I'm not just a director

In the following time, Jiang Peian tried to minimize his public appearances.

The task of promoting the new movie was completed, and it was time for him to retire and do what he should do.

For example, the selection of Spring Festival Gala programs.

Preparations for a year's Spring Festival Gala, from the selection of performers to the programming of performances, usually start in October of the previous year, and the tasks are arduous and very stressful.

This process requires comprehensive consideration of the arrangement, live performance effects, program audience and other aspects.

Moreover, the director of the Spring Festival Gala every year selects suitable cast and crew based on the political and social changes of the year, as well as the theme of the year.

When selecting cast members, the director requires them to have good acting skills and current popular acting methods, as well as a suitable creative spirit.

Then, based on the theme of the Spring Festival Gala each year, the director and the arrangement team work together to create the content of each program.

The director requires the arrangement team to make each program convincing, realistic, emotional, and valuable to the audience of the program.

Therefore, directing the Spring Festival Gala is a very difficult job. He needs to first determine a coherent program arrangement.

After that, the best actors from all over the country will be selected to participate in the performance, and issues such as the particularity of the performance location and how to maximize the performance venue will also be considered.

Jiang Pei'an had joked with Han Shanping before that he should be the director of the Spring Festival Gala, but now seeing the chief director busy making arrangements on the set, he felt that he should give up this idea as soon as possible.

The director of this year's Spring Festival Gala is Lang Kun.

People outside the industry may not have heard of his name, but as long as they mention the programs he has produced, they will definitely understand.

It turned out to be him!

Let's put it this way, he founded the CCTV Music Channel. In addition, he also founded programs such as "Avenue of Stars", "Global Chinese Music Chart" and "The Reader".

Because of CCTV's transcendent status in television programs, this person can be regarded as complementary to CCTV.

It's just that he is low-key and rarely appears in public.

Jiang Pei'an only glanced at him from a distance during the preparations for the CCTV Spring Festival Gala and did not have much interaction with him.

But Jiang Peian met someone unexpectedly.

"I am proud!"

The star of the Spring Festival Gala who talks about "I'm proud" all day long is Sun Tao.

The sentence "I am proud" is as good as Uncle Feng's "I miss you so much".

Interestingly, the two met backstage at the Spring Festival Gala. When they met Jiang Pei'an, Sun Tao still looked in disbelief.

"Hello, Director Jiang, I am Sun Tao, a sketch actor, and I am your fan."

Sun Tao was very excited.

Jiang Pei'an was also a little surprised. Has this person started attending the Spring Festival Gala now?

This person has appeared on the Spring Festival Gala 1995 times from 2023 to 17.

There were Chen Peisi and Zhu Shimao in the front, and there were Baiyun Heitu, Huang Hong, Feng Gong and many other actors in the back.

It can be said that compared with the familiar works of these sketch actors, Sun Tao's program is indeed not outstanding enough.

There are probably only a few of his impressive programs. One was a skit in 08 in which he brought several military wives to the island to visit their husbands who were guards.

But this skit didn’t create any jokes, it was just that I was deeply impressed by this work.

The other one is "I'm proud of..."

So when Jiang Pei'an saw him, he almost blurted out this sentence that would be heard on the Internet for generations to come.

"Hello, Teacher Sun, I really like your performance."

Jiang Peian said with a smile.

This sentence is not false. Jiang Peian really likes this person's performance.

Although Sun Tao has participated in many Spring Festival Galas, he has not made many masterpieces.

Under such a premise, Sun Tao's works may not be good enough, but they are not very popular and topical, so there are not many negative voices.

The entertainment industry is a vanity fair, and CCTV is no exception. By the end of the Spring Festival Gala, Sun Tao himself probably didn’t want to participate in the show anymore, but he had to play...

First of all, he is in charge of the General Administration. This quota is basically available to him as long as he wants it. He is really a great sketch actor in the army.

Sun Tao looked at Jiang Peian with some surprise and said in surprise:

"Director Jiang, do you know me?"

I must know him, but he only knows you from later generations. Jiang Peian did not dwell too much on this topic and asked with a smile:

"What type of program will Teacher Sun bring to you this time?"

Sun Tao smiled and said:

"It's a family comedy. Director Jiang, are you here to attend the Spring Festival Gala?"

"Well, I don't know if I can choose it yet."

Jiang Peian said with a smile.

"I will definitely be selected. Director Jiang, if you appear in the Spring Festival Gala, you will definitely become popular. No, you are already popular enough. You will definitely make it more popular, hahaha."

His Mandarin deliberately added a hint of Shandong dialect. Although it was a compliment, it sounded like a simple blessing.

Nowadays, the public's concept of attending the Spring Festival Gala is probably that it can be popular.

Didn’t you know that a migrant worker group later became popular on the Internet by singing a cover of Wang Banbi’s song?

That year, everyone sang "In Spring" and became a member of the rock army...

On the other hand, the same goes for Sun Tao.

Although he is not outstanding vertically compared with Baiyun Heitu, but horizontally compared with language works of the same year, except for "Father and Son" he performed at the 2022 Spring Festival Gala.

His works are basically at a mid-range level, and some of his works can even be compared to others at that time.

So he became popular, and after becoming popular, he appeared on the Spring Festival Gala stage for many consecutive years.

If Jiang Peian were to be the director of the Spring Festival Gala, he would definitely be used if such a mainstay was still willing to play the role after the seniors quit the Spring Festival Gala one by one.

After all, Sun Tao's main job is to play a stable role. In the 2000s, his sketches were quite satisfactory, conveying a beautiful spirit and representing the army, so he can be on it.

Later, the reason for going up every year became much simpler.

First, because there is no one left, Bai Yun, Hei Tu, Huang Hong and Pan Zi have all retired. Sun Tao has qualifications and a certain popularity.

His acting ability is still online and his script creativity is solid, so why not use it?

In fact, Sun Tao's sketch is not bad, it can only be said that it is not very good. It is the kind of stylized and customized work specially created for the Spring Festival Gala.

The quality is quite satisfactory, with a very high lower limit, which is better than stability.

This stability is reflected both in the quality of the work and in the performance of the actors.

Even in later generations, Sun Tao's image has not changed much. He has not aged at all, nor has he gained weight...

The main problem is that the language group of the Spring Festival Gala is indeed in a stagnant situation. The old ones are getting old and the young ones can't hold on.

Sun Tao is the big one among Tao, there is no one else to choose from.

"Teacher Sun, you are busy first. I have a program waiting for rehearsal over there, so I will go over first."

Jiang Peian looked at the text message on his phone and said with a smile.

"Okay, you work first, and we'll get together later when we have the chance."

Sun Tao said with a smile.

In fact, he really wanted to leave Jiang Peian's contact information.

It's just that the identity gap between the two is too big, and they're not very familiar with each other, so he didn't dare to speak.

"come on!"

Watching Jiang Peian's leaving figure, Sun Tao silently shouted in his heart.

……

When Jiang Peian rushed to the preparation room of the pop singing group, there were already many people waiting there. Different from last time, this time as soon as Jiang Peian opened the door and walked in, many people in the room stood up to say hello.

"Hello, Director Jiang."

"I watched your "Painted Skin", Director Jiang, and it was very exciting."

"Congratulations to Director Jiang for the box office of "Painted Skin" exceeding 100 million!"

The popularity of "Painted Skin" with a box office of over 100 million has not passed yet, so these people, no matter whether they knew each other or not, all came up to say hello.

Jiang Peian smiled and nodded, ignoring Jaycee Chan's eager eyes and beckoning, and walked straight to the side of Shui Mu Nian Hua.

"Director Jiang, you will be late if you come a little later."

Miao Yao said with a smile.

Jiang Peian waved his hand and said with a smile:

"As long as no one from the program team comes, it doesn't count as late. Besides, everyone is very busy. Even if you come a little late, the people from the program team should be able to understand."

If this kind of words spread outside, Jiang Pei'an's label of being a big name will be firmly pinned on his head.

But now, no one thinks there is anything wrong with Jiang Peian's words.

Nonsense, if you can make a movie with a box office of over 100 million, everything you say is right.

Just like the man who will be called Papa Ma in later generations. Whenever he speaks publicly, he will be quoted. Before that, I have to add: Papa Ma said...

Therefore, as long as a person becomes famous, his farts will most likely smell good.

Fang Zuming, who was sitting not far away, immediately answered:

"Uncle is right. Although we serve the people, we also have our own jobs."

Jiang Peian glanced at him in surprise. This boy was well educated by Cheng Long, and he could even say the words "serving the people."

But that's all. This kid Jiang Peian really doesn't like him from the bottom of his heart...

Seeing Jiang Pei'an ignoring him, Fang Zuming was slightly disappointed, but he didn't get any favors from Jiang Pei'an, so there wasn't much gap in his heart.

But what he never understood was why Jiang Peian didn't accept him?

"Hello, Director Jiang, I am Cai Yiling. Nice to meet you."

There was a sound of high heels hitting the ground, and it was Cai Yiling walking over.

Jiang Peian stood up, shook hands with her, and said with a smile:

"Hello, Ms. Cai, I really like listening to your songs."

"Thank you. I also like your movies very much. I hope to have the opportunity to star in one of your movies, directed by Jiang."

Cai Yiling said with a smile.

"Okay, as long as there is a suitable role, I will definitely invite Miss Cai."

Jiang Peian only thought she was just chatting. This girl has been working hard in the music industry and starring in movies since her debut?

Unless she can't think about it.

Tsai Yiling took out a business card from her bag and said playfully:

"I'm not kidding you. This is my business card. If there is any news, you must notify me."

Yes, this is a serious plan.

Jiang Peian dug into his pocket and finally said awkwardly:

"Sorry, I didn't bring my business card."

Su Qing printed a bunch of business cards for him, and also found someone to customize an exquisite business card holder.

It's just that he doesn't like to carry that thing in his pocket and often leaves it in the office.

"It doesn't matter. Anyway, there will be a chance to meet in the future. It won't be too late to make up for it then."

After saying that, she twisted her waist and left.

This one can be considered a weird one among singers.

Around 2000, it was the golden age of pop music, and a number of very outstanding singers were born.

Among these outstanding singers, Jay Chou and Tsai Yiling stood out and were awarded the title of "Little King" and "Little Queen" respectively.

Tsai Yiling, who is so popular that she is known as the "Little Queen" and "Sexy Dancer", has become the favorite of many male stars, and no one wants to embrace the beauty.

According to statistics from later generations of unreliable editors, this man has had a total of eleven boyfriends, and each of them was a big-name star.

Of course, it is unknown how many of these are true and how many are false.

The only thing I know is that this person has always been single...

"Tsai Yiling, this is the most popular singer in Bay Province in recent years."

Lu Gengxu on the side sighed.

They were also popular during their youthful days, but later on, as several friends went solo, they gradually declined.

As if he heard Lu Gengxu's emotions, Jiang Peian comforted him:

"Teacher Lu, you have just fallen into a trough temporarily, and you will definitely take off again."

"Then thank you, Director Jiang, for your enlightenment."

Lu Gengxu nodded.

A few people were talking, and Wang Haixing, the choreographer of the pop group, and others walked in.

"Welcome everyone, I won't say much more about greetings. This time our pop group's song has been roughly decided.

The director team gave us five songs. There are now a total of 20 of us and we have signed up for 15 songs.

In other words, 10 of these songs have to be said goodbye to you for the time being. "

As soon as Wang Haixing entered the room, he brought the news.

The crowd that was lively just now suddenly became quiet.

Everyone looked at me, and I looked at you, and finally turned their attention to Wang Haixing.

Wang Haixing smiled bitterly:

"Everyone can see that there is nothing I can do now. This is the quota set by the director team.

Later, everyone will sing their own participating songs in turn, and the camera teacher will record everyone's performance.

Including typhoons, music styles, and songs, the director team will finally select suitable tracks from the video tapes to participate in the 2005 Year of the Rooster Spring Festival Gala. "

Wang Haixing's words successfully made everyone present busy.

Even the faces of Cai Yiling and Shuimunianhua couldn't help but look solemn.

Only Jiang Peian was still watching the show happily.

He came to participate in the Spring Festival Gala just for a formality. If he was selected, he would attend. If he was not selected, he would return to the village to participate in the village gala.

That’s all.

Wang Haixing on the side also saw the indifference on Jiang Peian's face.

He began to wonder. Could it be that someone had revealed the news to him?

Ever since the news came out that "Painted Skin" had a box office of over 100 million, the Spring Festival Gala program team took notice of him.

When he learned that Jiang Pei'an was a candidate for the popular group, Lang Kun directly called Wang Haixing and told him to keep Jiang Pei'an on the Spring Festival Gala stage.

However, Jiang Pei'an had already appeared in the Spring Festival Gala song candidate group in the early stage. If he was forced to admit, he was afraid that other people in the same group would gossip.

So Wang Haixing has already made a decision. As long as Jiang Peian's singing is not too bad and he can pass the test, he will be settled...

Singers took the stage one after another and sang their songs to the camera.

Finally, after experiencing the performances of the previous seven people, Jiang Peian's name was also called.

For a moment, everyone looked at him.

...(End of chapter)