When the audience saw Li Zhao pick up the piglet and put it into the pigpen, they could no longer control their laughter and rolled on the ground.
"I watched the show with my mom. She asked me whose child this was and how hardworking he was. She also told me that I should look for a boyfriend like him in the future, as if I could reach her level."
"To be honest, I hated Li Zhao before I watched the show. He became famous through an online drama and then became a big shot for Cangshi Watch. I couldn't stand him for some reason. But when I saw him chatting with the old man on the pig transport truck about pig farming and daily life, I suddenly felt that he was a very honest and likable young man."
"+1 for the front part. It's obvious that this old man likes Li Zhao very much. He looks at him as if he is his own child."
Netizens were following the show and discussing the topic at the same time. When they saw the auntie quietly called Li Zhao to the kitchen to prepare a special meal for him, but was caught on camera, they burst into laughter again.
"My god, Auntie is so cute, she even secretly stuffed bacon into Zhaozhao's mouth, and Zhaozhao held the bowl and turned his head to look at the camera. I can watch this scene a hundred times."
“Don’t stop Zhao Zhao, let him eat, let him eat. Zizi even hugged a pig to eat some bacon. It was a huge sacrifice. No one of you can stop him from eating, just let him eat!”
The audience was so excited that they seemed to be ready to break into the TV and settle accounts with the show if Li Zhao wasn't allowed to eat meat.
"Fuck, I'm a grown man, but I'm watching a variety show and I'm actually worried about whether the male guest can eat meat. What's the name of this poor guest? Is he an actor or a singer?"
At Yan Ting's house, Li Zhao sat on the sofa and silently covered his eyes, unable to look at his own face as he was eager to eat bacon.
“Is the bacon in the countryside delicious?”
"It's delicious." Li Zhao answered reflexively, put down his hand and turned to look at Yan Ting: "Tingting, I think you are mocking me."
"Don't doubt it." Yan Ting stuffed the fruit plate on the table into his hands: "I asked the kitchen to cook bacon."
"So you are just laughing at me." Li Zhao turned his grief into appetite, munching on the fruit and continuing to watch the show cross-legged.
Many things that he thought were ordinary became extraordinarily funny after post-production. He felt quite embarrassed when the camera caught him preparing to eat bacon.
But after it was broadcast, it was funny and pitiful.
The six guests took up almost the same amount of time in the program. Li Zhao thought he was the one in charge of appearance, but he didn't expect the program team to make him the one in charge of comedy.
Yan Ting watched Li Zhao jumping up and down on the ridges of the fields. Sometimes he went to watch the fruit tree seedlings being grafted, and sometimes he helped to drive away the chickens that were stealing vegetables in the vegetable garden. He was as happy as a Husky that had been let out of the kennel.
"Did you have a lot of fun in the countryside?" Yan Ting picked a piece of fruit from the plate and ate it himself.
"It's quite fun." Li Zhao picked a big and sweet grape and fed it to Yan Ting's mouth: "Open your mouth."
The warmth from his fingertips passed through the air and spread to his face.
Somewhat warm.
He lowered his head and put the grape into his mouth, not wanting to chew it.
"The village is quite fun, but there are too few people in the village now, and there are almost no young people." Li Zhao sighed: "When I have free time later, I will take you to the countryside to play."
"Okay." The TV started playing the scenes related to Li Zhao again, and Yan Ting's eyes returned to the TV again.
The guests were digging the soil. Among the guests who were complaining all the time, Li Zhao, who was working very hard and even enthusiastically, seemed very special.
Later subtitles: "Do you think we turned on the acceleration? Actually, we didn't."
Old viewers of the show "Return to the Mountains" initially refused to change the guests, and even switched to Channel 9 of the National Channel just out of habit.
But it doesn't matter if you don't watch it, because once you watch it, you'll be hooked. They were frequently amused by the guests' silly behavior, and even felt that this episode was more exciting than the previous ones.
What, are you talking about Liu Cixin, the guest from the previous episodes?
Let the past be the past, we would rather see sand sculptures.
"Oh my god, little Sunflower is so brave that he actually dares to provoke the big rooster who is in love. I don't think he knows the real fighting power of the big rooster."
"Little Sunflower has proved with herself that humans can exert unlimited combat power when escaping."
“Hahahahahaha, Li Zhao in front behaved like a king, but in front of the big rooster, he became as cowardly as bronze. Their backs as they ran in panic are very much like our youth that quickly slips away when we are lazy.”
"Am I the only one who admires the cameraman? At a time like this, he was able to run for his life while carrying the camera and filming the guests at the same time?"
"I swear I'm a pear fan, but I still laughed to tears when I saw Zhao Zhao being chased around by a rooster. It was just too funny, hahahaha."
"The person above must be a fake fan, because the real fans have already started taking screenshots and making memes."
"Friends, if you need emojis, you can go to Li Zhao's topic. The administrator has featured the microblogs related to emojis."
"What kind of creatures are pear fans? Why do they live like haters?"
"Why did I think Li Zhao was a spoiled traffic star before? Fans follow the main character. This is clearly fans following the main character."
"When I saw him playing the Da Xia game with some little kids, I changed from hater to fan. I don't know how to describe it, but I just felt that the way he looked at the kids was very gentle, like... like there was light in his eyes."
"My mother said so too. She said that this boy named Li Zhao must have a good heart. If he gets married, he will definitely be a good husband and a good father. So, Zhao Zhao, when will you come to marry me?"
"Don't just drink upstairs, eat some food, why are you so drunk?"
At the end of the first day, the program team interviewed each guest. The other interviews were complaining about the inhumanity of the program team, only Li Zhao had a bright smile on his face.
“Sweet potato porridge is delicious.”
“The bacon is delicious too.”
"Actually, I don't usually eat so much, but I was so happy today that my appetite was so good."
Audience: “…”
How can a person who can carry a pig just for a bite of food have the nerve to say that he doesn’t eat much?
"Everyone, please give Zhao Zhao some face and pretend to believe what he says."
"Yes, yes, yes. Our Zhao Zhao is a fairy boy who eats very little. The reason he eats a lot is just for show effect. It has nothing to do with him."
"Yes, yes, Zhao Zhao is a fairy boy who can get full by drinking dew."
"Pear powder... is really poisonous."
The success of "If We Were in Love" last season attracted many wealthy sponsors for the new season. The guests of last season became popular again thanks to the show and gained a lot of benefits, so many viewers are looking forward to this season before it even airs.
The "Love" program team is very confident. There has been no competitive variety show recently. Even if this episode is not as popular as the previous one, at least they can give advertisers a satisfactory answer.
The production team had already started warming up a week or two before the show was aired, and on the night of the official broadcast, the production team seemed to have seen their ratings reach the top.
After the show was aired, it was just as they had imagined and the ratings were a huge success.
Although there are many fans quarreling on the online streaming platform, there would be no quarrels without them. The more quarrels there are, the more sense of existence the show has.
"This Xu Bei knows how to get along with girls. All his behaviors are almost in line with the perfect boyfriend in girls' minds." The director was originally dissatisfied with the guest forced in by Ziqie Entertainment, but after watching the recording results, he had less opinions about Xu Bei.
Originally, Lu Hao had already greeted him about this guest spot and wanted to introduce a friend. Ziqie Entertainment intervened halfway, which not only disrupted his plan, but also caused unpleasantness between him and Lu Hao. He felt somewhat unhappy.
As time went by, the program team found that the effective audience of the program began to gradually disappear, and even the frequency of the barrage area was decreasing.
The "Love" program team looked at the lost data but couldn't find the reason. The program style was continued from the previous episode, and even the post-production staff were not replaced. How come the results, which started off well, suddenly started to decline?
There are no competitive variety shows or TV dramas recently, and the audiences abandon their shows halfway. Are there any better shows coming out?
"A new variety show is airing this week?"
"Director, I've checked, and no other channels have any new variety shows airing."
"So what's up with this data?"
The staff were in tears, they also wanted to know what was going on.
"Go check the shows in the same time slot and see whose data is starting to rise?"
After a while, the staff member came back with a dreamy expression: "Director, I found out that there is a program called "Return to the Mountains", and the ratings are rising."
Retreat to the mountains?
The name suggests a third-rate variety show that won’t be popular. The program director frowned and said, “Are they stealing our ratings?”
The staff looked at the director with an expression of "you think too much" and said, "Director, anyone could do such a thing, but this TV station would never do that."
"Why?"
"Because it's a national TV show?"
"What?" The director thought there was something wrong with his ears: "Which channel?"
"The ninth set."
The director turned on his computer and searched for the program on the national online broadcasting platform. When he opened it, he saw six grown men squatting on the ground. Their clothes were in a mess, their hair was messy, they had no makeup on, no lighting, and they had no sense of fashion from head to toe.
Can a show like this become popular?
He looked around among the six guests and finally found a young and handsome guy. Even though he was wearing a shabby and tacky coat and had no styling, it couldn't hide his outstanding appearance.
It's a pity. Such a good-looking boy should come to their show. It will definitely attract many girls to watch their show. The national TV station's programs have neither hype nor publicity, and even the appearance fees are low. No actor with any ideal traffic would choose to participate in this kind of program.
I couldn't help but keep watching while complaining in my heart.
Oh wow, the guests get along very naturally and there are no conflicts. There is not even a timing, which cannot increase the audience's stickiness.
The guest actually carried a sweet potato?
It is worthy of being a national TV station. They actually dare to use the guests as coolies.
Well, for that shot of the young guest holding the child, there could be more slow shots and close-ups, which could also be used as a promotional point.
The variety shows on the national TV station are too rigid. With such good publicity and hype points, they were just filmed in a bland way. Will they be able to make variety shows?
It’s such a waste of such good guests and materials. Why is this guest not from their group?
What a pity. What a pity.
"Director, you've been watching for ten minutes."
As the director of the "If We Fall in Love" program, you can't give clicks to the enemy.
"It's a crappy show, not worth mentioning." The director closed the video playback window and said, "Go contact the show's guests and ask them to post another promotional Weibo."
He just didn't believe that their show, with so many beautiful girls and handsome guys, would be unable to beat that kind of tacky variety show.
It's a pity that the audience just likes this kind of rustic and silly program without any idol baggage. When they saw Li Zhao surrounded by the car driver's family and had to cooperate with them to make the scissors hand gesture, they laughed so hard.
"Li Zhao is such a treasure. When he was walking on the ridge of the field with two boys in his arms and chatting with them, I was moved by his gentleness. Now I am laughing at his silly behavior. How can there be such an interesting person in the world?"
"I'm so miserable. My grandma told me to find a boyfriend like Li Zhao. Where can I find one?"
"Hahaha, go upstairs and tell grandma that Li Zhao is already on the sofa in my house. You don't have a chance."
"Those paranoid patients upstairs, remember to take your medicine. They need imported medicine."
When Xu Bei learned from his agent that the ratings of the variety show "If We Were in Love" that he participated in were surpassed by other shows, he couldn't believe it: "How could there be a show more popular than "If We Were in Love"? Did they buy the ratings?"
"Love" has a strong audience base and has been well promoted. How could it be overtaken by other programs?
"This is true. The program team asked you guests to post another promotional Weibo." The agent looked at him sympathetically and said, "I mentioned to you some time ago that there was a variety show on the national TV station that was short of a guest, but you wanted to go to the "Love" program, so this program was taken by Li Zhao from Strawberry Entertainment."
"Who are you talking about?" Hearing this well-known name, Xu Bei's heart beat like a drum: "Say it again."
"The ratings of the national TV show 'Return to the Mountains' have surpassed 'Love'. The sponsors are very dissatisfied with the data of 'Love'."
In order to obtain the naming rights of the program "Love", a company spent nine figures, but now it has been overtaken by a program that has little presence on the national TV station. Not only are the TV station dissatisfied, but the sponsors are even more dissatisfied.
"No, I mean... Li Zhao also participated in the recording of "Return to the Mountains and Forests"?"
"Yes." The agent looked at Xu Bei with pity. If Xu Bei had taken on "Return to the Mountains" instead of "Love", perhaps the effect would have been better. ”
The average age of the national TV audience is relatively older, so being recognized by this group of viewers is equivalent to gaining audience favor. This is much more practical than creating a persona or buying marketing online.
Xu Bei could no longer see the pitying look in his agent's eyes. His head was buzzing and his chest was stuffy and he couldn't breathe.
Li Zhao, Li Zhao, why is it him again?
Seeing his grim expression, his agent comforted him: "Don't think too much. Although the dark horse "Retreat to the Mountains" has emerged, the audience of the show "Love" is not small. The comments about you on the Internet are also very positive. Many viewers praise you as a noble prince who walked out of a castle."
Xu Bei could no longer hear what his agent said. The only person he could think of was Li Zhao.
"We can't let Li Zhao get so angry." The more angry Li Zhao gets, the more it proves that everything he has done is in vain.
The agent looked at Xu Bei's face and said nothing.
What does Li Zhao's popularity have to do with you? Your looks are not even in the same league. You treat him as your competitor. Li Zhao's team doesn't even want to pay attention to you. Can't you be more thoughtful?
Unfortunately, Xu Bei doesn't have this kind of thing in his bones.
He opened his phone and saw that various marketing accounts were competing to post videos of Li Zhao editing a variety show in order to gain popularity. His heart felt as if it were soaked in lemon juice, so sour that he wished Li Zhao would disappear immediately.
But Li Zhao did not disappear. Overnight, his Weibo followers gained hundreds of thousands. Countless netizens went to "Retreat to the Mountains" to leave messages, asking them to release some behind-the-scenes footage that was not edited out of the show, and some even urged for the next episode.
What made him even more angry was that when he participated in the "Love" program, a male guest mocked him as a backdoor celebrity who got into the program through the backdoor. However, Li Zhao got along very well with several other guests, and all the guests were extremely affectionate to Li Zhao.
Why? !
Why is this happening?
Li Zhao had eaten bacon for three meals in a row. Even at breakfast, there was a plate of lean bacon on the table.
Perhaps it was because he looked so pitiful when he secretly ate bacon in front of the camera that Tingting had a lot of misunderstandings about him.
Not only Tingting, but also Zhang Xiaoyuan's parents and three friends from the welfare home said they wanted to send him bacon.
"Tingting, let's not eat bacon tonight." At lunch, Li Zhao looked at the fried bacon in front of him and said, "No matter how delicious the food is, we can't eat it every meal, right?"
Yan Ting was stunned. He was like a parent who didn't know how to treat his child well. He heard what the child liked and just kept making the same thing over and over again. He was clumsy and inflexible.
"Actually, I really like this." Seeing Yan Ting stunned, Li Zhao quickly picked up two slices of meat and put them in his bowl: "It's just that the bacon has been salted. You are not in good health, so you can't often accompany me to eat this food."
"Okay." Yan Ting's hand moved again and he drank the small half bowl of soup that Li Zhao scooped for him.
"Tingting, you haven't been to the company much these days." Li Zhao asked: "With your current position, is it okay for you not to go to the company?"
"I don't need to go to the office for a lot of my work, I can just operate remotely on the computer." Yan Ting put down the bowl of soup without looking up at Li Zhao: "Don't worry about me."
"Yeah." Li Zhao's understanding of the real living environment of senior white-collar workers all came from his imagination, so he believed what Yan Ting said without a doubt.
In the afternoon, the two of them sat in the sun room reading books. Yan Ting read original books, and Li Zhao read fashion magazines in the industry. In order to cultivate Li Zhao's sense of fashion, the company ordered a lot of first-line fashion magazines for him.
Maybe he doesn't have much fashion sense, he thinks these models are not as fashionable as Yan Ting in a suit.
There were also pants with bright red and green patterns, which made him question his life.
After flipping through the photos, he found that the best-looking photo was the one in which the model was holding a computer and wearing a suit.
"What are you looking at?" Seeing Li Zhao stop turning the pages, Yan Ting put down the book in his hand and leaned over to take a look.
"As expected, men at work are the most handsome." Li Zhao moved the magazine towards Yan Ting: "Isn't that right?"
Yan Ting looked at the photo without saying anything.
The next morning, after Li Zhao took Yan Ting for a run and changed his clothes and went downstairs, he found Yan Ting sitting at the dining table in a suit and tie.
"Tingting, are you going out today?"
"The company has an emergency meeting and I need to attend." Reaching out and pulling his tie, Yan Ting said, "The kitchen made me some nourishing soup at noon. If you are free, can you help me deliver it to the company?"
"Okay, no problem." Li Zhao agreed: "I heard that your company's management is very strict. Can I be sent to the company?"
"No problem, I'm from the CEO's office, and it's no big deal to ask the family to send me a meal." Yan Ting paused and said, "Forget it, you'll be going out to film a show in a few days, so you should have a good rest at home. I'll ask the driver to bring it over."
"What's the big deal? I'm just sitting around doing nothing." Li Zhao patted his chest and said, "Don't worry, I'll definitely deliver it to you on time."
Isn’t it just delivering food?
It’s no problem to let him cook for his good brothers.
But can brothers also be called family members?
He glanced at Yan Ting secretly and decided to give up worrying about such a trivial matter.
Before noon, Li Zhao picked up the thermal box prepared in the kitchen and set off.
He was lucky and did not encounter any traffic jams along the way. When he arrived at the Canghuan headquarters building, it was not yet noon.
When passing by the gate, the handsome security guard just looked at him twice and did not stop him to ask questions.
Stepping into the magnificent hall, Li Zhao controlled his urge to take a few more glances.
One, two, three, four, keep your head up and your chest out.
Handsome, elegant and calm.
Today’s Li Zhao is not an ordinary Li Zhao. He is the Li Zhao who is going to deliver meals to Tingting and win face for Tingting.
Walking to the front desk, Li Zhao took off the mask on his face: "Excuse me, I am..."
"Mr. Li." Qin Xiao's voice called out from behind.
"Mr. Qin?" Li Zhao smiled when he saw Qin Xiao in a neat suit. It's easier to get things done if you have an acquaintance.
"Mr. Li, are you here to deliver food to Mr. Ting?" Qin Xiao glanced at the oversized insulated rice bucket in Li Zhao's hand, suspecting that Li Zhao had misunderstood Mr. Ting's appetite: "Come with me, I'll take you upstairs."
"Will this affect your work?" Li Zhao hesitated for a moment and said, "If it affects you, I won't go up. Just help me carry the lunch box up."
"Of course not." Qin Xiao chuckled: "Don't worry, the company provides very good benefits to senior employees."
"Thank you for your help."
Li Zhao thanked him and followed Qin Xiao into an elevator.
As expected of a world-renowned family business, even the interior decoration of its elevators is so exquisite.
The receptionist, who had no chance to speak from beginning to end, stared blankly at Assistant Qin as he took the man away. After a long while, she said to the other person, "Do you think that young man just now looks a lot like your Zhao Zhao?"
"Not like that, not at all." The colleague kept shaking his head but was screaming in his heart.
Ahhhh, my baby is so well-behaved and polite, and he looks so good without makeup!
He actually delivers meals to people in the company and is very familiar with Special Assistant Qin. Why is her kid so outstanding?
"Are you talking about Li Zhao?" A young female employee in a business suit and with an assistant department badge on her chest came over and asked, "Did you see Li Zhao just now?"
"No, she just saw it wrong." The colleague quickly denied: "It's not Li Zhao."
It’s obvious at first glance that this female employee is not a fan of their kid, could she be a hater?
No, no, I must not let her know that Zaizai delivered meals. What if she makes up some negative information to discredit Zaizai online?
Her cub is so cute, she wants to protect the cutest cub in the world.
The author has something to say: Baby Zhao Zhao: Children who study hard are the cutest.
Baby Tingting straightened his back, took out his little book and placed it upright on the table: Look at me, look at me, I am the most serious baby in the class!
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