Cao Xuan's program was kept strictly confidential by the Spring Festival Gala program team. Until the live broadcast, the outside world only vaguely learned two pieces of information.

One is a solo and the other is a new song.

This is not beyond everyone's expectations. Since his debut in the Spring Festival Gala in 1999, Cao Xuan has performed solo and new songs in the past three years, which is almost his signature in the Spring Festival Gala.

Guessing Cao Xuan's new song is now considered a daily program of the Spring Festival Gala, and its popularity is not inferior to those of language programs.

However, the host's announcement and the familiar prelude just now made many Cao Xuan fans a little confused.

Isn't "Stars and Sea" an old song?

Well, it’s not an old song. After all, this song has been out for just over a month, so it’s still fresh.

But soon everyone understood that the melody was similar, but the lyrics were changed, and the overall concept was completely different.

After Cao Xuan finished singing the first two lines, all the audience in front of the TV saw the video clip switched from the stage screen.

"A Centenary Journey

Not an easy road

Crossing mountains and seas, never slacking off

always looking forward to it

…”

On the three-foot podium, a female teacher pointed at the words on the blackboard and taught the students to read. The primary school students in the audience followed the teacher and read.

In the threshing floor, rural old men and women work hard raising wheat from the ground.

On the road, it was snowing heavily in the cold winter, and the traffic policemen in cotton-padded clothes tried their best to trap the car and cart in the snow.

At the border post, a People's Liberation Army soldier, fully armed, crossed the steep terrain and walked towards the post near the boundary monument.

In the hospital, the doctor pushed the ambulance and rushed to the operating room. The operating room was very busy.

In the classroom, a group of students wearing high school uniforms are working hard to study. The countdown to the college entrance examination flashes across the blackboard.

In the factory, the steel workers are working hard without raising their heads, sweat flowing freely on their foreheads.

At the scientific research site, some scientific researchers are operating instruments and consoles, and the large screen vaguely resembles a rocket graphic.

In addition to the above, there are also people from all walks of life. Everyone is in one or two shots, their figures are busy and their steps are in a hurry.

The camera switched back to the stage, and Cao Xuan's warm and powerful singing gradually became louder.

"All the ups and downs

Finally blown into dust by the wind

never come back

Coming to you with youth

Across the stars and the sea

Well..."

On the podium, the female teacher picked up the chalk and wrote four more characters. All the students in the audience shouted "I love the motherland" in unison with their childish voices.

At the threshing floor, after harvesting the wheat, the old man looked at his wife and couldn't help laughing, revealing his only remaining front tooth.

On the road, pedestrians passing by helped and finally pushed the car out. The car owner thanked the car owner. The children passing by gave the traffic police a Young Pioneer salute, and the traffic policeman stood up and returned the salute.

At the border guard post, I changed my post with my comrades. The young soldiers held steel guns in their hands and guarded the borders of the motherland with firm eyes.

In the hospital, the door to the operating room is open. When the doctor comes out, his face is tired, but he nods and smiles to the patient's family.

In the classroom, students who had finished the college entrance examination celebrated wildly, their eyes full of expectations and longing for the future.

In the factory, the workers after get off work were covered with dust. They were a little embarrassed to smile at the camera. Some young ones gave a thumbs up.

At the scientific research site, watching the rocket take off, all the scientific researchers cheered.

The switching between the two sets of shots touched countless viewers in front of the TV. Everyone saw their own reflections in the people who appeared in these shots.

Everyone is busy, everyone is happy, and they all have their own expectations and happiness in their hearts. Just as the lyrics say, we will always have expectations in our hearts, crossing the stars and the sea.

At this time, Cao Xuan also sang the second verse. He slowly walked a few steps towards the middle of the stage, his voice was clear and clear.

"Covered in starlight, rush for the exam with all your strength

Ambition is not afraid of high mountains

A century of pride, looking straight at the world

Crossing mountains and seas to continue writing love

stirring in youth

…”

In the short film, a red boat appeared on the South Lake: "Sir, what is the name of our party?"

“Chinese Communist Party!”

The camera turned again, and at the Nanchang City Headquarters, a young man wearing a red scarf in military uniform fired three shots, and the army carrying the red flag was born.

On Jinggang Mountain, the two teams met again, and a voice with a slight Hunan accent shouted: "A single spark can start a prairie fire!"

After the two battlefield shots flashed, colorful flags were fluttering, and in the large square filled with people and on the city gate, the same voice solemnly announced to the world.

"The Chinese people have stood up since then!"

A huge mushroom cloud rose over the Gobi Desert, and Mr. Qian's old voice sounded.

“If foreigners can do it, why can’t the Chinese do it?”

At the United Nations General Assembly, the huge voting wall had the majority green light, and the generous smile of an old man was captured in the camera.

On the southern coast, a small fishing village slowly built high-rise buildings, and countless people with dreams rushed towards the tide.

"You can lay off your job, and we will take up the job."

With these solid and powerful words, the five-star red flag and the red flag rose slowly in Hong Kong.

Boom, the rocket takes off.

A news report came to my ears: "On January 10, 2001, China's Shenzhou-2 was successfully launched, marking a further step in my country's manned spaceflight project."

In Moscow, Samaranch's beeping sound made thousands of families in China sleepless at night.

At Wulihe Stadium, the whistle sounded and the whole country was excited!

China's accession to the World Trade Organization is of great significance.

All the scenes from 80 years ago to the present have touched the hearts of countless viewers and fit Cao Xuan's singing voice better.

"Coming to you with youth

Across the stars and the sea

The innocent heart is full of passion

Use youth to compose wonderful things

Never wandered

I'm coming to you

Across the stars and the sea

…”

After Cao Xuan sang the passionate chorus, the emotions accumulated in the video burst out from all the viewers, and many people even felt their scalps numb.

We are confused by the pain of yesterday’s China!

We are filled with tears for the rise of China today!

We look forward to the glory of China tomorrow!

The video of "Stars and Sea" is about the past and the present, while the lyrics and emotions are full of the future, majestic and surging.

When Cao Xuan finished the show, the audience gave him extremely warm applause. Even the host could not stop it, and it even affected the live broadcast process.

Not to mention the TV viewers who witnessed the short video of "Sea of ​​Stars", their hearts were filled with excitement and they could not forget it for a long time.

In this fork in the road of diversity and openness, many aspects in the country have not yet responded, their propaganda concepts have not kept up, and they are unable to seize the favorable combination of main theme and popularity.

As a result, the main melody was out of touch for a time, and was even disgusted by many young people.

There may be some people who are obstructing this, but some of them have not grasped the pulse of the times. To put it bluntly, they are out of date.

The main theme of later generations shines brightly, and the re-establishment of national self-confidence is the most critical. On the other hand, the official reaction has begun. Many propagandas have begun to catch the hearts of young people, and naturally they have received rave reviews.

It not only ensures ideological propaganda, but also has great popularity. It can get out of the circle to the greatest extent, and the publicity effect is also excellent.

Cao Xuan dare not boast, but at this stage his model is very feasible.

If this video and song would only touch people twenty years later, now it is simply shocking.

Cao Xuan admitted that at this stage there are indeed many public intellectuals who look down their noses, but most people are still very simple and patriotic.
To be continued...