"It's really not up to me to decide whether I will be the chief director of next year's CCTV Spring Festival Gala. From my own feelings, I would like to say I wouldn't like to take this mission further."

Ha Wen, chief director of the CCTV Spring Festival Gala for the past two years, in an interview with Beijing Youth Daily. The CCTV gala attracts the world's largest TV audience for a show of its type.