February 1st, China National Theater is on holiday
Hu Jing and others went home to celebrate the New Year. Cao Xuan did not go to see them off this time. The fifth round of rehearsals was approaching. He was currently rehearsing the show at a critical moment and really couldn't spare the time.
However, although he did not go, he bought a set of round-trip air tickets for Hu Jing and Zeng Li.
The two of them didn't want it, but Cao Xuan forced them to reimburse their travel expenses on the grounds that they would come back early to help him shoot the MV for his new album after the new year.
There was a mix of dragons and snakes on the train, and he was really worried. He didn't have much money before and couldn't help it. Now that he had the conditions, he would definitely let the two of them fly.
Originally, Cao Xuan wanted to book Yuanquan's air ticket for Zeng Li, but later he found that someone had already arrived first.
It is the enhanced version of Liu Xing, Asia Alaba, Venice Best Actor, Golden Horse Best Actor, Singapore Film Festival Best Actor, a model that reaches its peak after debut——
Xia Yu.
In fact, Cao Xuan heard his name from Hu Jing and Zeng Li as early as last summer vacation.
This guy is one year younger than Cao Xuan, but he is the senior of Hu Jing and the others. He is grade 95 in Chinese drama, and his classmate is Tian Yu, teacher Wang from "Charlotte Trouble".
Sun Honglei and he were in different classes, and Sun was an auditor and only had a graduation certificate.
According to what Hu Jing and the two said, Xia Yu didn't know where he met Yuan Quan. He was so shocked that he fell in love at first sight and immediately began to pursue Yuan Quan passionately.
However, Yuan Quan's attitude towards him was rather vague and he had a favorable impression, but he did not clearly agree to Xia Yu's pursuit.
Xia Yu was not discouraged and was courteous to Yuanquan every day. When she heard about the air ticket, she bought one for Yuanquan without saying a word.
Afraid of Yuan Quan's rejection, this guy dropped the ticket and ran away. Yuan Quan didn't even answer his phone calls.
Cao Xuan is very interested in Xia Yu. In a sense, they are both brothers-in-law. They communicate more often and can help each other at critical moments.
………
Since February, with only half a month left before the Spring Festival, Cao Xuan has focused all his energy on rehearsals and even stopped working on the new album.
On the only day of the 10th, Cao Xuan took time out, ran home, squatted in front of the computer, and registered a QQ account.
That's right, on February 10, 1999, Penguin launched the first version of QQ, which is still called OICQ, and its full name in Chinese is Chinese Internet Pager.
It is modeled after foreign ICQ, which is considered a Chinese version and has only a few functions such as public chat rooms and file transfer.
The number registered by Cao Xuan is five digits, and this type of QQ number has almost disappeared in later generations.
On the one hand, there were not many such accounts in the first place. Secondly, QQ was very popular at that time and people began to speculate on accounts. A five-digit QQ account could even be sold for several thousand or even tens of thousands.
As a result, hackers began to steal accounts frantically, and Penguin continued to ban them, and simply began to recycle and seal them. Later, the most popular QQ accounts were basically more than seven digits.
Although this was the first day QQ went online, Xiao Ma and the others had actually tried it on a small scale many times before. Cao Xuan entered the chat room and found that there were not many online users.
I don’t know if there is a little guy pretending to be a girl in there?
Cao Xuan felt that the possibility was very high.
I don’t know if I’m pretending to be a girl or not, but on the first day of product launch, the founder, Xiao Ma, will definitely observe user feedback online.
Cao Xuan didn't say much, but stayed silent.
Now that QQ has just been established, it is the time when Xiao Ma is full of enthusiasm. In half a year, when the number of QQ users increases sharply and the Penguin team cannot support it, it will be the best investment opportunity.
At that time, Xiao Ma was almost desperate and wanted to sell QQ for 1 million. As a result, he traveled all over Shenzhen and Beijing, but no one in Beijing took over.
After several twists and turns, we managed to secure an investment of US$2.2 million, and this US$2.2 million investment was exchanged for 40% of Penguin's shares.
It can almost be regarded as the investment with the highest return rate in China’s Internet.
It is no exaggeration to say that Cao Xuan has already prepared the money for Brother Xiao Ma, the investment company is preparing, and he even plans to send someone to the Shenzhen market to stay.
Now I'm just waiting for Brother Ma to be unable to hold on, and then there will be a loud noise in the sky, and Angel Cao will make his debut...
………
The next day, February 11, the 26th day of the twelfth lunar month, the fifth rehearsal of the Spring Festival Gala began.
At the CCTV main station, Cao Xuan got out of the business car wearing a hat and a mask. Many reporters had gathered outside the main station, obviously they had learned about today's rehearsal.
Taking advantage of the fact that no one recognized him yet, Cao Xuan winked at Zhu Jiang, who opened the way, and the two of them ran into the CCTV gate, one behind the other.
When the reporter reacted and wanted to chase him, CCTV security guard Qin Shubao possessed him and blocked the door, preventing anyone from opening it.
"Good guy, there are so many people."
Cao Xuan has met a lot of reporters, and he himself has been surrounded by reporters, but usually only a few, unlike just now, when there were hundreds of people in total.
Almost all the well-known media in Beijing came, which shows how influential the Spring Festival Gala is.
Cao Xuan slipped away quickly, much to the chagrin of the reporters, who increased their output on the artists who came to rehearse later.
Especially Zhao Benshan, Chen Peisi and Zhu Shimao were banned by CCTV this year, and the Spring Festival Gala sketches relied entirely on him and Zhao Lirong to support the show.
Especially since he also flirted with Huang Hong's old partner Song Dandan this year. Everyone expressed great concern about the cooperation between the two and wanted to see what kind of sparks the two sketch stars would create together.
Faced with the reporters' siege, Zhao Benshan spent a lot of effort to protect Song Dandan and rushed out. His coat was torn.
"These reporters are crazy."
Song Dandan was outspoken and started complaining as soon as she rushed into CCTV. Zhao Benshan pulled her and they were about to go to the dressing room to put on makeup.
As soon as he took two steps, he heard the noise from the reporters behind him getting louder. Looking back, he saw that Ren Xianqi was struggling to squeeze in with the help of his manager.
"Hey, didn't you just say that Cao Xuan was here? Do you think these two can fight?"
Song Dandan looked gossipy, and Zhao Benshan complained speechlessly: "You were fooled by the newspaper. You will definitely not be able to fight. What are you thinking about?"
"Let's not leave in a hurry. Follow Ren Xianqi and see if he can meet Cao Xuan. I want to see them meet."
Song Dandan was full of expectations. Zhao Benshan didn't say anything, but he was obviously moved. The two of them waited patiently for Ren Xianqi.
They were not the only ones who had the same idea. Everyone wanted to gossip. [Nan Ren and Bei Cao] fought so fiercely. Everyone wanted to see what would happen if the two met in real life.
So, when Ren Xianqi finally rushed in, he found that everyone around him was watching him furtively, with a gleam in their eyes that he couldn't understand.
"Brother Ke, do people here look at me strangely?"
Ren Xianqi asked his manager Ke Shangmin in a low voice. Ke Shangmin was also confused about the situation: "Maybe you are too popular in mainland China and they get excited when they see you."
"But in the past few rehearsals, everyone didn't have this look, right?"
Ren Xianqi was not stupid, and he quickly thought of the reason: "Is it because of Cao Xuan?"
"Guess so."
Ke Shangmin thought that before they came to the capital, the Taiwanese media had been hyping up the Spring Festival Gala's "South Ren Bei Cao" live showdown, and he also guessed what the people around him were thinking.
To put it bluntly, watching the excitement is not a big deal!
The atmosphere at Ren Xianqi's side was awkward, and it was not much better at Cao Xuan's side. Everywhere he went, people looked at him strangely, including gossip, excitement, anticipation and other emotions.
When Cao Xuan finished putting on makeup and went to the stage, he bumped into Ren Xianqi.
[Nan Ren Bei Cao] The historic meeting directly brought everyone's emotions to a climax...
