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Afternoon, Kai Tak Airport, Hong Kong.

The main creative team members of "Dream of Red Mansions" flew from Guangzhou to Hong Kong with great anticipation to attend the upcoming TV series premiere to be held by ATV.

Looking up from the window of the slowly descending plane, Hong Kong is densely populated with buildings and surrounded by mountains and sea.

Seeing the plane begin to land, Gong Chu asked curiously, "Brother-in-law said he would come to the airport to pick us up. I wonder if he has arrived yet?"

"Look there!"

Qiu Peining pointed and saw a crowd of people standing on the tarmac like black dots, obviously a team coming to welcome them.

The plane landed steadily at the airport, and people came down the boarding stairs one after another. A banner immediately came into view.

“Welcome the crew of Dream of Red Mansions to Hong Kong!”

Fang Yan stood under the banner, exchanged glances with Xiao Zi, Pan Yaoming, Dong Xiu Yu and others, and led the staff of Hong Kong Joint Publishing Company to come forward, applauding warmly and lining the streets to welcome them. At the same time, he asked people to hand over bouquets of flowers that had been prepared long ago to the main actors of "Dream of Red Mansions".

"Mr. Xiao, Mr. Fang, please come and greet us in person."

Wang Fulin took the flowers with a smile on his face.

Fang Yan said: "This is what I should do. As a consultant for Dream of the Red Chamber, I must do my part."

Immediately afterwards, Chen Xiaoxu, Zhang Li, Gong Chu, Qiu Peining, Deng Jie and others came up and greeted each other.

Ouyang Fenqiong was very confused. "Teacher Fang, you said that we should pay attention to media interviews in Hong Kong. Why is that?"

"Because Hong Kong's entertainment reporters love to set traps in questions, exaggerate in reports, or even make up stories. Sometimes you even fall into the trap without knowing it." Fang Yan said: "For example, you, Ouyang Fenqiong, do you have a girlfriend now?"

Under the gaze of everyone, Ouyang Fenqiong blushed and nodded.

Fangyan asked: "Then the next question the reporter might ask is when are you getting married? When is the wedding date?"

Ouyang Fenqi scratched his head and answered honestly that it has not been included in the plan yet.

Without waiting for Fangyan to speak, Pan Yaoming smiled and said, "If you really answer like that, if nothing unexpected happens, there will be a news item like this in the newspaper the next day: 'Ouyang Fenqiong is in love with Lin Daiyu. Although he has a close girlfriend, he is not considering getting married yet.'"

"what?!"

Ouyang Fenqiong, Chen Xiaoxu and others were shocked and hurried to clarify that there was nothing innocent between "Jia Baoyu" and "Lin Daiyu".

"Hong Kong media don't care about these things. Some unscrupulous ones even write white as black and black as colorful."

Pan Yaoming said half-jokingly.

"That's true. Although I have only been in Hong Kong for a few months, I have truly witnessed the power of the Hong Kong media."

Dong Xiu-yu briefly described "Ghost Blows Out the Light" and "Wei Si-li", as well as the great debate between the Hong Kong Joint Publishing Company and Ni Zun.

"We are here at the invitation of ATV after all, so these Hong Kong media will give us some respect."

Wang Fulin frowned and said, "You don't have to go that far, do you?"

"In short, it's always a good idea to be on guard against others."

When Fangyan said this, some people took it to heart, while others did not take it seriously. However, they were slapped hard in the face by reality.

As expected by Fang Yan, Pan Yaoming and others, as soon as the crew members of "Dream of Red Mansions" entered the airport lounge, many well-known artistes from ATV and reporters from large and small media in Hong Kong swarmed in and intensively "sweeped" the delegation members with their cameras and cannons.

Ouyang Fenqiang, Chen Xiaoxu and Zhang Li, the three protagonists of "Dream of Red Mansions" are naturally the focus of the most intense firepower.

"Jia Baoyu, Lin Daiyu, Xue Baochai, look this way, look this way" was shouted one after another. Not only was their enthusiasm a little scary, but the questions they asked were also tricky, far beyond the capabilities of Ouyang Fenqiong, Chen Xiaoxu and others.

Fortunately, Fang Yan, Xiao Zi, Pan Yaoming and others stepped forward to protect a group of new babies from the wind and rain and block all kinds of traps.

"Teacher Fang is right. These media are indeed not something that ordinary people can handle."

Wang Fulin said what everyone in the crew wanted to say.

"The media in the mainland and Hong Kong are very different. This is your first time doing this, so it's hard to be at a loss."

Fangyan waved his hand.

"We just discussed that from now on, no one can accept interviews without the consent of the delegation leader."

After Wang Fulin repeatedly reminded him, he cast a questioning look at Fang Yan, "Teacher Fang, do you think there is anything else we should pay attention to?"

Fang Yan said, "According to the arrangement of ATV, when promoting Dream of Red Mansions, you will be allowed to ride on a float and cruise along the Hong Kong River."

“Float?!”

All of a sudden, all kinds of bad associations emerged in everyone's mind.

"You all misunderstood. In fact, floats are only seen in Hong Kong when there are festive ceremonies or to welcome distinguished guests."

Pan Yaoming explained patiently.

Even so, Chen Xiaoxu, Zhang Li and others still felt that wearing costumes and standing on the roof of a float was like being "paraded through the streets."

Ouyang Fenqiong, Qiu Peining and others were also very disgusted. They thought that sitting on the float was tantamount to being treated like monkeys by the citizens and they were absolutely unacceptable.

Fangyan asked: "What if the people from ATV persuade you to get on the float?"

Chen Xiaoxu, Zhang Li and others gave almost the same answer. Even though they had no choice but to get on the float, they refused to cooperate and never stood on the roof.

Wang Fulin pondered for a while, "Perhaps Pei Ning and Deng Jie, you can do it, but Xiao Xu, Zhang Li, and Fen Qiong, you three are Lin Daiyu, Xue Baochai, and Jia Baoyu, the core characters of A Dream of Red Mansions. If you don't go on the roof of the float, I'm afraid it's impossible."

"This this……"

Chen Xiaoxu and Zhang Li's faces suddenly froze, and they were in a dilemma.

Ouyang Fenqiong gritted his teeth and said that he could stand up with difficulty, but he would neither smile nor wave to the citizens watching.

Fang Yan said: "This is a difference in concepts, so in order to avoid misunderstandings, it is best to discuss it again with the people from ATV."

"Teacher Fang has thought it through very carefully."

Wang Fulin said that ATV's boss Qiu Degen would host a banquet for the delegation in Songcheng tonight, and he planned to mention this matter at the banquet.

"Since we are going to the welcome party, we definitely cannot wear costumes."

Fangyan suggested that after settling their luggage, they take the delegation members to the shopping area to buy some clothes suitable for the premiere.

Hearing this, Chen Xiaoxu, Zhang Li and others were very excited. How could they not want to dress up and wear bright and beautiful clothes?
Seeing how eager they were to try, Wang Fulin naturally agreed.

After all, "Dream of Red Mansions" is not only broadcast in Hong Kong, but will also be widely disseminated in Southeast Asia.

Chen Xiaoxu, Zhang Li and others will represent the spirit of China on the international stage and must not bring shame to their own people. (End of this chapter)