Chapter 370 Netflix Variety Show is about to start filming The fax of the script in Wu Mu's hand was not thick, and it only contained some general plot related to his role. When a big director like Tang Wei wants to make a movie, the detailed script and overall story are usually kept strictly confidential to prevent them from being revealed. Wu Mu looked at the part he had in his hand: During the Ming Dynasty, the emperor ordered a maritime ban. Zhang Jun (male second), a flag officer of the Jinyiwei, was ordered to seal up a smuggling ship. He accidentally discovered that the mermaid princess was imprisoned on the ship. "what?" Wu Mu's eyes lingered on the words Ming Dynasty, Jinyiwei, and Mermaid Princess for a few seconds to make sure he was not mistaken. What the hell is this movie? It’s a historical film, and there are mermaids appearing in it. What are they? We in Blue Star China should also have our own unique mermaid princess, right? Wu Mu was speechless. His first impression was not very good. But because there have been quite a few movies combining history and fantasy in recent years, he patiently continued to watch: Zhang Jun (male second) accidentally discovered that the smuggled mermaid princess was related to the folk church Shadow God Cult, and was vaguely involved in a conspiracy against the current emperor. He began to investigate the matter and met William (male first) a European mercenary who was also investigating the matter. Wu Mu closed the script, there was no need to read it anymore. Director Tang has gathered all the elements of bad movies, as if he was putting together a bad movie like Dragon Ball Summons the Dragon. It's fine that there's a mermaid princess in a historical film, but there's also a foreigner as the male lead, and there's also the Shadow God Cult, and a huge conspiracy against the emperor.

Do you understand the shooting? He immediately labeled this movie as a bad movie in his mind. Just like on Earth, I don't know what's wrong with these big directors in China, Blue Star, in recent years. Instead of just telling a serious story when making a movie, they always make this hodgepodge of various elements. Wu Mu had watched a lot of movies from Blue Star. He thought about the movies made by the big directors from Blue Star China and found that Lin Qingyue's father, Lin Xueming, was actually the most reliable. Although the film has a bit of mainstream theme, at least it doesn't mess around with this kind of stuff. "Let's reject Director Tang's new movie." Wu Mu found Shu Mei. Shu Mei looked curious, wondering why her boss refused so quickly. But he still nodded, and at the same time, looking at Wu Mu who was about to leave, he immediately handed him a new file. "Boss, Netflix has also sent over the introduction of their new variety show. They have completed the preparations and will start filming in the next few days." "So fast?" Wu Mu looked curiously at the file in Shu Mei's hand, which had "City Survival War: Survival Game" written on the cover. Netflix’s new variety show script is much more interesting than Director Tang’s movie script. Before, Netflix spent a huge sum of money to invite him, and he originally thought that this variety show was a celebrity variety show. That wasn't the case at all. According to the faxed document, there are a total of 24 guests for this variety show, and Wu Mu is just one of them. Moreover, among the twenty-four people, only a few are stars, and the others have all kinds of occupations, including anchors, firefighters, company employees, students, and so on. The document does not provide detailed explanations, but according to the general rules described above, everyone's identity is kept confidential from each other, and they will all be competitors when they arrive in Japan. "Twenty-four people are sent to a foreign country without any tools or money, and then they have to compete with each other for victory?" Wu Mu became interested. Shu Mei, who was standing by, knew more about it. "This is also the usual approach that Netflix has used for variety shows in recent years. Their previous hit shows, "Physical Fitness: 100-Man Challenge" and "Call of the Siren: Fire Island Survival," also basically follow this model. They select a large group of people, gather them in one place, set up an environment and tasks, and observe the guests' reactions." In recent years, Netflix has produced many popular Korean dramas and variety shows, including "Game of Life and Death" and "Empire", etc., and "The Peak of Fitness", "Call of the Siren", "Chef", etc.

Many of these dramas and variety shows gather a lot of people together to play various life and death games. Netflix has obviously tasted the sweetness and plans to continue with this approach. Wu Mu thought about it and nodded, "More people means more materials. With so many people, as long as the rules are set interestingly, we can always cut out interesting shots." However, only Netflix, which is rich and powerful, can do this. Inviting so many people, the performance fees of the guests and the inflated salaries of the program staff are not a small amount. Shu Mei said, "Well, this program seems to be the product of an internal fight between Li Dongxian and the content director of Japan. The promotion of their Netflix platform in Japan was not going well, especially compared with the results in Korea. Therefore, Li Dongxian, who was originally responsible for the content director of Korea, was assigned to intervene in the Japanese market. That's why this program was recorded in Tokyo, Japan." Ok? Wu Mu looked at her strangely, "How do you know this?" This obvious company secret was not mentioned in the document sent by Netflix. Shu Mei laughed and raised her phone proudly, "I saw it in the group chat!" In the group? Wu Mu looked at her phone screen. Above is a KakaoTalk group chat page. Wu Muge Korean fan support group: "Inside news! Brother Wu Mu is going to participate in the recording of Netflix's new variety show "City Survival War"!" A user with a cat avatar spoke. There were a lot of surprised replies below, "Really?" "Another Wu Mu brother variety show to watch!" "Where is the show recorded? I want to go see Wu Mu brother!" "I want to go too. Last time I was at Wu Mu brother's hometown but it was too far away and I couldn't see it clearly?" Shu Mei helped Wu Mu slide down the screen. The cat-headed user continued to speak after several minutes, "It's true, it's confirmed, but don't tell anyone about it. The show rules seem to have competition among guests, and the one who reveals his identity first will be at a disadvantage." "This program is not recorded in Korea, but in Tokyo. This is a project of Netflix's director Li Dongxian to intervene in Japan's business. It will be widely broadcast in Korea and Japan. When Wu Mu finishes recording the program and broadcasts it, it will definitely become more famous." Then there were several more speeches, the content of which was roughly what Shu Mei had just said, introducing to everyone the importance of this project and how Li Dongxian was fighting with Netflix's content director for Asia Pacific and Japan. Wu Mu looked at him in surprise, "Did Han Huiyuan reveal this?" Han Huiyuan was the fan executive from Yameng Company who invited him. As the intermediary, she must know some inside information. But revealing the work information of the partners in this way? Even though they were his own fans, Wu Mu still had a bad impression of them. Shu Mei shook her head, "No, Sister Huiyuan, I specifically asked her, and she didn't tell anyone." Shu Mei herself scratched her head in confusion, "I don't know if it's my illusion, but I always feel like there are a lot of rich people among your Korean fans. Yesterday, someone posted a photo of herself in this group. In the photo, she was carrying a new limited edition KI bag. Even I didn't recognize it, but many people in the group recognized it, and several people posted photos saying that they also had this bag." Are they all from rich ladies? It would be fine if this happened in the big fan group that was run before her, but why does it seem so concentrated in the ordinary fan group that was not specially organized at all? Wu Mu looks up at the sky, so I have to ask the inhuman ruler. The introduction to Netflix’s new variety show was sent in the morning, and someone contacted Wu Mu in the afternoon to confirm the itinerary.

The program has been prepared and everything is ready except for filming. After some contact, the day after tomorrow was finally set as the starting time. Tomorrow Wu Mu would need to fly to Tokyo to prepare to join. However, before joining, Wu Mu received another unexpected news. Jin Huiyan: "Brother Wu Mu, do you have time recently? I want to go to China to play tomorrow. Can I treat you to a meal?" It was a message sent to him by his good partner on "Super Challenge" before. After the show ended, the two sides kept in touch, and Kim Hye-yeon would occasionally send him cross-border text messages to chat privately. Please eat? Wu Mu subconsciously wanted to reply that he didn't have time, but as soon as he started typing, his fingers paused. its not right. Sending a text message at this time, asking if you have time recently. Good partner, are you playing tricks on me? Wu Mu replied, "No tomorrow, but there is the day after tomorrow. Can you come the day after tomorrow?" There was no reply from the other end, and a new message came several minutes later. "Brother Wu Mu, let's form a team!" Wu Mu was suddenly happy. I knew there was something wrong with Kim Hye-yeon. Kim Hye-yeon was also invited to participate in Netflix's variety show. When she heard that there would be an unknown number of other celebrity guests on the show, her clever little brain started working: Who are the other celebrity guests? When she was thinking about possible guests to be invited to the show, Wu Mu was the first person that came to her mind. After all, the impression left before was too deep. Then I decided to give it a try, and found out that it was true. Since this is the case, we must think of a way to continue to cling to the thighs! Jin Huiyan shared the information she learned with Wu Mu in a text message, "The director of this show is the director of Netflix's hit variety show "Physical Fitness Peak". His show style is very ruthless. No matter if it is a celebrity or an ordinary person, as long as he can't give him the shot he wants, he will cut the person out without mercy." If other program crews were to invite such expensive celebrities, they would definitely be reluctant to cut out the footage, and might even give preferential treatment to the expensive celebrities based on the rules. But the director of this program, Kim Hye-yeon, knew that if the program did not have an effect and was not outstanding, even she would be cut. So even though she is a veteran in variety shows, she was a little anxious. "Brother Wu Mu, let's team up! I can continue to drive for you!" She felt that if she could follow Wu Mu, she wouldn't have to worry about the scenes being cut. Wu Mu was curious, "Didn't they say that everyone is in competition and there can only be one winner?" Jin Huiyan replied quickly: "When it's just the two of us left, I can just quit." She knew very well that if she didn't quit, with Wu Mu around, she felt that she had no chance of winning. "This program is too strict. You will be thrown directly into a foreign country like Japan. You are not familiar with the environment and you cannot communicate with others because you do not speak Japanese. Your cell phone and other things will also be confiscated. It would be very helpful to have someone to help you, Wu Mu." Kim Hye-yeon shows her worth.

But she suddenly paused while showing off, "Um, you don't speak Japanese, do you?" Wu Mu remained calm and said, "No." "Really?" "real." When Kim Hye-yeon tried to collude with Oh-mok secretly. The program crew also happened to be talking about him. "He might speak Japanese." "How is it possible? He knows so many languages, and he can speak Japanese?" "I watched his show with Lee Jung-hoon yesterday, and he said on the show that he can speak Japanese now." "How can you believe what he says on the show? I've watched some of his shows, and what he says on the show is a mixture of true and false." The program staff were whispering in front of a wall covered with contestants' photos. The photos of the twenty-four contestants covered half of the wall, which was dizzying to look at. But judging from the photos alone, it was obvious who the most eye-catching person was. And unlike the last time when no one paid attention to "Super Challenge", this time many people are paying attention to Wu Mu. However, while the staff members were concerned, the director didn't take it too seriously. The program director who Jin Huiyan called ruthless was indeed ruthless. He was about fifty years old and had a white beard. He listened to the whispers around him and frowned subconsciously: "Don't pay too much attention to individual people during the recording the day after tomorrow, pay more attention to the overall situation." Director Choi Sang-jung with a gray beard has no problem with Wu Mu, nor does he look down on him. But his show style does not focus on stars. There are two ways to do variety shows. One is to focus on celebrities, which is more inclined to use the celebrity's fame and private appearance to attract audiences and fans. Another approach is to create amateur variety shows, by filming the interesting activities of amateurs with each other, or their interesting reactions to the rules of the show. Cui Xiangzhong took the latter path. His shows have always been mainly about amateurs, such as a hundred muscular men gathering together to determine who is the strongest, or a hundred chefs gathering together to determine who is the strongest. What we want is the unpretentious, brilliant interaction between ordinary people that happens when inspiration strikes. So when Li Dongxian suggested adding some celebrities, he disagreed, fearing that it would blur the focus of their show. It turned into filming passers-by's reactions to the fame attached to celebrities. In the end, it was Li Dongxian who assured him: "Since people from all walks of life have been invited to this show, why should celebrities be excluded? Others can survive with their professions, and celebrities use their fame to gain advantages. Isn't that also a way of survival? If you think the filming is not good, you can delete it at that time. I won't stop you." If you think the picture is not good, can you delete it? Cui Xiangzhong was convinced, and he thought about it carefully. According to the rules of their program, the faster a star becomes famous, the greater the chance of being eliminated. It is not the case that the show is based entirely on filming passers-by's reactions to the stars.

So he finally agreed. (End of this chapter)