Su Yu was a little stunned after hearing Qian Jin's words.
He didn't expect that this time, the higher-ups actually wanted to play a big game. Was this confidence in the domestic lyricists and composers, or was it confidence in Teacher Su Yu?
"What are the specific recording times and competition rules?" Su Yu asked curiously.
This variety show was completely different from what he had imagined before.
"The first live broadcast of the variety show will start on March 30th, but before the live broadcast, the preliminary promotional work needs to begin early, and there will also be time for netizens to vote on song categories.
The specific rules are: before each episode begins, eight groups of lyricists and composers from the Four Nations will draw the language and song genre for their competition two weeks later. The participating lyricists, composers, and singers from each country will have two weeks to prepare and create. Two weeks later, the live broadcast will begin the competition!
The competition results will not be decided by audience votes, but by the song sales data on the Four Nations music platforms in the following week!
According to sales performance, the first place in each episode gets 3 points, second place 2 points, third place 1 point, and the last five places get no points. After six episodes, the top six lyricists and composers in points will enter the semi-finals, then the top four will enter the finals. The champion of the finals will receive a prize of seventy million chinese yuan."
Qian Jin explained the specific competition rules of the variety show.
In fact, the March 30th date was a prediction they made based on Su Yu's film shooting schedule.
To put it bluntly, this competition for the Four Nations lyricists and composers would not have happened if it weren't for Su Yu, who seemed to have a cheat code.
Was this a belief in Su Yu's creative ability to stand out among the Four Nations lyricists and composers? To bring glory to Chinese lyricists and composers?
"Oh, Teacher Su Yu, you need to prepare lyricists who are proficient in English, japanese, and Korean, or even singers who understand these three languages. This way, you can compete better. Otherwise, if you draw song categories in these three languages, you'll suffer a big loss in lyrics and performance."
Qian Jin continued, feeling that Tianxing Entertainment should not lack such talents, so he was not in a hurry.
Moreover, Su Yu needed to find lyricists or translators for three languages, and the lyricists and composers from the other three nations also needed them, which was fair.
"Okay, I understand." Su Yu nodded in agreement.
As for English, Su Yu didn't need to find anyone to help, after all, Su Yu was a top student, and his English was very good.
But for japanese and Korean, Su Yu didn't understand them very well.
Although he could directly exchange finished songs in these three languages from the system's music library, that wouldn't make sense.
Just then, the system prompt sounded.
"【Host demand detected. Host can purchase language skill packages from the system: Beginner 5 million, Intermediate 10 million, Advanced 50 million, Master 100 million. Do you want to purchase and exchange?】"
Su Yu was very helpless after hearing the system's voice. It seemed that everything could really be solved with chinese yuan or points.
It seemed the biggest obstacle in front of him was solved in one go?
"Use three hundred million chinese yuan to purchase master skills in English, japanese, and Korean." Despite his complaining, Su Yu decisively purchased them.
"Then, Teacher Su Yu, when the official promotion starts tomorrow, please also help to repost it!" Qian Jin's voice came again.
In his opinion, what kind of promotion could be more effective than Su Yu's promotion right now?
"No problem! I'll help then." Su Yu nodded again.
Only then did Qian Jin hang up the phone, satisfied. Next to him were leaders from Jinling TV and the higher-ups.
Clearly, Qian Jin made this call at their request.
If Su Yu suddenly changed his mind and didn't agree, they would be able to react immediately.
Fortunately, Su Yu was true to his word and did not back down after hearing that it was a competition among lyricists and composers from the Four Nations.
"Did I forget to discuss the appearance fee with Su Yu? How much should we give him?"
Qian Jin slapped his forehead at this moment, speaking with a bit of embarrassment.
It wasn't that he forgot, but this variety show was no longer entirely Jinling TV's, so he wasn't quite sure how much to give.
"Seven million per episode, we can't be lower than the lyricists and composers from the other three nations, right? They get 500,000 to 800,000 US dollars, so Su Yu will get 7 million chinese yuan, no less! And the appearance fees for the singers Su Yu chooses to participate will be calculated separately."
The official representative thought for a moment before speaking.
This variety show had official support, so there was no shortage of funds.
Moreover, once the news of Su Yu's participation was released, advertisers would surely flock in.
Coupled with the copyright fees from video platforms, even with high appearance fees and high production costs, they would not lose money.
They might even make a large profit! Of course, the money earned would go to Jinling TV.
At 8 AM on the 11th, the entire internet was flooded with a message released by Jinling TV.
This variety show, named "Four Nations Concert," attracted immense attention from the moment its promotion began.
Simply because there was a very eye-catching name in this variety show: Su Yu!
And Su Yu also reposted and liked this message after Jinling TV released it, which served as a confirmation of the matter.
This was great news.
Heaven knows how many netizens and fans were waiting for a variety show with Su Yu's participation.
They had watched the previous "Who is the Singer" two or three times over and over again.
Moreover, the format of "Four Nations Concert" also made countless netizens feel a strong sense of tension and excitement.
At the same time, news of the "Four Nations Concert" also began its first wave of promotion in the United States, Japan, and South Korea.
The promotion was naturally handled by the TV stations, video platforms, and music platforms that would host the live broadcast.
This was their opportunity to further penetrate the Chinese market, so they naturally wouldn't take it lightly.
Previously, it was extremely difficult for them to enter, but this time, China had opened up and allowed them in, so they couldn't be blamed.
Moreover, all three nations were very confident in their own music. If they could climb over the lyricists and composers from the other three nations, it would lead to an increase in international recognition and a lot of money.
Currently, the lyricists, composers, and singers from the three nations who wanted to participate in this variety show were almost crazy.
They were all pulling strings, hoping to represent their respective countries in the competition.
Only in China were the participating slots not very controversial: Su Yu and Chu Ming would be the first two lyricists and composers to participate.
Later replacements included Lin Feng, Bai Duo, and many other golden lyricists and composers.
However, this was a point-based competition, and there was no elimination of lyricists and composers in the first six episodes.
So, replacements might just be replacements.
Of course, in the eyes of netizens, Su Yu should remain strong until the very end.
This confidence was not blind; it was simply because Su Yu had always fought and won his way through like this.
As for the participating singers? Others could only watch with envy.
Everyone knew that Su Yu would definitely participate with Tianxing Entertainment's own core artists.
And Chu Ming and the others would use singers from Giant Shark and Qunxing Entertainment.
As for singers from small companies? Just go to sleep; this has nothing to do with you.