Chapter 155 Travel Comprehensive Recording
Du Tang closed his eyes and opened them again.
How come a group of young people in their teens and 17s look even more lifeless than a middle-aged office worker like him?
Du Tang looked back at Ding Ling suspiciously, and saw a face that looked like it was about to die.
Du Tang: ...
Sorry to bother you.
After quickly filming some clips of their first meeting, the lifeless group went to wash and change clothes, and the production crew began to set up the camera.
Before officially starting the trip, they also have to shoot footage of the funding allocation and do some pre-production interviews.
According to the process decided in the previous meeting, the order of travel is based on the age of the members, that is, the first destination of the trip is the hometown of the youngest member, Cang Zizhen - Jing City.
Although most of the members have been in Beijing for at least two or three years, their studies and training take up most of their time. Due to their status, they cannot go out and play freely in the remaining free time. Therefore, everyone is still very unfamiliar with Beijing and has hardly ever been to popular tourist attractions.
So it is still quite fresh to travel in Beijing for two days and one night.
This is what Du Tang originally thought.
He thought he would be able to see members who were more excited or enthusiastic. After all, this was the first external variety show recorded by the fifth group after their debut, and it was a travel variety show. How could he not be excited?
How did the scene end up like this?
"The total cost of our entire trip is—ten thousand yuan!"
"Wow!"
In the camera, Lu Yao opened his pair of deer-like eyes, which were sparkling, and his lips were slightly parted, which made him look very cute.
Du Tang signaled the cameraman to zoom in to capture Lu Yao's next reaction, but after that wow, Lu Yao didn't say anything else.
No, that’s the extent of the show’s effect?
Du Tang went to see others.
The members who had put on makeup looked much more energetic, but in front of the high-definition camera, faced with the "huge sum" of 10,000 yuan for six trips given by the program team, the perfunctory curves of their mouths were obvious.
No, what happened?
In the Fifth Era, everyone's reactions to the show were very good. Even if it seemed a bit fake at times, the necessary reactions were all there. How come today only Lu Yao reacted, while no one else did?
Is there a rule in the fifth generation that Lu Yao and others cannot react to the program at the same time?
After recording this part uneventfully, during the pre-interview session, Du Tang felt something was even more strange.
Lu Yao, dancing and excitedly talking about his anticipation for traveling in front of the camera, and the others, answering questions one by one with stiff movements...
Something must be wrong here, right?
After filming the contents of the villa, everyone moved to shoot the first stop of today's trip and went to the airport to pick up the travel guest for this stop - Gao Xiuqi.
However, Du Tang underestimated the difficulty of filming the travel variety show, and also lacked control over the new member of his team who had just started working together. As a result, as soon as the fifth group got off the car at the airport, they were surrounded by fans who had rushed over after hearing the news.
Pairs of outstretched hands, holding mobile phones, stretched higher and higher, just for the few unclear figures in the crowd.
By the time Du Tang, with a grim expression, asked the airport staff to maintain order, adjusted everyone's somewhat messy appearance due to the crowd, and resumed filming, an hour had already passed since the scheduled time.
The group rushed through the airport and found Gao Xiuqi waiting in the lounge.
"Teacher Gao, sorry, we are late!"
After Qiu Yuge finished speaking, six heads bent down in front of Gao Xiuqi. The cameraman rushed behind Gao Xiuqi and captured the six heads bending in unison.
Gao Xiuqi breathed in and out silently, then smiled: "It's okay."
Then, with the help of security, the group left the airport and got on the bus amid the cheers of fans.
The first travel recording of "The Fifth Journey" officially begins.
The tour guide of this station, Cang Zizhen, put on his tour guide armband, took out his tour guide book, picked up the microphone, and began to introduce this itinerary to the tourists of this station.
"The first stop of this trip is Baiwen Mountain Park. We will stand on the top of Baiwen Mountain and overlook the beautiful scenery of the entire Beijing city. It is expected to take two hours. At the Baiwen Restaurant at the foot of the mountain, we will taste the century-old Beijing cuisine."
"In the afternoon, we will depart directly from the restaurant to visit Jinghua Palace and experience the stories of this land thousands of years ago. The trip is expected to take three hours."
"Then we set out to the Bell Tower Alley to experience the atmosphere of urban life and listen to sounds that span millennia."
"Finally, we'll go back to the hotel to rest. That's our itinerary for today."
"Good!" Lu Yao applauded and cheered loudly. After Cang Zizhen looked over, he raised his hand and asked, "So, how long will it take us to get to Baiwenshan Park?"
Cang Zizhen looked back at the driver.
"Forty minutes."
"Then we'll be there soon!" Lu Yao narrowed his eyes and looked very happy.
The others nodded in agreement.
Gao Xiuqi's expression stiffened slightly. Seeing that no one was talking except nodding, he finally spoke up, "It's eleven o'clock now. So the tour guide is saying that we should set off now and arrive at Baiwenshan Park at eleven forty. We'll climb to the top to see the entire Jingshi scenery, then climb down to have lunch. After lunch, we'll visit Jinghua Palace. After visiting Jinghua Palace, we'll go to Bell Tower Alley. Is that right?"
Upon hearing this, Cang Zizhen glanced at the road book in his hand, confirmed that there was no mistake, and nodded: "Yes, that's right."
Gao Xiuqi couldn't laugh.
Go hiking at twelve o'clock noon in July?
Seriously?
Is this a journey that the human mind could come up with?
After climbing the mountain, we have to visit Jinghua Palace, which still takes three hours!
Aren’t you tired?
Even after visiting Jinghua Palace, you still want to visit the Bell Tower Alley?
Is your leg going to break?
Gao Xiuqi couldn't believe his ears.
But facing countless cameras, he smiled silently.
The bus arrived at Baiwenshan Park on time. As soon as we got off the bus, we were hit by a heat wave.
Gao Xiuqi felt like he was going to die.
Looking back, Lu Yao, who was the most excited along the way, was looking around with his big eyes. Every tree and every door around him could cause him to cheer.
Gao Xiuqi withdrew his gaze and silently rolled his eyes out of the camera's reach.
Du Tang fanned himself with his hat, took out his cell phone to check the temperature, and it didn't look good.
According to their original plan, they would arrive at Baiwenshan Park after ten o'clock. It would not be too hot at this time, and there would be trees on the mountain to provide shade, so it would be cooler.
This kind of mountain climbing can be considered leisurely.
But who knew that we would waste so much time at the airport, and the journey along the way was not smooth, and we arrived at the park at almost twelve o'clock.
Climbing a mountain at this time is a bit excessive no matter how you think about it.
"Let's hire a tour guide!" Lu Yao jumped in front of Cang Zizhen, stretched out his hand, and pointed diagonally forward: "Look, there's a tour guide there."
Cang Zizhen turned his head in the direction of Lu Yao's hand, listened to Lu Yao's voice beside his ear, and nodded subconsciously: "Okay, okay."
The smile that had just appeared on Gao Xiuqi's face began to stiffen again.
Do I need a guide when climbing a mountain?
If he remembered correctly, the program description told to him by the production team was that this was a travel variety show with limited funding, right?
Funds are limited, can we still spend them like this?
Does anyone else have any objections?
Gao Xiuqi looked at the others, only to see them standing there, not even turning their heads, let alone expressing any objections.
It seemed that even if Lu Yao went and spent all the money now, they would not have any objection.
Gao Xiuqi: ...
Lu Yao cheered and ran to the small pavilion, her ponytail swinging behind her, looking full of energy.
In the end, Cang Zizhen paid the bill and brought back seven tour guide headphones.
It cost one hundred and forty yuan.
After putting on headphones, we really started climbing the mountain.
Baiwen Mountain is not high. In some plateau areas, its height cannot even be called a mountain, it can only be called a slope.
But in Beijing, a plain city, the slope at an altitude of two or three hundred meters in the urban area is already high enough.
It is even the highest point in the entire Beijing city.
Overlooking the entire city, more than enough.
Moreover, Beijing has been the capital of many countries since ancient times. Therefore, Baiwen Mountain, the only mountain in Beijing, has also left many relics.
As a tourist attraction, Baiwen Mountain is quite qualified - if you don't come at noon in July.
It took an hour for a group of seven people to successfully reach the summit.
The commentary sounded in the headphones, the breeze blew his scattered hair, and Lu Yao stood in front of the camera with a smile on his face and his arms open, as if he was embracing the whole city.
Beside him was Gao Xiuqi, who had a forced smile on his face, and the other members who looked a little more energetic with makeup on, but still not much more energetic.
Du Tang was holding a small fan to blow air and looking at the scene in the camera with a frown on his face.
Something is wrong, something looks wrong with this fifth quadrant combination.
What should the fifth quadrant combination look like?
As a new boy group, they should show a youthful and energetic look as they work hard for their dreams.
But as the fifth generation of Minghui Entertainment's training system, as the male group Fifth Quadrant that debuted in the hit program Fifth Season, combined with the much-discussed Fifth School, Du Tang feels that the characteristics of this group are very obvious.
That's a face-saving project! A face-saving project!
Throughout the entire program of The Fifth Era, especially in the first few episodes, everyone except Lu Yao pretended to have a good relationship. However, their relationship was not that good, and their skills in concealing it were not very good, so under the ubiquitous camera, they always failed to pretend.
The audience is happy to capture these images, analyze them based on their own understanding, and then post them online to discuss with others.
After all, who doesn’t love boy bands?
Towards the end of the show, perhaps because their debut was imminent, everyone's relationship did become better, or perhaps influenced by Lu Yao and Wang Mingzhi, everyone gradually became more frank, so they looked more sincere in front of the camera, which moved many people, including Du Tang.
So, after the fifth-generation members and countless fans cried their hearts out on the night of their formation, Du Tang believes that all the audiences of the Fifth Generation want to know what the current situation of the successful Fifth Quadrant group is.
And what can reveal a person's behavior better than traveling?
Du Tang has a beautiful idea. In this travel variety show where all members act as tour guides, members act as tourists, and have to face entertainment industry seniors, under external and internal pressure, he believes that he can see the spark that he wants belonging to the Fifth Group, and this spark will also make this program gain a lot of popularity like the Fifth Era.
But, but, who can tell him what is going on now?
How come it is completely the opposite of the Fifth Age, with Lu Yao alone pretending to be fine in front of the camera, while the other five are like puppets, moving at every word they say?
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