“I should be the one saying I’ve long admired your name! congratulations on getting rich, Teacher Su Yu, on your six consecutive wins and the great success of your new album!”
Zhang Guoshi felt that Su Yu’s enthusiasm was genuine, and he was overjoyed, offering his compliments.
Su Yu was now a true topic of conversation; even Zhang Guoshi, busy preparing for the Spring Festival Gala, knew about Su Yu’s online exploits.
And Su Yu’s quest for twelve consecutive championships was something everyone in the industry knew about.
“Director Zhang, let’s not flatter each other. Let’s talk about serious matters,” Su Yu quickly interjected, smiling as he sat opposite Zhang Guoshi.
“Then let’s talk business! Teacher Su Yu must have guessed it already; I’m here for the Spring Festival Gala. On behalf of the Spring Festival Gala program team, I officially invite Teacher Su Yu to participate in the 2013 Year of the Snake Spring Festival Gala!”
Zhang Guoshi was truly an old hand, and his words certainly gave Su Yu a lot of face.
“It’s my honor, naturally, no problem,” Su Yu also nodded and agreed very politely.
Su Yu naturally wouldn’t refuse the Spring Festival Gala.
This was his first year officially debuting since he came to Blue Star.
If he could gain the endorsement of the Spring Festival Gala, his prestige value would also receive a huge boost.
After all, the Spring Festival Gala’s coverage is incredibly vast!
Although every year people complain about not watching the Spring Festival Gala, what’s the result?
Because the Spring Festival Gala is no longer just a large-scale evening party; it has become an inseparable habit of New Year’s Eve.
“That’s great! The song ‘congratulations on getting rich’ that Teacher Su Yu wrote for Andy Lau, our program team from top to bottom is very satisfied with it! It has been confirmed as the opening performance for the 2013 Year of the Snake Spring Festival Gala! Teacher Su Yu, do you have any other songs suitable for the Spring Festival Gala stage?”
Zhang Guoshi was also an experienced actor; after showing a surprised expression, he quickly changed the topic and brought up what he cared about most.
What was the main purpose of coming to find Su Yu? Besides having Su Yu, a singer with explosive popularity, perform on the Spring Festival Gala stage, the most important thing was Su Yu’s works!
A few days ago, after Director Zhang and his team listened to the Spring Festival Gala songs reported by Andy Lau, their eyes all lit up.
Because the song ‘congratulations on getting rich’ that Su Yu gave to Andy Lau was truly too suitable for the Spring Festival Gala stage.
This made Director Zhang want to invite Su Yu, but even more, he wanted to get more songs from Su Yu that were suitable for the Spring Festival Gala stage!
“Yes! And quite a few! The quality will definitely satisfy Director Zhang, but it depends on how many stage slots Director Zhang is willing to give to Tianxing Entertainment, as I rarely let singers outside the company perform my songs.”
Su Yu answered very straightforwardly, but his subsequent words made Zhang Guoshi feel that Su Yu was difficult to deal with.
Although Director Zhang was the General Director of the Spring Festival Gala, he couldn’t possibly give too many stage slots to one entertainment company.
So, this involved a matter of choice.
This year, there would be about 20 song performances for the Year of the Snake, and these stages had to be divided up.
“Including Teacher Su Yu’s own performance, I can at most offer 5 stages to Tianxing Entertainment!” Zhang Guoshi also didn’t want to beat around the bush and directly stated the maximum he could give.
Of course, the premise for these 5 stage slots was that the songs Su Yu provided had to pass their program team’s review!
“No problem! I will give the songs to Director Zhang within three days! Whether they are selected, Director Zhang and the program team can discuss it after listening to the songs.”
Su Yu also readily nodded and agreed.
5 stages were already quite a lot! What else could he be dissatisfied with?
In previous years, if Tianxing Entertainment could get one or two slots, it would already be very impressive.
After all, how many entertainment companies and celebrity studios outside were eagerly watching and waiting?
Who wouldn’t want to appear on the Spring Festival Gala during this period to gild themselves?
And three days, in fact, was the time Su Yu reserved for Tianxing Entertainment’s singers to practice the songs.
Just giving demos would be too insincere! The shock factor wouldn’t be there, so it’s better to go all out.
“Is three days enough? The Spring Festival Gala isn’t urgent here; I still hope Teacher Su Yu can carefully polish the songs, striving for perfection.”
Zhang Guoshi was startled by the deadline Su Yu gave him.
He shouted in his heart: This young man?!
On the surface, he was kindly advising, hoping Su Yu could be more stable.
In fact, he was already a bit eager to hear the songs Su Yu had prepared for the Spring Festival Gala.
Although the reputation and ratings of the Spring Festival Gala have been declining every year.
As the General Director, his pressure also increased annually.
But as a director with aspirations, who would want to just let things slide if they could help it?
And this year’s song performances were Zhang Guoshi’s trump card!
He planned to make a big splash with Su Yu’s participation.
“The songs were written before, and three days is just for the singers to get familiar with and practice them. Director Zhang, please rest assured, for such an important stage as the Spring Festival Gala, I would never treat it lightly.”
Su Yu explained, emphasizing his Pay attention to for the Spring Festival Gala stage.
“Then I’ll wait for your good news! Let’s add each other on green bubble; when the songs are recorded, just send them to me!”
Zhang Guoshi no longer dwelled on it, smiling as he took out his phone and added Su Yu as a friend before leaving.
All matters, big and small, for the Spring Festival Gala had to be reviewed by him, the General Director with strong control; it was extremely rare for him to be able to come out and meet Su Yu today.
Now that the matter was settled, he naturally had to rush back to oversee things without delay.
Currently, the dance and language performances were already in rehearsal.
But he felt they weren’t stunning enough and needed further refinement and modification.
For this Spring Festival Gala, Zhang Guoshi had truly exhausted his efforts.
After Zhang Guoshi left, Su Yu immediately called Li Dayue, telling him to notify Chen Yixun, Zhang Xiaohan, Xie Jie, Liu Ruyan, and Cool Fire Combination for a video conference.
As for Han Jiangxue, Su Yu would notify her himself.
Su Yu wouldn’t just honestly prepare 5 stages!
Since Zhang Guoshi could so readily give out 5 slots, then giving one more shouldn’t be a difficult task!
When Director Zhang and the program team listened to the songs he had prepared, he would let them worry about how to choose.
As for Bi Huo, Xue Qing, and the SSR group, this year’s Spring Festival Gala would have to wait.
Su Yu couldn’t be too excessive, could he?
Besides, if he pushed his luck, Director Zhang and the program team wouldn’t agree.
This time, Su Yu prepared six songs.
He, Han Jiangxue, Chen Yixun, and Zhang Xiaohan would have solo performances.
Xie Jie and Liu Ruyan would sing a duet, and Cool Fire Combination would also be considered a duet.
And regarding Su Yu’s sudden video conference and the news of being able to participate in the Spring Festival Gala, even Chen Yixun was slightly shocked.
Not to mention everyone else!
The Spring Festival Gala, none of them had ever been on it!
Of course, among this group, the most excited were Cool Fire Combination, Xie Jie, and Liu Ruyan.
Because previously, with their status, they were completely unqualified.
And now? They felt that these opportunities were all brought to them by Su Yu!