China Entertainment Times 1999

Chapter 193 The magic hand, partnered with the beautiful host! (Please subscribe!)

Back in the capital, Lin Xuan asked someone to buy several magic props.

In 02, there was no craze for learning magic in the Mainland, and related props were still hard to find.

What he learned in the system space was close-up magic.

As the name suggests, it's magic up close.

This kind of magic is highly interactive with the audience and has particularly high requirements for detailed techniques. The props used are all daily necessities, so the performance effect is even more shocking.

After getting the magic props, Lin Xuan went straight to the CCTV building.

In a few days it will be the first rehearsal of the Spring Festival Gala.

Among other things, he must determine the detailed program process.

For example, which magic tricks are performed, how long is the performance, whether a partner is required, etc.

In the reception room of the CCTV building, Lin Xuan met Chen Yulu, the chief director of the Spring Festival Gala program group, and several other directors.

After the few people met, they first exchanged polite greetings and then sat down to chat.

Director Chen asked: "Lin Xuan, our director team has taken a big responsibility in approving your magic show. There will be rehearsals in a few days. Are you confident?"

"Thank you to the teachers for their trust. Of course I have confidence. I'm just saying nothing. I'll give you a performance on the spot."

Lin Xuan took out an ordinary coin from his pocket.

"Everyone, please pay attention."

He put the coin in his palm, and several directors sat over and stared at it with interest.

I saw Lin Xuan holding the coin tightly, then blowing lightly on the back of his hand, and opening his palm again was empty.

"what?"

Several teachers made confused sounds.

"Why are the coins gone?"

"Is it hidden in your sleeve?"

Lin Xuan smiled, pulled up his cuffs a little, and then performed again.

This time after he disappeared the coin, he also showed both sides of his palm in a circle.

After confirming that there was nothing, he clenched his fists and blew, and the coins came back.

"Hey, that's interesting."

Several teachers took an immediate interest in his magic.

Director Chen asked: "How did you make the coins disappear?"

"The charm of magic is that you don't know it. It would be pointless to tell the truth."

Magic is not magic. If you want to conjure a pigeon, you have to buy a pigeon.

The truth behind these shocking performances is often very simple, with magic props, sight diversions, and people arranged to act as support...

Several teachers felt that what he said made sense, so they did not force it.

"Have you figured out the flow of your program?"

"Well, I've already prepared it. There are three magic performances in total, which take about ten minutes. By the way, I also need a partner..."

Lin Xuan told the director team the detailed process of the program.

"Partner? Isn't it an arrangement?" Chen Yulu asked with a smile.

It’s no secret that magicians will arrange for their own people to act as trustees.

"It's really not a lie. Close-up magic relies on technique. A partner is equivalent to a compliment in cross talk and has no practical use."

Chen Yulu was doubtful: "That's it, then who are you going to find?"

"Hmm... finding an outsider as a partner is too eye-catching, and the audience will definitely think it's a shilling.

Just arrange a random host among the Spring Festival Gala hosts, so that the credibility will be slightly higher. "

Several teachers thought for a while and nodded.

"It just so happens that they are all here, so I called them all over."

A few minutes later, Zhu Jun, Zhou Tao, Li Yong, Wang Xiaoya and others walked into the conference room.

Chen Yulu introduced them to them, and then talked about Lin Xuan's situation and requirements.

When they heard that Lin Xuan was going to perform a magic show, several hosts became interested and coaxed him to do a live performance.

"No problem. The one I performed just now was a coin. Let's get a new one this time."

Lin Xuan did not refuse, but took out two rubber bands from his pocket.

"Sister Tao, little sister, you two sit over here, stretch out your hands, and each of you hooks one end of the rubber band."

The two beautiful hosts did as they were told and stretched the rubber band with their fingers.

Lin Xuan picked up another rubber band: "With your rubber band blocking it, this one in my hand can't get through. Look, it's useless no matter how you pull it."

As he spoke, he blew lightly.

When I pulled hard again, the rubber band that was stuck immediately passed through.

"Wow……"

The two beautiful hosts made a sound of exclamation.

Everyone else's eyes widened, wondering how the rubber band got through.

Zhou Tao picked up the rubber band and asked with his big eyes shining: "How did you do this magic?"

Hearing this, the director team looked at each other and smiled.

The charm of magic lies in not knowing how Lin Xuan could tell you the secret.

"It's very simple, I'll teach you."

Directors:…………

Lin Xuan grabbed Zhou Tao's little hand and started teaching step by step.

Several directors from the Spring Festival Gala program team looked at each other and Lin Xuan in astonishment.

This seems to be different from what you just said.

I understand, you have too many double standards!

If the person you are co-writing with is a beautiful woman, you can teach me, but we, the bad old guys, won’t teach you.

Lin Xuan guessed what they were thinking and explained:

"Teachers, it's not that I don't teach you. The main thing is that coin magic relies on techniques, and you must study hard and practice hard.

Rubber band magic is different. This one is skillful and can be learned by ordinary people in a few minutes. "

By this time, Zhou Tao and Wang Xiaoya had learned the trick, and both of them reproduced the magic they had just performed.

"Oh, so that's what it is."

After listening to his explanation and seeing the performances of the two hosts, the directors realized that they had misunderstood him.

After the magic teaching was over, everyone sat down and started talking about business.

"Lin Xuan, how about you pick a partner?"

"I don't care, the hosts are all excellent."

Judging from their performance just now, both Zhou Tao and Wang Xiaoya are quite interested in this matter.

Choosing one of them would be tantamount to offending the other, so let’s leave the decision to them.

Hearing this, the two hosts looked at each other.

Wang Xiaoya gave way and said, "Sister Tao, go ahead."

Although the two are of the same age, Zhou Tao is an old man from CCTV and has hosted the Spring Festival Gala for seven or eight years.

This is her first time hosting this year, so she must be more modest.

"Okay, then I'm welcome." Zhou Tao nodded in agreement.

After the partners were determined, the others stood up and left, leaving Lin Xuan and Zhou Tao to discuss alone.

Two hours later, the general process of the program was discussed.

"Sister Tao, I'll leave first. We'll contact you after you get off work tomorrow."

"Okay, drive slowly on the road."

Lin Xuan has been relatively free recently, but Zhou Tao is very busy at work.

So she could only spare a few hours of training after she got off work in the evening.

This amount of time is actually enough, because in close-up magic, the partner is the supporter, responsible for interacting with the magician and activating the atmosphere of the scene.

The key field control and performance all need to be completed by the magician himself.

These days, Lin Xuan trains with Zhou Tao at night.

During the day, I wandered around shopping malls and supermarkets, buying things for the courtyard.

He has moved into a new home and asked the master to plan the wedding day for his move-in.

It happened to be the day after the rehearsal, so Lin Xuan sent an invitation to friends in the circle and invited them to participate.

He sent more than a hundred invitations, and everyone who received them called to express their congratulations and confirm their itinerary.

…………

A few days later, the first rehearsal of the CCTV Spring Festival Gala was held, and Lin Xuan rushed to the scene in advance to prepare.

Thanks to the rapid development of the Internet era, this year's Spring Festival Gala is the first to create a "five places on the same stage" model.

In addition to the studio in Beijing, there is also a branch venue and three screen input points.

Several singers have to sing the same song even though they are thousands of miles apart. The stars were shining brightly in the Spring Festival Gala studio hall.

There are cross talk sketch performing artists such as Huang Hong, Gong Hanlin, Zhao Benshan, Fan Wei, Feng Gong, Niu Qun and others.

There are singing artists such as Man Wenjun, Yang Hongji, Stefanie Sun, Tan Jing, Tian Zhen, Xie Xiaodong, etc.

There are also actors like Brother Xun and Lu Yi.

Although there were a large number of participants, everyone was doing their job, singing and dancing.

Only Lin Xuan is an anomaly, an actor actually wants to perform magic.

Everyone who knew him was surprised when they heard the news.

"When did you learn magic?"

In the dressing room, Zhou Xun sat over and asked.

"I just learned it a few months ago."

"Is magic so simple? Can you learn it in a few months?"

Brother Xun was a little surprised.

Although she doesn't understand magic, she also knows that it takes time to practice slowly.

In less than three to five years, I won’t be able to use it at all, let alone perform on the Spring Festival Gala.

"It's not easy, but I'm a genius."

Lin Xuan took out a coin and let it rotate flexibly between his fingers.

Zhou Xun was dazzled by the show.

"Wow, that's amazing."

Brother Xun raised his head and his eyes lit up when he looked at him.

I heard that there are magic tricks here, and the whole dressing room became lively.

Many people came over to enjoy Lin Xuan's performance.

Of course he would not let go of such a good opportunity to show his holiness in front of so many big shots.

So the dressing room became Lin Xuan's stage, and he displayed wonderful magic tricks one after another, which attracted constant applause from the audience.

After the fun, the rehearsal officially began.

Lin Xuan's show was at the back, and it still appeared at close to midnight.

He simply sat down in the audience and watched this year's Spring Festival Gala in advance.

In terms of cross talk sketches, Feng Gong and Niu Qun split up this year and partnered with Guo Donglin and Lu Min to bring cross talk "On Stage and Off Stage".

This year's work by Huang Hong and Gong Hanlin is "Flower Pot". They dig a hole and bury some soil, counting one, two, three, four, five.

The most anticipated ones are of course Zhao Benshan's new works, last year's "Selling Kidnappings" and this year's "Selling Cars", staring at Fan Wei's trap.

The remaining singing and dancing programs were quite satisfactory, with nothing new and nothing wrong with them.

On the contrary, Li Yang, the founder of "Crazy English", actually went on stage to perform the program "English Everyone Speaks".

However, this year the country will join the WTO, so learning English is in line with the trend of the times.

Three hours later, Lin Xuan finally started performing magic.

Host Zhou Tao introduced close-up magic, and Lin Xuan sat in the audience and performed rubber band magic.

After the performance, he walked onto the stage and stood in front of the glass table. He then performed a coin-passing-a-cup show and turned Zhou Tao's ring into an egg.

For the final trick, he made the coin fall through the glass into a bowl under the table.

These three magic tricks were carefully selected by him, and they are also relatively difficult among close-up magic tricks.

Lin Xuan talked humorously and sang along with the host Zhou Tao, controlling the atmosphere and rhythm in the venue.

In the end, the two made no mistakes throughout the performance and successfully completed the performance.

The rehearsal is over and the guests go down to rest.

The directing team began intense discussions. Some programs should be retained and some programs should be deleted.

Lin Xuan's show is quite controversial. Some people appreciate it, but some people don't like it.

Those who like it think the program is innovative and in line with the preferences of young people.

Those who don't like it are worried that Lin Xuan will make mistakes in his performance and that the audience won't like watching magic.

In the end, it was chief director Chen Yulu who made the final decision:

"If you want to innovate and make breakthroughs, you will inevitably be accompanied by risks. We cannot always rest on our laurels just because we are afraid of failure."

With the support of the chief director, others gradually relaxed, and the magic show was saved in a thrilling way.

After receiving the news, Lin Xuan and Zhou Tao hugged and celebrated excitedly.

This month of hardship was finally not in vain!

…………

At noon the next day, Lin Xuan held a housewarming party in the courtyard.

There were too many guests that day, so he contacted the manager of the Beijing Club in advance.

Ask him to arrange for thirty waitresses and ten chefs to come and help.

The people attending the housewarming party were all insiders, so in order to prevent anyone from getting too drunk, they said some unreasonable things.

Lin Xuan specifically told the club manager that these chefs and waiters must keep secret.

You are not allowed to tell anyone what you saw or heard today.

Just in case, he also made these people sign confidentiality agreements.

Lin Xuan has so many requirements, and the corresponding fees are certainly not low.

Welcome, chef, waiter, drinks, ingredients, cooking...

The total package price of all the expenses is 50 yuan, and the average price of a table of dishes is more than [-] yuan.

It's obviously the same drinks and dishes, but the price is twice as much as in the club.

It's not that he was taken advantage of, but that private chefs are inherently expensive.

After all, cooking at home would take a lot of time just traveling back and forth. Of course, he would have to bear the losses incurred by the club.

And the price is high and the service is better.

The manager made the banquet plan a few days in advance and brought people over to decorate the venue a day in advance.

The chef should check the stove, prepare food, and soak ingredients.

The waiter should know how many people are at the table she is responsible for.

When guests arrive, identify them accurately and then guide them to their designated dining table.

Wang Jinhua helped him arrange the seating chart for the guests.

After all, the relationship between people in the circle is too complicated. She is good with him but not good with him. No one can sit with the other.

Lin Xuan couldn't understand this. The only thing he could think of was not to arrange Fan Xiaopang and Li Bingbing together. The so-called king does not see the king.

……

At nine o'clock in the morning, the courtyard was decorated with lanterns and colorful decorations, and it was full of joy.

Lin Xuan, wearing a suit, welcomed guests at the entrance garden.

"Brother Jing, welcome. You came quite early."

"You've made a fortune. You bought three courtyards in one go. I'm here to beat the rich today."

Wu Jing entered the room without an assistant, carrying a bottle of wine in one hand, then put the wine on the table and signed in.

Lin Xuan took a look and said in surprise: "10-year-old Moutai! Made in 92!"

Seeing his expression, Wu Jing was very satisfied: "I was born in 91, so dissatisfaction does not count. I can't bear to drink this wine. I'm giving you an advantage today."

Unexpectedly, Wu Jing would be willing to give him such expensive wine. Lin Xuan felt a little excited:

"Good brother, today you are open to play, and whatever you play with is mine."

"That's pretty much it. You go and do your work. I'll come visit your palace."

…………

Before long, Wang Zhongjun, Wang Zhonglei, and Wang Jinhua came over with more than a dozen actors under Hua Yi.

"Mr. Wang, Sister Hua... Director Feng, welcome everyone to my humble home."

"It's so hypocritical. Such a big palace is called a humble house, so what does our family mean?"

"In front of Mr. Wang is a humble house. The few calligraphy and paintings in your house are more expensive than this house."

Wang Zhongjun waved his hand and said: "It's not that expensive. It hasn't appreciated in value yet."

Everyone stood in the entrance garden bragging and chatting, Lin Xuan shook hands with everyone and said hello.

Huayi is mobilizing the entire family this time, and all of its more popular actors and singers are here.

Today is a gathering of insiders. The people here are not actors and directors, but also people from related industry chains.

Wang Zhongjun wanted them to show their faces, make friends with a few distinguished guests, and at the same time show Huayi's strong strength.

On his left hand is Feng Xiaogang, the most profitable commercial film director in the Mainland.

His right hand is Lin Xuan, the most influential king-level actor in Mainland China.

There are also many talented actors such as Chen Daoming, Hu Jun, Fan Xiaopang, Li Bingbing, Huang Xiaoming, Ren Quan and others.

Such a strong lineup covers almost half of the film and television industry.

At this time, Huayi has actually become the number one film and television company in the mainland!

(End of this chapter)