Gu Caiwei's wish to go to the capital was soon realized, but it was not because Peng Yuchen was easy to talk to. This was mainly due to her mother, Ms. Gu Changge.
"Opera program?"
Gu Caiwei was very surprised when she heard the news, because Gu Changge had never thought highly of her singing skills, so she only dared to sing in school when she was in high school.
"Strictly speaking, it is not an opera program. Its theme is the inheritance of intangible cultural heritage. Yue Opera is one of the units, and several episodes will be recorded in total."
"You know, although my mother did not insist on singing opera later on, she has always been in contact with the teacher who taught me back then. She also took you to visit me when I was a child."
"This time she told me about such a thing. I thought it might be an opportunity for you, so I planned to take you to give it a try."
Gu Caiwei hesitated and said: "But if you let me sing in an opera..."
"Not to sing in an opera."
Gu Changge knew her worries and patiently explained to his daughter: "This program is based on the idea of singing old songs into new songs, that is, arranging traditional opera arias into popular songs, like what you call opera tunes now."
Now Gu Caiwei understood. It turned out that she was singing pop songs and not traditional Yue opera. No wonder her mother dared to let her go.
She was also a little eager to try it. Although she was not able to insist on learning opera when she was a child, she still knew a little bit about it under the influence of her mother, and then she set her sights on her boss.
"I think it's a good opportunity."
Peng Yuchen is happy to see this happen. Not only did Ms. Gu Changge show respect by greeting him early this morning, but this opportunity itself is indeed very rare.
"Inheriting intangible cultural heritage is a very high-level theme. I think it is very suitable for Vivian's current identity and status. At the same time, the singing of opera songs can just bring out her specialties."
"The key is, this is China Television's program."
“Although this format is very novel and I don’t know how well it will be accepted by the audience, I think that with CTV’s production capabilities, it should be presented with good results.”
Peng Yuchen's main consideration was Gu Caiwei's career development.
Gu Caiwei's popularity has been rising since "Singer", and the show still maintains a high popularity after half a year.
She is very popular especially among young students and can be said to be the most popular female singer this year.
However, the comments about her are not all positive, and some of them come from the second album just released by GIVE ME FIVE.
Several of the songs in it were basically bouncy and slobbery songs, which did not give any room for Gu Caiwei's singing skills to develop, so she attracted criticism from fans.
This actually has little to do with Gu Caiwei herself. The main thing is the company's positioning of this girl group. Although they hope to rely on her to increase their popularity, they cannot go astray by accommodating her alone.
Peng Yuchen's remedy for this was that she helped Gu Caiwei take on some OST jobs for TV series, and gave her some singing opportunities where she could express herself.
But good songs are not so easy to come across.
Another reason why she valued the opportunity brought by Ms. Gu Changge was that China Television, as a national television station, could often invite big names that ordinary money could not hire for their programs to produce some excellent works.
And they are all new songs that have never been sung before!
Even if these opportunities are not considered, or the ratings are not good, with Gu Caiwei's experience in the industry, simply appearing in a CTV program can make her resume more glamorous.
In short, you can’t go wrong by building a good relationship with CTV.
Ms. Gu Changge and Peng Yuchen have reached an agreement, and Gu Caiwei is also interested, so there is no need to hesitate about this matter.
So under the leadership of Ms. Gu Changge, they found her mentor who studied opera when she was young, and they came to recommend themselves.
The other party told Gu Changge the news. He originally knew that Gu Caiwei was now debuting as an artist and might use this opportunity, so he introduced the situation in detail:
"The standards of this program are very high, and it is said that China Central Television attaches great importance to it. Just for the recording of these few episodes, almost the entire Shaoxing opera industry was mobilized, and I only participated in it."
"If you want to finalize Xiao Wei as the singer in the show, you must go to the station and go through the expert selection. The general consultant of this show on Yue Opera is Teacher Yue Guan."
"Teacher Yue Guan?"
Now it was Ms. Gu Changge's turn to be surprised, because the teacher she was talking about, Yue Guan, was the teacher of the teacher in front of her. In terms of seniority and achievements, she could be regarded as a great master.
These so-called famous actors who are still active on the stage today are just disciples or further disciples of Master Yue Guan.
This is to invite the founder out of the mountain.
After hearing this, Peng Yuchen was secretly happy. With such high production standards, this program produced by China Television might be an unexpected surprise.
You've come to the right place!
After the teacher helped contact the program team, the three of them flew to the capital without stopping.
In the CTV program team, they met all the selection experts, including Teacher Yue Guan, a energetic old lady.
Yue Opera used to be performed by an all-female troupe, that is to say, there were only actresses.
Teacher Yue Guan is a very old and virtuous person, so naturally she is the main candidate for this selection. She first introduced Gu Caiwei in a very friendly voice with a Yuezhou accent, which made her feel quite friendly.
When asked about Gu Caiwei's study experience, she replied sheepishly:
"I didn't study opera for long when I was a child. It was mainly taught by my mother at home. I never had any formal experience, so I only had a superficial understanding of it."
"That's right. If you have been in elementary school till now, you should be famous by now with your background. It's not like I haven't seen you before."
The old lady praised her, then looked at the other person next to her and recalled, "Are you Changge? I have the impression that you were the hardest working one in the group when you were first learning opera. It's a pity that you didn't go on stage later."
These words renewed the friendship, and Ms. Gu Changge had to say hello obediently. In terms of seniority, calling him "teacher" was considered an overstep.
Fortunately, she didn't talk much.
"When people get old, they tend to think of things from the past, and they don't mention the past anymore. Xiaowei, right? No matter what, we still have to see the truth. You can sing a piece for everyone."
Gu Caiwei didn't have stage fright. She was more comfortable performing directly. Naturally, she had prepared the repertoire in advance, but she asked politely:
"Can I just sing a song about a little girl in my family?"
Teacher Yue Guan raised his hand and twirled it, as if he had memorized some of the movements in his bones. Despite his silver hair, he showed an elegant demeanor.
"Butterfly Lovers, come on!"
After singing the song, Gu Caiwei felt a little nervous. In fact, she would be more confident if she sang pop songs. However, inheriting opera is the theme of this program after all, so it will naturally be the focus of the candidate selection.
The judges were undecided and asked her to sing a pop song with elements of opera, and then they gathered together to discuss it quietly for a while.
In the end, it was the leader, Teacher Yue Guan, who made the final decision: