Chapter 197 Spring Festival Gala Starts, National Popularity Soars

New Year's Eve, eight o'clock in the evening.

The CCTV Spring Festival Gala officially started. Fang’s mother and Fang’s father pointed at the TV excitedly: “It’s started, it’s started, everyone be quiet, our son will come out soon.”

Relatives were also curious as to whether this nephew of the Fang family was really attending the Spring Festival Gala, and everyone watched the show seriously.

The Spring Festival Gala begins, and the first program is the opening song and dance "Celebrating the Auspicious Year".

More than a dozen celebrities, actors, singers, and seven or eight dance troupes performed in a lively chorus.

The festive and lively singing and dancing immediately filled the program with the festive atmosphere of the Spring Festival.

As soon as the show started, the seven aunts and eight aunts of the Fang family began to look for Fang Xing among the group of celebrities.

"Is there Fang Xing here? I know this star. What's the name of the bald guy who plays the movie?"

"It seems there is no Fang Xing. Is he among the backup dancers in the back?"

"How can we find the hundreds of dancers for this event?"

Fang's mother waved her hand and said very firmly: "It's definitely not a backup dancer. Fang Xing will definitely have a lot of shots, the ones that show his face."

"How about giving Fang Xing a call and asking when he will play?" a relative suggested.

Mother Fang would not be so weird and refused decisively: "For such an important party, your phone must be turned off, so there is no need to call."

After the opening song and dance.

Five hosts came on stage and began to say New Year greetings.

After saying New Year greetings, he brought the topic to the next program: "This year, a festive bird flew abroad and let the world see the musical style of our Chinese people. Let us enjoy the cry of this "Skylark" , wake us up for the auspicious New Year!”

on the stage.

The symphony orchestra is all in place.

The camera pans over the conductor, then the pianist, and finally the violinist.

As she passed the pianist, Fang's mother, who was sitting in front of the TV, had a conditioned reflex: "Son, old man, look quickly, it's your son. His second aunt, do you see the one in front of the piano?"

The seventh aunt and the eighth aunt stared at the TV: "It looks a bit like him. He is wearing a suit, so he is a bit unrecognizable. And the camera moved too fast, so he couldn't see clearly."

Fang's mother said with confidence: "That must be my son Fang Xing. He will never admit his mistake. This show is called "Skylark", you know, right? It was Fang Xing who came from some country in Europe and won the championship."

The second uncle interjected: "I remember it was not Fang Xing who won the championship, but a girl who won the championship. Fang Xing went to play the piano for others."

Mother Fang waved her hand and said categorically: "That's not important. Anyway, it was Fang Xing who played the piano that won the championship. We, Fang Xing, contributed the most."

"Yes, yes, yes, Fang Xing is really promising. He has already attended the Spring Festival Gala. I never dared to think that a relative could attend the Spring Festival Gala." The second aunt hit her second uncle, thinking that he couldn't speak.

…

at the same time.

On the Spring Festival Gala live channel.

Comments from various netizens floated by:

[Sure enough, it’s the Spring Festival Gala, and it’s the opening ceremony. 】

[This song "Skylark" is the one that won the award, right? It’s really great, I went abroad to win awards. 】

[Really, if you don’t do your job properly, a singer goes to grab someone else’s violin trophy, how can the violin player live? 】

[This time, those fans who are spreading rumors every day that Fang Xing is taking advantage of the popularity of the Spring Festival Gala should stop, right? This is really the Spring Festival Gala. 】

[You’re overthinking it. I just saw a comment from a fan of SPK, saying that they just took advantage of the popularity of other girls and went up to play the piano, which doesn’t count as part of the Spring Festival Gala. 】

From time to time, the comments from netizens are also mixed with fans of certain traffic stars:

[Originally, when it comes to being awesome, it’s the girl who won the award who is awesome. What does it have to do with Fang Xing? Taking advantage of other people's popularity and having a scene in the Spring Festival Gala is considered to be on the Spring Festival Gala. Then my second uncle also went to the Spring Festival Gala as an audience, doesn’t it count as the Spring Festival Gala? 】

In the massive barrage.

The performance of "Skylark" reached its climax, as if thousands of birds were chirping, and the chirping echoed in thousands of homes.

Some spectators who did not understand violin even commented: "Are there birds on site? There are so many birds chirping."

Among the seven aunts and eight aunts of the Fang family, this is what they said.

One of Fang Xing's cousins, Zhong Keke, said speechlessly: "Mom, what are you thinking about? Didn't you read the news on Weibo? This bird's call was made by a violin."

She pointed at Lu Xiang'er on the TV and said, "She is the one who plays the violin. People have won awards abroad because of her violin skills."

"Is it played by a piano? I wonder why it sounds a little different from the chirping of birds. However, it seems to be really similar." The second aunt did not feel embarrassed and continued to watch TV happily.

It ends with the playing of "Skylark".

Fang Xing stood up and bowed to the audience together with Lu Xiang'er.

Afterwards, Fang Xing began to leave the piano, and a new pianist came up to take over the position of playing the piano.

Apparently the show "Skylark" is over.

Fang Xing stood up and left the piano, looking like he was about to leave.

"Is it just gone?" relatives began to ask.

"Didn't you say that Fang Xing is a singer? I don't see him singing at all." The second uncle began to make his usual cold remarks again.

The second aunt slapped him on the arm again and lectured: "You are the best if you can attend the Spring Festival Gala. It doesn't matter whether you play the piano or sing."

Fang's mother said firmly: "There must be more. Yesterday Fang Xing called us and said that there must be more than just the last show."

This was said by Fang Xing himself, so Fang's mother was very confident.

…

Ever since Fang Xing became a star, his cousin Zhong Keke often searched for Fang Xing's name intensively on Weibo.

Moreover, because they are cousins.

From Fang's parents and Fang's mother, Zhong Keke was able to get many photos of Fang Xing's elementary school, junior high school, and high school. She took them with her mobile phone and took them to school to show off to her roommates, making her the eldest sister of the girls in the class.

Therefore, every time news about Fang Xing appears on Weibo, Zhong Keke is on the front line, cheering for her cousin, confronting NC fans, and refusing to give up until dawn.

The Spring Festival Gala has started to be broadcast live, and naturally the topic on the Internet has begun to explode.

In the live broadcast screen.

Fang Xing stood up and left the piano bench.

Zhong Keke saw that in the live broadcast barrage, some hostile fans started to speak ill of her, and she suddenly became angry.

These fans started celebrating at halftime:

[As expected, it disappears after just playing the piano. Before my butt gets hot from sitting, someone else is playing. It seemed that she really wasn't playing well, so she was replaced by the Spring Festival Gala program team. 】

But the comments from these fans were still enthusiastic, and the reversal came immediately.

In the live broadcast, Fang Xing left the piano position, picked up a microphone, and walked to the middle of the stage.

At the same time, a children's choir takes the stage.

Then, the prelude of "Song of the Seven Sons" sounded.

The little girl leading the children's choir began to sing:

“Did you know that Macau

"Not my real last name

"I've been away from you for too long, mother

"But it was my body they took away

"You still keep my inner soul..."

The average age of the audience watching the Spring Festival Gala is older than that of the audience watching "Song".

Therefore, the audience of the Spring Festival Gala felt more emotional about this song.

Many older audience members couldn't help but wipe the tears from their eyes with their wrinkled hands when they heard this song.

In this Spring Festival Gala version of "Song of the Seven Sons", the children's voice part has been increased a lot.

Fang Xing is mainly responsible for the harmony and singing a few specific lines.

As soon as this song came out.

The barrages of the live broadcast began to erupt:

[Who told me he was going to end? 】

[After playing the piano, let’s start singing directly. And it’s this song, Damn, you want to make me cry again, right? 】

[Fang Xing is getting more and more outrageous. He even asked the children's choir to sing this time. Is it because he didn't earn enough tears last time? 】

【I’ll just say it. There are so many songs that Fang Xingfa can perform in the Spring Festival Gala this year that it is impossible not to sing any of them. 】

[Although "Song of the Seven Sons" is good, is it really good to sing and make the audience cry during the Chinese New Year? 】

There are also fun people who start to cause trouble:

[Okay, okay, "Skylark" and "Song of the Seven Sons" are already two programs. You are already the big winner of the Spring Festival Gala, you can go on. For those who are celebrating the Chinese New Year, stop using tear gas. 】

In various comments from the audience.

The singing of "Song of Seven Sons" ended.

Originally, the audience felt that after two performances, it was almost time to get off the stage.

However, the children's choir did not leave, and neither did the symphony orchestra.

The conductor's baton suddenly struck, and the symphony accompaniment started again.

The children's choir had just finished singing "Song of the Seven Sons", and the calls for mother were still ringing in their ears, making many older audience members sigh.

At this time, the melody changed.

The children's choir recited:

"The wisdom of youth is the wisdom of the country."

"A young man who is rich will make a country rich."

"Strong young people make the country strong

"Freedom for youth means freedom for the country..."

Together with this part, the audience who listened to this song immediately felt their scalps go numb.

Especially the audience with slightly higher musical literacy could not help but raise their eyebrows and sighed in their hearts:

""Song of the Seven Sons" will be followed by "Young China". Who came up with this arrangement...?"

Audiences who know something about that period of history know that "Song of the Seven Sons" sings about the hardships the country has experienced, just like the great powers carving out the flesh of the motherland.

And "Young China Talk" sings about the determination of the motherland to become prosperous and strong. It sings about the flowers of the motherland growing up, building the motherland, and becoming the backbone of the motherland's prosperity and strength.

The two songs are connected together, first telling about hardships, and then strengthening determination.

This arrangement is quite perfect.

First, he sang "Song of the Seven Sons" in a child's voice, which made many audience members' hearts melt.

Then it was followed by "Young China", which made countless viewers' thoughts surge and their blood boil.

"good!"

In thousands of households across the country, when many viewers heard "Young China", they couldn't help but clench their fists and praise it.

Older audiences also began to notice the young people singing, and began to ask their children and grandchildren who went home to celebrate the New Year: "Who is this young man singing?"

"Grandpa, he is Fang Xing. He sang these two songs. He is very popular now and every song he sings is good." The grandson, who is in college, began to ask his grandfather for help.

"These two songs are good. I think your mobile phones can play songs. Can I play them?" The old man took out his mobile phone and asked.

"Of course, I can help you download it." Sun Tzu quickly helped download the song.

"These two are important." Grandpa emphasized.

"He also has "Men Should Be Strong", a lot of songs. Grandpa must like them all." The grandson packed up Fang Xing's songs and downloaded them.

The two songs on the Spring Festival Gala made these audiences who usually do not watch variety shows get to know Fang Xing.

This is nationality, allowing ordinary people who don’t pay attention to the entertainment industry to know the name.

CCTV’s Spring Festival Gala is the most popular evening party among the people.