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Chapter 164: Go to the Spring Festival Gala and celebrate the New Year with the fairies

In early February 2005, when "The Seven Fairies" was nearing its finale, it was suspended for one day.

The audience who likes this drama are helpless, but there is nothing they can do.

It’s not just “The Seven Fairies” that has been suspended; most of the TV series currently being broadcast on satellite TV stations have also been stopped.

The reason is very simple. On New Year’s Eve, satellite TV stations all chose to broadcast the Spring Festival Gala, and the few TV stations and terrestrial channels that did not broadcast it also became “garbage time”.

Fortunately, compared with other TV series, the audience of "The Seven Fairies" does not have to be too disappointed.

If they paid attention to the Spring Festival Gala news, they would know that there would also be a program featuring the Seven Fairies in this year's Spring Festival Gala.

CCTV, Spring Festival Gala backstage

With only a few hours left before the live broadcast, all participants, including the staff, were inevitably feeling a little nervous.

Yan Li was also backstage. He was the program planner of the Seven Fairies and also their temporary agent. In addition, he had connections at CCTV, so he sneaked in with an assistant.

At this stage, CCTV and the Spring Festival Gala are extremely powerful.

In addition, the backstage is small and there are many performers and staff. It is okay during rehearsals, but on the night of the live broadcast, ordinary stars have no way to bring assistants backstage unless the program is special. At most, they have to wait in other places of CCTV outside the backstage.

Although the Seven Fairies are quite popular nowadays, most of them are newcomers and can't really put on much airs backstage at the Spring Festival Gala.

If Yan Li was not around, they would have to go about their business themselves or ask staff for help.

Everyone at CCTV is paid by the government. Old artists might give you some face, but new stars may not pay any attention to you. They have to put on makeup and wait in the backstage, which is very troublesome.

The most important thing is that with Yan Li, who is in charge of taking them to the Spring Festival Gala, they have a backbone and can keep their mentality stable.

If there were only seven of them, except for a few with strong personalities, the others would inevitably be panic-stricken and timid.

In fact, even if Yan Li was here now, they couldn't help it and had to rely on Yan Li to cheer them up.

It wasn't just the Seven Fairies, he also comforted Cai Yilin, A Duo, Yang Chengang, Shui Mu Nianhua and others who were in the same dressing room with them.

Because there are multiple actors and Yan Li is one of them, the Spring Festival Gala gave the Seven Fairies a dressing room.

But this dressing room is not exclusive to the Seven Fairies, but is shared with a song medley program.

This medley program consists of five songs and is mainly aimed at young audiences. Most of the singers invited are influential singers among the younger generation.

A Duo is a rising star in the mainland music scene in recent years, and Shuimu Nianhua is a representative folk music group.

Cai Yilin is a young pop star in Taiwan and currently the most popular young female singer. Yang Chengang's song "Mouse Loves Rice" became a hit across the country and she is considered a representative of online singers.

There is also Jaycee Chan who is here to make up the numbers. He can barely be considered a Hong Kong singer, but he mainly relies on his father to get to the top.

Cheng Long had a performance in the Spring Festival Gala this year, so he also invited his son to sing a song.

Because of this, this guy did not stay in the dressing room where the show was held, but stayed with his father Cheng Long.

Although these people are not newcomers, it is their first time to appear on the Spring Festival Gala, so they feel some pressure.

Whether it is one sheep or two sheep, Yan Li, with a kind heart, helps to comfort them and establishes a good relationship with them.

Yan Li is a pure good person who does good things, but there are always people who think the opposite of what he wants.

For example, several fairies hinted to Dong Xuan to keep a close eye on Yan Li and not let him be seduced away by someone else.

That A Duo looks pretty good, and even looks a bit like Chen Hao, the heartthrob from "Sex and the City". Some of them almost made a mistake with her before.

Cai Yilin's appearance is also okay, and the key is that she has the status of a little queen. She has a bit of coquettishness and speaks in a sweet voice. Many men like this.

Dong Xuan didn't take A Duo seriously, mainly because she didn't communicate much with Yan Li.

Cai Yilin, on the other hand, chatted with Yan Li for a long time, laughing.

but……

Dong Xuan glanced at Cai Yilin and hesitated for a moment: "Isn't she in a relationship with Zhou Jielun?"

Fatty Fan curled his lips and said, "The more this happens, the more we have to be on guard. Just think about it, stealing Zhou Jielun's girlfriend, how exciting it would be."

"Freeze said."

Dong Xuan said dissatisfiedly: "He is not that kind of person."

Dong Xuan still had doubts about Yan Li's lust for women, and she didn't believe he was trying to steal her boyfriend.

Fan Xiaopang didn't refute her, she just said that.

In her heart, although Yan Li was not a good person, he was not that vile.

After all, Yan Li has no shortage of women and he is a smart man, so there is no need to provoke this bitch.

Huo Siyan added softly, "You didn't read the news, but she and Zhou Jielun almost broke up. Many people are saying they've broken up."

Jiang Xin agreed: "I also read online that the two of them don't get along, and their fans argue every day."

Dong Xuan immediately became alert. If Yan Li didn't poach her, there was no guarantee that this Cai guy would poach her.

She had heard of the fame of those artists in Taiwan, and they were very good at it.

"cough."

Dong Xuan calmly gave Yang Xue a wink, who understood and greeted Yan Li.

"Boss Yan, there seems to be some noise in my microphone. Can you ask someone to adjust it for me?"

Yan Li came over after hearing the news and didn't find anything wrong, but to be on the safe side he still went to find the staff assistant.

CCTV is a big organization with a lot of things to do now. Asking assistants to run errands may not be effective or may be a waste of time.

When he came back and asked the staff to repair Yang Xue's microphone, Dong Xuan, Jiang Xin and others had already pulled Cai Yilin and A Duo to chat enthusiastically.

"Tsk~"

Yan Li was very smart. He glanced at Yang Xue and Dong Xuan lightly without saying anything, then turned to talk to Yang Chengang.

He was very interested in the operation behind the Internet hit "Mouse Loves Rice" and its promotion to the Spring Festival Gala.

Combining his understanding of the current situation with a systematic "foresight", Yan Li discovered that the "subculture" that the mainstream and the media once sneered at seemed to be gradually infecting or integrating with the mainstream, and even to a certain extent becoming the master.

The popularity of Yang Chengang and "Mouse Loves Rice", the increasing attention paid to talent shows in the industry, and Deyun Club, which has become well-known in Beijing since last year.

[Grassroots counterattack] has become a new trend that is hotly discussed and sought after by the public.

Yan Li wondered if he could get a piece of the pie in this new trend.

Whether it's producing films and TV series, or making profits from marketing, or creating artists, or related investments... well, it's worth looking into.

Yan Li was thinking while chatting, and he felt too calm, which made Dong Xuan and the others feel uneasy, especially Yang Xue who was working hard.

"Sister Xuan, Mr. Yan won't cause me any trouble, will he?"

"Don't worry, I'm here."

Dong Xuan was a little brave, and she hadn't done anything out of line. At most, Yan Li would find an excuse to "ruin" her a few times. It wasn't the first time anyway.

As time passed, it was finally eight o'clock in the evening and the live broadcast of the Spring Festival Gala officially began.

The Seven Fairies' performance was neither too early nor too late, ranking 38th out of 17 programs, after an acrobatic performance, followed by a skit by Cai Ming and Guo Da.

Yan Li put aside his distracting thoughts and quietly accompanied the Seven Fairies waiting to go on stage.

...

Hebei Province, a community

College student Shi Hengtang listened to his mother's nagging while watching the Spring Festival Gala acrobatics on TV intermittently.

He had watched the Spring Festival Gala since he was a child and never understood what was so interesting about acrobatics. He also thought that the song and dance performances should be abandoned. The whole Spring Festival Gala should be just skits. That would be more interesting. After a long wait, the acrobatics finally ended. The host came on stage to introduce the next program.

Shi Hengtang spent every day on vacation in the Internet cafe or in his room reading. He had never seen this drama, so he found the singing and dancing very boring.

Just as I was about to go out for some fresh air, a voice rang out, and the stage was filled with white mist of dry ice. A classical and solemn fairy in red came slowly on the clouds, dancing gracefully and singing slowly.

"Flowers bloom tirelessly just for the butterflies' love of their fragrance; when a person meets a true friend, he has no extravagant expectations for the rest of his life~"

If you have watched "The Seven Fairies", you will be familiar with this song. It is the ending song "Life is Like a Dream" sung by Tan Jing.

The Spring Festival Gala program about the Seven Fairies was okay in terms of dancing, but the songs were quite repetitive.

Originally, I was looking for new songs, wanting something cheerful and festive, but the effect was not good. The fairies became jumpy when they were festive, and the "fairy feeling" was gone.

Later, they used theme songs from TV dramas, but they also had their own problems.

Including the ending song "Life is Like a Dream", it feels a bit cold and does not quite fit the tone of the Spring Festival Gala.

They even gave up singing at one point in the show and only rehearsed dancing. It was not until "The Seven Fairies" was broadcast and the ending song received a lot of praise that they finally decided to use this song during the fourth rehearsal.

However, whether it is singing or dancing, for the show Seven Fairies it is more of a performance method.

The biggest highlight of the entire show is the seven fairies with fair skin, beautiful looks and outstanding temperament.

Compared to the face, everything else is secondary.

After singing a line of song, the fairy in red stepped aside, and the cool and handsome fairy in orange came on stage, dancing and singing slowly.

Afterwards, the straightforward and beautiful fairy in yellow, the quirky fairy in green, the bright and otherworldly fairy in green, the quiet and gentle fairy in blue, and the cute and pure fairy in purple appeared one by one, and then danced and sang together.

The white mist is curling, the singing is ethereal, the sleeves are fluttering, the figure is graceful, and the performance is in harmony.

One beautiful face after another appears in the picture, some angry, some happy, some cold, some charming, touching the heart.

At least for Shi Hengtang, it was the first time he understood why the princes and nobles in TV dramas liked to watch dancing.

"It's so beautiful."

A village in Henan Province

Zheng Luo, who is still in elementary school, has always been a loyal fan of "The Seven Fairies". Now he is even more excited to see the program of the Spring Festival Gala.

She ran to the bedroom, grabbed a pink bed sheet, covered herself with it, twisted herself in front of the TV, and asked her parents.

"Do I look like a fairy?"

Her mother didn't indulge her at all: "I think you look like a jinx."

Zheng Luo was so angry that she screamed and cried until her father, who was half drunk after the New Year's Eve dinner, promised to buy her a "spiritual stone bracelet" of the same style as the one in the convenience store "The Seven Fairies".

Afterwards, Zheng Luo was in a dilemma again, wondering which color bracelet to buy.

She liked the fourth fairy the best, but thought the fifth fairy was the most beautiful, and the purple spirit stone was the most beautiful.

Worry!

Jiangxi Province, a certain unit
A group of employees who did not have a holiday during the Spring Festival gathered in the cafeteria on New Year's Eve to watch TV and commented on the programs.

"This show is good and pleasing to the eyes."

"What's so good about a few women singing and dancing? The Thousand-Armed Guanyin was more impressive."

"They're different. That one has beautiful dancing, and this one has beautiful people. Both are good shows."

“I think the song is pretty good.”

"Isn't this the TV series "Seven Fairies"? It's actually on the Spring Festival Gala?"

"What TV show?"

"Haven't you seen it? It's on Shanghai TV, Seven Fairies Falling in Love. My wife and daughter are obsessed with it, watching it every day."

"Really? Let me take a look back."

Liaoning Province, Shenyang City

Qin Lan heard her parents praising the Seven Fairies' performance and snorted softly, "It's just that the clothes look nice. I can perform much better than them if I put them on."

Mother Qin ate some melon seeds and glanced at her sideways: "You're still going to perform? Can you dance?"

"Dancing is not difficult, and this dance is not complicated."

Qin's father spoke up for his daughter, but before Qin Lan could be happy, he started to retaliate.

"But even if you can dance, you won't be selected. You're far from being selected."

"What's wrong with me?"

Qin Lan was very dissatisfied. She was very confident in her appearance. She was the "Qiong Girl" chosen by Qiong Yao. Did she understand the value of this?

"I didn't say you're bad looking, but your temperament doesn't match that of a fairy."

Qin's father continued to feel heartbroken, but this time Qin's mother was unwilling to do so. She felt that her daughter was capable.

"Zhihua is so ladylike and beautiful. If our daughter dresses up as her, she will definitely be better than them."

"Yes."

Qin Lan hugged her mother's arm and looked at the TV screen with a frown on her face.

Later, she also bought a gauze skirt of the same style as the Seven Fairies, and then put it on for Yan Li to see, asking him to comment on which one looked better.

Well, just buy the yellow one and scare this bastard at the same time!
Beijing, backstage at the Spring Festival Gala

Yan Li shuddered. CCTV was so stingy that they didn't even install heating and air conditioning in the aisle.

Rubbing his hands, he greeted the Seven Fairies who had just stepped off the stage with a smile on his face.

"The performance was excellent, better than the previous rehearsals. The audience will definitely like it. Let's wait and see the news."

Upon hearing this, the seven fairies all smiled happily. They had been rehearsing for so long and nervously going through the review and revisions, just waiting for this moment to show their faces and reap the rewards.

"I've arranged a car. Everyone, pack up and go home if you need to. If you can't go back for the time being and want to spend the New Year alone, you can join our group. I've booked a New Year's Eve dinner and a suite at the hotel. We can eat, chat, and drink as much as we want."

Many of the Seven Fairies' families live in other places. Now that it is the Spring Festival, it is inconvenient to travel by train or plane, and it would be too lonely and miserable to go back to their residence in Beijing to celebrate the New Year alone.

Since he was the one who organized them to perform together on the Spring Festival Gala, Yan Li couldn't just leave them aside after using them.

So we arranged a party, and everyone who wanted to get together to celebrate the New Year had a lot of fun, and then went back home.

"I regestrated."

Fan Xiaopang was the first to raise her hand. Although her parents had a residence in Beijing, they had wanted to stay there this year, but were persuaded to leave by her. Her grandmother waited for them to come home for the New Year every year, and they didn't want to disappoint the old lady.

I had thought I would have to spend New Year’s Eve after the Spring Festival Gala on my own, and then find a way to go back to the island city to celebrate the New Year.

Now that Yan Li is arranging a gathering for them, she won’t be lonely anymore?
Li Bingbing raised his hand second: "I have to take my sister with me."

The two sisters also plan to stay in Beijing first, and then return to their hometown in Northeast China. They are not opposed to joining in the fun.

Li Lin also raised her hand, but she had to bring her husband with her as they stayed in Beijing for rehearsals. Her husband was worried about her pregnancy and it would be inconvenient for her. In addition, she was a teacher at the Shanghai Theatre Academy and was on winter vacation, so he had been taking care of her recently.

The three people agreed, so Dong Xuan didn't need to say anything more.

Forget about the others. Yang Xue and Huo Siyan are both from Beijing, and their families are all there. Jiang Xin's family is also currently settled in Beijing, so there is no need for them to join in the fun.

They agreed that if the party didn't end tomorrow, they could come and play with Yan Li and the others, and everyone split into two groups.

Jiang, Huo, and Yang returned home for the New Year. Yan Li, Dong Xuan, and Shuang Bing gathered their friends and went to the hotel they had agreed on to spend some time together.

(End of this chapter)