January 22, New Year’s Eve

Cao Xuan watched this year's Spring Festival Gala at home, and the quality continued to decline as expected.

Just in the second half of this year, Ha Wen, the wife of the famous host Li Yong and the director of programs such as "Extraordinary Six Plus One" and "Yonglehui", was appointed as the general director of this year's Spring Festival Gala.

As for Director Ha, the first big fire after he took office was Zhao Benshan, who has been the mainstay of the Spring Festival Gala for more than ten years.

Rumor has it that Director Ha was not very fond of Lao Zhao, and later the two sides had quite a conflict over their creative ideas and other reasons, and even exchanged harsh words.

Of course, the person involved refuted the rumors as false, there was no conflict between the two parties, and the reason he did not attend the Spring Festival Gala was because Lao Zhao was in poor health.

But what is certain is that when Ha Wen served as the director of the CCTV Spring Festival Gala in 2012 and 2013, Zhao left the CCTV Spring Festival Gala, which he had participated in for more than 20 years, and officially announced his withdrawal from the sketch industry in 2013.

No one knows what role Ha Wen played in this, but who made everything so coincidental? Even if Ha Wen is really innocent, it is difficult to explain clearly to the outside world.

For most viewers, this Spring Festival Gala is becoming less and less like the New Year.

Cao Xuan quit, and now Lao Zhao is also gone.

Even Guo Dastanson also bid farewell to the Spring Festival Gala, leaving only his old partner Cai Ming and two happy young people to play the old lady loli version of Infernal Affairs.

Frankly speaking, Cao Xuan's language programs this year are not bad. Director Ha relies heavily on Happy Twist and sees it as a way to make up for the departure of Lao Zhao.

Mahua's second brothers Wang Ning and Chang Yuan collaborated with Cai Ming, and first brother Shen Teng partnered with Allen to launch "Today's Happiness", and [Hao Jian], who can record the history of Spring Festival Gala sketches, made his debut.

Huang Hong also produced a good work, "Jing Ke Assassins Qin", a collaboration with Sha Yi, which Cao Xuan personally thinks is one of his more funny sketches.

Cao Jin, who left Little Black Fatty, also appeared on the CCTV Spring Festival Gala after his senior brother He Wei last year.

Although the words about turning on the gas at home, smoking a cigarette to calm down, and a few lines from Monk Sha are all copied from the Internet, the effect is still good.

After all, it is early 2012, the number of Internet users is just 500 million, and the penetration rate is less than 40%.

A large number of people have never been online, so these plagiarized Internet jokes are very new to them and are very good baggage.

Unlike later, the convenience of smartphones allowed the number of Internet users in China to exceed 1 billion, and the Internet penetration rate reached 75%.

At that time, copying catchphrases and Internet jokes during the Spring Festival Gala would only earn everyone’s ridicule...

However, the language programs are still pretty good, and the singing and dancing programs really don’t have any eye-catching performances.

Yuanshikong has a song "Because of Love" as the finale this year. However, because Cao Xuan released the album in advance, it was on last year, and Wang Fei caused controversy because of his poor singing, so it is not on it again today.

"Gene Era"

As a result, this year's Spring Festival Gala is full of budgets, and the most popular songs and dances are Sa Dingding's "All Things Are Born" and Wang and Di's piano+songs.

The quality of the former is outstanding, but it is not out of the circle. The program of the latter is actually not out of the circle. What is out of the circle is gossip.

Because the two of them had a tacit understanding of each other and had a strong sense of partnership, it aroused a lot of speculation and caused rumors to fly everywhere, causing a lot of trouble for the two of them.

The following year, there was even a fight backstage at the Spring Festival Gala because of Liu Jian's teasing.

But I have to say that the two of them did have a certain understanding of each other. Back then, they tied up CP, and later announced their girlfriend at the same time, and had an accident in the same year.

The degree of tacit understanding is not as good as "Yi Fan Feng Shun", really, it makes people cry to death...

Although CP is having fun, the outside world still generally believes that the quality of this year's Spring Festival Gala has seriously declined.

The vast majority of people are conservative in their acceptance. Once they get used to or identify with a person or thing, they will deny other things that they intend to replace.

Lao Zhao has been in the Spring Festival Gala for more than 20 years, and Cao Xuan has been in the Spring Festival Gala for 12 years. The first ten years of the new century were their two peak years, which also left a deep mark on the hearts of countless Spring Festival Gala viewers.

This mark cannot be erased and replaced casually by others. If the program is good, there will still be opportunities. If the quality of the program is not as good, it will be more deeply missed by everyone.

Since Cao Xuan withdrew from the Spring Festival Gala last year, many people have said that the Spring Festival Gala is no longer viable.

But at least Lao Zhao still has the cover, plus there were a number of Cao Xuan's songs performed last year, so it can be regarded as Cao Xuan's alternative appearance.

But this year, Lao Zhao is gone, and the quality of singing and dancing programs has plummeted compared to previous years. The voices criticizing the Spring Festival Gala can no longer be stopped. Even many media have criticized it, including some official media.

People only know how precious something is when they have truly lost it.

When Cao Xuan just withdrew from the Spring Festival Gala, everyone felt sorry for him, but the feeling was not particularly profound. This year, when Zhao retired, everyone really realized the difference.

A big V on Weibo made a sad expression on Weibo——

"The golden age of the Spring Festival Gala has ended. On New Year's Eve in the future, the Spring Festival Gala will be reduced to the background sound of the New Year's Eve dinner and the mahjong table. I will no longer hear my family and the phrase Zhao Benshan's sketch/Cao Xuan sings to call me..."

And this kind of emotion and discussion, if nothing unexpected happens, will be held every year during the Spring Festival.

There are even Bilibili up owners who will publish a video analyzing "Cao Xuan and Zhao Benshan in those Spring Festival Galas" or "After so many years, why have Cao Xuan and Zhao Benshan not been surpassed?".

The most awesome thing in the world is not that I am active on the front line all year round, but that I am no longer in the world, but my legend is still circulated in the world...

After New Year's Eve, Cao Xuan packed up his things and went to Xingyue Island for vacation without waiting for New Year greetings.

It wasn't that he didn't want to pay his respects, it was because this year was special. People were closing the door to thank guests, so they called him specifically to ask him not to make the trip in vain. He wanted to pay New Year greetings, but after the limelight had passed, it wasn't too late for Cao Xuan to pay him a visit again.

………

Australia, Xingyue Island

When Cao Xuan came here for the first time, although the scenery on the island was nice, it felt deserted and had a primitive atmosphere.

After more than two years of renovation, the manor, pier, airport, small golf and football fields, renovated woods, peak walls, beaches, etc., have beautiful scenery and exquisite architecture.

Cao Xuan hired a company in Australia that specializes in providing customized services to wealthy people to take care of the daily life on the island.

According to the arrangement of this company, if the owner is away, in addition to sending a dedicated person to stay behind, he will come over every half month to take care of the maintenance.

If the owner confirms the itinerary, the company will systematically organize and clean the island two weeks in advance and arrange certain professional service personnel.

For Cao Xuan, there is no need to worry about the various logistical support on the island. In addition to this company, the family's nanny and chef also come with him, so there is no need to worry about the quality of life during the holiday being reduced.

The only thing he cares about is security. Although it is very close to Australia and there are no security problems all year round, he can be careful and there is nothing wrong.

If you encounter a group of desperadoes and come to the island to rob you, you will be wiped out.

Therefore, Cao Xuan pays special attention to the security situation on Xingyue Island. It's okay if he is not there at ordinary times. The local security company can guarantee the property on the island.

But his family was on vacation, and Boss Cao didn't believe these foreigners.

So during this vacation, Zhu Biao and several core security members also came with their families.

In addition, there are about a dozen professional bodyguards, more than half of whom have been with the Cao family all year round. This time they come here to work overtime at the end of the year, with double wages and bonuses, and compensatory leave when they return home.

More than a dozen retired elites and many years of security experience are very good at safety, not to mention that these bodyguards can legally hold guns.

Xingyue Island is very close to Australia, but it legally belongs to Papua New Guinea.

Due to public security issues in this country, the jurisdiction over firearms is not strict. In addition, the relevant departments of such a small country, as long as they can afford it, almost give the green light to Cao Xuan's establishment of a military base on Xingyue Island. They don't care.

You can legally hold guns in your own territory. You can imagine what equipment Cao Xuan will equip his bodyguards.

In addition to equipment, there are various defense and early warning facilities on the island, many of which are military or retired military equipment.

It is no exaggeration to say that even if you send a team of regular troops over, let alone some pirates, they may not be able to invade Xingyue Island as long as they don't use heavy weapons.

In addition, some nearby military patrol aircraft and ships are also patrolled every year. With a phone call, they will come quickly to provide support.

If it doesn't work, you can still use a helicopter to escape on the island. Cao Xuan doesn't believe that the pirates and thieves have planes to block him...

In fact, it was completely unnecessary for Cao Xuan to go into such a big fight, and many people thought he was nervous.

Because there are many wealthy people in Australia who have private islands, Crescent Island is already an extremely stable place, and the location is much more exciting than it is.

And although Cao Xuan is famous, his island purchase is very low-key, at least there is almost no news from the outside world.

And many wealthy people build private islands, resorts and hotels with much fanfare than he does, but still nothing happens.

Reality is not like movies. There is no super gangster who would risk the shock of a superpower and the condemnation of the world to kidnap a world superstar and rich man.

Even with such a heartless desperado, it would be difficult to get Cao Xuan's itinerary.

The service industry of that Australian company is extremely high. The threshold is so high that it is impossible for ordinary people to have access to it. The leakage of customer information is strictly prohibited. Otherwise, it will be sued by Cao Xuan's luxurious legal team and it will go bankrupt.

If this group of people were so awesome, they could avoid all Cao Xuan's contacts and get Cao Xuan's itinerary.

At the same time, before the military patrol arrived or before Cao Xuan escaped in a helicopter, he used the early warning device on the island to break through all the defense systems and bodyguard teams, and successfully captured him.

Cao Xuan felt that the person who did it was either the CIA or the National Security Bureau, or the world's top special forces. He was not unjust if he was caught...

So the thing is very simple. The person who is thinking about kidnapping Cao Xuan has no relevant abilities at all. There is no need for a team that has the ability to do this to compete with him.

Because his fame and status are so special, and his property is opaque and his income cannot be guaranteed, arresting him would be worse than arresting Bill Gates and Buffett.

What's more important is, who can do this and do dirty work when they're full?

I really think that Interpol and other major national departments are just for free. Some of the so-called international thieves can always get away with it. Either they go in and stay in the police station, or they are watched to death, or they become the undercover of a certain country.

Gloves.

Cao Xuan is well aware that there are many creepy dark sides in the world, but he must also admit that 99% of the victims of these dark sides have nothing to do with capitalists...

Therefore, Cao Xuan is somewhat overreacting, but it doesn't matter if he has money and is willing to go through troubles. Just be careful and make no big mistake, so just have peace of mind.

………

"This island is really nice. It's much warmer than in China. It's suitable for summer and winter escape."

Hu Jing took off her down jacket and put on a spring sweater. She held her child and looked at the sea view in the distance. She felt relaxed and happy.

Even Zeng Li, who originally did not support buying an island, couldn't help but say after seeing the beautiful scenery of the island after the renovation, practicality aside, it does look good.
To be continued...