Tokyo: The evil god doesn't want to be the top star

Chapter 398: Dream Yuan Wushuang Flow

"After so many years of broadcasting, the show 'Secrets of the Immortals' has accumulated a large number of fans on the Internet who are just waiting to see the jokes of the guests and the immortals."

"Since Ozu took over this program, he has been trying to please fans without any bottom line for the sake of ratings, resulting in many artists' embarrassing scenes during the process of 'visiting the immortals' being edited out by him in a seemingly casual but actually vivid way..."

"I remember one time when we were visiting the 'blower fairy', a girl idol's skirt was lifted up by the 'level 8 gale', and the program crew edited her exposed underwear into the main film without missing a single detail, and even deliberately shot it in slow motion, which became a hot topic on the next day."

The original intention of the project "The Secret of Immortals" is to take the public to visit these "immortals" from the perspective of celebrity guests, and reveal the secrets of the immortal arts they have practiced for their entire lives and are proud of...

Such a clever theme, supported by countless "immortals" from all walks of life in District 11, has a freshness and gimmick that lasts long enough.

In order to allow the audience to have a deep understanding of these magical skills, the guests will naturally be allowed to experience them personally under the guidance of the "immortals" in order to compare the difficulty and gap.

As laymen, the guests are likely to produce results that are inferior to those of the "immortals". The clumsy movements, unexpected jokes and poor results in the process will all become another major highlight of the show besides the "secrets of the immortals".

Of course, sometimes it is inevitable to encounter "fake immortals" who are "only in name". At this time, the program crew will continue to record ruthlessly, and smoothly turn the highlight of this episode into "ruthlessly exposing the fake immortals"...

So, although the program is indeed a "reality show recording" as Yasuzaburo Ozu said, there is no mention of the "focus" in post-editing, and the fact that the guests and immortals may make mistakes but the program team will never lose money.

"Captain Hijikata and Young Master Kazama, are they so close in private?"

Just as Sakamoto Hide was whispering "revealing the inside story" to Xia Fan, Kobayashi Yukiko, who was sitting in the back row, with a blush on her face and a sharp gaze, pointed her mobile phone at the two people who were "whispering" in their ears, and her fingers frantically pressed the shutter button.

……

Arakawa-ku, Tokyo.

After about an hour's drive, the program crew's bus stopped in front of an ancient building consisting of a spacious courtyard and a majestic sloping-roof house.

"What is this place?"

“It feels like an old house…”

The filming crew arrived one step ahead and were clearly well prepared. Several guests were given portable microphones as soon as they got off the car, and the four cameramen also began to follow the guests with their cameras in their hands...

"Hey, are you going to start recording as soon as we get out of the car? Then I can only show you my makeup touch-up skills in front of the camera."

Tetsuda Teji, a veteran in variety shows, immediately got into the mood, took out powder and lipstick in front of one of the cameras, and started the "Manzai Artist Makeup Tutorial".

This kind of "close-up of guest appearance" will be added with guest introductions and some performance highlights in post-production, which is also the best opportunity to establish a first impression.

"This looks like a very impressive building. The person living inside must be a very capable person, right?"

And Yukiko Kobayashi also held her hands to her chest and sighed in the tone of a young girl.

“It’s such a relaxing place. I feel like all the inspiration for music is coming to me…”

Hide Sakamoto hung the eye-catching red headphones on his head around his neck, and his acting skills burst out. He made an expression of inspiration and looked at the building in front of him.

There are too many artists in the entertainment industry. If they want to be remembered by audiences whose memories are worse than those of goldfish, artists can only abandon their complex personalities and design a unique and strong "personal label" based on their commercial value and development path.

In front of the camera of variety shows, in order to make the audience remember them, artists will constantly show their "personal labels" in an exaggerated form to strengthen this "stereotyped memory"...

For example, Hide Sakamoto put on the headphones just before getting off the bus and never played any music from beginning to end.

"Wow, you guys are so dedicated..."

Xia Fan, who was participating in a variety show for the first time, was expressionless due to nervousness and just sighed secretly.

But his "expressionless and dialogueless" performance naturally created a "cold and handsome" effect in the camera. "Meng Yuan Wushuang style?"

"Could this be, a kendo gym..."

"So, the person we are going to visit today is a 'Sword Immortal'?"

As the distance got closer, the words "Changjing Mengyuan Wushuangliu" written in a flamboyant style on the wooden plaque above the majestic courtyard gate came into everyone's sight.

"The 23rd generation successor of the Mengyuan Wushuang-ryu school, Akita Satoru, has been waiting for you for a long time."

Under the plaque, a figure wearing a simple sword-style uniform stood proudly in the middle of the gate behind the steps, facing everyone...

The man who called himself "Akita Satoru" was a thin old man in his seventies or eighties. His expression was meticulous, his hair and beard and kendo uniform fluttered in the wind, and he exuded the aura of a strong man with a celestial spirit...

Outside the camera, the program crew was standing on the side of the gate, using a commercial blower to blow air at him crazily.

"Meet Mr. Akita..."

"Hello, Mr. Akita!"

Several guests also cooperated and stopped at the bottom of the stairs, bowing to Akita Satoru, whose hair was disheveled in the wind.

"You are a guest, please follow me."

Nodding slowly, Akita Satoru turned around and entered the inner side of the gate...

The crowd followed in knowingly.

……

Behind the courtyard wall is an open square paved with blue bricks, which seems to be used for practicing some kind of sport.

In the center of the square is the huge three-story sloping-roof building that everyone saw when they got off the bus.

"Is this kind of manipulation really the Kendo Hall?"

This almost identical arrangement reminded Xia Fan of the kendo gym he had visited before, the Kagami Shin Akechi-ryu.

"Pretending to be mysterious... If this old man is the 'Sword Immortal', he shouldn't be able to withstand a few strikes from you, right?"

"You better be careful. If an old man of this age gets hit by someone else's car, you won't be able to afford the medical expenses."

Sakamoto Hide, who was well aware of Xia Fan's attainments in kendo, could not help but imagine in his mind the scene of this seventy-year-old "kendo master" being knocked to his knees by Xia Fan's accidental knock.

"What are you talking about? I'm here to worship the immortal, not to mess things up."

Xia Fan felt angry and amused when he heard this, and secretly patted him on the shoulder.

A group of disciples, also wearing kendo uniforms, were already waiting in the corridor of Yatu with sharp eyes and full of momentum.

The photographer holding a telephoto lens skillfully took a big zoom shot of the queue.

"The Dream Yuan Wushuang Style has been passed down since the 11th century and is the orthodox style of the Sword Jade Way in the 11th District!"

Akita Satoru, who was walking in front and welcoming the disciples' salutes, explained in a voice as loud as a bell.

(End of this chapter)