When Zi Qinghong called the production team of "Roaming Holiday", it was not the female director who knew Ming Fu who answered the phone, but another director named Huang in their team.
Director Huang was very easy to talk to when he answered the phone. He agreed to the plan very well, but he turned around and complained to the director and producer during the meeting.
"Although we each have our own topics and we don't interfere with each other, as a veteran, I still have something to say, and I hope everyone enjoys hearing it."
When Director Huang was speaking, he also looked at a young girl sitting opposite him. This girl's name was Zhou Xiao, the female director who had invited Ming Fu in the first place.
Zhou Xiao perked up, realizing that Director Huang was talking about her.
Director Huang is an old man in the station. His innovation cannot keep up with the young people, and the programs he produces are old-fashioned. However, he is very knowledgeable when talking about theory. What he likes most is to give advice to his young colleagues and take advantage of his seniority.
He has a strong bureaucratic style and likes to flatter and curry favor with his superiors. Because of this, he is quite popular in the office.
It is precisely because he only knows how to flatter and kiss up to others that although the leader likes to listen to him, he will never really entrust him with important tasks, and always puts them under the command of other people.
As a result, Director Huang has been in the industry for 20 to 30 years, but has never truly produced a program independently.
Seeing young people coming to the fore, having representative works and being promoted, he, an old man, has to serve as an episode director under the young people and listen to the words of the young boys. How can Director Huang be willing to accept this?
Years of "unfulfilled ambitions" have made Director Huang particularly fond of suppressing young people. Whenever there are signs of success or their products are recognized by the market, he will always find an excuse to suppress them.
Zhou Xiao was specially praised in a station meeting for her excellent performance in the first season of "Roaming Holiday", so Director Huang now dislikes her.
The phone call I received at noon was like a knife delivered to my door.
So as soon as he found the opportunity, he spoke.
Zhou Xiao was very respectful to him and said with a smile: "Director Huang is an old veteran. You have a lot of experience to share with us. We can learn a lot from you. Of course, everyone likes to listen to what you say."
Director Huang: "I can't say I have experience, I'm just old, and there are many customs that I don't like. I hope you don't mind me being too nosy."
The director who was in charge of overall planning said, "Director Huang, if you have any ideas, feel free to speak up. We are all one of us here."
"Then I'll just say it straight." Director Huang took a sip of tea, cleared his throat, leaned back in his chair, clasped his hands on his chest, and acted like a senior.
"The young people in our group are creative and have ideas. They like to come up with some bizarre innovations. This is a good thing and worth learning from. However, there must be a limit. We can't do it recklessly."
Director Huang started slamming the table as he spoke, making a clanging sound.
The atmosphere in the entire office became serious.
Zhou Xiaoning's face darkened. "I don't know what Director Huang meant by messing around, and who is messing around like that?"
Director Huang said, "I know that since you joined our station, Xiao Zhou, you have been doing an excellent job. This is obvious to all of us. I, Huang, also recognize your work in many aspects."
"But you have to be humble and not get carried away just because you've achieved some success at work."
People who like to speak in official language just don't have a focus. Not only do other people find it annoying, but Zhou Xiao also doesn't have the patience.
"Director Huang, if you have any opinions about me, just tell me directly. There's nothing I can't listen to." If she wants to scold him, then do it quickly. After that, she has other things to do.
"I have no problem with you. Xiao Zhou, please don't say anything nonsense. I have always cared about young people like you. It is normal for young people to make mistakes. We should guide them correctly instead of criticizing them."
The colleague next to him wrote a line on his notebook and touched Zhou Xiao's arm.
Zhou Xiao looked down.
[Old Huang is looking for trouble and trying to build a good reputation for himself. He lets him say anything. How shameless!]
Zhou Xiao didn't say anything, but just looked at Director Huang with a half-smile.
Director Huang continued to talk in a long-winded manner.
"So when I see you make a mistake, Xiao Zhou, I, an old man, can't help it. If I say something you don't like, don't take it to heart."
"Our show has always been known for its high-quality production. How the show should be run and who to invite have all been the result of repeated internal consultation and consideration, which is why we have such a good reputation today. And Xiao Zhou, when he went to scout the venue, he found an amateur and asked him to record the show because he seemed to like him. He didn't even get our consent and just made the decision. Are you trying to destroy our show's reputation?"
Zhou Xiao thought he was going to talk about something, but it turned out to be because she invited Ming Fu.
She only recently discovered that the little girl she had fallen in love with was actually Jing Ye's sister, Ming Fu, who is now almost known to everyone.
However, only she and her colleagues who were on the business trip with her knew about this matter; even the director was not aware of it.
Director Huang had no idea about it, otherwise he wouldn't have brought it up so openly in the meeting.
Zhou Xiao: "I've already told Long Jie and Director Xu about this."
Long Jie said, "Indeed, we agree. Zhou Xiao said that girl is really good at surfing. Since Zhou Xiao's segment happens to be at the beach, we can add a surfing theme section for the guests to experience. It doesn't need to take up too much space, so we think it's fine."
Director Xu also said: "I share the same view. We are a slow-life variety show. The idea is to slow down and connect with the local people and scenery, and to unearth the stories within. Including ordinary people in the show makes it more natural. I have had the same experience in previous shows."
Director Huang snorted, "In the past, ordinary people who appeared in the film were not invited in advance. They just came in spontaneously. Who knows if there are some selfish motives this time."
Zhou Xiao's face turned cold. "I've never been there before. This is my first time on a business trip there. Director Huang, please tell me what selfish motives I could have."
"That's not what I meant." Director Huang spread his hands and didn't want to admit what he had just said.
"But I heard that you found this girl and wanted to bring her best friend along to the show. Could she also surf? Your show is so open-minded. You can bring anyone you want, whether it's a close friend or a relative."
Zhou Xiao frowned: "Best friend? How come I don't know?"
Of course she didn't know, the call was answered by Director Huang.
Knowing this, Director Huang deliberately raised his voice and asked, "You don't know, didn't you agree to it yourself?"
Zhou Xiao was still thinking about when he had agreed and then forgotten.
Director Huang shook his head and criticized with a tut-tut sound, "You just agreed to something, and then you deny it. You young people, sometimes you just can't do things as well as us old people. But the station still likes to let you do things."
Although Sister Long did not approve of Zhou Xiao's carelessness, she still had to speak up for her for the sake of face.
"Zhou Xiao has been busy with work lately, so it's inevitable that he might have been careless."
Director Huang: "Work cannot be sloppy. Being serious, responsible, and meticulous has always been the guiding principle of our station leaders. Our program is about to start recording, and the same mistake must not be made again. I think this is how it will work. Since I don't have anything else to do, I will join Xiao Zhou's team as an assistant director to help Xiao Zhou keep an eye on things and prevent him from making the same mistake again."
Zhou Xiao came out of the meeting with a dark face. He threw the documents hard on the table and drank half a glass of water in one breath, but the anger in his heart was still not extinguished.
Her colleagues looked at her sympathetically and said, "Let Old Huang set you up."
That's right. Originally, Zhou Xiao could make decisions on the episodes that he was responsible for. Now Lao Huang came and said he was here to be his deputy. But Lao Huang's qualifications were there. It was impossible for him to really listen to Zhou Xiao's orders, and it was impossible for him to listen to all of Zhou Xiao's orders.
The result is that Lao Huang is nominally the deputy director, but actually the director, and can still give Zhou Xiao instructions.
After the meeting, Zhou Xiao made a few phone calls and found out the whole story. She discovered that it was Lao Huang who had interfered and turned the blame on her, accusing her of not doing her job seriously.
A colleague comforted Zhou Xiao, saying, "Anyone targeted by Lao Huang will get a promotion and a raise. Congratulations in advance."
Zhou Xiao smiled bitterly and said, "Thank you for your kind words. I hope I won't be pissed off to death by Old Huang first."
What Zhou Xiao didn't expect was that Lao Huang had been constantly finding fault with her since the early preparation stage of the program. Later, when the whole group arrived at the filming location, Lao Huang once again used his ability to point fingers at Jiang Shang and find fault everywhere, saying that the props were not good, the process was not good, and the chosen location was not good. In short, nothing was acceptable.
When you ask him how to change it or if he has any good suggestions, he starts to play dumb and says that there is no time to change it now and just shoot it as is.
Lao Huang has only been in the team for a short time, but he has already successfully made everyone in the team dislike him with his own abilities.
The day before the official recording of the program, Lao Huang had dinner and took a walk as usual.
Although he criticized this place, he actually liked it very much. Not only was the scenery pleasant, but the climate was also comfortable. Even in the hot summer, it was not particularly hot.
Old Huang was standing with his hands behind his back, planning to take a walk to the park to watch people play chess, when he was suddenly stopped.
The person who called him was none other than Zi Qinghong, followed by Du Yibai and her mother.
Zi Qinghong had already found out where the program crew was staying, and with his smooth communication skills, he had a pleasant conversation with the idle old Huang on the phone.
He saw that the time was ripe, so he brought Du Yibai and her daughter to find Lao Huang.
Old Huang looked at him and asked, "Who are you?"
Zi Qinghong smiled widely and quickly stepped forward to introduce himself: "I'm Xiao Zi. I wonder if you still remember me?"
Old Huang raised his eyelids to look at him, and said indifferently, "I remember, I remember."
Zi Qinghong began to introduce Du Yibai to him again: "This is my niece, the girl who will be coming to record your program, Mingfu's best friend. Yibai, why don't you hurry up and call Director Huang."
Du Yibai's smile was even sweeter than Zi Qinghong's, and she was busy greeting Lao Huang.
Old Huang is the best at posturing, but he still just said "oh" lightly.
He looked at Zi Qinghong with a squint and said nothing, as if asking what he wanted to do today.
In the past few days, Zi Qinghong has used his eloquence to get a lot of information about the program from Lao Huang. He also learned that Mingfu was chosen because she can surf, so the program also arranged a surfing segment accordingly.
As Mingfu’s “best friend”, Du Yibai would naturally have to surf with him if they recorded a show together.
But Du Yibai doesn't know how to surf, and it's too late to learn now. What's more, she doesn't like the sun at the beach because it's easy to get tanned.
Moreover, her strengths are all related to art. She knows a lot of dances and is good at them. It would be a pity if she didn't show off her skills on the show.
So they thought of looking for Lao Huang.
Zi Qinghong smiled ingratiatingly, "Our Yibai has always been a good girl and a good student. She's good at academics and dancing, but she's not good at outdoor sports. I wonder if we can change the surfing part of our program to something more elegant, like dancing? Don't worry, our Yibai's dancing has won awards, and she definitely won't bring shame to your program."
Old Huang would never do such a thankless task.
He put on a stern face, put his hands behind his back and refused righteously, "The process has been set. How can you change it just like that? What do you think our program is?"
Zi Qinghong certainly wouldn't let Old Huang help him in vain. He gave Du's mother a wink, and Du's mother quickly handed the bag in her hand to him.
He also handed the paper bag to Lao Huang.
"Director Huang rarely comes here, so I don't have anything special to show you. This is our local specialty. This small gift is not a token of respect, I hope Director Huang will not despise it."
Du's mother smiled and nodded apologetically.
Old Huang looked down at the contents of the paper bag. It was covered with raffia. He pulled the raffia apart and saw a few wads of money at the bottom, and nothing else.
It was precisely this direct and rough approach that won Lao Huang's heart.
Old Huang's expression also improved, but he still had to say something polite: "Just come, why are you so polite?"
Zi Qinghong: "They are just some small gifts that are not very presentable. It is an honor for them to catch Director Huang's eye. In the future, please take good care of our Yibai. She has no experience, so I hope Director Huang can give her more advice on everything."
Old Huang laughed with satisfaction: "No problem, no problem."
…
Ever since Zhou Xiao learned Ming Fu's identity, he has kept it a secret. He neither announced it to the audience nor revealed it to Jing Ye's company. Even some people in the program crew didn't know about it.
So when Jing Ye was happily waiting to record the show and preparing to give his family a surprise, he received the surprise from his sister first.
"Roaming Holiday" has a fixed host, who acts as a tour guide in the program. Each episode goes to a different place, taking different guests to travel around the beautiful rivers and mountains of the motherland and appreciate the local customs and culture.
"Roaming Holiday" is different from other programs. It has dense jokes, dramatic plots, and eye-catching settings. The program is very everyday, even a little ordinary, and the tone is also slow, but the slowness of "Roaming Holiday" is just right and very healing.
In addition, the program crew also took good pictures of the scenery, and always reflected the local humanistic feelings. Each episode has a positive theme that conforms to the core values. It is not deliberately sensational, but resonates well with the audience.
The reason they chose the seaside for this episode is because the theme is to protect the ocean.
Jing Ye and his group came together this time. In addition to the three people in their group, there was also a female host, a comedian, and a retired Olympic champion. Including the host of the show, there were seven people in total.
At the beginning of the recording, all the guests sat on the beach, drinking coconuts and watching the sea.
It's so lazy and comfortable.
In a peaceful and quiet environment, the program host Mai Dong asked: "What is the first thing that comes to your mind when you come to the beach?"
Chi Cheng was the first to say, "The beach! The turquoise water! The fragrant and sweet coconuts! And the delicious seafood!"
Another Olympic champion, Gao Wenxiang, and host Tan Lu also said, "I thought it was seafood too."
"What a coincidence," comedian Zhao Yan looked up at the sky bleakly. "Just like you, my first thought was gout."
The other guests all laughed when they heard this.
The audience in the barrage were also telling him to lose weight, otherwise he would not only suffer from gout, but also the three highs.
"Jing Ye and Xu Weixing, what about you?" Mai Dong asked.
Xu Weixing thought for a moment and said, "I'm probably a person, someone I met at the beach."
Chi Cheng was curious and asked curiously, "Who is it?"
Jing Ye was even more curious: "Who is it?"
Xu Weixing smiled lightly and did not respond.
Mai Dong tried to smooth things over by saying, "Xu Weixing was talking about the stories and people he met at the seaside, right? What about you, Jingye?"
Jing Ye: "As for me, I think about money."
Chi Cheng asked: "Why money?"
The other people had the same question in their expressions.
Jing Ye: "The living seafood in the sea is valuable, the dead seafood is valuable, the plants in the sea are valuable, the natural gas in the sea is valuable, the oil in the sea is valuable, the sea has endless wealth."
The audience burst into laughter.
[As expected of you, Tuanba. You are not greedy for money. You can think of money when you see the sea. There may be no one else like you in the world.]
[Son, are you so obsessed with money? You can't stop talking about money. So, tell me, how much money does it cost for your mother to support you?]
He is so vulgar and ruins the scenery. In such a beautiful environment, all he thinks about is the vulgar money.
[You are not vulgar, you are noble, can you give me your money? :)]
Just as the audience was disputing Jing Ye's remarks, Jing Ye had not yet finished speaking.
"So we must protect the ocean and do everything we can to ensure we don't lose this precious treasure."
The audience of the barrage was suddenly embarrassed.
How did he elevate a mundane topic to the height of ocean protection?
[Damn! My son is suddenly so serious. I’m not used to it.]
[I was accidentally forced into a lecture by him. The topic change was so abrupt. Did he memorize the words on purpose?]
[??? Is this considered forced preaching?]
[I hate being lectured the most. He's the only one who's so different. He insists on exaggerating his own depth and keeps talking about protecting the ocean. Does he understand the ocean? Besides, the ocean is not our business. What's the point of us protecting it here? We can't stop people outside from treating the ocean as a trash can. If you have the ability, go out and appeal to people all over the world to protect the ocean together. What's the point of forcing education on our own people?]
[Can you please stick to the facts? Do you trolls have any logic left?]
"I'm just annoyed by some people who say one thing and do another. He makes such grandiose promises, but has he ever actually protected the ocean? I'm afraid he's just talking about it."
How do you know they haven't protected me?
[Then how do you know Jing Ye protected me? ]
【Is it good to live by the sea? 】
Does living by the sea necessarily mean you love the ocean? It's often the people living nearby who damage the ecosystem. These idols love to establish a persona.
People who specialize in finding faults are very good and can refute any topic. However, fans have no evidence yet, and facing the questioning of the nitpickers, they can only endure it with frustration.
Maidong was a little surprised. After all, he hadn't even mentioned the theme of this issue yet, so how did Jing Ye already know it?
"It seems like you have your own opinions on marine protection."
Jing Ye said, "Nothing special. My family is involved in marine conservation, so I've been exposed to it since I was a child. We try not to use plastic bags at home. In the past, whenever I had free time, I would go out to sea with the adults to pick up marine debris every summer. We've also rescued many marine creatures trapped by marine debris and planted corals in the sea."
Chi Cheng exclaimed: "I haven't heard you say that, Captain, your past experiences were so cool?"
The fans finally found an opportunity to fight back.
[Did you hear that, you who's arguing? My son has been actively working to protect the ocean, he just doesn't bother to publicize it. And you, on the other hand, are talking big. What have you actually done?]
But the argumentative person is still stubborn.
Anyone can say it, but who knows if they actually do it? They're also picking up ocean trash and rescuing marine animals. Isn't what they've set up too exaggerated? Do you feel guilty about saying it yourself?
Jing Ye didn't look guilty at all. He was very proud and raised his eyebrows.
"My daily life is so cool."
Others asked curiously: "Is it fun to grow corals? How do you grow them? I haven't tried it before."
Jing Ye was thinking, this is the best way to explain it so that everyone can understand it easily.
The host, Mai Dong, spoke first: "If you're interested in coral cultivation, you can look forward to it. You'll have the opportunity to experience it today."
"Really?" others asked excitedly.
"It's a little late, but right now, we have other tasks."
Maidong asked everyone to move together.
Not long after they set out, he asked Jing Ye, "I'm a little surprised. When you come to the beach to play, isn't your sister the one you think of?"
Jing Ye said disdainfully: "That girl is so annoying. Don't even think about having fun when she's around. I'm still thinking about her when I'm on vacation at the beach. Am I sick?"
Chi Cheng expressed his doubt: "Huh? Really?"
Mai Dong was the only one who knew Ming Fu was also on the show. He asked with great interest, "What if your sister suddenly appeared in front of you right now? How would you feel?"
Chi Cheng took it seriously: "Wow, really? Is our sister really here?"
The audience was even more excited than Chi Cheng, but their excitement was for different reasons.
[No way, no way, Jing Ye's sister won't really appear again, right? ]
What the hell? His sister's been showing up a lot lately. It's only been a short time since Brave Challenge ended.
"What's wrong? I like my sister very much. What's wrong with her coming out?"
Is his sister about to debut? Why does Jing Ye bring his sister out so often? To be honest, it was a novelty the first time, but it gets a bit annoying the more times it happens.
I hope he's not just promoting his sister's debut by bringing her everywhere. If that's the case, I'd be a little disgusted.
"What's wrong with you guys? The host's hypothetical situation isn't real. Why are you so anxious now? Besides, look at Jing Ye, he's so out of his mind. He doesn't look like he's going to debut with his sister."
Those who know my son well know that he is not one to hide anything. For example, the last time he took his sister with him, he directly started a live broadcast and said it openly in the live broadcast room. How could he really take her with him without saying anything?
[I hope what you said is true. It’s best not to let me meet Jing Ye’s sister, otherwise you will be slapped in the face and it will be ugly.]
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