The official meeting between Lu Chen and Chen Guozhi would take place seven days later at a private clubhouse in Beijing.
This clubhouse had a long history and had many members from the business and entertainment circles. It was considered one of the best in Beijing, where there were many crouching tigers and hidden dragons. The environment and privacy were excellent.
In order to meet with Lu Chen, Chen Guozhi had specially booked a private room, which fully showed the importance of this great director to Lu Chen.
There were only four people from both sides meeting. Lu Chen brought Chen Fei 'er, and Chen Guozhi brought his assistant.
Chen Guozhi was in his fifties this year. He was very thin and short. He didn't have much flesh on his face, so his cheekbones were high, but his eyes were bright and full of expression. His appearance was very distinctive.
After meeting and greeting each other, everyone sat down together.
Chen Guozhi said with a smile, "Miss Chen Fei 'er is getting more and more beautiful. It should be the magic of love!"
The great director actually made a joke with Chen Fei 'er, which immediately made the atmosphere in the private room relaxed.
Chen Fei 'er pursed her lips and smiled, "Thank you for your compliment. You are also getting younger …"
She had worked with Chen Guozhi before and had a cameo role in one of the latter's movies.
But speaking of which, the two sides hadn't seen each other for several years.
The entertainment circle wasn't big. Some people could bump into it every day, but it wasn't small either. It was bustling with people coming and going, and it had an iron camp and flowing soldiers.
In response to Chen Fei 'er's slightly teasing response, Director Chen stroked his sparse hair and said with a wry smile, "I'm old. My romantic life will always be blown away by the wind and rain. Now it's the world of you young people!"
He looked at Lu Chen and said, "Lu Chen, well, is it okay if I call you Xiao Lu?"
Lu Chen smiled and said, "Director Chen, it's my honor."
Lu Chen wasn't being polite. He also admired this great director very much. He was a true great senior!
Chen Guozhi nodded and said, "Xiao Lu, I know your time is precious, and I'm also very busy. Let's skip the pleasantries and get straight to the point!"
Lu Chen hurriedly straightened his back. "Go ahead."
Chen Guozhi said bluntly, "I won't hide it from you. After taking on the Central TV Spring Festival Gala, I'm under a lot of pressure. I'm just afraid that the audience won't be satisfied with the final performance."
"The budget for next year's Spring Festival Gala is about 300 million RMB. Although it can be earned back through the advertising bids, the people are not satisfied with it. They are cursing on Lunar New Year's Eve. Don't you think that 300 million RMB is a waste? Do I have any responsibility as the director? "
Lu Chen listened quietly, feeling rather emotional.
He didn't know much about the Spring Festival Gala, but he knew a little about it. The cost of Central TV's Spring Festival Gala was getting higher and higher, but the viewership ratings were dropping year by year. There were many voices of criticism on the Internet, saying that hosting the Spring Festival Gala was a complete waste of the people's hard-earned money.
Such a statement was, of course, too extreme. After all, the current Spring Festival Gala was largely run on a commercial model. It wasn't completed by the government's budget, and it had even achieved huge profits.
But the Big drop in the reputation of the Spring Festival Gala was an indisputable fact. The audience's aesthetic needs were constantly increasing, and Chen Guozhi, who had taken on this responsibility, naturally felt a lot of pressure.
And he didn't hide this point at all. "Currently, there are about 500 to 600 performances that have been submitted. I've seen more than half of them, but no more than five of them caught my eye!"
Actually, there was something else Chen Guozhi didn't say. That was, as the director of the Spring Festival Gala, he did not have full authority to choose the performances. This was because there were too many people eyeing this area, and it would affect the interests of all parties involved.
Chen Guozhi's intention was to try his best to get as many high-quality performances on the Spring Festival Gala as possible within the scope of his authority, so that the ordinary audience would be satisfied and happy to watch it!
However, it was really not easy to achieve this.
"Xiao Lu …"
Chen Guozhi said very sincerely to Lu Chen, "I've heard a lot of your pop music works. In my opinion, you're currently the best singer and composer in the country, so I hope that you can specially write a song for the Spring Festival Gala.
"As for the form of the work, it's entirely up to you to decide!"
In fact, Chen Guozhi had already expressed his intentions to Lu Chen in advance through his assistant. Now that he said it again, it was undoubtedly to emphasize the importance and trust he placed on Lu Chen.
It must be known that Lu Chen and Chen Guozhi did not know each other at all. The two of them had never had any contact with each other. This kind of importance and trust was very valuable, especially when it was placed on the big stage of Central TV's Spring Festival Gala that was watched by hundreds of millions of people!
This made even Lu Chen feel the pressure.
He and Chen Fei 'er looked at each other, and the latter smiled and nodded.
Lu Chen took a deep breath and said, "Director Chen, thank you for your kindness. In fact, I also prepared two works for you this time. Please guide me!"
As soon as his voice fell, Chen Fei 'er took out a professional portable music player with headphones and two bound music scores from his bag.
They were placed in front of Chen Guozhi!
Looking at the player and the music scores in front of him, Chen Guozhi was really surprised.
He did not expect that Lu Chen would be so well prepared. He actually brought his works directly.
And it was two works!
After all, he was a young man …
Apart from being surprised, Director Chen felt a little uncomfortable in his heart. Because he felt that Lu Chen was probably famous at a young age. In addition, he had been in the limelight recently, so his performance was a little impetuous.
This was a program that was going to be on the Spring Festival Gala, and he attached so much importance to it. Lu Chen actually used a week to write two works and put them in front of him. Even if he was a real genius, could he guarantee the quality that matched the Spring Festival Gala?
Of course, on the surface, Chen Guozhi just showed an appropriate look of surprise, and then said with a smile, "Then I really want to listen carefully."
He picked up the headphones and music scores, and asked his assistant to help him turn on the player. He began to listen to the works brought by Lu Chen on the spot.
When he first listened to the first song, Chen Guozhi was very disapproving. But when he heard the first sentence of this song, his expression changed!
He became dignified and serious, and there was a little surprise that couldn't be hidden!
Then as he listened deeper, his surprise continued to expand, and he even closed his eyes.
After the song finished, Chen Guozhi suddenly opened his eyes. He first pressed the pause button on the player, and then he couldn't wait to take off the headphones and asked Lu Chen, "This song, did you really write it specifically for the Spring Festival Gala?"
Lu Chen smiled and said, "Yes, Director Chen."
Both songs were specially written by him for the Spring Festival Gala.
Just as Chen Fei 'er said, since he wanted to do a favor, he had to do it properly!
Moreover, he had not only prepared two music works.
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