Chapter 489 How is your new boss?
January 27, 2017.
The 2017 CCTV Spring Festival Gala, which has been long awaited by audiences across the country, is about to begin.
This year's hosts are Zhu Jun, Kang Hui, Dong Qing, Zhu Xun and Nigmaiti, and the theme is "The Great Chinese Dream, the Golden Rooster Heralds the Spring".
The chief director of this year's Spring Festival Gala has changed again. It is no longer last year's Lü Yitao. CCTV promoted director Yang Dongsheng, the artistic consultant of last year's Spring Festival Gala, to be the chief director this year.
Director Yang is a veteran director of CCTV. He has been the director of the Spring Festival Gala director team since 1991. He later served as the chief director of the New Year's Day Gala several times. This year is the first time he has been the chief director of the Spring Festival Gala.
To be honest, being the chief director of the Spring Festival Gala is not necessarily an easy job for these directors of CCTV. If they do a good job, everyone thinks it is their due, but if they do not do a good job, they will easily be criticized.
The Spring Festival Gala is different from other evening parties. This stage is aimed at audiences across the country and has a huge number of viewers.
In recent years, the ratings of the Spring Festival Gala have been declining year by year, and its reputation is not high either.
Even if the director wants to seek innovation and change, there are too many constraints.
The Spring Festival Gala is not just a party; it faces audiences across the country and even Chinese people all over the world.
Not only does the program need to be exciting, but it also needs to show the world the spirit of China bidding farewell to the old and welcoming the new, and of Chinese people around the world celebrating together.
Therefore, we must have the main theme and positive energy. This is a political requirement.
Under such circumstances, no matter who is the chief director, the Spring Festival Gala will only become more and more "old" and gradually lose the attention of young people.
The reason why Gu Wei was invited by the Spring Festival Gala director team for three consecutive years is that he is the most popular star among young people in the entertainment industry. His appeal among young people is unparalleled, and inviting him can also fill the ratings gap of the Spring Festival Gala to the greatest extent.
Of course, another factor is that Gu Wei’s programs every year are excellent and extremely consistent with the main theme.
CCTV backstage.
In Gu Wei's single dressing room, Yang Zi, who had already put on makeup and changed into performance clothes, paced back and forth.
"Can you please stop walking back and forth? It makes me dizzy."
"I don't want to, but I'm nervous~"
Gu Wei frowned when he heard her say that.
"Speak properly!"
"I'm nervous. I'll feel better if I move around a bit."
Yang Zi originally shared a large dressing room with Zeng Li and the other five beauties from Ode to Joy. There were also some female stars from other shows in the dressing room. She thought it was too noisy, so after tidying herself up, she simply went to Gu Wei's place to find some peace and quiet.
"This is my single dressing room, it's just this small. How about I take you to visit Chen Teng? He's full of skits over there. Maybe if we chat a little, you won't be so nervous anymore."
"No, no, it would be even more uncomfortable if there were too many people around. I came to look for you because there were too many people in our dressing room.
I'll adjust."
As he spoke, Yang Zi looked upwards and took a few deep breaths.
"Your show is an opening song and dance, and with eight people performing together, it's hard to make mistakes. Don't scare yourself."
The two chatted for a few more words, and then there was a knock on Gu Wei's dressing room door, and Zhang Yixing pushed the door open and came in cautiously.
"Brother Wei?"
This year, Zhang Yixing was invited by the Spring Festival Gala director team to perform a dance program "Get Healthy" with Jing Boran.
He had come to greet Gu Wei during the rehearsal.
"I'm here~
Let me introduce you to my good friend Yang Zi!
Zhang Yixing, you should know him."
Gu Wei invited Zhang Yixing in and introduced him to Yang Zi.
The two met for the first time and greeted each other and exchanged a few words. Zhang Yixing was gentle but not introverted, while Yang Zi was more of a carefree and extroverted person.
The two of them quickly became familiar with each other after chatting.
Not long after, because the Spring Festival Gala was about to begin and Yang Zi was the first to perform, he hurriedly said goodbye to Gu Wei and left.
"Yixing's work this year has performed well. I saw "The Mystic Nine" and it was very well shot."
"It's okay, it's all thanks to Sister Liying and Brother Weiting."
Zhang Yixing scratched his head and said in a naive manner.
"By the way, Brother Wei, when we were recording Go Fighting!, Mr. Huang and Brother Hong Lei were talking about it. They were asking when you'd be free to be on our show again?"
"It's hard to say, it depends on my work schedule. I have a lot of dramas to appear in this year, and I might have to go on Go Fighting to promote it."
"I already have a lot of experience recording Go Fighting. Next time, Brother Wei, I'll definitely be able to protect you when we play games."
Zhang Yixing patted his chest, full of confidence.
"Haha~ Okay, I'll leave it to you then."
Seeing that the "little sheep" was so confident, Gu Wei didn't want to discourage him, so he patted his shoulder and encouraged him.
Time soon came to 8 o'clock, and the [2017 CCTV Spring Festival Gala] officially began.
The CCTV studio was packed. As the music played, groups of dancers in colorful clothes danced on the stage.
The dancers separated, the five beauties from Ode to Joy wore red long skirts of different styles, and the three boys from TFBOYS wore white suits with red edges, and walked slowly to the front of the stage.
After a festive song was sung, several hosts came on stage and announced the official start of the 2017 Spring Festival Gala.
The first program after the opening song and dance was unexpectedly a language program, a skit called "Big City, Small Love" performed by comedians Liu Liang and Bai Ge who came from "Avenue of Stars".
How should I put it, Liu Liang and Bai Ge were quite funny on "Avenue of Stars", but they were completely down to their original level after they appeared on the Spring Festival Gala. Their skits were quite in line with the main theme and positive energy, but they were not funny. In the end, the theme was sublimated, but the jokes were not very funny.
After the skit, Wang Kai and Hu Ge came on stage to sing a song together [At This Moment].
The director team of this year's Spring Festival Gala has put in a lot of effort and invited all the celebrities who have been popular in the past one or two years.
Like the five beauties from Ode to Joy at the opening, TFBOYS, Lu Han, Zhang Yixing, etc.
The appearance of the two "Ming brothers" Wang Kai and Hu Ge also surprised the audience, but I don't know why the eldest brother Jin Dong didn't come with them.
After the two finished singing, there was another skit, "Old Partner" performed by Pan Changjiang, Cai Mingda and Pan Binlong.
This skit is considered the best among the language programs in this year's Spring Festival Gala. It is quite innovative and the jokes are pretty good. Of course, it is not particularly outstanding. In comparison, other language programs this year, whether skits or crosstalk, are too dull and not outstanding at all.
In Shanghai, [Sunac Riverside No. 1 Courtyard].
In the large high-rise apartment of over 400 square meters, the large TV in the living room is playing the Spring Festival Gala. The huge floor-to-ceiling windows on the side face the Huangpu River. Against the backdrop of the colorful neon lights of the Bund, the river view at night is particularly beautiful.
"This year's Spring Festival Gala is boring, isn't it?"
On the luxurious sofa in the living room, Reba was lying there in a pink home dress without any image, eating the banana in her hand and complaining.
"The Spring Festival Gala isn't like this every year. What's the big deal? It's the New Year, so it's all about having a good time."
The mother sitting next to her spoke.
Reba finally listened to Gu Wei's advice and brought her parents to Shanghai a few days before the Chinese New Year.
[Pretty Li Huizhen] The crew took a day off on New Year's Eve, and all the actors and staff had a day off.
A New Year’s Eve dinner was also arranged in the evening so that everyone who could not go back to their hometown to celebrate the New Year could have a meal together and have fun.
In previous years, Reba would participate in the crew's programs, but this year her parents were here, so she naturally went home to be with her family.
“Not only are the singing and dancing lacking in originality, but the skits and crosstalk are also getting worse and worse.
It’s a pity that after Mr. Zhao Benshan stopped performing on the Spring Festival Gala, I no longer have much anticipation for watching it again during the Spring Festival.”
Although Reba is from a frontier area, she studied for a year of preparatory courses at the Nationalities College of Northeast Normal University in 2009, and then was admitted to the Drama and Film Major of the Performance Department of Shanghai Theatre Academy.
Anyone who has been to college knows that if there's a person from Northeast China in your dorm, the whole room will be filled with Northeastern accents after a year.
Reba studied in Northeast China for a year, and some of her habits and hobbies became somewhat Northeasternized.
"When does your boss come on stage?"
Reba’s father asked.
"Let me see."
Reba took out her phone and checked the program list online.
"It'll take another hour, he'll come on in the middle."
"I remember your first boss was Yang Mi, how come there's another male boss now?"
"Dad, this is a bit complicated. To put it simply, I joined Sister Mi's company, but later, due to the company's development needs, Gu Wei became a major shareholder, and he naturally became one of my bosses."
"Is that so?"
Reba’s father is a solo singer of the Frontier Song and Dance Troupe, and also a national first-class actor. He has a certain fame and influence in the local area, and knows a little about some things in the entertainment industry.
"I know that Gu Wei. He performed at the Spring Festival Gala for the past two years. You even praised him for singing [Dragon Scales of Heaven and Earth] last year.
The young man is very handsome, and seems to be the same age as our Reba. I have seen him in Nirvana in Fire."
Compared to her father, Reba's mother knows more about Gu Wei.
She is a full-time housewife and likes to watch TV series when she is free. She knows that Gu Wei is normal.
After all, if we don't count the hit idol dramas that Gu Wei has starred in over the years, "Nirvana in Fire" can be said to be popular among all age groups. Even those who don't like to watch love dramas will have watched "Nirvana in Fire".
Reba listened to her mother praising Gu Wei, and the corners of her mouth unconsciously rose.
"What do you think of your new boss? I heard you filmed a drama together before."
Reba's father asked again.
"He's fine, he's a very nice guy. The TV series we filmed together should be released this year, and you, Mom and Dad, will be able to see it then."
As she spoke, Reba thought of something else.
"In a couple of days, the drama I filmed, Eternal Love, will be airing. That drama stars Gu Wei and Sister Mi, and I play a very important supporting role in it."
"You two bosses are filming a drama together, so I have to watch it, and also see how my girl performs."
"Dad~
Just watch it, my character is super beautiful!"
Reba is very confident about the upcoming "Eternal Love".
"Okay, okay."
Tickets!
(End of this chapter)
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