China Entertainment 1997

At the end of October 1998, "Huan Zhuge Ge" was finally broadcast on Xiangnan Channel and became popular all over the country in a very short period of time.

In fact, this drama was launched in Taiwan Province as early as April, and it was extremely popular at the time, breaking numerous ratings records in Taiwan Province.

Seeing this, Taiwan Central Television simply replayed "Huan Zhuge Ge" three times in one breath, and each time it ranked first in the same period.

Starring actors such as Zhao Wei, Ruby Lin, and Zhou Jie quickly became popular, especially Zhao Wei, who immediately won the support of Qiong Yao.

Not only did she co-starred with Su Youpeng in "Happiness in the Old House", she also filmed the second part of last year's popular "Kangxi Private Interviews in Private Servers" and served as one of the heroines in the unit.

Moreover, Qiong Yao immediately started filming "Huan Zhu Ge Ge 2", which started shooting in Beijing in September, with the same original cast.

The producer Qiong Yao's daughter-in-law also contacted Cao Xuan, who was popular at the time, and hoped that he would play the newly added character Xiao Jian in the second film. However, Cao Xuan's schedule could not be moved, and the cooperation fell through again.

The popularity of "Huan Zhuge Ge" made Zhao Wei and others become popular in the film and television industry, and at the same time, the old lady Li Mingqi once again fell into the situation of being "reviled by thousands of people".

Although "Water Margin" was criticized a lot at the beginning, the role of Wang Po was small after all, and there was Song Jiang in the front.

But "Huan Zhu Princess" is different. Grandma Rong is definitely the biggest villain in the play, torturing Ziwei and Xiao Yanzi every day.

Especially the touching part has simply become the childhood shadow of countless children.

Cao Xuan went to the old lady's home to see her, and heard a lot about the tragic experiences of the old lady and her wife.

This includes not only being ignored when she goes shopping for groceries, being refused rides in taxis, relatives and children at home crying when they see her, eggs and rotten vegetable leaves being smashed, etc...

But the old lady herself has a good attitude and interprets all the criticism as praise for her acting skills. She went to "Huan Zhu Ge Ge 2" without hesitation.

Cao Xuan expressed admiration for the old lady's dedication. Seeing that she was fine, he focused on the Spring Festival Gala rehearsal.

As I said before, Cao Xuan prepared two things for the Spring Festival Gala. One was to sing old songs that had already been released, and the other was to sing specially prepared new songs.

Regarding this new song, Cao Xuan struggled for a long time and finally chose the killer song "Gong Xi Fa Cai".

Cao Xuan's purpose is very simple. Since the purpose of attending the Spring Festival Gala is to gain fame, he will just let Wang Zha go.

If you perform well the first time and consolidate your reputation, it will be easier to attend the Spring Festival Gala in the future.

In addition, the song "Gong Xi Fa Cai" is indeed suitable for the festive day of the Spring Festival.

So much so that during the Spring Festival more than ten years later, this song was still played on a loop in the streets, alleys, shopping malls and supermarkets. It can be called the first divine song of the Spring Festival.

There are also some superstitious people who listen to this song to remove bad luck when they encounter bad luck. It can be said that it is suitable for all ages and has many uses.

When listening to this song, Cao Xuan found that some of the lyrics were inappropriate.

For example, the sentence "I wish that I can run faster than black people on the world stage and have talents every year."

This is because the background at that time was that Liu Xiang won the Athens Olympics and the whole country was excited, so the lyricist specially added this sentence.

But this didn't happen now. He added a sentence out of nowhere, which suddenly felt a bit abrupt. Cao Xuan changed the lyrics to "I wish the people of the country happiness and prosperity, the country's construction and development will be rapid, and everyone's face will be happy."

Not necessarily better than the original, but certainly solid.

Putting aside the time for commercial performances, Cao Xuan spent almost a week recording the accompaniment and demos. Just in case, he also invited Liu Huan to check it out.

After listening to it, Liu Huan immediately responded in the affirmative: "The lyrics are pleasing and the melody is cheerful. Coupled with your current popularity, you have great hopes of attending the Spring Festival Gala."

With Liu Huan's endorsement, Cao Xuan became more confident in the song "Gong Xi Fa Cai".

On November 10th, Cao Xuan came to CCTV Headquarters to participate in the first rehearsal of the Spring Festival Gala.

It is said to be the first round of rehearsals, but in fact, the invited artists are notified for interviews, and the director team screens the programs. Qualified ones are promoted and unqualified ones are eliminated.

Afterwards, the second round of rehearsals was carefully screened. These two rounds also had the highest elimination rate in the program.

By the third and fourth rounds, the framework of the Spring Festival Gala has been basically determined. The rest is partial adjustment and leadership review, and there is still a risk that many programs will be eliminated.

As for the final fifth round of rehearsals, it is basically a preview of the New Year’s Eve Spring Festival Gala live broadcast.

Once you have reached this point, the possibility of being replaced is very low, but it is not completely safe.

After all, nothing is absolute, and the Spring Festival Gala and New Year’s Eve programs are not canceled once or twice.

There have been rumors that some big names can skip rehearsals or directly advance to the final rehearsals. This is true or not.

The Spring Festival Gala does treat some big names or high-quality programs with certain preferential treatment, but it is not as exaggerated as the outside world reports.

It may be less troublesome than other ordinary programs, but the process is still essential. No matter how big a person is, he will not participate in the Spring Festival Gala less than three times.

Going directly to the Spring Festival Gala program without rehearsal is probably the only one that took place in 1990...

This year's Spring Festival Gala has a total of five directors, all of whom are from the "Variety Show" program group. The general manager is Liu Tiemin.

When Cao Xuan came to the rehearsal, he didn't see any other stars. It was just a small rehearsal hall where several directors, planners, and music directors sat down.

After briefly introducing himself, Cao Xuan began to perform, singing "Run" and "Gong Xi Fa Cai" respectively.

After the performance, Cao Xuan left the rehearsal hall first and waited for the discussion and decision of the director team.

"'Run' is okay, but the song 'Gong Xi Fa Cai' is too explicit. Talking about getting rich and getting rich will affect the social atmosphere."

As soon as Cao Xuan left, some conservative directors immediately put forward their opinions, but there were also supporters who were against it.

"There's no need to put such a big label on it. It's just a congratulatory message. You have to be cheerful during the Chinese New Year. I think this song is good."

"Yes, it is said to be "Gong Xi Fa Cai", but in fact the core of the song is blessing, which is quite nice. I support the song "Gong Xi Fa Cai" to be promoted."

"That's right. You have to pick on words for this. What about Ren Xianqi's "Look Over, the Girl Opposite". Is it a hooligan? It's almost the 21st century, and our concepts must keep pace with the times."

“Both songs are pretty good, but I personally like ‘Run’ better.”

"'Run' is an old song after all. I think the new song is more surprising. Besides, this song is also suitable for the Spring Festival Gala."

"Only old songs have a basis of popularity. "Running" is guaranteed by performance, so it is safer to choose it."

"We can't hold a party just to be safe, we have to win while being steady. I think "Gong Xi Fa Cai" will definitely be better than "Running" at the party, and it will even become the highlight of this year."

"I agree with Lao Zhu, the song "Gong Xi Fa Cai" is better."

Several directors who were optimistic about Cao Xuan spoke one after another. First, they made the conservative director blush, and then started a heated discussion about participating in the Spring Festival Gala with that song.

In the end, everyone simply raised their hands to vote, and "Gong Xi Fa Cai" defeated "Run" by an absolute advantage.

The minority obeys the majority and Liu Tiemin, who is in charge of the overall situation, slaps the table: "Inform Cao Xuan and ask him to prepare for the next round of rehearsals."

After commenting, he added: "Don't give up on the song "Run", always make a backup choice."

When everyone heard this, it was immediately clear that Liu Tiemin was determined to let Cao Xuan attend the Spring Festival Gala this time.

Let him prepare alternative songs to show that Cao Xuan will not be dismissed easily. If he cannot pass the review of "Gong Xi Fa Cai" later, he can apply for "Running" again.

Cao Xuan naturally knew the meaning here and punched hard.

After passing the first round of rehearsals and having two songs in hand, his probability of appearing in the Spring Festival Gala this year is conservatively over 70%...

Thanks to Fanxing Suiyun for the 500 reward, and the Frozen Emperor for the 100 reward