Huang Lei stayed in Yanjing for two days before returning to Qinghe. When he arrived at his office, he saw Su Yan sitting there waiting for him.
After several years of tacit understanding, I knew that there must be something going on, and it was not just a casual chat, because Su Yan even made two phone calls to ask where he was.
But now the two of them were not in a hurry. After Huang Lei put down his things, slowly brewed a pot of tea, and tasted a few cups, Su Yan spoke.
"Director Minjiang Jiang invited me to be the host of this year's Spring Festival Gala."
Huang Lei had no surprised expression.
"It's a matter of time." He helped to refill another cup of tea: "Your abilities are there. Although your qualifications are still relatively low, your achievements are too dazzling. I guess Yan Shi may have considered you.
If it’s done well this time, maybe the invitation will come next year.”
Su Yan nodded: "But I am still a little worried. After all, I have never been exposed to party-type programs."
"That's true." Huang Lei agreed: "Look, let alone recent years, there is no director in the Spring Festival Gala in the past ten years who has not been scolded.
Just because I like it, my expectations have become higher. With so many people in China, we can’t satisfy everyone.
Those who like to watch cross talk, listen to songs, drama, and magic, the word "difficult to agree with" is the most suitable word.
Although this is the Spring Festival Gala of a local station and the audience is not that big, there are still people watching."
"Then Teacher Huang means not to answer?"
"No, it doesn't matter what I mean. It depends on you personally. But if you come for consultation, it means it must have moved your mind. All I can say is, if you want to do it, do it. The whole Qinghe community is behind you.
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Su Yan was very touched by these words. He was really lucky to have such a good mentor and friend by his side.
"In addition, I know two directors here who have directed Yanshi's Spring Festival Gala. I will give you my contact information so that you can go and learn from others. It is also good to learn from others' experience."
Su Yan naturally would not refuse and thanked him profusely.
Although I didn't get any substantive advice from Huang Lei, I gained confidence in myself.
In the following period, when he was not filming, he did a lot more work, watching videos, visiting directors, and even some folk art troupes, which also left his footprints.
Qinghe has officially responded, and Su Yan has taken over the post of general director of Minjiang Satellite TV's Spring Festival Gala.
The Provincial Satellite TV program is naturally not as long as YanTV, and there is no countdown to 12 o'clock. After all, it is not broadcast on New Year's Eve.
However, the program duration is expected to be about three and a half hours, and it will require about 20 programs with the host's dialogue.
It doesn't seem like too many, there are about 20 shows, and some theaters have more than a dozen performances in one night.
However, in order to choose the one who can finally meet everyone on TV, it is estimated that there will be ten times, twenty times or even more.
This is no exaggeration at all.
Therefore, many times, there are still several months and half a year before the party starts, so preparations have to be started in advance.
Programs need to go through many selections, many changes and revisions, and it is common for them to be temporarily eliminated at the last moment.
The whole process is long and arduous, and there is no room for sloppiness.
At the end of June, Su Yan found that it was too tiring to rely on his own strength. He had to film a show and travel around the country. It was a bit too much, so he decided to wait for work.
Qinghe and Minjiang Satellite TV held a press conference.
In the face of many visiting reporters, Minjiang announced that this year the TV station will hold the Spring Festival Gala for the first time, which will be broadcast on New Year's Eve. Su Yan will serve as the general director of the gala.
Journalists are very interested in this.
Everyone knows that the relationship between the two is good.
However, as a variety show director, whether he can take on such a big responsibility is what they want to know most. After all, there are lines separated by mountains. Although there is some connection, most of the mountains are indispensable.
Minjiang would take this risk, certainly not just to win over the other party. Without a certain degree of confidence, it cannot be justified.
In this regard, Jiang Shan, who came forward in person, gave the following explanation.
"As a young director, Su Yan's abilities have been recognized by the industry and the general audience. He has unique insights into the overall situation and the control of personnel, especially in the selection and connection of program links. He has been praised by his peers. We
I am very confident that he has the ability to bring a completely different audio-visual feast."
And Su Yan himself is relatively modest.
"As an individual, first of all I am very grateful to Minjiang Satellite TV for giving me such an opportunity and entrusting me with such an important Spring Festival Gala task. While I am grateful, I am also very scared.
During this time, I am also studying hard, learning from many seniors, and trying not to disappoint everyone.
Taking this opportunity, I would also like to ask the journalists here to do a favor and spread the word.
In this Minjiang TV Spring Festival Gala, whether you are doing sketches, cross talk, singing and dancing... no matter you are a star, or just an ordinary person, as long as you think your creative program is excellent, you can submit it to Minjiang TV and you will have the opportunity to be featured on
Spring Festival Gala stage.”
Yes, Su Yan plans to crowdfund this show nationwide.
When it came time for reporters to ask questions, he gave detailed answers to all the topics. Of course, there were also questions that were directed at him personally. For such questions, the host next to him immediately stopped them.
Soon, the report spread and sparked heated discussions.
Although a local station's Spring Festival Gala is on the front line, it is not very attractive to big stars. After all, some people refuse even the Yanshi Spring Festival Gala and want to spend the New Year with their families.
But the director is Su Yan, so it’s worth considering.
If this performs well, maybe he can be a regular in his show. The influence during this period is not comparable to that of a mere TV station.
And this is talking about the big stars and the small group of people.
As a result, many economic companies and artists began to take action.
As for ordinary people, don't underestimate it. China is a vast land with abundant resources and there are many talented people.
Just look at those online anchors. To be honest, some of them have various talents in singing and dancing, but they are not necessarily worse than some celebrities.
The only difference is an opportunity.
People who usually pay attention to entertainment also started to take action.
Of course, the direct consequence is that Minjiang received nearly a thousand videos of various sizes the day after the press conference.
99.99% of them are shoddy. After all, in less than a day, how could there be any good works? They were all taken on a whim with a mobile phone and sent over.
Minjiang has already prepared for this. After all, he still has plenty of time and is not in a hurry. He has also found a team of people who don't have to worry about anything and just watch videos every day at work, just like an online porn appraiser.