Similar to the common slow variety show model, apart from a bunch of fancy gimmicks, the core of "Around the Small World" is still short trips and interviews.
The host Yu Fulan is a veteran artist in the industry. She has acted in dramas, released records, and hosted more than ten programs. She is very popular in the industry. In each episode of "Around the Small World", she invites three to four friends to go to a secluded scenic spot for a two-day and one-night trip.
The location of this program recording is not far away, at the seaside of the neighboring city. It was originally a wild sea, but for some reason in the past few years, sperm whales were accidentally photographed several times, which attracted the attention of photography enthusiasts and gradually became a little famous. However, generally speaking, it is still a niche attraction and is more suitable for program shooting.
"Are you familiar with this host?" It was just dawn when they got off the plane on the early morning flight, and it was still about an hour's drive to the beach. Li Xuan finished reading the program introduction and schedule on the notice in the car, and asked Sheng Min in a low voice.
The car that came to pick them up was a seven-seater business car, and they sat in the last row. The recording time was short, so Yang Xu and Zhang Zhihua did not go with them. At this time, besides the driver, there was only one reception staff member from the program team in the front row of the car - probably because it was too early, he was very sleepy and was catching up on sleep.
"Not that familiar." Sheng Min glanced forward, raised the partition, and confirmed that the sound insulation was good before answering, "I played her son in a TV series when I was a child, and we didn't keep in touch much afterwards. The last time we met was at an awards ceremony two years ago... Sister Yan is very experienced in hosting, and generally won't bring up any embarrassing topics. It's just..."
He hesitated for a moment, and when he noticed Li Xuan's questioning look, he said, "She got divorced last year, so when you're recording the show, don't mention her husband and children."
"I don't care about that." Li Xuan said as a matter of course.
"The production team might be trying to trick you." Sheng Min thought for a moment and said, "But you're so smart, you won't fall for it."
Smart is the description Li Xuan has received most since he was a child. From classmates to teachers, even Li Mingge, who actually looked down on him, always had to admit that his IQ was higher than that of ordinary people. Li Xuan never cared about other people's evaluations. Most of the time, he would not feel proud when facing compliments. He would just feel bored and would not bother to say thank you.
However, when Sheng Min said the same words, it seemed that he rarely benefited from them.
"Don't give me that." Li Xuan opened the bottle of mineral water and took a sip.
Sheng Min smiled when he heard this: "I didn't lie."
How can it be a question of truth or falsehood? Li Xuan thought, but he couldn't seem to explain what the question was, so he changed the subject as if nothing had happened: "Have you been cheated many times?"
“I don’t think so.”
Sheng Min shook his head. He hadn't eaten anything on the plane and felt a little hungry. He took a sandwich from the paper bag beside him and asked, "Want to eat?"
"Need not."
Sheng Min then tore open the transparent bag himself and took a bite slowly.
"Why don't you say anything?" Li Xuan was still waiting for the next words, and seeing that he was concentrating on eating, he couldn't help but ask him.
Sheng Min was stunned for a moment. He tends to be distracted when eating. He immediately smiled and said, "Oh, I haven't been cheated before. There's nothing to say... I debuted very early. I was young and unknown at the time. No one would care, let alone dig a hole. But I've seen others suffer. This is how it is in the industry. Sometimes you say something wrong unintentionally, and when the spotlight shines on it, it will be magnified. But if you're a little more vigilant, you can avoid it."
He spoke lightly, without any complaints, calmly as if he was sharing a trivial matter, and then lowered his head to deal with the lettuce on his sandwich, as if he had never suffered any injustice or misunderstanding.
Li Xuan lowered his eyes to look at him, his eyes slid across the partition in front of him and then to the notice in his hand. On the day he received it, Sheng Min had already made detailed annotations, marking the points that needed attention one by one for Li Xuan. Even so, the wording was very restrained, and even if it fell and was picked up by others, no one would find fault with it.
"Is there something on my face?" Before Li Xuan even noticed it, his eyes fell on Sheng Min again.
"Yeah." Li Xuan suppressed the messy thoughts in his mind that he couldn't even explain, and said casually, "The left corner of the lip."
"Salad dressing?" Sheng Min subconsciously opened his mouth slightly and stuck out the tip of his tongue to hook it, "Anything else?"
"No more." Li Xuan said vaguely, but his eyes did not move away for a while, until Sheng Min's expression became a little confused. He finally lowered his eyes and heard himself say: "I think I said it wrong just now. I'm hungry too. Give me a piece."
After getting off the viaduct, there is a long tunnel. It seems that the moment I get out of the dim tunnel and the light comes in again, the scenery outside the car window has changed.
At first, there was a vague white spot far away in the sky, like a thin ribbon adorning the other side of the green woods. Gradually, the ribbon stretched out, and the woods were replaced by sand and reefs. When the sound of waves could be vaguely heard, the car stopped.
"Teacher Sheng, we're here." A young girl opened the car door from the outside, smiling, "Thank you for coming all the way here. I'm your PD. You can take a break first. The shoot will start in an hour. Then I'll have to trouble you to walk this way again so we can make up the shots of you getting off the car."
"It's okay, thank you for your hard work." Li Xuan responded.
The parking lot was an open-air flat area, and there was an iron ladder about ten steps down to the coast. The scene had been cleared in advance, and the cordon was very wide. The crew's colorful tents were densely packed, and the staff were shuttling back and forth to debug the equipment. When they saw Li Xuan coming over, they all greeted him.
In order to conform to Sheng Min's usual friendly and unpretentious style, Li Xuan nodded along the way. It wasn't a long distance, and it took a quarter of an hour to reach the end.
"Why are there so many people?" He took a step back and whispered to Sheng Min, frowning slightly.
Sheng Min smiled and lowered her voice, whispering in his ear: "Like a nodding doll."
"What?" Li Xuan didn't hear clearly.
"Nodding doll." Sheng Min explained seriously, "It's the kind with a spring on its neck that nods non-stop when you push it." Then he kindly reminded him, "I have that cinnamon dog on the center console of my car."
Li Xuan saw the blue and white big-eared dog, and thought it looked stupid. He said angrily, "Who do you blame?"
"Blame me." Sheng Min admitted his mistake in a good manner, stretched out a finger and tapped his forearm, smiling, "I pushed you."
The places touched by his fingertips felt like they were burned by sparks, hot and itchy. Li Xuan knew it was just an illusion, and coughed: "Are you in a good mood?"
Sheng Min nodded and said without thinking, "At the beach."
But today was clearly a cloudy day, with thick fog and a particularly strong smell of the sea. The sea breeze carried yellowish sand that brushed across **'s arms. It was not a very pleasant sight at all.
"Like the sea? Why?" He thought so and asked.
However, before Sheng Min could answer, another voice came out: "Xiao Min."
Li Xuan looked over in the direction of the sound and saw the sunshade of the tent in front of him lifted, and a woman walked towards him with a smile.