Chapter 316 The Troublemaker
The next day was Saturday, and Zhang Wei originally planned to sleep in. After all, he worked hard all night, exchanged two talents, and used up several days of life, so he had more. Take a nap and replenish your body.
However, the ringtone of his cell phone woke him up. The caller ID showed an unfamiliar number, and the first few digits were 00852.
"The number in Hong Kong, could it be that the university there wants to invite me to give lectures?" Zhang Wei muttered, and then answered the phone.
“Hello, is this Mr. Zhang Wei?” The other person spoke very standard Mandarin, which felt more authentic than what Zhang Wei spoke.
"I am Zhang Wei, who are you?" Zhang Wei asked.
"I am the deputy director of the Literary and Art Department of CCTV Literary Center, and my surname is Zhang." The other party replied.
"Then we are still the same family!" Zhang Wei said casually, but he muttered in his heart that the people from CCTV should be in the capital, so how could he call him from a Hong Kong number.
The other person continued: "It's like this. Last night, you and Teacher Rong Zu sang a song called "Bauhinia in Bloom". Is it your original song?"
"Yes, this song is a song I wrote specifically for the tenth anniversary of Hong Kong's return to China." Zhang Wei replied.
"Can you license this song to us?" Director Zhang continued, "We at CCTV are preparing for a cultural performance to mark the 10th anniversary of Hong Kong's return to China. Our program team thinks that the theme of your song is very suitable for our cultural performance. We plan to arrange for guests to sing your song in tonight's performance."
"The performance is tonight? The time is so tight!" Zhang Wei subconsciously looked at the calendar, June 30th. , it really has to be performed tonight.
“That’s why I called you early in the morning to ask for song authorization!” Director Zhang said.
“No problem, I’m flattered that my work can be performed on such an important occasion! Not only tonight’s performance, but also the song “Bauhinia in Bloom”, CCTV can use it whenever they want. "No need to say hello to me," Zhang Wei said immediately.
"This guy is quite good." Director Zhang muttered in his mind, and then said: "I'm busy with rehearsals and time is tight, so I'll get your consent verbally first, and formally Authorize in writing and I will arrange for the legal department to contact you after the performance.”
Putting down his cell phone, Zhang Wei quickly checked online for news about the cultural performance celebrating the tenth anniversary of Hong Kong's return to the motherland.
This is probably the largest cultural performance event held in Hong Kong in the past ten years. The performers are all the top celebrities from both sides of the Taiwan Strait. There are several performance groups with the prefix Guo alone. It is no exaggeration to say that even It's the Spring Festival Gala, so we may not be able to get such a lineup.
In addition, this cultural performance also features the Four Heavenly Kings performing on the same stage. Not only will each of them sing a song, but the four of them will also sing a chorus. This is also the last performance of the Four Heavenly Kings so far. A combined performance.
The last time the Four Heavenly Kings performed on the same stage was back in 2003 at the Academy Awards Ceremony, when Leslie Cheung committed suicide. The Four Heavenly Kings sang a rendition of Leslie Cheung's "Love of the Year" to commemorate what had just happened. deceased brother.
Before this was the 1997 Hong Kong Return Art Performance, the 1993 "Star for Disaster Reduction and Poverty Alleviation" benefit performance, the Golden Melody Award Ceremony and the Hong Kong and Kowloon fundraising performance, as well as the 1992 Miss Hong Kong finals and the Sun Plan activities.
Although the name "Four Heavenly Kings" has been used for thirty or forty years, in reality, the four of them have performed on the same stage. Counting this time in 2007, there are only eight times in total.
There is no way, it is too difficult to get these four people together. Especially after 2000, the four of them are all top-notch superstars. Only heavyweight celebration performances and extremely important charity performances can invite the four of them to share the stage.
The fact that the Four Heavenly Kings can be invited to this 10th Anniversary Art Performance is enough to prove the quality of the performance, which should be the best in the past ten years.
Zhang Wei didn’t expect to be able to participate in a performance of this level. For celebrities, the art show celebrating the 10th anniversary of the return was very crowded. There were many big stars queuing up to participate, but how could they get their turn? Zhang Wei’s draft pick is Little Karami.
However, Zhang Wei is already very satisfied if a song is selected by the organizer and appears in the art performance.
After thinking for a moment, Zhang Wei dialed Wang Xing's phone number.
"Senior brother, I'm sorry to disturb you so early in the morning."
"It's okay, I'm having breakfast!" Wang Xing paused, then continued: "What did you do last night? I watched the competition, but I didn’t expect your singing skills to be so good. You’ll have to sing a few songs at our annual meeting later.”
“Okay, I’ll definitely go if I have time.” Zhang Wei agreed casually, and then continued: "Brother, I have to ask you for help with something."
"Are you going to continue to help you build momentum on the school network?" Wang Xing asked.
"It can be regarded as building momentum!" Zhang Wei continued: "Last night, did you listen to the song I sang with Teacher Rong Zu?"
"Listen, you sing Mandarin, Teacher Rong Zu The one in Cantonese. I think this song is pretty good. It’s a pity that it didn’t advance directly. Are those judges deaf?”
“These judges are not deaf, but bad. !" Zhang Wei smiled slightly and continued: "I wrote this song specifically for the tenth anniversary of my return. It is definitely the main theme song, but it can't advance. Are you saying these judges are unpatriotic?"
"But I remember that among the three judges last night, two were not from mainland China, and one of them was from Malaysia. You want Malaysians to have the same empathy as we do for the tenth anniversary of the handover, and also It's not very realistic." Wang Xing said.
“The guests can have no empathy, but the program crew can’t have empathy, right?” Zhang Wei chuckled and continued: “What exactly are the program crew trying to promote by inviting such a guest? Is his butt a little crooked? ?”
"Are you on your toes now?" Wang Xing said subconsciously.
"Yes, I plan to go online." Zhang Wei lowered his voice and continued: "Brother, find some people to post some posts on the school website to help me hype up a public opinion offensive. "
Wang Xing sighed softly: "You are really cruel. If you don't get it right, the whole program will be cut off."
"I don't want to use such cruel tactics, but this program team really bullied me too much. I can't just passively take the beating and not take the initiative to fight back!" Zhang Wei also sighed lightly and continued:
< br>"You also saw yesterday's competition. That bullshit expert jury was all arranged by the program team. They simply refused to vote for me. They dared to do such shady things, and they have already broken up with me.
If that's the case, then I don't need to give him any face. As the saying goes, I will not offend others unless they offend me. If someone offends me, I will offend them. Let's just stab each other with our bayonets, or in the worst case, we'll hurt each other! "
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That night, a cultural performance to celebrate the tenth anniversary of the handover was held at the Hong Kong Convention and Exhibition Center. Hong Kong's top stars gathered together, including many veteran stars who had not appeared in public for a long time. They all appeared at the scene.
Compared with the performance ten years ago, Leslie Cheung and Anita Mui were missing, but there were also new generation kings and queens such as Eason Chan, Gigi Leung and Twins.
The repertoire of the performance also has many similarities with that of ten years ago, such as "Under the Lion Rock", "Pearl of the Orient", "Heart of China" and other songs, which are all must-have repertoires for the return celebrations over the years.
It is also because the songs performed are old songs that everyone is familiar with, so whether they are live audiences or those in front of the TV, they are not interested in the songs themselves, but are paying attention to the celebrities appearing on the stage.
Until this song "Bauhinia in Bloom" appeared.
"Bauhinia flowers are in bloom? Never heard of it, a new song!"
"I didn't expect that there will be new songs at today's party, I thought they were all old songs!"
< br>“Hey, I think this song is pretty good, it sounds nice.”
Of the two singers on the stage, one is from the mainland and sings in Mandarin, and the other is from Hong Kong and sings in Cantonese. Although the languages are different, the two singers cooperate very well. Mandarin and Cantonese are completely integrated into the same song. Just like what the lyrics say: Under the same roof, like a painting, from the same family, chasing dreams together.
This type of performance has never appeared before. Although there were choruses in the previous performances, they were all in Mandarin or Cantonese. There was no such performance format in which Mandarin was mixed with Cantonese.
As soon as this kind of performance appears, it instantly makes people feel bright.
And this song not only has a nice melody, but the meaning of the lyrics is also very good, which is very suitable for today's performance occasion.
Among the many classic old songs, this one "Bauhinia in Bloom" instantly became a prominent feature in the performance.
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The next day, a performance video of "Bauhinia in Bloom" appeared on major domestic video websites. Although the resolution was not high, the faces could still be seen clearly. , the sound can be heard clearly.
At the same time, the MP3 audio of "Bauhinia in Bloom" is also online on various pirated music websites, and netizens can download it for free.
It is very easy for young people nowadays to listen to music. They can open QQ Music or various music software that comes with their mobile phones, and they can listen to music anytime and anywhere through the Internet.
In the past, there was no such developed network and no such convenient APP. If you wanted to listen to music, in addition to buying albums, you would go to pirated music websites to download them.
A casual search on the Internet reveals that there are many music piracy websites. After downloading, copy the songs into your own MP3. MP3s with more functions can also see the lyrics, but you need to download a special lyrics file.
So at that time, a business was born to help people download songs.
In the canteen next to the school, the owner has a computer for downloading songs for students. Students usually don’t have access to the Internet, so they use MP3s to copy songs for two to three cents a song.
If you have MP4, you can also download movies for one or two yuan a movie. Some unscrupulous bosses will also download some movies starting with FBI. If you want to copy, you have to pay extra.
Immediately afterwards, a series of posts appeared on the school website, questioning the song "Bauhinia in Bloom". It was not promoted in the fast boy competition, but was judged to be pending by the referee.
At the same time, there is a hyperlink to the video or audio of the song in the post. People who read the post can click on it to view it directly.
Such a post quickly spread on the school network, immediately triggering heated discussions.
At this juncture of the 10th anniversary of the return of China, a tribute song to celebrate the 10th anniversary of the return of China was actually eliminated from the talent show!
It would be fine if this song was relatively ordinary, but the quality of this song is very good, the melody is nice, and the lyrics are full of meaning and full of positive energy.
In comparison, the other contestants' songs failed completely in terms of theme alone!
However, the judges left this song "Bauhinia in Bloom" pending and chose two other songs to advance. This is incredible!
What does it mean if you don’t give this main melody song a promotion? Do you think the 10th anniversary of the return is not important? It’s obviously unpatriotic!
Looking at the judges again, only one is a musician from the mainland, and the other two are invited from outside.
Although you judges are not mainland musicians, you came to the mainland to make money! This clearly shows that they are eating our food and ruining our fortune!
Immediately afterwards, another post said that this song "Bauhinia in Bloom" was also performed in CCTV's 10th anniversary art performance.
This is the top performance event, a level higher than the Spring Festival Gala.
The works that can be selected by CCTV and appear in top performances are only pending in your talent show?
Is it possible that CCTV’s appreciation of music is not as good as yours and the judges?
Is it possible that the value of the performance, which is higher than that of the Spring Festival Gala, is not as good as the five-to-four in your talent show?
This clearly shows that they deliberately did not allow this song "Bauhinia in Bloom" to be promoted!
Deliberately not advancing, doesn’t it mean that the judges are eating our food and ruining our situation?
What is tolerable is unbearable!
The mainstream users of Xiaonei.com are still college students. College students are the most easily excited and easily led.
Overnight, there was a lot of excitement online in the school.
Immediately afterwards, the finger was pointed at the organizer of the show.
You can just hold a talent show, but why do you invite some artists who are too busy to be guests? Is your butt crooked?
There was a lot of scolding on the Internet, and the scolding was so severe that the word "traitor" was used.
The next day, someone posted a post saying that he had called to report the incident, and attached the process and the telephone number for the report.
Immediately afterwards, the General Administration became busy immediately, with reports pouring in from college students across the country.
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The atmosphere in the conference room was silent. Although every seat was full of living people, the room was lifeless and there was no sense of life.
"What on earth are you doing? This song "Bauhinia is in Bloom" is such a good song, why don't you let it be promoted!" The leader said while banging the table to vent his anger. .
Someone secretly glanced at the leader and thought to himself, Zhang Wei was originally going to be eliminated, but you gave the order and now you are pretending to have amnesia? Are you turning your back on someone?
According to the normal process, it is time for a good and knowledgeable subordinate to come out and admit his mistake, take the blame, and also give the leader a step down.
However, today, no one dared to talk to him, because the General Administration had already interviewed him about this matter. The matter was so big that anyone who acted rashly would probably be regarded as a scapegoat.
This scapegoat is too big to bear.
The leader continued: "Our program needs popularity, but what we need is not the popularity of being scolded. Look at what we are being scolded on the Internet. Traitors, lackeys, traitors, how ugly are they? It’s ugly!
These days, the talent show is quite controversial. When we did the Super Girl talent show two years ago, a group of people said that we were a bad influence on the kids. We also supported this year’s Fast Boy talent show. I started the project because of the pressure.
Originally, I thought the ratings were good and I thought I could continue to build the Kuainan brand. But now it’s good. The report hotline at the General Administration is busy 24 hours a day. The Kuainan brand What else to do next?
The General Administration has ordered us to make rectifications. In the next competition, the judges must be musicians from the Mainland. The public judging panel has also been cancelled! If anyone causes trouble for me again, get out of here right away! "
Seeing that the leader's mood was calmer, the planner raised his hand weakly: "Leader, what should Zhang Wei do? If there was no interference in the selection of judges and no public jury, Zhang Weike would have won the championship all the way! "
"Zhang Wei, Zhang Wei, this Zhang Wei again! I get a headache just hearing this name! The trouble this time was caused by Zhang Wei. If he hadn't sang "Bauhinia in Bloom", he wouldn't have caused such a big trouble! "
The man in the lead slammed the table, with a furious look on his face, and roared hysterically: "I want to completely ban him! ”
(End of this chapter)