1980 My Entertainment Era

Chapter 206: Lin Daiyu Pulls Out a Weeping Willow and Never Lose or Forget

October 10th is Xiaoxu’s birthday.

Xia Tian drew a picture for her - "Lin Daiyu Pulling Out a Weeping Willow"
Seeing her running after Xia Tian happily until she was out of breath, she must be very satisfied, right?

Milan gave Xiaoxu a brooch made of mutton-fat jade. Although the carving seemed a bit casual and not meticulously crafted, it had a sense of artistic conception, but it was also very beautiful.

The more I look at summer, the more familiar it looks - hey, isn't this the box I bought a few years ago?

Xia Tian: Okay, you're using my stuff as a favor to help yourself, right? Where did you find this?

I bought it in the summer and gave one to Milan, but then I forgot where I put it!

Milan: Don’t worry about it, you don’t understand~
……

In the next few days, Xia Tian was busy with one thing, which was paving the way for Dachun and Dagangzi.

Both of them have a heart for art and literature, and they both want to do something in this area.

Nowadays, if you are not a professional, you have to be able to participate in related work, then learn skills, hone your qualifications, and wait for opportunities!

Now Xia Tian has found an opportunity that allows them to participate in literary and artistic work.

CCTV is going to shoot a TV series, Mr. Lao She’s "Four Generations Under One Roof".

It’s just that the station didn’t provide much support, they just delegated the power, and the crew had to handle more things themselves.

And Zhang Jinglin from the Red Mansion crew was selected to participate!
At the age of 16, she played Mrs. Xiaowen in the play.

It was through her that Xia Tian learned about this matter.

I was thinking of putting them in the TV Drama Art Center in two years, starting with odd jobs, but now that I have this good opportunity, I must give it a try.

So, he spent less time on the crew these two days, and was busy doing these things.

The errand boys were paid only 10 yuan a month. One of them had studied acting. They were introduced by acquaintances and recommended by Xia Tian, ​​who was quite familiar to CCTV and had great ideas and abilities. So the crew hired them.

Zhao Baogang passed the interview of director Lin Ruwei and even got the role of supporting actor!
Dachun worked behind the scenes, understood photography, and was considered a photography assistant, but he did all kinds of work.

For this reason, Dachun took a contract with the crew, asked for leave from his company, and only had a minimum salary left, but he still wanted to "earn that 10 yuan"!
The investment in this drama is not large, and there are old courtyards from decades ago everywhere in Yanjing, so it can be said that even the scenes do not need to be built.

Of course, there was no money to build the scenery.

At that time, the domestic TV drama industry was just starting out, and basically every detail of the crew had to be built from scratch.

For example, later on, costumes, props, lighting, and extras all had their own routines.

It’s not possible now. I have to solve everything myself. It’s very difficult!
Later I heard that Director Lin lost 17 teeth while filming this movie.

Once the two of them had established themselves in the crew and were busy as hell, Xia Tian finally felt relieved.

It has been more than a week now, and Zhang Li's birthday is coming soon.

I will also prepare a birthday present for Zhang Li in the summer.

On Zhang Li’s birthday, a group of people were waiting to watch the fun, to see if they could see a painting like “Xue Baochai in the Snowy Mountain Temple” or something like that!
As a result, we waited and waited, but summer never came. We were getting impatient!

Zhang Li still had a calm smile on her face, not in a hurry at all. But Xiao Xu saw that her sleeves were about to be torn!

At this moment, suddenly a distant flute sound came...

"The other sisters have songs, Baochai must have one too!"

"What's the name of this piece?"

"It's called 'Never Lose, Never Forget'. This one can't be compared with Cao Gonghe's, but it's a token of my love."

But at this moment, Zhang Li felt that this song was better than all the songs in the world!

Never lose or forget, and your immortal life will be long and prosperous; never leave or abandon, and your youth will last forever.

Milan's gift was still a mutton-fat jade brooch...

Just as the young people from the Red Mansion crew were celebrating their birthdays, something was happening in the Magic City far away in the southeast.

Many local men and women, old and young, uncles and aunts, are paying attention to this matter.

It turned out that after approval, Modou Feile Audio Co., Ltd. was officially established and issued stocks to the public and employees.

The total share capital is 1 shares, with a par value of 50 yuan per share, and a total of 50 yuan in capital was raised.

This place has this cultural gene, so many people from Shanghai come early to line up to buy. The line forms a long dragon that stretches as far as the eye can see, creating an unprecedented grand occasion.

Within one day, all of Feilo Audio's publicly offered shares were snapped up.

This was the first stock issuance by a financial institution after the movement.

At this time, the saying "It doesn't matter whether the cat is black or white, as long as it catches mice, it is a good cat" was also spreading among the people.

……

After Zhang Li’s birthday, the crew had several important scenes to film, and everyone put all their energy into the play at once.

By the time the filming was finished, almost three days had passed.

Some people asked, "Hey, why hasn't summer come these days?" "Summer hasn't come? I feel like something is missing."

Someone started to ask Xiaoxu and Zhangli about this, but Deng Jie smiled and said, "Stop joking, I know! He seems to have participated in some singing competition and has been competing these past few days."

"Competition? What competition? What competition?" Everyone became interested.

And this competition is the "First CCTV Young Singer TV Grand Prix"!
Commonly known as the Youth Song Contest!
Xia Tian didn't know about this competition and didn't want to participate. After all, I just sing for fun. There's no need to participate in the competition.

But this is the first time that CCTV is hosting this kind of competition, and it lacks the players who can dominate the show!
It’s not that there aren’t any good singers, but how could anyone be as popular as Xia Tian?

If no one watches this game, wouldn't it be a waste?
That's absolutely not possible. We can't take any risk at all!
So, Xia Tian was invited to participate.

I started to quit working in the summer, so the station sent Director Wang's wife, Aunt Wang Zhifu, to come.

That's a very nice way of saying it, you have a lot of cooperation with the station, and we invite you to help...

Then go for it!

This competition is divided into professional and amateur groups. The professional group is for those who have studied and specialized in this, while the amateur group is for those who do not have a professional background but are good at singing.

This requires selection in the local station preliminaries before being sent to Yanjing for the finals.

Summer is guaranteed~
Of course it’s not recommended by CCTV. That would be too embarrassing to be both the referee and the contestant! Now everyone still wants to save face!
The school that recommended Xia Tian to attend was Yanjing Television Station.

Just tell me if it is a local station?
……

The familiar CCTV building and studio in the summer are now transformed into a competition stage.

The judges sat in a row in the front, and each of them had a nameplate with their name written on it.

They are either the director or president of a music conservatory, or the head or deputy head of some large art group.

I also saw Aunt Wang from the Oriental Song and Dance Troupe in the summer...

Because the songs are prepared by the singers themselves, the judges don’t know what songs the contestants are going to sing.

But these judges are all experienced and have been listening to and singing songs for decades, so they have basically heard most of the songs.

But they had never heard this song by Xia Tian.

In the first round, Xia Tian took first place in the amateur group.

This first one is quite controversial!
The 9 judges argued for more than ten minutes, and finally 6 of them gave it first place, and it was confirmed.

Because the song he "sang" was "Castle in the Sky"!
The chanting version, all the lyrics have only one word "ah"~
Accompanied by the accompaniment, Xia Tian sang "Ah" throughout the whole song, and it was a female voice singing.

...After the song was finished, the whole audience fell silent!

What's that saying? You can hear a pin drop!
It was Aunt Wang, who had seen many summers, who was the first to applaud and broke the silence.

As soon as he finished singing and before the judges gave their scores, some amateur contestants began to complain: "It's too much of a bully for him to participate in the amateur group!"

The staff member looked embarrassed, "But he is indeed an amateur - he has not studied it specifically, and has no relevant working experience!"

"This……"

Finally, Aunt Wang, one of the judges, announced that Xia Tian was the first place winner in the first round of the amateur group - the top three would proceed to the final.

One of the judges asked, "Did you write this piece yourself, too?"

Xia Tian didn't know him, but he knew Xia Tian. He was the dean of the Central Conservatory of Music. He had gone to Yandian University to try to poach people but failed.

"Yes." Xia Tian replied.

The judge continued, "How did you come up with the idea of ​​entering the competition with a chanting song without lyrics?"

Xia Tian scratched the back of his head and smiled amiably: "It just sounds nice... It's not that there are no lyrics, in fact, someone has written the lyrics~"

The judges and contestants almost lost their luck on the spot: Are you kidding us? !

The show was almost done at this time, and the second round started the next day!
Xia Tian didn’t dare to pick any weird songs this time. Yesterday, he was scolded by Aunt Wang - "You’re like a monkey, not steady at all!"

Originally, Xia Tian had no intention of causing trouble during the finals, and the songs he chose were also very safe.

When participating in a show or party at this time, choosing songs requires knowledge!
If you sing "Wukong" in this place, you will be called in for a talk as soon as you get off the stage~
And the song Xia Tian chose was - "Chi Le Chuan", Tan Weiwei version!

Commonly known as "King Gao's Happy Song"!
Choosing this song will give you extra points, just like in the college entrance examination.

It's all knowledge, just learn it.
Xia Tian also added the techniques of Humming and Changdiao into the song~
Xia Tian: Finally I get to use it!
In the end, Xia Tian won the first prize in the amateur group as expected. Unfortunately, he was not familiar with the other contestants in the amateur group.

However, there is one person in the professional group!
Among the third-prize singers, there is a sister named Peng, who is three years older than Xia Tian. Xia Tian is very familiar with her!

This time we took the opportunity to get to know each other and even took a photo together!

It will be awesome later~
After taking the photo, Dachun was still praising her: "This female comrade's voice is so crisp! It's like a crisp cucumber is singing on the stage."

Xia Tian glanced at him and said, "You have a good appreciation ability, but you should talk less in the future. It will be good for you!"

(In the normal timeline, in 1984, Zhang Qiang participated in the first CCTV Young Singer TV Grand Prix. The judges eliminated her for imitating the Hong Kong and Taiwan accent and her appearance was too flamboyant.)
Thanks to the book friend Jian Ningmei for the 100-point reward

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