Zhao Xinyue said resentfully, "Mr. Zhang, do you know that I was originally planning to get a pink and blue outfit, going for a sweet and cute style?"
Then you insisted I wear the Gouba outfit with its flowers and swords, folding fan and ruyi scepter!
She decided to take revenge on society by putting on a punk-style smoky eye makeup!
Zhang Chaohe raised his hands in surrender: "Just bear with it for the sake of exploitation!"
The plane landed at the airport closest to the filming location, and then everyone boarded a minivan sent by the crew. This minivan was probably rented locally, along with the driver. Although the vehicle was old, dilapidated, and weathered, the driver's skill was immediately apparent!
The mountain road was driven by his older brother like an airplane runway, and Zhang Chaohe wondered several times if he was really being shaken into the air.
The production team was initially quite embarrassed, since everyone thought that young Mr. Zhang, who grew up in luxury, would definitely not be able to endure such hardship. However, Mr. Zhang was only slightly dissatisfied with occasionally bumping his head when he was being tossed around, and he was very amiable throughout the entire process, without any airs of a prince.
At the next sharp turn, just as it seemed that Mr. Zhang was about to take off again, the handsome young man beside him gently raised his hand to support the top of his head—Mr. Zhang quickly rubbed his palm: "Are you alright?"
Cheng Jixue gently shook her head: "It's alright."
Zhao Xinyue, standing to the side, couldn't help but secretly roll her eyes... Everyone else works for Boss Zhang, how come you're the only one who does this!
The cameraman suddenly realized there was a female celebrity in the car. He was about to ask her if she needed a cushion when he suddenly noticed that this beautiful woman, who claimed to be 1.65 meters tall, was actually quite a distance from the roof of the car.
Cameraman: I suddenly understand something!
After driving for three hours, Zhang Chaohe almost got nauseous from the bumpy ride—fortunately, Cheng Jixue was witty and humorous, which kept the atmosphere on the bus quite lively, and everyone chatted so the time didn't seem to pass too slowly.
The driver stopped the van, pressed the button to open the door, and the side door of the van popped open with a "bang." Everyone got off the van in an orderly manner, only to find that what they were facing was not the village they had imagined.
Before them lay a wide and flat asphalt road, but it was winding and twisting, and from a distance, one could see the road winding its way into the jungle.
There was also a red-painted electric cargo tricycle with wide tires parked on the side of the road.
According to the crew, this is the road that Chairman Zhang donated to build back then—although it doesn't look very wide or grand, it was a major project that went from nothing to something and connected every village!
Moreover, Chairman Zhang donates a sum of money for road maintenance every year. Over the years, this road has helped the village's agricultural products leave the mountains and brought new things from outside the village into the town.
Zhang Chaohe was filled with awe!
However, the crew members still seemed quite apologetic: "The road further in is difficult for cars to travel on, Mr. Zhang, please understand—"
For the first time in both his lives, Zhang Chaohe rode a cargo electric tricycle into the village—a gentle breeze ruffled his hair, and the midday sun was scorching, a kind of sunlight completely different from the sun in the city, intense, fiery, wild, and full of life.
At the same time, Zhang Chaohe was also drenched in sweat from the sun.
Zhao Xinyue said in a low voice, "Luckily, all my cosmetics are waterproof, and I even sprayed on a makeup raincoat."
Otherwise, her final look would have to be a female ghost entering a village.
The staff diligently steered the electric tricycle. The view was expansive in all directions, with lush greenery like a vast expanse of blue waves. A breeze carried a fresh and pleasant plant scent, reminiscent of Sprite, candied plums, and chilled crushed ice.
Zhang Chaohe's heart gradually calmed down, and he felt a romance and comfort completely different from that in the city.
The electric scooter sputtered along, cutting through a narrow path almost entirely covered by leaves and branches. Cheng Jixue casually plucked a branch from the side—these very short branches weren't fully mature yet, soft and tender, still dripping with amber sap when she broke them off.
He bent out a bracelet that had been braided several times, and Zhang Chaohe took it and happily put it on his wrist. Although it wasn't very artistic, it was fresh and new, as if he had held summer in his hands.
Zhao Xinyue, who was observing everything: Why am I here?
However, she knew that Cheng Jixue was trying to maintain a polite distance from her, so she followed Cheng Jixue's example and pulled a branch down from a tree that was passing by.
As a result, she also brought down a large, strong bee. Zhao Xinyue's face turned green with embarrassment. She was afraid of startling the bee and causing it to go berserk and die together with her, so she only let out a soft scream!
Mr. Zhang, standing next to her, seemed quite calm. He glanced at the bee that had landed on Zhao Xinyue's leg, then quickly and accurately pinched the bee's wings and tossed it away before it could even react!
Zhao Xinyue was so frightened she almost had a heart attack. She glanced at the young CEO Zhang, who had gone back to being all lovey-dovey with Cheng Jixue, with a complicated expression: "Respect!!"
The staff member next to them, diligently filming behind-the-scenes footage: Oh wow!
After a long and winding journey, the electric tricycle finally arrived at the village! It was said that Mr. Zhang's son was there to film a program, so the village took it very seriously. The production team had to plead with the villagers, and finally, they managed to get them to accept the rent by citing CCTV's filming procedures.
This small courtyard is the neatest and most impressive house in the whole village, with a red roof and green tiles, and a ring of velvety moss growing on the water pulley. There are also several rows of vegetable seedlings enclosed by the courtyard, and the earthen pot is black and shiny, making the dishes look very fragrant.
The four regular guests had already arrived. After all, they were personally selected by the CCTV production team, and the three men and one woman are all well-known celebrities, hosts, and directors. Their average age is over thirty, and they all have a tolerant and open-minded look, with a sense of composure that comes with age.
Zhang Chaohe and his two companions, on the contrary, appeared as green and inexperienced as young boys. After they introduced themselves, the production crew came over to search the suitcases of the three newcomers.
Each person had a small wicker basket in front of them, and the production team used a megaphone to shout: "Everyone, please hand in all your mobile phones, tablets, and laptops that can access the internet, as well as your food, drinks, and cash! They will be returned to you after the show is finished!"
Zhao Xinyue wasn't new to recording this kind of program, so she didn't struggle at all. Besides her phone and tablet, she had almost nothing to hand over in her luggage. Cheng Jixue had anticipated this and also brought almost nothing, handing over a few snacks and cash.
When it came to Mr. Zhang's oversized suitcase, the production team was almost stunned. Mr. Zhang first opened the left half of the suitcase and pulled out several buckets of self-heating hot pot. Then he opened the adjacent compartment and pulled out a bunch of fresh, sealed instant braised snacks from the corners. Finally, he pulled out several bags of freeze-dried fruit tea and plum juice powder from the other side of his clothes.
The veteran guests behind him: Celebrity host Lu Tao was almost dying of laughter at Little Zhang: "Little Zhang is obviously inexperienced, he brought so much delicious food for nothing, hahaha!"
Zhang Chaohe said with some regret, "I thought they wouldn't search us."
Since he submitted so much, the production team naturally thought he was a happy little glutton, so they didn't suspect him too much and let him go.
Before carrying his suitcase into the house, Zhang Chaohe repeatedly confirmed with the production team: "Is the packing up segment over?"
The production team thought he was resisting the forced confiscation, so they explained, "It's over, it's over, we won't take anything else!"
Zhang Chaohe then entered the house with the other guests. Among the four guests, besides the relatively young singer Xiao Chen, the youngest, actor Feng Yingyu, was already thirty-six. Because the environment was simple, everyone except the two girls slept on a makeshift dormitory bed. Zhang Chaohe's bedding was arranged between Feng Yingyu and Cheng Jixue.
Feng Yingyu was putting on a pillowcase when she saw Xiao Zhang pull a storage box with a familiar logo out of his suitcase with lightning speed.
Feng Yingyu: ?
Zhang Chaohe confidently demonstrated for a moment, then quickly stuffed the storage box under his pillow. Feng Yingyu was overjoyed: "So clever!"
Zhang Chaohe's conversation with him was like a secret code among underground party members, concise and to the point: "I brought several controllers and bought several family-friendly games!"
After thinking for a moment, Feng Yingyu suddenly gave a thumbs up: "That's really clever, Mr. Zhang. Is that why you brought so many snacks to distract yourself?"
Zhang Chaohe waved his hand modestly: "You flatter me, you flatter me. It was just a feint."
The production team only said that electronic devices that can connect to the internet are not allowed—they didn't say that a Switch that supports local and local connections is not allowed!!
If it gets awkward when everyone gets together without any activities, just play video games!
Games know no borders; we got to know each other just by shouting and laughing!
The news that Xiao Zhang had successfully smuggled a Switch console into the film crew quickly spread throughout the entire guest group, and was also ruthlessly tipped off to the production team by the paparazzi. The director and assistant director were amused—in the past, guests would eagerly appear in front of the camera when given this opportunity, and no one had ever thought of smuggling a game console into the film set!
However, the cunning director even asked Mr. Zhang, "Mr. Zhang, how many cards did you bring? Can you show us what games are available?"
Zhang Chaohe thought to himself, since the director already knows and doesn't seem to want to take it away, he might as well show it off. Before leaving, he specially bought more than a dozen fun family-friendly digital games, which are convenient and quick to carry around!
The production team patted the game list and smiled politely at Mr. Zhang: "We'll consider adding this to the game segment!"
Zhang Chaohe was deeply moved by the director team's humane and considerate attitude. He sincerely said, "They're so thoughtful! Assistant Chen even called you devils, but that's all a rumor!"
The director simply smiled and remained silent.
As soon as Zhang Chaohe came out, the renowned director Luan Zhang, who was in his early forties, rushed up and put his arm around his shoulder: "Little He, you are so talented—we are all very grateful to you!"
They've been recording non-stop lately, and their electronic devices are constantly being confiscated. They're practically at their wits' end, so the appearance of a Switch full of games is like a godsend, a rainbow after the rain!
At this moment, Zhang Chaohe had no idea what the future held for him. He confidently waved his hand and said, "Not at all!"
Just then, the production team suddenly notified everyone to come to the courtyard. After the two girls arrived, the director slowly led in two live animals—one was a fierce-looking Belgian Malinois, and the other was a gentle and honest white goose.
Zhang Chaohe: ?
Zhao Xinyue, speaking from experience, said: "Director, is this the pet and dinner we're supposed to take care of?"
But the veteran members cast sympathetic glances at him: "..."
The director smiled slightly: "No, one of them will become your little animal companion during these few days."
Zhao Xinyue was bewildered: Why are there such fierce dogs and geese?
Just because Xiao Zhang can raise geese doesn't mean we can too!
The director glanced at his watch: "You have five minutes to choose which animal to be your companion—let's begin!"
The two groups of guests, one new and one old, looked at each other in bewilderment—the Belgian Malinois looked fierce, with the air of a gangster boss, its face screaming "Don't mess with me." The goose, on the other hand, was docile and hadn't squawked for a while… And then there was the "vegetable leaf" at Mr. Zhang's house.
Everyone immediately felt confident in the goose's character. Xiao Chen was the first to suggest, "Why don't we choose the goose? That dog looks so fierce. The goose might just peck you at most, but what if you get bitten by the dog?"
The reasons were very valid, and Luan Zhang agreed, saying, "Besides, I remember that Mr. Zhang has also raised pet geese before, so he should be able to tame them quite skillfully. Although I don't think the production team will give us dogs that are too fierce or dangerous, Belgian Malinois are really aggressive, so let's not try it lightly, shall we?"
Upon hearing this, everyone wholeheartedly agreed. "Captain" Lu Tao raised his hand to signal the production team: "We'll choose the goose!"
With such a big yard, raising a goose shouldn't be a problem at all!
The director looked as if he had expected this, then led the goose to the center of the field: "Who will take the goose?"
Everyone turned their attention to Mr. Zhang – Zhang Chaohe calmly approached the goose and was about to tie the leash when a staff member gestured for him to wait.
Then he bent down and peeled a cellophane muzzle off the goose's snout.
Zhang Chaohe suddenly had a bad feeling: "?"
The staff member grabbed the paper cover and ran away, and the entire film crew took a big step back in unison!
The goose, which had just been so obedient, suddenly stretched its neck and cried out—it spread its enormous wings, which were nearly a meter and a half long, and charged at Zhang Chaohe, who was closest to it!
Geese are free!
Zhang Chaohe: "Holy crap!!"
He tightened the leash and subconsciously tried to grab the goose by the neck and throw it into the air, just like Director Chen had done. He threw it and it stunned the goose. As a result, the goose flew up and covered the sky like a leaf. It was completely unaffected by the weak goose-catching punch and flapped its wings to rush towards Zhang Chaohe!
Zhang Chaohe only realized today just how docile and adorable Caiye really is! Caiye is probably a gentle goose raised in the urban-rural fringe, while this one is a true native village tyrant!!
The guests immediately let out a gasp that sounded like a goose's cry. Zhang Chaohe was hit by several wings, only managing to avoid being pinched by the goose's beak by dodging quickly. Fearing that the goose would bully the two female guests, he could only hold on tightly to the leash and dare not let go, outsmarting the goose all the way to the corridor.
Cheng Jixue, who was standing nearby, also rushed forward. If this goose were dinner, he could just kill it and add it to the meal tonight. But the production team repeatedly emphasized that the goose was a partner, so Cheng Jixue could not do it!
Besides, starting with such blood and violence is too much of a departure from the character's established persona!
Cheng Jixue was secretly worried, trying her best to stop the goose's aerial attack by gently grabbing its wing! However, this goose was much stronger than a vegetable leaf, and Cheng Jixue was afraid of twisting its wing and breaking it, so she could only barely hold onto one of its wings...
The other goose's wings spun like an electric spinning top. Fortunately, Feng Yingyu rushed up as well. He grew up in the countryside and had relatively rich experience with geese. Although the goose was fierce, it had no choice but to admit defeat under the pressure of three adult men.
Zhang Chaohe acted swiftly, tying the rope to the pillar. The goose, though defeated, was still furious. Its voice was even worse than Caiye's, and it stubbornly stretched its neck, cawing and cursing incessantly!
Zhang Chaohe was still in shock as he stared in disbelief at the unscrupulous director team who were still filming with their heads as steady as Mount Tai while holding up the camera!
The entire guest group was so horrified by the noise from the goose that their eyes turned green, and they frantically demanded a refund from the production team—the unscrupulous merchant was misleading consumers and even resorting to a tactic of covering their mouths!
If this goose were kept alive today, there would probably be no peace ever again! Even the Belgian Malinois next to it seems more handsome now!
At least it wasn't gagged, and it didn't bark wildly!
The production team said slowly, "Alright, since everyone has decided to back out—we've decided to give them this chance too!"
The guests were furious but dared not speak out... You weren't even willing to pretend to discuss it; it's obvious you were in cahoots!