Entertainment: Since 1990

Chapter 55 This man is a bit hard to understand
After bidding farewell to Hu Weili, Cao Jiancai and a somewhat dazed Zhou Huimin left TVB.

There were not many people signing up for the TVB Artist Training Class this year, and there were no good talents, so the class was not opened.

Although Cao Jian was a little disappointed, he was not in a hurry.

If it doesn’t work out this year, there’s always next year. Anyway, I’ve already found a good teacher and have gained entry into TVB.

At the same time, he was also worried about the release of "Hometown Original Scenery" in Japan, and suggested that the teacher release a pure music album before the end of May and include this magical song.

"You've worked hard today, how about I treat you to a meal?"

After getting into Zhou Huimin's car, Cao Jian looked at the time and saw that it was already past one o'clock, so he invited the beautiful woman.

"I'm not hungry."

Zhou Huimin directly refused.

The paparazzi in Hong Kong are very powerful, and she doesn't want to be photographed secretly.

My rumored boyfriend is very stingy and is afraid that there will be trouble if he knows that I am having dinner with another man.

"It's almost one o'clock, aren't you hungry?"

Cao Jian thought for a moment and said with a smile, "How about this, I'll ask you a question. If you can't answer it, please do me the honor of treating you to a meal, and then do me a favor this afternoon."

"Not interested in."

Although Zhou Huimin admired Cao Jian's talent, she didn't want to have anything to do with this man.

Being a guide is forced, and you still want to eat together?
Dream on!
"The question is very simple. If you can answer it, I will write a song for you."

“I can’t sing Mandarin songs.”

“Although my Cantonese is average, I still have no problem writing a song.”

Cao Jian smiled and said, "Anyway, you won't suffer any loss. You just saw my level."

"Then tell me what question you want to ask first?"

Zhou Huimin was only a 24-year-old girl after all, and out of curiosity, she decided to listen to the questions first.

"A reporter went to Antarctica to interview a group of penguins. He asked the first penguin, 'What do you do every day?' The penguin replied, 'Eat, sleep, and play games!'

Then he asked the second penguin, and the penguin still said: "Eat, sleep and play!" He asked the third penguin, and the answer was the same.

The reporter was puzzled as to why every penguin gave the same answer."

Cao Jian spoke with great passion and emotion, which really piqued Zhou Huimin's interest. She tilted her head and listened carefully while driving.

"really beautiful."

Cao Jian looked at the slightly upturned lips and the smooth cheeks like jade, and felt that beauties could also emerge from the slums.

He secretly praised her and continued, "The reporter kept asking 99 penguins this question, and they all gave the same answer. When he got to the 100th penguin, he asked the same question: 'What do you do every day?' The little penguin replied: 'Eat and sleep.'

The reporter asked again in surprise: "Why don't you hit Doudou?" Do you know how the penguin answered?

Zhou Huimin was stunned. How could she know? She opened her eyes wide and looked puzzled: "I don't know."

Cao Jian smiled and said, "Then let's go eat first. I'll tell you while we're eating. Then do me a favor."

"You tell me the answer first, and I'll think about it."

Zhou Huimin didn't want to wait until dinner time, and really wanted to know why the penguin didn't hit Doudou in the end.

"Ok."

Cao Jian, wanting to tease the beautiful woman, replied, "The reporter asked the same question, and the little penguin said, 'I'm Doudou!'"

"???"

At first, Zhou Huimin didn't understand the joke, but she quickly caught on: "Haha, so everyone was beating him up."

"You smiled"

Cao Jian finally made Zhou Huimin, who had been sullen, laugh: "Keep your word, let's go eat first."

Zhou Huimin thought for a moment and said, "Then let's go eat near the company, or forget it."

"It doesn't matter."

It doesn't matter where we eat, as long as she agrees, it's a good start.

Feeling proud, Cao Jian hummed softly: "You look so beautiful when you smile, hmm hmm hmm hmm"

"Toad wants to eat!"

Although Zhou Huimin thought so in her heart, she still felt that the melody hummed by Cao Jian sounded pretty good.

Although he is a toad, he seems to be a very talented toad. He can come up with beautiful melodies off the cuff?

There is a nice restaurant downstairs from the company, and the two of them ordered a few dishes casually.

As an actor, she needs to maintain her figure, so Zhou Huimin doesn't eat much.

After taking a few bites, she asked, "What do you want me to do for you?"

"Look, I've written a book and I'm looking for a publisher. I'm not familiar with Hong Kong. Do you know any?"

"Publishing house? Writing a book?" Zhou Huimin raised her head, staring at Cao Jian with her beautiful eyes, with a strange expression.

"how?"

"What exactly do you do? You signed a contract with PolyGram, became Hu Weili's apprentice, and even want to enroll in an artist training class. Now you say you can write a book?"

Zhou Huimin does not have a high level of education, but she relies on her looks and singing voice to make it in the entertainment industry.

He naturally looks up to people who have writing skills.

“People in the mainland are multi-talented.”

Cao Jian first wanted to change Hong Kong people's views on mainlanders. He laughed and said, "I wrote this last year when I was bored and wanted to make more money."

"That's true."

Speaking of making more money, Zhou Huimin deeply agrees. She also wants to make more money. After all, her family was also very poor when she was young.

Zhou Huimin suddenly rolled her eyes and agreed with a smile: "Then I'll help you. After dinner, I'll take you to a publishing house."

After saying this, the Jade Maiden Sect Leader was worried that Cao Jian might misunderstand, so she reminded him, "I'm helping you because I see it's not easy for you to come to Hong Kong. Please don't misunderstand me. I...I...advise you not to have any other thoughts."

"understand!"

Cao Jian agreed with a smile, thinking to himself, this girl is very confident about her appearance.

Remind me not to think about you?

If you don't have any ideas, why don't I look for Li Ming? Why would I look for you?

It's obvious that he wants to cheat on you!

There are many publishing houses in Hong Kong, but generally speaking, novels like to be serialized in newspapers.

The novels of "Jin Guliang", a representative of martial arts novels, were first serialized in newspapers to make some money, and then they would find a publishing house to publish the physical books.

After dinner, Cao Jian returned to his residence and brought with him the manuscript of "A Step into the Past".

Zhou Huimin kept her promise and drove Cao Jian to the publishing house.

In fact, the father of Ni Zhen, the rumored boyfriend of Yu Nu Leader, is a writer and is very familiar with the publishing house.

But she didn't dare ask Ni Zhen for help, let alone let her rumored boyfriend know about it.

The car soon arrived in front of a building.

Parking the car on the side of the road, Zhou Huimin pointed to a big gate and said, "It's right here. Go in by yourself. I won't go in."

"Ming Pao Industrial Center?"

When Cao Jian saw these words on this not-so-big door, he rubbed his head. He didn't expect that Zhou Huimin would bring him here.

But it is no wonder that Ming Pao is the place with the most serialized novels. Novels by Jin Yong, Gu Long, Liang Yusheng and others have been published here, and the circulation is also very large.

"Go ask first and see how the royalties are calculated."

Cao Jian, carrying his bag, walked straight towards the small door.

Zhou Huimin, who was in the car, looked at Cao Jian's back and felt that she could no longer understand this young man.

He doesn't look very old, and he probably hasn't been to college. How could he write a novel? And he's not afraid of seeing Ming Pao?
Can his novel really be published?
Ming Pao is very famous in the Hong Kong novel world because of Jin Yong's novels.

Ni Kuang once said that this newspaper was supported by Jin Yong alone.

This is not an exaggeration at all. In the era when martial arts novels were flourishing, this newspaper had a daily circulation of nearly 200,000 copies, made a profit of HK$70 million last year, and was listed in 1991.

Therefore, the company is awesome.

As soon as Cao Jian entered the room, he was stopped by the lady at the front desk: "Who are you looking for?"

"I'm looking for your editor. I want to publish a novel."

Although Cao Jian has been learning Cantonese for nearly a year, he still has a slight accent.

This is just like how people who often speak Cantonese will have an accent when speaking Mandarin.

The receptionist was a native Hong Konger and was quite pretty.

However, he recognized Cao Jian's Cantonese accent and, seeing Cao Jian's youth, asked, "From the mainland? Or from Taiwan?"

“I’m from the mainland.”

Cao Jian really dislikes the word "mainland".

"Tsk~ Turns out he's from mainland China"

Upon hearing that the young man was from mainland China, the receptionist, with her innate sense of superiority, said impatiently, "Our editors at Ming Pao are all very busy. Without an appointment, we don't have time to see you."

"Snapped!"

Cao Jian raised his hand and slapped the woman who looked down on others.

What's wrong with those from the mainland? Do they feel superior because of colonization?
I'll give you a slap and see if the person in charge will come.

(End of this chapter)