Chapter 156 Spring Festival Gala: "Crazy Stock Investors"
For employees, the annual meeting is a triple blessing of lucky draw, receiving year-end bonus and welcoming the holidays.
But for the management, it was not just about the excitement. Even at the dinner table, Na Yu discussed the development direction for the next year with several variety show directors under him.
At present, there are a total of five variety shows being broadcast by Waner Group, but there is only one variety show on satellite TV, which is the ace variety show "Extreme Men's Group".
The other four variety shows are all online variety shows: Guo Degang's storytelling; a talk show hosted by Yue Yunpeng; a rap variety show and a small group variety show by his girl group.
The ones that were broadcast were all pretty good, especially the small group variety shows of the girl groups. Originally, the small group variety shows were just to increase the exposure of the girl group members. To put it bluntly, they were variety shows shot for fans to watch, and there was no need for a big script or anything.
It turns out that Director Paopao, the director who was recruited by Dong Qiang, is a person who is unwilling to be mediocre.
He made the variety show of the seven members of the girl group very interesting, giving them clues to deduce; having them compete in wits and courage in groups; having them travel back to ancient times to survive; and having one of the seven people being an undercover agent.
The content is very rich. From the beginning, the fan-oriented variety shows gradually became popular, and the girl group also received more and more attention. They even promoted their songs in South Korea, which is very popular in the idol circle. They also have a certain fame in Southeast Asian countries and can even hold concerts there.
Director Pao’s talent shines brightly, and it would be unfair to him to just be a member of a small girl group variety show, so at this annual meeting, Na Yu specifically asked him if he had any ideas for the future, and if he were given a satellite TV variety show, what would he do?
Chinese people don't discuss things during a meeting, they usually know about it before the meeting, so Bubble was well prepared and said that he wanted to make a variety show with distinct characters where everyone can give full play to their talents.
He mentioned Qi Long's idea before: tearing off name tags. He decided to make this a highlight of the show!
"You have all seen the fitness show I filmed for Dong Qiang, right? The competition between Qi Long and Dong Qiang is very interesting. I plan to create this variety show with them as the main characters. One is at the peak of intelligence, and the other is at the peak of martial arts. The other members should also be people they know, preferably people they are familiar with, so that there is no need to cultivate chemistry from scratch."
Yan Min nodded at the side: "I kind of regret not having Qi Long and Dong Qiang in "Men's Gang" together. They have such a good chemistry, so we filmed a special episode about escape. Qi Long found out that Dong Qiang had a problem as soon as he called, and it became a hot topic. Your idea is great!"
Dong Qiang was eating food nearby: "It's pretty good. I like variety shows with more sports elements, such as tearing off name tags, hahahaha!"
"Alliance? Dongqiang!" Qi Long turned around and asked.
Everyone at the table was amused. Na Yu held up his glass and laughed, "The project hasn't even been approved yet, and you're already forming an alliance?"
However, they both can mention people they are familiar with. Qi Long talked about Sha Yi, who was the worst, and Qin Xiaoxian, who performed outstandingly in the "Extreme Man Gang" competition special. Both of them have good variety show effects and can be regular guests.
As for the rest, I’ll talk about it when I think of it.
To be honest, Qi Long had not paid much attention to the company's other variety shows before. After all, there were videos from another world waiting for him to watch.
I was also surprised to see the data at the annual meeting today, especially the girl group variety show, which was a low-cost and low-investment production in the beginning, but later became so popular that various sponsors flocked in.
This made him curious, so he went to watch an episode of the show.
The story line of that episode was that they were originally schoolgirls going on vacation in the sitcom, but when they arrived at the hotel they found out that a zombie virus had broken out, and there was a mother zombie among the seven of them, and they would be infected if they kissed her, so they had to use water guns and special bullets to eliminate the zombies.
The show was full of twists and turns, and Qi Long watched it with great fascination. In just one episode, there were several people who left a deep impression on him.
The oldest and soft-hearted group bully, the group leader who grew up in a single-parent family and can scare off several younger sisters with a single look, the youngest who is good at throwing and responding to jokes, and the good sisters who stick together from the beginning to the end. It is said that the two of them have a lot of CP fans.
The only problem is that the seven of them are more united, unlike the men's gang, who are more likely to cheat the better their relationships are, so there is not enough tension in their fighting.
But the quality is already excellent. No wonder Director Pao is valued by the company. This creativity is indeed worthy of praise.
Deyun Society has closed its performances, and the stars have also had a holiday after the New Year's Party. As the New Year is getting closer, the flow of people in the capital is gradually decreasing. On New Year's Eve, Qi Long felt for the first time in a long time how spacious the roads in the capital are.
It is usually this wide, but there is too much traffic and it is often impossible to drive on the road. But today, there are very few cars on the street. Qi Long, who left home in advance to go to the Spring Festival Gala studio, arrived at the studio an hour before the scheduled time.
With nothing to do, he went to chat with Sa Beining, his good friend who arrived earlier. During the chat, Sa Beining talked about the differences between himself and his foreign wife in educating their children.
"I came home yesterday and saw my son eating slippers. She was sitting nearby and didn't care. I quickly stopped her and asked her why she didn't care. She said if he knew he couldn't eat it, he wouldn't have eaten it."
Several hosts around were happily listening to Xiao Sa chatting. He was considered the darling of the CCTV hosts group and everyone liked to play with him.
Qi Long nodded at the side: "But your combination of Chinese and Western education will help your child's intelligence grow fast!"
"Ah? How about you take medicine? A combination of Chinese and Western medicine?" Sa Beining was confused by Qi Long's words.
Qi Long waved his hand and said, "I've been to the kindergarten where Mr. Sa's child is. There was a question on the blackboard. None of the other kids knew the answer, but his son did!"
As soon as he opened his mouth, Sa Beining knew that a joke was coming, and he followed his lead and asked, "What's the topic?"
"Unique brackets, with a word to be filled in. Did your son solve this problem by setting unknown variables?"
"Kindergarten kid, why set unknowns?"
Qi Long gestured in the air, just like writing: "Xiao Xiao Sa wrote it, let the bracket be X, X equals SIX minus SI!"
What he read was not English words or Chinese pinyin, but letters.
"Ok?"
Qi Long explained to him: "Look, SIX minus SI is equal to X, right?"
“Indeed!”
"Six is six in English, si is four in Chinese pinyin, six minus four equals two, X equals two, so we need to write 2 in the brackets. You see, other kids didn't know it, but your son figured it out!"
Sa Beining was stunned and laughed, "Hahaha, if you don't get any one of the Chinese, math or English questions right, you can't solve it!" "So it's good to learn a combination of Chinese and Western learning. This is just one question, there are more!"
As soon as Qi Long said this, everyone around him, including Sa Beining, was looking forward to it, expecting him to have another "big talk", no matter what the question this time was.
Let the bracket be Y, Y=year-ear.
"A year is six months plus six months, which is six plus six. Ear means ear. What does ear look like? It looks like three. So when we substitute it in, Y equals six plus six minus three. So what is Y equal to?" Qi Long asked Sa Beining.
Sa Beining replied: "Nine!"
"It's just a drop in the bucket!" Qi Long spread his hands.
"Hahahahahahaha!" The process was quite outrageous, but a correct answer appeared. Isn't it amazing?
"What's going on in a crosstalk performer's mind?" Sa Beining asked with a smile.
Qi Long said: "When you take out your brain, it's all in one piece, but when we take out our brains, they're all in sections, they're all jokes!"
There was only a little time for leisure and entertainment. Soon, all the staff became busy. After a long period of busy work, the Spring Festival Gala officially began. Qi Long and Dong Qiang were the first to perform language programs. After the opening song and dance, the host's speech and a song, it was their turn to appear.
Dong Qiang, dressed in a suit, walked onto the stage first. In the style of a standard Spring Festival Gala language performer, he smiled and laughed loudly as he bowed, "Happy New Year, audience friends!"
The audience gave him applause.
"Thank you all for giving me a round of applause. What about my partner Qi Long? He has gone crazy recently. He has been speculating in stocks every day and says he is a god. I think he is just a lunatic. Look, isn't he? He is about to perform but he is still holding his phone to watch it!" Dong Qiang pointed to the other side.
Qi Long was wearing a bright red jacket and walking forward while looking down at his phone.
After climbing three steps, he continued to lift his foot to the fourth step. Naturally, he tripped because he lost his balance. His performance was very realistic and the audience laughed and applauded.
Qi Long himself was startled and turned to look at the audience: "Oh, there are quite a few people in the trading hall today!"
"What trading hall? This is the Spring Festival Gala. Stop looking at your phone. People are applauding. It's our turn to perform!"
Qi Long immediately pulled his eyes away from the phone screen and looked at Dong Qiang: "Applause?"
"Yes!"
"Which stock went up?" Qi Long asked anxiously.
Dongqiang pointed at the audience and said, "Everyone is applauding!"
"Hey, the stock you bought has gone up, recommend it to me quickly!" Qi Long was about to walk off the stage when Dong Qiang grabbed him from behind and pulled him back.
"Ah, ah." Qi Long cried out as he was being dragged.
Dong Qiang said to him seriously: "Come on, we are performing. If you mention stocks again, you can leave. What are you doing here to cause trouble?"
Qi Long was disdainful of his serious look: "Pretending to be serious, pretending, pretending, I hate this!"
When he said "this", he pointed at Dongqiang.
"When I get hit on the stock market, I get annoyed by the dealer. He is treacherous, mean, and inhuman. How many stockholders have lost so much money? To deal with the dealer, you have to use a combination of punches from above, a sweeping kick from below, and then spit on him."
When punching and kicking, Qi Long was facing the void, then he spat and said "Pooh" directly at the "pretentious" Dong Qiang.
"Hey, what does this have to do with me? Teacher Qi, with your mentality, you should stop speculating in stocks. The stock market is risky, and you need to be cautious when investing!"
"Nonsense! If you hear crickets chirping, don't plant crops; if you hear price increases, don't eat pork; if you hear odd and even numbers, don't buy a car; if you hear AIDS, don't get married!"
"What a mess! You don't believe this or that. Sooner or later, you will suffer!"
"Suffer a loss? Don't curse me here. I'm telling you, I can't suffer a loss. My nickname is: Big Bones!"
"Big bones? You want to make soup?"
"Big Bone, Big Bone, I buy the best stocks in the market, so everyone calls me Big Bone!" Qi Long started pounding his chest and after just two poundings he started coughing violently.
Gao Dongqiang pointed at him and said, "With this body and a lot of bones, how can you be sure that you bought the best stocks?"
"I have successful performance. I took a look at the stock number. Hey, 666, this is going well, buy it! 888, hey, this is going well, buy it! 444, hey, not bad either!"
"Hmm? 444 is not bad?" Dong Qiang wondered.
Qi Long waved his hands: "You don't understand, right? This is the language of artists like us. Do-re-mi-fa-so-la-si. 4 is fa, and four-four-four is fa-fa-fa!"
"This is crazy!" Dong Qiang pointed at Qi Long.
In this play, he is a serious person. If it were a small theater or commercial performance, he would have to ask Qi Long: What does 456 mean?
(End of this chapter)
