MC "telling stories in the dark"

I have been a late-night radio host for nearly 25 years, and sometimes I don't know if I'm the narrator or a character in the story.

There were nights when I read the part where the character cried, I choked up and couldn’t continue, then had to stop and wipe my tears. Not because the story was too sad, but because I felt like I was living in that story. Each character, each line of dialogue, each silence… seemed to pull me into a world where I was no longer myself. And then there were times when I burst out laughing at night just because of a small detail that made my heart tremble, or the everyday, silly, innocent details of the character that soothed my heart.

Every time I speak, I live another life. When the characters laugh, I laugh too. When they suffer, I feel my heart ache and break with each word. Each character is a part of my soul.

Every time I open my voice, I feel like I am living another life. When the characters laugh, I also laugh. When they suffer, I feel my heart tighten, breaking with each word. Each character is a part of my soul... Sometimes I become a blind girl waiting for her lover at the train station. At night, I transform into a lonely old man with a cat as a friend. Those lives, those fates, those feelings gradually seep into my blood, into my heart, making it impossible for the MC of "Truyen dem nuoc" to be indifferent, even though he has read hundreds, thousands of stories. Emotions follow each page of the story, like waves rolling away, unable to stop... It is a journey that is both lonely and magical - a journey to be friends with the emotions of thousands of hearts listening in silence.

The listener listens in the dark, but the reader must light up the whole imaginary world. A voice that rings out in the dark is not just a sound, but a warmth, a companion, a comforting arm for someone who has just gone through a long, tiring day. In that quiet and still time, the MC of “Late Night Stories” must be empathetic and sharing, a connecting thread from heart to heart.

People say that being an MC for a newspaper only requires a voice. But with “Late Night Stories”, a voice alone is not enough. You must have emotions, you must know how to cry through your reading voice, you must know how to laugh through your breathing. You must know how to turn your heart into a connecting place to bring the flow of emotions from the book to the listener’s ears and straight into the listener’s heart. Being the MC for the “Late Night Stories” program, I have determined that it is not just reading a story, nor is it simply being a broadcaster conveying the content, but it must be an emotional journey - a silent yet intense transformation. Being an MC for the late night time slot, we do not read with our eyes, do not speak with our mouth, but must tell stories with our whole heart.

Many listeners have commented: “You read the stories so well, listening to them makes me feel like I’m reliving my youth, I see myself in them”; another person said: “I can’t sleep if I don’t hear Hong Trang telling “Late Night Stories” every night”. Those comments, to me, are the most precious reward for a 25-year journey without a stage, without lights, but full of emotions.

If someone were to ask me: “Do you ever feel lonely when you’re sitting alone in the studio, facing a cold microphone, talking to an invisible space?”, I would smile and answer: “No. Because I always feel like someone, somewhere, is listening to me, in all the gentlest silence of the night. Because I know that somewhere in the dark, someone is lying quietly, eyes turned to the ceiling, heart silently waiting for a story to soothe. There are people who have just gone through a long, tiring day, needing a voice to understand, to hold on to a little peace. Maybe they’re crying. Maybe they’re laughing. But in that moment, they and I - even though we’ve never met - are connected by an invisible language: the language of emotions.”

Quiet but profound. Lonely but beautiful. That is what listeners will feel when listening to “Late Night Stories”. As for me, the MC of the program “Late Night Stories”, I wish to be friends with the microphone, friends with the late night and “soul mate” with the listeners. Because being the MC of the program “Late Night Stories” is not about telling stories, but living with the stories. Not about reading, but about sharing. Not about being heard, but about feeling. And in every breath, every silence, every punctuation mark… I just hope that I can bring something small but precious: a gentle sleep, a sadness lessened, a beautiful memory recalled, or simply a feeling… of being listened to, so that I can continue to believe in the gentleness of this world.

Source: https://baobinhphuoc.com.vn/news/548/173187/mc-ke-chuyen-trong-bong-toi