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Chapter 308: Humble Social Instrument

"How many dreams are woven from love,"

"How many scenes depicting love and hate,"

"Why is it that everything is still empty..."

In the house in Shichahai, Gong Xing looked through the lyrics written in dialect and couldn't help but recite them aloud.

Fangyan knocked on the table and asked, "What do you think?"

"How come you're so fast!"

Gong Xing looked incredulous.

"quick?"

Fangyan said that originally "Sunset Song" was prepared in two versions, Chinese and Japanese. The Japanese version was sold to Keiko Matsuzaka and Shochiku Company. Naturally, the Chinese version was kept by Gong Xing for his first singing on the big stage of the CCTV Spring Festival Gala.

Gong Xing smelled something wrong. "Keiko Matsuzaka? The leading actress of "Putian March"?"

"Yes, it's her!"

Fang Yan said: "We became good friends during the Sino-Japanese cultural exchange. This time, thanks to her, I was able to get the loan."

When Gong Xing heard that this song was a return gift, he frowned, "Then if you just give it to me to sing, isn't that inappropriate?"

Fangyan deliberately said: "We haven't joined the World Intellectual Property Organization yet, so there is no such thing as copyright protection."

Gong Xing blinked: "But didn't you say that Matsuzaka Keiko is your good friend?"

"Which is more important, a female friend or a girlfriend?"

Fang Yan narrowed his eyes and said, "I will definitely choose my girlfriend. It's almost a done deal."

"It's not cooked yet!"

Gong Wei spat, then shook his head and said, "No, even if I don't want to be the host, I can't sing this song."

"How about this? I'll write a letter to her and Shochiku. It would be best if I could get their consent."

Fang Yan shrugged and said, "If that doesn't work, then we'll have to find another way."

Gong Xing asked curiously, "What method?"

"I will write you another song that is as good as Thousands of Songs."

"But why did they change the title of the song "Sunset Song" to "Thousands of Songs"?

"'Que' means first, and 'Qianqianquege' means 'thousands and millions of songs'."

Fangyan smiled and said, "If I write one poem for others, I would think it is too much. But if I write thousands of poems for you, I would think it is not enough."

"Bah, you're teasing me again!"

Gong Xing rolled his eyes but a sweet smile appeared on his lips.

The dialect is half true and half false. If it weren't for the issue of singing skills, wouldn't "As Wish" and "The World" be more suitable?

Gong Xing obviously has no confidence in his singing ability, "What if I can't sing well?"

"Don't worry, the Spring Festival Gala stage will play a recording, and this song is not difficult, you can handle it."

Fang Yan raised his hand, ready to entrust the composing work to Gu Jianfen.

"I never thought that one day I would be a guest host and sing in front of the whole nation."

Gong Xing looked at the lyrics again and sighed.

Fangyan took her in his arms and then asked about the attitudes of Wu Yigong and Shanghai Film Studio.

"Mr. Wu has agreed."

Gong Xing said that the third Golden Rooster Awards will be held soon, and she has been nominated for "Best Actress" for "Under the Bridge".

"Look, what did I say? Under the Bridge was your turning point." Fang Yan said, "How are you going to thank me?"

Gong Xing glared at him, but his voice was light and trembling, "I've already let you have your fill, and it's still not enough..."

Fangyan joked: "I'm addicted to talking!"

"As soon as the Golden Rooster Awards are over, I will go back to the factory to get a letter of introduction and a marriage certificate. We will get it done by the end of the year."

The more Gong Xing spoke, the more determined his tone became: "What do you think?"

"That's it!"

Fangyan looked serious at first, but then he changed into a playful smile, "Then I will collect some of the interest first."

Gong Xing dodged and broke free from his embrace and stood up, with a cunning light in his eyes:

"I didn't lend you any money, so where does the interest come from?"

Then he walked to the table, holding the manuscript of the mystery novel, and said, "Okay, let's hurry up and write "Malice". I'm still waiting to see the motivation narration tricks and narrative traps you mentioned!"

…………

Time flies, and five days later, Fang Yan and Gong Xing arrived at the restaurant of the Temple of Heaven Sports Hotel as scheduled.

I saw that the creative team was quite large and crowded.

"Wang Tai, look who's here!"

Deng Zaijun reminded Wang Feng.

Wang Feng and Huang Yihe followed his gaze and were immediately overjoyed and greeted him enthusiastically.

Then he pulled Fang Yan and Gong Xing over and introduced the other members of the creative team to them one by one.

"Teacher Jiang Kun, the host of this Spring Festival Gala."

"Mr. Li Pingfen is a screenwriter for the Bayi Film Studio and also a consultant for this Spring Festival Gala."

"..."

"I don't need to introduce these two, Zhu Shimao and Chen Peisi!"

When the two people appeared in front of Chen Peisi, he couldn't help but ask in his heart, "Did you bring Teacher Fang here?"

"Oh, it's on CCTV."

"Hehe, thanks to you, we both have this opportunity."

"So what kind of skit will you two perform this time?"

Fangyan looked at Chen Xiaoer on the left and Zhu Shimao on the right.

Chen Peisi said, "It's the movie 'Examination of Actors' that you watched before."

"'Examination of Actors'?"

Gong Xing cast an inquiring look at Fang Yan.

Without waiting for Fangyan to speak, Huang Yihe said with a smile that after discussing and deciding the theme of the Spring Festival Gala, the remaining time would be left to the performance units and performers who have prepared their programs. Then he pointed to the seats and motioned for the two to sit down.

"Clap clap."

Wang Feng clapped his hands and raised his voice, saying, "Now that everyone is here, let's officially start the meeting."

After a polite opening, he got down to business. "Last year's Spring Festival Gala was rushed, crude and imperfect because of the tight schedule and heavy workload, and there was no creative team like today to brainstorm."

"Therefore, the 84 Spring Festival Gala must be innovative, exciting and distinctive!"

"Based on the lessons learned from the 83 CCTV and Yanjing TV Spring Festival Gala, the current format of the program is set to be songs, crosstalk, clapper talk, storytelling, skits, martial arts, opera, and dance. If there are any good ideas, please bring them forward."

Following Wang Feng's words, Deng Zaijun said kindly, "The first item is the theme and song program of the Spring Festival Gala."

Gong Xing was keenly aware that everyone present had focused their attention on the dialect.

"First come, first served. You guys are the first to come."

Fangyan looked very friendly, but there was nothing he could do. If he spoke first, who else present would dare to say anything?

As a result, everyone discussed and expressed their own opinions. Some said "happiness", some said "reunion"...

Huang Yihe wrote them down one by one and looked at them eagerly:
"Teacher Fang, what do you think?"

"Everything is fine. Everything is fine."

Fang Yan smiled and said, "But I personally think that it would be best to combine the current situation with the needs of the times."

Wang Feng couldn't wait to ask: "Can you be more specific?"

“That’s unity.”

Fangyan said seriously: "Since the Spring Festival Gala is the Spring Festival Gala for all the people in the country, it should not only include the north and the south, but also Hong Kong, Macau and Taiwan."

These words came like a bolt from the blue, shocking everyone present.

"I wonder if we can invite celebrities from Hong Kong and Taiwan to participate in addition to those from the mainland?"

Dialect looks left and right.

"Isn't this too risky? There has never been such a precedent!" Huang Yihe was shocked by this groundbreaking idea and swallowed.

That's because I didn't come! If I had come, it would have been here a long time ago!

Fangyan smiled.

"But……"

Wang Feng and others were unsure for a moment, after all, there was no precedent for CCTV to have Hong Kong and Taiwan singers perform on the Spring Festival Gala.

"Rules are meant to be followed, but also broken, aren't they?"

Fangyan disagreed, "I believe that the superiors will definitely like this theme and may not reject it directly."

Deng Zaijun said with great interest: "It's really good, but what kind of programs should be arranged under this theme?"

"Can we invite singers from Hong Kong and Taiwan to sing songs that fit the theme?"

Fangyan took out a few tapes from his briefcase.

"As expected, Teacher Fang came prepared!"

Deng Zaijun asked the staff to bring a tape recorder.

Fang Yan smiled and said, "Let's play "My Chinese Heart" first."

Under the gaze of the crowd, Zhang Mingrui's voice slowly played out from the recorder:

"The mountains and rivers are only in my dreams, I haven't been close to my motherland for many years... Although I wear Western clothes, my heart is still Chinese."

"Okay!"

Upon hearing this, Wang Feng, Huang Yihe and others' eyes lit up.

"In addition to this, you can also invite Wang Mingquan."

Fangyan changed the tape, and the next second the theme song of "Love Across Thousand Mountains and Rivers" was played on the tape recorder.

“That’s good too!”

Everyone is very clear that Hong Kong's return is the general trend, and they all support allowing Hong Kong singers to perform on the stage of the Spring Festival Gala.

"But isn't it too little to just sing this one song?"

Deng Zaijun said: "Since this is a rare opportunity, can you sing a few more songs?"

Fang Yan said: "No problem, we can definitely invite singers from Hong Kong and Taiwan to sing the songs we wrote."

"We have the one in Hong Kong, but what about Formosa?"

The question raised by Huang Yihe immediately calmed down the excited crowd.

"First of all, we can invite Huang Zhicheng and Li Dawei, the two rebellious pilots, to sing."

Fang Yan said: "As for songs, I have already picked two for them, 'Descendants of the Dragon' and 'Grandma's Penghu Bay'."

Huang Yihe took the tape and put it into the radio eagerly.

"There is a river in the far east,

Its name is Yangtze River.

There is a river in the far east.

Its name is the Yellow River.

……

Big dragon, big dragon, open your eyes.

Always keep your eyes open."

"For this song, it would be best if we could arrange for singers from Hong Kong, Taiwan, and mainland China to sing a trio. What do you think?"

Fangyan looked around.

"Great! This is a great idea!"

"Teacher Fang is indeed worthy of being Teacher Fang!"

"Sure enough, inviting you to the creative team to plan the Spring Festival Gala was a good choice!"

"..."

When Wang Feng, Huang Yihe and others heard this idea, they praised it highly and were eager to take action immediately.

Fang Yan couldn't help but laugh, and blinked at Gong Xian calmly.

I am just a humble social instrument that holds the fruits of your careful consideration.

(End of this chapter)