"What 'Strive for Progress Every Day'? This is fantastic news!"
"What earth-shattering news? You're pregnant? You rushed over to tell me this so I'd buy you eggs? Well, at least let me see the baby first, otherwise I'll know you're not a liar?"
This guy and his girlfriend aren't even married yet, and he's already pregnant out of wedlock?
"Pah! Where did you go to contact? We're not even married yet, how could we have anything going on? It's your good news."
"Our good news? What good news? Nobody around here is getting married!"
Li Zhizhou plopped down opposite Liang Liang's office, picked up the kettle on the table, and poured himself a cup of hot water.
"Here's what happened. The city's publicity department received a notice from the Spring Festival Gala production team, asking your band to go to Beijing immediately to perform the program 'I Love You, Motherland'."
Liang Liang looked at Li Zhizhou calmly, pondering the truth or falsehood in his words.
On the Spring Festival Gala!?
This is a lot of information; I need to think about it carefully.
In his memory, rock bands had almost never appeared on the Spring Festival Gala, so this news was hard to believe.
"Why are you unhappy?" Li Zhizhou asked curiously, seeing that Liang Liang's expression was calm and showed no signs of agitation.
"If you told me I'd be on Lianwan TV's Spring Festival Gala, I might believe you halfway, but if you say I'll be on CCTV's Spring Festival Gala, you're kidding me. What's there for me to be happy about?"
"So you still don't believe me? In your mind, are Brother Li's words just like the wind?"
"Heh! What you media people say is three parts fake and five parts embellished, how could I possibly believe it? Besides, if the propaganda department sends a notification, why would they send you to deliver it? You're not even from the same system."
“I happened to be at the publicity department on business, and the people there asked me about your band. I asked why they were asking about you, and they told me about it. So I came here in advance to tell you the good news. I expect to be there soon.”
No sooner had Li Zhizhou finished speaking than the messenger came over to report that people from the city's propaganda department had arrived.
At this point, Liangdian began to believe Li Zhizhou's words.
Two people from the city's publicity department came and handed Liang Liang a paper notice with smiles on their faces.
It really was a notification inviting their band to the Spring Festival Gala.
The notice required them to report to the CCTV program team before the 1st.
Liang Liang glanced at the calendar; there was still one day left.
The Spring Festival Gala usually gathers performers two months in advance for rehearsals. With only one month left, is it still possible for them to make it in time?
There's only one day left, and there's no reason to waste any more time.
Liang Liang quickly found Wang Fan, Liu Yuyong, Xiao Yu, and Han Chui.
Although he is the core of the band, he always seeks everyone's opinion on everything.
The news that they would be performing at the Spring Festival Gala was like a bolt from the blue for Liu Yuyong and his colleagues…
This word is somewhat inappropriate.
A blow to the head? That seems even more outrageous.
Regardless of the word used, they were all utterly shocked, their eyes wide open, mouths agape, and drool dripping from their mouths.
I'm talking to you! Han Bangbang! Can't you be a little more respectable?
The Spring Festival Gala, which started in 1983, has been held for more than a dozen years and has transformed from an ordinary gala into a brand.
For artists, the biggest benefit of appearing on the Spring Festival Gala is that it can increase their exposure and popularity.
CCTV's viewership ratings are terrifying. For artists who are not well-known, appearing on such a stage once can be a chance to soar to new heights. Whether your work or you are recognized, it means you have higher commercial value.
However, it's not good to appear on the Spring Festival Gala too often. Liang Liang believes that it's best to appear only once, as appearing too often becomes a burden.
If you appear on the Spring Festival Gala for several consecutive years, and then miss one, the audience will naturally wonder why you didn't appear.
Is it a decline in quality, or has a mistake been made?
This is certainly not the issue that Liang Liang and his group are considering right now. The issue they need to discuss right now is whether or not to go.
Actually, there's no need to discuss this issue at all. Only someone with a brain tumor would refuse an invitation to the Spring Festival Gala.
"Of course I'll go! Wouldn't it be foolish not to go if there was such a good opportunity?" Han Chui was the first to express his opinion.
Liang Liang turned her gaze to the other band members.
The other band members nodded in agreement.
Now that all the band members have agreed, the next step is to take some necessary actions.
Han Chui's task was to book plane tickets to the capital for tomorrow.
Liang Liang immediately summoned Mu Shuihua, Yan Liang, Lan Guifang, and Bi Sheng.
These four men are now his four henchmen, so Liang Liang naturally needs to hand over some things before he goes out.
"It looks like we won't be able to spend the Spring Festival at home this year. The band just received a notice that we need to report to the Jincheng Spring Festival Gala program team tomorrow..."
"Blue Shark is going to be on the Spring Festival Gala?" Yan Liang asked in surprise.
"Isn't that a pointless question? If you're not going to be on the Spring Festival Gala, what are you doing reporting to the Spring Festival Gala production team?"
Bi Sheng made a sarcastic remark to Yan Liang.
“Our company now has a member on the Spring Festival Gala, that’s wonderful!” Lan Guifang nodded in approval.
Having spent her entire life in the propaganda department, she certainly knew what appearing on the Spring Festival Gala meant for an artist.
"That's why we'll have to rely on everyone's hard work for our company from now on. There's only one month left until the Chinese New Year, so we'll set the holiday for all departments on the 25th of the twelfth lunar month! Other companies and institutions will have their holidays on the 26th or 27th of the twelfth lunar month. If we let them have their holidays a day earlier, it will be easier for them to travel home, and we won't have to squeeze them like sardines in a can."
The furthest people working in Liangliang are from Changhai County and Yahe City.
In Changhai County, taking a boat at sea is a bit better, but taking a bus in Yahe is a nightmare until all the businesses in Lianwan City are closed for the holidays.
Liang Liang wanted to avoid the peak holiday period so that employees could easily and safely go home for the Chinese New Year.
The decision was approved by the participants.
"Let's go back to work after the eighth day of the Lunar New Year. Let everyone enjoy the holiday at home. It won't make a difference if we stay a day or two longer."
Other companies usually start work on the sixth or seventh day of the Lunar New Year, so Liang Liang didn't care about one or two more days.
"As for the New Year's benefits, we won't be giving out gifts this year, we'll be giving out cash! It'll be more convenient for everyone to carry. The specific implementation plan is that each ordinary employee will receive a year-end bonus of 1,000 yuan, and each of you four supervisors will receive a year-end bonus of 10,000 yuan. I will tell the finance department about the allocation of the bonuses."
In the mid-1990s, Liang Liang's bonus was by no means a small amount. While most companies would only give out a hundred or two hundred yuan worth of goods during the Chinese New Year, his thousand-yuan bonus for ordinary employees was a huge sum.
"Xiao Liang! I don't agree with the bonus distribution plan."
Lan Guifang suddenly spoke.
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