Huayu: Starting from Fahrenheit

Chapter 320 Experience the Planning

It must be admitted that Jackie Chan and Jet Li have a lot of influence.

Almost 80 percent of Hong Kong's celebrities came.

Even Xiao Xie, who had just been greatly shocked by the photo incident, was present.

Other influential figures in Hong Kong, such as Eason Chan, Ronald Cheng, the Four Heavenly Kings who were popular in the 1990s, Sammi Cheng, and Miriam Yeung, were all present.

In fact, several members of the Seven Little Fortunes were also among them.

Wu Zhuo and Jackie Chan, among others, waved and greeted people as they moved through the crowd.

After almost everyone had arrived, Wu Zhuo and the others found a place to discuss some of the performance's procedures.

What song will be sung at the beginning?

"How about we just sing 'We Are a Loving Family'?"

The first person to speak was Mr. Zhang, the head of Jet Li's One Foundation.

A charity performance to raise funds is different from a charity concert.

Charity concerts sell tickets directly, and then the organizers donate the money.

Charity performances, on the other hand, involve carrying a box and asking others to donate.

This kind of behavior requires qualifications worldwide.

Only qualified parties are eligible to initiate fundraising.

Just like Wu Zhuo and his group this time.

The initiator was the One Foundation, with Wu Zhuo and several others acting as initiators.

After One Foundation became the initiator and organizer of this charity performance, they were responsible for everything from venue setup to publicity.

Zhang also brought in several wealthy individuals who promised to donate a considerable amount of money.

"I don't think it's appropriate for a family to be all lovey-dovey."

Wu Zhuo shook his head.

"We Are a Loving Family" is definitely a classic song.

This song is also frequently used for charity.

If there are no other songs, it would definitely be the first choice.

But Wu Zhuo felt that another song was more suitable.

Before anyone else could ask, Wu Zhuo said, "Let the world be filled with love might be more suitable for our charity performance."

"That public service song for flood relief in 98?"

Jet Li, who had been stroking the Buddhist prayer beads in his hand, asked a question.

"Yes."

Wu Zhuo nodded directly.

Jet Li's statement is indeed correct; this song was indeed used as a charity song for flood relief in mainland China in 1998.

But in fact, the song "Let the World Be Filled with Love" was released earlier, on July 1, 1986.

1986 was the International Year of Peace. Inspired by the song "We Are One Family" sung by a group of stars, musicians such as Guo Feng and Chen Zhe began to plan a pop concert as a tribute to the International Year of Peace.

Guo Feng spent three days and nights creating "Let the World Be Filled with Love".

After its release, the song left a significant mark on the history of Chinese pop music, becoming a pioneer in breaking down prejudices against popular music and making people realize that pop music can also interpret major themes, spread positive energy, and convey the power of love.

Since its release, this song has been released in several versions sung by hundreds of people.

The first time was in 1998, after southern China suffered from floods. Guo Feng contacted hundreds of singers to make a music video of "Let the World Be Filled with Love" and dedicated it to the people in the disaster area.

In 1999, after NATO, led by the United States, bombed the Chinese embassy in Yugoslavia, CCTV remade the music video and broadcast it continuously.

Later, during the Wenchuan earthquake, Ya'an earthquake, and the COVID-19 pandemic, this song was re-recorded as a music video, inspiring countless people.

"This song is good, I think it's great!"

Jet Li looked at Jackie Chan.

Jackie Chan pondered for a moment, then said, "This one will do."

Having decided to open the show with this song, Wu Zhuo and his team immediately had the lyrics printed out and notified the singers and artists present to rehearse together.

"Should we call the songwriter?"

As Jackie Chan stepped out of the tent where they had just discussed things, he caught up with Wu Zhuo and asked him some questions with some hesitation.

Copyright is something that should be respected when necessary.

Jackie Chan was worried about problems arising.

"This song is a charity song. As long as it's not used for commercial activities, it's perfectly fine to do charity work with it," Wu Zhuo explained.

"That's good. I thought you hadn't thought of that."

Jackie Chan breathed a sigh of relief.

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Rehearsing is not a particularly difficult thing.

"Let the World Be Filled with Love" is not a difficult song.

After being assigned lyrics, the artists present practiced briefly and quickly mastered them.

In the afternoon, everyone focused their energy on the arrangements for other performances.

Not all the artists present were singers.

There are also many actors.

They all wanted to do their part.

But expecting them to sing is unlikely.

Therefore, it is necessary to plan some other programs for them.

However, it's not actually that difficult; it's just that actors in China might have some trouble on these kinds of shows.

But in Hong Kong, this is a minor issue.

Because most Hong Kong actors actually come from TVB.

In the 90s, TVB's anniversary celebrations were comparable to the Spring Festival Gala in mainland China, featuring a dazzling array of stars.

TVB actors will all be on stage.

Things like Stephen Chow and Ng Man-tat performing crosstalk, TVB's Five Tigers performing acrobatics, and Leon Lai performing motorcycle jumps were all things that existed in the past.

The most classic example is Andy Lau breaking a boulder on his chest back then.

This guy spat out a mouthful of fake blood, which terrified a bunch of spectators.

In short, while I can't speak for everything else, Hong Kong actors are undeniably dedicated and hardworking.

This time, several actors from Hong Kong also chose this type of program.

"Now I understand how difficult it is to plan a program."

Around 5 p.m., all the programs were planned and rehearsed.

After a busy day, Wu Zhuo finally had time to sit down and rest for a while.

As the initiator, Wu Zhuo, Jackie Chan, and Jet Li also had their own programs.

Wu Zhuo will sing four or five songs.

Jackie Chan prepared a variety show and also sang "A Man Should Be Self-reliant" and "Beautiful Myth".

Jet Li only had one martial arts performance.

Because they hadn't performed in a long time, Jackie Chan and Jet Li went to rehearse at noon.

Therefore, the task of helping others plan programs fell entirely on Wu Zhuo's shoulders.

He was so busy that he didn't have time to rehearse a single song.

"But your hard work is worthwhile."

Wu Zhuo was complaining to Chen Huiying when he heard someone interrupt from the side, and the voice sounded somewhat familiar.

Looking back, I realized it was Andy Lau.

"Just like in the American movie Spider-Man, with great power comes great responsibility."

Andy Lau smiled and sat down next to Wu Zhuo.

"Wah-ge also watches Spider-Man?"

Wu Zhuo asked with some curiosity.

"What are you saying? I'm not some old fogey."

Andy Lau is quite outgoing and even joked with Wu Zhuo.

“I saw in the report that you were so busy that you didn’t even have time to eat, so I thought you didn’t have time to read it.”

Wu Zhuo said somewhat awkwardly.

Looking back, I realize how silly I was to say that.

Even if you're busy, you can't be so busy that you don't even have time to watch a movie!
Needless to say, for an actor like Andy Lau, who is dedicated to his craft, it is only natural to learn from successful films from other countries.

(End of this chapter)