CCTV Spring Festival Gala "Shanzhai" Undercurrents: One is high-profile, the other is mysterious

The "Pirate Version of Ni Ping" Guo Jinrong appeared in the unauthorized version of CCTV Spring Festival Gala which featured many Hong Kong stars. The CCTV Spring Festival Gala has dominated television screens for 25 years, but this year it suddenly faces direct challenges from the "Pirate Spring Festival Gala" and various local satellite TV channel galas. To compete with CCTV's annual "New Year's Eve dinner," other "Spring Festival Galas" have each revealed their own unique strengths...

Note: The term "山寨" can be translated as "unauthorized," "pirate," or "knockoff," depending on the context. Here, I used "pirate" to reflect the creative and unofficial nature of these competing events.