Chinese New Year's Eve, Chinese New Year's Eve.

For Chinese people, this day is a day of family reunion. No matter how far away the wanderer is away from home, when this day comes, he will also rush to his home to have a reunion dinner with his relatives.

The hour hand gradually pointed to twenty o'clock. The land of China is low at night, and fireworks can be seen everywhere to light up the night sky, revealing a strong New Year's flavor.

However, at this moment of reunion, in the backstage of CCTV's Spring Festival Gala studio, there is a group of people who have no way to reunite with their families. They are the actors who participated in the Spring Festival Gala.

Since the afternoon, the actors who participated in the Spring Festival Gala have all been in place. Months of rehearsals, just for today's appearance. Among them, there are old stars who have participated in the Spring Festival Gala more than a dozen times, and there are also new faces who have appeared on the stage of the Spring Festival Gala for the first time. But without exception, these people have a look of expectation on their faces.

Chu Yang sat in the corner of the backstage, holding his mobile phone alone and sending text messages. Since the press conference in the afternoon, he has been texting and calling non-stop. Although this number is his private number, and only a few people know about it, almost none of these people are left behind, and they all contact him by text message or phone call, asking what is going on.

After all, Chu Yang's previous remarks at CCTV's press conference were too shocking. Now on the Internet, he is already a well-deserved topic of conversation, and he has also become one of the most watched actors in the Spring Festival Gala tonight. Its popularity even exceeds that of those celebrities with high popularity values!

"Chu Yang, the ministry has already held a ministerial meeting. For your move to participate in the Spring Festival Gala, Minister He strongly supports and supports you. Don't worry, take a good look, we will all watch your show and cheer you on! Chu Yang's mobile phone suddenly received such a text message, and the sender of the text message was his immediate boss, Tang Jie, the director of the Art Department.

Seeing this information, Chu Yang was a little moved. Quickly replied "Thank you!" ”

In fact. Holding that press conference, he had nothing to be nervous about, after all, what he said was from his heart, and he was also telling the truth. He knows as an officer. If he continues to mix in this entertainment industry. Sooner or later, such a situation will be encountered. Since it's here. He won't hide either. Although he entered the officialdom, it was at the request of Li Tugen, and it was also to further understand the entertainment industry in China. Broaden his horizons for his cultivation in Ledao, but if he could only choose one in the officialdom and entertainment circles, Chu Yang would not hesitate to choose the latter. After all, he is not very keen on the identity of an official, and he promised Li Tugen before just for his own temporary convenience. At least, he was able to participate in this Spring Festival Gala today, and this identity played a big role, if it weren't for the banner of the Ministry of Culture, it is estimated that with his current influence in the secular world, the stage of the Spring Festival Gala would not be his turn.

Tang Jie's text message was full of concern, and Chu Yang thought about this eldest sister who had been taking care of herself in all aspects since she entered the Ministry of Culture, and she was also very moved in her heart. If purely from the perspective of a civil servant, his appearance is not good, especially at the beginning, let those who care about him worry a lot, although it is better now, but in his bones, Chu Yang is still the arrogant Chu Yang, but he kicked his fists and feet in the ministry, no one provoked him anymore, and he was happy to stop for a few days.

Looking at Director Tang's text message, Chu Yang knew that Minister He of the ministry should have a plan, and there may also be a shadow behind the Li family, but Chu Yang doesn't think about it so much now. The Li family has affection for themselves, but Chu Yang also knows that they have taken a fancy to their potential, and to put it bluntly, they are just using each other. As long as the Li family doesn't do anything out of line, Chu Yang is also happy to use their strength to do some things that he needs to do in the world. As long as everyone can understand each other's bottom line, cooperation will be very pleasant.

Chu Yang finished the text message and looked at the time, it should start soon, the chief director Fang Wen and several assistant directors kept walking around the backstage, directing the staff to make final preparations from time to time. Chu Yang didn't want to disturb them, he stood up and walked towards the employees in his company.

Originally, Chu Yang only arranged for Mao Yishao, Zheng Jun and other contracted artists under the name of several companies to participate, but there was such a situation temporarily, and those actors boycotted the performance, but they fell into Chu Yang's hands. Originally, he was thinking about the idea of the Spring Festival Gala, but now that he was sleeping and met a pillow, Huaxia Records actually helped him so much, and Chu Yang was really grateful to him in his heart.

Tonight, in addition to the new work "Silk Flower Rain" sung by Mao Yishao and Zheng Jun, Xiaoyan, Ding Ting and even Chu Yang himself will all take the stage in person, Xiaoyan's program is naturally a dance, a new dance choreographed by Chu Yang for her, called "Allure". This dance was adapted by Chu Yang from the "Dance Score" in the Five Continents, although it is not aggressive, but the appreciation is absolutely first-class. It is said that although the Five Venerable Continent is a cultivation world, the artistic achievements in this world are definitely not low. After all, people who can cultivate and succeed are all dragons and phoenixes among people, and if they can enter the singing and dancing in their eyes, how can they be mortal? It's just that in terms of the richness of the works of art, the Five Venerable Continents are far inferior to the earth, after all, the main energy of a cultivator is still on cultivation.

Wan'er's program is "New Songs of Herdsmen" adapted by Chu Yang himself. This work, which is loved by the majority of flute lovers, has been adapted by Chu Yang and added a lot of happy elements in "Le Shen Duel", which is a higher artistic conception than the original work! Chu Yang believes that when this work is unveiled at the party, it will definitely subvert the original!

And his program is a song "Blue Water Zen Sound" with Brigitte, and a piano solo "My Motherland". One person, participating in two programs at the same time, although it is not without precedent on the stage of the Spring Festival Gala, is extremely rare. Originally, Chu Yang was a topic of conversation on the cusp at the moment, but now that one person occupies two program places, it makes him even more conspicuous!

When he stood up, many actors looked at him. in their eyes. With all kinds of complicated expressions, although he didn't say anything, Chu Yang also knew that it was estimated that in the hearts of these people at this moment, he did not have a good impression of himself as a "spoiler".

The famous pianist Chen Lang was discussing the details of the program quietly in the corner with the violinist Zhu Cong and the famous singer Chen Huan, and when he saw Chu Yang coming over, a strange look flashed in Chen Lang's eyes.

He hesitated for a moment, but then stood up. walked towards Chu Yang.

Chu Yang also noticed this young pianist who is well-known at home and abroad. Of course. If you talk about age, Chu Yang is younger than him, but in the field of piano, Chen Lang is a genius pianist who has been famous for many years. He is even known as a "national treasure" pianist in China. Compared with. Chu Yang's achievements and fame in the field of piano are very limited.

Chen Lang walked up to Chu Yang and looked at him with a smile. He looked very curious. He also saw the news about this Director Chu on the news on his mobile phone before, and he was just surprised by Chu Yang's youth at that time, but when he saw the arrangement of the program list later, he couldn't calm down.

Although the stage of the Spring Festival Gala is more than four hours long, the actors are selected from the top artists in the country, and the places in each program are extremely precious. Even in order to take care of the balance, even he could only perform a show with violinist Zhu Cong and singer Chen Huan. But this Director Chu actually occupies two programs by himself, and that's it, one of them is still a piano solo?

If it is another field, Chen Lang will forget it, and he will not pay too much attention to it, but piano is the field he is most proud of, in this field, he is confident that he has done his best, and looking at Huaxia, he also dares to say that he is a well-deserved NO.1!

If there can only be one piano solo on the stage of the Spring Festival Gala, Chen Lang believes that it will definitely be himself. Even on a bigger stage than this, he's already played solo more than once or twice!

He has served as a piano soloist at the opening ceremony of the Olympic Games, at the Chinese Great Hall on National Day, at Carnegie Hall in the United States, and at the Golden Hall in Austria, and has played many famous songs!

If there can only be one artist representing the piano on the stage of the Spring Festival Gala, that is him Chen Lang, and there will be no second person!

But now, on the program list of the Spring Festival Gala, he saw a program that made him feel very dazzling - piano solo "My Motherland", performer: Chu Yang!

"My Motherland", this is a very atmospheric patriotic song, which was first an episode in the movie "Shangganling", with a beautiful melody and majestic momentum. It is not the first time that it has been adapted into a piano piece, and Chen Lang has collaborated with the Huaxia Philharmonic Orchestra and many other orchestras at home and abroad many times. Of course, when he plays, there is no so-called score, after all, this is just a song, compared to the complex and large professional piano pieces he plays, the difficulty is too low, he only needs to play a little, he can play the song well.

He also once played this piece in the White House of the United States, and almost all Chinese people at that time praised him on the Internet, because he could play this patriotic music in the power center of the United States!

But now, on the stage of the Spring Festival Gala, this piano solo appeared again, but the performer was not him!

This made his heart really hard to accept.

Before this, he had imagined countless times what kind of person this Director Chu was. In fact, Chen Lang had heard this name once, that was the last time he missed a party to commemorate the massacre held at Huaxia Renmin University due to physical reasons, and later he heard from the economist that there seemed to be a pianist named Chu Yang who took his place. It is said that the performance is very, very good.

Of course, Chen Lang didn't pay too much attention to this matter, otherwise he wouldn't have just listened to his economist talk about it, because on the Internet, you can find Chu Yang's performance video. But Chen Lang now basically only watches the performances of a limited number of late piano masters such as Rubinstein, and he rarely watches the performances of others.

"Are you Chu Yang? I heard that you robbed me of my job at a party not long ago. Chen Lang looked at Chu Yang in front of him and said half-jokingly.

Chu Yang also stopped, looked at Chen Lang in front of him, shrugged with a smile and said, "Correct a little, it's not like robbing your job." It was you who didn't show up due to illness, and I helped you save the scene, and speaking of which, you should thank me. ”

Chen Lang was stunned for a moment, and then laughed. He thinks this Director Chu is really interesting.

"I saw about you on the Internet, are you really working in the Ministry of Culture now? Or is it the director? Chen Lang asked curiously. He is not so in awe of the officials in Huaxia, mainly because his current performances are mainly abroad, and he is less influenced by the country. Unless it is an official who has reached a certain level. Otherwise, Chen Lang doesn't have to look at their eyes at all, this is the difference between superstars and ordinary stars. Of course, with Chen Lang's current worth, he can be worthy of the title of "artist".

"That's right. I'm in the music and dance acrobatics department. Chu Yang generously admitted. The press conference has been held. There is nothing that cannot be said.

"You're such an interesting person. I think those officials are very strict, and they are very cautious, you are not like them. Chen Lang said with a smile.

"I'm not the same thing as them. For me, this identity is just a means to get in touch with art more conveniently. Chu Yang looked at Chen Lang and said.

"You took my place again today." Chen Lang looked at Chu Yang and said half-jokingly, but an inconspicuous look of provocation flashed in his eyes.

When Chu Yang heard his words, he naturally caught his provocation. He calmly met Chen Lang's gaze and said naturally: "This time it's not a robbery, this is the arrangement of the director team." ”

"Really? Where did Director Chu learn the piano? Chen Lang asked seemingly casually.

"Qin Hai." Chu Yang didn't think about it, and said casually.

"Qin Hai? Is there a conservatory there? Chen Lang frowned and thought for a while and asked.

"West China Conservatory of Music." Chu Yang reminded with a smile.

"West China Conservatory of Music?" Chen Lang repeated the name and shook his head. He had heard of this academy, but he hadn't heard of anything special about the piano in West China Academy?

He felt a little uncomfortable in his heart, and he didn't know what the director team thought.

Looking at Chu Yang again, Chen Lang said bluntly: "Chu Yang, I won't call you an official position anymore, since everyone plays the piano, I hope to have the opportunity to learn and communicate together." ”

There was nothing wrong with what Chen Lang said, but Chu Yang heard the provocation in his words. He felt the hostility of this pianist, who was hailed as a "national treasure". But he didn't care about that, and it would be a rare experience for him to have the opportunity to learn from this talented pianist. Although his attainments in the piano are already very deep, after all, the other party has been practicing the piano since he was a child and has been learning for nearly 30 years. As for the victory or defeat, it was not Chu Yang's consideration, for him, as long as it was useful to his happiness!

"No problem, definitely. I don't think it's better to hit the day than to choose a day, and it just so happens that tonight's stage, both of us have pianos in our programs, so it's better to be tonight. Chu Yang said with a smile.

Chen Lang looked at Chu Yang with some strangeness, he really couldn't imagine that this young and gentle Director Chu, where did he get the courage to respond to his challenge so bluntly!

Of course, he couldn't show weakness at the moment, so he smiled and asked, "I don't know what Director Chu wants?" My program is an ensemble, and yours is a solo, and the difficulty of the two pieces is also different, so it seems a bit difficult to compete like this. ”

"It's not difficult at all, doesn't the Spring Festival Gala every year have my favorite actor selected? Since we all play the piano, it would be nice to see how many votes there are. Chu Yang said with a smile.

"It's straightforward!" Chen Lang smiled in his heart, and at the same time, a desire to challenge was also gushing out uncontrollably in his heart! In the field of piano, it has not been many years since such a public challenge to one's authority!

He looked at Chu Yang, still with a polite smile on his face, and stretched out his hand at Chu Yang and said, "This method is really good, I accept it!" ”

"It's a deal!" Chu Yang shook hands with Chen Lang with a smile and said seriously.

The two passed by, Chen Lang looked at Chu Yang's back as he disappeared around the corner, and watched for a while before returning to the place where he had been on the show with Zhu Cong and Chen Huan before.

"What did you do?" Chen Huan watched Chen Lang come back and asked with a smile. He is the oldest of the three and the eldest brother of the Chinese music scene, and both partners respect him very much, and he also likes these two artists who have made outstanding achievements in their respective artistic fields. In his opinion, whether it is vocal music or instrumental music, as long as you touch the threshold of "Tao", you can touch the supreme musical realm, and as long as you reach this realm, you can call the word "home". It's like he originally just sang pop, but after so many years, there are countless classic works, and he naturally deserves the word "singer". And these two people, in his opinion, can definitely be worthy of the word "home" in their respective fields!

Especially Chen Lang, who is surnamed Chen with him, plays the piano well, and is energetic and young, Chen Huan admires him very much.

"I just saw Chu Yang, and I went over to chat with him for a while." Chen Lang looked at Chen Huan and asked, and said casually.

"Chu Yang? Do you know each other? Hearing Chen Lang mention this name, Chen Huan asked very strangely.

"I don't know, I'm just a little curious, he also has a piano tonight, and it's a solo, but he robbed me of my job." Chen Lang said with a somewhat apprehensive smile.

"Haha, don't you feel well? It's okay, it's okay, I have the opportunity to introduce you two to each other, Chu Yang I have been in contact with, and the people are still very good. Chen Huan said with a smile, but he remembered that he shouted on the meager to ask him to participate in the Voice of China, and he didn't expect that it wouldn't be long before this guy actually mixed up on the stage of the Spring Festival Gala again, which is really terrifying!

At the same time, he also had a trace of curiosity about Chu Yang in his heart, this guy is playing the piano again, he seems to be able to always bring new surprises to people, I don't know what kind of expression he will bring tonight.

Thinking about the news about Chu Yang that he had seen on the Internet before, Chen Huan's heart suddenly became a little expectant! (To be continued......)