Rebirth: I Want to Surf

Fuxing Road, CCTV old building.

In the lingering autumn rain, the courtyard was full of cars. The door of one of the commercial vehicles was opened, and Uncle Shen Teng, who did not wear makeup, jumped out clumsily.

He is 34 years old this year, and he is no longer the military art school grass of the past, but he can vaguely see some of the old style in the creases at the corners of his eyes.

Accompanied by his assistant, he quickly walked into the building and came to Studio 1. The huge studio was empty, and there were only about 20 people sitting in the auditorium. At a glance, they were all familiar faces.

Including Feng Xiaogang, the chief director of this Spring Festival Gala;

Deputy chief director Zhao Benshan is also the chief director of language programs;

Art consultants: Yan Su, Feng Jicai, Liu Heng, Zhang Guoli, etc.;

Planners: Zhang Heping, Zhao Baogang, and Shen Teng.

That's right, Shen Teng not only produced a sketch this year, but also held the title of a planner.

"Hello, teachers!"

"It's pretty cold today, isn't it?"

"Yeah, it's raining!"

"It's almost another year in the blink of an eye, and I'm busy talking and doing nothing."

The atmosphere at the scene was very relaxed, and we chatted for a while. Today is the first trial of the Spring Festival Gala program. It is mainly for language, singing and dancing, and generally watching videos, not live performances.

"Is anyone here?"

"Come and start!"

With Feng Xiaogang's greeting, the review began.

The first ones to appear were Cao Yunjin and Liu Yuntian, in the cross talk "What's Good About You".

Since Cao Yunjin "betrayed from Deyun Society", he has done a good job in his own business, but his reputation is not very good and there is a lot of controversy. Some people scolded him for bullying teachers and destroying ancestors, and for not being kind and righteous. Others said that Guo Degang was a laborer, and Cao Yunjin was fighting for legitimate interests and so on...

"One day, I teamed up with a few friends in the courtyard to push that portable public toilet into the river..."

Cao Yunjin and Liu Yuntian performed on stage.

The original intention of this cross talk was to subvert the classics and write a new version of "Thinking of the Tiger's Mouth", adding various contemporary social issues into it. As a result, "Thinking of the Tiger's Mouth" was too classic and the structure was too complete. He didn't think about it, so it became such a work.

"..."

Feng Xiaogang watched it with no expression, and didn't give too many comments. The rest of the people were similar, saying that the show could pass, and then it was gone.

At the second one, Feng Gong came up.

Feng Xiaogang and others all stood up to show respect, Feng Gong quickly waved his hands: "Sit down, sit down, today you are examiners, I am a student!"

So I acted in a sketch "I'm Just Such a Person".

He first appeared on the stage of the Spring Festival Gala in 1986, and the last time was in 2018. He has never been absent for 32 years. He is one of the most familiar faces of the people in the country, and he is also old...

"..."

Feng Xiaogang watched the show with a serious expression, but in reality he was thinking about his upcoming new film "Private Order".

"1942" failed miserably at the box office. In order to pay off his debts, Feng Xiaogang had no choice but to re-play the things he had played in "Stubborn Lord" and "Party A and Party B" again.

Objectively speaking, although "Personal Customization" is nothing but fried rice, the standard is still good. There are several sections that contain tears, laughter, and irony, and Fan Wei's section is even more classic.

"I don't have to accept it, but you have to give it away!"

"You use this to test the cadres. Which cadre can't stand this kind of test?"

After the film was released, it took over 600 million at the box office, breaking Feng Xiaogang's own record, so he broke his defenses. He couldn't understand that "1942", which he had worked so hard for, was not watched, but ordinary movies were casually high at the box office. As for the personal end and scolding of film critics.

With "Personal Customization" as a turning point, Feng Xiaogang's creative power also began to decline, and Cui Yongyuan broke the news in a rage, which was affected, and only three films, "I'm Not Pan Jinlian", "Fang Hua" and "Only Yun Knows" were released.

Feng Pants and Huayi, who have opened the Lunar New Year file in the mainland and dominated the film market for more than ten years, are already a bit of a curtain call in today's turbulent capital wave, newcomers coming out in large numbers, and audiences seeking new and changing tastes.

By the way, the debt owed by "1942" is not only money, but also human debt.

Back then, in order for the film to pass the review, a big boss offered to help, and in return, Feng Xiaogang took over the job of chief director of this year's Spring Festival Gala.

Because after Zhao Benshan withdrew, the Spring Festival Gala was too bad, so the boss chose Feng Xiaogang, hoping that he would give full play to his language skills and make breakthroughs in cross talk and sketches.

What is the effect? ​​Different people have different opinions.

There are innovations, but not that innovative. The Spring Festival Gala is a big quagmire, and anyone who comes has to fall into it.

After Cai Ming, Yue Yunpeng, Guo Donglin, Niu Li and others performed in groups, at the end of the performance, the side door suddenly opened, and a woman strode in.

Feng Xiaogang squinted and stood up quickly: "Hey, why is Boss Yu here?"

"I have something to do with you, are you done?"

"just ended."

"Then you guys talk first, I'll sit down for a while."

Yu Jiajia sat down casually, not using this place as an audit site at all.

Feng Xiaogang had no choice but to chat with the team for a while, and after careful study, he announced the disbandment. Everyone left one after another. When Shen Teng passed by, Yu Jiajia took a look at him.

"You have to lose weight!"

"ah?"

"You're a bit overweight, and you need to lose three or five catties. How can you play Charlotte like this?"

"Oh, I must lose weight!"

Shen Teng suppressed the excitement in his heart, left the scene happily, and called Ma Li as soon as he went out: "We are going to shoot "Charlotte Annoyance"!"

"Who told you, I didn't believe you!"

"What Mr. Yu said just now, I guess we can shoot next year!"

"Oh, Mr. Yu finally remembered us... Ah, that's right, it will be filmed next year and released the year after, exactly 10 years!"

The 10 years mentioned by Ma Li refers to the short film "Charlotte Annoyance" launched in 2005.

At that time, Yin Zheng was not found, and Sha Yi was asked to play Yuan Hua.

…………

Yu Jiajia and Feng Xiaogang also moved to a lounge. Feng Xiaogang held a thermos and waited for the other party to speak.

"The leaders of our group and CCTV have finished talking, and we haven't officially notified you yet. I'm still familiar with you, so let me tell you first. Our Weichat has newly developed a red envelope function, probably here..."

She took out her mobile phone to demonstrate, and said: "There will be an option of [send red envelopes] here, cash red envelopes, fill in the amount at will, up to 200, and the other party can receive it with just one click."

"..."

Feng Xiaogang understood and nodded: "Oh, this thing is very good!"

"Now we want to use the platform of the Spring Festival Gala to distribute red envelopes to people all over the country. The initial idea is, shake it, you know? For example, at 9 o'clock, 10 o'clock, 11 o'clock, and 12 o'clock, every hour, the host will say The method of snatching red envelopes is broadcast, viewers shake their mobile phones, and they will receive red envelopes with a random amount.”

"You pay the money?"

"Of course we're going out!"

"May I ask, how much?"

"Try it first in the first year, let's be conservative at 500 million."

puff!

Feng Xiaogang almost sprayed, suddenly unbalanced.

In Mahler Gobi, I owed debts for filming "1942", and I had to film "Private Order" to pay off the debts, and I had to come to the Spring Festival Gala as the chief director of Lao Shizi... In the end, you just opened your mouth for 500 million?

It's still free!

What a waste of money!

For a moment, Feng Xiaogang felt that he was getting old, and that the era was no longer what it used to be—of course, he was also advancing with the times, and he devoted himself to the capital circle.

"Boss Yu wants to devote some time to red envelopes?"

"Of course, it's best to set up a small session and let the host explain in detail how to grab red envelopes."

"Success, since the leader has agreed, I will do so, and we will follow up."

"Then I will trouble you!"

"Hey, tell Boss Yu, how dare I refuse?"

Feng Xiaogang showed a mouthful of rotten teeth, and regained a bit of the expression of "the wind is blowing and the clouds are flying".

(no more...

After two days of rest, I have recovered, and there will be three shifts tomorrow. )