"A bunch of trash. The determination of the theme song for 'Hero' is just a few days away. I heard that Penguin also invited Ting Yu this time. Let's have our American company, Ins Entertainment, go up against him!"
At this moment, Ins Entertainment, which had been silent, suddenly spoke in the group.
They had spent a lot of money on this public opinion campaign, but for Ins Entertainment, this amount was nothing.
"The theme song for 'Hero'?" someone exclaimed.
"That's right. Although 'Hero' has seen a slight drop in popularity, it remains the number one on Blue Star. Ins has been producing the theme song for the past few years. This year, the Chinese side insisted on having Ting Yu give it a try," Ins Entertainment replied.
"Hiss... then there will be a good show to watch. In Chinese, this is like walking into a trap, isn't it?"
This news was definitely a huge piece of good news for several major entertainment companies.
This was because the strength of Ins Entertainment's producers was such that they were consistently in the top ten of the Times Music Chart.
Moreover, they had always been in charge of the theme song for the game 'Hero'. Now, with Ting Yu suddenly wanting to get involved, wasn't he just delivering himself to their doorstep?
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Two days after the broadcast of 'Singer King'.
The internet was flooded with discussions about Dark Night Rabbit.
Amidst this news, speculation about Dark Night Rabbit's identity grew.
This also caused many people to look forward to the final episode even more.
Just then.
An official Weibo post reignited everyone's passion.
[Domestic entertainment data has been interconnected with the Times Music Chart. New songs from domestic entertainment released within the past week will participate in the Times Music Chart, with real-time rankings.]
The Times Music Chart had a ranking period of one week.
During this week, rankings were determined by listening counts, download numbers, and overall online popularity.
Songs automatically exited the chart after being online for one week.
This was a music chart jointly created by all capital across Blue Star, not belonging to any single company, so its value was self-evident.
Therefore, musicians on Blue Star took pride in being able to get on this chart.
This was also why, even though Ting Yu was revered as a god in his home country, some people claimed he couldn't make it on the world stage.
When data was not interconnected, the listening volume from domestic entertainment was not recorded by the Times Music Chart due to the lack of data exchange.
Under these circumstances, Ting Yu's songs could barely break into the top one hundred.
"The official action is really fast this time!"
"With 'Times Music King' about to start, the officials are probably trying to help Ting Yu accumulate more overseas popularity during this period."
"Indeed, although Ting Yu is deified in domestic entertainment, his fame overseas, apart from overseas students and working Chinese people, is not high."
"Wait! Data interconnection means that new songs within a week can participate in the chart, which means Ting Yu's three new songs from this episode of Singer King can also contend for the chart?"
At this moment.
Many people finally realized this fact.
Then they eagerly downloaded the Times Music app.
And started browsing the charts.
The first place was a new song, 'Fantasy,' by a very popular American rock band.
The second place was still a new song, 'Beautiful Stranger,' by a new generation female singer from America.
America's strength in entertainment on Blue Star was indeed very strong.
About half of the top ten songs were from this country, and more than a dozen of their singers were world-renowned.
American culture had a vast reach, perhaps because English was used for communication in many countries around the world.
Their language was also the most widely used, naturally leading to a larger audience for their songs.
The remaining spots were filled by South Korea and Japan.
These countries, relying on girl group culture and idol culture, had indeed carved out a unique position in the entertainment industry on Blue Star. Those who liked Korean stars might not necessarily like art, but might like the passionate dances of girl groups.
This also led to South Korea always releasing songs with accompanying MVs.
If a song didn't have an MV, its sales would probably be halved.
Finally.
At the 38th position, someone discovered Dark Night Rabbit's song 'Stars'.
If the data had not been interconnected, this song would likely have been outside the top one hundred.
This meant that just the listening and downloads within domestic entertainment alone had propelled this song, 'Stars,' into the top fifty.
As everyone knew, the top ten received the most exposure because the first page of the rankings displayed the top ten. Although the exposure for the 32nd position was not comparable to the top ten, it still attracted the attention of many overseas listeners.
On this chart, Chinese songs were rarely seen.
Many people clicked out of curiosity.
Especially the people of Russia.
Upon hearing the song 'Stars'.
They were instantly amazed!
"This singer, Dark Night Rabbit, is definitely one of us Russians!"
"His Russian is too standard. I can confidently say he is 100% Russian!"
"Oh my god, this singer's vocal technique is incredible!"
"No, this is a singer who has recently become popular in the Chinese music scene, and he completely defeated Viktor in a competition."
"What are you kidding? Viktor won first place in a music competition, and he was completely shut out?"
"Just search for the competition video on YouTube, and you'll know. This song 'Stars' winning against Viktor is not a problem."
"The first place was shut out by a Chinese singer. Isn't Russia losing face then?"
Sometimes, art truly knows no borders.
This is the charm of music.
The resonance of melody and emotion, if perfectly interpreted, can move people even if they don't understand the lyrics.
What's more, the song even featured such standard Russian in the beginning.
As this song entered the world stage.
The news of Dark Night Rabbit shutting out the Russian prodigy singer was also spread by many people.
People from any country enjoy gossip.
With the participation of so many gossips.
The popularity of this song once again increased.
It is also worth mentioning.
'Painted Heart' ranked 43rd.
'Hill' was slightly lower at 61st.
This clearly showed the cultural differences.
The melody of the song 'Hill' was not ornate; its lyrics were the most moving. Therefore, its overseas audience was not large.
'Painted Heart,' with its dolphin sounds and string arrangements, was more pleasant to listen to than 'Hill,' so its higher ranking was understandable.
In short, with all three of Ting Yu's songs on the chart, it would silence the critics who claimed he couldn't even get on the Times Music Chart.
Moreover, the ranking of 'Stars' was still increasing. It would take a week to determine the final ranking, and based on this upward trend, entering the top thirty seemed like no problem.
However, this achievement was enough to shock everyone.
After all, on the international stage, Ting Yu was only considered an unknown newcomer. Although he had some fans among overseas students, their numbers were negligible in the context of the entire Blue Star population.
A newcomer breaking into the top thirty of the Times Chart.
This achievement could be described as incredibly magnificent!
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