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Chapter 1098: Chapter 980 Lin Yuan’s Program Schedule_3 Chapter 1098: Chapter 980 Lin Yuan’s Program Schedule_3 “I have some programs here.”

“I’ve been waiting for them!”

Although crosstalk and comedy sketches were unreliable, Tong Shuwen placed great importance on the songs and dances prepared by Lin Yuan:

“Where’s the program list?”

“It’s all in here.”

Lin Yuan took out a set of printed materials.

Tong Shuwen was somewhat puzzled; this stack of materials seemed a bit thick.

Could there really be so much material?

He instinctively flipped open the first page only to be stunned—the cover page was actually a table of contents for a program list!

[Songs]

[Dances]

[Comedy Sketches]

[Crosstalk]

[Acrobatics]

[Magic]

[Martial Arts]

[Traditional Opera]

[Special Effects]

[…]

Tong Shuwen counted.

Fifty programs in total!

Xian Yu had provided the lion’s share of the programs for this Spring Festival Gala!

It was enough that there were songs, dances, comedy sketches, and crosstalk, which Lin Yuan had mentioned before, but acrobatics, magic, traditional opera, martial arts, and special effects—what the hell were these?

“This isn’t right!”

“What’s not right?”

“There are too many programs!”

“Quality is the key.”

“I know quality is the key, but the problem is…”

The problem is, do your programs even have quality?

Tong Shuwen held back from saying this aloud, opting instead for a more tactfully wry smile: “How did you manage to arrange everything, do you really know about all these programs?”

Lin Yuan: “I know a little.”

Those four words again; Tong Shuwen didn’t know how to reply and after a moment of silence, he asked, “Is there a detailed plan for the programs?”

“Take a look.”

Tong Shuwen rubbed his temples and continued flipping through the materials, but after a few minutes, his expression turned oddly strange.

It actually seemed quite professional?

The descriptive text couldn’t fully capture the essence of the program.

However, through the descriptions—and especially with the diagrams Lin Yuan included for precision—one could glimpse a facet of the programs.

For instance, right now.

Tong Shuwen was looking at a dance picture!

A very magical dance, where one person stood in the front, surrounded by numerous arms!

This figure was reminiscent of the “Thousand-Armed Guanyin” described in mythology!

No.

The name of this dance program was precisely [Thousand-Armed Guanyin]!

If this dance could actually be performed…

Tong Shuwen didn’t dare to imagine further; the design of the dance was too brilliant!

In terms of shock value, it likely wouldn’t fall short of The Moonwalk’s debut!

Then there’s a close-up magic routine further on, named “Magic Pot.”

This magic trick was too unbelievable!

If it could actually be shown, it would surely astound everyone!

But the question was:

Could this really be brought to life?

Tong Shuwen couldn’t help but voice his doubts.

Lin Yuan smiled, “This magic trick isn’t as miraculous as you think; there’s a mechanism inside the pot, but the principle isn’t written here. I’ll discuss it with the Magician later, and he’ll understand what I mean.”

“This was designed by you as well?”

“I just happen to know a bit about magic.”

Tong Shuwen didn’t say much more and continued reading; he skipped over what he didn’t understand, but he did understand crosstalk.

“Quarrel of the Features?”

Crosstalk consisted of verbal text, which was understandable to the average person; just by reading the lines of the feed and the funny man, one could imagine the performance effect of the crosstalk to a certain extent. But after reading a few lines, Tong Shuwen was completely dumbfounded!

“Written by Chu Kuang!?”

“He happens to know a bit, too.”

It took Tong Shuwen more than an hour to get a general overview of these programs. During this time, Lin Yuan occasionally answered his questions, and by the time Tong Shuwen closed the program list, he didn’t know how to express the shock he felt inside!

This moment!

His look toward Lin Yuan was as if he were staring at a demon!

If there was a legendary Demon Mirror, he would definitely have used it to inspect Lin Yuan!

No!

In this program, there were also works by Chu Kuang and Shadow!

The cross-talk and skits by Chu Kuang, needless to say, Tong Shuwen was stunned just by reading those lines, even without seeing the actual performance!

For example, the program intended to present the special effect of a “dragon.”

Designing the special effect image was too difficult. To fully depict the dragon’s majestic and domineering presence was something that had always given Tong Shuwen a headache.

However.

Right there on the program list, there was a dragon!

The image of this dragon was absolutely earth-shattering, and the author’s column clearly listed Shadow’s name!

Furthermore.

Other special effects and scenes were also designed by Shadow, with that kind of high-level aesthetic and lavish style, which made Tong Shuwen’s hair stand on end!

With the special effects presenting these images, won’t the audience go crazy?

Thus.

The real demons were not just Lin Yuan, but also the two big shots, Chu Kuang and Shadow!

“Hisss.”

Taking a sharp breath, Tong Shuwen stood up, repeatedly calming himself down, “Who do you plan to cast for those skits of ours?”

“You mean this?”

Lin Yuan glanced at one of the skits named “Eating Noodles,” and smilingly said, “Let’s have Shi Yan and Teacher Chen Feng from Qi Continent do it.”

Lin Yuan had not only been preparing programs lately but had also been doing a lot of homework.

He had watched countless videos!

Skits, cross-talk, acrobatics, magic, and so on and so forth!

Watching these videos, Lin Yuan already knew which programs matched which performers the best!

“And this program, we’ll need to find someone from Zhao Continent…”

“The presentation difficulty of this magic stage is a bit high, but I’ve inquired, and it is said that Wei Continent has a close-up magic master, perhaps this person could give it a try…”

“Additionally…”

Lin Yuan was listing off names as if he were reciting treasures from memory.

Tong Shuwen stared at Lin Yuan for a long while, then suddenly said, “Should I leave then?”

“Ah?”

“You’re more suited to be the director of the Spring Festival Gala than I am!”

“That’s not necessary.”

“How about you take up the role as the Chief Producer or Chief Planner for the Qin Continent Spring Festival Gala, anyway a very important title, on equal footing with me as the director. Otherwise, I truly don’t have the courage to continue as the director. There are some programs in here we must nail, and some I didn’t quite understand; we’ll have to see the actual performance. Right now, I’m struggling with the order of these programs. A normal gala would have a grand finale act, but with your program list here, I don’t even know who will take that spot, it feels like so many could be the finale!”

Tong Shuwen panicked!

He now felt completely invisible!

Even a damn pig, with these programs, could present a spectacular Spring Festival feast to the audience!

Comparing with Zhong Continent?

Even with so much money, Tong Shuwen only dared claim to match Zhong Continent in terms of stage specs!

As for program quality?

He really didn’t have the nerve!

Yet now he felt his heart frantically pounding, and courage seemed to be growing by his side!

“You can decide on whatever title you want.”

Lin Yuan truly didn’t care, he just wanted results.

How could the essence of Earth’s myriad years of Spring Festival Galas not produce results?

If not, Lin Yuan might as well bash his head against a block of tofu, allowing the Shadow’s Painted Soul Series to be his ultimate work.

“Whew!”

Tong Shuwen once again adjusted his breathing, then continued, “Some of the people you just mentioned aren’t easy to invite. For instance, the two famous skit masters from Qi Continent haven’t appeared on the Spring Festival Gala for two years, and even Zhong Continent reached out to them this year, but couldn’t persuade them because they stick to the principle: without a good program, they’d rather not attend.”

Lin Yuan honestly replied, “What if there is a good program?”

Tong Shuwen: “…Don’t say anything more, starting tomorrow, I, Tong Shuwen, will run all over Blue Star!”

There’s nothing money can’t fix!

If there is, then it’s just not enough money!

What?

Artists consider money to be dirt?

I love that attitude!

Don’t rush!

Let’s take a look at this program…

Do you like it?

Want to perform?

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ps: It’s not that Polluted White has become a “one-update beast”, actually the number of words is the same as before, it’s just that I feel this way of presenting might improve the overall reading experience. As for the outburst or something, let’s wait until Polluted White sorts out the Spring Festival Gala plot here. I’ve been researching recently; for example, today I watched Zhu Shimao and Chen Peis’s “Main Roles and Supporting Roles”, thinking whether I could modify it somehow, but in the end, I found it a bit forced. Let’s stick with “Eating Noodles”, which is more meaningful for skits because it was the very first skit of Celestial Dynasty, before which there was no concept of skits in our country!