203: Some frogs are princes

The sun set below the horizon.

At 8 PM, on the training ground.

After Chen Fang slowly practiced the short routine 20 times, he put down his spear, took the water bottle from Song Yu, and took a sip.

Zhao Guohua nodded, "Not bad. Take a ten-minute break, then we'll start training with the drum beats."

"Okay," Chen Fang returned the water bottle to Song Yu and said to Zhao Guohua, "Teacher Zhao, after each performance, the host will have a brief discussion with us, the guests, and the special guest performers. I want to use this time to teach the audience a few simple moves."

Zhao Guohua's eyes lit up, "What a coincidence! The Chinese Martial Arts Association contacted me this evening. I was thinking about the tight training schedule and planned to tell you about this during your break, but you brought it up first."

Chen Fang smiled and sat down with him on a rattan chair, "Teacher Zhao, what did the association say?"

"They just want to cooperate with us," Zhao Guohua said with a smile.

Actually, the Martial Arts Association had first confirmed Chen Fang's skill level with him, but there was no need to tell Chen Fang that.

Zhao Guohua continued, "Regarding the detailed cooperation content, such as adding links to the live broadcast, they will contact the production team and your Manager. You don't need to worry about these things. The key is what you just mentioned: live teaching."

Chen Fang nodded, "I think the key at this time is to spark interest. It wouldn't be appropriate to teach health-preserving martial arts right after showcasing a heroic martial arts performance. Teaching a few cool martial arts moves might be more effective in stimulating public interest."

"You're right, the fitness exercises will be put in the link. How about this: after you finish practicing, we'll discuss the moves to teach the audience. You can teach them, as the audience will listen to you more, and I'll assist with the explanations."

"Okay." Chen Fang rested for a short while longer, then picked up his spear again.

Zhao Guohua looked at his back with satisfaction.

With a martial arts foundation, willingness to endure hardship, and fame, such a talent absolutely deserves a bigger platform.

He'll keep an eye out for any suitable film crews or shows for him.

...

As night deepened, and with the sunrise and sunset, two days passed quickly.

In the blink of an eye, it was Saturday evening, two hours before the gala's start time of 8:00 PM.

The traditional culture performance gala of "the adventures" once again topped the entertainment charts, attracting the attention of many netizens.

At this moment, the most active were various media marketing accounts.

After all, tonight featured a minor diva, a top-tier celebrity, and young second-tier and quasi-first-tier stars.

With celebrities venturing into the relatively unfamiliar field of traditional culture, there might be some interesting conflicts that would entertain the public.

The fans of the seven guests were also quite excited, all promoting their idols.

Ordinary viewers didn't feel much, only finding the "celebrity × traditional culture performance" a bit novel.

As for Chen Fang's martial arts performance, they only saw it as a performance, just like galas on various TV stations or Bilibili. If it looked good, they'd watch; other than appreciation, no matter how well it was performed, it had nothing to do with them.

Unless there was some gossip about a performance failing, which everyone could enjoy together, then they would feel a sense of participation.

However, some practitioners in the traditional culture industry were closely following this gala, hoping it could spark a trend, or at least ride the wave of popularity tonight and tomorrow to gain public attention and improve their living conditions.

Meanwhile, inside the large theater in the center of the amusement park's Guochao area.

The guests and their collaborating masters were rapidly preparing for the gala performance.

Time quickly reached 7:50 PM.

The production team opened the live stream in advance. The cameraman carried the lens, and the co-host waved at the camera, taking the audience on a tour backstage.

After strolling for a while, they encountered Chen Fang. He had already changed into his black and silver martial arts performance attire, holding a spear, and greeted the camera.

The live stream instantly exploded.

[My novel-reading face is here tonight!]

[Good physique, but too tall. A high center of gravity makes it easy to be unstable, right?]

[These days, when you need to fight, please call the police uncle.]

[Every profession has its master!]

[Can Chen Fang's fans be a little more restrained? This isn't a no-man's land!]

[Sigh, Xie Yunxuan and Chen Fang are indeed from the same dorm. One fan feels ashamed, the other feels ashamed of his fans.]

...

Viewers who had set live stream notifications quickly flooded into the live stream.

On Saturday night, more people had free time.

At this point, there were still 8 minutes until the official start of the show, but the number of viewers in the live stream had already surged to 80,000, and the number was still rapidly increasing.

Director Liu Yang looked at the backstage data and felt so happy he could fly. Tonight would definitely break a million. He could already envision a perfect finale.

Time passed minute by minute, and finally, it was 8 PM.

Chen Fang stood by the entrance, the stage lights in front of him shining brightly.

He Xing and another host, Hu Ning, walked onto the stage.

The two hosts smiled brightly and enthusiastically began:

"Dear audience friends, everyone — good evening! Welcome to the ultimate stage of Episode 2 of 'the adventures,' the Amusement Park Chapter! Tonight is our grand finale, and a spectacular moment to witness a cultural feast!"

[It's starting! Boo hoo, I'm sad to see it go. I haven't seen such a harmonious variety show in a long time. Don't end it!]

[Harmonious?! You guys clearly haven't watched the videos where they used task cards.]

[It's quite harmonious, they're all just messing around. In some variety shows, I don't know if it's the script, but the guests act terribly, disgusting people with their values.]

[Relax, it's usually the script, to attracttopic.]

[Is there a program list? I'm here to watch martial arts, which one is it?]

[The first one, the program list is on the production team's homepage.]

[Is Chen Fang really going to change careers? This time he actually found a master to guide him.]

[Chen Fang is so uncool.]

[Little hater, his 'uncoolness' is just there to bury you!]