Tang Xiaotian asked Lin Feng a question: What is rock and roll?

  Lin Feng hesitated for a moment, but then gave Tang Xiao Tian an answer.

  No matter what Tang Xiaotian thought, he was convinced that Tang Xiaotian had lost this round.

  "Rock is the solo on guitar, the low pitch on bass, the rhythm on drum kit, it's screaming, it's rebellion, it's a song that can drive all the audience crazy and release when singing."

  Lin Feng finished speaking, and looked at Tang Xiao Tian with disdain. Tang Xiao Tian's mouth curled up into a faint smile, and he turned to face the audience, saying: "In Lin teacher's eyes, rock is like this, but in my eyes, rock has another meaning. Rock isn't about long hair, leather jackets, or guitar riffs; it's not about screaming loudly until you're hoarse. In my opinion, rock should be an attitude towards life and a philosophy. When we create rock music, it's not for the sake of being crazy or wild, but to shock our souls and release our inner thoughts. Rock isn't about smashing guitars on stage; it should be a song that expresses our attitude towards life. You can be decadent, but that's your decadence; you can be crazy, but that's your craziness. My rock is about holding onto my dreams, just like the song I wrote, "Blue Lotus". I put my own attitude towards life into it, so this song has a rock spirit."

  At this point, Tang Xiaotian bowed to the audience and said: "Rock shouldn't just be a crazy form, it should have its rock spirit. Only such rock can truly shock people's hearts."

  Tang Xiaotian finished speaking, and the entire recording scene was very quiet. Shang Feifei saw this situation and suddenly spoke up: "I support Xiaotian's point of view. Everyone should have their own understanding of rock music. Some people think that smashing guitars makes the whole stage more infectious and is rock, but I think if a song has the spirit of rock, then it's also rock. Rock music has been developing in our country for many years now, we should start paying attention to it carefully, it can't just be about rebelling, it should also be about persevering in one's dreams."

  Shang Feifei was campaigning for Tang Xiaotian, and after she said that, the audience had already begun discussing among themselves.

  Tang Xiaotian stood on the stage, very calm.

  This song was written for Master Xuanzang, writing about his perseverance in pursuing his dreams. Actually, the last time he tried to go on a western adventure, he wanted to sing this song, but later considered that the real-life Master Xuanzang and the one in Journey to the West were somewhat different, and Sun Wukong in Journey to the West obviously had more fans.

  So he didn't sing.

  But this "Blue Lotus" was also one of his favorites, and later Lin Feng asked him to sing a rock song, so he thought about singing this song.

  The audience was still discussing, Luo Long saw the situation and said: "Okay, now everyone can start voting for Tang Xiao Tian. If the number of votes exceeds 250, then Tang Xiao Tian will be able to score points. If not, this round will have no score at all. Does everyone value rock music's form or spirit? Please vote..."

  One minute may not be long, but at this moment, it was too long for Shang Feifei, Sun Jing and Qin Yun.

  None of them had thought that Tang Xiao Tian would create such an ambiguous song, if he failed, then he was likely to lose the championship.

  One minute was too long, everyone gazed at the changing vote count on the big screen.

  At first, the number of votes did not increase very quickly. In half a minute, only 123 people had voted, and at this rate, Tang Xiaotian would not get 250 votes in one minute. This time he was likely to score zero points.

  But just half a minute later, the number of votes suddenly reversed, increasing at an obviously much faster rate than before.

  Maybe it's because everyone was hesitant at first, but later realized and then rushed to vote.

  After all, for rock and roll, no one can give a precise definition. Some people emphasize form, while others prefer spirit. And the spirit, although it sounds less flashy than form, what's the difference?

  Everyone really got shocked from this song and also thought it sounded good, isn't that enough?

  301 votes

  352 votes

  421 votes

  Tang Xiao Tian's final vote count was 421 votes.

  Tied with Jiang Lele in votes, they both ranked second.

  This score has exceeded 250 points, which means that this score is valid, and it is the scoring situation of Tang Xiaotian's first match today.

  This score is 43 votes less than Sun Jing's 464.

  Sun Jing felt a bit tense and guilty when she saw the result afterwards.

  The song was written by Tang Xiao Tian for her, but she scored higher than him, how could he be at peace with that?

  It wasn't until then that she finally realized how high her score was, and the "Love Story" that Tang Xiaotian wrote for him was even more stunning.

  He finally understood that none of his mentors were wrong. The English song written by Tang Xiaotian for her might really have the potential to spread globally.

  Sun Jing was shocked, why did Tang Xiaotian want to give herself such a good song to let her participate in the competition?

  Sun Jing was shocked at the same time, a warm current suddenly flowed through her whole body, she understood that Tang Xiaotian did not treat her as an outsider, even in such a test, he didn't hold back and gave himself his best.

  That feeling was very happy, Sun Jing looked at Tang Xiaotian on the stage and couldn't help but want to give him a big hug.

  But she couldn't, she could only stand in the background, watching like that, and silently blessing him in her heart.

  The first round of the final is over, but Luo Long didn't let Tang Xiaotian leave, instead he invited Sun Jing, Jiang Lele and Lin Jia to come on stage.

  "Alright, folks, the first round of the final is now over. Next up is a two-hour timed creation session. We'll be following several students throughout their creative process so you can see how they work."

  He said this and Luo Long coughed twice: "Having said so much, everyone must be very curious about what kind of theme they will create in a limited time?"

  At this time, the audience cooperated and shouted together.

  It is...

  Luo Long smiled: "The type of subject matter for creation is not up to me to decide, everyone please look at the screen."

  Luolong said, the screen lit up, and then many word themes appeared on it. However, when Luolong shouted "stop", only four topics were left on the screen. The four topics were all strange, namely Zen reason, freedom, spring and autumn, heroism.

  When they saw these four words, all the audience suddenly felt a bit dizzy. These words are very common in their daily lives, but using these words to extend into a song is a bit strange and makes people feel confused.

  Especially that Zen reason, how can Buddhist scriptures be written into songs? Can't we just translate some Buddhist scriptures like the Diamond Sutra and set them to music?

  That's also too awkward.