As the Four Nations audience watched expectantly, the eight lyricists and composers began drawing lots.
The first three people all drew black balls, which made the audience both nervous and excited. It wasn't until Ida Shoichiro drew fourth that the local japanese audience collectively shouted, "Red!"
The advantage of fighting on home turf was truly immense.
Ida Shoichiro was a little nervous too; how could he know if he could continue his good luck this time?
He even drew with his eyes closed, not daring to look at his own result.
It wasn't until the venue erupted in a thunderous cheer that he opened his eyes, staring in disbelief at the red ball in his hand.
Nani? He drew a red ball again!
Ida Shoichiro stated that there was truly no trickery in the drawing; he was just lucky.
He, a person who always lost all his money at pachinko machines, truly didn't know why he was suddenly so lucky!
Among the other seven people present, Su Yu and Chu Ming had calm expressions and didn't feel anything amiss.
Chris and Lawrence accepted the result after cursing under their breath.
The two young rookies from South Korea, however, looked extremely displeased, staring intently at the drawing box.
They seemed to be waiting for Qian Jin and Dahe to pour out the remaining balls to show fairness.
Dahe understood and inverted the box, and four black balls rolled out.
This time, they didn't play any dirty tricks! There was nothing they dared not disclose!
One could only say that Ida Shoichiro was too lucky!
With the end of this final scene, the live broadcast of the fourth episode also concluded.
The eight new songs were immediately released on the music platforms of the Four Nations.
However, this time, Su Yu's work didn't win as easily, dominating the competition.
Ida Shoichiro's work also had very high data and was closely trailing behind.
Chu Ming and Chris, in third and fourth place, were a bit behind; the gap in their song's downloads widened as soon as it went online.
However, there was a week for downloads, so it was still too early to tell who would emerge victorious in the end.
Just as Su Yu and the others were preparing to return to their hotel to pack and go back to China, a large group of japanese media and reporters had already surrounded their hotel, making it impenetrable.
Without a doubt, these people were all there to interview Su Yu.
Now, Su Yu, the Chinese lyricist and composer leading the Four Nations Concert, naturally became the person the other three nations wanted to interview.
The final results of the fourth episode were still uncertain, but the top two spots seemed secure.
The japanese, when it came to strong individuals, had a unique kind of admiration.
Unfortunately, to their disappointment, Su Yu did not accept interviews, instead leaving the hotel directly, citing the need to catch a flight.
This made them very upset.
If they could be among the first to interview Su Yu, they would also gain the most popularity, and that meant money!
Especially with the presence of the SSR Girl Group and the Mecha Girl Zhang Xiaohan, if they could get interviews, it would be enough for them to write a series of entertainment news articles.
However, this lyricist and composer from China was too aloof; even when he was in China, he disliked accepting interviews!
In fact, Director Dahe also contacted Su Yu immediately, representing his television station, hoping to invite Su Yu to appear on one of their variety shows.
The appearance fee was even offered at the exorbitant price of two hundred million japanese yen! This was simply unimaginable in Japan.
But when he heard Qian Jin say that Su Yu's appearance fee for each episode of “Four Nations Concert” was ten million chinese yuan, he had nothing more to say.
But even though he saw Su Yu backstage at the Dome and immediately extended his invitation, Su Yu still politely declined!
That’s right, he refused!
This made Dahe feel that Su Yu was truly too aloof and a bit difficult to talk to.
They had offered such high terms, yet Su Yu still didn't agree?
When Dahe reported this situation to the television station's senior management with a look of indignation, the senior management showed no anger at all?
It was as if everything was within his expectations, remaining calm.
“Su Yu has another identity; he is one of the shareholders of China's largest entertainment company! His net worth is beyond your imagination, so it's normal for him not to accept invitations; our station just wanted to try our luck.”
Dahe's mind kept replaying what the senior management had told him.
So Su Yu not only had astonishing creative talent, but his status and position were also this high?
Then he had nothing to be conflicted about.
It was already past 2 AM when the plane landed in Yanjing.
Su Yu and the others parted ways at the airport, but they would return to their homes in Yanjing to rest for a day before flying back to the film crew.
And according to Liu Xialai's filming schedule, Su Yu's scenes could be completely wrapped up before the fifth episode.
At that time, the filming of “the return of the condor heroes” would also enter post-production.
Because they had their own special effects company, the special effects appearing in this version of “the return of the condor heroes” would be better and more numerous.
But the cost would be lower, and the production speed would be faster!
This made Liu Xialai very comfortable.
Therefore, starting from this return, many of Su Yu's scenes would actually be shot against a green screen.
Especially the scenes with “Brother Condor,” which all needed to be filmed against a green screen.
The Brother Condor in this Blue Star version of “the return of the condor heroes” was not played by a real person in costume.
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It was almost noon on the 12th when Su Yu woke up. Han Jiangxue next to him was still sleeping, but seeing her eyes twitch slightly, Su Yu knew she was already awake.
Pretending not to know any of this, Su Yu kissed her on the cheek before getting up to make brunch.
Lying in bed, well, his senior sister did that too.
While Su Yu was cooking, he also checked the overseas prestige points he had gained last night in his system interface.
Overnight, it had surged by a hundred million!
At this point, Su Yu's overseas entertainment prestige points had reached 637 million.
It seemed he was a big step closer to the target of one billion.
However, Su Yu felt that after the next japanese special, it would not be so easy to harvest prestige points from Japan.
After all, he couldn't just release japanese songs, could he?
The later American and South Korean stages should allow his overseas prestige points to break through one billion, right?
South Korea didn't have many people, and the bulk of the overseas prestige points actually came from Europe and America!
As long as he achieved good results on the music platforms in America, it wouldn't be too difficult for it to spread to other countries.
And as more than a dozen hours passed, the download rankings for the eight songs from the fourth episode also had a preliminary, referable shape.
Su Yu's “Psychological Effect” topped the list with a lead of about 50,000 downloads over Ida Shoichiro's work.
Ida Shoichiro, the lucky emperor, firmly held the second position, even having a chance to challenge for the top spot.
The rankings behind them changed quite a bit: Yamaguchi Yuto's work climbed to third place, Chris was fourth, and Chu Ming was fifth.
Lawrence was seventh, and the two rookies from South Korea were ranked sixth and eighth respectively.
Because it was a japanese special, such rankings were not very jarring to the audiences and netizens of the other Four Nations.
After all, this was the home ground of the japanese lyricists and composers!
But what was going on with Su Yu? Could he suppress home players even when playing away?