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Chapter 122 Best Candidate for "Ghost Blows Out the Light"

This Ms. Bian Mei truly deserves to be called someone who can excel in a certain field; both her ideas and vision are very broad.

Milan treated her to a meal in the summer, and they chatted for about two hours, enjoying each other's company immensely.

Xia Tian didn't say much; he was actually very cautious about this—mainly because if he smiled or talked too much, it would easily make girls overthink things.
Is he flirting with me?
Does he like me?

This isn't just something I'm overthinking in the summer; it's true.

Having too much charm isn't necessarily a good thing.

With Xia Tian's appearance and temperament, most people would feel good about her upon meeting her. After all, we are all ordinary people, and even Confucius could not help but judge people by their appearance.

The +20 initial affinity bonus is no joke!
If you smile more and talk more, it's really easy to raise the favorability rating to over 50.

in the country, it's alright; women are still quite reserved.

The same goes for Hong Kong – Summer is practically a legendary figure there, and most people wouldn't dare to approach her.

But in places like Europe and America, you can encounter more than a dozen people trying to pick you up when you go out in the summer. It's not just women, there are men too!
That's why I say those understated glasses saved my life!

I wouldn't dare go out without wearing my glasses!

Not to mention someone like Bian Mei, who already has a certain idol filter for summer and a high level of favorability.

In summer, you really can't be too friendly or close, or something will go wrong!

……

Milan talked the most at the table, and Miss Bian Mei also spoke eloquently without any stage fright.

When dealing with women, our CEO Mi can be described as having "+10 coaxing, +20 goodwill, +30 eloquence, and +40 insight!"
She's an expert at dealing with women; she can figure out their temperament, thoughts, likes and dislikes in a short time.

You can also become friends with these women in a short time.

—A special attack targeting women!
During the meeting, Mr. Mi didn't hold back at all, openly expressing his appreciation and goodwill towards Bian Mei, and then went into detail about his current situation, including his entrepreneurial endeavors...

Now, Mr. Mi's business has expanded significantly. Liren Apparel has spread to seven northern provinces and three southern provinces, while Qingniao Sports brand has surpassed it in terms of distribution and coverage.

—Sports brands have a wider audience! And the advertising during the Asian Games was incredibly effective!

Liren Lingerie has become the number one women's lingerie brand in China, expanding very rapidly. They already have six of their own garment factories!

In addition, she also has Seven Degrees sanitary napkins, as well as related feminine hygiene product development, and recently she's been involved in the cosmetics industry...

This business is already huge!
Although Milan is both scouting and developing players, they are still severely short of manpower.

While store managers can be trained internally—working in various stores for a few months, then providing two months of intensive training to the best performers can lead to store manager positions—Mi Zong's beauty company has already started implementing a management trainee training system.
Regional managers are relatively easy to manage; they are mainly selected from among the store managers and then combined with "local Brahmins" recommended by some local friends in the summer.

However, there are very few people in the company who can stand alone and share a certain aspect of the business.

Milan is already considered one of the best-performing private enterprises, managing to recruit more than a dozen people from the college graduates of the past two years—these days, college graduates are very valuable, and very few go to private companies.

But it's still not enough!
It was obvious that she had taken a liking to Bian Mei and intended to groom her as a right-hand man.

……

On May 23, Ah Ying called from Hong Kong, saying, "Raymond Wong's company asked me to make a movie, but I turned it down..." She sounded quite regretful.

"Oh? What movie is it? If you like it, why not go and make it?" Xia Tian said, trying to comfort him.

Ah Ying on the other end of the phone shook her head subconsciously, then realized that Xia Tian couldn't see it.

"Hmm, I think they don't really want to invite me, but rather want to do you a favor. Never mind..."

According to Ah Ying, the movie that approached her was "The Bride with White Hair," directed by Ronny Yu, with the male and female leads being Xia Tian's good friends: Ah Rong and Brigitte Lin.

Just from the name, you can tell it's an adaptation of Liang Yusheng's novel of the same name, the story of Zhuo Yihang and the White-Haired Witch Lian Ni Chang.

I don't remember this movie much in the summer, and I imagine it didn't make much of a splash.

If you don't want to act, then you don't have to.

Just as Ah Ying said, she is now a boss in a certain area, and many of her choices represent Xia Tian.

She needs to consider the impact on summer.

If I accept this role as the second female lead, the other party will definitely use it as an excuse to get close to Xia Tian next time.

So Ah Ying gave up.

I heard that the other party later contacted Gigi Lai... Ah Ying told Xia Tian about their life after he went back, and they talked about many things in their lives.

Wang Fei, who was standing nearby, quickly came over, holding a book in her hand.

"Sister Ying, Sister Ying, don't forget the novel!" She held up the book in her hand.

The book was standard size, with two oil painting-style male figures on a black background, holding shovels and pickaxes, wearing headlamps and helmets, and a pretty girl dressed in a tight-fitting outfit... A candle was lit in one corner, emitting a green glow.

The book title, written in large yellow letters, drips down as if from melting wax: "Ghost Blows Out the Light: The Ancient Kingdom of Jingjue," by Xia Tian!
The bottom line of smaller print reads: "Humans light candles, ghosts blow them out; geomancers search for auspicious peaks by digging tombs; when the lamp changes color, the ghost keeps the person..."

Ah Ying quickly said, "Oh, right! Ah Tian, ​​your novel has been published, it's 'Ghost Blows Out the Light'! Haha, it was officially released this morning!" Her voice was filled with joy and pride.

Meanwhile, Wang Fei shouted loudly, "Brother Tian'er, the novel is selling like hotcakes! We've placed ads in the newspaper a few times, and it almost sold out this morning!"

Summer still has a lot of influence in Hong Kong. Whenever there is a music album release or a movie premiere, people of all ages in Hong Kong give her a lot of support.

Of course, summer has never disappointed them.

Whether it's acting, directing, or producing, any work bearing his name is guaranteed to be good!
This trust was built up step by step!

You can say you don't like one of his works, but you definitely can't say which one is bad.

Even the martial arts novel "Kunlun", the novellas "The Eighth Bronze Man of Shaolin", "The Bird Without Feet", "The Great Ming Dynasty", etc., are all masterpieces!
There are very few writers in Hong Kong who can produce works of this caliber.

Across Mainland China, Taiwan, and Hong Kong, Brother Tian'er enjoys an excellent reputation!

And this time, "Ghost Blows Out the Light" is even more remarkable.

Because the promotional material states that it is currently only published in Hong Kong, and there are concerns about its potential negative impact on the mainland... This is a banned book!

If it weren't for the book's title, "Ghost Blows Out the Light," which sounds like a horror story, everyone would have thought that Brother Tian'er had finally figured things out and was writing a work that everyone would enjoy!
The book received very positive feedback, with a large number of people reviewing it in the newspaper the following day.

Although many critics were critical, saying things like the subject matter was vulgar and the message was bad—it's just writers being jealous of each other—there was much more praise.

From the perspective of popular literature, this book is truly excellent!

It might be "better" than all the writing I did last summer!
Yes, it's beautiful!
Some people, seeing the novel's opening about "educated youth going to the countryside," thought that Xia Tian would write about some kind of trauma, but unexpectedly, he changed the style and went to the 1980s!
Then comes the description of the vast forests of Northeast China—five or six million people from Hong Kong are crammed onto these few small islands; where have they ever seen anything like this before!
The last time I was this impressed was when I watched the documentary "Traveling Through China" in the summer!

That time I truly saw the vast land and expansive territory!
Can you imagine Hong Kong as a place that "sees as far as the eye can see"?

No way! Unless you're looking at the ocean, you can really see the whole thing from one glance.
Then came those perilous adventures. At first, it was tomb raiding, with things like the Eight Treasures Glazed Fire Dragon Top and the side tunnels... It was so professional!

Behind them were even the red-haired corpse of General Jin Guo, and the Japanese Kwantung Army's underground military base separated by a wall!

There were also giant pig-nosed bats and cave-dwelling ground sloths, and mercury dolls used as funerary offerings...

By the way, that sixteen-character Yin-Yang Feng Shui secret technique sounds really powerful!
Hong Kong is superstitious, no, the island is even more superstitious... or rather, the mainland is the only place in the world that isn't superstitious!

Think about it, either they are religious or they have a low level of education. It's true that people in inland areas don't believe in these things.

Of course, in ten years we'll believe it~
In short, people in Hong Kong are particularly superstitious about this kind of thing.

What about fortune telling and feng shui? Every wealthy person has some kind of feng shui landscaping in front of their company.

Insiders also revealed that the entrance to the newly built, more than ten-story building of Baize Venture Capital was decorated by Xia Tian himself!

From the two stone-carved Qilin to the goldfish pond and green plants, everything was arranged at his request...

Moreover, there is a three-meter-high Taishan stone in front of the building, which was actually transported from Taishan. It is inscribed with "Om Mani Padme Hum", which is said to have been written by him personally.

Well, this is hard to explain!

Summer never expected these idle people to be so damn good at guessing... and you know what, they actually guessed some of them right.

Of course, he would never admit it.

The answer is simple: I enjoy creating garden landscapes.
This book, "Ghost Blows Out the Light," can be said to have started a "tomb raiding craze" in Hong Kong—both in literary and film works.

After all, although there are cemeteries here, where are the ancient tombs? There aren't any.

While there are some films and television series with feng shui themes, they mainly focus on feng shui. I've never seen a novel with such a detailed description of underground tombs and such a strong atmosphere before!
Many people are tempted and want to capitalize on the hype by making a tomb raiding movie or something.
Never underestimate the enthusiasm of the people here for making money; their speed in following trends is simply unparalleled.

On the third day after the release of "Ghost Blows Out the Light" this summer, many people may not have even finished reading the book yet, but some people have already started thinking about whether a similar movie could be made!
You know what, after Wang Fei told Xia Tian about this, Xia Tian herself also considered it.

If a film adaptation of "Ghost Blows Out the Light" were to be made, who would be the most suitable actor from Hong Kong?
The trio consists of two men and one woman, plus a fat guy...

Big Nose Dragon, Fat Man Hung, and Michelle Yeoh?!
And then they'll cast Yuen Biao as Big Gold Tooth?!

Hahaha~
(End of this chapter)