The straight man in the entertainment circle

According to the original rehearsal schedule, Zhao Hongsi's skit was supposed to end at around 23:36:30, but now it has ended at 23:37:52.

There are three programs later, and a congratulatory message from a sponsor and a foreign embassy that needs to be read by the host. These cannot be changed.

Now the first program after the skit is on stage, which means there are two more programs to come, and a congratulatory message from sponsors and foreign embassies to be read.

The Spring Festival Gala has been rehearsed so many times, so all the times must be set, and after all the programs are performed, exactly one and a half minutes will be left for the host.

In this minute and a half, the host said a few words of summary and congratulations, just in time to send New Year greetings to the people across the country.

This is the established rhythm of the Spring Festival Gala every year. This minute and a half must be reserved. At least one minute must be reserved for the host to transition before counting down.

But now something went wrong in Zhao Hongsi and Jia Teng's skit, and there was not enough time left.

Zou Lin, the chief director of the Spring Festival Gala, was very troubled, and his mind was racing to see where he could squeeze out more than a minute.

The show that is being performed now cannot be moved, and the following two programs cannot be moved either, because they are group performances, which are easy for one person to perform, but with dozens of people in such a short period of time, it is not enough time to even rehearse. There was no way to get them to finish more than a minute early.

The last moment of the Spring Festival Gala is the moment when the audience pays the most attention. No mistakes can be made. Billions of eyes are staring at it. Even if a group performs a mistake, the audience will catch it.

Zhao Hongsi's sketches have always been the best protected. Rehearsals are done separately to prevent leaks. Therefore, although there are mistakes in Zhao Hongsi's sketches, only their insiders know about them.

Zhao Hongsi's master and apprentice are rich in experience and their performances are realistic. The audience will not notice that they are different from the rehearsal.

But if there are changes to the subsequent programs, if something goes wrong, the whole show may go into chaos. The audience can see it at a glance, and the risk is too great.

Zou Lin frowned. Zhao Hongsi's skit was delayed for 1 minute and 22 seconds. Now they have to save this 1 minute and 22 seconds in the next two programs and a word-reading link.

Zou Lin thought for a while and asked: "How long will it take to wait for the congratulatory messages from sponsors and foreign embassies?"

"According to rehearsal statistics, it is about 1 minute and 55 seconds."

Zou Lin sighed. This part of reciting the congratulations only lasted less than two minutes. If you want to save a dozen or twenty seconds, it's okay. You don't have to think about it at all. One minute and 22 seconds is a fantasy.

"It's Ning Yuchao and Tong Lunian, right?"

"Yes."

"Quick, put the intercom through to them!"

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At this time, the stage was peaceful, but all the hosts were very nervous. They were all professional hosts, and the Spring Festival Gala was particularly important for time. Naturally, they were always paying attention, although they may not all know what happened in Zhao Hongsi's sketch. But having rehearsed many times, they all know that there is not enough time now!

The already tense nerves suddenly became even tighter.

But they are still sticking to their posts, because they know that the director team must know now, and the director team will immediately notify them of what to do, and they just need to stick to their posts.

This is what professional hosts should do, and they should believe in the ability of the Spring Festival Gala directing team.

The hosts Ning Yuchao and Tong Lu were even more nervous. After the next show, they would go on stage to read the lyrics, but there was not enough time.

The two of them looked at the countdown card at the rear left of the venue, their palms sweating slightly.

"Xiao Chao, Tong Lu, can you two speed up the recitation later? We have to buy some time to come out."

Chief director Zou Lin's voice rang in the ears of Ning Yuchao and Tong Lu.

Ning Yuchao said: "I can speed up twice as fast, but..."

Ning Yuchao looked at Tong Lu, and the subtext was that he could do it, but Tong Lu was not a professional host after all. It was obvious that she was very nervous at this time. It would be good if she could finish reading normally without making any mistakes. He also wanted her to speed up. , estimated to be impossible.

It would not work to replace the host with another host. After all, they had been paired up for the past few hours. If Tong Lu was suddenly replaced in the end, it is estimated that Tong Lu would be criticized by netizens after the show, saying that her lack of ability led to her being replaced in the end.

Moreover, other hosts have not been familiar with reciting words before. Even if they can recite the words completely, there is absolutely no way to speed them up. If they have to speed up the recitation, there will most likely be problems.

Tong Lu knew what Ning Yuchao meant by looking at her, and said, "I'll try my best..."

"It's not enough to go twice as fast. We have to try to set aside 1 minute and 20 seconds. We only give you 30 seconds. We can only give you 35 seconds at most, no more!" Zou Lin said seriously.

Ning Yuchao's heart skipped a beat and asked, "Are you just reading the sponsor's words?"

"No, the embassy's message must also be read. This is international relations!"

"How is that possible? A 2-minute sentence is shortened to 30 seconds... Even I can't guarantee that I won't gossip. If I can't pronounce it clearly, both the sponsor and the embassy will have objections!"

After Ning Yuchao protested, Zou Lin was silent for a while, then sighed and said, "It's really not possible... I have to cancel the last program, and you ten hosts will hold on for me on stage for 5 minutes!"

Ning Yuchao was even more desperate. The ten hosts could finish the five minutes even without scripts. However, this happened in the Spring Festival Gala two years ago, and they were criticized by the audience.

Because in the end everyone was waiting for the zero o'clock bell to ring, and the hosts each said a few words, which was just right to start the countdown, but the host kept talking non-stop. One or two minutes would be fine, but three or four minutes would be too long for the audience. Five minutes was almost the limit of the audience’s endurance.

Ning Yuchao remained silent. As the host, he could only follow the director's wishes at this time.

But Tong Lu is different. She is not a professional host. The first thing on her mind at this time is how to solve this problem, rather than unconditional obedience.

She was also a little frightened when she was asked to read the words and speed up her speech later. She performed very well today, but she couldn't overturn at the last moment!

At this moment, Tong Lu saw Lin Li changing clothes backstage and getting ready to return to the stage!

Tong Lu had a flash of inspiration and immediately said: "Director, I have an idea."

Zou Lin had already decided to treat a dead horse as a living doctor, but when he suddenly heard Tong Lu say this, he suddenly became hopeful and asked, "What can I do?"

"Let Lin Li read the manuscript we are waiting for!"

Tong Lu said, ran to Lin Li and grabbed Lin Li.

Lin Li was about to go back when he was suddenly pulled away by Tong Lu and was a little confused.

Ning Yuchao knew that Lin Li often performed miracles, but this time it was different. Lin Li was not familiar with their lines at all, and he spoke at such a fast speed. Ning Yuchao had never heard of a host who could do this for so many years in the industry. Word of mouth.

Lin Li is not a professional host, so how can he do it?

And the difficulty is that it doesn’t matter if you speak fast, you still have to let all the audience hear you clearly.

Especially for sponsor brands, people spend a lot of money on them. If you can’t read them clearly, they will definitely not agree!

It is too difficult to be fast and clear at the same time. Ning Yuchao feels that this is the limit of human beings.

"This...can't be done." Ning Yuchao said.

"What's going on?" Lin Li was pulled over and looked at Tong Lu and Ning Yuchao's expressions, asking with a confused look on his face.

"Jianghu is in an emergency. I don't have time to explain more. Let me ask you first, can you read a script of about 350 words in 30 seconds?" Tong Lu asked anxiously.

The reason why Tong Lu thought of Lin Li was because when Lin Li was in the finals of "The Show", he was asked by Gao Yu to read out a long list of recipes. At that time, Lin Li showed off his speaking speed on the stage.

This impressed Tong Lu, who was also on the star observation team of the show. In addition, Tong Lu had also listened to Lin Li's songs. When Lin Li rapped, he spoke very fast, so when he thought about who could finish the chant in 30 seconds, When the original two-minute draft was written, Tong Lu thought of Lin Li.

He is definitely not going to be able to do it, Lin Li... It seems possible that he can. Anyway, it will be ten minutes until they come on stage, so he might as well give it a try now.

Lin Li immediately understood their predicament and asked, "What kind of manuscript is it?"

"It's just the sponsor and the embassy's message, that's all..."

Tong Lu showed Lin Li the contents on her own hand card and Ning Yu's super hand card.

Lin Li looked at it again and said, "I'll give it a try."

Tong Lu nodded and said, "We'll give you a timer."

As she spoke, Tong Lu looked at the timer at the venue. It was just a few seconds short of the minute, so Tong Lu shouted: "Three... two... one, start!"

Lin Li took a deep breath and read in his fastest and clearest tone.

"Here is a shopping mall, Gucci Media, Gongjing Winery, Zhifuyun... I wish the audience across the country a happy new year!"

"At the same time, the Chinese embassy in Russia, Eagle Country, Fighting Country, Lighthouse Country, Island Country... and other countries would like to wish the people of the whole country New Year's greetings!"

The reason why Lin Li could speak so fast before was because of the system's agility attribute bonus. This agility attribute enhanced all the reflexes of Lin Li's body. Not only did Lin Li's movements become agile, but Lin Li's tongue also became very agile. .

At this time, Lin Li's agility attribute was already at full capacity. His speech speed could be said to be at the limit of human beings. He could speak several times faster than normal people and speak clearly. It was not difficult for Lin Li.

After Tong Lu and Ning Yuchao finished listening to Lin Li's words, they were stunned.

"Two...twenty-eight seconds..."

Tong Lu looked at the timer and said in shock, then looked at the hand card to see if Lin Li had missed any part of the content.

But both of them were familiar with the manuscript, and they knew that if Lin Li really missed some content, they would definitely be able to tell.

The Spring Festival Gala director team could hear Tong Lu's voice recorded in the topic backstage. After they listened to Lin Li reading the manuscript like fried beans, there was silence.

Lin Li's tone was so fast that they couldn't react at all, but thinking about it now, it seemed that Lin Li had read all the manuscripts, and Lin Li's words were correct and clear.

They just can't react.

"Can you say it again?" Chief Director Zou Lin said.

"The director asked you to say it again." Ning Yuchao said to Lin Li.

Lin Li just wanted to get acquainted and said, "Okay."

"Here is a shopping mall, Gucci Media, Gongjing Winery, Zhifuyun... I wish the audience across the country a happy new year!"

"At the same time, the Chinese embassy in Russia, Eagle Country, Fighting Country, Lighthouse Country, Island Country... and other countries would like to wish the people of the whole country New Year's greetings!"

Lin Li once again read out all the manuscripts in one breath without any stumble. This time Zou Lin, Ning Yuchao and Tong Lu were all sure that there was nothing wrong with Lin Li.

"Two... more than twenty-six seconds..."

Someone on the director's team is keeping time.

"Amazing!"

"The enunciation was very clear, but it was too fast and we couldn't react!"

"It doesn't matter, as long as the names of all sponsors and embassies are read out, they have nothing to say."

"I've been working for so many years, and this is the first time I've seen such an amazing person."

"It's a pity that Lin Li won't be the host..."

"When Lin Li was rehearsing his own show, I discovered that this kid is so extraordinary."

"Yes, although this matter is very important, you can still trust Lin Li. He is a reassuring person."

"Director, how about letting Lin Li come on?"

Zou Lin listened to Lin Li recite it twice. He didn't stumble at all, it was still very clear, and he was overjoyed.

Zou Lin almost had the urge to cry. He didn't expect Lin Li to have such a unique skill. He was already ready to accept criticism from the leaders and netizens after the party, but Lin Li showed up. He wanted to use this speed to save himself. How important it is to come out for more than a minute!

Moreover, Lin Li spoke clearly and did not blur the names of the sponsors and the embassy at all. Even his behavior would add another highlight to the Spring Festival Gala. Although the sponsors were not willing to be read out so quickly, if Lin Li If this video is trending and discussed heatedly by the masses, they will probably only be happy.

So as long as Lin Li doesn't have any problems, letting Lin Li go is the best way at the moment.

"Can...please, Teacher Lin Li, do it again?"

Zou Lin was still afraid that Lin Li would make a mistake. To make sure, he still wanted to listen to it again, but this time he was very polite and called Teacher Lin Li directly.

Ning Yuchao said: "Lin Li, can you do it again?"

"Okay, I'll try again. I should be able to finish it in about 25 seconds. Please help me see if I read it correctly."

Lin Li didn't mind at all and read it again. This time he was completely off-script.

When Ning Yuchao and Tong Lu saw Lin Li finishing his manuscript, their eyes shone with admiration.

Tong Lu looked at Lin Li in a daze, and then she understood why so many people liked Lin Li. It turned out that Lin Li could shine! If I were a few years younger, I would probably fall in love with him.

"Director, Lin Li...it was unscripted...there is no mistake at all..." Ning Yuchao reported excitedly.

"It seems...it's really only about 25 seconds..." Tong Lu said.

It could be seen from all parts of the venue, including the director's room where Zou Lin was located. Hearing what Ning Yuchao and Tong Lu said, a big stone fell to his heart.

Lin Li must be an angel sent by God to save him!

This was not by Lin Li's side. If he were by Lin Li's side, he would almost have the urge to kiss Lin Li.

Lin Li is simply awesome!

Lin Li has rich stage experience and has been through many major events. There is no doubt about the stability of the scene. During the rehearsal of Lin Li's own show, it was an eye-opener for Zou Lin. Zou Lin saw Lin Li like this this time. Being stable, he is naturally not afraid of Lin Li getting off the court.

"Okay, very good, great!" Zou Lin cheered excitedly, "Tell Lin Li that he will read the part you two want to do later, and let Lin Li perform a unique skill at the request of the audience."