Huayu 1992, my entertainment era

Chapter 57: I found a sister, and the Spring Festival Gala begins

The venue for the Spring Festival Gala before 1998 was not the CCTV Studio No. that is well known to audiences today.

It is the Workers' Stadium in Beijing.

Moreover, although the Spring Festival Gala at this time required rehearsals, it was not as strict as it would be in the future.

Generally speaking, as long as the program team notifies you, there is a nine out of ten chance that you will be able to perform on the Spring Festival Gala stage.

Therefore, the rehearsal at this time is a real rehearsal, not the kind of review and screening in the future.

Compared with other Spring Festival Gala programs this year, although Zhou Ziheng's solo also has dancers, there is less coordination between them, so Zhou Ziheng's rehearsal went smoothly.

At least, that's what he thought.

Time passed quietly.

The footsteps of the Spring Festival, accompanied by the whistling of the cold wind, arrive quietly across thousands of mountains and rivers.

In this festive atmosphere, every household began to decorate with lights and colors, filled with joy.

The streets and alleys are hung with red lanterns and couplets, symbolizing good luck, happiness and well-being.

At the same time, many people who had gone out to work began to return to their hometowns.

The family sat together, sharing delicious food and laughter, and expressing their thoughts and concerns for each other.

In this atmosphere, New Year's Eve arrived quietly.

On the afternoon of January 22, which was New Year's Eve, Zhou Ziheng passed through layers of inspection and entered the Workers' Stadium in Beijing.

At this time, a large number of people had gathered in the specially prepared backstage area at the back of the stadium.

Everyone was busy with their own things, some were putting on makeup, some were changing clothes.

"Xiao Zhou!"

In an area near the stage, a woman in a white performance dress called out to Zhou Ziheng.

"Sister!" Zhou Ziheng trotted over.

"This is your first time participating in the Spring Festival Gala, so don't be nervous. Keep calm and just follow your usual rehearsal routine. There will be no problem."

This is the godsister he recognized during rehearsal a few days ago.

Because it was Zhou Ziheng's first time participating in the Spring Festival Gala, she was afraid that Zhou Ziheng would be nervous, so she made special instructions.

"Thank you, sister. I will definitely remember your words!" Zhou Ziheng thanked.

"Go ahead, change your clothes with the staff first, and come and ask me if you have any questions."

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This year's Spring Festival Gala is definitely an unprecedented year.

Firstly, this year's Spring Festival Gala will be broadcast to four locations. Television stations in Mainland China, Hong Kong, Formosa, and Singapore will broadcast each other's wonderful programmes.

Secondly, this year's Spring Festival Gala director was selected through open bidding for the first time.

The new director Zhang Ziyang is only 35 years old this year, which is considered young.

After he became the director, he broke the old format of the show and began to introduce various elements that were previously considered unorthodox.

The combination of several precedents makes this year's Spring Festival Gala full of highlights.

At eight o'clock in the evening, accompanied by the festive opening song "Hanging Red Lanterns".

The Spring Festival Gala officially began amid the anticipation of hundreds of millions of viewers watching in front of their TVs.

This year's Spring Festival Gala hosts are different from previous years. They are composed of hosts from the mainland, Hong Kong, Taiwan and Singapore.

From the mainland, there are Zhao Zhongxiang, Ni Ping and Yang Lan, from Hong Kong, there is Liang Yanling, from Singapore, there is Zhang Yongquan, and from Taiwan, there is Li Qing'an.

Several hosts from various regions came on stage and began to introduce themselves in turn.

And give blessings to the audience at the scene and in front of the TV.

Then, the first official song and dance program of the evening, "Three Joys of New Year's Eve", was introduced.

The program was festive and lively. As the first program after the opening, it did an excellent job of warming up the audience and successfully aroused the emotions of the audience both at the scene and in front of the TV.

The second show had no name, it was a magic show performed by Qin Mingxiao and Yao Jinfen. Although Zhou Ziheng thought the show was just average, in this era, this novel magic show still attracted a lot of audiences.

The third program was the opera program "Spring Children Bringing Good Luck" performed by Nanjing Little Red Flower Art Troupe.

Then the fourth program, the sketch "Shoe Polishing", was starred by Huang Hong and Wei Ji'an, who have been regular guests of the Spring Festival Gala in recent years.

Huang Hong is definitely one of the most popular sketch actors in recent years. To a certain extent, even the sketch king Zhao Benshan of later generations was not as good as him during this period.

Since he first performed the sketch "Recruitment" on the Spring Festival Gala stage in 1989, he has appeared on the Spring Festival Gala stage every year in the following years. He is a sketch actor that mainland people prefer in recent years.

"Shoe Shine" is humorous and vivid, which made the audience laugh frequently.

There is no doubt that the show was a success.

One after another, performances came on stage, including singing and dancing, skits, and concerts.

Among them, the most impressive ones are undoubtedly Wang Jie's "Go Home" and Aaron Kwok's "Give You All My Love".

These two people are very popular in the mainland nowadays.

Coupled with the excellent performance, the audience response was very enthusiastic.

It is worth mentioning here that Aaron Kwok and Jacky Cheung’s programs were all recorded and the two did not appear in person.

Zhou Ziheng only found out a few days later that Aaron Kwok stayed in BJ for two days before returning to Hong Kong.

His program is recorded and then pushed out.

The same is true for Wang Jie. He didn't even come to the mainland, but participated in the Formosa Spring Festival Gala. The program was broadcast by Formosa TV and CCTV.

After the recorded program of Aaron Kwok and Ma Cuiru, the next program was the Sichuan opera sketch "The Legend of the Condor Heroes".

Zhou Ziheng's performance will be at the end of this program.

He arrived at the waiting area early and waited.

To be honest, he was a little nervous.

Originally during the rehearsal, the production crew wanted him to lip-sync.

Yes, the Spring Festival Gala program team asked him to lip-sync.

Don't think this is a big deal.

Since 1983, except for a few national-level singers and singers who are confident in their abilities, most of the songs performed on the Spring Festival Gala are lip-synced.

When Zhou Ziheng was rehearsing, the program crew wanted him to lip-sync.

All he had to do was follow the dance troupe's moves and lip sync.

Finally, Zhou Ziheng argued with reason and won himself a chance to sing live.

It's not that he's an idiot. He could have gotten away with it, but he chose to make things more difficult for himself.

It’s mainly because Zhou Ziheng is establishing his own persona.

He knew very well that if he wanted to stay popular for a long time, he had to establish a persona for himself.

Zhou Ziheng gave himself two labels.

One is a creative talent.

When his first tape was released, he asked Pacific to print the words "All the songs on the tape were written and composed by Zhou Ziheng" in a prominent position on the tape.

The second label is what he is going to do now.

He wants to establish himself as a talented singer.

In this era when no one really knows what lip-syncing is, he started singing live, which will definitely be beneficial to his future reputation.

With these two labels, as long as he gets enough publicity and establishes a firm foothold, he will definitely have a place in the mainland music scene.

At the very least, he doesn't have to worry about becoming an outcast of the times like Mao Ning and others in his previous life.

Alas, it has been deleted by the system several times. I won’t do it anymore. That’s it.

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