Chapter 464: Rest Time

Chapter 464: Chapter 464: Rest Time

Time quietly slipped away amidst stage performances that were tense, stunning, or regrettable.

In the blink of an eye, the recording session for the morning of the first day of The Voice officially came to a close.

According to the scientific recording schedule finalized in advance by the production team, the two hundred official contestants selected through layers of screening were strictly sorted by the initial letters of their English names provided at registration, and evenly split across a five-day recording cycle to complete their blind audition stage appearances.

Forty contestants were fixed for recording each day, evenly divided into morning and afternoon sessions with twenty people per session.

Once all twenty contestants in a session completed their one-minute blind audition performance, mentor judgments, and result announcements, the recording for that session was considered complete.

This operation could guarantee the four mentors time to rest, relax, and review their status, allowing them to face every dream-chasing contestant with full energy and ensuring that every judgment was professional, prudent, and precise enough.

As the last morning contestant regretfully stopped and the stage lights slowly dimmed, the floor director officially made the gesture to wrap up the morning session.

The staff orderly withdrew to rest, the stage design equipment entered a short-term standby and debugging state, and the studio hall that had been bustling all morning finally shed its tense recording atmosphere, slowly restoring a relaxed and quiet state. ℯℯ𝘭.

After a morning of listening, judging, and choosing, the four music mentors also temporarily put aside their working state, shedding the professional rigor on screen to return to the relaxed and casual state of ordinary people, heading together to the high-end rest dining area specially prepared by the production team for dining and rest.

The exclusive dining area was set up in an independent zone on the side of the studio, featuring a quiet and elegant environment with transparent lighting, isolating all external noise.

The production team carefully matched light and healthy Western-style simple meals, fresh fruits and vegetables, special drinks, and low-fat meals, balancing nutrition and taste to fit the artists’ working dietary needs, while also preparing soft desserts, refreshing coffee, and flower-fruit tea for them to chat casually and relax their bodies and minds during leisure time.

Without cameras following and stripped of their stage halos, everyone sat around a table together, and the atmosphere was very relaxed.

Looking back at the entire morning of blind audition recording, the overall situation was exceptionally clear, and the team harvests of the four mentors presented starkly different states; some returned with a full load, while others harvested nothing, intertwining joy and regret.

Steve Winwood, the most senior and composed person in the entire venue, was undoubtedly the biggest winner of the morning session.

He secured the session’s first dark horse teenager Christopher Francis Ocean, who was fought over by two mentors.

Relying on his precise and ruthless musical vision and ultimate sensitivity to soul music and new-generation talent, he steadily welcomed an original genius with great long-term potential into his team.

Bonnie Raitt followed closely behind.

As a top female singer deeply cultivating the rock ballad track and skilled at discovering female vocals, she accurately captured a middle-aged female trainee with extremely thick vocals and strong emotional empathy among the dozens of contestants in the morning session.

That contestant had no fancy skills or trendy musical styles, and touched Bonnie solely with a mellow and healing human voice, solid and stable singing skills, and a performance full of a sense of story.

The opponent’s gentle yet powerful vocal line perfectly matched Bonnie’s musical aesthetic, so Bonnie turned around decisively and smoothly brought her under her command, becoming the first female trainee of her team.

Compared to the steady-in-winning harvests of the two veteran musicians, Britney and Kanye West, two top-tier new-generation idols, completely harvested nothing throughout the morning session, and their team rosters remained empty.

Everyone sat down to dine, and the relaxed casual chat naturally unfolded from the morning’s contestant performances.

Britney rested her chin on one hand, gently poking the fruit and vegetable dessert on her plate, with a hint of obvious pity and regret between her brows, and opened the conversation first:

"Seriously, I actually met several contestants this morning who caught my eye and had timbres super fitted to the pop track, and there is one girl I am really particularly optimistic about."

She slightly recalled the stage details of the morning, carefully reviewing her own judgment:

"Her timbre is clear and transparent, full of explosive power, the texture of singing pop ballads is exceptionally good, and her stage relaxation is also fantastic. She is completely the most popular breakthrough voice in the current market.

I was already moved in the first forty seconds, and I kept pondering and feeling, wanting to listen a few more times to confirm her stability, wanting to wait for the best node before making a move.

As a result, just as I was about to raise my hand to press the button, to press the turn-around button, the one-minute performance time limit had just ended, missing it by a mere second, completely letting her slip away."

Speaking of this matter, Britney was full of annoyance and sighed softly: "It is truly such a pity. Just because I hesitated for a fraction of a second, I directly missed a good sapling, and thinking about it now, I deeply regret it. Sure enough, on the blind audition stage, you really cannot have even a shred of hesitation."

Watching Britney’s annoyed and cute look, Kanye West next to her instantly cheered up, put down the water cup in his hand, raised an eyebrow to tease, his tone carrying the relaxed bantering of a hip-hop singer:

"Haha, Britney, what you have here is just missing out, just regret; at least you have a clear mind and still have chances in your hands. No matter how regretful you are, can you be more miserable than me?"

He spread his hands, looking aggrieved with a half-smile, half-cry expression:

"I am the one who accompanied the whole run today and lost my capital completely. The biggest dark horse teenager of the morning was the contestant I discovered first, fell for first, and favored most from beginning to end.

I even defaulted that he would join my team one hundred percent, but I watched with my own eyes as the superb trainee I was incomparably fond of ultimately chose Steve without hesitation. What I have is more than just regret; it is a genius in hand flying away directly, making wedding robes for others in vain!"

This down-to-earth self-mockery instantly amused the entire audience.

Steve Winwood, who had been sitting calmly and quietly listening to everyone’s casual chat with a smile, also could not help laughing softly, his eyes gentle and humble, full of the inclusive tenderness of an elder.

Bonnie Raitt beside her smiled gently and took the initiative to comfort Kanye whose mentality was slightly out of balance: "Do not be so discouraged, Kanye. The morning was just the very beginning, and good contestants are always yet to come. The niche geniuses in the hip-hop and trendy R&B tracks you excel at were never going to appear in clusters. There were more contestants leaning towards ballad, pop, and traditional styles in the morning; it is totally normal that they do not fit your style. We believe you can definitely make a comeback against the wind in the afternoon sessions. Work hard, hurry up and scout, strike decisively, and bring all your talented trainees into your pocket."

"That is right." Britney also immediately nodded in agreement, hastily chiming in to comfort: "The morning was just testing the waters, the real dark horses have not debuted yet. You will definitely meet superb contestants fitting your style in the afternoon, and grab people hard when the time comes!"

Everyone chimed in one word after another, teasing and comforting each other.

The originally slightly regretful atmosphere completely dissipated, replaced by a relaxed, cheerful, and harmonious atmosphere of mutual help and support.