Chapter 50

Su Yuanyuan also paid great attention to her own personal setting. She jumped in circles, ran through obstacles, rushed down slopes, crawled down on the ground and so on, at the fastest speed. However, she went directly around the last vertical wall.

Fang Lizhe immediately whistled and called out, “Susu, go over the wall, don’t go around!”

Susu stopped running, sitting in the same place doubtfully. She looked at Fang Lizhe and then at the wall, and tilted her head, as if she didn’t understand why she had to jump over the wall. It was clear that there was so much space around it.

At this time, the professionally trained Border Collie had rushed in with a strong posture, jumped up in front of the wall, used a few moments to climb over the three-meter high wall and rushed to the finish line. The camera captures Su Yuanyuan’s eyes rounding up as he went over the high wall, it was as cute as can be and as shocked as can be.

Then, the Doberman also rushed over the wall, failed for the first time, immediately stepped back and prepared to rush up again. He barked at Su Yuanyuan twice, as if he was laughing at her!

Su Yuanyuan seemed to instantly realize it, suddenly stood up and was full of fighting spirit. She growled at him, went back quickly, sprinted to the front of the wall with her four claws, and climbed over the wall with lightning speed! She stood on the wall with her beautiful fur blown by the wind, but her small body had a commanding posture.

However, the next second, the picture suddenly changed!

People could see her turning back. When the Doberman rushed up to the top of the wall, she suddenly stretched out, stepped back and kicked the Doberman on the head! The Doberman instantly fell to the ground and barked wildly, but Su Yuanyuan didn’t care, and shook her fur.

A moment later, the Doberman rushed up and was kicked by her again. After three times, Su Yuanyuan jumped off the wall and ran to the finish line.

At this time, the Border Collie had taken something and returned to his owner, winning the first place in this competition, while Su Yuanyuan won the second place with the fastest speed, and the Doberman followed behind. The Doberman naturally won third place. But after being played by Su Yuanyuan, he was obviously very angry and depressed. After the completion, he had to stare at Su Yuanyuan from time to time, as if he had forged a deep hatred.

As for the remaining Husky and the cute little Toy Poodle, they were completely funny. They took so long that they haven’t even finished jumping in circles yet. The Husky had a poor grasp of when to jump, while the Toy Poodle was unable to jump. At last, the Toy Poodle laid on the Husky, and when she saw the circle was done, she slapped him on the head. The Husky immediately jumped with Toy Poodle, and they finally finished the circle jump while cooperating.

It wasn’t difficult for Toy Poodle to run through the obstacles and push forward on the ground. While the Husky passed after running in the wrong direction several times and breaking several rules. But when they got to the wall, they both lost ambition, and their masters tried to encourage and even used threats. However, they wouldn’t even get up from the ground. Finally, time ran out, and their runs were counted as a failure.

Although they failed, both of them added a lot of silly moments to the program, especially when there were quite a few people who kept these two breeds of dogs. Watching them naturally had a special kind of relatable feeling. Moreover, the super cute Su Yuanyuan teasing the fierce Doberman scene was the finishing touch, which not only made people laugh, but also established a preliminary connection between several dogs. The relationships between teacher and pupil, friend, silly fan and hostility all radiate from Su Yuanyuan, which connected several dogs closely and increased the audience’s expectation.

This first competition had achieved this point, which was completely beyond everyone’s expectation. In particular, they haven’t messed up anything at all. Not only was the dog trainer unnecessary, but there was no need to re-shoot. Once the camera footage from all directions were cut into a coherent scene, it was a complete and perfect finished product. The Director stood up excitedly, satisfied with such a smooth start. He laughed and told everyone to rest for half an hour, then quickly packed up and went to the next shooting location to prepare.

There were many scenes in this program, and the one just finished was the simplest one. Then, there were various interesting games such as calculation questions, recognizing words, distinguishing items by smell, dancing, swimming, wilderness survival, group competition and so on. Su Yuanyuan according to her persona, at first there were many things she didn’t understand and didn’t comprehend. Then, she showed her amazing learning ability, like watching the Border Collie go over the wall. As long as she had watched other dogs do it once, she would quickly react and finish it perfectly.

Within a few days, she became one of the most popular ‘dogs’ and a competitor to be reckoned with, making people exclaim that ‘the essence is concentrated’. However, the same concentrated Toy Poodle was purely funny, playing tricks, sneak attacks, playing spoiled, pretending to die, and doing everything possible, even making her the second best when other dogs were competing!

(TNote: the essence is concentrated = Proverb; meaning: the good thing is condensed into a small thing/ good things come in small packages.)

The Husky had also become a laughing stock. Lazy to death, greedy and playful, and has no desire to win. He always ran towards his master, wanting to play games with his master, and made his master lose her temper. As it so happens, his owner was a variety star, and any scene with them together would never be boring, and very funny. The Husky was the one with the biggest risk of mutiny in a team, his characteristic of always running toward people as soon as he saw food became a special joke because it was too comical. He would drag down whomever he was with, and people would regret tempting him to rebel.

The fierce Doberman was always bullied by Su Yuanyuan, and the righteous Border Collie was respected by Su Yuanyuan as a big brother, all of which were the highlights of this variety show. ‘The Elite Among Dogs’ quickly captured a large audience once it was broadcasted. The numbers were still climbing, breaking the highest TV ratings after two episodes, and directly becoming the domestic ratings champion after five episodes. It immediately became a dark horse in the variety show field!

When Su Yuanyuan returned to the set of ‘Demon Fox’, she was also praised by Director Xu, “How does the little one do it? She really has the ability!”

The latest season of ‘Cute Dog Susu’ had just finished airing, and ‘The Elite Among Dogs’ took over. This kind of popularity was an excellent promotion for ‘Demon Fox’. The more popular Su Yuanyuan was, the higher people’s expectation for ‘Demon Fox’ would be. This was the first time that Su Yuanyuan has acted as a fox, and it was also an elaborate work prepared by the great Director Xu for 5 years with no need for much publicity. With this popularity, naturally, the director would be happy.

Originally, the cast had to follow the production until it was finished, and weren’t allowed to work or take other advertisements, but Su Yuanyuan was too special. After Fang Lizhe consulted with Director Xu, he let him arrange her plans as he pleased. Everyone knows that the lifespan of a fox was only a dozen years, so if she missed the opportunity to become a big hit in these years, she may never have the chance again.

Having talent like Su Yuanyuan was a rare thing, as she was a one in a million existence. Director Xu also cherished talent and hoped to see her go higher and further. Fortunately, Su Yuanyuan was practically an ‘acting-fox’, and no one could pick a fight, so they could all get along harmoniously.

As soon as the twelfth episode of ‘The Elite Among Dogs’ was filmed, Fang Lizhe led the team in the studio to start operations, and pushed the program and Su Yuanyuan into the hot search list. There were emoji packs of Su Yuanyuan and several dogs all over the Internet, and there was a bit of interaction among fans, which made Su Yuanyuan very popular for a while. Fang Lizhe perfectly changed her image of a ‘cute dog’ through Su Yuanyuan’s performance in the program.

Although ‘Cute Dog Susu’ had been deeply rooted in people’s hearts, the variety show was more like seeing her true personality. For the first time, everyone discovered the real Su Yuanyuan, who had so many good points such as being bold, cautious, smart and cunning, and having a strong fighting ability, and could play with her companions in leisure or risk her life for her companions. More importantly, she was close to Fang Lizhe, with an unbeatable tacit understanding between the two. She had won everyone’s favor.

While ‘Cute Dog Susu’ made many people fall in love with this super cute and super adorable little baby, ‘The Elite Among Dogs’ made them fall in love with Su Yuanyuan who was so unbelievably clever. When the last episode of ‘The Elite Among Dogs’ was broadcasted, ‘Demon Fox’ finally announced its completion after several long months, and a five-minute extended trailer was sent out for the first time.

In the trailer, from Su Yuanyuan as a cute and ignorant fox who ran to the human world, to the cultivation of the female lead, meeting the male lead, and falling in love then getting married. Then it turned to turning against each other, revealing their true colors in a fight, being caught and fleeing, and finally a fierce reversal, while dying with all those who have hurt her. The gorgeous and exquisite stunts and the wonderful performances of all the characters filled the trailer with a sense of tension and excitement. The most eye-catching was actually the close-ups of Su Yuanyuan’s various expressions. The strong feelings of happiness, sadness and resentment completely infected all those who watched the trailer through the screen!

All the scenes of her struggling, fleeing and fighting in the trailer all show that she was a fox demon. She was a fox demon that had changed from being simple and kind, because she was pushed to the extreme. She was a fox demon who would rather die than compromise. It was only a 5-minute trailer, but many people couldn’t help crying, as if they could feel the pain of the fox demon.

In the faint picture of the last scene of the trailer, people could faintly see the shadow of the little white fox walking towards the deep mountains. This faint picture blew everyone up and they kept asking whether the fox demon died or not. That violent fight, and the final self-destruction, she would surely be dead, right? But this last shadow should be the little fox after revenge, right? After feeling the sorrow in the trailer, everyone’s wish became the wish for the little fox to live, even if her cultivation was destroyed.

To this, the ‘Demon Fox’ account only responded with a phrase [Please look forward to it], which caught everyone’s hunger for more.

Fortunately, Su Yuanyuan and Fang Lizhe went on to be guests on several variety shows, so everyone could see that the ‘fox demon’ was still active on screen, which made everyone turn their anxious questioning into their expectation for the film. They urged ‘Demon Fox’ to be released as soon as possible every day.

The trailer clearly highlighted the love and hate between the male and female leads, but most people were paying attention to Su Yuanyuan. The male lead had fewer scenes than Su Yuanyuan and wasn’t the focus point of the story. Naturally, he didn’t care. But the female lead, Xiang Tong, couldn’t stand it. Fang Lizhe treated Su Yuanyuan like a treasure and didn’t look at her. Does everyone else think she was inferior to an animal?!

She jumped into the first line cast of the film but was robbed of the limelight by an animal. She must retaliate!