Chapter 503 The Beginning of Everything

[Flowers and Youth] is a self-help travel reality show produced and launched by Mango TV in 2014.

The content is to invite several stars with very different ages and personalities to go to a country where they are unfamiliar with the place and even cannot speak the language, without any agent, without assistants and with limited daily living expenses, to complete a wonderful backpacking journey in an exotic country.

The program crew filmed the entire process, allowing the audience to appreciate the cultural beauty along the way while also seeing the process of the guests getting along from strangers to familiar friends.

Especially when funds are insufficient and the team faces various problems, how to communicate and solve problems.

[Flowers and Youth Season 1] was relatively harmonious. The guests at that time were Zheng Peipei, Zhang Kaili, Xu Qing, Liu Tao, Li Feier, Zhang Han, Hua Chenyu and other 7 people.

This was everyone's first time on a variety show like this. Although they had no experience, they were all pretty good at dealing with the people.

Teacher Zheng Peipei is definitely the big sister. Her words carry weight and she is very understanding. Zhang Kaili is quite funny. Liu Tao is capable and caring for others. There is nothing wrong with his behavior.

Li Feier has a good temper, and Xu Qingren is not a bad person, but he is easily emotional and may turn against her at any time. Zhang Han is a bit arbitrary but responsible. Huahua was still a little-known little character at the time, and he did whatever his brothers and sisters said.

Overall, although there were various problems in the first season, everyone was able to communicate and resolve them normally, and the atmosphere of getting along for more than ten days was also quite good.

Of course, since they were completely strangers and were traveling on a budget, there would always be some conflicts between them. Although they were not big problems, the editing of the program team laid the groundwork for a "fight" in "Flowers and Youth Season 1".

After the launch of [Flowers and Youth Season 1], the unique variety show format quickly attracted many viewers, with the ratings exceeding 2 in the same time period, becoming one of the most popular variety shows in 2014.

I don’t know whether the audience likes to watch celebrities traveling or watch them fighting with each other.

By the second season, this kind of "tearing" of the show was fully developed.

Jing Boran, Yang Yang, Zheng Shuang, Mao Amin, Xu Qing, Ning Jing, and Chen Yihan have contributed countless famous variety show scenes to the people of the whole country.

Of course, the most important thing is the undercurrents and intrigues among the older sisters.

As soon as the show started, several of them started to quarrel fiercely and earth-shatteringly, and they took turns to be on the hot searches.

Later, he became a complete legend and was nicknamed the ceiling of domestic reality show variety shows by netizens.

The show has contributed many famous scenes, which are so awkward, suffocating, shocking and popular that it is undoubtedly the best in domestic entertainment.

Even if you haven't specifically pursued someone, you can easily find out something from other channels.

For example, Jing Boran claimed the show gave him a new perspective on women, Yang Yang was so frightened he didn't dare take part in variety shows for five years, Shuangzi completely lost her composure and ultimately lost control of her emotions, and Xu Qing's classic quote was, "Everyone on last season was normal."

After the second season was broadcast, Shuangzi, Mao Amin, Xu Qing, Ning Jing and others were severely criticized by netizens, and the variety show "Flowers and Youth" became completely famous.

This is also the reason why everyone was surprised when Gu Wei told his friends that he was going to be on "Flowers and Youth".

On March 5, the third season of "Divas Hit the Road" officially began recording.

Early in the morning, the staff of Mango TV knocked on the door and came to Gu Wei's home to record the pilot of the program, which is the "tour guide election" segment set up this season.

In fact, in the show "Flowers and Youth", being a tour guide is not an easy job. He is responsible for planning the journey, leading the team, and providing help when the team members encounter difficulties.

Last season, Shuangzi had a mental breakdown while recording the show. A big reason for this was because the production team assigned her the task of being a tour guide, which was tiring and difficult, and no one listened to her. In the end, she simply gave up pretending and exposed her true character.

There were two candidates for tour guide before departure this year, Jing Boyan and Chen Bailin.

According to the rules set by the program team, except for them, each other guest has one vote to decide who the final tour guide will be.

The unsuccessful one will be exiled alone, separated from the main group for the first stage of the journey, and travel alone to the wilds of Africa.

As a result, tour guides, who originally had a difficult job, became a hot commodity. After all, no one wanted to leave the team and be exiled to Africa.

"How does the program team arrange for guests traveling alone?"

Gu Wei's parents went back to their home in the Embassy Courtyard No. 1 in Beijing after the Chinese New Year. During the few days since he came back from Tokyo, he stayed here when he was not at Nazha's house.

Among the staff members who came to record the program on Mango TV today was the chief director of "Divas Hit the Road 3", Wu Mengru.

The recording has not started yet. The staff are placing the filming equipment in the corner of the room, and Gu Wei is sitting on the sofa in the living room chatting with Director Wu.

"Chen Bailin went on a solo trip to Africa, arranging Xiaojing as his tour guide"

Director Wu picked up the water cup on the coffee table in front of him, took a sip, and explained to Gu Wei.

This was arranged in advance, and she would have to tell the other party even if Gu Wei didn't ask her later.

After all, "Flowers and Youth" is an overseas trip, and the solo traveler has to go directly to Africa, so visas, air tickets and various vaccines need to be prepared in advance.

It's impossible to be like what the show arranged, where everyone arrives at the airport, votes, and if they lose, they immediately push their luggage carts to fly to Africa.

It must have been decided in advance, and the production crew had arranged everything so that everyone could finish recording a segment at the airport and then go their separate ways.

"Is Chen Bailin willing to travel alone?"

Gu Wei didn't care who was the tour guide or who went to Africa. He recorded "Divas Hit the Road 3" because of Nazha's request. He regarded it as a relaxing trip and it didn't matter to him what other people did.

"Chen Bailin is very professional. He accepted our invitation and regarded it as his job. He didn't care what he did.

And I think he is quite looking forward to traveling alone.

As for Jing Boyan, he originally did not plan to continue with this season of "Divas Hit the Road". He was also quite shocked during the recording of the last season.

I persuaded him to come, saying that the theme of this season was 'Youth Adventure' and the guests were all young people, so there wouldn't be too many problems.

The purpose of having him here is to serve as an elder to guide the new guests this season, so of course we can’t arrange for him to travel alone.”

Gu Wei nodded.

The two chatted for a while about other things about "Flowers and Youth". Gu Wei learned a lot about the arrangements for the recording of the program from Director Wu.

Wu Mengru answered almost everything he knew about Gu Wei's problems and his attitude was extremely gentle.

There is no way. In Director Wu's opinion, Gu Wei is the most important person in this season of "Flowers and Youth", no doubt about it.

Let’s not talk about the effect of the show after it was broadcast. After Gu Wei announced that he would join "Divas Hit the Road 3", various advertisers came to him.

The program team has made a lot of money from attracting investment.

Moreover, ever since the program team announced the participating guests of this season online, netizens and fans have never stopped discussing it. Not to mention Gu Wei's own fans, many CP fans of the "Qingcheng couple" are extremely looking forward to Gu Wei and Nazha's performance in "Divas Hit the Road 3".

This season of "Divas Hit the Road 3" has become a real hit before it even airs.

Not long after, the recording of the pilot film began. According to the arrangement of the program team, Gu Wei got a brand new VIVO mobile phone.

Then, on their own televisions, the two tour guide competitors, Jing Boran and Chen Bailin, began their live speeches respectively, trying to use their words to impress others and canvass for votes for themselves.

After this part is completed, the two candidates will meet with other people offline to canvass for votes.

The first person to come to Gu Wei's side was Chen Bailin.

He felt a little reserved when he arrived at Gu Wei's house. This was the first time they met, and Chen Bailin was not an outgoing person. He had no idea what to say after entering the door.

I just said that I had watched Gu Wei's TV series and movies and liked the roles he played very much. Of course, Gu Wei responded with a smile.

"Gu Wei, I hope you'll choose me when you vote. I will definitely fulfill my responsibilities as a tour guide!"

"I'll think about it, come on!"

Gu Wei didn't say yes or no, but just smiled and encouraged him.

The conversation between the two could be considered a preliminary acquaintance. Chen Bailin felt that the big star Gu Wei was easy to get along with, and he felt relieved.

Of course he has watched the first two seasons of "Divas Hit the Road". Although he only regards this as a job, he also hopes that the next 20 days will be able to go smoothly.

Judging from the composition of the guests, as long as the popular star Gu Wei is easy to get along with, there should be no problem with the others.

After all, status is everything in the entertainment industry, and there are no older senior artists this season, so Gu Wei is the biggest one.

Not long after Chen Bailin left, Jing Boyan came again.

"Xiaojing, long time no see!"

Gu Wei smiled and welcomed the other person in.

He was also not familiar with Jing Boran. The last time they met was at Huang Xiaoming's wedding. He and Jing Boran were both members of the groomsmen group. They only met once and didn't have much communication at the time.

"Long time no see, I didn't expect you to be able to participate in [Flowers and Youth], please take care of me in the next month."

Jing Boyan's posture was lowered a little.

Originally, he had some opinions about Gu Wei because of the Nini matter, but later he realized that he was weak in character and was not suitable for the ambitious and motivated Nini, and the other party had always regarded him as a friend.

Of course, it also has something to do with the fact that he recently fell in love with a model.

Without this knot in his heart, Jing Boyan can face up to the gap between himself and Gu Wei. He won't try to befriend Gu Wei deliberately when they meet again, but given the huge gap in their status, he must be at least polite.

"Take care of each other. This is my first time participating in this kind of variety show. I'll have to rely on your experience in the future, Xiaojing."

Gu Wei didn't even know that Jing Boran had ever been dissatisfied with him because of Ni Ni.

The two chatted politely for a while, but there was nothing particularly meaningful to say. In the end, as usual, they asked Gu Wei to vote for him.

Jing Boyan had a complicated expression on his face when he came out of Gu Wei's house. He could also tell from the other party's attitude towards him that Gu Wei completely treated him as a stranger he had met once.

The most frustrating thing in this world is that you treat others as enemies, and they treat you as a passerby...

Later we will enter "Divas Hit the Road 3". If you don’t like variety shows, you can skip it!

(End of this chapter)