China Entertainment 1997

2008, end of April

There are only a little over three months until the Beijing Olympics, and Beijing is full of various Olympic elements.

Olympic Fuwa symbols are everywhere in the streets and alleys. The city appearance is becoming more and more tidy and clean, and the sports atmosphere is becoming more and more intense. Advertising slogans and signboards of Olympic stars can be found everywhere.

There is also a bit of internationalization. The old men and women who perform Yangko and practice swordsmanship in the square can all say "Hello", "Bengzhu" and "Stop their eyes".

The two old Beijingers had braised pork in the morning. When they met, it was not "Have you eaten?", but "How are you?"

Countless Chinese people are eagerly looking forward to the arrival of an Olympic Games that belongs to all Chinese people...

In this atmosphere, relevant units are also actively planning to increase publicity for the Olympics, adding fuel to everyone's surging enthusiasm for the Olympics.

On April 30, led by the Olympic Leadership Group, the 100-day countdown celebration of the Beijing Olympics and the Olympic song collection, selection and award ceremony were held at the Imperial Ancestral Temple in Beijing.

Songs related to the Beijing Olympics, except for a few that were left at the Olympic opening ceremony, will basically appear at this party.

The party was held in the evening, and CCTV broadcast the entire event live. At the same time, starting in the morning, CCTV and major local satellite TVs, in conjunction with many online platforms, began to release an MV for an Olympics promotional song.

The name of this song is the same as the theme of the evening party - "The Capital Welcomes You".

Capital Normal University, Dormitory 404

"Lao Gao, Lao Cai, Lao Tian, ​​get up and eat."

Xia Hu carried several bags of steamed buns and soy milk back to the dormitory, called up several roommates, and received a burst of gratitude from everyone.

"Brother Hu, you are a good person in love. You make yourself happy and benefit everyone."

Gao Qing held a bun in his mouth and praised Xia Hu's father's behavior. Cai Que and Tian Wuxuan next to him also nodded repeatedly.

"Go away. If it weren't for the fact that I was chasing my wife and you were so busy, I wouldn't bother to care about you. But we have agreed that for this semester, I will fall in love with whomever I want next semester."

"Don't worry, Lao Tian is having a heated fight with the school girl from before school. As per the old rules, brothers will help out. He will help us bring meals for the whole semester."

"It's no problem. As long as we are good friends, we can take care of him for a year."

The fat Tian Wuxuan's chest smacked loudly. He turned around and they were already in their junior year. No matter what happened to them in the dormitory, they at least had girlfriends in college before.

He is the only one, not to mention college, he doesn’t even have a girlfriend in middle school. He is commonly known as a virgin. He finally hooked up with a school girl, but so far he has only chatted and made no progress. He is worried.

"Old Tian, ​​you need to get the right medicine for this thing. Did you get what the girl liked last time?"

Cai Que, who speaks with a slight Northeastern accent, is the most handsome in the dormitory and the one who understands the emotions of both sexes best. Although he is currently single, he has nearly double digits of college girlfriends before and is recognized as the number one in the 404 dormitory. Saint of love.

Cai Que's guidance was indispensable for Xia Hu and Gao Qing's success in getting out of singles before, and Tian Wuxuan certainly didn't dare to neglect them.

"I figured it out. I like music and movies. My favorite star is Cao Xuan, then Gu Miaomiao and Hu Ge."

"Oh, you have good taste."

Cai Que, who is also a huge fan of Cao Xuan and a fan of Gu Miaomiao, couldn't help but praise them.

"However, there are two handsome guys and a beautiful girl. This girl is more pretentious, so Lao Tian will suffer."

Gao Qing patted Tian Wuxuan's bulging belly and grasped the key point. Tian Wuxuan hurriedly explained.

"No, she said that she mainly likes the talents of Cao Xuan and others, not for their reputation."

"It's good to listen to this, but at least it's an entry point. We usually talk more about relevant news and gossip, and make appointments to see any movies and concerts. If we go back and forth, won't the relationship become warmer?"

"Yeah, yeah, I talk to her every day. I wanted to make an appointment with her to watch "Escape" last time, but it happened to be during the winter vacation and she finished watching it in her hometown."

"Children can be taught."

Cai Que nodded happily. Although his brother was a little fatter, his facial features were not ugly, he had a good temper, he was always available, and he had plenty of money. If this continued, his "father" would not have to worry about being the breadwinner next semester.

There was no class in the morning, so after eating, the few of them stayed in the dormitory to play games, and the game they played happened to be the 2D fighting game "Dungeon \u0026 Fighter" launched by Box Games and Penguin in early April.

A few people don't know much about this game. Only Gao Qing, who loves playing games, has heard people mention it a few times on the forum.

It is said that this game was originally developed by a Korean game company, and was later bought out by Box Games, and then jointly operated with Penguin.

Because of Penguin's huge user base, the upper limit is less than one month, but it has accumulated millions of players. During the closed beta period alone, it became one of the most popular online games in April.

They also went to the Internet cafe to play because of Gao Qing. They saw many people playing it and thought the game was good, so they brought it back to the dormitory.

After that, Xia Hu and Cai Que were also led to play along every day, even putting aside "World of Warcraft".

"Hello, my name is Celia."

Accompanied by the distinctive opening music and NPC greetings, several people talked about today's game plan.

"I want to practice as a Ghost Swordsman today. I heard that Devil May Cry is particularly powerful when switching classes."

"I want to practice Paladin. Yesterday I met a blue fist who was very good."

"You guys are not paying attention. Look, I only practice sharpshooting. My gunner is already level 35."

"Great, now that you're up, come back and take us back."

"grass……"

Several people were arguing with each other, while Tian Wuxuan controlled his summoner and casually beat goblins while sending QQ messages to his goddess on his mobile phone.

【exist? 】

[Are you up? 】

[It’s a bit cooler today, so wear more clothes]

【……】

I sent several messages and didn’t receive a reply until after 10 o’clock.

[I just went out to eat with my roommate. I just returned to the dormitory. I didn’t see it before]

[It’s okay, it’s okay, what did you eat?]

[Just steamed buns and porridge]

[Haha, what a coincidence, what I ate in the morning was also steamed buns]

【(Smile)】

If Cai Que saw this awkward conversation, he probably wouldn't be too optimistic about the wonderful days of "food comes to eat" in the next semester.

However, Tian Wuxuan himself feels good. He feels that he and his girl "have a great time chatting" and "like each other." As long as he works a little harder, he will be pregnant with the beautiful woman.

His feeling was actually not unreasonable, because although the two of them chatted awkwardly, the girl always ignored him and took the initiative to stir up topics from time to time.

This is already the kind of treatment that countless licking dogs can only ask for...

[Pangpang, have you read the hot searches on the blog? Cao Xuan is so talented]

[What hot search? 】

[The capital welcomes you. If you haven’t seen it yet, go and see it. I’m sure it will shock you.]

[Okay, I'll go see it right away]

The goddess spoke, and Tian Wuxuan was very active. He directly sold his teammates in the copy, quit the game, opened the Penguin blog, and went straight to the hot search list.

Penguin Blog has been gradually transforming since this year. For example, clicking on the blog will no longer jump to the personal page, increasing interactivity, enhancing the mobile update function, turning the previous popular blog list into a more real-time hot search list, etc.

However, due to the user habits accumulated in the past few years, except for a few functions, the other effects are average, and many old users dislike making random changes.

So under Cao Xuan's suggestion, as well as the rise of foreign websites such as Twitter and Facebook, Penguin realized that the blog should be fully upgraded.

A more real-time and open [microblog] can better fit the upcoming mobile Internet trend.

In 2007, Penguin was developing the new [Penguin Weibo], but they did not want to give up easily on the Penguin Blog that they had finally built. They hoped to perfectly realize the transition from Penguin Blog to Weibo, so they had been preparing with both hands.

But now it seems that it is not impossible to slowly transition the blog into Weibo, but the progress is too slow.

At this time, Sina and NetEase have already launched Weibo. Penguin, who had dominated the blogging period before, understands the disadvantages of being too late.

If someone else really takes the lead, even if Penguin has super user traffic and Cao Xuan's star resources, it may not be able to overwhelm the other party. After all, the three major portals are not really good at it.

Therefore, after discussion, Xiao Ma and others finally decided to shift the strategic focus from blogging to Weibo.

At present, Penguin Weibo has almost taken shape and is undergoing internal testing. If nothing unexpected happens, Penguin Weibo will be officially launched during the Olympic Games in August based on this trend.

Before the advent of Weibo, Penguin Blog was still the most popular social networking site.

The second-ranked Sina Blog, because many big Vs have been banned by Penguin Blog all year round, and their thoughts and opinions are relatively radical. In 2022, they will basically have a per capita consumption of 500,000, and most of the users affected by them will be mixed.

Users with attributes such as Cent Party, Extreme Thinker, Cao Hei, etc. account for 70% of the entire website, causing the entire Sina Blog to be extremely violent, and even Tieba has to be relegated to the sidelines.

Many ordinary netizens often cannot adapt to the atmosphere of Sina blogs, and rarely go there except for the occasional blog.

Although Penguin Blog has its flaws, big and small, overall, it is still a relatively normal social networking site and is the first choice for countless netizens.

Tian Wuxuan usually hangs out on the blog. He opens the web page and goes straight to the hot search list without even looking for it. The top hot search is "The capital welcomes you". After that, add a big word "Explosion", click on it and the title will be updated. It's sensational.

"The Strongest All-Star Lineup in History, Chinese Stars Sing Olympic Promotional Song"

The best All-Star in history?

Tian Wuxuan was slightly disdainful. This group of media likes to use headlines. A few celebrities are "the most luxurious in history" or "half of the entertainment industry". They are almost tired of using both words.

Groaning in his heart, Tian Wuxuan directly clicked on the video and thought for a while about how to criticize this MV in front of the goddess and show off his knowledge.

At the beginning of the video, there is the logo of the 2008 Beijing Olympic Games, followed by a Peking Opera voice, and the camera flashes through various folk styles with Beijing characteristics.

The vermilion gate of the Forbidden City opens inward, and the camera jumps to Zhengyang Gate, where a little girl in white and red skirt sings softly in a clear child's voice.

"Welcome another morning, bringing fresh air."

The next shot is of the bird's nest, and the gray-haired Liu Huan's unique voice sounds: "The breath changes and the taste remains unchanged, and the fragrance of tea is full of friendship."

Deshengmen, Queen Na and Sun Nan, the oldest child in mainland music circles: "The door of my house is always open, and I am waiting for you with an open arms."

In Beihai Park, Hu Jing, surrounded by several children, smiled at the camera: "We have a tacit understanding after hugging each other. You will fall in love with this place."

In Pudu Temple, two Taiwanese queens, Sun Yanzi and Cai Yilin, looked at each other: "No matter how far or near, we are all guests, please don't be polite."

At the China Millennium Monument, Ren Xianqi from [Nan Ren Bei Cao] appeared: "We have made an appointment to get together. We welcome you."

At Peking University, a certain Wang and Lin Junjie appeared at the same time: "My family grows evergreens and opens up every legend."

In the Imperial College, Wang Fei, who had not been seen for a long time, also came: "Sow seeds for the traditional soil and leave memories for you."

At the Water Cube, Gu Miaomiao, Joey Yung, and Zhang Shaohan, the three queens of mainland China, Hong Kong, and Taiwan, sang together: "We are all guests, familiar and unfamiliar, so please don't be formal."

In the Summer Palace, Jay Chou also obediently sang according to the melody of the song: "It doesn't matter how many times you come here, there are too many topics to talk about."

As soon as the melody accompaniment stopped, the scene turned again, and a figure in white appeared on the Badaling Great Wall.

Raising his hands, the melody resumed. Cao Xuan's face appeared in the camera, next to the theme of the Beijing Olympics [One World, One Dream], and he raised his voice to sing the climax of the entire song.

"The capital welcomes you and opens up a new world for you.

The charm in the flow is full of vitality. "

All the previous stars sang two lines, but he was the only one who sang three lines, and the next line was Cao Xuan singing along with all the stars who had appeared before——

"The capital welcomes you, share your breath under the sun

Refresh your achievements on the yellow land. "

After a brief pause, the next chorus sounded, and new celebrity faces appeared in the camera singing the lyrics.

Liu Tianxian, Luo Xiaozhu, Fan Xiaopang, Zhou Gongzi, Zhou Huajian, Yu Quan, Feier Band, Wei Wei, Tian Zhen, SHE, Daolang, Phoenix Legend, Huang Xiaoming, Adu, Hu Ge, Karen Mok, Little Tigers, Li Bingbing , Tan Jing, Han Hong, Chen Yixun, Xie Feng, Yan Weiwen, Dai Yuqiang, Tu Honggang, Liu Yan, He Dan, Qi Qin, Chen Kun, Pu Shu, Zhao Zhao, Wang Banbi, Lang Lang, International Zhang, Yu Kuizhi, Mei Baojiu, Guo Jingjing, Liu Feiren, Dayao, the Four Heavenly Kings, Cheng Long...

If we say that there were quite a few celebrities in the original "Beijing Welcomes You" MV, they actually made up for it, but their fame and celebrity status were a bit reluctant.

As for Cao Xuan's version, even if it's not the strongest, it's not much different. Basically, it's all the top celebrities or the industry's big names, masters, and even top-level figures.

If you pick anyone at random, they are all famous people. Ordinary first- and second-tier artists will not have a place to sing.

Tian Wuxuan was completely stunned. Before Cao Xuan showed his face in the first verse, he couldn't stop saying "fuck", and then until the end of the song, he didn't stop saying "fuck".

The roommates who were playing games nearby couldn't help but came over curiously, and then several people gathered around the computer, making comments like tigers and wolves one after another.

"Fuck."

"Oh shit."

"Fuck! Fuck! Fuck! Fuck!!!"

After the song was played, Gao Qing was stunned: "How many stars are there? It's so luxurious."

"I looked at the introduction and it seemed like there were 100. It was so cruel that I got goosebumps."

"Look at the comment section and see what netizens are saying."

Tian Wuxuan followed the good example and immediately opened the comment area, putting aside all kinds of non-nutritious modal particles such as "fuck", and all the comments were basically shock.

[I’m convinced, this is the most powerful all-star MV in history, I have nothing to say, it’s awesome]

[What virtues and abilities am I, so many celebrities and big shots sang to me together]

[I took a look and found that the four great beauties are all together, the southern and northern emperors are all together, the four heavenly kings are all together, and the new four heavenly kings are all together. Even the Little Tigers, who have been solo for more than ten years, have been combined.]

[We have invited Dayao and Liu Feiren, as well as Guo Jingjing, they are the most influential team in the Olympics]

[The scariest one is that one, darling, this lineup will definitely be unmatched in the future]

[Calm down, if you don’t know who the chief director is, I guess if there were no restrictions on Chinese-speaking stars, big names in Europe and America would be able to invite them]

[It has to be Lao Cao, the first person in the entertainment industry]

[Can anyone tell me how to download this video? I want to show it to my classmates and scare her to death]

[Isn’t there anyone who praises this song? Although the lyrics and melody are simple, they are catchy and full of cheerfulness and vitality.]

[It’s really good, and people from all over the Taiwan Strait, three places and overseas Chinese have appeared on the scene to promote Chinese culture and the Olympic spirit itself. This is the best song and the best era]

【……】

In addition to being shocked, there is also a major discussion point in the comment area, which is that many celebrity fans who did not participate in the show expressed dissatisfaction or regret for their idols, which triggered comments and ridicules from passers-by and hostile fans, causing a series of controversies.

[Strong protest, we are both three beauties of the stars, why can Liu Tianxian and Gu Liushui be on the show, but we, Mimi, can’t, it’s biased]

[If someone tries to gain popularity by force, it’s right not to let them go]

[Why not let Han go up? He is the leader of SJ, a popular boy band in Asia. He is more popular than many people in it, right?]

[What’s more, I’ve never heard of it]

[What about Chunchun? Why isn’t there Chunchun? She is the Super Girl champion]

[Haha, our Brother Jie is still the champion of "Tomorrow's Star", but he still didn't make it]

[It’s a pity about Teacher Chen. If nothing had happened, he would have been there]

[There are also Twins, ugh~]

【……】

Although appearing in a promotional song MV doesn't mean much, this lineup is too luxurious.

Therefore, invisibly, many fans of celebrities with less foundation in participating in the MV are proud of you, thinking that their idols can be invited, which proves that their idols are popular enough.

In the same way, some popular celebrities who did not participate may be a little embarrassed.

Maybe they weren't invited because the number of MV spots was limited or they weren't suitable for singing or the schedule was inconvenient, but many talents don't care about that. If you didn't participate, it means you're not popular enough.

Even many of their fans agree with this statement, so they are very concerned about the fact that their idols did not appear in the MV, and they have all kinds of comments in the comment area.

However, it is only limited to a few celebrities, and the fans are relatively active. Others are just idle talking about this matter. They might as well watch more "Beijing Olympics" MV.

Tian Wuxuan kicked several roommates away and continued chatting with the goddess. He copied some good comments written in the comment area, and with such a fusion of feelings, it was much better than the previous awkward chat, and the girl was in a better mood.

[I heard that there will be a live performance tonight at the Ancestral Temple, I thought I would go and see it, but unfortunately I don’t have tickets]

boom!

Tian Wuxuan jumped out of bed and rushed outside without saying a word. Xia Hu followed curiously and asked, "Old Tian, ​​why are you going?"

"Get tickets!"

Most of the tickets for an official party like this are internal tickets, which are difficult for ordinary people to get, and because of the small scale, sometimes there is no place to buy them even if they spend money.

But Tian Wuxuan still has some ideas. He is a native of the capital. Although his family is not rich, it is still above average.

The most important thing is that his parents are both employees of CCTV, and his father is still a middle-level leader. For activities like this that involve CCTV, the chance of getting internal tickets is much higher than that of outsiders.

Tian Wuxuan called his mother and spent a long time, but he still couldn't persuade her.

"Son, it's not that Mom didn't get it for you. As I said before, it's all here now, and the tickets are almost divided. In addition, "Welcome to the Capital" is so popular today, and everyone is rushing to watch the big stars. I won't wait for a while. Where can I find a ticket for you?"

Seeing that the matter fell through, Tian Wuxuan resorted to his ultimate move: "If it doesn't work, forget it. That school girl and I will go watch the live broadcast on TV."

"School girl, female? Don't worry about this, leave it to Mom."

Tian's mother, who had been worried about her son being alone, suddenly became energetic.

It's so pitiful that this is the first time that her son has revealed his relationship status. Before, she thought her son was made of glass, but now he finally has a date with a girl. Not to mention the tickets, even if he wants to sing on stage, she has to help find a way.

Tickets are difficult to get, but as long as you can afford it, it just depends on the price. In less than half an hour, Tian's mother got the tickets, and Tian Wuxuan immediately asked the goddess out.

The goddess school girl is not particularly beautiful, but she is also delicate in appearance. She is relatively petite, only about 1.58 meters tall. She has a slim figure, excellent skin, and a relatively gentle personality.

Perhaps in the eyes of others, this "goddess" is a little unworthy of her name, but Tian Wuxuan likes her if she can't stand it.

They met her during the military training in her freshman year and started her career as a dog licker. After chasing her for more than half a year, they finally reached the stage of ambiguity.

Hearing that Tian Wuxuan had obtained the tickets, the school girl came running over with sweat on her forehead.

"You really got the ticket."

"I happen to have a relative who has internal tickets. He asked me about it last time. I just heard you mention it and called to ask, and there happened to be two more."

Tian Wuxuan is also real. A normal person would definitely have to show off his merits and show off his performance to give himself extra points. However, what he said was called Feng Danyunqing, and his efforts were greatly reduced.

Fortunately, the school girl didn't care so much. Instead, she was surprised by another thing: "Then the last time you went to the Spring Festival Gala, it turned out that it wasn't a lie?"

"I'm not lying to you, I actually went to the Spring Festival Gala twice, once in 1999, when I was still young, and once in 2005, the year when Cao Xuan's "Thousands of Miles Away" was released..."

Tian Wuxuan felt secretly happy that he had found an opportunity to show off his skills, and he boasted about it, although it was a bit immature and excessive.

However, some school girls didn’t think anything of it, perhaps because he had just obtained the tickets. Instead, they cheered and asked from time to time.

Seeing the elementary school girl's gentle agreement and delicate, fair face, Tian Wuxuan's heart surged.

At this moment, the two of them have thought about the epitaphs they will be buried together a hundred years later...

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