Huayu: Starting from Fahrenheit

Chapter 280 Humanity and Sophistication
The theme of this year's CCTV Spring Festival Gala is "Harmonious Prosperity, Unity and Progress".

The main theme is to insist on holding the Spring Festival Gala in an open manner, be close to reality, close to life, close to the masses, embody national characteristics, show the style of the times, highlight the characteristics of the year, and actively create a harmonious, positive, happy and festive atmosphere.

On stage.

The venue will still be CCTV's Studio No. 1 for live broadcast.

The time when Wu Zhuo and others entered was neither late nor early, as the backstage was already crowded.

The performers and program staff were all very busy.

After Wu Zhuo and others came in, someone from the program team immediately came over to take them to change their clothes, and then arranged them to their respective dressing tables.

Wu Zhuo's seat was with the other members of Fahrenheit, and the four of them were in a row.

Not far away from him are Spring Festival Gala regulars Zhao Benshan and Song Dandan.

The program selected by the duo for the Spring Festival Gala this year is the sketch "Torchbearer".

Because they were close to each other, Wu Zhuo went over to say hello to them before putting on makeup.

"I know you. You are very famous in our Northeast! Many folks want you to come over and perform."

Zhao Benshan obviously knew Wu Chao.

Seeing him coming, she temporarily stopped rehearsing her lines with Song Dandan and turned to chat with Wu Chao.

There was actually nothing for the two of them to talk about.

Unfamiliar after all.

Mainly complimenting each other.

Wu Chao said that he often watched Zhao Benshan's sketches and liked his performance style very much.

Zhao Benshan said that his daughter liked Wu Chao and wanted Wu Chao to help her sign an autograph.

After a brief exchange of words, Wu Zhuo returned to her seat and began to put on makeup.

"This guy is nice and polite."

After watching Wu Chao leave, Zhao Benshan turned around and continued communicating with Song Dandan and couldn't help but praise him.

Even though it was just a few simple words of communication.

But Zhao Benshan quite likes Wu Chao's humble character.

As I said before, Hong Kong and Taiwan artists of this period were inherently arrogant and could hardly get along with mainland artists.

And there are even fewer people like Wu Zhuo who take the initiative to greet their senior colleagues.

Zhao Benshan attends the Spring Festival Gala almost every year.

In recent years, it is not uncommon for artists from Hong Kong and Taiwan to participate in the Spring Festival Gala.

Among them, almost no one took the initiative to say hello to him.

"It's quite polite."

Song Dandan nodded subconsciously.

Although she didn't communicate much with Wu Zhuo just now, Wu Zhuo had always been very polite to her and spoke very modestly.

"A-Zhao, you have good connections. Coming here is like being at home."

As soon as Wu Zhuo returned to his seat, Wang Dongcheng next to him said with envy.

Hearing this, Wu Zhuo paused and said:

"It's not that I have good connections, but I am willing to make friends with them."

Wu Zhuo didn't say anything more.

There is no need to say it.

We are all adults and we all have our own way of doing things.

Wu Zhuo can't always teach others how to do things!
As for his good connections.

Indeed, he has quite a good network of contacts.

But he didn't have these connections naturally.

Just like on today's Spring Festival Gala stage, Wu Chao actually didn't recognize many people.

But he was willing to go over and get to know these people.

When others come over to say hello, he won't frown.

Different from Wu Zhuo.

The other members of Fahrenheit have been more or less influenced by other artists from Hong Kong and Taiwan.

When people treat mainland artists, they are more or less arrogant. They just don't take the initiative to get to know them.

When other people greeted me, I just responded simply because I was not familiar with them.

In this case, it would be strange if they could get along well with other people.

However!
It’s not that the other members of Fahrenheit don’t know how to deal with people. They can still get along well with artists from Hong Kong and Taiwan…

After putting on makeup, several people went to find their own dance team to discuss the performance.

Nothing happened after that.

Everyone was chatting with friends in the background.

In fact, we can see the difference between Wu Chao and other people in Hong Kong and Taiwan from here.

Other artists from Hong Kong and Taiwan mostly gathered together and rarely communicated with mainland artists. Occasionally, they only communicated with each other out of courtesy.

Only Wu Chao seemed different, as he went to chat and say hello to the veteran artists from the mainland.

He also gets along well with younger artists and they almost become good friends.

For example, Wang Baoqiang.

Sha Gen, who made his debut with "Blind Shaft" and then became completely famous with "A World Without Thieves", became a popular movie star in China in 2004.

In 2006, he entered thousands of households with the movie "Soldier Assault".

In the past two years, there have been many popular male stars in China.

Huang Xiaoming, Tong Dawei, Deng Chao...

But among them, Wang Baoqiang is definitely one of the best.

It is also for this reason that he officially appeared on the Spring Festival Gala stage this year.

Moreover, he is one of the few people who performs two shows.

One is "Bus Concerto" and the other is "Song of Migrant Workers".

In fact, what Huang Bo said in his previous life was absolutely right.

Don’t be fooled by Wang Baoqiang’s silly appearance, he gives people a very honest look.

But this guy is really smart!
When he met Wu Zhuo backstage, he immediately greeted him warmly.

Even though he knew Wu Zhuo was younger than him, he still called Wu Zhuo "Brother Zhuo"

Moreover, as soon as he mentioned Wu Zhuo's songs, an expression of admiration immediately appeared on his face, and he kept praising how good Wu Zhuo's songs were.

You know what, Wang Baoqiang has that honest look, and when he praises someone, it really gives people the feeling that this guy really admires you.

Moreover, as the saying goes, no matter how many holes there are, flattery never fails.

Even though Wu Chao knew that he was flattering Wang Baoqiang, he had to admit that his first impression of Wang Baoqiang was very good.

Therefore, after chatting for a while, Wang Baoqiang took the initiative to ask for contact information, and Wu Chao gave it to him directly.

Besides having a very pleasant conversation with Wang Baoqiang.

Wu Zhuo also chatted with Zhang Ziyi for a few minutes.

This person has been really successful in recent years.

Even if we didn't know that her career would start to decline.

Judging from her achievements in recent years alone, Zhang Ziyi might even give people a feeling of being a cheat.

In 1998, she was discovered by director Zhang Yimou and starred in the movie "My Father and Mother", for which she successfully won the Best Actress Award at the 23rd Popular Film Hundred Flowers Awards.

Since then, she has begun to appear frequently in the works of well-known Chinese directors.

In 2000, she played the role of Jade Fox in the film "Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon" directed by Ang Lee, and won the American Independent Spirit Award for Best Supporting Actress and the Chicago Film Critics Association Award for Best Newcomer for the film.

The film won the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film and made Zhang Ziyi an international star.

In 2004, Zhang Ziyi collaborated with Zhang Yimou again and starred in the costume martial arts film "House of Flying Daggers". With this film, she won the Outstanding Actress Award at the 11th China Film Huabiao Awards and was nominated for the Best Actress at the 58th British Academy Film Awards.

Let her international reputation become even more famous.

In 2005, she won the Best Actress Award at the 2046th Hong Kong Film Awards for her role as Bai Ling in the film "24" directed by Wong Kar-wai.

In the same year, she starred in the movie "Memoirs of a Geisha" and was nominated for the Best Actress in a Motion Picture Drama at the 63rd Golden Globe Awards.

In the same year, she became an Oscar lifetime judge and attended the 77th and 78th Academy Awards as an awards presenter.

In 2006, within one year, Zhang Ziyi appeared on the cover of Time magazine four times and was selected as one of the people who influenced the world.

If this momentum continues, the title of International Zhang will definitely be worthy of its name.

(End of this chapter)