The news of the Golden Asia Film Festival has been dominating the trending searches.
Su Yu's alter ego, Jiangnan, has seen his reputation soar.
For a long time, Jiangnan was known as Xiao Tingyu, but now he has brought a spot in an international film festival to Chinese cinema. His contribution to the Chinese film and television industry is no less significant than Tingyu's contribution to the Chinese music scene.
It can be said that Jiangnan and Tingyu have become benchmarks in the domestic entertainment industry, surpassing ordinary top-tier celebrities.
Guang Nian Entertainment has been significantly impacted by this event.
This veteran entertainment company, after suffering a blow in the music sector from Lin Zhaoyang decades ago, has once again faced a major setback in the film and television industry.
To survive this incident, they will be severely weakened, if not crippled.
Of course, this is not something Su Yu needs to worry about.
He felt a sense of relief seeing Guang Nian Entertainment in its current state.
What remains is to see if his father-in-law, Lin Zhaoyang, will choose to rub salt into Guang Nian Entertainment's wounds.
The film and television aspect has now come to a close.
In a few days, it will be October.
Early October marks the fifth competition of "Times Music King."
This episode's competition venue is in China, and many people have already traveled from all over the world to China, not only to watch the show but also to tour the country.
This is the influence of a world-class competition, and it is also why the officials went to great lengths to find Su Yu and ensure he chose China.
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Early October.
It is the annual peak tourist season.
This year, it is even more so.
Foreigners can be seen everywhere in Kyoto.
The streets are adorned not only with National Day decorations but also with promotional materials for the "Times Music King" program.
This season's program is being held at Kyoto's largest stadium, and with the competition date approaching, online ticket sales are booming.
Many people are eagerly preparing to buy a ticket to witness such a grand event.
However, the program team has a rule: to accommodate foreigners, only half of the tickets are released for online purchase. The remaining tickets are sold separately to fans from other countries. This has been the practice for previous competitions as well, to avoid a situation where all tickets are bought by locals, which would be disappointing for those who travel from afar.
China has also adopted this regulation.
"Why buy tickets? Isn't it more comfortable to watch from home online?"
"What's so great about Times Music King? You can listen to music anywhere."
"Exactly, I'm not buying tickets anyway, why waste the money."
"Tingyu only has one song, it's not worth buying a ticket to listen to. You can watch it online just the same."
Before ticket sales began, many people expressed online that they would not be buying tickets.
Most Chinese netizens support Tingyu, and since Tingyu only has one song, supporting him online is the same, and there's no need to specifically buy tickets.
However, despite what everyone said.
Within one second of ticket sales commencing.
All tickets were sold out.
In the blink of an eye, tens of thousands of tickets were gone!
The website even experienced a temporary server crash due to the overwhelming number of users.
After the system recovered from the lag, many found that the tickets were already sold out.
This speed can only be described as outrageous!
"Holy crap, it's already gone?"
"Do it again, I'll definitely switch to a phone that doesn't lag this time!"
"I'm gutted, I didn't even get one. Are you guys animals!"
"Didn't you guys say you weren't buying tickets? I can't believe your nonsense!"
"Your internet speeds are truly incredible. I was guarding the time to grab them, but I still couldn't get one!"
"Hahaha, I got it! Not only did I get one, but I also got one for my goddess!"
One moment they were saying it was boring and they didn't want to go, the next moment everyone transformed into speed masters, grabbing tickets without any mercy.
However, there were only so many tickets, and most people still couldn't get them.
Because the tickets, like in the city qualifiers, are all real-name verified. Entry requires the holder to swipe their ID and undergo facial recognition, so there are no scalpers involved.
Those who couldn't get tickets could only watch the live broadcast online. The show was too popular, and the tickets were too few.
During the ticket rush, everyone became each other's greatest enemy!
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The first day of "Times Music King."
Kyoto Airport.
Su Yu's parents, along with Su Xiaoling, walked out.
Su Yu and Lin Yanyu had already arranged for a car to wait for them outside the airport.
"Xiao Yu, your dad was so excited he couldn't sleep all night hearing that we could come to the live event," Zhang Guizhi told Su Yu as soon as they got into the car.
Everyone knew how hard it was to get these tickets, and they couldn't get them.
But Su Yu had a few guest spots. After giving them to the singers' group, he reserved three spots for his parents and them.
Upon learning that they could hear Su Yu sing live, the elderly couple was excited all night.
They had watched the previous episodes on television, and now they finally had the chance to experience it live, so naturally, they were too happy to sleep.
"Dad, Mom, I'll accompany you to visit Kyoto properly these two days," Su Yu smiled.
"Xiao Yu, you focus on preparing for the competition. Don't worry about us. Seeing you bring glory to the country makes me feel content," Su Zhengguo was now Su Yu's most loyal fan. However, even more comforting than his son's success was the fact that his son was now bringing glory to the country, competing against other nations for China and achieving such good results.
Su Zhengguo was a patriotic person, as evidenced by his presence at Tiananmen Square to welcome the returning Chinese People's Volunteers during National Day last year. Although he was poor before, he always had a pure heart. Now, with his son bringing honor to the country, Su Zhengguo was filled with immense satisfaction.
"It won't affect the competition," Su Yu said with a smile.
It wasn't blind confidence, but rather because the competition venue for this episode was in China. With his reputation in China, it would be very difficult for him to lose.
Therefore, this episode should be the most relaxed one in Su Yu's entire competition journey.
Even though Su Yu said this.
Su Zhengguo and the others were still worried it would affect Su Yu's competitive state.
So, after putting away their luggage, they took the little girl Su Xiaoling out to explore.
Su Yu wanted to go with them, but Su Zhengguo refused to let him.
This made Su Yu feel both amused and helpless.
However, since his parents didn't want his company, he wouldn't accompany them. The movie matters in Japan had concluded, but the anime theme song had not yet been sent to Morita Yumi.
The other party had already called to inquire about the situation, so Su Yu took this opportunity to customize and send over the song "Blue Bird."
With that done, his collaboration with Nevi Entertainment was truly over.
Now, all that remained was to await the arrival of "Times Music King" competition.
Early on the third day.
Su Yu's exclusive camerawoman, Lisa, arrived at the Lin Family Estate on time.
Since the competition venue for this event was in China, Su Yu naturally wouldn't stay in a hotel with other producers. Although the hotel's specifications were very high this time, it couldn't compare to the Lin Family Estate.
"Teacher Tingyu, good morning. Shall we start right away?" Lisa signaled upon seeing Su Yu arrive.
"Alright, let's begin," Su Yu nodded.
Upon receiving Su Yu's signal, Lisa turned on the camera.
The fifth episode of "Times Music King" then commenced!
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ps: I've been dizzy and coughing for six days since the beginning, and I don't know when I'll be back to my best state.