Chapter 101: Love Variety Show Strategy System (19)

Thus, the remaining two groups of three were: Xie Danni, Lu Ming, and Chen Anqi in one group; Xiao Chenglei, Liu Yang, and Lin Xiaoning in the other.

Although they were divided, the more Xie Danni thought about it, the more unwilling she felt, so she deliberately said:

"Oh my, I suddenly realized that among the female guests, Xie Yang is the safest."

The other female guests thought to themselves: Isn't that the truth? Xie Yang's group not only has more people, but also three male guests! It is truly like stars surrounding the moon!

Who among them wouldn't want such treatment?

"Are you questioning the production team? It's just a game, why elevate it to a safety issue?" Xie Yang spoke unhurriedly with her arms crossed, "Besides, with my physical fitness, I haven't reached the point of needing protection from male guests."

"……"

【Sister Xie, you really know how to roast people!】

【That's right, even the National Team coach has praised Sister Xie's stamina.】

【I have a wild thought... by the end of this Ancient Town game, won't Sister Xie be the only one with the stamina to run all over the place? The three male guests might end up being the dead weight instead?】

【Hahahaha...】

It wasn't that Xie Yang wanted to speak up for the male guests, but rather that Xie Danni's tea-flavored remarks disgusted her.

The Main System took the opportunity to show its support: 【Host, work hard and take her down! Retrieving the Love Variety Show Strategy System is not far off!】

Xie Yang: "……"

She almost forgot there was still a troublesome thing waiting for her to retrieve.

……

Chunhe Ancient Town is an ancient village with a history of over 1,700 years.

The village is surrounded by mountains, and the inconvenient transportation is the biggest factor in the town residents' isolation from the world.

Over time, it really has a bit of a "secluded paradise" feel.

"……However, with the in-depth development of poverty alleviation work, the current Chunhe Ancient Town has changed significantly compared to the past."

As the bus drove along the mountain road into the Ancient Town, the director gave the guests a brief introduction to the history and current development of the Ancient Town:

"The asphalt road we are driving on was still a winding, narrow sheep path a few years ago; the buildings ahead are also residential houses newly built under unified government planning. The villagers collectively moved away from the old site and moved into bright and sturdy new houses."

After introducing the general situation of the Ancient Town, the director brought the topic back to today's team-building content:

"……The uninhabited Ancient Village Site is the Forbidden Area we will 'accidentally intrude' into later, and the homestay where everyone will be staying is right on the edge of the Forbidden Area."

While speaking, the bus had already driven to the edge of the "Forbidden Area" and stopped in front of a homestay converted from an old house.

Xiao Chenglei looked at the scenery outside the window, astonished: "Didn't they say the 'Forbidden Area' is shrouded in thick fog all year round? Isn't it quite clear here? I can even see the river and farmland on the other side."

The director said expressionlessly: "That is a script requirement."

"……"

The other guests couldn't help but laugh.

After getting off the bus, everyone picked up their luggage and went into the homestay to settle in.

Although it was called a homestay, it had never actually been open to the public.

This place used to be the village committee office. Ever since the villagers collectively moved to the brand-new Ancient Town New District, this place had been left vacant and was decorated by a young Cadre in the village into an activity center for the elderly.

The production team wanted to record here, so they contacted the Ancient Town in advance to find an old house that looked simple and ancient on the outside but was still habitable on the inside. After searching around, the village Cadre found that only this house met the production team's requirements, so it was temporarily converted into a homestay.

To them, an idle old house that at most provided a place for a few elderly people in their seventies or eighties to play chess and chat on weekdays could be exchanged for a considerable amount of short-term rent; why not do it?

Even if the production team wasn't that generous and the rent was stingy, it wouldn't be bad to be on Television.

Once the show became popular, their Ancient Town could be seen by more viewers, thereby attracting tourism.

In the past, their town's tourism industry was underdeveloped because of inconvenient transportation.

Unlike other scenic spots on the island that started receiving tourists from all over decades ago, Chunhe Town had also thought about vigorously developing the tourism industry to generate income, but it was helpless due to its geographical location.

Now that the government has funded the road construction for them, expanding the sheep path that used to be too muddy to walk on whenever it rained into a two-way road, it is time to boost the GDP of Chunhe Ancient Town.

Therefore, the village Cadres attached great importance to this recording. After signing the contract, they began to busily spruce up this old house, and after a few days, it looked brand new—

The exterior walls retained the simple and ancient appearance of stacked stones as requested by the production team, but the interior was freshly painted with milky white eco-friendly latex paint;

The bathroom was paved with moisture-proof wall and floor tiles and equipped with a water heater and a shower room;

The old furniture with peeling paint was not repainted for environmental reasons, but it was all cleaned very thoroughly;

The soot was cleared from the kitchen chimney, the earthen stove was renovated, and brand-new cooking utensils and pots were installed.

After the weeds around the house were cleared, a batch of flowers and plants that the celebrities liked were transplanted.

This season was exactly when the flowers and plants were growing most vigorously; just a few days after transplanting, the flower buds bloomed one after another, and the leaves were lush and green;

The water pressure well in the courtyard was also repaired and could draw water. The fence wall was re-tied, and a few clusters of wild roses transplanted from the mountains were wrapped around the bamboo fence.

Under the lush banyan tree at the entrance, a simple wooden swing was installed.

In short, it was exactly the same as the homestay in everyone's impression.

If the production team hadn't said anything, the guests really wouldn't have known that this was an activity center for the elderly that had been renovated, that it was the village committee office a few years ago, and that it was a landlord's mansion seven or eighty years before that.

After the group put down their luggage and visited the front and back of the house, they all felt it was quite good.

Except for the accompanying PD, the director and other staff members did not get off the bus. After watching the guests get off, the bus drove in the opposite direction to the center of the Ancient Town, which was a few minutes' drive away. This old house was left with only the ten guests and the cameramen accompanying them.

It felt much quieter.

Out of curiosity, Xiao Chenglei played with the water pressure well for a while, drew a bucket of clear, sweet, and unpolluted well water, and was extremely satisfied with this place:

"Not bad, not bad, it's quite good! I like it here!"

"It is not bad, it's just that there are fewer rooms."

When Lu Ming carried his luggage inside, he took a tour and found there were only four guest rooms in total.

One was a large dormitory that could sleep ten people, which was obviously arranged for the cameramen, and the remaining three guest rooms were for the guests.

There were also only two bathrooms, located at both ends of the house.

Moreover, they were collective dormitory washrooms that were popular many years ago, divided into two halves by a threshold, with a row of squat toilets inside and a row of faucets and three shower stalls outside.

The facilities and conditions are indeed very simple.

"There are three guest rooms. You female guests choose first; see if you prefer to stay all five together, or split into two groups."

"Liu Yang and I will take one room."

Xie Danni walked out; she had already brought her luggage into the double room and claimed a bed.

Although she also disliked sharing a bed with Liu Yang, compared to sleeping in a large shared room with Xie Yang and the others, a double bed was still better.

Upon hearing this, Fu Yichen frowned slightly and swept his gaze over Xie Yang, Chen Anqi, and Lin Xiaoning, finally letting his eyes rest on Xie Yang: "Is it no problem for the three of you to share one room?"

"I'm fine with anything," Xie Yang shrugged.

Chen Anqi and Lin Xiaoning also said it was no problem.

In this way, the five male guests would sleep together in the five-person shared room.

Everyone had no objections, and even if they did, they could only hold it in; after all, the conditions were just like this.