Huayu: Starting from Fahrenheit

Chapter 316 A Gala of Stars
Hello Wu Zhuo!

In the hotel lobby, Wu Zhuo met Dong Qian, a host from CCTV.

Upon seeing Wu Zhuo, the other party immediately stood up with a smile to greet him.

Hello, Sister Dong!

Wu Zhuo had interacted with her before; she had even interviewed him during the 100-day countdown event for the Olympics.

After a few brief pleasantries, the interview began immediately.

"Hello, viewers. This is 'Face to Face'."

Today we are interviewing Wu Zhuo, a famous Chinese singer.

......"

Dong Qian first delivered her opening remarks to the camera before beginning the formal interview.

Today's interview mainly focuses on Wu Zhuo's donation.

So at the beginning, Dong Qian asked some questions about the charity concert.

"We all know that Wu Zhuo's revenue from this round of concerts is very high. According to the information I have, the revenue from this round of concerts may be no less than 20 million."

Including the money you have already donated, you have donated nearly 50 million RMB by yourself.

That much money is a considerable sum for anyone.

But we can see that Wu Zhuo, you don't seem to care about this.

Dong Qian sat on the sofa opposite Wu Zhuo, looking at him with a dignified smile.

Wu Zhuo didn't become serious just because it was a CCTV interview. Instead, he sat relaxed on the sofa, leaning back, and said:
"Fifty million is indeed a lot, but in my opinion, it's worth it."

He paused for a moment, his expression turning somewhat serious as he looked at the camera.

"When one place is in trouble, help comes from all sides. Although I was born in Taiwan, my grandmother taught me from a young age not to forget where my roots are."

To me, Taiwan, mainland China, Hong Kong, and Macau are all part of China.

As a Chinese person, it's my duty to do what I can for my fellow countrymen.

As soon as Wu Zhuo finished speaking, Dong Qian across from him widened her eyes, her mouth slightly agape, her face filled with disbelief.

Dong Qian found it unbelievable.

She has interviewed many Taiwanese artists.

When it comes to issues concerning the nation, many people always remain silent.

Many people even strongly request that this topic not be discussed before the interview.

Only Wu Zhuo.

Wu Zhuo was the first person he met who openly and honestly claimed to be a Chinese artist from Taiwan.

Because she had never encountered this before, Wu Zhuo's words almost made her stop following the interview procedure, and she was completely stunned on the spot.

She could already imagine how much controversy Wu Zhuo would cause in Taiwan if this interview were released.

When she came to Japan, she heard that Wu Zhuo's donation of a large amount of money and supplies in this donation drive had already drawn the ire of many netizens in Taiwan, who were attacking him online.

Wu Zhuo was not surprised by Dong Qian's astonishment.

Seeing that Dong Qian didn't speak, he continued speaking to himself:

"I also have many fans in Wenchuan, and I have replied to many of the letters they wrote to me."

I am deeply saddened by this tragedy. There's nothing else I can do but try my best to donate supplies and food to the disaster area, contributing to its reconstruction.

Dong Qian finally realized what was happening and quickly said, "On behalf of the people in the disaster area who received help, we would like to express our gratitude to you. Thank you!"

After saying that, she returned to the main topic of the interview, "I heard that your concert tour has received support from many people in the entertainment industry."

Is it true that many of your friends will be attending your concert as guest performers?
Could you tell us who these people are?

"Many friends and kind-hearted people were willing to contribute to this charity performance. I am very grateful to them."

Wu Zhuo nodded and said, "However, after discussion, we decided that none of them would attend my personal charity concert."

Instead, they will hold another star-studded concert in Happy Valley, Hong Kong.

This concert is not in my personal name, but in the name of all the stars.

I was just acting as a rallying point, calling on colleagues who were willing to contribute to attend.

It also calls on all sectors of society who are willing to contribute to support Wenchuan.

This star-studded concert was only decided yesterday.

It is somewhat similar to the Hong Kong All-Star Charity Gala in 1992. It is a large-scale concert featuring a host of stars, and its purpose is not to sell tickets, but to call on people from all walks of life to support Wenchuan.

Originally, Wu Zhuo had not intended to do so.

His original intention was simply to hold his own concert and then donate the proceeds to the disaster area.

However, as Wu Zhuo's charity concert received more and more coverage in China, even CCTV is now filming the entire event.

This made this concert, despite its small number of attendees, extremely impactful.

There is something to say.

Many people in the entertainment industry act solely based on self-interest.

For many, Wu Zhuo's concert has become a place for them to increase their influence.

As a result, many of his peers contacted Wu Zhuo, hoping to join him as a backup singer in his concert.

For Wu Zhuo, it was nothing unusual for a few people to come and sing with him.

But with more people, his concert has a completely different feel.

After all, there's a big difference between having more people and having only one person.

Wu Zhuo can't really turn this concert into a star-studded concert!
Let's set aside whether he himself is willing or not.

If we really did that, the foreign audiences who bought tickets specifically to see Wu Zhuo wouldn't be happy about it.

They bought tickets specifically to see Wu Zhuo, but he only had a few songs to sing, and everyone else was someone they didn't recognize.

This is a complete scam, trying to trick them into buying tickets.

So, seeing that more and more people were contacting them, the company suggested that they hold a star-studded performance and raise funds to donate to the disaster area.

Considering that he alone could not mobilize most of the artists in the country.

So Wu Zhuo called Jackie Chan's side and invited him to be a co-initiator.

Jackie Chan immediately agreed upon hearing this.

Then he brought Jet Li, who had just filmed "The Forbidden Kingdom" with Wu Zhuo, to his place.

Thus, the three of them took the lead and called for a star-studded performance to gather celebrities in Hong Kong.

"A disaster relief performance?"

Dong Qian was stunned again.

She only just found out about this news herself.

"Yes, I discussed it with Jackie Chan and Jet Li, and we decided to organize a charity performance and invite stars to perform on site."

At the same time, we call on people from all walks of life to contribute to Wenchuan.

To be honest, it was somewhat by chance that Wu Zhuo was able to become the initiator.

With his current influence, he is not really qualified for this position.

But since he was the first to propose it, and many artists also took the initiative to contact him to attend his concert!
It was precisely because everyone came to him that he was qualified to become the initiator of this star-studded performance.

(End of this chapter)