China's variety shows are always linked to the background of the times.
In the past, we had to develop and struggle, so variety shows told us to be "superwomen", to be "fast men", to have "the strongest brain", and to meet "extreme challenges".
And now the social volume is too serious, everyone feels tired, so a large number of slow variety shows have also been arranged.
The stars ran to the suburbs, ran to the countryside, pastoralized in the fields, fished and planted vegetables, and brought the audience's memories back to their childhood.
Recently, there is a reality show that directly makes "slow" to the extreme.
This is the Makino Family.
The uniqueness of this reality show is that although it invited three groups of artists, namely Wang Ziwen and Wu Yongen, Joey Yung and Zhang Han, these three groups of artists had almost no interaction.
They went to three separate houses in Lijiang, Yunnan Province, and conducted a 22-day experiment of independent living without disturbing each other, which we can simply understand as the pastoral pastoral version of "survival in the wilderness".
This unique program format is still quite attractive, and Pi Ge has watched several episodes in one go.
Among the three groups of artists, Wang Ziwen and Wu Yongen's group impressed me the most.
They are a pair of lovers, and the love affair dates back to last year.
At the beginning of 2021, Hunan TV did a love variety show "Suddenly Moving Again", which is to let several mature female stars and high-quality male vegetarians fall in love in the show.
Wang Ziwen is one of them.
At the beginning, other female guests saw that the handsome guys were all straight criminals, but Wang Ziwen had been holding the shelf and could not let go, and some netizens complained that she was not here to go on a blind date, but to play the score.
However, when a handsome man appeared, stars immediately appeared in Wang Ziwen's eyes.
He is Wu Yong'en.
Wu Yongen's participation in this show is purely accidental, the young man is a Chinese-American, grew up as a rich second generation, also graduated from a prestigious university, and then worked at Google.
Because of the good life since childhood, Wu Yongen is not willing to bend his waist for money, and not long after work, he resigned and returned to his family in China, just when the program group recruited vegetarians, he was coaxed by friends to participate in this blind date show.
It can be said that Wang Ziwen and Wu Yongen did not go to real love at the beginning, but as soon as the two met, the love between them could not be hidden at all, and the age difference of 6 years did not stop this sister-brother relationship in the slightest.
But it is easy to fall in love and difficult to get along, especially for mature actresses like Wang Ziwen.
After experiencing the joy at first sight, she ventured to reveal her secret to Wu Yong'en.
After a bout of temptation, she said, "I do have a child. ”
As soon as these words came out, Wu Yong'en on the other side was directly shocked and could not speak for half a day.
Then he left alone, leaving Prince Wen to sit there.
Obviously, Wang Ziwen was extremely nervous.
And netizens who saw here joked that Wu Yongen hid in the bathroom and discussed countermeasures with the team, and said that "variety shows can't be taken seriously."
Unexpectedly, Wu Yong'en returned a few minutes later, and he gave Wang Ziwen a big hug to thank her for her trust in him.
In the later interview, he also admitted that he was a little surprised at first, but quickly accepted it, thinking it was nothing.
The two truly fell in love.
With the encouragement of Wu Yongen, she also bravely posted photos of herself and her children on social media.
And when the show was completed, she was very frank about her relationship with Wu Yongen.
An interesting detail is that her social media name has an additional "Ava" suffix.
Among them, Eva is Eva, which is the English name given to her by Wu Yongen, and Wu Yongen's English name is Andrew, she deliberately changed it to "Ava", which is really well-intentioned.
After one season of the show, only the pair of Wang Ziwen and Wu Yongen really came together.
But even so, there are still good netizens who say that all this is hype.
However, after the show, the two people were witnessed to go back to their hometown in Sichuan to meet their parents first, and then went to Sanya for their honeymoon.
It seems that love at first sight really happened.
And this time, after a year of hot love, the two once again participated in this slow variety show, they are not true love, after watching this show you will understand.
We know that the best way to test whether a couple is right is to travel.
Because in the usual interaction, both sides will unconsciously hide their shortcomings, and in the process of travel, both sides have fatigue, then the true nature will be exposed.
And the tourism environment in "Makino Family" undoubtedly "lowers this tolerance limit" -
There was a shortage of supplies, a lack of recreational resources, and a 22-day stay together in a rural hut.
Let's take a look at how they performed on the show.
At the beginning, the program team created a paradise in Lijiang: trees, houses, pastures, horses, and scarecrows.
But "good mountains and good water are boring", and the test waiting for them has just begun.
When the young couple arrived at the house, they were instantly shocked by the rudimentary arrangement.
There is really nothing but basic necessities.
Then the program team put forward more stringent requirements, let them "break away" and discard all useless items.
Wu Yong'en left 3 items after selection.
Wang Ziwen left 10 items.
As a result, the stars who faded their aura were immediately no different from us ordinary people.
At the beginning of this experiment, both enjoyed this minimalist life.
They eat together;
Walk the countryside together;
He even made a hammock in the woods, read a book, chatted, and looked happy all over his face.
Even the horses on the meadow bear witness to their love.
The two stopped and took pictures, and every frame could be used as a desktop screensaver.
Even when the two went home, they were rowing in small boats.
They combined their lucky numbers to name the hut "2824".
And in the cottage, the two people are also full of love.
There was nothing in the room, so they took out a pen and paper and counted the objects in the room.
Wang Ziwen will make bacon for Wu Yongen, even if the heat is not mastered well, the meat is burned, Wu Yongen is also as willing as a caramel.
Wang Ziwen would also go up and smell Wu Yongen's sweat, and Wu Yong'en was busy dodging, and the whole picture was quite emotional.
The program team allowed them to barter, and the two also discussed which daily necessities were more useful to exchange like traditional couples, and finally sorted out the exchange list together.
Wu Yong'en will test Wang Ziwen's English;
Wang Ziwen will also use the branches on the side of the road to make a waist ornament.
The two cooperate tacitly.
Happy expressions are all written on the face.
Of course, it's not just good for couples to be nice, the low-hanging clouds outside the window seem to herald a storm.
On this day, Wang Ziwen wanted to make a big meal for his lover, and when she made white sugar tomatoes, she said that it was made for you.
Wu Yongen was suddenly unhappy and retorted that it was not for me to do a good job, but for us to eat together.
He then explained that Wang Ziwen said this as if she were serving herself.
Wang Ziwen was also a little unhappy: Is the use of words really that important?
This is not over, after Wang Ziwen wants to make onion fried meat, but Wu Yongen said that the meat is still in the refrigerator, it will take a long time to thaw, it is better to eat chicken directly.
Wang Ziwen choked and said: "Chicken bibimbap has no taste, not even squeezed vegetables, how to eat"?
This Sichuan girl directly broke out, took off the sound of the wheat and ran to the corner to sulk.
As an audience, we may feel inexplicable, how the two of them quarreled over the problem of eating.
But think about it, isn't love in reality all these trivial things?
This true emotion that comes from life cannot be hidden.
I admire that the program team can restore this real quarrel scene to the audience, the two protagonists are obviously angry, and after some communication, the cold war began.
Wu Yong'en stayed in bed bored and brushed his phone.
Wang Ziwen hid outside the house bored to brush his mobile phone.
Needless to say, this Cold War is quite tacit understanding.
After sulking, the two finally sat together, regained the course of the conflict, and quickly came out of the Cold War.
The end result?
In the words of Uncle Benshan: "The sound of the waves is still there." ”
What I admire even more is that although the two people have a very close relationship, they also remain independent and sober.
For example, Wu Yongen was later asked how much money he planned to save to marry Wang Ziwen, and Wu Yongen said frankly that he never saved money.
Wang Ziwen was also asked by Joey Yung "Is it happy", and she sincerely said that happiness should be a normal, but she did not think that her life was in this normal.
She was also an extreme pessimist, revealing that she had written a suicide note that she hoped would never be used.
The sobriety of Wang Ziwen and Wu Yongen actually tells us that love is not omnipotent, and people in love often look happy, but they still feel lonely in their hearts.
But this sobriety was maliciously misread by netizens, and in the bullet screen, many netizens said that their love was "pretended", which looked very embarrassing.
The two had a passionate koala hug in the show, but there was still an "expression emperor" interpretation that Wu Yongen's expression was written with reluctance, and the two had "no love".
But Pi Ge wants to say that the people are clear, and the details in the show have long shown how deeply the two love is, and it is precisely because there is enough love to support them that they dare to say those words that sound depressing.
But after a long sigh, you still have to bravely love each other and live happily.
In "The Makino Family", they are seen singing at the bonfire;
Seeing Wu Yong'en cos cowboy amused Prince Wen with happiness;
See two people strolling through the rain;
See them planning together to do the ten most romantic things.
They make us believe that there really is love at first sight in this world, a glance for ten thousand years, and this thing exists.
Love is destined to return to flatness after experiencing the thunder and fire.
What we have to do is not to avoid this blandness, to cover up the desolate truth of life behind the blandness, but to hold the hand of the lover to face this cruelty.
Then love each other with the attitude of a brave person, and find the long-lost beauty in ordinary life.
"Makino Family" was broadcast on Hunan Satellite TV and Mango TV, and after the start of broadcasting, it frequently won the highlight data, won the first place in the four network hits in the ratings, and occupied the first position in the cat's eye variety show hot list for many times.
The ratings and popularity prove that the reputation of this variety show, the dismantling and restoration of life, the depth of life and love, can not only entertain, but also add a reflection to the audience.
As some viewers commented: such a fresh program has cured all my mental internal friction.
I look forward to such a treasure reality show being seen by more people.
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