Chapter Nineteenth: Youth is Capital

  As he walked on the road, Guo Xiaoyu felt the weight of the documents in his hand, and his mood was particularly different. It was an indescribable taste, a taste that Guo Xiaoyu seemed to have never experienced before.

  Knocking on Lü Bin's door, this time it was not Zhao Yuyun who opened the door, but Lü Bin himself.

  "Uncle Lü, Aunt Zhao isn't home?" Guo Xiaoyu changed into slippers and asked, "So late, where did Aunt Zhao go?"

  "He's gone on a business trip." Lv Bin smiled and said, "You little guy never comes to the Three Treasures Hall for nothing. What's up today?"

  "Lü Shū, you didn't forget about our bet, did you?"

  "Haven't forgotten." Lü Bin asked, "What, did you really find the six groups of families?"

  "Of course," said Guo Xiaoyu, handing over the dispute settlement agreement in his hand.

  Lü Bin took it over, looked at it while muttering to himself: "Zhang Zhen, Guo Chuo, Tian Zhen, Lin Zhiji, oh, and there's also Yue Lun, and finally Old Guo."

  After finishing, Lü Bin patted Guo Xiaoyu's shoulder and said, "You little guy, you're pretty good!"

  "Haha..." Guo Xiaoyu smiled and said hastily, "Uncle Lü, you promised to fully support us, you can't go back on your word!"

  Lü Bin said with some embarrassment: "The TV station will hold a talent show in a few months, this program is 'Happy Boys', you also know that this program is our TV station's trump card program, so the personnel are not well allocated."

  "You..." Guo Xiaoyu struggled to suppress his anger, although he knew that in front of "Where Are We Going, Dad?", all other variety shows were just cannon fodder. But Lü Bin didn't know that! As the ace program of the TV station for so many years, "Happy Boys" naturally got all the good resources.

  "Is there no other way?" Guo Xiaoyu looked at Lü Bin helplessly.

  Lü Bīn shook his head and said, "Xiao Yu, you know that the TV station isn't just mine. However, I can promise you that in terms of equipment and supplies, I'll give you the best set. It's just that there may be a lack of experienced personnel."

  "Lü Shū, since you've said so, I can only agree. However...” Guō Xiǎoyǔ paused for a moment before continuing: “The equipment and machinery must be the best set available. Secondly, while I don't need those with experience, there are two people who must join the program team.”

  "Besides Hong Tao, who else did you mention?"

  "Li Rui, who is currently hosting 'Good Life', I hope he can play the role of village chief in the program."

  "Hong Tao and Li Rui." Lv Bin thought for a moment and agreed, although it was a pity that Hong Tao couldn't be in charge of "Happy Boys' Voice", but he had promised Guo Xiaoyu before. If he went back on his word now, Guo Xiaoyu would tell his grandfather and grandmother about it, and Lv Bin would be in trouble. As for Li Rui, that was an even smaller problem.

  "Besides this, I have another request."

  "Hmm..." Upon hearing Guo Xiaoyu say that, Lü Bin felt somewhat annoyed. He thought Guo Xiaoyu was being too greedy.

  "Uncle Lü, my request is simple and won't put you in a difficult position." Guo Xiaoyu said: "Uncle Lü, you know that our show is a travel variety program. We can cut back on anything, but we can't cut back on cameras. Of course, some of the camera crew at the station are indispensable, but there are some people who absolutely can be taken out."

  "What did you say?" Lü Bin was puzzled by Guo Xiaoyu's words. If someone could really take it out, Lü Bin would be delighted, but he thought for half a day and couldn't figure out where the camera was hidden.

  "Interns, I'm talking about interns." Guo Xiaoyu said firmly: "In this crew, except for Uncle Hongtao and Uncle Lirui, from top to bottom, I don't want anyone over 30 years old. It's best if you can get me some newly graduated interns."

  Guo Xiaoyu had planned to do so long ago. Before the broadcast of "Where Are We Going, Dad?", this program was not favored by people, so the station arranged a group of interns to go there. As a result, it was these young and upward-looking boys and girls who created one after another viewing miracle, and those classic lines in "Where Are We Going, Dad?" were also from these people's hands. Moreover, this is a program that claims to be warm and youthful, and the production of this program does not need those old oilers, they lack imagination.

  "Are you sure?" Lü Bīn stared at Guō Xiǎoyǔ as if he was a monster, now he really regretted making the bet with Guō Xiǎoyǔ. He thought Guō Xiǎoyǔ's decision was simply pushing the show off a cliff, would that show be left to a group of interns to handle?

  Facing Lv Bin's questioning, Guo Xiaoyu nodded firmly: "I'm sure."

  "Alright, I hope you can handle this program well and don't ruin your own hard work." By now, Lü Bin had no choice but to agree.

  ……

  A week later

  Date: May 28, 2013

  Location: Mango TV Auditorium

  Cast: The entire crew of "Where Are We Going, Dad?"

  Guo Xiaoyu stood on the stage, looking at the crowd of forty or fifty people below. Guo Xiaoyu's heart was extremely excited. Most of these people were very young, and each one looked strangely at Guo Xiaoyu standing on the platform.

  Among this group of people, there were two particularly special individuals, namely Guo Dayong and Hong Tao sitting in the front row.

  "What is Old Guo and Xiao Yu doing? Why bring the entire crew here?" The speaker was Hong Tao. At first, he heard that the crew were all young people and refused to join, but after Guo Xiao Yu's eloquent persuasion and his father's familiar tactics, he finally agreed. After gaining a deeper understanding of "Where Are We Going, Dad?", he put aside all other work and devoted himself wholeheartedly to it.

  "I knew that kid had been acting suspiciously lately. Last night, he just told me to come to the auditorium early this morning without telling me what it was about."

  Just as Guo Dad and Hong Tao were teasing, Guo Xiaoyu patted the microphone on stage and said: "Everyone, good morning. I'm sorry to wake you all up so early."

  Guo Xiaoyu bowed and continued, "First of all, let me introduce myself. My name is Guo Xiaoyu, and I'm the overall person in charge of the show 'Where Are We Going, Dad?' In simpler terms, I'm the one who does all the miscellaneous tasks that no one else wants to do."

  "Haha......" The crowd below the auditorium all burst out laughing.

  "This kid from your family has made himself sound quite pitiful!" Hongtao also joked with Guo's father.

  At this time, someone below chimed in and said: "Guo Xiaoyu, what did you call us here for so early in the morning?"

  "Yes, I'm still preparing at home."

  "Right, right, the show is about to start recording, we need to get ready."

  Looking at the chaotic scene below, Guo Xiaoyu said: "Among all the people working downstairs, there are my elders and experienced seniors from TV stations. But more of them are interns who just graduated from school. Do you know why there are so many interns? Everyone knows that it's impossible for a program to have so many interns, but this is what happened now. Do you know why?"

  As soon as Guo Xiaoyu finished speaking, it suddenly became quiet below, and the sparrows stopped chirping!

  After a while, someone finally stood up and asked, "Why?"

  "Why? That's a great question!" Guo Xiaoyu gestured for the person who asked to sit down, and continued: "Because the people above don't think highly of this program, so they decided to only send a few people to participate in it. But I said, I don't want those people, I want you interns, I said you are the most suitable for this program. Only with your hands on it, can this program shine brightly; only with your hands on it, can this program show its full value. I don't believe in inevitability, I think you can also create brilliance, you have too many things that your predecessors didn't have, you are the foundation of this program's success."

  Guo Xiaoyu's voice came from the loudspeaker and was transmitted through the sound system, reaching the heart of every person present.

  "What do we have that they don't?" Faced with everyone's question, Guo Xiaoyu only said ten words.

  "Imagination, creativity, youth and passion." Guo Xiaoyu's words were sonorous and powerful, the brief ten words lingering in the auditorium for a long time without dissipating.

  Everyone stared at Guo Xiaoyu, who was full of confidence, wondering what he was thinking. Finally, a boy stood up, raised his fist and shouted loudly: "You're right! I don't believe it, we are human beings, they are also human beings, the things they can do with one effort, we can do with three times, four times, ten times the effort, I don't believe it, we can't do well in this program."

  A little fat boy sitting next to the boy also stood up and said, "Right! Qin Feng is absolutely right, they can do it, we can too, they can't do it, we can go learn, we must do a good job on this show."

  "Right! We'll definitely make it."

  "Come on..."

  。。。。。。

  Looking at the shouting and cheering in the auditorium, Guo Xiaoyu smiled with satisfaction. This was exactly what he wanted - a result that showed the newcomers' passion and enthusiasm, even if they lacked experience. If it were those old-timers from the TV station, no one would have taken Guo Xiaoyu seriously.

  At this time, a boy named Qin Feng shouted loudly: "Guo Xiaoyu, just order us, what do you want us to do, we will do it without any hesitation." Qin Feng's words won the approval of everyone present.

  Guo Xiaoyu didn't think there was anything wrong with Qin Feng calling him directly, he smiled and said: "What everyone needs to do now is to conserve their energy and wait for the right moment. Tonight, each of you will receive your assigned tasks and contact information for each group member. In three days, I need every group's plan to be in my hands." Actually, the plan would ultimately have to be reviewed by Hong Tao and Guo Dad, but for now, Guo Xiaoyu could only say it was in his own hands. To exaggerate a bit, if they knew that their hard work on the plan would ultimately be reviewed by someone else, the high morale of today would instantly plummet.

  "Alright, everyone go home and prepare." Guo Xiaoyu waved his hand and the meeting was dismissed. What remained were the details that he needed to discuss with his father and Hong Chao.

  PS: Tomorrow is the last chapter about details, from next week on, everyone's favorite Star Dad and Mengwa will make a comprehensive appearance.