The primary election was over and everyone left as they went about their business.
All that is left is to wait for Zhongzhou's selection results.
Lin Yuan was about to go home for dinner when his cell phone suddenly rang. It was Tong Shuwen, the director of "Fish With You".
"Director Tong?"
"Does Teacher Xianyu have time?"
"Um?"
"Let's have dinner together?"
"OK."
"I'll send you the address."
Tong Shuwen didn't say anything on the phone, but Lin Yuan had a good relationship with the other party, so he agreed to the dinner directly.
Twenty minutes later.
Lin Yuan entered a private restaurant.
Inside the restaurant.
Tong Shuwen ordered a table full of dishes and smiled at Lin Yuan, "Thank you for your hard work, Teacher Xianyu. Please sit down and eat first."
"Um."
Lin Yuan was really hungry. Looking at the table full of delicious food, he couldn't help but feel hungry.
Eat for a while.
Tong Shuwen said, "I made an appointment with Teacher Xianyu because I have something I want to ask Teacher Xianyu for help with. You also know that I'm busy with our Qinzhou Spring Festival Gala recently, right?"
Lin Yuan nodded.
Tong Shuwen smiled and said, "We have a music chorus at the end of our Spring Festival Gala program, but we haven't found a suitable song, so I would like to ask you to help write one."
"The chorus at the end?"
This program is indeed prepared by the Spring Festival Gala organizers. He thought about it and said:
"Can."
Lin Yuan also prepared a chorus for the Blue Star Spring Festival Gala, but it was a chorus of Yu Wangchao, and the song was "Love Each Other".
This song definitely cannot be given to children's books.
But in addition to this song, Lin Yuan also has other works suitable for chorus, such as Love Each Other...
A family.
Doesn’t that sound interesting
Blue Star has prepared a song "Love Each Other" for the Spring Festival Gala.
Qinzhou prepared a song "A Loving Family" for the Spring Festival Gala.
Lin Yuan felt that this was quite meaningful and contained certain implications.
Tong Shuwen was overjoyed when he heard this. Having recorded the program with Lin Yuan for such a long time, he was very confident in Xianyu's lyrics and composition skills!
The song that Xianyu promised will definitely not be bad!
"Thank you in advance!"
Tong Shuwen thanked him and then started to complain: "This is also my first time to work on the Spring Festival Gala. I didn't know how many troubles there are until I worked on it before. Every program requires me as a director to worry about it. I have to revise and adjust it over and over again. For example, a certain skit that I had high hopes for always felt a little off. Another example is a crosstalk program, and even a dance program. I have to worry about it too."
Tong Shuwen and Lin Yuan are friends.
There is no need to be too cautious when talking to friends. During the meal, Tong Shuwen told Lin Yuan a lot of difficult things about his work.
Lin Yuan listened quietly.
Speak a few words from time to time.
Ten minutes later, Tong Shuwen suddenly burst into laughter:
"Look at me, a director. I've been complaining to you for a long time. Now let me tell you guys, how are the preparations for the Blue Star Spring Festival Gala going?"
"I passed the primary election."
"I knew you were fine. Next, we just need to wait for the results from Zhongzhou. Usually, there will be news within a week, but for Yu Dynasty, this is just a formality."
The results will be available in a week.
This is Tong Shuwen’s experience and judgment.
However, the result surprised everyone.
Because as a week passed, there was no news from Zhongzhou.
Even on the tenth day after Qinzhou submitted the Yu Dynasty program for review, Zhongzhou was still silent.
Everyone in the Yu Dynasty was getting a little anxious.
Why does it take so long to select programs for the Spring Festival Gala
Not to mention Yu Wangchao, even Director Lian Li, who was in charge of Qinzhou's program selection, was anxious!
The efficiency of program selection in Zhongzhou is very unreasonable. Under normal circumstances, the selection results of the programs submitted by various continents will be given within a week. After all, the performers still need time to rehearse.
What's the matter with you dragging your feet
He couldn't help but contact Zhongzhou to inquire about the situation, but the reply he got was perfunctory: "The selection of the Spring Festival Gala program is a serious matter. Be patient and wait for a while before the results will come out."
All right.
Until the fourteenth day when the program was submitted for review.
The results of the Zhongzhou selection are finally out.
Along with the selection results of the Fish Dynasty program appeared an assistant director from the Zhongzhou Spring Festival Gala director team!
"Invite the Fish Dynasty. I want to talk to them."
The deputy director of this year's Spring Festival Gala from Zhongzhou spoke to Lian Li as soon as he arrived in Qinzhou.
"What's the problem?"
Lian Li's heart skipped a beat, not understanding why the assistant director of the Spring Festival Gala came over.
Start with the review time.
There's something wrong with this matter.
If you say that the program was not selected, Zhongzhou should not have sent someone here in such a grand manner, and at the assistant director level at that.
If you say that they were selected for the show, then Zhongzhou has no reason to send anyone. Yu Dynasty will definitely go to Zhongzhou anyway.
“The situation is more complicated.”
The deputy director of the Spring Festival Gala patted Lian Li on the shoulder and said, "So I made this trip in person to talk to them."
"Oh well."
As a result, they were unwilling to reveal it to themselves.
Lian Li was very unhappy, but he didn't dare to show it.
This deputy director of the Spring Festival Gala is no ordinary person, and he cannot afford to offend him, especially since Zhongzhou will be merged in the future. By then, most of the leaders in various industries will still be from Zhongzhou. As a native of Qinzhou, Lian Li does not want to offend such a person, so he can only contact Yu Wangchao as requested by the other party.
…
The night I received the contact.
Lin Yuan, Yu Wangchao and others had a meal outside, and then went to Qinzhou's Spring Festival Gala selection branch together, and had various discussions on the way.
"What's going on?"
"I heard someone came from Zhongzhou?"
"Is he the assistant director of the Spring Festival Gala?"
"Was our program selected or not?"
"This is not right."
"Logically, Zhongzhou doesn't need to send anyone, let alone the assistant director coming in person."
Lin Yuan didn't say anything.
Of course, he also had a feeling that something was wrong, but the outcome still depended on what explanation Zhongzhou would give.
Got off the car.
As soon as Lin Yuan, Yu Wang Chao and others entered the hall, they saw a tall man approaching them with a face full of enthusiasm:
"Let me introduce myself. I'm Chang An, the assistant director of this year's Spring Festival Gala in Zhongzhou. Have you had your meal?"
"have eaten."
"Then let's go in and talk?"
The deputy director of the Spring Festival Gala, named Chang An, was very polite and came down to greet them personally, which made everyone in the Yu Dynasty even more confused.
The show was selected
The other party's enthusiasm seemed suggestive.
When we entered the meeting room, someone prepared tea for everyone.
Chang An invited everyone to sit down, and said, listening to his slightly bulging belly: "The six programs prepared by Yu Dynasty are very exciting, and our entire Zhongzhou director team is full of praise. On behalf of Zhongzhou's Spring Festival Gala director team, I would like to thank everyone for their wonderful performances. I believe these programs will definitely shine on the stage of our Spring Festival Gala this year!"
"All selected!?"
Xia Fan spoke with some surprise.
Chang An smiled and nodded: "This must be Teacher Xia Fan, she is even prettier in person than in the video. The song "Come Home Often" touched us a lot. This is a rare and good program. Just as Teacher Xia Fan said, all of Yu Dynasty's programs have passed the review of our Zhongzhou Spring Festival Gala director team!"
"Very good!"
Everyone was immediately surprised!
While everyone was excited, Sun Yaohuo's expression remained unchanged and he even frowned slightly.
If things were so simple, why would the other party come all the way to Qinzhou to announce the news? Was it just to praise Yu Wangchao's performances in person
There must be something going on here.
Lin Yuan didn't laugh either, he just looked at Chang An, waiting for his next words.
Took a sip of tea.
Chang An slowly said: "But..."
Everyone's heart skipped a beat and their smiles froze slightly.
Sun Yaohuo raised his eyebrows slightly. He knew that the main plot was about to begin, so he wanted to see what you were up to.
"but?"
Lin Yuan seemed to be simply repeating the other person's words, but also seemed to be curious about what the other person was going to say next.
Chang An sighed: "I don't want to say this either, but we in Zhongzhou also have our own difficulties. This is why I came to Zhongzhou in person on behalf of the director team, just to tell you where our difficulties are."
Everyone stared at him.
Chang An said with a tangled expression: "The Spring Festival Gala market is limited. Each continent must arrange a certain number of performance opportunities. Singing performances are just one of the countless types of stage performances in the Spring Festival Gala. If Yu Dynasty's programs are all full, then there will not be enough time left for other performances in Zhongzhou."
"What do you mean?"
This time it was Sun Yaohuo who spoke.
Chang An looked at Sun Yaohuo and said, "After discussion, our Spring Festival Gala director team can only arrange two programs for Yu Dynasty. Six programs are too many because it is difficult to arrange them in time and it will cause dissatisfaction from other continents. I hope you can consider the overall situation and take the initiative to give up some places. Of course, I can guarantee that everyone in Yu Dynasty can perform. The song "Love Each Other" sung by Yu Dynasty is one of the finale performances of our singing programs. As for the other program, it depends on your discussion."
"But… "
Jiang Kui said: "Aren't we all selected for the show?"
Chang An nodded: "Indeed, they have all been selected, but we are considering giving four of the songs to equally excellent singers from other continents. This is also the reason why I came to Qinzhou. I need to gain everyone's consent. After all, this is your show."
No wonder the assistant director is here!
Zhongzhou was indeed interested in these shows, but he wanted to adjust the performers of these shows because he felt that Yu Wangchao had too many performance opportunities!
The review has been delayed for half a month, and I’m afraid they are just discussing solutions.
For a while.
Everyone was silent.
The Fish Dynasty only had two opportunities to perform.
One of them was the collective chorus of "Love Each Other" by Yu Wangchao.
Another show to choose who
Jiang Kui’s single
Wei Haoyun's single
Or is it Xia Fan or Sun Yaohuo’s single
Or maybe give priority to numbers and let Zhao Yingge and Chen Zhiyu go on stage to sing "Because of Love"
wrong!
Sun Yaohuo's eyes suddenly flashed, and he looked at Chang An with some doubt, and a conspiracy theory emerged in his mind.
Intentional or unintentional
Could it be that someone is carefully planning this
Does anyone want to cause infighting among the members of the Fish Dynasty over their respective shows
Or...
Am I overthinking it
Is Zhongzhou really just to balance the performance time of each continent
If this is a calculation, then we can only say that the other party will be disappointed. The Yu Dynasty will not start an internal conflict over such a thing.
Sun Yaohuo didn't say anything while his eyes flickered.
Everyone looked at Lin Yuan.
At this time, everyone chose to listen to Lin Yuan.
Lin Yuan stared at Chang An: "I remember that in previous years' Spring Festival Galas, the performance times of the programs in different continents didn't seem to be unified, right?"
“Of course it’s impossible to be 100% unified.”
Chang An said frankly, "But there is a balance between the continents that must be observed together, especially now that Blue Star is implementing a great unification, and our Central Continent is about to be merged. The higher-ups attach more importance to this balance and explicitly require our director team to coordinate the programs of each continent and try to give each continent a certain amount of performance opportunities."
Lin Yuan frowned.
Chang An continued, "I know you are wronged, and I feel sorry for it, so I don't want to cancel your program, but to keep it in another form. I implore you to sacrifice your own interests for the sake of the overall situation. The programs of each continent really need to be balanced. Besides, in addition to your song performances, there are some other performances in Central Continent that are also very exciting, and we like them very much."
He did not use his power to bully others.
Instead, he chose to persuade with righteousness.
Lin Yuan had no way of rejecting the other party outright, so after a brief silence he said, "Let's think about it."
"Teacher Xianyu is very righteous!"
Chang An gave a thumbs up in admiration, and then added: "The development momentum of Yu Dynasty is very good this year. In fact, it is not short of this opportunity. However, it is different for our brothers and sisters in other continents. Many artists have been preparing for this Spring Festival Gala for several months and have made countless efforts. We in Qinzhou have already had enough programs selected. If we give way a little, it can be regarded as our Qinzhou helping our brothers and sisters in other continents. Besides, we have not cut Teacher Xianyu's program, and these wonderful programs will still bloom in the Spring Festival Gala!"
For Xianyu, there is not much difference.
Whether Yu Wangchao or anyone else sings those songs, it cannot change the fact that those works were written by Xianyu.
At this moment, everyone in the Yu Dynasty found it difficult to speak.
If you still want to fight for the stage, it would seem a bit immature.
Chang An stood up and said, "Then everyone can chat first. I would like to thank you on behalf of the brothers and sisters from other continents. Anyway, I can assure you that the program time of each continent in this Spring Festival Gala is very balanced. I hope everyone can maintain this balance."
Chang An waved his hand and left.
The conference room fell silent.
Everyone was silent for a while.
Sudden.
Jiang Kui said, "We can only go on two shows, so let Chen Zhiyu and Zhao Yingge go. They are a duo performance, so at least we can have one more person. Besides, I've become a singing queen, so I really don't miss this opportunity."
"That's fine with me."
Wei Haoyun smiled: "After all, I have been on the Spring Festival Gala, but you haven't."
"How about this."
Chen Zhiyu said, "Let Yaohuo take my place. He and Zhao Yingchong can sing together, and their voices match well."
Xia Fan said: "You guys discuss it, I won't go up."
"Pity me? Everyone pushes it towards me."
Zhao Ying snorted and said proudly, "Do you really think I'm short of a stage? If I can't perform on Blue Star Spring Festival Gala, the worst that can happen is that I can go find Director Tong and perform on Qinzhou's Spring Festival Gala."
"You can't get in."
Lin Yuan glanced at Zhao Ying and said, "Unless you withdraw from the chorus of the Fish Dynasty."
Zhao Yingchu paused when he heard this.
Sun Yaohuo suddenly pointed at the table and asked, "Are you so eager to give in?"
Everyone was stunned.
Sun Yaohuo looked towards the door and said, "Didn't you hear that the famous director was playing a moral blackmail?"
"But I think it makes sense..."
Jiang Kui whispered, "Don't the higher-ups want a balance among the continents?"
"I don't believe him."
Sun Yaohuo looked at Lin Yuan and said, "Don't agree yet, junior brother. Let me make a call."
"OK."
Lin Yuan also felt that something was wrong.
…
Sun Yaohuo got up and walked outside, making a call on his cell phone.
After the call was connected.
Sun Yaohuo smiled and said, "Brother Mu, how are you?"
"Little Sun?"
The voice on the other end of the phone was stunned: "Why did you think of calling me?"
"I want to know something."
Sun Yaohuo smiled and said, "If I remember correctly, Brother Mu was one of the sponsors of the Blue Star Spring Festival Gala last year. Are you still a sponsor of the Spring Festival Gala this year?"
"I do."
The man on the other end of the phone said unhappily, "Sponsorship for the Blue Star Spring Festival Gala is too popular, with a lot of bigwigs competing for it. Not to mention that this year's Spring Festival Gala is still hosted by Zhongzhou, and the sponsors are all local Zhongzhou companies. It's not my turn to get involved."
“So this year’s sponsor is…”
"Why do you ask that?"
"I might be on the Spring Festival Gala this year, so I want to ask about it."
"I almost forgot you're a singer. If you were me, how can you be a star with your wealth..."
The other party sighed and said, "There are several sponsors this year. You know one of them. We had dinner together in Qinzhou before. He is Mr. Zhang. He has a rich background and is a wealthy man in Zhongzhou."
"Okay, thank you Brother Mu!"
"Don't just thank me. Please keep a room for me in the hotel. I'll go there next month and ask for the painting "Spring Trees and Autumn Frost"!"
"I understand, I understand!"
Sun Yaohuo made a few more calls and finally got in touch with someone:
"Is this Mr. Zhang? I'm Sun Yaohuo, Xiao Sun. We had dinner together last time."
"Hey, it's you. I was wondering who is so powerful that you found a group of people to contact me. What's the matter?"
"I would like to know the rough list of performers for this year's Spring Festival Gala."
"I don't know. I'm one of the sponsors."
"I heard that Mr. Zhang seems to be very interested in Teacher Yingzi's paintings..."
"You have a connection!?"
The other party's voice suddenly became serious.
Sun Yaohuo smiled and said, "Teacher Shadow doesn't take action easily, but I can try."
"I'll give you the list. It's just a rough list."
The other party lowered his voice: "I don't care what you want to do, this has nothing to do with me."
"certainly!"
Soon Sun Yaohuo received a list.
He took a look and narrowed his eyes slightly: "There are quite a lot of people in Zhongzhou. Aren't the Zhongzhou directors afraid of being criticized by the public?"
"Haha, you don't know this, right?"
The other party teased: "Although there are the most people from Central China, half of them are not just from Central China."
Sun Yaohuo narrowed his eyes and asked, "From both continents?"
"Yes, they are from Zhongzhou, or they could be from Qin, Qi, Zhao... No matter who they are, they are from both continents. Can you still deny their hometown?"
"Understood."
"The painting of the shadow..."
"Director Zhang, please wait for my news."
Sun Yaohuo hung up the phone, his eyes turned cold.
Chang An keeps talking about putting the overall situation first, talking about righteousness, and using all kinds of moral blackmail. Does it turn out that Chang An himself has no morals at all
Yes.
How can a person without morals be kidnapped by morality
In this list, the number of stars from each continent is indeed balanced, but that’s because many of them have dual-continental citizenship!
This move was extremely clever!
It was so clever that Chang An wasn't even afraid of his lies being exposed!
What he said was true, although only part of the truth, omitting the fact that he was from the two continents.
These stars with dual-continental citizenship attend the Spring Festival Gala as the identity of their hometown, but in fact they are still Central Africans.
New Zhongzhou people.
Thinking of this, Sun Yaohuo returned to the room and said, "I'll show you something good."
"What?"
Everyone was stunned for a moment, then looked at Sun Yaohuo's phone.
"This is… "
"Spring Festival Gala list?"
"Why are there so many people from Zhongzhou?"
"Didn't the Zhongzhou Spring Festival Gala production team say that they wanted balance?"
"wrong!"
"For example, this Peng Quan has dual citizenship of Zhongzhou and Hanzhou, so he can also be considered a Hanzhou person!"
"For example, this person is from both Zhaozhou and Zhongzhou. He is said to be from Zhongzhou, but he can also be said to be from Zhaozhou!"
“I’ll go!”
"Zhongzhou has lost all his dignity. He talks a lot about righteousness, but in the end he is more selfish than anyone else!"
“Is this list true?”
Everyone became anxious and looked at Sun Yaohuo.
Sun Yaohuo nodded: "The authenticity of the list should be fine. I will go back and find a few more people to confirm it. It is impossible for them to team up to deceive me. It doesn't make sense. But I need the help of my junior brother."
Speaking of.
Sun Yaohuo leaned close to Lin Yuan's ear and said something.
Lin Yuan raised his eyebrows and nodded, "No problem, you continue to verify it."
"Well, I'll make a few more calls then."
Sun Yaohuo left the room and took out his cell phone again.
He has a wide network of contacts.
Ten minutes later.
Sun Yaohuo returned to the room solemnly, looked at everyone, and finally fixed his gaze on Lin Yuan's face:
"Confirmed."
Even for such a highly confidential matter, he was able to obtain a lot of information, and the results of verifying from multiple sources filled him with anger.
"I see."
There was not much emotion on Lin Yuan's face.
After a while, Chang An returned to the meeting room: "Have you made up your mind?"
"I've thought about it."
Lin Yuan said: "We don't agree."
Chang An was stunned. He seemed to think that he could definitely convince this group of people:
"What did you say?"
"I said Yu Dynasty would not agree."
Lin Yuan stared at the other person, not afraid of offending anyone at all.
So what if it’s Zhongzhou? This isn’t the first time we’ve faced each other.
"Teacher Xianyu!"
The other party's face began to darken: "Do you know what the consequences of such an act that disregards the overall situation are? People should not be too selfish. The Fish Dynasty has too many stages. It is very unfair to people from other continents!"
"You also said that there is no problem with our program."
Lin Yuan said calmly: "Since there is no problem with the program, why should we give up our place? Should we give it to you people from Zhongzhou? I am a little curious about which big name from Zhongzhou you want to sing my song?"
"What do you mean!"
Chang An's forehead was throbbing wildly, and he could hear a faint sound of sternness!
What's going on
Did they know something
impossible!
That list is confidential!
Lin Yuan did not directly mention the list. His attitude was very tough:
"My point is very simple, we must not miss any of our programs!"
"Hehe, hehe..."
Chang An was so angry that he laughed: "Who do you think has the final say on this Spring Festival Gala?"
Lin Yuan knew that the other party had revealed his true intentions.
He stood up and said, "You have the final say on what programs to choose, but I have the final say on who will perform on stage. I will not participate in this Spring Festival Gala, and the Yu Dynasty will all withdraw. What do you think?"
Lin Yuan looked at Sun Yaohuo and others.
Everyone stood up: "The representative has the final say."
Lin Yuan opened the door: "Then let them play by themselves."
After saying.
Lin Yuan took everyone away.
Chang An looked at the backs of Lin Yuan and the others and sat down on the chair. He didn't know what went wrong...
"I thought about the poetry conference."
Walking out of the hall, Sun Yaohuo suddenly spoke with a smile.
Hearing this, Lin Yuan suddenly had an idea: "How about playing the poetry competition again?"
Everyone wondered: "How do we play?"
Lin Yuan said: "Start a new business."
He just didn't believe it. Zhongzhou wanted to cover up everything
Taking out his cell phone, Lin Yuan called Tong Shuwen directly: "Director Tong, I think you said last time that you were not satisfied with many programs?"
"yes."
Tong Shuwen smiled and said, "But now I've figured it out. We are just a local Spring Festival Gala, and we can't compare with the Blue Star Spring Festival Gala. From sponsors to artist lineup, we are not good enough. We can't match everything to the Blue Star Spring Festival Gala."
"Is Director Tong satisfied with this?"
Lin Yuan said: "Do you want to try something big? Actually, I know a thing or two about skits, crosstalk, dance, and all kinds of stage performances."