"Director Li, to show my sincerity, we are willing to remotely sponsor and provide some of the Spring Festival Gala content for free. You can rest assured about the quality!"

“…”

At the last moment, Lu Yuan said this after careful consideration.

After listening to this, Li Mingrui finally hung up the phone.

Then I fell into deep self-doubt.

I don’t know why, but I always feel that this year’s Spring Festival Gala may have the same explosive ratings as last year, but this year’s Spring Festival Gala may be the most annoying Spring Festival Gala in history…

No doubt about it.

At this moment, he felt that he didn't know how to explain this to his superiors.

However, thinking that the superiors had already agreed to Lu Yuan's request, he gritted his teeth and made a phone call to the relevant department.

The leaders of the relevant departments were silent for a while after hearing Lu Yuan's request.

Then he finally replied with the word "agree".

Others...

Didn't say anything.

February 5th.

The weather in Yanjing was a little gloomy and the cold was even worse. Layers of frozen icicles could be seen everywhere in the streets and alleys.

Lu Yuan led a group of people, wearing their work badges and carrying batches of supplies and props, into the Spring Festival Gala setup site.

Colleagues from the Spring Festival Gala program team greeted Lu Yuan one after another.

Of course, there was a sense of joy and excitement, but also a bit of entanglement and embarrassment...

The joy and excitement are that Lu Yuan’s performance on the Spring Festival Gala is a sure thing.

The entanglement and embarrassment is that Lu Yuan’s advertisements are really too overwhelming.

It seemed that, except for some important locations which were still relatively empty, all other places were filled with various advertisements of Lu Yuan.

"The wastebaskets used for the Spring Festival Gala here should also be labeled with 'remote' entertainment, as should the napkins. Yes, the plates should be customized by us... yes, and the chopsticks should also be labeled with the logo..."

"Tables and chairs? They can't be too conspicuous, but they can't be too inconspicuous either. Right, well, let's do some decoration here as well..."

"And in the hallway we walk into... also..."

“…”

Lu Yuan was wearing a hat and walking around the scene very professionally.

Li Mingrui took a deep breath again.

I feel inexplicably disobedient.

While the Spring Festival Gala production team was rehearsing the show, Lu Yuan led a group of workers wearing "remote" entertainment work clothes to mix in with the Spring Festival Gala staff in an orderly manner to help set up the Spring Festival Gala scene. They walked here and there, and from time to time directed some places where the "advertisements" were not set up, and even some corners were not spared...

In places where the main camera of the Spring Festival Gala could reach, Lu Yuan honestly did not put up any advertisements, maintaining a quiet and peaceful atmosphere.

But where the main camera can't reach...

never mind.

Let’s not talk about it.

The evening of February 5th.

When Lu Yuan finally gave the instructions for the layout of the place, he nodded with satisfaction.

"Xiao Lu...you..."

"Haha, Director Li, just say whatever you want to say. I'm listening."

"It's okay, is it over?" Li Mingrui looked at the scene, then hesitated slightly and finally said nothing.

"Well, it's almost over. I'll come and take a look at it again tomorrow after the scene is set up..."

Lu Yuan nodded seriously.

In fact, he didn't think he was a very shameless person.

He felt like he was just a porter and a recycler.

Well, it's normal and reasonable to make use of everything that can be used, right?

"Xiao Lu, this is the current Spring Festival Gala program list. Take a look. Is there anything else you want to add?"

"Well, why is my show ranked second to last?"

"You're the last act. In previous years, the ratings of the Spring Festival Gala started to decline during the last few performances. So, after discussing it, we think it would be best if you were the last act."

"Oh, well, the other shows are fine."

"You really won't arrange for other people from the company to perform on the Spring Festival Gala this year? This is not like you... You have no objection to people like Joaquin going on stage?" Li Mingrui felt a little uncomfortable after seeing Lu Yuan nod.

He found that he couldn't quite understand Lu Yuan.

"Didn't the program team arrange three places for Joaquin? Can I stop them? Besides, they are all helping in Hollywood now. No one is prepared for the Spring Festival Gala this year. Wait, Director Li, what's wrong with your eyes? You act like the Spring Festival Gala is my own home. What do you mean?" Lu Yuan looked at Li Mingrui's expression, which was becoming more and more wrong, even a little weird, and suddenly felt very strange.

"You're wrong. Oh, yes... there's one more thing. Liu Bangshun and I have discussed it and we're going to give you the title of assistant director and planner of the Spring Festival Gala. What do you think?"

"Assistant director, one of the planners?" Lu Yuan was stunned.

"Yes, I see that you are very busy. When there are no programs, you probably have to move around. At least these two identities allow you to move freely in various places of the Spring Festival Gala, and you have a high degree of freedom." Li Mingrui nodded.

"No other work?"

"Need not……"

"Okay, that's fine."

Lu Yuan nodded.

He naturally didn't know that after seeing Lu Yuan nod, Li Mingrui's eyes revealed an unspeakable depth and smile.

Um……

And also, that long, relief-like feeling.

…

It doesn’t take long to set up the Spring Festival Gala.

On February 7, the Spring Festival Gala venue was completely set up.

After the arrangement is completed, the first rehearsal of the Spring Festival Gala will begin.

Rehearsals usually depend on the performance of the show.

Li Mingqi, one of the leaders of the relevant departments, came to the rehearsal site of the Spring Festival Gala accompanied by his assistant.

He sat in the last row, staring silently at the big stage in front of him.

In fact, he would come to watch the show during the first rehearsal of the Spring Festival Gala every year and give some suggestions.

He thought last year's Spring Festival Gala was really well organized and he was very satisfied with it, so he also had certain expectations for this year's Spring Festival Gala.

In fact, every program in the rehearsal of the Spring Festival Gala was really good. Although the rehearsal was intermittent and some things were not perfect and needed to be improved, at least Li Mingqi nodded and was very satisfied with the program.

until……

When a young man with short hair and smoky makeup came on stage, Li Mingqi's expression frowned slightly.

"Who is this person?"

"Mr. Li, this person is... Wei Lai..."

"Wei Lai?" After seeing some strange and hard-to-understand songs being sung on the stage, Li Mingqi felt that they looked familiar for a moment.

After looking at it for a while, Li Mingqi suddenly felt a little strange, as if he thought of some regret.

"Mr. Li, what's wrong?" the assistant asked cautiously.

"Is he the person who suppressed the popularity of 'I Want to Be on the Spring Festival Gala' planned by Xiao Lu last month?" After Li Mingqi thought about what happened in January, his expression became even weirder.

In fact, he intentionally or unintentionally asked Li Mingrui and others to make the program "I Want to Be on the Spring Festival Gala" a little more advanced, and use it as a warm-up before the Spring Festival Gala. Of course, he also hoped that a few special programs would make headlines in the entertainment industry.

In fact, the ratings of the show "I Want to Go to the Spring Festival Gala" are indeed pretty good...

The popularity of several programs is indeed very good.

He originally thought that it would be Lu Yuan who would affect the popularity of "I Want to Be on the Spring Festival Gala". After all, this kid Lu Yuan was causing trouble all the time and his popularity was skyrocketing. He planned to let Li Mingrui give Lu Yuan a hint and ask him to keep a low profile in January to make way for this show.

After all, this program was planned by you, Lu Yuan. It shouldn't be a big problem if you give way to yourself, right?

Then, when January came, he found that Lu Yuan had kept a low profile for a whole month without any need for him to give any hints.

Li Mingqi was very satisfied with this, thinking that Xiao Lu was a good person and also very smart. He even wanted to have a good chat with Xiao Lu and see if he could give him some important tasks of Huaxia Film...

but……

Lu Yuan is a very good person and suddenly became low-key.

Something is not right with Joaquin!

Suddenly a guy named Wei Lai appeared!

The popularity of "I Want to Be on the Spring Festival Gala" is indeed quite good, but this person instantly bombarded all the major Weibo and social media platforms.

Finally, a program is very popular and can make the headlines, and by the way, it can also promote some traditional culture...

All right.

Wei Lai is here again.

The popularity of the program was completely wiped out in a crushing manner.

With the hope that the entertainment industry can allow a hundred flowers to bloom and that the Chinese entertainment industry can be given some freedom as long as it does not involve some messy things, Li Mingqi did not take action to suppress Wei Lai, but instead asked someone to give Xu Hong a slight reminder. Although Xu Hong understood and Wei Lai became obedient at the end of January, somehow the ratings of "I Want to Be on the Spring Festival Gala" dropped.

Although there was a slight boost through some channels, the effect was not ideal.

Regarding this...

Li Mingqi had no other options.

"Yes, he is currently a popular star in the Chinese entertainment industry..." the assistant explained seriously.

"Star... Um, can you understand what he's singing?"

"Ah? Mr. Li, you mean..."

"I said, can you understand what he is singing?"

"this……"

"What school is he from?"

“…”

"I'm not a conservative person, but I think it's better for the Spring Festival Gala to be a little more traditional... I know it may be a trend representative of the younger generation, or perhaps a form of art, but I... forget it, maybe I'm old and can't keep up with the times."

On stage.

Wei Lai continued to dance and sing vigorously, and showed his postmodern artistic style...

But Li Mingqi stood up and shook his head.

"Mr. Li, how about I discuss this with Director Li? His program will be…"

"You decide on these. If the younger generation wants to choose a more representative figure, I think Xiao Lu is quite representative. We should pay more attention to him in the future. After all, I think the future of the Chinese film industry still depends on him..."

"Ah, I understand. Mr. Li, you don't want to watch it? Lu Yuan's show is..."

"No more." Li Mingqi stood up. "By the way... I heard that Xiao Lu is one of the assistant directors of this year's Spring Festival Gala?"

"Yes, Mr. Li, he participated in planning most of the programs, including the special effects program at the beginning and the song "Unforgettable Tonight" at the end, all of which were created by him."

"Oh, I understand... After next year's Spring Festival Gala, I will retire, haha." Li Mingqi nodded after listening.

There was a hint of profound meaning in his eyes.

“…”

The assistant looked in the direction Li Mingqi left.

He felt like he understood!

…

Joaquin.

"What! Wei Lai's show was taken down?"

"What's going on?"

When Xu Hong heard the news in the middle of the night, he was stunned.

Yanjing.

"What? Wei Lai's show was canceled? Let me figure out a new show to make up for it or let a replacement show go on?"

"What's going on?"

When Lu Yuan heard the news in the middle of the night, he was stunned.