The next morning, the recording of "Real Wilderness" officially began.
After finishing the last hot breakfast at the departure camp, the team leader gave a lot of instructions, gave each person a GoPro, and equipped them with radio equipment. Then, he led a dozen people from the follow-up team, surrounded by six people and one dog, and headed into the canyon.
I don’t know if it was because they were too excited about entering the pristine forest for the first time, or because they wanted to show off, but Lin Chu and Yuan Shu were very active in front of the camera, clamoring to take a look at everything they saw, and then shouting while holding up their GoPros.
The program crew was happy to have material to record and didn't care; as long as they didn't step out of the designated safe hiking area, they let them run around.
Compared with those two people, Jiang Dao, who also came from the entertainment industry, did not seem so "normal".
Zhu Huayun was young after all, and couldn't suppress her curiosity, so she asked, "Why don't you go shoot something with them?"
Jiang Dao glanced at the two of them and said calmly, "We still have a long way to go today, so save your energy."
Unexpectedly, after only walking for an hour, the team leader asked everyone to stop and rest.
In this reality show, the guests' actions are indeed not controlled by the script, but the pace of this hiking trip still needs to be decided by the staff.
Seeing everyone put down their backpacks and really started to sit down to rest, Jiangdao was suddenly at a loss whether to laugh or cry.
He had previously thought that the shooting period of this reality show was a bit strange - the canyon was not long, and even if there was no forced march, at the speed of an amateur hiker, it would take at least ten days to walk from one end to the other. How could there be enough time for a month of shooting?
He now understood that not only did this team move slowly, but they also took a break once an hour, which was almost the same at the end of a month.
Zheng Yaojun was obviously also disdainful of this speed. He crossed his arms and laughed, "We are just having fun, right? When we were training, we had to walk through this canyon in a week, and we had to find the beacon at the corresponding location. If we marched quickly, we would run through it in three days, and each person would be given a knife and a communicator."
Hearing him say this, Lin Chu smiled and said, "Soldiers are really good. We are all ordinary people, and this speed is about the same."
Zheng Yaojun was too lazy to argue with him. He just smiled casually and didn't say anything else.
As for Jiang Dao…his attention has always been on Eleven.
Since they were resting now, he wanted to get closer to Eleven, so he approached tentatively and stretched out his finger to Eleven.
Eleven tucked his tail between his legs and bared his teeth at him, making a threatening whimpering sound in his throat.
"Eleven, sit down." Zheng Yaojun ordered, then strode to Jiang Dao, held Jiang Dao's hand again, and reached towards Eleven's head.
Jiangdao cooperated with his movements and leaned forward, touching the dog's furry head again.
Zheng Yaojun smiled and said, "You can try hugging its neck today. Come, squat down."
As he spoke, he half-circled Jiangdao in his arms and guided Jiangdao's arm to rest on Eleven's furry neck.
Eleven is so wronged!
Unfortunately, it couldn't resist its master and could only let Jiangdao hold its neck and stroke it gently twice.
Zheng Yaojun slowly let go of Jiang Dao's hand and took a step back. Eleven immediately became naughty and barked at Jiangdao, neither too loud nor too soft, baring his teeth in a threatening manner.
Jiang Dao was not afraid. He continued to hold Shiyi's neck and gently combed its neck hair with his fingers.
After a while, seeing that Eleven was getting more and more anxious, Zheng Yaojun patted Jiang Dao on the shoulder and called him up: "Let's stop here for now and continue next time."
Jiang Dao reluctantly let go of the big dog, and Zheng Yaojun took out a piece of dried meat from his waist bag to comfort his partner.
After resting for about ten minutes, the team moved forward again.
With the experience of the previous hour, Jiang Dao no longer followed Zheng Yaojun obediently. He strolled into the nearby woods and discovered several edible wild vegetables and common herbal medicines in the wild.
This world is truly a beautiful place. There is no need to worry about whether the plants growing in the wild are contaminated. As long as you recognize their appearance, you can eat them with confidence. Even in the wild, the living conditions are much better than those in the world outside of books.
We walked, stopped, played and had fun along the way. When it was almost noon, the leader asked everyone to stay where they were for an hour to prepare lunch.
Since the theme of this program is outdoor hiking rather than wilderness survival, each of them brought some compressed biscuits and canned food in their backpacks when they set out, as well as clean drinking water, so they didn't need to worry too much about lunch.
However, Jiangdao looked at the food reserves on him and decided to go around to find some edible things to reduce the consumption of convenience foods.
He didn't walk too far. He just walked around the activity area designated by the staff and came back with a handful of sweet potato-like tubers in his hands, and also dug a bag of clean soil.
Seeing what Jiang Dao brought back, Zheng Yaojun smiled: "You actually know this?"
Jiang Dao nodded and asked, "Brother Zheng, do you want to eat?"
Zheng Yaojun didn't bother to be polite with him: "Come on."
Jiang Dao wrapped the tubers with mud. Over there, Zheng Yaojun had quickly cleared a small piece of space. Together with Dr. Zhao, he dug a hole, isolated the vegetation with stones, and lit a small fire.
Next to them, the crew member responsible for monitoring the fire immediately became nervous.
Jiang Dao was quite relaxed, he threw the mud-covered tubers into the fire, and picked up a branch to spread them out.
At this time, there were six people and one dog surrounding the fire.
Jiang Dao looked up and said with a smile: "Do you want to try them all? I didn't dig up much..."
Yuan Shu was curious: "What is this?"
Jiang Dao was stunned by the question and blinked: "I only know that this is edible, I don't know what it is called..." Those rude and common names in the world outside the book would probably only make people laugh if they were spoken out.
Fortunately, Dr. Zhao knew a lot and explained with a smile: "It's a wild yam. Don't worry, you can eat it."
These wild yams are not big in size and soon become fragrant when roasted over fire. Jiangdao used mud to put out the unburned flames, dug out a few yam lumps from the ashes, padded them with leaves, and distributed them to everyone.
After peeling off the hardened soil shell to reveal the soft and powdery tuber inside, Jiang Dao didn't care whether there was dust on it or not, he just bit into it and quickly finished the few yams that belonged to him.
On the other side, Yuan Shu and Lin Chu were eating and filming with GoPro. Seeing them enjoying themselves, the cameraman arranged by the program crew stayed with Jiang Dao and his friends to record the first lunch of these "outsiders" in the canyon.
"When we were training, we were also required to identify edible and medicinal plants. I'll find some on the way back and add them to our dinner." Zheng Yaojun said with a smile, "It's a pity that the program crew doesn't allow private hunting, otherwise I might be able to trap a woodrat or a rabbit for us to have a barbecue."
Jiang Dao smiled when he heard this: "We should reach the riverbank a little further on. We can catch fish there. The same goes for grilling fish."
Zheng Yaojun was full of praise: "You are also very sensitive to the terrain."
Jiang Dao smiled and didn't say much.
After lunch, we continued to move forward, stopping and starting from time to time. Sure enough, near dusk, a shallow river beach appeared in front of everyone.
Lin Chu and Yuan Shu immediately rushed to the water's edge excitedly. This time even Zhu Huayun couldn't help herself and came to the water's edge first. Seeing that the water was very clear, she immediately squatted on the shore to wash her hands and face.
Jiang Dao circled the shore and returned to the place where he had set up camp. He shook his head and said, "The water is too clear. There are not many fish on the shore. We won't be able to have grilled fish for dinner... But we can try tomorrow."
Doctor Zhao was about to wash the wild vegetables that Zheng Yaojun had picked along the way, and was puzzled when he heard this: "Why can we do it tomorrow?"
Jiang Dao drank the last sip of mineral water and shook the empty bottle: "I'll try to set up a fish basket tonight."
After having a meal of compressed biscuits and wild vegetable soup for dinner, Jiang Dao sat cross-legged outside the tent. He used a small dagger to cut open several mineral water bottles he had collected, and used the cattail leaves he found by the water to weave a strip of fish basket that was as long as his arm.
Zheng Yaojun was really attracted again, holding the fish basket and exclaiming: "Xiao Jiang, where did you learn this skill? Now you have to learn how to fish to be a star?"
Doctor Zhao was also puzzled: "I also think it's very strange..."
Beside him, Lin Chu said sympathetically: "It's okay to be a rollicker. It's not easy to get into the entertainment industry now!"
As he spoke, he glanced at Jiang Dao with an awkward expression. He began to regret that he had known about this program a long time ago, but didn't think of doing more homework, learning how to identify wild vegetables and weave fish baskets. The program crew would definitely be willing to give him more shots. It would never be the turn of an illegitimate child to be so active.
At this time, the lively Zhu Huayun sat next to Jiang Dao holding a handful of pampas grass and said, "I want to learn this, too. Can you teach me?"
Jiang Dao nodded: "Okay."
The period from after dinner until the break was originally arranged by the program team for the guests to carry out group activities. Although they did not have a script and would not interfere with what the guests did, they did give prompts and asked everyone to find something to do together every evening.
So Zheng Yaojun, the eldest brother among the guests, said: "Why don't we all sit together and learn how to make fish baskets? The rest of the way will basically follow the water system, and there will be many opportunities to catch fish."
When night fell, everyone put their woven fish baskets down by the water and returned to the camp to rest.
…
At 8 pm on January 16, the related video of Day 01 of "Real Wilderness" was officially launched on "My Neighbor Totoro Live", a video platform under Longqi Entertainment.
The videos released have only undergone the simplest editing and are released in the form of themed P parts. Each P video is real and coherent, with no editing inserted in between. There are parts shot by cameras and parts with the guests' own GoPro. The audience can choose to watch them continuously or select the P parts they are interested in and repeat them.
Chu Yinlong opened the live broadcast platform and immediately clicked on the share with Jiang Dao's name. When he saw the big boy wearing an outdoor jacket in the picture, he curled his lips in great joy.
However, this smile did not stay on Chu Yinlong's face for long, and was replaced by a slightly frown. Chu Yinlong stared at the screen, and the more he looked, the uglier his expression became.
After watching all the videos about Jiang Dao in one breath, Chu Yinlong called Lu Zhengrong.
As soon as the call was connected, he got straight to the point: "What's the background of Zheng Yaojun?"
On the phone, Lu Zhengrong seemed to be stunned for a moment, and then burst into laughter.
Chu Yinlong: ...
After laughing for a long time, they finally stopped and Lu Zhengrong asked, "Hey, are you jealous?"
Chu Yinlong said in a dissatisfied tone: "I saw him making a move on Xiaodao."
Lu Zhengrong laughed a few more times and said, "He is a real soldier king. He won second-class merit when he was on duty at the border two years ago. He was injured and unfit to continue fighting on the front line, so he had to retire. I think, even if he has replaced his right knee joint with a metal bone, you will definitely not be able to beat him."
Chu Yinlong was speechless: "I'm not going to fight with him!"
Lu Zhengrong hummed twice: "You are just afraid that he will snatch your treasure."
Chu Yinlong: "Did you carefully review the guests when you invited them?"
Lu Zhengrong: "It has been reviewed. Brother Zheng is now assisting in the training of military dogs in the military dog training camp. He is a good person. Hey, I see that Xiaodao likes dogs very much. I wonder if he will ask him for a retired military dog."
Chu Yinlong's face turned black because he kept bringing up things that were not related to the topic.
Then Lu Zhengrong laughed again and said, "I heard that his son is also very good. He is only three years old, but he can fight with great vigor in military boxing."
Chu Yinlong: ...
Lu Zhengrong smiled and said, "So, don't be jealous of married straight men, be good."
Chu Yinlong hung up the phone directly.
He stared at the screen for a while, and finally, his sadness was suppressed by the strong desire to see Jiang Dao. He raised his hand and clicked on the video again to replay it.
At this time, the number of comments in the video gradually increased.
"Hahahaha, I suddenly feel that the island being disliked by the dog is so cute."
"Let go of that dog and let me do it!"
"Kojima's voice when calling a dog's name is so cute! I'm going to change my name to Eleven right now!"
Chu Yinlong felt a little unhappy after reading these words. He raised his hand to close them, but suddenly another comment popped up: "This should be @Chu Yinlong."
Chu Yinlong paused for a moment and didn't rush to close the barrage.
In the picture, Zheng Yaojun is holding Jiang Dao's hand and leading him to pet the wolfhound.
Immediately afterwards, the army of barrage attacked:
"Wow, this soldier is so handsome and gentle!"
"His hands are so big that they can wrap around Kojima's entire hands."
"Why is the scar on the base of the thumb a bit sexy?"
"A man who has handed over to the country, my XP has moved, I want to eat it."
"The Soldier King played by Actor Chu feels similar to this. I'm taking his place QwQ"
"@Chu Yinlong"
"Could CP fans please stop KYing everywhere? Take my island away, no need to date!"
"Can you please stop mentioning our Dragon Dad here? CP fans, please stay in your own circle, thank you!"
I can't bear to watch it anymore.
Chu Yinlong frowned and clicked directly to another video.
"Wow! Kojima actually knows about wild yam, that's amazing!"
"This soldier's tone of praise for Kojima is too doting QwQ"
"We are so coordinated in preparing the fire together hahahaha..."
Are these kids addicted to CP?
Chu Yinlong's face darkened as he continued to change P.
"Wow, wow, I can make roasted yams and weave fish baskets. I can do that!"
"Kojima's fingers are so flexible, stop making fish baskets and make me instead!"
"Sister in front, put on some clothes←_←"
"Watch out here!!!"
「Island's backpack↓」
"Soldier's backpack→"
"They're in the same tent!"
"What the hell, Leeuwenhoek appears!"
"Are you watching the video through a microscope, sister?!"
Chu Yinlong:! ! !
Chu Yinlong's forehead twitched, and he finally raised his hand to turn off the barrage.
Then... he dragged the screen to observe carefully, and found that the six guests' backpacks were indeed of different colors. And when they set up camp at the end, Jiang Dao's backpack was indeed placed together with Zheng Yaojun's.
Chu Yinlong picked up his phone and opened a chat room with Lu Zhengrong, typing: "Are you short of money? Do you want two people to share a tent?"
After typing, he stared at the screen for a while, then quickly deleted it, put the phone on the table, pinched his brows and sighed.
…
The first week of the broadcast of "Real Wilderness" passed quickly. Compared with Lin Chu who frequently appeared on the hot searches because of it, the popularity of Jiang Dao's several videos has actually not been very high. He was even overshadowed by the cheerful and slightly silly Zhu Huayun several times. He was only slightly better than Yuan Shu who was a UP host.
As for Dr. Zhao and Zheng Yaojun, they are both outsiders and don’t even have their own official V accounts on Weibo and Totoro platforms, so it is difficult to calculate their popularity.
It wasn’t until the second week of the program’s recording, when the video of Day 12 was released, that Jiang Dao was finally carried by Lin Chu’s name and soared to the third place on Weibo’s hot searches.
It all started with a minor accident that wasn't dangerous but was dramatic enough.
Everything seemed normal that day. The production crew slowly moved through the canyon jungle. Lin Chu and Yuan Shu explored the surrounding dense forest together and filmed footage with GoPro.
Unexpectedly, there was a crack in the ground covered with dead leaves and moss in the dense forest. The two did not notice it. Lin Chu stepped on it and fell into the three-meter-deep crack. He was stuck inside and unable to move.
Seeing that no one was injured and not in danger of life, and adhering to the principle of "non-intervention", the program team asked the guests to find ways to rescue themselves first.
Zheng Yaojun was very experienced in this type of rescue, and he immediately sent the rope down so that Lin Chu could use it to climb out.
As a result... Lin Chu was stuck in the gap, unable to use strength in any of his joints. When he grabbed the rope and it was pulled, his back hit something, which made him cry out in pain. He subconsciously let go of the rope.
Seeing this situation, Jiangdao measured the width of the crack in the ground, put on the rope and jumped down.
Jiang Dao has been losing weight very effectively recently, and his figure appears even thinner than Lin Chu's.
He moved along the crack in the ground to Lin Chu's side. Even in the narrow gap, his movements were very agile. He pulled out the dagger stuck in his boots, dug a few times along the crack in the earth and rocks behind Lin Chu, and cut off a curved and hard tree root.
Then he passed a rope through the gap between Lin Chu's waist and instructed him to put the rope back in. He quickly made a simple rescue harness and gestured towards the gap: "Pull."
Above, several people joined forces and quickly dragged Lin Chu and Jiang Dao out.
Doctor Zhao took out a portable medicine box from his backpack. Lin Chu took off his shirt, revealing a patch of slightly red skin on his back. "It's right here. It hurts! Doctor Zhao, please help me!"
Doctor Zhao paused and looked at Jiang Dao hesitantly.
Jiang Dao waved at him: "Show him first, I'm fine."
As soon as he finished speaking, Zheng Yaojun took out a palm-sized first aid kit from his bag and said to Jiang Dao, "Take off your clothes."
Jiang Dao smiled at him, raised his hand to take off his windbreaker jacket, and handed the broken skin on his elbow, which was already oozing blood, to Zheng Yaojun.
Zhu Huayun, who was standing nearby, saw this and screamed, "Ah! Your clothes aren't torn, how come you're bleeding!"
Jiang Dao winked at her and said, "This dress is of great quality. It's my fault."
Zheng Yaojun mercilessly pressed the alcohol cotton on Jiang Dao's wound, rubbed it twice, and answered seriously: "He chopped the tree root too hard just now. It's so narrow down there, and the angle is not convenient. I knew he was going to get hurt... It's okay, the bones are fine, just a little skin broken."
Seeing Jiang Dao putting his coat back on as if nothing had happened, Lin Chu's face turned red and white, and he stopped crying out in pain. He awkwardly rejected Dr. Zhao's suggestion to apply ointment on his back, whose oily skin was not even broken.
So, on the day the video was released, Jiang Dao became famous along with Lin Chu.
"#Lin Chu is injured VS Jiang Dao is injured# Hahahahahaha Lin Chu is some kind of little princess, so funny! I have to say, compared to Lin Chu, Jiang Dao is really a bit A!"
"Reply: Lin Daiyu is Lin Daiyu after all [doge]"
"Reply: How can you say that! Our Linlin cried out in pain because he was stuck by a tree root, but he was fine after the tree root was cut off, right?"
"#Lin Chu injured VS Jiang Dao injured# What does this topic mean? Is it only considered an injury if you bleed? What if our Lin Lin has a broken bone? I think we should let a professional doctor take a look!"
"Reply: Exactly. What if it's an internal injury? It makes me so sad [grieved]"
"Reply: The production team must apologize, this is too dangerous!"
"#Lin Chu injured VS Jiang Dao injured# Jiang Dao: The quality of this clothes is too good, it's my fault. I think you are not as good as me [doge]"
"Reply: @Jun Yi Outdoors give money to Jiang Dao!"
"Reply: @Jun Yi Outdoors to send money!"
Junyi Outdoor V: "@Jiangdao We also have a professional portable first aid kit for trauma, giving you all-round care! Click the link to get the same portable first aid kit as the soldiers [heart]"
"reply:???"
"Reply: I suspect the sponsor is playing CP [pondering]"
The kids on Weibo seemed to have endless energy, and that night, not only did the newly released CP of Jiang Dao x Lin Chu come out, but a lot of fan art of Bing Gege x Jiang Dao was also produced, and there were even R18 ones.
Chu Yinlong took a look at the picture, expressionless, and silently chose to report it.
Then he opened the live streaming platform, found the video, and expertly scrolled to the time when Zhang Yaojun was wiping Jiang Dao's wound. He angrily typed a comment: "Your soldier brother already has a military wife and a son! No CP support!"
…
The remote Talor Canyon.
The hike was uneventful that day, with no dramatic incidents.
However, Jiang Dao encountered some trouble here - his headphones suddenly stopped working, and no sound was produced after plugging and unplugging them many times.
On the other side of the tent, Zheng Yaojun had already fallen asleep. Jiang Dao didn't want to turn on the amplifier to disturb him, so he had to put the phone back silently and closed his eyes, which was somewhat of a rest.
At this moment, he suddenly thought that if the person lying next to him was Chu Yinlong, he could give it a try boldly to see if holding someone's arm could really cure his symptoms.
As soon as this thought came to his mind, Jiang Dao slowly opened his eyes in the darkness.
The emotions bursting out of his heart made him realize one thing clearly - he missed Chu Yinlong.
He wanted to hug him, see him, hear his voice, and even read the texts he sent.
During these ten days, there were countless moments when he suddenly wanted to record everything and send it to him.
When he couldn't fall asleep, the first thing he thought of was that night when he suddenly appeared and brought him a warm and peaceful night.
Jiang Dao hugged himself gently and closed his eyes again, sighing slowly and silently in the darkness.
Continue read on readnovelmtl.com