Chapter 165 Food and Accommodation

After hearing Su Yun's answer with a gloating smile, Fang Mona carefully read the details of the plan again, and then she roughly understood Su Yun's real intention in setting up this program.

It’s not like these TV stations haven’t made cooking shows before, but they usually invite some famous chefs or celebrities to teach how to cook their specialties. These are projects that have some guarantee of ratings but are unlikely to become big hits, so they are usually broadcast at awkward times like three or four in the afternoon, hoping to secure a steady viewership from the housewives who are learning to cook.

However, Su Yun's program "Real Cooking Man" takes a completely opposite approach from the stable specialty show. Not only does it specifically pick unpopular ingredients, but even the performers have become male artists and male audience members who don't have many cooking skills. With such a two-pronged approach, people who occasionally cook home-cooked meals may not be able to withstand the test, let alone those so-called "real men" who clamor that a gentleman should stay away from the kitchen.

“Compared to envying the cooking skills of the great chefs on TV, perhaps the clumsiness of the male artists and male audiences is more eye-catching. After all, in this world, there are far more lousy cooks than expert cooks,” Su Yun said with a smile.

For example, after smartphones became popular and various live broadcast platforms came into being, all kinds of funny videos of people failing to perform well often gained more popularity than the god-level performances of masters. The reason for this is the human mentality of schadenfreude and comparison: it is refreshing to see that there are noobs in the world who are worse than me, and when I see that I have made the same mistake, it always arouses sympathy from the noobs.

This kind of intentional or unintentional embarrassment to attract attention is actually not a cooking variety show, but a comedy show...

"Hearing you say that, it is indeed something to consider." Fang Mona pondered for a moment, and after thinking about the next round of program arrangements in her mind, she spoke, "These preliminary preparations will take at least two weeks at the fastest. So this program will be scheduled at the end of July? It just so happens that the second part of "The Thousand Faces Girl" will be completed at that time, and "Youth Song" has just been released for two weeks. We can eat and stay while the heat is hot."

The so-called "food, shelter and superiority" means to pursue victory and move forward with the momentum.

Su Yun thought for a moment and nodded: "No problem."

The reason why Fang Mona discussed the schedule with her so kindly was because Su Yun knew that this program might not be easy to do at the beginning, so she challenged herself to be the first guest...

At worst, I can just bring a few extra stomach medicines with me when I do this show.

Su Yun consoled herself with the thought that it was hard to make money and hard to eat, and then suggested to Fang Mona, "My friend Zhong Bu Luo's recent work goal is also to be a host. Can we let him join in and give it a try?"

"Oh, you mean him? He is indeed a newcomer worthy of cultivation. I will make arrangements for him when the time comes." Regardless of which TV station it is, hosting resources are scarcer than actor resources. For a newcomer like Zhong Buluo who has signed a TBB contract and is young, handsome and popular with the audience, Fang Mona has been very concerned about him and put him in "Happy Tonight" and some radio programs recently to let him train with the veteran hosts.

A good host can withstand the test of time better than an actor, and if he or she is good at it, the older he or she gets, the more valuable he or she will be. This is very different from actors who rely on their youth to make a living.

If we calculate now, it is almost time for Zhong Bu Luo to host a program independently. In the early stage, he can arrange a few veterans to lead him and stabilize the popularity of the program. When he does well in the future, it will be time for Zhong Bu Luo, who has established his footing, to lead other newcomers.

This kind of old-to-new relationship is the best cycle of succession between the old and the new.

Besides, if Su Yun is going to be a general under her in the future, he must be allowed to gradually build up a small team so that he can have the confidence to challenge those old antiques in Taiwan.

After discussing the next arrangements with Fang Mona, Su Yun spent the rest of her time waiting for the preliminary preparations and also busy writing other plans.

In terms of film promotion, she didn't have to do much: in order to maximize the popularity of "The Great Cook", a superstar of Su Yun's level had to be kept as the final trump card.

As for exposure, the second part of "The Thousand Faces Girl" and the ready-to-go "Song of Youth" have been released one after another, so it is definitely enough.

Moreover, in the early stage of "Song of Youth", Su Yun had ugly costumes. In order to avoid making the audience feel out of place, she was not allowed to appear in public in a glamorous and beautiful manner during this period. Therefore, the two male protagonists, Chen Baiyang and Zhang Querong, are currently promoting the film and appearing on various programs every day to talk about the new film, just to make their presence felt among the young people.

"Wow, you all acted so well!" Looking at the picture on TV, Grandma Su clapped her hands and exclaimed.

Su Yun, who was writing in the lobby on the first floor to accompany Grandma Su, looked up and said: Oh, the climax of the second part, "Two Princesses", was just being broadcast. No wonder Grandma Su was so excited.

The story line of the first part of "The Thousand Faces Girl" is basically the learning struggle of the heroine Kitajima Maya, from a special student in the Tsukikage Theater class to the strongest rival troupe. In the end, after the two troupes had a conflict in casting and Himekawa Ayumi had already played the perfect heroine Midori in "Itazura na Kagome", she broke through and rebuilt herself to play a brand new Midori.

But the heroine's path has not been easy. After discovering that the male protagonist Masumi Hayami, whom she has a crush on, is not the good guy who funded their troupe, but a "villain" who plans to take over the troupe in order to obtain the copyright of "Crimson Angel", Maya musters up the courage to scold Masumi Hayami.

The Hayami Group then drastically reduced its investment in the Tsukikage Theater as originally planned, causing most members to pack up and leave. The few remaining Maya members were reduced to performing in low-end underground theaters.

The heaviest blow came at the moment of greatest hope. If it had not been for the persistence of the last few disciples and Maya, Tsukikage Chigusa, the owner and teacher of the troupe, might have collapsed.

This also made Maya deeply hate big profiteers like Hayami Masumi, but given her current status, she could do nothing about it and could only study harder.

During this difficult period, teacher Yueying, who had always been in poor health, managed to lead the troupe in performances and teach them. Everyone in the troupe took on multiple jobs and even went out to work to earn money to cover expenses, all just to keep the troupe, their dream home.

Especially Maya, who came from a poor background, was happy and smiled sincerely for the troupe's perseverance even though she was so tired that she couldn't even stand up.

Maya's persistence and enthusiasm naturally touched the protagonist Masumi Hayami, who had always felt lonely because he was Hayami's adopted son. So, he put on a vest under the name of "the man who sends purple roses", secretly wrote letters and claimed to be a fan of Maya, and then paid to send the tired and sick teacher Yueying to the hospital for treatment.

Only the audience knows about this act of being both the good cop and the bad cop. On the one hand, Maya hates Hayami Masumi who harmed the Tsukikage Theater Company, but on the other hand, she is deeply moved by the help of the only fan who sent her a purple rose. She is determined to work hard to cheer herself up and must fulfill Teacher Tsukikage's wish to become the successor of "Crimson Angel".

The plot is so suspenseful that after watching the first part, the audiences are all looking forward to the moment when the male protagonist is exposed.

However, in the much-anticipated second part, the male protagonist still did not reveal himself until the end. On the contrary, he continued to "motivate" Maya with a sarcastic tone and expression, and tried his best to increase Maya's hatred value, making the audience feel worried for this awkward and arrogant man.

On the contrary, Ayumi, who is both an enemy and a friend, has always regarded Maya as her only opponent. She has never suppressed her but has never underestimated her.

When Maya was framed by a vicious female supporting role who was jealous of her talent, Ayumi, who always paid special attention to coordination on the stage, took the initiative to perform on the same stage with the vicious female supporting role for the first time. She stole all the limelight with her superb acting skills and gorgeous performance, becoming another stage storm, and suppressing the vicious female supporting role who relied on a trick to squeeze out Maya and become the heroine.

"When everyone gave up on me, only Ayumi kept believing in me and knew my feelings towards acting..." The male protagonist's pressure and Ayumi's encouragement came at the same time. Maya couldn't help but chase after her and clung to Ayumi's car.

"Ayumi, I will definitely catch up with you!" Maye mustered up the courage to say to the people in the car.

Faced with this ambitious confession, Ayumi just smiled slightly and asked the driver to start the car.

At this time, most people thought that this was just a relationship between soul mates, confidants, and destined rivals that was difficult to entangle. But after a few years, when the times became more open, the audience active in the bullet screen started to post various yuri comments such as "the lower class is overthrowing the upper class" and "this is true love"...

As for the male lead, oh, he is quite handsome, but it seems that he has not been able to pursue the female lead until now because he lives like a villain.

Especially when I think of Maya's actress Akina Nakamori, whose life path was also changed because of the invitation of Su Yun, who played Ayumi. The CP party spread from Maya x Ayumi to Akina x Su Yun. It was a sweet relationship that lasted from the play to the reality, and my heart and eyes were filled with pink bubbles.

No matter how handsome and cool the actor Hideki Saijo who plays the male lead is, and even his name matches that of Akina Nakamori very well, the storyline of the two female leads is so beautiful that it has always overshadowed the official pairing of the male and female leads.

Of course, last year, Seiko Matsuda also released a duet with Hiromi Go, "The Third Year of Different Views and Changes of Mind", and it was said that it was Su Yun who got it - combined with the fact that Seiko Matsuda and Su Yun met in 1974 because of "Memoirs of a Geisha", and Su Yun met Akina Nakamori three years later in 1977 because of "The Thousand Faces of the Girl", many Seiko x Su Yun CP fans unanimously believe that this song was sung for Su Yun, the sea king who loves new things and forgets the old...

These two parties fought fiercely during the Showa era, and apart from their careers, they could still find points of contention.

Fortunately, Su Yun later raised too many fish, and these fish were basically not weak or even slightly better, so they couldn't clamor that their idol was Su Yun's only true love, so the scale of their quarrels was generally not large. Most of the time, they just talked nonsense and rarely got physical.

Back on topic, after Ayumi publicly acknowledged that Maya was her only rival, Maya finally got a new opportunity and challenge: to perform on the same stage with Ayumi, whom she had always been pursuing, and play the leading role in the stage play "Two Princesses".

The difficulty of this stage play lies in the fact that the roles played by the two people are exactly the opposite of their personal positioning - Ayumi, who has always been beautiful and elegant, plays the dark and cruel Winter Princess, while Maya, who has always had an ugly image and is better at playing villains and special roles, plays the gentle and noble Spring Princess.

Although the conditions were harsh, after going through a lot of hard work, the two girls finally broke through the shackles of their own performing arts images and opened up a broader performing arts path.

As for the male protagonist Masumi Hayami, he was obviously very happy for Maya's progress in his heart, but on the surface he still looked like he only cared about money and said he would send Maya a lot of flowers. So Maya, who had always hated him, thought that this was a publicity strategy of a profiteer and felt very complicated.

She used to think of Hayami Masumi as a kindhearted Daddy-Long-Legs, but later she found out that he was the one who harmed the troupe and turned against him immediately; now she is under the Daito Entertainment Company of the Hayami Group due to contractual reasons, and the boss Hayami Masumi is cultivating her as a resource, but at the same time he is suppressing her...

It's a mixture of love and hate, that's all.

However, Maya is not the only one who is confused.

The male lead Masumi Hayami has already received the news: if Maya does not win an art award or the best performance award in the next year, the right to play the role of Crimson Angel will fall to Ayumi Himekawa.

As if things didn't get worse, the Hayami family began to plan a blind date for him with a wealthy girl of equal status.

In the last scene of this episode, the two girls stood in the silent and deserted hall, marveling at the exquisiteness of this scene.

"I can't believe that another story just happened in this space." Ayumi Himekawa exclaimed.

"But I'm still not as good as you, Ayumi." Maya also sighed, then looked to the side, "I want to catch up with you quickly."

This second confession seemed wonderful, but the following conversation made Ayumi, who had always seemed invincible, fall into endless confusion.

Ayumi, who has always been able to remain absolutely rational during performances, felt that she experienced the feeling of becoming another person for the first time in this stage play, and was reluctant and nostalgic; while Maya, who transformed herself into the character as soon as she entered the play and did not leave until the end, said that she has always been like this.

There is no difference in the acting styles, but because of various factors in Ya Gong's body, she was nervous, so when she heard these words from her most concerned opponent at this moment, the taut string broke at once.

Maya, she has always been like this.

The sudden darkness in front of her eyes foreshadowed that the former genius girl had finally encountered the darkest period in her life.

At this point, the second part of "The Thousand Faces Girl" has officially ended.

In the next trailer, Maya practices howling and walking on all fours to play the role of a wolf boy, Hayami Masumi struggles to survive between her family and her true heart, and Ayumi, with her eyes bandaged, gropes forward in the bright sky...

Although the previous plot has already mentioned that Ayumi has an eye disease, which is why she is trying so hard to race against time to catch the Red Angel's hint and warning; but at this moment, no one dares to believe that the always proud and elegant White Swan will eventually be drowned by the endless darkness of illness.

Just as this short preview of the next episode was about to come to an end, a hand suddenly reached out from the front and gently supported Ya Gong, who was about to fall, and then the white light of a camera flashed by.

"My angel, please let me go with you." The person's face was obscured by white light, leaving only his radiant golden curly hair and a steady and pleasant young voice, which seemed to carry a lingering charm that made people's souls linger.