Chapter 148 Backstage of the Spring Festival Gala
The effect of the first rehearsal was very good, and it also gave great confidence to several people who participated in the Spring Festival Gala for the first time. Pen, fun, pavilion www. biquge。 infoOf course, Chen Chen is participating in the Spring Festival Gala for the second time, but compared with his rap song "Play" last year, this time "The Great Wall" is not only singing, rapping and dancing, but also has to pay attention to the cooperation with other people, which is much more difficult, so his nervousness is actually not less than Xiao Yao, Gong Chen and Xu Yuan who participated in the Spring Festival Gala for the first time.
Almost ten days later, the Spring Festival Gala program team conducted the second rehearsal, and also determined the final list of performances. Xiao Yao and the other four of the two programs performed very well in the second rehearsal, and their programs also passed smoothly and appeared on the final program list of this year's Spring Festival Gala. For a program, the practice preparation took more than half a month and nearly 20 days, and almost half of the winter vacation was consumed, and this kind of effort was finally not in vain.
After the second rehearsal, Xiao Yao and the others were also relieved, and the next thing was to wait for the official live broadcast performance two days later, that is, on the evening of the Chinese New Year's Eve.
At six o'clock in the afternoon of the Chinese New Year's Eve, CCTV's No. 1 studio hall and backstage were all busy.
Due to the large number of actors participating in the performance, no matter how big CCTV is, the number of lounges for the actors in this backstage is also limited, and it is impossible to give a separate lounge for the actors of each show, and many actors have to share the lounge with the actors of other shows. Xiao Yao and Chen Chen's program is two lead singers, eight backup dancers, eight harmonies, a total of eighteen performers, which is already a lot, but the program team considered that Gong Chen and Xu Yuan were more familiar with Xiao Yao, and they were all singing and dancing programs, so they still stuffed Gong Chen and Xu Yuan into their lounge.
There are twenty people crammed into a lounge alone, plus costume artists, makeup artists and staff who occasionally come and go, even if CCTV's lounge is large, it seems a little crowded, but fortunately, everyone has a good relationship with Xiao Yao, and they are relatively harmonious together.
Suddenly, the door to the lounge was pushed open. Xiao Yao and the others, who were chatting and relaxing, heard the movement and looked towards the door. I saw a female reporter with a microphone walking in with a photographer carrying a camera.
"Hello, we are the reporter team of the "Straight to the Spring Festival Gala" program group, can I interview you?" After the female reporter entered the door, she greeted the people in the lounge very politely.
The Spring Festival Gala officially starts at 8 o'clock in the evening, but the live broadcast in the early stage has already started in the afternoon, aiming to report some stories and preparations in front of and behind the scenes for people who pay attention to the Spring Festival Gala, which is also a practice in recent years. Looking at the big CCTV logo on the female reporter's microphone, the people in the lounge naturally did not refuse.
Seeing that the actors in the lounge nodded their heads and got up with a smile, the female reporter nodded to the cameraman behind her to turn on the camera, and connected to the studio in front.
"Host, I'm Yu Hua, I'm doing an interview in the backstage lounge of the Spring Festival Gala, and now standing behind me are the performance teams of the two singing and dancing programs. Say hello to our viewers who are watching the live broadcast. Yu Hua said, and deliberately gave way to the side.
"Hello audience. Xiao Yao and the others all crowded in front of the camera and waved. Then the eight backup dancers and eight harmonies retreated in a witty manner, leaving only Xiao Yao and the other four singers still standing in front of the camera. They all know that they are only supporting roles, and if the reporter wants to interview, he must be looking for four singers.
"These four are all very young singers, and young audiences should be very familiar with and like them..."Yu Hua stood back in front of the camera lens and introduced, suddenly stopped and pressed the headphones stuffed in his ears, and said with a smile, "Okay, I know Zhang Qiong, you are also very familiar with and like Xiao Yao, you have to say in front of the national audience that you are not young anymore, and I can't help it!"
"Let me briefly interview a few of them. Yu Hua said, first stood beside Chen Chen and asked, "Chen Chen, if I'm not mistaken, you should be the only one of the four singers in this room who has participated in the Spring Festival Gala before, how are you feeling now, are you more relaxed than the three of them?"
"I am honored to participate in this year's Spring Festival Gala, and I feel excited and looking forward to it. Chen Chen smiled and said to the camera, "Speaking of relaxation, it is indeed more relaxed than last year." In addition to participating for the second time this year, the more important thing is that this year is performing with my good brother, and I feel a lot more relaxed with him in the town next to him. Unlike last year, he wrote a song for the Spring Festival Gala and recommended me to sing it, but he didn't come himself. As he spoke, Chen Chen deliberately turned his head to glance at Xiao Yao.
"Brother, I was only a middle school student last year, and I was still a senior in high school. Xiao Yao said helplessly.
"What about the two of you, how do you feel about participating in the Spring Festival Gala for the first time this year?" Yu Hua knew that the core person in this room was Xiao Yao, and deliberately put him last, so after asking Chen Chen, he turned to Gong Chen and Xu Yuandao.
"I'm very happy to be able to participate in the performance of the Spring Festival Gala, and I am a little nervous. Gong Chen replied simply.
"Me too, I hope the audience will enjoy our performance tonight. Xu Yuan also smiled and waved his hand.
"Can you give us a brief introduction to the repertoire you're going to perform tonight?" Yu Hua then asked.
As early as a week ago, various versions of the Spring Festival Gala program list were circulating on the Internet, and now it is less than two hours before the official start of the party, and the program list no longer needs to be kept secret, and letting the actors introduce the repertoire to be performed is also a common problem in the live broadcast of "Straight to the Spring Festival Gala" in recent years.
"The song we sang was "A Song for No One", and during the performance, the video from the music video was played. Xu Yuan introduced, "Thank you to the director team of the Spring Festival Gala for giving us this rare opportunity, and of course, thank you to the person around me for writing such a good song for us and making such a meaningful MV, which is also an important reason why we can be here tonight." As he spoke, Xu Yuan also spread out his palms and pointed at Xiao Yao beside him.
"I know that this song by the two of them was written by Xiao Yao," Yu Hua finally turned to Xiao Yao and said, "I also know that there is a rumor about you, saying that as long as you perform in public, there will be original new songs." Is there also an original new song on the Spring Festival Gala tonight?"
"No," Xiao Yao shook his head with a smile, "This is the Spring Festival Gala, the program review is very strict, not just any program can be on, unless it is a new song written for Chen Chen last year like "Play", which is specially written for the occasion of the Spring Festival Gala, it is difficult to choose, but I can't help but play casually." ”
"Then what is your show tonight?" Yu Hua then asked.
"The Great Wall, a song that I have performed before, I think some viewers should have an impression. Xiao Yao smiled, "But it doesn't matter if you're not impressed, I can give you a hint." ”
"Tips?" Yu Hua was a little puzzled, and before the question could be spoken, he saw a light on the clothes of Xiao Yao, Chen Chen, and a few dancers next to him.
"Wow, what a cool performance costume," Yu Hua exclaimed, and then asked with a deliberate smile, "This should be your secret weapon, right?
"Actually, this is not the first time we have performed in this kind of costume, and some of the audience who have seen it have already known. Xiao Yao smiled indifferently, "But what I want to say is that when we officially performed, there was much more than what we show now." And our dance today is also different from what we performed before, and even the audience who has seen our song perform before should be pleasantly surprised. Just as Xiao Yao was speaking, the lights on the clothes of the ten people suddenly went out again.
"Okay, then we'll see, thank you for your time. Yu Hua said with a smile and prepared to leave.
"Yo~ I'm interviewing, don't delay you, right?" At this moment, the door of the lounge where Xiao Yao and the others were was pushed open again. Yu Hua looked back and saw a middle-aged woman in a navy uniform walking in with a smile.
"Hello Mr. Su!" several young singers came and took the initiative to say hello politely.
The name of the person who came was Su Xiao, and the epaulettes of the military uniform on his body showed his rank as a major general. Unlike those stars who were specially recruited into the military art troupe after becoming famous, Su Xiao joined the army before he was twenty years old, and was later transferred to the Navy Art Troupe because of his outstanding literary and artistic talent. Over the years, in addition to relatively large-scale national-level performances and condolence activities of the troops, she has not participated in variety shows on any local station, and she cannot be seen in ordinary commercial performances.
"Teacher Su Xiao, why are you here?" Yu Hua hurriedly signaled, the cameraman immediately pointed the camera at Su Xiao, Yu Hua also extended the microphone to Su Xiao, and asked, "Are you here to care about and guide these young juniors?"
Su Xiao is a national first-class actor, a singer with popular singing methods, and he is already close to a national treasure-level figure, and he usually has no intersection with these so-called idol stars in the entertainment industry, Yu Hua is also very strange why Su Xiao came to Xiao Yao's lounge for these young idol star singers.
"Guidance can't be talked about, it's barely enough to care about it," Su Xiao said with a smile, "The most important thing, I'm here to thank you." ”
"Thank you, thank you, who?" Yu Hua turned his head suspiciously to look at the people in the lounge, and finally set his eyes on the backing singers of the National Opera House, to say that the people in the National Opera House, who also belong to the state unit, who can have a relationship with Su Xiao, are the most likely, Yu Hua began to feel that his practice of ignoring those backing singers of the National Opera just now seemed to be a little inappropriate.
Su Xiao owed Yu Hua, walked in front of Xiao Yao, and took the initiative to stretch out her hand and said, "I know that Zhao Lanying has already thanked you, but she is from the Army Art Troupe and can only represent the Army." On behalf of the officers and men of the Navy, I would like to express my gratitude to you. ”
"You're serious, I didn't really do anything. Xiao Yao hurriedly bowed slightly and held Su Xiao's outstretched hand, and said modestly.
"Huh?" everyone in the lounge was dumbfounded. "What's going on? Zhao Lanying thanked Xiao Yao on behalf of the Army, and Su Xiao thanked Xiao Yao on behalf of the Navy?"
"Teacher Su, can you tell us what's going on?Do you have anything to thank Xiao Yao?" Yu Hua hurriedly asked.
"The "Night of the Military Port" I am going to sing tonight was written by Xiao Yao. Su Xiao smiled.
"Xiao Yao also wrote a song for you?" Yu Hua said with some surprise.
Yu Hua has already gotten tonight's program list in advance, but there is only the name of the performer on the program list, and the creator is not indicated.
"It wasn't written specifically for me. Su Xiaodao, "Xiao Yao once wrote ten military songs to Zhao Lanying of the Army Art Troupe, saying that as long as it is related to the army, he will authorize all of them to be sung for free. "Night at the Military Port" is one of these ten songs, because it is obviously about the navy, Zhao Lanying gave me this song. Although he didn't write it specifically for me, he wrote it for our army, our soldiers, and he gave the song to the army for free, and knowing that he was here, of course I wanted to come over and thank him. ”
When Xiao Yao gave Zhao Lanying these ten songs, there was a restriction that performance occasions related to the theme of the army were authorized for free. Although the Spring Festival Gala is not an army-themed party, praising soldiers is also a fixed part of the Spring Festival Gala, and it is also related to the theme of the army, so Su Xiao's singing of "The Night of the Military Port" in the Spring Festival Gala is of course free.
"You also wrote military songs, and you wrote ten at once?" Xu Yuan asked Xiao Yao in surprise.
"You still gave it all away for free?" Chen Chen also asked.
Except for some of Xiao Yao's college classmates, even Xiao Siqi and Ye Jiaying didn't know about this matter, let alone Chen Chen, Gong Chen and Xu Yuan, so it was the first time they had heard about it at this moment.
"Well," Xiao Yao nodded, "These military songs are written for the soldiers, so I should show a little respect to those soldiers who defend their homes and the country." Why are you embarrassed to ask for any royalties?"
"So, I also want to express my gratitude and respect to you on behalf of the soldiers!" Su Xiao said, raising his hand to salute Xiao Yao.
"Don't," Xiao Yao was so frightened that he quickly grabbed Su Xiao's arm and said, "Don't be like this, just write a few songs, you have already thanked you just now, I can't stand the military salute." Let a major general salute himself, Xiao Yao really felt that he couldn't stand it.
"It's okay if you don't salute," Su Xiao saw Xiao Yao stop him from saluting, and he didn't force it, but said to Xiao Yao with a smile, "But if you have any good military works in the future, find me directly, how about it?" I know you are very good at writing songs. As he spoke, Su Xiao also took out a business card from his pocket and handed it to Xiao Yao.
"Absolutely. Xiao Yao took it with both hands politely and happily agreed.