124. Sketch broadcast
In the spacious lounge, several crews that were about to go on stage gathered together chatting. Guan Miao looked around before he found his own crew.
This is thanks to Jiang Qi who noticed her confusion and yelled to attract her over.
Guan Miao said as he sat down in an empty seat, "Why are you here? It's so remote, I almost couldn't find you."
Director Yang pointed at the door and whispered, "Although this location is out of the way, it's closest to the backstage. When we get there, we can just walk straight out and get there. We don't have to go through the crowd, which is so troublesome."
"Director Yang is right. I didn't even notice that."
"That's normal. You'll find more passages when you come here a few more times."
After saying that, Guan Miao also greeted several of his crew members, only to find that they all had unconcealable nervousness on their faces.
She smiled casually and said, "Jiang Qi and I are on stage for the first time, so it's normal to be nervous. Why are the teachers so nervous too?"
One of them said with a wry smile, "It's a show that the whole country will watch. I'll get nervous no matter how many times I perform it."
"That's right, that's right. This is a live broadcast. If anything goes wrong, the whole country will see it."
After five or six minutes, a staff member came to remind them that it was time to go on stage.
Jiang Qi took off her down jacket, her voice trembling, "It's our turn so soon."
At the last moment, Guan Miao was no longer nervous. He took off his clothes and said with great ambition: "The sooner I die, the sooner it's over. I'm still looking forward to going home to eat dumplings."
Upon hearing this, a male actor beside him said cheerfully, "Dumplings, what's the filling?"
"They should have all kinds of fillings, right? We have a big family and a lot of flavors."
“I think the sauerkraut pork filling is the most delicious.”
"No, no, no, of course the one with fennel and meat filling is the best."
Director Yang looked at the group of people who were originally extremely nervous and were now arguing about the taste of dumplings. He didn't know what to say to them for a moment.
Guan Miao and Jiang Qi walked hand in hand through the dark aisle. In front of them was a bright stage with the host's loud voice on it.
Jiang Qi became more and more nervous as she listened, and her palms began to sweat. "Sister Guan Miao, do you think we can succeed?"
She held Jiang Qi's hand tightly and said in an extremely firm tone: "We can succeed, we will definitely succeed."
The host continued, "...After a year of hard work away from home, after a long journey through mountains and rivers, what will it be like to finally return home and see their parents, now with gray hair? Next, let's move on to the skit "Going Home."
The curtain slowly dropped, and the entire stage darkened. Guan Miao said softly, "Let's go. It's our turn to go on stage."
Two minutes later, the curtain rose again. Guan Miao stood in his seat and glanced at the huge crowd below, repeating in his mind: Chinese cabbage, cabbage, lettuce...
So this is what it feels like to stand in a place like this and watch the audience.
The skit was not long and ended in about five minutes. When the whole group walked off the stage hand in hand, Guan Miao was still a little bit unbelieving.
She succeeded. She actually managed to complete her first skit performance in front of so many people.
Oh my god, it turns out that these five minutes on stage went by faster than the previous half hour.
After getting off the stage, Deng Ling and Sun Mi quickly helped her back to the lounge.
Deng Ling could hardly conceal her excitement as she spoke. "Excellent! The skit was fantastic. Did you hear the cheers from the audience? That's a testament to their performance."
Guan Miao clutched his chest, his heart still beating rapidly. "I didn't expect the effect to be so good. Today's performance on stage was better than any of our previous rehearsals."
Deng Ling patted her shoulder in appreciation. "Okay, your mission is now over. If you want to go home after the interview, just let An Jing take you back. I'll take Sun Mi home with me, so don't worry."
"good."
After changing clothes and finishing the last interview, it was already 8:20, ten minutes later than she expected.
Guan Miao confirmed again and again that he had nothing to do before taking An Jing to the underground garage. The garage was pitch dark. He thought that there would be no one there at this time, but he ran into Li Yan, an actor from the first show.
Guan Miao had no contact with her in the past, so he just nodded politely and called her "Teacher Li" as a greeting.
Although there was a bit of traffic on the way back, fortunately the second half of the road was very smooth, and it was already past eight forty when they got home.
Guan Miao pushed open the door, and the heat and aroma of food hit him in the face.
The first person to hear the noise was Guan's mother. When she saw Guan Miao, she immediately stood up and said, "You're back. Go wash your hands and have dinner first. There's already a pot of dumplings ready. Come and have some dumplings to warm yourself up."
"Okay, I'll be right there."
"Sister Guan Miao is late. Please give us two rounds in the card game later."
Guan Miao immediately said after hearing what Chai Yue said, "With your skills, you won't be able to win in three rounds."
"Nonsense! I've made great progress now!"
Even An Jing, who was standing by, couldn't help but laugh, "Chai Yue is really bad at playing cards, but she loves to play."
That's right, Wen Yuning can count cards. Although Guan Miao hasn't touched math, physics, or chemistry for many years, he was forced to learn the probability of counting cards because of his father's presence. As for Chi Yi, he's also good at these kinds of dinner party entertainment because he has lived long enough.
Ever since losing a game, Chai Yue has been like a possessed person, trying every possible way to win a game against them.
She saw that this matter was almost becoming a demon in Chai Yue's heart.
Guan Miao shook her head and walked towards the dining table. The air was filled with steam, and through the mist, she saw her loving parents, Sister Chi Yi who taught her like a teacher, the gentle and dignified Sister Yu Ling, and Chai Yue who always fought for her.
The people sitting at the table were all very kind to her and very important to her, and at this moment they were right in front of her.
This feeling makes life complete.
Guan's mother brought out dumplings and beckoned her to sit down quickly. "Come quickly, I've wrapped a few coins in the dumplings. Whoever eats them will surely have good fortune and prosperity in the coming year."
"Hehe, then I have to eat a few more. My dream is to become a wealthy woman." Chai Yue said very flatteringly.
With Guan's mother's words, the atmosphere at the dinner table became more lively.
Guan Miao and the other younger ones were fighting over the dumplings on the table, determined to be the first to eat the coin. San San was forced to withdraw from the battle because his cat shape made it difficult to eat dumplings.
Guan's parents and Chi Yi watched them playing around with a smile, and there was a bit of love in their eyes.
Surprisingly, the first person to eat the coin was An Jing.
"Oh, Sister Anjing was the first to eat the coin. It seems that Sister Anjing will be able to have smooth sailing next year and have all her wishes come true."
An Jing looked at the small coin in her hand and smiled sheepishly, "If that's the case, then I'll take advantage of Aunt Guan's good wishes."
The lively meal ended at almost ten o'clock. It was too late and no one wanted to wash the dishes. Guan's mother waved her hand and said, "Leave these dishes for tomorrow morning."
"It's so late, and we two old guys can't stay up all night, so we thought we'd just give the red envelopes to everyone first."
After that, they each took out three red envelopes and began to distribute them. "The first one is for Miaomiao."
Guan Miao accepted the red envelope very calmly. The most uneasy among them was Chi Yi. She had never thought that she could receive a red envelope at her age, and she refused it repeatedly.
Guan's father stuffed it into her hand and said, "Mr. Chi, please accept it. This is my way of thanking you for taking care of Miaomiao during this period of time."
Since he said so, Chi Yi naturally couldn't find a reason to refuse, "Okay then, thank you Uncle Guan."
Seeing that Chi Yi accepted it, Chai Yue and the others naturally had no reason to refuse.
Finally, San San was very surprised when he saw the red envelope in his hand. He pointed at himself and asked: "Do I have a share too?"
Guan's mother said cheerfully, "Of course, you're a kitten now, so of course you should get a red envelope too."
[Red envelope,] San San ripped the red cover twice and whispered, [This is the first time I've seen something like this.]
However, when it met Guan Mu's expectant eyes, it said proudly: "Well, since you've given it to me, I'll accept it."
After seeing that they all accepted the red envelopes obediently, Guan's parents retired and prepared to go upstairs to sleep.
"Don't worry about playing. Our house is very soundproof. You don't have to worry about disturbing us."
"Well, Mom and Dad, go to bed early."
Since Chi Yi was getting older, he didn't play with the others very late. Around 10:40, he went upstairs to the guest room to rest.
Chai Yue and her friends are at the perfect age to stay up late. They play the party quietly on TV as background music and keep scrolling through the gags of the party on their phones.
Chai Yue did not forget her original intention at this time. She searched the entire Internet for relevant information about Guan Miao and found that Deng Ling had bought Guan Miao a beauty hot search at this time.
She looked at the picture in the square and sighed, "This picture is really nice, but everyone is releasing beauty announcements right now. Wouldn't it be too unremarkable if we released the same one?"
Guan Miao also looked at his own picture and said: "It's the New Year, let's not focus on work. Besides, it's the New Year, we don't ask to stand out from the crowd, we just ask to make no mistakes.
Sister Chai Yue, please, stop watching! I have to support Xiang Peng Peng tomorrow. Let me have a good rest today, otherwise the joy of the holiday will be gone in a flash.
Since she said so, Chai Yue naturally had no reason to refuse, "Yes, then let's play Landlord!"
As the clock struck twelve, Guan Miao's phone received many New Year's Eve text messages from his former co-stars.
She took a quick look and roughly divided the groups. Those who had a good relationship with her sent sincere words of thanks and congratulations; as for those with average relationships, she used the online group messaging routine to deal with them; and for those with a worse relationship, she just replied with a happy new year.
In addition, Guan Miao also sent nearly 100,000 red envelopes in the studio group and fan group, wishing everyone a happy New Year together.
Of course, in addition to the public red envelopes to the fan group, Guan Miao also sent out a batch of red envelopes, but the number was not that large, only 50,000 to 60,000 red envelopes.
While lying on the bed, Guan Miao listened to the incessant sound of fireworks outside the window and felt a little emotional, "This is the first normal year I've had since I entered the industry.
Thinking back to my first year in the industry, I happened to catch the roadshow of "Ding Feng Hua" and spent the entire Spring Festival on it.
The following year, I had to lose weight for the film, and all I got for Chinese New Year was a bowl of shredded pork noodles. This year, I had a really great Chinese New Year.”
An Jing beside her immediately broke her fantasy, "Don't forget to go to Century Mall at 2 o'clock this afternoon to promote the fragrant new products."
Guan Miao: ...
The happiness of the festival disappeared in an instant.
The crackling sound of fireworks outside did not stop Guan Miao from falling asleep, but it was obvious that this sound prevented others from falling asleep.
At one o'clock in the afternoon, in the dressing room that had been cleaned up two days ago in the backstage of Century Shopping Mall, Shuangshuang and Sun Mi were putting makeup on Guan Miao, while An Jing was guarding the door just in case.
After the makeup was almost done, Shuangshuang asked curiously, "Didn't Sister Deng Ling go get some clothes? Why hasn't she come back yet?"
"Could it be that the mall is too big and she got lost?"
Speak of the devil, and here comes Deng Ling's voice from behind her ear, "You two, are you making fun of me now?"
"Hey, Sister Deng Ling, we're worried about you too. Where are your clothes? Do you need us to check?"
"No, it was sent by Hanamiki. They say it's a high-end model for this spring."
"Spring?" Shuangshuang's eyes widened in surprise. She immediately put down her cosmetics and walked over. "Oh my god, spring? Isn't that the end of the season? Hanamiki actually gave this to you?"
Deng Ling nodded, and seeing Shuangshuang's surprised expression, she felt relieved.
See, it’s not that she is ignorant.
In comparison, Guan Miao was the calmest one. "Since they sent it to us, we should just accept it with peace of mind."
It seems that the last blow had a significant impact on Hanamiki, so he chose to use these means to please her.
So, should she meet Shi Mingya?
Just as she was thinking about it, Deng Ling spoke up, "By the way, Miaomiao, Director Shi Mingya said she wants to meet with you. I wonder when you're free."
"Director?" Guan Miao raised an eyebrow. "Demoted to Director?"
When she heard about it last year, he was still the vice president, but now he has been demoted to director. It seems that he is really anxious.
"Yeah, I heard it was CEO Hanamiki's decision. If she doesn't do her job well again, she might be demoted to deputy director."
"Then let's meet. I haven't seen her for a year and I miss her a little bit."
A year of cold words and indifference is enough for Shi Mingya to face the reality. I wonder what choice she will make.
I hope it satisfies me.
Guan Miao touched the soft clothes, a determined smile on his face, "Try the clothes on. If there is any problem with the size, we can change it as soon as possible."
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