Chapter 456 - Continual Discovery! (1/2)
Chapter 456 Continual Discovery!
As everyone was ready to go into the mountain, a large crowd ran over.
Looking at this group of people, Fang Qiu asked curiously, “Who are these people?”
The young PD who was about 30 years old explained, “VJ. The show crew has assigned two people for each of you. I’m the PD and he’s the VJ. Simply put, he’s your cameraman and I’m your personal director. Neither of us will appear on the camera.”
“There are so many people.” Fang Qiu nodded clearly.
There were 100 people following the 50 contestants, not to mention the chief director who was remotely controlling the scene in the studio and the staff who came to assist the scene.
Giving it a rough count, Fang Qiu found that there were nearly 200 people.
Central Television really lived up to its name.
It took such a large amount of manpower and material resources to record a show. No wonder the show made such a great success after it was broadcasted. All this hard work would eventually pay off.
The PD handed Fang Qiu a medicine list and said, “Here you are. This is the 18 medicinal herbs you need to find and collect in the forest.”
Fang Qiu took over the list and looked at it carefully.
It wrote, “Angelica Sinensis, White Codonopsis Pilosula, Streaky Codonopsis Pilosula, Medlar, Astragalus, Radix Angelicae Pubescentis, Radix Hedysari, Rhubarb, Bupleurum, Glycyrrhiza, Isatis Root… ”
As expected, there were 18 medicinal herbs which were all native herbs growing in Ganzhou Province.
The PD smiled at Fang Qiu and asked, “You did well in the first two rounds. Do you find this round difficult?”
Fang Qiu smiled and replied, “Difficult? Is it?”
As Director Li Huawen ordered to start recording, Fang Qiu already knew that he was on camera, so he responded in the same manner as before.
The PD was stunned. Getting excited, he hurriedly asked, “Oh? Do you mean there is no difficulty at all? Is it because you have experience in collecting herbs in the mountains?”
Fang Qiu replied confidently, “Obviously, no one here has more mountain exploration experience than me.”
The PD was ecstatic as he heard that.
He was expecting to see Fang Qiu being extremely confident.
He was aware that Fang Qiu was the main selling point of this show. Many attractive points would be generated from Fang Qiu, so he tried every means to set Fang Qiu’s words in order to add some spice for the show.
Obviously, it seemed to work.
The PD took advantage of it and immediately asked, “If that is the case, are you positive of getting the first place?”
Fang Qiu turned his head, smiled at the camera, and said, “Ha-ha. Let me tell you a secret. There is a Yaowang Mountain in our school, and there are various medicinal herbs which can also be found in most parts of the country.”
The PD froze as he heard that.
“Damn, was there such a thing?” He thought to himself.
As he was surprised, the PD looked at Fang Qiu smugly facing the camera and became speechless.
However, in his opinion, Fang Qiu’s sense of variety was getting stronger.
Now he could just skip him and directly communicate with the audience.
After a while, all PDs and VJs had found the contestants that they needed to follow. All pre-match preparations were ready.
Director Li Huawen picked up the loudspeaker and shouted to everyone, “The competition now begins!”
As they heard the order, the contestants rushed into the forest immediately.
However, Fang Qiu still nonchalantly stood still.
The PD asked, “Everyone rushed in. Aren’t you worry?”
Fang Qiu shook his head and smiled, carrying the package and the hoe and slowly walking towards the forest as if he was just going for a walk.
At this moment, everyone had rushed into the forest.
In this forest, the trees were not dense. And the ground was also spacious. Only a variety of grass and vine plants could be seen.
Therefore, everyone ran really fast.
However, after running about ten meters into the forest, the contestants immediately slowed down and began to look around.
And at this time, Fang Qiu was already left behind.
Unlike other people, Fang Qiu didn’t look around but looked into the distance.
As a guru-level martial arts practitioner, Fang Qiu who possessed the night vision could naturally see more clearly than anyone and see farther in the daytime.
The PD was puzzled when he saw Fang Qiu strolling around.
“This is a competition after all! How could he be so relaxed like that? Doesn’t he want to win?” He thought.
When the PD was about to open his mouth to ask, Fang Qiu stepped forward. Suddenly, his eyes brightened, and he said to the camera, “I found a herb!”
The PD was shocked as he heard him.
Really?
While he turned around and tried to locate the herb, Fang Qiu strode into the mountains and immediately ran to it.
The PD and VJ quickly caught up.
They took a long run.
Fang Qiu didn’t stop until he ran for almost two hundred meters.
The PD took a closer look and found that several herbs appeared in front of Fang Qiu.
The PD was surprised. “Oh my God, can you see it from such a distance?”
“This place is so spacious. Our school’s Yaowang Mountain is dozens of times denser than this forest,” Fang Qiu replied, and immediately found the best one, squatted down, and started collecting the herb.
While digging the herb, Fang Qiu said, “It’s the Streaky Codonopsis Pilosula, which is a kind of Codonopsis Pilosula among Chinese herbal medicineS. It’s a specialty of Ganzhou Province.
“Streaky Codonopsis Pilosula is a valuable nourishing medicinal material. According to “Explanation of Medicinal Herbs”, its effect is quite similar to Ginseng. It is the top grade of Codonopsis Pilosula. It can boost the spleen without making people feel dry, nourish the stomach without being moisturizing, moisten the lung without being cold, nourish the blood, soften the skin, and boost Qi without being dry.
“Therefore, in addition to the effect of strengthening Qi, spleen, and body, it can also help to cure spleen weakness, lack of blood, tiredness, anemia, leukemia, metrorrhagia and other diseases after delivery.”