If you want to say who is the most shrewd mentor of "The Voice", it must be Li Jian. Just look at the current development of his beloved disciple Shan Yichun!
How old is it, but other people's works are a lot of grabbing. "Love That Never Loses Contact", "Long Time No See", "People", any few are hits. Not only that, but also frequently appeared in major variety shows, and even sang promotional songs for the movies directed by Zhang Yimou, which can be said to be so good that it exploded.
But you may not know that Shan Yichun can have today's development, all because of Li Jian's strategy behind the scenes.
Speaking of which, let's first talk about an unwritten rule of "The Voice". Anyone who is a little hot in the show has to obediently sign a contract with "Dream Sound Qiangyin" after the show.
This company was founded in 2012 in the same year as The Voice, and it was specially established to receive talents in the show.
Who's to say it isn't? You look at Zhou Shen, just because he said "I like Levi", he stopped in the top 16, and as a result, he had to sign a 6-year contract with Mengxiang Qiangyin. In the past 6 years, I haven't even mixed up an album, and if it weren't for the song "Big Fish", people would have been buried.
Let's take a look at Xilina Yigao, who won the runner-up in 2017, and after signing the contract, it was as if she had evaporated from the world, and she had not seen anyone for several years. In the end, I had to run to the creation camp and start over.
Fortunately, people have real skills, and they went abroad for further study, so in the Spring Festival Gala of 2023, they sang "It's a Mother and a Daughter" with Huang Qishan, which can be regarded as returning to the public eye.
Huang Xiaoyun is even more miserable, after participating in the show in 2015, he didn't become popular until 2021 with "The Sea of Stars". And it is said that this song can come out, or the result of her own insistence on singing, the story behind it, you know.
Li Jian has been mixed in the circle for so many years, can you know these routines? So after Shan Yichun won the championship, he immediately began to operate. found his good brother Zhao Kai and sent people to Baimu Entertainment.
In this way, Shan Yichun became the only champion who escaped the "claws" of Mengxiang's strong voice.
You see that Shan Yichun is now, with continuous resources and undiminished popularity, he also has a small status in the music world. Isn't this all the result of Li Jian's silent efforts behind the scenes?
To be honest, in this circle, there are more powerful people. But without a good platform and no chance of exposure, how far can you go by strength alone? Li Jian not only gave Shan Yichun a stage, but also gave her a future where she could develop freely.
This seems to be Li Jian for the good of the students, but in fact, it also taught the program team a lesson. Don't you like to play tricks? Okay, I, Li Jian, too! And it's in a place you didn't expect.
Sure enough, no matter how much the master has made a move, no matter how much he plays the routine, he can't play Li Jian!
After talking about Shan Yichun, let's take a look at how Li Jian played with the rules in the show. This one, that really made the program team cry without tears!
In 2018, Li Jian's team reached the critical moment of selecting the top four. It stands to reason that this kind of two-by-two PK and the winner advances are quite simple, but Li Jian wants to do some new tricks here.
The first group went well, but in the second group, the problem came. Tenzin and Kang Shulong PK, one played abnormally, the other sang the wrong words and missed the song, Li Jian sat there, that was a dilemma.
In the end, he gritted his teeth and chose Kang Shulong, and Tenzin was to be determined.
Well, that's not all. After the third group of Wang Xuan and Li Zhiyu competed, Li Jian said directly, I don't want to choose either! Now it was lively, and the atmosphere at the scene instantly became tense.
Li Jian sat in the swivel chair with a serious expression, looking like he was thinking. Suddenly, his eyes lit up and he called the other three mentors over. The program team thought that he was going to discuss who to choose, but he didn't think about other places at all.
The result was good, Li Jian directly proposed: Or let's compete with Tan Qiujuan and Tenzin, who are pending in the first two groups, and these two players in the third group!
This time, the other tutors were confused. The original 50% probability of promotion has become 25% all of a sudden, is it really good to play like this?
But Li Jian has already thought of a rhetoric: "You should have a good attitude, a good stance, and a good character towards music." If you can't accept the unexpected situation on the field, you can't think the future will go far.
"That's what I said, that's a pretty one! not only taught the contestants a lesson, but also blocked the program team without a trace.
When the other instructors heard this, they really felt that it made sense, and they all agreed.
The most amazing thing is that after this wave of operations, Tenzin and Tan Qiujuan really entered the top four. Not only that, but Tenzin finally became the champion of that season! Isn't this a slap in the face of the program team? Li Jian's rules were not only correct, but also dug up a good seedling for the show.
Looking back, Li Jian's trick is really high! On the surface, he is struggling with the selection of people, but in fact, he is making reasons for his decision. He probably saw that Tenzin had the strength a long time ago, and changing the rules in this way not only gave the other party a chance to turn over, but also made his decision appear fair and just.
After this incident, the program team must regret dying.
Speaking of playing clever against the program team, Li Jian is not the first. As early as the first season, Liu Huan staged a wonderful "rainy day" for us.
You may not know that Liu Huan signed a contract for three seasons back then. But have you seen him finish recording three seasons? Not to mention three seasons, not even the second season came.
It turned out that Liu Huan was very good from the beginning. The program team sent him countless invitations, but he didn't agree. Later, after watching the format of the show, I felt that it was fair to choose people based on their voices, so I nodded.
But he didn't go stupidly, but first signed a special agreement with the program team - no black-box operation is allowed, and no interference is allowed in his choice.
This hand is really high! Liu Huan saw through the routine of the program team in advance. Sure enough, the program team really wanted to do something. So after recording the first season, Liu Huan directly picked his son and quit.
Liu Huan also explained later, saying that it was because his body couldn't stand it, and the recording time was not fixed, and he often did three watches in the middle of the night. But more importantly, he can't get used to the style of the program team.
amplified the contradictions, and in order to create highlights, he cut the video randomly, and cut Na Ying's curly hair one second before into straight hair the next second.
On the other hand, Coco Li, she was not so lucky. Don't look at her as a diva, she didn't get any good treatment in the program team. The leg disease was so serious, the doctors persuaded her not to take over the job, but the program team didn't care at all.
After recording for 8 hours, I can be scolded for eating a banana.
The most amazing thing is that Coco Li said that she had to be supported by the students to complete the performance, and the program team nodded and said yes, and turned around and arranged people far away. Coco Li didn't stand firm and fell on the spot.
But the program team not only did not apologize, but cut all the scenes away, leaving Coco Li to suffer the pain silently.
Alas, to be honest, if Coco Li had been able to play a little clever like Li Jian, or deploy in advance like Liu Huan, it might not have been so miserable.
Do you see the difference? Liu Huan is the first to strike, Li Jian is improvised, and Coco Li is too real, thinking that he can sing well.
In the final analysis, on the stage of "The Voice", it is really not just about strength. You'll have to figure out the rules of survival here to have fun.
This program group, on the surface, shouts "music first", but in fact it is full of routines. If you are obedient and follow their script, you may still be able to eat.
Let's take a look at how those mentors responded. Some chose to be obedient and submissive, but the show was on, but that's it, and nothing splashed out.
Some choose to be tough, but it is themselves who are unlucky, and if they don't get it right, they have to bear a reputation as "difficult".
But if you look at Li Jian again, this trick is absolutely amazing! It is not a head-on confrontation, but it can achieve its goal. In Shan Yichun's matter, he used external forces to find his good brother to take over.
When changing the competition system, he borrowed the words of other mentors to make the program team have nothing to say.
Isn't this high, high is knowing how to use strength. He knows very well that in this circle, brute force alone is not enough, and methods and skills must be paid attention to.
And Li Jian is especially good at grasping the scale and will not do too much. Every move of his chess seems to be within the rules, which makes the program team want to attack.
Therefore, on the stage of "The Voice", if you want to live a nourishing life, you must either be obedient and obedient, or you have to be like Li Jian, who has both wisdom and skill.
Now that "The Voice" has been stopped, it's really embarrassing to think about.
Li Jian retired after winning the championship twice, and Liu Huan saw the essence and left without recording a season. These "old foxes" in the music circle have proved with practical actions one by one: instead of being toyed with by the program team, it is better to get out of the way.
In fact, it was not without warning that the show was stopped.
Looking back now, how wise Li Jian and Liu Huan's choice was. In their own way, they defend their respect for music. One sent his lover to a better platform, and the other simply chose to leave, both of which were expressing with their actions: this is not the music stage they want.
Will there be a similar music talent show in the future? There will definitely be. I hope that the next show can really be born for music and exist for music.