1980 My Entertainment Era

Chapter 336 89 Spring Festival Gala

On February 2th, at 5 p.m., CCTV’s Spring Festival Gala for the Year of the Snake began on time.

There are five hosts, four men and one woman. The men are Li Moran, Zhao Zhongxiang, Jiang Kun, and Li Yang. The first three are old acquaintances.

Li Yang is a famous voice actor. He voiced the Monkey King in Journey to the West.

The female host is Kan Lijun, whom Xia Tian is not very familiar with.

But she was the host of the "New Star Music" during the Mid-Autumn Festival in 80. It was the time when Su Xiaoming sang "Naval Port Night"!
I went to listen to it live in the summer, and got tickets from the dance troupe~
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First there was a piece of music called "Spring Festival Overture", and then a crosstalk show came up.

"Sending Spring Festival Couplets", performed by Li Jindou, Shi Fukuan and other four people, was considered to be a warm-up.

Then came the solo by female singer Zhang Ye, "Picking Betel Nuts"!
She was admitted to the Conservatory of Music in 86 and studied vocal music with Professor Jin Tielin. Later, she sang the song "Into the New Era"!
Teacher Jin has brought out many famous singers!

During the rehearsal, Xia Tian was lost in thought while listening to this song: I wonder if people today know the harm of chewing betel nuts? !
While I was still thinking about betel nut, another female singer came on stage - Li Erhe's student wife Mengge~
Then there was a piece of Huagu Opera, a traditional folk art that is rarely seen on the Spring Festival Gala after the new century.

From now on, the Spring Festival Gala will be all about internet memes and popular stars.

When the Huagu Opera was being performed, Xia Tian had already changed into his costumes, and the next show was between him and Zhao Lirong.

"Old lady, are you ready?" Xia Tian said with a smile.

"Always be prepared!" Teacher Zhao is also humorous, and he made a "forward" pose with his elbows forward.

Although the Spring Festival Gala was popular these days, it was not as stressful or...serious as it is now.

"The next show is the skit 'Another Day of a Heroic Mother', performed by Zhao Lirong and Xia Tian."

At the beginning, the announcement was to put Xia Tian in the front. Would Xia Tian agree? That was too arrogant! He insisted that Teacher Zhao should be in the front.

The audience applauded and welcomed her. Teacher Zhao, dressed like an old housewife, went on stage first.

After saying a few lines, Xia Tian appeared with a foam model camera...

Colleagues and actors who have gone through the rehearsal couldn't help but smile.

They never thought that this skit could have a sequel?!
After all, the sequel to the skit still needs to wait for Lao Zhao to sell crutches~
"Another Day of a Heroic Mother" is a huge highlight in the first third of the Spring Festival Gala.

The audience was laughing so hard that they couldn't sit still in their seats. When the camera panned over, they were all laughing and grinning.

After all, there was no concept of memes in those days, not to mention that the skit performed by Xia Tian was actually a joke about Xia Tian himself.

This is simply the inside and outside of the play!

Moreover, the documentary "A Bite of China" released in the summer is known throughout the country, and many local TV stations are still rebroadcasting it.

Basically 80% of people who own a TV have watched it.

When it comes to the jokes and funny points in skits, one can easily capture and understand them without any geographical limitations.

What’s more, the skit also played on the phonetic pun of “Xia Tian” in the lyrics, which caught the audience off guard!

After this skit, the scene became completely lively.

It’s just that the director felt a little regretful backstage - if he had known, he would have postponed it for two or three shows. He didn’t expect the effect to be so good.

The audience’s expectations are too high now, it will be difficult to deal with it later!
Fortunately, the skit was followed by a "Qigong performance", which is very popular these days, so there is no need to compare it with the skit, which can divert attention.

Xia Tian was backstage. He changed his clothes, glanced at the performance, and smacked his lips in disinterest.

Teacher Zhao on the side asked: "You don't like it? Isn't this good?"

Teacher Zhao's Tangshan dialect is very magical, with an upward tone and the subject often placed at the end. It is a special dialect that can even make the Northeastern dialect go astray~
Xia Tian shook his head: "I don't believe this."

Teacher Zhao smiled and said, "It's okay if you don't believe it."

As for the performances on stage, Xia Tian can do them all, such as spraying water to break bricks, shrinking into a cage...

Some are just sleight of hand, some are technical stuff, and none of them have anything to do with qigong.

Doesn't Xia Tian understand whether it's a good deed or not? Am I, the Great Immortal De Mei, kidding you?
It's okay if you believe in fake qigong, but if you believe it's real, you'll be in trouble.

If it’s fake, it will cost you money at most, but if it’s real, it will cost you your life.

If you practice this thing, you can really produce something, but unfortunately it's not a good thing - every aspect is pieced together and imagined, and almost all of them are experimental products.

Those Qigong masters rarely live to be sixty years old~
Practicing Qigong can cause high blood pressure and cerebral hemorrhage. Isn't that amazing?!
After the qigong, there was a song by Hang Tianqi, followed by a recorded program - "Children's Group Speedy Calculation" by the Second Experimental Primary School of Liaoyuan, Jilin Province.

During the rehearsal, Xia Tian saw the program list and was stunned - he thought a colleague had brought the program list for the children's channel!
No, what is this?
But now people like this one~
Xia Tian discussed with the director but to no avail - Director: You have to make some programs for children, right? Xia Tian: So you just let them watch other people's reel speed during the festival, right? Are you still going to let them celebrate the New Year?!
Like it? You all like it, right? Believe it or not, I will show you the quantum wave speed reading, and I will beat you to death!

After the primary school students were engrossed in the New Year's Day, it was Cheng Lin's song that came out.

Now that summer has been confirmed, the fate of some people has become different from what they knew, and there has been a deviation.

——She is not in a relationship with the Japanese singer, Uncle Leehom, who sang “Descendants of the Dragon” last year.

I really just dislike that she is not good-looking!

No, sister. Are you still a member of the Appearance Association?!

During the last two rehearsals this year, she even asked Xia Tian: "Do you know someone named Marvin?"

Xia Tian: "Yes, I know him. What's wrong?"

"Oh, nothing. Director Xie Fei asked me to play the leading female role. The leading actor is called Ma Wen, and he said he is a good friend of yours."

Xia Tian nodded: "Yes, we have a good relationship and have known each other for ten years. But I have to warn you, he is not a good person, don't get too close to him. Don't let him fool you!"

In the end, he even joked to Cheng Lin, "Okay! I get it."

Xia Tian: What's so funny about this? I'm serious! This grandson of Ma Wen is really not a good guy!
How many good things are there in the arts?

Cheng Lin's outfit on stage was quite bold, a black leather jacket with bright silver trim.

I want to ask in the summer: Who found a stylist for you?

This song is also very interesting, the lyrics:

Although I am young, I have great skills.

Shaolin, Wudang, Taekwondo, everything is good~
This song is a cover of the theme song of the movie "Good Boys".

There were a dozen young men from the Shichahai Wushu Team, aged between ten and fifteen, on the stage, and Xia Tian got a spot for Wu Jing.

This kid was so excited that he asked Cheng Lin for an autograph, and boasted that he was a close friend of Brother Tian'er and could help pass on the message!

When Xia Tian found out, he wanted to beat him to death!

Cheng Lin on the stage was singing and dancing at the same time, which was very lively. Her stage style has always been lively, and she loves to twist~
The songs were followed by acrobatics performed by children aged 5-15 years old.

Then came my favorite show in the summer, the Peking Opera "The Case of the Chopping of the Beauty".

But the show was performed by two six-year-old children, so it was serious and lively, and the unity was tense~
During the rehearsal, the two children asked Xia Tian to comfort them. Xia Tian was happy and even sang a few lines with them.
Watching "The Case of the Chopping of the Beauty" on the stage, Xia Tian couldn't help but think of the following story in his mind: There was a Justice Bao in Kaifeng ~ he was impartial and just in distinguishing loyalty from treachery ~ Wang Chao and Ma Han came to help ~ Zhang Long and Zhao Hu were by his side!

This classic TV series filmed on the island will probably last for a few more years.

The theme song was sung by Teresa Tsui. Coincidentally, she was in this year's Spring Festival Gala^
Then there was another song, and then it was time for the skit “Recruitment”!
Performers: Xiao Lin, Shi Shengjie, Huang Hong, Fang Qingzhuo (who has performed in "Emperor's Sister-in-law Tian Guihua").

As far as Xia knew, the first two had "passed away" - both due to cancer.

Four people on the stage performed the "culture" of wine and various behaviors after drinking, satirizing bad phenomena such as drinking table culture, social unwritten rules, etc.

Huang Hong's words "It's not enough to eat" have become a popular saying nowadays.

When relatives come to visit and ask how many dishes to prepare, they use this sentence as a joke.

These days skits and crosstalk are very good, especially those with themes that are extremely close to real life.

Another small climax!
The next program was a Huangmei Opera and Yue Opera duet "Eighteen Farewells", which told the story of Liang Zhu.

Sometimes when someone is seeing someone off, they will joke: "Don't say goodbye, let's stop here. If you say goodbye again, it will take eighteen people to say goodbye!"

Then another song started, and it was Wei Wei's turn to appear.

Before she started singing, the host Song Shixiong introduced Nie Weiping in the audience.

"This is the national model worker and famous chess master, Nie Weiping!"

Nie Weiping is not tall, has a round face, small eyes and wears glasses. He stood up and greeted everyone, and on behalf of the Go and sports communities, wished the people of the whole country a happy New Year.

Then he said some words of thanks for the support - we lost to the Japanese team in chess last year, and he thanked the audience for their support and understanding.

Looking at Nie Weiping's current hairstyle in summer, it seems like he hasn't washed his hair for several days! Why is it so greasy?
Back then, because I had won a few games against Uncle Wu, he had arranged for me to play chess with Nie Weiping. I really couldn't afford to lose!
The gift I gave to Uncle Wu for the Chinese New Year this year was an old chess manual.

After the chess master finished speaking, the two hosts spoke and introduced the following song - "Devotion of Love".

(End of this chapter)