Middle age: leisurely life in the entertainment industry

"Mr. Yu, welcome to Xiangjiang."

"Miss Wu, how dare you take the trouble to pick me up?" Yu Dongqing said with a smile.

"Why, it can't be done?"

"You are a big star in Hong Kong. If your fans see you, I'm afraid the waiting hall will be surrounded." Yu Dongqing joked.

"We in Xiangjiang are not as crazy as you mainland star chasers." Wu Jingqi said with a smile.

Sure enough, the passengers in the lobby were orderly, and some people obviously knew Wu Jingqi, but it was not like in the mainland where celebrities rushed over to take photos.

Yu Dongqing followed Wu Jingqi out of the waiting hall, got into her white BMW and quickly disappeared into the night.

Xiangjiang is as prosperous as the original time and space.

The streets are not very wide, lined with rows of colorful neon lights, traditional Chinese characters and English signboards harmoniously blended together, showing the charm of this city that combines Eastern and Western cultures.

"How is it? Does Xiangjiang look good at night?" Wu Jingqi asked, noticing Yu Dongqing looking out the window.

"It's quite beautiful, the Pearl of the Orient." Yu Dongqing smiled.

"I'll take you to Victoria Harbor later. The night there is the most beautiful in Hong Kong."

The hotel where Yu Dongqing stayed was the Peninsula Hotel, the oldest existing hotel in Hong Kong. She faced Victoria Harbour.

After Yu Dongqing entered the reserved hotel room, Wu Jingqi told him to take a rest first. She would wait in the lobby on the first floor and then go to visit Victoria Bay together.

"Miss Wu, it's too late, so I won't bother you." Yu Dongqing declined.

"Late? The nightlife in Xiangjiang has just begun? Night is the best entry point to understand Xiangjiang." Wu Jingqi smiled playfully.

All right

Yu Dongqing didn't let Wu Jingqi wait for long. After simply tidying up and washing up, she changed into a T-shirt and casual pants and went to the lobby on the first floor.

"Let's go." Wu Jingqi smiled sweetly.

The two strolled on the Avenue of Stars.

Next to it is Victoria Harbor. The skyscrapers on both sides of the strait light up their colorful lights one after another like a queue. They echo with the neon signs on the roofs of the buildings, the LED advertising lights on the nearby roads, and the yellow lighting of the adjacent residences. They shine on the waves. The sparkling water forms a colorful night scene.

The night breeze is blowing.

Wu Jingqi gently brushed her hair that was a little scattered by the night wind and said, "The night here is so beautiful. In fact, I rarely come here to play."

"oh?"

"I live in Kowloon Tong." Wu Jingqi replied.

It is also a geomantic treasure land.

Kowloon Tong is located in the northern part of Kowloon, Hong Kong. It is mainly composed of bungalows and villas, with a quiet environment and a strong cultural atmosphere.

It is said that in the original time and space, Jackie Chan bought Lin Fengjiao a villa worth hundreds of millions of dollars, located in Kowloon Tong.

"I have also been to Kowloon Tong. It is surrounded by mountains and rivers and is very beautiful." Yu Dongqing replied.

"Welcome to my home." Wu Jingqi smiled.

"There's a chance."

The two were walking and chatting, and Yu Dongqing asked casually: "Miss Wu, are you a native of Xiangjiang?"

"I guess so, but my parents are from Guangdong Province."

"oh?"

"I'm not afraid of your jokes. When my dad was young, he fled to Xiangjiang with my grandparents. I heard from my dad that my grandparents worked at the lowest level and lived in a small wooden house in Chaguoling."

"Do you know the cabin? I heard from my dad that it is four wooden boards 3 meters long and 2 meters wide connected together, with two large boards set up on top to form a roof, enclosing a few square meters of space. The outside of the wooden boards is ironed A layer of iron sheets, dug out doors and windows, this is my home.”

"It seems that your grandparents have suffered a lot." Yu Dongqing was very sympathetic.

"Yes. My dad also works hard every day, but things are much better in my generation. He went to school and grew up in Xiangjiang, and became a full-fledged Xiangjiang native."

"But my grandparents and my dad think they are not. They are from Guangdong Province. After the reform and opening up, policies were relaxed and exchanges between the two places became frequent, so they go back to their hometown every year to worship their ancestors, and they often bring me back, so I go back The mainland feels very friendly.”

I see.

"So I returned to the mainland to develop, and my parents were very supportive." Wu Jingqi finally said.

Yu Dongqing nodded: "Although Xiangjiang is prosperous, it is only a small place after all. The mainland market is vast and has huge potential."

"Then you have to help me." Wu Jingqi smiled.

ha?

Of course Yu Dongqing understood what she meant.

"I try my best."

The two left for a while before preparing to return. Wu Jingqi told Yu Dongqing that the company would send a car to pick him up at nine o'clock tomorrow morning and go to the company to discuss how to develop in the mainland.

"This is your company's plan. You don't need me as an outsider to participate, right?" Yu Dongqing asked.

"Because I want to hear your opinion."

Ah?

The two returned to the hotel door and broke up. Yu Dongqing rested for the night and got up the next morning to go to the restaurant to have breakfast. As agreed, when he left the hotel door, he saw a man asking politely in broken Mandarin: " Hello, Mr. Yu, I am Zhou Minghua from the public relations department of Lixing Company, please call me Hua Zai."

Andy?

Forget it, I can’t scream.

"Hello, Mr. Zhou."

"Mr. Yu, please come with me."

Yu Dongqing followed Zhou Minghua into a BMW and drove towards Tsim Sha Tsui, Kowloon.

The headquarters of Lijing Records is located in the Railway Building, No. 39 Chatham Road, Tsim Sha Tsui, Kowloon. After getting off the car, Yu Dongqing looked at the slightly old building. He knew that in the original time and space, it was the location of the famous Hong Kong PolyGram Records.

In the 1980s and 1990s, in Xiangjiang, the base camp of Cantonese songs in the Chinese music scene, stars from each of the three major record companies, Warner, China Star and Polygram, gathered together to create the heyday of Cantonese songs.

The most dazzling among them is undoubtedly "PolyGram".

The stars were so bright and brilliant back then, but unfortunately in the end, the dance pavilion and singing stage were always blown away by the rain and wind, leaving the fans with endless memories.

Will the Star Records in front of me follow the same path as PolyGram?

unknown.

Yu Dongqing entered the building and was taken to a conference room on the eighth floor. He saw a middle-aged woman sitting next to Wu Jingwen.

Yu Dongqing recognized it. It was Song Shufen, Wu Jingqi's manager. The other middle-aged man had a bit thick lips. After explaining to each other, he realized that it was Mou Guoliang, the music director of Lixing.

A few people sat down and exchanged a few words before hearing Mou Guoliang say in broken Mandarin: "Mr. Yu, I heard that you understand Cantonese?"

"Understand a little bit."

"Then let's talk in Cantonese." Mou Guoliang switched to Cantonese and became fluent immediately: "Mr. Yu, Miss Jingqi is preparing to enter the mainland music scene. As a famous mainland musician, you are relatively familiar with mainland music. I want to listen to it." I’d like to hear your opinions and suggestions on this.”

"Of course it's a good thing." Yu Dongqing said with a smile: "After all, the mainland market is much larger than the Xiangjiang market."

"But Miss Jingqi is planning to change her singing style." Song Shufen interjected.

oh?

Yu Dongqing glanced at Wu Jingqi, who was sitting opposite the sofa.