Millennium director

The camping area, which is not too big, is already bustling with people.

There are about a hundred tents standing here, some large and some small, each of which emits a warm yellow light, embellishing the dim mountaintop scenery.

"I heard there will be fireworks later?" Sitting on the picnic table, Wu Yuan chatted with Xia Yu while tasting the small barbecue grilled by his wife.

We can't just spend the whole night reminiscing about literary youths. Xia Yu's emotions came and went quickly, and soon everyone started laughing again.

"Didn't fireworks and firecrackers ban it in previous years, but it's rare to open it this year."

"Maybe it's also to get rid of the old and welcome the new, clear the haze, and make everyone happier."

Xia Yu smiled and said, "Maybe it won't be allowed next year."

The ban on setting off fireworks and firecrackers is still very strict in big cities. This custom that has continued for thousands of years has been banned in various parts of the country. Now only a few sparse sounds can be heard during the New Year, and they are all secretly set off.

But Chinese people have an inexplicable obsession with setting off fireworks and firecrackers. The louder the sound, the more festive the New Year atmosphere.

Fireworks and firecrackers carry people's expectations for a better life in the coming year, and setting off fireworks at the beginning of the year is also to seek a good omen.

In previous years, the control was strict, but this year is different. In order to "get rid of the old and welcome the new", for the moment when the fireworks and firecrackers bloom and burn, people's accumulated negative emotions for a whole year are released, so this year, fireworks and firecrackers are specially allowed to be set off.

Who said that the past year was too special, everyone needs a festive atmosphere.

Wu Yuan is also looking forward to it. When he was a child, there was no "ban on fireworks". The New Year atmosphere at that time was very good. It was really "a year away in the sound of firecrackers", unlike now when the New Year is very deserted outside, and no sound can be heard.

Of course, it is not the New Year yet, it is just the New Year's Eve, but the atmosphere still needs to be there.

"When will it be set off?"

"It should be at 12 o'clock."

"It seems that a lot of fireworks have been prepared, and they can be set off for ten minutes in a row."

"Hey, this is a good relationship."

Everyone chatted in pairs, and time passed bit by bit.

Until they were almost sleepy, in a tacit countdown, the last day of 2020 passed, and with the first second of 2021, countless fireworks rushed into the sky, exploding into a gorgeous beauty.

Wu Yuan hugged his wife, looked up at the colorful fireworks in the sky, and whispered in her ear: "Happy New Year."

The first impression left on Wu Yuan on the first day of 2021 was foot pain.

After camping on the mountain for a night, his legs were shaking when he went down the mountain and returned home.

Wu Yuan hasn't exercised much in recent years. After climbing the mountain, he still had some muscle soreness. In addition, it was cold at night on the top of the mountain. Even if he got into the sleeping bag, he didn't sleep very well. It felt like he was dreaming of Hulunbuir.

In general, this New Year's Eve camping trip was romantic, but the experience was not very good. It would be more comfortable to live in a modern villa.

After returning home, Wu Yuan and Liu Yifei lay down for a few days. It was not until January 4 that they almost recovered from the tossing of Hulunbuir and New Year's Eve.

"I'm really old."

"When I was 20, climbing such a small hill was easy, and I wouldn't feel tired at all."

"I can't do it now. My legs and waist ache when I come back."

After taking a sip of chrysanthemum and wolfberry, Wu Yuan said to his wife who was holding his daughter affectionately: "This year's Spring Festival is later. February 12 is the first day of the Lunar New Year. I'm not in a hurry to go back."

"By the way, the Spring Festival Gala has sent another invitation. Are you going to watch the Spring Festival Gala this year?"

Liu Yifei, who was coaxing the child, was not moved at all, "No, it's boring and it will delay things."

"Aren't we going back to Jiangcheng on the 27th of the twelfth lunar month?"

"Oh, right!" Wu Yuan slapped his forehead and was a little embarrassed: "Look at my brain."

He just received an invitation call from the Spring Festival Gala program team last night, and asked casually, completely forgetting that their family was no longer in Beijing at that time.

Speaking of the Spring Festival Gala, in recent years, the Spring Festival Gala not only invited Wu Yuan's family to watch the show every year, but also hoped that Wu Yuan could be the chief director of the Spring Festival Gala.

After all, the Spring Festival Gala has been reforming in recent years, trying to regain its reputation, but the results have not been very good.

For the first time in the history of the Spring Festival Gala, an external director was invited to serve as the chief director. The director invited was Feng Xiaogang, a film director. What's more interesting is that this Spring Festival Gala is considered to be the last peak of the Spring Festival Gala.

After the 2014 Spring Festival Gala directed by Feng Xiaogang, the Spring Festival Gala has been getting worse and worse, with more and more complaints. CCTV naturally wants to find a powerful director to create another miracle.

Naturally, the great director Wu Yuan became the target. He was invited to be the chief director almost every year, but Wu Yuan refused every year. He refused for so many years and even refused to show his feelings.

"The Central Radio and Television Station is also interesting." Thinking of this, Wu Yuan said somewhat unhappily: "They are so persistent in wanting to invite me, don't they just hope that I can use my connections to play a big game."

Although the Spring Festival Gala is known as the top stage in China, in fact, the appeal of the Spring Festival Gala is not as high as before. In the past, everyone rushed to perform on the Spring Festival Gala, but now the top actors and singers are reluctant to go to the Spring Festival Gala, thinking that it is a thankless job. In addition, there is a lack of successors in the skits, and there are no outstanding juniors, and there is a lack of jokes.

In this embarrassing situation, if the Spring Festival Gala wants to be well run, it must rely on the director's ability to a certain extent. If the director can invite a few big names, such as Jay Chou, Cheng Long, and Dehua, it is not impossible to attract the audience's attention again, and the evaluation will always be better.

If Wu Yuan can be the chief director, with his status and influence, whoever he invites will agree to come, and it is impossible to refuse. At least in the singing and dancing programs, he can organize a very luxurious team.

Even in the language category, he was not unable to convince a bunch of top actors to come and try a few skits.

But Wu Yuan was really not interested in selling his reputation for the Central Radio and Television Station. It was not good to owe too many favors. As a filmmaker, he did not need the relationship with the Central Radio and Television Station that much. It would be better to maintain the relationship with the General Administration. The General Administration was his immediate superior.

"Speaking of which, the film "Flower" that the Central Radio and Television Station cooperated with Shanghai Film Studio seemed to have started filming for more than half a year?" Wu Yuan raised his eyebrows, and then remembered another thing, and said with interest: "The King of Sunglasses actually went to film a TV series."

"It was still the Central Radio and Television Station, Penguin, and Film Studio together. This is a heavyweight among heavyweights."

"Wife, do you think I should also film a TV series for fun? It feels quite interesting!" (End of this chapter)