Chapter 2
The pilot program of the wilderness survival live broadcast room is also a live broadcast, but it is more like a preliminary introduction to the contestants. The time is set at six o'clock in the morning. The thirty contestants in the preliminary round are filmed simultaneously by thirty director teams. The live broadcast platform is Shengshi Video.
"Ahhh, I woke up at 5am to watch for this pilot. I was afraid it would be like last year, when the system wouldn't be turned on until almost 6am and I'd be squeezed outside and unable to get in."
"Don't compare SSTV to that crappy platform from last year. SSTV's servers are A+ grade, so we don't think we'll have the same live streaming issues as last year."
The livestreaming room for the show is incredibly busy. Last year, the livestreams were plagued by constant stuttering, especially during international tournaments. I'm told this even irritated Director Anthony, who threatened to send us a server if he couldn't afford it. Once the rumor broke, RV Video and the production team were practically driven to inactivity by the barrage of fans of the show and celebrities. The stock price, which had surged thanks to the show, nearly collapsed. This year, the production team apparently invested heavily in SSTV, which is no ordinary streaming service.
"Same as above. Right now, what I'm most looking forward to is the broadcast. I'm a huge fan of Wild Survivor. I hope this year's contestants give it their all and make it into the top ten of the international competition. Go for it!"
"Top ten? I burst into tears, especially when I thought of Chu Huaiqin. I wanted to cry even more. If someone like him could participate, I'd be kicked out of the first round of this year's international competition. I burst into tears..."
"Hey, don't, don't do this, my brother isn't that bad, is he? [crying]!"
At around 5:00 a.m., SSTV was flooded with traffic. Even before the show even started, the top ten trending searches on Weibo were completely dominated by closed-link terms. Celebrities' Weibo accounts were flooded with fans checking in, sending the entire internet into a frenzy. There are two ways to livestream a survival show: the official livestream, which constantly switches footage from the various director teams. Some people appear for just a few seconds, others for several minutes. The second way is to link from the official livestream to a separate livestream, which hosts individual shows for each contestant.
As for which of these 31 live broadcast rooms has the best traffic, it is undoubtedly the official live broadcast room. In addition to the fans of the idols themselves, fans of other stars will use their mobile phones or computers to hang up on the official platform even if they open the live broadcast room of their idols.
At 5:58, the SSTV official live broadcast room was opened first, and the picture appeared, and everyone couldn't help but gasp.
Bathed in sunlight, the Forbidden City shimmered with brilliance and brilliance. The majestic sound of chime bells transported everyone to a vast expanse of time and space. As the drone departed from the Forbidden City, advancing into the morning light...
"I cried. Oh my god, this filming technique is amazing. This year's director team is amazing."
"Ahhh, give my Director Huang a shout out, he's worthy of being the man who filmed Daqin. This angle, this lighting, it's amazing."
"This is a drone! It's a drone! How did Director Huang do it? It's amazing."
"Love it, love it! For this opening, if the survival team doesn't make it into the top ten this year, I'm going to beat up everyone involved."
As the audience exclaimed in amazement, the drone entered the residential area. Only then did everyone come back to their senses from the previous opening. The barrage of comments kept guessing who would be the first person to appear. You know, this position is very important, like the C position, and is known as the chosen one.
"Here we go, who will be the first to show up? Who will be the lucky one?"
"I think the center of attention this year should be Su Huaichen. He just won the Best Actor award last month, and he's the most popular of the 30 contestants."
"My Shao TV station is pretty good too. Last year's TV series had a viewership rating of 2.0."
"Hehe, my sister Yang hasn't spoken yet!"
The guesses flashed by one by one, but surprisingly no one mentioned Chu Huaiqin's name. There was no way around it. His fans were notoriously cowardly in the fan community, because they knew their idol was indeed spoiled, and they always lay flat on their backs and let people mock them. When forced into a corner, they could only say, "My brother is spoiled, so what if we spoil him?"
This time, they also don’t think their idol has a chance to sit in the C position. The boss of the fan club issued a notice early on, asking everyone to be careful with their words and not to bring bad luck to the idol.
“Crack!”
As the sound came from the official live broadcast room, which was renamed A1, the camera switched in and the live broadcast rooms of thirty contestants were opened at the same time. Many fans ran to the sub-live broadcast rooms to cheer for their idols. The traffic on A1's side was still not affected. The only fans who were surviving in the wild were staring at the screen, waiting for the first person to appear.
In March, it was already bright at six o'clock. The camera came in from outside and first saw the 30-square-meter living room, which is too small for a celebrity. Many people were commenting on the comments and speculated that this year's appearance must be an ordinary person. The living room was silent. To the right was a balcony, where you could see flowers and plants growing outside.
The camera zoomed in, arriving at the master bedroom. Everyone in the livestream room held their breath as the door opened...
Everyone: ...
It was bright inside, the bed neatly made, looking as if no one had slept in it. The director seemed a bit surprised, thinking they'd found the wrong room. The camera panned out, pushing open the next door to the study. Several paintings and calligraphy hung on the walls, and a half-man-high blue-and-white porcelain stood in the corner. The desk was an antique sandalwood table, upon which lay the four treasures of the study. Next to the desk was a scroll, upon which were placed several scrolls of paintings. The room had a distinctly ancient atmosphere.
The camera did not linger, but immediately retreated, turned a corner and pushed open another room. Neatly arranged pickle jars were placed on the ground, as well as a lot of sweet potatoes, pumpkins and other crops and fruits.
audience:……
"Pfft, the former made me think I had arrived at some ancient dynasty in China, but when I saw the latter, wow, it was some old lady's home. It had such a lively atmosphere."
"No one's home. Maybe I pushed the wrong door."
"That's hard to guess. Whose family are they? Thirty people, ten celebrities, ten athletes, and ten ordinary people. I've never heard of anyone who loves calligraphy or painting! And they love kimchi. Let me count: red radish, white radish, cabbage, garlic. My favorite..."
"Just a quick aside, am I the only one who noticed those ancient paintings in the study? They look like authentic pieces!"
The last sentence didn't attract anyone's attention amid the dense barrage of comments. The director team was also confused at this point. Hadn't they told his agent that he would be coming to shoot the pilot film today?
Just as everyone was puzzled, footsteps were heard in the livestream room. The camera switched, revealing Chu Huaiqin, dressed in tracksuits, at the doorway. His handsome, elegant face made one's heart race. His complexion was rosy, his lips were a vibrant hue, and his eyes were frighteningly bright. His hair, damp with sweat, lay slightly disheveled and plastered to his forehead. Fine beads of sweat trickled down his forehead, past his fair collarbone, and into his chest.
Standing at the door, he looked so elegant and simple, yet his presence was so powerful that it struck everyone's heart and made people unable to look away.
The atmosphere was stagnant for a moment, and then the audience started to scroll through the screen frantically.
Fans: "Ahhh, brother is so handsome, I can do it."
Haters: "Is this still the same annoying squeamish guy? I want to betray the organization just for this face. No, I must stand firm and call him a squeamish guy a thousand times in my heart."
Passerby: “…”
Fans of the show: "Hahaha, it turns out Chu Huaiqin is that old lady!"
Anti-fan: ...
fan:……
"morning!"
A gentle smile freezes in the air, and the A1 camera pans to the second person who appears: a figure skater with remarkable looks, known as the "Ice Prince." The shot of him waking up has passed, and now he's eating breakfast. The camera cuts again, first to a large desk, then to a sharp-edged face, seemingly in his twenties. A very youthful face, with sharp eyebrows and bright eyes, and sharp features, is quite remarkable.
He was sitting at his desk, reading a document, when he seemed to notice something and looked up. His eyes were dark and deep, a cold light flashing in them, as if he was looking through the camera. The audience in front of the live broadcast room swallowed their saliva and moved their buttocks back involuntarily. Their faces remained motionless, but in their hearts they were howling: Mom, I feel like I'm being stared at by a wolf, help me.
The trailer is only five minutes long, starting with Chu Huaiqin winning the title of "Chosen One," to the cold-blooded and mysterious elite Xia En, the actor Su Huaichen's unexplained red eyes, and finally the youngest contestant, the popular actor Lin Zhinan...
The short five-minute content once again dominated the Internet. During this period, Korea and Japan, the neighboring countries of China, and even the United States, which is far across the Atlantic Ocean, also started broadcasting, almost instantly triggering a global traffic explosion.
Although "Wild Survival" is a global variety show, it was initially produced separately, and the pilot episode was bound to be compared. Countless video experts on foreign websites such as Yanwang and Lianheiwang uploaded this short clip for comparison, and ultimately concluded that the Chinese opening was the most shocking, the American version was the most sci-fi, the Peacock Kingdom was the funniest, and the Japanese version was the most serious...
After the opening credits, the star-studded competition and overall strength were compared. As overseas home sites, Yanwang and Lianheiwang, coupled with China's mediocre performance in previous years, were unsurprisingly ridiculed. China's "only" fans may be fans of "only," but the "only" part of their name means they must form an expeditionary force, roll up their sleeves, and strive for victory. Some even boasted that China would definitely be in the top three this year.
However, this comment was pushed to the top in an instant, and fans of Wilderness Survival from all over the world left messages and checked in below, declaring that if China could make it into the top ten this year, they would kneel down and call him daddy, and even organize to drink the water of the Ganges.
The countries completed the bet in anger, and after the Chinese Expeditionary Force calmed down, Erkang said: I was wrong.
The mistake could not be undone, so the expeditionary force could only return home and leave comments under the Weibo accounts of various celebrity amateur athletes, asking them to make it into the top ten at all costs. They also said that from today on, they would stay under the Weibo accounts of these contestants and must constantly urge them to train physically.
Participants: ...
Twenty-nine of the thirty contestants had their Weibo posts criticized, and the only one who was not was Chu Huaiqin.
Contestant: This is the first time I envy Chu Huaiqin so much.
“Is it difficult to be in the top three?”
Chu Huaiqin was also browsing the blog, forced to do so by Chen Guo, who said that this was to make him familiar with the atmosphere inside and outside the entertainment industry, and to let him try to avoid the audience's sore spots when participating in the show. However, Chu Huaiqin read for a long time and still didn't understand what the sore spots were.
"Forget the top three, even making the top ten would be hilarious," Chen Guo said, looking at Chu Huaiqin with a ghostly gaze. He wondered if his manager was too competent, allowing Chu Huaiqin, an actor, to live such a carefree life. Besides filming, he barely touched anything in the industry, and had no interest in understanding it. That's why he asked such a question. "In five seasons of Wilderness Survival, China's best result was 15th."
The only celebrity to have ever made it to 15th place was a former boxer. This probably explains the dozens of lay Shaolin disciples selected this year. Previously, there were only two or three amateurs, just for show. Now, after five consecutive years of failing, I imagine Chinese directors want to promote celebrities but can't afford to lose face.
"Then I'll take first place this year!" Chu Huaiqin thought about it and felt a little unhappy. For thousands of years, every dynasty of China has been at the top of the times. The Han and Tang dynasties were even more popular. How could he allow outsiders to suppress him now?
Chen Guo: Either you are crazy or I am crazy.
Chen Guo: "You're a man that even the audience doesn't think highly of. Stop daydreaming."
Chu Huaiqin was playing with his phone with his head down, and seemed not to have heard what Chen Guo said. He looked at it with a focused expression. Chen Guo looked up curiously, and saw the words written on the screen: Don't worry, I will take first place this year.
“Don’t send…”
The terrifying roar penetrated the ceiling and echoed throughout the neighborhood, causing the people in the small rooms where they were having dinner to tremble with fear. Some dropped their food, some spilled their soup, and everyone was so angry that they leaned out of the balcony and cursed, "What are you yelling about? Is the sky falling?"
The sky is really falling!
Chen Guo thought so, and even before the wilderness survival livestream began, he still hadn't recovered. He didn't dare to look at the online ridicule Chu Huaiqin was now receiving. Well, after being spoiled, he had two more names: pretentious and arrogant.
No one knew where the first episode of the Wilderness Survival Live Broadcast would be located before it was broadcast. Even the air tickets were booked by the production team. Everyone only knew their destination after seeing the tickets at the airport. Then they boarded the plane, landed, and gathered.
The live broadcast room for wilderness survival is about to start.
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