As agreed, the tea party would begin at 8 PM, opened by veteran artist Bi Xiangqiang, with Zhuang Shi and singer Xu Lifan serving as hosts. Each guest would then sing two songs, and the celebration ceremony in Wushan Village would officially begin at 10 PM. The ceremony would conclude with Cao Lan closing the event.

Since the essence of variety shows is still live streaming, the original idea was to keep it in the form of a tea party, making it more casual.

However, at 6 p.m., Director Li received a notification that provincial leaders from Sichuan Province would be coming to inspect the work.

As for the reason, everyone knows that Liu Xiang's case became known to the entire internet through a live broadcast. This matter will definitely be thoroughly investigated, and those who participated at the time, as well as those who colluded with the village chief to embezzle and accept bribes, will probably not be able to escape.

However, with people from higher up coming, the nature of the variety show has to be changed.

Director Li discussed the matter with the guests and realized that it was impossible to bring in more people from outside at this point, as there were leaders overseeing things, and many entertainment elements would have to be cut. Ultimately, Director Li decided that each person should prepare a special talent performance, and each person's performance time should be around 12 minutes.

Moreover, Director Li went to the extra mile by setting up a timer on set. Each guest would have a timer before going on stage, as the ultimate test for this variety show.

Rankings are based on performance time on stage, with scores close to twelve minutes.

Because there is an opening act, but Cao Lan's performance can only begin after the performance in Wushan Village has ended, the timing is very important and the entire process depends on Zhuang Shi to control the situation.

Therefore, it would be really difficult for an ordinary host to do this.

Given the importance attached to this performance, the city directly arranged for two large external speakers to ensure that audiences at a distance could also see the scene clearly.

At seven o'clock, the entire Wushan Village was filled with people, and the orchards were also packed with people.

Fortunately, police and soldiers were there to maintain order, so there was no chaos.

Around 7:30, the provincial leaders arrived at Wushan Village. I heard they are currently at the village committee, being received by city leaders and the gatekeeper.

Directly in front of the stage, where the school and village committee are located, there's a platform where movie screenings and opera performances are organized. It's been set up now, and the leaders will be watching the performances from there.

On the deck of the awning boat, a tea party table for the guests had been set up, with desserts prepared during their mission that morning on it.

In addition, there were also blessing pastries sent by Wushan Village.

Even before the show's recording, the staff had already prepared for each guest to sing two songs. They also asked the Southern Opera troupe in advance what songs they would be singing.

Elva Hsiao meant that the reason Nan Qu was able to appear on this program was entirely because of "The Beautiful Melody," so she immediately contacted the production team and directly bought the performance rights from the production team and the creators.

Elva Hsiao also commented on this incident, saying that it was because of the lack of attention given to Southern Opera that this song has become so famous, and the copyright purchase has become much more expensive.

Nan Qu felt extremely guilty, and immediately confessed to Xiao Ya about all the game voiceovers she had recorded and the songs she had sung for the game. Xiao Ya then stepped in and bought the copyrights for all of them.

There's no way around it; our own artists don't have much to offer, and if they can't perform due to copyright issues, it's even more of a headache.

Nan Qu knew that some people were now paying attention to whether the Wu tribe possessed witchcraft.

Therefore, she couldn't make a big fuss by performing the magical songs that Taya taught her. As a result, the original plan to sing "The Most Beautiful You," an interlude from "Exquisite Melody," along with a song from the magical world that Nan Qu intended to sing, was changed by Nan Qu at the last minute. The magical world song was replaced with a martial arts-style song that Nan Qu had previously recorded for game promotion.

Fortunately, Elva Hsiao bought the copyright to this song, and the instrumental version is also available.

All you need to do is discuss it with the production team and make some adjustments to the hosting team, and everything will be fine.

Anyway, there are no backup dancers to cooperate with, so there's no trouble at all.

Starting at seven o'clock, the guests began their preparations, especially the female guests. From makeup to dresses, they couldn't be too elaborate, because they would be working from eight o'clock until ten-thirty at night. But they also couldn't be too casual, since it was a performance opportunity, and they couldn't be worse than the others.

At 7:50, accompanied by heavy, ancient sounds, the villagers of Wushan Village, dressed in their traditional costumes, appeared from all corners around the pond. All the villagers cordoned off the road beside the pond.

They sat right next to the pool, watching the performance up close.

At eight o'clock sharp, Bi Xiangqiang appeared on the stage.

Why am I so nervous?

【I also......】

[Sobbing, I'm so touched!]

[The camera just focused on the elderly people in the village. Seeing their simple and honest faces, and the emotion in their eyes, I really cried.]

The viewers in the live stream were excitedly sharing their thoughts, and the audience at the venue were also watching the performance with great enthusiasm.

The 20 yuan ticket was probably the cheapest and most unusual ticket they had ever encountered.

Looking at the pastries in their hands, no one could bear to eat them.

As Bi Xiangqiang finished his song, he and Xu Lifan walked onto the stage amidst applause from the audience.

With Zhuang present, the start went smoothly.

After exchanging greetings, Zhuang Shi gave an opening speech, followed by Xu Lifan introducing the leaders and guests present, and Zhuang Shi also smoothly introduced the sponsors.

The program officially began.

Bi Xiangqiang appeared once again, and his powerful and majestic singing voice excited everyone.

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