It was New Year's Eve in a blink of an eye. Zhou Jinyu did not go to CCTV during the day, but was at home. All the cast and crew only needed to be there at 3 pm, so there was still plenty of time during the day.
After these few days of rehearsals and familiarity, she has become very proficient in the performance of "A Hundred Birds Pay Attention to the Phoenix". She can even hum it unconsciously at home, which made Lin Hexia feel a little obsessed after watching it.
After lunch and eating at home, Zhou Jinyu went to the CCTV studio, while Zhao Yi and Lin Hexia each prepared for the work they needed to do during the New Year.
It's still the same as before, Lin Hexia is responsible for handling the ingredients for the New Year's Eve dinner, while Zhao Yi is responsible for posting Spring Festival couplets and door gods. It's just that it's a bit late now. In previous years, he started working in the morning.
In order to reduce the workload, he had to bring in several high-end robots from the laboratory to help with the work. If the family could not afford to hire helpers, a big family would not necessarily be a good thing.
At 6 o'clock in the afternoon, he finally finished all the work, then got into the kitchen and started preparing the New Year's Eve dinner, with Lin Hexia helping him.
By 7:30, the dining table is already filled with a lot of food. No matter how many people are eating the New Year's Eve dinner, 12 dishes will be prepared, and the main ones are big fish and meat.
Of course, the ingredients at his home are basically top-notch, so the taste is very good. In fact, even if you don't have any cooking skills, the meals you make will not be bad.
What's more, Zhao Yi has also learned cooking skills. He used to make home-cooked dishes, but he found that during the New Year and the holidays, all the domestic helpers need to go home for the holidays, and he can only take the lead in the family.
So he studied cooking for a period of time, and now he can cook almost all the mainstream recipes of mainstream domestic cuisines. As for innovation, he still feels that it is not necessary.
So you can see that the 12 New Year's Eve meals at home basically include dishes from various cuisines. Even Lin Hexia likes to eat Shanxi dishes, and he has also cooked two of them, as well as his favorite Gan cuisine.
Before the New Year's Eve dinner, he took firecrackers and set them off in front of the house where he lived. This was a custom in his hometown, and it has been maintained even in the capital.
In fact, according to custom, he also needs to pay homage to his ancestors and worship the local land god. Obviously, he cannot do these things here, and in his current state, there is no place to worship even if he wants to.
So he had to simply set off firecrackers. The firecrackers he set off were very long. After setting off, the entire door was filled with smoke. Fortunately, the smoke was just water vapor, which was neither unpleasant nor polluted the air.
In fact, there are many cigarette and firecracker factories now launching firecrackers and fireworks with various flavors, but the price is much more expensive than ordinary fireworks and firecrackers, and he chose ordinary fireworks and firecrackers.
After setting off the firecrackers, he immediately closed the door of his home and the residence where he lived until 12 o'clock past midnight. He then opened the door before setting off the firecrackers. This is also a custom passed down from the older generation.
As long as it does not bring any great inconvenience to himself, he is still very willing to abide by traditional customs, and will not think that this is feudal dross, nor will he ask why he does this because it is unnecessary.
Any culture needs some carriers to be concretely reflected. If it just stays in words, the culture will disappear over time.
In fact, this trend has already existed in previous lives. This is caused by many factors. He believes that the main reason is that the concept is too Westernized and he does not have enough understanding of his own traditional culture.
This is also related to the education system in the previous life. My traditional cultural education only stayed at the more famous poems and songs. In fact, the carrying capacity of many traditional cultures in our country is not large.
Now due to the rapid development of the domestic economy, after the reform and opening up, there has not yet been a large-scale yearning for Western culture. The domestic economy has surpassed Western countries, and the per capita income has also reached the level of many high-income countries.
Therefore, the current nationals' admiration for foreign countries is not as obvious as in previous generations. The older generation is fighting for the world and has a strong sense of national and cultural identity.
With the popularization of the Internet, the new generation has a relatively comprehensive understanding of foreign and domestic situations, is more rational, and will not be misled by other people's words.
Moreover, the number of people traveling abroad is gradually increasing every year, but the total number is still small, because those in charge of financial power are mainly those born in the 50s and 60s, and they have not yet had the concept of traveling abroad.
They have all experienced hard times in their generation. After they have money, they basically spend it on improving their material life. They have not changed their ideas. Even if they travel, the mountains and rivers in the country are enough to see for a long time. .
In fact, he feels that it is a pity that the education of traditional Chinese culture in his previous life was weak. Even the students' understanding of Western culture is richer than their understanding of their own culture, which is a bit ironic.
Therefore, after Chinese education companies accepted domestic compulsory education, they increased the educational content of traditional culture, significantly increased the study of ancient Chinese, and at the same time put forward higher requirements for students' Chinese writing ability.
The most typical example is that now the college entrance examination essay is no longer part of the Chinese language exam, but is a separate exam. Students need to spend 2 hours writing an article that meets the outline requirements.
The purpose of this is to strengthen students' writing skills. In the past, many people who graduated with undergraduate degrees found it very difficult to write an article that could be read.
He believes that composition was very neglected in his previous life. Students' reading content was very narrow, and many just studied the texts in textbooks. With such a workload, it would be difficult to write good articles.
Although the content of Chinese teaching in the classroom has not increased much, there are a lot of reading requirements outside the classroom. For those with younger school age, modern literary works are mainly recommended.
Starting from junior high school, a large number of ancient Chinese readings will be recommended. In addition to reading, there are also special courses for students' writing ability, as well as relevant scoring standards.
In the previous life, there was no such condition for doing this, because if you wanted to complete a large amount of extracurricular reading, you had to spend a huge amount of money to buy books, and not all families had this condition.
But it is different now. Not only does each school have its own reading room, which contains many books for students to borrow, but each student is also issued a smart tutor tablet.
Whatever books you need to read will be provided for free. In order to help students improve their writing skills, Polaris and Cornerstone Materials have developed special equipment.
In the past, if you wanted to practice calligraphy, you could only use real calligraphy pens and a lot of paper. If it was provided by a Chinese education company, it would cost a lot of money. In fact, practicing any calligraphy requires a lot of paper.
Therefore, we developed very sensitive sensor pens and electronic paper, which are basically sold to Chinese education companies at cost price. A set only costs 100 yuan and can be used for three years under normal circumstances.
The implementation of these measures has enabled our country's students not only to no longer recognize their own handwriting, but also to have reached a certain level, especially the emphasis on regular script, which is all written in a decent manner.
And judging from their composition examinations, although what they wrote may not be meaningful, after all, it requires rich experience and experience, at least between the lines, they still have a certain level and attainment.
Especially for college entrance examination essays, the full score of 100 points can basically reach the level of 95 points. Of course, this is also related to the college entrance examination marking requirements.
After all, such educational measures have not been implemented for many years. As his ability in this area becomes stronger and stronger, the requirements for composition must be higher and higher. But now that he can perform like this, he still feels that this move is very good. .
After the two of them finished their New Year's Eve dinner, it was exactly 8 o'clock and CCTV's Spring Festival Gala had just started. After they put away the remaining meals, they began to sit on the sofa in the living room and watch the Spring Festival Gala.
Since there were only two of them, there were no worries. Lin Hexia basically lay in his arms and watched. Due to Zhou Jinyu's participation, this year's Spring Festival Gala was a bit special.
Perhaps due to the reunification, this year's Spring Festival Gala has many programs for celebrities from the other side of the Taiwan Strait. After all, this is the first Spring Festival Gala after the reunification of the two sides, so this arrangement is understandable.
Zhou Jinyu's program was scheduled at 10 o'clock, which was a very good time slot. In order not to miss Zhou Jinyu's program, the two of them didn't leave. They just sat on the sofa and watched the Spring Festival Gala program for two hours.
Although they would watch the Spring Festival Gala in previous years, they would not take it so seriously. Most of the time, the Spring Festival Gala is just background music. Their main activities are chatting or playing cards and other entertainment.
At about 10 o'clock, I finally saw Zhou Jinyu perform. It was a solo performance. The costumes did not look that exaggerated. The stage effect used holographic projection, so the rendering of the scene of "A Hundred Birds Worship the Phoenix" was still in place.
When Lin Hexia saw that it was Zhou Jinyu's program, she immediately sat up straight and wanted to take a closer look at Zhou Jinyu's performance. Although she knew what Zhou Jinyu was singing, she had never heard the full version.
After a peaceful musical prelude, Zhou Jinyu suddenly spoke, imitating Feng Ming's cry according to the rhythm of the music. His voice was crisp and loud, bright and clean, and full of majesty and dominance.
In fact, no one knows what the cry of the phoenix sounds like, so they can only rely on their own imagination. For this, they have worked very hard and done a lot of experiments.
After a high-pitched phoenix call, other birdsong gradually appeared. There were a few simple birdsong, and gradually there were more. As the rhythm of the music progressed, there were more and more birdsong, as if they were in a forest. among.
The complex sounds of birdsong reveal their proper rhythm. With your eyes closed, you feel as if your soul is wandering in a world full of birdsong and the fragrance of flowers. The atmosphere is very peaceful and serene, a scene of a peaceful and prosperous age.
"Has Zhou Jinyu's singing skills reached this point?" Lin Hexia, who was sitting next to him, asked.
"Her innate conditions are so good. As long as she is not stupid and is willing to work hard, these basic skills can be easily improved. The only thing she needs to improve now is her sensitivity to music. This is something she needs to accumulate and ponder in the future. .”
In fact, singing not only requires a good voice, but also requires practicing Qi. It is commonly known as having a strong Qi. If the Qi is weak, even if you have a good voice, you will not be able to sing as it should.
Zhou Jinyu must have never practiced these skills before, but she has a very good foundation in this area. She may be born with it, and the ventriloquism training has played a major role in promoting the development of her abilities in this area.
You must know that the sound of the phoenix just now and the sounds of the birds behind it need to be completed in one breath. If the Dantian Qihai is insufficient, it will be difficult to complete such a performance.
This is also one of the difficulties of this song. Let alone ordinary people, even those who have practiced qi since childhood may not be able to complete this. This does not include the atmosphere and feeling that requires perfect acting.
In addition to this difficulty, there is also the fact that ordinary people cannot produce multiple mixed sound effects from their voices at the same time, because generally, the voice can only produce sounds of one frequency at the same time.
However, Zhou Jinyu's voice has been modified, and her ability is not comparable to that of ordinary people. In the singing of birds just now, dozens of pronunciations appeared at the same time. It can be said that except for her, almost no one can complete this action.
So I won’t say what the quality of this song is, but in terms of difficulty, it is definitely one of the most rare songs to date.
Sure enough, after Zhou Jinyu finished singing this song, almost all the audience stood up and applauded her, because many people in the audience were knowledgeable people and people from the literary and art circles.
They have a clear understanding of the difficulty of this song and the complexity of the arrangement. To be able to perform such a difficult song requires top-notch performance in all aspects, and also requires special abilities.
For example, being able to make your voice produce dozens of mixed tones at the same time, and being able to distinguish the differences among them, without making them all chaotic, blocks out almost all singers.
If anyone wants to try this song in the future, this part of the birds singing will definitely have to be recorded. Some people may even think that the part sung by Zhou Jinyu was also completed by recording.
Someone in the audience shouted for one more song. This was unexpected. You must know that the CCTV Spring Festival Gala is different from a few years ago. It is now more and more formal. The programs are all arranged and cannot be improvised.
He still remembers the first Spring Festival Gala. Audiences outside the venue could request songs by phone, and whoever they requested would perform on stage. This situation is basically gone now. Generally speaking, no one will shout "Sing one more song." .
If it was just one person shouting, it would be okay. Later, everyone saw someone shouting, and some people followed suit, which made Zhou Jinyu a little bit at a loss.
This was the first time Zhou Jinyu performed on stage. She had only sung in live broadcast rooms before and had little stage experience. Fortunately, she had also been a university teacher for many years and quickly stabilized her emotions.
Said: "My next album will be completed soon. If you want to listen to more, you can choose to buy it. Time is limited now, so I'd better leave the stage to other performers."
After saying this, she ignored the cries of the audience and went directly to the backstage. At this time, the host came up and praised her performance just now, and then expressed his expectation for her next album, which was regarded as smoothing things over for her. .
"These people don't care about the occasion. How can they add programs to the Spring Festival Gala stage casually? If they really agree, they will offend the people performing below." Lin Hexia expressed dissatisfaction with this.
"What's there to be angry about? When people are over a hundred, there are all kinds of strange things, and there are always people who don't act according to common sense." Zhao Yi saw her angry look, hugged her and said.
"Jin Yu has finished her performance now. Should she come back? Her performance just now was so amazing. I must reward her. How about we start making midnight snacks now?" Lin Hexia said.
"It's not that fast. She may need to stay backstage until the end. Even if she doesn't stay until the end, she still needs a certain amount of time to remove her makeup. Don't be so anxious."
It seemed that Zhou Jinyu's performance just now really moved her, otherwise she would never behave like this. We are usually used to being together and get along more casually.
Zhou Jinyu did not perform on stage. If she simply listened to the music, she would not have much emotion. She would simply think it sounded good.
But once the stage effect is added, especially with this kind of king-like song, it is like the king is coming, the aura is full, and the feeling is completely different.
As soon as Zhao saw Zhou Jinyu's first stage performance, he actually had such a performance, and he was a little doubtful. Was she born for this job, but was delayed by the career of a university teacher
However, as far as the field of music is concerned, Zhou Jinyu's current scope is still relatively small. If he wants to be the top in this field in the future, it will take a long time to study and hone his skills.
After they watched Zhou Jinyu's performance, they became less serious about the rest of the program and instead began to discuss the content of the song. Lin and Xia were full of admiration for this in every word.
The time finally reached 11:30, and Zhou Jinyu finally went home. Lin Hexia cooked in person and made supper for Zhou Jinyu. Originally, this job belonged to Zhao Yi, but she took it over.
"How does it feel to perform on such a big stage for the first time?" Zhao Yi asked.
"To be honest, I don't really feel that much. I just treat it as a classroom podium. You have to know that when I have a big class, there are a lot of students sitting under it. This pressure basically doesn't have any impact on me. Influence." Zhou Jinyu said proudly.
This is true. When he was in a big class in his previous life, there were hundreds of people from Wuyang Wuyang. If you have so many eyes looking at you all day long, you will naturally get used to such a scene.
Although the stage of the Spring Festival Gala is indeed much larger, the sense of oppression obviously does not have much impact on Zhou Jinyu, which is why she can perform so well.
After eating the loving supper prepared by Lin Hexia, the time came to 12 o'clock. When it was time to open the door on New Year's Eve, Zhao opened the door and lit the firecrackers. At the same time, he also took out the prepared fireworks and lit them.
Just when he opened the door, the entire capital began to become lively. Various fireworks bloomed over the city, and firecrackers sounded one after another. The whole world fell into the atmosphere of the New Year.
After they opened the door, they stopped watching the Spring Festival Gala. After all, they had to fly back to their hometown this morning and had to take this opportunity to get some sleep.
Although you can sleep on the plane, it's not as comfortable as sleeping at home, so everyone didn't talk much and went back to their rooms to sleep.
Zhao Yi got up at 5 o'clock in the morning and prepared breakfast for them. The breakfast on New Year's Day was relatively simple. He only needed to stew the vermicelli, the leftover dumplings from yesterday and some leftovers together.
Lin Hexia and Zhou Jinyu both finished washing and came down at 6 o'clock. At this time, Zhao Yi also prepared breakfast, and then the three of them sat together and finished their breakfast.
As for the gifts to be brought back, they have all been loaded into the car. The security personnel who followed him back to his hometown this time are all high-end robots. The other security personnel have all arranged to go home for the holidays.
When there were no high-end robots before, security work had to be arranged through time off. Since the introduction of high-end robots, other security personnel have time off on every holiday, and security work is no longer as hard as before.
The flight was quite fast. At 10 o'clock in the morning, they had already arrived at Zhou Zhigang's house. Lin Hexia also came with them this time, so Wang Huilan was even more enthusiastic.
Zhou Zhigang was very positive about Zhou Jinyu's performance in the Spring Festival Gala and encouraged her a few words, hoping that she would not be proud and continue to produce better music.
The Zhou family did not visit relatives today. Everyone was busy at home. After lunch, Zhao Yi took Lin Hexia to Dr. Luo's house to pay him New Year's greetings.
In fact, New Year's greetings like this are usually not held on the first day of the Lunar New Year, because New Year's greetings on the New Year's Day are all given to one's elders, but Zhao Yi, as a lonely person, does not pay so much attention.
On the second day of the Lunar New Year, Zhou Jinjue came back with his wife and children. The four of them spent a long time together reminiscing about old times, but this time Zhou Jinjue also came and left in a hurry.
After only staying at home for one day, he rushed back by himself, leaving his wife to stay at home and she could go back later. Zhou Jinyu would also stay at home until school started.
After Zhao Yi stayed at Zhou's house for a few days, he took Lin Hexia to Tianwen University of Information Technology to see how the school was doing, and then went to Tianwen University to chat with Principal Jiang Ping about the school. Case.
At present, Tianwen University has two campuses in Nanchang. The number of faculty and students at the school has reached 220,000, including more than 20 faculty members and 200,000 students.
The area and number of people on the new campus are no smaller than those on the old campus. In terms of scale, Tianwen University is the largest university in the country. In terms of teaching quality, Tianwen University is also ranked very high. Last year, its comprehensive strength ranked among the top three in the country.
In terms of research level, Tianwen University is definitely No. 1 in the country. After all, if you spend so much money, there will always be some splash, and many major research projects are also organized by Tianwen University.
Moreover, Tianwen University is also actively looking for high-end talents from around the world. It has also recruited a lot of Nobel Prize-level talents, not counting those that Zhao Yi had recruited before.
Although the results are gratifying, they are also facing a big problem now, that is, their funds are insufficient, even if they use the profits of their school-run enterprises.
Tianwen University is a private university. Although it is a non-profit private university, it still cannot obtain financial support from the national level and can only rely on its own funds.
In the past, it was completely supported by the 10 billion US dollars provided by Zhao Yi. Later, it relied on the profits of school-run enterprises to support it until now. Now their expenses are getting higher and higher, and they have to beg him.
In order to obtain outstanding talents, Tianwen University still implements a free policy for domestic students. There is no income from tuition fees, and alumni support is unlikely. After all, everyone has only graduated for a few years and has not made much achievements.
Hearing what Principal Jiang Ping said, Zhao Yi agreed without thinking too much, promising that he would personally provide 20 billion yuan to Tianwen University as teaching funds every year in the future.
Anyway, he still has quite a lot of personal funds in his hands. Although the private laboratory will consume a lot, there is still a lot left. Before, it was basically used to support the development of its industries.
Now he feels that there are fewer and fewer opportunities to develop new industries with his own funds, because he plans to put all new businesses under Xuantian Technology Company in the future and no longer set up a separate company.
In this case, the funds for the new industry will be paid by Xuantian Technology Company, without his own personal investment, and the money will be used to support the development of Tianwen University.
The remaining funds of Tianwen University of Information Technology are not expected to be particularly large, so we might as well provide stable financial support to Tianwen University of Information Technology.
In the end, he decided to spend 20 billion yuan every year to support Tianwen University. After all, they are very large and consume a lot of funds, so it is justifiable to provide more funds.
The funding provided to Tianwen University of Information Technology is 5 billion yuan per year. If they have more research projects in the later period, it will not be too late to increase the funding.
In fact, many of Tianwen University of Information Technology's research projects are in cooperation with companies. The funding basically comes from companies, and the research topics are completely led by themselves. Currently, there are not many. 5 billion yuan is enough for their current situation.
At Tianwen University, due to the large number of disciplines, it is actually difficult to find corporate partners for many disciplines, especially for basic research, which can only be supported by our own money. (End of chapter)