Korean Entertainment's Otaku Artist 021 Star Book Flag in the Night Sky

  After a spell of desperate struggling, seven sad men sat listlessly on the beach.

  Looking far away, it is a surrealist oil painting.

  "I'm hungry," said Zheng Junhe, speaking out the words that had been suppressed in his heart.

  Indeed, except for Yoon Hyun who has been secretly eating in between, the others have not eaten anything from 8am to now, more than 7pm Korean time, which is almost 12 hours.

  Da Pang's words were like opening a floodgate, and the feeling of hunger rushed into the filming crew like a tidal wave.

  Except for Yoon Hyun

  Yin Xian is now lying on the beach, watching the sun slowly set, enjoying the beauty of his vacation.

  Then, led by Liu Zai Shi, the MC team immediately discovered that there was a professional photographer following Yoon Hyun's current state: strolling on the beach at sunset like taking pictures for a magazine, and then leaving footprints in the sand.

  So, the six MCs who were still arguing over how to divide themselves and reassign their roles based on physical strength and wilderness survival skills immediately decided to unanimously launch a punitive expedition against Yoon Hyun.

  "If I were you, I'd go find something to eat instead of wasting your breath here." Yoon Hyeon said nonchalantly.

  A sentence awakened the dreamer, a group of people finally found the right direction and decided to launch a search on the small island.

  It's unclear whether it was fortunate or unfortunate, but there were no banana trees on the island, however, there were still a few coconut trees.

  Then everyone's task became: how to pick coconuts from coconut trees to quench their thirst.

  First of all, it's natural to climb up. The one who appears on stage is naturally the main MC Liu Zai Shi...

  Yoon Hyun looked at Liu Zai Shi, then at the tall coconut tree, and let out a deep sigh in front of the camera, shaking his head.

  Liu Zai Shi didn't even leave the ground before he failed.

  Then several people took turns trying, and Park Myung-soo even just touched the tree and declared his own failure.

  Lu Hongzhe showed a strong sports spirit and climbed nearly two meters off the ground before sliding down.

  It's no exaggeration to say that he slid down. When Lu Hongzhe came down, both arms were scratched.

  Then everyone else also expressed their admiration and appreciation for Lu Hongzhe's hard work.

  Then, his gaze turned to Yun Hyun who was watching from the side.

  Yin Xian is now not watching the excitement, he is lowering his head to find if there are any longer wooden sticks or something like that.

  Sure, here is the translation:

  As expected, he found a bamboo pole over 4 meters long not far away.

  On an island where bamboo doesn't even grow, how can there be a bamboo pole? Yin Xian looked at the several photographers and recorders who followed him onto the island with deep meaning.

  However, Yoon Hyun didn't intend to pursue this matter. Under the gaze of admiration and praise from the crowd, he stood under the tree, using all his might to try and poke at a coconut... The result was that the tree was simply too tall...

  But this bamboo pole gave everyone hope to drink coconut juice. So a group of people began to think about how to set up a ladder to knock down the coconuts. As the heaviest member of the entire hosting team, Zheng Junhe naturally and unfortunately became the "cornerstone" of this human ladder.

  Yin Xian looked at the several people who were enthusiastically building a human ladder and felt cold, then he used the excuse "Anyway, you have enough people, I'll go somewhere else to see if there are any longer bamboo poles" and one photographer escaped.

  Although what he said was not wrong, Yin Xian would not naively think that there would be a second bamboo pole on the island for them to use. So Yin Xian began to wander around the island in boredom.

  Suddenly, Yin Xian's eyelids twitched, because a crooked coconut tree appeared in front of him.

  And this tree is not tall at all.

  Then...

  When Yin Xian successfully smashed open two coconuts, drank all the coconut juice inside, and then ate all the coconut pulp with a lingering aftertaste, he brought back the remaining two coconuts that grew on the crooked neck tree to the scene where several other MCs were struggling.

  When several tired middle-aged and elderly people who were almost dizzy saw the two coconuts in Yoon Hyun's hand, their eyes turned green.

  Then, under the organization of Yin Xian, the remaining 6 MCs decided who was qualified to enjoy coconuts through flattery, wrestling and playing games. The winners were the main MC Liu Zai Shi and Lu Hongzhe, who had just injured his arm while trying to get a coconut.

  Just as a few people had barely rested for a short while, a new task appeared: to welcome the approaching night, hurry up and light the fire!

  Then, a group of men surrounded two wooden sticks and one wooden rod and started their journey of drilling wood for fire...

  Jung Hoon-tak and Jung Joon-ha became the main forces for drilling wood to make fire, but perhaps it was not the right way or they were just unlucky, although smoke kept coming out, the fire never started.

  At last, night fell.

  Then, the production team finally handed over the lighters and torches they had prepared earlier...

  Perhaps it's because of the insufficient amount of footage: there was no way, basically spending the whole day switching between various vehicles, where would there be many shots to use? So the production team made a temporary decision: have a bonfire chat.

  The tortured and exhausted people who were hungry and thirsty could only sit by the bonfire again.

  "Yin Xian, your luck is really good today!" said with some emotion.

  "How can brother say that? This is not luck, this is real ability!" Yin Xian said with a big smile.

  "How did you know we'd end up on a deserted island this time?" Liu Zai Shi finally couldn't help but ask, "And why did you eat so much before getting on the island?"

  "It's still what you reminded me of, Shi Ge." Yin Xian said with a smile.

  "What? What did I remind you of?" Liu Zai Shi suddenly felt that there were ten malicious gazes directed at him, and he felt very wronged.

  "Didn't you remind me that the production team has always appeared as an opposing force in the MC camp? So I was thinking, they wouldn't hold a welcome party for me, this must be a conspiracy. Plus, I've been watching a US drama recently, and naturally thought of survival on a deserted island..." Yin Xian said, spouting out a theory he had come up with, which sounded quite reasonable.

  "Why didn't you tell us?" Park Myung-soo shouted angrily at Yoon Hyun.

  "I'm afraid I guessed wrong! What if there really are sunshine villas, beach beauties in bikinis and barbecue parties here? If you guys listened to me and ate a belly full of cookies before coming over, wouldn't you tie a stone slab to my body and throw me into the sea?" Yin Xian said with feigned grievance.

  The crowd fell silent. Because it seemed like they would really do that...

  To make up for the lack of relaxation time, Liu Zhitong came up with a solution. He asked each staff member present to write down something they wanted to say to all the MCs, and then had the MCs read them out loud on the spot.

  The result was very warm and funny, everyone counted the crimes of each MC, and also said some touching words.

  However, except for Yoon Hyun, everyone else was starving, so when the recording reached a certain point, several MCs started pretending to be silly and looking for food from the production team.

  At last, the production team provided a piece of cloth roughly made of hemp material with rough paintings similar to a treasure map.

  Then the MC group entered the treasure hunt segment.

  Although Zheng Junhe actively volunteered to go on the treasure hunt, his overly enthusiastic and fearless attitude made other MCs feel embarrassed, insisting on a re-vote to determine who would go on the adventure.

  Then Zheng Junhe was elected with 6 votes.

  The only exception was Jeong Jun-ha voting for Jeong Hyeong-don...

  So the original hero Jeong Jun-ha became a tragic figure under the joint efforts of six other people, and only Zheng Heng-dun was dragged down...

  Dà Pàng and Xiǎo Pàng went on an adventure, while the remaining 5 people started building a simple tent to sleep in on the beach. With many hands, the simple tent made of branches and palm leaves was quickly completed.

  Then several MCs who were already exhausted lay down on the beach without saying a word.

  Yin Xian looked at the crowd scattered all over the ground, somewhat speechless, and walked towards the seaside with a torch in his hand.

  "Yin Xian, where are you going?" Liu Zai Shi asked alertly, having discovered Yin Xian's unusual movement.

  "It's nothing, I just broke a sweat, I'll go wash it off in the sea." Yoon Hyun said with a smile.

  "Be careful not to catch a chill when you sleep at night!" On the surface, Park Myung-soo seemed vicious but still had an air of seniority.

  "It's okay, I'm still fine physically. The sticky feeling on my body will make me sleep poorly."

  Yoon Hyun came alone to the seaside, stripped down to just one ***, then looked at the photographer who was still taking pictures of him with a camera and burst out laughing, saying: "Hey, aren't you worried that your camera will run out of battery? Even if you film this, it won't be broadcast." Then he walked into the sea by himself.

  Swimming in the vast ocean at night is a unique experience, especially when the only light comes from the starry sky above, it's truly a picturesque feeling.

  Suddenly, Yin Xian had an urge to write a song.

  Then, lying on the sponge, with the waves rising and falling, staring at the stars in the sky, a melody echoing in my mind.

  When Yeon Hyeon came back to his senses, he had drifted far away from the shore...

  When he finally returned after exhausting all his energy, the work team on the island was about to go crazy. Withstanding the spitting and murderous gaze of the work team members, Yoon Hyun silently came to the side of the recording engineer who had taken on half the role of PD due to the absence of a PD.

  "Give me two sheets of paper and a pen." Yin Xian's expression was extremely calm.

  This calmly and directly stunned all the staff in the working group.

  Even Zheng Jun-hee and Zheng Heng-doon, who returned from their adventure, were magnificently ignored by her...

  So, while a group of people were arguing over whether there were only 7 breads or some had been stolen by Daeso on the way, Yun Hyun was organizing the melody that had just floated into his mind with pen and paper.

  "Hey, Xi Xian, what are you doing?" Liu Zai Shi, who had just eaten a bun but was clearly still hungry, decided to come over and chat with his junior colleague, who had just caused the entire crew to panic because of his poor swimming skills.

  "Yoon Hyun-ji seems to be composing, let's not disturb him." As someone who has always considered music a dream, Yoon Hyun-ji's state was also something he had seen before, so he quickly reached out to stop Liu Zai-shi.

  The photographers were very sensitive and caught this point, so two cameras were aimed at Yin Xian who was writing and drawing on paper.

  The entire filming scene fell into a strange silence.

  The sound of waves rose from just a short distance away.

  "What are you all staring at me for?" Yoon Hyun finally came to his senses after basically finishing the arrangement of the song, only to find a group of people surrounding him, breathing softly, as if afraid of disturbing him.

  "Yin Xian, you just wrote a song, didn't you?" Liu Zai Shi asked cautiously.

  "Yes, I was just bathing in the sea and suddenly had a bit of inspiration, then lay on the surface waiting for this inspiration to ferment. As a result, I accidentally drifted too far away, causing inconvenience to everyone. I'm really sorry." Yoon Hyun bowed 150 degrees to the MC team and all staff.

  "Although you're still making everyone anxious, since it's for the sake of writing songs, we'll forgive you this time. But if you do it again next time, be careful or we'll throw you into the sea together." Park Myung-soo said with a fierce tone.

  The other MCs also nodded in agreement.

  "Thank you everyone." Yoon Hyun bowed deeply to the crowd again.

  "Yin Xian! Can you sing us the song you just wrote?" Lu Hongzhe chimed in, trying to be funny.

  "It can be okay, but without instruments, it might sound a bit thin." Yoon Hyun said after some thought.

  "It doesn't matter, what's the name of this song?"

  "The Brightest Star in the Night Sky." Yoon Hyun thought for a moment and said, "Since there's no instrument, I'll just sing a part of it."

  Then he cleared his throat and began to sing clearly.

  "The brightest star in the night sky, can you hear clearly"

  Those who gaze upwards, with loneliness and sighs in their hearts

  The brightest star in the night sky

  Can you recall

  The figure who once walked with me, disappeared in the wind

  I pray for a transparent soul

  With tears streaming down her eyes

  Give me the courage to believe again

  Crossing through lies to embrace you

  Every time I fail to find the meaning of existence

  Every time I get lost in the dark of night

  The brightest star in the night sky

  Lead me closer to you...

  "Yin Xian, this is really a great song." When Yin Xian's singing stopped, the whole audience erupted in loud applause, and Liu Zaishi said with some emotion.

  "But aren't you guys tired?" Zheng Heng-dun, who had just returned from an exhausting adventure, was a bit sleepy.

  "Get some rest early!" Liu Zai Shi also rearranged the order again.

  Then Infinite Challenge returned to the rhythm of everyone's ridicule, such as "Zheng Junhe! You farted again!" and so on...

  The next morning, Yin Xian got up early. Although he was very tired yesterday, his habit of exercising every day still persisted.

  "Yin Xian, how did you get up so early?" The photographer who got up to prepare greeted Yin Xian. Last night, Yin Xian's song had resonated with this group of people who were somewhat dependent on each other on the deserted island, so these few staff members all had a very good impression of Yin Xian.

  "Get up and move around." Yin Xian also responded with a smile.

  Then he started running and exercising on the beach by himself.

  Yoon Hyun went for a walk and then went swimming again. After washing up, he came ashore with his hair all dry, but the other MCs hadn't even woken up yet...

  The accompanying photographer finally couldn't bear it anymore and started trying to wake up this group of middle-aged people who were sleeping in...

  First came the shouting. Then the thigh-slapping. Finally, the photographers, who could no longer bear it, found an iron basin from somewhere and started banging on it with a piece of wood...

  Then, six dizzy MCs stumbled step by step into the sea to wash up...

  Next, they filmed a supplementary broadcast quantity of digging for keys on the beach and then used the key to open a birdcage containing ice cream.

  The other six MCs, in order to get ice cream, were frantically digging on the beach like crazy, while only Yoon Hyun was sitting there calmly and gazing out at the sea.

  "Ah! Yun Hyun! Hurry up and dig!" Park Myung-soo kicked a pile of sand at Yun Hyun in anger, covering him in it.

  "Hey, Mingxiu, what are you doing?" Yin Xian was left with a dirty face and felt a bit depressed.

  "We're all digging, just you're not moving," Lu Hongzhe also said: "Hurry up and get moving! The ice cream will melt soon."

  "Wow, such a small ice cream cone, not even enough for one person to have a bite, and it takes so much effort. It's easy to get thirsty like this. Not worth it at all." Yin Xian shook his head, completely ignoring the embarrassed photographers.

  "It's better than nothing!" Liu Zai Shi looked at Yin Xian a bit out of control and couldn't help but try to tidy up.

  "In Shiguo, this is the trick of Ertao Sha Sanshi!" Yin Xian said with some disdain.

  "What is 'Two Peaches Kill Three Knights'?" Although Chinese idioms are high-end in Korean, none of the MCs understood this obscure idiom.

  Yoon Hyun explained the story and then said, "These PDs are so cruel. They only gave us one ice cream and made us search for the key on this huge beach until we were dying of thirst and exhaustion. Even if someone found the key, they would definitely...ahem... everyone understands what I'm getting at. The scene was just too brutal."

  "This is what variety shows are all about!" Park Myung-soo couldn't help but educate Yoon Hyun.

  "That's gotta come with some decent rewards, at least. Like, one ice cream per person is a must, right?" Yoon Hyun dug into his ear and started haggling with the production team.

  "Yeah, you know how hard it is to get an ice cream on a deserted island?" The production team was driven crazy.

  "Wow, you know we're on a deserted island and you still manage to whip up an ice cream? Are you insulting our intelligence?" Yun Xian retorted immediately.

  The production team finally fell silent and went to one side to hold a meeting.

  "This ice cream is pitiful." Zheng Heng-dun, who was already getting dizzy, looked at the melting ice cream in the birdcage with some regret.

  "It's hard to let go of the kids, can't grasp... uh... nothing ventured, nothing gained, believe me, there will definitely be enough ice cream." Yoon Hyun-seok said with conviction.

  As expected, the production team returned after a while. "After our discussion, we originally planned to give you several chances to challenge, but since you want to bet all the ice cream at once in one challenge, we don't mind." The production team member said with a serious tone.

  Then the birdcage was taken away, and soon a birdcage with 7 ice creams was sent back.

  "That's it!" Yoon Hyun got up from the beach, patted the sand stuck to his pants, "Brothers, let's move for ice cream!"

  Liu Zaishi also shouted in a timely manner: "Infinite!" The crowd shouted together: "Challenge!"

  Then everyone started looking for keys in the sand.

  In a split second, Yoon Hyun saw the photographers surrounding each of the MCs who were digging sand in various weird poses, and took advantage of the fact that no one was paying attention to him. He walked over to the birdcage on his own, grabbed the railing with both hands, and counted down...

  Everyone on the scene was petrified.

  "Why make such a simple thing so complicated?" Yoon Hyun walked into the middle of the crowd with the birdcage that had already been dismantled, saying: "If you don't move quickly, there won't be any left!"

  A group of MCs had been in a state of hunger since yesterday, and upon hearing Yoon Hyun's words, they immediately pounced on the birdcage...

  Then I saw a group of proud MCs sitting in a row on the beach, carefully savoring their ice cream.

  "Ah, Yun Hyun-ah, this is not good at all!" Park Myung-soo said with a mouthful of ice cream, "The production team will hold a grudge against you."

  "Yes, Yun Hyun-ji, if you do it like this, our broadcast volume won't be enough." Jung Hyung-don said while eating.

  "Ah, Zheng Heng-dun, even if there wasn't a Yoon Hyun, you wouldn't have any broadcasting skills anyway." Lu Hong-zhe timely retorted to Zheng Heng-dun, then turned to Yoon Hyun and said: "And you're like this, it's too scary."

  "It's too scary!"

  "But ice cream is still delicious." Zheng Junhe finally said a fair word.

  "Look, apart from the photographer who is taking our picture, the rest of the production team has gathered together for a meeting." Liu Zhi Shi promptly informed the distracted crowd.

  "There's nothing much, I think the shooting is almost over." Yoon Hyun thought for a moment and said: "We are all on a two-day schedule, so we will probably have to head back soon. Before leaving, they will definitely treat us to a good meal."

  "Yin Xian, how did you know there's good food?" Now, the emotions towards this junior who might be replacing her own position are extremely complicated.

  "It's very simple, don't you think our thrifty production team would go to such great lengths to find an island like this? It's not like we couldn't have found a deserted island without people in the country! So this time we came to film was definitely by invitation......So......don't you want to treat your guests to a good meal?" Yoon Hyun continued his analysis.

  "Ah, you and Yoon Hyun-ji are both masters, how can the gap be so big?" Liu Zai-shi fell silent for a moment, unable to help but sigh.

  "Can that be the same? Yoon Hyun-ji is the fastest master's graduate in Seoul University history!"

  As expected, it wasn't long before the rarely seen chief PD Kim Tae-ho appeared, looking regretful. He said that although they had fought over an ice cream for half a day, the production team had actually prepared breakfast for them... The face of the cameraman who was filming the MCs' conversation began to twitch...

  Sure, here is the translation:

  As expected, several people followed the production team for less than half a circle around the island and saw the barbecue party that was being held...

  This island trip has come to an end just like that.

  "Yoon Hyun-ji, I heard you wrote a song last night?" Kim Tae-ho PD said to Yoon Hyun-ji, who was among the people on the island who had spent a sad day and were now desperately taking food, while they were desperately fighting for roasted meat.

  "Yes, what's wrong?" Yun Xian was slightly stunned.

  "So, our program has been on for a year now, but we still don't have a theme song..." Kim Tae-ho said.

  "Uh, this song is really not suitable for a variety show theme song." Yoon Hyun said with some embarrassment.

  "Is that so? That's a shame." Kim Tae-ho let out a slightly disappointed sigh, but his eyes quickly became sharp, as if he had thought of something.

  Yin Xian looked at such eyes and felt a bit scared... so he took a full plate of barbecue and hid to one side...

  After 5 hours, finally at Manila airport, Yoon Hyun met Kim Soo-hyun who had been away for a long time.

  "Yin Xian, what's wrong with you?" Jin Xiuyan looked at the crowd who seemed to have escaped from a deep mountain and couldn't help but burst out laughing.

  Other agents who still don't know what's going on are also laughing...

  "Stop stalling and give me back my music sheets." Yoon Hyun felt a bit embarrassed, so he made an excuse to hand them over to Kim Soo-hyun.

  On the flight from Manila to Seoul, Yun Hyun expanded the accompaniment that had only one guitar as the main instrument and had been ringing in his head all night into a large piece that required an entire orchestra.

  The first filming of Infinite Challenge has finally come to an end.

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