This star just wants to learn

If Pu Tong were to find a program in his memory as a masterpiece of reality shows, he would choose "Extreme Challenge" without hesitation.

Many variety shows are fast-paced, invite celebrities, and imitate the content. There is little originality. Even if there are some hits, they often use fierce competitions to stimulate the desire to win and quickly create emotional ties, but they basically follow the rules. There are few changes, and we pay attention to fairness, justice and openness.

"Extreme Challenge" directly breaks away from the traditional textbook model and shows the not-so-bright side of real life to the public. All participants do not believe in the rules and gradually become a way of playing outside the rules, with no taboos...

As a reality show created in China, "Extreme Challenge" can be regarded as an extremely outstanding program. Whether it is the program arrangement, concept, or the personal characteristics of the fixed members, it has made full use of its strengths in a unique way.

This is a variety show that Pu Tong likes very much. It is not only funny, but also very deep. Although the program team obviously has a script, the direction of the program is always in the hands of a few guests.

As the show says, there are no rules to their game.

"Extreme Challenge" is the same as other variety shows. It has a big scene frame, but the direction of the show's story almost depends on the guests themselves, and every time something goes wrong, the program team can come back. An excellent program team plus excellent guests can make a difference. Collaborate to produce this outstanding show.

This program is not just funny and funny. In Pu Tong's view, the core of "Extreme Challenge" is quite deep.

Through the challenges of various tasks, the Men's Gang always shows many philosophies beyond the program, which deeply arouses the audience's resonance and thinking.

What Pu Tong liked most was that the episode of Time Bridge was not only touching, but also the helplessness towards fate touched his heartstrings and made him filled with emotion.

It’s really hard to imagine that such a theme actually comes from a variety show.

This issue is actually very similar to "Slow Step Life" in the second season of "Extreme Challenge". The difference between the two is that although they are both about experiencing life, Slow Step Life focuses on the birth of life and the experience of old age. This issue explores a heavy topic that many variety shows are unwilling to explore - life and inheritance.

The program team cleverly presented life in an intuitive way. Everyone started from their birth year and moved forward, slowly meeting the members of the Men's Gang. Is it like us in reality, slowly getting to know the friends and lovers in our lives under the arrangement of fate?

Variety shows are originally watched for fun and relaxation. After watching them, you can have some thoughts and other higher-level insights, which makes people want to remember them.

This is especially true for reality shows. In a short-term comedy creation sprint, creatives can easily be hollowed out. Therefore, the lifespan of many programs is not too long. Just watch it once and enjoy it. Few people will go back and repeat it. taste.

But "Extreme Challenge" is not out of the ordinary. To this day, some people still watch it twice or three times, just because this program is classic enough and good-looking enough.

A variety show is a very good program if it can make people think, be moved, and feel grateful. It is a valuable work if it enlightens the soul, enlightens the method, and supports the mind. Being able to be remembered and revisited repeatedly has become the criterion for judging classic works.

According to this evaluation, the first four seasons of "Extreme Challenge" can be called classics. In Pu Tong's eyes, this program actually only has the first four seasons. Although the subsequent seasons are not too bad, the overall quality is indeed not as good as the previous ones. Compare!

The ultimate challenge is now here, but the men's gang of yesteryear is no longer there.

But there is no need to feel sad for the departure of this show for a moment, because today many people are still revisiting the classics and rewatching the first four seasons over and over...

Thinking about it, this is the best way to commemorate it.

The works of excellent variety show directors can naturally stand the test of time.

The director of "Extreme Challenge" was able to create a program that could not be produced at the same time, and dared to be the first variety show to pay attention to society and people's livelihood. It can be seen that he gave up money, heart, and emotion, blurring drama and life. Boundaries drive actors and audiences to become part of collective memory.

Xu Lei is already a mature variety show director, but compared with the director of "Extreme Challenge", he still has a lot of room for improvement.

Pu Tong asked him to start studying this program, also with the intention of letting him learn more. Variety show directors also need to improve. At least Xu Lei now cannot bear the title of "godfather" of domestic variety show directors.

Everyone is so convinced that they call themselves teacher. If he doesn't teach something, it's a bit of a secret. However, Xu Lei has to figure out how much he can learn on his own!

Another reason is that although Xu Lei's current level is not enough, he is undoubtedly the most outstanding among the domestic reality show and variety show directors, and there is no one else but him.

At least Xu Lei is still willing to learn and be exposed to new things, which can be said to have a promising future. In addition, he has a good relationship with Pu Tong, which undoubtedly makes him the best choice to produce these programs.

Like music, film and television works, Pu Tong does not want some excellent variety shows to gather dust and rot quietly in his memory.

As the saying goes, you never know which will come first, tomorrow or the accident. If you send it as promised one day, a lot of cultural treasures will not have time to come out. Wouldn't it be a pity?

As the sketch said, the most painful thing in a person's life is that money is not spent after the person dies...

Therefore, Pu Tong still wants to find a few reliable people to restore these excellent works, so that he can have peace of mind early.

For musical works, he has already found a group of friends to serve as vocalists; for game works, his company is increasing the dosage; for comic works, he also has a fledgling comic studio, and only variety shows and film and television works have yet to be figured out.

He saw that Xu Lei had a unique skeleton and was his second apprentice. Wouldn't it be reasonable to put him in charge of the variety show section?

"Can you tell me more about this program that has no rules?"

This was the first time that Xu Lei heard such a novel variety show idea, and then he suffered from an occupational disease. He was eager to hear more details from Pu Tong.

Reality shows will definitely have scripts and rules, it’s just a question of more or less, but the show Pu Tong was talking about actually claims to have no rules at all. Could he not be curious about this?

Not to mention as a variety show director, even as an audience, he has never seen such a show!

Pu Tong is planning to let him do this program, so he won't hide his secrets, but there are some things that he can't talk about on the phone. What's more, today is still a working day, and he has to go to school tomorrow, so naturally he can't spend all night talking to Xu Lei. Let’s talk about this…

There is no need to rush about this matter. Although the filming task of "Where Are We Going, Dad" has been completed, there are still some follow-up matters to be dealt with. It will not be too late to plan a new show after he has completely dealt with the issues left over from the previous show.

After hanging up the phone, Pu Tong felt refreshed. He had dabbled in every category of works in his memory, but in comparison, film and television works were the slowest in progress.

After all, he has found helpers in comics and variety shows, but for film and television scripts, he has always been the only one...

Pu Tong slapped his forehead, should he also find a helper to write the script?