163: Well done

The Spring Festival Gala organizing committee truly had no choice.

The original program list had long been finalized, and rehearsals had been going on for so long.

Who would have thought that a command from above would come down, giving the entire committee a massive headache.

Although the winners of the Public Welfare Competition seemed numerous, in reality, there were only a few when averaged out.

This year, their Central Continent only had three winners in total: Wandering God from the Gaming Group, Ye Bai from the Advertising and Song Groups, and one from the Photography Group.

The Gaming and Photography groups were immediately ruled out.

After all, they couldn't possibly have one person perform a game they made at the Spring Festival Gala, and the other take a couple of photos with a camera during the Gala.

So, only Ye Bai from the Advertising and Song Groups remained.

This was good news. Since he could shoot commercials, he could certainly rehearse a short skit or perform a song.

Moreover, the Spring Festival Gala organization also conducted an investigation and discovered that Ye Bai was Wandering God.

Didn't that make things simple?

This person could single-handedly sweep three awards and accomplish so much in such a short period.

If the committee didn't seek him out, who else would they seek?

Would they seek out the photographer?

Ye Bai finally agreed. How should one put it?

Perhaps it was due to his obsession with the Spring Festival Gala.

After hanging up the phone, Ye Bai picked up paper and pen and began to think, while also quickly reviewing previous Spring Festival Galas.

The Spring Festival Gala here is also divided into Galas for the major continents, and he was participating in the Central Continent Spring Festival Gala.

Previous Galas were basically all song and dance, martial arts performances, acrobatics, and so on, but there were absolutely no skits or magic shows.

Of course, there was also Chiyo Haruka.

That is, the traditional opera featured in Ye Bai's filming of strange tales from a chinese studio, which had undergone a transformation here.

However, this was something from the Southern Continent, so naturally, it was performed at the Southern Continent's Spring Festival Gala.

While Ye Bai was pondering, Qin Yushan called him.

"You agreed to do a Spring Festival Gala performance?"

"Your news network is fast," Ye Bai was stunned.

Qin Yushan: "Of course. As soon as the news from above came out, I figured our Central Continent would definitely have to look for you, and knowing your personality, you would probably agree."

"But I'm telling you, this isn't an easy job."

Ye Bai: "What do you mean?"

Qin Yushan sighed, "Every year, the Spring Festival Gala consists of song and dance performances. Everyone is actually tired of them, but because it's about family reunion and it's a long-standing custom, they keep it going. But honestly, the Spring Festival Gala is difficult to produce."

"The people in charge of the Gala get scolded every year. Now there's only one month left, you..."

Ye Bai understood what he meant: the time was too short, and if the performance wasn't good, it was easy to be blacklisted by the entire continent.

"But since you agreed, I suppose you've already decided what you're going to do?"

Ye Bai shook his head, "I haven't decided yet."

Qin Yushan: "Well... how about this? Since you can write songs, write a song—something festive. That's definitely a safe bet."

Ye Bai pursed his lips, "I'll think about it."

Honestly, when it came to songs, he had plenty in his pocket; he could pull out a handful, just like Doraemon.

But... he actually thought skits and magic shows were good too.

For example, the skit "The Protagonist and the Supporting Role" from back then was still fresh in Ye Bai's mind.

It's just that there was only a month left, and he didn't know if there was enough time to rehearse a skit. Magic, on the other hand, was simple; he could go on stage and perform perfectly with just a couple of simple movements.

Alternatively, he could have Chen Chen perform on stage. Chen Chen had put in a lot of effort when he and Grom were selling Playing cards.

This way, it could also serve as a huge advertisement for the Playing cards.

Ye Bai was a bit indecisive; he wanted all three.

Oh! That's right!

There's also crosstalk. There's certainly no shortage of crosstalk acts at the Spring Festival Gala.

Not to mention anything else, the crosstalk performance "Ventriloquism" from back then was excellent.

Ye Bai had watched many of these Ventriloquism performances when he was young, and he often performed them with his friends for fun.

Ye Bai started reminiscing, and this reminiscence reminded him of the classic Er'ren Zhuan.

Maybe many people would swear they hadn't heard much about Er'ren Zhuan, but what if he mentioned "Little New Year's Greeting"?

"The first month is the New Year~ The first day of the first lunar month~"

He hummed the tune, and the pen in his hand didn't stop moving.

Not long after, Ye Bai looked at the sheet of paper completely filled with his writing and fell into confusion.

"So many..."

There was a huge pile of songs alone: "Unforgettable Tonight," "Visit Home Often," "Good Luck Coming," "Wishing You Prosperity"... Ye Bai, with a headache, decided to write each one on a slip of paper and draw lots.

At this moment, if the Spring Festival Gala committee, still worrying that Ye Bai couldn't come up with anything, knew how extravagant he was...

...they would probably beg him, "Please stop drawing! As long as you give us these performances, you can draw us instead!"

Unfortunately, they didn't know.

After a series of drawing lots and deliberations, Ye Bai finally decided to call the committee.

"Are you saying you came up with several performances and don't know what to do?" The person from the committee was slightly agape.

Ye Bai: "Yes."

The other end was silent for a long time. "How about this? If you can't choose, why don't you send them to us so we can take a look?"

Ye Bai sent them over.

After a long while, there was a rustling sound on the other side, followed by several people talking, and then bursts of exclamation.

When the phone was picked up again, it was a male voice: "Hello, Teacher Ye Bai. I am Shou Hezheng, the head of this year's Spring Festival Gala. I've long admired your reputation, haha."

He rattled on about a lot of things, finally getting to the point: "We have reviewed the performances you sent over, and they are all absolutely fantastic!"

"How about this? We can assign two of the songs to singers to practice, so you won't have to exert yourself. As for the other performances, do you have time to give some guidance?"

"Or perhaps you have some candidates in mind? We will prioritize your choices!"

Ye Bai: "You choose the singers for the songs. I only have one requirement: they must be suitable singers who can sing well. For the other performances, please select one person for me, and I will make the final decision."

"As for the magic show, my friend is perfectly capable of performing it."

"Wonderful, wonderful!" Shou Hezheng agreed instantly. "Please rest assured, we certainly won't waste such excellent songs of yours!"

"Then we will go and make arrangements immediately!"

After hanging up, Shou Hezheng looked at the performances Ye Bai had sent over as if they were treasures. "Genius! Absolute genius!"

"If only we had known Ye Bai was so amazing..."

He didn't finish the sentence, but everyone present understood.

If they had known Ye Bai was so incredible, able to produce so many performances in just a few hours, why had they wasted so much effort agonizing over it before?

But since he could produce so many all at once, could it be that he had planned them out long ago?

Could it be that another continent had previously scheduled Ye Bai to do a Spring Festival Gala performance and then stood him up?

That's truly too foolish... No, that's absolutely brilliant!