Within half an hour, Li Mu received the good news from Leslie Cheung and Mei Yanfang.
Zhang Xueyou, Chen Yixun, Luo Dayou, and Cai Qin all agreed to their invitation, decided to reject their original work and came to Yanjing to participate in the recording of this party. Originally, there were five people missing, but now Suddenly there were six more.
Li Mu was particularly excited. If Leslie Cheung, Mei Yanfang and the four singers they contacted could all be in place, it would be a super luxurious lineup. By then, the influence of the party would be greatly improved. If he added " "The Sunshine Always Comes After the Storm" was changed to "Love Each Other and the Family", that's really perfect.
So, Li Mu immediately said to Chen Wan, who was also in the excitement: "You call the director of the party now. Three things. First, tell him the willingness of these six celebrities to come to the rescue and let him try his best." Everything is arranged properly, don't let the pigeons go; secondly, the song I originally submitted was changed to "Love each other, family". I will sing the first half with my brother and Mei Gu, and in the second half, I will choose two from each of the three places across the Taiwan Strait. When three singers join in and sing together; thirdly, this performance may go down in the history of the entertainment industry, so all the singers must sing live. If you don't accept this, then I will be the first to quit."
Big names from both sides of the Taiwan Strait and three places gathered in Yanjing, which is considered the most dangerous place in the Western media, to jointly contribute their voices to the fight against SARS. The lineup alone is a once-in-a-lifetime event. Let alone others, there are only Zhang Guorong and Mei Yanfang. Who can recruit these two people now? Come out to perform? Neither of them were interested in the special concert at the Coliseum, let alone such a big platter of performances! So being able to gather such a lineup is simply a miracle, a miracle that is much more awesome than the Spring Festival Gala.
What's more, this is a very meaningful thing in itself, and the positive energy is extraordinary. I believe that this performance will definitely bring great encouragement to compatriots in the entire Chinese nation, not only compatriots on both sides of the Taiwan Strait and the three places, but also people far away. Compatriots and overseas Chinese from all over the world.
Such an important performance is truly unprecedented and will definitely go down in the history of the Chinese entertainment industry. However, if lip-syncing is used in such a significant performance, it would be a huge failure!
Therefore, Li Mu must give the director of the party program enough temptation and pressure, use the lineup of these six superstars and his own participation to seduce and force him, and he must choose to sing for real.
Chen Wan obeyed Li Mu's orders, so she immediately obeyed him, took out her cell phone and called the director team.
The director is currently in the conference room, worried.
In order to find a Hong Kong and Taiwan star to fill the spot, he made countless calls to the people in the program preparation team, but basically no Hong Kong and Taiwan singer could confirm that he would come to the rescue.
This is not only because some Western media are exaggerating the epidemic in Yanjing, but also because such an urgent schedule will almost certainly conflict with their original work arrangements.
Most of the first- and second-tier stars are very busy. Actors have to join the filming team, accept endorsements, shoot commercials, and catch up with announcements. They wish they had clear arrangements for 350 days of the year, 365 days a year. The same goes for singers. Recording in the studio, going on tour or participating in various commercial performances, shooting music videos, accepting commercials, and catching up on announcements. After a year, there are only a few days of leisure.
Generally, stars like this have a full schedule of work in the next one or two months, and the possibility of temporarily finding time is very small. It is unlikely that they can spare half a day. What's more, this CCTV party requires rehearsals and recordings, at least It takes two days.
So when I suddenly go to see these celebrities, almost no one can spare the time.
However, there are quite a few celebrities in RTHK who can spare time, but they really don’t have enough celebrity positions. Even if they want to come, the director and other people in charge may not be able to take notice...
Not having enough celebrity seats is the most embarrassing thing. I want to use this performance to highlight the friendship between compatriots on both sides of the Taiwan Strait and the three places who share the same hardships. If there are not enough celebrity stars, then this feeling is not just a bit boring, but a far cry from it.
Just when he didn't know what to do for a while, Chen Wan called the director. Although he was extremely depressed and had already refused calls from several friends, when he saw Chen Wan's call, he was slightly moved. After hesitating, he still chose to connect.
The CCTV director was not familiar with Chen Wan. This party was the first time the two had collaborated. At first, he was acting like a CCTV director. He always felt that the host from the local station was shorter than him, but after a few After working together for the whole day, he found that the professional abilities and professionalism of Chen Wan and He Yan were not inferior to those of the CCTV hosts. In some aspects, they were even better than the CCTV hosts. At least the CCTV hosts were good at entertainment. Aspect is naturally weak.
When the call was connected, the director asked Chen Wan in a slightly decadent voice: "Is there anything wrong with Mr. Chen calling so late?"
The most friendly honorific for each other in the entertainment industry is to call each other teacher, so usually in the program group, except for calling the director a certain director, everyone else basically calls each other teacher.
Chen Wan said: "Director Xu, I told Mr. Li of Makino Technology about today's emergency situation. He urgently contacted Zhang Guorong and Mei Yanfang. Both of them decided to return to China immediately to save the situation. They are expected to arrive in Yancheng tomorrow evening. Beijing."
The director didn't react for a moment, but subconsciously repeated: "Leslie Cheung and Mui Yanfang are coming to the rescue? These two haven't shown up for a while..."
Having said this, he suddenly came to his senses, stood up in the conference room, his voice nearly doubled, and asked in shock: "What did you say?! Zhang Guorong and Mei Yanfang are coming to the rescue?" ! Save us?! Teacher Chen, are you sure you are not joking with me?!"
This roar made the entire conference room shocked!
Leslie Cheung and Mei Yanfang? !
How can it be? !
These two are both superstars and seniors in the Hong Kong entertainment industry. They have a very large influence in the entire Chinese world. Some time ago, the two gradually faded out of the entertainment industry. Countless media have expressed regret, and all fans, fans and fans are waiting. With the official comeback of these two people, the superstar resources that everyone least dares to expect at this time are probably these two people!
The entire preparation team had counted the current stars in Hong Kong and Taiwan several times on their fingers and listed every star who might be invited, but no one dared to include these two. How could it be possible? ! It is said that a performance company offered Zhang Guorong over 100 million Hong Kong dollars to come back and start a global tour, but Zhang Guorong refused without hesitation. Mei Yanfang also received an offer that was almost the same, but neither of them was moved. , a Hong Kong gossip media even joked that unless a big boss in the Hong Kong entertainment industry dies, it is impossible for these two people to appear in the public eye. This shows how difficult it is to invite these two people to come out now!
However, at this time, these two super celebrities in the Hong Kong entertainment industry are actually coming to attend this charity party? Moreover, they took the initiative to participate without inviting them. This is such an incredible thing that no one can believe it.
At this time, Chen Wan said to the director: "Director Xu, why would I joke with you about something like this? Mr. Li invited me."
"But I read the news some time ago and it said they were in the United States! And it seems that Teacher Mei Yanfangmei has cancer and has been receiving treatment in the United States... "
"Yes." Chen Wan said: "The two of them have indeed been in the United States, but after Mr. Li extended the invitation, they immediately decided to return to China to save the situation."
It took the director more than ten seconds to come to his senses. He was so excited that he almost shook off his phone and said, "Thank you, Teacher Chen. Thank you, Teacher Chen! This really saved all of us!"
Chen Wan smiled and said, "I'm just a sounding board. If you want to thank me, you should thank Mr. Li. After all, it's all his efforts."
The director nodded repeatedly and said, "That's for sure! I must thank Mr. Li very much!"
Chen Wan said: "There's more, there's more good news than this."
The director asked in surprise: "Is there any other good news?"
Chen Wan said: "Zhang Guorong and Mei Yanfang recognized the meaning of our party very much, so they also tried their best to invite several Hong Kong and Taiwan stars, including Hong Kong's Zhang Xueyou and Chen Yixun, There are also Luo Dayou and Cai Qin from Taiwan.”
The director felt an unprecedented sense of happiness exploding in his mind like a nuclear bomb. He was so excited that he could hardly stand, and asked tremblingly: "Teacher Chen, these four singers are also coming to the rescue? "
"Yes." Chen Wan said, "The time has been set. The last one will arrive in Yanjing at 1:30 a.m. the day after tomorrow."
The director hurriedly said: "Then I will arrange the reception work."
"You don't have to worry about it, Director Xu." Chen Wan said, "Mr. Li has already arranged this matter, and his staff will coordinate and handle it. If nothing else happens, all the actors will be able to join us in three days." rehearsal."
"Okay, okay!" The director was excited and said hurriedly: "I will hold a meeting with everyone immediately to adjust the performance process based on the new list."
Chen Wan said: "Director Xu, there are two more things I want to tell you."
"Teacher Chen, please tell me."
"Mr. Li is going to replace the song "Sunshine is always after the storm" with "Love as a Family". He will sing this song with Leslie Cheung, Mui Yanfang, and four other Hong Kong and Taiwan singers. You are also needed. Several mainland singers will come in to complement the performance.”
"That's no problem!" The director's eyes lit up. The song "Love and Family" is more relevant than "The Sunshine Always Comes After the Storm". This song was chosen so perfectly.
Chen Wan added: "In addition, Mr. Li also has a clear request, that is, all singing must be real during the entire party, and this must be achieved."
The director nodded repeatedly without thinking: "Don't worry, Mr. Li, we will definitely do it!"
The director also knows very well that with so many big names and such a perfect lineup, even the Spring Festival Gala cannot compare. It is rare to be able to put together such a lineup. For such a high-standard performance, if it is still lip-syncing, That was really embarrassing, so he almost immediately made up his mind to ensure that there would be no accidents or flaws in this party, and to give a perfect answer to compatriots from across the Taiwan Strait, three places, and overseas Chinese!
(End of chapter)