Chapter 324

The first moment Chen Nuo walked off the stage, Qi Yuntian draped a long black down jacket over him.

"Cold?"

"It's okay. How did I sing?"

Qi Yuntian hesitated: "Um..."

Chen Nuo immediately looked over, "Um?"

Chen Nuo was actually quite satisfied with his performance just now, asking, just wanted to be a bit pretentious.

As a result, Qi Yuntian actually had this reaction?

Damn, didn't I sing well?

Could it be that like Yang Mi, he ghost-howled when he took the microphone, making people sad to hear, but thought he was a singing god?

No way.

He deliberately didn't blink at the end, and shed two tears in accordance with the script's requirements, why didn't it move the whole audience?

But at this time, the director walking on his other side took the initiative to speak: "Chen Laoshi, you sang too well just now. I didn't expect that not only are you good at acting, but your singing is also at the top level. After listening to this song, I was moved to tears, it was too touching."

This was the answer that met expectations, Chen Nuo was immediately happy, and finally could be pretentious, smiling: "Really? Hey, actually I really didn't have any preparation, I just went up and sang casually. Amateur level, trembling with fear. I'm satisfied that I could finish singing smoothly. Hehe."

Speaking of this, he suddenly felt a bit impolite.

Because from the rehearsal to this time coming to participate in the program, this director had been receiving him all the way, but he came twice, and because he was in a hurry, he didn't even know the person's surname. How inappropriate this was.

So he hurriedly asked to remedy the situation: "Hey, by the way, I haven't had time to ask, what is your surname?"

Jin Yue smiled: "My surname is Jin."

Chen Nuo said: "Teacher Jin, right? I've been coming and going in a hurry these few times, and I've added a lot of trouble to you, I'm really sorry, thank you for your hard work."

Jin Yue was a bit surprised, originally he was just trying to get close, but he didn't expect this person to be quite gentle, without any big-name airs at all. He also smiled and replied: "Chen Laoshi, this is all our duty..."

At this time, the feeling in his heart could definitely be described as complicated.

On one hand, he was still angry that Ma Dong snatched his position.

On the other hand, he really had... nothing to say to the young man in front of him.

He had just watched the first half of Chen Nuo's song in front of the monitor in the backstage hall.

There were quite a few people watching with him.

Most of them were dance actors, crosstalk actors, acrobatics actors participating in this year's Spring Festival Gala, and even some professional singers, as well as ordinary backstage staff.

Some hadn't gone on stage yet, and some had already finished performing.

Logically speaking, at this 10:00 PM time point,

those who were about to perform should be seizing the last time to prepare, and those who had finished performing should also be seizing the time to go home for reunion.

However, these people actually put down what they were doing for the time being, bustling around in a big circle, at least a hundred people, watching one person's program together.

In Jin Yue's impression, only Zhao Benshan around 2003 had such an effect.

And at first everyone was chattering excitedly, but after the song started for a while, no one spoke anymore.

The whole hall could be said to be silent, with only the slightly hoarse singing voice in the TV, which could only be said to have no other advantages in Jin Yue's professional ears, but only full of emotion, echoing.

Jin Yue listened for a small half and left.

At that time, besides him, no one in that circle of audience left, no one spoke, all were silent, concentrating on watching TV.

Jin Yue didn't know what the reaction was after the singing ended.

But what reaction could it be?

When he walked quickly to the waiting area, waiting for Chen Nuo to come off stage, looking from the side and back angle, he saw that he on the stage was already singing the last paragraph.

On the stage, that prop hawthorn tree stood quietly. Suddenly, a strong light poured down from above, covering the whole tree.

In that deep red light, the originally white hawthorn flowers on the tree looked as if they were stained with fresh blood, red and dazzling, and revealing a sense of desolation.

Immediately after, the man on stage turned around and walked steadily back to the tree.

After he stood still, facing the audience, looking up slightly, a low and hoarse singing voice flowed from his throat: "But I left first, even though I'm too reluctant, don't cry my dear..."

That voice, as if squeezed out from the bottom of his heart, carried endless longing.

At this time, the big screen cut to his face, and every subtle expression could be seen clearly. His eye sockets were red, tears were shining, his brows were tightly locked, the corners of his mouth were drooping, trying hard to restrain his sadness.

Just looking at it, even if it was a man in his fifties who had experienced wind and rain, he couldn't help but feel a heart-wrenching pain in his heart.

When the moment Chen Nuo's tear fell on the big screen, not only him, but the directors of the song and dance group looked at each other, and then everyone's eyes shone, and they started whispering.

"Wow, amazing!"

"Our ratings this time will definitely explode."

"Look at the audience, many people's eye sockets are red."

"Zhang Yimou really has a set, just relying on such a little lighting effect, from white to red, this emotional mobilization... tsk tsk, awesome."

"Really played the stage effect clearly."

These middle-aged men who were used to big scenes said so, what kind of reaction could those young people who were used to watching TV and chasing stars like fans have?

But then again, singing this sad song on New Year's Eve is indeed a bit inappropriate.

Although looking at Zhang Yimou's face, the program was on the Spring Festival Gala stage, but whether the hundreds of millions of ordinary viewers in front of the TV would buy it, it was really hard to say, and it was still an unknown for now.

But putting this aside, Jin Yue felt that one person did indeed support a stage, and it was even when there was no rehearsal at all.

His previous predictions could be said to be all wrong, and his whole face was beaten until it hurt, burning hot.

Logically, he should be uncomfortable.

But Jin Yue found at this moment that he found it very difficult to be angry with the person in front of him.

Not only was the person gentle, without any big-name airs at all. Likewise, he did indeed rely on his strength to save this program that could be said to be a sure failure.

As a director, even if he was a gala director, could he blame people?

Although Jin Yue was narrow-minded, if he didn't even have this basic professional quality, he wouldn't be able to mix to his current position in the industry.

Since that's the case... then why not... isn't there a popular saying on the internet recently?

If you can't beat them, join them.

His brain turned, a flash of inspiration, and he tentatively asked: "Chen Laoshi, can I have your private phone number? I sincerely feel that your performance singing is particularly good, if there is a chance in the future, I hope we can cooperate."

Chen Nuo was stunned, then nodded with a smile: "Okay, you write it down, flash me later, and I'll write yours down too."

Jin Yue nodded busily: "Good, good, thank you so much!"

Muttering in his heart: Ma Dong, Ma Dong, you won this time. But the Spring Festival Gala is every year, let's wait and see next year.

Chen Nuo's group walked faster and faster under the focus of everyone's eyes, and finally almost ran all the way, straight to the backstage recording area.

No way, there were really too many people holding mobile phones to take pictures of them along the way.

If they didn't speed up, it would really add a lot of trouble to the busy security guards on New Year's Eve.

A female director waiting there saw them coming and hurriedly greeted them. She also knew that Chen Nuo was in a hurry, so she didn't delay, and after exchanging two sentences, she immediately started recording.

At this time, Chen Nuo took off his down jacket and was still wearing the festive red suit from before.

On the collar was a leaf-shaped diamond brooch that was exceptionally bright under the lights.

That was specially sponsored by Harry Winston.

According to the brand director of Winston, Chen Nuo attended such occasions too few times, so few that the next endorsement contract would probably have relevant regulations.

So, it was rare for the spokesperson to appear on such a grand occasion and sing in front of hundreds of millions of people, so they also attached great importance to it this time, specially sending an exceptionally large security team from the US to China, carrying three full boxes of jewelry, including diamond brooches, diamond tie clips, bracelets, rings, etc., for him to choose.

In the end, Chen Nuo didn't want anything else, only chose this silver ginkgo brooch inlaid with broken diamonds.

The reason was that there were many ginkgo trees on the streets and alleys of Long'an, and he hadn't been home for a long time.

It could be considered as entrusting his homesickness on this night of family reunion.

"Ready, start!"

Following the director's order, Chen Nuo smiled, looked at the teleprompter next to the camera lens, and read: "Hello everyone, I'm Chen Nuo. 2010 is the Year of the Tiger for us Chinese, I wish everyone in the new year..."

He cupped his hands and made a gesture of wishing a Happy New Year, "... Tiger-like majesty, good health, all the best, congratulations on getting rich. Also wish Chinese friends all over the world happy..."

At this moment, he paused slightly, almost making it hard for people to notice, "... Chinese New Year!"

That female director was surprised that he changed the last English word, changing "lunar" to "Chinese," but didn't ask anything more.

After recording this New Year greeting video, Chen Nuo said goodbye to Jin Yue, and went to the dressing room to remove his makeup with Qi Yuntian and Ling Hu.

Just arrived at the dressing room, he saw Zhao Liying waiting there wearing a pink skirt, even chatting with this little black girl Michelle in broken English.

Chen Nuo didn't find it strange, Zhao Liying came before going on stage, but he was full of nervousness at the time and didn't have time to talk to her much.

"What are you two chatting about?" Chen Nuo pushed the door in and asked casually.

Zhao Liying shook her head and said in a low voice: "Nothing, my English is not good, she talked to me, I couldn't understand a lot."

Chen Nuo sat on the stool, Michelle, with an afro, started to remove his makeup, and while busy, said with a smile: "Chen, this girl must like you, 100%. Just now we went to watch your program, you cried on TV, she also cried, and just now she even asked me to touch up her makeup."

Chen Nuo replied angrily: "That only shows I acted well."

After saying that, he looked at Zhao Liying from the mirror and asked: "How about it? Qi Da said I would be scolded by the audience of the whole country, saying I added trouble to everyone on New Year's Eve, do you think so?"

Zhao Liying pursed her lips and smiled, and replied softly: "Yes."

Qi Yuntian on the side couldn't help laughing.

Chen Nuo had a breath stuck in his throat, almost didn't choke, he glared at Zhao Liying fiercely, and started to "question the crime": "What time is your program, why are you still standing here? Did you practice the song... didn't practice, right? Then why don't you go practice quickly."

Zhao Liying smiled and said softly: "No... it's just that they feel I sing badly, and then, the directors asked me to... lip-sync this time. So I don't need to practice, it was recorded before."

Chen Nuo looked at Qi Yuntian in surprise, and Qi Yuntian nodded. Chen Nuo was silent for a while and asked: "Who feels you sing badly? Ma Dong? Or who?"

Zhao Liying shook her head and said: "No one, it's just that I really sing badly."

Chen Nuo looked at Zhao Liying's expression and comforted: "Since that's the case, then you don't have to be unhappy, lip-syncing when you can't sing well is also as it should be. There are many people who do this, not just you."

Zhao Liying said "Um," and said: "I know."

Chen Nuo thought about it, and decided to encourage her: "The world ultimately relies on strength to speak. If you can't sing well, and want to be on the Spring Festival Gala, and don't want to lip-sync, then you have to continue to work hard, wait until you are famous enough, and then you will have the confidence to bargain with others. Look, for example, that... who, isn't it like this?"

Zhao Liying blinked her big eyes and asked seriously: "Who? You?"

Qi Yuntian, who was drinking water on the side, "puffed" and sprayed all the water out.

Michelle, who couldn't understand Chinese, looked left and right, not understanding what happened.

How come one person suddenly choked on water, and the other person's face turned as dark as her own?

Chen Nuo, who was not lightly angered, left the CCTV building with his team and took a car to Jingcheng International Airport.

However, when he arrived at the airport, what made his jaw drop was that on this New Year's Eve, there were actually some fans and reporters carrying cameras and video cameras guarding there.

His itinerary this time couldn't be kept secret, and he wasn't too surprised that reporters with high overtime pay appeared here.

But when he saw those girls who were holding signs with his name and looked like they were only ten or twenty years old, he was really a bit annoyed.

Even if those girls were excited, and when they saw him, they were like being injected with chicken blood, their faces were flushed, and they were screaming Chen Nuo Chen Nuo, he didn't give them any good face.

When he walked to the security checkpoint, he really couldn't hold it anymore, suddenly stopped, with a dark face, and said to the twenty-something fans surrounding him: "What are you doing?"

Those girls obviously didn't expect him to talk to them, and he was so fierce, they were all stunned.

There were quite a few reporters taking pictures around, and when they heard him say this, they were like crazy, desperately stretching their recorders forward, and frantically pressing the shutter.

Chen Nuo ignored them and continued: "Do you know what day it is today? Waiting here to eat reunion dinner, right?"

After saying that, he didn't care what expressions those girls had, and walked into the VIP security channel with big strides under the escort of security guards.

An hour later, Chen Nuo, who had successfully passed security and exited the country to board the plane, calculated the time, and had been awake for nearly 36 hours, which could be said to be exhausted physically and mentally.

Sitting in the spacious and comfortable seat in first class, before the plane took off, he had already put on an eye mask, covered himself with a blanket, and fell into a deep sleep.

Chen Nuo slept, but whether in Jingcheng or Berlin, there were people who didn't sleep.

And many people were more concerned about his Spring Festival Gala debut than he himself.

For example, in a large open-plan apartment in Shenzhen, the person in charge of Tencent Weibo business group, Zang Tao.

Zang Tao was actually not from Guangdong, but from Guangxi. He just bought a house and settled down here, married a wife and had a baby, and brought his parents over, so he considered himself a special zone person, and spent the New Year here too.

Zang Tao's pressure recently was not small.

Spent 30 million, invited a bunch of stars, saying it was a pack of wolves biting a tiger, four hands beating two fists, but the current situation was not very good.

Li Lianjie, Zhao Wei, Wen Zhang, Chen Sicheng, Sun Nan, Yang Kun, Shang Wenjie, Lin Junjie, and even Sister Furong... these big and small stars, and even internet celebrities added together, at most could only be said to be evenly matched with the main competitor.

Tried every means to do so many things, engaged in so many marketing, and introduced so much traffic through QQ, but currently, the number of effective registered users of Tencent Weibo was only 6 million, on par with the other side.

The number of updates posted by those big and small stars on their Weibo, added together, didn't even reach two-thirds of the reply and forwarding volume of that one "Hello everyone, I'm Chen Nuo" of the other side.

This made him like sitting on pins and needles.

Although his immediate boss, the group's senior vice president in charge of this block, Luo Xiaoyi, told him to relax, but what Luo Xiaoyi said was useless.

He knew the big boss's temper.

Even at the high-level meeting, regarding this business, Ma Zong was always gentle, saying don't be anxious, don't panic, it's a small matter, do the business slowly, don't look at the success or failure of a moment, and the eyes behind the glasses were always gentle and mild.

However, he dared to guarantee that that person refused them to sign a contract with Sina.

If he really couldn't produce any results, and couldn't find back the lost face.

Hehe, according to Ma Zong's smiling... no, it's straightforward personality, his final result would definitely not be too good.

This made Zang Tao a bit absent-minded when eating New Year's Eve dinner.

After eating the reunion dinner, he checked the time again and found that it was almost 8:00 PM, so he prepared to turn the TV from the Guangdong channel to the CCTV channel.

But after coming out of the bathroom and walking back to the living room, he was stunned. He saw that the TV in the living room was already tuned to CCTV-1 without him saying anything.

And his pair of children who were in the second year of junior high were chatting on the sofa.

"Is it 10:30?"

"Yes."

"Then why are you in such a hurry?"

"What if it's not? Other TVs aren't good to watch."

Zang Tao understood his pair of dragon and phoenix twins, they had grown up in Guangdong since they were young, and their living habits were the same as Guangdong people, they never liked watching the CCTV Spring Festival Gala during the New Year, and they watched TVB or the Jade channel every year.

"What are you doing? Why watch this?" Zang Tao pretended to walk over as if nothing happened and asked.

"Watching Chen Nuo."

"Yeah, Dad, don't you know? Chen Nuo is going to be on the Spring Festival Gala this year."

Zang Tao was busy with work usually, really rarely communicated with his own children, the children were brought up by his parents and wife, now seeing his two children actually say this, and with a matter-of-fact look, he really felt like there was a traitor in the house.

He deliberately said: "What's good about Chen Nuo, change back to TVB, heard that Liu Dehua is coming to sing this year."

"Liu Dehua? Dad, did you make a mistake? It's already 2010."

"Hahahaha, yeah, Dad, you are too earthy. Still watching Liu Dehua, hahahaha..."

"Are you still going to watch the Four Heavenly Kings?"

"Haha, laughed to death."

Zang Tao's face was really not good now.

Not only because his two little traitors at home were confirmed, but also very rampant in mocking him, the head of the family.

It was also because it seemed that the chemical reaction between the Spring Festival Gala and Chen Nuo was different from what he expected.

Originally heard that Sina Weibo was cooperating with the Spring Festival Gala, they were also very nervous internally, but after discussion at the meeting, the conclusion reached was that there was no need to worry too much.

Just like Xiao Shenyang, who was so popular in the whole country after the Spring Festival Gala last year, but later released a recording on the internet, wasn't he scolded by those fans, and how many netizens spoke for him?

It can be seen that the audience group of the Spring Festival Gala and internet users didn't have much overlap.

It was even definitely not as good as the connection between their QQ users and Weibo users.

Originally Zang Tao did feel this way.

But now, looking at the performance of his pair of children, he was also a bit unsure.

Some time ago, the explosion of Twilight was not only in Europe and America, but also in China, if it weren't for Avatar, it would probably have taken the box office champion of 2009 for imported films, truly attracting many young boys and girls to watch.

Look, there were two little fans at home, starting to watch CCTV because of him in Guangdong, where the Spring Festival Gala ratings were only about 10%, so what would the situation be in the whole country?

Would this Spring Festival Gala be a channel for some student groups to watch idols openly without having to sneak around or worry about homework, finally producing some 1+1 greater than 10 super phenomenon?

Zang Tao became more and more restless as he thought about it, and couldn't care about settling accounts with the traitors.

Picked up the phone and called several colleagues on duty during the Spring Festival, asking the other party to pay close attention to the movements of Sina Weibo, whether there was a surge in the number of posts in a short time, a huge increase in traffic access, including whether there were unusual changes in the number of followers on Chen Nuo's Weibo.

Then put down the phone, still a bit uneasy, and arranged some work in the QQ work group.

For example, let people pay attention to the real-time ratings of this year's Spring Festival Gala.

And also arranged for people to check the major portal websites, forums like Tianya and Maopu, and the main public opinion positions of different companies' Weibo and blogs at any time, regarding the evaluation of this Spring Festival Gala and posts related to Chen Nuo.

Zang Tao didn't care whether this counted as disguised overtime or squeezing subordinates.

Anyway, when he made the decision at the beginning, everyone applauded, thinking that the person was a toad wanting to eat swan meat. Since that's the case, then everyone has to carry this matter together.

"It's so ugly."

"Yeah, what is this doing."

"These funny people are not funny at all."

"What are they singing, it doesn't sound good at all. Not as good as our Cantonese songs."

The subsequent Spring Festival Gala time simply became a complaining meeting for the two children.

Zang Tao's parents hadn't watched the Spring Festival Gala for a long time, and were watching with great interest, but his pair of Cantonese treasures were chattering on the side, which was really annoying.

Zang Tao didn't care. Because his mind wasn't on the gala at all, but had been monitoring the first-hand news reported from various forums and news in the QQ group.

"President Zang, our Weibo is full of bad reviews, saying it's not good-looking. Sina Weibo and NetEase Weibo are the same, saying it's ugly."

"On forums like Maopu and Tianya, the current posts are about the same, saying this year's Spring Festival Gala is boring to a record-breaking degree, and even the crosstalk and sketches are embarrassing to death. I have the same feeling."

"Blogs are also complaining."

"The comments under the reports about the Spring Festival Gala on several portal websites are all scolding the director. President Zang, do you want me to copy and paste them for you to see, it's especially funny."

A smile appeared on the corner of Zang Tao's mouth, and he said: "Look later. Don't take it lightly, the protagonist hasn't appeared yet."

PS:

The update time will not be very stable these few days.

(End of chapter)