"Participate!" Su Yu readily agreed.
His previous non-participation was purely due to a lack of award-winning works.
Going there would have just been for show.
While Su Yu didn't care much about such things, others in the company certainly did.
Especially Tianxing Animation, Tianxing Special Effects, and Zhao Xiaolu this time; they were all very much hoping to win awards to prove themselves!
Su Yu also had many potential individual awards this time, including Best New Director, Best Original Screenplay, Best Adapted Screenplay, Best Original Film Music/Song, and Best Director—six awards in total.
Of course, the Best Director award was almost impossible to get, but Best New Director was highly probable.
This was just the Huaying Award; there were also major domestic film awards like the Golden Horse Awards later. Su Yu would undoubtedly be nominated for all these awards; it just depended on whether he had time to attend.
"Okay, I'll reply to the organizers right away!" Ren Nanbei, though a little surprised, excitedly agreed and then hung up the phone.
Su Yu had already become Tianxing Entertainment's most powerful and representative calling card. In terms of status, Su Yu could completely represent Tianxing Entertainment's stance.
When the Huaying Award organizers inquired this time, they were a bit anxious that Su Yu might directly refuse to participate.
After all, Su Yu hadn't participated in the previous session.
Of course, at that time, Su Yu's status in the film and television industry wasn't high, and everyone felt that his miracle might be a flash in the pan.
That this talented young man was just acting on a whim, suddenly entering the film and television industry to play around.
Perhaps after exploring for a bit, he would return to the music industry.
The result was that last year, Su Yu created one astonishing miracle after another in the film and television industry!
It was no longer nonsense about just dabbling and not getting involved.
Su Yu had now become a terrifying presence in the domestic film and television industry that no one dared or could ignore.
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Time came to 8 PM on Friday, March 7th, and the first episode of "Blue Star Concert" officially kicked off at the Jinling Stadium!
This was a large-scale music competition variety show with composers from ten countries participating, coupled with strong promotion from ten national TV stations and media, naturally garnering even greater attention during the first live broadcast.
Qian Jin and the directors from various countries did not go insane and have ten hosts from ten different countries host this variety show. Instead, each country's two stages were handled by their respective countries.
The host for the China Jinling Station was Ni Hao.
Well, the beautiful and charming Sisi finally returned this hosting opportunity to Jinling TV's resident host, Ni Hao.
As it was the first live broadcast, after a series of sponsored ad reads, Ni Hao began introducing the ten participating composers one by one.
And with Ni Hao's introduction, Chinese contestant Lin Feng, Japanese contestant Quanshui, South Korean contestant Li Jifan, American contestant Kailina, Russian contestant Ivan, French contestant Fernando, Italian contestant Carlo, British contestant William, German contestant Fischer, and Spanish contestant Lucia, took the stage in sequence.
Ten composers from ten countries, a perfect lineup of five men and five women.
Aside from Kailina and Quanshui, these two familiar faces, audiences and netizens were not very familiar with the non-native composers.
However, the fact that the Chinese contestant was not Su Yu still caused some dissatisfaction and disappointment among audiences in certain countries.
But this disappointment quickly faded away after everyone drew lots for their performance order.
Because they discovered that every song brought by the composers this time was extremely excellent!
Every composer in the first episode seemed to be firing on all cylinders, wanting to gain an early advantage.
Especially the two veteran contestants from the previous season, Kailina and Quanshui; not only did they present better works, but they also personally performed on stage.
This instantly brought many old viewers back to the first season.
And it wasn't just Kailina and them; the female composers from Russia, Germany, and Spain also gave audiences from various countries a refreshing feeling.
They seemed to have seriously studied some of the bonus points from the first season: if they could go on stage themselves, they absolutely would not invite singers.
As for the male composers, they felt a bit overshadowed. Except for Fernando from France who provided piano accompaniment on stage, all other composers remained behind the scenes.
The limelight was completely stolen by the female composers!
And after the first live broadcast ended, the most discussed topics on the internet in various countries were all related to the five female composers.
Some composers were not even remembered by many people until the very end.
This was quite embarrassing.
After the ten performances concluded, the segment for drawing the next host city was also retained. Carlo, the Italian composer, had the best luck, and the second host city was set in Italy.
"Who do you think will win this episode?" Han Jiangxue turned to Su Yu beside her and asked after watching the live broadcast of this episode.
Han Jiangxue felt that Su Yu's "predictions" were very accurate.
Whether it was box office numbers or anything else, Su Yu's insights always amazed her.
"Ivan, Kailina, and Quanshui are all very strong. The top three this time should come from among them! Although Lin Feng and the others didn't underestimate their opponents, they didn't quite grasp the rules, and their live stage performance was a bit weak."
Su Yu thought for a moment before giving his analysis.
If it were still the previous competition based on weekly download numbers, then the download differences among these ten composers wouldn't be very significant.
They were all top composers from various countries, and there was no possibility of one completely crushing another.
But with only three days to accumulate scores, it would be a huge disadvantage without a memorable stage performance to support it.
Han Jiangxue's eyes lit up when she heard Su Yu's answer, because her prediction was quite similar.
Although they didn't participate in the "Blue Star Concert," following it was no problem.
Moreover, if Chinese music lost too badly, Su Yu would still have to step in to save the situation.
At this moment, Su Yu only hoped that Lin Feng would be strong enough not to be defeated so quickly!
Although if Lin Feng were replaced, Dong An from Tianxing Entertainment would take his place.
But even Su Yu didn't want to see Lin Feng end up badly.
In the early morning of March 11th, the results of the first episode of "Blue Star Concert" were hotly released.
The download results over three days were indeed as Su Yu expected: the first place was taken by Kailina from the United States, the second place was Ivan from Russia, and the third place was Quanshui from Japan.
The fourth place was won by Lucia from Spain, and the fifth place was Fischer from Germany.
The five male composers from various countries were truly wiped out in the first episode of "Blue Star Concert."
Fernando from France ranked sixth, Lin Feng was relegated to seventh, and the unlucky Li Jifan from South Korea was at the bottom.
As soon as such unexpected results came out, the music circles in various countries boiled and shook.
While marveling at Kailina's powerful strength, many people also secretly looked down on Lin Feng, the Chinese starting composer.
His results were truly too hard to describe.
One should know that in the previous season, Chu Daye Chu Ming had not been so mediocre.
Top five was normal, and top three was very frequent!
But as one of China's Ace Composers, Lin Feng, why are you so far behind?