Chapter 323 Departure
"Hi everyone, this is Tara."
"I'm Zhao Yan. I'm glad to see you all again. Do you miss us?"
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"Now a few of us have left the mountain city and come to another city. Do you know where this is?"
"Yes, we came to Spring City. We heard that the environment here is like spring all year round and is very suitable for living. And most importantly, we heard that this is the number one flower trading market in Asia and the second in the world."
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Seeing Park Zhaoyan's increasingly proficient opening, Huang Xu nodded gently, with a satisfied smile on his face.
Compared with the unfamiliar state when she was recording the pilot film in Seoul a few days ago, she has changed drastically now.
When recording, the performance becomes more and more natural and relaxed.
Although it cannot be compared with those professional hosts, it is enough to meet the needs of program recording.
And it's not just her, the rest of Tara's performance is getting better and better now.
They have now slowly found their own personalities and begun to show them in the show.
At this time, Tara and the others were chatting with each other in front of the camera according to their own personalities.
The few of them chatted freely for about ten minutes, basically talking about their nostalgia for the mountain city and their yearning for Spring City.
After Park Zhaoyan saw that she and others had no topic to talk about, she looked directly at Huang Xu opposite.
"PD Jin, we have arrived at Spring City, where should we go now?"
"Until now, you haven't given us a shooting plan."
"Oh~?"
"No shooting plans today?"
Park Ji-yeon and others also followed Park So-yeon's words and began to attack Huang Xu on this matter.
This is also a request Huang Xu has for them.
As soon as they enter the filming stage, they try not to stop talking.
Regardless of whether it is right or not, or what effect it can achieve, as long as you can speak, there will always be a camera.
The effects can be worked out slowly, but if a few people don't speak up, then Huang Xu and the other production teams will be in a dilemma.
Therefore, although these people were attacking him, Huang Xu's expression was very happy when he looked at them.
"PD Kim, this is your fault."
"We will follow you to shoot, you must give us a shooting theme."
"But now there is no theme, and I don't know the plan. What exactly do you want to do?"
"Are we left to think for ourselves?"
"Or are you saying that you have been slacking off these days and are not ready?"
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Listening to the criticism of several people against him, Huang Xu not only did not get angry, but instead commented on the performance of several people.
The one who performed best first was actually Park Ji-yeon.
She always remembers her identity as maknae, and can act unscrupulously in any matter.
And the second one is Li Juli.
She seems to be quiet and doesn't talk too much.
But every sentence is on point and plays a catalytic role.
It can be said that half of the credit for the current lively situation is due to her adding fuel to the fire.
The performance of others was somewhat satisfactory.
But Huang Xu was not angry. After all, everyone was good at different things, and they were not professional variety artists.
They just need to try their best.
Anyway, the highlight of their show is not the various interactions between them, but their looks and figures, as well as their reactions after seeing various delicacies and beautiful scenery in China.
They just need to keep the scene from being deserted and embarrassing, then there won't be a big problem.
Huang Xu looked at a few people, and after criticizing him for two or three minutes, they were at a loss for words. Then he took out a task card and handed it to a few people.
"What is this?"
Several people looked at the task card handed over by Huang Xu and looked very curious.
Why is it different from the previous process in Shancheng?
Huang Xu looked at the confused people and gave an explanation.
"The mountain city is your first stop in China. It is for you to adapt. Now that you have been here for several days, you have gradually adapted to life in China."
"In the next program, your challenge will officially begin."
"Nani?"
"Why?"
"Before the show started, didn't you say that our trip was just for eating and playing?"
"Why is there still such a challenge?"
After hearing Huang Xu's words, the atmosphere became lively again.
But this time they didn't make a fuss for too long. Under Park Zhaoyan's organization, they opened the task card given to them by Huang Xu.
But after they saw the content clearly, a few of them froze there.
Especially Park Ji-yeon, relying on her personality, directly picked up the card and shouted to Huang Xu.
"PD Jin, are you going a little too far?"
"Why do you need to write the content of the card in Chinese?"
"Don't you know I don't know Chinese characters?"
"Is it possible that I just don't know you?"
Huang Xu did not save face for Park Zhiyan this time and spoke directly to her.
"I remember that the company arranged Chinese courses for you a month ago so that you can learn Chinese."
"Now you can't understand, can you blame me?"
"Ah~~, you still have the nerve to say that."
After hearing Huang Xu's words, Park Zhiyan became even more angry.
“Is Chinese so easy to learn?”
"I have been studying for a month now, and I have only learned simple daily expressions. How can I possibly know these Chinese characters?"
"Yes, yes, Chinese is really difficult. How could we fully understand each other in just one month?"
"That's right, we have only studied for a month. How can we know so many Chinese characters?"
At this time, Park Hyo Min and Ham Eun Jung also followed Park Ji Yeon's words and began to attack Huang Xu.
Huang Xu watched their performance and did not refute or pay attention to them.
After a few people made a fuss for a while, they saw that Huang Xu had no intention of answering, so they had no choice but to stop. Then they bit the bullet and began to study the task cards.
"I know this word, this is what we mean."
"Then there is this word, which means need." "This is nation"
"This is."
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Although they had only studied for about a month, with the joint efforts of several people, it took them five or six minutes to slowly guess the content on the card.
"Our mission is to buy local ethnic costumes and then check in and take photos at a specific location, right?"
"Yes, congratulations."
Huang Xu looked at the proud expressions on their faces and clapped his hands directly to express his encouragement and praise to them.
Then he asked the writer to hand over the cash he had prepared.
"This is the money for your transportation and shopping this afternoon. Please cheer up next."
"Oh~~?"
"This is gone?"
"Where should we buy it?"
"You need to find out about this yourself."
After Huang Xu finished speaking, he stopped talking and even retreated directly from the opposite side of them.
Seeing this situation, Tara and others frowned, obviously not satisfied with Huang Xu's arrangement.
The reason is as mentioned just now, they have just studied Chinese for a month.
As the most difficult language to learn in the world, Chinese is not that easy to learn.
The few of them were able to guess the content on the card without even guessing, which was already very rare.
Now they are asked to find out where to buy clothes, and then check in and take photos at a specific place.
This is simply making things difficult for them.
But seeing that Huang Xu had already expressed his attitude and asked them to rely on their own efforts, they could only look at their captain Park Zhaoyan.
Among several people, the one with the best Chinese proficiency is Park So Yeon.
And a few people were able to recognize the content on the mission card just now, and most of them relied on Park So Yeon to recognize it.
So they looked directly at Park So-yeon, the hidden academic master and the one with the best Chinese proficiency among them.
They pinned all their hopes on Park So Yeon.
However, with everyone staring at Park So Yeon, she felt a little guilty at this time.
She is self-aware. She is just an idol, an ordinary person, not a top academic.
The reason why she was able to recognize so many Chinese characters just now was mainly because she was more attentive and serious than others when she was studying in the past.
Now that he was suddenly being looked at by several people and placing their hopes on himself, he felt a little guilty.
However, looking at the hopeful eyes of his teammates, he could only take a deep breath and force himself to nod.
"It's okay, let's go. I don't believe that we won't be able to find a place."
Then he led everyone and started looking for help from passers-by using his broken Chinese.
Huang Xu, on the other hand, led the program team and followed them all the time, watching their actions and ensuring their safety.
To be honest, the performance of these people exceeded Huang Xu's imagination.
In Huang Xu's plan, they should make a lot of jokes or encounter some difficulties.
But the reality is that they relied on their outstanding looks and their status as foreigners to get help from young brothers.
After seeing Tara and the others, he showed great enthusiasm.
Although language communication was not smooth due to their Chinese proficiency, relying on gestures and the task cards in their hands, the little brother quickly understood their intentions.
Of course, more importantly, behind them, there was a large team carrying various recording equipment, letting him know that Tara and the others were recording the show.
So I didn't feel impatient at all, and explained to a few people very patiently.
And after seeing that several people really couldn't understand, they took out paper and marked the address they needed to go to in detail on their task cards.
In this way, Tara and the others only need to hand the card to the driver and they can reach their destination directly.
After several people got the cards with the addresses written on them, their faces showed expressions of being saved.
Then they looked at the camera provocatively and glanced at Huang Xu behind the camera, and then they started to take a taxi.
Then the group of people split into two cars and arrived at a local commercial street selling local clothing.
After arriving at their destination, several people were shocked by the scale of the place before they even entered.
Because this street is basically full of shops selling various ethnic costumes.
Spring City is a well-known tourist city. Although it is only 2013, there are not as many short video platforms as later generations to publish their own photos and videos.
But now many people, after coming here, will buy or rent several sets of ethnic costumes to take pictures.
So a few people stood at the street entrance, looking at the bustling crowd inside and being shocked by the different colors and styles of clothing on the crowd.
Originally, they thought that the traditional ethnic clothing Huang Xu mentioned would be like South Korea's hanbok, with only a few styles, and they only needed to choose different colors and materials.
But when they arrived here, they discovered how come there were so many styles of clothes here?
And most importantly, it can be seen from the basically unrelated styles of these clothes that they belong to different ethnic groups.
At this time, it was Huang Xu's turn to appear.
"Chuncheng is located in Dian Province on the southwest border of China. There are a total of 25 ethnic minorities here, making it the province with the most ethnic groups in China."
"The largest minority among the ethnic minorities currently living here is the Yi, which reaches about five million, accounting for more than half of the total Yi population in China."
"The second is the Bai ethnic group. Basically all the Bai ethnic groups in China live here."
"After that, there are the Hani, Dai, and Zhuang people."
Following Huang Xu's introduction, everyone in Tara also showed surprised expressions.
"How come there are so many ethnic groups here?"
"And why are they still minorities when there are tens of millions of people?"
"Of course it's because, compared with the number of Han people, the number of these ethnic groups can only be regarded as ethnic minorities."
"And China has fifty-six ethnic groups, and what you have seen today is less than half."
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After Huang Xu briefly explained to a few people, he took out a bunch of cards and then spoke to a few people.
"Next, please come and take a draw, and you will need to buy clothing styles later."
"No."
Following Huang Xu's words, Tara and the others suddenly felt as if the sky had fallen.
When they first learned that there were so many ethnic groups here and the different clothes of each ethnic group, they had a bad feeling.
Now it really comes true.
If buying clothes is a primary task that can be done with hands, then now it is not that simple for them to buy clothes of designated ethnic groups.
Nowadays, there are so many ethnic groups and so many different styles. Not to mention them, even many locals may not be able to distinguish them clearly.
Especially their Chinese is still at the level of beginners.
(End of chapter)