The literary era since 1979

Chapter 253 There is someone behind the scenes

"Oh, I am dying of laughter."

"Yeah, yeah, that's so funny!"

"This show is good, it's called 'Pepper Noodles' right?"

The rich family's house was already filled with neighbors.

Everyone in the room was laughing so hard that they were bent over. Some people even had tears in their eyes.

"That man in the suit is not generous at all. He is too stingy. When I marry my daughter off, I will definitely not marry someone like him."

"You won't marry a son-in-law like Zhu Shimao?"

"What's the use of being handsome? The most important thing for a person is to be honest."

"..."

"That bald guy is so funny. When he first showed up, I thought he was a bad guy. He looked so scary."

"That's right, that's right. I thought he was a petty thief, a hooligan, or an illegal vendor, but I didn't expect he was an actor."

"Check this actor, it doesn't look like he's acting."

Everyone was talking about it, but when Liu Xiaoqing, wearing a bright red dress, appeared again and announced the next program, they immediately quieted down and muttered softly about the red shirt she was wearing.

There was an impulse and desire to buy in his eyes.

The director team of Yanjing TV listened to Fangyan's opinions and adjusted the order of the programs appropriately.

After all, the entire Spring Festival Gala has undergone a major overhaul, but not all programs have been replaced. Old programs like "Feng Liu Ge" have been retained and interspersed among the new programs as a transition.

Therefore, the rhythm of the whole evening was in a wave-like manner.

Wave after wave, climax after climax.

Of course, whether a show is good or not depends on individual opinion.

For example, the martial arts show was watched with great interest by the male audience, and the children even imitated Wu Jing's every move in public.

But female audiences like Aunt Zhou, although they found it interesting, became bored once the novelty wore off.

Unexpectedly, Yanjing TV, as if it had predicted the future, did not play any singing and dancing program next. Instead, the screen changed and a clip from the movie "A Bite of China" suddenly appeared.

This is the nuclear weapon specially prepared by Fangyan!
Anyway, "A Bite of China" was going to be broadcast on a trial basis, so we discussed with the news documentary producers and let Yanjing TV broadcast it.

The soundtrack composed by Gu Jianfen seems to have some flavor.

Just like the images in a documentary, they also have a smell.

Along with the appearance of Zhao Zhongxiang's voice, food, music, and the theme of "New Year's flavor", people want to drool and cry, and it touched the hearts of the audience in an instant.

Countless families watching the Yanjing TV and countless viewers who felt the same way were moved by it…

At the same time, Deng Zaijun and Huang Yihe, who were sitting in front of the TV, looked confused, as if an atomic bomb had exploded in their heads.

If I had to describe their feelings at this moment -

Who is doing Tai Chi? Who is using Lion's Roar?
Compared with "A Bite of China", the behind-the-scenes footage of "The Burning of the Old Summer Palace" and the clips of "The Last Emperor", their proud weapons have suddenly become firewood sticks.

"This project is a key film project of the Ministry of Culture. How did Yanjing TV get it? It's weird, too weird!"

Deng Zaijun's brows were almost twisted into a knot.

Wang Feng's face turned pale. "The evil nature of the Spring Festival Gala on Yanjing TV tonight is too outrageous. There must be someone behind it who is directing it."

"Yes."

Huang Yihe said: "I know the director of the Spring Festival Gala, Liu Di, and he doesn't have this ability."

"Lin Ruwei?" Wang Feng asked.

Deng Zaijun shook his head, "I know that person, and she can't do it either."

Wang Feng immediately sent someone to inquire, "Who helped Yanjing TV plan this Spring Festival Gala? Investigate, we must find out!"

Huang Yihe immediately left the meeting room with a group of people.

Wang Feng turned to look at Deng Zaijun, "The ideas of these programs are very good and unique. Can we learn from them?"

The implication is, copy everything! Isn’t that bold?

Deng Zaijun nodded and said that the martial arts program of Yanjing TV could be used as a reference, and they could contact the martial arts association and invite some martial arts masters to perform, but some programs could not be done in a short period of time.

"Who did Yanjingtai invite?"

Wang Feng sighed: "It turns out that there are so many tricks."

Just as the two were waiting patiently for news, Li Guyi came on stage and detailed information about the program was displayed at the bottom of the screen.

"Title of the song: 'On the Shores of Lake Baikal'."

"Lyricist: Dialect."

"Composers: Qiu Peining, Bai Ruoxue."

"How come there is a new song by Teacher Fang?" Deng Zaijun was stunned and looked at Wang Feng.

At this moment, Huang Yihe came hurriedly.

"I found it, I found it!"

"The one who helped Yanjing TV plan this was Teacher Fang!"

In an instant, there was complete silence.

In the conference room, only Li Guyi was singing "On the Banks of Lake Baikal": "The moonlight sprinkles love all over the lake."

"A bonfire for two lights up the whole night."

"........."

"You are clear and mysterious, by the shore of Lake Baikal."

This song directly ignited the people of Yanjing!
After so many years, after "Homesickness", it was the first time they heard such a graceful, gentle and romantic song on TV and in such an official occasion.

This is nothing short of liberating!
The liberation of music! The liberation of thought! The liberation of literature and art!
If at this time, there was real-time display of ratings data like in later generations, everyone would be shocked.

This is even higher than the ratings and attention of "Pepper Noodles". On the second day after the Spring Festival Gala ended, the phone of Yanjing TV was blown away by calls from the public, one after another.

Today's media is backward, unlike the Spring Festival Gala of later generations, where people can complain and share at any time on Weibo, Tieba, Douyin, and WeChat.

Yenching Television Station seemed to have noticed this as well, and cooperated with newspapers such as the Yenching Daily and the Yenching Evening News to set up a temporary joint column. People who could not get through to the television station could write to the newspaper's editorial department and have their letters published.

For a time, there was a heated discussion about the Yanjing TV Spring Festival Gala.

Everyone at the TV station was so happy and proud. Even Wang Xiaowei, Liu Di, Lin Ruwei and others sat in front of the phones and answered calls from the public.

At the same time, calls came in from colleagues in the same industry, from lower-level units, from higher-level units, and even from the top supervisors.

The overall opinion is that the masses are satisfied and happy, the film appeals to both the elite and the masses, and is well received by the public. We should keep up the good work and achieve even better results.

In short, it was a success!
And it was, a huge success!

Just as the newspapers were saying over and over that this year's Yanjing TV Spring Festival Gala had many breakthroughs, both in terms of content and form, basically, the reviews were mostly positive.

However, there are still some discordant criticisms and doubts.

People in the music industry, for example, pointed their fingers at "On the Banks of Lake Baikal", calling it a "yellow song" and describing Li Guyi as an obsessed "yellow singer" who was going further and further down the wrong path. Incidentally, they also criticized the dialect used in some of the lyrics.

The literary monster has just wreaked havoc in the literary world, and now he’s here to wreak havoc in the music world!
The debate on pornographic literature ended not long ago, and now, a war on pornographic songs is gradually emerging in the literary and art circles.

The conservatives and the reformers once again stood on opposite sides.

And this is just one point. Some experts, editors and critics have also criticized Yanjing Television in newspapers for focusing only on entertaining the public but forgetting its social responsibilities and that its political stance needs to be improved.

The Spring Festival Gala is not just a hodgepodge of entertainment programs. It must also reflect the world and social changes, and reflect the mainstream melody of the people and the times dancing together. It must have a political height.

In short, the goal is to make the Spring Festival Gala more like an enhanced and literary version of the news broadcast.

Wang Xiaowei and others gave truthful feedback to Fang Yan on these critical points and sought Mr. Fang's advice.

"Director Wang, if you ask me what I think."

"My opinion remains unchanged. I personally believe that the essence of the Spring Festival Gala is to entertain and satisfy the people."

"The Spring Festival Gala is held on the same night for people of different ages and genders to watch. It is impossible to satisfy everyone by having them all sit in front of the TV to watch it. We can only let everyone get what they need from it and do our best to satisfy them..."

"I have an idea about how to do the Spring Festival Gala. I believe you also know where the focus is and which group of people to please. In short, this Spring Festival Gala has been very successful."

"what do you think?"

"Teacher Xiao Fang, I totally agree with what you said!"

Wang Xiaowei said excitedly: "This year's Spring Festival Gala is the most successful, perfect and innovative Spring Festival Gala in the history of Yanjing TV! It is also the most satisfying Spring Festival Gala for the people!"

"Any questions?"

"Ahem, it's 'On the Shores of Lake Baikal'. I don't know if you've read the newspapers recently, especially the 'Yanjing Music News', which says that the song you collaborated with teacher Li Guyi on is a pornographic song."

"Director Wang, I don't think so. What do you think?"

"Of course I don't think so. Otherwise, I wouldn't have gone against all odds and decided to put this song on the Spring Festival Gala program."

Wang Xiaowei said helplessly: "But, people's words are scary."

Fang Yan smiled and said, "Actually, there are ways to resolve this dispute."

Wang Xiaowei asked curiously, "Do you have any idea?"

"Didn't CCTV prepare a 'on-demand hotline' for the Spring Festival Gala this time? Audiences can call to order the programs they want to watch." Fang Yan suddenly said, "I remember that Teacher Li Guyi will also be there on New Year's Eve, right?"

Wang Xiaowei said: "That's right, Teacher Li Guyi will also sing and perform a song program at the CCTV Spring Festival Gala."

"If, I mean if."

In dialect. "Audiences across the country want to hear "By the Lake Baikal" or even "Homesickness" which are criticized by some as "pornographic songs". At that time, will CCTV dare to broadcast them?"

(End of this chapter)