"Why are you looking? More people just mean more salaries, right? All four of them can do it."

"All of them?" Xing Baohua thought to himself, well, the four he recruited could form a folk music ensemble.

"Of the four of them, Wang Xinfeng is the best at playing. His grandfather played it his whole life. These instruments are family heirlooms," said Grandpa Li.

“I’ll find a chance to hear a piece with the suona added,” Xing Baohua said.

"It does have a bit of a Scottish flavor, but it's a bit of a hassle. Wang Xinfeng is playing the suona, so there's one less person for the main guitar, but luckily Xiao Wang can fill in." Grandpa Li told Xing Baohua about the various ways they were trying to play the guitar, and also complained a bit.

“I told them I didn’t know bird language, but they insisted on me speaking bird language, which has been quite a hassle for this old man lately.”

"Have you mastered it? How about I help you practice a bit more?" Xing Baohua said with a smile.

"Get lost, they're just making fun of old men. Luckily, that girl wrote it down for me using homophones in Chinese characters, but my brain is so hard to remember!" Grandpa Li complained.

Wang Weibao returned shortly after and told Xing Baohua that the rehearsal had been moved to the Workers' Stadium.

Good heavens, it was only then that Xing Baohua realized that the 1985 Spring Festival Gala was also a trap!

CCTV wants to do live broadcasts because its equipment and technology are not up to par.

"You should have said so earlier! If you had given me ten thousand yuan six months earlier, I could have set up a wireless command system for you," Xing Baohua thought to himself.

The reason why the 1985 live gala became the worst in history is because the equipment was inadequate—the lighting, the wireless equipment, and reportedly, there wasn't even a walkie-talkie.

This was caused by the director's commands not being properly communicated.

It's said that the wired headphones at the time had poor signal, making it impossible to hear the director's words.

That's making excuses; wired connections are always more reliable than wireless.

The first piece of equipment has a problem; this is a quality issue with the equipment.

The second issue is that the wired cable is too long, and there's a power problem. Both of these problems should be attributed to the equipment team.

It seems the director memorized it all in the end.

These problems are all easy to solve, but Xing Baohua doesn't want to help. It's not too late to intervene now.

But if Xing Baohua were to intervene at this point, he would definitely offend people! He'd be asking for trouble!

Xing Baohua never does things that are thankless and exhausting.

It was a live broadcast on Lunar New Year's Eve, and it was outdoors, so it must have been very cold.

Xing Baohua took Zou Wenjuan to the Friendship Store again and bought two leather jackets and down jackets.

He then instructed Wang Weibao to take everyone to the Wangfujing Department Store to provide extra clothing for the team, so that no one would catch a cold while waiting to go on stage that day.

It is said that Bald Chen was taken to the ambulance right after finishing his skit performance.

Moreover, the most interesting part of the 85 Gala was still Mr. Ma's crosstalk performance.

It's not that fat Ma, it's that tall, thin old man, the titan of the crosstalk world.

It's not easy to finally get on a gala after a lifetime of hard work; they're said to be seventy years old.

Xing Baohua also went along during the rehearsal.

I met many celebrities that I only see on TV.

If I count on my fingers, I only know about a dozen people.

However, to Xing Baohua's surprise, someone actually sang three songs.

I didn't recognize him by his face, but after asking around, I realized who he was – he's a big shot!

When the theme song of the 1983 Legend of the Condor Heroes played, that kind of slapstick song was sung by him.

Unfortunately, his partner Jenny Tseng didn't come.

Zou Wenjuan's song is scheduled after a Cantonese opera piece, around 9:30 PM, which is the best time to perform.

The schedule was acceptable, and Xing Baohua was quite satisfied.

The whole program lacked energy, but Zou Wenjuan's song brought it up.

After this Spring Festival Gala, Zou Wenjuan's popularity has definitely soared. While her status can't compare to those in the national team, among the general public, she's undoubtedly the top star.

I wonder if she'll ever earn the title of "godmother" in the rock music scene.

Who cares, as long as Zou Wenjuan becomes famous, that means the tapes will sell well.

We've already sold a total of 400,000 tapes. The new large-scale equipment that came on this month is also up and running, so accumulating 500,000 tapes a month shouldn't be a problem.

It's a pity Xing Baohua isn't in the music industry; she doesn't know what sales figures define as gold, platinum, diamond, or anything like that.

I'll have Wang Weibao inquire about it later.

Zou Wenjuan came back to rest after stepping off the stage, but a man was chasing after her.

The four young men quickly helped to stop them.

"Miss, listen to me, I'm from Hong Kong. I have something to tell you," the man called out to Zou Wenjuan's retreating figure.

At this time, Grandpa Li and Wang Weibao had already gone to provide support.

Six grown men against a bespectacled little chick—it's definitely a bit of bullying.

Wang Weibao said in Cantonese, "Who are you? Why are you harassing my artist?"

“Oh! Great! Are you his agent? Can we talk?” The bespectacled chick craned his neck to watch Zou Wenjuan walk over and sit down next to Xing Baohua.

Xing Baohua put his hand on her shoulder, patted her, and said, "It's okay. In the future, if you encounter something like this, don't worry about anything or ask out of curiosity."

After saying that, he let go of her hand and watched how Wang Weibao would handle it. If he could handle it well, then she would have truly been cultivated.