Chapter 411: Designated Trainee

A few days ago.

Feng Yuqing looked at the variety show on her tablet, a smile hanging on the corners of her mouth.

"Fan Dao, congratulations."

"Miss Feng, it's all thanks to your company's full support. When I had this idea last year, no one was willing to invest, and no one was optimistic about it."

Fan Dao sat opposite Feng Yuqing, wearing a smile, showing full respect for the investor.

This was a workplace reality show, invested in and filmed last year by the entertainment company under Feng Yuqing's name.

Initially, this show was not well-regarded, but Fan Dao was, after all, a famous big-name director in the entertainment industry; under his conception and operation, this show became this year's breakout hit.

Feng Yuqing had taken a liking to this breakout reality show.

After all, it was a show under her own company, so the level of control was relatively high, and since it was a rookie show and a reality show, it was quite close to Ji Xiang's situation.

So, she proposed the concept to Fan Dao.

"Fan Dao, what do you think about the matter I mentioned?" Feng Yuqing asked.

"Miss Feng, to be honest, I am not optimistic." Fan Dao thought for a long time before speaking the truth, "The medical industry has a relatively high degree of privacy. I asked a few friends at hospitals with whom I have good relations, and none of them are optimistic."

"It's fine, it doesn't matter if it doesn't film well." Feng Yuqing was quite indifferent.

"..." Fan Dao felt miserable inside.

The person before him rarely managed what he filmed, only caring about providing the money; she could be compared to the coal bosses from many years ago.

But coal bosses had an agenda, while the person before him knew exactly what she was doing; as long as he didn't do anything too underhanded in private, she wouldn't interfere.

But this time, Feng Yuqing was being too willful.

"Miss Feng, our show is this year's breakout hit." Fan Dao said cautiously after considering it.

"It's settled." Feng Yuqing said without the slightest hesitation, "Contact a hospital, and leave the rest of the trouble to you, Fan Dao."

Fan Dao's mouth tasted bitter; he hadn't expected that this young lady, who never interfered with what he did, would be so firm this time.

"If the data is bad..."

"It has nothing to do with you, Fan Dao."

"But hospitals are also hard to find." Fan Dao was still trying to make a dying struggle.

"It's already been contacted, Hang Yi Da Yi Fu Yuan." Feng Yuqing glanced at Fan Dao, "Fan Dao, this matter is not a discussion with you. I know it wasn't easy for you to build up a reality show with high word-of-mouth, high ratings, and high clicks."

Feng Yuqing smiled as she said this.

Fan Dao saw some complex meanings in Feng Yuqing's eyes, and he could only agree.

What else could he do if he didn't agree? Feng Yuqing had already made full preparations on her end, even contacting the most difficult hospital to reach.

She was informing him, not discussing it with him.

"Miss Feng, do you have any requirements for the show? For example, the number of concurrent viewers."

"No." Feng Yuqing waved her hand, "As long as it gets made, that's enough. If there is one requirement, it's just to keep the camera focused on Ji Xiang."

Fan Dao left, and after stepping out, his smile turned into a look of gloom.

"Director, what did they say?" Fan Dao's assistant opened the car door and, seeing his boss looking unhappy, asked in a low voice.

"It's decided; we're going to film a rookie show with a medical theme."

"Director! Isn't that just waiting to flop!" Fan Dao's assistant said with a mournful face, "Our show has been a breakout hit for two seasons in a row; if it flops too hard all of a sudden, our reputation will plummet, and the fourth season will be..."

Fan Dao glared at him.

Xiao Zhu Li shut his mouth sheepishly, though he still looked unconvinced.

"What can you do if you're unconvinced?" Fan Dao frowned.

"Director, what exactly is that side thinking?" Fan Dao's assistant was a bit confused, "You said that although our show can't be called a phenomenal program yet, the number of concurrent viewers..."

"That has nothing to do with it." Fan Dao sighed, "Miss Feng seems to want to promote someone."

Fan Dao's assistant's eyes lit up, "Is it some trainee! Is it like that person from a few years ago who asked Guanxi to film a movie that wouldn't be released, just to experience falling in love and kissing Guanxi..."

"Shut up!" Fan Dao glared, "Is that something you can talk about!"

Fan Dao's assistant laughed sheepishly, but still felt some regret, "Director, you could just make any random show; there's no need to use our show that lays golden eggs to do it—cough, cough, cough."

"They don't care."

"..." Fan Dao's assistant was speechless.

Fan Dao's assistant drove in silence, while Fan Dao closed his eyes to rest; the air in the car was oppressive.

"Director, who exactly is it?" Fan Dao's assistant finally couldn't help but ask.

"I don't know, I'll check when we get back. I guess it's a young doctor, which is why they thought of our reality show."

"Last season, the intern lawyers went to a law firm and got scolded to pieces; what's so good about participating in this show." Fan Dao's assistant grumbled, "Didn't we think about doing a hospital show early on? We contacted them, and whether it was the hospital management or the directors and professors, they were all very resistant."

"Even though we're forcing them to drink this time, I guess it won't be much better. We could have easily made a breakout hit, but now... it's really a joke."

"Director, did that side really have no requirements for the show?"

"None, absolutely none." Fan Dao said flatly, "As long as it gets filmed, that's it."

"Sigh." Fan Dao's assistant finally had nothing left to say.

Although there are people in the medical industry who are willing to "be on TV," the vast majority are quite resistant.

This is fundamentally different from lawyers and other professions.

Furthermore, one has to obtain the consent of many patients, which invisibly adds a lot of trouble.

If he were a viewer, Fan Dao's assistant felt he would want to see surgeries. But now that the censorship is so strict, the footage of surgeries will definitely be blocked.

Without even this biggest gimmick, the quality of the show will definitely plummet.

In essence, the appeal of this reality show lies in the professionalism of each industry and in the audience's gossiping nature.

But medicine is really not suitable.

The stubbornness of the behind-the-scenes financier made Fan Dao's assistant feel incredibly miserable.

"I heard that this little Intern just took the national Practicing Physician Examination and got the top score with a perfect mark," Fan Dao said.

"Director, being a top student is useless," Fan Dao's assistant felt disheartened. "In the first two episodes we made, the top students were abused so badly. Having intelligence but no emotional intelligence, that kind of stupidity showed on camera."

"If we film something like that, I'm afraid that young lady will be even more unhappy."

"I know," Fan Dao said in a deep voice. "Drive properly, go to Huashan Hospital. I've contacted a department director to get an understanding of the relevant matters first."

Fan Dao's assistant knew that their boss was always serious about doing things, so getting an understanding in advance was inevitable.

But they really didn't have high hopes for the prospects of this reality show.

Sigh, leaving a perfectly good show alone and insisting on stuffing people into it. Stuffing people in wasn't even the worst part; they even specified the field, which was something they couldn't accept.

(End of this chapter)