Poverty alleviation variety show goes to the countryside, my talent can no longer be hidden

Chapter 402: Final Preparations before the Spring Festival Gala
The first volume of The Return of the Condor Heroes was on sale for the first time, and Xie Tianfei came out in person on crutches to promote the sale.

In order to promote The Return of the Condor Heroes, he even gave away his own autographed works as gifts at the event, surprising many martial arts fans.

A martial arts master of his generation was able to go to such lengths to help the younger generation. He truly demonstrated the spirit of chivalry with his actions!
However, people in the circle can see this clearly - what a bullshit chivalrous spirit, it's just for making money.

His own books have been selling poorly for a long time, and the younger generation doesn't buy into his tricks at all. Now he can use Zhou Hao's traffic to increase his presence...

But no matter what, this wave of operations has indeed attracted a lot of attention. Almost all of the major TV stations in Hong Kong have sent news teams to conduct comprehensive coverage of this unique first sale.

The final results were also quite gratifying—the first volume of The Return of the Condor Heroes sold 56,000 copies on the first day!
The numbers alone may seem a bit rough, but considering the market size of Hong Kong and the popularity of e-reading, these are already astonishing figures.

These days, for those so-called famous authors selling books in Hong Kong, if they can sell 50,000 copies at a discount to clear their stock, it is already a very good result.

And this is just the achievement in Hong Kong. The bigger market is in Taiwan and Southeast Asia...

Three days later, Zhou Hao received a message from Lao Xie - the total sales volume in the three locations has exceeded 500,000, and the sales momentum in the southeast is climbing rapidly, and it is expected to exceed one million soon.

According to this trend, when The Condor Heroes is completed and printed and released, he will receive more than 10 million yuan in physical royalties...

Zhou Hao took a deep breath after hearing this data.

Having a reliable channel partner really saves me a lot of trouble. Lao Xie’s operational ability is really amazing...

The field of novels is making great strides on both fronts, and the time has come for the Spring Festival Gala to see the results.

When the agreed three days expired, the two actors came to participate in the assessment performance as scheduled. Almost all members of the entire director team and many leaders of relevant departments came to witness this performance without any stage design or accompaniment in the closed venue.

In fact, the program planned by Zhou Hao has two parts. The stage play is only one part, and the other part is the folk music ensemble. That part has been pulled out for separate practice and will not participate in this rehearsal, so the assessment performance this time is only ten minutes.

Moreover, due to the extremely short rehearsal time, everything seemed a little awkward and unfamiliar. In addition, with so many big bosses supervising the performance, the two actors were inevitably a little nervous and even forgot their lines. Fortunately, they reacted quickly enough and recovered.

From all aspects, this was not a high-quality performance. However, when the two finished their performance, almost everyone in the audience stood up and applauded.

This scene made Zhou Hao breathe a sigh of relief. It was stable!

When the event was over, several leaders from relevant departments came over to greet him, and took turns encouraging him while chatting and laughing.

What about young and promising, talented, the best among young creators... These clichés were directly filtered out by him. What really caught his attention was a frequently appearing word - create more valuable works.

What is a valuable product?

For capital, it means being able to make money.

The more you earn, the better!

And for these big guys, that is definitely the value orientation of a red heart.

If only one leader mentioned this, he might just think it was a casual remark. But four or five leaders said similar things in a row... If he still couldn't understand, he could really go home and raise pigs.

After sending off the leaders who came to supervise and observe, even Kong Lin couldn't help but pat his shoulder with envy, "You have made a name for yourself, kid. Not everyone will be invited to produce a main theme work. You have to pay attention to this matter!"

Zhou Hao nodded. "Actually, the spy film I was going to make was going in that direction, but now..."

"Isn't it just a harsh remark on Weibo? That's nothing." Kong Lin said unhappily, "In this circle, the most important thing you can't have is shamelessness. You will understand it after you suffer more losses!"

Zhou Hao scratched his head and smiled a little awkwardly.

"Okay, you can think about this slowly. The important thing now is to start the formal rehearsal!" Kong Lin said with a stern face: "From tomorrow on, you must supervise the whole process. Make sure to polish every detail as much as possible within the scheduled time, and strive to come up with a high-quality program!"

After a pause, Kong Lin patted his shoulder again and said, "Brother, I may only have this one chance to direct the Spring Festival Gala, but if you do a good job with this program, you can make it into a series, and you may even become a regular guest of the Spring Festival Gala in the future. This kind of opportunity is rare, do you understand?"

Zhou Hao nodded, "Okay, let's work hard together."

That afternoon, he moved out of the hotel and moved directly into the old CCTV building, where the program rehearsals would be conducted in seclusion.

In the morning, I watch the rehearsal of the stage play. In the afternoon, I have to watch the folk music group's rehearsal results. Every night after dinner, I have to attend a meeting to summarize and write a report... It is often midnight when I get home, and I still have to stay up late to write and keep updating.

After calculation, his average sleep time is only about four hours a day... Fortunately, he is a hacker, otherwise he really can't stand this high-intensity liver emperor mode.

But all the hard work was worth it. As the folk music group began to join in the rehearsal, the scene immediately became vivid and lively.

Watching this play transform from a dull and unfamiliar one into something brilliant and exciting, the sense of accomplishment is indescribable in any words.

As the first snowflake fell, Yanjing finally entered winter.

January 2018 is here.

The Spring Festival is also approaching.

The rehearsals for all programs have entered the sprint mode, and forty days before New Year's Eve, the program held its second closed presentation rehearsal. This time, even more leaders came to observe than last time!

This time, the show is a complete program, including a drama section and a folk music ensemble section.

When the suona sounded for the last time, many leaders at the scene stood up in advance and applauded with their hands raised in tribute.

After the performance, the applause lasted for a long time. Kong Lin pulled Zhou Hao over to greet him and asked him about his opinion. The comments were basically unanimous positive.

This also made Zhou Hao breathe a sigh of relief again. At least at the internal level, there shouldn’t be any major problems with this program!
Next, it depends on whether the audience buys it!
Just as the entire Spring Festival Gala program team began their intensive rehearsals, Zhou Hao also received the long-awaited news.

Xu Lingyue, is back to celebrate the New Year.

(End of this chapter)