Chapter 26 - The Movie Queen's Domineering Fan (26)

Xu Zifan thought about the need for sci-fi films and nodded, “Okay, let’s make a sci-fi film. However, it is difficult to find scripts in this area, and the several screenwriters in the company may not be good at it. I will send them to study abroad and let them study while sharpening the screenplay. By the way, I will see if there are any good scripts in the hands of several excellent foreign screenwriters that can directly be used. It may take a little longer to prepare. During this window, do you want to take a break or do you want to shoot a reality show?”

Qiao Zixin’s eyes lit up, “reality show? Would you shoot?”

Xu Zifan thought about it. Although he and Qiao Zixin get along day and night, they have been continuously working these six months. Sometimes he is so busy socializing early and coming home late that he couldn’t say a word to Qiao Zixin. Shooting a reality show is a good opportunity to get along, just to see if there were any feelings between them, so he said, “let’s shoot together and bring two loveable artists.”

Qiao Zixin immediately smiled with crescent eyes. “Okay.”

After getting business done, Xu Zifan relaxed, leaned back on the sofa and said, “The Qiao family has been quiet these days. You handled it very well. I didn’t think you would use this method.”

Qiao Zixin winked playfully and smiled and said, “I learned from you. Baiyou was cheated by you and is still in rehab. Sometimes little tricks unexpectedly have good effects. You’re usually too protective of me, everything is solved for me, there’s no chance for me to play. This time, at least let me show that I am not so weak.”

Xu Zifan laughed, he really protected her so well that everything was planned out, he just needed her do it step by step, but he really didn’t give her a chance to take action. A little girl entered the big dye vat of the entertainment industry at the age of 18, and won the Movie Queen award on her debut, she has not been eroded by the atmosphere of luxury and debauchery, maintaining her kindness and innocence, which was very rare. This was enough to prove that she isn’t a weak little girl.

If she hadn’t been depressed, she might have made a comeback on her own. After all, Qiao Zixin, who was armed and had no weaknesses, shined brightly. Like just now, a bright smile can shine into a person’s heart.

Xu Zifan sent someone to send out a questionnaire, combined with the audience’s favorite spots, he planned two reality shows.

The first is ‘Desert Island Survival’, an exploration team of eight stars who would experience wild life on a safe island. Each of them can bring only one thing, and it was up to them to choose what to bring. When they arrive on the island, they would have to take care of food, drink, shelter, heating and so on. There were a lot of staff tagging along with them, but they could not help them. Before leaving, every star can learn wild survival skills on their own.

Xu Zifan and Qiao Zixin were the backbone of this reality show. They were so popular that they were free to choose other people directly from the company, without inviting other newbie male and female stars. Xu Zifan used a lot of group actors and students to grind a drama when he filmed ‘A Strong Mother’. He singled out a few with good potential and signed them. When filming ‘Life is Beautiful’, they also played roles in it, they got acquainted with the audience and signed in several other students. Now there were more than a dozen artists in the company.

As soon as the company released the list of stars in ‘Desert Island Survival’, netizens were shocked! ‘Life is Beautiful’ just won the top spot at the Spring Film Festival with 2 billion yuan at the box office. Why did they go to the reality show instead of continuing to make the next movie? Does such a big-name popular director and popular Movie Queen need to do a reality show and cheapen their name? Netizens shouted one after another: Boss Xu, do you remember that you are a president?!

Then people saw from the list that Xu Zifan is still the chief director this time, and felt even more helpless. You are a good director of the film industry, is it appropriate to be a reality show director? What benefits can a reality show bring? Is it worth wasting the president’s time? There was also a lot of people who were not optimistic about this program, thinking that the difference of the subject matter were worlds apart; A reality show is different from a movie, it’s definitely a big jump.

However, no matter what was talked about online, Xu Zifan and Qiao Zixin worked hard to learn survival skills and set out as scheduled.

They found a garrison base on the island, cut down branches and large leaves to build sheds, and drilled wood to make fire with sawdust, sticks, and other things. If they could not find fresh water, they would find coconuts to quench their thirst. Snakes, crabs, and fish were caught and barbecued with sharp branches. It took several days to find a small lake to take a bath, and when it rained it was very cold at night, they had to stay close to each other to keep warm.

The eight of them spent many days on the island, from the initial hustle and bustle to the final ease, from the initial hungry quarrel to the final laugh and celebration with seafood, during which they encountered a lot of problems, highlighting everyone’s truest character. They quarreled and lost their temper, but in the end, they all got closer to each other and played together like brothers and sisters.

When watching the first episode, the audience were completely attracted by them. It was a place many people would never go to in their whole lives. When the program was filmed, it completely contained all the beautiful scenery of the island. You can watch it with relish. On the other hand, the usually beautiful stars were tossed about. They tried every means to survive on the island, which was very interesting, making the audience laugh.

The most prominent one is Qiao Zixin, although everyone had learned something seriously, but practice and theory were different. It was also Xu Zifan’s first time coming into contact with these things, so he didn’t have any advantage. At the beginning of the program, everyone was at a loss. Xu Zifan, as the team leader, assigned tasks to them. Qiao Zixin was assigned to find fresh water.

Finding water was originally an easy job, just walk around to search for it. But there was no fresh water nearby, so Qiao Zixin climbed a tall tree and knocked down more than a dozen coconuts with branches. Then she weaved the vines into a net, picked up the coconuts and carried them back alone! The fact that a female star change from a weak woman to a strong able body was an absolute attraction for the first episode. After that, drilling wood to make fire made two stars frustrated and in a bad mood. Qiao Zixin, with extraordinary patience, was not afraid of being dirty or tired, lit a fire on the ground. When the fire was blown, the ashes were all over her face. She didn’t care, and she didn’t have any idol pressure.

When she went to the sea to catch fish, she became very skillful after a few tries. She could always fork up four or five fish after ten tries, and then dived below to dig large edible shellfish. When looking for fruits, she identified several edible and inedible fruits and said what kind of vitamins they had. She used to say on the program that she wasn’t good at studying and had a hard time memorizing studies. But this time she said that she was particularly looking forward to surviving in the wild with everyone, and made great efforts to memorize these things, and she really remembered them. This intention alone won good feelings from people.

There were still many interesting and touching points, which not only made the audience like this beautiful goddess better, but also made Xu Zifan, who has always been around her, know her better, and see her more brilliantly. Don’t people say that in order to know someone better, you should travel with them? Not only did they travel, but they also went to survive in the wild. Qiao Zixin exposed many advantages and disadvantages, especially letting herself go. However, Xu Zifan found that he was watching her play and have fun every day; Not only was he not bothered at all, but he also felt better about her, even her shortcomings felt very cute. During his time on the island, he woke up every day to see Qiao Zixin’s bright smile.

‘Desert Island Survival’ has a total of 12 episodes. The laughter and tears of stars living together in private are directly presented to the audience. The later part of the program conveyed team spirit and how important of division of labor is. The trust and sharing in the team that also reflected the rules of society. How to lead a team, how to speak tactfully, how to tolerate and understand one’s own companions, how to firmly believe in working together …

These factors combined into a successful ‘Desert Island Survival’. Those who wanted to see Xu Zifan make a fool of himself were disappointed again, and the schemers who mocked him must have been severely beaten in the face. Facts have proved that Xu Zifan is ‘the Xu Zifan’, whether he made a movie or a variety show, it has what he wants to convey to the audience, and it would be just as popular. Don’t worry about those who doubted, that Xu Zifan was wasting the president’s time. The show not only made Qiao Zixin gain a better reputation and more fans, but also won popularity for the six other artists, all owned by Zifan Entertainment. You don’t know how cost-effective this invisible investment is! And the later returns are immeasurable.

So, when the company heard that Xu Zifan and Qiao Zixin were going to shoot a second reality show, netizens began to cheer. No one doubted whether this reality show would soar. Everyone is looking forward to another good variety show to see their favorite stars every week!

In the second variety show ‘Carefree Courtyard’, Xu Zifan planned a slow variety show; In which he and Qiao Zixin filmed together with two delightful young boys from the company. They rented a farmyard as their home, received two or three popular stars in each episode, and prepared things for guests according to the requirements of the stars. They won’t be given money, so they have to work to get these things. They can go to their own fields to collect corn, dry it, peel and grind it into flour, and exchange it for how much a few bags of cornmeal cost.

You can also raise bees to collect honey and sell it, make jam with strawberries and fruits, go fishing in the river if you want to eat fish, and pick vegetables if you want to eat vegetables. Of course, if you want to eat other delicious food, stars must work with them for the money.

This is also a magical variety show. Before every star came, they just wanted to be lazy and come to play for a period of time, but when they see them busy, they couldn’t just sit idly by. They would always want to do something, anything. They have to chop wood and build a stove in the yard for cooking. In the second and third episode, several animals will be added to the home. They must be taken care of. In such a small farmhouse, through their own efforts to achieve the goal, they finally made delicious food and everyone tastes it together. That sense of achievement almost came through the screen.

No one could tell why watching this program was so addictive. It sounded like ordinary family chores, but like those operating a mini game, they just couldn’t stop playing. Many viewers watch this program and ask themselves in their hearts, do they have that kind of pleasant sense of achievement when they were so busy and tired every day? If not, why? Have you forgotten your original heart? Do you want too much? Perhaps living life is to get rid of the complexity, and return to the essence, in order to find the purest happiness.

This reality show is so inexplicably popular.