1978 Synthetic Writers

Chapter 629 Broadcast
"Thank you, Hollywood."

"Thank you, my motherland."

Jiang Xian repeated these last few sentences twice.

One time it was spoken in Chinese, and the other time it was spoken in English.

Beijing.

Jingshan East Hutong.

"Mom, I've brought Niannian back!" Jiang Ke, dressed quite fashionably, led Jiang Niannian by the hand, and they returned to the courtyard one after the other.

Jiang Ke looked every bit the fashionable woman of the time, with her hair permed into curls, sunglasses, a floral dress, a baseball cap, and a small watch.

However, the sunglasses were now on Jiang Niannian's tiny face, which was barely the size of a palm. The little one wiggled her bottom, ran over panting, hugged Rao Yuemei's leg who was cooking, and called out in her childish voice:
"grandmother."

"Oh dear, my little darling, Grandma's cooking, don't burn yourself here."

Rao Yuemei quickly put down the spatula in her hand, helped the tiny Jiang Niannian up, and called out to Jiang Ke, "Ke'er, take Niannian away, what are you doing?"

"I'm right here."

Jiang Ke held an apple in her hand and waved to Jiang Niannian, "Niannian, go watch TV with your aunt."

"Go quickly, go with your aunt to find grandpa, and go play with Mantou," Rao Yuemei said.

Upon hearing that she wanted to play with steamed buns, the little girl was delighted and wiggled her bottom as she followed Jiang Ke into the north room.

"grandfather."

"Hey~"

Jiang Guoqing sat comfortably in a grand chair, a pair of reading glasses perched on his nose, sipping tea and petting his dog.

"Dad, you're not that old, you look like you're in your seventies or eighties," Jiang Ke couldn't help but say dismissively.

"Go away, is your father that old?" Jiang Guoqing glared at her, then grinned kindly at the little emperor, "Niannian."

Jiang Niannian has already started playing with Mantou.

Mantou is Jiang Guoqing's dog, a small white Pekingese. He's had it for several years and is now considered an old dog. Jiang Guoqing has fattened it up, and it looks like it's usually too lazy to move.

Normally, as one of Jiang Guoqing's darlings, Mantou was pampered to the extreme.

Unfortunately, ever since Jiang Niannian came into the family, Mantou has suffered terribly, avoiding Jiang Niannian as if she were a plague god.

Every time this owner sees it, it causes the dog a lot of trouble, leaving the dog feeling exhausted and helpless.

When are my brother and sister-in-law coming back?

Jiang Ke plopped down in a rosewood chair, leaning back comfortably. "I'm in a hurry to catch up on my filming."

"What's the rush? Your brother and sister-in-law have important business to attend to and have to go abroad. During this time, you need to keep a close eye on Niannian for them, understand?"

“I’ve been watching for quite a while now,” Jiang Ke complained. “I’m busy taking care of my little darling every day, I don’t have time to film.”

"What to shoot?"

Jiang Guoqing picked up his teacup and took a sip. "Didn't you just finish filming a TV series? What was it called again?"

“Desire!” Jiang Ke reminded him.

"Oh, right, right, 'Desire'."

Jiang Guoqing asked, "When will your TV series air? When will we be able to watch it?"

"It shouldn't be long, it will be broadcast on CCTV then," Jiang Ke said.

"Then why are you in such a hurry?"

Jiang Guoqing glared at him. "You can take a break during this time. It's not too late to go out and take on roles after the TV series airs. And if the show becomes a hit, a big director might see that you played the role well and call you up directly."

"Hey."

Jiang Ke smiled and said, "What you said makes a lot of sense. If this TV series becomes popular, I might be able to get some better roles."

"Yes."

Jiang Guoqing was very pleased to see that his daughter was teachable. "You should rest for a while and sort out your life. Your mother and I are getting old and our legs aren't good, so you can pick up and drop off Niannian every day. By the way, you're not getting any younger, so take this time to see if you can find someone to date."

"dad!"

Jiang Ke was displeased upon hearing this, "I don't want to look for someone right now, I'm busy with my career."

"You should focus on both your career and love life. How can having a partner interfere with your acting career? Your brother and sister-in-law are dating. One of them wins literary awards every day without fail, and the other is a Golden Rooster Award-winning actress who went abroad to receive an award. Isn't that great?" Jiang Guoqing advised earnestly.

"That's different."

Jiang Ke said, "Can an ordinary man compare to my brother? If I'm going to find a partner, I have to find someone even more outstanding than my brother, just as outstanding as him."

"You."

Seeing that his daughter had lofty ambitions, Jiang Guoqing couldn't help but sigh and decided not to waste any more words.

Let's wait until Jiang Xian returns to China and have him speak on his behalf.

He said it was much more effective than him saying it himself.

As they were talking, Jiang Ke turned on the TV, and Jiang Guoqing quickly said, "It's almost seven o'clock, the news is about to start, turn on the news."

The "News Broadcast" began its trial run in 1976, when it was called "National Television News Broadcast," and was officially launched in 1978.

The initial broadcast time was only 15 minutes.

Because there is so little news available.

The earliest news reports were all compiled and edited by CCTV reporters and sent by provincial television stations across the country.

By the 80s, with the upgrading of news transmission methods by local TV stations in China, the timeliness of news was greatly improved. At the same time, Xinhua News Agency was able to collect and edit some international news. As a result, "Xinwen Lianbo" (News Broadcast) had both domestic and international news, making the content more substantial. However, the time was not enough, so the broadcast time was increased from 15 minutes to 30 minutes each time.

The time was set for 7:00 to 7:30 every evening.

Because the authorities authorized "Xinwen Lianbo" to exclusively release important news one day earlier than other news organizations.

Therefore, this is currently the most important channel for people across the country to obtain news information, and also the most important news program.

"I'll watch some TV dramas," Jiang Ke muttered.

"What TV dramas are you watching?" Jiang Guoqing lectured. "Society is changing so fast these days. How can you keep up with the times if you don't watch the news?"

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Unable to resist the powerful, Jiang Ke had no choice but to switch the old man to CCTV's "News Broadcast".

Soon, familiar music began to play in my ears.

The opening theme song of "Xinwen Lianbo" is the same as that of later versions of "Xinwen Lianbo".

Actually, this piece was composed by Meng Weidong at the beginning of this year. It is 16 seconds long and was directly used as the opening theme music for "Xinwen Lianbo" (the evening news program on CCTV).

Incidentally, Meng Weidong later composed a song called "The Same Song" for the Asian Games and a song called "Big Windmill" for a children's program on CCTV.
Anyway, these few pieces of music that are etched into our DNA were all written by him, and even in later generations, you can still hear his works every day.

Although the music is the same, the opening animation is definitely different. This time, there's a rotating Earth in the center, and then a large red rooster moves to the front of the Earth as it rotates, followed by the four large characters "News Broadcast" appearing, with the words "xinwen lianbo" below. The opening scene features Lu Jing, sitting upright in front of a green background wall.

Lu Jing, the female host, is worth mentioning because she actually smiled and said, "Hello, viewers," on the evening news program "Xinwen Lianbo."

What does this mean?

In the past, Lu Jing was like everyone's teacher on TV. As a teacher, students should naturally say "Hello, teacher" to the teacher. But Lu Jing's actions made it seem like your teacher was actually saying "Hello, classmate" to you respectfully before class.

This was seen as a rebellion against the Heavenly Spirits by people at the time, and it caused great controversy.

However, with the reform and opening up, everyone quickly got used to Lu Jing's style.

Today was no different. Lu Jing didn't waste any time. She first greeted everyone, and then immediately began broadcasting from her prepared script:

"The Last Emperor, a co-production between China, Italy, and the United Kingdom, directed by Italian director Bernardo Bertolucci and written by Chinese screenwriter Jiang Xian, won nine awards at the Academy Awards ceremony held in Los Angeles last night, including Best Picture, Best Director, Best Adapted Screenplay, Best Costume Design, Best Original Score, Best Editing, Best Sound Mixing, Best Cinematography, and Best Art Direction."

A film based on China and filmed on location in China has won nine Academy Awards in the United States, a first in recent decades.

"The Last Emperor" reflects the history of Puyi from the age of 3 when he became emperor to his transformation into a self-reliant gardener under reform.

Most of the film's exterior scenes were shot in the Forbidden City in Beijing.

It is worth mentioning that the screenplay for this film was written by Jiang Xian, a young Chinese writer, and the music was composed by Su Cong, a young Chinese composer, Ryuichi Sakamoto from Japan, and David Byrne from the United Kingdom.

Last night, Chinese artists Su Cong and Jiang Xian became the first and second recipients of the Oscars from China, taking to the stage to accept their awards.

This marks another breakthrough for Chinese artists on the international stage.

This year's Oscars coincide with the 60th anniversary of the Academy Awards, making it especially lively.

On the television, Lu Jing was still smiling and reading aloud, while Jiang Guoqing and Jiang Ke in front of the television couldn't sit still any longer.

"Mom, Mom, come quick!"

Jiang Ke shouted at the top of her lungs, "My brother was on the evening news! My brother won an Oscar!"

"What, what, what?"

Rao Yuemei wiped her hands on her apron and hurried into the house. "Your brother won an award?"

"Take it!"

Jiang Ke pointed to the television, "The evening news is on right now."

As they spoke, several clips of footage taken at the Oscars ceremony were played on television.

Rao Yuemei spotted Jiang Xian, who was wearing a black suit, at a glance.

"Wow, I actually won an award!"

"Yes, yes, an Oscar! Best Adapted Screenplay!"

Jiang Ke's excitement was palpable. "My brother is the first Chinese person to receive this award!"

"The first one?" Rao Yuemei asked, puzzled.

"Yes, Lu Jing just mentioned it on TV."

Jiang Guoqing grinned, "Not only is he the first Chinese to win this award, but he's also one of the first two Chinese to go to the Oscars to accept it. No one has ever gone before in the last few decades. This is bringing glory to our country on the international stage!"

"Oh my, this is a huge contribution!" After hearing their explanation, Rao Yuemei felt as if she were shining with glory.

People these days are very simple and honest, and they respect those who bring glory to the country on the international stage. Not to mention these days, even in later generations, after Liu Xiang won the gold medal in hurdles in Athens, he immediately became a star in the spotlight upon returning to China.

The three of them were grinning from ear to ear, their eyes glued to the television, afraid of missing a single bit of news about "The Last Emperor" and the Oscars.

Jiang Niannian didn't understand what was happening either, and just kept wiggling her little bottom as she chased after the steamed bun around the room.

The news about the Oscars had just finished airing when the door to my house was pushed open, and several neighbors from the next courtyard jumped in, bowing respectfully as they entered.

"Old Jiang, Old Rao, congratulations!"

"We've all seen the news; we've all seen the news about Jiang Xian receiving the award."

"Wow, the Oscars! I've heard about them. They're major international awards. Jiang Xian just went up there and won a huge trophy. Never before has anyone done that!"

"Yes, no one has ever won this award before. Jiang Xian from your family has really made our country proud this time!"

"How come your Jiang Xian is so successful!"

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Hearing the neighbors' kind words, Rao Yuemei and Jiang Guoqing felt as sweet as if they had eaten honey, and of course, they had to be polite in return:

"Oh, what luck! What luck!"

"How could it be luck?"

Old Zhou waved his hand, "That's not true. It's not easy to win such an award. It's comparable to the best films in the world, which shows that Jiang Xian is truly a literary genius descended to earth!"

"Yes, that's absolutely right! He truly is a literary genius!"

"This, this, this"

Rao Yuemei and Jiang Guoqing listened to what their neighbors were saying, exchanged a glance, both feeling somewhat helpless, but it didn't affect their cheerful mood. Rao Yuemei thought to herself that perhaps this was the legendary helplessness of happiness.

At the same time, news of Jiang Xian winning an Oscar spread rapidly throughout the country.

After all, it was reported on by CCTV's "News Broadcast".

This is also a very interesting point. In the past, the news program "Xinwen Lianbo" (the evening news program on CCTV) would ignore the Oscars ceremony, but this year, because of the awards for "The Last Emperor" and the awards won by Jiang Xian and Su Cong, it gave a special report on the event.

This can be considered a form of praise for them.

Of course, Jiang Xian, who was in the United States, was unaware of the news from here.

He was packing his bags, preparing to leave Los Angeles, and taking stock of what he had gained from the Academy Awards ceremony:
A group photo of the entire cast and crew of "The Last Emperor" holding nine Oscar statuettes.

A maintenance manual for the little golden statue.

That's right, this thing has a special maintenance manual.

There's also the prize money from winning the Academy Awards.

The Hong Kong Film Awards certainly come with prize money.

The number is not very large.

Jiang Xian received a prize of $15000.

$15000 is not a large sum for the celebrities and stars attending the ceremony.

It wasn't a huge number for Jiang Xian.

To be honest, he's starting to look down on this little bit of money now.

I simply used the money to buy some gifts for family and friends in Los Angeles, and then prepared to leave.

(End of this chapter)