The final person who will appear in the Super Bowl halftime show every year is not determined so early, of course, generally speaking, there will be a result at least three months before the start of the Super Bowl, after all, it is the world's top show, and it naturally takes a certain amount of time to plan and rehearse in order to achieve amazing results.

But this year, things are clearly a little different.

The Super Bowl is usually held on the last Sunday of January or the first Sunday of February, and generally in November of the previous year, the performers are definitely confirmed, but this time there were some problems.

First, the director of the Super Bowl halftime show, which has been determined for a long time, has some temporary problems, which leads to a new director, and all the plans that have been planned are taken away, and the specific reason is that the outside world is speculating about what conflicts with the NFL official, so that the result is not particularly pleasant.

Second, after the turmoil of changing directors, the list of final performers was further delayed until December.

And at this time, there was another problem, because of the change of director turmoil, there were some problems between the NFL official and the North American Directors Guild, and the director who had been replaced left again.

This is also the reason why on December 12, there was a little old man at the Victoria's Secret show who wanted to ask Hou Muyun to be the director of the Super Bowl halftime show!

When the little old man proposed this idea, the people next to him were very surprised and surprised, and after leaving the show and returning to North America, the little old man still brought up the idea again, and did not take it as a joke.

At that time, other NFL executives and teams preparing for the halftime show were also very surprised and surprised when they heard this proposal, but after calming down and thinking about it, coupled with the fact that the Victoria's Secret show was largely related to Hou Muyun in some of the live design, I didn't think it was such a bad proposal.

It's just that as soon as he had a conflict with the director's union, he immediately invited an Asian director who was not American or even had a U.S. green card to direct the halftime show, which largely means that he will not get along with the director's union. Although the NFL is the world's most brand-valuable sports event, it is really bad and I don't dare to break up with the director's union like this.

The directors' guild manages all directors in North America, unless the NFL invites directors from outside North America who have not come to Hollywood to develop and have not joined the North American guild to direct NFL performances.

As a result, in the end, the two sides still had a certain compromise, took a step back from each other, and decided on the director candidate.

Of course, Hou Muyun also joined the North American Directors Guild because of his entry into Hollywood, but it is obviously not within the scope of the choice between the union and the NFL game.

When the director is selected, it is natural to finalize the performers, and Hou Muyun, as a singer who swept the Grammys, is naturally the preferred target. However, there are many differences, there are those who absolutely elected Hou Muyun, and there are those who resolutely oppose Hou Muyun, and the opposition is very simple, there has never been a precedent for a yellow person to appear on the Super Bowl halftime show, and he is also a yellow person from a non-English speaking country!

After a stalemate between pros and cons for a while, Time magazine's Person of the Year and Top 100 People of the Year were released, and the fact that Hou Muyun ranked seventh in global influence quickly silenced those who were firmly against Hou Muyun.

However, this does not mean that it is 100% certain that it is Hou Muyun, and there is one of the most important questions, that is, in the less than a month of preparation time, whether Hou Muyun can successfully complete the rehearsal and come up with a show that can be called a high level.

This question has become the first answer that the NFL people have to determine after meeting Hou Muyun.

"Wait!"

Hou Muyun didn't answer this question, and after taking a sip of tea, he said very seriously to several NFL executives: "Everyone, before asking this question, shouldn't you ask me if I was invited to participate in this performance?" ”

These people were stunned.

What do you mean?

Co-author, do you still want to refuse to be a guest performer on the Super Bowl halftime show!

These people looked at Hou Muyun with a confused expression.

Is he crazy?

Or is it because he is seventh on the list of the top 100 people of the times, so he loses his mind and empties everything!

Hou Muyun didn't let these people guess and think more, and explained: "You should have heard of the Chinese Spring Festival Gala, right? One of the most important TV programs in our country. This year, I will participate in the performance of the Chinese Spring Festival Gala, and the time of the live broadcast of the Chinese Spring Festival Gala is very close to the time of the Super Bowl. If I agree to be a guest performer at the Super Bowl halftime show, then I'll have to rehearse on both sides in less than a month. You should know that at such a time, it is no longer enough for me to say that I can successfully complete the rehearsal and get a beautiful show, but more importantly, whether you have the confidence to make me a guest performer. I think you need to think about this for yourself. ”

When these people heard it, they understood what Hou Muyun meant, this time is indeed too little, and they have to be prepared to gamble on the NFL side.

One of them made a very serious suggestion: "Can't you refuse to perform at the Chinese Spring Festival Gala to concentrate on preparing for the Super Bowl?" ”

Hou Muyun smiled and shook his head firmly: "No." ”

"If that's the case, then we'll need to talk to the top again, so please wait a minute."

"Please."

Hou Muyun and Chu Qing left the reception room, leaving a separate space for these people to discuss continuously.

After Chu Qing, who had been in the reception room without speaking, went out, she didn't ask Hou Muyun what he would do if the other party insisted that Hou Muyun refuse the performance of the Huaxia Spring Festival Gala, because she knew the answer very well, but said: "If you really run at both ends, you will be tired in the past 20 days." ”

Hou Muyun waved his hand and smiled: "Not really." If I can really run at both ends, it will actually solve one of the biggest problems that is bothering me right now. “

Chu Qing was curious: "What?" ”

Hou Muyun said: "Naturally, it is the most tangled thing every New Year, whether you accompany me to my house for the New Year or I accompany you to your house for the New Year." If you run at both ends, your family and my family will be able to take care of it. ”

"I can take care of it! Two Spring Festival Galas are enough for you to be busy, how can you have time to do anything else. ”

"It's really not going to be busy. Here in the Spring Festival Gala, in fact, I don't have any problems going directly to the live broadcast without rehearsal. As for the Super Bowl, it's nothing more than a dress rehearsal, even if I have to plan some plans and designs by myself, there is no problem, and it is not a big problem to create a Chinese-style gala battle that will shock the North American audience. The only question now is to see if they dare to use someone with a special situation like me in such a short period of time. ”