This Star Doesn’t Work Overtime

  Chapter 356 354. Restlessness in the Beijing circle! Why lie?

   There are no secrets in the entertainment industry!

   Especially in the Beijing circle, there are no secrets.

  The news that Xie Xingfeng visited several times to invite Wang Cheng to appear on the stage of the Spring Festival Gala was rejected, and almost everyone with a certain status in the circle knew about it.

  As for the reason for Wang Cheng’s refusal, everyone knows. Although some people may not believe it, after all, no one in the Chinese entertainment industry has ever rejected an invitation to the Spring Festival Gala. In the eyes of normal people, it is even less likely that someone would refuse the invitation to the Spring Festival Gala with such a slightly weird reason.

but…

   Anyone in the circle who has access to the news knows that this is indeed true.

  The reason why Wang Cheng rejected Xie Xingfeng's invitation to come to the door in person was because of the conflict between work and rest schedules, and he would not work overtime after eight o'clock!

  Tang Ping, a program producer under Beijing Satellite TV, naturally also knew the news. She also knew that Xie Xingfeng was constantly operating to change the schedule of this year's Spring Festival Gala, but she and everyone else who knew the news did not believe that Xie Xingfeng could do it.

  So, Tang Ping thought that she would never have the chance to watch Wang Cheng go to the Spring Festival Gala in this life.

did not expect…

  At this time, Xie Xingfeng suddenly found Wang Cheng and said, he did it? Convinced those older generations with real power?

  Tang Ping still can’t believe it. She grew up in Beijing, and her family is also the leadership of Beijing Satellite TV, so she has always been in contact with the Beijing circle. She knows that many people in the Beijing circle are extremely conservative and stubborn. It is basically impossible to persuade them to change such a big thing as the Spring Festival Gala.

  The corners of Shen Shenghui's eyes twitched, and he felt a faint sense of crisis in his heart. Neither he nor Qin Yuhai wanted Wang Cheng to attend the Spring Festival Gala.

  Wang Cheng himself just glanced at Xie Xingfeng, with a hint of surprise and curiosity in his eyes.

  He was one of the bigwigs in the Beijing circle in his previous life. He naturally knows how difficult it is to change the Spring Festival Gala. It is definitely one of the most impossible things in the entertainment industry. Anyway, he tried to do it in his previous life but never did it. Others who wanted to do it also failed.

  Xie Xingfeng was very satisfied with the changes in Shen Shenghui and Tang Ping's expressions, and even more satisfied with the surprise and curiosity in Wang Cheng's eyes. There was a trace of satisfaction and complacency in his heart, which seemed to cause a slight emotional change in Wang Cheng, which made him very satisfied.

  After all, the few times he met Wang Cheng before, Wang Cheng was as dark and calm as water.

   Now, Wang Cheng has finally changed his mood because of him.

   This seems to be a very remarkable thing.

  Xie Xingfeng continued with a slightly excited tone: "I really don't have much credit for this matter. The main reason is that Wang Cheng and your recent performance have been too against the sky. Only by supporting me with the support of many Xicai and big men who want to do things in the Beijing circle can this matter be done."

   "The program team of the Spring Festival Gala has been confirmed. An early show will be added during the hour between 6:00 and 7:00! Wang Cheng, you will be the starring guest of this early show. When it comes to 7:00, you will leave work early, how about it? Wang Cheng, now you have no reason to refuse, right?"

   "Don't worry, you don't have to rehearse one or two months in advance like everyone else. We believe in your strength and performance level. You only need to come to rehearsal one week in advance!"

  Wang Cheng looked at Xie Xingfeng's excited and sincere invitation, and indeed had no reason to refuse, but he didn't agree, but said indifferently: "You can talk to the company about the performance, as long as there is no conflict in work and rest time, I have no problem!"

   After speaking, Wang Cheng stopped talking and picked up his book to continue reading.

  Tang Ping took a deep breath, she knew that she knew a terrible news in advance.

   Once this news gets out, it will definitely cause a huge shock in the entire Chinese entertainment industry.

   After all, the Spring Festival Gala has not changed for decades, but this time it has suddenly undergone such a huge change because of Wang Cheng alone, which is absolutely beyond everyone's imagination.

and…

  Tang Ping looked at Wang Cheng, and she was sure that the one hour early performance would be extremely popular, even more so than the official performance after eight o'clock.

  Because there is Wang Cheng.

  Every star entertainer in the circle hopes to perform with Wang Cheng.

  Xie Xingfeng looked at Shen Shenghui with serious eyes, and said, "Director Shen, you probably won't refuse the invitation to the Spring Festival Gala, right? This year, five or six celebrity entertainers from your Rubik's Cube Entertainment received our invitation!"

  Xie Xingfeng In order to win the relationship with Rubik's Cube Entertainment and let Rubik's Cube Entertainment not trip him up, he has already taken care of Rubik's Cube Entertainment and invited five or six big-name stars of Rubik's Cube Entertainment to perform on stage.

  Of course Shen Shenghui didn’t dare to stop him. Even if he didn’t have these five or six places, he didn’t dare to refuse the invitation of the Spring Festival Gala. If he offended Yang Ma and Xie Xingfeng, it would be difficult for him to move forward in the Beijing circle. He smiled and said, “Of course, our company has long supported your cooperation. It’s just that you had time conflicts before, and now that Director Xie has finally resolved this contradiction, we will definitely support it.”

  Xie Xingfeng nodded: "Well, since that's the case, I'll come to you to sign the contract tomorrow. I know that your cooperation with Beijing Satellite TV has caused a lot of bleeding and paid 430 million yuan in announcement fees. Our Spring Festival Gala program team certainly doesn't have that much money to pay the announcement fee. However, we will definitely give Wang Cheng enough respect."

   "Fifty million announcement fee, no problem, right? This is the biggest figure I've ever fought for. From CCTV's Spring Festival Gala to the present, all the star remuneration given may not be 50 million."

   Both Shen Shenghui and Tang Ping stared at Xie Xingfeng with wide eyes again.

  Even Wang Cheng himself looked up at Xie Xingfeng again.

   Obviously, this number also exceeded their expectations.

  Fifty million, to the current Wang Cheng, is really not worth mentioning. The single announcement fee for any program group to invite Wang Cheng is hundreds of millions.

but…

  This is the Spring Festival Gala program group.

   Over the years, the Spring Festival Gala program group has invited generations of big-name stars. How much is the appearance fee paid?

  Earlier years ago, it was a few hundred yuan plus board and lodging. At that time, the monthly salary of ordinary people was only a hundred yuan, so a few hundred yuan was not a lot, but for the invited celebrity artists, it was pitifully small.

   Later, with the development of the times, the appearance fee for the Spring Festival Gala continued to rise slowly, but it only increased from a few hundred yuan to a few thousand yuan, and now it is only tens of thousands.

  Currently the biggest celebrities in the industry can get tens of thousands of dollars in appearance fees at the Spring Festival Gala.

  The one with the most fans, Liu Ganhua, did not get more than one million for the Spring Festival Gala...

   But now, Xie Xingfeng offered Wang Cheng a sky-high price of 50 million yuan. This is definitely the highest appearance fee ever offered by the Spring Festival Gala, far exceeding the sum of all the appearance fees received by all other celebrities and entertainers at the Spring Festival Gala this year.

   This is Xie Xingfeng's sincerity, to reflect Wang Cheng's current strength and status in the entertainment industry.

  Shen Shenghui hurriedly said: "Director Xie, your sincerity is too much. However, I don't think it is necessary. This is too different from other people, which may cause conflicts, right? Let's see, Wang Cheng's appearance fee is just 5 million."

  Whether it's 50 million or 5 million, it doesn't matter to Wang Cheng now, and Shen Shenghui doesn't take it seriously. He doesn't want to offend the entire CCTV and Spring Festival Gala program group, so he took the initiative to cut his salary.

   Shen Shenghui was extremely cautious in dealing with Yang's mother, not daring to be casual. Although offending Yang Ma, you can push Wang Cheng to the top to suppress Wang Cheng, but Yang Ma is not a fool, and it is certain that Rubik's Cube Entertainment will be implicated...

  So, at this time, Shen Shenghui didn't dare to think carefully.

  However, Xie Xingfeng was sincere and sincere. He waved his hands and said earnestly: "Old Shen, Wang Cheng, this appearance fee is definitely what Wang Cheng deserves. Don't refuse, there is absolutely no pressure, and there will be no bad consequences for you. If anyone is dissatisfied, go to the Knight's Walk, ask those calligraphers, ask those music artists, ask those performing artists, Wang Cheng shouldn't take so much!"

  Speaking, Xie Xingfeng changed his tone, and said to Wang Cheng: "Wang Cheng, you finally came to the capital once. There may be many people visiting you recently, you can have a proper talk with them."

   Obviously, Xie Xingfeng really knew the influence of Wang Cheng's strength and talent.

  If Wang Cheng was not too young and not very good at being a human being, he would have been widely publicized by the government and many professionals.

  However, even so, Wang Cheng's strength and talent are visible to the naked eye. Many people in the literary, calligraphy, and music art circles highly respect Wang Cheng.

  The capital is also a center of culture and art.

  So, when Wang Cheng came to the capital this time, it can be said that he secretly received attention beyond ordinary people's imagination.

  Xie Xingfeng hoped that Wang Cheng could get in touch with these bigwigs in the Beijing cultural circle and gain their approval, which would definitely benefit Wang Cheng.

  However, Wang Cheng still didn't even look at Xie Xingfeng, as if he couldn't understand what he said, but actually he knew it clearly in his heart.

   It's just that Wang Cheng is not interested in these entertainments.

because…

   He can be sure that once he starts, there will be absolutely no end.

  So, refusing from the source is the best way to solve the trouble.

  Shen Shenghui smiled and said, "Thank you director for your reminder."

  Xie Xingfeng saw Wang Cheng's disapproval, smiled wryly in his heart, and said, "I can't help much. I'm just a director. If I can confirm Wang Cheng's cooperation in the Spring Festival Gala today, the work will be done."

  Xie Xingfeng was relaxed at this time, and he was already looking forward to the grand occasion of Wang Cheng's Spring Festival Gala performance.

   After all, Wang Cheng’s last popular music and art show like a musician can attract hundreds of millions of viewers and create a rating of more than five points. Then Wang Cheng’s Spring Festival Gala, with the bonus of the Spring Festival Gala stage, is it normal for the ratings to double?

  Perhaps, he has a chance to bring the ratings of this year's Spring Festival Gala back to its peak ten years ago?

  If it succeeds, Xie Xingfeng will be the most successful director of the Spring Festival Gala in the past ten years, and also a successful reformer of the Spring Festival Gala.

  As for Wang Cheng himself...

   That is beyond what Xie Xingfeng can imagine now.

  Because there has never been a super popular superstar like Wang Cheng.

  So, no one knows what Wang Cheng will become if he continues to succeed.

   One thing for sure is that when the time comes, everyone inside and outside the circle will definitely go crazy.

  The car was quiet, and several people were thinking about something.

  Only Wang Cheng was still reading the book quietly, sometimes making a clear clattering sound of flipping through the book, his eyes focused and serious, which made Shen Shenghui, Xie Xingfeng, and Tang Ping very surprised and speechless. Wang Cheng really didn't care about the Spring Festival Gala.

  The car came all the way to Beijing Satellite TV. Xie Xingfeng didn't go in. He just came to see Wang Cheng. After confirming the cooperation with Wang Cheng, he left. The Spring Festival Gala program team still had a lot of things waiting for him to deal with.

  Tang Ping walked in with Wang Cheng and Shen Shenghui, and said in a low voice: "In the morning, Director Zou and I asked all the contestants to gather, and explained to them the importance of tomorrow's live broadcast, and some precautions!"

   "The result of our preliminary discussion is that Wang Cheng will appear as a special challenger, and there is no limit to the number of appearances. Wang Cheng, you can continue to challenge each player until you lose and step down."

  When Shen Shenghui heard this, he looked at Tang Ping speechlessly.

   Such an arrangement, are you sure it's not specifically aimed at Wang Cheng?

  Where the wheels are fighting, Wang Cheng is constantly being beaten?

  Shen Shenghui originally thought that it would be enough for Wang Cheng to be beaten once, and then let the sailors lead the rhythm afterwards, which would have a considerable influence.

did not expect…

   Beijing Satellite TV is so ruthless.

   It seems that the announcement fee of more than 400 million yuan is really hard to get.

  Shen Shenghui glanced at Wang Cheng, saw Wang Cheng behind his hands, listening calmly, without any reaction.

  Tang Ping saw Shen Shenghui's thoughts, and hurriedly explained: "Director Shen, Wang Cheng, don't worry, we only arranged three rings for you. The first two rings are for beginners, we will make sure that Wang Cheng advances to the third round, and the third round is a famous retired professional player."

   "We are discussing with this professional player, let him not hurt Wang Cheng, it is best to lose to Wang Cheng, to ensure Wang Cheng's safety and image..."

  As one of Wang Cheng's loyal fans, Tang Ping definitely considers Wang Cheng everywhere. When discussing the program plan with the program group and the station, she has always tried her best to win favorable conditions for Wang Cheng.

but.

   While walking, Wang Cheng heard Tang Ping's explanation and asked indifferently: "How to ensure promotion and safety?"

  Tang Ping said in a low voice: "We will let your opponent retain some of his strength, pretend to fight you fiercely, but actually keep restraint, and finally lose to you with difficulty!"

  Wang Cheng followed Tang Ping into the program production site.

   This is obviously a huge program production site used temporarily. Given the format and ratings of the program before the midnight ring, it is impossible to have such a large production site. There are thousands of auditorium seats alone, and the stage is also extremely large and gorgeous. This may be the largest live stage of Beijing Satellite TV.

  At this moment, many people gathered here, among them were fighters with well-proportioned bodies and strong muscles.

  Wang Cheng looked at the group of fighters with his hands behind his back, and asked, "Why do you want to fake it?"

Forehead…

  Tang Ping didn't know how to answer for a while, because she just said—to ensure Wang Cheng's promotion and safety...

  She didn't know what Wang Cheng was going to do?

   And many busy program staff inside, as well as the fighters, all looked back to this side, to Wang Cheng who was standing there with his hands behind his back, looking at everyone calmly and indifferently!

  All the fighters looked at Wang Cheng excitedly, like hunters looking at the most valuable prey.

   Several of the tall contestants clenched their fists excitedly, rubbed their hands together, and looked at Wang Cheng with a look of impatience on their faces.

  (end of this chapter)