"The end of the world is Gangling."
With that, Yun Mu looked over at Mao Buyi.
"Hello, Superstar. I'm a huge fan of your songs, especially 'Relieve Sorrow'."
The entertainment industry in this world was very similar to the original Earth. During this time, he had carefully looked into it and found that as long as a celebrity already existed in this world, their signature works would exist as well.
However, some well-known singers and stars from Earth simply did not exist in this parallel world, so naturally, their representative works would not appear here either.
"Hello, Yun Mu."
Li Xueqin and Mao Buyi also greeted Yun Mu in turn.
"Xiaomu, your progress is really fast!" Huang Lei suddenly said with a surprised look.
Just as the others were talking, he had been sizing up the construction site.
Only a day had passed, and the foundation work was already basically complete; they had even started building the above-ground structure.
Hearing Huang Lei's question, a grateful expression appeared on Yun Mu's face.
"I have to thank Director Wang for this. The construction crew he found is truly professional and incredibly efficient. Learning that I currently have no place to live, they went straight to working in 24-hour shifts without stopping."
"During the day, the villagers also come over to help out, so the progress is much faster than usual."
At these words, Huang Lei nodded.
"Has a specific schedule been set? Based on the current progress, how long is it expected to take?"
"Designer Murong Shuang says that at the current rate, it's expected to be finished in a month."
Hearing this, Huang Lei began to calculate.
"A month means four weeks. We broadcast two episodes a week here, so a month is eight episodes. Perfect—we'll be able to catch your housewarming celebration before our recording wraps up."
With that, Huang Lei patted Yun Mu on the shoulder.
"When you have your housewarming, I'll cook and we'll celebrate."
Hearing this, Yun Mu smiled somewhat bashfully and repeatedly declined.
"That won't do. How could I let you cook? When the time comes, I'll cook and treat you all to a meal, and I'll let Teacher Huang critique my cooking skills."
He Jiong looked on with a surprised expression.
"Xiaomu, you can cook?!"
Yun Mu gave a wry smile.
"Teacher He, in a place like the Magic City, eating out every day and ordering takeout is something I couldn't afford. To save money, I had no choice but to cook for myself. After a long time, I ended up learning how to make everything."
Saying this, Yun Mu looked at Huang Lei and smiled, "Actually, when it comes to cooking, Teacher Huang can be considered half a teacher of mine. While watching Back to Field, I learned how to cook from Teacher Huang's videos quite a lot."
Hearing this, Huang Lei was clearly very pleased.
"Haha, wonderful! I've gone and picked up a disciple. If you want to learn any dishes in the future, just let me know. As long as I know how to make them, I'll teach you."
"That sounds amazing. Thank you, Teacher Huang."
Just as things were getting lively over here, the first episode's broadcast of Back to Field had also generated a tremendous amount of buzz online.
Not long after the live stream ended, various edited clip videos were released, and the official Douyin account of Back to Field also uploaded the full live-streaming video.
Among these videos, the one that generated the most heat was undoubtedly Wang Zhengyu's mischievous stunt at the end. When the clipped video came out, it surged onto the trending topics list in a very short time.
At the same time, Li Xueqin's follower count skyrocketed by a huge margin. Although Mao Buyi's follower count didn't grow quite as much, it still increased significantly.
Moreover, their genuine impressions were firmly etched into people's minds.
For a time, both of their managers received a massive number of offers.
This situation became known to most people in the industry, and many turned green with envy—especially those who had previously received invitations from the Back to Field production team, but turned them down simply because it was a live broadcast.
For a time, many managers and even the artists themselves began contacting the Back to Field production team.
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Mushroom House.
After chatting briefly with Yun Mu, He Jiong and the others returned. One reason was that the live broadcast was about to start.
Another reason was that through their brief interaction, although Mao Buyi and Li Xueqin didn't know why Yun Mu was held in such high regard by He Jiong and Huang Lei, they hadn't found anything particularly special about him.
Soon, the live stream began, and in just a split second, hundreds of thousands of people flooded into the live broadcast room—nearly reaching the peak viewership numbers of yesterday's live stream in an instant.
Seeing this, the smile on Wang Zhengyu's reputation-conscious face deepened. It was obvious that as long as the show didn't suffer any major accidents, the revival of Back to Field was a certainty.
Thinking of this, he quickly found the staff member responsible for selecting guests.
"When it comes to selecting guests, we must do a thorough screening! Show no favoritism to anyone, not even top-tier stars!"
At this, Wang Zhengyu narrowed his eyes.
"As for the artists contacting us, anyone with a history of misconduct—regardless of whether it's been made public or not—reject them outright! Artists with a bad reputation in the industry should also be rejected without exception! Anyway, the guests we've already contracted are enough to support four episodes, so you have plenty of time to research and screen them."
With that, he cast a cold, sharp gaze at the staff member in front of him.
"As long as there are no issues with the guests, the explosive popularity of Back to Field is guaranteed. If you ruin the reputation of Back to Field because of your mistakes, I'll smash your rice bowls."
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Mushroom House.
By this time, Li Xueqin had already packed her things; she was leaving this very morning.
"Sigh, I came here all happy and fine, and now I'm being abandoned by someone on the way back, left all by myself."
Mao Buyi scratched his head awkwardly.
"You could stay another day, you know. Then we can go back together."
Hearing this, Li Xueqin looked at him in utter astonishment.
"Stay another day? You stay another day and get an appearance fee, but if I stay another day, I get absolutely nothing. I'm out of here, I'm going to be a worldly person and work hard to make money."
Because only one guest was invited for the second episode, and that person had a very close relationship with Mao Buyi, Mao Buyi ended up staying for an extra episode.
The three of them had just seen Li Xueqin off and hadn't even gone back inside yet when they saw a production crew vehicle driving toward them.
"Well, let's wait a moment. It must be the new guest arriving."
He Jiong said with a smile.
At that moment, inside the car driving toward them, a man looked at He Jiong and the others not far away and let out an exaggerated cry: "Oh? Am I really that important? You actually had Teacher He and Teacher Huang come out to welcome me?!"
"Oh my, there's really no need. How can I possibly bear this? Having Maomao alone to pick me up would have been enough."
The staff member holding the live-streaming equipment and broadcasting for this man felt the veins on his forehead throbbing violently.
This guy talked too much; ever since getting into the car, his mouth hadn't stopped for a single second.
He looked out the car window. They were finally almost there.
Soon, the car slowly came to a halt in front of He Jiong and the others.
Because the windows of the production crew's car were covered with dark tint, it was impossible to see what was going on inside.
He Jiong warmly opened the car door and looked curiously inside.
When he saw the person sitting in the car, a look of pleasant surprise instantly appeared on his face.