In the course of development in the past few years, the Star Variety Show Department has obviously become a well-deserved overlord in the Chinese variety show circle.

From the very beginning of "Infinite Challenge", to the later "We Are Married", "Super Heart" and "Wonderful Story", etc., one after another high-quality variety shows have continuously occupied the prime-time ratings throne of China Weekend for several years.

But no matter how good a variety show is, it has a lifespan.

It's like a dish no matter how delicious it is, but if you keep eating it, you will obviously get tired of it.

At present, the two ace variety shows in charge of the Star Variety Show Department are "Infinite Challenge" and "We Are Married".

The former has been seeking all kinds of challenges and changes, so even though it has been broadcast for several years, it still maintains good ratings and reputation, especially those ace units, such as pursuit battles, song festivals, etc., which often detonate the ratings.

This variety show has long been considered by everyone in the industry to be an irreproducible legendary variety show.

and another "We Are Married", but it has not become so good since the beginning of this year, especially compared with the continued popularity of "Infinite Challenge", the ratings of the variety show "We Are Married" have begun to show a significant downward trend.

In the ratings report in April this year, the ratings of this variety show fell directly to the lowest point since the start of the broadcast.

Although it still maintains an average rating of 1.26, and the program still ranks first in the same period, you must know that the average rating of this show is above 5 when it is the hottest, which makes the programs below it out of reach, but the current ratings are no longer that kind of crushing gap.

This is unacceptable to the whole department of the Star Variety Department.

They first wanted to find the reason for the rapid decline in the performance of "We Are Married", but after finding the reason, they reluctantly found that even if they knew the reason, it was difficult for them to reverse it.

Reality shows, to put it bluntly, still rely on real people.

Although the show also has a script, it is basically just given a framework, and it mainly relies on the guests to play freely.

And those highlights that arise from natural interactions are what the audience likes to see.

And "We Are Married", in order to maintain the freshness of the audience for the guests, each group of guests will basically only participate in between 20 and 30 episodes, and after this period, a new group of guests will be replaced, even if it is a popular guest group, there are only 52 episodes at most.

But this is also a key to the decline in popularity, that is, with the departure of the popular guest group, it will also take away a group of audiences.

And if the new group can't quickly attract the attention of the audience, it will inevitably cause the ratings of the variety show itself to decline.

So on the one hand, they want to maintain freshness, and on the other hand, they want to keep their popularity unchanged, which is like having both fish and bear's paws, especially with the continuous emergence of programs of the same type, although they can't challenge the status of "We Are Married", but it has indeed stolen a lot of audiences.

In the end, the starry variety show department decided to make a new variety show to replace the ace show "We Are Married".

coincided with the fact that South Korea was broadcasting a variety show called "The Birth of a Family", which is about a group of hosts going to the countryside to experience life, which inspired these people in the Star Variety Department.

Of course, they did not copy the model of the variety show "The Birth of the Family", but only created a new variety reality show with pastoral life as the core.

The name is "Longing for Life".

In addition to focusing on pastoral life, this variety show has no similarities with "The Birth of a Family".

For example, "The Birth of a Family" is basically just going to live in one place for two days and one night, helping to do farm work by the way, and taking the way of 'guerrilla warfare'.

But "Longing for Life" belongs to that kind of 'positional warfare', which directly arranges the host in a small village, gives them a room and a few plots of land, and then lets them live a self-sufficient life, and of course entertains guests by the way.

Ma Dong found Nie Wei, hoping that Nie Wei could come to be a guest in the first episode of this show, and strive to make this show a good start.

Nie Wei was also 'afraid' by Shu Chang, so he agreed.

The filming location of the show is in a small mountain village near Mount Wuling in Miyun Prefecture, not far from Kyoto.

Don't look at this place is not far from Kyoto, but it seems to be a paradise, Nie Wei looked at the photos of the village taken by the program team on the way to the small mountain village, and he didn't expect that there would be such a beautiful and quiet place near Kyoto.

"There are only 58 households in this small village, about 200 people, and it takes 20 minutes to drive from the nearest town to the village......

"Are you going to be embarrassed by the hosts? Nie Wei listened to the introduction of Wang Zhengyu, the chief director of the program group, and couldn't help laughing.

"It's okay, we specially selected Mr. Huang Lei, who can cook, to ensure that they don't starve to death. Wang Zhengyu couldn't help but joke.

"Mr. Nie, the show is the first issue, you can feel free to mention all your comments, and you can also do it in the show, we will improve it at any time. After the joke, Wang Zhengyu took the initiative to say.

As the director of the "Infinite Challenge" program team, this is the first time he has been independently responsible for a variety show, and the key is that this variety show is still highly expected by the company, and the pressure on him is quite great.

Especially when I heard that Ma Dong invited Nie Wei, the company's big boss, to come over in the first issue, I was surprised and the pressure increased dramatically.

But after all, he is a director who has been trained in "Infinite Challenge" for two years, and his work ability is also recognized by the company, so even if the pressure is high, it does not crush him, but makes him want to do this show well.

"Don't worry, I won't show mercy. Nie Wei replied with a smile.

Wang Zhengyu nodded seriously, he was not polite in what he said just now, but really asking Nie Wei to make suggestions, as a person in the company, he knows very well that Nie Wei is quite good at variety shows, you must know that the company's trump card program "Infinite Challenge" is the idea proposed by Nie Wei.

With such a great god here, of course he wants to get as much useful things as possible from him, not just to invite Nie Wei to come for the ratings, in Wang Zhengyu's opinion, Nie Wei's opinion is even more valuable.

"When am I going to go. Nie Wei looked at his watch, it was already eight o'clock.

When Wang Zhengyu heard this, he immediately asked the program team at the filming location, and got the news that several hosts were about to finish the opening.

"It's about five minutes, and the program team will send me a text message to notify me, and then you can call. Wang Zhengyu replied.

About three or four minutes, a text message came from the program team.

After Wang Zhengyu received the short message notification, he handed over the mobile phone that had been prepared a long time ago to Nie Wei, and there was only one landline number stored on this mobile phone, which was obviously the number on the other side of the filming location.

Just when Nie Wei was calling, several hosts on the other side of the filming location were discussing what to name their hut.

"It's called a cabin. Teacher Huang Lei came up with an uncreative name with a nonchalant face, and when you look at it, you can see that the name is completely decided based on the shape and furnishings of the house.

"Teacher Huang, this is too perfunctory. He Jiong, who was also one of the host team, immediately retorted, and then didn't forget to ask a young handsome guy next to him: "Yifeng, what do you think it should be called?"

"I... I don't know. Li Yifeng is obviously not very suitable for variety shows, so he seems a little helpless in the face of the question thrown by He Jiong.

He Jiong saw Li Yifeng's embarrassment, so he didn't hand him another word, but directly proposed: "I think it's called Taoyuan House, how about it?"

"Taoyuan House?okay, it's quite suitable. After Huang Lei heard He Jiong's proposal, he didn't think much about it, and directly agreed.

Li Yifeng also nodded straightly, he also felt that Taoyuan House was very suitable for here, it was obviously next to Kyoto, but it could be so quiet and peaceful, it was really like a paradise.

"By the way, don't we still have guests? When will the guests arrive?" The name was determined, and after several hosts chatted idly for a while, Huang Lei suddenly asked the program team.

As soon as the words fell, before the program team could answer, they heard the phone ringing in the house.

"There's a phone, a guest's phone, Yifeng, you go and answer the phone. He Jiong seems to be supporting Li Yifeng, but he is actually giving Li Yifeng a shot, as a variety show veteran, he knows very well that this part of answering the phone is impossible for the program team to cut.

In this way, at least one shot of Li Yifeng can be guaranteed, otherwise, with Li Yifeng's current state, I am afraid that if I record an issue, I will not be able to catch a few shots, so I can only be an invisible person.

Li Yifeng didn't know He Jiong's care for him, at this time, he just followed Teacher He's request and hurriedly ran into the house to pick up the phone.

"Hey, hello, this is Taoyuan House. ”

"Hello, I'm a guest, I still have about two hours to get to you, so I might have to eat at your place for lunch, can I order now?"

"Order!?" Li Yifeng looked confused, but before he could come back to his senses, the person on the other side of the phone had already ordered food directly.

"I'll order a dish of shredded pork with Beijing sauce, and I will also order a stir-fried vegetables, by the way, and then I want a dish of fried lamb with green onions, remember? If you don't remember, go find a paper and a pen, and then I'll write it down again. ”

"Ahh I'm going to find a pen and paper, wait a minute, Mr. He, where is the paper and pen?" Li Yifeng was completely led by Nie Wei's words, and he didn't have time to think at all.

Teacher He was also a little stunned when he heard Li Yifeng's call, and while helping Li Yifeng find a pen, he asked him what was wrong, and when he heard that the guests were coming for lunch, Teacher He was obviously a little flustered.

"Why are the guests coming for lunch? It's too sudden. ”

"Shredded pork with Beijing sauce, stir-fried vegetables, and fried lamb with green onions, remember, these three dishes are right? After Li Yifeng hung up the phone, he remembered that he hadn't even asked the name of the guest.

Huang Lei also walked into the house at this time and asked about the specific situation.

"Hey, you're welcome, but you know from the name of the dish that this person must be a Kyoto native. Huang Lei listened to the name of the dish and instantly guessed Nie Wei's origin.

However, in Kyoto, there are not 1,000 stars but 800, and it is really useless to know that they are from Kyoto.

Li Yifeng frowned, feeling that the voice on the phone was somewhat familiar, but he couldn't remember where he heard it for a while, so he didn't say it in the end.

Just when everyone was guessing who the guest who suddenly ordered the meal was, the phone on the table rang again.

"Don't forget to ask the guests who they are, I want to see which guy dares to support us like this, you must know that I am almost eighty years old with Teacher He. ”

Teacher He was obviously amused enough by Huang Lei's sudden self-blackening, and directly laughed and lay on the kang, while Li Yifeng nodded and picked up the phone again.

But before he could ask, the voice on the phone made Li Yifeng stunned.

Because this is not the man's voice before, this time it was replaced by a girl's voice.

"Hello, is it Taoyuanya?"

"Yes, yes, we are Taoyuan House, you are ......" This voice made Li Yifeng feel a little familiar, but the other party seemed to be very naughty and deliberately adjusted the tone, so he couldn't remember where he heard it for a while.

"I'm a guest, I'll be here in about two hours, I might have lunch at your place, can I order now?" asked the girl on the other end of the phone.

"Get out of the way, give me the phone, these people are too much, are they treating us as a restaurant here?" Teacher Huang Lei squeezed Li Yifeng away and took the phone.

"If you want to eat, just tell us who you are first?" The voice on the other side was a little girl, and at Huang Lei's age, she didn't have to be polite, and asked directly.

"Mr. Huang, I want to eat fried noodles, hang up!" The girl was obviously startled by Huang Lei's voice, and after ordering a fried noodles, she hung up the phone directly.

Huang Lei, who was holding the phone, suddenly had a speechless expression.

"Call me Mr. Huang, I suspect this person may be a student of Jingdian. Although Huang Lei was flashed by the girl's sudden hanging up of the phone, after recovering his senses, he immediately found clues from the girl's title.

"I also think the girl's voice sounds familiar, so let me think about it again. Li Yifeng, who was on the side, frowned and continued to think hard.

At this time, Huang Lei didn't guess, waved his hand and smiled: "Don't think about it, anyway, these two guys will come over in two hours, and then we will decide how to clean up these two 'evil guests'." ”

Although Huang Lei said that he was a 'bad guest', he then began to prepare the ingredients for lunch, and Nie Wei and another guest also started to set off for Taoyuan House by car after making a phone call.

About two hours of driving, two cars with guests happened to meet at the entrance of the village at the same time.