During the two-week rural life, the eight teenagers experienced their first time making a fire, feeding pigs, cutting grass for rabbits, falling into a mud pit, digging wild vegetables, making tofu, sewing clothes, and so on.
Looking at the increasingly messy hairstyles and unruly behavior of these teenagers, they are becoming more and more familiar with the rhythm and conditions of life in the countryside, and are becoming more and more integrated into this primitive ecology and simple and authentic life.
I watched the trainees pinch their noses as they had to use the most old-fashioned toilets; I watched them cook feed and carefully clean up; several of them were startled by various small animals that suddenly appeared in the countryside; they were chased by the geese next door; they went to the creek to pick snails; they went to the fields to catch loaches...
First, everyone worked together in the fields. Yin Haoran, Fan Yao, Zuo Jiashi and others splashed clean water from the small ditch on the side. It developed into a fight between the last group of trainees, which went from water fights to mud fights. Then, because there was no water heater, they could only line up like Terracotta Warriors and wait for their friends in the kitchen to boil water for a bath.
Once, Wang Jiazhen accidentally fell into a field and cried, saying that his legs were sucked into the mud and he was worried that his legs would be lost. Then everyone hurriedly pulled him out of the mud like pulling a carrot.
At night, everyone was bored, so they took a few benches and bamboo chairs and sat around in the yard. The teenagers leaned against each other, some stared at the exceptionally clear night sky and stared at the stars in a daze, some closed their eyes and felt the cool breeze of the countryside at night, and some asked the director team to borrow a guitar and hummed softly.
The sounds of wind, cicadas, streams, and the whispers and singing of teenagers blend together, and this peaceful, harmonious, and beautiful scene has become an unforgettable memory in the hearts of many people.
Su Yin, in the filming crew, watched the young people enjoying themselves in the camera. Doing nothing seemed beautiful. How many people haven't found this kind of quiet time, putting down their phones, gazing at the stars, enjoying the cool breeze, and letting their thoughts wander? This is why Su Yin decided to create a slow variety show, hoping to convey a few thoughts to the busy people of this world. Regardless of the world, the reflections on slow pace and slow living that slow variety shows bring hold value. They resonate with many, especially those accustomed to the high-pressure, fast-paced lives of cities.
Although a variety show cannot change people's current situation, if it can allow the audience to feel a sense of rest, relaxation, and reflection on life through our pictures in their spare time, this variety show will definitely be a success.
Thinking about how the variety show had been recorded so far and how they had already collected many of the scenes they had originally wanted, Su Yin also felt a little relaxed and her mind was rarely distracted. Since coming to this world, she had never dared to relax, forcing herself to work harder. Her desire to work hard also slowed down during this variety show.
Watching these young people in the camera, my mind recounts my own past. From the blissful babbling and toddling of childhood to the naive pursuit of idol dreams, to the bewildered return to China after a failed idol debut, to starting over and working behind the scenes in the idol industry, to finally being transported to this unfamiliar world without family or friends, and continuing to pursue my own idol dreams.
She poured her heart and soul into creating this slow-paced variety show, a familiar, if familiar, past-world variety show. With different guests, a diverse team, and a diverse environment, as the filming progressed day by day, Su Yin became increasingly excited to see whether this variety show, a story of youth and the changing times, and the clash of modernity and rural life, would live up to her expectations and earn the love and recognition of this world's audiences.
Two weeks passed quickly, and the filming team returned with a lot of footage.
The company has also entered into the intense post-production and publicity work before the online broadcast.
Chen Yang chose to stay in the original daily training and shooting team as the team leader, while Zou Kangyu chose to join the newly formed variety show team to learn variety show post-production. Both of them are satisfied with their current positions and choices.
With a stronger variety show post-production team, Su Yin and the new team have further improved the post-production of the variety show. The editing techniques such as flower characters, emoticons, and animations used in the previous variety show have been tested and learned by the team many times, and are presented more skillfully in this variety show. According to the nature of the subject matter of this variety show, the post-production is made more refined and fresh.
The filming took a total of two weeks, but the post-production took more than two months to cut out a rough version of the film. Subsequent adjustments will be made in real time based on audience feedback.
After the first preview meeting within the company, Su Yin took the main film of the first three episodes and the collection of the funniest clips of the entire variety show, and went to the Grape Video building again.
The company also created a unified promotional poster and copy specifically for this variety show. Previews and advertisements were placed on the official website, Grape Video, M Station, Weibo, and OO Space platforms. Fan groups and fan clubs were also contacted in advance to announce the show's launch. We hope fans will pay close attention and actively promote and publicize the show, thereby mobilizing their participation and attention.
The company also communicated in advance with several major video platforms and social platforms that provide variety show commentary, including media and personal accounts, to inform them of the specific time and general content of the variety show's launch, and welcomed everyone to watch and comment.
Su Yin came forward to reach a cooperation with the Douyin channel, which already has a lot of traffic and popularity. After the variety show is broadcast, various variety show short dramas, small highlights and hilarious clips will be promoted on the Douyin platform to attract traffic from each other.
Most excitingly, after repeated efforts and confirmation, the Grape platform, having reviewed the final product, finally expressed optimism about the variety show's success. After internal deliberation, they decided to give Yuexiang Entertainment, the new variety show, a permanent recommendation in the largest section of their homepage, the highest level. However, this promotion will only be given for two weeks; if performance continues to underperform, the recommendation will be rescinded.
This variety show is the only one produced by Grape Food this year that wasn't produced by a major platform and has been given the most publicity. It also has the lowest production cost and the least famous guests among all the variety shows in this sector.
Next Friday night will be the official launch date for their second variety show "Peach Blossom Spring Chronicles".
Many staff members chose to delay leaving get off work tonight and stay in the company, waiting for real-time data feedback on tonight's variety show.
As the launch date drew closer, the atmosphere in the company's offices grew increasingly tense, a silent tension permeating the space. It was unclear when, but everyone stopped talking and stared intently at their computers, their expressions filled with anxiety.
"Mr. Su, what do you think... can our variety show reach a new high in terms of clicks? Will it be popular?" Just when everyone was too nervous to speak, Yang Ming, who had also been sitting in front of the computer, couldn't help but look at Su Yin who was sitting next to him and asked.
After all, the company had hired so many people and spent a lot of money on filming, post-production, and publicity, which made them, who had not been rich for too long, a little scared.
After all, the company has only successfully produced one variety show, and it's a completely different type of variety show, so it's impossible to judge from the data of the previous variety show. Even within the company, everyone who has watched it many times thinks this variety show is really great, and it has achieved both content and fun, making it an absolutely refreshing variety show.
But who knows what the audience thinks? Maybe the audience just doesn’t like watching this slow-paced variety show about rural life.
There have been cases in the entertainment industry where some works were actually very good but ended up making no splash after being broadcast.
Su Yin is not a god, and she cannot guarantee what kind of performance the variety show produced by her will achieve among the audience.
She just polished their current works bit by bit according to the vision and feelings she had gained from watching hundreds of variety shows in her previous world. She figured out the audience's preferences from the variety show elements and content that the audience loved in the previous world, and did her best to complete a work.
Everyone's eyes turned to her. Su Yin was the absolute core of this variety show. From the selection of materials, to the format and process, script writing, live recording, and post-production, she absolutely dominated the direction and final presentation of the entire variety show.
Some employees who had stopped complaining about Su Yin's variety show idea last time didn't say anything, but they were still somewhat opposed. However, they didn't dare to speak out before the results were in. However, this didn't stop some from internally doubting whether Su Yin could really continue her previous success and prove that her ability wasn't just a fluke.
If the final results of this variety show are not ideal, or even completely lost and fail to create any splash, it will also bring about a series of chain reactions to the company and Su Yin herself.
Those who are willing to stay in this office just to see the video data and audience feedback first are the ones who have put a lot of effort into this variety show. The more effort they put in and the more hope they place on it, the more unspeakable blow and frustration failure will cause.
Although Su Yin couldn't really predict what the final data would be, facing the gazes everyone couldn't help but cast on her, she didn't think any more about it, but stood up and walked into the crowd.
A woman who always has a confident look, eyes that are always bright and sparkling with ambition, always dressed appropriately with her back straight, always standing in the center of everyone to take on responsibilities and difficulties. In her, we can't see any hesitation, worry or anxiety. Her small body contains convincing huge energy.
Su Yin walked to the computer, looked at the countdown, and said in a clear and absolutely certain voice: "Relax, we have already submitted the best answer, and the audience knows what they are talking about."
Then she turned around and looked at everyone, smiling: "Have faith! We will succeed, for sure!"
Countdown three seconds, two seconds, one second, the time for the first episode to be broadcast online has officially arrived.
Zou Kangyu and others began to refresh the video background data and audience feedback from various platforms in front of the computer.
In the fan groups and support stations, many fans immediately opened this variety show at this time and shared their real-time comments in the group.
In the Grape Video building, Li Nan, deputy chief of the Variety Show Department, was also watching the data of this variety show in real time backstage.
When the variety show was finally discussed internally at Grape Video, he not only didn't vote against it, but instead strongly recommended it. Ultimately, it was successfully featured on several fixed homepage recommendations on the variety show section, albeit with conditions attached.
If this variety show does not perform well in the end, such a recommendation will be withdrawn directly, and Li Nan's performance in the highly competitive Grape Video may also be affected to a certain extent.
However, he still insisted on recommending it.
He'd never seen a variety show like this before, never before able to simultaneously experience the pure joy of youth and the tranquility of rural life. He believed such a show would not only attract fans of these young people, but also appeal to middle-aged people like him who work busy lives in the city, and even older people who once lived this kind of life.
If his predictions were correct, this variety show would be able to attract people of all ages! How could this variety show fail?
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