You were sent to participate in a transformation program, not to participate in poverty alleviation.

"For example, Sichuan pepper, wild gastrodia elata, and Paris polyphylla."

These are all primary agricultural products. The government has very lenient restrictions on the online sale of primary agricultural products, and they can be sold without complicated production licenses.

Moreover, they are durable and can withstand rough handling during express delivery.

"Let's start by selling matsutake mushrooms and other local specialties to accumulate our initial capital."

When we have hundreds of thousands or millions in our hands, then we can talk to the government about road construction and factory subsidies.

"When the show airs and I gain fame, everything will fall into place naturally."

Qin Hao's plan was meticulous and pragmatic, and Lin Feng nodded repeatedly, his admiration deepening.

"Qin Hao, with your talent, it's a real waste that you're not in business!"

Su Wan also waved her little fist:

"Then we'll listen to you, Brother Qin Hao! Let's open a shop first, sell local specialties, and save up money to build a factory!"

"Okay! It's settled then!"

Qin Hao said with a smile.

....................................

The next morning, just as dawn was breaking.

Just as Qin Hao and his two companions boarded the director's "special car" and headed to Yunzhou City.

At this moment, inside the director's team's temporary camp.

The atmosphere, however, was somewhat eerie.

Producer Lao Zhang was staring at the first trailer sample that had just been edited on the computer screen, his brows furrowed so deeply they could trap a fly.

On the screen, the scene is warm and healing:

Qin Hao led the villagers in distributing money, Lin Feng was sweating profusely in front of the stove, and Su Wan and the village women were washing vegetables together.

The final shot focuses on the joyful scene of the entire village enjoying a feast, accompanied by uplifting and inspiring melody music.

"Director, are you sure this will work?"

The producer pointed at the screen and complained, somewhat speechless.

"This is too... too harmonious, isn't it?"

This is completely different from the style of our past "Transformation" program, which involved "fighting, cursing, and throwing things"!

Viewers come to our program to see rich kids go crazy, not to watch the evening news!

Are you sure the audience will accept it?

As a seasoned producer, he knows that "ugliness" and "conflict" are the keys to this show's popularity.

Now that things are suddenly so positive, he has no idea what to expect.

"What's unacceptable about it?"

Director Wang Gang, however, appeared unusually calm. Holding a thermos, he blew on the goji berries floating on the surface and said nonchalantly:

"Didn't that young master Qin already say so?"

"If our ratings drop this episode, he'll invest an extra 1000 million."

"That's 1000 million! With that money, we could film overseas for the next episode!"

Wang Gang chuckled, a sly glint in his eyes:

Anyway, we didn't expect these "good kids" to cause any earth-shattering conflicts.

Since Qin Hao wants to play, let's play a big game with him.

"Don't people often criticize our program for lacking positive energy and for resorting to any means to boost ratings?"

"Okay, this time let's go all out with some pure positive energy and show them!"

"and……"

Wang Gang paused, his eyes becoming deep.

"I don't think this episode will be a flop. This contrast might be the biggest surprise."

The producer pondered for a moment, and finally nodded helplessly.

Indeed, with that 1000 million guaranteed, they won't lose out no matter what.

"Alright, let's submit this sample video to the station for review."

The two eventually reached an agreement.

……

In 2010, when the Internet was just becoming widespread and microblogs were just emerging.

As Hunan TV's flagship variety show, "Metamorphosis" garners an astonishing amount of attention.

The review was approved very quickly.

Major video platforms such as Youku, Tudou, and Mango TV simultaneously updated the trailer for the latest episode of "Metamorphosis," titled "Hope of the Mountains."

Countless netizens who had been waiting in front of their computers, eager to see how the new rich kid would rebel and cause chaos in the countryside, immediately clicked on the video.

However, three minutes later.

They left, completely bewildered.

"???"

"What's this? Did I wander onto the wrong set?"

"What happened to the fight? What happened to complaining about the country food?"

How did these three rich kids manage to...lead the villagers to wealth?

After a brief moment of surprise, the comments section exploded.

A sense of anger at being "fooled" quickly swept across the internet.

In those days, what netizens hated most was "showboating" and "scripted performances".

"Is the director of 'Transformation' out of his mind?"

Is he afraid people won't criticize him for such an obvious script?

"I laughed, this acting is so fake!"

An 18-year-old rich kid, on his first day in the countryside, didn't cry or make a fuss, but instead led the villagers to make money?

Do you think this is a novel?

"They were criticized for the weak script before, so now they're not even going to act anymore? Are they treating the audience like fools?"

"Tsk tsk tsk, they even dare to joke about poverty alleviation? The production team has really lost all sense of shame in their attempt to whitewash themselves."

This kind of show is an insult to the people in impoverished mountain areas!

"I had already heard that this show had questionable values, and now it's even worse, the very foundation of it is flawed."

I strongly oppose this episode! Anyone who watches it is a dog!

As online public opinion intensifies.

Topics such as "the script of the reality show 'Transformation'" and "rich second-generation pretending to help the poor" quickly rose to the top three on Sina Weibo's trending topics list.

Even many influential bloggers have begun to criticize:

@EntertainmentExposéKing: I just watched the preview for the new episode of Metamorphosis, and it was so embarrassing I wanted to curl my toes.

I can believe a rich young master goes to the countryside to teach, but leading the whole village to prosperity? Has the screenwriter read too many domineering CEO novels?

This kind of false propaganda, which promotes positive energy for the sake of positive energy, is disgusting.

The internet was flooded with criticism, with almost unanimous negative reviews.

In everyone's opinion, this is definitely the most fake and disgusting episode in history.

Faced with this overwhelming, almost cyberbullying, public opinion, the producers in the camp were as anxious as ants on a hot pan, sweating profusely.

"Director! We're doomed! The whole internet is criticizing us!"

They're accusing us of fabricating evidence! Shouldn't we issue a statement to explain ourselves?

However, director Wang Gang appeared quite calm, even leisurely scrolling through comments with a cold smile on his lips.

"Explain? Why should I explain?"

Wang Gang put down his phone and looked out the window at the rolling mountains.

"The more heated the argument and the harsher the insults, the higher the buzz."

"They're calling us a script because they don't believe such people really exist in this world, they don't believe such pure kindness and ability really exist."

Let them curse.

Wang Gang stood up, a hint of anticipation flashing in his eyes.

"When the full episode airs, when they see how Qin Hao turned the impossible into possible step by step, when they see the real sweat and the account books..."

"Every curse you utter now will become the loudest slap in the face later."

"Qin Hao can handle this massive influx of viewership, and so can our production team!"