The recording of the program "Book of Ancient Kingdoms" was completed very smoothly.
As the opening program of the first season, the Program Group specifically targeted the recent buzz, making Emperor Chen's authentic works a major selling point. They collaborated with experts and professors from the Restoration Center to explain past restoration methods for authentic works as well as the current AI auxiliary system.
Xiao He had personally experienced almost all of these parts and understood them very well, so when he followed the restoration experts in making restored items, he appeared very adept from beginning to end.
On-site, it was also his first time seeing the half-restored calligraphy work of Emperor Chen, "stability of the world," from the Restoration Center.
Of course, it had now been confirmed that this work was a copy by Mr. Qian Congwen. But even as a copy, it carried the value of Mr. Qian Congwen's name, so it wasn't considered completely worthless. This display was also the official way of clarifying the truth behind the recent fire at the Art Center involving cultural relics, preventing more people on the internet from spreading rumors and letting them spiral further out of control.
It was also an opportunity for the Cultural Relics Restoration Center of the Beijing Museum to make its public debut.
However, seeing the calligraphy work that had originally been burned into small fragments now appearing before him in a form that was both strange and familiar, Xiao He couldn't help but feel immense surprise.
Although Xiao He had guessed that this case was one of the main reasons for the creation of "Book of Ancient Kingdoms" when the program was first established, he never expected that the copy, which had been burned to such a state, would now be mostly restored by the people at the Restoration Center. Aside from obvious seams on most of the edges and dark brown burn marks that couldn't be removed, it looked almost identical to what he had seen at the Art Center.
Clearly, when he saw them in the restoration room back then, these fragments were soaked in chemicals, their shapes indistinguishable and their surfaces blackened, making it impossible to tell which piece of the puzzle belonged where.
He didn't expect Professor Ye's team from the Restoration Center to restore the work to this extent in just over a month. Such high efficiency was truly admirable.
This was really no different from bringing something back from the dead!
One could also tell they had worked incredibly hard during this period. This was no small workload; the entire team must have been working day and night, forgetting to eat and sleep, to restore this work...
Xiao He observed closely and indeed found that although Professor Ye's makeup hid it well, his fatigue was still hard to conceal. He likely agreed to the Program Group's invitation to promote the concepts and knowledge of cultural relic restoration on stage, so more people could increase their awareness of cultural relic protection.
Otherwise, such a busy man certainly wouldn't have been able to find the time.
No wonder he was responsible for the large number of scripts arranged by the Program Group.
Consequently, for most of the following tasks, the CCTV host and Xiao He basically took turns being responsible.
Professor Ye was mainly responsible for explaining the key points and adding professional value.
Besides the copy of "stability of the world" brought out this time, Xiao He also saw other authentic works by Emperor Chen.
—These were the real deal.
To be able to find a way to gather them all in one program, even if some weren't physically present on-site, one could see a glimpse of the massive investment the Program Group had made.
While listening to the host, Xiao He admired these works. While feeling a sense of admiration for Emperor Chen, he couldn't help but feel respect and regret once again for a calligraphy master like Qian Congwen.
...
The on-site recording segment of the program thus concluded amidst everyone's applause.
Xiao He completed the recording of the entire program without looking at his script, which many in the Program Group hadn't expected.
Even Liu Rulan, who was offstage, was clicking her tongue in amazement, asking Xiao Chen beside her, "When did he have time to memorize the script for this side?"
Xiao Chen also looked confused: "I don't know. Hasn't Brother Xiao been reading the 'I Ching' all this time?"
"He's already reading the 'I Ching'?"
Liu Rulan was even more surprised. "But didn't Zhuang Hongyi say to save that book for last?"
This kid just came back from paying his respects at the temple, right? What kind of trouble is he stirring up now?
It couldn't be that he's already finished reading everything before it, could it?
Heh, Hehe...
The woman's lips twitched slightly.
Given Xiao He's increasingly extreme level of being a competitive king... it was actually possible!
At this moment, Liu Rulan was even considering what kind of explanation the company should post if Xiao He were to drop dead from overwork.
—Heaven be my witness! They weren't the ones forcing this competitive king!
They really didn't believe in forcing their boss to be competitive!
Sometimes she really wanted to kneel down and beg the boss to stop competing, stop it already, they were almost being freaking competed to death!
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Xiao He didn't know Liu Rulan's thoughts when he stepped off the stage.
Just as he reached the backstage, he heard someone calling out: "Xiao He! Xiao He! Teacher Xiao!"
Xiao He stopped and turned around to see an old acquaintance walking toward him.
"Yang Heng! Long time no see!"
Xiao He immediately greeted him with a smile.
Yang Heng looked like he was about to perform in some program; he was wearing a black and gold costume, and his face was heavily made up. However, those eyes were exceptionally bright, allowing Xiao He to recognize him at a glance.
"Xiao He, long time no see! The recording just now went very smoothly! We were watching from below and saw everything!"
A faint smile appeared on Yang Heng's face.
"Ah, are you guys the recording team for the subsequent program?"
Xiao He understood.
In fact, what many people don't know is that except for live broadcast stage variety shows, the broadcast order of programs on TV is not equal to the on-site recording order.
Often, to save time, the actual recording site is recorded in concentrated modules.
To take the simplest example, the sequence of program content that viewers see on TV later might first be a stage play to introduce the main cultural relics and historical stories, then the display of cultural relics, and finally the expert explanation.
This might also be interspersed with some fun singing and dancing performances and small activities, making the expert's explanation less dry and ensuring the variety show is academic without losing its entertainment value.
But in reality, when they record on-site, it might just be the cultural relic display and expert explanation, with the more hardcore content being recorded all at once from start to finish.
Finally, those opening and interspersed stage programs are recorded separately in a concentrated manner, sometimes not even on the same day.
This was also the case for "Book of Ancient Kingdoms."
Specially invited guests like Xiao He, including experts and professors, record first, and then stage actors like Yang Heng and his team perform on stage.
"Yes." Yang Heng nodded, confirming Xiao He's statement, and touched the crown on his head, saying with a complex expression, "I'm here to play Emperor Chen again this time."
As an important program for CCTV, their National Theatre certainly had to provide several performance programs, especially since it was related to Emperor Chen, so Yang Heng felt it was his duty.
Although he didn't succeed in the audition, his status as the stage version of Emperor Chen remained unshakable.
Xiao He couldn't help but chuckle: "That's great then. We're both sticking to our respective roles."
One stage version, one TV drama version—how could that not be considered shining in their respective fields?
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