Chapter 35 Romance Complex [VIP]
Chapter Summary: Was he just there to make up the numbers in the studio?
Mu Zhi carefully reviewed the information about the two programs.
The camping program requires flying to other cities for filming, which takes two days, and five days round trip.
The dating reality show was filmed in Beicheng.
Only one episode will be recorded, at most one day.
Mu Zhi prefers to choose to record a dating reality show.
However, the dating reality show "Heartbeat Lovers" had already finished filming the 21-day house life of the non-celebrity guests two months ago. She received an invitation to the show to record the emotional interpretation of the celebrity guests in the studio.
The recording has reached episode 9.
The program has only aired the first episode so far.
Mu Zhi confirmed with her agent: "I'm going to record the 9th episode. I haven't watched the 28th episode, so I don't know anything about the non-celebrity guests participating in the dating show. If I, as a temporary dating mentor, give my comments, I'm afraid I won't be able to offer any substantial insights."
Shang Jian said nonchalantly, "I've already communicated with the production team. You can say whatever you want about what the show will be like. This show has a dedicated relationship expert in the studio. The other regular celebrity guests and guest stars are all bigger names than you, so your screen time will be limited."
The implication is that Mu Zhi should worry about the camera instead.
After thinking for a moment, Shang Jian added, "The program team provided a schedule where the host, who has a general understanding of the situation, will ask you one or two questions..."
Mu Zhi summarized Shang Jian's meaning as follows: You don't need to prepare anything for recording this show. During the viewing of the dating reality show featuring ordinary people, the host will ask you questions. You can say whatever you want. There is no guarantee how much screen time you will get.
It feels like this show invited her just to fill a spot in the studio.
Three days later, the dating reality show "Heartbeat Lovers" recorded its 9th episode.
Shang Jian had other scheduled activities that day.
Only Mu Zhi and her assistant Min Min went to record the program together.
Minmin was a little excited: "Sister Zhizhi, I watched all four seasons of 'Heartbeat Lovers'. Season 1 and Season 3 are classics, with some very popular couples."
"I watched the first episode of this season. The female guests were all quite good-looking, but the male guests were just average-looking."
Mu Zhi did her homework by watching the first episode of this season, and also watched the explanations of previous seasons. She even browsed the #HeartbeatLovers# super topic to get a general understanding of this dating reality show.
Her personal observation: In dating reality shows, mentors who are well-received by the audience are generally those who genuinely ship couples and find the right ones, those who offer substantial insights into the emotional issues between guests, or those who empathize with the guests and provide insightful analysis, thus gaining the audience's approval.
It has been noted that many dating reality shows have been criticized by viewers for having too much content in the studio.
Mu Zhi vaguely understood the key points of her role as a guest on the show:
Don't talk too much, but make sure your words are meaningful.
Backstage at the show "Heartbeat Lovers".
Celebrity guests usually bring their own styling teams, but Muzhi currently only has one assistant, Minmin. Fortunately, "Heartbeat Lovers" is a relatively high-end dating show, with makeup artists and stylists, and clothes are prepared for the guests according to their needs.
The production team created a princess-style look for Mu Zhi, with her hair styled in a princess updo and paired with a peach-pink puff-sleeved princess dress, a sweet yet retro style.
Having finished her styling, Mu Zhi was the first to arrive at the studio.
The studio's design style was similar to what Mu Zhi had seen in previous seasons of the show, with several sofas, a coffee table, and recording equipment such as cameras and lights already set up in front of it. There were several camera positions, and many staff members were standing around.
After Mu Zhi entered, she greeted the staff and chose a sofa to sit on.
A few minutes later.
The host and other celebrity guests also entered the venue one after another.
Mu Zhi is the least famous celebrity guest invited so far this season.
The host is a veteran host from previous seasons of "Heartbeat Lovers" and has also hosted a celebrity version of a dating show, so he has a lot of experience in recording dating variety shows. The other celebrity guests include a third-tier young male actor, singer Zhou Meiyu who has appeared on the same stage as Mu Zhi in "Celebrity Kitchen", and a young male artist who has acted and is active in various variety shows, with a fifth or sixth-tier status.
Mu Zhi and Zhou Meiyu are both guest stars.
Originally, there was a third- or fourth-tier actress who was a regular guest, but she had another important engagement this time and took a leave of absence. The production team temporarily brought in Mu Zhiding for one episode as a replacement.
After everyone greeted each other and sat down on the sofa,
The director briefly explained the process to the two new guests in the studio, and recording began quickly.
The dating reality show that viewers watch consists of two parts per episode.
Each episode is about 1 hour and 20 minutes long and includes studio footage.
In the 9th episode that Mu Zhi participated in, the production team showed the guests three hours of footage of the non-celebrity guests. It was the final date of the most popular couple that viewers had been shipping since the first episode aired, and the eve of their confession. The non-celebrity guests had their last gathering in the house.
The 10th episode is about to conclude.
At the beginning of the recording, the host briefly introduced the romantic relationships of the non-celebrity guests from the previous eight episodes to the two new guests, singer Zhou Meiyu and Mu Zhi. For example, who had basically confessed their feelings to whom and locked up as a couple, which three guests were in a love triangle, and which guest changed their mind about whom after going on a date.
I gave a brief explanation.
"Okay, let's see what new stories unfold among the 11 guests in episode 9?"
The large LCD TV screen in front of me started displaying images.
Mu Zhi outwardly feigned seriousness, but inwardly she was like: ? This is completely different from the atmosphere she felt when the first episode aired.
After all, the first episode only featured two men and three women, but now it's six men and five women, with several unfamiliar faces...
While watching the "TV" segment, the other celebrity guests were very talkative, offering a lot of personal opinions as they watched.
In contrast, Mu Zhi seemed to have become a viewer, immersing herself in the variety show and trying her best to figure out the emotional connections between the 11 non-celebrity guests from the limited recording of this episode.
I was suddenly called upon by the host and asked a question:
"Mu Zhi, Shi Yu and Dai Lang are basically locked in. Next, they will face a common problem faced by many young men and women: long-distance relationship. This is the first time Shi Yu has expressed her worries about the future in a conversation."
If you were in that situation, what would you do if you had to choose between career and love? Or how would you balance them?
Mu Zhi answered without hesitation: "For me personally, career comes first, and love is not a necessity."
Young male celebrity Jin Ziqian joked, "A girl as pretty as Mu Zhi must have a lot of suitors."
This implies that there are too many people pursuing her, so she doesn't need to make any concessions, hence her pride.
Mu Zhiwei gave a slight twitch of her lips: "I'm still young." And with that, she dropped the subject.
Please continue watching the program.
When the woman raised her concerns about the long-distance relationship, the non-celebrity male guest, Dai Lang, said, "As long as two people love each other enough, distance is not a problem. I can go to your city, and you can come to my city to live. This is negotiable."
It shouldn't be an obstacle to two people loving each other. My personality is such that if I love, I love wholeheartedly, without looking back or considering the consequences...
The host then asked Mu Zhi, "Does a statement like that from President Lang give Shi Yu a sense of security?"
Mu Zhi couldn't hold back any longer and spoke her mind: "I think Shi Yu is very serious about her relationship with Dai Lang. She has considered the future of the two of them together and the problem of long-distance relationship... But what Dai Lang just said did not dispel Shi Yu's doubts or give her a sense of security. The problem still exists."
Another young male actor guest present tried to smooth things over, saying that the non-celebrity guests had only spent a little over half a month together and might not be thinking that far ahead right now...
Mu Zhi smiled slightly, but her expression didn't quite agree.
The program was paused three times during recording to allow the host and guests to touch up their makeup.
It took about 4 hours to record.
The production team will re-edit the three hours of videos featuring ordinary people, along with the comments from today's studio guests, and then perform post-production before broadcasting...
After the recording of the program is finished.
One by one, the guests stood up from the sofa, stretched, and the celebrity guests who were rushing to catch up waved to everyone at the recording site before hurriedly leaving with their teams.
Mu Zhi asked Minmin, "What time is it now?"
It's 7 o'clock.
I arrived at the film and television center at 2 p.m. sharp, and five hours had already passed.
Mu Zhi went backstage to change out of the clothes provided by the production crew and put back on her own T-shirt and jeans.
After saying goodbye to the program crew, I was about to leave.
Jin Ziqian suddenly appeared out of nowhere.
"Teacher Mu, would you like to add me as a WeChat friend?"
The host happened to come out of the dressing room next door. Seeing this, he exchanged a glance with Jin Ziqian and said to Mu Zhi in tacit understanding, "I was just thinking of adding Teacher Mu on WeChat. When the show is about to air, we can communicate with the production team if there are any issues. Maybe we'll meet again on other shows soon."
Mu Zhi: ? If there's anything that needs to be communicated about for this episode, that's between the production team and the guests.
However, as a newcomer who has just debuted, it is not appropriate for her to openly refuse her seniors.
So he added Jin Ziqian and the host as WeChat friends.
I plan to get rid of these casual contacts later, those with whom I'll never have any further contact.
After finishing work, Minmin and I found a hot pot restaurant for dinner.
During mealtime.
Minmin gossiped, "Sister Zhizhi, it seems like Jin Ziqian has a thing for you?"
"During the recording of the show, I noticed that every time you spoke, his eyes would linger on you, almost imperceptibly."
Through this period of time, Minmin discovered that Muzhi didn't know much about the big and small celebrities in the entertainment industry.
This seasoned gossipmonger gave a brief overview: "Jin Ziqian comes from a wealthy family and is a second-generation rich kid. He was a resource-driven actor from the very beginning of his career, having acted in two dramas, one as the male lead and the other as the second male lead. His acting skills, well, they're not very good."
Perhaps after being criticized so much, he realized he wasn't really suited for acting, so he started recording variety shows. He appeared on many popular variety shows and quickly became a well-known variety show personality... Oh, and he was photographed by paparazzi twice returning to his apartment complex with a relatively unknown female celebrity.
In Minmin's opinion, Jin Ziqian was the kind of playboy who "passed through a sea of flowers without getting a single petal on him," so she reminded Muzhi.
Mu Zhi: ? During the recording, her attention was focused on the program, and she didn't pay attention to the other celebrity guests next to her.
My impression of Jin Ziqian was that he had a few strands of blue-streaked hair, and his face was blurry.
"I didn't bother to remember what he looked like."
It means they didn't take this person seriously at all.
He didn't take what Minmin said to heart.
I didn't expect it to be 11 pm.
Mu Zhi put down the script and prepared to wash up and go to bed.
My phone received a message from my WeChat friend Jin Ziqian.
Continue read on readnovelmtl.com
