Actually, Su Yu originally thought that the Easter egg of the chapter-ending couplets might not be discovered for a few days.
He really didn't expect that the people from the Poetry Association would be so sharp and find it so quickly.
Indeed, there are many talented people in the world, and they should not be underestimated.
This review about the Easter egg successfully pushed the popularity of “demi-gods and semi-devils” to a new peak.
The gloom and depression that had previously clouded the hearts of readers due to Xiao Feng's death were instantly diluted by this new topic.
What followed was a further surge in the novel's sales, and the first physical book of 2014 was sold out without suspense.
Of course, after the chapter-ending couplets Easter egg was exposed, some netizens with different intentions came to Su Yu's Tribe to leave comments.
Without exception, they all hoped that Su Yu could create five ancient poems according to the Ci-pai names of the chapter-ending couplets.
Among them, some netizens purely wanted to gossip and stir up trouble, while others tried to provoke conflict between Gu Zhou Suo Li Weng and Su Yu.
After all, Su Yu had just given a literature exchange lecture at Yan University not long ago, and his status in the literary world had significantly improved.
At this time, Gu Zhou Suo Li Weng, a martial arts novelist, suddenly released five ancient poems in the form of chapter-ending couplets, which made some people feel that if Su Yu didn't write a few poems, his limelight would be completely stolen.
However, Su Yu had no impulse to write poems about this; he just released a message that left those who wanted to cause trouble speechless:
“The theme song and original soundtrack for the ‘demi-gods and semi-devils’ TV series have been completed, and my understanding of this novel is all incorporated into the theme song and soundtrack.”
The new book had just started selling not long ago, and Tianxing Entertainment had not only approved the TV series for filming, but Su Yu had even completed the theme song and soundtrack; this was truly too exaggerated.
Could it be that his relationship with Gu Zhou Suo Li Weng had truly become so close?
If he hadn't read the entire book in advance, even if Su Yu was an Ace Composer, he wouldn't be able to create a theme song that fit the novel out of thin air, right?
At this point, those who wanted to cause trouble were completely out of options.
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Time quietly flowed, and in a flash, it was the 6th, exactly two weeks since “the truman show” was released.
In these two weeks, “the truman show” soared like a brilliant box office superstar in the domestic film market.
At this time, its domestic box office had steadily broken through the 1.5 billion chinese yuan mark, and at this rate, breaking through 2 billion before it leaves theaters seemed not difficult; the dawn of victory was already clearly visible.
And in the overseas market, although box office growth gradually showed signs of fatigue, converted into chinese yuan, it had also approached 1.9 billion, a similarly remarkable achievement.
In contrast, for “monkey king: hero is back”, after its overseas box office barely broke 100 million US dollars, its growth rate sharply slowed down, entering a bottleneck period.
From the Chinese domestic box office, “monkey king: hero is back” still firmly held the throne as the single-film box office record holder with an impressive 2.3 billion.
However, in the global box office race, it had been successfully surpassed by “the truman show”.
If this situation continued, perhaps it wouldn't be long before its position at the top of the domestic box office chart would also be precarious.
However, what does all this have to do with other entertainment companies?
After all, these two films, which created countless box office myths, both came from Tianxing Entertainment, and others could only sigh in admiration.
On the same day, the 6th, Su Yu promptly sent the carefully recorded audio sources from everyone at Tianxing Entertainment to the Year of the Horse Spring Festival Gala program team.
He had previously promised to send them within a week, and now he had completed it even earlier, showing his efficiency and punctuality.
After the Spring Festival Gala program team and General Director Ma Da received the seven songs sent by Su Yu, they eagerly clicked play, immersing themselves in the ocean of music.
However, when Ma Da saw the list of performers for these songs, a hint of helplessness instantly appeared on his face, as if black lines were streaking across his forehead.
He really hadn't expected that Su Yu would arrange so many choral and duet songs.
It was understandable for professional singers from Tianxing Entertainment to participate, but some new actors were also cleverly “inserted” by Su Yu, which made Ma Da secretly wonder: Wasn't Su Yu afraid that the singing level of these new actors wouldn't be up to par, ultimately affecting the overall quality of the Spring Festival Gala performance?
With this concern, Ma Da and the program team staff listened carefully to one song after another.
Gradually, they all fell silent, their expressions changing from initial doubt to shock and amazement.
At this moment, they had a thousand words in their hearts, but didn't know where to begin. Should they shout “Holy cow” to express their inner shock?
Or should they exclaim “Su Yu is awesome” to express their appreciation for these songs?
Ma Da looked at the surprised and satisfied expressions of the staff beside him and understood that even if he “boldly” raised objections or tried to find some flaws, they would definitely not be adopted.
Simply because these seven songs, each one, were masterpieces, so excellent that they were beyond reproach.
“Director Ma, do we need to make any changes?” A CCTV staff member looked at Ma Da and asked politely.
No matter what, Ma Da was the General Director after all, so basic courtesy had to be given.
“No, no need! Hearing these songs, magnificent scenes and images have already appeared in my mind! As expected of Teacher Su Yu's works! Excellent as always! I'm thinking now, should we ask Teacher Su Yu to add one or two more stage performances? What do you all think?”
Ma Da expressed his admiration without reservation, speaking from the bottom of his heart.
Actually, what he was just contemplating was whether to reduce some of the stage shares of his old employer, Giant Shark Entertainment.
After all, there is harm in comparison, and the more artists and celebrities on stage, the better it is not.
Otherwise, if Tianxing Entertainment's stages were splendid, while their own stages were bland and uninteresting, that scene would be too awkward, and it would also have a huge negative impact on his reputation as the General Director.
His reputation hadn't been very good lately, and he was just thinking of using his position as the Spring Festival Gala General Director to make a beautiful comeback.
According to the original plan, the hope of this comeback might have been dashed.
“Director Ma, you are the General Director of this Spring Festival Gala, and we are all here to assist you in your work, so such matters are naturally up to you to decide!” The program team staff replied with a smile.
They knew in their hearts that the success or failure of this Spring Festival Gala was closely related to Ma Da.
Everyone was just an employee and didn't want to share this pressure with him.
The song performances in the previous Spring Festival Gala were legendary, and incidentally, the viewership ratings of last year's Spring Festival Gala saw a rare reverse growth.
Everyone knew that the reason Gao Feng didn't come to be in charge of this year's Spring Festival Gala was simply because he was afraid he couldn't surpass last year's brilliant achievements.
But Ma Da, on the other hand, initially only gave Su Yu seven stage slots; not only did he not increase them, but he also thought of reducing them, which was simply losing at the starting line.
If this Spring Festival Gala were still directed by Zhang Guoshi, they estimated that Zhang Guoshi would directly ask Su Yu to be the director of the Spring Festival Gala's song performances, letting Su Yu be responsible for carrying the bulk of the viewership ratings.
As for those stage performances that convey values, it would be fine to intersperse them among the song performances; in this way, it might even be possible to create another viewership miracle.
But now...