Diep Chi's "wishes"

(Baonghean) - “The 7th Wish” has finally returned after 60 days of being “suspended” due to the incident of the “unreal fairy tale love story” of a Thanh Hoa boy for a blind Nghe An girl. Because of that incident, Diep Chi – a famous female MC and editor of VTV had to go through a difficult broadcast: Apologizing to the audience for making mistakes during her work. That was probably the most memorable memory in her journalistic career and 9-year journey with VTV of this emotional and tearful Vinh girl – her strength and weakness…

“Apologies are given without expecting anything in return…”

Unlike the times when she hosted the Golden Bell, Do Re Mi or chatted over a cup of “Morning Coffee”…, Diep Chi’s voice had probably never been so soft, almost tearful, the tearfulness of someone who knew he was at fault but it was an unintentional mistake: “…Like many other 7th Wish programs, we came to this story with a completely pure heart, with the desire to bring a better life to characters in special circumstances. Regardless of our starting point and how many reasons we want to explain to you, right now we would like to take responsibility for the mistakes because we were not determined to go all the way in our professional work, causing a truly regrettable incident to occur in the 7th Wish program broadcast on January 10, 2015 on VTV3…”.

MC, Editor Diep Chi.

Compared to the apology that caused a negative reaction in the past by the female lead in “Nhat ky Vang Anh”, Diep Chi’s apology - on the contrary - impressed with its sincerity and “property”: “The apology is not made in the hope of receiving love or forgiveness...”. Because above all, Chi understands that the mistake that she and her crew made was not only with the people involved, but more broadly, its consequences could lead to the audience losing faith in kindness, in “modern-day fairy tales” - the treasure that The 7th Wish has been trying to find and bring to the audience for so long. “I hope that the audience will never lose faith in human kindness, in the humane values ​​of life…” - she said.

Then, when she returned to her personal page, she reminded herself once again: “If you make a mistake, correct it. If you stumble, get up. You've been foolish enough, it's time to be "smart". You've bowed your head sincerely, now raise your head and move on...", "I was wrong, I don't blame anyone. I only feel remorse when my mistake causes many people to be involved. Without this "incident", I would have rushed forward like a moth to a flame, would have worked hard day and night, would have loved blindly... And then, if I don't stumble now, I will fall later. It's worth it to hurt to "grow up", right?"...

“Will still love and believe…”

“The storm season is over”. The 7th wish has been “unbanned” to the joy of the crew and the dedicated female editor of the station: “After 60 days..., the neatly folded blue shirt is now about to be soaked with sweat. I miss the trips so much, I want to hug strangers again, bring them joy and make myself happy. I am grateful for the countless shares and encouragements over the past 60 days, hundreds of loving messages and even reproaches that have been read and remembered. I am grateful for the patience and touching urgings, not a day goes by without someone asking “When will you... come back”, “When will you continue?”. It is so nice to know that I and many others share the same nostalgia... It is time to come back, Wish! See you on a beautiful April day…”. And then that day has come: “Today - a beautiful Saturday, The 7th Wish officially returns, after a year on air. Today at 1pm on VTV3, everyone (it's been a long time since I've been informed about this so I'm jumping for joy while typing!” - Chi almost skipped on Facebook.

Diep Chi in a program of the 7th Wish. Photo: Internet

And now, she and her small family are setting foot in a faraway place: Colmar, a small town near the border of France and Germany, the capital of the French wine route and the only place in the world that sells a strange commodity: sunsets. “Perhaps nowhere else is the image of the end of the day so glorious. Thousands of people wait, lining up to choose a seat since the sun is still vertical, and then without anyone telling them, all applaud when the last halo of light drifts down to the Aegean Sea. A wonderful “performance”!... ”. It is also a rare “relaxing” time that this extremely busy and especially in-demand female editor and MC has tried to filter out from her tight work schedule to “give a gift” to her small family - where her greatest asset is baby Sumo and a husband (MC Trung Kien) who is always willing to pick his wife up at the airport in the middle of busy business trips.

If she can't go far, Chi's "gift" will be meals that are decorated very attractively and to come up with that menu, that "housewife" is usually "no ordinary person".

Swallow tired but go

The life of a journalist, especially a visual journalist, and with the added “sin of loving the job” like this Nghe An girl who possesses a “regional specialty” of a determined personality, it would be strange if it weren’t hard and busy! Chi recounted that once, after finishing her “Morning Coffee” shift at the beginning of the day, she met her colleagues at the Radio Station, and they exclaimed: “Oh, you guys are not human anymore!”

Chi admitted: “The sleepless nights from last month to this month. The programs continued without a break, but if you still had the energy to laugh out loud, you are definitely not a... mortal anymore!”

Although it is not easy to have much time for her family, Chi does not regret the passion she has put into her work. Not only because the opportunity Chi had at Vietnam Television was not easy for a girl from the provinces, but it was also the place that marked the most beautiful time of her youth; where the name Diep Chi was first known in the program "Ring the Golden Bell"; where she and her young, dedicated colleagues "laughed heartily and sometimes hugged each other and cried until there were no more tears left. Glory and storms, joy and suffering - because of things not done for themselves...". The most memorable work experience for Chi “is not the beautiful makeup, the lights and the applause, but the endless sleepless nights, the pale faces silently looking at each other, the urgings to “try to get some sleep”, the scoldings - “eat it now, do you want to die there”; when people and families reunite, the whole group stays awake, swallowing the hardship. Only knowing how to lean their heads on each other’s shoulders when exhausted, dreaming together of warm blankets, soft mattresses and young children...”, because “this job is not glamorous, not easy, not as easy as people think...”.

Miss Nguyen Thu Thuy once told me: “People whose lives seem to be in chaos due to pressure and a busy work schedule…, actually stay young for a long time, compared to those who are idle and passive. It’s simply because their bodies and minds are always active and that is what creates the source of life that nourishes their youthfulness.” This sentence is indeed true in Diep Chi’s case!

Nguyen Le