On the same day, voting for the song genre of the first episode of the Four Nations Concert also began online with great fervor.
Following this, various advertisers and video platforms swarmed in.
They had been eyeing this project for a long time, just waiting for Jinling TV to make an official announcement.
So, as soon as confirmed news came out, they rushed over with money in hand.
The variety show director is Qian Jin, so the quality of the show is guaranteed.
Su Yu is among the participating contestants? What are you waiting for, just send the money!
The official representative participated in the entire preparation of the variety show, as well as the bidding conference for advertising and online broadcasting rights.
Watching the advertisers and video platforms go crazy, he suddenly wondered if paying Su Yu 7 million chinese yuan per episode was too low.
After all, the naming rights alone sold for 480 million!
This doesn't even include the 50 million in advertising fees from each of the five secondary advertising slots.
Tengfei Video even splurged 320 million to obtain the online broadcasting rights.
These combined amounted to 1.05 billion!
The Four Nations Concert only has eight episodes, so the average production cost per episode could reach over 100 million?
That's insane!
You should know that their original production cost per episode was only 50 million.
Moreover, each live broadcast will be held at Jinling Olympic Sports Center, a large stadium that can accommodate over 50,000 people, and the ticket sales for each episode are a very considerable sum.
"Director Qian, when signing the contract with Su Yu, give him 10 million chinese yuan per episode! And increase the grand champion's prize to 100 million chinese yuan!"
After communicating with the higher-ups, the official representative made the final decision.
The official participation this time was not for profit; they simply wanted to help Chinese music go global through this variety show.
And perhaps only Su Yu could carry this important banner.
As for Lin Feng and Chu Ming? If they could have succeeded, they would have already; why wait until now?
Furthermore, Lin Feng and Chu Ming's attempt to stop Su Yu's twelve consecutive championships also displeased some people at the top.
Especially Lin Feng's act of going to Chen Yixun's concert to challenge him directly; it truly lacked the demeanor of a senior figure in the music industry.
Therefore, Lin Feng was not among the two initial participants this time.
If Chu Ming's performance seems to decline later, then Lin Feng can be brought in as a replacement.
The news of the Four Nations Concert was fermenting wildly online, as if the main competition was about to begin tomorrow.
And a week later, the song genre chosen by netizens was revealed: love songs!
Well, for this first episode's genre, netizens didn't play too many tricks.
Moreover, love songs are the mainstream, the genre with the largest audience.
On the 16th, eight lyricists and composers representing the Four Nations gathered at Jinling TV for a brief live broadcast segment where they drew language types.
This segment only occurred before the first episode; for subsequent episodes, the next round of song language draws would take place after the live broadcast concluded.
When Su Yu arrived at the live broadcast room led by staff, the other seven people had already arrived.
It wasn't that Su Yu deliberately delayed; the order of appearance was arranged by Jinling TV.
The representatives from China were Su Yu and Chu Ming; the japanese lyricists and composers were Ida Shoichiro and Matsushita Kojiro; the South Korean lyricists and composers were Jin Damin and Li Mingxuan; and the American representatives were Chris and Lawrence.
These lyricists and composers are actually very famous in their respective countries, and a common characteristic among them is that they are all in their prime!
Every country has some more famous and higher-ranking lyricists and composers, but their energy and creative abilities are long past their prime.
Therefore, they are not suitable for this kind of competitive competition, which requires them to produce a new song that meets the language and conditions every two weeks.
The people present were not familiar with each other; they had never even met before, and there were language barriers, so there was no communication.
However, everyone was there to defeat their opponents, so there was no need for false politeness.
Under the gaze of the eight people, Director Qian put four sets of eight balls, each with a language written on it, into a box.
There were two balls for each language; what they drew depended on their individual luck.
If they could draw their own language, it would undoubtedly be a huge advantage.
But the result was that everyone's luck seemed to be not so good.
Chu Ming drew Korean, while Su Yu was a bit luckier and drew English.
The two South Korean lyricists and composers drew mandarin and japanese, respectively.
The two japanese lyricists and composers drew English and Korean.
Finally, the American lyricists and composers drew mandarin and japanese.
This scene made the netizens in the live broadcast room feel a bit excited.
In this first episode, they had to write songs in languages they were unfamiliar with and also find suitable singers to perform them.
Originally, two weeks seemed quite long, but now it seemed like it might not be enough?
Didn't they see that the expressions of the two American lyricists and composers were on the verge of collapsing?
They probably never expected such a result, did they?
"To all the lyricist and composer teachers, for the next two weeks, you can either stay at the hotel arranged by the production team or return to your respective countries, but you must return by the 30th to participate in the first live broadcast. If you do not return on time, your participation will be canceled, and you will be responsible for breach of contract fees."
Qian Jin made sure to lay out the unpleasant facts upfront.
He felt it was very necessary to emphasize this, as it was a serious competition.
And the brief live broadcast ended there.
Just as Su Yu was about to get up and leave, the South Korean lyricist and composer named Jin Damin, who had drawn mandarin, came up to Su Yu.
Jin Damin said in not-so-fluent mandarin, "I heard you're very good in China. I'll show you what real music is!"
He was quite clever, knowing to wait until the live broadcast ended before coming over to provoke.
Su Yu felt very helpless inside; what era was this, that there were still such provocations to mess with one's mindset?
He stood up and looked down at the other party: "We shall see!"
Su Yu is over 1.8 meters tall, while the other person is less than 1.7 meters. The moment Su Yu stood up and looked down at him, it was truly very imposing.
Chu Ming also walked over, looked at Jin Damin, and said, "Fighting!"
No one expected Chu Ming to know that!
Even Su Yu couldn't help but want to laugh.
And he felt that Chu Ming was quite interesting; he didn't just ignore him because his previous attempt to stop him failed.
The other few people all glanced at Su Yu intentionally or unintentionally before leaving.
It was clear that before they came, they had all inquired about the music scene in China and its true situation.
They might even have listened to many of Su Yu's works to analyze their opponent.
Of course, verbal altercations now are meaningless; in the end, it all comes down to the quality and sales of the works!
"Good luck!" Chu Ming said with a smile to Su Yu as they parted.
Now was the time to stand united against outsiders; he didn't want any internal strife.
"I will!" Su Yu nodded with a smile.
And as soon as Su Yu left the recording studio, he was pulled by Qian Jin and then led to an office.