Years: Salted fish life since going to the countryside.

Chapter 1446: The Truth Is Unsatisfactory
Zhong Chuhong interrupted Liu Jialing's words, which made her stunned for a moment, but she immediately asked.

"Sister Hong, is there anything else we need to pay attention to?
Zhong Chuhong: "Ahem, Jialing, you have to know that those who participate in beauty pageants are basically beautiful women with good looks and figures. People with average looks can't even pass the preliminary round.

When everyone is not much different, then what matters is the details, such as hairstyle, makeup, temperament, image, and small accessories worn on the body. Each of these is a help to the contestant.

Moreover, times are constantly changing, and the perspectives of judges and audiences are also changing. What they like to watch this year may be different from what they liked last year.

By then, some of the candidates will have the most fashionable hairstyle, the most appropriate makeup, and wear sparkling accessories, and they will look like very trendy modern girls at first glance.

Some contestants are rustic, with their hairstyles and makeup done by a common makeup artist backstage. Which one do you think the audience will like? Which one will the judges give a higher score?
That’s why I said that being able to walk skillfully in high heels is only the most basic requirement.

If you really want to participate in a beauty pageant, you still have a lot to learn and a long way to go. It’s not enough to just speak Cantonese well and wear high heels well.”

What Zhong Chuhong said was something she only realized after she lost the election. Now telling Liu Jialing it was the truth from the bottom of her heart.

Zhong Chuhong now tells Liu Jialing all the experiences she gained from failure without reservation, and anyone who hears them will say that she is righteous.

However, it was precisely because of Zhong Chuhong's truthful words that Liu Jialing's future plans were directly disrupted, and the flame of her vision for a better life in the future was mostly extinguished.

Liu Jialing realized after a little thought that what Zhong Chuhong said was true, but this also made her thoughts confused.

Liu Jialing knows the current conditions of herself and her family. She listens, speaks and practices pronunciation more in her daily life and sooner or later she will be able to speak fluent Cantonese.
As for the issue of high heels, she talked to her mother and decided to buy her the most beautiful pair of shoes and practice more often. It would not be a problem.

At this time, Liu Jialing didn't quite understand what the hairstyle and makeup were all about, and how much effect they could have.

But Liu Jialing knew about jewelry. No woman would dislike those sparkling and shining jewels. She could also imagine that wearing beautiful jewelry would definitely add a lot of points.

But those jewels were beyond Liu Jialing's imagination at the moment. Given her family's financial situation, it would be useless even if she went to her parents and talked her mouth off. Even after two years, it would be difficult to get them.

But Liu Jialing was not willing to live such a boring and difficult life. Otherwise, she would not have approached her boss Zhong Chuhong and asked her questions and tried to build relationships with her after she found out that she had participated in a beauty pageant.

Especially after Liu Jialing's eyes were opened last night, her unwillingness became even stronger, so she had already decided in her heart that the beauty pageant was the shortcut.

But Liu Jialing also knows her own and her family's conditions. Unless there are special circumstances, this is the only way she can look like after she has mastered her accent and participates in a beauty pageant.

The most I can do is find someone to do my hair. As for accessories, I either don't wear them at all, or I go to Ladies' Street and buy those plastic products that are obviously fake.

But if that's the case, how can she get into the top three? If she can't get into the top three, then wouldn't she be like her boss Zhong Chuhong, with no contract from the company and can only stay at home and wait for opportunities.

But the boss is a native of Hong Kong after all, and she or her family knows some people locally, so she got the opportunity to make a movie.

But she was just a newcomer to Hong Kong and knew almost no one here. It was almost impossible to find such an opportunity without connections.

If that were to happen, what would be the point of her bothering to participate in the beauty pageant?
The more Liu Jialing thought about it, the more confused she became, and the more confused she became, the stronger the resentment she felt.

Zhong Chuhong gently rubbed her waist which seemed to be still a little sore, and looked at Liu Jialing, whose expression kept changing as she sat opposite her. However, she said nothing and just concentrated on writing something in the notebook.

Anyway, she has already thrown the bait, and whether the other party will take the bait depends on her own choice.

If the other party took the bait, Zhong Chuhong would not only be able to take the initiative, but also find someone to help her share the pressure at a very low cost. Even if this time was destined to be short, it would be enough for her two sisters to grow up a little bit.

If Liu Jialing doesn't take the bait, then Zhong Chuhong will have to plan to talk to her husband about letting her two sisters live at home as soon as possible.

Moreover, I don’t know whether they can or are willing to help share the pressure with me. All these require time to cultivate and test bit by bit.

Therefore, in her heart, Zhong Chuhong still hoped that Liu Jialing would take the bait, but she would not mention such things on her own initiative, otherwise how could she control the other party.

When neither of them spoke, the only sounds in the room were the sound of Zhong Chuhong's pen scratching across paper and Liu Jialing's somewhat unsteady breathing.

However, because Liu Jialing took too long to come out, the semi-finished fabrics squeezed on her workbench had affected the work of those behind her, and people in the workshop were shouting her name loudly in the yard.

"Liu Jialing, Liu Jialing, you've been in the toilet for a long time."

The shouting of her co-workers interrupted Liu Jialing's thoughts. She quickly apologized to Zhong Chuhong and walked outside.

Liu Jialing's original craftsmanship was not very good, and now that she was confused, she was inevitably distracted while working, so naturally there were problems with the things she made.

When the team leader in charge of quality inspection saw this, he immediately reprimanded her and asked her to redo the work.

(Team leader: usually refers to the manager who is responsible for managing a specific production team. In some places in Hong Kong, team leaders are called "laochang".)
Liu Jialing listened to the class monitor's reprimand and looked at the clothes that needed to be reworked. She thought that if she couldn't get into the top three in the beauty pageant, she might have to live like this for the rest of her life. This made her feel a nameless anger rising in her heart.

This anger made Liu Jialing upset and she wanted to go up and give the squad leader a good beating. Just as she was about to take action, her mother saw the situation and ran over.

This made Liu Jialing suppress the impulse, but she still grabbed the clothes on the workbench in front of her and threw them hard a few times.

At this time, the class monitor had been persuaded to leave by Liu Ma and did not see Liu Jialing's provocative behavior, otherwise she would have been scolded again.

However, after Liu Jialing was scolded by her mother, she felt even more uncomfortable and became more determined to get rid of this kind of life.

When Han Li was revising his thesis at home, Zhong Chuhong came back with the freshly bought ingredients. When she saw the clothes and shoes at the entrance, she shouted inside.

"Honey, when did you come back?"

"Xiao Honghong is back, and I have been back for a short time."

Zhong Chuhong heard Han Li's voice coming from the study and knew that her man must be busy, so she didn't continue talking, but changed her clothes and shoes and walked over.

After Zhong Chuhong came to the study, she refilled Han Li's cup of tea and then spoke.

"Honey, I went to the company today and told my dad about your plan. He is already preparing for it."

While Zhong Chuhong was thinking about how to tell her man, Liu Jialing did not go home with her mother after get off work, but got on a minibus to Nandao, Hong Kong with an angry look on her face.

Liu Jialing didn't know why she wanted to go to South Island. Maybe she wanted to temporarily leave the backward New Territories, or she wanted to experience the prosperity of South Island again. Or maybe she had other ideas.
(End of this chapter)