Chapter 102: The Importance Of Drafts
Stars go to experience life, service industries are definitely the hardest to do, customers spend money to enjoy the service, who cares if you’re a star?
Previously, Yu Wei had seen a program where a star did a part-time job at a hair salon, the shop gained popularity, the star earned money, the program team captured program effect, only the consumers got scalded by boiling water and screamed…
Customer: Speak up for me.
The tour guide that Yu Wei is going to experience this time is similar, with so many people in a tour group, there will always be some who won’t indulge a star.
Professional knowledge, explanation techniques, communication skills, he has none of these essential tour guide skills, let alone being a tour guide, he might not even understand the scenic area as much as the tourists.
But now there’s no method, start guiding!
The scenic spot Yu Wei is going to this time is Hengdian World Studios, as an iconic building in entertainment novels, it’s also his first time going today.
The male contestant who drew him is called Fang Ze, not very old, just graduated from studying tourism and became a tour guide, which is quite professionally matched.
Fang Ze also claims to be his fan, but Yu Wei doesn’t believe it at all, because this kid started being clingy with his girlfriend as soon as he got on the bus.
The two sat together chatting oblivious to the world, looking like they’re still in the honeymoon period…
Being able to find a girlfriend, among his readers, he should already count as a superior person.
“How much do you know about Hengdian?”
Seeing Yu Wei who was checking information, Shen Yutong smiled slightly, seemingly very interested in his flustered state.
Even such an all-around person has times when he’s at a loss?
Alright, not entirely all-around… at least she can’t read the novels he writes.
“I only know it’s for filming.”
When writing entertainment novels, who doesn’t just make it up, what Hengdian, film crew, how many have actually been there?
If he really knew the ropes, the filming plot wouldn’t be briefly mentioned.
Yu Wei is the same now, the movie filming plot in “A Man’s Martial World” is less than three chapters, and that’s even after he added the movie plot.
Yes, this time he unprecedentedly wrote the movie plot into the novel, after all, the plot of kung fu films isn’t that important, and it doesn’t involve spoilers, because in the end justice must prevail.
This play is a typical case of justice prevailing, the protagonist Xiahou Wu’s character arc is very thin, at least in his view, not as good as Feng Yuxiu as the villain.
The filming process doesn’t mention any professional knowledge at all, just simply wrote about the protagonist’s fight scene, showing off under the astonishment of others in the film crew.
If web novels could do plagiarism checks, the most frequent keywords in entertainment novels would definitely be “shocking” and “dumbfounded”… excluding heavenly queen, movie emperor, heavenly king.
“Hengdian’s main attractions are four: Qin Palace, Imperial Palace of the Ming and Qing Dynasties, Guangzhou Street Hong Kong Street, and Along the River During the Qingming Festival.”
Shen Yutong almost answered without thinking, simply introducing the attractions and corresponding film and television works to Yu Wei.
In Hengdian, when introducing attractions, those classic film and television works are unavoidable, this is Yu Wei’s biggest weakness, after all, he’s not familiar with the works.
He does know that Qin Palace filmed “Joy of Life”, but Blue Star doesn’t have this drama, so his only experience is useless.
Shen Yutong’s knowledge reserve is very rich, not only grasping the basic information, but also extending to some cultural literacy content, which left Yu Wei stunned.
If only they had switched, it would be great, Yu Wei wear ancient costume to be an NPC vase, let someone with the thing be the tour guide…
After the program team’s car arrived at the destination, Yu Wei and Shen Yutong got their respective work clothes with the help of local cultural tourism.
Yu Wei wore a dark blue Polo shirt paired with dark trousers, left chest wearing tour guide badge and travel agency badge, looking neat and capable, quite like the part.
But after getting the amplifier and itinerary, he was exposed, not exactly directionally challenged, but he really couldn’t understand this itinerary.
“You follow me closely later, just repeat whatever I say.”
Fang Ze is quite caring towards Yu Wei, two months ago when he first reported, his situation wasn’t much better than Yu Wei’s, newcomers need to help each other.
While talking, Shen Yutong who changed into ancient costume walked out from the side, plain shirt and skirt nothing special, but her unique temperament added a lot to her.
A temperament-type girl like her is quite suitable for ancient costumes, compared to those refined internet celebrity cosplays, Shen Yutong’s ancient costume has a jade-like gentleness, the longer you look, the more you appreciate its luster.
Simply put, she’s more like Chen Xiaoxu type, face shape etc. mediocre, but overall full of classical beauty, brows like willow smoke, slender and elegant.
After entering Hengdian, they split into two groups, ancient costume NPCs have fixed activity areas, but tour guides go where the tourists go.
Actually, newbie tour guides find it hard to get decent resources, college faction and family businesses basically firmly control resource allocation, newcomers can only find opportunities themselves to get gigs.
But for normal filming, the program team still used a bit of relationship, so Yu Wei could have someone to lead right away.
The program team arranged a small package group for him, few people basically friends who know each other grouping to play, relatively easy to handle.
“Another seven people, right?”
Seeing the small group’s information, Yu Wei still breathed a sigh of relief, fewer people easier to manage, if they gave him twenty or thirty right away, easy to mess up.
After the tour group got off, they immediately noticed the photographer next to them carrying equipment, and this tour guide beside, you know, he looks quite like Yu Wei.
No, it really is!
All seven are college students, usually surf the internet fast, Yu Wei recently stirs things up every few days, they’d recognize him even as ashes.
“Dear guests, welcome to Hengdian World Studios · Along the River During the Qingming Festival scenic area! I’m tour guide Little Fang, today I’ll lead everyone to step into the painting in one morning, dream back to millennium Bianjing!”
While Yu Wei’s side was still looking at each other, Fang Ze’s group next door had already started moving, he didn’t dare delay, did a self-introduction and called everyone to follow.
“Teacher Yu Wei, sign for me.”
“Can we take a photo? I’m your fan.
“I want a photo too, with beauty filter on!”
Forget about fans or not, show your full subscription record and everything’s fine…
Yu Wei didn’t refuse, but they had to wait until the tour started later, stopping now would make it easy to fall behind.
The first stop at the attraction is the Rainbow Bridge, that huge wooden arch bridge in Along the River During the Qingming Festival. Yu Wei originally wanted to give a simple introduction, but after hearing Fang Ze’s vivid explanation ahead, he decided to follow suit.
“This wooden arch bridge spans 40 meters, with no bridge piers design, first created in the Northern Song Dynasty for convenient grain transport, ranking among China’s top ten ancient bridges!”
“The male lead’s horseback scene at the bridgehead in The Collection of Elegance was shot right here, ancient-style blockbuster in seconds!”
The seven-person small group listened to the introduction voice from next door, subconsciously turning their heads to look at Yu Wei eagerly. The atmosphere was already here, you had to say something, right?
“Um… same as above.”
What the hell same as above. The program team staff shook their heads directly, seemingly losing all energy and means, not even pretending anymore and just slacking off, huh.
The commotion from the program filming was not small, quickly attracting other individual tourists to watch. Other tour guides simply brought their own groups over to borrow some popularity.
At the scenic area’s key spot, everyone didn’t crowd around, but instinctively gathered this way. At first glance, it looked like a super large 100-person travel group.
Yu Wei felt inexplicably awkward in the vortex of the crowd flow. This spectacle made him feel like he was the attraction…
After simple touring and filming, Fang Ze led the team to continue forward, entering the inner city, where the vermilion-lacquered pavilion building came into view.
“This is the top tier restaurant in the Northern Song Dynasty, three stories with eaves adorned with glazed tiles. Emperor Huizong of Song once visited here in disguise.”
“The bluestone yamen ahead is the filming location for The Censorate! The neighboring High Qiu mansion hides mysteries.”
With so many people following, Fang Ze couldn’t help but feel a bit nervous, but his business capability was solid, revealing film and TV Easter eggs effortlessly.
“Same as above, same as above.”
Yu Wei really wasn’t slacking off. For a pure layman like him, making
Many university teachers are like this: knowing their own lectures are mediocre, they recommend online courses to students. Not causing trouble is the best assistance.
The seven members of the small group were almost laughing out of anger. They actually knew they would participate in the program filming and also agreed to appear on camera.
They could also anticipate that a star’s tour guide foundation would be average and were prepared for it, but who would have thought Teacher Yu Wei would be so careless?
He doesn’t even want to go through the motions!
Especially since the tour guides from the other nearby tour groups were all chatting animatedly, this made them look very awkward…
Your tour guide and my tour guide seem different?
The roadside market streets simulated the lifestyle of the Northern Song Dynasty. Shen Yutong and the female civilian contestant dressed as show girls paraded nearby, so they also saw this scene of Yu Wei in their eyes.
Seeing Yu Wei’s utterly slacking off expression, Shen Yutong was quite surprised. Based on the program a few days ago, he should be a very empathetic person.
At a time like this, would he let his own tourists suffer a loss?
She also didn’t have time to think too much, because their ancient costume NPC roles also had tasks, to have simple interactions with tourists and liven up the scenic area’s atmosphere.
The tour group temporarily stopped and did not continue forward. The next stop was the Bianliang Yimeng Theater that could accommodate a thousand people. The performance had not started yet.
Seeing the tourists begin to visit and rest on the spot, Yu Wei then tentatively spoke to his small group of tourists, “How about I sing a song for everyone?”
He’s not heartless. It’s too much of a slacking off to say nothing while working as a tour guide; the audience probably won’t accept it when the program airs.
He can’t cite classics to explain attractions, but he is good at singing. At least he should do something to liven up the atmosphere so that everyone can affirm his work.
You’ve already sung, so what else is there to say?
His words were neither too big nor too small, just right for the program team and the nearby tourists to hear clearly. Singing is great; Teacher Yu Wei’s singing is indeed beyond reproach.
They actually didn’t think much about listening to a layman tour guide explain the attractions; it was just that comparing themselves to others made them a bit embarrassed. Now it’s good, and there’s an unexpected gain.
My tour guide can sing, can yours?
The program team acted faster, and the staff somehow found a guitar. Singing at scenic spots is too prone to going viral; they must provide assistance.
The commotion here quickly caught the attention of other tourists. Teacher Yu Wei singing on-site—what’s the difference from a free front-row concert?
In comparison, this slacking off attraction doesn’t seem like something that must be seen either…
They couldn’t care less about whether the attractions were scenic or not, and quickly regrouped.
Yu Wei skillfully tuned the guitar. There was still one song he wrote into the novel that hadn’t been sung yet, so he decided to use it today.
This is the importance of drafts!
Yu Wei was just about to start singing and playing when he looked up and saw a row of mobile phone cameras all pointed neatly at him. Everyone wanted to film this moment and post an on-site video or something.
Fine, fine, fine. You guys keep me at ease, and I get hung up online?
