The venue for the finals could only accommodate 1 spectators.

Compared to those large-scale open-air concerts that often attract tens of thousands of people, the scale here is not grand.

But when Shen Lang appeared at the entrance of the stage, the atmosphere was instantly ignited, as if there was an invisible magic that awakened the enthusiasm of everyone present. The sound waves erupted by 1 people, the surging posture, sounded like 10 people shouting in unison.

There have been constant speculations from the outside world these days, and everyone has vaguely guessed that Shen Lang, as the initiator of the “Super Girl” program, is very likely to appear at the finals, and if he does, he will definitely go on stage to sing.

However, when the moment that the fans have been longing for finally comes, the excitement that has been suppressed for so long can no longer be restrained, and it is like a tide that has been opened, one wave after another, violently surging in everyone’s heart.

At this moment, recalling Wang Han’s powerful introduction at the opening – “the world pop king, the light of Asia, the pride of the Chinese music scene”, I feel that every adjective is just right without the slightest exaggeration.

At this moment, a brisk and lively musical prelude began to play.

“Open the skylight of night
Make a wish on a shooting star
Give me a pair of wings
Being able to get closer to the sun…”

Shen Lang’s highly recognizable voice, filled with enthusiasm and expectations, slowly flowed across the finals.

This song “Sing If You Want to Sing” is the theme song of the 2005 Super Girl in the original time and space, sung by Zhang Hanyun, a contestant of the previous Super Girl.

At that time, Tianzhong was responsible for writing an advertising song for the 2005 “Mengniu Yogurt Super Girl”. Later, because the creators could not reconcile “Super Girl” and “Mengniu Yogurt” well, they finally decided to write two songs for Zhang Hanyun, one was the advertising song of Mengniu Yogurt “Sour and Sweet Is Me”, and the other was the Super Girl theme song “Sing If You Want to Sing”.

As soon as this song was released, it became popular like a spark that spread all over the streets and alleys. It is not just a melody and a few lyrics, but also the concrete embodiment of dreams and ideals. It accurately fits the theme of the program “Super Girl” which is to give ordinary girls a stage and encourage them to bravely pursue their dreams.

“If you want to sing, sing it and sing it beautifully
No matter how empty the stage is
I can see it one day
Waving light sticks…”

However, when it was An Youqi, Wang Ti and Zhang Hanyun’s turn to sing, the situation changed slightly.

The enormous pressure of the finals was like a heavy rock pressing on the shoulders of these three young girls, making their already tense nerves even more tense. Coupled with the fact that they were performing on the same stage with their idols, their excitement was beyond words. As a result, the two emotions of excitement and nervousness collided violently in their hearts, making it difficult for them to calm down, causing their voices to tremble slightly and their originally stable pitch to deviate a little.

Fortunately, these three girls have emerged from layers of selection, and even if they encountered minor setbacks, they were able to quickly stabilize their position.

Most of the audience were immersed in the warm atmosphere and did not care too much about these minor flaws. Overall, the impact was not that big.

After all, at this moment, the eyes of everyone in the audience were almost fixed on Shen Lang as if attracted by a magnet. As soon as he stood on the stage, his superstar aura spread out, and every move he made was full of charm.

After the song was sung, the atmosphere on the scene had been pushed to its hottest peak.

According to the process, it would be Shen Lang’s turn to give a speech to add some encouragement and warmth to this final.

But before he could open his mouth, the 10,000 audience members shouted his name in unison, the sound was deafening and loud.

The meaning behind the unanimous shouts was clear: everyone was eager to hear him sing again.

The cheers lasted for quite a while, and the enthusiastic audience was reluctant to stop, as if their wishes would come true as long as the cheers continued.

However, everyone gradually realized that no matter how reluctant or enthusiastic they were, this was after all the final of “Super Girl”, with established procedures and arrangements. It was naturally impossible for Shen Lang to break the rules and turn this solemn event into his home court.

Slowly, the shouting became weaker and the noisy venue gradually returned to its proper order. Although the audience still felt a little regretful for not being able to hear Shen Lang sing another song, they could only calm down and wait for the subsequent competition links to proceed.

“The reason why this program is named ‘Super Girls’ instead of ‘Super Girls’ is not for ‘creating stars’ but for ‘popular entertainment’, so that all viewers who watch this program can enjoy a sense of happiness. The experiences of An Youqi, Wang Ti, Zhang Hanyun, and other contestants are more like the process of continuous struggle in life, with setbacks, laughter, frustration, and achievement, step by step, gradually reaching a higher point…”

Shen Lang’s speech was official and rigorous, but every word made sense, and it highlighted the core and original intention of the “Super Girl” program.

As soon as he finished speaking, he turned slightly and looked at the three slightly nervous girls beside him, with a smile on his face, and said, “Good luck!”

After saying that, he waved to the audience in a dashing manner and handed the stage back to the protagonists of the finals.

After more than two hours of thrilling and fierce competition, the first “Super Girl” finally ushered in the final moment of glory.

The heartbeats of the audience rose and fell with the number of votes, and the tense and exciting atmosphere almost broke through the dome of the venue.

In the end, with his overwhelming popularity of 129486 SMS votes, An Youqi undoubtedly left the other two strong opponents far behind and easily won the championship crown that symbolizes infinite glory.

Wang Ti, who was standing on one side of the stage, had regret in her eyes but still maintained an elegant smile. She won the runner-up with her outstanding performance.

The youthful and lively Zhang Hanyun was not inferior, and won the third place with the popularity she had accumulated along the way and her outstanding performance.

Shen Lang did not make any drastic changes to the competition system. After all, this is not a traditional competition of pure professional skills. As a competition with a strong entertainment nature, it has judges sitting on the scene, giving comments and guidance from a professional perspective, and the audience holding the right to vote by text message, which is the key force that determines the fate of the contestants. Therefore, the champion must be the result of a combination of strength, luck, popularity and many other factors, and controversy is inevitable.

But it is precisely these controversies and topics, like sparks, that have kept the popularity of this program rising, spreading across the country and becoming a phenomenal variety show that is hotly discussed on the streets.

The next step was the crucial signing of the contestants. Prior to this, Chen Yaochuan, on behalf of the company, had already reached a comprehensive agreement with Shonan TV. The two parties worked out two plans: one, Jingtao Music would give priority to signing the champion of this year’s “Super Girl”, and then Shonan TV would select five from the top ten in the country; the other was the other way around, the TV station would pick the champion first, and Jingtao Music would then select five from the remaining nine.

After some discussion between Shen Lang and Chen Yaochuan, they finally decided to let Shonan TV station sign the champion first, and they would pick five from the remaining nine.

Speaking of which, the overall performance of this year’s Super Girl contestants is slightly inferior to that of the subsequent years, whether in terms of the polishing of singing skills or the development potential in the subsequent performing arts career.

Shen Lang remembered that in the original time and space, it was the next Super Girl who really shone brightly and held up half of the Chinese music scene.

With such prediction, they no longer had to fight to the death and their mentality was quite peaceful.

After a round of screening, five contestants including Wang Ti and Zhang Hanyun officially joined Jingtao Music with full of aspirations, thus starting a new journey towards their musical dreams.

Of course, since he had signed them, Shen Lang had no intention of doing things perfunctorily.

He has a scale in his heart. No matter whether the girls’ star development was smooth or bumpy in the original time and space, now that they have joined Jingtao Music, he will definitely give them enough resources.

Although it is impossible for every newcomer to be as lucky as Liu Yifei and others to get songs composed by him personally, there are also many excellent works by gold medal songwriters in the company. Any of them are highly competitive products in the market. In addition, in order to build them up in all aspects, the company will spend a lot of money to purchase high-quality songs from outside.

In this fiercely competitive entertainment industry, many newcomers have racked their brains to find a chance to stand out, but by joining Jingtao Music and following Shen Lang, even if they cannot become famous and enjoy glory overnight, they can still live a stable life with no worries about resources. They have opportunities for exposure, a professional team to protect them, and a steady stream of good resources to help them. At least they can move forward in big strides on the road to pursuing their dreams, have no worries about food and drink, and have a promising future.

After the final chapter of the competition came to an end, the popularity of “Super Girl” gradually faded, but the passion of this hot summer has not diminished at all, because the film industry has added fuel to the fire. The martial arts movie “House of Flying Daggers” directed by Zhang Yimou, costing 2.8 million yuan and starring Jin Chengwu, Andy Lau, Zhang Ziyi, and Song Dandan was officially released.

From the beginning of the project, Zhang Yimou’s work has attracted much attention, and its popularity and topicality have soared all the way, reaching its peak before its release.

Among them, there were many topics about the casting. For example, the female lead was originally chosen to be Anita Mui, and this news caused quite a stir at the time.

Moreover, the film crew also invited Shen Lang to compose the theme song for the film, which undoubtedly added some popularity to the film.

However, things are unpredictable. Anita Mui unfortunately passed away due to illness and was ultimately unable to star in this film, which is truly a pity.

Shen Lang declined the offer on the grounds that he was too busy, but in fact, he knew that the movie was mediocre, and he didn’t have many martial arts-style songs on hand. It was not cost-effective to waste precious resources on this for limited compensation. So, after weighing the pros and cons, he decisively chose to refuse.

“This movie continues Director Zhang’s previous film ‘Hero’ with its luxurious cast and huge investment. Don’t you think it’s a good idea?” Gao Yuanyuan’s beautiful eyes were wide open with surprise. Seeing Shen Lang so confidently assert that “House of Flying Daggers” would be a bad movie, she couldn’t help but ask.

Shen Lang looked at her surprised expression, but just smiled mysteriously without further explanation, and said, “You’ll know when you see it.”

The quality of a movie cannot be judged simply by the actors and investment. Many factors such as the plot, the director’s expression, and market feedback are crucial. These things can only be felt after watching the movie. No matter how much you say now, it is useless.

In fact, there was a time when the investment in domestic films was only a few million.

It is impossible for the new generation of Chinese directors, such as Huo Jianqi, Zhang Yuan, Lu Chuan, Jia Zhangke, etc., to obtain the same investment as Zhang Yimou, Feng Xiaogang and Chen Kaige, so they can only focus on low-cost production of their works.

Under such “frugality” circumstances, these low-cost domestic films still achieved remarkable results. For example, “Xiao Wu”, which took 21 working days and 30 yuan to shoot, won the Best Film Award at the 48th Berlin International Film Festival Youth Forum, the 17th Vancouver International Film Festival Asian Film Promotion Alliance Award, the 20th Nantes Three Continents International Film Festival Golden Hot Air Balloon Award for Best Film and the rd Busan International Film Festival New Trend Award.

Other low-cost films also showed their vitality. “My Brothers and Sisters” cost 280 million yuan, but became the biggest “tear gas” of 2001; “Party A and Party B” cost 400 million yuan, and was the box office champion of domestic films that year. It won the Best Film Award at the 21st Popular Film Hundred Flowers Award and the 1997 China Film Huabiao Award Jury Award.

But ever since Li Ann’s $3 million Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon won an Oscar, domestic films have also begun to move towards high-cost, big-budget productions. This trend reached an astonishing level with House of Flying Daggers – it cost 3.1 million RMB to shoot, and the premiere alone cost 2000 million RMB!

In fact, there is nothing wrong with domestic films taking the path of high-cost production, which makes the film production more sophisticated and the standard closer to international standards.

For example, the more popular “Titanic”, “Gladiator”, “The Matrix”, etc. in recent years, and the hit “Cold Mountain”, “Master and Commander” and “Troy” this season, all of them have grand scenes and dazzling technology.

The scale of The Lord of the Rings trilogy has reached an unprecedented level, with an investment of 30 billion US dollars. Director Peter Jackson devoted seven years to the trilogy, with 18 months of shooting, 2600 crew members and 2 extras.

The global box office of “Titanic” exceeded 12 billion US dollars, the global box office of “The Matrix” series exceeded 15 billion US dollars, and the global box office of “The Lord of the Rings” series exceeded 20 billion US dollars.

All these fully demonstrate that Hollywood film producers are shrewd. They have calculated everything clearly, from the investment and production of the film, the shooting quality, to the benefits and returns it can generate.

So, it seems that Zhang Yimou first invested 2.4 million yuan in “Hero” and then spent 3.1 million yuan on “House of Flying Daggers” in order to replicate the success of Hollywood blockbusters and become the “first person to make domestic blockbusters.”

However, blockbuster movies do not necessarily mean big investments. (End of this chapter)