1980 My Entertainment Era

Chapter 149 Wild Spring Festival Gala~
Although most of the preparatory work for the Spring Festival Gala has been prepared, such as the venue, actors, and audience...

Even under Xia Tian's suggestion, director Huang Yihe found the Beibingyang Soda Factory and got a small sponsorship~
When Director Huang went there, he was a little speechless, and it was Xia Tian who started the conversation.

This is a precedent!

The host and the general process, filming, sound, answering calls from the audience hotline...all taken care of.

However, with only seven or eight days left until New Year's Eve, everyone actually got together to discuss a name for the party!

Xia Tian took off his coat and shook off the snow when he came into the house. After listening for a while, the people next to him realized: No, I rode my bike in the heavy snow just for this?
Xia Tian thought about it, and seeing that his family really had trouble coming up with names, he said, "How about... calling it the Spring Festival Gala? It's short for Spring Festival Gala, which is concise and concise, and the meaning is clear~"

"Spring Festival Gala? Spring Festival Gala? That's a good name!"

"Very good, this is very good!"

"Okay! Xiaotian! We've been discussing this for the whole afternoon and we haven't come up with a good name yet!"

The names that Director Huang and others had come up with previously all had a bit of a decade-old feel to them, and were a bit too formal, which was quite awkward.

"Xiaotian is a good name, I think it's good." Director Huang decided.

Dress for summer and go!

"Hey, Xiaotian, don't be in a hurry to leave. You're already here. Is there anything wrong with your show?" Director Huang asked.

"no problem!"

……

Time flies and it's New Year again.

Although the spring wind is sometimes hot and cold, everyone's life is indeed much better.

This year, many families in Yanjing City have bought televisions.

The most popular household appliance on the market now is color TV.

Even if your family is not well off, you can still buy a black and white TV if you grit your teeth.

According to statistics, the number of television sets in China was 79 million in 485, and reached 82 million in 2761, increasing by several million every year. In developed coastal areas, such as Guangdong, the household penetration rate of television has even reached 70% - most of which are brought by water.
At Xia's suggestion, CCTV began promoting the "First Spring Festival Gala" a week in advance.

Almost every household with a television knew about it. The newspapers also reported it!
So when cooking dumplings during the Chinese New Year, those who have TVs at home will turn them on.

In previous years, she would naturally celebrate the New Year with her parents in the summer. This year, her original plan was to have a meal with Milan first, and then go home for dinner. After all, her grandmother passed away, and it would be too difficult for her to celebrate the New Year alone.

I asked her to come home to eat dumplings but she refused - she is still so shy!
But plans are not as fast as changes. In the summer, I have to go to the CCTV Spring Festival Gala and I won’t be back until eight or nine o’clock.

On CCTV, the audience and actors have already taken their seats - yes, a studio of 600 to 700 square meters, one third of which is the stage, and the stage design has the unique style of this era~
The audience and actors sat around the other two-thirds of the space, which was filled with small round tables.

The table was covered with a tablecloth, with some nice-looking plates and plastic flowers, and a few bottles of Arctic Ocean~
Well, sponsored!
Half of the money for the decoration of this studio was paid by Beibingyang, who also gave more than 30 boxes of soda~
There were more than sixty actors and more than two hundred audiences, and the atmosphere was quite harmonious and relaxed.

The performers were all sitting in the first two rows, and a few steps forward there were standing microphones - it seemed like a party at some government agency.

Director Huang was watching the time at the back of the studio. At 20:00, he gestured to the camera and turned it on, live broadcast!

At this time, the material basis for adopting live broadcasting has been met. But the main reason for adopting live broadcasting is that there is no money for video recording!
At that time, the technology of video recorders was just in its infancy, and a magnetic head cost 3 US dollars. CCTV had to ensure the recording and broadcast of daily programs, so it really did not have the money to record the evening party.

On the other side of the stage, the host of the evening party appeared...

This is the first time that a host has been appointed for an evening party in the country.

Recordings can be edited, but live broadcasts are prone to being dull when connected, so the planning team thought of finding a few crosstalk performers to connect the show. They can act as announcers and also make jokes to liven up the atmosphere, killing two birds with one stone.

However, Xia Tian disagreed. "I think four crosstalk performers are too many. First, it's monotonous. Second, it's not very representative. When the four crosstalk performers are on stage, it will be like a group crosstalk, which is not good. I think two is enough. Choose two actors for the remaining two!"

The first thing the audience in front of the TV saw was Zhao Zhongxiang reading the opening speech, and then announcing the hotline number of the evening party and the details of the prize-winning guessing game.

Well, the guessing contest with prizes was the idea of ​​the planning team, but the prizes were "begged" from various factories visited by Xia Tian and Director Huang.

This segment was recorded - the live broadcast started at 4 o'clock, and the director found Zhao Zhongxiang at around 5 o'clock and handed him a piece of paper with about to minutes of content. Zhao Zhongxiang read it two or three times, wrote it all down, and started recording.

The hosts at CCTV are the talented ones selected from among millions!

Then the four hosts came on stage and introduced the guests.

Applaud once for introducing one~
When Xia Tian was introduced, someone in the audience started laughing out loud, and one person infected the other, and suddenly everyone was laughing.

Xia Tian scratched his head: No, what are you laughing at? Am I a comedian?!

At this time, some viewers in front of the TV also laughed out loud, with the most from Yanjing.

Audiences from other provinces were very curious. This person was Comrade Xia Tian from the "Dongzhimen No. 10 Middle School". What did he do? Why were they all laughing at him?
But, this guy is really good-looking!

At Xia Tian's house, Xia's father, Xia's mother, Chun's father, Chun's mother, and Dachun were all watching in front of the TV. They were all so excited!
Milan was also watching on the small black and white TV in his residence.

When I saw the camera was turned to Xia Tian, ​​I couldn't help laughing.

Then Hou Baolin gave a speech, and then the four hosts, representing their respective industries, wished the people of the whole country a happy New Year.

The four people are: Ma Ji, Jiang Kun, Wang Jingyu and Liu Xiaoqing.

When Xia Tian proposed to choose two actors to be hosts, Director Huang wanted Xia Tian to do it, but Xia Tian refused, and finally Liu Xiaoqing was pushed up.

Now she can be said to be the most popular actress in the country, no doubt about it.

Because those who are more popular than her have either already gone abroad or are about to go abroad.

With Li Heizi's unfinished films "The Last Emperor" and "The Burning of the Old Summer Palace", she was at the peak of her popularity.

This heat has to be rubbed~
There are three male hosts among the four hosts, and except for Wang Jingyu, the other two are wearing suits. There is a saying that hosts are wearing suits. Just this year, XXX took the lead in wearing suits, which led to a nationwide suit craze.

Because once before, when the leader met with foreign guests, he wore a Zhongshan suit, which immediately attracted the attention of international public opinion, and people speculated whether the door to reform and opening up would be closed? !
The next time, the five XX collectively appeared in front of reporters wearing suits. The clothing language seemed to be a declaration, which had a huge impact at home and abroad!
……

Then the show began, opening with teacher Li Guyi's "New Year Greetings Song".

She was originally scheduled to perform at Pengcheng Theater on the first day of the Lunar New Year, and tickets were sold to Hong Kong and Macau, but they had already been sold out.

At that time, to get to Pengcheng, one had to cross two rivers and go through border security checks, so it was almost impossible to get there within one day. Naturally, they would not let anyone go!
Finally, a plan was coordinated. Early in the morning on the first day of the Chinese New Year, CCTV sent a special car to take Li Guyi to the Capital Airport. The plane flew to the Guangdong Airport. The Guangdong Province sent a special car to pick him up and passed through the inspection all the way to the performance venue in Shenzhen to ensure the performance that evening.

It took a lot of effort to invite her!
Then there were a few crosstalks.

At that time, we didn't have much experience in evening party performances, and crosstalk, which was performed by two people standing there and facing a microphone, was the simplest show, so there were many arrangements.

In the more than 4-hour evening party, crosstalk alone took up a full 90 minutes!

I didn’t plan on doing too much singing and dancing in the summer. Without a lot of training and rehearsal, it’s easy for live broadcast accidents to occur, so let’s just let nature take its course.

After a few crosstalks were finished, everyone laughed and the atmosphere warmed up. Then it was time for a special program - a female actress recited the poem "Every Festival Makes Me Miss My Family More".

She has a special identity. She was born on the island, grew up in Hong Kong, studied at the Shanghai Drama Academy, and became an actor.

At this time, her identity is very special!

This is a sign...

Then the male and female actors performed the Huangmei Opera "The Couple Return Home" and the chorus that followed. The two singers were both from the Oriental Song and Dance Troupe.

We have to make use of some of the remaining heat in the summer, right?
He was the one who invited all the actors and singers in the troupe.

Then there was the singing, dancing, and guessing of riddles by Siqin Gaowa and a male actor...

Then it was the host Wang Jingyu’s show…

The camera then turned to Jiang Kun, who was gnawing on a roast chicken with a greasy mouth and looking at everyone with a sly look.

Then Wang Jingyu complained to Ma Ji, "Look, he ate my performance props!"

Ma Ji was bribed by Jiang Kun with a chicken wing: "Oh, you can't perform without chicken?"

After saying that, he stuffed the empty plate into his hand!

Wang Jingyu’s show is the pantomime "Eating Chicken".

It was originally a non-material performance~
Actors these days are all very talented. Facing an empty plate, Wang Jingyu's "eating" was very realistic and funny. Round of applause!
I heard about him in the summer...

It’s sad to say, "Chicken Eating" is an old show, and he performed it as early as 62.

But when..., the show was photoshopped and he almost got into trouble. Now he is asked to perform...

Then there were two Peking operas, and Xia Tian watched them very seriously with a playful look in his eyes.

The actors at the same table all looked at him and thought that he must love Peking Opera!
Then there was Jiang Kun’s crosstalk… Even though Guo Degang criticized him harshly later, Jiang Kun is still a very prestigious figure in the opera world.

The crosstalk at this time was also very interesting and funny.

Then the audience saw word guessing, followed by magic tricks, and then giant pandas were invited to come up!

Even if you are a national treasure, you can't eat for free. You have to have a job!

Riding a wooden horse, playing ball, eating live, and drinking Maotai - empty bottle~
This is a video recording...

During the Spring Festival Gala, the photographer walked around the crowd with a camera, finding his own angle. Everyone was indeed very relaxed.

The backstage was tense because everyone had underestimated the audience's enthusiasm, or rather, underestimated the number of phones owned.

The CCTV only has about ten telephones in total. Apart from the leadership offices, the station tried its best to squeeze out four direct-access telephones as hotlines.

The result is that they are all beaten to a pulp!
Seven or eight people were answering the phone, recording the caller information and the actors and programs they requested.

Everyone is crazy busy!

Since it is a live broadcast with on-demand content, there is naturally no script.

Because it was written in a hurry, it was difficult for the host to announce the program. Jiang Kun didn't even remember the names of so many actors on stage, what troupe they were from, and what program they were performing.
The host ran up and down again and again, and finally just stood on the stage and shouted: "XXX, the audience asked you to perform XXX..."

Also, the handwriting was so sloppy that Liu Xiaoqing looked at it for a long time but couldn't recognize what was written.

Wang Jingyu hurried over and found that he didn't recognize it either...Finally, Jiang Kun recognized it and found that the person had written it in a circle!
The first person to be named in succession was Zheng Xualan. She sang three songs in a row: "Shepherd's Song", "The Sea, My Hometown" and "On the Sun Island", all of which are her famous songs.

Her outfit was trendy - she even sang on stage wearing jeans.

I guess she will be criticized again in the summer, but it doesn’t matter, jeans are definitely going to be popular~
Xia Tian even praised her jeans in the audience - well, friends who bought jeans in the south can send them here~
The time has come!

Thank you, Sister Zheng~
By the way, she is also in the dance troupe.

Then Xia Tian saw Director Huang making gestures to him, meaning that it was his turn.

The planning team naturally has to prepare some programs, such as "Chicken Eating". What if they are worried that there won't be many broadcasts?

Who knew it would be so popular now?

But you have to perform the prepared shows!
So it’s summer…

I’ll be on the Spring Festival Gala in the summer~it’s not too much to ask for a ticket!
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