In addition to the various demolitions encountered in the process of holding the Moscow Olympic Games, the broadcast of the event has also shrunk a lot. Eurovision stands for Eurovision and Intervision is the International Radio and Television Organization, in Japan it is AsahiTV (TV Asahi), in Latin America it is OTI (Ibero-American Television Organization) and in Australia it is SevenNetwork.

As for North America, it was almost completely boycotted. NBC, which has exclusive broadcasting rights in the United States, only regularly broadcasts game highlights and news briefings, ABC did broadcast the opening ceremony in the evening program, but without the broadcasting rights, people can only scratch the surface.

The Canadian Broadcasting Corporation, the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation, has done the same thing, canceling almost all broadcasts.

Therefore, Tang Huan, who participated in the opening ceremony, flew from Moscow to New York, turning from lively to deserted, and he was really not comfortable.

However, the Soviet Union was blocked by others, and it has nothing to do with us little fish, it just so happens that my singer's tour in North America will not steal the limelight, Tang Huan thought complacently.

Jet lag can sometimes be troublesome, but sometimes it can be a little more convenient, such as to watch Deng Lijun's tour at Lincoln Center on July 20, when Tang Huan was able to travel between Moscow and New York with ease.

Originally, in time and space, Deng Lijun was just a singer with a star halo, and she was inevitably controlled by others before and after her comeback. Now you don't have to be so quiet. Under the leadership of Tang Huan. It can be said that everything is not asked.

As for the concert configuration, the professionals of lighting, sound, band, chorus, etc., are even more unambiguous, bringing together elites in the field of Chinese, American and Japanese music to form a large orchestra of dozens of people.

The rehearsal began as early as July 19, and when Tang Huan met Deng Lijun, it was noon on July 20.

"It's beautiful. Taking the red rose sent by Tang Huan, Deng Lijun sniffed it with a smile. Then he sighed in surprise, "It's so fragrant." ”

"This is the Bulgarian Kazanlak rose, which is said to have been watered by the goddess with her own blood, and the memorable thing is that it is particularly red and unusually fragrant. Tang Huan showed a smug look on his face, "I specially flew it from Bulgaria." ”

"Where is Bulgaria?" Deng Lijun asked curiously, holding the roses in her hand.

"Located in the Balkans in southeastern Europe, on the border with Greece, it is known as the Land of Roses. Tang Huan continued to tease: "In the middle of its territory, there is a river valley more than a hundred kilometers long. It is called the Densar River Valley and has a history of more than 300 years of rose cultivation. It is rich in more than 7,000 varieties of roses, which is why it is also called Rose Valley. ”

"The Creator is great. Deng Lijun sincerely admired, but then her eyes fluttered, and she asked with a smile: "For the sake of just roses, you are so enthusiastic and spend a lot of money, this seems to be Christina's way of doing things, you should not take it hand in hand, and use flowers to make me happy." ”

"You've wronged me. Tang Huan laughed, "It's my own handiwork, and the main purpose is to advertise in the Soviet Union through the Olympics." ”

"Let's be honest, send me flowers, just do it. Deng Lijun snorted, waved her hand and urged, "I have already accepted the flowers, you can leave quickly if it's okay." ”

"Then I'll go first, and if I have time in the afternoon, I'll watch you rehearse offstage. Tang Huan enjoyed the intimacy of flirting and stood up with a smile.

This concert, including Baodao, came to a lot of Chinese-language media, and it was really not good for him to stay too much next to Deng Lijun's attention center.

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Lincoln Center, the largest performing arts center in the United States, was built in the 1960s during the urban renewal program led by the famous urban planner Robert Moses, and was funded by John D. Rockefeller III of the Rockefeller family.

It was the first performing arts center in the United States to bring together major arts institutions in one place, and it was the largest art venue in the world, with a total capacity of 18,000 people and a total cost of $168 million.

Lincoln Center is dominated by three theaters around Fountain Square – including the New York State Theater, the Metropolitan Opera House, and Avery Fisher Hall.

The venue of Deng Lijun's concert is the Avery Fisher Hall with 2,738 seats.

In addition, the New York Philharmonic, one of the oldest bands in the United States, one of the oldest orchestras in the world, and one of the five largest orchestras in the United States, left Carnegie Hall in 1962 and moved here as a residency.

Tang Huan sat in the audience, watching Deng Lijun and the band rehearse, next to Zubin Mehta, who has been the music director of the New York Philharmonic since 1978, who was born in Mumbai, India, into a musical family, and his professional qualifications are not ordinary.

One of Tang Huan's strengths is that people in any industry can find a topic to enter and talk about it, and Zubin Mehta was brought in by him, the manager of Lincoln Center was also on his side, and the photojournalist affiliated with the Fang newspaper in San Francisco stood in the distance.

Watching Deng Lijun use Chinese, English, and Japanese on stage unhurriedly, patiently exchanging opinions with the band members, and speaking softly, the audience can feel the cordiality like a spring breeze.

So, in addition to praising Deng Lijun's singing, the two of them were also deeply surprised by her language talent and personal charm.

Tang Huan introduced Deng Lijun's singing characteristics, especially the unique Deng singing style, and expanded to talk about some topics of oriental music. Zubin Mehta nodded his head in response.

In the interval between the breaks. Deng Lijun came over to say hello.

Tang Huan smiled: "Miss Deng." I'll order a song and use your Dun singing style, plus some R&B and jazz skills, to perform "The Moon Represents My Heart". ”

Deng Lijun's singing characteristics are not only her own Deng singing style, but also the full emotion in the singing process, which Westerners may not be able to understand, so it is good to play skills, which is estimated to be difficult for ordinary Chinese listeners at this stage to accept. But professionals should be able to spot the charm.

Deng Lijun nodded generously in agreement, returned to the stage, and after discussing with the band for a while, they began to perform together.

After singing the song, Zubin Mehta gave a standing ovation, turned his head to Tang Huan and said: "I didn't expect her singing voice to be so varied, if you have the opportunity, you must cooperate." ”

Tang Huan smiled and said in his heart that when my song queen returns to Asia to find her former glory, it will not be too late to discuss this topic.

As the time approached evening. There are more and more Chinese outside, and Tang Huan is not good to stay in the audience so hatefully. After seeing off Zubin Mehta, he went to New York City Hall, where he met with the current mayor, Ed Koch.

Because New York experienced a financial crisis in the 1970s and received bailouts from the state government, Ed Koch, who took office in 1978, had a savior posture that could turn the tide.

In the original time and space, Ed Koch, like other political contemporaries, was re-elected as mayor for more than a decade.

One of the joys of his tenure was that graffiti culture was in full swing in New York, especially in the famous New York subway, where Ed Koch ordered the police, with police dogs, to have fun with the avant-garde art people.

Ed Koch's political capital is very strong, he served in the army in World War II, but as a Democrat, he supported several Republicans to serve as mayor of New York City in the future, which to some extent shows the complexity of the political ecology in the United States.

With the connections accumulated by the mayors of the Western United States and San Francisco, the governor of California, and other Democrats, Tang Huan got the opportunity to meet with Ed Koch.

Everyone is busy, Tang Huan directly explained the intention of going straight to the point, and asked Deng Lijun for a New York City Hall Medal that contributed to cultural exchanges.

As long as there is a way to do this kind of thing, it will be done naturally, and it will be very simple, and Ed Koch will happily agree, and he will call in his assistant and let him take care of it.

New York is a special place, so Ed Koch is even busier than the governors of some states, and seeing that the other party has no time to eat together, Tang Huan said goodbye and left.

When he returned to Lincoln Center again, the time for the first performance was approaching, and there was a crowd outside Avery Fisher's Hall, and Tang Huan, who was hungry, finally squeezed in and found his place.

He looked around, and the entire venue was full, regardless of men, women, old and young, with a look of anticipation on their faces, waiting for the Chinese people's own stars to appear.

At 7:30 p.m., the revolving lights in the center of the stage lit up, and Deng Lijun, dressed in a bright green film evening dress, began the concert with a song "Love in My Heart", and after singing the song, she then greeted the audience in Cantonese and Chinese respectively, which immediately provoked bursts of cheers.

As a minority, the Chinese are in a marginal position in American society, and China has been excluded by the Western world for a long time, and at the same time is still in a state of cross-strait confrontation internally.

Tang Huan, who let Deng Lijun sing to himself alone at every opportunity, enjoyed this hot atmosphere very much, squinting his eyes and beating the beat, which can be described as comfortable, and even forgot about not having dinner.

The whole concert was divided into two halves, each lasting about 50 minutes, and soon came to an end with warm applause again and again.

Tang Huan was so hungry that his chest was pressed against the back of his mouth, and he quickly slipped to the backstage to see if he could find some food to pad his stomach, not to mention, he found some snacks in Deng Lijun's dressing room at the first stop.

Seeing Tang Huan gobbling up, Deng Lijun's eyes turned into crescents with a smile, "You didn't eat at night." ”

"I can't be sure in advance that I'll meet with the mayor of New York, Ed Koch. Will they eat together. As a result, the time was missed. But that's fine. I saw the early performance of this concert. Tang Huan replied while wiping his hands.

"You're so busy, don't watch the night show at eleven o'clock, you'll be on video anyway. Deng Lijun took the handkerchief distressedly and gently wiped Tang Huan's face.

"It's fine. Smelling the lingering fragrance on the tip of his nose, Tang Huan nodded, "You should also pay attention to rest, tomorrow UNICEF will appoint you as a goodwill ambassador." The day after tomorrow, the New York Municipal Government awarded the medal for contribution to cultural exchange, which is a very important activity and should be prepared. ”

"Understood. Deng Lijun hugged Tang Huan and whispered affectionately, "Thank you for everything you have done for me, the man standing behind me silently." ”

"I can't help but be the man behind you, or the man above you, or the man below. Tang Huan smiled and concluded, "I am an all-round man. ”

"Get out of here. Deng Lijun, who was ruined of her deep feelings, blushed with shame. Gritted her teeth and scolded, looking at the way she looked left and right. As if he was looking for a handy weapon like a feather duster, Tang Huan hurriedly made a head-hugging mouse and ran away.

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The next day, Deng Lijun, accompanied by Tang Huan, went to UNICEF's headquarters in New York to accept the appointment of the current Chief Executive Officer, James Grant, as a Goodwill Ambassador.

This title seems to have come too smoothly, but don't forget that the current mainstream of the world is still the Cold War between East and West, and the public welfare affairs that UNICEF is responsible for are inevitably a bit niche, which can be seen from the fact that its international goodwill ambassadors are only Danny Kaye appointed in 1954 and Peter Ustinov appointed in 1968.

After all, celebrities who are capable and willing to contribute to this aspect are not something that can be met casually.

In any case, Deng Lijun became the first Chinese to undertake this task in this time and space, which is undoubtedly of great significance, and the reporters recorded this unforgettable moment.

After the day, it was another press conference. The New York City Council sent a representative to Ms. Dehua Ge to give Deng Lijun a golden apple brooch to congratulate her on the success of her two concerts in New York City, and hoped to return to New York in the near future.

Deng Lijun is also the first Chinese artist to accept this special honor.

Although Tang Huan ran in the middle, Deng Lijun deserved it and deserved this honor.

After personally sitting in charge and witnessing these two most important activities, Tang Huan was completely relieved.

As for the rest of the activities, Deng Lijun can deal with it alone.

So Tang Huan met with her and explained his next itinerary, "I want to personally send the 200 personal computers ordered by the Soviet Union, you are done on the East Coast of the United States, go back to the West Coast, Los Angeles concert and San Francisco concert, I should be in time." ”

"You don't have to schedule yourself so tightly in order to catch my concert. After Deng Lijun complained, she took an English newspaper and asked curiously, "This can't be from your handwriting, right? ”

Deng Lijun's growth in the past year includes many aspects, and she can read English newspapers, which is one of them.

In the past few days, in addition to helping Deng Lijun establish an image that is different from ordinary artists, Tang Huan also has to pay attention to the dispatch of Fangyuan's computer, so he has no time to read the newspaper.

He took it and glanced at it a few times, although he was very thick-skinned, he was still a little embarrassed in front of his beloved woman.

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The Moscow Olympics were boycotted by the West, and there were even more journalists than athletes.

Under such circumstances, it is really not easy for these media people to find a news with a little value.

Their anticipation finally came out yesterday, and someone discovered an interesting thing, but it didn't come from the sports field, but off the sports field.

In the Olympic Village, all the athletes participating in women's gymnastics received delicate roses, and what is even more exaggerated is that these roses were directly flown in from Bulgaria, the country of roses, which is simply too rich and capricious.

The Bulgarians in charge of this work revealed in an interview that when the competition reaches the final stage, the female athletes who compete for medals will receive more and more beautiful roses.

"Your employer, who is sacred?" the reporters hurriedly asked.

"I'll give you all the excuses. "The Bulgarian person in charge who delivered the flowers was tight-lipped about it.

"How much does it cost to fly these roses from Bulgaria?" how could the reporters have been so easily dismissed and quickly changed the direction of the issue.

Roses are an important industry in Bulgaria, and at the same time an important source of foreign exchange, Bulgarians are naturally proud of the country of roses, so although they did not answer this question directly, they still said with great pride: "These roses are the best, you can count them yourself." ”

The more the Bulgarians were secretive, the more the fire of gossip burned among the journalists, who, in addition to publishing the anecdote as quickly as possible, also launched a carpet search and investigation.

At first, the Soviet side was very resistant to this, yes, this is the Olympics that we have worked so hard to hold, you guys are professional, don't see the scandal like the paparazzi, squeeze your head and rush up.

But soon a reporter discovered that there seemed to be some mystery hidden in the Bulgarian flower-sending operation, the most obvious being that the roses obtained by the Soviet women's gymnastics team, regardless of the number or grade, were obviously on a higher level.

This is a fan of our gymnastics team, although it is a bit mischievous, but the spirit is commendable, and by the way, it expands our positive influence.

When the Soviet side got the news, it turned a blind eye to the development of the situation. (To be continued......)