According to previous years' practices, a Spring Festival Gala usually had four and a half hours of content.
And rehearsals lasted even longer. No matter how big the names were, even after they finished rehearsing, they could not leave immediately. This was because they still had to analyze and judge the effects of the program, so they often had to stay for more than half a day.
Lunch was provided by Central TV. Whether it was celebrities, guest artists, extras, or staff, they all ate boxed lunches, and the quality of the lunches was the same.
Of course, celebrities who were not used to eating boxed lunches could prepare their own meals, but basically no one would do that.
Lu Chen and Chen Fei'er were no exception. They received their own boxed lunches during the lunch break.
Even though Central TV's boxed lunches were the standard price of 58 yuan, there were countless people in the industry who wanted to eat this boxed lunches. Every year, celebrities, big or small, racked their brains to get in, but only a few succeeded.
This was the first time Lu Chen had eaten a boxed lunchbox from Central TV.
"All the meat is for you..."
Chen Fei'er picked out the beef from the lunchbox and put it into Lu Chen's lunchbox. "I weighed it this morning, and it's half a catty heavier. I want to lose 1 catty!"
Lu Chen did not know whether to laugh or cry. "You still need to lose? Not eating meat is not good for your health. "
Chen Fei'er picked up the last piece of meat with his chopsticks and stuffed it into his mouth. "I know what I'm doing. Stop nagging!"
Lu Chen's mouth was stuffed with meat. He shook his head speechlessly. Then, he picked up his own radish strips and broccoli for Chen Fei'er.
The two of them hid in a corner and were lovey-dovey. But the others who saw them felt suffocated, especially those single dogs, who were fed a big mouthful of dog food.
Moreover, he kept on feeding them until someone stood up fearlessly!
"Cough, cough!"
A loud cough forced Lu Chen to stop his inhumane public display of affection.
He turned his head and was almost blinded — what a big bald head!
"Ah!"
Lu Chen quickly stood up and greeted politely, "Hello, Teacher Gao."
There were three famous baldies in the entertainment industry. They were all big shots in their respective industries. One was a pop singer, one was a movie actor, and the last one was the skit artist in front of them — Gao Desheng!
He had a big bald head, squinting eyes, a bulbous nose, thick lips … The way he smiled had a charm that made people laugh. This was a face that everyone in the country was very familiar with. It was an ugly face that had a unique personality.
But Gao Desheng did not live up to the name of an artist because of other people's flattery, but because of the reputation and reputation he had accumulated in his more than twenty years of acting career. He was a senior who truly excelled in both virtue and skill.
Disregarding everything else, just the Spring Festival Gala alone, he had participated in it seven times. This year would be his eighth!
Chen Fei'er did not dare to neglect this senior in the industry. He quickly put down the lunchbox and stood up to greet him.
Gao Desheng smiled and said, "Take a seat. I'm just here to have a chat. Sorry for disturbing you."
Lu Chen and Chen Fei'er were a little embarrassed. Lu Chen quickly said, "Not at all. We just finished eating."
Gao Desheng sat down with a smile and said to him, "Actually, I've been wanting to talk to you for a long time. It's just that the timing was not right. Today, I finally got the chance."
Gao Desheng took the initiative to find Lu Chen. He wanted to talk to Lu Chen about the skit script written by Lu Chen.
At that time, the executive director of this year's Spring Festival Gala, Chen Guozhi, found Lu Chen and invited Lu Chen to participate in the Spring Festival Gala of the Year of the Dog. As a result, Lu Chen took out two original works and a skit script and threw them to the great director.
Chen Guozhi originally expected Lu Chen to come up with a good program. He did not expect Lu Chen to come up with three, and all of them were excellent, which made him unable to give them up.
However, it was not easy for Chen Guozhi to put all three programs on the Spring Festival Gala. First of all, he did not have the final say in the Spring Festival Gala. He had to face all kinds of interests, so it was impossible for him to do as he pleased.
But in the end, Chen Guozhi still eliminated the difficulties and pushed Lu Chen's works as the focus of the program. For this reason, he specially invited many big names to ensure the effect of the program.
For example, Chen Guozhi gave the skit written by Lu Chen to Gao Desheng. The latter's image not only matched the setting of the characters in the script, but his acting skills were enough to crush a lot of his peers.
It should be known that Lu Chen's skit had squeezed out another program of the same kind that had already been selected. No one said it openly, but there were a lot of people talking about it behind it. God knew how many pairs of eyes were watching it.
Gao Desheng and Chen Guozhi had been friends for many years, so he understood the weight of it. Out of a serious and responsible attitude towards work, he took the initiative to talk to the original author, Lu Chen, during the lunch break.
It sounded like a very normal thing. There was nothing to fuss about when actors and scriptwriters communicated. But in fact, many actors nowadays did not care about the author at all. You just had to write the script, and how you acted was up to me. There was no need for you to tell me what to do. That was the director's job!
In fact, many celebrity artists did not even listen to the director's words and often acted on their own.
Gao Desheng was a big name in the industry. When he appeared on the stage of the Spring Festival Gala, Lu Chen was still running around naked. Moreover, no matter how famous Lu Chen was, they were not on the same level as him. He did not need to care about Lu Chen at all.
But Gao Desheng used a very equal and even humble attitude to communicate with Lu Chen about the creative intention, plot idea, spiritual connotation, and so on of the work.
Lu Chen naturally told him everything he knew. And when it came to analyzing the work, he felt that he was not as good as Gao Desheng.
This made Lu Chen feel rather ashamed. After all, the source of his work was his memories from the Dream World.
The exchange between the two of them lasted for more than an hour until the staff assistant came over to remind him. Gao Desheng said to Lu Chen, "This is the best script I've received in the past ten years. Lu Chen, I really hope that you can create a few more scripts. We're really lacking good scripts right now!"
Gao Desheng was speaking from the bottom of his heart. In recent years, the viewership ratings of Central TV's Spring Festival Gala had been declining year by year. The audience's evaluation of language shows was getting worse and worse, and he was feeling anxious about it.
The script that Lu Chen had brought out really made Gao Desheng feel like he had finally met a good rain after a long drought!
Lu Chen nodded and said, "Teacher Gao, I'll do my best."
Gao Desheng smiled in relief. "Thank you!"
This word of thanks was not only for himself, but also for the entire skit industry!
The afternoon rehearsal did not end until 4 PM, but Lu Chen was not able to leave early, because a director from Central TV personally came over to invite him for a discussion.
And the content of the discussion was about the martial arts movie "The Smiling, Proud Wanderer" that Chenfei Media would start shooting after the Spring Festival.
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