1993 My China Entertainment Age

Chapter 233 Spring Festival Gala, Encounter in the New Century!
2001, April 1.

Today is New Year's Eve.

This morning, Jiang Xiaofeng woke up naturally after falling asleep at Taohong's parents' house.

After eating and drinking enough, Jiang Xiaofeng and Taohong put up Spring Festival couplets, windows, blessing characters, etc. together.

Although Jiang Xiaofeng and Taohong have been together for so many years and have not obtained a marriage certificate, Tao's father and Tao's mother are very relieved to see that Jiang Xiaofeng still treats Taohong and their old couple as before.

Moreover, Taohong also told her mother about her recent pregnancy preparations, which also made Tao's father and Tao's mother think that their daughter and Jiang Xiaofeng were getting close.

Because he was going to participate in the CCTV Spring Festival Gala in the evening, Jiang Xiaofeng had lunch at Taohong's parents' house and left first.

However, Jiang Xiaofeng didn't go to the CCTV live broadcast room right away, but went to Liu Xiaoli's house to help the couple put up couplets, window grilles and so on.

Liu Xiaoli knew she didn't have time to accompany their mother and daughter at night, so at 4 o'clock that afternoon, she started making dumplings with her daughter Liu Qianqian, and then cooked a sumptuous New Year's Eve dinner for Jiang Xiaofeng.

Because there was going to be a performance tonight, Jiang Xiaofeng didn't drink at all, so he used materials instead of wine, and toasted Liu Xiaoli and Liu Qianqian to congratulate the arrival of the new year.

"Qiqian, Uncle wishes you progress in your studies, good health, and more and more beautiful in the new year!" Jiang Xiaofeng said, then took out a large red envelope from his pocket and handed it to Liu Qianqian.

Having lived under the same roof for so long, Liu Qianqian has long since stopped treating Jiang Xiaofeng as an outsider, and has not been polite to Jiang Xiaofeng. She reached out to take the red envelope and said with a smile: "Thank you uncle, and Qianqian also wishes uncle good health ,Working smoothly!"

Immediately afterwards, Jiang Xiaofeng took out a big red envelope from his pocket and prepared to hand it to Liu Xiaoli.

Seeing this, Liu Xiaoli also had a face full of joy, and said with a smile: "I'm not a child, so how can you still keep the red envelope for me?"

"Besides, I didn't prepare any gifts for you, I..."

Before Liu Xiaoli finished speaking, Jiang Xiaofeng interrupted: "It's Chinese New Year, come here for auspiciousness, take it, I wish you good health, and always be as beautiful as you are now!"

Jiang Xiaofeng said, and handed the red envelope to Liu Xiaoli.

Liu Xiaoli was shy for a moment, but she still accepted the red envelope with shame and joy, and said, "Thank you, I also wish you good health and all the best!"

Just talking and laughing like this, Jiang Xiaofeng and Liu Xiaoli's family of three finished the New Year's Eve dinner.

Jiang Xiaofeng took out his mobile phone and checked the time. It was exactly 5:[-], so he wanted to have a cup of tea before setting off.

Knowing that Jiang Xiaofeng wanted tea, Liu Xiaoli hurried over to boil water to make tea.

After making the tea, Liu Xiaoli asked with concern: "Are you going to sleep at night?"

Jiang Xiaofeng took a sip of tea, thinking that he might be happy with Wang Fei at night, so he replied, "I probably won't be back, there will be a party tonight."

Regarding Jiang Xiaofeng's answer, Liu Xiaoli did not force herself, nor was she too disappointed, because Jiang Xiaofeng was able to take time out of his busy schedule to have a New Year's Eve dinner with her, which was already a very extravagant thing in itself.

7 pm.

Jiang Xiaofeng and Wang Fei arrived successively, in the backstage lounge of the CCTV Spring Festival Gala.

Because Jiang Xiaofeng and Wang Fei are both top names in Huaguo, the director team of the Spring Festival Gala was also very considerate and arranged a lounge for Jiang Xiaofeng and Wang Fei respectively.

During this period, Zhang Ziyi, who has already become famous internationally, also made a special trip to Jiang Xiaofeng's lounge because she wanted to sing a song with Ekin Cheng of Xiangjiang, and got acquainted with him.

Although Zhang Ziyi has already gained popularity at home and abroad with "Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon", she still respects and admires the capital of the domestic film and television industry like Jiang Xiaofeng.

Moreover, as early as a few years ago, when Jiang Xiaofeng went to the Chinese opera to find Taohong and Xia Yu, Zhang Ziyi had met Jiang Xiaofeng once, and meeting Jiang Xiaofeng this time also felt like an old friend.

Zhang Ziyi was still full of regrets, and chatted with Jiang Xiaofeng about the CCTV version of "Swordsman".

"Director Jiang, I originally wanted to cooperate with you in the movie "Swordsman". Later, director Zhang Yimou found out and refused to let me make it. He said that filming TV series is not good, but I just want to cooperate with you..."

In fact, the reason why Zhang Ziyi wanted to act in "Swordsman" was mainly because of the 200 million remuneration offered to her by "bearded" Zhang Jizhong.

Although Zhang Ziyi's salary of 200 million yuan is not as good as Jiang Xiaofeng's salary of 400 million yuan, it is still a very high salary these days, that is, "Swordsman", which has an investment of more than 4000 million yuan, is so expensive remuneration.

Jiang Xiaofeng replied with a smile: "Ziyi, director Yimou is right, since you are already an international superstar, there is no need to act in TV dramas anymore."

Hearing Jiang Xiaofeng boasting that she was an "international superstar", Zhang Ziyi was also happy, but she also knew in her heart that the so-called "international superstar" just sounded good.

In terms of earning ability, Zhang Ziyi knew very well that she couldn't even see Jiang Xiaofeng's taillights.

Because as early as a few years ago, Jiang Xiaofeng had achieved an annual income of [-] million by virtue of his terrifying achievements in the music world.

What is the concept of an annual income of [-] million in the current Huaguo?
Let's put it this way, in the 2000 Huaguo mainland rich list, as long as the total assets reach 3.5 million, they can be ranked in the top 100.

Although Jiang Xiaofeng was not on the list, many people in the circle knew that Jiang Xiaofeng was a veritable invisible rich man.

There are even rumors that Jiang Xiaofeng's total net worth is estimated to be between 5 million and 10 billion.

Regarding the speculation and comments from the outside world, Jiang Xiaofeng never gave a positive explanation, and even deliberately denied the rumor: "How is it possible, there are not so many,"

In fact, only Jiang Xiaofeng knew in his heart that including the real estate, deposits, and the working capital of the two companies, his worth had already exceeded 10 billion. As for the exact amount, he himself didn't know because he hadn't calculated it carefully.

Not to mention anything else, let's just say that Xu Huaiyu, who is signed by his own record company, has helped him earn an average of 2000 million yuan a year in the past three years.

During this conversation, Zhang Ziyi also exchanged mobile phone numbers with Jiang Xiaofeng, saying that she would learn to sing from Jiang Xiaofeng in the future.

Not long after Zhang Ziyi left, Wang Fei next door couldn't be idle anymore, and came to visit.

The first thing Wang Fei said after closing the door was to Jiang Xiaofeng: "I'm nervous, are you nervous?"

Jiang Xiaofeng asked in disbelief: "Sister Fei, you haven't seen any big scenes. It was just the last Spring Festival Gala. Are you so nervous?"

Because the door was locked and there were bodyguards and assistants guarding outside, Wang Fei snuggled into Jiang Xiaofeng's arms and said, "Who stipulated that I should not be nervous?"

Jiang Xiaofeng replied with a smile: "It's okay to be nervous, it's all lip-syncing anyway, so it's not a big problem."

But Wang Fei said: "It is because I have to lip-sync that I feel nervous, afraid that my mouth will not match,"

Jiang Xiaofeng then comforted: "It's okay, we have deaf ears, so we don't have to think so much,"

With Jiang Xiaofeng's company and comfort, Wang Fei gradually felt relieved and was no longer so nervous.

At the same time, the major programs of the CCTV Spring Festival Gala began to meet with audiences across the country one by one as time went by.

It is worth mentioning that since 2000 is a new century, our country has always wanted to host the Olympic Games, and Yanjing’s Olympic bid slogans are also one after another. Therefore, the theme programs of the Olympic bid also naturally appeared on the stage of the Spring Festival Gala.

The crosstalk "Let's Try It Too" performed by Xiaolin, Wang Ping, Yin Zhuolin, and Zhao Baole, and the song "Let's Come Together" sung by teacher Liu Huan all showed the enthusiasm of the Chinese people for Yanjing's Olympic bid.

The cross talk program of this year's Spring Festival Gala has received a lot of praise. Although the plot of "Stepping on Feet" performed by Jiang Kun is absurd and informative, it directly hits social hotspots and is endlessly memorable. While applauding, people can't help but think deeply.

There is also the cross talk "Drama Fan" performed by Liu Junjie and Tang Jiezhong, which perfectly combines the elements of drama and cross talk, which is also a different kind of innovation.

The most exciting skit program in the Spring Festival Gala, naturally did not disappoint the audience.

For example, the skit "Animal Games" combined skits and acrobatics. The audience cheered and applauded continuously. It was humorous and loved by young people.

And the skit "Selling Abductees" brought by Zhao Bensan, Gao Xiumin, and Fan Wei made the term "big flicker" a buzzword at that time, and it even became a synonym for liars.

As a writer and artist, Zhao Bensan has been bringing joy to everyone and seeking benefits for the common people through sketches and other artistic expressions, which is really admirable!

Of course, in Zhao Bensan's sketches, he never likes to preach, and he also doesn't like to sell miserably, just one sentence: just be happy and it's over!
(End of this chapter)