This time, "the return of the condor heroes" will be broadcast on Jinling and Modu Satellite TVs. As soon as Tianxing Entertainment announced the news, the two satellite TVs and Tengfei Video simultaneously launched their promotions.
Having spent an astronomical sum to acquire the exclusive broadcasting rights, it was only natural to aggressively collect advertising fees to recoup the investment.
After all, they were a bit overzealous when competing for "the return of the condor heroes," with the satellite TV offering a sky-high price of 320 million chinese yuan.
Tengfei Video even splurged 500 million!
Now, it's impossible for them not to go all out with the promotions.
The only thing that made them a bit emotional was that this time, "the return of the condor heroes" only had 32 episodes!
This was truly too short! How amazing would it be if it were 62 episodes?
However, Tianxing Entertainment clearly wouldn't intentionally increase the plot and number of episodes just to pad out the runtime.
Now, everyone in the film and television industry knows that Liu Xialai, that ruthless person, is repeatedly striving for the quality of the series.
While claiming that every episode has the quality of a movie is pure hype, the TV dramas produced by Liu Xialai have already stood out from other TV dramas, becoming a unique existence.
Many TV drama directors envy Liu Xialai for receiving such importance and support from Tianxing Entertainment!
For directors like them, even being able to film a series according to their own ideas is an incredibly difficult task.
Let alone pursuing high standards and quality with almost obsessive dedication.
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Time quietly arrived on July 19th. On this day, Su Yu, Han Jiangxue, and SSR Girl Group arrived in Seoul.
As a recurring segment of the "Four Nations Concert," Han Jiangxue was invited as the opening guest for the ninth episode to perform "Free Loop."
Of course, before inviting Han Jiangxue, the TV station director from South Korea had contacted Su Yu in advance, hoping that Su Yu could perform directly on stage, playing a brand-new piano piece.
If Su Yu agreed, they would pay him 3 billion Korean Won, which is 15 million chinese yuan, as remuneration.
It wasn't that they were foolishly rich; the appearance fee for Su Yu's opening performance in Japan and the United States was around 2 million US dollars.
Although it was less than 15 million chinese yuan, they didn't require Su Yu to sing or perform any specific program.
However, South Korea hoped that Su Yu would play a brand-new piano piece.
Therefore, paying a bit more was inevitable.
Moreover, the people of South Korea were a bit vain; because Su Yu had performed a piano piece in the United States, they also hoped that Su Yu would treat them the same way.
After all, they wanted what others had!
However, Su Yu didn't seem to be that easy to talk to; he actually rejected their reasonable request.
Nevertheless, for the arrival of Su Yu and the others, the organizers still provided the best treatment arrangements.
Cui Dabang, as the director for this South Korea leg, also participated in the rehearsal for the ninth episode with Su Yu and the others.
Of course, he was actually there to gather intelligence.
Their South Korean lyricists and composers had already been embarrassed enough, and this time, finally back on home turf, they could finally create using their most proficient language.
This filled Cui Dabang with confidence in the works of Han Caizhu and Piao Zhenshi.
At least after seeing the works of the four lyricists and composers from Japan and the United States, he felt that this time, with South Korea as the host, they truly had a significant advantage.
Even Kailina, who was second in three episodes, didn't seem to be very good at writing songs in Korean.
The rising star, Quanshui, even gave up performing herself this time.
And now, the biggest threat was only Su Yu.
The result was that after seeing the work Su Yu prepared for SSR Girl Group, Cui Dabang was completely distraught.
He never expected that Su Yu would use their most proficient male and female idol groups to challenge them!
And he could even produce another Korean work that, in his opinion, was no less than "jile jingtu (pure land of ultimate bliss)" from the Japan leg.
This was simply incredible.
Therefore, after Su Yu and their rehearsal ended, he immediately informed the TV station's executives about this news.
Because in his opinion, if they didn't do something, their home turf in South Korea would lose the top spot this time.
But the live broadcast was starting tomorrow; what else could they do? Eliminate Su Yu? Or create an on-site accident?
Don't be ridiculous; that would have a more severe impact than losing this competition.
What they could do, perhaps, was secretly manipulate the order of appearances and the venue for the next episode?
Time finally arrived at 7:30 PM on the 20th, amidst the anticipation of audiences and netizens from the Four Nations.
Before the live broadcast officially began, South Korea had already arranged for local artists to perform for over an hour to warm up the stage.
Isn't this operation very familiar? That's right, they learned from Japan.
After all, their ingrained character is: if others have it, they want it too!
However, audiences and netizens from the other three nations could not see the preceding live broadcast; only the live audience and netizens in South Korea could.
And when the time reached 7:35 PM, Su Yu and Han Jiangxue presented the champion song from the previous episode, "Free Loop," as the opening song for the ninth episode.
That melody and singing, which always brought a warm and healing feeling no matter how many times it was heard, resonated in South Korea this time.
As the two performed on stage, one playing the piano and the other singing, Su Yu could clearly hear the shouts of their names from the audience below.
Evidently, they now had a group of local fans and supporters in South Korea itself.
This was a very good start, wasn't it?
And Su Yu felt that after today, there would be even more such local fans!
After the opening song "Free Loop" concluded, eight lyricists and composers took the stage to draw lots for tonight's performance order.
Su Yu, as the champion of the previous episode, naturally drew first, and he drew number 1.
He would be the first to perform tonight.
Su Yu wasn't unfamiliar with drawing number 1, so this result didn't bother him much.
Audiences and netizens from the Four Nations were also very much looking forward to seeing Su Yu's work, considering it an early treat.
However, the subsequent performance order made the lyricists and composers from the other three nations, including Su Yu, feel that something was off.
Kailina, who drew second, got number 2.
Quanshui drew number 3, Chris number 4, Chu Ming number 5, Ida Shoichiro number 6, Han Caizhu number 7, and Piao Zhenshi number 8.
The order of drawing on stage was the final performance order. Was this acceptable?
But it seemed more like a coincidence, as the performance order didn't really have a huge impact.
Unless it was the 'death slot' after Su Yu!
This time's performance order, in the audience's eyes, was a bit unfavorable for Kailina and Quanshui.
Because such dense appearances genuinely hindered the full expression of their works.
However, the results were out, and everyone could only accept it.
Nevertheless, when SSR Girl Group, representing Su Yu, appeared on stage, audiences and netizens from the Four Nations instantly erupted in excitement!