Peisi Chen: Without us, there would be no Spring Festival Gala.

19 years ago, Peisi Chen said in an interview with Yang Lan that it was not so much the Spring Festival Evening that made them popular as these artists. It is precisely because of their painstaking efforts and brainstorming that they can create the prototype of the Spring Festival Evening without precedent step by step!

Peisi Chen recalled the situation in those days, and his mood gradually became excited:

"When we went to CCTV Spring Festival Evening, there was no such brand column, but so many artists, social forces and many social elites made it a brand column."

According to Peisi Chen, after the concept of "Spring Festival Evening" was put forward, CCTV only provided a platform, a director and a handful of assistants, and other things could only be completed with the concerted efforts of many artists Qi Xin.

Is that really the case?

1982165438+10, the director Huang Yihe suddenly received an important task in Taiwan-to hold the first Spring Festival Gala on New Year's Eve the following year, and he only had less than four months to prepare.

Huang Yihe, who had never had a meeting, was at a loss and asked Deng Zaijun, Yong Yang and Guo Lulu for advice.

After some discussion, they came up with a preliminary idea to let the audience order programs by phone: whatever the audience wants to see, they will perform at the party.

Since on-demand is required, it must be broadcast live, which is not a technical problem for CCTV at that time, but a "sensitive" problem.

No one can guarantee that there will be no "unexpected situations" during the live broadcast of the Spring Festival Evening. Can the leaders of Taiwan Province agree?

Unexpectedly, this application was approved the day after it was submitted to director Wang Feng.

Huang Yihe was inspired by the director's pioneering spirit, but he didn't expect that there was something else behind him.

At that time, video equipment was extremely expensive, and a magnetic head cost 30 thousand dollars. Taiwan Province's financial support for daily work is already very tight, and there is really no spare capacity for them to record programs. It's better to broadcast directly, and you can save some money. ...

In this way, the word "no money" has been injected into the blood before the birth of the Spring Festival Evening, and it is difficult to take every step.

However, this is only part of the difficulty.

At this time, CCTV hosts basically only broadcast news, which is more solemn and less lively. Moreover, these news anchors have been reading manuscripts, and their ability to improvise is probably zero.

Let them watch the performance, and the four-hour gala is probably a hypnotic conference.

The reason why director Huang Yihe wants to broadcast the Spring Festival Gala live is to strengthen the audience's sense of participation. The atmosphere of the party must be lively, so that the audience can laugh happily on New Year's Eve.

Crosstalk actors Ma Ji and Jiang Kun are eloquent and quick-witted. Wang Jingyu, a dramatist, has rich stage experience and is good at comedy performances. Together with the young beauty star Liu Xiaoqing, these four people can not only announce the curtain call, but also perform, which is the best lineup for directors.

However, as soon as the news came out that crosstalk performers were going to host the Spring Festival Gala, they fried the pot in Taiwan Province.

Some people say that CCTV programs should be stable and serious, and cannot be innovated casually; Some people say that crosstalk performers are "low in style", which will lower the level of the party.

The opposition of these "old brains" is like the epitome of an era, which is far more difficult to overcome than "lack of money".

In order to stick to his choice, the director should not only explain how important the talent of crosstalk performers is to this party, but also quote the story that Jiang Kun was once rated as an outstanding youth representative to prove his ideological correctness.

In the process of preparing for the party, Ma Ji and Jiang Kun did their best in the saddle; In every intermission of the party, they are constantly carrying the burden, never a minute of silence, and there is no flaw that the "old brains" are worried about.

They won hard-won trust and status for themselves and crosstalk performers with a performance in the Spring Festival Evening.

Perhaps when the "old brain" finds that the crosstalk performers are actually "not bad", it will gradually feel that many things are acceptable. ...

Before1983 February 12, no one knew what Spring Festival Evening was. Want artists to put down their possessions to perform, has become another major difficulty facing the program group.

Few people are willing to come. What should we do?

In order to coordinate Mr. Li Guyi's scheduled work as a senior one, the program group sent a special bus to pick him up, and found the cooperation of various departments, so that the unit to which Mr. Li belongs agreed to release him.

After a generation of crosstalk masters, Lin Bao is too old to show up at the Spring Festival Gala. Deng Zaijun and Zhao Zhongxiang, deputy directors, advised him for three nights at Yanjing Hotel before he agreed to go out.

Liu Xiaoqing once turned down the invitation to the Spring Festival Gala on the grounds that he wanted to be with his family. To this end, Jiang Kun personally came to Liu Xiaoqing's home, gave full play to the eloquence of his crosstalk performer, and described to her how wonderful the Spring Festival Evening would be.

Liu Xiaoqing was moved by Jiang Kun and wanted to say yes, but he couldn't give up his family, so he made a request: to pay a New Year call to his family last Spring Festival Evening.

In public and privately, director Huang Yihe didn't dare to take the risk, and quickly reported to the leaders in Taiwan.

Although the director is somewhat helpless, he is also very concerned and understands the bitterness of not being able to go home during the New Year.

He agreed to Liu Xiaoqing's terms, but only asked her to speak according to the manuscript to avoid making mistakes.

In the end, not many performers attended the first Spring Festival Gala. Fortunately, everyone performed several programs, but successfully held a simulated party and won a full house.

Teacher Li Guyi sings as many as nine songs together!

As for the unexpected release of the famous song "Hometown Love" because of telephone demand, it was a reward for her extra efforts.

At the beginning of 1980s, people's spiritual world was still chaotic, the entertainment mode was single and rigid, and economic development was creeping forward.

In such a big environment, it is hard for us to imagine how much effort it takes to hold a national party and accompany hundreds of millions of viewers to celebrate the Spring Festival.

After the first Spring Festival Gala, the audience praised CCTV as "the people's own good TV station" in their letters. The simple staff saw that their efforts were affirmed and shed tears with excitement.

In those days, what was more important than the word "people"?

Perhaps this is the secret of their success, which just confirms what Peisi Chen said. Running the Spring Festival Gala well is actually very simple:

Give happiness back to the people!