Huayu: Starting from an Unemployed Male Model

Currently, the way people make a heart shape in the Chinese entertainment industry is by using their fingers; it hasn't evolved to using their cheeks yet. This will only become popular in the 2020s.

Wei Jun introduced this heart-shaped gesture to the Chinese entertainment industry a few years ahead of time, giving many artists and celebrities a new way to express their love through heart gestures.

The first to react were Zhao Liying and Lin Gengxin, who had just finished filming. The two were seen scattering food and making heart shapes with their cheeks at the wrap party, eliciting screams from the fans present.

Zhao Liying's wrap-up post included a photo of her wearing Chu Qiao's costume and making a heart shape with her cheeks.

At several events in Chengdu, Li Lin imitated Wei Jun's heart-making gesture by showering fans with food. She was very clever and, without any instruction, extended one hand to the fans to make half a heart. The fans would also extend their hands to make half a heart, and together they would form a complete heart.

Xu Lu and Xu Lingyue also uploaded selfies of themselves making a heart shape with their cheeks on Weibo, and tagged Wei Jun to thank him for teaching them a new way to make a heart shape, saying they found it very useful.

To Wei Jun's surprise, Nazha also followed suit. At a beauty event in Shanghai's Xintiandi, she not only made a heart shape with her hands on her cheeks for her fans, but also applied this heart-making gesture to the products, just like the heart shape on Wei Jun's bracelet.

What truly made the cheek heart gesture go viral was top idol Lu Han's cheek heart gesture to fans at a concert. Since then, this cheek heart gesture, introduced by Wei Jun, has become popular in the Chinese entertainment industry and has gradually spread to other social strata.

More and more celebrities are starting to use this heart-shaped hand gesture, including Kris Wu, Zhang Yixing, TFboys, Li Yifeng, Yang Yang, Liu Yifei, Yang Ying, Yang Mi, Meng Ziyi, Chen Duling, and others.

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Wei Jun's team has secured the endorsement deal for Minute Maid, with a fee of 300 million yuan per year. When Wei Jun received the contract, he once again exclaimed that Yang Chaoyue was his lucky assistant.

Wei Jun looked at Yang Chaoyue, who was sprawled on the office sofa, laughing hysterically while scrolling through videos. She didn't have that arrogant and conceited air about her, like someone who had brought in a big deal for the studio and demanded that everyone listen to her. She was still as cute and innocent as ever.

Faced with such a lovely assistant who also generates revenue for the studio, Wei Jun decided to reward her handsomely.

"Chaoyue," Wei Jun said, slid his swivel office chair over to Yang Chaoyue, and stared intently at her, "What reward do you want?"

Yang Chaoyue put away her phone, her eyes instantly lighting up like the sparkling lids of food being lifted in the anime "Cooking Master Boy." "Any reward is fine?"

Wei Jun nodded: "As long as I can do it."

He was prepared for a major hemorrhage.

Yang Chaoyue rested her chin on her right hand and tilted her small head: "...I want to go to Happy Valley."

Without a second thought, Wei Jun immediately agreed: "Okay, you can have a day off. Go have fun, the studio will cover all your expenses, is that all?"

Yang Chaoyue pointed at Wei Jun: "I want my boss to come with me to play."

Wei Jun was about to refuse on the grounds of being too busy with work when Yang Chaoyue directly pointed out: "You don't have any work these days, you're free. Don't try to refuse with such garbage excuses as being too busy with work. If you don't go, I won't go either."

Wei Jun wasn't embarrassed that his thoughts had been pointed out. After thinking for a moment, he agreed. He had to pamper his lucky assistant; who knew she might bring him the same surprise next time?

"Okay, if you don't mind that I, the boss, spoil your trip, then I'll go with you." Wei Jun said shrewdly.

"Boss, you really have affected my mood," Yang Chaoyue said with a sly smile, "after all, you're just too handsome."

Wei Jun was both amused and exasperated. He raised his index finger and tapped her several times. This little girl has such a sweet tongue, I like her.

The next day.

Wei Jun drove to Yang Chaoyue's dormitory building early in the morning.

The car was a rented secondhand vehicle. Originally, we wanted to use it as a business van for the studio, since it's a Toyota Alphard, often referred to as the "land-based first-class cabin." Many male celebrities in the Chinese entertainment industry use this car, such as Andy Lau, Jackie Chan, Sun Honglei, and Jia Nailiang...

But the license plate of this car is probably known to paparazzi and photographers, so it will be very troublesome to drive it out again.

Another business van is the Buick, a perennial favorite in the domestic business MPV market. It's frequently seen at large events, and celebrities who often use this car include Jay Chou and Dilraba Dilmurat...

Wei Jun waited downstairs for a while, and then Yang Chaoyue skipped and hopped downstairs.

Today she wore a white dress with light floral patterns, carried a cartoon backpack, and had her hair in pigtails, revealing a pair of slender, fair, and long legs, giving off a playful and cute vibe.

Yang Chaoyue's attire was very different from what she usually wore as Wei Jun's assistant. Due to the nature of her job, she couldn't wear skirts and could only wear jeans or similar items to make it easier to do odd jobs.

"How is it?" Yang Chaoyue twirled around in front of Wei Jun. "Isn't it cute to wear like this?"

Wei Jun is generous with his praise for beautiful things, nodding in response: "It is indeed cute, and it suits you very well."

Hearing her boss's praise, Yang Chaoyue smiled and happily got into the car.

"How's it going? Are you comfortable in the dorm?" Wei Jun asked her in the car.

Yang Chaoyue used to live in the restaurant dormitory. After joining Wei Jun's studio, Yang Hua rented a one-bedroom apartment for her near the company.

"It's a very good place to stay. I'm so grateful to Sister Hua for finding me such a comfortable place," Yang Chaoyue began to ramble on. "It's a million times better than the dormitory I used to live in."

Wei Jun nodded, stopped talking, and focused on driving.

Yang Chaoyue then took out one item after another from her cartoon backpack, as if she were doing a final check before setting off.

Phone, power bank, wet wipes, cosmetic samples, comb, mirror, Minute Maid, potato chips... Finally, I pulled out a bottle of sunscreen spray and sprayed it directly in the car.

sizzle.

Yang Chaoyue sprayed sunscreen several times on her face, arms, and legs, then called out to Wei Jun, "Boss, do you want me to spray some on for you?"

"I'm driving, don't mess around," Wei Jun stopped her. "I'll put on my own hat and mask later."

Yang Chaoyue reluctantly put away the sunscreen spray, looking at him with suspicion: "Why are you wearing a hat and a mask? In this hot weather, won't you die of heat if we go out to play?"

Wei Jun looked at her with an expression as if she were an idiot: "Your boss is a celebrity, the kind with a lot of buzz. If someone finds me playing with a girl at an amusement park, it'll be in the entertainment news."

"I don't want to go out during the day, only to come home at night and open Weibo to find the headline 'Rising star singer Wei Jun was spotted at Happy Valley with a woman, suspected of dating.'"

"But we're the boss and the assistant, can't we go out and have fun together?" Yang Chaoyue asked, her eyes wide.

Wei Jun looked straight ahead, no longer glancing at her: "Have you ever seen a male boss taking his female assistant to amusement parks outside of work hours?"

"It would be even worse if people found out that the male boss was taking his female assistant out. Those paparazzi and marketing accounts would write all sorts of nonsense, such as, 'Even rabbits don't eat the grass near their burrows, but Wei Jun is cheating on his female assistant. Assistant, assistant, is just helping you with your physical needs.'"

"Let's see if they'll write it like this?"

Yang Chaoyue was speechless, gaining a deeper understanding of paparazzi and marketing accounts in the entertainment industry.