Guan Xian's livestream.
He usually held forth with great confidence.
But this episode was unusually quiet.
"So, Boss Guan, answer us, does Dark Night Rabbit's 'Hill' count as a dolphin sound?"
"Hahaha, admit that you're a jinx."
"Can't hold it anymore, although Boss Guan's former fans often called him a jinx, the audience clearly agreed with him. But his analysis now is unwatchable. He still believes Dark Night Rabbit will create a miracle."
"The only person who can truly convince people is the music critic Wu Liang. He's the professional one. Guan Xian has just been bought by capital, trying to defend Dark Night Rabbit here."
Yet, the barrage of comments continued relentlessly.
Guan Xian was furious seeing the mindless trolls. "Ting Yu has already made it clear that the most important thing in singing is emotional delivery. So, you outsiders should stop spewing nonsense in my livestream. Capital, if you understand capital even a little, you'll know that you are the ones being manipulated by capital right now. Besides, there's still one more song, why panic?"
This was the power of capital.
As long as enough people said it, white could be turned into black, and black into white.
In this world, capital controlled public opinion. What they wanted you to know, you would know.
Whether the truth of these matters was indeed so was unimportant.
Entertainment and venting were the greatest characteristics of the internet age.
What capital exploited was the herd mentality of people online.
Otherwise, there wouldn't be so many talented individuals who were tragically forgotten by the masses.
Conforming to capital was the rule of survival in this world. Talent overcoming capital was a joke; it was merely that capital found it profitable to choose talent.
Even someone as talented as Ting Yu, without the backing of Emperor Dynasty Entertainment, would have been overwhelmed by the attacks of his opponents' endless spam armies. Moreover, capital had more than just this trick. Take plagiarism and infringement, for example. Without a company to cover for him, one could strip a producer of every last bit of their value.
This was also why the vast majority of Ting Yu's fans were also fans of the couple pairing of the two. They knew that it was because of Lin Yanyu that Ting Yu could fully unleash his talent and rapidly ascend to the pinnacle of producers in the Chinese music scene.
Similarly, because Emperor Dynasty Entertainment had Ting Yu, the "Music God," their unshakeable position as the overlord of the domestic entertainment industry was secured!
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Shuangqing.
Su family.
"Why are these people speaking so maliciously?" Su Zhengguo frowned.
He felt that listening to music was an act of cultivating one's character, while the comments online were entirely a gathering place for all sorts of trolls.
Why was there so much negativity surrounding listening to music?
As an elder with a certain simplicity, Su Zhengguo could not understand it at all.
"Don't mind them. Isn't the internet for people to vent?" Su Yu shook his head.
He truly didn't care much this time. After all, this incident appeared to be a farce, but understanding the reasons behind it would reveal that it was merely a battle between capitals. Overseas capital wanted to attack the domestic entertainment industry, and the domestic industry had to resist this wave of cultural invasion.
Ting Yu and Mo Yan, standing at the pinnacle, naturally became their targets.
The dominance of these two in the domestic entertainment scene was enough to make overseas capitals focus their attacks on them.
"But, if Dark Night Rabbit's parents saw this, how heartbroken would they be? Xiao Yu, you need to advise him more, tell him not to be too sad. After all, you have experience. Share some of your insights with him. Such a good child cannot be ruined by these trolls." Zhang Guizhi looked at Su Yu and said earnestly.
Perhaps because Dark Night Rabbit was singing Su Yu's song, she had taken a liking to Dark Night Rabbit from the beginning of the show. After so many episodes, her strongest support was for Dark Night Rabbit. Seeing so many people criticizing Dark Night Rabbit now made her feel uneasy.
Especially from a mother's perspective, no mother would want to see her child subjected to so much abuse.
Su Yu, however, froze.
He stared blankly at Zhang Guizhi.
Her words from just moments ago echoed in his mind.
If Dark Night Rabbit's parents saw this, how heartbroken would they be.
This sentence seemed to touch the softest part of his heart.
It made his eyes inexplicably sting with tears.
"Don't worry, these criticisms will disappear soon."
Su Yu took a deep breath and smiled at Zhang Guizhi.
Last time, when he faced public opinion, his parents and relatives were implicated. This time, fortunately, it was Dark Night Rabbit, and the public opinion did not affect his parents.
He absolutely did not want his parents to experience that kind of treatment again.
Soon.
As long as he obtained the "Song God" title, there wouldn't be such intense public opinion. After all, being the number one person in the Chinese music scene wasn't that easy to tarnish.
As for how overseas evaluated him, Su Yu wasn't too worried, as those winds couldn't blow into the domestic entertainment industry.
Then, Jiangnan's status in the film and literary circles also needed to be improved as quickly as possible.
Once this alias was exposed, he would be the undisputed number one in the domestic entertainment industry.
Moreover, by then, he would possess the most popular actors and the hottest singers.
He himself would be the strongest capital. Coupled with Emperor Dynasty Entertainment, the overlord of the domestic entertainment industry, the pronouncements of overseas capital would pose no threat to him.
"Still need to work hard..."
Perhaps this was why Lin Chaoyang had been urging him to improve in various ways.
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The loser bracket had concluded.
This episode's loser bracket was not as exciting as the previous ones.
There were not many surprises.
The winner was the one with the strongest overall ability, Fan Zi Xia.
Mi Lu was also eliminated after a few episodes of good luck.
When she revealed her identity,
Her young and somewhat unfamiliar face surprised many.
"Hello everyone, I am a Peking Opera Dan role actress, and also a video blogger named Feng Xi Jun. I participated in this show because I wanted to sing more operatic songs by my idol Ting Yu. I've sung all the songs I wanted to, and I'm already very satisfied. Thank you for your support!"
In fact, some people had guessed Mi Lu's identity from the beginning. However, Feng Xi Jun usually sang traditional opera, so people dared not be certain.
After revealing her identity, it was finally confirmed.
"Feng Xi Jun is awesome!"
"To reach this point as an amateur, I'm a fan now! I'm following her immediately!"
"Feng Xi Jun must also be a fan of Ting Yu, right? She sang Ting Yu's songs throughout the entire program."
"Such a young singer with talent, also cute, and sings opera. I love her!"
Feng Xi Jun's participation in this program, like Zhang Xiaoqi, was considered very lucky for the contestants.
Perhaps because this element of luck made for good program effects, both of them were quite popular.
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After the loser bracket competition.
It was time for the highly anticipated segment of the winner bracket competing for the "Song King" title.
When the draw was revealed,
A commotion arose from the audience.
1. Dark Night Rabbit.
2. Dolphin Baby.
3. White Day Rabbit.