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Chapter 252 I was laughing so hard that I couldn't laugh anymore

Mr. Lao She wrote in "Spring Festival in Yanjing" that celebrating the Little New Year on the 23rd is almost a "rehearsal" for the New Year.

Xiaonian means preparing to have a good new year with a clean mind.

In the old city, every household was busy.

Aunt Zhou took the broom and clearly divided the work with the family members. They washed the floor, scrubbed the tables and chairs, and cleaned the house. In short, they left no dead corners and cleaned thoroughly to make the windows and tables spotless.

Next, it’s time to paste window flowers.

Magpies climb on plum trees, peacocks play with peonies, lions roll embroidered balls...

Sticking the window paper-cuts you have made yourself in your newly cleaned house will immediately add a lot of festive atmosphere to your home.

At this moment, there was a creaking sound and the door was pushed open.

A fat white woman came in, carrying a basket:

"Sister Zhou, if you ask me, you are really hardworking."

"You scare me. Your house was cleaned early in the morning. Your two daughters-in-law are more capable than the other."

Aunt Zhou was filled with emotion. With them at home, you can enjoy a peaceful life in the future, without having to be as busy as me. "

The fat white woman was happy to hear that, and then she explained her purpose, coming all the way to deliver the candied melon sticky, "Sister Zhou, please don't despise it."

"How could I dislike you? I can't thank you enough."

Aunt Zhou became more and more envious of her wealthy neighbor. "Your family has finally found happiness after suffering so much hardship. Your eldest son works in that tailor shop and his monthly salary is almost as high as that of a factory director."

When the fat white woman thought of her eldest son working in Han Yuemin's tailor shop, she raised her chin, raised her eyebrows, and secretly glanced at the roof of her house with her peripheral vision. There was a fishbone antenna erected on it.

"Come to my house to watch TV tonight."

"Of course, of course. I read in the newspaper that Yanjing TV will broadcast the Spring Festival Gala tonight. There will be many mysterious guests and wonderful programs."

"I saw it too. We must not miss it."

Seeing the fat white woman about to leave, Aunt Zhou hurriedly called out to her, "Wait, wait, I'll go back to the house and get you some mixed food."

Zabanr is a kind of dried and fresh fruits mixed together and then processed with honey to become a candied food with good color and taste. It is said that Cixi was very happy when she ate it and casually named it "Zabanr". It spread from the palace to the people and gradually became a unique flavor of food in Yanjing.

At this moment, in the courtyard.

Yang Xia lit the fire for the Kitchen God offering and baked a large basket of them at a time.

Then, he, Han's mother, Fang Yan, Fang Hong, Han Yuemin, and Fang Yan went to the small kitchen outside, set up the table, placed offerings to the Kitchen God in the shrine on the stove wall, and burned incense and prayed for blessings.

When offering sacrifices to the Kitchen God, you should also put sugar on his mouth.

The implication is, don't let him speak ill of you in front of the Jade Emperor.

"Say more good things, and don't say bad things."

Yang Xia clasped her hands together and chattered on and on.

"Mom, the Kitchen God is also from Yanjing."

Fang Yan joked: "People from Yanjing don't cheat people from Yanjing."

"Iwako is right!"

Han Yuemin and he looked at each other and smiled.

Fangyan came out of the kitchen, and his younger sister followed behind him. She couldn't help but wonder, "Brother, why don't you look nervous at all?"

"Why should I be nervous?"

"The Spring Festival Gala of Yanjing TV will begin soon."

Seeing Fang Yan teasing Fang Yan, Fang Hong and Han Yuemin were very curious. The competition between CCTV and Yanjing TV was about to come to a conclusion, but they didn't expect that their brother could remain so calm.

"Why am I nervous!"

"It's CCTV that should be nervous."

Fang Yan smiled and said, "I wonder if they can sleep well tonight after watching the Spring Festival Gala on Yanjing TV."

After hearing this, Fang Hong and Han Yuemin became more interested in the Spring Festival Gala on Yanjing TV and wished it was 7: now.

Time passes minute by minute.

Neighbors such as Su Ya and Zhao Hongmei came as scheduled.

"Three minutes left, it's about to start!"

Amid the chaos, a picture appeared on the TV.

...............

At the same time, the CCTV building.

Just now, the Spring Festival Gala completed its final rehearsal.

This year's gala is different from previous years. After Huang Yihe discussed with Deng Zaijun and Wang Feng, they decided to broadcast live this year's Spring Festival Gala to interact with audiences across the country.

But that’s not even the most daring thing.

On the basis of the existing programs, Huang Yihe planned to allow the audience to make on-demand calls. In the most eye-catching place on the scene, he placed an interactive platform with four telephones, which was called the "on-demand hotline."

Viewers can order programs on demand through this phone.

The organizers don't know what programs will be selected at that time, and neither do the actors, singers, etc. In this case, the evening party program released in advance and rehearsals over and over again are no longer safe, which increases the uncertainty and risk of the evening party.

Isn’t that bold?

However, this was also forced. It was the first time to organize such a large-scale Spring Festival Gala for the whole country. The time was tight and the task was heavy. There was no time to arrange the program. In a hurry, we could only resort to this last resort.

Deng Zaijun and Huang Yihe returned to the office to rest, feeling tired and expectant, just looking forward to the arrival of New Year's Eve so that they could be liberated.

"what time is it?"

"It's almost 7:."

"Is the Spring Festival Gala of Yanjing TV going to be broadcast?"

Watching the two directors leave for the conference room, the colleagues accompanying them felt that it was an exaggeration and there was a hint of disdain in their tone.

"Just broadcast it, what's there to watch?"

"That's right. Don't be fooled by what the newspapers say. Can you compare with us?"

"We still have to watch it. Our director has made an appointment with the director of Yanjing TV to have a duel. Knowing yourself and your enemy will ensure victory in every battle." When everyone arrived at the conference room, they saw that the TV was already on. Many people were sitting in front of the TV, staring at the color screen.

"Director Deng! Director Huang!"

"Everyone, sit down. I'm just here to take a look."

Huang Yihe pressed his hands and walked to the front of the crowd.

Although he said that he attached great importance to the Spring Festival Gala of Yanjing TV, he did not take it seriously in his heart. No matter how great Yanjing TV is, it is just a local TV station.

These days, the Central Television Station is the only one that is broadcast via satellite, which is enough to cover most parts of the country, while the Yanjing Television Station can only radiate to the local area and the suburbs of Beijing. In terms of the transmission range alone, there is no comparison.

What's more, they are very confident in their program.

When it comes to crosstalk, there are two big names: Ma Ji and Jiang Kun.

The songs are even more amazing. "Shaolin, Shaolin", "Shepherd's Song" and "China｜Soldier" are all songs with very high listening rates in "Song of the Week", and there is also "Hot Girl".

Deng Zaijun has a feeling that this song will definitely be a hit!
In addition, there are a lot of secret weapons.

For example, the behind-the-scenes footage of "The Burning of the Old Summer Palace" and the clips of "The Last Emperor" are both large-scale productions jointly produced by mainland China and Hong Kong, and the director invited was the famous Hong Kong director, Li Hanxiang.

The only regret is that we had originally wanted to invite the leading actors Liang Jiahui and Liu Xiaoqing to guest-star as announcers at the Spring Festival Gala, but one of them couldn't come and the other was snatched away by Yanjing Television in advance.

"It's begun! It's begun!"

At exactly eight o'clock, the first Spring Festival Gala of Yanjing Television in 1983 kicked off. The announcer did not appear on stage. Instead, a group of young girls came up to the music of "The Girl Picking Mushrooms".

"I think I've seen this girl before. Her name is…"

"Charlene, the lead singer of our Galaxy Children's Art Troupe."

"Aren't these kids from the Galaxy Children's Art Troupe?"

"Yanjing TV is really unkind! They poached people and unexpectedly poached our TV station!"

"That's right, this is pure revenge."

"........."

The critical hit at the opening made everyone very angry.

"That's enough."

Deng Zaijun frowned and watched the medley of children's songs, secretly commenting that this was a good start. The children were laughing and looking very happy. The atmosphere of the program came out all at once. It was so peaceful and harmonious.

"Why didn't we think of this opening?"

Huang Yihe slapped his forehead.

"It's okay. It's never too late to mend the fence after the sheep have been stolen."

Deng Zaijun smiled and said, they copied this idea!

Huang Yihe understood what he meant and prepared to invite the Galaxy Children's Art Troupe tomorrow, but the children's songs for the medley had to be replaced with a completely new one. They were copied, but not all of them.

"Old Huang, we have to do better than Yanjingtai."

Deng Zaijun was glad in his heart that the stage of Yanjing TV was not as good as that of CCTV. The hardware and software were too poor, and the stage lighting was not good either.

But which clothing factory produced this clothing?

While I was thinking, I heard the discussions of my colleagues.

"This stage is too small. Yanjing Stage is too petty."

"It's not even as good as the playground at our children's school!"

"Haha."

As soon as these words were spoken, bursts of laughter broke out one after another.

The laughter also revealed the CCTV's sense of superiority, especially when the opening ceremony ended and the people who came on stage were not the announcer but Zhu Shimao and Liu Xiaoqing who called themselves "hosts".

“What is a deejay?”

Touching upon their blind spot in knowledge, everyone was unable to react for a moment, and Huang Yihe's heart suddenly skipped a beat.

Things gradually exceeded my expectations.

The program arrangement of Yanjing TV is no longer as traditional and rigid as before. It is bold and innovative, breaking through itself!
After two songs and dances to warm up the audience, the first highlight came with a skit by Chen Peisi and Zhu Shimao.

Only one line of words appeared on the screen: "Pepper Noodles".

"Sketch? What kind of performance is this?"

“It looks a bit like pantomime.”

"Mime? We have it too. Teacher Wang Jingyu's "Eating Chicken" is not necessarily worse than those two."

"..."

You said something, I said something, and the discussion gradually died down.

Because everyone who was speaking was attracted by the interesting plot of the sketch. They saw Chen Peisi and Zhu Shimao quarreling and arguing with each other over a bottle of pepper powder, which caused a lot of laughter.

"Haha."

Hearing bursts of laughter coming from all around them, Huang Yihe and Deng Zaijun realized that something was wrong and had a bad premonition.

Soon, everyone realized the seriousness of the matter.

"Where did Yanjing Television invite this talented person from?"

"This show is much more lively than Chicken Dinner."

She could still laugh just now, but now her laughter is uglier than crying. Everyone is shocked and even at a loss.

There was no movement in the meeting room.

The sense of superiority and self-confidence of most people have been severely hit. Although CCTV has a large stage, a large number of people, and good programs, can it really compare with the Yenching TV, which has made such rapid progress?

Watching the rivalry between Chen Peisi and Zhu Shimao on the screen, especially when Chen Peisi took off his shirt and acted shirtless, Deng Zaijun no longer had his previous composure and couldn't help but worry.

Fear comes from the uncertainty of the unknown.

Huang Yihe felt the same way, his face full of anxiety.

I never thought that the Spring Festival Gala could be done this way!!
At this moment, a voice suddenly emerged from the crowd:
"Director Deng, Director Huang, the director is here!"

(End of this chapter)