You were asked to be on a dating variety show, but all the guests failed?

Chapter 85: What a Big Melon Field

In fact, not only the four male guests, but also Qi Qingyi, Nie Wenjin and Shu Yi's expressions changed at the same time.

Even if Song Mengran was targeting the male guests, her words were absolutely offensive and violated the bottom line no matter where she put them.

Nie Wenjin, who had always been friendly, stood up and stared at Song Mengran with a cold voice:

"What do you mean?"

"Miss Song, Han Fei and Ren Tuo built this fire pit with stones, and Han Fei and I went out to collect firewood. Lu Siyuan was injured, and Zhong Xiaoyun was caught in the rain just like you."

"Whether you have a boyfriend or not, or what your personal ethics are, or your artistic ethics, it has nothing to do with us. It also has nothing to do with us whether you have a powerful background. Of the four of them, two did the work, and the other two are having difficulty moving. Even if you have an opinion about them, you shouldn't force them to help you, right? Is any of these four your boyfriend?"

"Part of being a gentleman includes a sense of boundaries. You need help now, and Shuyi and I have provided it. It's normal for men to avoid suspicion. It's not like no one is helping you. Why are you bringing this up?"

"Excuse me for being blunt, but I remember you were born and raised in Yangxi Province, right? That place is an old district from decades ago. How did your brain become so twisted? Even if you are a Western worshiper, I can still understand it a little. On the Licking Island, are you mentally OK? Do you want me to find a doctor for you?"

After saying that, Nie Wenjin turned back to look at Zhong Xiaoyun, his expression not much better:
"And Mr. Zhong, I have offended her now. Please tell me what her background is and who her boyfriend is. If she is from the island, I think I can still help her with my current status. At least she won't be banned so easily in the mainland."

Her anger came quite suddenly, even faster than the other three male guests who were bombarded, catching everyone off guard.

However, if you carefully recall Nie Wenjin's resume, it seems understandable.

After Han Fei kicked Song Mengran away and heard her words, he quickly returned to his dazed look of staring at the fire pit, and recalled the information he had memorized before.

Nie Wenjin made his film debut in college, and then made several art films one after another, before gradually transitioning to making several commercial films that received good reputation and box office.

During this period, an art film in which she played the leading role won several prestigious awards overseas, but when it was shortlisted for the Golden Monkey Awards on the island, the film was nominated for several awards and was a runner-up every time. The camera kept cutting to her and the director's faces, and the host's words in response to the camera were obviously sarcastic.

They discriminated naturally, making a joke of the entire crew, even more blatantly than the white people.

This incident caused quite a stir, and there was even a separate entry in Nie Wenjin's resume, called "Golden Monkey Gate Incident", which detailed what happened. As a result, Nie Wenjin never went to the island again, and directors and screenwriters from the island never approached her for cooperation again. Although they did not openly quarrel with each other, her attitude was already very clear from the results.

People who have not encountered such things may not be so sensitive, and may try to ask a few questions and listen more before scolding. But based on Nie Wenjin's experience, she did have enough good reasons to scold Song Mengran without waiting for her explanation.

With status and old grudges, he has the confidence to do the work, which is reasonable.

At least actress Nie’s status in the industry is high enough that she can hang Song Mengran up and beat her up eight hundred times without any hesitation.

Song Mengran moved her lips and wanted to say something, but was interrupted by Zhong Xiaoyun next to her.

Zhong Xiaoyun quickly took off his wet T-shirt and threw it on the stone beside the fire to warm it. He was shirtless and didn't care about the surprised looks of the women next to him. He rubbed his palms to warm his body and sneered.

"Her background?"

"To be honest, I wanted to leave her some secrets before. After all, her husband and my boyfriend are working together, so I can't expose her completely."

"But now it seems that she is so bad at being a mistress that she doesn't even know where her ancestors are buried. There is no need to save her face, right? I am thinking whether I should persuade my partner to avoid her after I go back. Otherwise, if her crooked remarks are exposed, it will be a big deal."

"I'm not a good person, but compared to what she did, I'm still ashamed of myself."

Zhong Xiaoyun changed direction, from roasting the left half to roasting the right half, and said in a contemptuous tone:

"Although I just kept talking about her husband, they haven't got a marriage certificate, and she has a family, but her wife and children are on the island and didn't come over."

"You should have heard of the man. You know Jing Wendi, right? It's him."

"Jing Wendi has been in the mainland for the past few years. He relied on his previous best director awards and started to act pretentiously after he came here. He has a lot of say in the crew. The screenwriters have to revise the script more than a dozen times according to his ideas. He also likes to annoy people and always uses the first version."

"That's him. You don't have to be afraid of anything. If you ask me, Jing Wendi is a weak guy who only likes to bully people without any background. Except for Han Fei, no one here needs to be afraid of him, right? Even if it's Han Fei, there have been so many people who have been trying to mess with you in the past few years. He won't make a difference."

Everyone was silenced by Zhong Xiaoyun's words.

It would have been fine if he hadn't said the last part, but after he said it, everyone else felt very awkward. Among all the guests, it seemed that Han Fei was the only one who was miserable?

At this moment.

The popularity of the total live broadcast room of "Let's Fall in Love! Big Star" has soared to a number that the Feiniao platform has never reached.

The real-time popularity is nearly 10 million!
Today is Sunday afternoon, a great time. Office workers and students rarely have free time. Some people directly invite friends to their homes to watch the live broadcast together. They put several devices together, each with a different camera angle, for fear of missing any details.

None of the civets squatting in the melon field were willing to leave. At the same time, they were spreading the word and calling other civets one after another. Many people temporarily downloaded the Feiniao platform just to watch the live broadcast.

[I came here because of its reputation, and it turned out to be the right place, it's so exciting! 】

[+1, I never thought in my life that the first live broadcast of this kind by the Southern Sichuan TV Station would be able to create such a big scene, amazing! ]

[This is not some kind of romance variety show, my god, this is simply Werewolf, each episode is more exciting than the last. Zhong Xiaoyun's car accident was outrageous enough, and now Song Mengran is implicated in another scandal... I have a reasonable suspicion that the reason why Southern Sichuan TV insists on broadcasting the show is to dig up more melons for the benefit of the people! ]

[It makes sense, it makes sense, it makes sense! For a mere romance show, it's surprising that two great figures like Zhong and Song appeared. If the production team didn't do it on purpose, I would suspect that the casting director had a problem with his luck.]

[So now it is confirmed that Zhong Xiaoyun fell so quickly because his wife had evidence that he was gay, or even knew who his so-called boyfriend was? Are there any enthusiastic Chaoyang residents who can check it out? I am really anxious and curious! ]

[How can we find out... I have changed my opinion of Sichuan Southern TV now. These guests don't even know they are being broadcast live. The production team clearly has a signal but refuses to contact them. It's obvious that they are trying to stir up trouble. Look, they really let them pay! This situation is definitely intentional by the production team! ]

[I'm very curious. The program team made such a big deal. Among the eight guests, except for two amateurs with a background, the other six are celebrities. Let's not talk about the amateurs for now. Why didn't the agents and companies of the celebrity guests rush to the foot of the mountain to force their way up the mountain? ]

[Brothers, open the weather app and locate Changshan City, and then check the news. There are mudslides in the suburbs around Changshan, and many places are flooded. I checked the location of Cangyun Mountain, which is not far from the mudslide. If the program team really wants to rescue people, they can't do it themselves. They have to wait for the official to send people to support them. The agency is even more impossible. What is the status of Southern Sichuan TV? Can the arm twist the thigh? ]

【…】

There were many different opinions in the comments, but apart from the fans, the majority of people were just there to have fun.

It's not that we're just entertaining ourselves to death and don't care if anyone dies. The main reason is that there's no sign of any accidents happening to the eight guests in the cave. Only two of them got caught in the rain and one was bitten by a non-venomous snake. These aren't serious or troublesome things and won't result in anyone's death.

What's more, the program crew is clearly pretending to be dead on purpose. There is no problem with the signal in the live broadcast room, but the guests thought they had been disconnected, which is why there is such a big mess now.

Why do people watch live broadcasts and programs? Isn’t it just for fun?

Since the Southern Sichuan TV dared to broadcast it, they dared to watch it. Not only did they dare to watch it, they also dared to screen-record the highlights and post them on other platforms!
Melons are meant to be shared!
…………

At the foot of Cangyun Mountain.

The rain was pouring down, and the outside of the tents temporarily built by the production team was full of mud, but no one went to the director's car with better conditions, and everyone stayed in the tents.

Thunder roared, and the sky was already darker than the night. Except for a few lightning snakes splitting the night sky occasionally, it was dark and scary at other times. The director's car was sturdy and heavy, but after all, most of it was made of metal. It was like a lightning rod in an open area. In comparison, the ordinary tent was more reassuring.

In the tent, Li Wensheng sat on his folding chair with his legs crossed, smoking one cigarette after another. Other staff members also stopped their work. Regardless of whether they were men or women, or whether they smoked or not, under the current pressure, everyone lit up. If there was a hole on the top of the tent, it would probably look like a big chimney from the outside.

Because of this, when someone outside hurriedly opened the curtain and rushed in, he was knocked down by the smoke as soon as he entered the room.

"No, are you fucking smoking bacon?!"

Li Wensheng raised his eyes from the mist and found that the person who came was very familiar. He was a dog-skin plaster who had been following him since yesterday.

Liang Chaojie of WorldStar Entertainment.

That is, Han Fei and Lu Siyuan's agent.

Li Wensheng frowned:
"Mr. Liang, if I remember correctly, the specific recording address of our program is confidential."

"You found the Love Star Hut based on the live broadcast content before, so forget it. I will just treat it as a preliminary check to fill in the gaps, so that the villagers can help intercept those who try to come in and interfere with the recording."

"But now, you keep coming to our recording site again and again. Isn't that a bit too much?"

"What does it have to do with you whether we smoke bacon or steam our faces?"

He didn't mean to be polite at all, and what he said was no different from slapping Liang Chaojie in the face.

But who is Li Wensheng? If he dares to do this, it proves that he has the confidence.

It was clearly stated in black and white when signing the contract that guest artists are not allowed to bring their own staff to the recording, otherwise the program team has the right to refuse and also has the right to directly claim compensation.

The original purpose of this rule was, of course, not to anticipate the current situation. It was just because this is a live show. If the guests had to bring a driver, nanny, and agent even when recording in the Love Star House, what would the audience think if they accidentally appeared on camera? This would seriously affect the show, so all artists were simply refused to bring their own staff to participate in the recording.

Now it turns out that something unexpected has happened.

The management companies of other artists had already started making a series of desperate calls to Li Wensheng, but these calls had already been intercepted by Meng Tai and President Xia. If the sky fell, there were people above to support it, and Li Wensheng now only had to control the situation on the scene.

But these people can't come to the scene directly.

First, after sending their artists here, most assistants and managers returned to Changshan City to wait for the recording to end. Due to heavy rain, Changshan City has already implemented regional traffic control. Citizens either stay at home or travel to work on the road. Many subway lines have been temporarily suspended, so they can't go to the suburbs.

Secondly, due to the thunderstorm in Changshan City, the higher-level leaders far away in other places could not find flights to come today and all were delayed.

Due to all these messed up reasons, in short, the only person who can bother Li Wensheng now is Liang Chaojie.

Liang Chaojie came last night and tried to explain to Li Wensheng how powerful the financial sponsor behind Lu Siyuan was, but Director Li didn't want to listen at all and directly asked someone to drive him away. He never expected that this guy would be so shameless that he could even find someone from Yunshan Village to the foot of Cangyun Mountain, as if he would not give up until he achieved his goal.

"Director Li, it's a misunderstanding, it's all a misunderstanding!"

Liang Chaojie didn't waver at all. He was clearly saying that this place sold smoked bacon, but the next second he came in front of Li Wensheng with a smile on his face.

He took out a large thermos cup from his arms, and attentively poured a cup of hot tea for Li Wensheng using the cup lid. He placed it on the small stool next to the folding chair, and without sitting down, he squatted down, looked up and said:
"Look at what's going on... If I wasn't worried about my Xiao Yuan, I wouldn't want to come down the mountain to disturb you in such bad weather."

"I just watched what happened in the live broadcast and I'm a little worried. It's okay that so many snakes appeared in the mountains for no reason. Xiaoyuan is the only one who was bitten by a snake. Although the wound and reaction don't look like a venomous snake, I'm his agent. It's normal to worry about his safety, right?"

"I'm taking the liberty of coming here now. I mainly want to ask you..."

"The live broadcast has never been interrupted, which means there is no problem with the signal. Why didn't the production team respond at all when they pressed the alarm? At least they could have said something so that they could wait for rescue in peace."

All he said were soft words, but in fact every word was a stab to my heart.

Are you here to call for punishment?
Li Wensheng looked down at him with great interest, his cigarette half-burned without flicking away the ash:

"I've read the files of the previous guests. I remember that among the eight guests, besides Lu Siyuan, Han Fei seems to be one of your artists, right?"

"Why did they only ask about Lu Siyuan when they came to question him, but Han Fei didn't mention anything?"

Liang Chaojie didn't expect that his counterattack would be so clever, and he directly questioned him about his bias as an agent.

After a moment's pause, Liang Chaojie smiled and said:

"Since you have read the files, you should also know that Han Fei plans to leave our Huanxing."

"One is a rising star that the company is vigorously cultivating, and the other is an unknown person who is about to leave the company with a lot of negative news flying around... This circle is very realistic. If you were in their shoes, who would you choose to care about?"

Li Wensheng flicked his fingers to remove the ash, and said with a half-smile:

"Now that you've said that, you should be able to understand what I'm doing now, right?"

"To be honest, I have been given a death order by my superiors. Love Star, this groundbreaking live dating show, can only succeed and cannot fail. As long as the popularity is high enough, I can do anything."

"The competition for variety shows within Southern Sichuan TV is fierce. I am old enough to finally get the Love Star project. If the show is successful, the station will give me good resources in the future; if it fails, I will be fired almost for sure."

"Now, there are so many unexpected situations in the program. Either I have to withstand the pressure and take on this wave of traffic, or I have to stop the show and change the guests. The subsequent impact is countless, and the loss of funds and image is immeasurable."

"If it were you, how would you choose?"

Liang Chaojie was so choked by Li Wensheng's confident words that he couldn't retort.

After a long while, he said hesitantly:

"Director Li, I understand your feelings, but our Huanxing is not a small company, and Xiaoyuan is the company's key training target. If anything happens to him, our company will definitely ask your station for compensation..."

Li Wensheng smiled and waved, and threw the cigarette butt into the small puddle at the door of the tent.

Mars was submerged in water, making a popping sound.

He casually brushed off the cigarette ash on his clothes and sneered:

"Well, let me give you a suggestion. Why don't you call your boss at Huanxing and see what our attitude is?"

"Our Meng station said at noon that as long as the show is a hit, he will bear all the pressure."

"If a management company comes to me and wants to take their artists off the show, that's fine too."

"But the condition is that if you leave now, the entire company will be blacklisted by Sichuan Southern TV and will be refused to participate in any projects."

"Would you please give it some thought?"

(End of this chapter)