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Chapter 156 Still Wants to Be on the Spring Festival Gala

Li Boda hasn't taken on any commercial performances for quite some time.

So after filming "Rouge Snow", Li Boda started taking on commercial performances again and started making money.

However, this time, Li Boda's price for commercial performances was obviously not as high as it was after he appeared on the Spring Festival Gala.

Back then, Li Boda could earn 500,000 to 600,000 yuan for a commercial performance, but now, that price has been halved.

Even after the discount, the price is still quite high.

However, the profits that the Spring Festival Gala brought to Li Boda still made him somewhat reluctant to let go.

"How about we try to get on the Spring Festival Gala again?" Li Boda muttered to himself.

The last time he appeared on the Spring Festival Gala, his fame was greatly boosted, allowing him to make a fortune.

In particular, Li Boda was already thinking that after "Magic Phone" aired next year, he would try his hand at high-tech gadgets. Playing with high-tech gadgets requires a lot of money.

They made a fortune from the last Spring Festival Gala, so they'll have money to invest in high-tech gadgets next year.

So Li Boda decided that he would appear on the Spring Festival Gala this year, just like last year.

But how do you get on the Spring Festival Gala, and what kind of program should you submit?
Li Boda was able to appear on the Spring Festival Gala last year entirely because of his song "Wujiapo".

On the one hand, the popularity of Li Boda's performance in "The Legend of Xue Pinggui" indirectly boosted the fame of the song "Wujiapo".

Another reason is that the song "Wujiapo" is different from traditional pop songs. It can even be said to be an adaptation of opera, with unique innovations, which is why it was chosen by the Spring Festival Gala.

Otherwise, Li Boda wouldn't have gotten on the Spring Festival Gala so easily.

Therefore, if Li Boda wants to appear on the Spring Festival Gala this year, he will still need to show some special skills.

Sing?

Continue singing songs adapted from operas like "Wujiapo"?
It's not certain they'll be selected. Is it the same show last year, and the same show this year? Have they run out of ideas or something? A program of the same type appearing on the Spring Festival Gala twice in a row? That seems impossible.

Therefore, we need to change the program, the project, or rather, the direction.

Popular songs?

Although Li Boda's singing skills are not bad, he is not particularly good at pop songs.

Comedy and sketch comedy, or similar language-based programs?

This program requires a script, collaboration, and also has requirements regarding the actors' appearance and other aspects.

Even disregarding the potential loss in appearance, it's not feasible to expect Li Boda to collaborate with Zhao Benshan or Engineer Feng. They might not even be willing to include him.

"How about we perform kung fu or martial arts?" Li Boda muttered.

With Li Boda's skills, he could really perform well in traditional martial arts like kung fu. If he applied with kung fu or martial arts as his focus, his chances of being selected would indeed be quite high.

However, there are quite a few actors skilled in kung fu and martial arts, especially many of them who make movies, so the competition is not small.

Moreover, compared to kung fu, Li Boda is more skilled in magic and immortal arts. If he could perform a sword-flying act, that would be absolutely outstanding.

Unfortunately, he can't perform his true skills on the Spring Festival Gala because he needs to prove that this thing is fake, not real. At least he needs to prove to the authorities that these things are fake.

However, considering whether it was true or false, Li Boda suddenly had a flash of inspiration.

He had an idea for a great show: magic!
These days, magic is still quite mysterious.

Although many magic tricks are incredibly ingenious, and even if you know how they work, you simply can't do them with your own hands.

But for Li Boda, this was a piece of cake.

Even if all magic tricks were real, he could still pull them off, let alone fake ones.

So, Li Boda even gave up his commercial performance job and started looking for all sorts of videos and knowledge about magic and tricks.

For this purpose, Li Boda even produced a lot of gambling movies that were previously made in Hong Kong, such as "God of Gamblers" and "Saint of Gamblers". Although they were all movies and were fictional, Li Boda could completely reproduce the playing cards, dice and the like shown in them.

Li Boda spent several days collecting these videos and movies, and then he spent another day organizing them into a system and taking complete control of it.

Simple, too simple really.

For Li Boda, collecting this kind of information, videos, and ideas would be a waste of time, while turning these ideas into reality would be a piece of cake.

So Li Boda went directly to report to the Spring Festival Gala.

When the Spring Festival Gala organizers saw Li Boda perform amazing magic tricks using playing cards and coins, they couldn't help but be impressed.

"Li Boda, how did you manage to pass the coin over the table?" The auditor looked at Li Boda with curiosity.

“Actually, I didn’t actually go through it. I prepared two coins here. I’ve been keeping this coin hidden in my hand, using this magnetic ring to hold it in place…” Li Boda showed off the prop.

The auditors, looking at the props in Li Boda's hands, couldn't resist trying them out. "Here, give it a try."

"Then, shall I give it a try?" the auditor said, putting the magnetic ring that Li Boda handed him on his finger, and then demonstrating the magic trick of passing a coin through glass as Li Boda had instructed.

Although the movements were clumsy and even the flaws were obvious, it was indeed the right thing to do.

Then Li Boda performed magic tricks using specially made playing cards, leaving the examiners completely stunned.

Afterwards, Li Boda laid out all the props one by one and explained in detail how to use them. The people looked on in amazement.

"Actually, as long as you use these props and your hand speed is fast enough, you can perfectly perform these magic tricks. Even if the camera slows down, you won't be able to see any flaws." Li Boda said, and then easily performed the magic tricks that had just been revealed.

The auditors just stood there watching, and even though they knew exactly what Li Boda was talking about, they couldn't see the slightest flaw. They couldn't help but give Li Boda a thumbs up.

"Your move was absolutely brilliant! Even knowing what was going on, I couldn't see a single flaw!"

"That's right, we know there's a wire here, but we can't see it at all."

These people sighed one by one.

Li Boda wore a faint smile.

Indeed, these magic tricks can be performed using techniques and props, but did Li Boda use any techniques? Did he use any props?
Absolutely not!

Li Boda used magic, he used immortal techniques!

That's why Li Boda's performance was so natural. He even confidently said that even if someone recorded him and watched it frame by frame in slow motion, they would not be able to find the slightest flaw.

He doesn't use magic tricks or props; he uses magic power and spells.

Li Boda's tricks are so outdone that no magician in the world can outdo him. After all, Li Boda's tricks are magic, while Li Boda's are not magic at all.

then--

by!

Li Boda's magic show successfully passed the Spring Festival Gala's review and was included in the list of programs for the Gala.

"Boda, you're really amazing! You're going to be on the Spring Festival Gala again!" After learning that Li Boda would be on the Spring Festival Gala again this year, Sister Wang couldn't help but give Li Boda a thumbs up.

"That's right, if I want to, I can appear on the Spring Festival Gala whenever I want." Li Boda chuckled.

"I never expected that you, Boda, could do magic tricks. It really surprised me. There are so many other skills you don't know," Sister Wang couldn't help but exclaim.

"There are many more, I even know how to cultivate immortality, you would never know that," Li Boda said casually.

"..." Sister Wang was speechless.

Seeing Sister Wang like this, Li Boda chuckled. To be honest, nobody would believe him!

After successfully making it onto the Spring Festival Gala roster, Li Boda resumed his commercial performance career.

After all, it's about making money; if you can make money, why not?

Besides, there aren't any good scripts or projects right now, and if I don't take on commercial performances, I'm just sitting around doing nothing.

Moreover, he might actually need a lot of money in the future, so he should take advantage of the time he has now and make a proper profit.

So, Li Boda then resumed his frantic acceptance of commercial performances.

Upon seeing this, Sister Wang quickly arranged three more drivers for Li Boda.

That's right, this time Sister Wang found three professional drivers for Li Boda.

A while ago, we found two drivers for Li Boda. The two drivers followed Li Boda to various commercial performances, and they were quite tired.

In that case, let's arrange three this time; that would be safer.

It has to be said that since Hu Ge's car accident, Tangren Media has been paying special attention to drivers.

Whenever there is a need, they will arrange as many drivers as possible.

We'd rather pay an extra driver's salary than let anything happen to the actors.

After all, drivers only make a few dollars a month. Look at Hu Ge, who was in a car accident and ended up in the hospital for two or three months, wasting millions of dollars.

However, when Li Boda's assistant, Xiaoyuan, saw that Li Boda was about to start another crazy series of commercial performances, her face turned pale.

Xiao Yuan had a rather plump figure from the beginning when she became Li Boda's assistant, and she tried to lose weight several times but failed.

At the beginning of this year, she followed Li Boda and took on a series of commercial performances, and her originally plump figure suddenly became slim.

In less than a year, she finally managed to gain back the weight, and now Li Boda is about to start a crazy commercial performance campaign. Xiao Yuan can already foresee her figure—well, it seems like this is a good thing.
(End of this chapter)