Days passed by.
The competition for the Celebrity Rankings was fierce.
— A certain Heavenly King's New Year's Eve Global Concert was a huge success!
— A certain Heavenly Queen's latest New Year's movie has the highest box office earnings of the entire year!
— There was also an incident where a Heavenly King's suspected relationship was exposed, but it was later proven to be a misunderstanding!
It was the end of the year, and the celebrities were starting to compete. Sometimes, the popularity rankings of the previous year represented the value of the celebrity in the following year. If they wanted to increase their value, endorsement fees, and pay, the Celebrity Rankings was the only and most important standard. In the end, celebrities were still competing for popularity.
However, what the people were most concerned about was still the changes to the S-list rankings. If Zhang Ye wanted to reach the top, the seven S-list celebrities would naturally have to stand up to him. It could be seen from the packed schedules of the Heavenly Kings and Queens at the end of the year that they had all reacted to this. In fact, their reactions were very intense as well. This further showed that the current Zhang Ye really had the strength to pose a threat to them. They could no longer sit still and the battle had already begun.
In recent days.
A certain Heavenly King's popularity rose again.
A certain Heavenly Queen returned to the peak of the film industry.
All seven of them more or less took another step forward.
It was the same for Zhang Ye. With the halo of the Spring Festival Gala, the attention on him had always been very high. Although he did not have any new works released, nor did he appear in front of the public, Zhang Ye's popularity did not drop. In fact, it was still steadily rising. It was time for the Spring Festival Gala.
Is it done?
Defeat?
Could Zhang Ye reach the summit?
The entertainment industry was about to change?
Everything depended on this year's Spring Festival Gala!
…
On this day.
On the day of the second instance.
The news was released like a bomb. Some of the news was just obtained by the media. The Spring Festival Gala had always been very secretive, so it was very difficult for the media to get hold of the latest news.
"The second trial begins!"
"The Spring Festival Gala enters its final stage!"
"Who's the finale?"
"According to news, Zhang Yuanqi will join this year's Spring Festival Gala!"
"Major insider news: Zhang Ye remakes the program list!"
"More than 40 shows, all personally created by Zhang Ye!"
"Can Zhang Ye handle the choreography?"
"The magic show will also be entirely created by Zhang Ye?"
"After tonight, the final program list for the Spring Festival Gala will be revealed!"
Many people were shocked when they saw this news. Like the media, this was the first time they had heard of this!
"Say what?"
"F * ck!"
"Forty programs?"
"Dance? Songs? Skits? Crosstalk? Magic? Acrobatics? "
"Everything? They were all written by Zhang Ye? "
"Are you kidding me?"
"Are you kidding me?!"
"Impossible! Fake news, right? "
"Teacher Zhang is up to something again!"
"My titanium dog eyes are blind! Do you have to be so exciting? "
"This is getting out of hand!"
Media attention.
The crowd was in an uproar.
The industry insiders also expressed their views.
"Director Zhang is being reckless."
"Yeah, how can they all come by themselves?"
"Did he write all 40 programs by himself? Isn't this too exaggerated? "
"But from another perspective, he's really a badass."
"Yeah, other than him, who would dare to play like this?"
"Does he know how to dance? Why is it a choreographer? "
"Of course he knows. Isn't he the founder of square dancing? The dance versions of 'Little Apple' and 'The Hottest Ethnic Trend' that the aunties are doing now were all choreographed by him. "
"Pu!"
"You call this a dance?"
"Professional matters should be left to the professionals. Why is he taking on everything himself? Does he think that all the choreographers, songwriters, and skit writers in the country can't compare to him? "
There was a lot of controversy.
It was also a lot of shock.
There had never been a Spring Festival Gala where all the programs were written by the executive director alone. Just how confident and crazy did he have to be to do something like this?
…
At Central TV.
At the venue of the Spring Festival Gala's second approval session.
The main stage had not been set up yet, so they were using Broadcasting Studio 3, a temporary venue.
Backstage.
"Teacher Qi, is everything alright?"
"No problem!"
"Have you changed the moves from the last time?"
"I've already practiced them!"
"Alright, it's all up to you now. Big Sis Ci, don't change your lines."
"Got it, I tried it out later. Your lines are still the best."
"Little Hu Die."
"I'm here, I'm here, Director Zhang."
"Don't drop the ball."
"Don't worry, I-I'll definitely complete the task!"
"The second approval session is about to begin. The higher-ups will be coming over for an inspection today, so do your best, everyone."
Zhang Ye exhorted them one by one. Today was the most crucial day, and he suddenly felt nervous. Success or failure depended on this. Whether they could do it or not, Zhang Ye was not 100% sure. He had given them the programs and the opportunity, so all that was left was for them to perform live.
Little Wang ran in and shouted, "Director Zhang, Sister-in-law is here."
Backstage, quite a few people had ambiguous looks in their eyes.
Zhang Ye coughed. "If she's here, then so be it. Why are you shouting?"
When he went out, he saw the higher-ups.
Today, other than the leaders of the Spring Festival Gala's organizing committee, there were also quite a few leaders from the Ministry of Culture and the SARFT here. Clearly, the series of negative news about the Spring Festival Gala had made the higher-ups restless. Someone had probably reported it to the higher-ups, and the leaders were also worried. As a result, they organized a joint inspection and took the opportunity to review the programs together. There were more than a dozen people from the Ministry of Culture and the deputy chief of the SARFT.
Wu Zeqing was also among them.
Zhang Ye smiled and said, "Old Wu."
Wu Zeqing also smiled and walked over. "I brought you a jacket."
"Hai, there's no need." Zhang Ye took it from her.
"It's getting cold these days, so wear more." Wu Zeqing said, "Put it on first."
"Alright." Zhang Ye put on his jacket.
Old Wu straightened his collar and gave him a final look. She smiled and said, "Alright, you look much more energetic now."
Zhang Ye whispered, "What's up with those people behind you? Why did they suddenly attack me? Are they worried about me?"
Wu Zeqing said, "There are people who are having a dispute about your program and the actors you hired."
Zhang Ye said in amusement, "Alright, then I'll show them what I can do today."
Over there, someone from the Spring Festival Gala's organizing committee called out to him.
"Director Zhang."
"Yes?"
"When does it start?"
"It'll be starting soon."
The executives sat down in the first row.
Ha Qiqi, Zhang Zuo, and a few others nervously went to look for Zhang Ye.
"Will the program really work?" Zhang Zuo asked.
Ha Qiqi said, "I'm not too sure either."
Zhang Ye said, "Let's see how they perform."
The executives were already chatting.
Deputy Minister Zhou of the Ministry of Culture had the highest position and was sitting in the middle.
"The stage isn't ready yet?"
"It's finishing up."
"Is the program list really not good?"
"Hai, those actors are really a little …"
"Then why aren't you all interfering?"
"Director Zhang is very insistent, so it's not good for our organizing committee to interfere."
"Alright, I understand. Let's watch the program list first. The Spring Festival Gala is a big event. It's a political gala, so there's absolutely no room for mistakes. If it doesn't work, then we'll have to cut it!"
Deputy Minister Zhou set the tone with a few words.
It wasn't until Wu Zeqing returned to her seat with a smile that they stopped discussing.
Deputy Minister Zhou had led the "surprise attack" today to find fault with them. Too many people had complained to him that the new program list that Zhang Ye had come up with was strange. Deputy Minister Zhou did not know the specifics, but with so many people complaining about it, there had to be a reason for it.
He wanted to see just what kind of program it was.
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