However, after the eleventh episode ended on the 17th, there was almost no news of Su Yu online.
Everyone knew that Su Yu had to prepare three new songs for the final grand finale, so the workload was naturally heavy.
Therefore, even the people at Tianxing Entertainment would not disturb Su Yu, the Music Director, if there was no major issue.
Time flew by, and on August 24th, the results of the eleventh episode were finally released.
The four contestants who would advance to the grand finale were also finally determined.
Su Yu, with a record of eleven wins and 33 points, topped the Four Nations Concert App rankings.
The highly anticipated second place in the eleventh episode was finally taken by Chu Daye with great difficulty!
In the end, Chu Daye, with a total score of 8 points, ranked second on the overall points list, securing a spot in the grand finale.
The third place on the overall points list was Chris with 7 points; he ranked fourth in this episode and did not get any points.
However, his already second-highest score did not affect his qualification for advancement!
And an unexpected turn of events occurred in the subsequent rankings.
The third place in this episode went to Ida Shoichiro, the European Emperor from Neon, who gained another 1 point, bringing his total score to 6 points.
This tied him with Kailina, the songwriter from the United States, in total points.
Meaning they were tied for fourth place on the overall points list!
This result was unexpected by many.
However, since it was a tie, the organizers naturally would not check for minor scores to intentionally eliminate one person.
So the final round, held at the Bird's Nest, became a competition among five songwriters!
The most excited about this were the Neon audiences; they had never imagined that their own European Emperor songwriter, Ida Shoichiro, would once again bring them a huge surprise at the last moment!
Now, the world where only South Korea loses has been achieved.
Ida Shoichiro himself had not even thought of such a ranking, but since luck had always been on his side, what was there for him to be coy about?
Entering the finals, he could already say he had won big time~!
It was also on the 24th that Su Yu, who had been missing for a week, finally reappeared at Tianxing Entertainment.
And this time, it wasn't about the Music Department he was in charge of, but the Film and Television Department!
Firstly, the post-production of "monkey king: hero is back" had been completed, and Tian Peng of Tianxing Animation and Ross of Tianxing Special Effects both hoped that Su Yu, as the co-owner and screenwriter, would review the finished film and set a specific release date.
Another matter was "beautiful fate 2"; after several months of recharging, Director Zhao Xiaolu finally decided to put the second part on the agenda.
Su Yu felt that since he was already at the company, he might as well discuss both matters together.
Otherwise, he would have to come a second time.
This time, Director Zhao Xiaolu was clearly more confident; she estimated the production cost of "beautiful fate 2" to be 80 million chinese yuan.
Besides some increased filming costs, she also wanted to slightly raise the salaries of the two lead actors.
After all, in the first part, both of them were paid very little.
If she still paid them so little now, she herself would feel a bit embarrassed.
Su Yu naturally had no objection to this; Liu Ruyan and Li Enjun were now considered film actors.
Salaries of four to five million were already friendly prices; their own actors couldn't possibly be paid according to the previous rates, could they?
Moreover, the profit a movie brings to the company is far more than that, so no one would deliberately suppress actors' reasonable salaries.
As for exorbitant salaries? Don't even think about it here!
It's estimated that no one would dare to bring it up.
This time, Zhao Xiaolu gave Liu Ruyan, the female lead, a salary of 7 million, and Li Enjun, the male lead, also received 6 million.
Neither Liu Ruyan nor Li Enjun had any objections to this.
Even without a salary, there would be a lot of people outside rushing to act, let alone a significant increase.
Moreover, at the celebration party for the first movie, both of them received large red envelopes from the company, 3 million each!
That was truly a generous gesture, almost matching their salaries for the first movie.
Plus, the previous movie made them successful, giving them genuine box office appeal, and such benefits cannot be replaced by a mere few million in salary.
Even if their own company only gave them a bento, they would be happy.
Because they would earn more by taking on external projects and scripts.
This is the dividend that comes with increased fame.
And this time, no one in Tianxing Entertainment's Film and Television Department dared to say that this movie wouldn't work.
They were simply too badly humiliated last time.
Ren Nanbei very readily approved the project, and then, without question, signed the contract and transferred the money!
The efficiency was as if he had gone crazy.
After signing the contract, everyone did not leave, but instead watched the newly released 3D version of "monkey king: hero is back" in Tianxing Entertainment's audio-visual room.
It has to be said that having money and technology makes things convenient. Su Yu had watched the original movie on Earth more than twice, and some of the plot and thrilling moments all came back to him after getting the script.
But compared to the Blue Star version he was seeing now, it was truly too crude.
The Blue Star version of "monkey king: hero is back" almost from the beginning gave people the feeling of funds burning wildly.
Every frame, every fighting effect, every detail showed the dedication of Tian Peng and Ross!
Until the end of the movie, when the scene of Great Sage Equal to Heaven melting stones into armor and waving flames into a robe appeared, everyone in the audio-visual room felt a surge of passion!
They knew this moment would happen, but when it actually did, they still couldn't suppress the shock and excitement in their hearts!
The sky-shattering special effects were truly amazing.
Even Director Zhao Xiaolu, who didn't watch animated films much, was speechless with shock at this moment.
If she hadn't known that this movie, from script to production to special effects, was independently completed by their Tianxing Entertainment, she would truly have thought it was a Disney animated feature film.
The quality was simply too good!
And she felt that if this movie had enough screen time, breaking the box office record for animated films in China would truly be an easy feat.
Just as easy and pleasant as Great Sage Equal to Heaven effortlessly obliterating the villain with a single final blow.
And the expressions of the people in the Film and Television Department were even more exaggerated; they truly hadn't expected that such a brilliant animated film was actually independently produced by their company?!
Now, all they wanted to do was shout loudly: "Is there anyone else?!"
"This has completely exceeded my imagination and expectations, Mr. Tian, Ross, you truly impress me!"
Su Yu also did not stint on his praise, looking at the two with eyes full of admiration.
"It's the result of everyone's hard work! In fact, even we felt amazed by the effect after it was made! I have to say our team is too strong!"
Tian Peng replied with a chuckle, but he didn't take all the credit, after all, he would certainly have a prominent entry in the book of merits.
"We are not inferior to Hollywood!!" Ross also stated decisively.
"Let's release 'monkey king: hero is back' during the National Day holiday. Now, let's discuss the second animated feature film. I've brought the script..."
Su Yu said with an innocent expression.