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"Fortunately, I didn't disgrace my life." Dong Qiao smiled and put the photos and negatives in front of Jin Yong, and was glad in his heart, thanks to the newcomer he was facing just now, otherwise, it would be really difficult to make a difference.

Jin Yong nodded with satisfaction, and asked instead, "Our reporter is already in place in Shanghai, right?" ”

Dong Qiao nodded, "After tracking and reporting on the official signing ceremony of the Sino-British Joint Declaration, they divided into two ways and went south to Shanghai, but it is estimated that it is difficult to grab the exclusive headlines, and the interview team of Media Asia TV alone is far stronger than us." ”

"We have our own unique reporting angles, and there is no need to compete with Media Asia TV." Jin Yong insisted on being shrewd as a businessman, "The key is, did Deng Lijun agree to the exclusive character interview of "Ming Zhou"? ”

Dong Qiao, who was in high spirits, replied: "It has been implemented, Deng Lijun personally said that she likes the gentle and square reporting style of "Ming Pao Weekly" the most, and after participating in the post-NHK Red and White Song War, she will go to Xiangjiang to complete this interview. ”

"Great, with this exclusive interview, it's enough to guarantee our sales around the New Year." Jin Yong was very pleased, "Hu Yinmeng hasn't contributed to "Mingyue" for a long time, what is her attitude? ”

"Hu Yinmeng is currently in Los Angeles, USA, but I contacted me by phone, and she said that she can't submit to us for her recent style." Dong Qiao explained carefully and sentencedly.

"Isn't it that Hu Yinmeng, like Yishu and Lin Yanni, is looking for an excuse to raise the manuscript fee. These talented women, either they are not short of money, or they spend it when they have money, or they are so frugal that they don't spend much, so why are they so persistent in manuscript fees. Jin Yong complained and picked up the cup.

"Hu Yinmeng doesn't have the stubble to pay for the manuscript." Dong Qiao's face showed a strange color. "She said that she can only write out the parenting scriptures now, and "Ming Pao Monthly" definitely can't ask for it.

Jin Yong squirted out a mouthful of water, coughed a few times and said with a wry smile: "I forgot why she hid in the United States." ”

Dong Qiao hurriedly comforted: "Ming Pao has us here, so you can prepare for participating in the drafting of the Basic Law with peace of mind." ”

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Saturday, December 22. The winter solstice of the lunar calendar is the coldest time of the year, but the Shanghai Concert Hall, which has a history of more than 50 years, is warm, and the final stop of Deng Lijun's world tour will be held in this current economic center of China and the fashion capital.

Although Tang Huan strongly emphasized that this was a pure artistic exchange, the actual reaction of public opinion was certainly not so simple.

On the one hand, Deng Lijun's song was banned in the mainland last year, and this year's mainland allowed her to hold a concert, which undoubtedly shows her openness to the world; On the other hand. Since the formal establishment of diplomatic relations between China and the United States, the treasure island that has begun to pursue the "three noes" policy is slightly embarrassing.

It is no longer able to control Deng Lijun as it did in the original time and space, not to mention Tang Huan's support, just the bad impact caused by the "Jiangnan Case" that happened not long ago has made those crude methods have no room to stand.

In this case, there is only one way to go along with the water, and of course, you can also comfort yourself for Deng Lijun's singing voice is the so-called "recovery" pioneer.

Ultimately. With Tang Huan's intervention, the reason why the two sides finally made a laissez-faire decision. Largely because of self-confidence in internal control - a performance, no matter how the outside is discussed, it is a breeze, and respecting the preferences of the richest man is the most pragmatic approach.

Compared with the calmness of the officials on both sides of the strait, the media response can only be described as enthusiastic: In addition to the local media in Shanghai, foreign media, including CCTV, also rushed to join in the fun. I collected the materials first; Foreign media even flocked to the scene after covering the official signing ceremony of the Sino-British Joint Declaration, and even the media in Baodao mixed with the media in Xiangjiang to get on-site reporting materials.

This scene was a bit chaotic, which overwhelmed the parties in charge of the reception, and also gave them a sense of what the demeanor of a world superstar looks like.

The more media outlets cheer on. The more careful you need to be when dealing with it. Deng Lijun only held a media conference of about 15 minutes at the Mandarin Hotel, where she stayed, to introduce her concert preparations, and did not accept questions, and then under heavy protection, she minimized contact with the outside world. Fortunately, until the concert started, there was no chaos.

"I didn't expect the conditions here to be top-notch." Looking at the elegant and solemn, European-style Shanghai Concert Hall, Tang Huan praised it heartily.

His deepest impression of this concert hall comes from the huge project of moving more than 60 meters and raising more than 3 meters in order to cooperate with the construction of the road at the beginning of the 21st century.

"This is a mecca for senior performances, and the Peking Opera master Mei Lanfang in the distance, and the world-famous flutist Lang Parr in the near distance have all successfully performed here." Mayor Wang introduced with a smile, "By the way, the 11th Shanghai Spring Music and Dance Festival has been held this year, and the main performance of the opening ceremony is also held here. ”

The person in charge of the Shanghai Concert Hall interjected and said: "The most important indicator for judging the quality of a concert hall is the reverberation time. The reverberation time is long, and the music is full and round; On the contrary, it is monotonous and shriveled. However, if it is too long, it will affect the clarity. ”

He raised his hand to the interior of the concert hall and said proudly: "The structure here is just right for the narrow boot type, and the reverberation time is 1.5 seconds, which makes the sound effect excellent, and I believe that Miss Deng's concert art will be perfect." ”

"Thank you Mayor Wang for your recommendation." Tang Huan laughed loudly and turned his head to explain the uniqueness of this concert hall to the entourage in English.

The business delegation that followed him to China this time was very weighty, and its members included large international companies such as General Electric, Hewlett-Packard, and Motorola.

Needless to say, General Electric, this century-old demon re-established trade relations with China as early as 1979; Hewlett-Packard was directly introduced by the Ministry of Electronics Industry of China at the recommendation of former US Secretary of State Henry Kissinger, and has decided to establish China Hewlett-Packard next year; As for Motorola, it belongs to Tang Huan's collaborators.

Not to mention, there are connoisseurs in this group of people, compared with the Boston Symphony Hall, which was first designed using scientific acoustic principles, and the Shanghai Concert Hall is full of taste.

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In the midst of casual conversation, the time for the concert to start unconsciously arrived. Zhao Zhongxiang, who served as the host for the first time in this year's Spring Festival Gala, took the stage to announce the curtain. Tang Huan didn't expect him to deliberately enliven the atmosphere, as long as he could shake the scene.

The Shanghai Concert Hall can accommodate more than 1,100 people, but this capacity obviously cannot meet the demand, and the actual audience should be close to 1,500 people, which is very crowded, but the organization is similar to the Spring Festival Gala. Be in apple-pie order.

Tang Huan looked from upstairs, and could judge from the clothing and behavior of some of the audience, many of them were literary and artistic workers, and it was estimated that they felt that the opportunity to enjoy the performances of world-class pop music superstars up close was too rare, so they made a special trip to the venue regardless of the cost.

Deng Lijun's song is indeed very popular in the mainland, take this year's Spring Festival Gala as an example, for the first time invited Xiangjiang artists to perform, Zhang Mingmin became popular with the song "My Chinese Heart", and Xi Xiulan's "Alishan Girl" is also popular. But mainland singer Zhu Mingying's "Back to My Mother's Home" is even more popular, and after the tape was released, the sales volume reached 5 million copies within half a year.

In fact, this song "Back to My Mother's Home" is the song "Little Daughter-in-law Returns to My Mother's Home" sung by Deng Lijun in 1982, Zhu Mingying was deeply attracted after hearing it from a cassette tape sent by a friend, but the mainland cannot listen to Deng Lijun's songs publicly, and it can't pass the review of the Spring Festival Gala. So Zhu Mingying passed the test in accordance with Deng Lijun's ancestral hometown of Hebei and used the "Hebei Folk Song" "Back to My Mother's Home".

Thus. Deng Lijun's songs are sometimes imperceptible in terms of influence, and many people in the mainland have been exposed to her music unconsciously, while the popular artists in the same period on Baodao are often busy running between shows to make money.

In this concert, Deng Lijun took great pains in the arrangement of the repertoire. First of all, she sang several classic old songs from the old Shanghai era. For example, "Song of the Four Seasons", "Tianya Singer", etc., suddenly shortened the distance with the audience and ushered in a long warm applause.

In the next interactive session, Deng Lijun expressed her deep gratitude to people from all walks of life who supported this concert, and made a simple cooperation with Zhao Zhongxiang. At the request of the response party, a cappella was sung for a piece of Huangmei Opera that is currently popular in the mainland, which is a piece of "Heavenly Maiden Scattered Flowers".

Then, in line with the classical music craze of the 80s in the mainland, Deng Lijun selected a few songs from her Chinese-style record "Faint Love" with Tang and Song poems. Make a deduction.

The last song at the end was "Walking on the Road of Life", which would be sung at every stop of the world tour.

To be honest, Deng Lijun's Shanghai concert is very cautious in all aspects, and there is no breakthrough in style. Of course, this does not mean that the level has dropped, and the applause of the audience speaks for itself.

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After the concert, Tang Huan deliberately found time and asked Deng Lijun, "Your performance activities this year are not ordinarily intensive, can your body be able to eat?" Especially after the completion of the Shanghai concert, the world tour with one billion applause can be regarded as a complete merit. After the nerves that had been tense before suddenly relaxed, the fatigue suddenly came up. ”

"Be full, I have a specialization in the art industry, and I have at least ten years of senior experience to deal with this kind of work intensity alone." Teresa Teng's eyes were shiny and full of fighting spirit, "Besides, in a few days, NHK's red and white songs will be fighting, how can I relax." ”

Deng Lijun's entry into the Japanese music scene, the highest goal is to participate in the NHK Red and White Song Battle, seeing that he will get his wish in a few days, Tang Huan really can't stop it.

He nodded and said, "Okay, then you can leave for Tokyo tomorrow and go directly to Tokyo, not only to avoid the troubles that may arise from staying too long, but also to adjust your state in Japan as soon as possible and recuperate and prepare for the war." ”

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Deng Lijun left Shanghai, and the media naturally dispersed, and the world became a lot cleaner.

Tang Huan, who was completely settled, attended the ceremonies of some projects with Shanghai, including the semiconductor factory that the other party fought for from his hometown, although its manufacturing process is a little behind, but for China, it is really fragrant.

However, these things are all a formality in the question, and the real highlight of Tang Huan's visit to China this time is the cooperation between the Media Asia Satellite Company and the mainland aerospace industry.

First of all, it is to witness the success of Media One; Secondly, it is the commissioned repair of Media Asia 2 and the subsequent launch.

The damaged geostationary orbit communications satellite was originally the Western Union-6 of the United States, but after it was launched into space by the US space shuttle "Challenger" on February 3 this year, it did not successfully enter orbit. On November 12 this year, the U.S. space shuttle "Discovery" took the opportunity of a mission to recover it, and it was bought by Tang Huan and renamed Media Asia 2.

Media Asia-2 is also manufactured by Hughes Aircraft Company of the United States, the satellite body is cylindrical, 2.2 meters in diameter, 6.5 meters high, 1.25 tons in weight, 24 C-band transponders, and the design operation life is 10 years.

Although the satellite is now damaged, its practical value has not diminished after repairs. So Tang Huan aimed at it early, took ownership, and sent it to China for repair with the help of the situation that Sino-US relations were in the honeymoon period.

According to the launch plan, weather forecast and other conditions, Media Asia-1 is scheduled to be launched on the afternoon of December 28. Tang Huan took some shareholders or representatives of Media Asia Satellite Company to the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center to watch.

This is Tang Huan's second visit, and it is already ready to open to the public next year, but it is also a little less mysterious.

Although Tang Huan's expression was immovable, and the high-level receptionist was also calm, everyone's hearts were still very nervous.

When the Long March-3 carrier rocket was launched for the first time on January 29 this year, the engine failed and failed to put the Dongfanghong-2 communication test satellite into the scheduled orbit, and finally failed.

In April this year, the Long March-3 carrier rocket once again carried out the launch mission of the Dongfanghong-2 communication test satellite.

Therefore, the risk of this launch is still very high. At best, we have accumulated enough valuable experience; At worst, the rocket launch technology is not yet mature.

On the other hand, Tang Huan has started this satellite launch plan since the last time he visited the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center and paid respects to his parents, and the preparations on the Chinese side are still very sufficient.

After Tang Huan glanced at his watch, he looked at the launch rack in the distance under the clear sky, and said in his heart that no matter how well prepared he was, sometimes it depends on luck. (To be continued.) )