This director lacks vision.

Chapter 412 Being Caught Between Two Women and in a Dilemma (Variety Show, May Contain Scenes That Discomfort to Straight Men, Subscribe with Caution)
After two days of promotion in Japan, Jiang Yifeng flew back to China.

Instead of returning to Beijing, he bought a direct flight from Tokyo to Yamashiro and came to Yamashiro to film the Running Man show.

On the one hand, it's to increase the popularity of the Running Man show, and on the other hand, it's to promote the movie Witch.

This was also the only offline event Jiang Yifeng participated in for the Witch's promotion.

After that, he will return to Yanjing, rest for two days, and then begin filming "In the Name of the People".

Jiang Yifeng didn't plan to get too involved in promoting The Witch, since The Witch wasn't as important as Pacific Rim.

Moreover, the Easter egg in Pacific Rim already generated enough buzz for the witch.

With the added ticket subsidies from Maoyan, the movie's box office performance is sure to be good.

After Jiang Yifeng appeared, the atmosphere became even more enthusiastic, but Deng Chao, Chen He, and others became a little reserved.

After all, there was a significant difference in their social status, and Jiang Yifeng wasn't familiar with them.

But it's not a big problem.

As soon as Jiang Yifeng arrived, he saw Tian Qianwei and Bai Mengyan working together very well.

The two women each took a step to either side, making room for the middle.

"Boss! Over here!"

Seeing that Qin Lan seemed about to make a move, Tian Qianwei quickly took the initiative and shouted it out.

Jiang Yifeng walked over without hesitation.

Today's Running Man script borrowed an idea from a previous episode of Go Fighting!, called "Crazy Stone: Who is the Witch".

The 12 guests will be divided into four groups and will need to complete various tasks and piece together different clues in the city of Shancheng to find a key stone—the Magic Stone.

Then, using the magic stone, they could determine who the witch was.

The team that identifies the witch will receive two elimination cards during the name tag ripping game – showing the card will eliminate any player.

This advantage is immense.

After explaining the rules, the host said, "The witch can be chosen from among the three female guests. We will now start a group game."

The first game is called "Matchmaking".

After hearing the question, please write your answer on your respective cardboard. Two people who write the same answer will be paired up.

Everyone received an erasable whiteboard, and the host asked, "What's your favorite food?"

Jiang Yifeng simply wrote "Hand-grabbed mutton rice".

The hand-pulled mutton rice made by Nazha's family is truly exceptional. Now, Nazha has gradually mastered this skill, and Jiang Yifeng never tires of it.

Everyone held up cardboard signs, and a strange scene unfolded.

Both Deng Chao and Chen He wrote "meat" (a euphemism for sex), and the two had just exchanged a secret code, thus successfully forming a team.

But everyone else wrote "hand-grabbed mutton rice", even Cai Xukun and Yang Shouwen, who had just joined the company not long ago, wrote the same thing.

Of the 12 guests today, apart from Deng Chao and Chen He, the rest are all artists from Fengxing Media.

Qin Lan also signed with Fengxing Media at the beginning of this year.

The audience burst into laughter upon seeing these answers.

Jiang Yifeng sighed and said self-deprecatingly, "It seems that the culture of flattery is deeply ingrained in our company."

Tian Qianwei immediately said, "This isn't flattery, it's just that you're so capable, everyone wants to team up with you!"

Bai Mengyan also said, "That's right, boss, I also want to win without lifting a finger!"

And so, a great battle for progress began.

The host then asked a few more questions.

What kind of fruit do you like to eat?

What is your favorite sport?

"What color do you prefer?"

……

After seven consecutive questions, Qin Lan ultimately emerged victorious in this competition for the best employee.

Although Qin Lan did not join the core harem group, she has been diligently learning from others over the past few years.

She knows Jiang Yifeng very well.

The first round of the competition consisted of 9 questions. After the competition, 6 people successfully formed a temporary team: Deng Chao and Chen He, Jiang Yifeng and Qin Lan, Wang Baoqiang and Xie Miao.

The remaining Sha Yi, Tian Qianwei, Bai Mengyan, Yang Shouwen, Wang Jiaer, and Cai Xukun all failed to find partners.

The host continued, "Now we'll move on to the second team game—the Heartbeat Challenge."

Teams that have already formed can send one person to wear a bracelet that can test heart rate, and then choose one person from the six unteamed members to participate in the heart rate challenge.

If both partners' heart rates exceed 140 after making eye contact, then they are successfully paired.

Those who did not successfully form a team will each have one opportunity to actively seek a partner.

This heart-pounding challenge game was actually deliberately arranged by the production team to create a CP (couple pairing) between Cai Xukun and Yang Shouwen, the "rising at the first crow of the rooster".

The current market allows for this kind of operation, and there are indeed die-hard fans who enjoy watching it. Fengxing Media is simply conducting normal market operations.

Moreover, Cai Xukun and Yang Shouwen will be joining the cast of the American drama "Addicted" in a few days.

The two male leads in this addictive drama were chosen through an online vote.

The "Aiqiyi" duo narrowly lost to "Wenji Qiwu".

Therefore, the "Wenji Qiwu" duo would regularly perform together before and after the airing of the drama "Addicted".

This step was also discussed in advance.

After the host explained the game rules, Cai Xukun was the first to raise his hand, asking to challenge Yang Shouwen.

Despite his feminine appearance and occasional coquettishness, Cai Xukun is actually a normal straight man.

When Jiang Yifeng saw him working with Yang Shouwen, he thought his acting might be bad.

After all, the production team can control heart rate, but micro-expressions and eye contact need to be shown.

Unexpectedly, the two of them, facing each other across the small round table, quickly got into the mood.

Yang Shouwen, in particular, has a very rich range of facial expressions. He not only blushes very quickly, but also avoids eye contact.

The female audience members screamed wildly when they saw this.

However, in terms of heart rate, Cai Xukun reached 140 first, while Yang Shouwen only reached 120 at most, and it took him a long time to go up.

This was an effect deliberately created by the production team.

Kun Ge stretched out his hands and cupped Yang Shouwen's face, slowly bringing his own face closer to Yang's.

Yang Shouwen, like a submissive, had his heart rate spike to 150.

The female audience members were completely engrossed.

However, the music on stage interrupted the rhythm. Ji Ni Tai Mei's music started playing, and Cai Xukun danced in overalls on stage to celebrate their successful pairing.

After all, there are limits to business operations; they can't go too far.

However, Xu Kun's joy didn't last long.

Next, Jiang Yifeng and Xiao Tian successfully paired up, and his three-person team was completed, with Qin Lan on his left and Tian Qianwei on his right, embracing each other.

Sha Yi and Wang Baoqiang came up with a crooked idea: they jumped and danced on set, raising their heart rates through exercise, and successfully teamed up.

Only Wang Jiaer and Bai Mengyan remained alone at the scene.

After thinking it over, Wang Jiaer, fearing that his boss might misunderstand, chose Yang Shouwen.

Unexpectedly, after just three or four seconds of staring at each other, their heart rates quickly spiked to over 140.

Wang Jia'er was baffled and shouted that he was wronged: "Is this heart rate being controlled by someone? You are slandering me!"

But this time it wasn't the production team controlling it; it was a completely genuine performance.

Jiang Yifeng covered his eyes; he really couldn't bear to look.

The production team was certainly good at stirring things up, as they played a song called "Over the Top".

"How could I bear to blame you for making a mistake? It's because I gave you too much freedom~" As soon as this tragic love song started playing, Cai Xukun instantly understood that it was mocking Chicken Bro for having his CP stolen.

Cai Xukun started his performance, slamming the towel to the ground and uttering his signature line, "What are you doing? What are you doing? Ouch!"

There was a burst of laughter.

And so, Wang Jiaer joined the ranks of those who rose at the crowing of the rooster.

Yang Shouwen is flanked by Wang Jiaer on his left and Cai Xukun on his right, forming a stark contrast with Jiang Yifeng.

Jiang Yifeng is surrounded by women on both sides; he is surrounded by men on both sides.

The next part of the program recording involved the four groups splitting up and heading to the first location – the Yangtze River Cableway boarding area on Xinhua Road.

The production team doesn't provide money or transportation, so everyone has to use their own ingenuity to get to the cable car. The earlier you arrive, the more clues you get.

Deng Chao acted the fastest, directly finding an ordinary person with a car to help.

Other groups also began to take action.

Only Jiang Yifeng wasn't in a hurry at all.

He took out the sound equipment from the program and said to the crowd, "Fellow villagers of this mountain town, I am passing through this blessed land today with nothing but empty pockets and empty stomachs. In order to raise some travel expenses, I have no choice but to make a fool of myself and perform for money."

If you like it, please give a small tip; I would be very grateful.

Seeing that Jiang Yifeng was going to perform to earn money, Qin Lan found it amusing and readily cooperated.

Tian Qianwei, however, was very competitive. She said, "Boss, let's find someone to help us get to the cable car first! If we're late, there won't be anything left."

Jiang Yifeng shook his head and asked with a smile, "Don't rush. Let's have a good time in this mountain city today. Since you're from here, you can be our guide."

Seeing that her boss said that, Tian Qianwei stopped insisting.

She thought to herself, "It's just a matter of winning or losing the show, what does it matter? It's so much fun to have fun with the boss!"

Thinking of this, Tian Qianwei started shouting enthusiastically.

Jiang Yifeng sang two songs in the square. One, "Old Boy," sparked a massive sing-along from the audience, while the other, "Decent," brought tears to many eyes.

Finally, he sang "A Little Sweet" with Tian Qianwei and "Can We" with Qin Lan.

Jiang Yifeng turned a reality TV show into an outdoor concert.

The show's sound equipment is top-notch, coupled with Jiang Yifeng's exceptional singing skills and ability to engage the audience.

The outdoor concert was very well organized, and the audience felt it was worth it to be able to hear Jiang Yifeng's concert live.

Many people took videos and photos and shared them on WeChat Moments and Weibo.

Soon, the hashtag "Jiang Yifeng performing outdoors" became a trending topic on Weibo.

Jiang Yifeng originally planned to sing one or two songs and then leave, but the audience was too enthusiastic, and the banknotes given as tips piled up like a small mountain.

There was no other way, so Jiang Yifeng sang a few more songs, including the theme song of the witch, "The Lone Warrior".

In just over half an hour, Jiang Yifeng raised more than 10,000 yuan, demonstrating his strong financial resources.

This scene left the production team completely bewildered.

The Running Man guests are all quite conventional; none of them have ever done anything like Jiang Yifeng.

After getting the money, Jiang Yifeng took two beautiful women and took a taxi to the cable car.

But he wasn't looking for clues; he was simply taking the cable car for sightseeing and enjoying the river views of the mountain city.

Many cities in China are similar in the process of rapid urbanization.

But the mountain city is definitely a very unique city. There are many buildings built on the mountainside, creating a strong sense of spatial difference, which is why it is jokingly called a magical 5D city.

While other teams were working themselves to the bone and exhausted, Jiang Yifeng was traveling around with two beautiful women.

After taking the cable car, they had hot pot, then went to Kuixing Tower to experience the difference in elevation, visited the riverside park, and even took a luxury cruise.

The trio was relaxed and carefree, and Tian Qianwei was having so much fun that she completely forgot about the competition.

Everyone gathered at the stadium at 8:30 p.m.

In the end, the three young people in the "Rise at the Rooster's Crow" group, with their good stamina and excellent teamwork, obtained the magic stone.

When Yang Shouwen proudly held the magic stone and shouted, "I want to verify the witch,"

Jiang Yifeng suddenly said, "No need to verify, I know who the witch is."

Program team: "???"

The production team was stunned again, and the guests on set were also taken aback.

Wang Baoqiang was the first to ask, "Who, who is the witch? Is it Xiaotian?"

Jiang Yifeng shook his head and said with a smile, "It's not Xiao Tian, ​​it's A Wen, Yang Shouwen."

Sha Yi immediately retorted, "That's impossible. The host said this morning that the witch can only be chosen from among the three female guests, and Awen is a boy."

Jiang Yifeng smiled and said, "That's because you didn't pay attention to what the host said. He said that 'the witch can be born from among the three female guests,' meaning 'can be,' not 'can only be.'"

This is clearly a linguistic trap, leading us to speculate about the three beautiful women.

But it was this trap that exposed the production team's intentions.

They deliberately set up linguistic traps to cover up the fact that witches can also emerge from among the male guests.

Moreover, the word "birth" is also very interesting, as it implies that the witch does not yet exist; she needs to be born on the spot.

Considering the name of the magic stone, it's highly likely that whoever takes out the magic stone to verify the witch will become the witch.

The clues I gathered from your conversation just now have confirmed my guess.

Now that Yang Shouwen wants to verify the witch, he has become the witch.

I'm guessing—and this is just guessing—that the production team is deliberately stirring things up. Yang Shouwen might be punished by having to dress up as a witch.

Jiang Yifeng's explanation was so bizarre that everyone was shocked.

Bai Mengyan's mouth was wide open, and she had an expression of utter disbelief.

Tian Qianwei added, "So boss, you guessed the ending from the beginning, and simply didn't participate in the game, but took us sightseeing instead."

Chen He also questioned, "Impossible, right? You guessed the ending just from one sentence from the host?"

Deng Chao: "How do we play this game, director? Is what President Jiang said a lie?"

The director smiled helplessly and said, "Please have Yang Shouwen dismantle the magic stone."

Yang Shouwen's hands were trembling slightly. He opened the magic stone and saw a note inside: "Congratulations on becoming the witch tonight. Please change into the witch's costume immediately."

The entire room was shocked when the note was revealed.

The director bluntly stated, "Don't invite President Jiang on the show next time, it's too terrifying. Today's recording was exhausting!"

Qin Lan looked at Jiang Yifeng with eyes full of admiration and asked softly, "So, if Yang Shouwen's team wins, they actually don't have an advantage?"

Jiang Yifeng said with a smile, "There are definitely still advantages. The so-called card abilities are probably just the witch's own superpowers."

Therefore, Yang Shouwen has two opportunities to eliminate anyone.

Upon hearing this, Tian Qianwei said regretfully, "Then I should have taken the competition seriously. I want to become a witch."

Jiang Yifeng suggested, "It's okay, you can go change into a witch's makeup and costume now, and then we can have a real vs. fake witch showdown to see who's better. Wouldn't that create a great entertainment effect?"

Upon hearing this, Tian Qianwei's eyes lit up.

Everyone has a quick bite to eat, and we'll continue recording the show later.

Half an hour later, Tian Qianwei came out. She was dressed in a black outfit and was holding a prop long knife, looking very heroic.

After making her appearance, Tian Qianwei even did a classic cat salute, which added to her sweet and cute charm.

But Yang Shouwen has a completely different style. His makeup is heavier, and he wears long false eyelashes and colored contact lenses, giving him a unique and charming look.

Upon seeing this, Jiang Yifeng immediately thought of a popular internet celebrity on Douyin in later years—Kaixin Yuanyuan, who should now be called Kaixin Wenwen or Witch Wenwen.

Cai Xukun was very entertaining, deliberately staring at Wenwen for a long time before suddenly saying, "Oh no, it's the feeling of being smitten."

Wang Jiaer loudly proclaimed, "I told you I had no problem! I just like beautiful women, and I think Yang Shouwen looks like a beautiful woman!"

Yang Shouwen: "???"

(End of this chapter)