Chapter 18: Apologies

There is a story that has been circulating around the world that a long time ago, there was a wise monarch who ruled the country and made his people live in peace and contentment. When he was old, he feared that his successor would no longer be able to make life easy for the people, so he summoned all the scholars of the country and asked them to come up with a way to make the people happy forever. It took the scholars a long time to create three books, which were then condensed into a single sentence: "There is no such thing as a free lunch."

National TV is not a charity, the celebrities who interviewed the Lantern Festival Gala are all arranged, how can it be possible to let an unplanned person show his face, even if it is recorded on the spot, it will be cut out and not broadcast, in today's market economy environment, people with no background, no qualifications and no capital want to show their faces in the news of national TV, it is impossible.

But in the news that night, Zhang Wei still showed his face for seven or eight seconds, and simply said two sentences, one was that the reporter asked him if he also came to participate in the performance of the Lantern Festival party, Zhang Wei replied "yes", and the other was that the reporter asked him to greet the audience for the New Year, and Zhang Wei gave up his hand and said "Happy New Year".

It's so simple, right? But if it weren't for someone from the Security Service who greeted the state television, it wouldn't have been broadcast at all.

Of course, Zhang Wei didn't know the twists and turns in this, and felt that he was lucky, but Zhang Shilan had been in this industry for a while, and of course she knew the difficulty, but she also thought that it was because Zhang Wei had dinner with the optoelectronic boss a few days ago.

When I came to the studio of the national television station, there was a rehearsal above, and there were many stars in the audience below, probably waiting to get familiar with the stage.

Zhang Wei pushed the door in, attracting the attention of many people, Zhang Wei had a sense of being watched, so he nodded at everyone, it was said that he had said hello, most of the stars present knew Zhang Wei, but people didn't know him, to be precise, many actors also knew Zhang Wei, but they were limited to TV, but they had never dealt with each other in life. Everyone is in a circle, and the purpose of coming here is very clear, so after taking a look at Zhang Wei, he found that there was no need to deal with him, so he withdrew his gaze and went his own way. Among the actors sitting in the actor's seat, the only two people Zhang Wei has dealt with are Yan Ni, who he met when he was filming a TV series last time, and Jing Tian, who he met last time he participated in "Run, Dude", and it happened that there was an empty seat next to Jing Tian, Zhang Wei couldn't stand at the door all the time, so he came up.

"Zhang Wei, are you here to participate in the performance?" Jing Tian was also surprised to see Zhang Wei, and asked in a whispered that was a little uncertain. The list of participants in the Lantern Festival Gala has long been decided, and she didn't see Zhang Wei's name, and at this time, except for the actors and staff who can enter the studio, she is a little confused.

"Yes, I'm looking for you just to ask who Director Xia is?" Zhang Tianhe said that he would come to Director Xia, but he had never seen this person, and he didn't have a phone number.

After getting Zhang Wei's exact answer, Jing Tian took a deep look at Zhang Wei, and immediately thought that Zhang Wei must have a backer, and his status is definitely not low, otherwise it would be impossible to stuff Zhang Wei in after determining the list of actors, based on this judgment, Jing Tian pointed to a gray-haired man in front of the stage and said, "That is Director Xia." ”

"Oh, okay, thank you, I'll go over first when I have a chance to invite you to dinner. Zhang Wei thanked him and left.

Jing Tian casually asked again: "By the way, what show are you performing?"

"It seems to be singing a song with others, and I don't know the specific situation, I have to ask Director Xia to know. Zhang Wei told the truth.

"I don't know what I'm performing, I just know how to sing a song, can such an actor be arranged?" Jing Tian asked herself if she already knew a lot about this circle, but it was the first time she had encountered such a strange arrangement.

In order not to affect the realization of others, Zhang Wei bent down to the front row, squatted in front of Director Xia, and whispered with a smile: "Director Xia, I am Zhang Wei, Director Zhang said let me find you directly, may I ask what program was arranged for me?"

Director Xia was suddenly interrupted to watch the show, and the young man in front of him didn't know him at all, so he was about to get angry subconsciously, but when Zhang Wei finished speaking, Director Xia was taken aback, as the chief director of the show, of course he knew that Zhang Wei was designated by the security department boss to participate in the performance, and the specific reason was not said by the superiors, but he was asked to discharge the best time period, and he did not hesitate to replace the actor for this reason. For this reason, Director Xia is worried, the actors who can come to participate in the Lantern Festival Gala, there is no one behind them, there is no way, and it is not good to offend anyone.

It is impossible to lay off people, Director Xia had to find another way and wanted to arrange a chorus for Zhang Wei, so after some searching, he only found one program that was most suitable, which was a solo song "Shangyuan Flower Moon" in prime time. Can it be simple for a person who can perform a solo in prime time? The singer who sang this song is called Qin Jing, one of the pillars of the General Political Department, and he still has multiple halos on his body, such as the representative of the National People's Congress, the director of the Youth Federation, the ten outstanding young people, and the vice chairman of the Pop Music Association. And they also have backgrounds and deep qualifications, if it weren't for the helplessness, Director Xia would definitely not want to touch the mold of such a big coffee. But the order was given from above, and he couldn't afford to provoke the people in the Ministry of Security, so he had to go to Qin Jing to discuss.

This kind of thing will be unhappy for anyone, Qin Jing is no exception, it's not that she plays a big name or doesn't listen to greetings, everyone's show is not stuffed, just like her show has such a change, in the real entertainment industry, everyone will only have one idea, that is, Qin Jing is easy to bully, these stars will definitely not think that this is the seniors and juniors as the audience thinks.

Director Xia is the chief director of the party, and any program has the right to cut and arrange, of course Qin Jing can't go head-on with Director Xia, so she had to make a phone call to the general political boss to react to the problem, and the big guy was also very angry after learning the news, so he contacted the national television station, but after the phone call, the reply to Qin Jing became, "Political task, obey the arrangement." ”

After getting this reply, Qin Jing immediately corrected her attitude, and she could make her own bigwigs soften, what level of person could be who could shoehorn Zhang Wei in.

After getting Qin Jing's side, Director Xia finally breathed a sigh of relief, so he asked people to quickly contact Zhang Wei to come over, who knew that he got a reply that he couldn't be contacted, which made him angry enough, I think Zhang Wei, even if you are big, at least you have to respect this party, you actually disappeared, what is this party. Holding this breath, Director Xia simply ignored it, and made up his mind that Zhang Wei would not come, and would not participate in the stage and rehearsal, he would resolutely not let Zhang Wei go on stage at that time, but he didn't know that when he asked people to contact Zhang Wei, Zhang Wei was already on the plane, and his mobile phone was turned off.

So at this time, Director Xia saw Zhang Wei appearing, and the boss was unhappy, so he said coldly: "Zhang Wei, right, your program is to sing "Shangyuan Flower Moon" with Qin Jing, but Qin Jing has just walked through the stage and left, saying that there is something wrong with the unit, if you want to be familiar with the stage, you can wait for everyone to finish rehearsing." ”

Zhang Wei didn't know everything that happened in the program arrangement, and he didn't care about the director's indifference to him, he just thought that people were the same, and he was not the kind of arrogant person, and he also developed the habit of listening to the director's greeting in the crew, so he nodded at this moment and said: "Okay, thank you director, I'll go and wait in the back." ”

"Hmm. Director Xia was angry and didn't say much.

Zhang Wei returned to the seat next to Jing Tian and whispered to Zhang Shilan: "Shilan, you can find someone to inquire about Qin Jing's phone number, I was temporarily arranged to come in this time, it must have caused inconvenience to others, I have to call people in person to apologize." ”

Jing Tian on the side heard Zhang Wei's words and said, "I have Sister Jing's private phone number, I'll give it to you." ”

"Ah, okay, thank you. Zhang Wei hurriedly thanked him.

Jing Tian said while flipping through his mobile phone: "You can really do it, Sister Jing was originally a soloist, but now it has changed to a chorus, no wonder I was unhappy when I saw Sister Jing in the morning, it turned out to be because of you." ”

When Zhang Wei heard this, he couldn't help it, and said: "I can't help it, now it's rumored that I'm hanging up, so I can only make this decision, and when I contact Sister Qin Jing later, I will definitely apologize to others." ”

"Found it, see for yourself. Jing Tian handed his mobile phone to Zhang Wei.

After Zhang Wei used his mobile phone to write down the number, he dialed it as soon as possible.

As soon as the phone rang, a pleasant voice came from the other side, "Hey, who?"

"Hello Sister Qin Jing, I'm Zhang Wei, I called you to apologize to you, I'm really sorry for you this time, and I have no choice but to ask you to have a meal and explain to you. Zhang Wei put his posture very low.

Qin Jing over there was silent for a moment, and said in a relaxed tone: "Oh, Zhang Wei, hello, hello, you mean the chorus, it's okay, I obey the arrangement of my superiors, it's a performance, you don't have to care too much." ”

Zhang Wei didn't hear the wit in this sentence, but he felt that Qin Jing was very generous, and he was even more reluctant to go, so he said: "Sister Qin Jing, you are a singer that my family and I like very much, and it is my honor to cooperate with you, but this matter is too sudden, and it must have caused you some inconvenience, so please be sure to give me a chance to invite you to dinner, and let me explain it to you in person." ”

Qin Jing could feel Zhang Wei's sincerity on the phone, she was already popular in the circle, and she was also kind-hearted, so she said: "Okay, I'm in the unit now, I definitely can't do it at noon, or arrange it at night?"

"Of course, depending on your time, I don't know if you have any taboos?" Zhang Wei asked.

"I don't eat spicy food, you can just look at the arrangement. ”

"Okay, I see, then you get busy first, and I'll contact you in the afternoon. ”