1990My Entertainment System

Chapter 164 95 Spring Festival Gala
On January 29, 1995, "Rumble in the Bronx" was released in mainland China.

In the past, few movies in mainland China would choose to be released in the last few days of the year. After all, according to our usual thinking, who has time to go to the cinema during the Chinese New Year?
However, this time, "Rumble in the Bronx" changed everyone's mind!
Big Nose Dragon is quite famous in mainland China now. Although his films have not been shown in mainland China, the pirated videotapes in the early years and the genuine and pirated VCDs in recent years have given him a huge boost in popularity!
Big Nose Dragon is considered one of the top stars in Hong Kong, and there is no one who can be compared to him.

Perhaps Bruce Lee could have done it in the past, but he passed away too soon.

In this world, it's the longevity that truly matters!

Stay put and don't be reckless~
Although "Rumble in the Bronx" was released the day before the Lunar New Year, on the 29th day of the twelfth lunar month, it was extremely popular.

Milan, Xiaoxu, Zhang Li, and the others all went to see it, along with Dachun, Xiaoguo, Deng Jie, Kuzi, Fangyan, Ma Wen...

These people all went to see it, but they didn't have time in the summer!

He still needs to rush to do his final rehearsal for the Spring Festival Gala tomorrow.

However, the American director, Pelosi, had already begun arranging for people to go to Hong Kong to purchase the North American screening rights for "Rumble in the Bronx".

……

January 30th, Chinese New Year.

The Spring Festival Gala started promptly at 8 p.m., and countless families sat in front of their TVs, waiting to watch!

The director for this project is a bearded man named Lao Zhao, who was a familiar face at the station before summer.

However, Old Zhao later went to jail and was sentenced to ten years...

The hosts for this year's Spring Festival Gala are still Zhao Zhongxiang, Sister Ni, and a female host surnamed Xu. She is the one who came after Xia Tian left. Xia Tian only knows her, but doesn't know her.

This gala featured a "song medley" format, combining several songs of different styles to greatly enhance the density and rhythm of the music.

Actually, medleys are designed to give more singers and songs exposure.

The Spring Festival Gala has been held for over a decade and has become the most prestigious and star-studded program in China.
Being able to appear on the Spring Festival Gala once would make you an instant sensation! Who wouldn't want to be on it?
Otherwise, how do you think Director Zhao got in?
Besides the opening song and dance, the second performance was Tao Jin's dance—the same breakdancing prince from before—and a female singer, Xie Jin—the one who sang "Rap Opera Masks" in the original timeline (Tian'er Ge has already given up on her~).

Soon it was time for the yellow and red skit, but I don't remember it much from summer; the quality was just average.

Then came a series of songs, from Lin Yilun to Mao Ning, to Xie Xiaodong!
And then comes the main event!

The skit "Such Packaging" starring Zhao Lirong and the skinny Gong Hanlin!
Spicy shredded chicken~
What is "RAP"? It's "foreign-style fast-paced storytelling!"

It blooms in spring, fourteen or fifteen or sixteen. Ah, on the sixth day of the sixth lunar month, look at the grain in full bloom. Spring begins at the sixth nine-day period. This packaging is just too uncomfortable. I can't open my mouth. I can't keep up. Tell me, isn't it uncomfortable? Tell me, isn't it uncomfortable?

Hmm~ Hi!
The jokes are plentiful, high-quality, and insightful! Absolutely brilliant!
Next up is Ms. Yang's "Gently Tell You," a song by a top-tier sweet girl~
It is a combination of three songs: Gan Ping's "Willow of Jiangnan" and Song Tuan's "Hot Girl".

There was also a "Toreador Song" performance, and the children who danced with them were selected from the Blue Sky Children's Art Troupe.

This little blue-sky toddler is quite something!
Then there's Meng Tingwei's "A Cloud Made of Rain in the Wind," which earned her the title of "Moon Princess" back then with her song "Look, Look at the Moon's Face"!
A skit by Guo Da, Cai Ming, and two others; a song by Cai Guoqing…

Niu Qun and Feng Gong's skit "The Worst Mr." - with Sister Ni also appearing on stage to act alongside them.

This work uses the selection of the "worst man" as a pretext to "criticize" women, understand women, and in fact praise women.

In today's terms, that's called being a simp.
Oh, by the way, Feng Xiaogang also participated in the creation of this skit!
The next song group includes Xie Dong's "Smiling Face" (this song is a cover of the original by Summer in Time), Lao Lang's "My Deskmate", and Yin Xiangjie's "The Sky Doesn't Rain, the Sky Doesn't Blow Wind, and the Sky Has Sunshine".

Then came the song "Chinese Folk Song".

Then there's the summer program. Summer managed to persuade them to reduce their program to a lower level.

He sang a song called "For You"—the same song he sang when Da Chun and Xiao Guo got married.

This song will be used as the wedding song from now on.
Although Xia Tian felt that this song had little to do with the Spring Festival Gala, there were many Spring Festival Gala stages that had even less to do with it, so she didn't care.

After the summer songs, another "main event" is coming! Lao Zhao and Fan Debiao's skit "Uncle Niu Gets Promoted"!
There's also an actress named Zhang Yuping in this group. She was my classmate in the amateur acting class at Yandian University back in the summer, and she almost got a role in "Dream of the Red Chamber".

They're all old acquaintances~
The skit tells the story of Uncle Niu pretending to be Manager Ma and drinking with customers in order to get the glass for the village school.

It can be said to be on par with, or even slightly better than, Zhao Lirong's "Such Packaging"!

He kept accompanying her to every meal, and finally, he developed a prolapsed stomach.

All the knowledge is in this bag. This one (holding the bag) is a manager, and this one (carrying the bag) is an electricity bill collector.

Eat and drink well!
Let me add a couple more sentences.

Have a good time, everyone! Eat and drink well!
Is this utter nonsense?

What are you wrapping up?! I need the plastic sheet to block the school windows—a bunch of spendthrifts!
I failed to get the glass sorted out here, but I've learned to talk nonsense!

This skit can be seen as a "major shift in the theme of Lao Zhao's skits," departing from the past "heartwarming" approach...

At this time, the sketches and crosstalk performances all carried a satirical tone and had real-world significance.

Later, when satire was no longer allowed, and people still had to pursue some realistic meaning, all we could do was make dumplings.

Regarding this skit, some township officials told the scriptwriter that the township leaders' social engagements were beyond their control, and hoped that he would stop directing his criticisms at the township.

The screenwriter helplessly explained to the other party: as a comedy, he couldn't write a level higher than a village.
Old Zhao's performance was very realistic and fitting; he's incredibly talented!
On the contrary, Fan Deyi Biao from North China was a bit lacking, performing only moderately and showing some inexperience!
Oh, by the way, Xia Tian and Lao Zhao are on very good terms now.

The main thing is that Lao Zhao really knows how to get close to people!

Ever since he learned about Xia Tian's relationship with Xiao Xu from La Ying last year, he has been claiming to be Xia Tian's fellow townsman, and he would often ask people to bring him things or make phone calls.

During the Spring Festival Gala period, they would come over to chat whenever they had a spare moment.

Old Zhao is good at making connections, eloquent, and has a great sense of humor; he has truly brought out the best in these aspects of Northeasterners.

Summer naturally didn't mind befriending him, and after several encounters, their relationship became quite good in just over a month.

Summer even gifted Lao Zhao a song!

It's called "The Sun in My Heart"!
Let bygones be bygones, so I'll offer you this drink.
You've tasted so much bitterness, yet you never easily shed tears.

After the sun sets, it becomes a new sun.
Let joy and sorrow flow away with the great river to the east.

……

Old Zhao from the original timeline sang this song quite well!
Zhao sang many of the theme songs for later TV dramas himself; he certainly has some talent.
Unfortunately, this song wasn't included in this year's Spring Festival Gala. Let's see what happens next.

After Lao Zhao, there's La Ying's "Looking at Flowers Through the Fog," a song that was also written for her in the summer.

Spicy Young, that silly girl, can be quite shrewd sometimes. She knows how to play the wife's game and gets along well with Xiao Xu, which has brought her a lot of benefits.
Because the song was written by Xia Tian, ​​it also benefited from being designated as a 315 song and became the song that made La Ying famous. After that, her career took off!
Next up was Guo Donglin's skit, "Just Say the Word If You Need Anything," which, while not as good as the first two skits by Zhao Benshan, was still funny and unique.

Then there's a song by Sister Peng~
Summer spoke with Andy Lau for a while after he finished singing "Forget Love Potion" before leaving.

The song that I mentioned earlier was even less suitable for this stage atmosphere was "Forget Love Potion".

Summer and Andy Lau have a good relationship. This time, Andy Lau came to Beijing to participate in the Spring Festival Gala, so Summer wanted to do her part as a host.

Otherwise he would have left earlier!
Summer gets in the car, starts the engine, and drives home: "Let's go, another year is coming to an end!"

(End of this chapter)