When Lu Wei and Kong Xiangdong came to CCTV's No. 1 studio, many people had already arrived inside one after another. They found two chairs in the front seats and sat down.

This is the first time Lu Wei has come to CCTV's studio No. 1. Looking at the place that has appeared on TV countless times, Lu Wei looks around freshly, and exclaims from time to time:

"Wow, the stage is so beautiful, much bigger than watching it on TV."

"Look, look, Feng Gong, that's right, haha."

"Wow, Liu Huan, no, I will have to sign later!"

Kong Xiangdong looked at the unusually gaze from the people around him, and hurriedly moved his body outward, pretending not to know Lu Wei, and said hatefully in his heart: "This brat is so embarrassing to his grandma's house."

After finally waiting for Meng Xin to come, he picked up the microphone and said, "Please be quiet, everyone." Lu Wei put away the look of looking around and began to be a little more honest.

Kong Xiangdong lowered his voice and said, "You kid, be quiet! I will quarrel with you and I will break off the relationship between master and apprentice!"

Hearing Kong Xiangdong's threat, Lu Wei smiled indifferently: "Don't be angry, teacher, I just said it was fun. After the Spring Festival Gala, we are still a little star, right? Are we all considered equal to these people? Hehe?"

"Come on, you'll say that later. I'll tell you, I don't care if you do it. Today, the National Xinghai Cup Youth Piano Violin Competition in March, do you want to give me the first one? Let's see how you and Mr. Wei deal with you!" Kong Xiangdong threatened.

"Ah? Xinghai Cup? Piano Competition? Why don't I know?" Lu Wei asked strangely.

"I really admire you. You kid have been learning piano for so long and understand the world's famous piano so much, but you don't even know the most famous piano competition in China every two years!" Kong Xiangdong said in a daze.

"I know the piano competition, there are Chopin's, Lister's, and Tchaikovsky's, and I don't know the others." Lu Wei said as if he was talking to himself.

"What you are talking about is the most famous piano competition in the world. If you have the chance in the future, you should participate. But with your current strength and level, it is still difficult to win the championship in such a competition. Let's practice in domestic competitions first." Kong Xiangdong said.

"I heard that there are many shady scenes in domestic competitions, and there are often unfair judgments by referees." Lu Wei muttered.

Kong Xiangdong glared and said, "Who did you hear? It's simply outrageous. Piano competition is a very serious matter. Every referee will not do such a thing. Don't listen to those rumors outside. So many referees supervise each other. Even if there are some partial ones, it will not affect the fairness of the competition. Besides, there are so many eyes in front of the TV. Which referee dares to do such a thing unless he doesn't want to do it. I have participated in this piano competition, why don't I feel unfair?"

The two were talking, Meng Xin's voice coming from the stage:

"Everyone is quiet. In a few days, it will be time for the official performance of the party. The hard work we have done over the past six months is about to come out. We will work harder in the past two days and make time to improve our respective programs. I still say the same thing. No matter who the program is, as long as it does not meet the requirements, I hope everyone will remember this sentence."

At this moment, Meng Xin no longer had the kindness she felt when she first met Lu Wei, but instead showed the unquestionable authority and strength of a major director.

Seeing so many big stars in the audience, Lu Wei really admired Meng Xin a little. He could control these people well, but it was really not good if he didn't have any strength or level.

"Tomorrow's seventh rehearsal, I hope everyone will prepare carefully and practice freely tonight. I will reiterate the discipline again. No one must disclose the content of the evening party in any way. We must strictly abide by the confidentiality discipline. If there is a leak from someone, the program will be taken down immediately. Don't say I didn't say hello to everyone in advance. Okay, now the rehearsal begins, these people will come with me."

Meng Xin said, pronounced the names of several people. Lu Wei listened to him. Most of them were young actors with no fame, including their own names. Lu Wei estimated that they must be similar to him and were later on the crew. I heard Meng Xin say that the party had been preparing for half a year, and Lu Wei realized how late he was. I guess this was the last batch before the party.

After Lu Wei greeted Kong Xiangdong, he walked towards Meng Xin. Kong Xiangdong's voice came from behind: "After the director has finished giving instructions, come to my room."

"I understand." Lu Wei replied loudly, following several other actors led by Meng Xin to a relatively small rehearsal hall.

"Come on, everyone sit there." Meng Xin said to these people kindly, completely different from her attitude just now.

"I believe everyone has guessed the intention of asking everyone to come. You have only joined the crew after receiving the notice in the past two days. I believe everyone cherishes this opportunity very much. I will not emphasize the importance of the Spring Festival Gala. What I want to say is that everyone should be mentally prepared at any time. Those big-name programs may be deleted before the evening party. Although you are all programs I personally selected, relatively excellent and distinctive programs, you must know that every program that can be included in the eyes of the Spring Festival Gala crew is very excellent. If we choose the best, we will inevitably eliminate a considerable number of programs. I can clearly reveal to you here that nearly half of the programs currently being rehearsed will be eliminated before the official performance."

Hearing Meng Xin say this proportion, the actors' faces all showed nervous expressions.

"Of course, opportunities are equal to everyone. I will not leave anyone's program because of his fame, nor will I despise anyone because of his first time entering the Spring Festival Gala. I believe everyone knows that I am the first time I directed the Spring Festival Gala. The standard for my selection of programs is not only quality, but also quality. I won't say much. The main purpose of calling everyone here today is to let everyone rehearse here first and give the director team an intuitive impression. Xiao Song, go and call all the deputy directors who have no program tasks here."

"Okay Director Meng", a young man agreed, turned around and walked out the door. After a while, several deputy directors in director uniforms walked in one by one.

"Director Chen, Director Zhang, Director Sun, come and watch these programs that have been tuned together," Meng Xin said to several directors who came in.

"Okay." Several directors agreed and found a seat to sit down.

"Well, let's try that magic show first." Director Meng said to the group of people waiting on the side.

This magic program is called "People Substitution", which was selected by the Shanghai Mitsubishi Tenglong Magic Group. It is a large magic trick. It was the first time Lu Wei watched it up close, and he couldn't help but be very interested. However, no matter how he looked at it, he couldn't see how the person who was originally locked in the box became another person. Of course, he knew that there must be something wrong with the box, but even if he looked closely, he still couldn't see the reason.

At the end of the performance, the actors watching all applauded. After all, they were carefully selected programs, and there was no simple one.

Next is a female chorus called "Universal Heart and Celebration", which belongs to the national singing style. Several singers who performed are very beautiful, but after the introduction, Lu Wei is not familiar with the names of these people. Except for one named Liu Yuanyuan, Lu Wei seems to have become a well-known folk singer later, the others are all unknown people.

The song is written very ordinary, and the singing skills of several actors are very good. Perhaps this is one of the reasons for being selected. Although Lu Wei is not very impressed by the Spring Festival Gala in 1998, there seems to be such a program in his memory, but this song does not seem to be very popular after the Spring Festival Gala ends.

The programs were going on one by one, and it was Lu Wei's turn soon.

Lu Wei sent the accompaniment CD to the speaker, and then said to Meng Xin: "Director Meng, this song was originally a duet between two people, but now I am the only one."

"It doesn't matter. You sing first and let everyone listen to the effect. If it is suitable for solo, then solo can be done. If it really doesn't work, we will arrange for the singer to practice together."

"Okay." Lu Wei said, signaling that the sound engineer can start.

After taking the microphone handed over by Meng Xin, Lu Wei brewed his emotions and started singing.

Although it was Lu Wei's solo, Lu Wei's singing skills and dedication were quickly recognized by everyone. Meng Xin nodded her head gently while listening. The effect on the scene made her very satisfied. Lu Wei's singing skills and stage image were very consistent with her requirements.

The other directors also showed satisfaction on their faces. After singing the song, everyone applauded.

"It's not bad, the effect on the scene is much better than what I saw in the video. How do you think, several directors?" Meng Xin asked the others sitting next to her.

"It's pretty good. The young man looks very well and sings very well. I haven't heard of this song before," asked a director.

"This song was composed by this young man himself." Director Meng Xin said with a smile.

"Well, what's your name? Which music school do you go to?" asked a director.

"My name is Lu Wei, I am studying for the general teacher class in the normal school." Lu Wei replied with a smile.

"It's incredible!", the director who asked the question showed a look of surprise.

"But this song is really not suitable for one person to sing, and the duet effect of two people will be better," said another director.

Meng Xin nodded gently and said, "Yes, songs are good songs, we must achieve the best results. Director Sun, look at the actors in the crew, are there any folk songs that sing better."

"Director Meng, can I recommend someone?" Lu Wei asked tentatively.

"Oh? Are you talking about the girl who sang with you? I have heard her singing. I'm honest and don't mind, Lu Wei, her level of partying is not enough." Meng Xin said in a serious tone.

"Director Meng, I'm not talking about her, it's another person." Lu Wei smiled.
Chapter completed!