"Young Days" held an emergency meeting.
Chen Biqiu asked, "Why did this happen? Why would they bring artists to the water's edge without any protective measures?"
Li Zhenzhen immediately said, "I blame myself for this. I felt the current recording content was a bit bland, so I suggested that they go fishing by the reservoir without fully considering the safety issues."
Chen Biqiu glanced at Li Zhenzhen, whose face was full of self-blame.
Seeing this, Chen Biqiu sighed and didn't say anything more.
Zheng Hesong said at this time: "This incident has nothing to do with the director. It was clearly Meng Li who was not paying attention and insisted on wearing high heels to the reservoir. When we got there, we all warned her not to go near the water, but she insisted on being photographed, posing coquettishly. In the end, she wasn't paying attention and stepped on empty air. How can you blame us? The scene was recorded on video."
"Even if it was Mengli's own carelessness, did it happen while she was recording our show?" Chen Biqiu questioned Zheng Hesong in a serious tone.
Zheng Hesong wanted to continue to defend himself, saying, "Even if it happened during the recording of our show, we are not babysitters. How could we possibly watch her all the time?"
Chen Biqiu slammed his hand on the table, making a loud "bang!"
The loud noise startled everyone present.
Chen Mo was so scared that his pen fell to the ground.
She quickly bent down and picked it up.
Chen Biqiu glared at everyone and said, "Can you tell these things to the audience? Can you tell Meng Li's fans?"
Chen Biqiu suddenly got so angry that no one dared to speak.
"This incident has already happened. How to give an explanation is what we need to discuss." Chen Biqiu took a deep breath. "If this incident causes public opinion and people accuse our program of disregarding the safety of our guests and failing to take protective measures, don't forget the consequences of a program two years ago where a guest suddenly died during recording and the entire program was canceled!"
Chen Biqiu's words made everyone lose their temper.
He looked at Li Zhenzhen and said, "Come with me and return to the city tonight. We must appease Meng Li and her management team tonight."
He looked at Zheng Hesong again and said, "Hesong, I'll leave this to you. Luckily, no one else was present when this happened today, and there haven't been any rumors online yet. Tell everyone to watch their mouths. As for the other artists, each team should go and comfort them."
Chen Bijiu assigned all the tasks in a swift and decisive manner.
Everyone did as they were told.
At this moment, although Li Zhenzhen was the chief director, he still followed Chen Biqiu's arrangements.
As someone in the program team said, although Li Zhenzhen is the nominal director of "Young Days", the actual helmsman is still Chen Biqiu.
Most of this team is Chen Biqiu's people.
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The incident of an artist falling into the water was completely beyond Li Zhenzhen's expectations, and made Li Zhenzhen's emotions uncontrollably depressed.
From the first day of recording, "Young Days" seemed to be unlucky and various problems kept occurring.
Every time Li Zhenzhen thought the situation was improving, new problems would arise.
Li Zhenzhen has not slept well these days, averaging only four or five hours of sleep a day. After the actual recording started, she lost the ability to control herself and was pushed around by all kinds of things every day.
When Mengli fell into the water, Li Xia ran over and not only scolded them, but also took Mengli away.
What devastated Li Zhenzhen the most was not the things mentioned above, but the moment when Chen Bijiu lost his temper while they were sitting in the workshop just now.
Li Zhenzhen clearly saw the gap between herself and Chen Biqiu.
In the past, Li Zhenzhen always felt that she had accumulated enough talent and experience to be fully qualified to be the director of a program without having to be an assistant director.
She was very ambitious and wanted to make her own show. She didn't want the show to be too money-oriented. She even felt that Chen Biqiu's style was too old-fashioned and would eventually be eliminated.
But when the problem really arose, Chen Biqiu could immediately make various arrangements with clear thinking and decisiveness - Li Zhenzhen did not say a word, and let Chen Biqiu speak for her and say what she should have said. It seemed that she respected Chen Biqiu, but only Li Zhenzhen herself knew that at that moment, her mind was blank and she had no idea what arrangements to make.
Yes, it was not until that moment that Li Zhenzhen realized the real gap between herself and Chen Biqiu.
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Chen Biqiu was driving and Li Zhenzhen was sitting in the passenger seat.
The night is dark and the road is winding.
Chen Biqiu looked at Li Zhenzhen several times, but Li Zhenzhen didn't react at all and had no expression on her face.
"Are you scared?" Chen Biqiu asked.
"Ah?" Li Zhenzhen came to her senses, shook her head, and said, "No, I've just been too tired recently. And then something like this happened today. Maybe it was a bit too sudden, and I haven't recovered yet."
"It's your first time as a director and it's normal for you to not react immediately. There's no need to put so much pressure on yourself." Chen Biqiu saw what Li Zhenzhen was struggling with and suddenly turned to comfort her. "Besides, if it's not this, it will be something else."
"What?" Li Zhenzhen didn't understand Chen Biqiu's last sentence.
Chen Biqiu said: "Even if this incident hadn't happened, Li Xia would still have found an excuse to take Meng Li away. Meng Li wouldn't have stayed on this show. After what happened on the first day, this was doomed."
Li Zhenzhen said: "I thought they would at least wait until the first taping was over, or until the end of this season."
"Maybe, if the drowning incident hadn't happened, but I actually think it's a good thing," Chen Biqiu said. "She didn't want to stay on the show anymore, and we didn't want her to stay either. It's just that we didn't have a legitimate reason, so it was difficult for her to speak up, and it was difficult for us to speak up. Whoever speaks up would be the one breaking faith. Now, look, Li Xia has taken Meng Li away so ruthlessly, so she might not have had such thoughts."
Li Zhenzhen was a little surprised. "I thought you took me with you to find Li Xia and Meng Li tonight to persuade them to come back."
"We still have to persuade them. We have to save face, but they definitely won't come back," Chen Biqiu said firmly. "We'll go there tonight and just try to appease them. They won't use the drowning incident as a tactic to retaliate against us."
"How do you bite?"
"They say our production team's arrangements are unreasonable, or they're playing the victim. If they want to take a bite, they have many tricks and can act any way they want," Chen Biqiu said. "It's not like you haven't seen her acting before."
Li Zhenzhen's face changed immediately.
Chen Biqiu: "The first thing is to deal with her and her team and tell them to stop talking nonsense. At least to the outside world, we are parting peacefully and amicably. The second thing is to find a new guest."
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In the evening, in the young people's hut, a group of people sat together with worry. The atmosphere that had finally improved in the past few days returned to the pre-liberation era overnight.
"I don't know how Mengli is doing." Song Linxin said.
"I just choked on the water twice, it's not a big deal," said Li Zhibai.
The young people's house, which used to house eight people, now has only seven people left.
Meng Li finally passed away in a way that no one expected.
"Now that Mengli is gone, do we still have to continue recording the show?"
"Why don't you continue recording?" Li Zhibai asked, "Can't the show continue without Mengli?"
"But didn't we say before that our program will be changed to a task-based format in the future? Something went wrong today when we did the task for the first time." Song Linxin's face was full of worry.
"Are you worried that we will encounter similar safety issues when recording programs in the future?" Li Zhibai asked.
Song Linxin nodded. "I know Meng Li fell into the water today mainly because of her own fault. She lost her balance and fell. However, if the production team had made relevant preparations, considered various possibilities, and taken some precautions, it wouldn't have been so dangerous. After Meng Li fell into the water today, only the two of you jumped in to save her. If it weren't for you two, who would have saved her?"
Song Linxin questioned whether the program crew was not well prepared.
Her words made everyone else fall into deep thought.
Indeed, after Mengli fell into the water today, only Peng Zhixing and Li Zhibai jumped into the water to rescue Mengli. None of the staff on the scene went down.
After the incident, there were neither any rescue measures prepared in advance nor any relevant equipment to help them.
Yan Liang asked, "Is it because this trip was originally planned on the spur of the moment, so you didn't prepare so much?"
"If it was just a small river or something, it would be fine, but the water in the reservoir is so deep." Song Linxin crossed her arms over her chest, as if she had been psychologically traumatized by Meng Li's accident and was still in fear.
No one else spoke.
After a moment's silence, Peng Zhixing said, "No one wants to fall into the water. Fortunately, Meng Li didn't really get hurt. I think what Lin Xin said makes sense. Since the production team took us to the reservoir, they should have taken relevant preventive measures. Let's talk to them later."
"Yeah." Li Zhibai nodded. "I also support having a talk with the production team, not only about the precautions this time, but also about the subsequent recordings. To be honest, the current recordings really don't have much meaning. It was originally supposed to study how people get along with each other, but now they've just put a few of us in a room together for a few days. Every day we just chat and play games, without any substantive communication. Of course, many slow variety shows are filmed this way, and they might turn out to be quite interesting, but at least I feel that the daily filming is boring now. I wonder how you feel."
"I feel the same way." Song Linxin raised her hand and said, "I actually like you all very much, but just wandering around in this room every day like this is like being in prison."
"So you all feel this way?" Xiao Yun said cautiously, hugging his legs. "I thought I was the only one. Everyone seemed so happy and joyful, so I didn't dare to say anything."
"It's all acting." Li Zhibai pouted and shook his head. "You can't really say it's acting. When we're recording a show, everyone is definitely fully focused and trying to be their best in front of the camera. But like now, there's no emotional feedback at all. We have to force our emotions, and over time, it becomes like acting."
Lu Yanhe and Yan Liang looked at each other in surprise.
Neither of them expected that everyone would suddenly start criticizing the show.
Starting from Song Linxin's accusations to Li Zhibai's doubts about the filming, Lu Yanhe originally thought that the biggest problem of this program was the conflict between Li Zhibai and Meng Li. However, he now finds that this is not the case in the eyes of others. It turns out that everyone is secretly questioning the setting of the program itself.
"Then what should we do? Should we tell the director team?" Song Linxin asked.
Li Zhibai hesitated for a moment and asked, "What do you think?"
Peng Zhixing shook his head to indicate that he had no objection.
Song Linxin also shook her head and said, "This is actually only the first recording session, and we don't know what the show will look like when it's recorded. When Director Li Zhenzhen first told me about this show, I was actually very moved by her concept. Today is only the fourth day of recording. Wouldn't it be inappropriate for us to question her filming methods now?"
Li Zhibai said, "I'm not questioning it, but we're definitely facing a dilemma right now. At least none of us know what to do on this show, right? We need to communicate with the director and figure out what we should be doing on the show."
"If that's the case, why don't we figure it out ourselves?" asked Peng Zhixing.
"Um?"
Peng Zhixing said, "The director's philosophy is actually very simple. They want us to make all the decisions ourselves, right? Let's explore the space and possibilities of becoming friends. Since we all feel we don't know what to do, let's do this: each of us propose three things we most want to do together. How do you think we can do it? It might help us get to know each other better and become friends. Let's write them down. In half an hour, we'll gather here, announce them together, and then vote on them. We still have one day left tomorrow. The one with the highest number of votes will do it together tomorrow."
Song Linxin opened her eyes wide in surprise, "This is good."
Qin Zhibai said, "Can you not write it? I can do whatever you want. I can't think of anything."
"You can't figure it out before you even think about it." Li Zhibai glanced at Qin Zhibai.
Peng Zhixing patted Qin Zhibai on the shoulder and said, "You can't just sit back and enjoy the fruits of others' labor."
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In the workshop, Zheng Hesong sat up straight in disbelief.
What are these celebrity guests doing?
Just when the production crew was still fidgeting about Meng Li falling into the water, they suddenly started thinking about how to film the show later?!
Zheng Hesong felt that the show was suddenly in danger.
I feel like nothing is going right.
The doubts that Peng Zhixing, Li Zhibai, and Song Linxin had about this program were actually the same doubts that Zheng Hesong had in his own hearts.
After a few days, Zheng and Song themselves felt that this was not the way to shoot a regular program.
If Chen Biqiu hadn't been the producer, Zheng Hesong didn't know how long they could have lasted.
Now, some artists have even started to design how to shoot the show themselves?
Zheng Hesong didn't know how to describe his feelings.
He thought about it and felt that he had to tell Li Zhenzhen and Chen Bijiu about this.
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What kind of things can help everyone get to know each other and become friends as quickly as possible?
Lu Yanhe stayed in the room alone, thinking.
He really hopes that this show will be good.
So, what to do?
Lu Yanhe really knows nothing about variety shows.
He looked sad and confused.
etc--
Suddenly, a flash of inspiration flashed through his mind.
He doesn't understand variety shows, but he has watched quite a few!
Before coming into this world, he also experienced an era when variety shows were booming.
Lu Yanhe suddenly became excited! Yes, he has a golden finger!
How could you forget your greatest treasure?
During this year of traveling through time, Lu Yanhe has become more and more adapted to this world, and has increasingly come to see himself as a person of this world. Everything in the past seems to have become a dream of yesterday.
He always felt that he was just a newcomer, and no one would listen or care even if he said anything, so he never thought about the possibility of replicating those successful cases now.
However, the program "Young Days" itself is a very good container - Li Zhenzhen wants to make a young people's social program 100% independent of the production team's interference. Within this framework, they can do whatever they want. Isn't this a stage for Lu Yanhe to perform?
Lu Yanhe's eyes suddenly lit up.
Just like the Werewolf game before.
Lu Yanhe knew how popular this game was among young people.
Lu Yanhe's thinking seemed to have broken through a shackle, and he stood in another perspective to look at the relationship between himself and the world.
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Half an hour later, everyone gathered in the living room.
"Okay, everyone, please share your thoughts."
Peng Zhixing was the first to announce his ideas.
"First, let's all decorate this house together and rearrange it according to our own preferences."
"This is a big project. It can't be completed tomorrow, right?" Li Zhibai said immediately.
Peng Zhixing: "If we can't handle it, we can talk about it later. Just listen to me first."
"Second, have an open-air barbecue."
"Third, as the behind-the-scenes staff, please help me complete the recording of an episode of 'The Journey'."
Song Linxin immediately said, "I vote for the third idea. I've long wondered about the behind-the-scenes work involved in interview programs, and I'm particularly interested."
"Me too." Xiao Yun raised his hand.
Peng Zhixing smiled and waved his hand. "I'm just throwing out some ideas. Each of you should share your ideas first, and then we can vote together."
So everyone started talking one after another.
Everyone's ideas are purely based on their own preferences and are very imaginative. They can be ordinary activities like Peng Zhixing's "open-air barbecue", or activities like "going to the Arctic to see the aurora" that sound very romantic but are actually unaffordable for the program funds.
As everyone spoke out their ideas one after another, everyone's hearts gradually began to beat faster. After hearing this, there didn't seem to be anything interesting that would make anyone think, "This is it!"
Compared to the initial excitement when they heard Peng Zhixing's proposal, everyone is now gradually losing interest.
In the workshop, Zheng and Song watched their momentum slowly waning and couldn't help but mutter, "Do you really think it's so easy to come up with an interesting idea?"
At this time, Yan Liang finished speaking about his ideas. Peng Zhixing looked at Lu Yanhe and said, "Yanhe, it's your turn. Do you have any ideas?"
Lu Yanhe nodded.
He said: "My idea is actually very simple, and it's not something I want to do myself. I just think it may help us get to know each other better, three games."
"Games?" Peng Zhixing couldn't help showing a bit of surprise when he heard that Lu Yanhe was thinking about three games.
Others also looked puzzled and even a little disappointed.
They have basically been playing games these days and have long been tired of them. Why does Lu Yanhe still let everyone play games?
Lu Yanhe also noticed everyone's disappointment.
He said, "It's a little different from the game we played before. You can listen to it first."
Peng Zhixing also noticed that everyone's mood was getting low and said, "Let's listen first and then vote at the end."
Lu Yanhe said, "The first game is called 'I Have It, You Don't'. Simply put, each person says something they've done that no one else has. For example, I debuted at the age of fifteen, as did Yan Liang. No one else has done that, so the person who hasn't has to put down a finger. There are seven of us now. Each person says something, and whoever puts down five fingers first loses."
"Oh my, this game is interesting." Li Zhibai was the first to say.
"As for the punishment for the loser, let's decide it together," said Lu Yanhe.
Peng Zhixing gave Lu Yanhe a thumbs-up and said, "This game is good."
Lu Yanhe laughed, "The second game is also very simple, it makes you feel uncomfortable."
"What do you mean?" Li Zhibai looked surprised.
Lu Yanhe smiled and said, "Each of us will write a word or an action on a card and then put it on each other's head. Everyone except ourselves can see the information on our heads. We have to do everything we can to make this person say the word or perform the action. Once they do it, they will be eliminated."
Yan Liang looked at Lu Yanhe in surprise and said, "Did you come up with this game all by yourself?"
"Yeah." Lu Yanhe nodded.
He had checked all these games and it was clear that none of these popular games existed in this world.
Lu Yanhe didn't know how to describe his feelings at that moment.
It's like he has a warehouse full of gold at home, but he has been working diligently to make money.
"The third game is the Werewolf I mentioned to everyone a few days ago," Lu Yanhe said. "Actually, I think we can put the third game off for later. It'll be more fun once we all get to know each other better."
The main reason is that Lu Yanhe has not yet fully formulated the rules of the game.
There are only seven people, and he has to act as a judge. According to the rules he knows, six people cannot play well, so the rules may need to be adjusted.
Xiao Yun looked at Lu Yanhe in disbelief and said, "How could you come up with so many games?"
"Because I love playing," Lu Yanhe said sheepishly. "Before, I was embarrassed to talk to people in front of a lot of people. I was a bit introverted, so I often thought of some ice-breaking games on my own."
Qin Zhibai asked: "Are you introverted?"
Everyone laughed when Qin Zhibai asked this question.
The person who seemed the most introverted here was Qin Zhibai. When he asked this question, it seemed like he was questioning Lu Yanhe.
Lu Yanhe said, "I used to be even more introverted than you. Really, you can find out by searching my old videos online."
Peng Zhixing said, "I have this game that you don't have, and I think we can try it now."
"Then we need to agree on the punishment first," Lu Yanhe said, "and if you really lose, you must do it."
Peng Zhixing asked: "What punishment do you think is best?"
Yan Liang: "Will you get up and make breakfast for everyone tomorrow morning?"
"That's boring." Song Linxin shook her head. "How about this? Everyone writes a punishment, and the loser draws lots. They get whatever punishment they draw."
Li Zhibai looked at Song Linxin in shock: "Are you playing such a big game?"
Song Linxin raised her chin, with a look of "who's afraid of who" on her face, and asked, "Why, you don't dare?"
"Why wouldn't I dare?" Li Zhibai said, "You'd better not pick the one I wrote."
Lu Yanhe was at a loss whether to laugh or cry. After thinking for a while, he wrote on the paper: Tell me a piece of gossip you know about in the circle.
After writing, everyone showed the punishment they wrote to the camera.
Li Zhibai said again: "Everyone, just pray that you don't get the one I wrote."
Peng Zhixing: "Li Zhibai, have you ever thought that it might be possible that you drew the one you wrote?"
Li Zhibai: "I wouldn't be so unlucky."
"That's not necessarily true," said Song Linxin.
Xiao Yun clasped his hands together and said, "Let Li Zhibai draw the one he wrote himself."
Lu Yanhe asked curiously, "What did you write?"
Li Zhibai said, "Call the person you have a crush on and ask him to remember to watch the show."
Lu Yanhe's eyes widened in shock. "Are you playing such a big game?"
Qin Zhibai quickly shook his head and said, "No, this won't work."
"Oh, who are you secretly in love with?" Li Zhibai immediately grabbed Qin Zhibai and asked with a wink.
Qin Zhibai's cheeks flushed, "No!"
Peng Zhixing laughed and clapped his hands on his thigh, "We haven't even started playing yet, and one has already exploded."
"Brother Zhixing, you're getting complacent too soon. This is a gentleman's game, you can't cheat." Song Linxin said, "But what if I don't have a crush on someone right now?"
Li Zhibai said, "Then tell me how you confessed your feelings to someone."
"..." Lu Yanhe said, "What about those who haven't confessed their feelings to anyone?"
"Anyway, you can either call your secret crush. You don't have to tell us who it is or make it public, just let them watch the show. Or, you can tell them your confession story, or your secret crush story, about who you've liked and what your stories are." Li Zhibai said, "It's a gentleman's game. You can't cheat. You have to pass it if everyone agrees."
A group of people's adrenaline was raised.
"Old Lu, you started this game first, so you go first," said Li Zhibai.
Lu Yanhe said, "When I came up with this game, I didn't expect your punishment to be so harsh!"
"Stop talking nonsense and start!" Li Zhibai yelled.
Lu Yanhe shook his head helplessly and thought for a moment. This game was all about talking about something that most people hadn't done. Lu Yanhe thought about it and came up with an idea. He said, "I've been live streaming and studying for a year!"
The others lowered one of their five open fingers.
"That's really cruel of you," Peng Zhixing said immediately, "I've celebrated my birthday twenty-five times."
Among the group, only Peng Zhixing was over 25 years old.
The others lowered their fingers.
Qin Zhibai said dimly, "I have lived abroad for seven years."
Xiao Yun immediately laughed, "Although I didn't have seven years, I did live abroad for two years. Should that count?"
"It's seven years for me." Qin Zhibai had just finished speaking when the others nodded and said "OK". Qin Zhibai looked at those who said "OK" in disbelief and wanted to say something, but Xiao Yun immediately exclaimed and laughed.
Now, Li Zhibai, Yan Liang, and Song Linxin only have two fingers left.
When it came to Song Linxin, she pondered for a moment, then suddenly thought of something. She smiled triumphantly and said, "I've had a boyfriend before. Pay attention, it's a boyfriend. Only those who have had a boyfriend can count."
“…”
Lu Yanhe and others silently put down a finger.
"Isn't this considered cheating?" Li Zhibai asked speechlessly.
Song Linxin shrugged, "You can also say that you have had a girlfriend."
Li Zhibai: "That's bullshit. With so many men, they killed one thousand enemies but lost eight hundred of their own."
Now only Li Zhibai and Yan Liang are left with only one finger left.
It was Li Zhibai's turn to speak.
Li Zhibai thought deeply for a long time, looked at Yan Liang, and laughed.
"I've been in love."
A group of people showed surprised expressions.
Song Linxin: "Is this a free question?"
Peng Zhixing didn't lift a finger either.
Neither did Qin Zhibai.
In the end, only Lu Yanhe and Yan Liang put down their fingers.
Yan Liang became the first person to have all five fingers destroyed.
He glared at Li Zhibai with resentment.
Li Zhibai laughed heartily, "Yan Liang, don't blame me. I would rather die than let my friend die."
Yan Liang: "Just wait! Come on, draw!"
He picked out a piece of paper from the ones where everyone had written their punishments.
"Among the other six people present, find one person to express your deepest love for him or her for one minute. It must be a passionate confession."
Song Linxin and Xiao Yun instantly screamed in surprise, their faces filled with excitement of watching a good show.
Lu Yanhe couldn't help laughing.
Yan Liang's cheeks flushed.
He looked around and asked speechlessly, "Who issued this punishment?"
"Me!" Xiao Yun raised his hand, his eyes full of pride. "Quick, quick, who do you want to choose to express your deep love?"
-
That night, the atmosphere seemed to begin to change under the influence of this game.
The seven young people were getting more and more involved in the game, forgetting about the camera shooting, and started to think of ways to win the game, make others suffer punishment, and watch others make a fool of themselves.
A few days ago, everyone went back to their rooms to rest at nine or ten o'clock, but this night, they played until half past eleven and still felt they hadn't had enough.
Later on, everyone was a little tired, so they changed seats and sat on the sofa area.
"I'm so tired." Song Linxin rubbed her face, "My face is almost frozen from smiling."
Xiao Yun leaned on Song Linxin's shoulder and said, "I never thought that Lu Yanhe and Yan Liang had never been in a relationship."
"They both just graduated from high school."
"I just find it strange that I haven't been in a relationship since I graduated from high school," Xiao Yun said.
Lu Yanhe and Yan Liang, who were teased, remained silent.
Peng Zhixing gave Lu Yanhe a thumbs-up and said, "I really didn't expect this game to be even more exciting than you said it would be."
Later on, they all started to deliberately say things that someone might not have done in order to deliberately punish him. A group of people were trying to cheat me and I was trying to cheat you, and the situation became more and more chaotic.
Lu Yanhe said, "Looks like I need to register a copyright so I can collect royalties later."
"Sure." Peng Zhixing nodded. "You're really talented at designing games. I'm looking forward to other games you design."
The game designed by Lu Yanhe is not a simple game. After a few hours, everyone talked about a lot of things they have done and not done through this game, which allowed them to have a deeper understanding of each other. This is the true meaning of this game.
The so-called ice-breaking.
This part is also very relevant and suitable for the theme of this program.
Everyone had a heartfelt feeling, and they finally took the first step towards becoming friends with each other.
-
Li Zhenzhen returned to the Young People's House at two o'clock in the morning.
She was exhausted, and her whole body gave off the feeling of a zombie who might collapse at any second.
However, as soon as she entered the workshop, Li Zhenzhen saw Zheng Hesong's eyes looking at her with an unusual brightness, like light bulbs plugged into a socket.
Li Zhenzhen couldn't help but frowned hesitantly and asked, "What's wrong with you? How many cups of coffee did you drink?"
Zheng and Song said: "You certainly can't imagine what happened during the few hours you were away."
"What happened?" Li Zhenzhen asked.
Zheng Hesong gestured to Li Zhenzhen to sit down.
He opened a video, patted Li Zhenzhen on the shoulder, and said, "I finally had a feeling tonight that this show is going to be a success."
This was the first time Li Zhenzhen heard Zheng Hesong speak to her in such a sincere tone since the program began recording.
Li Zhenzhen was really tired.
These days of non-stop work seemed to have drained all her strength and energy.
But after Zheng Hesong said this, Li Zhenzhen had no choice but to sit down, put on headphones, and start watching the video.
This video is more than four hours long and has not been edited in any way.
-
The first recording session ended at 5:20 pm on the fifth day of recording.
Lu Yanhe packed his suitcase and said goodbye to everyone.
Before the artists left, Li Zhenzhen gathered all the artists together and announced something.
"Meng Li will withdraw from the subsequent recordings of our program," Li Zhenzhen said. "As the director of this program, I'm very sorry. Many things went wrong during the first recording, making everyone feel uneasy, including Meng Li falling into the water yesterday afternoon. This was indeed due to our production team's failure to take proper precautions. Please believe me again, this will not happen again."
What Li Zhenzhen announced did not surprise anyone.
Almost everyone guessed that Meng Li was going to quit.
What everyone wants to know is, after Meng Li withdraws, how will this program be recorded next?
Li Zhenzhen said: "Before the second recording, we will discuss a plan to see how to record later, and then communicate this matter with everyone."
As soon as Meng Li left, Li Zhibai became the most popular and highest-ranking artist among all the current artists, and Peng Zhixing was also trusted by everyone because he was the oldest and was the host.
After Li Zhenzhen said this, everyone subconsciously looked at the two of them.
Peng Zhixing asked, "Director, will you change the recording format of this program?"
"What form do you mean?" Li Zhenzhen asked.
"Will your director team write the scripts for each subsequent recording, or will you still leave it to us so that we can get to know each other and do what we want to do?"
Li Zhenzhen said, "We'll discuss this later and then have a meeting with you. I watched your video last night and I liked it. You finally have a friendly atmosphere."
"Yeah," Peng Zhixing said, "Actually, we have some ideas of our own about the next recording session. To be more precise, it was Lu Yanhe who came up with the idea, and we all think it's great."
Li Zhenzhen asked, "Is this the idea you discussed this morning?"
"Yes." Peng Zhixing nodded.
Li Zhenzhen said: "Let's go back and think about it carefully. I also need to review it. Let's give each other some time and think carefully."
"OK."
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Lu Yanhe went back with Li Zhibai and Yan Liang.
When they came, the three of them took a separate car. When they went back, there was no photographer from the program crew following them, so the three of them got in one car.
Yan Liang said: "I finally got a feel for the recording, but the first take was over."
"Finally, I still have some feelings after the first recording. If I didn't feel anything at all, then this show would have been a waste of our time." Li Zhibai said, "The idea that Lao Lu proposed this morning is really good. If we can do it that way next time, it should be quite interesting."
Yan Liang turned to look at Lu Yanhe and praised him, "You are really talented. How come you have so many ideas in your head?"
"We really want to keep this show going. We've known each other for so long, and it's so hard to find a show we can record together," Lu Yanhe said. "This is our first project together."
In the past, Feng Zhi Shaonian also had joint programs, but they were all guest stars or only appeared once to perform. Unlike "Young Days", it was recorded three times and broadcast in twelve episodes.
Li Zhibai said, "Old Lu can just become a program writer. Your idea is amazing."
"No, no, no." Lu Yanhe quickly shook his head and said, "It's just an idea that came to me on a whim."
"That's right. Your idea has attracted all of us." Li Zhibai sighed. "I say, if 'Young Days' really wants to use your idea, you must charge the copyright fee. Don't let them get away with it for free."
Lu Yanhe was at a loss for words and said, "How could that be? We were supposed to design what we were going to do in the show. I just offered some ideas."
Li Zhibai: "Don't be silly, those games you proposed on the show will definitely be popular all over the country. Hurry up and ask Sister Yan to help you register the trademark and copyright, so that no one else can register them first."
When Lu Yanhe heard this, he felt reminded, and it was true. He immediately sent a message to Chen Ziyan: Sister Ziyan, have you registered the trademarks and copyrights for the games I told you about before?
Chen Ziyan said: It's been done, don't worry.
Lu Yanhe breathed a sigh of relief: That’s good.
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In the next few days, the Jiang Zhi chapter of "City Travel Notes" and the interview program "Journey" will be broadcast in turn.
He Yunlan and leaders of the local industrial and commercial department were welcomed in Lu Yanhe's live broadcast room to cooperate with the launch of Jiang Zhi's chapter and help Jiang Zhi sell local agricultural products.
The Jiang Zhi chapter was released in two parts, resulting in the release time of the (part 2) coinciding with "The Journey".
Jiang Zhi is not richer than Langhua, so he did not help Lu Yanhe buy hot searches.
However, Yemai.com, the live broadcast platform and the local media in Jiangzhi all promoted the program and Lu Yanhe's live broadcast room.
Lu Yanhe said in the live broadcast room: "This is my first time selling things in the live broadcast room, and I don't know much about it. However, the three products I want to recommend to you are all those I have eaten, drunk, and used in Jiangzhi. So, I recommend them very seriously, and you can also try them."
"This chili sauce is the local chili sauce used in Sister Jing's private dishes. It tastes amazing."
"Red plum wine is quite mellow. I'm not a big drinker, so everyone should drink according to their ability. If you can't drink much, you can buy a pot to try it first, but it's worth a try."
…
Lu Yanhe's live broadcast lasted for one hour, and the number of people watching the live broadcast exceeded 100,000.
This number of viewers is still not large in the live broadcast circle, but the sales of the three agricultural products combined exceeded two million, which surprised the person in charge of Jiangzhi.
"For me, Jiangzhi is a place I can go to when I'm tired or bored. It's not very modernized, with simple houses and small bridges and flowing water, yet it also has a prosperous atmosphere," said Lu Yanhe. "When we went there to record 'City Travels,' we had a great time eating and shopping. You can find a weekend to visit this city with family or friends. It's different from most modern cities and can give everyone a very different experience."
Compared with the live broadcast, the playback data of Jiang Zhi's episode also exceeded many people's expectations.
Originally, everyone expected the Jiangzhi chapter to be a success as long as it could reach half of the Langhua chapter.
Because the popularity of the Langhua chapter was a coincidence.
As a result, after the two episodes of Jiang Zhi were released, the number of viewers exceeded 2 million within 24 hours.
As an exclusive broadcasting website, Yemai.com not only attracted hundreds of thousands of new users through this documentary, but also attracted sponsors to insert end-credits ads.
Just as Xin Zixing and Lu Yanhe had expected, He Yunlan and Liu Yiyi, the couple who gave up Yuming and returned to Jiangzhi to work and live, attracted a lot of attention and discussion.
After the show went online, there was much more discussion about them than about Lu Yanhe.
The main reason is that one of them is handsome and the other is beautiful, and they have a good image, which attracts attention in itself.
The most gratifying thing is that the weekend after the program was broadcast, the number of tourists in Jiangzhi suddenly increased by nearly 20,000.
Everyone came here because they watched this show.
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The success of the Jiang Zhi chapter made Xin Zixing breathe a sigh of relief.
God knows how much she worries that the success of the Langhua episode of "City Travels" will be just a flash in the pan. How many people would be willing to watch this kind of documentary program?
Xin Zixiong herself has no idea.
The phone rang.
It’s Liu Qiao calling.
"Editor-in-Chief."
"Come to my office for a moment."
Xin Zixiong agreed, hung up the phone, and went to Liu Qiao's office.
As soon as Xin Zixiong came in, Liu Qiao asked her to sit down.
"Congratulations first! The Jiang Zhi episode has also achieved such great results," Liu Qiao said. "We just received internal data that the Jiang Zhi episode has attracted over 100,000 new users to our Yemai website."
Xin Zixing's eyes lit up and she said, "Thanks to the editor-in-chief's support, we can make this program."
"Where are you planning to record the next episode of "City Travels"? " Liu Qiao asked.
Xin Zixing said: "We are currently in contact with seven cities, but they are all still in the preparation stage and nothing has been finalized yet."
Liu Qiao said: "For the documentary 'City Travels', senior management has decided to increase investment."
"Increase investment?"
"The production budget for each episode has been increased to 500,000 yuan," said Liu Qiao.
"Five hundred thousand?" Xin Zixiong looked at Liu Qiao in surprise. She never expected that Liu Qiao would bring her such shocking news.
The recording of the previous episode only cost about 100,000 yuan.
Liu Qiao: "Now 'City Travels' has become our biggest business card for Yemai.com. Moreover, it is also a very valuable brand for Yemai.com itself. We need to further make the program more advanced."
"Of course you can if you have money."
"There's another request," Liu Qiao said. "In addition to Lu Yanhe, we need to invite one or two more artists to participate in each episode. The executives think that using only Lu Yanhe is getting boring, and switching to different artists can expand the publicity."
"Editor-in-chief, I've told you that if the guests on this show aren't suitable, we won't be able to achieve the results we have now," Xin Zixing said. "If you want to add more people, that's fine. If the budget is sufficient, I'll invite other guests. But if you want to replace Lu Yanhe, I suggest you be cautious. You can also count for yourself whether there is another young artist in the entire entertainment industry who can shoulder the concept of culture like Lu Yanhe. One of the important reasons why "City Travel Notes" has such a good reputation after two episodes is that Lu Yanhe is the one who is pulling the strings. His fan base is the fan base of our show, and for the public, his public image complements a program with a strong cultural attribute like "City Travel Notes". Replacing any other artist would probably be a loss for "City Travel Notes."
Liu Qiao: "Stop, stop, stop. I know how much you value Lu Yanhe, and I have no intention of asking you to replace him with someone else. But I also support the opinions of the senior management. We can't tie the show "City Travel" too closely to Lu Yanhe. He is just our co-artist. So far, he has only recorded two episodes with us, and his influence on the show is not that deep-rooted. If he keeps recording, and one day he stops recording the show, the impact on the show will be much greater than if we find a few people to record with him now."
Xin Zixing: "Without Lu Yanhe, this show wouldn't work. It's only been two episodes, and you're already worrying about Lu Yanhe not appearing in the show. You're being too prepared."
"Don't complain about the higher-ups' decision. What else can we do? Refuse to listen?" Liu Qiao said. "Go compile a list of artists. Starting from the next episode, pair Lu Yanhe with at least one artist to record the show with."
Xin Zixing: "With a budget of 500,000, it's definitely impossible to invite a big shot. Let's see who's suitable. You guys always give me problems."
"We're just getting started now. At least they haven't started to insert connections into your account yet. Once this show becomes popular enough that people start inserting connections into your account, that's when the real problem will arise."
"No, stop." Xin Zixiong immediately made a "forbidden" gesture.
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Lu Yanhe didn't expect that when he woke up, Xin Zixing and Li Zhenzhen both came to ask him out.
However, Lu Yanhe had already made an appointment with Chen Siqi to go to the printing factory to watch the pattern making today. There was no other way, Lu Yanhe had to make an appointment with Xin Zixing and Li Zhenzhen to meet in the evening.
He and Chen Siqi stayed in the printing factory all day, making layout adjustments and looking at the printed drafts.
It was only at this time that Lu Yanhe realized that there were so many complicated things to deal with when publishing a book and sending it to the printing factory.
The printed paper draft had a different color than the design draft. If they were to use the paper Chen Siqi had chosen, the cost would exceed the budget. They hoped to print it within 15 days, but the printing factory couldn't do that, so there was a lot of wrangling...
Fortunately, Xu Xiaoyin and Xu Mingyue came over.
Xu Xiaoyin had experience in dealing with them, and after rounds of communication, she finally solved these problems.
"I didn't expect that I'd finally finish it by the end of this month." Xu Xiaoyin took the trial copy, flipped through it, and said, "It wasn't easy."
"It's all thanks to Chen Siqi." Lu Yanhe also sighed, "I almost didn't have time to take care of this matter in the later period. It was all done by Chen Siqi."
"It's great that it can be done." Chen Siqi said, "Finally, the first episode of 'Jump Up' is done."
Xu Xiaoyin said: "We have already sent out order notifications to various channels. In a few days, we will be able to confirm the first print run quantity."
"Sister Xiaoyin, how many copies do you think the first print run of our "Jump Up" can reach?" Lu Yanhe asked.
Xu Xiaoyin said, "Well, conservatively speaking, it should be around 30,000 or 50,000. The market for physical publishing is really bad right now. If it weren't for your celebrity status, I'd estimate it would be difficult to reach 30,000 or 50,000. In fact, if there wasn't an e-version, the first print run would be much higher. With an e-version, the actual publication will definitely be affected. However, I'm very optimistic about the performance of this book after it's released. The content of your book is excellent, and many of the articles are resonant. It also talks about your student days. If it can impress the student market, sales will be good."
To be honest, the first print run of 30,000 to 50,000 is even lower than Lu Yanhe estimated.
Lu Yanhe originally thought that with the current lineup of authors, the book would get a better first print run.
"Then let's work harder on publicity." Lu Yanhe said.
Xu Xiaoyin said, "We'll really need your cooperation in promotion. Siqi, come along too. This is an era where online promotion is king, and we need to negotiate with each e-commerce channel one by one. Your willingness to cooperate with the promotion will have a huge impact on the terms we get. Since we're all thinking about turning this book into a series of Mooks, we have to get the first shot off."
"Yeah." Lu Yanhe nodded.
The first print run doesn't matter; what really matters is the long road ahead.
In the golden age of print media, many magazines could only sell 10,000 or 20,000 copies when they were first published. But later on, weren't they able to sell hundreds of thousands of copies per issue?
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After finishing the "Jump Up" project, Lu Yanhe rushed to the City Bookstore to meet Xin Zixing.
Xin Zixiong was already waiting for him at the City Bookstore, and he was ten minutes late.
"Sorry, Sister Zixing, there was a traffic jam on the road, so I kept you waiting."
Xin Zixing smiled and shook her head, saying, "It's okay. Have you had dinner?"
"Not yet." Lu Yanhe checked the time. It was already seven in the evening. "I just came from the printing factory."
"Then let's order something to eat. The waffles and Black Forest here are pretty good." Xin Zixing said.
Nowadays, bookstores and cafes are basically made into urban cultural IPs, where people can read books, eat and drink, and have become popular places for urbanites to socialize.
Lu Yanhe ordered waffles and a glass of milk.
Xin Zixing took this opportunity to tell him about the subsequent changes to "City Travel Notes".
"We hope to make this program more refined and include more people as tourists exploring the city," Xin Zixing said. "Currently, the main tourist is you alone. After discussion, we feel that if we can add one or two more people to each episode, the content of the program will be richer."
Lu Yanhe fell into deep thought.
Seeing this, Xin Zixing said, "If you have any recommendations, you can tell me directly. After all, I'm choosing a partner for you."
"Actually, I don't have anyone suitable, Sister Zixing. You're the one who started this show, so you know it best. Go ahead and find someone," Lu Yanhe said. "I also think it would be better if you could get a few more people to join the show. People would get tired of seeing just me all the time, right? Besides, I have classes and other work to do later, so I'm worried that it'll become harder to find time, which would affect the recording of your show."
Xin Zixing shook her head and said, "Yan He, you absolutely have to be on this show. We're here to fill your time slot. Don't get me wrong, I'm not looking for someone to replace you."
"How could that be?" Lu Yanhe smiled and waved his hands. "I'm serious. This program could definitely be made more interesting. If I'm the only one doing it, it would be really boring."
Lu Yanhe chatted with Xin Zixing for about forty minutes, and only after they had communicated these things did Xin Zixing leave.
Lu Yanhe did not leave and waited for Li Zhenzhen here.
Li Zhenzhen drove here to pick him up.
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"Tsk tsk, Lu Yanhe is obviously busier than me. It's only his first day back, and he's nowhere to be seen from morning to night." Li Zhibai sighed as he lay on the sofa.
Yan Liang said: "The more capable people are, the busier they are. During this recording, I was able to fully witness how talented Yan He is. He was able to come up with so many ideas, which is really amazing."
After saying this, Yan Liang suddenly thought of the conflict between Li Zhibai and Meng Li.
"Will the conflict between you and Meng Li be broadcast on the show?" Yan Liang asked.
Li Zhibai shook his head: "I don't know, let's see how they cut it."
Yan Liang: "Next time, don't impulsively admit to writing love letters to tease someone. No matter how many excuses you have, it's all your fault. Luckily, the show won't be aired this time, otherwise you'd probably be scolded to death."
"I'd rather be scolded to death than let that woman use it as a handle to threaten me." Li Zhibai snorted coldly, "It's best if she quits the show now."
Yan Liang: "I'm worried about this show. I think everyone will curse it after seeing Meng Li fall into the water and leave the show."
"Being scolded is better than no one being optimistic," Li Zhibai said. "Let me tell you, this kind of thing is actually a good thing for the show. It's a natural topic of conversation."
Yan Liang shook his head. "Then I think it's more reliable to come up with good ideas like Lu Yanhe to attract the audience."
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"Yi Zhang Deng" is a quiet bar, and it is also a rare place with partitions for guests to drink quietly.
Lu Yanhe sat opposite Li Zhenzhen, with a candle lit on the table.
Candlelight illuminates this dim corner, creating a space atmosphere suitable for private conversation.
Li Zhenzhen looks much better than yesterday.
"Sister Zhenzhen, are you going for cosmetic surgery?" Lu Yanhe asked in surprise.
Li Zhenzhen smiled and said, "What kind of cosmetic surgery? I just caught up on some sleep. I haven't gotten enough sleep these past few days."
"Thanks for your hard work."
Li Zhenzhen said, "Actually, when I heard your idea yesterday, I thought it was very creative. However, I was in such a bad state yesterday that I couldn't make any decisions. So, it wasn't until I woke up from a good sleep today that I seriously considered your idea."
Lu Yanhe nodded.
"Seven people have to find ways to earn a thousand yuan a day in this city so they can stay at the Youth House at night and spend time with friends." Li Zhenzhen shook her head and sighed, "How did you come up with this?"
Lu Yanhe thought, this is just a disguised way of combining the celebrity survival story with your show.
Lu Yanhe had a deep memory of how much the audience loved to see the usually glamorous celebrities suddenly have to find ways to make money and survive like ordinary people.
Many popular variety shows feature this kind of plot. For example, in "Flowers and Youth," where only a fixed amount of money is available for spending, the show's endlessly recurring theme of struggling between spending and saving money is a popular theme. And even more so, in outdoor survival reality shows.
Lu Yanhe feels that there is a big problem with the program "Young Days", which is that everyone gets everything as soon as they arrive, including good accommodation, good food, and a good life.
"Where Are We Going, Dad?" also divides the rooms into good rooms and bad rooms, so that every time the artist's family arrives at a new place, they have to re-divide the rooms. Some people live in good houses, and some people live in bad houses. Isn't that the effect?
So, just turn the slow indoor life into outdoor survival.
It's not really about survival, it's just about finding a way to make money.
Without relying on their celebrity status and without accepting any subsidies, seven young people huddled together for warmth. Didn't that just lead to their feelings?
The houses that young people can move into through their own efforts are also precious.
Just one concept makes everyone realize that photos look better this way.
But no one had ever thought that a social program could be filmed like this.
"This is actually a great idea, but the pressure of recording the seven of you going to Yuming to make money will be very high," Li Zhenzhen said. "Wherever you go, you'll probably be surrounded by people, and it will become a show."
Lu Yanhe said, "The recording pressure will indeed be great, but I think it's worth it. You guys need to figure out how to shoot it, but this way of shooting will allow us to truly communicate with each other, and it will really be effective. We've been sitting in the room shooting, chatting for ten days and ten nights, but we've only just gotten to know each other. To be honest, the tasks you assign us don't stimulate us at all. This kind of slow-paced variety show is probably more suitable for artists who have debuted for many years. They have plenty of topics to talk about. We're just so new and don't have that much experience to share with everyone."
Lu Yanhe was telling the truth.
Li Zhenzhen also knew that Lu Yanhe was telling the truth.
How do people become friends?
We have to go through some things together.
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So tired.
I'm really tired.
This was Lu Yanhe's most real feeling when he walked to the gate of Hongfu Community at 9:30 in the evening.
He left home at nine in the morning and has been busy until just now. Various things came one after another, filling his day.
However, Lu Yanhe was also satisfied.
The things that I have worked hard for for a long time are about to bear fruit.
The prototype of "Jump Up" has been released, the Jiang Zhi episode of "City Travel Notes" has also been broadcast, and there have been new developments in the subsequent recordings. After experiencing all kinds of setbacks in the first recording, "Young Days" unexpectedly opened the door to his golden finger.
Lu Yanhe was also reflecting on himself, wondering what had happened to him that he had forgotten his golden finger.
Before, I felt that I had no say. I was only eighteen or nineteen years old and couldn’t make others believe in me and invest in me.
What about now? He has changed a lot since then. He has the initial ability to push forward what he wants to do, just like "Jump Up". As long as he can convince others to do what he wants to do, many people will help him.
At this moment, although Lu Yanhe was tired, he also ignited a new fighting spirit.
He wants to demonstrate his variety show planning and screenwriting abilities in "Young Days" so that others know that his ideas are effective.
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That night, after Lu Yanhe returned home, he took a shower and sat in front of the computer to start writing some plans for variety shows.
He wanted to write down all the popular variety show formats he had watched while he still remembered them.
A good idea is a new type of market.
Lu Yanhe has seen programs like The Voice of China, Running Man, Where Are We Going, Dad, etc., which single-handedly support the income of an entire TV station and make a large number of stars famous.
He always thought that he had a talent for acting, and if he acted well, he might become a movie star, and then write scripts to make the classic movies he had seen into this world.
Now that I think about it, he was too narrow-minded.
The entertainment industry is not just about movies. It is not known when he will be able to make a movie himself, but he can start a variety show first!
After writing down more than a dozen ideas for hit variety shows in one breath, Lu Yanhe came out of the room excitedly.
"Li Zhibai, Yan Liang!"
Both of them were sitting on the floor playing online games. They were suddenly startled by his yell and looked at him in shock.
"What?"
"Scary?"
Lu Yanhe said, "I'm going to do my own variety show in the future. Would you like to come?"
Li Zhibai gave a look that said, "What the hell are you doing?!" "Are you having a seizure?"
Lu Yanhe said, "I'm serious. I have a lot of ideas. If there's a chance, I'll do a show. Would you like to come?"
Li Zhibai immediately said, "If you don't come, don't mess around."
Yan Liang said, "Don't listen to his nonsense. He will come, and I will come too. As long as you need us, we will come."
Lu Yanhe smiled.
This sentence is enough.
Today is really a big update!
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