The next day.
The final program list for the Spring Festival Gala's second approval session was revealed.
…
The doorbell rang.
"Brother Gao! Brother Gao! "
"Sister Chen, what's the matter?"
"Quick, look at the news!"
"What news?"
"Don't you know yet? Your Xi Liang is going on the Spring Festival Gala! "
"That's impossible!"
"The program list has been released!"
"What?"
…
The phone rang.
A few minutes later.
"Old Hu!!!"
"What are you shouting for? You scared me to death."
"Old Hu! Old Hu! "
"What's the matter? Who called? "
"It's our daughter! S-She's going on the Spring Festival Gala! "
"Ah? She can even get on the Spring Festival Gala with that half-baked standard of hers? Who's her backup dancer? "
"It's not a backup dancer! It's a program that's tailor-made for her alone! "
"What did you say? That's impossible! Since when did the Spring Festival Gala have such low standards for its performers? "
"Get lost! Why do you have so little confidence in our daughter! "
"Our daughter is punished by the leaders at the Naval Song and Dance Troupe every day. She can't dance any difficult moves well and only knows how to spin in circles. W-What confidence can I have!"
…
At the same time, another announcement was made to the public. The higher-ups had announced that the executive director of this year's Spring Festival Gala, Zhang Ye, would be added to the Spring Festival Gala's Organizing Committee as the deputy team leader. This news surprised many of the media and industry insiders. The executive director of the Spring Festival Gala was the head of the production team, and his authority was all over the program production and other matters. Meanwhile, the Spring Festival Gala's Organizing Committee was supervising them. If there were any differences of opinion, the final decision would still be made by the Organizing Committee. But now, Zhang Ye was actually taking on the position of deputy team leader?
What did this mean?
What did this mean?
In history, there had never been a Spring Festival Gala's executive director who had been added to the Organizing Committee!
Zhang Ye was the first, and also the only, special case!
The signal that was reflected in this matter was really worth pondering!
"The program list has been revealed!"
"Zhang Ye has been added to the Organizing Committee!"
"Zhang Ye's authority has increased further!"
"This year's Spring Festival Gala has really been named Zhang!"
An interview was also broadcast on Central TV News.
It was a brief conversation between a Central TV reporter and Deputy Minister Zhou of the Ministry of Culture.
A reporter asked, "Why did Zhang Ye become the deputy team leader?"
Deputy Minister Zhou smiled and said, "It's naturally because we trust Director Zhang."
Reporter: "Can you reveal a little bit about the program for the second approval session?"
Deputy Minister Zhou said, "We'll have to keep that a secret. But all I can say is that we're very reassured to leave this year's Spring Festival Gala to Director Zhang. Zhang Ye is the most serious and responsible director I've ever met. We believe that he will be able to bring a different Spring Festival Gala to everyone this year."
Very relaxed?
Most serious and responsible?
— — This evaluation was too high!
The leader had expressed his support for Zhang Ye!
The people were also very surprised!
"What happened at the second hearing yesterday?"
"I don't know."
"The higher-ups have given full authority over the Spring Festival Gala to Zhang Ye?"
"Yeah, I also find it strange. Isn't this too trusting?"
"The Spring Festival Gala has been involved in advertisements and the program has been changed at the last minute. With so much negative news about it, would the higher-ups still dare to give Zhang Ye more power?"
"Is it because the second approval session's program was not bad?"
"Zhang Ye has really become the person with the most power in the entertainment industry!"
"Yeah, it was just a rumor in the past, but it's the truth now."
"How awesome! How did he do it? Even the executive director of the Spring Festival Gala, Hao Guang, who had such a good relationship with the higher-ups three years ago, was never part of the Spring Festival Gala's organizing committee. Be it the program or the way they handle things, they still have to look to the higher-ups and seek their opinions. But Zhang Ye managed to do it! "
"The higher-ups must have taken a liking to the acts."
"But if you look at the program list, there's nothing special about it."
"What songs are these? I've never heard of them before. "
"They're all new songs written by Zhang Ye, right?"
"There's even magic? Singing and dancing? You can't tell just by looking at the names. "
"Yeah, just what kind of acts are they? Why aren't they revealing the content?"
"I'm dying of anxiety. I want to know too."
"I don't know many of the performers this year."
"Right, there are so many newcomers?"
"I know Zhang Yuanqi, Zhang Xia, Chen Guang, and Fan Wenli."
"I know Gao Xiliang. How did he get on the Spring Festival Gala?"
"The deaf-mute dance team? Fuck! "
"How can they dance if they can't hear the music?"
"I don't understand this program list."
"Teacher Ci Xiufang is a frequent guest."
"Yeah, there aren't many changes to the performers for the language acts."
"It looks the same as the previous years, right? There's not much of a difference, is there? "
"Yeah, I don't see any surprises either."
"There aren't any Korean stars this year. I have to give Zhang Ye a Like for that."
"Hur hur, I don't know about other people's Spring Festival Gala, but if the Spring Festival Gala directed by Zhang Ye has a Korean star on it, I'll jump off a building right now."
"Who's Little Hu Die?"
"I don't know her."
"Old Chen and Old Fan are both performing a duet act. Zhang Xia and the other singers are all singing together on the same stage, so why is this unknown person getting a solo act? That's the treatment of a Heavenly King or Queen! She's just a newcomer, so what right does she have to do that? "
"Damn, look at the estimated performance time for Little Hu Die's act!"
"Ah, my eyes!"
"Holy shit, this, this —"
"What?"
"Four hours?"
"I'm gonna faint!"
"'Time'? What the fuck is this act? "
"The Spring Festival Gala is only four hours, right? Damn!"
"Is she going to perform from the beginning to the end? It's all her acts? "
"How is that possible? The others aren't going to perform anymore? They're all going to watch her act? "
"There must be a mistake, right?"
"Damn, what is Director Zhang trying to do?"
"I keep feeling a little jittery."
"This year's Spring Festival Gala doesn't bode well for us!"
The moment the program list was released, it set off a heated discussion and flaming mode. There were all sorts of comments and many of the acts on the list were analyzed by everyone. Especially Little Hu Die's act, "Time," which attracted a lot of speechless flaming. A lot of people were floored!
For a Spring Festival Gala, the singing acts would last at most two to three minutes, while the skits and crosstalks would last at most ten minutes. These were the maximum number of acts that could be cut if there wasn't enough time. Some of the songs were only given one or two minutes for the celebrities to perform, so where the fuck would there be a four-hour act!
Four hours?
Why don't you just perform for four weeks!
From Lunar New Year's Eve to the end of the first month, it's all yours!
Later, the netizens unanimously came to the conclusion — it was a mistake. Then they all left comments to reflect on the situation. There were even people who complained, but the news sank to the bottom of the ocean. Although there was no response from Central TV, they would rather die than believe that there would be a four-hour act. Although the people knew that Zhang Ye was someone who did not play by the rules, they were still kind enough to think that no matter what, Zhang Ye wouldn't be so unrestrained, right?
There were countless points of criticism!
The flamers were endless!
After the final program list was revealed, the topic of the Spring Festival Gala was pushed to the peak once again!
Or scolding!
Or approving!
Or praising!
Or looking forward to!
The people!
The media!
The leaders!
The industry insiders!
No matter who it was, no matter what they were shouting, no matter what their thoughts were, there was one thing that no one could change — all of the Chinese people were waiting for the arrival of Lunar New Year's Eve. They wanted to see what kind of Spring Festival Gala Zhang Ye could come up with!
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