Coquettish Rebirth

The New Year's Eve carnival here in Times Square in New York is almost a hundred years old.

Ye Jing, who has lived in Boston for a long time, told Jia Hongjian that the New Year's Eve carnival in New York began on December 1904, 12.On that day, it happened that The New York Times moved into their new office building in Times Square. To celebrate, fireworks were set off that night.In order to gain popularity by setting off fireworks, of course they publicized it in the newspapers, calling for the surname of the boss in New York that you had nothing to do at night to come and watch the fireworks.

The fireworks show in 1904 was still rare, let alone 1904. In 2004, there will be a New Year’s Eve fireworks show in Shanghai, and there will still be many young people blocking the Pujiang River. It made Nagada’s mobile phone signal blocked, and then no one’s mobile phone could send text messages or make calls. This is true in the 21st century, let alone the 20th century?

Ever since, such a firework show by the New York Times made the common people of New York extremely high, and its popularity was so high!Later, the city government saw that this thing seemed to be quite fun, so it inherited the "New York Times" fireworks event on December 12 every year, and it became a carnival-like event hosted by the New York City government every year. traditional.Even at the beginning, there was no such activity as the big colorful balls opened at 31:0, and many colored ribbons floated down—this activity was not developed until 1907!By the time of World War II, although the east coast of the United States was far away from Germany, it was basically impossible to be bombed by the Germans.But New York still implements a blackout, and lights are not allowed to be turned on at night, so naturally there is no way to do this firework show, so everyone went to Times Square to celebrate silently.But after World War 2, the fireworks show and big colored balls came back.

Jia Hongjian and Ye Jing first watched the sunrise in Shanghai, and then took a special plane from the airport to the United States non-stop.To be honest, for a man like Jia Hongjian, getting up to watch the sunrise in the morning is really a pain in the ass—in his opinion, what is so good about a sunrise?Isn't this hypocritical?Could it be that the sunrise on a specific day is different from the usual sunrise?Isn't it all the father-in-law who climbed up from the ground?What's there to see?Really, it would have caused him to get up and drive to the suburbs with Ye Jing after two o'clock - in the boundary of Shanghai.Don't go to the suburbs and expect to watch the sunrise in the city?But to go to the suburbs.Definitely going to the beach at their new home to see it!This is "romantic"!As a result, your sister drove from Puxi to the beach, which is across Shanghai, okay, even if it takes more than 3 hours to drive all the way, almost [-] hours!

To be honest, the sunrise on the seaside in Shanghai is really not beautiful.Although it didn't snow in Shanghai at the end of December.But the temperature was below zero.Although it was only minus one or two degrees.But at the seaside, the sea breeze is blowing, rubbing it, and it's so cold that it's choking!Ye Jing originally wanted to be beautiful.As a result, after staying outside the car for 12 minute, the shaking was like sifting chaff, and he directly pulled Jia Hongjian and ran all the way back into the car. The two of them turned on the air conditioner in the car and watched the sunrise through the windshield. !

After watching the sunrise here, I ran to the international airport, got on a special plane and waited for the notification from the tower before preparing to take off.It's not like you can fly directly on the way, and you have to wait for more than an hour and almost two hours!Finally, when the plane got on the runway, Ye Jing fell asleep for a long time!Seeing that it was about to take off, Jia Hongjian called Ye Jing up from the cabin of the plane.In any case, when the plane takes off and lands, accidents are most likely to happen. It is better to wear seat belts. Isn't it going to bump into the fuselage room like a bouncy ball?

Ye Jing rubbed her sleepy eyes and came to the cabin where she was seated, sat down and buckled up her seat belt without asking Jia Hongjian for help.After a while, when the plane started to accelerate to take off, the girl also woke up.After she woke up, she began to excitedly introduce the situation in the United States to Jia Hongjian—the girl was obviously very interested in going to the United States to participate in the New Year's Eve Carnival. "Hung-chien, do you know that the carnival in Times Square in the United States is broadcast live all over the United States. I heard that this year they will cooperate with aol America Online to directly broadcast the live broadcast on the Internet!"

"Live broadcast?" Jia Hongjian sighed when he heard the girl's words.In his impression, this kind of New Year's Eve carnival in the United States is not just a group of young people running to Times Square as if they were attending a party, and then singing and dancing to wait for the countdown, and then the big ball opened the ribbon and floated down, and then went back to Do each family find their own mother?Why is this still live? "Yes, live broadcast! When we go there, it is estimated that there will be more than 100 million people there! The vicinity of Times Square is definitely full of people, all of them are blocked, and all cars can't get in! Half a year ago, many businesses in Times Square began to renovate and redecorate, just to make a fortune during the carnival tonight, but the New York City government was afraid that something would happen, and that the opening of the store would cause more traffic Afraid of a stampede or something, those shops were prohibited from opening after dark, and even the nearby Broadway theaters were implicated in the end. Several theaters near the square were asked not to open that night to avoid crowding too much. .And viewers from other places who cannot come to New York to watch the countdown can also watch it live on TV. According to the estimates of the New York City government, there are about [-] million viewers in the United States alone through TV! This is still the audience in the United States!"

"One hundred million?" Jia Hongjian was startled when he heard this!hiss!By 1999, the population of the United States was less than 3 million, right?So in other words, just such a New Year's Eve carnival will have 30% or even 40% of the ratings?You must know that in Jia Hongjian's impression, the overall audience rating of CCTV Spring Festival Gala in 2012 was about 32%!In 2010, when the Little Tigers reunited on stage, the ratings were considered high, only 38%!From this point of view, the effect of such a New Year's Eve carnival in the United States is the same as that of the CCTV Spring Festival Gala later?hiss……

This matter immediately aroused Jia Hongjian's thinking!He is also doing the Spring Festival Gala now. Could he not be curious about the United States attracting so many carnivals?In the United States, TV dramas in prime time have the highest ratings of about 10%, but such a New Year's Eve carnival has 40% ratings?This, this, this... This proves that in the United States, a concept similar to the Spring Festival Gala can also attract crazy viewership!This further proves that there is definitely something to do in the Chinese Spring Festival Gala!However, in a place where American entertainment methods are so developed, where the Internet has become popular, how do they attract viewers?How can people attract 40% of the people to watch it?Jia Hongjian was very curious about this!Because their Huaxia Satellite TV will definitely encounter diversion of potential viewers from various other entertainment methods in the future, so he is interested in the example from the United States, and wants to see how they do it!

So at that time, Jia Hongjian couldn't help asking: "Then how did they attract so many people to watch? Could it be that they rely on fireworks performances? Americans are not so easy to fool?" Yes, Jia Hongjian did not believe that just The fireworks show can attract more than one-third of the population of the United States to watch the broadcast!If the fireworks alone could attract so many people, how rustic and ignorant this American is!

As a result, Ye Jing, who took it for granted, smiled and said: "How could it be just a firework show! Every year, a large number of artists come to sing and perform. Generally speaking, it is like a big New Year's Eve party! I remember it started in the morning, and Times Square Martial law was enforced nearby, and then you could only enter but not exit. Many people went in more than ten hours in advance for a good location, and then waited without eating, drinking, or messing around. There were also many plainclothes mixed in there. It is not allowed to bring alcohol in, for fear that someone will drink and make trouble. At night, there is disco music all around, and there are various stars singing. Everyone is bouncing and high. It can be said that it is the United States. The biggest party of the year! In the past, there were almost 60! When the music starts, everyone shakes up, and the atmosphere gets up, we will automatically be taken high! We will also start bouncing... Of course, part of the reason is that it is colder there, so we don’t bouncing. You have to tremble when you jump..."

After hearing Ye Jing's explanation, Jia Hongjian fell into deep thought... Hiss... New Year's Eve party?Bouncing around?A live audience of millions of people... Everyone is high?It really does feel like a huge party!And it's very interactive, no wonder American people want to watch it... Hey, isn't their China Satellite TV Spring Festival Gala just trying to be more interactive now?Isn't the CCTV Spring Festival Gala criticized for being "too official" in later generations?The program is full of songs and programs that sing praises, and this kind of folk party is obviously for everyone's entertainment, and it is pure entertainment and pure happiness, that is, stars singing on stage, some cultural performances, etc. The main purpose is to let everyone Hi, hi, Pippi, let everyone have fun... This actually feels very similar to the rhythm of the Spring Festival Gala!

Who said that the Spring Festival Gala must have language programs?Although Jia Hongjian himself likes to watch language programs, he doesn't like to watch the dances of the Spring Festival Gala.Maybe it's mainly because CCTV's Spring Festival Gala dances in history are more "artistic"?But think about it, if all the stars are invited to sing, such as the popular song "Jiangnan Style" by Uncle Psy, then everyone must be bouncing and jumping with great interest... Hey... Chinese Can the Spring Festival Gala, or the Spring Festival Gala of China Satellite TV, go this way?Immediately, Jia Hongjian felt that this trip to New York Times Square with his sister was not only the boyfriend's responsibility, not just to satisfy the so-called romantic plot of the girl, but more to learn from it! (To be continued..)