As discussions raged about Ting Yu going to war with overseas capital, the official Chinese music scene suddenly updated with a piece of news.
#Invitation from "King of Music Worldwide".#
"We believe everyone is paying close attention to 'The Masked Singer King'. In accordance with our negotiations with the Era Music Chart, the Chinese music scene will participate in this year's 'King of Music Worldwide' competition!"
The official also revealed that the participating producer had been confirmed as the city competition champion, the music god Ting Yu!
The singer would be decided after the finals of "The Masked Singer King," with the champion singer who receives the title "Song God" representing the Chinese music scene in the competition!
When the official announcement was made, combined with Ting Yu's previous release of "Epoch-Crossing," it was interpreted by many as a declaration of war against overseas capital.
An incredibly passionate sentiment swept through the Chinese music scene!
Everyone agreed with Ting Yu serving as producer for the competition. After Mo Yan's fall from grace due to public opinion, Ting Yu was undeniably the foremost figure in the Chinese music scene.
Then came the matter of the participating singer. Upon hearing that the champion of "The Masked Singer King" could team up with Ting Yu to compete, everyone thought of one singer.
Dark Night Rabbit!
Indeed, not only was this rabbit the singer chosen by Ting Yu, but based on his vocal prowess, he was undoubtedly the most suitable singer currently, aside from the older generation of Song Gods.
However, since the official stated it would be the overall champion, even though Dark Night Rabbit had the highest support rate, he hadn't secured the championship yet. Everything would have to wait until the conclusion to be finalized.
"I'm stunned. This official statement confirms Ting Yu's declaration of war!"
"King of Music Worldwide, this is a show the domestic entertainment industry has been absent from for a long time, right?"
"This is too surprising. No wonder Ting Yu wrote such an audacious song; it's truly fitting for a declaration of war!"
"Looking forward to Ting Yu bringing the Chinese music wave to the world!"
Amidst countless voices of support, the official released another bombshell!
The data from domestic rankings would soon be synchronized with the Era Music Chart. The Era Music Chart was already in negotiations with major music companies like Wangyun Music and Tencent Music, and real-time data synchronization with the Era Music Chart would be implemented soon!
When this news broke, it caused another huge stir.
Ever since the impact of the Han wave, the domestic entertainment industry had been in a state of isolation. The charts were based on separate data and were not synchronized with the Era Music Chart. Therefore, even though Ting Yu's songs became immensely popular domestically, they could not climb the Era Music Chart.
This was because overseas charts only recorded Ting Yu's song data in overseas markets.
The largest database in the country was not synchronized.
Now, after the official announced this news, many industry insiders began to look forward to it.
With Ting Yu's ability to dominate the charts, how fierce would his performance be if he were to enter the overseas market?
However, while everyone was excited, many were still not optimistic.
They felt that data synchronization might lead to overseas audiences laughing at the domestic entertainment scene.
"The current Chinese music scene is not suitable for going global, especially since overseas audiences don't understand Chinese; they only listen to the arrangement."
"Indeed, the current Chinese music scene places too much emphasis on lyrical depth, which makes Chinese music even harder for foreigners to understand."
"We can't force foreigners to learn Chinese."
These people's viewpoint was that the uniqueness of the domestic entertainment culture made it difficult for Chinese music to break through internationally.
After all, it was already a difficult task to get foreigners to understand Chinese song lyrics, especially Ting Yu's Chinese-style songs.
Even some domestic listeners needed explanations to understand the lyrics of such songs, let alone foreigners.
Of course, these viewpoints were immediately attacked by many netizens.
"Damn it, it's because of your timid and hesitant attitude that our culture has never been exported! Now that the official dares to try, even if it fails, we accept it!"
"Why do we have to make foreigners learn Chinese? Can't it be that they become interested in Chinese after listening to Chinese music?"
Many netizens felt that the official's announcement was incredibly inspiring.
Regardless of the outcome, one had to try. If traditional Chinese culture could be promoted, perhaps many foreigners would become interested in Chinese and voluntarily learn our culture. Wasn't this a form of cultural export?
Just like the Hallyu girl groups and idol culture, which ranked third in global cultural exports, even influencing many Western countries.
Similarly, Japanese manga and other cultural exports also had a significant influence worldwide. Of course, besides manga, there was another cultural influence that was the enlightenment teacher for countless people.
This was the benefit of cultural export: allowing the world to see one's national culture and enhancing the influence of the cultural industry.
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Following a series of groundbreaking announcements, the domestic entertainment scene was filled with an immensely passionate and anticipatory atmosphere.
However, Lin Yanzhi, who had been trounced by Ting Yu this time, found himself at the center of the storm.
His fans felt deeply humiliated. Not only did their long-awaited "Epoch-Crossing" singer fall through, but someone else had stolen his second place.
Furthermore, he was openly mocked for not being worthy of being an "Epoch-Crossing" singer.
Most importantly, the fans didn't even know how to refute the accusations.
The most painful thing wasn't being outmatched, but being outmatched and then being unable to find a reason to refute it.
This feeling of frustration caused even Lin Yanzhi's previously proud fans to fall silent and automatically withdraw from his fan groups.
At this point, anyone who identified as a Lin Yanzhi fan was considered foolish, let alone speaking up for him.
Their Weibo avatars, messages, and names were all changed to distance themselves completely.
At this moment, no one expected Zhang Qingyun, who had disappeared from public view, to suddenly post a video on Weibo.
In the video, he leaned against the stage of a drama troupe, holding a glass of red wine and swirling it slightly: "Tsk tsk... The red wine seems a bit sweet today, what's going on?"
It had to be said that his lines and performance had indeed improved. After a surprised expression, he directly said, "Ah? So it's the third-ranked red wine. No wonder it's so sweet!"
He specifically emphasized the word "third" very loudly, expressing his surprise with vivid realism.
This video was full of sarcasm.
Zhang Qingyun had never felt so exhilarated. After all, when Lin Yanzhi kicked out his fans, it felt like a knife being twisted in his heart.
He harbored a deep hatred for Lin Yanzhi.
He was the happiest person, without exception, when Lin Yanzhi was thoroughly defeated by Ting Yu!
However, it didn't end there.
Because the always silent "God of Hiddenness" made a move.
First, it was a screenshot of Lin Yanzhi's chat with internet trolls to ride Ting Yu's popularity when he returned to China.
Then came his overseas personal resume and videos from his early competition participation.
During one competition, he sang on stage, while his parents in the backstage shed tears of emotion for him.
These pieces of information were released all at once, like a nuclear bomb, shattering Lin Yanzhi into pieces!
Firstly, Ting Yu's fans were furious. They had long been angered by Lin Yanzhi riding Ting Yu's coattails, but the other party had strong public relations and managed to remain untainted. Now that the truth was exposed, how could Ting Yu's fans not seek retribution?
Secondly, he had fabricated a persona of having lost both parents, despite having them, to gain sympathy from many people.
This kind of act was more disgusting than riding on someone's popularity!
"Lin Yanzhi, Orphaned by Parental Loss!"
Since you think this persona suits you so well, we will fulfill it for you.
Whether they were onlookers or fans, everyone started to push this narrative!
This was the backlash from the collapse of his persona!