In the lingering autumn rain, the courtyard was already full of cars. The door of one of the commercial vehicles was opened, and Uncle Shen Teng, who was not wearing makeup, jumped out awkwardly.
He is 34 years old this year, and he is no longer the military art school boy he once was. Only a bit of his former style can be vaguely seen in the creases at the corners of his eyes.
Accompanied by his assistant, he quickly entered the building and arrived at Studio 1. The huge studio was empty, with only about 20 people sitting in the audience. When he glanced over, they all saw familiar faces.
Including Feng Xiaogang, the chief director of this Spring Festival Gala;
Deputy Chief Director Zhao Benshan is also the Chief Director of language programs;
Art consultants: Yan Su, Feng Jicai, Liu Heng, Zhang Guoli, etc.;
Planning: Zhang Heping, Zhao Baogang, and Shen Teng.
That's right, Shen Teng not only produced a sketch this year, but also held the title of planner.
"Hello, teachers!"
"It's quite cold today, isn't it?"
"Yeah, it's raining!"
“It’s been another year in the blink of an eye, and I’ve been so busy that I’ve done nothing.”
The atmosphere was very relaxed and we chatted for a while. Today is the first round of the Spring Festival Gala program. It is mainly for language classes. You can usually watch videos of singing and dancing, but there is no live performance.
"Is anyone here?"
“Let’s start when we come!”
With Feng Xiaogang's greeting, the review began.
The first ones to appear were Cao Yunjin and Liu Yuntian, in the cross talk "What's Good About You".
After Cao Yunjin "rebelled from Deyun Society", he had a decent career, but his reputation was not very good and he was very controversial. Some people accused him of deceiving his teachers and destroying his ancestors, and not being benevolent and righteous, while others said that Guo Degang was committed to work. , Cao Yunjin is fighting for legitimate interests and so on...
"One day, I teamed up with some friends from the courtyard and pushed the portable public toilet into the river..."
Cao Yunjin and Liu Yuntian perform on stage.
The original intention of this cross talk was to subvert the classics and write a new version of "Dreams in the Tiger's Mouth", adding various contemporary social issues. As a result, "Dreams in the Tiger's Mouth" was too classic and the structure was too complete. He didn't think of it, so it became Such a work.
"..."
Feng Xiaogang watched the show with no expression on his face and didn't give many comments. The rest of the people said the same thing, saying that the show could pass, and then it was gone.
At the second one, Feng Gong came up.
Feng Xiaogang and others all stood up to show respect. Feng Gong quickly waved his hand: "Sit down, sit down, you are the examiners today, and I am the student!"
So I performed a skit "That's Just Me".
He first appeared on the Spring Festival Gala stage in 1986, and the last time was in 2018. He has never been absent for 32 years. He is one of the most familiar faces to people across the country, and then he also gets old...
"..."
Feng Xiaogang looked at the program seriously, but in fact he was concentrating on two things, thinking about his upcoming new film "Private Customization".
"1942" failed miserably at the box office. In order to pay off his debts, Feng Xiaogang had to replay the same things he had played in "The Unruly Lord" and "Party A and Party B" again.
Objectively speaking, although "Private Customization" is a piece of cake, the quality is still good. Several paragraphs contain tears, laughter and satire, and Fan Wei's paragraph is even more classic.
"I can refuse to accept it, but you can't refuse to send it!"
"You use this to test cadres. Which cadre can't stand this test?"
After the film was released, it grossed more than 600 million at the box office, breaking Feng Xiaogang's own record, so he lost his guard. He couldn't understand that no one watched "1942", which he had worked so hard for, but secular films could easily achieve high box office, and so on.
As for the personal end of the fight with film critics.
With "Private Customization" as a turning point, Feng Xiaogang's creative power also began to decline. Coupled with Cui Yongyuan's angry revelations, he was affected. Only three films were released later: "I'm Not Pan Jinlian", "Youth" and "Only Yun Knows".
Feng Pengteng and Huayi, who have opened the Lunar New Year season in the Mainland and dominated the film market for more than ten years, have already come to a close in a world where capital is surging, newcomers are emerging in large numbers, and the audience's tastes are seeking innovation and change.
By the way, the debt owed by "1942" is not only money, but also human debt.
In order to get the movie approved, a big boss helped, and in return, Feng Xiaogang took over the job of chief director of this year's Spring Festival Gala.
Because after Zhao Benshan withdrew, the Spring Festival Gala was too bad, so the boss chose Feng Xiaogang, hoping that he would use his language skills to make breakthroughs in cross talk and sketches.
Whether it's effective or not is a matter of opinion.
There is innovation, but it is not that innovative. The Spring Festival Gala is a big quagmire, and everyone has to fall into it.
After Cai Ming, Yue Yunpeng, Guo Donglin, Niu Li and others performed in groups, towards the end, the side door suddenly opened and a woman strode in.
Feng Xiaogang glanced sideways and stood up quickly: "Hey, why is Boss Yu here?"
"I have something to do with you. Are you finished?"
"just ended."
"Then you guys talk first and I'll sit down for a while."
Yu Jiajia sat down casually, not treating this place as an inspection site at all.
Feng Xiaogang had no choice but to chat with the team for a while, then study it carefully, and then announced the disbandment. Everyone left one after another, and when Shen Teng passed by, Yu Jiajia glanced at him.
"You need to lose weight!"
"ah?"
"You're a little too fat. You need to lose three to five pounds. How can you play Charlotte like this?"
"Oh, I must lose weight!"
Shen Teng suppressed his excitement and left the scene happily. He called Ma Li as soon as he left the house: "We are going to film "Charlotte Trouble"!"
"Who told you this? I didn't believe it!"
"What Mr. Yu just said, I think we can film it next year!"
"Oh, Mr. Yu finally remembered us... Ah, that's right, it will be filmed next year and released the year after that, exactly 10 years!"
The 10 years Ma Li mentioned refers to the release of the short film "Charlotte Trouble" in 2005.
At that time, Yin Zheng was not available, so Sha Yi was cast as Yuan Hua.
…………
Yu Jiajia and Feng Xiaogang also moved to a lounge. Feng Xiaogang held a thermos cup and waited for the other party to speak.
"Our group has finished talking with the leaders of CCTV and has not officially notified you yet. I am quite familiar with you, so I will tell you first. Our WeChat has developed a new red envelope function, which is probably here..."
She took out her mobile phone to demonstrate and said: "The option of [Send Red Envelope] will appear here. Cash red envelope, fill in the amount as you like, up to 200, and the other party can receive it with just one click."
"..."
Feng Xiaogang understood it and nodded: "Oh, this thing is very good!"
"Now we want to use the platform of the Spring Festival Gala to send red envelopes to people across the country. The initial idea is, shake it, you know? For example, at 9 o'clock, 10 o'clock, 11 o'clock, 12 o'clock, every hour, the host will speak
The method of grabbing red envelopes is that the audience shakes the phone and receives a random amount of red envelopes."
"You will pay for it?"
"Of course we will go out!"
"I'd like to ask, how much is it approximately?"
"Let's test it in the first year, and let's be conservative at 500 million."
puff!
Feng Xiaogang almost squirted and suddenly became unbalanced.
In Mahler's Gobi, I was in debt for filming "1942", and I had to make "Private Custom" to repay the debt, and I also had to come to the Spring Festival Gala to be the chief director of Lao Shizi... but you just opened your mouth and asked for 500 million?
It’s still free!
What a waste of money!
Feng Xiaogang felt for a moment that he was getting old, and it was no longer the past era - of course he also kept pace with the times and was obsessed with getting involved in the capital circle.
"Boss Yu wants to set aside some time for red envelopes?"
"Of course, it's best to set up a small link and let the host explain in detail how to grab the red envelope."
"Okay, since the leader agrees, I will do it and we will follow up."
"Then I'll trouble you!"
"Hey, boss Yu asks me, how dare I disobey him?"
Feng Xiaogang showed his rotten teeth and regained his look of "the wind is blowing and the clouds are flying".
(No more...
I’ve recovered after two days of rest. There will be three updates tomorrow.)