people? She remembered that, at the time, she had just randomly sang out a couple lyrics.....

As the two were speaking, a young girl dashed out of the evaluation room crying. She rushed past Ding Meng, an air of despair trailing behind her.

Ding Meng, "...."

What happened there....? Even if she was eliminated, there was no reason to cry so pitifully.

"She must have been scolded into crying by Great Producer Qiao. He's a man who has even berated Sima Xiaoxiao to tears." Even though this was a fairly sad topic, Tang Shiran's tone of voice was clearly exuding excitement.

However, Ding Meng was too struck dumb by some else Tang Shiran said. "Great Producer Qiao?" That couldn't be her family's great producer Qiao right?

"That's right, he's one of the judges. You didn't know?" Just talking about this "Great Producer Qiao" clearly lifted Tang Shiran's mood. "The debut single of this competition's winner will be produced by him. A lot of people are participating just because of that."