1990: Starting from Baojia Street

Xu Xiangjie was very happy to get Zhou Yan's approval, "Okay, then I will contact Seed Music tomorrow."

"Well, go ahead and contact him directly. I'll call Xu Junrong tomorrow and tell him."

Huanyin is a branch of Zhou Entertainment, so it is naturally under the management of Xu Junrong. Now any important decisions made by Huanyin will be reported to Xu Junrong as soon as possible.

If Xu Junrong cannot make the decision, then go to Zhou Hong and Zhou Yan.

Speaking of which, Xu Xiangjie now calls Zhou Yan directly, which seems like he is reporting to a higher level, and is a big taboo in the workplace.

However, since Xu Xiangjie is in charge of the Arts Department, his main task is to discover artists. His situation is special and he has the right to report directly to Zhou Yan.

Zhou Yan has been asking Huanyin to collect information on young musicians in Taiwan and Hong Kong, and Xu Xiangjie is now in charge of this matter.

And this was also because Zhou Yan happened to be in Taiwan, otherwise Xu Xiangjie would not have told Zhou Yan about this directly.

"Thank you, Teacher Zhou. I will definitely not let you down."

Seeing that Xu Xiangjie was about to issue a military order, Zhou Yan laughed and said, "Just treat it normally. No artist is 100% successful. We should proceed step by step and do our own thing well. What we need to do is to provide a platform for the artists, and the rest depends on them."

"I see."

Xu Xiangjie had long understood Zhou Yan's ideas.

"Are there any other good seeds in this seed music?" Zhou Yan asked again.

Xu Xiangjie thought for a moment and said, "Seed Music was just established last year, and there aren't many people there. They are either completely unknown newcomers or already famous people poached from other places. People like Zhou Chuanxiong are considered defective products that were not successfully developed by their company, so they are eager to get rid of Zhou Chuanxiong."

Zhou Yan asked if there were any other good talents in Seed Music. He wanted to find out about David Tao, but from what Xu Xiangjie said, it seemed that Seed Music was short of talent at this stage.

It is very likely that Tao Zhe has not yet gone to Seed Music. Zhou Yan is not sure when Tao Zhe went to Seed Music, nor is he clear about where Tao Zhe was before going to Seed Music.

He pondered for a moment and then asked, "Do you know Wang Zhiping?"

"Of course I know. We know each other. Taiwan's music circle is so small, and I have met all the producers who are a little famous. Although Wang Zhiping is not as famous as Li Shouquan and others, he has also participated in the production of many good works. He is quite familiar with Sister Mei. Teacher Zhou, why did you think of asking him?"

"Nothing, I just suddenly thought of him."

Zhou Yan didn't ask any more questions afterwards. He simply chatted with Xu Xiangjie for a few words and then hung up the phone.

He wanted to ask Xu Xiangjie directly if he knew Tao Zhe, but he thought it was too strange to ask, so he didn't say anything.

However, since he thought of Tao Zhe, Zhou Yan decided to pay more attention to him in the future.

If he could get David Tao to join Huanyin, it would be another deal that would not lose money. Zhou Yan was in a good mood when he thought that he might have David Tao, Leehom Wang, Wu Bai and Mayday at the same time.

Even if he failed to get Tao Zhe, given the current situation, being able to get Zhou Chuanxiong is already very good.

With Zhou Chuanxiong and the others the company signed before, there will be no worries for at least the next ten years.

After a while, Wang Zuxian came out of the bathroom wrapped in a bathrobe, and while drying her hair, she asked Zhou Yan, "Third brother, are you leaving tomorrow?"

"If you don't leave tomorrow, I can go shopping with you again."

Hearing that Zhou Yan would not leave tomorrow, Joey Wang came over with a smile and said, "Then let's go to the place where I used to go to school tomorrow."

"Guoguang Arts School?"

Wang Zuxian shook her head and said, "No, I only stayed in the Guoguang Arts School for less than a year, and I was not in the school most of the time."

The implication is that she spent a short time at the Guoguang Arts School and had no deep feelings for it.

"I'm talking about Huaisheng."

In fact, Joey Wong did not stay in Huaisheng for too long, because she was studying at Chongguang Girls' High School. Later, her father realized that she did not have any talent for studying, so he let her specialize in sports.

Chongguang Girls’ High School was too small and not suitable for physical training, so she was transferred to Huaisheng Junior High School.

Although she did not stay in Huaisheng Middle School for a long time, she was very happy during the time she was studying there.

Because she was carefree at that time, all she thought about every day was playing basketball well. And she did achieve some results in basketball during that period. She joined the Taipower Women's B Team and went to Hong Kong to compete with the Taipei City Middle School team.

At that time, she earned a subsidy of 9000 yuan from the basketball team, which was also the first money she earned in her life.

The second money she earned in her life was also earned in Huaisheng Junior High School. At that time, she was fifteen years old and was noticed by an advertising company. She first shot a cosmetics advertisement and was later selected as a model for Adidas and Heysongshatu.

It was also because of this experience that she decided to give up basketball and embark on the path of acting.

Compared to Zhou Yan, Joey Wong's student career was very short. After graduating from junior high school, she went to Guoguang Arts School, and then only studied there for more than a year before filming the movie "The Lakeside Will Be Very Cold This Year".

In other words, Joey Wong dropped out of high school after her first year.

Many people say that the National Kuo-Kuang School of the Arts is the National Central Academy of Drama and Yanfang University of Film and Television in Taiwan, but to be honest, there is no comparison at all. Now the National Kuo-Kuang School of the Arts is not even a university.

Joey Wong herself said that her student days were too short and she felt a little regretful.

"Sure, let's go to Huaisheng tomorrow."

"Our school is different from Jinling Middle School. Don't be disappointed."

"What's the point of comparing junior high school to high school? Do you want to tell your teacher when you get back?"

"No need, we'll just go over there and take a look around, it wouldn't be good if we alerted too many people."

"Can I come in?"

"It should be possible. If not, we can climb over the wall. The wall behind the school is not high."

Zhou Yan smiled and said, "It sounds like you used to climb over the wall a lot."

"I didn't. I'm here as a good student."

"You may have some misunderstanding about good students. We good students all go to major schools."

……

The next morning, standing under the wall behind Huaisheng Junior High School, Zhou Yan's expression froze.

He originally thought that Wang Zuxian was just joking when she said she wanted to climb over the wall last night, but he never expected that this girl was serious.

There is one thing that Joey Wong said that is correct. The wall behind Huaisheng Junior High School is indeed not high. The shortest part is only about 1.6 meters from the ground.

Zhou Yan could see inside the school by standing there without having to stand on tiptoe.

Obviously, everyone likes to climb over here, and there are many traces of climbing on the wall.

There are some green plants or moss on the walls in other places, but this one is bare and half of the brick has fallen off.

And that half brick is now lying firmly on the ground. Many people must have used this half brick to gain leverage when climbing over the wall.

While doing warm-up exercises, Wang Zuxian said to Zhou Yan, "I'll go over first, you hold me up from behind. I haven't exercised for a long time, and I don't feel as flexible as before. In the past, I could jump over this wall with one jump."

Zhou Yan curled his lips and smiled, "No wonder you wore pants today."

"It's still dark."

Wang Zuxian smiled, then jumped up, with both arms hanging on the wall. After holding on to the wall, she began to reach up with her right foot, trying to step over the wall. Seeing that she was struggling, Zhou Yan supported her buttocks from behind and helped her up.

With Zhou Yan's help, Joey Wong flipped over easily.

The wall on that side was obviously higher than this side. If Wang Zuxian stood on this side, she could still stick her head out, but after she climbed over, she disappeared.

She jumped inside and said, "Third brother, come over here too."

Zhou Yan pulled the corner of his mouth and said, "Step back."

"okay."

After Wang Zuxian retreated a long way away, Zhou Yan also took a few steps back, then started to run and rushed towards the wall.

However, a 1.6-meter-high wall was certainly no problem for Zhou Yan.

He didn't even have to put in any effort. He just jumped up lightly, grabbed the wall with both hands, and jumped over.

A set of movements, without any drag.

Wang Zuxian was stunned, "Third brother, you really have never climbed over a wall before?"

"Of course I climbed over the wall, but I didn't climb over the school wall."

"You're really good at climbing over walls."

Zhou Yan clapped his hands and looked around the school. "What is this house?"

"It's a comprehensive center. There's a cafeteria and a sports center inside. Some student organizations also have offices inside."

For a junior high school, this building is not small. Zhou Yan nodded, "It's quite impressive."

"Let's go over and take a look."

When she arrived at her alma mater, Joey Wong was in good mood and walked briskly to the back door of the comprehensive center.

After entering from the back door and walking up twenty or thirty steps, you will arrive at the front hall, which suddenly opens up.

Because it is class time, the comprehensive center is now quiet. There is no one in the front hall except a busy cleaning lady.

The aunt looked up at Zhou Yan and the others.

Although she was a little confused by the fact that the two men were wearing hats and sunglasses, she didn't look at them for long. She just glanced at them and continued to work.

"Come on, Third Brother, I'll take you upstairs to have a look."

After saying that, Joey Wong led Zhou Yan to the second floor.

Walking all the way to the easternmost end of the second floor, Joey Wong stopped in front of a door. Zhou Yan looked up at the sign on the door.

【Basketball Club】

The door was closed at this moment. Joey Wong tried pushing it but it didn't open, so she walked to the side.

There are many photos hung on the outer wall of the basketball team. The people in these photos are basically holding trophies. This should be considered as the wall of honor of their basketball team.

Wang Zuxian quickly found herself among the many photos, "Third brother, look."

Zhou Yan stretched his head to look. In the photo, Joey Wong was wearing a yellow No. 4 basketball jersey with her hands in her pockets. A female classmate wearing glasses stood next to her. Both of them had bright smiles on their faces.

When this photo was taken, Joey Wong must have just worked out, her hair was sweaty and her face was flushed.

At this time, Joey Wong had grown up completely. She looked quite heroic in her basketball uniform and did not look like a junior high school student at all.

Although there is no trophy in this photo, it occupies an important position on the wall of honor and takes up a large area.

Obviously, Joey Wong has a very high status in the basketball team. After all, it is not easy for an ordinary middle school like this to produce a big star like Joey Wong.

Looking at the photo of Wang Zuxian, who exudes a youthful aura, Zhou Yan smiled and said, "This photo must be quite old, right?"

"Well, it's been fifteen years. Third brother, what were you doing fifteen years ago?"

"Fifteen years ago..."

Zhou Yan tilted his head and thought about it.

Fifteen years ago, in 1981, Zhou Yan should have just been in the first grade of junior high school.

"I had just started junior high school that year."

Wang Zuxian smiled and said, "You are my junior, then. I was already in the third year of junior high school. And I was this tall then, definitely much taller than you."

Zhou Yan nodded, "When I first entered junior high school, I was probably only about 1.5 meters tall."

Wang Zuxian compared her height of 1.5 meters and said with a smile, "That should only reach my shoulders."

"almost."

Boys are supposed to develop later, but they grow very fast later on. When Zhou Yan graduated from junior high school, he was only 1.6 meters tall, but by the time he started his first year of high school, he was over 1.7 meters tall, having grown ten centimeters in two months.

By the end of my second year of high school, I was already 1.8 meters tall and never grew any taller after that.

Therefore, it is difficult for junior high school girls to fall in love with boys of the same grade, because most of the boys of the same grade are shorter than them.

It's not just a matter of being short. Girls of this age are also much more mature than boys.

When Zhou Yan was in junior high school, he was not noticeable at all except that he was a good student. Things got better when he entered high school because he had grown taller and more matured.

"Are you still in here?"

"Yes, here." Joey Wong pointed to another photo not far away and showed it to Zhou Yan.

This is a group photo. There are about 20 to 30 people in the photo. Because of her tall stature, Joey Wong stands in the middle of the second row.

There is no need for Joey Wong to introduce this photo, Zhou Yan can know the origin of this photo through the words printed on the photo.

This photo was taken in the fall of 1982. Their school won the Da'an District Middle School Girls Basketball Championship. After the award ceremony, all team members and school teachers took this group photo together.

Judging from the hairstyle and face shape, this photo and the previous one should have been taken very recently.

"You also won the championship, that's amazing."

"Although the value of this championship is not very high, we were all very happy to win it at that time."

“Being a district champion is pretty good.”

If an ordinary student won this kind of district championship, it would definitely be very good. But for someone like Joey Wong who has joined the Taipower team and represented Taipei in Hong Kong to participate in the middle school basketball competition, this championship is definitely not very valuable.

Junior high school basketball games, especially those for girls, are usually a fight between weak teams. If a team has a strong player, he or she can influence the direction of the game.

Among all the junior high school students, Joey Wong has the advantage of height. In addition, she has received professional basketball training since she was a child, and her level is far beyond that of her peers.

Her appearance in this kind of game is like Jordan playing in the CBA, she completely crushes everyone. (End of this chapter)