Qiu Chengdong was starting to understand how Director Sun felt.
Da Fei was indeed a talent. Holding onto this kind of talent meant he absolutely had to be supported.
Putting aside other aspects, Da Fei's performances had never disappointed at these past few galas.
It's just that Da Fei was exceptionally talented, and these excellent works would inevitably be envied. The competition in the entertainment industry was fierce. If he wanted to become famous and establish himself smoothly, it probably wouldn't be so easy.
Da Fei's talent in comedy was also quite outstanding. It seemed he'd need to invite Da Fei to his upcoming comedy variety show.
He'd originally wanted to ask Da Fei to host and plan the show, but now it seemed Da Fei could definitely handle the planning. However, having him host was a bit of a waste of his talent. It would be better for him to perform.
This time, Da Fei was cooperating with Teacher Zhao Jinrong. If Da Fei were to perform solo, perhaps the results would be even better.
...
On stage, Da Fei and Teacher Zhao Jinrong's performance had reached its climax.
"Old lady, don't just talk the talk, don't just run your mouth!"
"If I'm just running my mouth, I'm a blockhead!"
"Court Jade Liquid Wine!"
"One hundred eighty a glass!"
"How's this liquor?"
"Let me tell you about it!"
"Ah, blow? Ah, blow?"
"Look at my mouth, one glass for your appetite."
Da Fei rolled up his sleeves, "I shouted, beautiful."
"Two glasses, your kidneys won't fail."
"Haha, still beautiful."
Backstage, Wang Zhi and the others were already dumbfounded.
"Boss, it's the first time I've seen a sketch that can play with music so creatively."
Liang Yin nodded. "It's the first time I've seen it too. Everyone says Da Fei is a musical genius, but I feel like he's an all-around genius. There doesn't seem to be any field Da Fei can't touch."
Wang Zhi said, "To be exact, music can be used in any field. Wherever there's music, there's Brother Fei's shadow."
Regarding Da Fei's talents, the two could only marvel at this moment.
Even with so many people trying to stop him, his steps have never stopped.
"Three or five cups down, I guarantee your little face will be, white with a hint of red, red with a hint of black."
"Pitch black, greenish, bluish, purplish..."
"Pink and tender, so beautiful!"
Da Fei breathed a sigh of relief, "You scared the life out of me."
Zhao Jinrong's face was beaming, "How's the wine?"
"This wine is truly beautiful, ah beautiful, ah beautiful, beautiful beautiful beautiful, beautiful beautiful..."
Zhao Jinrong walked over to the phone and sang.
"Beautiful, my foot."
"It's just that Erguotou, mixed with plain water."
The music stopped abruptly, and the audience burst into laughter.
Da Fei immediately stood up, "Why did you sing the truth?"
Da Fei replaced Mao Feifei, and even Teacher Zhao's performance improved.
After this program airs, people's impressions of Da Fei will probably change a lot.
After the sketch ended, Da Fei stayed on stage. Deng Siqing came on stage and said.
"Da Fei, what's the difference between performing at this Lantern Festival Gala and the Spring Festival Gala?"
Da Fei smiled, "I feel much more relaxed, and the audience is more friendly."
Deng Siqing said, "This is your first time trying a sketch, and it's clear the audience loves you. Will you continue to develop in this direction in the future?"
"Maybe, thank you for your support."
Da Fei appeared humble and polite.
Deng Siqing said, "Everyone knows you're very talented. You once left us with two classic poems, and your work was even selected for the Chinese language textbooks."
"Tonight is the Lantern Festival. Can you show us your literary talent?"
Da Fei said, "Then I'll offer a humble start, and read a poem for everyone."
"Great, we're all ears."
"Thousands of Lanterns Bloom in the East Wind.
The wind blows down, stars like rain.
Fine horses, carved carriages, the road fragrant.
The sound of phoenix flutes, moonlight shifts, a night of fish and dragon dance."
Moths, snow willows, golden threads.
Smiles and whispers, a hidden fragrance departs.
Searching for Him a Thousand Times in the Crowd.
Suddenly looking back, that person is there, Where the Lights are Fading."
Applause erupted from the audience, and Deng Siqing looked up and clapped.
"Wonderful writing!"
"I feel like I can already see the scene of the city lights, this poem is incredibly vivid."
"Especially that line: Searching for Him a Thousand Times in the Crowd, Suddenly looking back, that person is there, Where the Lights are Fading."
"Friends watching at home, do you also have someone you're looking for? Maybe they're right by your side."
"Thank you again for watching the CCTV Lantern Festival Gala. Wishing everyone a happy Lantern Festival, a joyous reunion, and all your wishes come true!"
With Deng Siqing's closing remarks, the curtain fell, and the gala came to a successful end.
Qiu Chengdong took the lead in applauding, "Wrap up! Everyone, good work!"
After the show, Qiu Chengdong took a few assistant directors, along with Da Fei and Deng Siqing, out for a meal.
It was still that familiar Peking duck restaurant. Every time Deng Siqing came here, she couldn't help but recall the sweetness of when she first met Da Fei.
Besides those people, Cheng Huanhuan also came.
She had gone from playing games back in her hometown to playing games in Beijing. Director Sun's program was still without news, and she hadn't had a chance to appear on screen.
Currently, he's still a substitute host at CCTV, with very few on-screen opportunities, even fewer than when he worked at the Modu TV station.
Cheng Huanhuan came over and sat directly next to Lin Chudong, sandwiching him between herself and Deng Siqing.
"Da Fei, I'm a loyal player of your game. I founded the Buried Love Clan, the number one guild in Audition."
Lin Chudong said, "Thanks for the support, Huan-jie."
"I can't just support you for free. Now that you're so popular, you have to bring me along if you get on any shows."
"Huan-jie, you're joking. I don't have the resources to bring you along. I haven't even figured things out myself yet."
"Don't be modest, Fei-ge, you have to take me with you."
"Huan-jie, don't tease me. I can't handle you calling me Fei-ge."
"If you can, if you can get me on a show, you'll be Fei-ge from now on."
"No, no, no, don't, Sister Huan."
"Don't be so polite, Fei-ge."
"..."
The two of them's conversation directly made Qiu Chengdong laugh.
"Huanhuan doesn't have any shows to be on, and your Director Sun isn't very helpful either."
Cheng Huanhuan looked aggrieved, "Director Sun is in dire straits himself, Director Qiu, can you take care of me?"
Qiu Chengdong said, "I can consider it. I'm about to make a comedy show, and you and Da Fei can both come and help me out. I've applied for a lot of funding this time, and I can give you appearance fees according to the local TV station's standards."
"Da Fei, how much are you charging per appearance now?"
Liang Yin said, "Director Qiu, Da Fei is at 1.5 million per episode now. After the Lantern Festival Gala airs, it might be 2 million."
After Da Fei's three performances at the Lantern Festival Gala are broadcast, his popularity will definitely skyrocket.
An increase from 1.5 million to 2 million is already astonishing, but this price is definitely not outrageous.
The popularity of the Lantern Festival Gala, combined with the Spring Festival Gala, will directly cause his appearance fee to soar. Da Fei's variety show appearance fee is already quite high.
Two million per episode; many programs have about ten episodes, and the total income after all of them are recorded is twenty million.
Six months ago, Liang Yin wouldn't have even dared to think about it.
She wouldn't have dared to think that she would be sitting at the same table as the Spring Festival Gala director to discuss business.
Qiu Chengdong nodded. "That's reasonable. I won't shortchange you. Once Da Fei's sketch airs, my show will have plenty of sponsors."
Both the Spring Festival Gala and the Lantern Festival Gala are classic programs. They're sure to make Qiu Chengdong's name well-known in the industry. Last year was all about music variety shows, and this year needs some comedy variety shows!
After they'd eaten and drunk their fill, Liang Yin and the others headed back.
They had arranged the program schedule and discussed the appearance fees with Qiu Chengdong.
Qiu Chengdong was feeling smug right now. Originally, Lin Chudong was Director Sun's person, but he had unexpectedly helped him. He was truly a lucky star.
After boarding the plane, Liang Yin said, "Da Fei, the publishing house contacted me again. They agreed to the royalty split. I negotiated a twelve percent royalty, is that okay?"
"Sure. Did they say how many copies they're printing in the first batch?"
Liang Yin said, "They said they're printing twenty thousand copies and want you to write it as soon as possible."
"Yeah, I can give it to them in a couple of days. Twenty thousand copies is a bit few, I don't think it'll be enough to sell."
Liang Yin said, "It requires over two hundred thousand characters, can you finish it in two days?"
Although Beginning has a script, the script and writing a novel are completely different things.
The script only contains dialogue, but the novel also needs scene descriptions, psychological descriptions, and narration.
These things all need the author to narrate. Over two hundred thousand characters, even if you copy and paste the dialogue from the script, you'd still have to write a lot just for the narration, right?
Da Fei could finish it in two or three days? Didn't he need to think about it?
Da Fei said, "No problem. I'll use voice input later, and you can proofread for me. I'll write while you help me proofread."
"Okay." Since Da Fei was confident, then there was definitely no problem.
Liang Yin took out her notebook, which was filled with notes.
"Da Fei, you're going to be very busy. Crossover Singer and I Can 48 haven't finished filming yet. You promised Director Sun and Director Qiu those two shows, and then we have to film Swordsman. You can't take on any more variety shows, right?"
Da Fei nodded, "No more variety shows for now. Swordsman is the most important task right now."
He could handle variety shows on his own.
But filming a TV series required everyone's cooperation. A single director couldn't turn the tide.
So, Da Fei's current focus had to be entirely on Swordsman.
Although the views for Beginning were still high, their income was halved after they removed the VIP membership. Moreover, the number of new users was decreasing, and their subsequent income might continue to fall.
They said the data was transparent, but in reality, they just got paid whatever the other side offered.
You have to put up with it if they fudge the numbers for you. There's nothing you can do.
Fortunately, Beginning has already brought him a lot of benefits. His reputation is made, and the next project will be easier.
Next time he takes Swordsman to negotiate with them, the treatment will definitely be different.
Besides, Lin Chudong won't be premiering with them anymore. We have people at our own TV station now, so who needs to deal with you? When Swordsman becomes a hit, it'll be their turn to come knocking.
Back at the company, Lin Chudong locked himself in his office, plugged a professional-grade microphone into his computer, and activated the voice input.
He used a [Memory Search Card] to search for the original novel of Beginning, and then began to read.
Although it was over 200,000 words, Lin Chudong was now cheating, and he read without stopping.
Plus, he could copy the dialogue text from the script directly, so those 200,000 words weren't too difficult.
The next morning, when Liang Yin arrived, she found a hundred-thousand-character document in her computer.
"Good heavens! Da Fei wrote a hundred thousand characters last night?"
A hundred thousand characters in one night. This was simply too incredible! Even if he had the plot completely memorized, it wouldn't be possible to write so fast, right? Liang Yin quickly ordered an Americano and began proofreading for typos.
Because it was voice-inputted, there were still quite a few typos.
She might not be able to catch everything in one proofread, so she called Wang Zhi and sent him the document she'd reviewed for a second proofread.
It wasn't until the afternoon that both of their eyes were strained.
Lin Chudong walked in and said.
"Boss, I've finished writing. You guys proofread it. I'm going back to the dorm to get some sleep."
Liang Yin and the other person were dumbfounded. "You write so fast! Faster than we can even read?"
They'd never heard of anyone writing faster than they could read. Da Fei's fingers moved like a machine gun, even the input method couldn't keep up.
Lin Chudong smiled. "Yeah, you guys keep at it. I didn't sleep all night, I'm exhausted. I'll be back at work on the morning of the Lantern Festival."
With that, Lin Chudong went back to his dorm.
Liang Yin opened the document he sent, and saw it was another hundred thousand words, her face full of shock.
"Da Fei has once again refreshed my worldview. I've heard those web novel writers can write a maximum of ten thousand words a day. Da Fei can write a hundred thousand words a day? Is he even human?"
Wang Zhi said, "Yeah, I heard that the cook's beauty who's suing us updates about twelve thousand words a day. What Brother Fei does simply isn't logical."
Liang Yin said, "Just get used to it. You can't look at Da Fei with normal people's eyes."
Wang Zhi rubbed his chin and said.
"I analyze that there must be something in Da Fei's head. When he closes his eyes, the book appears before him, and then he just reads it."
Liang Yin rolled her eyes, "You should get rid of this habit of analyzing things. It's a waste that you don't write novels."
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