What made countless people envious and jealous was that all the money from the silent auction of Su Yu’s ten works was to be donated for charity!
Initially, even Han Zhuoma, who had learned of the news, felt that Su Yu had a charitable heart and still remembered her, his old friend.
Later, as the sky-high silent auction prices for each work were revealed, even Han Zhuoma, who had seen a lot of the world, was a little stunned.
“Brother, if you donate three to five hundred million, I’d happily accept it.”
“But looking at the situation, her charity fund is very likely to receive 3 billion chinese yuan!”
“Oh my, this really put a lot of pressure on her.”
She and her team were constantly thinking about how to rationally utilize this large sum of charitable funds.
And they were extremely careful, fearing any slightest error that might turn a great deed into a scandal.
As for other charity funds in China, it was not just simple envy; it could be described as pure jealousy and hatred.
Since they started doing charity, how much did they receive each year? It wasn’t even as much as one of Su Yu’s paintings.
Previously, when Su Yu began to rise, they had thought about leaking some negative news about Su Yu not donating, to force him to donate.
However, after checking the official donation records, they were astonished to find that Su Yu had been donating a large sum of money to the official “New Hope Project” almost every month since July 2012.
Just in the second half of 2012, it was several hundred million in funds, a true charity fanatic!
Then there was 2013, the year Su Yu became a god in the music industry, and the amount he donated made their scalps tingle even more.
Afterward, it was a deep sense of lingering fear.
Because they truly could not afford to provoke such a person!
Su Yu was secretly building an unbreakable golden body for himself.
It wouldn’t be an exaggeration to say it was forged from pure gold.
No wonder the higher-ups and officials had such a good impression of Su Yu, no wonder some of his films always got the green light!
Once Su Yu’s total donations were exposed, anyone wanting to blacken his name would have to think twice.
Their only grievance was, why wouldn’t Su Yu donate to their charity funds?
Had Su Yu already investigated them before donating? Did he know about their shady dealings?
Since they couldn’t ruin Su Yu, they decided to target Han Zhuoma’s fund instead.
However, they couldn’t find a single flaw in the accounts.
Even if someone donated just 1 chinese yuan, it could be clearly checked on the fund’s official website, and one could see where the money was used and to what extent.
And the two largest previous inflows to Han Zhuoma’s fund were actually also related to Su Yu!
Those were the download revenue shares from the songs “that sea” and “tianlu (the road to heaven).”
And these two songs were given to Han Zhuoma by Su Yu, which is now common knowledge in the entertainment industry.
So, facing such an immense fortune, they could only watch enviously.
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Time flew by, and in a blink, it was August 1st, the day of the first match of the Blue Star Concert finals.
The first match of the finals was ultimately set to be held in Tokyo, and this day happened to be two weeks after the release of “this man comes from blue star.”
The global box office for “this man comes from blue star” had already exceeded 400 million US dollars at this time after two weeks.
Although it hadn’t reached Su Yu’s expected 500 million at the premiere, it was incredibly close.
The film’s staying power was quite strong, and its global box office endurance was robust enough.
Even two weeks after its release, it still had a global single-day box office of over 20 million US dollars.
In fact, this also has a great deal to do with the fact that the film had no other strong competitors during the same period, only “Demon Slayer” which was falling into the abyss.
And it seemed that due to being heavily criticized by netizens, the major domestic cinema chains had not significantly reduced the film’s screening schedule.
This led to a very gradual decline in the film’s single-day box office.
However, in the eyes of many domestic filmmakers, although this film was good, it was already impossible to break the record of “the truman show.”
One reason was the release schedule, and another was that Chinese audiences and netizens were not particularly interested in such a film.
At this time, the most popular films were still Hollywood superhero blockbusters.
After all, the number of overseas films introduced into China each year was limited, and the era of blockbuster bombardment had not truly arrived yet.
In contrast, overseas, the film’s box office was unexpectedly strong!
Perhaps it was because people had seen too many blockbusters, but such a “fresh” soft sci-fi film really hit the spot for many.
So, overseas cinema chains estimated that the film’s single-day box office was unlikely to drop below 5 million US dollars before it left theaters.
Now it depended on Su Yu’s decision, whether he wanted to extend the release.
If he extended it, he could truly make another huge profit!
To extend or not to extend? Su Yu’s answer was no extension.
It’s best not to kill the goose that lays the golden eggs; anyone who wanted to see it within a month had already seen it.
Some people had even watched it two or more times, so there was really no need to extend.
Unless the single-day box office remained consistently high, in which case, even if Su Yu didn’t want to extend, the cinema chains would agree.
Who wouldn’t want to earn more money?
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When the time came to 8:00 PM, the live broadcast of the first episode of the finals began.
Su Yu, Kailina, Quanshui, Ivan, Fernando, Carlo, and Lucia, the seven songwriters, walked onto the stage one after another.
The scoring system for the finals had changed slightly: points would be awarded to positions one to seven, with the first place getting 7 points, second place 6 points, and so on, decreasing incrementally.
The total scores from the last three matches would be added up to determine the overall champion.
In fact, during this season, the organizers from many countries were already somewhat dissatisfied.
Because there were no points after the 5th place, if there were points, it would be highly unlikely for a tie to occur at the end.
In the third season, it is estimated that points will also be awarded in this manner.
Of course, if there is a third season next year, Su Yu does not plan to participate.
Because he felt that Dong An had matured and, with sufficient preparation, could completely carry this banner.
This time, Dong An performed exceptionally well, establishing his reputation in the global pop music scene, which was very good.
Su Yu drew first and got number 7, becoming the grand finale act for the night.
The other six songwriters all breathed a sigh of relief.
“That’s right, old man, you just go perform last, don’t play with us.”
And the first to take the stage tonight was Kailina, who returned to the stage after a period of rest and recuperation.
She came back with her band.