Shonan Satellite TV is undoubtedly disappointed.
Although Li Ziwei is now somewhat famous, she is only Li Mu's personal assistant after all. If she really wants to take this party to a higher level, she must invite Li Mu himself to the scene.
However, Li Mu's reply was already very face-saving on a business-to-business level. Although he could not come, he did not refuse to participate, and sent his personal assistant to represent him and the two companies. This means that Li Mu besides Except for people who cannot go there, we will not neglect anything else. We will express our stance when we need to, and donate when we need to donate.
For the ambitions of Hunan Satellite TV, this is not enough.
If you can't invite Andy Lau, what's the point of just inviting Andy Lau's agent? The only person who the audience really pays for is Andy Lau.
Therefore, the leaders of Xiangnan Satellite TV immediately thought of Chen Wan.
Since the public-to-public approach doesn't work, then we have to find ways to smuggle to private-smuggling.
Chen Wan, the mainstay of Xiangnan Satellite TV, has always had a very close relationship with Li Mu. The two have a good personal relationship. This is an open secret at Xiangnan Satellite TV. Therefore, after Li Mu declined the invitation, the first thing the station leaders thought of was Chen Wan. Wan.
When Chen Wan was having a meeting with the director team at CCTV, she suddenly received a call from the top leader. On the phone, the other party first asked for help without any leadership pretensions, and then fully affirmed the significance of Chen Wan and He Yan's coming to support CCTV. , finally got to the point, and said to Chen Wan in a tone of discussion and pleading:
"Chen Wan, there is something. On behalf of our entire Xiangnan Satellite TV, I want to ask you for a favor..."
Chen Wan immediately realized the leader's true intention.
Li Mu just told himself about this matter yesterday. He guessed that Xiangnan Satellite TV would definitely invite him. He also guessed that if he declined Taili's invitation, Xiangnan Satellite TV would definitely find a breakthrough from himself.
While Chen Wan lamented Li Mu's accurate judgment of the leaders in the station, she pretended to be curious and asked: "Director, if you need my help with anything, just ask. I will do it if I can do it, and I will work hard if I can't. manage."
After saying this, Chen Wan couldn't help but shook her head repeatedly. She was originally a person who couldn't even lie, but was trained by Li Mu into a little fox who could pretend to be stupid.
The director of the station said at this time: "Oh, that's it. At this anti-SARS party in Taili, we hope to invite Mr. Li Muli to be the guest. However, after we communicated with the public relations department of Makino Technology, Mr. Li responded through his assistant and public relations We said that he did not have time to attend. Taili felt that Mr. Li was a pioneer in philanthropy among domestic entrepreneurs. If he could come to the scene, it would be a meaningful affirmation for our party and even our Xiangnan Satellite TV, so I would like to ask you for a favor, communicate with Mr. Li, use your personal connections, and see if you can invite Mr. Li over."
Chen Wan hesitated for a moment and then agreed: "Okay, Director, I can give it a try, but I can't guarantee you that it will work."
The director hurriedly said: "It doesn't matter, it doesn't matter, just do your best."
After saying that, the station manager added: "But this is really important to the station, so please try your best to fight for it."
"Okay, Director, I'll try my best."
When she returned to the conference room, Chen Wan found that the atmosphere in the conference room was not quite right. Before leaving, everyone was having a very lively discussion. Unexpectedly, as soon as she entered, the conference room became much deserted, and everyone's expressions were a little solemn. .
Chen Wan came to her seat and sat down, and asked He Jiong next to her in a low voice: "What happened?"
He Ji lowered his voice and replied softly: "The World Health Organization has issued another warning, which seems to exaggerate the current epidemic situation in China. It also said that we have not disclosed all the information related to the epidemic, so we are seriously warning overseas people that China It is very dangerous at the moment and we remind them to avoid traveling to China, especially Guangdong Province and Yanjing."
Chen Wan frowned: "Isn't the government's epidemic prevention work very timely? The overall spread of the epidemic is far lower than what overseas media expected. Why does the WHO still issue such a warning? Moreover, the government's current information disclosure has already done so When it comes to 100% transparency, aren’t they just slandering people?”
He Yan said: "The foreign affairs department has already expressed its protest. The WHO has obviously exaggerated the development of the domestic epidemic this time."
After saying that, He Yan continued: "The biggest problem is not this. After the WHO issued this warning, several Hong Kong and Taiwan celebrities who were scheduled to attend our charity gala communicated with the gala program team and said that they are still worried about the mainland for the time being. Due to the epidemic, we temporarily decided not to participate in the recording of this charity gala."
"Ah?" Chen Wan was stunned for a moment.
After a moment, Chen Wan asked: "How many people are absent in total?"
"Four." He Yan said: "There are a total of twenty-five star singers, fifteen mainland singers, and ten Hong Kong and Taiwan singers, but now there are four less people."
Chen Wan asked him: "What should we do now?"
He Yan shook his head and said: "I don't know. The biggest worry of the program team at the moment is whether more Hong Kong and Taiwan singers will break their appointments temporarily. After all, the WHO's warning this time is greatly exaggerated. These stars are worried It is also human nature to worry about physical safety... "
Chen Wan sighed and said, "How about changing the singers? It's easy to find four replacement singers in Yanjing."
He Yan said: "It is easy to fill the spot, but the taste is different. Now is an extraordinary period. CCTV definitely still hopes to have singers from the two sides of the Taiwan Strait and three places join forces to complete this charity gala to fight against SARS. After all, this time it has been affected by The epidemic affects not only the mainland, but also Hong Kong and Taiwan. At this time, if stars from the two sides of the Taiwan Strait and three places can be united to take the stage, it will not only be a great comfort to the people on both sides of the Taiwan Strait and the three places, but also highlight the unity and common ground of the two sides and the three places. The national spirit of resisting SARS, if everything goes well, will definitely become a very positive performance."
Chen Wan nodded thoughtfully. He Jiong's experience is indeed much richer than her own, and he can see the essence of the problem better. The unity of the nationalities in the three places across the Taiwan Strait is itself the keynote of the Chinese nation. In the face of a common epidemic, At this time, it would definitely be the best thing if this tone can be accurately promoted.
At this time, an assistant hurriedly came in and whispered something in the director's ear. The director, who had an ugly expression at first, suddenly became a little more gloomy.
After a while, the director stood up and said to everyone: "Everyone, another Hong Kong and Taiwan singer has temporarily decided to withdraw from this party because of the warning from the WHO. The organizers and public relations staff of the program team stayed to meet to discuss emergency plans. , everyone else should go back and rest first.”
He Yan and Chen Wan looked at each other. They were hosts, not behind-the-scenes workers, let alone program preparers. It was naturally not appropriate to stay here at this time, so they and other unrelated staff members Get up and exit the conference room.
Before the others left the stage, the director said again: "By the way, everyone, if you have reliable Hong Kong and Taiwan singer resources, please help sort them out. If there are suitable singers who are willing to fill the spot, please come in advance." Let me know, thank you!"
Everyone nodded in agreement and then left one after another.
After leaving the conference room, He Yan looked at the time and said, "It's almost six o'clock. Why don't we just get off work? I'll go back and sort out the resources at hand and contact the Hong Kong and Taiwan singers I'm familiar with one by one. Let's see. Let’s see if anyone is willing to come to the rescue now. Xiaowan, if you have relevant resources, we can check it out first. If there is any overlap, we can persuade each other together to increase the success rate.”
Chen Wan said awkwardly: "Mr. He, I really don't have any resources for Hong Kong and Taiwan singers with good personal connections. The ones I know are basically guests who have been on our show. I don't have many personal connections. How about I contact them?" Give it a try…”
He Jiong waved his hand, sighed, and said: "Forget it, Xiaowan, if you don't have enough personal connections, it would be easy to offend people by making such an invitation at this time. If you don't mention it, people don't have to think about these things at all, but you To extend an invitation is to make it difficult for the other party to step down. They don’t want to agree, but it’s difficult to refuse... "
Saying that, He Jiong shook his head helplessly and said: "Let's take a long-term view on this matter. I'll sort it out tonight. If you invite someone, it must be someone with a certain personal relationship. Only in this way can the other party trust you and not spread the news that you have invited him." Only in this matter can he consider this issue independently without any moral kidnapping."
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Chen Wan sat at the water bar inside CCTV for a while, drank a cup of coffee, and waited for Li Mu to pick her up and take her back to Ziyun Villa.
After Li Mu got off work, he drove to CCTV and sent Chen Wan a text message. Within a few minutes, Chen Wan appeared in front of him.
Seeing that Chen Wan looked a little tired, Li Mu asked her: "Rehearsal is only three days away. Are you particularly tired recently?"
Chen Wan nodded and said, "It's quite tiring, but I'm used to it. Sometimes I record two episodes of "Happy Camp" in a row, which is much more tiring than now."
Li Mu said distressedly: "After this scene is over, I have to prepare for the Xiangnan Satellite TV show again in Hunan. I'm afraid my body won't be able to handle it after all this time?"
"No." Chen Wan said with a smile: "When we perform on our own stage, we are not so rigid and can feel much more relaxed mentally."
"That's good." Li Mu breathed a sigh of relief and said, "If you are too tired, I can help you postpone this performance as far as possible."
Chen Wan asked curiously: "How do you push it?"
Li Mu smiled and said: "You guys from Xiangnan Satellite TV contacted our public relations department and invited me to attend this party. If I am willing to go, the time of the performance can be accommodated to me. From the 5th to the 10th, it can be set according to my time. If you want to take a few days off first, I can communicate with them and see if we can make the reservation until the 12th or later."
Chen Wan said: "Today the director called me specifically to talk about this matter. He said he wanted to ask for my help and see if I could get you to do it."
Li Mu nodded and smiled and said, "I knew your station would definitely ask you for help."
After saying that, Li Mu asked her: "How did you reply?"
Chen Wan said: "I said I would try my best."
Li Mu nodded and said, "Then you can tell them tomorrow that I agreed to participate after your invitation."
Chen Wan pursed her lips and was silent for a moment, then suddenly changed the topic and said to Li Mu: "Something happened at the CCTV party, and I feel quite bad."
Li Mu asked her: "What happened?"
Chen Wan asked Li Mu: "Have you heard about the WHO issuing another warning?"
Li Mu nodded and said, "I heard about it. We were still discussing this matter in the company just now."
Chen Wan asked: "Then what do you think?"
Li Mu said: "WHO's statement is definitely irresponsible. Now the country has disclosed all the epidemic progress in real time without any concealment. This is beyond doubt, and the national media have independently investigated and reported. Rights, the state has issued a special document that prohibits any department or individual from interfering with normal media reporting, so our current epidemic is indeed not as serious as Westerners imagine."
Chen Wan asked curiously: "Then why does the WHO still issue such an irresponsible warning?"
Li Mu smiled slightly and said: "Let me tell you this, originally, Western countries and the media wanted to take this opportunity to exaggerate the epidemic in China, and at the same time, they blackened the impression of China in the minds of the Western people. The government continues to demonize our government. However, this time the government’s handling of the epidemic has been impeccable, making it difficult for the Western media to use the topic. Now they feel very uncomfortable. In addition, there is another very interesting reason. , In the West, everyone is currently busy playing "Plants vs. Zombies Online" and has no time to pay attention to these news, so the Western governments and media are even more depressed."
Chen Wan nodded in realization: "I understand, the WHO's warning is actually a disguised attempt to smear us."
"That's right." Li Mu said with a smile: "The Western media has been slandering us for more than a day or two. Many seemingly authoritative international organizations are actually controlled by the West, so they sometimes do some collusive things. YY has already In response to this matter, we sent a clarification push to users around the world, which should be able to save some of it, but there is nothing we can do about the rest. I can only say that being black is healthier. We have been hacked countless times over the years. The intensity of this time Compared to the past, it’s nothing extraordinary.”
Chen Wan said helplessly: "But if they do this, many people will be induced by them. CCTV will have ten Hong Kong and Taiwan singers in this party, but because the WHO said that Yanjing is now very dangerous, five of them have withdrawn. Yes, they are unwilling to come to China during this seemingly dangerous time."
"So cheating?" Li Mu frowned, then waved his hand and said, "But it's human nature for them to be worried at this time, and it's understandable. And in fact, it doesn't matter. There are so many singers in Yanjing, and they can find enough people at any time. Come and fill your seat.”
Chen Wan said: "I felt the same way at first, but the director and other organizers seemed to be very disappointed. Teacher He analyzed that CCTV may want to promote the unity of the three places through the participation of celebrities from the two sides. The spirit of united efforts to fight SARS together is quite high, but if we do this now, it may be difficult to realize this idea... "
Li Mu felt like he was enlightened. He originally thought it was a charity party for the epidemic, so he didn't pay much attention to the format of the party, let alone think about the deeper meaning of the party. After Chen Wan said this, Only then did he instantly see the deeper intention.
Wanting to understand this level, Li Mu's brows suddenly furrowed. This deep meaning is very good and of great significance. It is a pity to miscarry like this...
Almost instantly, Li Mu made a decision: He must find a way to help save the situation!
(End of chapter)