China Entertainment: I became a capital tycoon

Chapter 840 838. Record-breaking Spring Festival Gala, Big Baby Cried with Regret

New Year’s Eve, Magic City.

In a not-so-luxurious house, Yang Ying sat alone on the sofa with a lonely expression, as if she had already practiced the "Sorrowful Palm" to the highest level.

Ever since the movie "The Ferryman" starring her flopped at the box office and the TV series "The Romance of the Condor Heroes" was criticized, she has almost no resources.

The "Shanghai Fortress" invested by Ali didn't use her, and now she is almost invisible.

In contrast, the artists of Feiyu Entertainment, whether Zhao Liying, Liu Shishi, or Mao Xiaotong, have all become top stars.

Even those girls who entered Feiyu Entertainment later than herself have filmed countless hit dramas.

She now regrets very much, regretting why she left Feiyu and Boss Cao.

If I had worked harder and practiced my acting skills more, and relied on my relationship with Boss Cao, I might have become a big star long ago. Why should I be like this, lonely and cold?

She watched the MV of Cao Yu's "Wang" on her phone, held back her tears, poured herself a glass of red wine, and drank it in one gulp, feeling uncomfortable and sad.

I thought switching to Ali would turn my luck around, but now it seems that this move was a big mistake.

How can Ahri compare with Feiyu?
On TV, the Spring Festival Gala directed by Boss Cao is about to begin. If I were still in Feiyu Entertainment, I might have the opportunity to be on this stage.

"I regret it so much, I really regret it."

Yang Ying poured another glass of wine and listened to Cao Yu's "Circling Around" song on the phone. She couldn't hold back her tears anymore.

She picked up the phone, hesitating whether to call Boss Cao.

But she was the one who left on her own initiative, so she really didn't have the courage to make this call.

At this time, festive and peaceful music was heard on TV.

Fireworks bloomed on the screen, and countless people introduced their families, their hometowns, the prosperity of their country, and the beautiful rivers and mountains of their motherland.

“These are my parents.”

“This is my child.”

“This is my hometown.”

“This is the eye in the sky we built”

“This is the Hong Kong-Zhuhai-Macao Bridge we built”

“This is our land!”

“This is our motherland!”

“This is our Spring Festival!”

This year's Spring Festival Gala kicked off with introductions from different faces.

"Boss Cao, I miss you"

As the screen switched to the Spring Festival Gala studio, Yang Ying could no longer control her regret and burst into tears on the sofa.

Compared to Yang Ying's loneliness, many artists under Feiyu Entertainment were busy backstage at the Spring Festival Gala.

It was the first time for many of them to perform on the Spring Festival Gala stage, so it was inevitable that they were nervous.

In front of the TV, Cao Yu's fans and countless Chinese people were sitting in front of the TV, eating reunion dinners, wanting to see what was different about this year's Spring Festival Gala compared to previous years.

The leaders of the central bank are also looking forward to it.

They don't know what kind of ratings Boss Cao can bring, or what kind of surprises he can bring them.

At the same time, he was also worried, if this year's Spring Festival Gala was successful, what would happen next year?
Boss Cao is not an employee of the Central Bank, so you can't bother them every year, right?
But that’s a story for later. Let’s see what happens this year first.

The opening dance was performed by Feiyu Dance Troupe. Both the dance design and the music were grand and elegant.

This is also the basic operation of CCTV's Spring Festival Gala.

Although the dance was pretty good, it was just the opening and everyone was looking forward to the skit that came after.

It is said that this year's skits are different from previous years.

Just for this reason, everyone would rather sit in front of the TV and wait.

This kind of waiting is the same feeling I had when I was waiting for Uncle Benshan’s sketches many years ago.

After the opening dance, five hosts walked onto the stage.

"Huaxia Central Television."

"Huaxia Central Television Station!"

“The audiences both in person and in front of the TV.”

"Friends who are watching the live broadcast through Feie Video and Douyin."

"Compatriots from Hong Kong, Macau and Taiwan, and Chinese friends around the world."

"Happy New Year everyone!"

Although it was just an opening introduction, this year's Spring Festival Gala was sponsored by Feie Video and Douyin.

However, Boss Cao did not pay a penny. This kind of treatment may be unique in the whole of China.

Under the stage, Cao Yu's parents, Yang Shuxue, Li Xiaoyu and her daughter and her parents were all sitting there.

As the chief director, Cao Yu has the right to invite people close to him to the scene.

"I never thought that we would have the opportunity to sit here and watch the Spring Festival Gala."

"Yes, I never dreamed that it would be a good idea to sell everything I had to send this brat to Beijing Film Academy."

Now the two old people have long let go of Yang Shuxue and are not embarrassed when they meet.

And their son Cao Yu has achieved achievements that they could not have imagined. He is now the pride of his hometown. Even the rural primary school that Cao Yu attended has become a key school.

Backstage.

Director Nie silently watched as the ratings of the Spring Festival Gala reached 52% right from the start, and he breathed a sigh of relief.

This is already the highest ratings in the past decade.

Moreover, the skit and the "Floating Light" that he was very optimistic about have not been released yet.

Maybe it can be improved by then.

After a song by Phoenix Legend, the first skit came out, "College Entrance Examination" performed by Song Zu'e and teachers Pan and Cai.

Starring two veteran actors, this skit depicts parents working harder than their children when they are taking the college entrance exam. The prayers to gods and homophony are very well done and quite lively.

It also reflects that today's parents are actually working harder than their children who are still taking the college entrance examination.

This year's Spring Festival Gala does have more novelties than last year's. The skits have finally gotten rid of the curse of making dumplings and smashing them, and there are no more scenes that start with joy and end with sorrow, or forced sentimentality.

It was just slightly sublimated at the end, expressing the theme of "How pitiful are the love of parents in the world".

Afterwards, the song "Countdown" written by Cao Yu for Deng Ziqi caused another small climax.

The audience in front of the TV also enjoyed watching the show, and the ratings remained above 50%.

As usual, the singing, dancing, acrobatics and magic continued.

After several programs, we finally welcomed the popular sketch "Going Through the Motions".

The general plot of this sketch was provided by Cao Yu, starring Shen Teng and Ma Li.

"Wouldn't it be better to just paint the real plants green and make two fake ones?"

"Isn't that a fraud?"

"Do you think formalism is better than fraud?"

"How can you recover from your illness when your boss hasn't come to visit you yet?"

At the beginning of the skit, these lines were full of sarcasm, making the audience exclaim that Boss Cao was really amazing. Are there any skits like this?

However, it does have a bit of the flavor of Uncle Benshan's sketch "Bullshit" from more than ten years ago.

But what the audience didn’t expect was that even more irony was yet to come.

Section Chief Hao: "Is everyone in your family doing well?"

Wang Tieniu: "My parents are old and have been bedridden for several years."

Section Chief Hao: "Okay, as long as everyone in the family is fine. How is the harvest this year?"

Wang Tieniu: "I am waiting for you here during the autumn harvest. The land is all barren."

Section Chief Hao: "Good, a good harvest is good! Hard work leads to wealth."

Wang Tieniu: "Leader, it seems like we don't get along well."

Secretary Che, who was in charge of filming, said: "It's okay, I can edit it later."

Section Chief Hao: "If you have any questions, please feel free to ask. I am here to solve problems. If you don't ask, my visit would be in vain."

Wang Tieniu: "I won't mention it for now. Please help me with the question later."

"Boss, you are amazing. You have solved the problem before he even asked."

……

Under the stage and in front of the TV, the audience was enjoying the show very much. They laughed heartily from time to time, and their laughter looked very genuine.

This is what a skit should be like, not a joke, not sensational, but just satire and humor. It is the best skit in recent years.

Backstage, Cao Yu felt very satisfied when he saw the audience laughing so hard that they couldn’t stop.

I just hope the Spring Festival Gala can maintain this feeling next year.

“What are the ratings now?”

"The highest rating is fifty-five!"

"Ah, it turns out that ordinary people like to watch realistic skits, but I don't know if there will be such scripts in the future."

Backstage, Director Nie sighed.

He knew that such high ratings were mostly due to Boss Cao.

Only Boss Cao could have such audience appeal.

It turned out to be a good idea to invite him this year.

Next is the song "Floating Light" written by Boss Cao. Whether the ratings can be further improved depends on this program.

After the host thanked the sponsors, a prelude sounded and a woman dressed in Qin and Han Dynasty costumes slowly walked out of the stage.

"Who is this? Actress Li Yitong?"

When the audience saw this woman, they were all stunned.

This is a popular star, is he going to sing?

But the subtitles just now seem to indicate that the singer is not her. No, the composer just now seems to be Cao Yu?
A song written by Boss Cao?

Just when the audience was feeling strange and curious, the real singer Zhou Di came out.

"Watch the butterfly snap on your fingertips"

Amid the melodious singing, a small stage rose in the middle of the stage. In the middle, a girl in gorgeous Hanfu was dancing like a butterfly.

"Is this an actor from Youth? This outfit is so beautiful!"

"Yeah, I didn't expect she was such a good dancer?"

The audience was even more shocked.

Li Yitong is a model on stage, and young actor Wang Qianran is dancing.
Boss Cao’s actions were truly extraordinary.

Many viewers who play mahjong while watching TV at home focus their attention on the TV.

But this is just the beginning.

After Li Yitong, Ju Jingyi, wearing Wei and Jin style Hanfu, also came out.

"so beautiful!"

The song is beautiful, the dance is beautiful, but no one expected that even the models are so beautiful?

When everyone was waiting for who would appear next, the models from the Northern and Southern Dynasties, An Yuexi, the Tang Dynasty, Yang Chaoyue, Wang Xiaochen, Jing Tian, ​​Nazha, the Song Dynasty, Reba, Meng Ziyi, Zhao Lusi, the Ming Dynasty, Zhang Tianai, Guan Xiaotong, Bai Lu, Li Wei.
Not only was each person beautiful, they also displayed the beauty of Chinese clothing from three years ago, dazzling the audience.

And Wang Qianran in the middle also danced very beautifully, sometimes like a butterfly, sometimes like a phoenix. This visual feast was a feast for the eyes for the audience.

At the same time, many viewers realized that traditional Chinese costumes are so beautiful.

A sense of cultural confidence and pride arises naturally.

This is our culture
"Your eyes are filled with time, and behind you are stories. This life is like a dream, counting the passing years."

At the climax of the song, all the models surrounded Wang Heran and danced together.

The stunning pictures, coupled with Zhou Di's beautiful voice, filled the hearts of the audience, whether they were at the scene or watching on TV, with nothing but shock and excitement.

This show is actually better than the skit just now.

“The sisters on the stage are all so beautiful.”

Below the stage, Li Yutong was watching the performance and suddenly said something.

"What sister? They are all aunts."

Li Xiaoyu knew that most of the people on the stage were probably related to her man.

That bad guy has a really good eye and really understands women.

These girls are really beautiful.

It’s a pity that I’m old, otherwise, the person dancing in the middle would definitely be me.

On the gorgeous stage, Zhou Di sang with full of emotion, Wang Heran danced very passionately, and the others also walked the runway very seriously.

Although there are many people in this show, the most outstanding ones are Zhou Di and Wang Heran.

This song really suits him.

Mainly, the music composed by Boss Cao is so beautiful.

The audience was fascinated by what they heard and watched. They felt that this was the best program of the Spring Festival Gala in recent years.

"Success!"

Backstage, Zhang Yimou happily high-fived Cao Yu to celebrate.

As long as this program is successful, it will mean that this year's Spring Festival Gala is half successful.

"Director Cao, the station manager asked me to tell you that the ratings are 58%!"

At this time, a staff member ran over and reported the good news to Cao Yu.

"understood."

Cao Yu smiled lightly, all this was within expectations.

What the host says next is the key.

"Dear viewers, while watching the Spring Festival Gala, you can also open Douyin and scan the QR code at the bottom of the screen to receive Douyin red envelopes."

After the show "Floating Light", the host began to give benefits to everyone.

Cao Yu knew that after this show, the ratings would be relatively high, and it would be best to give out benefits at this time.

Moreover, the next skit was "Nuisance Phone Calls" performed by the Zhao Family Group.

Since New Year’s Day, Douyin has launched live streaming to sell goods. Although the effect is good, the sales volume is not as high as expected, and users have not yet accepted this novel method.

In addition, Cao Yu required strict inspection of the products promoted.

Products of poor quality or deceptive nature will not be allowed on the platform, and the platform must be responsible for the products sold.

Now, after the advertisement was broadcast on the Spring Festival Gala, the number of downloads of Douyin has not only increased by millions, but more than 500 million people have scanned the QR code and received red envelopes of different amounts.

These red envelopes can only be used for shopping on Douyin.

Although there is no live streaming sales on New Year’s Eve, Boss Cao believes that sales from live streaming sales will definitely increase dramatically after the third day of the Lunar New Year.

Ma Yun, who was in Hangzhou, was speechless when she saw that Cao Yu actually used this method to advertise.

My own Zhifubao also sponsored the Spring Festival Gala this year. I spent the money, but I only mentioned it briefly, let alone scanning the QR code.

This Cao Yu is so smart.

It seems that his method of selling goods through live streaming is going to become popular.

Why didn’t I think of this sales method?
"call"

Ma Yun patted his head. He had always thought that this thing was very useful, but now it seemed that it was still not as good as Boss Cao's.

Magic City.

Yang Ying's eyes were already red from crying.

There were so many beauties in the show just now, some of whom I know, and some of whom I studied acting with at Feiyu before.

The former friends are now very famous.

As for me, almost no one in the entertainment industry dares to pay attention to me.

I look no worse than those Hanfu models, but how did I end up like this?

With red eyes, she felt more and more sad the more she thought about it, and finally dialed the familiar yet unfamiliar number.

"toot toot"

The ringing lasted for a long time until a mechanical female voice came, "The number you dialed is currently unavailable." She was stunned for a long time before hanging up in disappointment.

"He doesn't want to talk to me anymore. It seems like he deserves it."

Yang Ying cried again.
The Spring Festival Gala is still going on. In the skit "Nuisance Phone Calls", a few Northeastern men made the audience burst into laughter with their humorous words.

Scammer: "Your child was in a car accident and needs urgent surgery. Please transfer 10,000 yuan to me immediately."

Song Xiaofeng stammered: "Son? Oh my god, I don't even have a wife, but I still have a son. Do you want you to give me a wife first?"

Scammer: "I'm an insider of the exchange. Would you like to buy some to try?"

Song Xiaobao: "Buy the five-dollar ones."

The Northeastern dialect and the two people's funny language made the audience laugh.

Although it has no educational significance, everyone enjoyed watching it.

The ratings of this Spring Festival Gala reached a record high of 60%, breaking the highest record in the past ten years.

“What a success!”

Looking at the number of 60%, everyone backstage, including Cao Yu, could not hide their excitement.

After being busy for so long, I finally submitted this answer sheet perfectly.

"I'll invite you again next spring. The mountains are still green, and I'm not old. I'm not old."

Finally, Teacher Li Guyi and the main actors sang this song together, which has been sung for more than 20 years.

Although the audience has heard this song many times, this time, everyone in front of the TV had a long-lost feeling of wanting more.

Many people started checking Weibo, wanting to see news about the Spring Festival Gala.

"It's been ten years! The feeling I had when I watched the Spring Festival Gala as a child is back!"

"The show 'Floating Lights' is so beautiful. I guarantee it is the best show of this year's Spring Festival Gala! The dancing girl is so beautiful!"

"The skit is also good, finally without all the embarrassing sensationalism."

"Boss Cao, I want to see you again next year!"

"It's a bit difficult, but this Spring Festival Gala will definitely become a classic."

“Although all the sketches are good, I think Floating Light is the best. Boss Cao’s music is magnificent and allows me to see the brilliant Chinese culture!”

"This is the Spring Festival Gala that everyone wants to see."

"I used to dislike watching musicals, but I like Floating Lights. It sounds good and looks good."

"Deng Ziqi's songs are also nice, and they were also written by my husband."

"Honey, you are so awesome..."

……

On Weibo, news about the Spring Festival Gala flooded the entire network.

While praising this Spring Festival Gala, people also expressed their admiration and reluctance to part with Boss Cao.

All major entertainment media in China are also reporting various news about the Spring Festival Gala. A viewership rating of up to 60% is not easily achieved.

Netizens who were still awake were still watching the replays of several wonderful programs over and over again on their mobile phones.

However, Cao Yu was also on his way home at this time.

"Boss, thank you for your hard work."

"Boss, how did we perform today?"

"Boss, who among us is the most beautiful tonight?"

……

Facing the group of female zhouzhous, Cao Yu was wondering who would be pregnant next.

(End of this chapter)