Chapter 100 What is it like to suddenly become a news anchor!
When Dongqiang learned about Qi Long buying a car, he took the initiative to take charge of the matter. He had a friend who sold cars, so Qi Long didn't have to worry about it.
Dongqiang said that he had a way to even get the most difficult license plate in the capital, which was to hang it on the company under his father's group. Several of his cars had company license plates.
"The only risk is that if my father's group goes bankrupt, your car will be mortgaged as a company asset!" Dongqiang joked.
Of course Qi Long was not worried about this, so he handed it over to Dong Qiang.
As soon as he got home, he made a video call to his personal costume designer, Ms. Zhang Wanyi, and took pictures of his wardrobe, which was full of suits.
Of course, the photos of clothes were fake, they were actually just the young couple looking for topics to chat.
"Why don't you try the casual lapel and the straight-leg pants in a different color when you go to record the variety show in a few days? I think these two look better than the suits." Zhang Wanyi gave her personal opinion.
Qi Long nodded, then shook his head: "It's okay to try, but not for variety shows. The next variety show requires us to wear formal clothes, I don't know what to do."
He was talking about the variety show of CCTV, which issued a notice a few days ago, telling them the recording location, dress requirements and so on.
The recording location is the CCTV headquarters, also known as the "Big Pants" TV building, and the dress code is formal.
Qi Long speculated that the suit must be related to the profession to be challenged in the next episode, which might be a reporter, office worker, or something like that.
However, when that day arrived, an unexpected career challenge arose.
Qi Long entered the TV station early in the morning. As soon as he entered the TV station, Qi Long complained to the camera of the program crew: "Why are our recording times different? Why does Yue Yunpeng record at 10 o'clock, but I have to come at 6:30?"
Behind the camera, a middle-aged man with a work badge walked over and said, "Are you Qi Long?"
Seeing that it was an elder, Qi Long immediately put away his sarcastic expression, bent down slightly and shook hands with the other person: "Hello, who are you?"
"I am the director of the morning news. We have received news that you are the special anchor for today's morning news."
"Me?" Qi Long was stunned!
What the hell? News?
"There is not much time now. Please go to the dressing room immediately to put on makeup and then prepare for the broadcast." The director's leadership majesty was immediately revealed.
Before Qi Long could react, he was half pushed and half directed by the staff to the dressing room on the side of the studio.
Before entering, Qi Long saw the spacious studio, with staff members busy debugging the equipment and several directors measuring sound at the desk.
Such a big scene made Qi Long look at the camera in surprise: "Are you guys serious?"
On his way here just now, he thought that news is such an important program, it is impossible to treat it so lightly. It would be more reliable to let Sa Beining go, after all, he is the host of a legal program.
It's a bit unreasonable to let Nigomiti, an entertainment show host, go, let alone him, a crosstalk actor.
But at this moment, seeing such a big scene and so many staff members, his mentality underwent subtle changes.
Entering the dressing room, Qi Long saw the news anchor Li Zimeng doing her hair while holding a manuscript. He panicked: "Hello, Teacher Li!"
"Qi Long, I heard that there was a special guest reporting to me yesterday, it turned out to be you?" Li Zimeng turned his head slightly and said with a smile.
The two sides have met this judge who had guest-starred in a crosstalk competition.
"You knew it yesterday, and I just found out." Qi Long said, not knowing whether to laugh or cry. He was pressed on the seat and something was thrown on his head.
Li Zimeng acted like a senior, no, a senior in news reporting. She consoled him, "Don't be nervous. The teleprompter up front is very big. It's okay. I'll guide you."
"Okay, I'm your supporting actor, right?" Qi Long said casually, making Li Zimeng laugh while holding the script.
"There are no funny and supporting roles in this business. The first two pieces of news are current affairs news, and I will read them. You will read the third and fourth pieces. Then we will connect with the weather forecaster together. This is a 15-minute live broadcast. It's not that difficult, and the report is only one paragraph, and then we will cut to the frontline reporters!" Li Zimeng told him.
He sat down at the makeup artist's signal. When he was about to pick up the manuscript, the makeup artist took a small bottle and started pouring it on his head.
"Is this black pepper?" Qi Long asked as he looked at the makeup artist in the mirror sprinkling black pepper on his hair with a bottle.
“This is a black fan.”
Qi Long: "Can you change me to a true fan? I'm already nervous, and I'm even more nervous with the black fans!"
"Hahahaha!" All the staff members of the "Amazing" program crew around laughed.
Li Zimeng also smiled and said, "You don't look nervous!"
"No, no, no, I'm very nervous. This is a way to relieve my nervousness," Qi Long explained.
The makeup artist explained to him that because of the lights in the studio, his hair might reflect light, so he had to use black hair powder to make his hair a non-reflective black.
"I will be sweating all over when I report later, I hope the ink won't run down my face!"
There was another round of laughter. The crosstalk artist was so humorous that he could even tell jokes in such an occasion.
Qi Long looked left and right, trying to find some clues.
But the staff of the "Amazing" program were all laughing, while those unfamiliar faces, the staff of the news program were all busy with serious expressions and were not amused by their own jokes at all.
Generally, when people are doing serious work, they will turn a deaf ear to what is happening around them and focus on the task at hand. These busy staff members didn't seem to care about the makeup at all, and didn't listen to Qi Long's chatter, they were just busy with their own things.
This made Qi Long even more uneasy, he could even hear his own heartbeat.
He guessed it was a prank, but there was always a voice in his heart saying: What if it isn't?
He placed his hopes on the press release. After picking it up and taking a closer look, he found that it was all serious news. So, he decided to read it.
"Developing the aerospace industry and building a strong aerospace nation is our unremitting aerospace dream."
"Stop. There are commas in the manuscript about building a space power, but you have to read it coherently!" Li Zimeng corrected him.
Qi Long thanked him and continued reading. But just after he read the sentence "Make scientific and technological self-reliance and self-improvement the strategic support for the development of the aerospace industry", he was interrupted by Li Zimeng again.
"Wait a minute, there should be a slight pause between 'self-reliance and self-improvement' and 'as'. You can take a breath, and the stress should be placed on 'self-reliance and self-improvement'!" Li Zimeng interrupted Qi Long and corrected him.
Qi Long thanked him again.
This thing is just like a running commentary. There are rules for where to breathe, where not to breathe, where to emphasize, and where to connect. He has never seen a press release, so he can only make sure that the words are read out correctly. These mistakes in details really need someone to correct them.
Later, Li Zimeng gave his manuscript directly to Qi Long, with annotations on it. The ones circled were stressed; the ones enclosed in brackets were tenors; the vertical bars were for punctuation, the small circles were breathing points, and the underscores between commas represented continuous reading.
With this annotation, Qi Long can read much more easily.
"Thank you so much!" Qi Long thanked him repeatedly. With a senior taking such good care of him, he felt less nervous.
But I still feel it’s absurd. How come it was on the news?
"Amazing Challenge", you are really amazing, where can you find such resources in other programs?
Time passed quickly, Qi Long and Li Zimeng arrived at the studio and sat on both sides of the triangular table, facing the camera.
A large screen on the left side of the camera is showing their current scene in real time. On the large screen on the right is the news prompter. Another screen is the live broadcast of CCTV News Channel, which is currently broadcasting official advertisements, scenic spots from various places, and recommending everyone to travel.
Qi Long raised his head and glanced at it, then continued to read the manuscript silently.
At this moment, he had a feeling of returning to the first time he stepped onto the crosstalk stage many years ago, and could clearly hear his own heartbeat.
This is live news. If something happens, it will definitely be on the hot search list.
"All departments, get ready. One minute countdown. Both anchors, get ready too!" the director reminded through the headset.
Qi Long pursed his lips, swallowed, and faced the camera.
As the live news channel broadcast the opening scene of the morning news, the crane camera moved from left to right, from top to bottom, and finally stopped in front of the two people, switching to the news facing them.
"'Morning News' opens a new day. Good morning, dear viewers!" Li Zimeng sat very dignified and announced the opening of the show.
Qi Long nodded slightly and said the words assigned to him: "Good morning, this is the morning program "Morning News" broadcast live on the news channel of Huaxia TV. Welcome to watch!"
"Today is November 14, 2018, the seventh day of the tenth month of the lunar calendar, Wednesday. It is seven o'clock in the morning in the capital. Let's take a look at the current affairs news first."
At this point, the camera switched to Li Zimeng's personal shot, and Qi Long let out a long sigh of relief.
Although he just said one line, he felt more nervous than performing a crosstalk on stage. It was because he had no experience and no solid learning foundation to provide him with confidence.
On the other side, Li Zimeng finished his report and the screen switched to a detailed news video. Li Zimeng asked, "Are you okay?"
"It's okay, it's okay." It's already like this, what can I do?
After the two news stories, it was Qi Long's personal camera. Qi Long faced the camera with a serious look on his face:
"Develop the aerospace industry and build a strong aerospace nation"
As Qi Long spoke, his eyes were fixed on the red dot of the camera, not even glancing at the teleprompter or the live broadcast screen beside him. His brain was also rapidly extracting the content of the news he had memorized and following the marked emphasis.
"With intensive breakthroughs in key core technologies, my country is making great strides in building a space power. Please see the details below!"
After Qi Long finished speaking, he did not move until he heard the director's "cut" voice through the headset, then he let out a long sigh again.
Turning back to watch the video, it has cut to the center of the rocket, and there is a special video explaining it.
Li Zimeng smiled and said, "Of course, you didn't even glance at the prompter!"
"Didn't you see anything funny?"
"I haven't blinked yet." Li Zimeng revealed the real reason for his laughter.
Just now, Qi Long was like a bionic man, with his eyes wide open and not even blinking.
Qi Long sighed: "I'm afraid that once I close my eyes, I won't be able to open them again. Ahem."
The countdown continued, and Qi Long once again successfully completed the "report on the booming gaming industry." There was even footage of the LOL Carnival in this specific news, and Qi Long also saw himself in the footage.
After the news was broadcast, Qi Long felt much more relaxed. The next piece of news was said by Li Zimeng, and the last one was a live connection with the weather forecast host.
"Let's take a look at the weather and connect with the host."
As agreed in advance, Qi Long and Li Zimeng turned to look at the big screen behind them. On the big screen, Director Xie of "Amazing Challenge" raised his thumb and shouted, "Congratulations to Qi Long for his successful challenge!"
Hearing this, Qi Long immediately fell on the table: "I knew it was a prank!"
"What do you know? You are so serious!" Li Zimeng clapped and laughed.
(End of this chapter)
