Chapter 700: Gathering of the Stars

"Plan accomplished!" — Li Dongliang.

Director Li has been very busy lately; ever since he learned that Luo Mo had become the Chief Planner for the Octopus TV New Year's Eve Gala, he has felt immense pressure.

Besides using underhanded tactics like the 【Drag Strategy】 behind the scenes, he has also become more hardworking in his job, his temper is worse than usual, and he has become more critical and demanding toward his team and every single program.

Regarding stalling those performers who have already been eliminated so they cannot go perform at other satellite channels, Director Li is emboldened and fearless.

First of all, his backing is Director Chen, and he is very clear that Director Chen knows what he is doing, only that he is turning a blind eye to it.

Secondly, he has already given up on the singing-based stages; what he is stalling now are merely language-based programs, dance-based programs, and the like.

Looking at commercial value and status within the industry, Actors are greater than Singers, and Singers are greater than Dancers and so on.

Like on Earth, in recent years, talented dancers have developed much better than in previous years, but this is also due to some variety shows and some gala performances that went viral.

The current situation on Blue Star is consistent with the past few years.

Of course, Director Li must also fear the top-tier dancers by three points.

However, one point must be made clear.

He fears these people, not because he fears their status as dancers.

It is that the top-tier dancers often have other identities as well.

The status of a dancer makes people respect them, while the other identities they possess make people stand in awe.

For those who are not to be trifled with, Director Li will certainly let them board the gala stage.

By the same token, the same is true for sketch comedy actors.

In Director Li's view, as long as it looks passable on the surface and there is a somewhat decent excuse to stall these people, that is enough.

I could clearly just rely on power to suppress people, yet I even made up an excuse.

I am so great.

This service attitude, not bad, right?

Of course, since Director Li has stalled these people, the Four Great Satellite Channels cannot invite them either.

Will this lead to a grudge?

Actually, no.

Because the opponents of the Four Great Satellite Channels have never been CCTV, but the competition among these four themselves.

The sudden emergence of Ning Dan and Luo Mo this year has panicked all four, and they have inexplicably developed a sense of standing together against a common enemy.

Among us four, everyone has been number one before.

A year's win or loss is actually not that important.

The point is that the number one satellite channel can only appear among us four!

Resources from CCTV side are truly flowing out, and among these resources, it is very likely that a large portion will prioritize choosing Luo Mo.

One reason is the recognition of Luo Mo's strength; the other is that his traffic and energy in other aspects are too terrifying.

Working under him, commercial value often skyrockets.

This is just like how many small traffic stars like to fawn over Top Traffic stars, and even want to bundle themselves with them; it can bring too many benefits.

These benefits are far greater than appearing on the stage of the Four Great Satellite Channels once.

The enemy becoming weaker is equivalent to us Four Great Satellite Channels becoming stronger.

What's more, there must be a tacit understanding between the Four Great Satellite Channels and the stars they are on good terms with.

Many people did not sign up with CCTV at all, and had intended to go to the Four Great Satellite Channels from the very beginning.

For example, Changhu TV, one of the Four Great Satellite Channels, has had a massive hit variety show in recent years.

Variety shows these days mostly feature Actors, Singers, and the like as permanent guests.

These people will definitely prioritize Changhu TV and will keep being bundled together.

On CCTV's side, if they put the familiar artists of the Four Great Satellite Channels on the 【Special Invitation List】, everyone can only secretly curse their bad luck!

But if there is no special invitation, then not signing up for CCTV is the end of it.

Save the entire schedule for the New Year's Eve Live Broadcast of the familiar satellite channel!

Therefore, does Director Li's 【Drag Strategy】 have an impact on the Four Great Satellite Channels?

—Yes.

Will it hurt their bones and muscles?

—Impossible.

But Octopus TV has a weak foundation; it doesn't have many bundled stars to begin with.

Their strength this year lies in Luo Mo's personal appeal.

But Luo Mo was an 【Air Drop】.

Everything is a bit temporary.

Therefore, with this stalling, in terms of dance-based and language-based stages, the one whose bones and muscles are hurt is the weak-rooted Octopus TV!

The Four Great Satellite Channels are truly afraid of Octopus TV rising in the gala this time.

Because if Octopus TV wins the ratings championship this year, the relationship between Ning Dan and Octopus TV will also warm up rapidly.

Octopus TV has shamelessly carved out a path for itself in television dramas by relying on 【Rebroadcasts】.

Yet, audiences just love watching dramas like *Nirvana in Fire* over and over again!

And we are not living up to expectations either, having not cooked up many classic works recently.

Ning Dan is a Myth in the variety show world.

If her team enters a period of close cooperation with Octopus TV because of this, it is very likely that Octopus TV will also become our great enemy in variety shows in the future!

Television dramas, variety shows, and galas all rising... then just give the throne of the Four Great Satellite Channels to you!

Therefore, what the Four Great Satellite Channels value is not just this year; their vision is more long-term, and what they care about is the future.

The best outcome would be for Luo Mo, Ning Dan, and Octopus TV to part on bad terms this year.

Whatever the result may be, it is all unknown, but you must strive for this goal, must you not?

Are you just going to slack off without doing anything?

The current status of the Four Great Satellite Channels was certainly not achieved by slacking off.

On the surface, this is just a gala.

But behind the scenes, everyone is arm-wrestling in all sorts of ways!

On the other side, Ning Dan has been caught in a dilemma these past few days.

Run Jie can tell that Luo Mo is truly fond of the Disabled Persons Art Troupe.

Therefore, although Luo Mo said there would be opportunities for cooperation in the future, Ning Dan decided to contact Xu Cong one more time.

Having been contacted proactively twice, Xu Cong can feel the full sincerity.

This time, he decided to stop beating around the bush and speak plainly.

"Ning Dao, we here also really want to cooperate with you. Not to mention me, even the girls in the troupe, when they learned they would miss this opportunity for cooperation, I could see the disappointment on their faces."

"But there is no way, I really have no way."

"I have to be responsible for these 21 girls," Xu Cong said.

The Disabled Persons Art Troupe had originally signed up for the New Year's Eve Gala on CCTV.

But after learning they had been hit by Elimination, and then seeing Ning Dan and Luo Mo join Octopus TV with great fanfare, there was only one thought internally—go sign up for Octopus TV!

Yes, it was to go sign up; they never even imagined that Octopus TV would take the initiative to invite them.

The troupe's opinion was so unanimous that the reason might seem ridiculous in the eyes of others.

Because Luo Mo has always been actively doing charity, and is truly doing charity.

The Disabled Persons Art Troupe can feel this person's care for vulnerable groups.

They have never benefited from Luo Mo, but precisely because he is this kind of person, we really want to cooperate with him!

But what followed was that Li Dongliang kept them hanging.

Xu Cong personally might have had a moment of hot-headedness and dared to take a gamble.

But relying on himself, he cannot protect all 21 girls in the troupe.

Even if they ended up not being able to go to any gala, he would have to swallow the bitterness of it together with the girls.

Who told us to be mutes.

The girls have even become a bit used to it.

They have walked all the way to the present; what have they not experienced?

It is true that they have congenital disabilities, but to be able to walk to this day, their hearts are definitely tougher and stronger than most people's!

On the phone, Ning Dan could not even remember how many times Xu Cong said sorry, or how many times he said he was truly embarrassed.

Ning Dan thought about it at the end and told Xu Cong Luo Mo's original words, indicating that it did not matter and there would be opportunities for cooperation in the future.

When Xu Cong used sign language to tell the girls Luo Mo's original words, they all showed joy on their faces.

There were even girls gently bumping their shoulders against the lead dancer Chen Lili, all with teasing smiles on their faces.

Chen Lili blushed instantly, spoke quickly in sign language, then put on an expression of not wanting to bother with them, and went to the side to continue practicing dance on her own.

………

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Time passed, and Luo Mo could be said to have been busy as hell during this period.

And the day of the New Year's Eve Gala is getting closer and closer.

The crew of Let the Bullets Fly took a break.

Luo Mo boarded a plane to meet up with Run Jie.

Tong Shu, Li Junyi, and even Liu Shixiong, Liu Gongming, and others will come over tomorrow.

Xu Chujing will also participate in this New Year's Eve Gala.

When the Psychologist Ye Mei learned that Xu Chujing was also going to participate in Ning Dan's gala, she even gave her a thumbs up.

The older-sister type is truly impressive; some young girls might have already started making a scene.

Luo Mo treats Jing differently than he treats other Singers.

Therefore, he specially wrote a new song.

The purpose of this song is very clear: it is to compete with the eulogizing songs from Li Dongliang's side.

Generally speaking, the galas of local satellite channels are more entertaining.

But since Luo Mo is here, he can naturally open up the scope.

Some songs are just grand in scope, yet they happen to sound good too; you tell me, isn't that infuriating?

After seeing the Lyricist and composer, the Heavenly Queen expressed her satisfaction.

Even if you are an older-sister type of woman, you still need to understand one thing.

The love a woman wants is favoritism.

She wants to feel that you treat her differently than you treat others.

These past few days, the paparazzi have been the busiest.

And there are more paparazzi gathered at the location of Octopus TV than at the Four Great Satellite Channels.

Four Great Satellite Channels: "Damn it, where is my former prestige?"

The news that many stars are coming to Octopus TV for rehearsals has been announced to the public these past few days.

Like Tong Shu, Li Junyi, Sun Yi, Fengge Group... most of them are Singers.

Huh, why is Luo Mo's Liu Shixiong, Liu Gongming, here too?

Once Luo Mo was exposed by the paparazzi, the internet began to discuss him frantically.

After all, Tong Shu and the others were definitely there to perform Singing, they wouldn't be there to perform Dancing, right?

But what Liu Gongming was there for was worth discussing.

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"I can actually hear Xia Luo Singing, what an honor, what an honor, hahaha."

"What are you thinking! Our Liu Shixiong is of course here to perform 'Noble Consort Dances with Sword'!"

"Want to Watch 'Noble Consort Dances with Sword' +1"

"What are you saying, I feel like it could also be a Yueqi performance, Luo Mo's suona was taught by him, shouldn't there be a suona to liven things up for New Year's Eve?"

"Opera is also possible, he can still Sing, it's just not very easy to perform."

"I'm really curious, what type of program will Liu Gongming bring?"

(PS: First update, there is more today.)

(End of this chapter)