Entertaining Children

  Chapter 1041 Two programs

  After the second rehearsal of the Spring Festival Gala, someone exposed the program list of this year's Spring Festival Gala on the Internet. After the program list was exposed, there were some discussions on the program list on the Internet.

  In the discussion among netizens on this year’s Spring Festival Gala program, Xiao Yao was the one who talked the most.

In this program list, Xiao Yao’s name does not appear directly. The performer of the instrumental performance "Celebration" is signed by "Secret Garden", and the signature of Liang Xueying’s song and dance performance is except for the singer Liang Xueying. , And the name "YRF" appeared. These two combinations have been very popular in recent months. As long as the netizens who have paid a little attention to the entertainment news in the past six months, they will find that Xiao Yao will appear twice in this year's Spring Festival Evening.

  There are very few artists who have appeared twice in the same spring evening. In the past two decades, only a few years ago, He Ying once did it. It is also a chorus song and dance show and a multi-person pop song skewer. Although Xiao Yao’s two shows are not single-player performances, and there are collaborations with other people, but unlike He Ying, these two combinations are already existing teams, and they participate in the show as a whole. It's not like He Ying's program that seems to be arranged by the director group of the Spring Festival Gala, it still feels very different.

  This is not the first time Xiao Yao has been to the Spring Festival Gala. In terms of his development over the years, the Spring Festival Gala every year is not surprising. However, in his early twenties, being able to appear twice on such an important occasion as the Spring Festival Gala has aroused the curiosity of many netizens. After the Spring Festival Gala list was exposed, there were also many speculations on the Internet.

  When He Ying had two programs on the Spring Festival Gala that year, when the program of the Spring Festival Gala was exposed, there were also voices of speculation and discussion on the Internet.

  At that time, some netizens gave "background theory". Some media reported on He Ying’s family background, saying that He Ying’s grandfather was a military general who founded the country. He has a solid military background, and some of the elders of the previous generation were in politics and were powerful figures in power, so she In order to be smooth in the entertainment industry. Appeared twice in a Spring Festival Gala, and many people turned up these reports about her family background. It seems that the Spring Festival Gala program that year proved this.

Compared with He Ying, Xiao Yao's family background is much more transparent. The grandfather and stepmother are actors, the father is a singer, the deceased biological mother is a model and an orphan, and the grandfather and grandmother of the stepmother are ordinary intellectuals. There is no one in Xiao Yao’s family who is in the army or politics. The most influential grandfather It's just a performance artist, and he certainly can't reach the point where CCTV can arrange two shows for him alone. The background said that there is no way to talk about it, so some sunspots and conspiracy theorists started to take money to talk about things.

As a young and famous star, the public knows that Xiao Yao should not be short of money. Moreover, the media has once exposed that Xiao Yao has a musical instrument company in the United States, a personal brand in China, and inherited the shares of his biological mother’s model company. . Owning shares in three companies can certainly be regarded as very wealthy for ordinary people, but for celebrities, it is not too special. After all, celebrities now have side jobs, and most of them start companies and do business. It's just that the operating conditions and whether they are profitable or lossy are not known to ordinary people. What Xiao Yao is really jealous of is his animated film this year.

  The income of "Wali" in terms of copyright is unknown to the general media and the public, but from the box office alone, the media and the public know that Xiao Yao made a huge profit this time. At the end of July last year in the Gregorian calendar, the Chinese box office of this animated film came out. The total box office is more than 2 billion, and the producer can divide it up to about 700 million. Anyone can calculate this account. Tong Luo revealed that Xiao Yao accounted for the majority of the investment in this animated film, so Xiao Yao's personal income is at least 400 million yuan.

It took Xiao Yao two years to invest nearly 100 million in funds, and in addition to paying taxes, it was easy for some people to selectively ignore them. When they were stimulated by the 400 million figure, their minds were all on this. At that time, some "forcing donation" remarks on the Internet also came out like this.

  A few months later, "Wali" was released overseas, and the overseas box office came again. After a month of release, "Wali" has won a total of nearly 400 million U.S. dollars in box office overseas. Among them, North America is close to 200 million U.S. dollars, breaking the box office record of Chinese-language movies in North America.

Although the previous box office record for North American Chinese movies was a martial arts movie nearly 20 years ago, that movie is even higher if you factor in inflation. In addition, "Wali" originally had two dubbing versions in Chinese and English. The English version released overseas is not necessarily a Chinese-language movie, but at least on the surface, "Wali" is still the highest-grossing Chinese movie in North America.

  However, overseas box office revenue is not so easy to calculate. Just as the foreign films introduced by Huaxia come in two forms, buy-out and split account, Huaxia’s movies are released overseas, and there are also two forms of buy-out and box office split. Due to the confidentiality of both the producer of "Wali" and Disney, the average media reporter did not dig out whether "Wali" is a buyout or a split overseas, but whether it is a buyout or a split, the producer must have another one. The extra income is certain, it's just a matter of income. Judging by Xiaoyao's flying abroad to do propaganda, it is more likely to be speculated by the outside world that it is in the form of split accounts.

  The overseas box office statistics of "Wali" came out in early December. At this time, Xiao Yao's "Thousand Piano Project" was officially launched.

  As Xiao Yao expected, after the public welfare plan was unveiled, there were many controversies and doubts about his approach on the Internet.

Some people think that there are still many children in poverty-stricken areas who can’t afford to go to school or have enough food. Xiao Yao doesn’t care about those children in poverty-stricken areas as a charity. Instead, he puts pianos everywhere on the streets of big cities, which is completely flashy. The practice of grandstanding.

Since this time is the time when Xiao Yao and Sun Tingting’s "Mystery Garden" combination released a new album and was a publicity day, some people linked Xiao Yao’s piano plan with their combination’s publicity and thought it was a publicity of theirs. Strategy.

  Of course, some people support Xiao Yao's approach. In any case, Xiao Yao is doing charity. It is their own freedom to spend whatever they want with their own money. In addition, placing pianos in public areas in these big cities for free use by the public is also a good thing to improve the image of the city and the quality of citizens. Even if Xiao Yao's plan is really to promote his new combination with Sun Tingting, it is really a matter of spending money and bringing benefits to the public. It is not flashy, and naturally it cannot be said to be grandstanding.

   When it comes to spending money, some netizens also help Xiao Yao calculate and post this plan.

The piano is a very expensive musical instrument. Although Xiao Yao puts out upright pianos that take up a small area, and the price is much cheaper than grand pianos, but an upright piano is also very valuable, generally mid-priced. They are all in the form of twenty to thirty thousand. Putting a total of more than 1,000 upright pianos on the streets of dozens of major cities across the country at once is an investment of 20 to 30 million yuan, which is definitely a big deal.

Such a large investment, if it is put in other publicity methods, the publicity effect will definitely be much more effective than this charity event, not to mention that this charity plan is carried out in Xiao Yao's personal name, not them. The "Mystery Garden" combination in, there is no mention of the name of this combination. Many netizens also use this point to refute some people's claim that Xiao Yao is using public welfare activities to promote the combination.

  Since such a large-scale charity action is Xiao Yao’s personal behavior and has nothing to do with the combination, many people think of Xiao Yao’s own animated film again. This proves that Xiao Yao made enough money in the animated film "Wali".

  When Xiao Yao and Sun Tingting promoted the new album of the combination together, they have been asked this question many times. However, at that time Xiao Yao and Sun Tingting acted in a combined form, and did not fail to respond too much to their personal questions.

  I have been asked a lot, and Xiao Yao has answered it several times, but his attitude is not good.

  "Wali is making money, but how much I earn is my personal privacy. As a citizen, I pay taxes according to regulations. I have no obligation to explain it to anyone except the state taxation department."

"It is my choice to do charity activities, and how to do it is also my choice. I can play the piano, and I am willing to let more people have the opportunity to play the piano. What's the problem? There are indeed many poor areas in our country, but my job is not Poverty alleviation. Is charity voluntary or compulsory?"

  As soon as such a choking answer came out, it was often that the reporter or the host was speechless. Over time, these things gradually faded.

  After the program list of the Spring Festival Gala came out, he re-turned these things up and said that Xiao Yao, who was "not bad for money", was able to spend two shows on the Spring Festival Gala, and it was also piled up with money.

  Only at the level of CCTV, the statement of spending money on programs is definitely not able to withstand scrutiny, but there is always no shortage of conspiracy theorists and pink eyes in this world. As Xiao Yao's reputation grows larger and he has made more and more achievements, there are also more and more sunspots of this type. But overall, this kind of people only occupies a very small proportion. Based on Xiao Yao's achievements over the past year, the vast majority of viewers still believe that there is nothing wrong with Xiao Yao being able to make two appearances in the Spring Evening.

  The people of Xiao Yao's team naturally saw these sunspot's remarks. In the past, Xiao Yao always filtered and ignored it automatically. He didn’t care about it. No matter what he didn’t care about, Fang was still busy and busy. As long as it was not too much and Xiao Yao didn’t mention it, Fang was still too lazy. Bother about it. But now it's different. Xiao Yao has set up a personal studio, and there is a dedicated person in charge of such things. If ordinary netizens just say a few nonsense, as long as it is an account such as a certified public account marketing account, Xiao Yao's personal studio will send a lawyer's letter to serve.

  Of course, these matters are the responsibility of the legal department of the personal studio. Xiao Yao himself still ignores this, he just needs to concentrate on his own work. Therefore, Xiao Yao was not affected during this period, and with a very stable and peaceful attitude, he ushered in his second Spring Festival Gala.

   Xiao Yao’s temperament was originally relatively calm, but it was the second time to go to the Spring Festival Gala, and there was no tension in his heart. Sun Tingting, Zhao Rui, Xu Fei, and the other parkour team that he partnered with were all going to the Spring Festival Gala for the first time, and it was inevitable that they would feel a little nervous.

  Fortunately, Sun Tingting, Zhao Rui and Xu Fei have all experienced big scenes. Even if tension is unavoidable, the degree of tension is limited, and there will be no major mistakes on the court. Although the performance experience of the parkour team was worse, their performance was in action. After being proficient in contact and forming the body's muscle memory, they would naturally forget the tension when they ran. Judging from the effects of the two rehearsals, the performance of these people is still very good.

  New Year’s Eve, the day of the Spring Festival Gala live broadcast. The actors and staff basically arrived at CCTV in the afternoon to prepare for the live broadcast of the Spring Festival Gala in the evening.

  The treatment of the live broadcast of the Spring Festival Gala is better than when the program was reviewed. It is no longer that all actors of a program type share the same lounge, but the number of lounges is limited, and it is also necessary for actors from different programs to share a backstage lounge.

  Since Xiao Yao wants to participate in two shows, the director team also arranged the actors of the two shows in the same lounge. Relatively speaking, Xiao Yao should be more at ease with Sun Tingting, Zhao Rui, and Xu Fei. Liang Xueying, who has participated in the Spring Festival Gala several times, does not have to worry about Xiao Yao. Therefore, during the waiting time, Xiao Yao spends most of the time running with that one. The members of the cool team are chatting, using the little psychological knowledge they have learned to help them psychologically as much as possible to relieve their tension.

  Like the Spring Festival Gala, the program "Straight Through the Spring Festival Gala" is also a routine before the Spring Festival Gala every year. At around 7 o'clock in the evening, the door of the lounge where Xiao Yao and the others were in was pushed open, and the interview team from "Direct to the Spring Festival Gala" came in to interview.

  The main interviewees of the reporters for "Through the Spring Festival Gala" were Xiao Yao, Sun Tingting, and Liang Xueying. Zhao Rui and Xu Fei also briefly said a few words, and the others were ignored by the reporters. However, because Xiao Yao, who was interviewed by the reporter at the end, took the initiative to introduce the parkour team during the interview, the parkour team also took the opportunity to say hello to the audience in front of the camera, and showed his face.

  This interview of "Straight to the Spring Festival Gala" is not like Su Xiao's sudden appearance when Xiao Yao participated in the Spring Festival Gala for the first time. The reporters were interviewed according to the original script, so the interview time was not long. After a while, the interview team completed the task and left.

  Although the ratings of CCTV Spring Festival Gala have always been an invincible existence, as entertainment activities become more and more abundant, more and more complaints are made to CCTV Spring Festival Gala every year, and its ratings are actually declining year by year. The CCTV Spring Festival Gala has become more of a Chinese New Year habit. In terms of habits, middle-aged and elderly people have always maintained better, which means that young people watch the CCTV Spring Festival Gala less and less.

  There are fewer and fewer young people watching the CCTV Spring Festival Gala, so the warm-up show "Straight Through the Spring Festival Gala" before the Spring Festival Gala is certainly not watched by young people. Most of the people who watched this warm-up show are mostly middle-aged and elderly people living at home. This crowd is the one that attaches the most importance to the CCTV Spring Festival Gala. It is also the crowd with the highest proportion of people who do not know that Xiao Yao is a member of the two combined teams of "Secret Garden" and "YRF". At the same time, most of them have not known in advance on the Internet. A crowd in the program.

  I heard from reporters that Xiao Yao, a young man, was actually going to perform two shows on this year’s Spring Evening. This crowd also showed great interest in him, secretly paying attention to what Xiao Yao’s show was doing on the Spring Evening. Through this warm-up program, Xiao Yao also attracted another wave of people's attention.

  Before the Spring Festival Gala began, Xiao Yao was the most watched and anticipated one among all the stars. In this year's Spring Evening, Xiao Yao and the two teams' performances are also worthy of the audience's attention and expectations of him.

  (End of this chapter)