Showbiz: Singing in Dialects, Sparking a Regional Craze

Zhu Chen transmigrates to a parallel world.

He makes his debut on the talent show I Want to Be a Singer.

For his opening introduction, he speaks in a local dialect: "I speak with a proper Henan accent! Can't help it, I've talked this way since I was little. Can't change it! Hope y'all don't mind!"

It is a striking contrast to his cool, aloof appearance.

Audience: "He shouldn't talk. One second of that and he totally breaks character!"

Then...

Singing the song "Old Age Is Hard" in the Henan dialect: "Old age is hard, old age is hard, old age is hard. Young people, don't look down on the elderly..."

Audience: "I've aged enough to enjoy opera early!"

Han Hong: "I actually hear Henan zhui opera in that!"

When the song ended, the whole audience was in tears, all feeling how hard it is to grow old!

Singing "Rain Bell" in a Yunnan-Guizhou dialect: "No matter how I try, I just can't sleep... I take your hand and sing out the tears in your eyes..."

Xue Zhiqian: "At first, I thought, 'What is this?' Then I listened again and gave it some thought. By the third listen, tears were streaming down my face!"

Han Hong: "A pipa paired with a guitar, tears welling in both eyes..."

This novel and its characters are entirely fictional. Any resemblance is purely coincidental. Do not imitate.