You've passed the college entrance examination, but can't you make it in the entertainment

Le Yan hasn't had such a comfortable day for a long time.

After the roadshow of "Charlotte's Troubles" ended, the only thing he had to do was to go to school. He didn't have to worry about work or run around, and he made up for the rest time he had lost in the past two years.

But if people have been busy for too long, they will feel uneasy when they suddenly have free time.

The principle is just like the working people who have been busy all their lives will always want to go out and find something to do when they retire, and they can't sit still.

Le Yan woke up from his dreams several times. When he touched his forehead, he found that it was sweating profusely and the clothes on the back were also wet.

He takes a break just after making a little achievement. Won't those who are chasing him overtake him?
The so-called "vacation" in the past only meant that he didn't need to join the crew to film or go out to record a show, but he was still very busy.

Why is this holiday so relaxing?

He carefully counted the things he could do.

Now he no longer needs to rely on a system to compose songs, so he wrote more than a dozen songs before the Chinese New Year. He is also very familiar with recording, and the recording of the songs was completed more than a month ago. If he wants to release an album, he can start at any time without doing anything else.

Deng Xuefeng went to film a movie, and even though he was in Kyoto, the special training for Le Yan had been suspended for a long time. Deng Xuefeng said that he had taught everything he could, and from now on it would be up to Le Yan to appreciate life on his own.

The acting teacher went on strike, so Le Yan turned his attention to the vocal teacher Li Yiran.

Li Yiran’s singing skills have improved, and his teaching can be upgraded again.

But it just so happened that when Le Yan begged Li Yiran to have a "teacher-student romance" with him, Li Yiran decided to go abroad for further studies.

What she saw and heard in Lens made Li Yiran not satisfied with her development in China and wanted to expand into several Southeast Asian countries. It happened that Le Yan introduced her to a gold medal producer who was famous in Southeast Asia at the film festival.

Li Yiran plans to stay in the neighboring country for a while, one is to understand the market, and the other is to collaborate with the producer on an album to prepare for opening up the Southeast Asian market in the future.

His plan to improve himself completely fell through, and LeYan turned his attention to his company Superstar Entertainment.

He had to go to school during the day and could not go to pay his respects to Ye Xinchun. He looked forward to receiving a call from Ye Xinchun every day.

In the "Random Matchmaking" incident, Ye Xinchun and Deng Xuefeng didn't create any sparks, but it did bring her and Le Yan closer.

By meeting frequently, Le Yan knew her preferences very well, and even a lump of ice could be melted away.

Previously, Ye Xinchun took Le Yan to visit high-level figures in the industry in order to allow him to get in touch with senior figures in the industry as soon as possible, in preparation for Le Yan to enter the management level after her retirement.

Now I have met almost all the people I should meet, and have gotten to know almost all the people I should know. Taking Le Yan to social events is purely to keep him company.

But Ye Xinchun was not willing to let the company's ace artist accompany her.
She told Le Yan not to take him to ordinary social events, and to take him when there were "big occasions" and "big people" around.

Every road was blocked. Le Yan felt so uncomfortable, as if there were thousands of ants crawling on his body.

Why isn't there anything for me to do?

One afternoon during break.

Le Yan, Qi Rui and Fang Xiaoyu were playing the bottle throwing game at the entrance of the teaching building, attracting countless footsteps to stop.

The students were curious at first. Could it be that Le Yan, the famous actor and school idol both inside and outside the school, was playing that boring game?

No, no?

After they saw clearly that they were playing the game that even elementary school students didn't play, many people couldn't help but comment:
“It’s really hard to be idle.”

"Le Yan, they scolded us for being bored." Fang Xiaoyu planned to buy love milk tea for Wang Tiantian during the break, but Le Yan forced him to stay and play with him.

To be honest, Fang Xiaoyu wanted to go back to the classroom.

"They are scolding you, not me." Le Yan deftly shook his right wrist upwards, and the bottom of the bottle hit the ground a few times before finally falling down. "I'm on vacation, and you have no work."

It was Qi Rui's turn. He picked up the bottle, looked at the scorching sun above his head and said:

"too hot."

Fang Xiaoyu has Wang Tiantian, Le Yan has Li Yiran, and now every girl passing by may be Qi Rui’s future true love.

Le Yan is indeed important, but face and wife are more important.

"Play for a while longer." Le Yan reached out to take the bottle.

"Let's try something else. None of us three can throw it." Qi Rui hid the bottle behind him.

They threw away the ten minutes during the ten-minute break.

No one can make a mineral water bottle stand steadily on the ground.

Why bother looking for a game that you can't play well?

"Throw it again, it will definitely work this time." Le Yan went to pick up the bottle that Qi Rui had placed behind him.

"Let's go, play by yourself." Qi Rui gave the bottle to Le Yan and took Fang Xiaoyu away.

We have done our best by playing with you for ten minutes!
Le Yan threw the bottle away and it stood steadily on the ground:
"Stand firm, stand firm!"

Le Yan picked it up and threw it again, and the bottle stood upright again:

"I can stand firm every time, just look at me!!"

Qi Rui and Fang Xiaoyu disappeared in the teaching building without looking back, and Le Yan threw the bottle angrily.

"I didn't even bring [Wealthy and Magnificent] to play with you, and you still feel bored?!"

He kicked the bottle he had thrown all the way back to the classroom. He had another class to go to, and after the class he planned to go to the studio.

With the salary he pays, those employees wouldn't dare not to accompany him, right?
Before Le Yan even walked into the classroom, he received a WeChat message from Su Tian asking for help.

He shouted excitedly, accelerated and slid to his knees:

"It's finally my turn!"

Su Tian asked Le Yan for help just to find someone to take the blame, and he never thought that Le Yan could handle the matter. He was still working overtime to get the team to prepare various publicity plans.

On the other hand, Le Yan had no idea that he was just a tool. When he took on this job, he had only one thought in mind - it must be done!
Although Le Yan is full of fighting spirit, he cannot leave Kyoto now. He has taken too many leaves in the past few semesters. During this period of time, he has to stay in school and earn credits.

People cannot go to Hong Kong, but they have countless pairs of "eyes" in Hong Kong.

Before Le Yan left Hong Kong, he confronted all the older women he met there.

"I'm not the son of a barbecue shop owner/supermarket owner/debt collector/gigolo. In fact, I'm a celebrity. I was just experiencing life before."

But Le Yan has no fame at all in Hong Kong.

The old ladies who seldom surf the Internet and don't know much about the mainland entertainment industry not only didn't take him seriously, but also thought he was quite humorous. They became closer to Le Yan.

In particular, the vegetable vendors in several vegetable markets near the set of "Sweet Honey" all left their contact information with him.

Le Yan squinted his eyes and stroked the portraits of grandmas and aunties with his fingers.

Knowing yourself and knowing your enemy can help you win a hundred battles.

Don't panic, let me find out about the enemy first. There are no intelligence agencies in modern society, otherwise the vegetable market would definitely be one of the best ways to hide, just like how brothels in every martial arts novel are always related to intelligence networks.

There is a mixed crowd in the vegetable market. The more people you come into contact with, the more things you know, and the aunties in the vegetable market are those spies.

"Go! Explore again and report back!"

Le Yan spent half a day getting an in-depth understanding of the situation in Hong Kong from the aunts.

In addition to knowing in advance that the entire circle is closed, artists don't like to get involved in new things, the new generation of artists are lame, and there is a lack of successors in the entertainment industry, he also learned a lot of "gossip" about big names.

"xxx loves eating durian the most. He comes to our market every now and then to get two. It's the one you ate at."

"XX is very afraid of death. All his elders died of cancer. He goes to the temple to perform rituals every month."

"xxx loves to run in the morning. She goes out for a run before dawn. I have seen her several times when I went to stock up on goods in the morning."

After organizing the collected information, Le Yan quickly formulated a plan.

Su Tian is in contact with the artist's work team. The team's refusal does not mean that the artist himself will also refuse. Many decisions are made by the team with the starting point of protecting the artist. Le Yan, who is also an artist, has a deep understanding of this.

Before he entered the entertainment industry, he often saw gossip about which artist was a big shot or which artist was difficult to work with. Later, when he entered the entertainment industry, he found that many of these misunderstandings were caused by team staff and had nothing to do with the artist.

It is very likely that the big-name Hong Kong artists themselves were not aware of the cooperation requirements for "Sweet Honey" and were rejected by their teams before they even got the proposal.

"Su Tian said that he will continue to work hard to advance. In this case, let's advance from both directions."

Le Yan looked at the records in the notebook, stroked his chin and muttered to himself:

“I focus on the artist himself.”

The plan was decided, but how to implement it once again stumped Le Yan.

Aunties and grandmas can only provide information, but cannot be sent to contact artists.
If you want to have the opportunity to sit down and chat with Hong Kong's big-name artists, you must be a person of some status.

Le Yan cannot leave Kyoto for the time being. Who should he choose to do things for him?
A vegetable market in Hong Kong.

King Yu Daping walked towards the fruit stall deep in the vegetable market as usual.

He is a big shot outside, but once he enters this vegetable market, he is just an ordinary Hong Kong citizen.

This area is where he was born. The vendors here grew up with him, and the people who come here to buy vegetables are his childhood neighbors. Everyone prefers to call him "Pingzi" rather than "King Yu Daping".

In fact, there are many delicious durians in Hong Kong, and even more in the wet markets, but he only recognizes this one.

When people get older, they like to eat for the feelings rather than the taste of the food itself. Looking at these familiar faces, he will feel inexplicably happy.

This mentality has also affected his work status in recent years. New things no longer attract him. What he thinks in his head, remembers in his heart, and wants to see with his eyes are all things from decades ago.

"Pingzi, are you here to buy durian again? Do you want to see the fish?"

"You came here to buy something just the day before yesterday, and you're here again today? Eating too much durian will cause you to get a sore throat. Give me a cup of herbal tea to cool you down!"

"Hello Pingzi~"

Yu Daping greeted everyone one by one, smiling and waving his hand:

"I won't buy anything else. I've already eaten. I've already eaten."

He walked slowly to the fruit stall, and in addition to the familiar owner, he also saw a familiar foreigner.

"Jacky? Why are you here?!" Yu Daping stopped and opened his arms to the middle-aged man opposite him.

Jacky is a very famous photographer in the industry, and he has had the honor of working with Jacky several times.

How come this foreign photography master was in the vegetable market?

This is too unbelievable!
"Ping, I recently came to Hong Kong for work, and a friend recommended it to me, saying that the durian here is particularly delicious. He told me to come and try it. What are you doing here?" Jacky, wearing sunglasses, stopped picking the durian, turned around and hugged Yu Daping.

"You have come to the right place. I can say responsibly that the best durian in Hong Kong is served here!" Yu Daping never expected that there would be someone who had the same hobby as him. Could the other person also be a native who grew up here?

Having the same hobbies means they are very likely to have the same feeling - nostalgia.

He couldn't help but become curious, who is this person?
"Which friend recommended this place to you? I really want to meet him!" Yu Daping said without any concealment.

Maybe we knew each other when we were kids!
Jacky seemed to be very interested in this topic. He completely forgot about the durian and took off his sunglasses and said excitedly:

"His name is Le Yan, a new friend I've met in the past two years. He's a very promising actor, a very talented singer, and also the most talented musician in mainland China. Ping, I'd love to introduce him to you!"

Yu Daming felt lost at first.

The mainland artist's fantasy of having a close friend was shattered.

Afterwards, he carefully searched for the name "Le Yan" in his mind, but found that he had no impression of it at all.

There are so many mainland artists that it is impossible for him to know every one of them.

But since I haven't heard of him, it means this artist is not "famous".

If you are not famous, there is no need to rush to get to know him.

"Do you know how to choose durian? Let me help you choose." Yu Daming changed the subject.

Compared to unknown artists, he is more interested in durian.

Jacky did not go into the topic any further and picked the durian again:
"To be honest, I'm not very good at choosing. Can you help me find one? By the way, Le Yan also recommended a beef offal shop called 'Xinlan' next to the vegetable market. He said it's hard to find there. Ping, do you know where that shop is?"

Yu Daping stopped again.

Xinlan beef offal shop?
The small shop only has four tables, and only old locals who have lived nearby for decades would know where it is.

What is the background of this Le Yan?

The dream of having a confidant was rekindled in his heart.

"I know that place. I'll take you there later. Did this Le Yan grow up in Hong Kong?" Yu Daping asked carefully.

It was rude to ask a stranger about his information, but he really wanted to find someone who shared the same interests as him.

Jacky thought about it seriously:
"As far as I know, no, he was born and raised in the mainland."

Yu Daming sighed in disappointment and lowered his head to pick durian again.

He comforted himself: Forget it, how could it be such a coincidence?
There are many people who grew up nearby, but how many are as nostalgic as he is?

People are more willing to embrace new things
Not to mention that I'm a mainlander, how could I possibly 'empathize' with him?
As he was thinking about this, Jacky took out a piece of paper from his pocket and handed it to Yu Daming:

"Ping, besides this place and Xinlan Niu Zaodian, Le Yan also recommended these places to me. Can you see where else you know?"

Yu Daming's pupils first dilated, then shrank, and then shrank several times. After reading all the words on the note, he excitedly snatched the paper away:
"Jacky, can I meet your friend?"

Do you know any other places?
All written here are his childhood memories! (End of this chapter)