"Mina, are you sick?!" Lauren ignored his votes and reprimanded Mina with a dark expression.
The latter didn't even look at him, as if too lazy to speak to him.
Mina's attitude enraged Lauren once again, but he was helpless.
After all, Mina's background was too significant, so significant that even he dared not offend her.
On the big screen, the vote counts for the two were already out.
Tingyu: 25.6 million votes!
Lauren: 3.15 million votes!
"What!!"
When the result appeared, Lauren no longer had the mood to blame Mina, because this score was too outrageous!
He hadn't even reached a tenth of the opponent's score; it wasn't a competition, but a unilateral crushing!
Sean looked at the result, unconsciously clenched his fist, and at the same time felt a sense of fear towards this Tingyu.
He realized he had underestimated this Chinese producer all along.
If in the first two episodes he thought Tingyu won because his opponents were too weak, then after this episode's release of "The Seventh Chapter of the Night," he had a new understanding of Tingyu's strength.
As a producer who had consistently topped the Era Music Charts, he could clearly distinguish between a good and bad song, even discerning the details of the arrangement after just one listen.
"The entire song seems to be dominated by strings, but it's the piano he played that has been rendering the emotions. The piano part alone is definitely a very high-quality piano piece!" he evaluated the song's arrangement in his mind.
Other details needed further study, but the quality of the piano part that Tingyu had been playing was enough to shock Sean.
He even felt that if he had revealed this detail earlier, Lauren's vote count would have been even lower!
This Tingyu really had something!
He finally realized it now!
"How is that possible? How could a Chinese person have such profound musical attainments!" Sean muttered softly, his mind in turmoil. He felt he should go back and study this Tingyu thoroughly, otherwise, even if he were to compete with Tingyu now, he might capsize in the gutter.
"I feel it too, this kid definitely has something!" Jin Chengxian took a deep breath and looked at Miyamoto Ze beside him. "You're his opponent next episode. I don't know which country the next episode will be held in, but I want to remind you: never underestimate this Chinese person!"
Miyamoto Ze took a deep breath, his expression solemn. "I will let him know how formidable I am!"
There was a conflict between him and Tingyu.
Because of Morita Yumi, he had to win against Tingyu. Only by defeating Tingyu could he let Morita Yumi know that this Chinese man she admired was nothing in front of him, Miyamoto Ze!
Since Lauren had lost, it was as if heaven had given him, Miyamoto Ze, the opportunity to personally end Tingyu.
What he needed to do was naturally to seize this opportunity well!
"Let's not worry about Tingyu for now; there's still our competition this episode," Sean said.
This episode, his opponent was Miyamoto Ze. Although this person liked to keep things hidden, Sean wasn't too afraid of Miyamoto Ze.
"Alright, let's finish our own business first," Miyamoto Ze nodded.
Next, it was their turn for the second match!
...
This episode was themed around detective stories.
This genre, besides being popular in the UK, was also a hot topic in the US. When writing detective genres in the UK, it was natural to mention the book "Sherlock."
Therefore, Sean's song also started with a case from "Sherlock" and was arranged through lyrics. However, he went for a death metal route because his singer, Brown, was skilled in rock. Coupled with the fact that suspenseful songs were often rendered very mysteriously, he did the opposite, using a direct confrontation with death, a screaming rock style to stimulate the audience's eardrums.
Miyamoto Ze's song, though also a detective theme, incorporated some Japanese styles. In terms of live emotional rendering, it leaned more towards suspense, lacking that exhilarating feeling, so the audience's reaction was weaker.
"Miyamoto Ze can't compare to Sean."
"The live atmosphere of Sean's song is absolutely amazing!"
"If it weren't for Tingyu's 'The Seventh Chapter of the Night' being before him, Sean's song would have blown up the entire venue!"
"Compared to death metal, I still prefer Tingyu's dark style!"
"Sean's strength is undeniable, but it's impossible for Tingyu to win three consecutive matches without skill. He's definitely being underestimated by everyone!"
"It's mainly the stereotype of the Chinese music scene all along, that it's not developed in terms of music, and that they are just patting themselves on the back. Now, with the emergence of a dark horse like Tingyu on the world stage, many people's thinking hasn't caught up yet."
"Now we have to see who can end Tingyu and pull him down from the first position on the point standings. Even if he's eliminated in a few more episodes, his fame will have been established."
"I wonder if Miyamoto Ze has a chance, as he's the only one left in the losers' bracket."
Amidst the audience's discussions.
The next few producers also began their competitions successively.
An interesting phenomenon this episode was that all the winners were from the top four producers in the winners' bracket.
This indicated that the strength of the winners' bracket was indeed higher than that of the losers' bracket.
Of course, another reason was that the most anticipated Miyamoto Ze from the losers' bracket lost to Sean. Otherwise, he might have saved some face for the losers' bracket.
"This episode's show has come to an end. Now, let's invite the program team to announce the location of the next competition!!"
On stage, all the producers and singers gathered in the center of the stage.
This episode was quite exciting overall.
However, the audience still felt a bit unsatisfied. They realized that after the first group finished, the subsequent competitions, except for Sean's rock song, didn't leave much of an impression.
The most memorable was still Tingyu's "The Seventh Chapter of the Night."
Foreign audiences were puzzled, but domestic audiences were very clear-headed because they knew the reason. Generally, if Tingyu performed first in such programs, the subsequent performances would lack impact. They had summarized a rule for this, which they called the "Tingyu Priority Rule," meaning that as long as Tingyu performed first, it would be difficult for subsequent contestants to stir up the audience's emotions. This had been seen many times in "The King of Masked Singer."
"The location of the next competition is Japan!!"
As the host's excited voice announced Japan, the audience was stunned for a moment, then erupted into a tidal wave of cheers!
Tingyu's opponent in the next episode was Miyamoto Ze from Japan, and the competition location was also Japan. Tingyu's luck was simply invincible!
On stage, the producers held different emotions.
Su Yu remained calm as always.
As they left the stage, Lin Yanyu pulled Su Yu's hand and whispered in his ear, "Su Su, I had a blast singing today. As a reward, I'll unlock a new position for you."
"What position?" Su Yu's expression finally changed, showing intense anticipation.
"You say it..."
"Opposite direction?"
"Whatever you say..."