121. Chapter 121
ββ¦β¦ Spring Festival Gala, ......" Chen Mo frowned slightly.
No matter what world it is in, the Spring Festival Gala organized by the National Television Station will always be the New Year's Eve event that the Chinese people are most concerned about. From 8 o'clock to 12 o'clock in the evening on the first day of the new year, Chinese wanderers floating all over the world and foreign friends who are interested in Chinese culture will lock on the Chinese national station, and on the land of nearly 10 million square kilometers of China, regardless of north and south, regardless of region, the whole family gathers together to have a reunion and eat Chinese New Year's Eve dinner, and by the way, the behavior of complaining about various programs of the Spring Festival Gala has become the norm of the New Year and an indispensable part of the New Year.
Because of this, the ratings of the Spring Festival Gala every year are always high. This also means that the Spring Festival Gala is extremely strict in the selection of programs and the invitation of guests. In other words, if you want to go to the Spring Festival Gala, in addition to being excellent, you must also ensure that your image is positive enough. At the same time, it is also essential to be able to speak with a backer.
But even so, there are still many invited stars who are reluctant to go to the Spring Festival Gala every year. First, the remuneration paid by the national station to the guests of the Spring Festival Gala is too low and unattractive. When it comes to the New Year, most of the artists who refuse to rest and want to work are going for fame and fortune. Many people boast that they are not low in fame and just want to make money. Since you are participating in the New Year's Eve party for this purpose, instead of accepting the invitation of the Spring Festival Gala, it is better to transfer to the New Year's Eve party of other local stations. Anyway, local Taiwan universities are rich and wealthy, and in order to invite important stars to support the scene, they generally do not hesitate to spend a lot of money.
There are also some celebrities who are lovers. After a year of busy work outside, I finally took a breath and rest during the New Year, and I just wanted to stay at home with my parents and family. I don't want to take any announcements and interviews.
Chen Mo belongs to the latter.
Probably hearing the hesitation in Chen Mo's words, Yang Qindong immediately said, "...... I feel satisfied with the sincerity of the national station. You see that the other invited guests have followed the Spring Festival Gala program team to rehearse for a month or two before the program is finalized. Some people get up early and work hard for dozens of days, and at the last moment, they are brushed off. You don't have to go through these steps at all, you just need to decide what show to perform at the last rehearsal tomorrow morning, go through the process, and you can go straight to the stage in the evening. You won't agree to such an easy thing......"
Yang Qindong didn't say anything further, but the meaning was obvious.
The more the mouthpiece department of the state station has close ties with the imperial court, the more it pays attention to its own face. Although such a system has caused the personnel of the national station to be redundant and procrastinating, and even has occasional strange deeds, it is undeniable that it also proves the unshakable status of the national station in the Chinese entertainment circle.
But any artist who intends to develop in the circle, no one will want to offend the behemoth-like national station. What's more, the National Television invited Chen Mo to the Spring Festival Gala this time, and his posture was also very low. Among them, of course, there are instructions from the Ministry of Military Affairs and the Ministry of Culture and Propaganda, and there are also courtesies from the state and Taiwan itself. If Chen Mo still doesn't agree in this case, then the national station will not be able to deliver the olive branch this time, and he may have to hand the knife next time.
Of course, Chen Mo understood Yang Qindong's unfinished meaning. He sighed with a little headache and said, "Brother Dong, what you said is right, but I still want to accompany my parents for the New Year." β
This year, he was busy with his studies, busy with his career, busy with falling in love, and the time he spent with Chen's father and Chen's mother was significantly reduced. The second year of junior high school also decided to visit Mu's house, if he couldn't even accompany the second elder on the first day of the new year, it would be too much to say.
Even if Chen's father and Chen's mother can understand in their hearts, Chen Mo is not happy.
Yang Qindong had an idea and said: "Otherwise, I will call the director team of the Spring Festival Gala and ask for two on-site tickets for the Spring Festival Gala, and you will bring your family over with you?" β
When Chen Mo heard this, he felt that this idea was not bad. He thought for a moment and said, "Then you wait for me for a while, and I'll discuss it with my parents first." β
After leaving the phone, Chen Mo told Chen's father and Chen's mother about the matter. originally thought that even if Chen's father and Chen's mother could understand themselves, they would definitely be depressed.
Unexpectedly, Chen's father and Chen's mother nodded happily again and again, and said vigorously: "I didn't expect that we would be able to go to the Spring Festival Gala at our age." It's too face-saving. Can you be sure? β
Chen Mo nodded speechlessly.
saw Chen's father and Chen's mother immediately abandon him, and took out their mobile phones to call relatives and friends, telling everyone to concentrate when watching the Spring Festival Gala, "...... My child and his father are going to watch the Spring Festival Gala on site. Xiaomo still has to perform on stage......"
For Chen's father and Chen's mother, the Chinese New Year's Eve banquet means reunion. As long as the family is complete, it doesn't matter where you spend the New Year. What's more, their family has a small population, and in the past, during the Chinese New Year, a family of three guarded a TV, and they couldn't be lively if they wanted to.
This year is different, the whole family goes to the Spring Festival Gala together, and it can't be more face-saving to be able to celebrate the New Year with so many big stars and big names.
The veteran mouth was excited and didn't sleep all night. In the middle of the night, he began to rummage through the cabinets to change clothes, and in the end, Chen Mo sent a message to let the second elder rest, saying that he would let his modeling team do the modeling for the second elder tomorrow, which slightly calmed the second elder's jumping little heart.
Early the next morning, Yang Qindong really brought the modeling team to visit.
Looking at Yang Qindong, who was smiling and still carrying New Year's goods, Chen Mo, who had just woken up, lost his mind for a moment. Hindsight asked: "You want to accompany me on the show today, what about my uncle and aunt?" β
Yang Qindong smiled indifferently: "It's okay, anyway, my brother and sister are with them." After the recording of the show, I will fly back by plane, and it will be the same. β
So how can it be the same?
Chen Mo, who has always paid attention to his family, thinks that he has to work outside during the Chinese New Year, and his family can't even eat a mouthful of hot food, Yang Qindong must be uncomfortable.
He frowned and said, "Can you ask for a few more tickets for the Spring Festival Gala?" If it really doesn't work, let's just get together a table and let the old people of several families sit together, won't it be over? β
Yang Qindong smiled bitterly when he heard this, shook his head and said, "My little ancestor, you can stop a little." You think it's so easy to get tickets for the Spring Festival Gala. There are many monks and little porridge, and the time is still so rushed. If you can get two tickets, the director team of the Spring Festival Gala is looking for someone to change it for your face. Where am I going to get another seven or eight tickets? β
Chen Mo pursed his lips disapprovingly, and said, "I want to take care of the company." Doesn't the Spring Festival Gala distribute tickets every year with our company's share? I remember they didn't want to go. I felt that I was tired of watching the Spring Festival Gala on the spot, and I had to applaud after walking through the rehearsal four or five times, and I had to vomit or something when I watched it. You just talk to the employees who have tickets, just say what I said, and let them give up the tickets. I spend money on it. β
After a pause, Chen Mo added: "One hundred thousand yuan for a ticket, a few people buy a few, even if it is a New Year's benefit for you." β
Frightened, Yang Qindong waved his hand again and again, and said in his mouth: "It's still not necessary." It's freezing on this day, and besides, my parents are old, so it's not easy to fly over. β
Yang Qindong said this, and Chen Mo didn't dare to insist anymore. I had to turn around and ask the rest of the team if I wanted a ticket.
Even Yang Qindong was afraid of trouble and rejected Chen Mo's proposal, of course these people would not be blind. They all shook their heads, and no one answered.
Chen Mo had no choice but to say: "Then 200,000 yuan per person will be on the card, which can be regarded as a year-end bonus for you." β
Yang Qindong said: "The company has already sent it. β
Chen Mo frowned and said: "The company sent it, and what I gave was what I gave." Isn't it good for you to receive two year-end bonuses? Why is it so verbose! β
Yang Qindong didn't say anything.
When the styling team finished cleaning up the three members of the Chen family, Chen Mo waved his hand again and said: "Except for Brother Dong and Xiaoding, you can all have a holiday, have a good New Year, and we will cooperate again when we come back." β
Everyone else thought that they would not be able to leave until Chen Mo finished recording the Spring Festival Gala, but they didn't expect this unexpected joy. The love xΓΉ immediately became excited.
Only Yang Qindong said with a smile after everyone left: "As soon as the Chinese New Year arrives, you will become a boy with scattered wealth." β
Chen Mo said with a smile: "It's all my own family, and I came out to work just to make money." As long as you usually work hard, you should get more bonuses when you pay them. β
and quietly instructed Yang Qindong to allocate an additional 200,000 yuan to Xiao Ding, "Let's write a business trip subsidy on the account." β
As soon as I saw Xiao Ding's face, I reflexively remembered the fried potato chips with green peppers and tomato and egg soup I had eaten over the years.
This time, Yang Qindong also nodded in agreement. There are many celebrities in the entertainment industry who rely on their high popularity, and they especially like to bully the assistants and other staff around them. Whatever you do, it's commanding, and it's particularly uncomfortable. But they don't know that this kind of human state is the most dangerous.
When you were popular, everyone didn't care about you in order to make money, and they all endured it. But the rabbit is anxious and bites, once someone can't bear to go to the media to break the news, all the others who have been offended will flock to it, and one person can kill someone with a mouthful of foam. How many artists whose careers are on the rise have been rectified like this, and they have collapsed.
Chen Mo's temper is not good, and he has a bloody physique from the time of his debut. The whole person is so arrogant that he looks at people with his chin, and he is bulging all the time, as if he is holding back his strength all the time to fight with people.
Yang Qindong felt that if he signed such a person, he would definitely have a headache for the rest of his life. Unexpectedly, after only a few years of work, Chen Mo not only found a golden backer for himself, but also became more and more peaceful. It's even more heartwarming to do things. Swinging money while talking about feelings, don't do too neatly to buy people's hearts.
His own male nerves finally showed signs of transforming into a male god.
Yang Qindong sighed at the educational achievements of the Faculty of Letters, and looked at Chen Mo with the loving eyes of "my family has children who have just grown up". I just feel that the old man is very relieved.
I didn't expect that the little male god who was more and more stable and peaceful in his mind would poke him in a big basket as soon as he arrived backstage at the Spring Festival Gala!
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The headquarters building of the National Television Center is located in the central business district of Huajing, a two-hour drive from Huajing Film and Television City. On the morning of the first day of the new year, the entire Huajing City was still immersed in the joy of family reunion for Chinese New Year's Eve, and not many people went out. During the morning rush hour, several major sections of the road that have always been crowded into parking lots are also unimpeded.
Xiao Ding drove all the way to the TV station building. It could be seen that he was in a very happy mood, and he jokingly said, "...... It's been a long time since I've driven in the city like this. I used to feel constipated when I was driving, but today I finally have diarrhea. β
One sentence disgusted Yang Qindong, frowned and said: "It's the New Year, why do you say everything!" β
Xiao Ding shrank his neck when he was scolded and smiled innocently.
Chen's mother relieved the siege and said: "Constipation is not good, diarrhea is not good, you are assistants, like Xiaomo, you have to get up early and be greedy for darkness, you don't have a serious time to eat and sleep, and it is normal for the spleen and stomach to be uncoordinated." Wait for Ming'er to come to the store more often, and Auntie will make up for your stewed soup. β
Xiao Ding hurriedly thanked him. Mother Chen looked at Yang Qindong's face again and said, "...... I see that you are also a little deficient in the kidneys, and when you come back in the next year, my aunt will stew some Guiyuan soup for you. You are different from Xiaomo and Xiaoding, you are older than them, and your family is not here, if you don't know how to maintain it, how will you marry a wife in the future. β
Yang Qindong really didn't expect Chen's mother to be able to crook the topic here, so he had to smile bitterly and nod his head in thanks.
Chen Mo and Xiao Ding looked at Yang Qindong, who was buttoned by Chen's mother with the big hat of "kidney deficiency is not easy to find a wife" in just a few words, and looked at each other with a smile.
When everyone walked into the National Radio Building absentmindedly and was led to the No. 1 studio hall by the staff, they were suddenly "shocked" by the dark crowd in front of them. I saw performers in various costumes running around the hall and corridors, and makeup artists and stylists affiliated with the national station carried small boxes and shuttled through the crowd, sometimes applying makeup to this one and hair to that one. There are also staff members of the props team, lighting team, and camera crew who are busy debugging the scene, and the assistant director who is responsible for mobilizing the audience's emotions also held the microphone and shouted wildly, the whole scene was noisy and messy, no different from the vegetable market.
The chief director of the Spring Festival Gala and several hosts greeted each other with a smile, and everyone introduced each other to greet each other, and the chief director Zhang Mingzhi held Chen Mo's hand and said with a smile: "I have long heard of the name of Chen Dacaizi, you can join us in the recording of the program, this year's Spring Festival Gala will definitely be more exciting." β
Chen Mo smiled and said a few words of humility, and said, "Director Zhang will call me Xiao Chen." What kind of genius is not talented, who doesn't know Director Zhang's deeds that shocked China in an article back then. With you in front of you, how can I still get an axe! β
To talk about this, we have to mention the old incident of the Spring Festival Gala held by the National Television. As we all know, 30 years ago, when the television media first intervened in people's lives, no one knew what β‘β‘ party was. The country still adheres to the old customs of the former Ming Dynasty, and on the first day of the Lunar New Year, the Zhu royal family gives a banquet to the emperor's relatives and relatives in the Qianqing Palace. The princes and grandsons of the emperor who received the banquet and the meritorious ministers could enjoy the singing and dancing of the royal song and dance workshop at the banquet, which was a ceremony for the royal family to show the peace of the country and the people, and it was also the emperor's grace to the civil and military officials.
But for the people, the excitement is someone else's, they can only guard the hot kang head of their wives and children, watch TV dramas while eating Chinese New Year's Eve dinner, or accompany their children outside to set off fireworks. There is nothing new in the New Year.
At that time, Zhang Mingzhi was only 20 years old and had just entered the National Television as an intern. The young man is just starting out, and every day he thinks that he is going to come up with a blockbuster plan. In the end, the idea hit the head of the royal banquet.
All the predecessors of the same industry laughed at Zhang Mingzhi's wishful thinking, but Zhang Mingzhi spent two years collecting information and writing articles, and three years later a big paper called "Television Media and the Universal Celebration" came out of nowhere.
Zhang Mingzhi's paper was sought after by all media people, and for a time Luoyang paper was expensive, and in the end, even the emperor was shocked.
The palace banquet is the ancestral system of the Ming Dynasty, and the emperor will certainly not allow Zhang Mingzhi to hit his own head with his own head. However, he also felt that Zhang Mingzhi's remarks made some sense, so he casually mentioned a few words at the court meeting, thinking that Zhang Mingzhi could "do his own thing to see the after-effects". With the emperor's golden words, Zhang Mingzhi was like Shang Fang's sword, and immediately took control.
He invited the royal family's song and dance workshop and hundred arts juggling, so he went to visit those famous folk artists one by one, storytelling, singing, juggling, cross talk, song and dance drama, Zhang Mingzhi invited a large group of craftsmen to come to the national station to record the program, in order to better reflect the fashion trend of elegance and vulgar appreciation, Zhang Mingzhi thought about it, and invited actors and singers who are very popular with the people to sing on stage.
This is the first Spring Festival Gala.
In the face of such a capable person who can be said to have single-handedly supported the Spring Festival Gala, Chen Mo certainly wants to express his respect.
Probably I heard a lot of such words, Zhang Mingzhi just waved his hand disappreciatively, but he mentioned another thing.
ββ¦β¦ I heard that your school has held a forum program called "Little Classics", which is now preparing to be broadcast on Mango Channel? β
Chen Mo didn't want Zhang Mingzhi to mention this, so he had to nod and said with a smile: "I just want to do my part to promote Chinese culture." I didn't expect Director Zhang to pay attention to these. β
Zhang Mingzhi laughed and said: "The Academy of Literature is a small Hanlin Academy in our Chinese literary and political circles, how can our country's Taiwan as the tongue of the imperial court not pay attention to your school's every move?" β
Saying that, Zhang Mingzhi said with a seeming complaint: "Speaking of which, the cooperation between our national station and Xiaomo is not once or twice, why are you still so different from us, Xiaomo?" β
Chen Mohu asked, "How do you say this?" β
Zhang Mingzhi said: "If it weren't for such a good literary event, Xiaomo, you should think about our country's Taiwan talent." How could you choose a nondescript local station like Mango TV to broadcast it? If you look at the things broadcast on Mango Channel in recent years, they are either kitsch supermen and superwomen talent shows, or thunder dramas and bubble dramas that compile or even distort historical facts. If you put a program like "Little Classics" on that kind of station, you really tarnish the reputation of the Faculty of Letters. β
When Zhang Mingzhi said this, he became more and more angry and said: "You, you, do things very well, but unfortunately you are too thoughtful." β
Facing Zhang Mingzhi, who was like an old child, what else could Chen Mo say, so he had to admit with a wry smile that he was not thoughtful. Then the conversation changed, and just about to mention the rehearsal and recording of the program, I saw Zhang Mingzhi say triumphantly: "Fortunately, I have the foresight and have negotiated with your school and Mango Channel, and after the fifteenth day of the first lunar month, you can see "Little Jingzhen" broadcast on our national station." β
Chen Mo: "......"
Sighing tiredly, Chen Mo hurriedly asked, "I don't know what show I want to perform when I rehearse later?" β
Zhang Mingzhi said casually: "Sketch cross talk programs are definitely not suitable for you." The military department and the propaganda department mean that they want you to promote the TV series "Top Soldiers", and I mean that I want you to also promote the "Little Jingzhen" that will be broadcast after the year, what program do you choose? β
Chen Mo: "......"
Fortunately, Yang Qindong's agent is still very reliable. Seeing that Chen Mo was becoming more and more speechless, he joined the conversation in time and said, "Why don't you let Chen Mo do a sword dance?" β
Anyway, Chen Mo's skills are good, and he also had a sword dance performance in "The Young Son of Heaven of the Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty". Yang Qindong felt that with Chen Mo's memory, he should not forget it after only two or three years.
As for the promotion of "Pioneer Troops" and "Little Jingxiao", I will wait for the host to interview after the show.
As soon as Yang Qindong's construction came out, Zhang Mingzhi's eyes immediately lit up. He clapped his hands, stared at Chen Mo with fierce eyes, and asked, "What do you think?" β
Chen Mo's heart jumped, and he quickly nodded and said, "I think it's good." So decide. β
After speaking, Chen Mo dragged the family away on the grounds that he was busy with rehearsals before the Spring Festival Gala and it was not good to disturb Director Zhang. I was afraid that Chen's father and Chen's mother would not be suitable for the first time to come to the Spring Festival Gala, so I specially asked Yang Qindong to accompany the second elder to find a seat. I took Xiaoding into the dressing room.
The dressing room was also busy. But the order is much better than in the hall outside.
The staff of the national station guarding the dressing room had already received the instructions from above, and when they saw Chen Mo entering the door, they immediately stepped forward with a smile and led Chen Mo to a dressing room with a house number written "101".
Chen Mo pushed the door and entered, only to see a man who was almost forty years old in the huge room in front of the dressing table with his eyes closed. The makeup artist stands next to him and paints. Hearing the movement at the door, the man opened his eyes slightly and glanced at Chen Mo from the corner of his eye.
Chen Mo didn't know who this person was. Or Xiao Ding introduced from the side, suing sΓΉ Chen Mo This person is Liu Hao, last year's album sales exceeded 1 million, and he can be called one of the hottest male singers in the Chinese music scene in the past two years.
Chen Mo crossed over halfway, and took the actor route, and his understanding of the music world is limited to Yuan Haobin and Ji Ze. Even when I heard Liu Hao's name, I didn't feel anything. Just nodded politely. I sat down in another chair and waited for the makeup artist to come and put on my makeup.
Unexpectedly, such a reaction looked in Liu Hao's eyes, and he felt that Chen Mo looked down on himself. The face is instantly difficult to look at.
At this time, Liu Hao's little assistant hurriedly walked into the dressing room with a cup of hot coffee, and whispered, "Brother Liu, the coffee you want." β
Before the words fell, the little assistant suddenly saw Chen Mo sitting on the side, his eyes immediately lit up, and he lost his mind and shouted, "You are Chen Mo!" β
Chen Mo smiled and nodded.
The little assistant said happily: "It's really you." I especially like your Murong Jue, that frost sword is so handsome. Can you tell me who you ended up with? Is it Fairy Fairy or Meng Pianpian? β
Murong Jue is the male protagonist of the Xianxia drama "Nine Days" starring Chen Mo, although Chen Mo has learned from Yang Qindong that this drama is a big hit, but he didn't expect even industry insiders to chase it so crazy. Chen Mo couldn't help but smile, and was about to speak, when he saw Liu Hao, who had been silent and drinking coffee, suddenly raised his hand and poured most of the cup of coffee on the little assistant's face. He scolded angrily: "I asked you to buy a caramel latte, what did you buy?" Also, how do you let me drink this coffee when it's so hot? Do you want to hurt me, I burned my throat and couldn't sing, so I was satisfied? β
The little assistant covered his face in pain and howled. Chen Mo was also frightened, and blurted out, "What are you doing?" β
"You can't see, I'm disciplining my assistant!" Liu Hao squinted at Chen Mo and sneered, "You don't need to be nosy, right?" β