“Crown Warrant” is the first reality-based fugitive variety show in Shi country, featuring not only a top-tier tracking team but also A-list celebrities as fugitives.
From any perspective, it showcases high-tech fugitive tracking technology, serving an educational purpose in legal awareness and persuasion.
The post-production not only added detailed cases for analysis but also showcased high-intensity investigative methods not deployed by the police within a controlled range.
—It made the six mud-covered idols in the mountains look even more pitiful.
They had to run into the deep forests and mountains, carry weights to find a place to stay at 1 a.m., and set up tents and sleeping bags in an environment full of wild grass and insects before sleeping. The first ten minutes already combined gunfights, car chases, and wilderness survival.
It’s not uncommon for stars to suffer hardships in variety shows, showing their real sides and bringing them psychologically closer to the audience.
But as soon as the camera switched, just as Huo Ren crawled into his sleeping bag, Long Jia and Xie Lianyun started firing guns.
“Bang!”
“Bang bang!”
Audience: —What’s happening?!
Then, through the screen, they watched Bo Jue skillfully skin, bleed, and gut with incredible agility, while the others could only taste and assist.
“Damn! It turned out to be a mukbang show!”
“Waiting online for a Taobao link, that deer meat looks perfectly marbled, it must be super delicious grilled!”
The first episode aired from the night of the escape to the arrival of a drone on the second night, ending suddenly with the flashing of yellow lights.
The discussion on various platforms and search engines was skyrocketing, with identical knives, tents, sleeping bags, and windproof clothes selling out on Taobao.
Jiang Shu, a very shrewd person, had already negotiated all the sponsorship and endorsement deals early on, and now he was counting his share of the profits until his hands were sore.
Corona’s popularity had already been widely spread, and now their wild and transparent sides revealed in the variety show shot their public favorability through the roof.
The team’s division of labor and command were impressively strong!
The leader’s judgment and control were always online, not easily swayed by teammates yet good at listening and observing, with contingencies for everything, showing Huo Ren truly is the core of the team, the White Wolf King is stunning today!
Long Jia and Bo Jue’s interaction is too good to miss! When they were dividing tents, they seemed reluctant, but actually, Bo Jue’s bath water was fetched by Brother Long from the stream after squatting for a long time—
He even put mint leaves in the kettle when boiling water! What is this, a crush of a pure high school student, Brother Long go for it, aren’t you going to confess?!
Watching each episode for the first time only covers the main plot.
The second viewing reveals various small interactions and the warm relationships between members.
Then, from the third viewing, viewers uncontrollably ship various CPs, finding new sweet moments in every frame.
The first episode, lasting two and a half hours, left most viewers longing for more after the weekend, counting the days until the next feeding.
Scissorhands have already started writing plots and creating fan fiction.
By the second episode, the TV ratings broke records, surpassing the New Year’s Eve gala filled with all-stars from previous years.
It exploded, truly exploded.
Regardless of age or status, everyone was discussing this program after meals.
Military enthusiasts, car enthusiasts, and outdoor survival fans each found their own angle, and star-chasing girls were not even the core audience.
Long Jia is knowledgeable about guns and driving, Mei Shengyao is a magician who can do anything, Xie Lianyun’s otaku traits are deeply recognized by the otaku community, and Bo Jue is an expert in hunting and wild food.
Every day’s results were the product of careful planning and adaptability, with Huo Ren’s pre-show meeting arrangements making the variety show feel like a high-quality movie.
This show is amazing!!!
[242L]: Chi Ji is really an angel, he does things quietly, and sometimes the camera can only catch a corner of his clothing. But chopping wood, setting up tents, making tool racks, Chi Ji is involved in everything, I’m constantly switching between being a mom fan and a girlfriend fan, the power of gentleness is so great (crying)
[455L]: Yun Ge is exactly another me… living a steady and honest life as a salted fish, rarely having a moment to shine and still can’t stay handsome for more than three seconds hhhh
[709L]: I really want to see what else Mei Shengyao has hidden in his bag! How can he pull out so many things!!! Is this really not edited according to a script!
Corona was busy preparing for a concert in July, rarely appearing in interviews or shows.
But the more they kept a low profile, the more viewers who enjoyed the variety show wanted to know what else these people could do for fun and excitement, spontaneously starting to search for related Weibo posts.
Some search associations seem to have become quite strange.
[What exactly does Xie Lianyun do]
[How rich is Long Jia’s family]
[How many points did Huo Ren score in the college entrance exam]
[Why do fans call Chi Ji a little mermaid]
The fans are in a complex mood.
Logically, every time Crown launches a new variety show, they actively promote and recommend their beloved idols, but this year it seems to have reversed…
@JiangZuoA: My friend actually asked me if I knew about Crown and even recommended their songs to me… I almost choked on cotton candy!
@RenRenWolfTail: =A= When my mom dragged me to rewatch the variety show, she was laughing silly with the cat, leaving me all disheveled by the side.
@RedSapphire: My dad actually bought me Crown concert tickets on his own!! Saying he wanted to foster some father-son bonding!! I think he just wants to see Bo Jue, he keeps praising his shooting skills, unbelievable!!!
In the past, they were the ones chasing after passersby to recommend their idols, but this year, why have the passersby been chasing them for wallpapers, photos, and schedules??
This role reversal is too magical, huh…
As the show exploded in popularity, Crown’s heat surged, with concert tickets being resold at a high markup and physical CDs selling out on Taobao.
With each episode’s progression, the plot oscillated between thrilling and comedic moments, producing countless memorable scenes.
Soon, celebrities were spotted wearing the same exaggerated wigs as seen on the show, climbing the hot search rankings. First, second, and third-tier idols and actors friendly with Corona joined in the fun, with some even live-streaming themselves grilling deer meat, crying and eating as they were smoked by the firewood.
The fans issued resigned sighs, feeling like warriors without a dragon to slay.
There was no need to control the comments anymore; any mention of Crown on social media attracted passersby inquiring about the next episode’s airing time.
Promotion was no longer necessary; marketing accounts fought to attract traffic from the general public, creating video and photo compilations to ride the wave of popularity, even outdoing the fans’ organized support in precision.
This is the worst experience I’ve had leading them!
What’s the point if even the tickets are snatched away by the general public?!
Bored, the fans decided to entertain themselves with the detractors, treating it as an unconventional team-building exercise.
“It’s all scripted, I tell you. Bo Jue plays the piano, how could he possibly know how to shoot or hunt? It’s all about persona construction, too fake [doge].”
“Let me drop a bombshell, coming from an absolutely reliable insider, C group has been at odds for a long time. XLY and MSY once cursed each other out over food. The team leader is actually a flirt, secretly seducing everyone in the group. His first love was XLY, and now he’s already had two ex-boyfriends, guaranteed truth.”
“Above, why are you dragging ALL Ren into this? Keep it up, and I’m joining you! To AO3 we go!!”
Amidst the buzz, Corona’s summer concert officially kicked off, with large posters visible everywhere. Before the show even started, the plaza was already crowded, each person adorned with a glittering little crown.
The concert, with a capacity of 150,000, was packed except for the sightline-restricted areas. Support groups sang and cheered outside the stadium, their efforts receiving a wave of likes on Weibo.
At the moment of darkness, the usual countdown screen was absent.
A beam of light, like white silk, cast oblique shadows of two figures.
Huo Ren, with one hand lightly embracing Mei Shengyao, displayed a jawline of indifferent beauty in their silhouette.
The moment their figures appeared on the grand stage, many girls nearly jumped onto their chairs, screaming and waving.
The tango music, with its nimble beats, fluttered out, its ups and downs like the tail of a flitting sparrow.
As the lead dancers entered the dance floor, the other two pairs also formed a triangular composition, donning robes and stepping briskly across the glass-like stage.
Tango is sensual, unabashedly fiery.
The camera feverishly followed the three pairs of dancers, their footsteps leaving behind a trail of gold sparkles.
As the positions and rotations synchronized, the glass stage shimmered like a kaleidoscope, its curves and lines twisting and overlapping into countless mesmerizing patterns.
When the light shifted again, the shadows of the six dancers transformed under the full moon, revealing their primal forms.
A white wolf sprinted through deep valleys, a white fox stood by the cliff wagging its tail, and a phoenix burst from its shell to soar high—
The variation in the music hit a pause, the intertwining light ropes showing Roman numerals amidst the mixed bell sounds, counting down to this frenzy.
“Five!”
The violins exited the quintet, the flute leading everyone in a gliding step.
“Four!”
The bandoneon silently withdrew, Long Jia and Bo Jue fading back into the darkness.
“Three!”
The violin played a series of fancy notes, the water mirror raising waves as if the field were blooming with white flowers.
“Two!”
The last guitar ceased, leaving only the piano to carry forward.
Only Huo Ren remained on stage.
“One!!!”
He looked up, extending his right hand into the void.
Fireworks burst into thousands of stardusts, igniting the summer night.