1980 My literary era

Almost the first moment Deng Zaijun mentioned "party", a word jumped out of Lin Weimin's mind like a conditioned reflex.

"Spring Festival Gala".

For Chinese people born after the 1980s, the meaning of the term Spring Festival Gala is basically equivalent to the Chinese New Year.

Deng Zaijun now plays an important role in CCTV. It is already late November, and the two nearest major festivals are New Year's Day and Spring Festival.

Lin Weimin had already learned through Teacher Jinshan that CCTV would make an exception to broadcast the TV series "Cliff" on New Year's Day this year, so it was naturally impossible to hold a party at this time of New Year's Day.

Then there is only one possibility, and that is the Spring Festival Gala.

The word party was still a relatively unfamiliar word to the Chinese in 1983.

All folk entertainment activities are also as secretive as a shy and timid girl.

The entertainment life of most people basically remains at open-air movies that are rarely seen a few times a year, model plays on the radio, or "Love in Lushan", "Legend of Tianyun Mountain", and "The Legend of Tianyun Mountain" that young people meet to see when they are passionately in love. "Xiyingmen", "Wrangler"...

If you want to pursue something higher, watch dramas, dramas, etc., but that’s it.

The emergence of the Spring Festival Gala can be said to have revolutionized the entertainment life of the Chinese people in the 1980s and 1990s to a certain extent, and this change is often only a short moment.

Deng Zaijun sat in the editorial office of "Contemporary" and told Lin Weimin the details of the party she was going to organize.

It all started when Huang Yihe, then director of the song and dance department of CCTV's literary and art department, received a call from station director Wang Feng.

In 1978, CCTV, which had just resumed broadcasting, resumed broadcasting the New Year Gala, which included singing and dancing performances, cross talk, Peking opera and other programs, as well as games.

Since the buzz has just ended, it will be broadcast via video.

In 1979, CCTV independently organized the "New Year Gala" in the form of a "teahouse", which was co-directed by Deng Zaijun and Yang Jie, who were directors of the song and dance section of the CCTV Literature and Art Department at the time.

In the opening part of the party, the party subverted the large propaganda slogans and New Year's greetings of the past, and instead boldly arranged a ballroom dance that was rare at the time, which aroused a great response.

During the party, Li Guangxi's "Toast Song" became the most popular song of the year and became popular all over the country.

Since then, there have been New Year's Eve parties of different sizes and forms every year.

In the winter of 1982, Huang Yihe became the person in charge of this "New Year's Gala". He immediately proposed to Wang Feng the bold idea of ​​live broadcasting.

Live broadcast is a unique feature of television, and CCTV leadership agreed to this proposal after a brief discussion.

But it is easier said than done. At this time, the Chinese television industry has no experience in live broadcasting large-scale evening parties, so everything needs to be started from scratch.

In order to support Huang Yihe's work, several other heavyweight choreographers and directors in the theater have also taken action, including Deng Zaijun, who was previously in charge of the "New Year's Gala".

At present, the program arrangement of the Spring Festival Gala has just begun to take shape. It is still the same as the previous years, mainly including song and dance performances, cross talk storytelling, opera performances, audience interaction and other aspects.

"Then why did you come to me this time..." Lin Weimin asked.

Deng Zaijun said: "The major aspects of this party are still the same as before, but our directing team still wants to innovate. We plan to introduce the form of sketch, but the script is a problem. The Spring Festival is a day for family reunions, so the sketch is The atmosphere must be relaxed and pleasant. There are very few gay people around me who are good at this. It happened that my daughter and I had gone to see the play "The Intouchables" written by you before, and the comedy part was very impressive..."

When Deng Zaijun said this, Lin Weimin completely understood what she meant, "You want me to help write a sketch script for this year's New Year's Spring Festival Gala."

At this time, the name of the "Spring Festival Gala" had not yet been officially decided. Lin Weimin called it according to Deng Zaijun.

Deng Zaijun smiled and said: "Not only that, I also hope that you can help with the script planning and rehearsal of the sketch program at the party."

"Teacher Deng, you think too highly of me. I only know a little bit about scripts, but when it comes to coordination and rehearsal, I really know nothing about it." Lin Weimin said modestly.

He originally planned to wait for Lao Guo to go and see his little girlfriend in a few days. He was delayed a few days ago because of Lao Guo's affairs. If he took this job, he would have been kidnapped in Yanjing years ago.

"Teacher Lin, don't say that. I am very clear about your ability in literary creation. Although the sketch is a performance, the core is driven by words and language. It is just a different form of expression.

And your job happens to be the most core and scarce thing in this type of program. "

When Deng Zaijun said this, his words were sincere and his expression was sincere, "Teacher Lin, we at CCTV are very determined to bring forth new ideas for this New Year's Gala, and we also very much hope to give the people of the country a refreshing experience. Please come and help." help."

His attitude was very low, and for what he said, if Lin Weimin refused, he would not let the people of the country have a good year, so he could only agree.

"Then let me try."

Deng Zaijun said happily: "This is great. Now our comrades in the directing team can relax."

Lin Weimin said: "Teacher Deng, you think too highly of me."

"It's not that I think highly of it, but that I value it. At least among the people I know, no one has your achievements in literary creation."

When Deng Zaijun was talking, the admiration for Lin Weimin in his eyes was self-evident.

Lin Weimin couldn't help but think of Zhou Meng who wrote to him before. This girl still insisted on writing letters. Lin Weimin would occasionally reply to her a letter. He could only regard Deng Zaijun's words as a compliment.

After making an appointment to attend a meeting at CCTV next Monday, Deng Zaijun left the Chinese Literature Society.

After she left, her colleagues joked: "It's okay to serve the people, but now they are working as consultants at CCTV."

Deng Zaijun asked Lin Weimin for help, and he must give him a title. He is now the chief writer and consultant of CCTV's New Year's Gala sketch program.

There wasn't even a letter of appointment, just a verbal letter.

At this time, there was no such thing as "language programs", otherwise Lin Weimin would now be considered the chief director of "language programs".

It’s quite exciting to say it!

On Monday morning, Lin Weimin rode a motorcycle to the broadcasting compound on Nanlishi Road in XC District.

At this time in 1982, there was no shadow of the "big pants" that would become famous throughout the country. CCTV was still working together with the Central People's Broadcasting Station and the rap group of the China Broadcasting Art Troupe in the broadcasting compound on Nanlishi Road in Yanjing XC District.

In a wooden bungalow on the west side of the broadcasting building, this is the office of the singing and dancing group director team, and it is also where today's meeting was held.

Lin Weimin was sitting casually at a desk with a cup of hot tea in his hand.

The other people in the room were similar to him, sitting very casually.

Huang Yihe looks very capable. He is in his forties and belongs to CCTV's current young group. He has been entrusted with important tasks by the station, so he will naturally take the lead in today's meeting.

The preparations for the Spring Festival Gala, that is, the Spring Festival Gala, are carried out in the form of a director group. In addition to Huang Yihe, there are also Deng Zaijun, Yang Jie and others.

When Lin Weimin saw Yang Jie, he couldn't help but think of those young and frivolous years, when he was just looking at the monkeys, but turned a blind eye to so many beautiful women.

After thinking about it, Lin Weimin's thinking began to diverge again. What will Zhu Lin, the king of the daughter country, do now that she has finished playing "Cliff"?

"This is Teacher Lin Weimin. Our director team specially invited the screenwriter and consultant who is responsible for coordinating the sketch program."

When Lin Weimin was thinking wildly, Huang Yihe introduced him to everyone present, and Lin Weimin quickly stood up and nodded to everyone.

The name of a person, the shadow of a tree, Lin Weimin is now famous. All members of the preparatory team know him, but not many people have seen him.

"Teacher Lin, this is Teacher Ma Ji. You should know him. He is mainly responsible for the cross talk part of the party. You two can communicate more in the future." Huang Yihe introduced a smiling middle-aged man to Lin Weimin.

Of course Lin Weimin knows about Universe brand cigarettes.

Ma Ji is one of the members of the Spring Festival Gala preparatory team. He is in his forties this year and is already considered a heavyweight in the domestic folk art circle. But it was in his eighties that he really became famous throughout the country and became a leading figure in the cross talk circle. Participated in several Spring Festival Galas.

Lin Weimin shook hands with him and exchanged a few words.

Today's meeting is mainly for the director team to call the main behind-the-scenes staff of the entire Spring Festival Gala preparation team to familiarize everyone, and to arrange the division of labor and tasks for everyone in the future.

Lin Weimin is a screenwriter and consultant for sketch programs, and the one he has the most contact with is Deng Zaijun.

At the end of the meeting, Huang Yihe presented the programming plan for this Spring Festival Gala.

There are a total of 55 programs, which basically covers all the program formats of the Spring Festival Gala in later generations. Only a small part of them have confirmed the detailed information of the programs, and most of them are drafted, not even a hair.

Lin Weimin's task is to ensure that at least three sketch programs are on the stage of this party. Huang Yihe did not give him a specific number, but the requirement is that it is best to prepare a few more scripts.

Lin Weimin raised his hand when Huang Yihe said this, "Director Huang, I want to say a few words about the script..."

Huang Yihe stood in the room and said: "Teacher Lin, don't feel pressured. If you really don't have time to create, you can first come up with it in the form of an outline and discuss it with our director team to see which one should be used and which one should not be used."

Lin Weimin had a somewhat humble smile on his face, "Thank you, Director Huang, for your consideration. I just want to say that after Director Deng came to see me a few days ago, I happened to write a few scripts at night when I had nothing to do. Otherwise, you can Let’s take a look first?”

Huang Yihe:......

Everyone:...

Thousands of days have passed, and that’s it for today. Tomorrow's update will still be current code, so the time is not fixed. Please bear with me and try to write more tomorrow. The update time will be fixed at 8 am.