Chapter 106 Prophecy about the third Spring Festival Gala
Early in the morning, Fan Wubing and Fan Ting and his brother came to CCTV and found Lao Chen.
"Hello leader!" Fan Wubing pushed open the office door and said to Lao Chen with a smile.
Old Chen was busy in the dark. It was the end of the year and there were so many things. He was lying in the middle of a large number of reports and was working on the settlement. Suddenly, he heard Fan Wubing's voice, and scratched his hair, looking up and asked, "Mr. Fan! Why are you here?"
"Didn't you ask me to find the crew of the Spring Festival Gala? What should I do if I don't come here?" Fan Wubing rolled his eyes and turned over.
"Oh hehe--" Old Chen then remembered, and saw Fan Ting also there, and said embarrassedly, "Hi! Look at this matter, I'm all blamed for not explaining it clearly. This year's Spring Festival Gala has changed places, and Director Huang and the others are now going to the Workers' Sports Department. Why don't I contact the car first and ask them to take you there?"
Gongshi? I don’t remember it! Although Fan Wubing has been in Beijing for more than half a year, he never cared about other things except making money. Of course, he doesn’t know where Gongshi is.
But when it comes to moving the Spring Festival Gala scene to the Working System, which crazy idea is this?
Because Fan Wubing and Fan Ting were not sure about the specific location, they waited for Lao Chen to arrange a car, pulled the two of them up, and went straight to the Worker's Team.
"Why didn't you do it in the studio this year?" Fan Wubing saw that the driver was a young man in his twenties, so he asked.
"Who knows, when the leader gets nervous, we have to run away. It is said that we can sell a lot of tickets, who knows? No one can explain the leader's affairs clearly—" the driver said depressedly.
Oh, is it because I want to make some income? The Walkman business this year is not very good, and its profit has shrunk significantly. It has already passed the best profit period. Humidifiers are sold in China with small profits and not much profit, so Fan Wubing is too lazy to advertise anymore. As for Jianlibao, he has made a few advertisements and continues to cooperate with CCTV. However, this is already an industry that Fan Wubing personally takes charge. Fan Wubing has not yet made any public intentions, so he did not think about continuing to sponsor the Spring Festival Gala.
He has been on the Spring Festival Gala advertisement for three consecutive years, and the goal seems to be too big. Therefore, Fan Wubing decided to stop this year and then talk about it. It is a bit too early to decide what will happen next year.
Soon, the car drove outside the Working System. The driver may have been running here frequently recently, so he became familiar with the road and directly led Fan Wubing and Fan Ting to the director's headquarters.
"Teacher Xiao Fan, you're here so well!" The director was watching the venue. When he saw Fan Wubing coming, he couldn't help but be very happy and greeted him with a smile.
"Who is this person? Why do you think you are not old? Director Huang went to greet him in person?" Several actors nearby were following the venue. Seeing Director Huang attaching so much importance to the visitor, he couldn't help but feel very curious.
Someone also found that Fan Wubing looked familiar, "I remember it. It was the brother and brother who had been sponsoring the Spring Festival Gala two years ago. I remember clearly. Do you think it was them?"
"That's right, but they probably are representatives of that manufacturer? They don't look old and are here to sponsor the Spring Festival Gala again this year?" someone asked.
"Who knows, maybe!" everyone whispered.
Director Huang has always attached great importance to Fan Wubing, especially when he first put forward many clear opinions and rectification methods to the Spring Festival Gala crew. Although there are only a few, they are indeed effective when used. The Spring Festival Gala program has become the most important link that everyone is looking forward to every New Year's Eve.
"Haha, Director Huang, it's been missing for another year, hello!" Fan Wubing held Director Huang's hand with a smile and shook it.
Director Huang held Fan Wubing's hand tightly and said with some emotion, "I haven't seen you for a year, and I have grown a lot more. But the old man, my waist has become much more hunched again!"
"The old horse is in the stable and has ambitions. Director Huang is in his prime and when he is making achievements, he will disappoint the audience across the country." Fan Wubing replied with a smile.
"If you don't mention these, let's take a look at the scene of this Spring Festival Gala." Director Huang led Fan Wubing and Fan Ting in.
The Workers' Stadium was built in 1961 and has been an important place for large-scale events in Beijing. Its construction area is about 40,000 square meters, one floor underground and four floors above ground. The overall form is circular and the ceiling is a spoke-wheel suspension cable structure with a span of 94 meters. It can be regarded as a classic example of this structure. Although the construction time is long, many design concepts and structures are of iconic significance.
"Why would you choose here this year?" Fan Wubing felt a little strange. It was so convenient to have a good studio. Although the place in the Workshop is big enough, it is too big. It is estimated that there will be more than 10,000 seats inside. I don't think there are few people watching football games, but when watching the party, it seems that the place is too spacious, and it is difficult for him to imagine what the people behind him can see.
A staff member next to Director Huang explained, "This year everyone watched the National Day military parade and the Olympic Games in Los Angeles in the United States were also held. We felt that a country with more than one billion people was too shabby to hold a Spring Festival party in the studio, so we wanted to show a grand scene, so we chose the Workers' Stadium."
"Oh." Fan Wubing didn't say anything, just looked at the equipment on the scene.
The equipment on the scene was very simple. Due to the conditions that could not keep up, the crew did not even have a walkie-talkie, and the command relied on wired headphones. The signals were intermittent and the effect was very poor. There were great problems in unified scheduling. The technical conditions were very backward, such as lighting up the audience seats, and it was difficult to change the color. The color films were all on the lights, dozens of meters above the ground, and they could not turn even if they wanted to turn. It was very primitive.
Another big problem is that the scene is too cold. With such a large venue, heating is a problem. Especially Fan Wubing took a look at everyone on the scene. They were basically wrapped in green military coats, shrunk like monkeys.
"How is this place?" asked Director Huang.
"Big is big enough, but there is nothing better than big than big." Fan Wubing replied very directly.
"Oh? Why do you say that?" Director Huang was very surprised.
Originally, he asked Fan Wubing to come over in the hope of taking advantage of his advanced concept of on-site overall arrangements, looking for problems in the program, and criticizing some flaws in the live broadcast process. Judging from the experience of the previous two Spring Festival Galas, Fan Wubing's opinions are very important and correct.
But this time I completely deny the show. Isn’t it a bit too much?
Seeing Director Huang and others with confusion, Fan Wubing began to literate everyone, "The Spring Festival Gala is different from general large-scale events. It is not about pomp, momentum, not about large people, nor about the masses. Instead, it is about creating a warm feeling of home, which is in line with the tradition of our Chinese. Therefore, the live space of the Spring Festival Gala should not be too large, even the studio should not be too large. The Spring Festival Gala is an occasion where family affection is very strong. I can see you and you can see me. When I raise my eyebrows, you can see it, and it doesn't feel difficult. Moreover, the host's connection, on stage and off stage, and you will be in front of you in two steps. It will feel very warm, well, humane."
Director Huang and others nodded repeatedly after hearing this. They had always felt uncomfortable when they came to the Workers' Sports to get familiar with the environment these days. At this time, after hearing what Fan Wubing said, I felt that this was it.
Fan Wubing continued, "The Spring Festival Gala and the Military Parade are different from the Olympics. It can be said to be completely different! The military parade and the Olympics are large-scale events, showing the national prestige and the national strength, so we must be proud of the show and the momentum! Therefore, the larger the venue for the military parade and the Olympics, the better, the more people attend, the better, the more diverse the guests watching the ceremony, the stronger the deterrence, and the obvious effect! But the Spring Festival Gala is like a family dinner, a small-scale gathering of friends, which emphasizes warmth and beauty. It is not seen for more than a year that we have gathered together to be lively and lively, and there are more people and more venues, but it will be a different flavor."
Everyone nodded when they heard this, but Director Huang frowned again and said, "This is the reason, but we have the final say in the choice of this venue. This is how it is arranged. What can I do?"
Fan Wubing shrugged, looking disapproving.
In fact, this is the current situation in China. Many things are all outsiders, leaders and experts. It’s better to understand, but they just have to point fingers, as if they say something that can really be as good as others say ten thousand words. Fan Wubing is most disgusted with this. Back to decades ago, didn’t everyone run around the street wearing open-crotch pants? Now that we have reached a good position, we are as good as 20,000 to 20,000, as if we are really the reincarnation of Wenquxing?!
"And there is a problem, the on-site contact is inconvenient, and the distance from the backstage to the front stage is too long, which can easily cause a problem, that is, there will be problems in the connection between the programs. Some mystery that should cause sensation will be weakened, and the stage is too large, and the effect of large performance programs will be discounted. For example, Chen Peisi's sketches were originally very good, but from such a distance, what else can you see besides being able to see Chen Peisi's bald head?" Fan Wubing pointed out another big problem.
Everyone was not in a high mood now, and they felt that changing the Spring Festival Gala to Gongyi was a super failed decision.
Finally, Fan Wubing made a conclusion without hesitation, "In short, if the Spring Festival Gala is in the Workers' Sports, it will definitely make a mess, and the people of the whole country will be dissatisfied. You just wait to apologize on the news broadcast!"
When he heard Fan Wubing's words, Director Huang's face immediately became like a bitter gourd.
I don’t know how the CCTV people discussed it specifically, but in the end, they decided to set the scene of the Spring Festival Gala at the Workers’ Sports.
Director Huang was a little depressed. Fan Wubing's words made him fully realize that this year's Spring Festival Gala was destined to be successful, but the instructions pressed down on him forced him to concentrate all his energy to prepare, which was really contradictory.
The singing of Fan Ting has been decided. After all, the genetic genes of the old Fan family are still very good, otherwise it would be impossible to produce a freak like Fan Wubing. Fan Ting's voice is more suitable for singing such campus songs.
After listening to Fan Ting's trial sing, the directors all thought it was good, and they also believed that as the songwriter of the song "Childhood", Fan Ting is a more suitable choice for singing this song, and the audience will buy it.
As for the new songs mentioned by Fan Wubing, they were naturally plagiarized. However, after listening to Fan Wubing's conception and trial singing, the directors all applauded and unanimously decided to add this song to the party and arrange it as a key song as a prime time.
"Oh, but when I think of the venue, I feel a little troubled. If I can't do it this year, I will definitely take the blame!" Director Huang was a little discouraged. He knew it was impossible, but he had to bite the bullet and go into battle with bare hands.
Hi, Fan Wubing sighed, thinking that it was a bit unreasonable to see Lao Huang as a scapegoat. It seemed that he had to help him get a knife, so he asked, "Director Huang, if you gather some singers who sing popular songs now and rehearse a song quickly, do you think it's still time to go?"
Director Huang was stunned for a moment, but immediately realized that Fan Wubing was about to give him advice, so he said overjoyed, "It must be time to go in time. There are still many singers in Beijing, and all 180 can be gathered. This song must be reviewed by the above."
Director Huang said this very affirmatively. There are many singers who are moving to Beijing, and most of them are messing around. If you can show your face on the Spring Festival Gala, the largest national program, you will not be happy! At that time, you will only complain about the number of people, not the number of people. However, there will be some problems in the arrangement of the songs. Most of the programs have been arranged now. If you want to change, you must have approval from the above, otherwise the director will not be able to sit still.
Fan Wubing waved his hand and said, "There is no problem with the song. I won't do anything too outrageous. I'll get the lyrics out later and ask my sister to help me compose a song, and then try the effect. If you see it is appropriate, use it. If it is not appropriate, just pretend I didn't say anything."
"The faster the better!" Director Huang smiled so hard that his mouth was grinning under his ears.
After asking the staff for paper and pen, Fan Wubing began to recall the familiar melody. It took a few minutes to write out the lyrics, and then hid with his sister Fan Ting, while humming, asking Fan Ting to record the tune. In just over half an hour, he finally got all the lyrics and music.
"Looks good." Director Huang looked at the lyrics and commented.
"It sounds better." Fan Wubing replied angrily.
Director Huang smiled awkwardly and said, "Haha, I owe you a favor this time. Why don't you arrange a few text advertisements for you on site? I'll tell my leader about this, and it's probably not a big problem."
Fan Wubing nodded and said, "Okay! I will sponsor another hundreds of thousands of dollars, so that the leaders will not say that you have not done your best!"
This was a surprise. Everyone thought that Fan Wubing was not going to pay the money this year because he criticized the here for nothing, but he did not expect that he would give up hundreds of thousands of sponsors while talking. He really didn't expect that.
Chapter completed!