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Chapter 228 Start showing off

Not long after the filming of "Sword and Sword" was completed, Zhejiang TV took advantage of the strong discussion left after the finale of "Fireworks in the World" and began to use key words such as "Zhou Dingran's new drama" and "Hong Shaorong's screen debut" to create a new movie for the newly purchased The drama "Legend of Sword and Fairy" is still popular.

At the same time, the first promotional video was released on Zhejiang Satellite TV's prime time slot and was publicly scheduled. It is expected to be broadcast during the Spring Festival, which is the eighth day of the Lunar New Year.

There are still at least two months until the eighth day of the Lunar New Year, but the release of the promotional video of "Sword" at this time has undoubtedly attracted the attention and enthusiasm of countless fans of Zhou Dingran and Hong Shaorong. At the same time, "Sword" shook Fan support clubs on Weibo and Weibo were officially launched. In less than a week, the number of daily sign-ins in some fan posts increased from a few thousand to tens of thousands.

Among them, the support of fans of Zhou Dingran and Hong Shaorong is crucial.

Even before the TV series started airing, fans of the two companies began to give birth to CP fan groups, and there are many CP fans.

Even Zhou Dingran's fans are satisfied with Hong Shaorong, the "sister-in-law". Regardless of popularity and strength, just talking about this face and figure, looking at the entire entertainment industry, there are very few who can match it. This is why Tianmang The reason why Hong Shaorong is so highly praised.

Not to mention Hong Shaorong's strength, even if she is tone-deaf, her face alone is definitely worth any money to praise her.

However, no matter how good his condition is, after all, he has just debuted, and his only outstanding achievement is that the sales volume of the album released during his debut exceeded 4 million, and his Weibo and Douyin fans exceeded 10 million.

Although his results are relatively impressive, they are still slightly behind Zhou Dingran, who is extremely popular today.

In Mu Qiang's era, Hong Shaorong's fans were not satisfied with the fact that Zhou Dingran was the leading actor in "The Sword". However, when "The King of Masked Singer" ended and Fathead Yu's identity was exposed, at least Hong Shaorong's female fans, They were all very satisfied with Zhou Dingran, and became passionate about being a CP fan.

Generally speaking, for this TV series starring Zhou Dingran and Hong Shaorong, fans from both sides have given more praise than criticism.

In addition to the highly anticipated drama "Sword and Sword", Zhejiang TV has also officially launched the contestant recruitment plan for the talent show "National Heartbeat".

For a time, there was an undercurrent of brokerage companies across the country and even in Asia. Faced with Zhejiang TV’s 100 million production investment, countless girls of the right age were sent to the program crew by these brokerage companies, and then after rounds of auditions and competitions, The girls who finally made the cut began to step onto the screen to accept public scrutiny.

Because the investment was too huge, the popularity and discussion of the program also increased. Almost every three to five days there were several related hot searches dominating the list. This strong exposure frightened many practitioners.

Therefore, even some players who have already become famous, as long as they are strong enough and meet the age requirements, they will basically give their resumes to the "People's Heart" program team with the mentality of giving it a try.

Not only some professional trainees, but also some contestants who had no intention of joining the entertainment industry were brainwashed by this show during this period and were deeply affected. Then they submitted as amateurs with the mentality of giving it a try. resume, and then I was pleasantly surprised to receive a response.

There are also some contestants who submitted their resumes casually with the help of friends, and received the acceptance letter with a blank look on their faces without any hope.

For example, Chu Xiaoxiao at this time.

After receiving the registered letter, her face was full of questions. When she opened it and saw the admission notice of "Girls for All", her whole head was buzzing. She, a great writer of online literature, was in her dormitory. When my friend submitted my resume with great expectations, my resume was also conveniently submitted by my roommate.

As a result, my roommate failed, but Chu Xiaoxiao passed!

"Xiaoxiao, you must go, please, take my blessing and realize my ideal!"

The roommate looked at the admission notice in Chu Xiaoxiao's hand with tears streaming down his face, "I know you don't plan to participate in this show, but don't you think this experience will be interesting? And you just passed the audition and did the formal interview. Sometimes, you may not pass.”

"You're right, it may not pass, so I won't go." Chu Xiaoxiao didn't care, and in the desperate eyes of her roommate, she threw the admission notice that everyone envied into the trash can.

The roommate sighed, but at night, a piece of news appeared on the hot search, and then the roommate burst into the dormitory panting, and excitedly said to Chu Xiaoxiao: "Xiaoxiao, have you read the hot search? "The Heart of the Nation" My mentor is actually Senior Brother Zhou Dingran!"

"What?" Chu Xiaoxiao was stunned. After a few seconds of silence, she suddenly turned around and went to dig through the trash can. Then she picked up the admission notice and wiped it carefully with a tissue a few times. As her eyes became brighter and brighter, Finally made up his mind and said: "I want to participate in this show!"

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At the same time, Tianmang Entertainment.

Cheng Haitang, the newly appointed Artist Department Director, hurriedly came to the practice room and found Hong Shaorong who was practicing dancing. "Shaorong, have you heard of the program "National Heartbeat"?"

Hong Shaorong, who was wearing a tight-fitting black training suit, stopped dancing and signaled to her assistant to turn off the music. Then, while wiping the sweat on her forehead with a towel, she asked curiously: "I've heard of it. What's wrong, Sister Haitang?"

"I originally planned to let you serve as the mentor and assistant coach of "People's Heartbeat", but now I have changed my mind. How about you participate in this program as a contestant?"

Cheng Haitang said seriously: "In terms of your business ability, it is not difficult to win the championship of this program."

"But...but I've already made my debut!" Hong Shaorong was a little surprised. It was obvious that this news was beyond her expectation.

"It doesn't matter if you debut, as long as you are of the right age, the program team will not pursue this."

Cheng Haitang said: "This show has a very strong lineup of mentors. Wei Xiao, Cao Zhan, Wu Xuefei, and even Pu Lanyu are rumored to be in the process of being contacted. Of course, there is also someone you are familiar with, Zhou Dingran."

The five instructors are all top experts in the industry, especially the two golden partners Pu Lanyu and Cao Zhan, who may also appear at the instructor's table. This made Hong Shaorong open her mouth slightly and instantly felt that this program potential.

Let’s not talk about the contestants. These mentors alone are definitely a guarantee of ratings.

The weakest mentor among them is Wu Xuefei, who is also a top singer. At the age of only 28, she was specially recruited into the National Opera House. She is known as a "natural singer". She is a proper national team player and has been vaguely known as the number one in the country. A soprano, although she lost to Zhou Dingran in "The Masked Singer" not long ago, it did not have the slightest impact on her, and even gained more people's love.

Audiences who like treble will have no ability to resist Wu Xuefei's ethereal treble.

As for Zhou Dingran and Wei Xiao, needless to say, they are both TOP5 popular singers in the industry.

Especially Zhou Dingran, who has just created the myth of a ratings of over 10% by his own efforts, making him a popular star.

"I have contacted Guo Zhiyuan, the director of Zhejiang Satellite TV, before. Originally, I wanted to insert you into this program as a teaching assistant. The other party was also interested, but I have carefully studied this program in the past two days and found that the program The potential is extraordinary.”

"First of all, the topics and ratings brought by five popular instructors are definitely beyond ordinary people's imagination."

"Secondly, the investment in this program is 600 million, and it is only a little more. This shows that Zhejiang TV is planning to create a top ratings program again. The most important thing is that the girl group selected by 20,000 people is just The limited group is limited to two years. Within two years, with the high popularity brought by the show, it will definitely attract worldwide attention. After two years, the team will be disbanded. By then, with the popularity accumulated in the team, you will definitely squeeze into the top domestic singers. "

Cheng Haitang said seriously: "According to the news I received, Cao Zhan will single-handedly produce the album songs of the limited group within two years. The girl group album created by this top songwriter himself will definitely detonate the market, so I After thinking about it, I feel that instead of being a mentor and assistant with no scenes in the show, it would be better for you to participate directly as a contestant. With your current accumulated popularity and strength, you can definitely win the championship in the show!"

"The number one in this show has terrifying endorsement resources, all of which are endorsed by top domestic and foreign brands..."

Following Cheng Haitang's description, Hong Shaorong also nodded slightly. Finally, after thinking for a moment, she asked aloud: "Sister Haitang, I will listen to your arrangements."

She doesn't have much desire to participate in the show, but she's not disgusted either. She just goes with the flow.

As long as it is the company's arrangement, she will never object.

But she immediately remembered something and asked: "Sister Haitang, "Legend of Sword and Fairy" that I co-produced with Zhou Dingran is about to be released in the Spring Festival. If I participate in the competition and he happens to be the mentor, will it cause controversy? ? This is not good."

Cheng Haitang smiled and said: "I think this is a good thing. The topic will rise immediately. As long as you are strong and get through it step by step, no matter how controversial it is, everyone will shut up in the face of the facts."

"Ok."

Hong Shaorong nodded lightly.

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In addition to Chu Xiaoxiao and Hong Shaorong, many girls with extraordinary talents and even stunning looks have expressed their excitement for the program "National Heartbeat".

Even if they are not singers or dancers, as long as they have expectations for the entertainment industry, they are prompted by various reasons to submit their resumes to "National Heartbeat".

In Nortel alone, an institution of higher learning that cultivates film and television talents, there are many arrogant female students who are eager to try.

For example, Lu Qing, a freshman majoring in acting, gained more than 7 million fans on Douyin because of her perfect waist-to-hip ratio and good looks.

Or Zhang Wei, who has just participated in the new film directed by Song Xincheng and is now a freshman in the photography department, is also thinking about this program with an investment of more than 600 million.

Especially Zhang Wei, every time she thought of turning down the role of Zhao Ling'er, the heroine of "Legend of Sword and Fairy", she would regret it and beat her chest.

Chen Daozhou called her personally at the beginning, but she temporarily believed the director Song Xincheng's words and asked her to calm down and not accept any script, which caused her to miss "Legend of Sword and Fairy" completely.

The results of it?

Fat-headed fish was revealed, and Zhou Dingran made a big splash. The script and actors that she originally looked down on suddenly became the top project that attracted much attention in the industry. Even "Sword" is now more popular than the movie directed by Song Xincheng in which she participated.

But there is no medicine for regret in this world. Even if she beat her chest with regret every time, she could only wipe her tears secretly and not say anything more. Even if she mentioned this matter many times in front of reporters many years later, she just wanted to tell Everyone, I had a chance to become Zhao Ling'er, but I didn't like this role, so this role fell into the hands of Hong Shaorong.

Although "Fairy Sword" was completely missed, Zhang Wei was moved by the program "National Heartbeat".

She has a beautiful appearance, and if she puts on ancient costume, she will look like a fairy. Her appearance can be said to be very outstanding, otherwise she would not have been poached by Song Xincheng to film a movie before school started in her freshman year, and she would still be the heroine.

In addition, her voice is pretty good and she has some basic singing skills. Although she can't dance, she can paddle!

Didn't you see that Zhou Dingran made his debut in "National Idol"?

The most important thing is, it is rumored that Zhou Dingran is the mentor of this show. They are all brothers and sisters in the same college. Why don't they take more care of them?

Therefore, Zhang Wei did not think for long before submitting her personal profile to the program team.

In addition to the freshmen, there are also many sophomores and juniors from Nortel who are determined to participate.

And most of them compete as amateurs without the support of a brokerage company.

This is true for Nortel, not to mention major media universities across the country. Girls who have dreams of becoming stars submit their resumes with a trying mentality.

Therefore, although "National Heartbeat" claims that 20,000 people participate, the actual number is completely higher.

With this kind of attention, "National Heartbeat" has always maintained strong popularity.

But these have nothing to do with Zhou Dingran at this stage.

He is currently on his way to the CCTV building to participate in the first audition rehearsal of the CCTV Spring Festival Gala.

For CCTV rehearsals, everyone who receives an invitation will basically rush to the scene on time. Those who are absent, no matter how famous they are, will be eliminated directly and will be banned from participating in the Spring Festival Gala rehearsals for three years. On the day of the Spring Festival Gala rehearsal, countless people were paying attention.

Early in the morning, the road in front of the CCTV gate was blocked by officials, cordoned off, and vehicles were strictly prohibited from passing through.

All artists who come to the rehearsal must get off the bus one kilometer away and arrive at the venue on foot.

Therefore, on this day, Reuters videos and pictures taken by the media and passers-by can be seen on various social platforms such as Weibo and Douyin. All artists participating in the rehearsal cannot escape being filmed.

The same goes for Zhou Dingran.

It was early winter, and the cold wind in the morning was still very chilly. Zhou Dingran was wearing a black cotton suit, and after getting out of the car in a low-key manner, he was photographed by a group of media people.

The driver and part-time bodyguard Wang He led the way until they reached the entrance of the CCTV building. The number of people watching the excitement was much reduced.

Along the way, I also met some old artists and well-known actors and singers, but Zhou Dingran didn't recognize any of them, so he could only pass by quickly, and then under the guidance of the staff, go to the lounge to wait.

The lounge is only about thirty square meters, but there are more than a dozen people there. After all, this is the first rehearsal. As long as the submitted program is interesting, the Spring Festival Gala program team will basically accept everyone who comes, unless someone like Zhou Dingran is there. Only those programs that have been personally reviewed by the chief director can hope to advance to the next rehearsal. Otherwise, 90% of the programs and contestants who come for rehearsals and auditions at this stage will be eliminated in the first wave.

At this time, when Zhou Dingran came in, some people saw that it was Zhou Dingran, and they all showed surprised expressions, and then everyone hurried forward to greet him warmly.

But some people didn't take it seriously and continued to talk and laugh among themselves.

Even though Zhou Dingran is very popular now, it is nothing compared to some artists who debuted earlier and have some qualifications.

Even when Zhou Dingran came to the lounge, he found that there was not even a chair to rest.

You had to sit on the floor or lean against the wall, or there was nothing you could do except stay in the corridor.

Zhou Dingran sniffed and looked at the artists who were older than him, and could only stand there honestly.

"Come on, Zhou Dingran, sit here with me."

After a while, a young man in his twenties or seventies stood up and prepared to give up his seat to Zhou Dingran.

He is considered a fan of Zhou Dingran and a loyal audience of "The King of Masked Singer", so he was a little surprised when he saw Zhou Dingran appear. He enthusiastically came forward to say hello and repeatedly expressed his love for Zhou Dingran's songs.

Zhou Dingran smiled and waved his hand: "Thank you, no, you sit down."

The young man smiled and said: "Is it your first time to attend the Spring Festival Gala rehearsal? You don't know, this first rehearsal will take a long time, and today and tomorrow are rehearsal days. If your program is not very important, why not Unfortunately, you have to wait two days before it’s your turn to play.”

When Zhou Dingran heard this, he didn't care because Liu Ruyan mentioned this to him before coming.

As far as he knows, his rehearsal time is today, but the specific time period is not yet certain, so he can only come to the lounge in advance and wait for notification. There is a broadcast signal in the lounge. Whoever's turn it is to rehearse, the staff will be there. Announcement in advance on the radio.

Zhou Dingran really wanted to attend the Spring Festival Gala, so he was willing to wait even for a day.

"Thank you, I really don't need it."

Zhou Dingran expressed his gratitude again.

He is only nineteen years old, the youngest in this lounge, and his physical strength is at its peak. He can stand for a whole day without feeling tired.

If he had the body that had been tortured in his previous life, he would have backache after standing for half an hour.

"OK then."

When the young man saw this, he didn't force himself any further.

Seeing Zhou Dingran's humility at this time, everyone else also looked over, and someone asked: "Xiao Zhou, what program did you submit for?"

"Songs." Zhou Dingran answered honestly.

Although they had already expected it, when they heard that it was a song, someone shook their head and said: "Song is a major category. 80% of the contestants who signed up for the Spring Festival Gala are songs. Every year, the Spring Festival Gala song program will compete to the death, so unless it is absolutely Excellent product, otherwise the probability of elimination is too high."

Zhou Dingran also understands this truth, but he is very confident in "Blue and White Porcelain", and both "Dongfeng Po" and "Lanting Preface" are among the best in the National Style Cup, which shows that Chinese people love this type of national style songs very much.

As long as the directing team has seen the complete lyrics and music of "Blue and White Porcelain", even people who don't understand music can appreciate the exquisite lyrics of "Blue and White Porcelain". The lyrics are amazing at first glance.

During the chat, Zhou Dingran also learned about the identities of the people in the lounge, including two crosstalk actors, six acrobats, seven singers, and four Peking Opera actors.

In particular, the four Peking Opera actors are the inheritors of intangible cultural heritage.

Most of these people have participated in Spring Festival Gala rehearsals many times, but after so many years, no one has actually been able to appear on the stage of the Spring Festival Gala.

"The competition is really cruel."

Zhou Dingran thought secretly.

After waiting almost all morning, no one in the lounge has participated in the rehearsal.

It wasn't until the staff were about to get off work that a familiar name came over the radio: "No. 05481 Zhou Dingran, is Zhou Dingran here? Please come to Studio 1 for rehearsal."

05481 is Zhou Dingran's rehearsal number. After hearing the sound, Zhou Dingran stood up.

"Come on!"

"We, this group of people, are pointing out that you will appear at this year's Spring Festival Gala!"

"You must pass! You must pass!"

Everyone in the lounge cheered up and sent blessings to Zhou Dingran.

Zhou Dingran smiled and waved his hands, then strode towards Studio 1.

Along the way, many people recognized Zhou Dingran and came forward to say hello warmly. However, Zhou Dingran didn't recognize any of them, but he responded one by one, and soon he arrived at Studio 1.

Because photography was prohibited, Zhou Dingran put his cell phone in the password storage cabinet next to him.

After scanning and verifying his identity, Zhou Dingran entered the studio, found a seat in the audience and sat down to wait.

The studio was a bit groggy, with only bright lights on one side of the stage. A group of singers wearing ethnic costumes were singing heartily on the stage, while the director team and staff were watching carefully below the stage.

It was already 11:40 in the morning, and there were still 20 minutes left before getting off work at noon.

After the singers sang once, there were only ten minutes left.

"Go back and wait for news."

After someone from the directing team picked up the microphone and said something, the singers walked off the stage excitedly and left the studio.

"Let the next group come on."

"05481, Zhou Dingran, 05481, Zhou Dingran..."

A staff member shouted.

After hearing this, Zhou Dingran quickly stood up and went on stage.

Many people heard Zhou Dingran's name and looked back curiously in Zhou Dingran's direction. Apparently Zhou Dingran was still quite popular.

"let's start."

In the audience, director Yu Lei looked at Zhou Dingran, picked up the microphone and said, then looked back at deputy director Fang Shengyu: "This is the player you recommended."

"Correct."

When Fang Shengyu saw Zhou Dingran, he immediately nodded happily.

He liked the song "Blue and White Porcelain" very much. Regardless of the lyrics and music, it revealed the temperament of the pinnacle of Chinese style, and he also developed a natural affection for the young Zhou Dingran.

Yu Lei nodded slightly, put down the notes in his hand, and prepared to concentrate on watching Zhou Dingran's stage.

Because it was the first rehearsal audition, apart from instrumental performances, all contestants' performances were basically a cappella singing.

Zhou Dingran is no exception.

But he didn't panic at all, and was even a little excited.

After all, since the "King of Masked Singer" competition ceased, his perfect singing skills, which he spent 100 million favor points to upgrade, have yet to be put to use.

Now, he can be considered a serious pretender!

(End of this chapter)