superstar director

Chapter 574 First Instance

Ning Sheng officially took over the director team of the Spring Festival Gala, and the director team reported work one after another.

Funding, personnel, stage, program list, time for the first trial, all problems are waiting to be solved!Difficulties waiting to be overcome one by one!

Maybe it was Ning Sheng's exciting speech before that played a big role, or maybe Ning Sheng's name as a big-name director played a role. In short, many people in the director team of the Spring Festival Gala at this moment have lost their previous jobs. In the anxious state of being overwhelmed by pressure due to progress, everyone quickly returned to work and cheered up again. Some girls were even more motivated and expressed that they would create miracles with Ning Sheng!

After listening to all the reports, Ning Sheng began to announce his job appointment!
"Old Wu, you are the assistant director."

He has been making movies with Ning Sheng, and Lao Wu, who is the assistant director, nodded vigorously, "Okay! No problem!"

Ning Sheng said to a director of Imperial TV Station: "Brother Liu, you can also get an assistant director and help me."

The other party was originally assigned by Deputy Director Wang to help Ning Cheng, so he said without hesitation: "No problem, you can tell Director Ning if you have something to do!"

Ning Cheng finally said: "Xiao Lin, you will be my assistant."

"Follow Director Zhang." Xiao Lin, who was originally Ning Sheng's assistant, said crisply.

The team he brought has been assigned duties by him. If he comes alone, sometimes he will not be familiar with other people, and misunderstandings will easily occur at work, so it is more convenient to communicate with two familiar people.

Although everyone has never directed a party before, let's put aside the ability, at least everyone has partnered with him for so many years, and the tacit understanding is very high, and they also know their temper and their working methods. Where Sheng needs them, his work arrangements require them to arrange and implement them one by one.

First of all, there is no problem with funding, because there is no performance fee for all the programs and artists of the Spring Festival Gala. Except for a few outstanding artists, most of the star artists in the country are selected by the director. No matter who is selected, it is high I am happy to participate at my own expense, which saves a lot of money.

Then there is the cost of setting up the stage. This is supported by special funds for the annual Spring Festival Gala. Every year, the Spring Festival Gala is the latest and most advanced embodiment in the country. The chief director, Ning Sheng, only needs to propose the appearance he wants, and then hand it over. Just leave it to the professionals.

Looking at it this way, it seems that the Spring Festival Gala is not difficult to do. If you have money and people, there is nothing difficult. However, the real difficulty is never money. There are too many people, sometimes it is good, but sometimes it is troublesome!
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The media is boring.

It's been two days, and there's been no movement from the Spring Festival Gala. They've been waiting for Ning Sheng's first move after taking office these days. This is a super director with a cumulative global box office of tens of billions. Why is there no movement? ah?This is not scientific!
However, time passed quietly day by day, and on this day, the Spring Festival Gala finally ushered in the first trial.

Imperial TV Station, the scene of the first trial.

In the huge studio, there were only a few dozens of people sitting alone in the first two rows. Ning Cheng sat in the middle, next to the leaders of the Spring Festival Gala working group, and behind them were several assistant directors and a group of reviewers. Series staff, the rest of the seats are empty.On the backstage side, the waiting star artists, the performance teams recommended by various departments, and the staff of the Spring Festival Gala in the imperial capital have almost crowded the backstage.

The first is the review of the singing program.

Ning Cheng flipped through the program list and gave an order, "Let's begin."

Old Wu read the name aloud, "The first group of performers, please prepare."

The leaders and staff involved in the review also picked up their pens and prepared to score.

Today's program list for the first trial actually hasn't changed, it's still the list and programs invited by the former chief director when he took over, of course, a large part of it was "recommended" by the art troupes and other units of various departments, Ning Sheng didn't change it, it's still the same. According to the review of this program list, the main reason is that there is too little time. Ning Sheng took over the Spring Festival Gala in a hurry, and the time for the first trial has come, so I can only follow this first, and take a look at the situation first. As for the program, I will screen it a little bit later. Ning Sheng needs to understand the level of the show and the actors first. .

All the popular pop singers, groups, and a few veteran kings and queens, the last ones are the singers of the art troupe.

Actors appeared one by one.

"This is not bad."

"This is good."

"Is this song a bit old?"

"Is the scene of this group too simple? This song has been playing for more than a day, isn't it a bit annoying?"

"This song is not good, it doesn't match the festive atmosphere of the Spring Festival Gala at all."

The members of the first-instance review team commented in a low voice, the actors sang above, and they communicated below.

Then there are dance programs: the teachers of the art troupe, the students of the dance school, a total of seven art groups.

"It's a bit monotonous."

"Who recommended this?"

"It feels too old, too old, for no one to like it?"

"It's not very pretty, mainly because it's nothing new!"

"Well, this dance is a bit familiar, have you seen it before?"

"Oh, this one definitely won't work, it's too messy."

"What is this student body dancing for?"

Acrobatic programs: There are three.

Magic programs: There are three.

Then there are language programs: ten in total.

Cross talk, skits and so on.

"This sketch is fine!"

"Teacher Gu is always strong."

"The book still needs to be repaired, and there is still room for improvement."

"This cross talk is not good."

"That's right, the content of this cross talk is not good."

"Ms. Zhao's sketches are pretty good, and every year during the Spring Festival Gala, I will point to Mr. Zhao's new ones and have fun!"

"Yeah, there are no newcomers."

After nearly ten hours of continuous busy work from morning to night, the first trial of the Spring Festival Gala finally came to a successful conclusion.

The actors had already gone back, and many staff members also went to rest, but Ning Sheng and the other review leaders did not leave, and were still sitting in the first row of the studio.

Ning Cheng remained silent, and everyone else looked at him.

From the beginning of the first program of the first trial, Ning Sheng didn't say a word, didn't express any attitude, is he happy?Are you satisfied?No one knew, a group of them were all evaluating and pointing and writing ratings, only Ning Cheng remained motionless from the beginning to the end, seemed to be thinking, and also seemed to be wandering.

A leader of the Spring Festival Gala working group looked at him, "Director Ning?"

"Director Ning, what do you think?"

"The program of the first trial is over, what do you think?"

The leaders of the working group all asked him.

Then Ning Cheng looked at everyone, sighed and said, "I just want to ask one thing now, this Spring Festival Gala, can I decide which program will be on and which program will be off?"

The leader glanced at him in surprise and smiled, "You are the chief director, of course you have the right, but our Spring Festival Gala is not an ordinary gala after all, audiences all over the country are watching, and the leader is always paying attention, so——"

But Ning Cheng, you are too lazy to talk nonsense, and directly asked, "I just asked, can I decide who will be on the show and who will be off the show. If I say nothing, then I will resign now. Hurry up while you still have time. Please be clever!"

"what?"

"Director Ning, don't be joking."

"You can't talk nonsense, you can't talk nonsense!"

"Oh, what's the matter?"

"Mr. Ning, calm down, calm down!"

The leaders were all frightened!
The director team was also dumbfounded!
However, Ning Cheng pointed to the stage with a disappointed face and said, "This is the best program that has been 'selected' across the country? Have you all watched it just now? Have you seen any program that is not bad? If you want to comment on the program as being particularly wonderful, fantastic, and clap your hands, then I think this is an insult to my IQ as an artist, so I have nothing to say!"

Everyone, you look at me, I look at you laughing, a little embarrassed.

A leader said, "Director Ning, don't be angry. I also admit that this round of programs is indeed a little worse than previous years, but isn't this just the first trial? There is still room for effort. The higher-ups invite you to sit in charge, no Is it just to check the program? I know, you think that there are too many programs recommended by various departments and art troupes, which makes you unable to use your hands. This can be discussed. If you watch a program, you think it is really good No, we also feel that it is average, so we can cut it if it should be cut, and this can be discussed."

"Yes, we can discuss it."

"The programs of the art troupe this year are a little bit off."

The leaders of the Spring Festival Gala working group also relaxed a little at this time.

Why did the former chief director have so much pressure, money and people, where did the pressure come from?Isn't it from these programs!

In the end, the Spring Festival Gala still depends on the content to attract people. If your show is not good, it will be useless in the end.

But this day's first trial, what kind of program is this!

In this world, Ning Sheng has basically seen all the previous Spring Festival Gala.

Ning Cheng sometimes wondered why the Spring Festival Gala inevitably ushered in the old road of not being as good as a year after another time and space?Is our show really getting worse?He doesn't think so. Looking at the program lists of previous years, to be honest, the Spring Festival Gala in this world is well funded and China's entertainment industry is prosperous, so every year the Spring Festival Gala is improved from the stage to the personnel to the technical level. The reason why the reputation of the Spring Festival Gala has deteriorated is actually that the audience has become picky. It’s like a movie. In the past, you can get a good box office if you can’t make a quality work. Will buy a ticket to enter!
The viewer's eyes will naturally become higher as the number of programs they watch increases.In the past, the Spring Festival Gala in dozens of circles also tried their best to do their best. The audience has seen countless wonderful performances by countless directors and actors year after year, so their expectations for the Spring Festival Gala have naturally increased year by year. The improvement is not very big, but after so many years of accumulation, there are countless successful Spring Festival Gala in the past for comparison. Once your program is lower than the audience's extremely high expectations, then the audience will think you are not good, and the program will not look good. .

So what to do now?This is too high a requirement for their program!

And this kind of pickiness can be said to be harsh!But this is reality, you can't ask the audience to lower their expectations!
Although in all fairness, the programs that have just come out of the first trial can win a lot of applause and perform beautifully in any gala or competition except the Spring Festival Gala, but the Spring Festival Gala is the only one that can’t, because it is not the same as before the Spring Festival Gala. Compared with other programs, it seems too ordinary!No surprises!And the audience will not compare the Spring Festival Gala with other evenings. The only thing the audience will compare is the Spring Festival Gala in every world!

Therefore, this is definitely not possible!If this is still the case, this year's Spring Festival Gala will have to be smashed like in previous years!

Everyone was also very anxious and made plans one after another.

"No, add a few more shows."

"What about the alternative program? Bring it up?"

"Invite a few more big names? Isn't Director Ning very familiar with the NLZ group? Invite them to sing a song?"

"It's not much time until the second trial, is there time?"

"I have to do it before it's too late. I agree with Director Ning. The passing rate of these programs in the first trial is at most [-]%, and nearly [-]% have no bright spots!"

"But the key is that there are no good shows!"

"Where's the screenwriter? How many more?"

"The scriptwriting team is already very strong."

"Let them write a few more good programs. The technical level of the actors is actually very good. As long as they can write them, someone will act them. The problem now is that there are no good scripts, and some scripts we think are good. People don’t necessarily think it’s good!”

"Yeah, this is the hardest part."

The meeting lasted until after ten o'clock at night, and everyone was stressed and exhausted.

Finally, Ning Cheng spoke, "Let's stop here today, tomorrow, I'll make a playlist!"

"You did it yourself? Which part?"

"all!"

"all!?"

Everyone was stunned!

At this time, no one has realized the weight of Ning Cheng's words, and no one knows how determined he is.Originally, Ning Sheng wanted to pin his hopes on his own things in this world. He thought that with China being so big, it would not be easy to find a few exciting shows?
But not this time!Because the time is too tight, there is no time for him to go to the whole country to find suitable programs!

Therefore, in order to prevent this Spring Festival Gala from being the worst, Ning Sheng had no choice but to come by himself and save the event with classic Spring Festival Gala works from another time and space!
Songs, dances, acrobatics, magic, skits, cross talk, everything that can be directly copied, Ning Sheng decided to copy all of them from the Spring Festival Gala in another time and space. Sheng decided to try his best to create new ideas from the performance method!

This evening, the staff members of the Spring Festival Gala review team walked out of the building in twos and threes, but they were all shocked. Ning Cheng had to take care of almost the entire creation of the Spring Festival Gala by himself, and the rehearsal was completed in less than a month. This difficulty is probably not lower than that of a newcomer directly making an award-winning movie!

In particular, the Spring Festival Gala is not just about making movies or singing. It contains several types of art, which Ning Sheng has never been involved in, such as sketches, magic, or cross talk. Ning Sheng How to create?Everyone was really in a turmoil, and some people were worried that Ning Cheng had lost his head with anger, so they let it go, and planned to persuade Ning Cheng secretly tomorrow!

(End of this chapter)