Chapter 721: Liu Shixiong's First Appearance on the Spring Festival Gala

The song "Slow, Slow" ended amidst the singing of Suzhou Pingtan.

There was an audience at the Spring Festival Gala venue as well.

Many elderly southern audience members in the crowd could be said to be applauding vigorously.

Just like in "Spring Festival Overture," where elements of the Great Yangge and Shaanbei Folk songs were added, northern audience members would have a stronger resonance.

Thus, the Suzhou Pingtan version of "Slow, Slow" could be said to have brought the feeling of the Wu Nong Soft Language to its absolute limit.

In the barrage, it was unclear which silly netizen started playing with memes first.

"It makes my bones feel brittle from listening."

In an instant, the repeaters in the barrage began to frantically flood the screen with the four characters "bones feel brittle."

Many people suddenly felt that Liu Xu, who could originally only be considered pleasant to look at and very elegant, had added a touch of charm to her entire being after playing the pipa and singing Suzhou Pingtan.

Some good things, some good cultures, need a good opportunity and a good turning point to be showcased well.

Luo Mo started here with Folk music that everyone could accept from the beginning, and then, under the circumstance that everyone thought this was just a Folk song, suddenly transitioned into Suzhou Pingtan.

This way, it could be smoother and even more stunning.

It allowed those already immersed in the singing to instantly feel the charm of Pingtan.

After the performance ended, Liu Xu might be able to become a little popular relying on this stage.

The camera switched back to the hosts at this moment, while Li Junyi led Liu Xu back to the backstage.

The two had added each other on WeChat back when they first met, and because they had to perform on the same stage, they had no shortage of private communication.

Li Junyi was a lifelong bachelor; at this moment, he felt a sense of relief that the performance was over, but also a sense of loss in his heart.

He suddenly didn't know how to continue chatting with Liu Xu naturally on WeChat from here on out.

It was just like now, after leaving the stage, he didn't know what topic to chat about face-to-face.

Fortunately, Luo Mo and Xu Chujing appeared in time, and Luo Mo instructed: "Junyi, you send Liu Xu off in a bit, you two take the same car back to where you're staying."

Neither of them were locals from Beijing, so a hotel had been arranged, and tomorrow they would each return to their hometowns for the New Year.

"Okay." Li Junyi agreed immediately.

On the way to send the two off, Xu Chujing and Liu Xu chatted first.

Liu Xu was quite excited to see Xu Chujing, claiming she was a die-hard fan of Jing and had liked her for many years.

As for Xu Chujing, she chatted with her about some more domestic topics, such as where she was studying and how much longer until graduation, and even feigned a teasing tone as she asked: "Do you have a boyfriend?"

"No, not yet." Liu Xu replied.

Luo Mo heard this and was amused.

He pointed at Li Junyi and said with a smile: "What a coincidence, he doesn't have a boyfriend either!"

Xu Chujing rolled her eyes at him while laughing, and Liu Xu was also trying hard to hold back her laughter.

The young girl was the slow-to-warm-up type; now that the performance was over, she relaxed, and even whispered to Li Junyi: "So you and Tong Shu aren't real after all."

Luo Mo spread his hands and said: "Aren't they called something like the Li Zi Shu CP? I'm pulling this tree out!"

—The studio boss personally enters the fray to debunk rumors.

After saying this, Luo Mo seemed to remember something else and said: "There will be an official version of 'Slow, Slow' later, you two can discuss making some modifications."

"Alright, that's all. I have things to attend to, go back and get some rest early." Luo Mo said.

After the two left, Xu Chujing looked at Luo Mo and asked in confusion: "I see you really enjoy being a matchmaker."

"Do I?" Luo Mo didn't admit it.

"Don't you?" Xu Chujing said.

Luo Mo smiled, didn't say anything more, pulled Xu Chujing and said: "Let's go, the very next program is Liu Shixiong's sketch!"

………

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By the time Luo Mo and Xu Chujing sat back down backstage, Liu Shixiong's sketch had already been going on for nearly a minute.

The moment he got on stage, the barrage went completely crazy.

Not to mention, our Liu Shixiong's popularity is truly high.

Of course, many people were also feeling regretful.

You say, in this lively and festive Spring Festival Gala, why don't you perform a bit of "Noble Consort Dances with Sword" to make us laugh?

It's the New Year, are you still holding out?

However, to be realistic, the audience was still very much looking forward to Liu Shixiong's sketch.

No choice, the screenwriter column had the two characters 【Luo Mo】 written on it!

Luo Mo plus Liu Gongming, it would be hard for it not to be funny.

In fact, on a certain level, today's sketch was very important.

Because tomorrow is the first day of the Lunar New Year, which is the day Hello Mr. Billionaire and Let the Bullets Fly are released.

If today's sketch makes the audience feel it has comedic points, then it will definitely be beneficial for tomorrow's opening day box office.

If the audience thinks it's not funny, then it's a cold wave, equivalent to a wave of negative publicity.

If the sketch is this bad, everyone will also have to consider whether the movie will also perform poorly.

Today, the sketch Liu Shixiong brought everyone is called "Today's Happiness."

On Earth, it should have been called "Today's Happiness 2."

In 2012, Shen Teng first appeared on the Spring Festival Gala playing Hao Jian, and the program performed was "Today's Happiness."

It was also through this sketch that the national audience remembered the name Hao Jian.

However, the partner on this stage was not Ma Li.

By 2013, when Shen Teng appeared on the Spring Festival Gala again, the sketch was "Today's Happiness 2."

The partner this time was Ma Li.

It was the success of these two sketches that led to his promotion to 【Planner】 for the 2014 Spring Festival Gala.

That year, the General Director of the Spring Festival Gala was Xiao Gangpao, the deputy general directors included Uncle Benshan, and the 【Planner】 team included Zhao Baogang, Zhang Heping, and others.

You have to know, back then, the name Hao Jian was much more popular than Shen Teng.

Shen Teng's goal during that period was to make everyone remember the name Shen Teng, not Hao Jian.

Facts proved that he later succeeded.

"Today's Happiness 2" from Earth thus ascended the stage of the Blue Star's Spring Festival Gala.

At the very beginning of the sketch, the background of the story was explained.

Facing the audience, Hao Jian said, "The boss has gone crazy lately. You tell me, I'm doing just fine as a waiter, and she insists on promoting me to lobby manager."

"Before I knew it, I had embarked on a career path." And I have to say, it had a bit of a sleazy flavor.

He faced the audience, showing off that because of this, his wife had bought him a new phone and new clothes, and even bought him a fruit basket to give to the boss, bragging about how sensible his wife was.

On Earth, the character of Hao Jian's wife in this sketch was apparently played by Shen Teng's real-life wife.

Who would have thought, she didn't trust Hao Jian.

She made him put on the new clothes, take the fruit basket upstairs, and forbade him from hanging up the phone, wanting to listen in real-time.

"I'm just wondering, why would your divorced female boss want to promote you to lobby manager?"

Under his wife's threat, Hao Jian shouted boldly, "Enough!"

"If you're going to pull this on me, then I'm going up." He did the most cowardly thing with the most arrogant voice.

His wife instructed him not to hang up the phone, and he even hummed in response.

Seeing this, the audience actually already felt a bit of a Surprise.

"This sketch today seems a bit exciting, huh!"

"But the subject matter is quite interesting!"

"I feel like there must be exciting content later!"

"I'm already prepared to laugh my head off."

Hao Jian was seen standing at the female boss's door; after knocking, he said to the phone, "Did you hear that? What a normal knock."

No sooner had he finished speaking than a charming and moving voice came from inside: "I've left the door open for you~"

The camera scanned the audience below the stage, and many people on-site were already cooperating by making catcalling sounds.

At the Spring Festival Gala, there is never a shortage of an Atmosphere Group.

Hao Jian swallowed a mouthful of saliva and said to the phone, "Did you hear that? What a... what a suspicious way to leave the door open."

He licked his slightly dry lips and pushed the door open to enter.

"Boss, where are you? Who are you leaving the door open for?"

"It's me, the clear-conscienced Hao Jian!" he shouted at the phone.

The sound of running water splashed out.

Amidst the sound of water, the charming voice came again: "What? I can't hear you clearly, I'm taking a bath~ Come over here and say it~"

Bold enchantress, how dare you corrupt my Dao heart!

This water sound is just too suggestive!

The barrage went completely crazy at this moment.

"My parents are laughing so loudly."

"Is this a program that should be watched with Grandma?"

"I've been staring at the CCTV logo for a long time."

"Holy crap, this is the Spring Festival Gala!"

On screen, Hao Jian shrank his neck, his feet seemingly rooted to the spot, and he said, motionless, "I think I'd better not come over."

"You really know how to pick your timing. Perfect, I just washed some dates." The female boss walked out carrying a basin of freshly washed red dates.

The barrage immediately started spamming the three words "Ma Dongmei".

Of course, the indispensable "Ma what Mei", "Ma Dong what", and "What Dongmei" were also there.

On Earth, the character played by Ma Li in this sketch was also named Dongmei.

Because this sketch was much earlier than "Charlotte Troubles".

But that wouldn't work on Blue Star, because Xia Luo and Ma Dongmei were already deeply ingrained in people's hearts; Hao Jian plus Dongmei would make people lose immersion.

In "Hello Mr. Billionaire", the female lead is named Xia Zhu, and in "Charlotte Troubles", she is named Dongmei, so Luo Mo didn't even bother to think and changed the name here to... Autumn Chrysanthemum.

A name full of a sense of the era, very rustic.

"Hao Jian?" As soon as Autumn Chrysanthemum saw it was Hao Jian, her voice changed immediately, returning to its original, slightly rough state.

Hao Jian shouted at the phone, "Boss, so you were washing edible red dates!"

——"Who just panicked, I won't say."

"Hao Jian, it's so late, why did you come?" asked Autumn Chrysanthemum.

"Didn't you promote me to lobby manager? My wife insisted that I bring a fruit basket over."

"Oh, thank you, thank you. My, this little fruit basket, carrying it over... you must be exhausted, right?" She lifted the fruit basket with two fingers.

Autumn Chrysanthemum informed him: "Hao Jian, you didn't come at a good time today, in a while... my ex-husband is coming."

"I'm afraid of causing unnecessary misunderstandings."

"You understand, right?" said Autumn Chrysanthemum.

"I understand. You tell me, whose family doesn't have a few misunderstandings?" Hao Jian held the phone.

Isn't the misunderstanding I'm dealing with right here in the palm of my hand?

He said to Autumn Chrysanthemum, "I just want to ask you to say it out loud: out of the seven waiters in our restaurant, why did you promote me to lobby manager?"

Autumn Chrysanthemum was stunned: "What? Is this probability... very low?"

"Why I promoted you, don't you know in your heart?" Autumn Chrysanthemum said.

Tsk, that sounded ambiguous!

Hao Jian immediately replied: "I... am sometimes clear, sometimes confused."

"I just took a liking to you as a person," Autumn Chrysanthemum said directly.

At the Spring Festival Gala, the audience below the stage immediately gave applause, along with jeers.

Hao Jian's hand holding the phone went stiff: "Boss, you need to speak clearly; if you keep cutting corners like this, I'm telling you, I really might have to delay you for a while."

He sat right down on the sofa and wouldn't leave.

"Oh my, Hao Jian, why did you sit down?"

"No, look here Hao Jian, if my ex-husband comes in a while, and he catches us in the middle of the night, wouldn't that be inappropriate?"

"How can you use the word 'catch'?" Hao Jian widened his eyes.

It's hard for my wife not to misunderstand this.

He immediately added an explanation to smooth things over: "I ate two of your dates, is he going to catch me for that?"

"Hao Jian, look, at this time of night, shouldn't we... be going to sleep?" Autumn Chrysanthemum pointed at her watch, hinting that it was already very late.

The barrage exploded instantly, and many people were laughing like crazy.

The two were not on the same wavelength at all.

"What time is it, when have we ever slept together?" Hao Jian said anxiously.

Seeing him still acting up, Autumn Chrysanthemum, eager to get rid of him, began to issue an eviction order.

"I'll just say it straight: tonight, I'm not keeping you!"

The audience at the scene was hyped up again, each of them showing the smile of someone watching the drama unfold, clapping like sea lions.

"Which night have you ever kept me? Boss, why is every sentence you say today like a thunderbolt!"

"I ask you to give me a normal answer: what exactly is our relationship?" Hao Jian said.

Autumn Chrysanthemum, who couldn't get him to leave no matter what, was also speechless and said helplessly: "Hao Jian, if you really can't bear to leave, then wait until my ex-husband leaves, and then you can come back, okay?"

——"Too Exciting"!

Onomatopoeia had already started appearing in the Live Broadcast barrage.

"Woo woo woo——!"

Get the little train moving!

There were also netizens commenting: "I'm reminded of a certain 【series】."

Amidst their back-and-forth, a knock on the door sounded, and the ex-husband made a shining entrance.

That's right, it was Wang Rong.

"It's over, it's over, he's catching us in the act, Hao Jian, hurry up and hide." Autumn Chrysanthemum panicked.

Hao Jian was still busy explaining to the phone: "Why should I, the clear-conscienced Hao Jian, hide?"

Autumn Chrysanthemum explained that she got divorced because of misunderstandings, and told him to hide behind the curtain.

She opened the door, and as soon as the ex-husband entered, love song music began to play.

On Earth, this used the music of "Autumn Intent", the Cantonese version is called "Li Xianglan".

This is a song by Zhang Xueyou, which Master Xing also played and sang in the movie "Fist of Fury".

As soon as the ex-husband came in, he fell into memories, touching the sofa, touching the fridge, and said sadly: "Everything has been replaced with new ones?"

"Yeah, otherwise what would I use." Autumn Chrysanthemum said amidst the lyrical and sad music: "When we divorced, didn't I let you move everything away?"

"Gao, you must have forgotten; when you left, only I and the load-bearing walls were left in the house."

"Back then, I was too impulsive." The ex-husband smiled and pulled the curtain.

With this pull, he dragged out Hao Jian, who was hiding behind the curtain on the other side.

Many people burst out laughing again instantly.

"Why are you pulling the curtain, it's the middle of the night." Autumn Chrysanthemum pulled the curtain open.

"Back then, you were this shy." The ex-husband said: "I was shy too."

He turned his head and covered his mouth while reaching backward with his other hand.

After grabbing a hand, he walked along, saying to himself: "I hold your hand, just like this, my little heart, it's thumping and Dancing."

Then, he pulled out Hao Jian from behind the curtain.

While holding Hao Jian's hand, he was still reminiscing.

The Spring Festival Gala scene was completely boiling over, and many netizens in the barrage commented: "My head laughed off."

"It's the New Year, and my head is gone."

"The whole family is laughing their heads off!"

The ex-husband continued: "On the asphalt road, and then I bumped into your mother head-on."

He glanced at Autumn Chrysanthemum, let go of Hao Jian's hand, pointed at her and laughed: "Right! You had this exact terrified expression back then!"

After saying this, he lowered his hand pointing at Autumn Chrysanthemum, and then reached out to pull backward again.

The stunned Hao Jian even offered his hand for him to keep pulling.

The ex-husband was still deep in memory and didn't notice anything wrong.

He was still saying that back then you ran away as soon as you saw your mother, and I went to chase you.

Then he and Hao Jian had a chase battle behind the curtain.

Until Autumn Chrysanthemum gave him a kick.

"Oh my, your heartless kick has kicked me from memory back to reality," the ex-husband said.

Autumn Chrysanthemum turned her head to look, saw Hao Jian still sticking his head out from behind the curtain to peek, and immediately shouted: "Hao Jian!"

Hao Jian immediately retracted his head.

The ex-husband was stunned, staring blankly at her, and said: "Fine, I'm cheap!"

"I'm so cheap!"

This sketch actually has quite good logic. The Drama began to shift starting from this line.

The ex-husband recalled the past as soon as he came in because he wanted to reconcile.

Don't look at how he took all the furniture and appliances, but he left the house to his wife, didn't he?

Until the appearance of this "so cheap," he began to deliberately anger Autumn Chrysanthemum.

"I came here today to tell you some good news: I'm getting married again!"

"I found a little girlfriend, young, beautiful, and rich. You say, isn't that infuriating?"

"I'm here today just to have you vet her for me."

"If someone as narrow-minded as you thinks she's good, then the two of us will go get our marriage certificate."

"Of course, as long as you say you don't agree..."

—"Then it still won't work!" the ex-husband said with a smile.

"Oh my, does it feel a bit uncomfortable in your heart?" he teased her.

Autumn Chrysanthemum covered her face: "If that's how you put it, then I feel quite comfortable, hahaha."

"Since everything is out in the open, then go ahead and vet her for me first!" Autumn Chrysanthemum said loudly.

"Come! Show yourself, my little baby!" She walked over quickly and pulled the curtain open in one go.

The moment this plot point appeared, the scene completely exploded!

The audience watching the Live Broadcast was also pushed to an emotional climax by this segment of the Drama.

Amazing! This plot twist was absolutely amazing!

The comedic points and excitement were maxed out!

Who could resist watching the spectacle and gossiping?

It can be said that the structure of this sketch is very good, and the pacing is also very good, constantly pushing forward in layers.

The Drama's grasp of the audience's psychology is also just right.

It has the audience completely wrapped around its finger!

"Come, let me introduce you: Hao Jian, my little boyfriend."

"Gao, my ex-husband."

A flustered Hao Jian stepped forward, took the initiative to reach out to shake hands, and said very politely:

"Brother Ex-husband."

—"Maintain respect for your elders."

He wanted to slip away, but Autumn Chrysanthemum told him to cooperate.

Hao Jian looked at his phone and smiled bitterly: "It's not that I don't want to cooperate, but on the surface, there are three people, but actually there are four!"

As soon as this line came out, many people burst into laughter again.

Even more absurdly, Hao Jian held out his phone to give a hint, but Autumn Chrysanthemum thought he was pointing at her stomach, implying she was pregnant, so she immediately thought of angering the ex-husband to death and played along:

"Ah hahaha, why do you have to go and say everything out loud?"

The ex-husband couldn't bear to look at them and turned to face the wall.

As it turned out, in the painting on the wall, there happened to be a green hat right above his head.

As everyone knows, the bullet comments these days have... colored bullet comments!

The Spring Festival Gala Live Broadcast on Blue Star is using this feature.

Originally, many people were using red bullet comments, as they are more festive.

Good heavens, now it's a sea of green!

Hao Jian still wanted to leave, but Autumn Chrysanthemum wanted him to finish the act.

"The guest hasn't left yet, is it appropriate for you, the host, to leave? Father of the child."

A terrified Hao Jian said to the phone: "Father of the child, bazhahei!"

The three of them went back and forth.

Autumn Chrysanthemum praised Hao Jian crazily, while Brother Ex-husband was incredibly sour.

The expression on the ex-husband's face was truly painful.

On Wang Rong's face, his features were all twisted together.

From the other end of the phone, the angry scolding of Hao Jian's wife rang out.

Autumn Chrysanthemum immediately said: "Oh my, your ringtone is too annoying, I'll turn it off for you first."

She whispered to Hao Jian that she would help him with his wife, and now he should help her.

—"Cooperation."

Hao Jian gritted his teeth and agreed.

At this moment, the Drama was pushed to a new climax.

Because the phone call was disconnected, there was no wife listening in anymore.

How should I put it?

—Seal released!!!

Hao Jian went all out.

Heh, just giving up entirely!

"Why did you two get a divorce? Look at Brother Ex-Husband, he's quite the piece of human scum, isn't he?"

"Yo, I'm complimenting you, why aren't you happy?"

"Look at your facial features, which one passes? You finally managed a melon-seed face, why did you grow it upside down?"

"Do you know how many men out there see her and can't help themselves?"

Autumn Chrysanthemum looked at him and shouted: "Beautiful!!!"

The two were still clenching their fists, making a gesture of 'let's push harder,' just like scoring a goal.

Brother Ex-Husband stood up and said that since they were already divorced, he shouldn't interfere, but there is an old saying: only the foot knows if the shoe fits.

Hao Jian had lost a shoe in the earlier panic, so he foolishly lifted his foot and said: "Then I'm one who knows, and one who doesn't."

"Oh my! I am thoroughly defeated by your naivety." Brother Ex-Husband was speechless.

Hao Jian lifted his shoeless foot and said cheekily: "What defeated you wasn't naivety, it was 'no shoe'."

—The pun may be late, but it always arrives.

I just want to stand on the CCTV Spring Festival Gala and tell puns! So what!?

Brother Ex-Husband wanted to leave.

Autumn Chrysanthemum said: "Gao, let's meet at the golf course tomorrow, and you can introduce me to that 'her' of yours."

"Xiao Jian, accompany me to play golf tomorrow," Autumn Chrysanthemum said.

"Why wait until tomorrow to hit him?" He walked viciously toward Brother Ex-Husband, grabbed Gao by the collar and said: "Is your name Erfu?"

The barrage of comments instantly flooded the screen, all saying: "So you're the one called Xia Luo?"

The sketch was actually nearing its end here; Gao began to explain that he wanted to remarry and that the young girlfriend was made up.

Autumn Chrysanthemum was immediately excited: "Ours was made up too; this is my lobby manager, he came to bring me a gift and you just happened to run into it."

"What? He is your lobby manager?"

Hao Jian looked at him and said: "What about it? He's in the civil service."

It echoed the beginning and the end; a simple Comedy technique of a 'call-back', but the effect was excellent.

Hao Jian's wife also happened to rush in at this moment.

"Who are you?" Autumn Chrysanthemum asked.

"I am Hao Jian's wife, Jian-nei!"

Another pun arrived: Am I brave?

In the midst of the noise, the theme of the sketch began to emerge: people should learn to resolve misunderstandings, rather than not resolving them and constantly being suspicious, creating conflict.

"Oh my, I really am defeated by your naivety!" His wife was convinced.

Hao Jian smiled, kicked off the shoe on his other foot, and shouted: "What defeated you wasn't naivety."

He paused for a moment, not speaking, but looking at all the audience members at the scene.

This was trust in the audience, and also confidence in his own ability to control the stage.

Everyone was heard shouting loudly: "It was 'no shoe'!"

The atmosphere was pushed to its peak; for the New Year, all you want is a lively time!

The ending doesn't necessarily have to be sentimental or force a moral lesson too hard.

Just having a blast is enough!

(End of this chapter)