Tencent Video Travel Observation reality show was broadcast, 6 artists challenged the city to survive for 48 hours as migrant workers ! "New Travels" to experience the real "world"
Directed by Yan Min, with Wang Yanlin, Huang Zitao, Lin Gengxin, Yue Yunpeng, Zhang Ruoyun, and Chen Feiyu as guests, the travel observation reality show "New Travels" is being broadcast exclusively on Tencent Video.
The second phase of the program focuses on the daily life of ordinary people in Shenzhen.
The artists are here and become the "dual protagonists" of the show together with the amateurs, and the artists themselves have gained more life experience and thinking as a result.
The program presents ordinary people who are struggling with the quality of the documentary and real materials: they are the masters of life, and there is a powerful force in the ordinary, which is enough to infect and inspire more audiences.
Documentary-like texture presents the real world
Many work details in the show aroused the audience's emotion: "It's too real!" For example, Yue Yunpeng and Zhang Ruoyun "playing street fighters" (real estate agents handing out flyers on the street to attract customers) were rejected by passers-by who were anxious to go to work.
Many viewers who have worked in leaflet distribution felt the same way; after several hours of unloading work, Wang Yanlin and Lin Gengxin rode more than 30 kilometers back to their residence and found that their legs were sore and unable to move.
The audience commented on the barrage that they did not dare to ride so hard after doing heavy physical work; Huang Zitao and Chen Feiyu had no money and could only spend the night at McDonald's, which also triggered the audience's discussion of "Mai Luren"; Wang Yanlin When people go to work in an electronics factory, they often make small mistakes in the face of simple tasks such as plug-ins, dispensing glue, and screwing screws. In the end, they can only unpack.
Some viewers said that they have also worked in the factory, and the assembly line work is by no means as easy as it looks...
In the past, variety shows with stars participated, if they were not filmed in the studio but outdoors, it would often lead to onlookers, and the artists could only be recorded in small venues such as factories and small squares at the head of the village.
Affected by the surrounding environment and atmosphere, it is difficult for even experienced artists to achieve a natural state, and the effect of "show" is more than that of "real".
In contrast, although the guest lineup of "New Travels" can be called star-studded, in the 48-hour survival experience they had on the streets and factories of Shenzhen, they behaved like ordinary migrant workers and worked with them. of people don't see them as stars.
The whole program presents the real "human world" composed of the lives of ordinary people in Shenzhen with a documentary-like texture.
This documentary-style real texture is related to the original intention of the program team.
Yan Min revealed that the program team went to investigate the lives of these ordinary people three or four months in advance, and only told the other party that they would make a documentary.
The amateurs on the show didn't know there were stars coming to work with them until filming started.
"If they know in advance that there will be stars participating, they will be nervous and lose their daily state of ease. We don't want this, we want to shoot their true and best side." This kind of documentary filming method is more than the regular filming method of variety shows. It is difficult, but it can create a social space that is close to reality, so that everyone can be presented in the program in a state that is closer to daily life.
The flash of ordinary people reflects ordinary power
"New Travel Notes" asks at the beginning, why do people travel far?
Because we want to "see the sky, see the earth, and see the common people".
Through the eyes of the "new tour groups" who traveled far and their experiences, the audience saw different heaven and earth, and also saw the fireworks in the world that are usually overlooked.
The most touching moment in the show is not the gap between the artists in suits and leather shoes to the unkempt face, but often the casual words or actions of ordinary people who meet them.
These words and deeds shine with real light, reflect the ordinary power, and move the audience in front of the screen.
Yue Yunpeng and Zhang Ruoyun have personally experienced the hardships of real estate agents: not only do they need to put down their face to "play Street Fighter" and keep closing doors, they also need to understand the information of each property and the needs of customers, and they even need to speed up their meals to save time.
But colleagues at the company say they are used to it, and even work more often than usual.
Yue Yunpeng was very excited to meet customers who were interested in buying a house, but his colleague said that there was only a 50% chance of closing at most.
She admits that the effort and gain of this job are not very proportional, but she must work hard to make it proportional.
Another colleague understands the prudence and hesitation of ordinary people in buying a house from the perspective of customers. After all, this is a lot of money. "So we must be careful when buying a house for everyone."
Wang Yanlin and Lin Gengxin met a skilled 26-year-old logistics guy when they were doing the "daily settlement" work of unloading.
Is it boring to do this kind of work every day?
He replied: "Can the same kind of work work for a long time without being boring? But you must do your own job well."
Director Yan Min said that he hopes that after watching the show, everyone can really treat the stars as ordinary people, and treat any characters as ordinary Chinese people.
Artists and ordinary people form the dual protagonists of the show
In the second issue of "New Travels", six guest artists came to Shenzhen to have a 48-hour urban survival experience as the most ordinary migrant workers.
The three modes of normal, hard, and extremely difficult correspond to three survival states.
For example, Yue Yunpeng and Zhang Ruoyun chose the "normal mode", serving as a real estate agent who distributed flyers on the street during the day and stayed in a capsule hotel at night; Wang Yanlin, Huang Zitao, Lin Gengxin and Chen Feiyu chose the "extremely difficult mode", doing "day knot" work during the day and night work. Sleeps 15 beds.
Artists have also become people who run for a living.
Following the footage of the show, the audience also saw the struggle stories of ordinary Chinese, and found their own projections from it.
Huang Zitao and Chen Feiyu met a roommate. After ten years of working at Foxconn, he chose to work on a daily basis. The three of them boarded the same job recruiting bus the next day.
When he first got into the car, Huang Zitao energetically assured the boss that he could do the work of two people alone. As a result, he and Chen Feiyu couldn't hold back the work and wanted to end the work for a long time, but his roommate brother said that he would insist on finishing the work.
Huang Zitao thinks that such daily work can be changed continuously until he likes it.
The roommate brother said that he didn't have so many choices. If he kept doing half of it, he would not be able to find such a job next time.
"Others will know you, the boss will know you, and the next time you go, they'll say: 'Get out of the car, you won't last a day.'"
Audiences may have similar ideas to Huang Zitao, and regard "like" as an important criterion for finding a job.
But many people don't have so many choices. They must work hard to do the job at hand to have a meal. This kind of effort is equally valuable.
These ordinary people's simple understanding of life allows the audience to see the unevenness of the world, and also makes the artists reflect.
Director Yan Min said that he hoped that "New Travels" could show the real living conditions of the Chinese people.
"The common people of every era have their unique way of living. It is they who work hard and live seriously, which has brought changes to our country. They are as good as the entertainers and guests on the show. "The protagonist."
The show has set three survival modes with different difficulties for the artists to choose from, but there is only one mode in real life, a mode that requires us to work hard and do our best bit by bit.
The ordinary people in the program reflect the kind-hearted and serious life of ordinary people.
This is also the value of "New Travels".
Written by/The Beijing News reporter Yang Lianjie