Chapter 452: The Spring Festival Gala auditions that gave Xu Ji a headache
The news that Xu Ji suddenly became the director of this year's Spring Festival Gala has made many artists who were originally confident start to worry.
The main reason is that everyone is not sure what the standards for Xu Ji are.
For example, Duan Suxin was a traditional Spring Festival Gala director.
And having served for three consecutive terms, in fact everyone has a pretty good idea of the standards for programs that can pass auditions.
But when it was replaced by Xu Ji, I have to say that some of the artists who had confidence in the show began to doubt themselves.
After all, if their program is compared with some competitors in the Spring Festival Gala, I still think it has a chance of winning.
But if Xu Ji still takes over most of the program planning like last year, then there is a high probability that there will be no hope.
Last year's Spring Festival Gala, Xu Ji was in charge of several programs, and no one was blind to the final quality and effect.
Of course it can still be distinguished.
And the most important thing is that Xu Ji's long-standing reputation is actually somewhat deeply rooted in the hearts of the people.
Many creators, especially songwriters, subconsciously feel guilty in front of Xu Ji.
If other people criticize their songs for not being good enough, they may just rebuke them on the spot.
But if it was Xu Ji who said it, he could only listen honestly.
Because it is very possible that this guy really used the style and theme of your song and wrote a better song than you on the spot.
No one doubted Xu Ji's ability to do this.
...
The auditions for the Spring Festival Gala are coming soon, and Xu Ji is also thinking about the allocation of programs for this Spring Festival Gala.
Language programs are definitely still needed.
So as soon as it was confirmed, Xu Ji directly contacted several actors from last year's "Protagonist and Supporting Role" and "Selling Kidnappings".
Originally, the other party was obviously not very interested in participating in the Spring Festival Gala.
But when they heard that it was Xu Ji's invitation, they all agreed decisively.
The most important thing is that this time it is still a sketch script given by Xu Ji.
There is no need to worry about the quality, as several sketch actors who have already become famous have decisively agreed.
Next comes the singing and dancing program.
Of course, auditions definitely need to be treated with caution.
After all, there are a lot of programs in the Spring Festival Gala. If Xu Ji can complete them all, then it is really estimated that there will not even be any rest time in this month.
However, Xu Ji had experienced the quality of audition programs last year.
To be honest, if all the programs were selected from auditions, the reputation of this year's Spring Festival Gala would definitely not be as good as last year's.
So after Xu Ji was confirmed to be the director of the Spring Festival Gala, he immediately posted a message in the Tongji Entertainment group.
Because she had made an appointment to go home for the New Year, but now she couldn't go back, Sha Yetong naturally chose to attend the Spring Festival Gala with Xu Ji.
This was decided after discussing with the other party before. Sha Yetong currently has a few performances left, and it is estimated that he will be able to come to the capital during rehearsals.
However, Xu Ji didn't have the slightest worry about Sha Yetong.
Trust is on the one hand, and the other is Sha Yetong's current status and on-site level. The possibility of making mistakes is too small.
Even if you just rehearse a few times and sing completely new songs, there won't be much of a problem.
In addition, even if all the singers under Tongji Entertainment participated, the number of people would not be very large.
Of course Xu Ji hopes that everyone will participate. In this case, the selection of the program will be easier.
Although there are fewer places for auditions, the workload for the Spring Festival Gala program team has also been reduced.
Xu Ji still has more trust in himself and the artists of Tongji Entertainment.
He has also seen some singers from other companies. On the one hand, they are not strong in business ability, and there are many things to do.
It's easy to cause trouble from time to time.
Whether it's a movie crew or a Spring Festival Gala crew, Xu Ji wants to have absolute control over it.
...
"I'm sorry, boss, I'm currently preparing for a new album, so I probably won't go to the Spring Festival Gala."
The first person to respond in the group was Kong Cheng.
As someone who has attended the Spring Festival Gala before, he actually doesn’t have as much desire for the Spring Festival Gala as he did before.
On the contrary, the new album songs he just got from Xu Ji are more attractive to him.
He is now basically focusing on his new album.
And Kong Cheng is not the kind of half-hearted character.
He even has a clear understanding of his own abilities.
Whether it's an album or participating in the Spring Festival Gala, you can definitely only choose one of the two.
If you want to do it at the same time, one of them will be affected, or even both aspects will not be done well.
So Kong Cheng did not hesitate at all and gave up the opportunity to participate in the Spring Festival Gala.
Next to Kong Cheng was Yu Feifei.
Not surprisingly, she refused directly.
"Teacher Xu, I am also preparing for my album, so I probably won't have time [hiding my face and crying.jpg]"
Xu Ji looked at the two people's responses and felt a little regretful.
If I had known earlier, I would have released the songs from their new album later.
Now because of this, he has lost two solo programs that he had already planned.
...
Not long after, Li Fenghua also appeared in the group and said directly:
"I just got off the plane, I guess I won't be able to return to China until after the New Year..."
Xu Ji did know that Li Fenghua took his family to travel abroad.
The other party had told him before.
Ever since Li Fenghua won the Golden Note Award for Best Male Singer and was successfully promoted to the King of Song, his whole person has become completely Buddhist.
I didn’t even accept any subsequent performance invitations.
I feel like I want to quit the music scene.
Of course, Xu Ji also respects the other party's choice.
However, after asking Li Fenghua, he said that he just wanted to have a good rest for a while.
It's not a big deal if he quits the music scene and doesn't sing anymore.
But obviously, this Spring Festival Gala, we definitely can’t count on each other.
The only one in the group who could agree was Xi Yiyi, who finally joined Tongji Entertainment.
She is also the only person in Tongji Entertainment who has not attended the Spring Festival Gala.
In addition, Scream Band originally wanted to refuse.
The four members of the Screaming Band are all from Guangzhou Province. Because they joined Tongji Entertainment, they have settled in Chengdu.
During the Chinese New Year, it is the only time when I can go back to my hometown to visit.
Originally Xu Ji was too embarrassed to force them, but unexpectedly the Screaming Band agreed directly.
Apparently several people also saw that Xu Ji, as the director of the Spring Festival Gala, really needed them this time.
Xu Zhize even directly stated that in fact, Tongji Entertainment has no restrictions. If you want to take a vacation, you can just take it after the Spring Festival.
Participating in the Spring Festival Gala actually helps their exposure.
However, as a band that has participated in the Spring Festival Gala twice, the Scream Band’s current popularity and popularity are actually not lacking in exposure from the Spring Festival Gala.
Xu Ji did not refuse the kindness of the four members of the Screaming Band.
The main consideration before was that the artists under Tongji Entertainment can provide at least six programs.
Now, including Sha Yetong, there are only three left.
This means there are a few more programs to choose from in the audition.
The difficulty has increased a lot.
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"Xu Ji became the director of this year's Spring Festival Gala?"
"What the hell is going on?"
Phoenix Entertainment, Li Bokai was not in a very good mood at this time.
Mainly because I just saw the news that Xu Ji became the director of the Spring Festival Gala.
As the main person in charge of the company, Li Bokai does not do everything personally.
But it is obvious that the company pays attention to projects in various fields.
In terms of film and television, although the screenwriter core system has not been a so-called great success, it has encountered many setbacks along the way.
But it can be regarded as establishing a foothold in the domestic film and television industry.
Phoenix Entertainment’s second phase of screenwriting training has also officially upgraded its schedule.
It's just that the Spring Festival Gala, which was originally planned for a period of time, seems to have suddenly undergone a big change because Xu Ji became the director.
Mainly because of the ongoing feud between his company and Tongji Entertainment, he had to worry about whether Xu Ji, the director of the Spring Festival Gala, would deliberately target singers from Phoenix Entertainment.
There was a complete change of singers at Phoenix Entertainment.
Many first- and second-tier singers, including Yu Feifei, have terminated their contracts with the company.
Phoenix Entertainment has promoted some newcomers in the music industry during this period, and their performance is generally quite good.
But it can only be said that they all have good potential, but they are far from catching up with previous levels.
Li Fenghua originally terminated the contracts of some singers who did not have much room for growth in order to break up and then establish.
For the current bunch of newcomers under Phoenix Entertainment, the Spring Festival Gala is indeed a pretty good stage.
Can greatly increase visibility.
It saves singers a lot of detours.
Therefore, Phoenix Entertainment's emphasis on the Spring Festival Gala is obviously more important than in the previous two years.
"Mr. Li, what should we do?"
Hearing his subordinate's question, Li Bokai rolled his eyes speechlessly.
"What can be done?"
"Is it possible that Xu Ji can't be the director of the Spring Festival Gala?"
Li Bokai didn't even consider such an idea.
The officials are not fools.
If you really want to target Xu Ji, let him step down from the position of director of this year's Spring Festival Gala.
I won’t talk about how much effort and energy it takes.
And the success rate is pitifully low.
After all, the relationship between Tongji Entertainment and the officialdom is no secret in the industry.
Even Li Bokai felt that many official departments, including the Radio, Television and Radio Bureau, were too obviously partial.
After all, Xu Ji's "Operation Red Sea" last year was enough for the authorities to step in to save it.
This is also the reason why Ji was able to become the director of the Spring Festival Gala so smoothly, but Li Bokai didn't think there was any problem at all.
"Just follow the previous plan. The main thing is to make our company's singers perform more perfectly."
"As for whether they can pass the audition, it all depends on their luck."
"If they are really outstanding, with Xu Ji's current status, there is really no need to take the initiative to target them."
"At most, the requirements are higher than some other singers."
Li Bokai sighed helplessly and said.
Since he took over Phoenix Entertainment, he has only felt powerless a few times.
They are all related to Tongji Entertainment and Xuji.
Back then, Li Bokai was still thinking of incorporating Xu Ji into Phoenix Entertainment.
Now, such unrealistic ideas are completely gone.
Tongji Entertainment’s current influence, as well as the company’s scale, feel that there is not much difference with Phoenix Entertainment.
Even if Xu Ji and Tongji Entertainment don't affect his company's development plan, thank God.
.......
In Beijing, the auditions for the Spring Festival Gala have finally officially begun.
And the main person in charge this time is naturally Xu Ji.
Both of them are deputy directors of the Spring Festival Gala.
Duan Suxin originally planned to come, but was stopped by the hospital.
Let her recuperate for a while.
Xu Ji also persuaded Duan Suxin to participate in the audition in a wheelchair. It was indeed not necessary.
What's more, this is just the first round of auditions.
Xu Ji had participated in the Spring Festival Gala auditions before. At that time, he did not expect that one day he would become the director of the Spring Festival Gala and the person in charge of the auditions.
"Director Xu, hello teachers, my name is..."
The audition officially began, and the process was actually not complicated.
Xu Ji did it according to convenience.
As for the information of the artists who participated in the audition, I just didn't bother to look at it.
Anyway, don’t look at it, it’s just people from those companies.
The Big Three are indeed the largest companies in the entire entertainment industry, and the quality of their artists cannot be matched by some small companies.
Among the artists who participated in the audition, the top three singers were the ones who prepared the most complete programs.
Although some other companies are relatively eye-catching, their proportion in terms of volume is indeed very low.
Of course, whether it was artists from the three major companies or people from other large and small companies, Xu Ji still had a headache after watching the auditions all morning.
He also knew that maybe he was a little too strict.
But the quality of many programs is indeed worrying.
Especially for singing and dancing programs, the quality of these original songs is not high.
It's the kind that fits the theme but has no memorable points at all.
Although there won't be much wrong with choosing these programs, it will obviously make the Spring Festival Gala boring.
In the end, the reputation among the audience is destined to be low.
This is similar to what Xu Ji had expected. The auditions for the Spring Festival Gala seemed a bit useless to many first-tier or super first-tier singers.
Especially those who have participated in the Spring Festival Gala several times, they will not take the initiative to sign up.
Most of the remaining people are second- and third-tier newcomers who want to become famous overnight because of the popularity and ratings of the Spring Festival Gala.
However, these are not impossible to solve.
Although they are all newcomers, Xu Ji can name not many of them.
But some of the newcomers still have a lot of potential, but the quality of their songs is not good enough.
If possible, it seems that Xu Ji should be responsible for the Spring Festival Gala's songs.
Thinking of this, Xu Ji couldn't help but have a headache.
Artists from other companies are obviously not at the level of Tongji Entertainment.
It's like preparing a new program from scratch.
Just the time it takes to practice singing again takes more time.
There is a high probability that Xu Ji will have to keep an eye on it himself.
More importantly, among the singers who participated in the audition on the first morning, there was currently no singer worthy of his initiative to help write songs.