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Chapter 152 Congratulations on your fortune!

"So, bro, you're still a presenter at the Golden Bell Awards?"

Before they knew it, it was February 5th, Lunar New Year's Eve. Yang Du finished recording the accompaniment for more than two weeks and went home for the New Year.

According to their family tradition, the two brothers, Yang Zhao and Yang Jun, take turns cooking the New Year's Eve dinner. Last year they ate at their second uncle's house, and this year they are eating at Yang Du's house.

Not only that, every adult has to show off their skills by preparing a dish.

Yang Du is preparing water chestnut layer cake this year, which Zhao Yiren highly recommended. He is currently peeling the cake.

Yang Ting wouldn't turn eighteen until after the New Year, so he still had exemptions. Thus, he assisted Yang Du, occasionally unable to resist picking a freshly washed water chestnut and popping it into his mouth.

"Yes, the organizing committee invited me to present the award for Best Newcomer."

"Awesome!" Yang Ting exclaimed. "You don't know, my classmates and I were discussing it before. There are five nominees for Best Newcomer at the Golden Bell Awards this year, and three of them are related to you. They said it's a group effort, hahaha."

It's not that these students are unsophisticated; in fact, students are among the most knowledgeable about entertainment gossip.

In the eyes of Yang Ting and his group of students, Jiang Yan went from being an unknown to becoming a popular post-00s female singer entirely because of "Painting Heart".

Lin Xu is even more amazing. A complete newcomer, he debuted singing "Red Rose" and then "The Lone Warrior," instantly becoming a rising star and becoming incredibly popular.

As for Xia Mingchen, although he won the championship of "The Voice of Tomorrow 2" with the help of Century Music, he didn't have any representative works before that until "Big Fish" came out.

To single-handedly elevate three individuals to the Golden Bell Awards' Best Newcomer nomination list is an achievement that would have been considered extremely remarkable even a decade ago.

"By the way, bro. There was a rumor the other day that you have a new song that will be performed on the Spring Festival Gala. Is that true?"

"Really, it's the second program tonight."

Yang Ting put down the peeler, took out her phone, opened the Spring Festival Gala program list she had saved that morning, and saw that the second program was called—

""May you be happy and prosperous"?"

"Yes, that's the song, sung by Jin Yong."

Yang Ting could no longer contain himself and quickly opened the WeChat class group, sending a message.

"[Exclusive by Yang Ting] Absolutely reliable, the song 'Gong Xi Fa Cai' for this year's Spring Festival Gala is a new song written by Yang Du."

Where did you get this information? What is your objective evidence? How can you prove that this information is true?

[Wang Bowen, wake up! Don't post those philosophical three-question combo during the Lunar New Year. It's giving me a headache.]

[Yeah, and it's supposedly exclusive to Yang Ting? Where did this gossip come from?]

[Screenshot, screenshot, waiting to be proven wrong tonight (doge)]

[No way, no way, with Children's Day, National Day, and the Spring Festival Gala, is Yang Du going to join the government? I still prefer his pop music.]

Yang Ting, who sent a message and then ran away, kept his merits hidden and helped Yang Du by using a high-speed blender to crush and filter the water chestnuts and collect the pulp.

At 8 p.m., the Spring Festival Gala started on time.

The family gathered around the TV, snacking on sunflower seeds while contributing to CCTV's viewership ratings.

Yang Du's water chestnut layered cake, which he had been busy preparing all afternoon, finally came to the table.

The layered cake was cut into diamond-shaped pieces, with alternating yellow and white colors, and emitted an enticing sweet aroma.

Unfortunately, the four elders' appetites were different from those of the young people. Each of them tried two pieces and refused to eat a third, complaining that they were too sweet and cloying. They preferred old-fashioned snacks like melon seeds and tangerines.

"Water chestnut layer cake is also a traditional dessert in the Fujian and Guangdong regions, isn't it?" Yang Du disagreed.

Weng Shuying ended the conversation with a single sentence: "Oh dear, it's so sweet, I can't eat it, you and Xiaoting eat it together."

On television, the equipment and stage design of CCTV's Studio One underwent a comprehensive upgrade this year. When festive music played, bright red lanterns, couplets, and firecrackers appeared vividly on the screen, instantly creating a vibrant and joyous Chinese red atmosphere.

Ten of the most famous actors, celebrities, and stars of the moment, dressed in bright red, light red, or shimmering red clothes, sang a song together on stage in a lively atmosphere, followed by the routine New Year's greetings from the hosts.

Immediately afterwards, a very distinctive intro came from the television.

"Oh—hey, yeah, yeah, ah—ho————"

Yang Ting, who had been sprawled on the sofa, suddenly sat up: "Hey, hey, it's starting, it's starting! My song!"

At the same time, an information box decorated with red lanterns appeared in the lower left corner of the TV screen.

"May you be happy and prosperous"

Singer: Jin Yong; Lyricist: Yang Du; Composer: Yang Du [Damn, you were right! @Yang_of_the_deep_courtyard_.]

Yang Ting is amazing!

[I actually guessed Chen Siyu's earlier prediction.]

"So this is what it looks like to see Yang Du's name on the Spring Festival Gala. It looks much better than usual," Yang Ting remarked.

"Hahaha."

The whole family couldn't help but laugh when they heard that.

As they laughed, a different emotion welled up in the hearts of the four elders—a mixture of relief and pride.

This child, who grew up right under their noses and whom they worried about when he was young, now has works that have been performed on a stage of the Spring Festival Gala.

Being on the Spring Festival Gala? Something I never dared to dream of before, is now actually happening.

This feeling is truly different.

"Congratulations on your fortune! Congratulations on your wonderful life!"

"The best, please come over; the bad, please go away—"

What's even more surprising is that, as the melody progressed, they were surprised to find that this song, "Gong Xi Fa Cai" (Wishing You Prosperity), was a work they appreciated.

They don't know when it started, but the songs on the Spring Festival Gala have gradually become unfamiliar to them.

The young people on stage were either beautiful or pretty, singing and dancing with great effort, but unfortunately, I just couldn't appreciate it.

As for the melody, it's not that it's unpleasant to listen to, but it's definitely not within their aesthetic range.

Only when an old song comes on occasionally can I get a little interested and hum along a couple of lines.

Now, another song that suits my taste has appeared, written by my own son/nephew.

"This song is really good!" Yang Zhao said. "From now on, we can keep displaying it at our little supermarket until the Lantern Festival—it's festive and auspicious!"

"It felt like going to a temple fair as a child, with all the gongs and drums," Lin Sujuan recalled, "The air was filled with the sweet aroma of candied hawthorns."

After the song ended, Lin Sujuan asked, "Yang Ting, when I heard 'Gong Xi Fa Cai' (Wishing You Prosperity) just now, it reminded me of my childhood. What is this kind of expression usually called? I could have just said that I was reminded of my childhood, why did I have to specifically describe banging gongs and drums and candied hawthorns?"

Yang Ting:

Yang Du: "————"

Auntie, please have some decency!

"Mom, don't force me to scream for help on New Year's Eve."

"Get lost! Let me tell you, this is called being moved by the scene, using details like hearing and smell to transform abstract emotions into tangible, audible, and visible images, expressing the author's feelings—"