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Late one night in the early winter of 1983, a bitter cold wind whistled by, and the frozen earth seemed to be frozen. At this extremely cold moment, Wang Feng, director of CCTV, resolutely dialed the phone number of director Huang Yihe, and ordered in a firm and powerful tone: "Lao Huang, we have made a decision to hold an unprecedented Spring Festival Gala!" It's a daunting task up to you, so be sure to do your best to make sure the party is a success! ”。
Knowing this important mission, Huang Yihe's heart instantly surged with endless passion and motivation. As a once talented artist, he knew that holding a large-scale national gala would be an unprecedented challenge.
However, he did not deter from this, but was motivated and determined to devote himself to this grand preparation.
In the face of this great historical responsibility, Huang Yihe did not hesitate to take action, inviting the famous artists at that time, Ma Ji, Wang Jingyu, Jiang Kun and others, to form a strong creative team.
At the same time, he also specially invited Hou Baolin, Xie Tian and other respected old-timers to serve as program consultants to ensure that the quality of the program reaches the highest level.
However, in terms of the specific design of the party process, Huang Yihe encountered two unprecedented problems. First of all, due to the lack of rich experience in holding large-scale galas at that time, the equipment conditions were relatively simple; Second, the issue of the selection of the moderator has caused widespread controversy.
At that time, language program hosts were commonly referred to as "announcers" or "announcers", and their style was too serious and rigid and lacked affinity. It was in this context that Ma Ji proposed a bold idea to Huang Yihe - to set up a new "host" role to enliven the atmosphere of the party.
Huang Yihe was deeply moved and inspired by this unique idea.
After in-depth discussion and research, Huang Yihe finally decided that Ma Ji and Jiang Kun would be the hosts of the party. However, as soon as this decision was announced, it aroused questions from some leaders: "Isn't Jiang Kun specialized in cross talk?" Is it not professional enough to let him preside over the work? ”。
Faced with this doubt of the leadership, Huang Yihe was deeply shocked. Because this kind of doubt is not unfounded, Liu Xiaoqing, an actor who participated in the rehearsal at the time, once denied the lines written by Jiang Kun, thinking that the jokes were not funny enough and not easy to remember.
However, Mr. Huang Yihe's advocacy of the "people-friendly, civilian" concept of the evening party reform has become the main direction of the Spring Festival Gala reform. In order to firmly implement this concept, he resolutely defended his position and strongly supported Jiang Kun as the important position of the host of the Spring Festival Gala! .
In view of the outdated and didactic presentation of the Spring Festival Gala in the old days, Mr. Huang Yihe decided to carry out a bold innovation in this Spring Festival Gala and go all out to create a new audio-visual feast for the audience.
First of all, he broke through the traditional mode inherent in the party, and introduced the new role setting of "host" for the first time, and Ma Ji, a giant in the cross talk industry, and Jiang Kun joined forces to take on this important role.
Compared with the "announcer" in the past, the host's responsibilities are not only limited to hosting the show, but also need to be deeply involved in many tedious matters such as planning, writing scripts, and guiding actors to rehearse.
Secondly, Mr. Huang Yihe bravely adopted the form of live broadcast. In the past, most of the evenings were held in the theater, but this time he moved the venue to a large stage, so that the audience could be deeply immersed in the warm atmosphere as if they were enjoying traditional opera, and the viewing effect was naturally significantly improved.
In addition, Mr. Huang Yihe also added novel links such as connecting the audience on the spot and inviting the audience to interact on stage, which made the party lively and interesting, full of presence. These were unprecedented bold innovations at the time, and they also laid a new model foundation for the future Spring Festival Gala.
When I heard the leader's question, "Isn't Jiang Kun specialized in cross talk?" The presiding over the work seems to be a little unprofessional", Mr. Huang Yihe was deeply shocked in his heart. He thought to himself, as an experienced stage veteran, Jiang Kun undoubtedly has the outstanding talent and extraordinary strength to host the party.
However, this suspicion of the leadership is not unfounded. At that time, actor Liu Xiaoqing, who was in intense rehearsals, made it clear that he was dissatisfied with the lines written by Jiang Kun. She doesn't think many of the jokes are funny and too long to remember.
Some viewers also questioned that the cross talk actors' vision was relatively narrow, and if they were allowed to host the party, it might lead to a dull show, and it might even lead to serious consequences.
Looking back on the controversial years, Jiang Kun still feels a lot of emotion. "Actually, we were just passing on the expectations of the people to the leadership, focusing entirely on how to make the audience laugh," he admits.
"Although some people may have doubts about individual programs, we are not overly entangled in the core purpose of the Spring Festival Gala is to touch everyone's hearts in a humorous and witty way, and once this goal is achieved, the Spring Festival Gala will really stand firm.
In order to avoid too much interference by the leadership and disrupt the preparation progress of the party, Huang Yihe specially hired two giants in the cross talk art world, Mr. Hou Baolin and Mr. Yuan Shihai, to strictly control the quality of the program.
Although the two have their own suggestions for the Spring Festival Gala, they both expressed their approval of the decision to host Jiang Kun.
With firm belief, Huang Yihe finally made a decisive decision: no matter what the situation, Jiang Kun will stick to his post and serve as the host of this Spring Festival Gala to show the people-friendly and popular characteristics that the party should have.
The night of Chinese New Year's Eve in 1983 finally came, and under the co-hosting of Jiang Kun and Ma Ji, two crosstalk masters, the party was grandly opened with lively laughter.
First of all, Jiang Kun and Ma Ji teamed up to present their classic cross talk "Wrong Step". The performance of the two was tacit, which fascinated the audience. As soon as the performance ended, Ma Ji took a thick pile of notes from the audience, on which the audience's ardent expectations for the show were densely written.
After a few moments, the two of them couldn't wait to walk off the stage and into the audience. They performed another cross talk "Counterwords" on the spot, with witty words and wonderful words. Afterwards, it was played on the spot, and once again presented a fascinating cross talk performance.
The atmosphere was very warm, and the tacit cooperation and compact and realistic performance of the two masters won thunderous applause, and the whole performance was a perfect ending. It is this excellent ability of on-site improvisation and on-the-spot reaction that demonstrates the profound skills and extraordinary skills of cross talk artists, and also fully demonstrates the unique charm of the Spring Festival Gala to the people.
Another shocking highlight of the scene is undoubtedly Mr. Wang Jingyu's dedication to the pantomime sketch "Eating Chicken"! What is unbelievable is that Mr. Wang Jingyu was full of deep doubts and resistance to this work at the beginning, and his heart was full of all kinds of contradictions and confusion.
It turns out that behind this hilarious sketch comes from his unforgettable experience of tasting canned chicken in 1962. However, this particular experience turned out to be misunderstood by others as "bourgeois life", which not only caused him unforgettable trouble, but even labeled him such a caustic label.
In order to help Mr. Wang Jingyu overcome his inner worries, the director team of the party carefully planned a series of funny and dramatic plots: Jiang Kun shouted that he was hungry all the way on the stage; Immediately afterwards, Siqin Gaowa found the delicious roast chicken in Wang Jingyu's hand, and unabashedly shouted that she wanted to buy it...... These ingenious arrangements finally made Mr. Wang Jingyu have to go on the stage.
Faced with the sudden predicament, Mr. Wang Jingyu was so nervous that he was sweating profusely, and he complained to Mr. Ma Ji that he could not continue to act. Mr. Ma Ji could only reluctantly suggest that he demonstrate the exquisite skills of "non-physical performance" on the spot.
Finally, Mr. Wang Jingyu mustered up the courage and gradually pushed the whole performance to a climax with his exaggerated and vivid movements, as well as his meticulous facial expressions, which won the warmest cheers and applause from the audience.
The outstanding performance of the actors made the atmosphere of the scene reach an unprecedented warmth, and also made this already famous repertoire shine more brightly.
The first Spring Festival Gala in 1983 was a bombshell in the Chinese television industry that year, causing sensational repercussions and heated discussions across the country.
This bold and innovative and ingenious party, with joy as the theme melody, is filled with a lively and festive atmosphere, which completely subverts people's inherent perception of the seriousness and rigidity of traditional parties.
The whole party is full of strong pro-people and civilian characteristics, all of which demonstrate the original grand vision of director Huang Yihe.
Although the conditions at that time were still quite simple, the studio hall was only 600 square meters, the number of people participating in the whole performance was less than 60, and the audience was even smaller, with less than 200 people.
However, this seemingly insignificant evening party has given birth to many wonderful classic programs and achieved unprecedented success.
At the beginning of the following year, CCTV once again presented this unique and innovative gala paradigm, which gradually grew in scale, and the quality of production and social influence also soared.
Since then, every time the grand festival Chinese New Year's Eve comes, people across the country have been looking forward to watching the TV set and looking forward to the bright feast of the Spring Festival Gala.
The Spring Festival Gala is not only a necessary ceremony for people to share the moment of reunion, but also carries the spiritual sustenance of the people of the whole country for a better life. The unprecedented success of the first Spring Festival Gala in 1983 was undoubtedly like playing the first melodious movement of the new era of the Spring Festival Gala, leading the trend of the times and creating a new chapter!