As the early hours of the 24th arrived, the results for the 16th period were finally released.
Su Yu and Han Jiangxue’s work, “Rose Life,” naturally once again secured first place with a significant lead.
However, the competition for places 2-5 in this period was exceptionally fierce.
Second place was ultimately claimed by Ivan with a slight advantage, bringing Russia's total score to 28 points.
Third place went to Chris; the US team, which hadn't scored in a long time, finally saw its total score increase again to 36 points, widening the gap with Japan.
Fourth place was taken by Lucia from Spain, bringing Spain's total score to 20 points.
Fifth place went to Fischer from Germany, with a total of 14 points, only slightly higher than South Korea's total score.
If he cannot make a breakthrough in the next few periods, he will be out of the finals.
Conversely, Germany and Italy, both with 20 points, might still have a chance to make it to the finals.
On the 26th, lyricists and composers from various countries had already begun to arrive in Yanjing, China.
This led to news about the Blue Star Concert almost dominating the domestic hot searches.
Unlike other countries, which have two host cities, both of China's Blue Star Concert events are being held at the Bird's Nest in Yanjing.
It is not that other cities did not want to host it; rather, China is too vast, and there are too many cities.
If it were opened up, it would likely be a bloodbath.
It is not about scarcity but about inequality, which everyone can understand.
Therefore, it was decided to hold all events at the Yanjing Bird's Nest, so no one would fight over it.
Unlike the situation in South Korea, where reporters confronted them directly, lyricists and composers from other countries appeared on hot searches because they themselves could not resist the temptation of Chinese cuisine and went out with their teams, only to be caught by the media and reporters.
Especially Chris and Ida Shoichiro, who had visited China before, even became guides for other countries' lyricists and composers, taking them to restaurants they had previously enjoyed and missed dearly.
However, there was no news from Su Yu's side at all.
Domestic media and reporters felt that they were merely tools for Su Yu; he would only appear in front of the camera when he needed them.
When he did not need them, they could not even see a shadow of him!
However, despite being treated as tools, they relished it.
After all, no one in China has been able to rival Su Yu in popularity to this day.
At 8 PM on the evening of the 27th, the live broadcast of the 17th period began at the Bird's Nest.
In this round, Su Yu drew the 10th spot, making him the last lyricist and composer to perform tonight.
Facing such a situation, the live audience and netizens could not help but sigh.
However, the works in this round were truly impressive; perhaps they were aiming to capture the Chinese music market?
Many works incorporated more or less some Chinese elements.
The usually arrogant overseas musicians making such a change was clearly due to being stimulated by Su Yu.
After all, Su Yu can now be considered a trendsetter in the pop music scene; his every move in music can more or less influence the music market.
And also because of Su Yu, they have begun to seriously acknowledge the strength and depth of Chinese music.
He has already beaten them to the point where they have no temper left; does that not say something?
One or two overwhelming victories could be attributed to luck.
But repeated overwhelming victories with a significant lead are a perfect embodiment of formidable strength.
At least now in the global pop music scene, whenever high-level discussions come up, Su Yu is a topic no one can avoid.
And Chinese culture, through this medium, has also begun to be understood by more foreigners.
This is the purpose of the top-level support for the Blue Star Concert.
When the ninth song of the night, from William, concluded, it was finally time for Su Yu's work.
Audiences and netizens from various countries were curious about who Su Yu would send to perform this round.
When a figure with a guitar on his back appeared on stage, a deafening cheer erupted from the 100,000-strong audience!
“Holy cow! Is he finally performing himself this round?”
“Acoustic guitar? Su Shen is going to play and sing with a guitar!!”
“No band? Where are Qin Damo and the others?”
“Shh~! Just watch; I feel Su Yu’s work tonight is not simple.”
“......”
No one knew if it was simple or not; even General Director Qian Jin had not heard Su Yu’s rehearsal beforehand!
This time, Su Yu, for some reason, was even guarding against him, the General Director?
This made Qian Jin feel if the relationship between the two of them had become distant?
Was it because he did not stand up to support Su Yu when he had his outburst in South Korea?
That should not be the case; he is now the General Director, representing the official stance of China.
He could not express an opinion publicly.
He felt that Su Yu should be able to understand him.
However, Qian Jin was clearly overthinking it; Su Yu had his own reasons for doing this.
On the stage at this moment, there was only a microphone stand and a high stool.
After Su Yu went on stage, he placed the microphone on the stand, adjusted its height, and then sat down, followed by a faint acoustic guitar melody.
Actually, the original version of this song had other instrumental accompaniment, but Su Yu did not include them when re-arranging it.
Because this time, he just wanted to simply sing a song, for the person he wanted to sing to.
As the guitar continued, Su Yu’s gaze turned to the first row of the audience, meeting the eyes of Han Jiangxue, who was also present.
Su Yu did not wear any formal attire today but rather a casual outfit, looking very relaxed.
And his gaze towards the audience was perfectly captured by the camera.
This scene also caused continuous exclamations from the live audience and netizens from various countries.
It was simply because Su Yu and Han Jiangxue truly disliked showing affection under the camera, or chasing popularity, or creating a 'CP' (couple) buzz.
Because there was absolutely no need for it!
Therefore, their unintentional eye contact, exposed by the camera, was extremely rare and precious.
“【In a place without wind, I search for the sun,
In your cold place, I become the warm sun.
Amidst the hustle and bustle, you are always too naive.
For the rest of my life, I only want you.】”
Amidst the faint guitar melody, Su Yu’s deep and magnetic singing voice emerged.
Even after Su Yu’s singing began, the song's subtitle information had not yet appeared on the big screen.
Moreover, lyricists, composers, and musicians knew from this segment alone that this was a folk-style song by Su Yu.
In a high-stakes music competition like the Blue Star Concert, where countries are fiercely battling it out, you actually bring out a folk song that is even less suitable for a showdown?
Su Yu, are you getting carried away?
But how to put it, watching Su Yu casually playing the guitar on stage, listening to his relaxing and story-filled singing voice.
It truly had an extraordinary flavor.
And at this moment, Su Yu on stage was indeed full of charm.
Countless female fans from various countries were staring intently.
It was only at the moment the song's chorus came in that the song's information seemed to belatedly appear on the screen.