Shatong’s father is an actor in the Zhengzhou Repertory Theater, and his mother is a Peking Opera actor. His father has a relatively high reputation among the older generation of actors, among the actors of the same generation, and among the young students. prestige. In the early 1980s, he played the leading role in a number of dramas such as "Save Her" and "When the Maple Leaves Are Red". His father always taught Sha Tong: "At any time, you must work seriously and be a good person. Let's rely on our ability to earn a living and don't do any evil things."
In the 1980s, radio and television, especially Television was just developing and had a particularly big impact on drama. Many theater groups have disbanded. My father basically had no chance to act again. So, he placed his hope on Sha Tong. Shatong is a very hard-working child. As a young child, Shatong wants to be an actor, like his father and mother. He never went to kindergarten and either worked with his father or his mother. At that time, the big curtain was pulled by manpower. A thick rope was hung next to the big curtain, and someone pulled it "squeaking". Shatong brought a small pony with him and sat obediently next to the curtain rope, watching his father rehearse the play. Watching my mother rehearse a play. Watching them assign roles, watching them sit together and memorize lines, watching them rehearse section by section, and then watching them rehearse section by section, and finally, watching the rehearsal, rehearsal, and final performance of the whole play, Sha Tong felt like I think being an actor is quite fun.
Shatong, who grew up behind the stage curtain, had no idea at that time that there was any other profession in the world, or any better job. In Chinese language class in the first grade of primary school, the first composition is titled "My Ideal". The girls in the class wrote that they would be doctors in the future, some of the boys wrote that they would be members of the People's Liberation Army, and some aspired to be scientists, although scientists are a particularly vague concept in children's minds. And what Sha Tong wrote was: I want to be an actor! Sha Tong's composition was regarded as a model essay. The teacher asked Sha Tong to read it to the class and said: "Well written, there is life." Sha Tong, who has been a TV host for more than ten years, still has a lot of thoughts about his childhood dream of being an actor. still. Communication University of China has set up examination centers in Henan Province, and the local Radio and Television Bureau is responsible for recruiting students. Basically, one student is recruited every year. That year, more than 3,000 candidates applied for Communication University of China in Zhengzhou. About 5 candidates were selected from them, plus candidates selected from Luoyang, Xinxiang, Kaifeng and other places, more than 20 people were gathered at the Provincial Radio and Television Department to videotape the re-examination. The day when I went to the Provincial Radio and Television Department to record the re-examination happened to be the first day of Shatong’s high school graduation exam. After finishing the exam at school, it was already past 5 pm. Sha Tong rushed to the Provincial Radio and Television Department on his bicycle in a panic. The other candidates had already finished their re-examination and left. The teachers are still waiting for Sha Tong seriously. Shatong recited an article chosen by his father - an article with a strong story, performance and sense of humor. At that time, my father, who was painstakingly experienced and experienced on the stage, analyzed the psychology of the examiners - there were many, many candidates for interviews, and the teacher spent the whole day watching and listening. If he watched too much and listened too much, he might not leave any special impression on any candidate. Everyone's basics are similar. Therefore, it is necessary to catch the examiner from the content of the read article.
The recital article that my father chose for Sha Tong was an interesting essay in "Reader's Digest" in the 1980s. It tells the story of the mentality of a young man who blindly pursues fashion just after the reform and opening up. Look for jeans from the American brand Apple, which are said to wrap your buttocks like an apple. The perfume should be from France, and the speakers should be from Japan. For a while, this fashionable young man suddenly disappeared from the circle of friends. And his friends all regard him as the standard of fashion. If they can't see him for a period of time, their friends feel that they have no target to worship, and they are in constant panic. Two months later, the young man suddenly appeared, wearing glasses and very mysterious. He said: "I have hepatitis. Don't underestimate this hepatitis. It is pure Australian hepatitis!" After a tiring day, the teachers suddenly were attracted by the humor and listened. They laughed and had a lot of fun with Sarong. Impressed.
After watching the video, teachers from Communication University of China admitted Sha Tong. Report to Communication University of China. There are more than 30 people in the class, coming from various provinces and cities. When the freshmen met with the teacher, among so many classmates, the teacher actually remembered Sha Tong, "Oh, your name is Sha Tong, right? You recited a humorous essay during the exam." Being a TV host is not so much It was Shatong's choice, rather it was his father's choice. Moreover, the father is proud of his choice back then and proud of having such a son.
Stay at CCTV
In 1990, Sha Tong graduated from Communication University of China. As a student of the Broadcasting Department. Being able to work at CCTV is the best way out. Although it is a two-way choice, there is not much room for choice. Sha Tong not only interned at CCTV, but also hoped to work here. He was not the only one to intern at CCTV, there were more than a dozen of his classmates. It is about 20 kilometers from Communication University of China to CCTV. Every morning, he gets up at around 5 o'clock and is the first to leave the school at around 6 o'clock. He was one of the people rushing to work in the city. The last one to go back against the stars was Sha Tong.
Soon, Sha Tong started broadcasting sports news. One day in April, the wind was quite strong. After recording the video, I could leave at around 6pm, and it was already around 8pm when I got back to the university. Suddenly, Shatong remembered a word: pickaxe. At that time, Lee Chang-ho, a young Korean chess player, was not very famous. "Hao" has two pronunciations, one is "gao" for pickaxe head, and the other is "hao" for pickaxe gold. Sha Tong thought, this word has two pronunciations, so he asked the old comrade: How to pronounce this word? The old comrade said decisively, "Lee Chang-ho gao Lee Chang-ho gao!" Back at the college, Sha Tong pondered this matter. When buying food, I discussed with my classmates and they said that I should pronounce "hao"! Sha Tong said, I think we should pronounce "hao" too! I went back to the dormitory and looked up in the dictionary. When the place name was mentioned, I should pronounce hao, and what I should pronounce when the name of the person was not specified. He was still not sure, so he called a teacher again. The teacher said: Pronounce "hao", that's right!
I didn’t even eat the saton rice anymore and hurried back. The wind was howling. When we got to the TV station, it was already 9:50. "Dengdengdeng" ran to the broadcasting room on the third floor, took out the video tape, found the broadcaster, and changed "gao" to "hao". He was still uneasy and watched the broadcast until it was over. Sha Tong walked away relieved. In the elevator, I met Yang Weiguang. At the gate, Director Yang got into the special car and Sha Tong squeezed into the bus. Maybe, this incident left some impression on Director Yang; maybe, Director Yang used this incident as an example on some occasions; maybe, Director Yang mentioned this matter to the director of the Sports Department Having said that; it is also possible that Director Yang simply forgot about it. In short, among the five boys who interned at CCTV, only one remained, Shatong. In fact, what impressed Sha Tong was that the director of the sports department was very serious about his work, and he did all the work of fetching water, sweeping the floor, and buying food!
Work content
At that time, Ma Guoli had just become director, and it was a time when sports programs were preparing for great development. The original sports host, such as Song Shixiong, Han Qiaosheng, etc., were all transferred from sports commentators. As a column, it is purely sports broadcast, which seems a bit thin. To set up sports news, sports special topics, etc., broadcasters and hosts with professional backgrounds are needed, and Sha Tong just caught up with this good time. Sha Tong's main job is to do news and special topics, such as "Sports News", "Sports World", "China Sports", "World Sports Report", "Sports Square", etc. At most, he does five columns a week. . Sometimes, when the broadcasters are too busy, they will help with some broadcasts. At that time, he worked night shifts for more than 40 consecutive days. At the end of the day, I was stunned. At that time, Shatong's slogan was: "As long as the skylight is not opened." Not opening the skylight is like a student's 60-point long live. As a TV station, opening up the skylight is the biggest mistake, that is, when the program is supposed to be broadcast, the program cannot be produced. At CCTV, only the Sports Department is broadcast live every day. Especially in the past few years, almost all the programs of the Sports Department, including the columns "World Sports Report" and "World of Sports", are broadcast live. The hosts and announcers in the sports department are all very capable in live broadcasting. When broadcasting a game, more often than not, there is no script. At most, you just write an outline and start broadcasting. The hosts and announcers in the sports department are so talkative that they can go on for as long as they want. Strong ability in drafting and live streaming! Sha Tong likes to live broadcast, and he will live broadcast from 14:00 to 15:00 in the afternoon. After getting ready, his working time is this hour. If it is video recording, recording a 60-minute program can last two hours. Sometimes something is wrong here, and sometimes there is something wrong. It’s not appropriate anymore, because everyone knows it’s a video, so it doesn’t matter, and I’m not very focused. And live broadcast, the spirit is highly concentrated.
Sha Tong’s first live broadcast was at the 1992 Barcelona Olympics. It was less than a year before he returned to CCTV from the closed-circuit TV station of Daqing No. 2 Oil Production Plant. The manuscript has been written in advance. Later, I learned that you can’t use scripts for live broadcasts. Using scripts is because you are tired of yourself.
Because the thinking during the live broadcast is different from the thinking when preparing the manuscript in advance, the two ideas will fight during the actual live broadcast! Sha Tong took the manuscript he had written in advance and memorized it for three days. It was broadcast live at 12 noon, and I was still reciting it until about 10 a.m. It’s 11:30, and I’m still memorizing it. It’s so familiar! There is still one minute left before the broadcast, and I am still memorizing it... There are still 30 seconds left... There are still 10 seconds left, and I am still memorizing it... Then I can't even remember it. I looked down at the first line and remembered everything. The palms of my hands were all sweaty and the manuscript was wet. The more live broadcasts you have, the more experience you will have. I won’t write a manuscript in advance. I’ll just take a look at today’s live broadcast and write a few points in outline, and then I’ll have the whole idea down. I’ll talk about the specifics later. The director of "Between Cities" is Xin Shaoying, who was previously the director of "Zhengda Variety Show". She saw "Between Cities" in France and thought the program was very interesting and had a great public impact, so she brought the program to China. After she brought the program to the Sports Department, she discussed her ideas for the program with Director Ma Guoli. This program needed a host, and Director Ma Guoli recommended Sha Tong. The program "Between Cities" is a brand new experience for Sha Tong. Before doing this show, the audience was familiar with his image, whether in the studio or during live broadcasts, he always wore a suit and tie and sat upright.
And "Between Cities" is a program with a lot of live improvisation, which is very different from the column host, and completely shows another side of human nature. Through this program, Sha Tongye showed the audience that Sha Tong not only has a serious side, but also a lively, joking, playful, and somewhat big boy side. The Sha Tong in the program "Between Cities" is the real Sha Tong. Because he is a host, he has more than a dozen suits, but he never wears a suit and a tie, very casually. It cannot be said that Sha Tong, who broadcasts news and makes columns, is not the real him, but is far different from him in life. And Sha Tong in "Between Cities" is closer to him in real life.