Journey to grassroots

Getting to know that the wage was pretty good for part-time labor work in Shenzhen, Huang and Chen jumped into the van with 10 other workers.

Separately, after finishing the day's exhausting work of unloading parcels for a logistic warehouse that is located far away from Shenzhen's downtown area, Lin and Wang felt starved.

To save money, they went to a grocery store to buy two bowls of instant noodles for dinner and later rode rental bikes for 30 kilometers to get back to their temporary accommodation－a shabby dorm for which each person paid 15 yuan a night. There, they lived with other part-timers who displayed tenacity when facing arduous work.

"The reality show has displayed the lives of people from multiple social classes and let us notice ordinary people's passion for their dreams," comments Yin Hong, vice-chairman of the China Literature and Art Critics Association.

Gao Guiwu, a professor with the school of journalism and communication in Renmin University of China, says the reality show is good at grasping enlightenment and creative ideas in traditional culture and forming profound insights into real life, which might inspire China's reality show production in the future.