Chapter 478 Reuniting with the Heavenly King at the Spring Festival Gala

There are probably over a hundred rock musicians hanging out in Shucun now, a significant proportion of whom are locals from Beijing.

Subtracting the locals, there are still fifty or sixty people from other places who need to go home.

Liang Liang planned to give each of them 100 yuan for travel expenses so they could go home for the New Year.

All together, it would probably only cost five or six thousand yuan.

Five or six thousand yuan is nothing to him.

If they didn't live in Xinjiang or Tibet, or Guangxi or Guangdong, this 100 yuan would be enough for them to take a bus home.

The train journey from Beijing to Lianwan City is 937 kilometers. The express train ticket costs only 40 yuan, and the regular train ticket is even cheaper, saving you almost half the price.

This hundred yuan is enough for these people to go home.

But if you want to buy something for your family when you get home, you'll have to figure that out yourself.

However, Liang Liang did not bring up this topic at this time. He planned to have Huang Jie compile the statistics first, and then make a decision after the statistics were completed.

Before they knew it, it was past four o'clock. Liang Liang and Dou Wei said goodbye to their colleagues in Shucun. Before leaving, he handed over the task of counting the number of people going home to Huang Jie.

After he finishes counting the number of people, tell Douwei, and then have Douwei relay the message to them.

However, Liang Liang didn't mention that he wanted to sponsor these colleagues' travel expenses home; it was too early to talk about that now.

Douwei suggested that the Blue Shark band stay at his house. He owns a courtyard house in Beijing, which would be perfect for a band like them.

Liang Liang knew, of course, that Dou Wei's family owned a courtyard house. In her previous life, the superstar Wang Fei lived in his courtyard house. One morning, she was photographed by paparazzi from Hong Kong emptying the chamber pot, which caused quite a stir.

However, Liang Liang still refused. Dou Wei's home was indeed a bit far from CCTV, and it was not convenient to walk back and forth. Money was not the problem, but the time was too much to bear.

It's more convenient to stay at the hotel arranged by CCTV.

There are thousands of performers participating in the Spring Festival Gala rehearsals, with dancers making up the majority, and usually there are more than a dozen song and dance groups.

The actors were accommodated in several two-star hotels, two people per standard room.

Liang Liang and the others were also placed here.

Don't be fooled by the seemingly luxurious idea of ​​a standard room for two people. It's because if two more people were to enter the room, there would be no room to turn around, making it almost like a pigeon coop.

If we add more people, there won't even be enough room for a bed.

Liang Liang and Ban Ya shared a room. Ban Ya and his comrade-in-arms came in with them as assistants.

The big names in comedy sketches stayed at the Film and Television Home Hotel near Wukesong, where the accommodations were naturally better than those of Liang Liang and his group. Hong Kong and Taiwan stars stayed at the Media Hotel near CCTV.

Liang Liang wasn't particular about the level of the hotel she stayed in. It wasn't her own home, and she had to leave sooner or later anyway, so what was there to be satisfied or dissatisfied about?

Actually, staying at this Mingyang Hotel isn't bad either; there are beautiful women to see.

The dancers in the troupe are all beautiful women, with top-notch figures and faces; it's a feast for the eyes, of course.

The only downside was that they were all wearing down jackets, so you couldn't see their curves.

The Blue Shark band also wore down jackets specially made by Jiufeng Clothing.

When Shen Qingjiang, the CEO of Jiufeng Clothing, learned that the Blue Shark Band was going to perform on the Spring Festival Gala, he was so happy that he passed out. If it weren't for the doctor giving him two IV drips, he would probably be buried by now.

Since the Blue Shark band became the distributor of their clothing, sales of their Blue Shark brand clothing have been steadily increasing.

In just six months, their output has increased several times over, and the number of front-line employees has exceeded 500, making them one of the large-scale garment enterprises.

Now that the Blue Shark band has appeared on the Spring Festival Gala, this advertising value has increased significantly.

When the Blue Shark band came to Beijing, they wore down jackets and pants newly produced by Jiufeng Clothing, with novel styles and bright colors.

The Blue Shark band's conspicuous down jackets attracted a lot of attention as they paraded through the streets.

Besides their clothes, they also have shoes on their feet. The red and black shoes are trendy and, importantly, they are lined with fur. Even if it is -20 degrees Celsius outside, they can walk on the street for half an hour without feeling their feet cold.

From head to toe, this person attracts attention wherever they go.

When the girls from the song and dance troupe learned that these people were the Blue Shark Band, they swarmed around them, their eyes sparkling as they winked at them. The vast expanse of autumn spinach almost overwhelmed them.

When rehearsing for the Spring Festival Gala, you must stay away from romantic escapades; this is not a place for idle chatter.

Liang Liang warned the band members to control their lower bodies, especially Han Chui.

Han Chui was immediately displeased and rolled his eyes at Liang Liang.

Who are you talking about? When it comes to picking up girls, your band members have the advantage, don't they?

Those girls would throw themselves at you, but they wouldn't throw themselves at him, their manager.

How come he got the blame? That's not fair!

This guy came to the capital just to join in the fun; he didn't actually have any real work to do.

The band is rehearsing, spending the whole day in CCTV's rehearsal room. What does he have to do with it?

However, this guy wasn't idle either; he took the opportunity to promote the clothing and shoes that his band represented.

The Blue Shark band rehearsed here for more than a month, and they actually signed contracts for thousands of sets of clothing and thousands of pairs of shoes in various shopping malls and clothing supermarkets in Beijing.

Jiufeng Clothing gives a commission on the products sold, which is a benefit for the band.

Liang Liang was very worried that this guy was using the Blue Shark band's name to swindle and cheat people.

Rehearsals for the CCTV Spring Festival Gala are tough, but the singing performances are a bit easier; the dancers are the group that works the hardest during rehearsals.

To describe being exhausted like a grandson every day using an insult.

Their rehearsal time lasts up to ten hours, and they basically have no leisure time except for eating and sleeping.

This is far less than what singers like Liang Liang have, who at least have time to rest.

Most of the performers participating in the Spring Festival Gala singing rehearsals are folk singers who sing patriotic songs, and most of them are well-known celebrities.

Of course, these celebrity roles are still somewhat inferior to those of Liu Tianwang.

Liu Dehua sang "Forget Love Potion" at the 1995 Spring Festival Gala.

Hong Kong and Taiwanese stars often act like divas and put on airs, but Liu Dehua doesn't have these flaws. Upon learning that the Blue Shark Band was also rehearsing for the Spring Festival Gala, he eagerly ran over to Liang Liang to pour out his heart.

Because he was a big shot from Hong Kong and Taiwan, few people paid attention to him, which led to him and Liang Liang having a nearly ten-minute chat.

Liang Liang then brought up the controversy surrounding the interview at the Hong Kong Coliseum concert.

"I went to visit Uncle Chen that day and forgot to mention it, and then this happened, Brother Liu! I'm so sorry!"

Although the one who spoke out of turn wasn't from the Blue Shark band, he was the one who assembled all the bands for Hongkai's concert, so he was naturally responsible for any problems that arose.

Of course, polite words still need to be said.

"It's a small matter! I didn't take it to heart at all. As a public figure, it's normal to be talked about by others."

Liu Dehua is quite open-minded; in this respect, he truly deserves to be called a Heavenly King.