At night.
It was three minutes to 8 PM.
At Zhang Ye's in-law's house.
"Changhe, come here quickly!"
"Why?"
"It's starting!"
"What? But it's not time yet?"
"Hurry over!"
…
Online.
"Ah!"
"It's starting, it's starting!"
"It's already beginning?"
"Why did it start ahead of schedule?"
"I don't know."
"Eh, what's this?"
"An introductory video?"
"There's never been something like that in the past galas, right?"
…
America.
Chinatown.
"Mom, the Spring Festival Gala has started!"
"Ah? Shouldn't it be starting in another few minutes?"
"Come and watch! It's really started!"
"It's beginning!"
…
Right now!
At this minute and second!
The entire world's Chinese population turned their attention to Central TV Department 1.