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Chapter 110 Valentine's Day? A Valentine's Day Tragedy!
After that, there were more programs on the Spring Festival Gala, such as Wang Jie's song "Going Home" and a medley of songs by Aaron Kwok, all of whom were Hong Kong and Taiwan singers who were present at the event.

There are also Mao Amin's songs, oh right, and Mao Ning's songs!

This golden boy among the golden couple also appeared on the Spring Festival Gala, and he sang a cover of Xia Tian's "The Sound of Waves Remains the Same".

—This song was written when Xiao Xu and Zhang Li were filming "Dream of the Red Chamber" in the south. They happened to be in Suzhou and took a photo at Hanshan Temple, which they included in a letter to Xia Tian.

Summer wrote this song when she replied to the letter.

It's like a night mooring at Maple Bridge!
This temple is not large, but it has become a famous tourist attraction for thousands of years because of two stories.

One is from the dialogue between Hanshan and Shide: Hanshan asked: If someone in the world slanders me, deceives me, insults me, laughs at me, belittles me, despises me, hates me, or cheats me, how should I deal with it? Shide replied: Just endure him, let him be, let him do as he pleases, avoid him, be patient with him, respect him, and ignore him. Wait a few years and you will see what becomes of him.

Another is "A Night Mooring by Maple Bridge": The moon sets, crows caw, frost fills the sky; River maples and fishing lights reflect my sorrowful sleep. Outside Suzhou city, at Hanshan Temple, The midnight bell tolls to the traveler's boat.

(I've been there. It felt like a small place, but very crowded, and the entrance fee was extremely expensive.)

In the past two years, many people have covered Summer's songs, and some have even started singing them on their own without giving any prior notice.

Of course, it could also be due to the music company they signed with.

There's not much you can do in the summer, because honestly, pursuing copyright infringement at this time is quite a hassle.

But Mr. Jin Tong was very particular; the music company in Guangdong Province had someone put in a good word for him and even sent him five thousand yuan.

It's not a lot of money, but it's the gesture.
Sing if you want, especially on the Spring Festival Gala stage. Even in summer, you should respect the Buddha's reputation.

Next up was a skit, "The Bridge"!
The performers were Pan Changjiang and Huang Xiaojuan.

Pan Zi needs no introduction; everyone knows him.

Huang Xiaojuan is from Liaoning Province. She won a performance award at a folk opera festival and made her debut in the Spring Festival Gala skit "Blind Date" in 90 with the recommendation of Benshan.

Zhao Liying's first portrayal of an old woman in the TV series "Blind Date" made him an instant star.
Huang Xiaojuan later played Bai San Niang, the mother of Lao Bai, in "My Own Swordsman"!

I don't know why the two broke up this year... I didn't inquire much about it in the summer.

However, Huang Xiaojuan's tall stature created the cutest height difference with Pan Zi~
On stage, Pan Zi, who wasn't very tall, came up carrying a tape recorder and sang, "My heart is filled with sorrow, my heart is filled with sorrow~"

The skit also included a few lines of Russian: "Hala-shao hala-shao, in Russian it means good! What do you say if it's not good? Hala-do-bu~ So is it good or not? Ha-bu-hala-shao!"

In short, ruthless harala~
There's also the meme "so-and-so's little one".
“Your dad said I’m like a waterlogged eggplant that hasn’t fully grown…”

What I really want to say is... the moon is so round tonight!

The two also sang "We Can't Live Like This" on the show—the ending theme song of the 91 TV series "The Woman and the Well" sung by Liu Huan.

You know what, these actors and artists are really multi-talented these days, and they sing really well!
At the end of the skit, the two performed a dance called "Carrying Fresh Lotus Roots," which became a classic moment.

Speaking of which, I should mention the story of "Carrying Fresh Lotus Roots," otherwise many children wouldn't know it.

"Carrying Fresh Lotus Roots" won first prize in a folk dance competition broadcast on CCTV in 86 and was very popular at the time.

In the skit, Pan Zi and Huang Xiaojuan incorporated this dance, which elevated the skit to a higher level.

...Who could have imagined that the story of the friendship between Pan Ga would come about later!
Time is a cruel mistress!
Then there were skits by Guo Sen, Standa, and Cai Ming, and crosstalk by Hou Yaowen and Shi Fukuan...

Excerpt from the Peking Opera "Sitting in the Palace" – sung by Mr. Mei Lanfang's son and daughter.

Then there's the summer song—"Farewell My Concubine".

Even in summer, he still wore an all-black Chinese-style stand-up collar shirt, standing tall and elegant, exuding a dashing and heroic air.
I stood in the fierce wind
I wish I could

Sweeping away the lingering heartache
Looking up at the vast sky, the clouds move in all directions.

Sword in hand

问天下谁是英雄

......"

The songs of this period rarely had that high-pitched, masculine, and heroic style.

So this song is quite refreshing.

The show's producers placed Xia Tian's rendition of "Farewell My Concubine" after Mei Lanfang's Peking Opera performance, perhaps because they felt the Peking Opera circle was too quiet these days?
—Farewell My Concubine is also a Peking Opera.

After summer came Zhang Guoli's skit. I don't know if it was a coincidence.
However, Xia Tian didn't watch it and went straight home with Sister Yun and Wang Fei.

Go home and have some dumplings, that's proper!
Why waste so much time dawdling here?

The three of them, including Sister Yun, will be going back home in just two days after the Spring Festival, so we need to hurry!

...After the first day of the Lunar New Year, no one went out. On the second day, Xia Tian visited people everywhere in the morning.

After that, he hid at home and had a great time, playing all sorts of tricks!

It wasn't until the sixth day of the Lunar New Year that Sister Yun and the other two were about to return to Hong Kong.

Milan: "Sister Yun, Aying, Feifei, come visit often when you have time!"

Sister Yun: "I'm not coming! If I come, you'll just take advantage of me!"

Milan: "Then we can go there too~"

Three girls: You can't escape now, can you?
Summer and Milan both went to see Yun Jie and the other two off, driving two cars.

After getting off the bus, Xia Tian helped the three of them carry the gifts they had bought there and escorted them to the departure lounge.

Milan and Xiaoxu stayed in the car and didn't come out—afraid of being seen.

Keep a low profile, keeping a low profile is the key!
……

A few days after Sister Yun and the others left, on February 1st, CCTV-3 broadcast the TV series "The Legend of the White Snake" from the island!
Milan and the others were a little curious: "Is this the TV series you saw on the island? Is it that good?"

At that moment, the television broadcast, "Bai Suzhen beneath Qingcheng Mountain, cultivated her body for a thousand years in the cave, ah~ ah~"

Songs like "Bai Suzhen Under Qingcheng Mountain," "Crossing the River of Love," and "Waiting for a Thousand Years" are songs that you can sing along to after just listening to them.

These songs incorporate many elements of Huangmei Opera, making them appealing to both refined and popular tastes!

What's with the line "The water of the Ministry of Justice, my tears~" (misheard lyrics)?
When I was a kid, I thought, "Wow, the prison beatings are really brutal!"
The lead actress is naturally Zhao Yazhi, the fourth runner-up in the first Miss Hong Kong pageant, a naturally beautiful and pure-looking flight attendant.
She missed out on the championship because she was too nervous when answering the emcee's questions and performed poorly.

Although she only came in fourth, her later achievements were unmatched by any other Miss Hong Kong.

Only she could pull off the hairstyle of the White Snake Lady in the drama.

This TV series is absolutely amazing, and the White Snake Lady is my childhood sweetheart!
The TV series was indeed interesting; Milan and the other two watched it with complete absorption.

As they were looking at each other, Xiao Xu suddenly said, "You've been on the island for almost half a month, and you didn't even go to see this actress? She's so beautiful!"

Summer immediately switched to her "highlights" mode: "Don't talk nonsense, they're not from the island! They're from Hong Kong!"

Xiao Xu immediately grasped the key point: "Oh~ so you're from Hong Kong. You know quite a bit about it."

Xia Tian waved his hand: "Don't talk nonsense, he was born in 53!"

Zhang Li remarked casually, "She's not that much older than Sister Yun."

Milan: "Exactly! A girl who's 12 years older is carrying four gold bricks!"

Xia Tian immediately understood: Okay, okay, reasoning won't work!

He grabbed Milan and pulled her into his arms: "Trying to carry a gold brick, huh? Let me try yours first! And you two, don't run away!"

Milan is three years older than summer, a golden brick~
Summer caught Zhang Li and Xiao Xu with one hand each. Seeing that things were not going well, Xiao Xu tried to abandon her older sister Milan and run away on her own!
The three of them realized things were going badly and quickly changed their minds:

"Don't do that in broad daylight!"

"I'm watching TV! Watch TV properly, stop fooling around!"

Summer: "Not making a fuss anymore? Too late!!!"

……

This year, after the Lunar New Year, it felt different again.

You can tell a lot about summer just by looking at the newspapers!
In the few days since the New Year, the Beijing Youth Daily alone has published quite a few commercial advertisements.

A shoe company placed four advertisements within a few days, claiming that it would draw lucky Valentine's cards during the week from February 7th to 14th.

McDonald's also posted warm and romantic Valentine's Day posters at its entrance.

Wangfujing Hotel has launched a special package deal worth 300 yuan that includes a Valentine's Day party.

As soon as the ad came out, the phone lines were ringing off the hook!
Who in China even knew what Valentine's Day was before?

The bitter tea was produced immediately, and they started stir-frying it!
Chinese people are starting to know about and celebrate Valentine's Day.
On this day, men also start buying gifts for women.
Later on, there will be 520, Christmas, Qixi Festival, and so on.

The business atmosphere is starting to pick up!

The wheels of time are invisible and intangible, but they rumble in your ears during the summer!

(End of this chapter)