After the champions from the ten major competition zones were gathered, the program group's outdoor shooting director arrived.
The outdoor director was named Ning Jia.
She was an old woman in her forties.
She wore black-rimmed glasses and a sharp black pantsuit.
Upon her arrival, she assigned the first task to all the sub-competition zone champions.
They had one week to get to know each other.
After one week, they would vote for their partners.
Since the ten champions consisted of exactly five males and five females, the program group required them to pair up and form teams to perform talents in the New Year's Day special program.
The talents had to be in a male-female pairing format.
Therefore, they needed to vote for each other to choose their ideal partners.
Only the groups where both parties chose each other could form a partnership according to their own wishes.
The remaining ones would have their partners determined by online public voting, based on their performance during the week.
As for the basis of mutual selection?
The program group posed a challenge.
Since this was not a dating show, it was certainly impossible for these champions to engage in ambiguous relationships to choose each other.
Given that everyone was a champion of a sub-competition zone in the variety show “What is an Actor,” the selection criteria would naturally be determined in an Actor-like manner.
Therefore, role-playing.
Each champion was assigned a character identity, and they were to begin living in the Actor Cabin according to the characteristics of their character identity.
Whoever interpreted their role most accurately would receive mutual votes.
After one week, they would choose their partners based on their own experiences.
Those who mutually voted for each other would successfully form a team.
Those who did not successfully mutually vote would be paired by online public voting.
These were the rules.
After listening to the rules announced by Ning Jia, the ten champions all had peculiar expressions.
They probably thought every role-play was a trap, right?
The program group couldn't possibly assign you a character close to your personality; they must all have a contrasting element.
So, with trepidation, everyone took their character tags from Ning Jia.
Then, one by one, they displayed them in front of the camera.
First up was Xu Nuo from the Jiangnan competition zone.
He slowly flipped over his character tag, and his face instantly fell.
'Shut-in'.
Everyone simultaneously couldn't help but laugh.
It's worth noting that the persona Xu Nuo had cultivated for himself was that of a wild and unrestrained leather-pants man, a Dodge Tomahawk enthusiast.
Making him play a shut-in?
His world had just collapsed.
Not only would his dressing style have to change, but his temperament would also have to change, and even his way of speaking and habits would have to be completely altered.
He couldn't go out every day.
He certainly couldn't touch his Dodge Tomahawk.
So, it was very difficult.
After their laughter subsided, everyone started to worry about how the program group would mess with them.
The second person to take and display a tag was Chu Ning.
Her character tag was 'Flirtatious Woman'.
When she saw the tag, Chu Ning truly couldn't help but roll her eyes in front of the camera, and it was immediately screenshotted by the omnipotent netizens.
Flirtatious Woman?
Chu Ning cursed inwardly, 'How can someone as noble as me be infatuated with any man?'
Isn't that an insult?
But there was no way out!
The program rules had to be followed.
Besides, the title of one of the top ten national sub-competition zone champions had already been bestowed, and now that the ten sub-competition zone champions were gathered here, could they mess up?
Could they say no?
Certainly not.
She still had to bite the bullet and interpret this role well.
The third person to display their tag was Tao Yilun from the Two Lakes competition zone.
His character tag was 'Autistic'.
Upon receiving the tag, Tao Yilun himself couldn't help but chuckle.
He, a chatterbox, was being asked to play an autistic person?
He was going crazy!
He had to admit that the program group was truly capable of stirring up trouble.
Next up was the fourth.
It was little A Yi.
The tag she received was even more extreme: 'Tomgirl'.
Little A Yi held the tag with a look of both laughter and tears, her cheeks flushed, and her eyes glistening as if she were about to cry.
What the heck was this?
Her personality had always been relatively quiet.
And she wasn't the type to speak loudly or boisterously.
Yet, they wanted her to play a tomgirl?
All of little A Yi's fans online had already started furiously cursing the program group. What were they trying to do?
Are they trying to slander our angelic little sister?
The fifth person to receive a tag was Tang Xin.
Her tag was 'Yandere'.
Tang Xin was also petrified on the spot.
It's important to know that Sichuan girls generally have very fiery personalities.
Girls like Tang Xin, who can't eat a meal without spice, are typically straightforward and incredibly fiery.
Now, she had to play a yandere...
The sixth was Erma.
This exotic girl, who successfully topped the charts thanks to the support group of ethnic minorities in the Yunnan-Guizhou region, received the tag 'Domineering Woman'.
Erma also blushed.
A pure and unadulterated innocent girl, to play a domineering woman?
Wouldn't that be incongruous?
The seventh, Yu Zhiwen.
Her character tag was 'Narcissist'.
Yu Zhiwen also wanted to curse.
Her looks truly didn't rank high among this group of champions, so what was there to be narcissistic about?
Self-deprecating would be closer to the truth.
The eighth, Han Tao.
This young man from the Northeast received the character tag 'Simp'.
The moment he got the tag, this tall, sturdy Northeastern guy angrily threw the tag onto the table and blurted out, “Damn it.”
The ninth, Li Jiayi.
He himself was a handsome young man without many distinct characteristics.
Yet, his tag was actually 'Tough Guy'.
Li Jiayi looked at the tag awkwardly, a little red-faced.
Tough?
Not really.
He's the kind of guy who would scream in pain if he pulled off a hangnail.
Play a tough guy?
Did the program group misunderstand what a tough guy is?
The last one was Chen Feng.
He didn't really care what character tag the program group would give him.
Anyway, it wouldn't stump him.
But what was the result?
This time, Chen Feng was truly depressed.
The character tag he received was actually a 'Crossdresser'?
Chen Feng held the tag, looking at Director Ning with a mixture of laughter and tears: “Director Ning, are you sure your program group didn't get the wrong tag? Is this kind of role appropriate?”
Ning Jia looked at him with a chuckle: “Chen Feng, we've carefully studied your acting skills. We believe you can definitely interpret this role well.”
Chen Feng: “...”
Believe your grandma.
On the live streaming platform, netizens were all laughing hysterically.
“I can't take it anymore, this episode is truly too exciting. I've decided not to go offline for twenty-four hours and watch it every day.”
“All-powerful netizens, vote, vote, tell us whose is the hardest.”
“Chen Feng.”
“Chen Feng.”
“Chen Feng + 1.”
...
“Holy cow, the results are surprisingly consistent. So the program group is serious? Making Chen Feng play a Crossdresser character?”
“Why am I a little bit excited?”
“Suddenly I really want to see Chen Feng in Crossdresser makeup, but also showing the underlying aura of a mob boss. Thinking about it carefully, it's so dark, so vivid.”
“Damn, you're making my CPU burn out.”
“I always feel that making our Northeast man Han Tao play a simp isn't appropriate, right?”
“Damn it, Chen Feng is going to play a Crossdresser, what's a simp?”
“Honestly, this show has exceeded my expectations. It's getting better and better, no arguments accepted.”
“I'm a little excited for little A Yi's tomgirl image.”
“I'm still looking forward to Chu Ning's flirtatious woman.”
“Has anyone seen a tough guy image in Li Jiayi? I certainly haven't.”
“Oh my goodness, today was truly an eye-opener. The program group is really good at stirring things up.”
“The turtle upstairs has opened its eyes, hey!”
“Holy crap, this car came out of nowhere, the wheels are practically on my face.”
“Excited, excited, let's start quickly!”
“Chen Feng, Crossdresser makeup, Chen Feng, Crossdresser makeup, Chen Feng, Crossdresser makeup...”
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