*They're Coming* is a variety show aired on Strawberry TV every Saturday night at 8 p.m. Most of the time, it invites artists from the TV dramas and variety shows that are about to be launched on Strawberry TV or Strawberry TV platform, which also serves as a form of promotion.
In recent years, Strawberry TV has produced a large number of self - made TV dramas. Besides, it also buys some TV dramas that are likely to become hits. The self - made TV dramas usually cast relatively powerful or popular artists as the leading actors and actresses, while using its own in - house artists as supporting roles. Therefore, the variety show *They're Coming* is often graced by many big - name stars.
Since *Youth Trainees* is a variety show that Strawberry TV advanced the schedule for to compete with its rivals, it must do a good job in marketing and promotion.
In the past few days, there has been a blitz of promotions everywhere. Su Tang even saw the poster of this variety show in the elevator of her own residential community.
It really gave Su Tang a start. Except for the time when Ren Qingzhou first debuted, he had rarely had this kind of large - scale promotion later on. She hadn't seen such a widespread publicity campaign for a long time.
It felt as if he was about to become popular again.
So the entertainment industry is a small circle with just a few people going around. In this episode, Ren Qingzhou was recording the show with the leading actors of a currently popular TV drama on Strawberry TV. The female lead of this TV drama was Dong Yueyi.
The TV drama on Strawberry TV was actually just an online drama. The male lead was a new - comer who had just debuted. No one expected it to become popular at first, so there was not much pre - promotion. It was just casually launched. After all, Strawberry TV launches countless online dramas every year, and not all of them are given pre - release publicity.
Dong Yueyi was very reluctant when she first received the offer for this TV drama. She thought it was a bit demeaning for her current status to act in an online drama.
However, it is quite difficult for TV dramas to be broadcast on satellite TV nowadays. There are restrictions on the themes and content. The small - budget romance and costume dramas she acts in are particularly hard to be on satellite TV. Now the online drama market is huge, and her agent thought it was necessary to seize the opportunity.
After much persuasion, she finally agreed to take on this drama. It has to be said that her agent has quite good business sense.
Anyway, online dramas are profitable.
The great success of this drama in the later stage was largely due to the popularity of the male lead.
Unfortunately, during the filming, Dong Yueyi looked down on the unknown male lead. She was quite rude to him.
So during the official announcement stage later, they didn't seem very sweet together.
For this kind of low - budget romance drama, the main selling point is the CP economy. Such poor after - sales service has a great impact on the audience's enjoyment of the CP.
The drama production team also hoped that the male and female leads would interact with each other, so they arranged for them to appear on Strawberry TV's own variety show.
Ren Qingzhou and Dong Yueyi knew about their past, but neither of them would tell outsiders.
Moreover, Ren Qingzhou was not the kind of person who would be so fussy as to tell the program crew in advance that he didn't want to cooperate with someone in a program.
It was just that the probability of meeting Dong Yueyi this year was a bit high, which really gave him a headache.
On that day, as soon as he arrived at the TV station, he saw Li Nandi again. It has to be said that he was really a hard - working and modest junior. He would always arrive at the scene in advance whether it was for variety show recording or other things.
Through these several contacts, Ren Qingzhou quite liked this young man in his early 20s.
Ye Zi was not late today. After the group exchanged greetings, the scriptwriter came over to go through the script. Around six or seven o'clock in the evening, the recording started.
At the beginning of the show, there was an opening show. After all the guests took the stage, the hosts would introduce them one by one.
The hosts of *They're Coming* were Qianqian and Ding Dang from Strawberry TV.
"Welcome everyone on this Saturday night to *They're Coming*, exclusively sponsored by Yangyangyang Goat Milk Powder, which provides good nutrition for every family. I'm the host Qianqian."
"I'm Ding Dang."
"We all know that Strawberry TV and Strawberry TV platform have jointly launched a brand - new talent show variety show called *Youth Trainees*. This show will be launched on Strawberry TV platform tomorrow night at 8 p.m. We've also seen that there has been a lot of discussion on the Internet. Everyone is very curious about the specific content of this show. So today, we've invited the four mentors of *Youth Trainees*."
"The four mentors of *Youth Trainees* this time form a luxurious lineup. First of all, we've invited Teacher Zhou Yilun, who hasn't participated in a variety show for a long time."
"Hello everyone, I'm Zhou Yilun." Zhou Yilun didn't talk much on variety shows. At his level, he no longer needed to rely on talking to get camera time on variety shows.
"Teacher Zhou last participated in a variety show five years ago when he appeared on CCTV's *National Good Singers*."
"Yes, I was severely criticized during *National Good Singers*, so I didn't dare to take on any variety shows in the past five years." Zhou Yilun rarely joked, and then added, "No, actually I've been very busy in the past few years and didn't have time for variety shows. Then the director group of *Youth Trainees* approached me and told me about the ideas and concepts of the show. I thought it was quite interesting, so I decided to join the show."
"Teacher Zhou was always known for being strict when he served as a mentor before. Is it the same this time..."
"No, no. The participants in this show are all young girls. How could I scold them? I think I'm quite gentle. But there are some problems that need to be pointed out so that we can make progress together, right?"
"As the saying goes, strict teachers produce outstanding students. Let's watch a short video to see what amazing things Teacher Zhou has done in *Youth Trainees*."
The program crew played a short video of the interaction between Zhou Yilun and the trainees in his group in *Youth Trainees*. This video clip was quite well - edited, highlighting Zhou Yilun's character of being strict but also humorous.
He was rated as the strictest judge by the audience in *National Good Singers* five years ago. He even made some trainees cry with his scolding. This time in *Youth Trainees*, he was also the strict one among the mentors.
"The next mentor, we heard that he rejected the director group's first invitation. But the chief director of *Youth Trainees* really appreciated his talent, so he invited him repeatedly. Finally, this mentor was touched by the sincerity of the program crew and decided to join. Can you guess which mentor it is?"
Before Ding Dang finished speaking, someone in the audience shouted Ren Qingzhou's name.
"Looks like this matter has already spread, right? Do you want to explain to everyone why you rejected the director group?"
"No, no. It's not that I rejected the director group. In June, I was filming a new drama called *The Land of Beauty*. At that time, the filming wasn't finished yet, so I didn't know if I would have the time. I didn't dare to promise the program crew easily. When the program crew came to me again later, the filming was almost over."
"Previously, Qingzhou was always in the filming crew. I heard that *The Land of Beauty* was filmed on location in many places. It must have been quite hard."
"It wasn't really hard. It was just a bit hot in July."
"We've talked so much, but we haven't really introduced yourself properly. How about telling everyone the role you play in *Youth Trainees*? We've deviated from the topic."
"Hello everyone, I'm Ren Qingzhou, one of the four mentors of *Youth Trainees*."
"Is this your first time being a mentor, Qingzhou?"
"Yes, so I don't have much experience. Actually, I'm also growing with the trainees."
"I feel that you've been quite busy recently. I saw you on the hot search not long ago. I clicked in and saw that you went to the hospital, right?"
"Yes, yes. That day I wasn't feeling well, so I went to the hospital with a friend. Then we were photographed."
"Actually, it's really hard in the filming crew. Sometimes you have to work for more than ten hours a day."
"No, it was mainly because it was too hot recently, and the costumes were very heavy. Coupled with the wire - work, many parts of my body were rubbed raw."
The host's conversation with him about the hot search also indirectly clarified that the person who went to the hospital with him that day was a friend, not his girlfriend.
After the host interacted with Ye Zi and Li Nandi, it was time for today's game session.
This variety show is a show that combines playing and chatting.
It would be uncomfortable to watch a group of people just sitting there talking for two hours without doing anything. So most variety shows nowadays adopt this format.
"Today, besides the four mentors, we've also invited the male and female leads of the currently popular online drama *Thirteen Months* on Strawberry TV platform. Let's welcome them to the stage with warm applause."
"Recently, *Thirteen Months* has been very popular. Could you two please introduce yourselves briefly?"
"Hello everyone, I'm Jiang Yi."
"Hello everyone, I'm Dong Yueyi. I play the female lead, Qiu Yue, in *Thirteen Months*."
"Seems like Qingzhou and Yueyi are old friends, right?"
"Yes, we've cooperated before."
"You two also co - starred in *The Land of Beauty*. I wonder if you had any scenes together in it?"
"It's a pity this time. Since our characters didn't have much interaction, there weren't many scenes together."
Ren Qingzhou didn't say a word. The host asked a question, and Dong Yueyi answered it. He seemed a bit redundant.
But he was too lazy to talk. He really couldn't make up any more lies.
"Come on, stop it. People who don't know might think the *The Land of Beauty* crew is here for promotion."
It was obvious that this unpleasant remark was made by Ye Zi. Although it was the truth.
She seemed to dislike Dong Yueyi even more. She hadn't given her a good look since she took the stage.
Ren Qingzhou even wondered if *The Land of Beauty* had invested in this episode of the show.
Why did the show keep promoting this TV drama at the beginning?
But after Ye Zi said that, the hosts were a bit embarrassed. Ding Dang had been working at Strawberry TV for several years and was a relatively senior host. Ye Zi didn't target him. Qianqian was a new host trained by Ding Dang in recent years, so Ye Zi didn't give her much face.
During the game later, Ye Zi always targeted her and Dong Yueyi.
Ren Qingzhou found that this woman really had a bad temper. If she didn't like someone, she would confront them directly. She obviously had a powerful background.
Dong Yueyi was no pushover either, but she was rendered speechless by Ye Zi. Was this the so - called "one evil subdues another"?
As the saying goes, three women make a show. These two women had filled the variety show with a strong smell of gunpowder.
Ren Qingzhou felt that it was no longer a variety show recording later. The exchanges between them were full of barbs.
It was already one o'clock in the morning when they finished recording this episode. He was so tired that he fell asleep as soon as he got back.