Entertaining Children

After this year, if Huaxia were to select an annual topic figure in the entertainment industry, Xiao Yao would definitely be at the top of the list.

Since the personal brand conference at the beginning of the year, he has hardly been out of the public eye for a long time.

First of all, short films won awards in foreign film festivals. Although this film festival is not well-known among ordinary people, its artistry and authority are very high in the industry. This is a short film he wrote, directed, and acted in. As a director and screenwriter, his award is the age record for Chinese people in these two professions to win awards abroad.

The next thing is to participate in the popularity of "Singer". From the beginning of his debut, he has always been a topical character, not to mention, and three pure music albums have been released in the middle. After being accused of plagiarism, the clarification revealed that he started writing songs at the age of four and started writing songs at the age of five. In addition, he not only created a magical dance that was popular on the Internet during "Singer", he also played live broadcasts anonymously, and plunged into the online live broadcast circle. After "Singer" ended, a total of dozens of songs sung by myself and written for others were released, almost contracting the ears of fans during the entire summer vacation.

Traveling alone happened to encounter an earthquake in Wuyou County, and the performance of going to the disaster-stricken area to help was featured on CCTV's social news. After returning from the disaster area, he participated in charity galas, CCTV disaster relief galas, and celebrity charity basketball games. He was the most eye-catching star during the earthquake and the most praised star. Even if you don't look at what he actually did in the disaster area, just from the economic point of view, although he has not publicly donated a penny, the charity money he brought to the disaster area ranks in the top ten of all acting stars.

Next, I wrote four theme songs for the Basketball Association, and then went to New York to participate in Fashion Week. During the live broadcast, the invention of star street photography, and the creation of a new performance art, I didn’t say anything. The robbery and kidnapping cases also incidentally involved a hijacking case last year, which once attracted the attention of the whole world. After finally solving all the matters of the case, the shooting of a MV created a wave of performance art, which caused a group of sanitation workers to want to scold the street every day.

When I came back from the United States, I made a live broadcast when I moved, and I threw out new songs again, and made a "love gesture dance" that is not inferior to "Seve" in popularity.

Those with good intentions counted these things and found that from the beginning to the end of this year, Xiao Yao alone almost occupied one-third of the entertainment headlines throughout the year. In addition to entertainment news, Xiao Yao also appeared on social news a lot. Based on his performance during the earthquake and the several cases he experienced in the United States, Xiao Yao is even the name that appeared the most on social news this year, not including national leaders.

Such a topical star, and there is no negative news in it, the Spring Festival Gala program team will naturally not ignore it. Before Qi Jia's studio sent an application, the Spring Festival Gala program group took the initiative to invite Xiao Yao.

Judging from the music works released by Xiao Yao this year, at least three songs are very suitable for the Spring Festival Gala stage.

The live performance of the rock song "Descendants of the Dragon" is very helpful,

Moreover, the content of the lyrics and the national spirit expressed are not at all inferior to the song "The Great Wall" performed by Xiao Yao in the Spring Festival Gala last year, so it is naturally very suitable for the Spring Festival Gala stage.

"Dream Chasing Order" is not inferior to "The Drunken Concubine", which was favored by the program group of the Spring Festival Gala last year, and even surpassed it. The combination of tradition and modernity is what the program group of the Spring Festival Gala originally wanted to see. In terms of song style and content, both songs are a combination of Beijing rhyme and modern pop. Judging from the dance moves at the time, this song is more attractive than the performance of "The New Drunken Concubine" with each half of the face. There is no need for the program team to make design changes, and it can be directly performed in the opera unit.

There is also the chorus song "Because of You" by Xiao Yao. The earthquake in Wuyou County is the biggest event this year, and it is impossible not to mention it in the Spring Festival Gala. The public welfare effect of this song is no worse than last year's "Song Not For Whom", and it was premiered at the disaster relief party, so it has a natural connection with disaster relief. The Spring Festival Gala is not a disaster relief party, and it is impossible to find a bunch of big names to hold a chorus, so this song, which was rated by netizens and the media as the most popular and listenable song at the disaster relief party, and only sung by two people, naturally became a Spring Festival Gala program The first choice for the group to express condolences to the people in the disaster area.

In addition to these three songs, there are also some other songs released by Xiao Yao this year that are more suitable for the Spring Festival Gala stage. For example, "Now" and "When You Are Old", one song is full of high spirits and the other is full of warmth, the program group can also accept them to appear on the Spring Festival Gala stage.

Due to too many repertoires to choose from, the Spring Festival Gala program group not only actively invited Xiao Yao to perform, but also gave Xiao Yao the performance time of two programs for the first time, and finally gave Xiao Yao a great degree of freedom, allowing him You can choose the track you want to perform. If they wanted to sing "Because of You", they didn't even force Xiao Yao to cooperate with the more famous Liang Xueying like they did at the disaster relief party. It would be no problem to bring the official version of the female singer Fan Linxuan on stage.

Although the program group of the Spring Festival Gala put forward such generous conditions, it still did not impress Xiao Yao, who had already participated in the Spring Festival Gala once last year. Xiao Yao was not particularly interested in such a serious party like the Spring Festival Gala. He participated in the Spring Festival Gala last year because he made a joke with Xu Yuan at the New Year’s Eve party, and he got caught up in the conversation, and the song he liked in the Spring Festival Gala just happened to make him laugh. Advertise your own brand, and you have already rejected it once before. It is not easy to refuse this time. Several conditions combined to agree to go. He had already participated in the Spring Festival Gala once last year, and even the freshness was gone. Xiao Yao didn't want to go again this year no matter what.

Of course, being not interested and feeling bored is just Xiao Yao's inner thoughts, and he can't reply to the program group directly like this. The reason Xiao Yao gave was the same as what he told Azi, he needed to be with his family. What Xiao Yao said to accompany his family is not to accompany his parents for the New Year, but to accompany his grandfather Xiao Chengru.

Xiao Yao is the only one who is popular this year. With his performance on "Singer", Xiao Siqi, who won the championship, also received an active invitation from the Spring Festival Gala program group, and the show that the program group saw Xiao Siqi was not the song "Hill" in the final of "Singer", but It was the song "You Are the Most Precious" that he and Ye Jiaying sang together. What the program team thought was that it would be a good story for the three of them to be on the stage of the Spring Festival Gala together in the same year. Unexpectedly, Xiao Yao moved out another member of the family as a reason for rejection.

According to the tradition of the Xiao family, on the New Year's day, they would stay with the old man in Xiao Chengru's courtyard to watch the new year. If all three members of Xiao Siqi's family went to the Spring Festival Gala, the old man in his seventies would be left alone to celebrate New Year's Eve. The three of them felt that it was inappropriate. If they were selected by the Spring Festival Gala program group, they would prefer Xiao Yao to participate in the Spring Festival Gala and let Xiao Siqi and his wife accompany the old man to celebrate the New Year, but they have sent invitations to both Xiao Yao and Xiao Siqi, so the choice is not in their hands.

Xiao Yao participated in the Spring Festival Gala last year, and it was Xiao Siqi and his wife who accompanied the old man to celebrate the New Year. It stands to reason that it should be Xiao Yao's turn to accompany the old man this year. This year is the first natural year of Xiao Yao's college career, and it is the first time that he has not been in Yanjing for a whole year, and he did not return to Yanjing much during the summer vacation, so the number of times he met the old man was much less than in previous years. The old man misses his grandson more than his son, and it is more appropriate for Xiao Yao to stay with the old man.

In addition, Xiao Yao also felt that he would have more chances to go to the Spring Festival Gala in the future than his parents, and it is rare that this year's Spring Festival Gala program group took a fancy to the program performed by his parents. Went to the Spring Festival Gala.

Mr. Xiao Chengru is a performance artist of the older generation. Even if he does not perform, he is qualified to be an audience at the Spring Festival Gala. The Spring Festival Gala program team didn’t think about inviting the old man to be an audience at the Spring Festival Gala. In this way, the family of four, grandparents and grandchildren can reunite in the CCTV studio for the New Year, but the old man, who knows Xiao Yao’s thoughts, did not agree and insisted on staying at home for the New Year. Therefore, Xiao Yao, the hottest star of the year, could only "helplessly" miss this year's Spring Festival Gala.

On the evening of New Year's Eve, in Xiao Chengru's courtyard, Xiao Chengru and Xiao Yao's grandfather and grandson got together to eat the New Year's Eve dinner and watch the live broadcast of the Spring Festival Gala. Although the two of them are not too lively, they are still very warm.

"Hey, Baoqing's cross talk! This year, Baoqing is doing it himself!" Seeing Zhang Baoqing's cross talk show on TV, Xiao Chengru remembered what Xiao Yao asked him to do some time ago, and asked Xiao Yao curiously, "Eight One, some time ago you asked me about the old Zhang's family, why?"

"It's related to his daughter!" Xiao Yao said.

"Of course I know it has something to do with his daughter! Isn't it the relationship between Baoqing and his daughter that you asked me to inquire about?" Xiao Chengru said, "You are not interested in that old man in Baoqing, are you? What are you and his daughter? relationship?"

"Yes, let me tell you from the beginning." Xiao Yao said, "The thing is like this..."

When Xiao Chengru was asked to inquire about the news, Xiao Yao didn't tell Xiao Chengru too specifically on the phone. Now that Xiao Chengru asked, he simply told the whole thing.

"The whole thing is like this," Xiao Yao told Xiao Chengru about Zhang Huanian, and finally reminded him, "Grandpa, don't tell Mr. Baoqing that I already know that his daughter is his daughter!"

"Oh, why do you already know that his daughter is his daughter, how can you be so convoluted!" Xiao Chengru said with a smile, "You are telling the truth about Baoqing, the child is free to do what he wants, and he even cares about this? Don't worry, I won't tell him!"

"Mr. Baoqing didn't want his daughter to be a singer. Didn't you also want your father to be a singer?" Xiao Yao said with a smile, "I thought you especially supported Mr. Baoqing!"

"I don't want your dad to be a singer, but he really wants to sing, and I didn't stop him! Don't compare me with this Baoqing, I'm not the same as him!" Xiao Chengru glared, "Besides, girl What about cross talk? How many famous female comedians do you think there are now? Women are inherently disadvantaged when it comes to cross talk.”

"Grandpa, you're sexist!" Xiao Yao laughed, "Your young doesn't mean you don't have one. In the past few decades, there were still excellent female cross talk performers, but there have been few young female cross talk performers in recent years." It came out. Even the actresses who learned cross talk, they all switched to acting in sketches or film and television dramas. Maybe it is because there are few female cross talk actors now, and they are almost cut off. Mr. Baoqing wants to train his daughter to become a cross talk actor. To fill this gap. Besides, Mr. Ren Baoqing also said that it is not necessary for my daughter to do cross talk, even if she is an ordinary office worker who works from 9 to 5, it is acceptable, but I don’t want her to be a singer.”

"What sexism? Don't label your grandfather me indiscriminately." Xiao Chengru glared at Xiao Yao, and then said, "From what you mean, it seems that you understand Baoqing very well, so you still go against him?"

"I understand what he thinks, but it doesn't mean that I support his approach! What annoys those parents who impose their dreams on their children. Of course I'm on the side of Mr. Baoqing and his daughter, Zhang Huanian." Xiao Yao said.

"Hey, why do I sound a bit insinuating?" Xiao Chengru smiled, "Do you have any problems with me and your mother, or your father?"

"Absolutely not!" Xiao Yao immediately shook his head and said, "I know that both you and Dad want me to inherit your career, but you have never forced me to do anything. Being an actor or a singer is something I want to do and am willing to do. things."

Xiao Yao raised his hands and continued: "You see, I could write songs at the age of five, and I didn't release a single until I was sixteen. I acted in a drama at the age of eight, made a TV series at the age of fourteen, and made a short film at the age of eighteen. .Whether it’s singing or acting, how long has it been between? And when I was more than eight years old, I dropped singing and acting, went to learn photography, and now I am a photographer. These are not allowed in other families As far as I can imagine, you are all enough to follow my temper. I feel happy enough to be reborn into such a family."

"Yeah, that's what you said~ You really know how to make people happy!" Xiao Chengru didn't notice Xiao Yao's tiny slip of the tongue, and smiled heartily, "You guys have been so determined since you were a child, we just want to force you to do whatever you want. I can't force it! It's not grandpa, I'm bragging, that girl from the Zhang family can't compare with you. If you had some kind of agreement with the family, you would have already met those conditions with your own ability. Maybe you will stay in the United States back then. When I came back, I made a name for myself in the United States.”

"That must be because you have been taught well since childhood," Xiao Yao said with a smile, "It's not like I was born knowing everything."

"All right, all right, let's stop bragging about each other." Xiao Chengru waved his hands and said with a smile, "Anyway, you can do whatever you want. If Baoqing wants to trouble you, grandpa will help you block it. But with Baoqing's father on the same level, he still has to call me uncle when he sees me!"

"That's right! With Grandpa as my backing, I'm not afraid of anything!" Xiao Yao smiled and poured wine into the empty glass in front of Xiao Chengru.

"Yo, your parents are here." Xiao Chengru watched Xiao Siqi and Ye Jiaying appear on TV, and said with a smile.

"My parents are the first couple who sang as husband and wife on the Spring Festival Gala, right?" Xiao Yao also turned to look at the TV and asked with a smile.

"Let's think about it," Xiao Chengru thought for a while before nodding, "There are couples who perform skits together on the Spring Festival Gala, but your parents seem to be the first couple who sing the same song together!"

"Then my parents made a history of the Spring Festival Gala?" Xiao Yao laughed.

"Hehe, that's true!" Xiao Chengru laughed, "Actually, there were two couples who were both singers performing at the same Spring Festival Gala before, but they didn't sing the same song at that time. The Spring Festival Gala program group asked your parents to sing this song together." The song is because they sang it on "Singer", and the effect is particularly good. In the final analysis, it is the song you wrote for your parents that is well written!"

"Grandpa, didn't you say it's better not to brag about each other?" Xiao Yao laughed.

"Okay, okay, let's not brag about you, let's talk about something else." Xiao Chengru waved his hand again, and continued, "Ba Yi, you said that grandpa is your backing, which is good, but your backing is not Only grandpa and I are alone, and so are your parents, and our whole family is your backing."

"Of course!" Xiao Yao nodded, "I won't talk about life, I know that my parents opened that studio for me, and that studio did provide me with a lot of convenience."

"Then shouldn't you also do something for your parents and help them?" Xiao Chengru asked.

"Have they encountered any trouble?" Xiao Yao straightened his face and asked seriously.

If Xiao Siqi said that, Xiao Yao might still feel that his father wanted to "exploit" him, and he might be a bastard who would make jokes, but when Xiao Chengru said that, Xiao Yao was much more serious.

"Don't be so serious, it's not because you've run into trouble." Xiao Chengru waved his hand, shook his head and said with a smile, "It's because Jiaying plans to go behind-the-scenes, wants to be a director and shoot movies, and is looking for a good book recently."

"I don't think you have written TV drama scripts. Did you also write the script for the short film? If you have any good scripts, you might as well show them to your mother." Xiao Chengru continued, "It doesn't matter if you don't have one, just look at it. There are a lot of books, if you find any good novels that are suitable for adaptation into movies, you might as well recommend them to your mother."