The fourth season of the travel outdoor reality show "Hahahahahaha" (hereinafter referred to as "Five Haha 4"), composed of Deng Chao, Chen He, Lu Han, Fan Zhiyi, Baoshi Gem (Dong Baoshi) and Wang Mian, was officially launched on March 23 Start broadcasting. The "Five Ha Tour Group", which visited many domestic cities in the first three seasons, went abroad for the first time in the latest season and took the China-Laos Railway train to Laos for a joyful trip.
"We hope that after watching the show and laughing, everyone still feels that Laos is worth visiting." At the media viewing meeting on March 21, Senior Vice President of Lantianxia Media Group, founder of Hexin Media, and variety show "Hahahahaha" director Wang Zhengyu shared the behind-the-scenes story of the program's recording and his thoughts on how "long video" variety shows should be positioned and developed.
"Five Ha 4" poster. In the first episode of the program, the "Five Ha Group" entered Luang Prabang, a city in northern Laos. Photo courtesy of program producer
Why choose Laos as the first stop for “outbound travel”?
Walking into an old car repair shop, the celebration banners shaking off the roof suddenly got stuck; the ribbon-cutting platform was a smooth slope that made the stars "all slippery"; it was difficult to sit firmly on the bench fixed on the slope , at the end, Deng Chao was "accidentally" squeezed away by his neighbor Chen He, and slid to the bottom... At the departure ceremony of "Wuha 4", this slightly "financially tight" opening made the six well-dressed people The "embarrassed" star has produced a "laughing fruit", which also lets the audience know at a glance that a new round of "people on the embarrassing road" joyful journey is about to begin.
The first season of "Wu Ha", which was broadcast in 2020, was positioned as a "road trip". The third season, which was broadcast last year, intensively "checked in" in 17 domestic cities in 12 episodes. Star guests visited, "shopping and eating" along the way, and experienced the customs of various places. Favor. This season also broke the predicament of "N-generation variety" being easily unable to succeed, and became the season with the highest Douban rating among the three seasons.
In the fourth season, how can we get to the next level? The production team selects "Unlock New Maps" and starts "Overseas Travel".
At the movie viewing party, Wang Zhengyu joked that Laos was chosen as the first stop of his “outbound travel” because of the “cheap cost.” In fact, as a friendly neighbor with the same mountains and water as China, Laos, which rarely appears in domestic variety shows, is a place full of freshness for the audience and guests. This is what attracted the people who produced "The Longing for Life" "The biggest factor is Wang Zhengyu, the "veteran variety artist" of "Farming Boy" and his team.
In the program, the "Five Ha Group" departed from Mohan Station in Yunnan, took the international passenger train on the China-Laos Railway, went through simple entry and exit procedures on the way and "smoothly entered" Laos, and arrived in Luangbo, the famous ancient capital in northern Laos, in the afternoon. Laban.
After walking out of the train station and setting foot on a foreign land, the program team threw out a difficult task: the celebrities needed to drive a "tuk-tuk" without any money and rely on the Laotian "Tuk-tuk" that they had to memorize after listening to it once Ask for directions and find the arranged accommodation by yourself. The sentence is not long, but this strange language makes everyone "forget it after listening to it". The pronunciation of the retelling is very different from the original sentence, making the local people confused. Fortunately, Fan Zhiyi had a keen eye and saw shop signs with Chinese logos along the way. With the help of Chinese compatriots and locals who could speak Chinese, the group arrived at the hotel smoothly.
"I believe you can see from this program that the Laotian people are very friendly to the Chinese people." Wang Zhengyu said, "When we chose overseas filming destinations, we had many choices. Due to various considerations, I thought it would be better to go to a friendly place. country. After arriving, we found that Laos is very interesting and very simple, and these contents will be slowly revealed in the next few issues."
The "Five Ha Tour" departs from Mohan Station and takes the international passenger train to Laos. Mohan Station is the last station on the China-Laos Railway from Yunnan. Photo courtesy of program producer
Visiting Chinese schools, Guizhou “Village Supermarkets”… I felt moved after laughing
In an interview with a reporter from China News, Wang Zhengyu lamented that during this trip to Laos, he found that many local young people have great enthusiasm for learning Chinese. For example, the director's tour guide is a local young man from Luang Prabang who is about 20 years old. "He speaks Chinese very fluently, but he has never been to China. He mainly learned Chinese by watching movies and TV dramas, so he has no knowledge of China." He has a lot of film and television dramas and artists. He also applied to universities in China and asked me whether Beijing or Shanghai is better. He knows that Beijing and Shanghai are big cities in China, and it is a very proud thing to study there."
During the recording of the program in Laos, Wang Zhengyu not only met young Laotians who yearned to study in China, but also met many Chinese compatriots working hard in Laos. "We photographed local Chinese schools. Many teachers came from China. In addition, there are many Sichuanese and Hunanese doing business in Luang Prabang and Vientiane. There is a 'French Style Street' in Luang Prabang, where There are many shops selling souvenirs, and if you visit five shops, you will meet a Chinese boss."
"After the opening of the China-Laos railway, it will be more convenient for Chinese tourists to travel to Laos." Wang Zhengyu said, "These cross-border trade and tourism can promote the development of the local economy, and these exchanges and exchanges are also the basis for the friendship between the two peoples."
Wang Zhengyu believes that as an "open-ended reality show", the key to "Five Ha" is to provide a fresh enough scene for a guest team that has developed a "familiar relationship", and then allow the stars to interact in a comfortable social circle Relax and "let yourself go". In this situation, "all accidents will be the biggest laughs."
In addition to making the audience "laugh", Wang Zhengyu has more expectations. "Nowadays, short videos provide laughter in batches. How can long video variety shows compare with them? We cannot give up the pursuit of emotions and stories. We must provide meaningful and positive emotional value so that the audience will have aftertaste after laughing. move."
Wang Zhengyu said: "If you feel that this country is worth visiting after watching the trip to Laos; or after watching the next trip to Guizhou's 'Village Supermarket', you feel that this place is great and the Chinese people live a really happy life—— So this is the meaning of our insistence on making long videos." (End) ("China News" reported by Cheng Xiaolu)