Chapter 462: "Sisters Over Flowers" "Thrilling" Tour in Thailand
Bangkok, Thailand
Several beautiful and chic women walked on the street and instantly became the focus of everyone's attention. What's more surprising is that there are cameras following them.
This group of people is the "Sisters Over Flowers" program produced by Blue Whale.
The feature of this variety show is a foreign travel reality show, which is mainly based on female stars, so it is called "Sisters Over Flowers".
In addition to the sisters, there are two "porters", who are young male stars. They provide some functions that are not convenient for girls during the travel, such as backpacks, bodyguards, etc., and they are also a diversion.
The first stop of the "Sisters Over Flowers" program was in Paris, Europe. Three episodes were recorded. The first episode has been broadcast and the second episode is about to be broadcast. The ratings are still good.
So, the program team struck while the iron was hot and started the second stop of the trip, which was in Thailand, a well-known tourist destination in Southeast Asia.
Because of the popularity of "Lost in Thailand", Thailand's influence on domestic tourism has skyrocketed in the past two years. Choosing to record here is a good boost to the ratings.
At the same time, it is November now, and many places are already inconvenient for winter tourism and filming, but Thailand still has a summer climate, which is very suitable for travel and fun. It is also a novelty for the audience to watch "summer" tourism in winter.
Last night, the program team flew to Thailand and stayed in the hotel for one night. Today is the official start of the travel recording.
The temperature is very different from that in China, and the streets are still full of local characteristics. The guests are very excited, especially some beautiful items and clothes, which will cause heated discussions among several sisters.
"The clothes in their country are so shiny?"
"There are also many accessories. This shoulder strap is good, and it has gems. Can our clothes match?"
"Is this dress gold?"
"This shawl is very beautiful, sister, try it, wow, elegant and luxurious."
"Buy a few hats, I didn't prepare them when I came, and the sun is a bit hot."
"..."
The tour guide prepared by the program team and the director who followed the filming looked at each other, and they were a little helpless.
Compared with "Flowers and Boys", which is about the same theme of female star travel, it is not only a poor tour, but also constantly giving tasks, and even the program team is a bit difficult to make trouble behind the scenes.
"Sisters Over Flowers" is undoubtedly more relaxed, although there are restrictions on funds and other things, and there are also tasks arranged for the specific process.
But overall, it is more relaxed and casual than "Flowers and Youth", mainly to experience the local humanities and geography, and tend to be a healing tourism.
In this way, the guests have a high degree of freedom, which sometimes leads to insufficient control of the guests by the program team.
This is the case in Paris, where these female stars love to visit not the Eiffel Tower and Notre Dame de Paris, but the Champs-Elysees, and they wish they could stay for a day.
Fortunately, the program team has set a funding limit. These people can visit, but they have no money to buy, so they barely get some souvenirs.
This time back in Thailand, I didn't expect those people to come again.
The program team wanted them to appreciate the streetscape style of Thailand, but they saw a few good clothing stores, and then the style of the painting was biased.
And compared with the luxury stores in Paris, the things here in Thailand are good quality and cheap, even if the guests have limited funds, they can splurge a little.
Under the repeated urging of the program, the female guests finally came out of the clothing store reluctantly.
However, everyone had a beautiful new hat on their heads, and some people even wore silk scarves. They didn't buy clothes, but they all bought accessories.
Naza bought the most, including necklaces, bracelets, shoulder straps, and earrings. She almost bought a whole set, and her personal coffers directly used up more than one-third.
"It's over, it's over. How am I going to eat later?"
Naza happily showed off her accessories, calculated her bills, and finally reacted.
According to the rules of "Sisters Over Flowers", each of them has their own travel funds, the amount is the same, and accommodation, meals, transportation, and experience projects all rely on this money.
If you spend it all, after all, it's a recording show, and you will definitely not be hungry. Other guests will help, but in this way, not only will you be dependent on others, but you will also be suspected of being a drag, which is not good for your face.
"I told you to buy less. Don't worry, you won't be hungry if you have a bite of food from your sister."
Jiang Shuying next to her joked, but Naza didn't care and hugged her arm to act coquettishly.
"Thank you, senior sister."
Jiang Shuying is a student of the 2004 class of Shanghai Theatre Academy. In terms of seniority, she is Nazha's senior sister. The two were not familiar with each other before, but after participating in the program, they get along well and are the closest to each other among the guests.
In the program "Sisters Over Flowers", Nazha, as a popular top star, is undoubtedly one of the core guests.
The other two more important stars are Ning Jing and Qin Lan. In fact, the development of these two has not been smooth in the past two years, but the foundation is still there.
Especially Ning Jing, who is still among the first-line stars and should not be underestimated. She is the most experienced, oldest and most prestigious "big sister" in the program.
The last female star is Jin Chen, a young flower promoted by Tangren. She was stuffed in by Lao Cai.
In addition, the program team has another Tangren relative, that is, Yuan Hong, one of the "porters", and the other porter is Zhang Yishan, who has a close relationship with Blue Whale.
It can be said that except for Ning Jing, other people who are not Blue Whale in this program are relatively close objects, or at least there will be subsequent cooperation.
For example, Qin Lan later signed two dramas of the Blue Whale series. Yang Tianzhen felt that the company lacked a "mature" artist, and is currently eyeing Qin Lan, Zeng Li, and Li Xiaowan.
Boss Wei had similar ideas at the time. He wanted to sign Chen Su, but failed to do so. Zeng Li also gave up for some reason.
As time goes by, Blue Whale no longer expands its artist management, but Coral Entertainment, which took over, began to reconsider this plan because of the continuous film and television resources.
At present, Blue Whale has no shortage of leading actresses, no shortage of young actresses, and there is also a powerful Liu Lin (Lady Lady/Dehua), but there is a vacancy for mature female artists in their thirties and forties.
This kind of artist is not easy to find. It is not enough to be old enough. You also need to have enough strength and fame, be able to play important supporting roles, have suitable themes, and be able to play the leading role.
To put it more bluntly, you can be a mother, a sister, a boss's bestie, and a teacher's confidant, and you can fall in love without being out of place.
Yang Tianzhen had considered Liu Mintao, the eldest sister in "The Pretender", before, but later gave up because she could only play a supporting role but not the main role.
Among these relatives, Jiang Shuying is the furthest away. She was lucky enough to play in "The Empress of China" before, and was noticed by Fan Xiaopang, who intended to recruit her, so he pushed "Sisters Over Flowers".
The guests got along well. Although they each had some small thoughts, it did not affect the overall atmosphere.
A considerable part of the reason is that Na Zha, the most popular actress, and Ning Jing, the eldest sister with the most experience, have no conflicts.
Many times, a group of people are afraid of having two heads, so they will form a small group. If someone deliberately stirs up trouble, they will compete for interests and fight internally.
Although Na Zha in "Sisters Over Flowers" is popular, she is easier to fool, doesn't like to use her brain, and likes to follow the crowd and obey.
Ning Jing can calm the situation. Although the second-in-command Qin Lan has ideas, she doesn't like to show up and prefers to cooperate. Jiang Shuying and Jin Chen are not famous enough to compete, so they are relatively united.
The sisters were quiet, and the two porters would not cause trouble, so the trip was still quite healing and cheerful.
The director team was a little disappointed. Judging from the effect of the program, they hoped that the guests would do something.
At this time, the second season of the most famous "Flowers and Youth" had not yet been born, and the director team had not yet experienced what extreme quarrels were.
But they watched "Flowers and Youth" broadcast in the summer vacation, and the guests got along well.
But there was a little Xu Qing, who was a little bit of a drama queen, and her various princess-like operations brought a lot of heat to the program.
"Sisters Over Flowers" was a bit too harmonious, and the guests might be like this by nature, or they might have seen Xu Qing being scolded and learned a lesson, and each one was more considerate than the other.
Even Ning Jing, who had a hot temper, was a sharp tongue but a soft heart. She was angry on the surface, but she was still tolerant and helpful in the future.
Na Zha made a fool from time to time. She was originally a drag, but she was turned into a group favorite by several sisters. But she was one of them, so the program team didn't dare to blacken her.
The director team looked at the guests who were laughing and talking happily, and they felt sad in their hearts. They wanted something unexpected to happen and make something explosive.
"Director, something happened in front."
At this moment, the director suddenly heard an anxious shout. He looked at the monitor, shuddered all over, and slapped his mouth hard.
"Let you be such a jinx!"
After that, he rushed out of the filming car behind him, and rushed up with several staff members, and then saw several guests and a group of local people glaring at each other.
The director urgently asked about the situation. It turned out that the guests were shopping, and Qin Lan accidentally knocked two jars from a stall off the shelf, and then broke them.
The guests hurriedly apologized and expressed their willingness to compensate, but the stall owner kept talking, not only asking for a high price, but also trying to touch the female guests.
The guests naturally refused to do it. Yuan Hong was the first to rush up and confronted the other party, and then the stall owner began to call for help from the people next to him.
These people were all local vendors and even their accomplices. They must be on their side and surrounded them as soon as they were called.
There were many of them, and there were many female guests. Yuan Hong and others were afraid of something happening, so they wanted to retreat first, but they were blocked. Some people saw a photographer following them and wanted to grab the camera.
"We are a Chinese program team. What are you doing? I want to call the police..."
The addition of new forces such as the director team has intimidated the vendors. After all, most people just join in the fun and don't think about anything.
The vendors are also a bit embarrassed, but relying on their own territory, they still said they would pay money and would not let them leave.
The director is a smart man. He didn't plan to fight hard, but said that if there is not enough money now, they will let people make up, but everyone should stay calm and don't mess around.
Then he arranged for his men to quietly call the police. This kind of local snake can not care too much, but the official is different. As long as the police come, they will definitely guarantee the safety of the program team.
Several female guests were surrounded by male staff in the innermost part. They all looked solemn, and the timid ones were even a little scared and cried.
Ning Jing was the calmest. She looked at Naza and asked in a low voice: "I remember you said your boss was also filming in Thailand?"
This girl has no brains and dares to say anything in private. On the first day of coming to Thailand, she was thinking about visiting the crew of "Operation Mekong", so Wei Yang's presence in Thailand was not a secret among the guests.
"Call him for help."
"But... this is in Thailand."
Naza is not completely ignorant. With Boss Wei's power, this kind of thing can be easily solved in China, but what can he do in a foreign country?
"After all, he is a big boss and a big star, and his voice is always louder than ours."
Qin Lan also nodded: "That's right, we are not famous here, and the police may not take us seriously. Call Wei Yang, and they will pay more attention to us."
Jiang Suying said more bluntly: "If it doesn't work, it's better to pull some people from the crew to strengthen the momentum."
Jin Chen followed with a bad idea: "Speak more seriously, bring more people."
"Okay, I'll call him."
Naza secretly took out his mobile phone and dialed Wei Yang's mobile phone. He said something shocking: "Boss, we were caught by the bad guys."
Ning Jing, Qin Lan, Jiang Shuying, Jin Chen: "..."
After all, it is a tourist country. When they heard that it was a foreign tourist who was in trouble, the Thai police were quite quick to respond.
The vendor had some confidence, but not much. When he saw the police coming, he was actually a little scared.
Especially after the police knew that "Sisters Over Flowers" was a Chinese program group, many of whom were well-known domestic stars, they were more severe towards the vendors. If it hadn't been in front of the camera, they would have hit them with batons.
The matter was quickly resolved. The program group compensated the two cans normally, the vendor came to apologize, and the police also apologized.
If the matter had ended here, it would have been a small disturbance, but it was safe.
Although they encountered unscrupulous vendors, fortunately, the Thai police enforced the law impartially, and overall it was still relatively positive.
But then, the development of the incident was somewhat beyond everyone's expectations.
Just when the matter was resolved and the police were about to go home, several military vehicles suddenly came, and a group of soldiers with live ammunition got off. The leading officer saw the police and his expression eased, but he was reading indistinct Chinese.
"My unit was ordered to come to rescue people. Where is Gulinaza?"
The police were all confused, and the latter looked at the program group in confusion. Was it necessary to mobilize the army for such a small matter?
The people in the program group were even more confused. Only a few female guests who knew the inside story had a bad premonition.
The most confused person was the vendor. When he saw the army coming, he fell to the ground and his legs were shaking.
In Thailand, the police would beat you up at most if they were angry, but if you provoke the army, well, well...
At this time, the officer chatted with the police for a few words, roughly figured out the situation, and turned around to make a phone call.
About half an hour later, a few vans finally came over. Wei Yang got off with dozens of people and was relieved to see the program group was safe and sound.
Then he said hello to this side and talked to the officer with another middle-aged man with glasses.
Finally, the army withdrew and left, and Wei Yang and the others finally had time to meet. As soon as they met, Wei Yang glared at that guy fiercely.
"Do you know that you almost scared me to death?"
In all honesty, Wei Yang's impression of Thailand is definitely much worse than that of ordinary people, and he also understands the dark side of this country better.
A phone call from Naza made Wei Yang imagine countless tragic scenes, so he hurriedly started looking for help.
Although Boss Wei's main base is in China, it does not mean that he does not know people in Thailand. On the contrary, the people he can talk to are all well-known big bosses.
And don't forget that "Operation Mekong" also has people from the public security department, who can directly communicate with the Thai government through official channels.
Wei Yang thought the matter was serious and was afraid of wasting time, so he directly mobilized the most powerful resources at hand, and the people from the public security department also directly contacted a big boss.
So it was simple. The rescue team was directly targeted at the desperate bandits who dared to kidnap in public. If it weren't for the explanation that the call was made in time, there would be reinforcements later.
"I'm sorry..."
Naza made a big mistake, and he was always afraid of Boss Wei. Seeing Wei Yang angry, he was scared like a quail. It was Yuan Hong, who was on good terms with Wei Yang, who came out to rescue him.
"They were also scared. If we hadn't stopped them, someone would have wanted to be a hooligan."
"What?"
Wei Yang was angry again, his eyes were particularly sharp, but this time he was not looking at Naza. He glanced at the vendor whose thighs were weak and motioned to the assistant next to him to take a photo.
"Okay, you guys go back to the hotel to calm down, I'll take care of the rest."
After sending away the program group and crew, Wei Yang drove with his bodyguards to buy gifts.
They helped a lot just now, he had to go and thank the big guy in person, and by the way, give some suggestions on public security...