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Chapter 464 Where Does the Beautiful Woman Teach the Flute? (Seeking Monthly Tickets!)

Because he went to bed late, he naturally woke up late; Wei Ming was woken up by the urge to urinate.

Vivian Chow was awakened by the sound of urinating: "Huh? Is there a flood?"

The powerful sound of rushing water woke Amin up, and then she was surprised to find that she had been too happy in her dream last night.

Oh no, I didn't bring any spare underwear!

“Amin, you’re awake too,” Wei Ming said, glancing at the Rolex Amin had given him. “It’s already eleven o’clock. Shall we go get something to eat?”

Amin said, "I need to use the restroom too."

"Well, wait for you."

Amin straightened her skirt and went into the restroom. Feeling very uncomfortable, she finally chose to ask Wei Ming for help.

"Amin, could you go out and buy me something?"

"what?"

"Buy... a pair of... underwear." Amin said, then closed her eyes, feeling incredibly embarrassed.

Wei Ming was taken aback: "Amin, you're not on your period, are you?"

“Oh yes, yes,” Vivian Chow quickly seized the opportunity, “So I still need to buy sanitary napkins, thank you.”

"You're welcome, I'll go right away."

Wei Ming is no innocent little man; he's not ashamed at all to buy this kind of thing. Anyway, he's not a big star, so he can just buy it while wearing a mask.

"They're pure cotton, right? This one, this one, and this one too." Wei Ming bought three styles, but only one size. He knew exactly what size Amin wore.

Then she bought sanitary napkins and some food. Amin is too famous now and it's not appropriate for her to appear in public, especially with a man.

Back at the hotel, Amin had just finished showering and was wrapped in a towel waiting for Wei Ming. Blushing, she took Wei Ming's shopping bag and went into the bathroom.

When she came out, she was a clean-cut little Amin again. Hmm, she doesn't seem so young anymore. Wei Ming was very impressed with his self-control last night. I'm really awesome!
Amin had two unused, cute ones in her hand, and she asked Wei Ming, "Do you want me to give you one?"

Wei Ming was taken aback for a moment, and Amin chuckled: "You haven't watched the last episode of Dragon Ball yet, have you?"

Wei Ming shook his head, so Amin said, "Sun Wukong and the villains gathered all seven Dragon Balls and summoned Shenron. The villains almost wished to rule the world, but luckily Oolong said his wish beforehand..."

At this point, Amin was laughing uncontrollably: "His wish is to have a girl's underwear."

Oh, that's it. How could I not know what I wrote?

Wei Ming chuckled twice, then Amin suddenly said seriously, "This is the story you wrote, so is it what you wanted?"

Wei Ming hugged Amin tightly, slipping one hand under her skirt: "I really don't have this kind of collecting hobby. If you insist on giving me one, I'd like one you've worn."

Amin playfully punched him in the chest with her little fist, no longer daring to provoke him. How could she possibly be a match for him? He had girlfriends before, and they were even foreign girls.

The two began eating brunch and chatted about the latest Dragon Ball storyline.

The first summoning of Shenron is a climax in Dragon Ball. According to Amin, when this issue was released, a third of the students in the class bought it, regardless of gender.

The charm of Dragon Ball appeals to both men and women, and the upcoming storylines, such as Goku's transformation into a Great Ape under the full moon and the World Martial Arts Tournament, have been built up over a long period of time.

After dinner, they discussed their plans for the day. Amin had already decided: "Let's buy musical instruments first, find a teacher, then have dinner, watch a movie, and go back to the hotel."

Wei Ming finally corrected one point: "It means going home."

If they stay in a hotel for two consecutive nights, even if Grandma Ni complains, Zhou's mother will probably lose her temper.

Seeing Amin's reluctant expression, and her muttering softly, "But the Bodhisattva's Charm isn't finished yet."

Wei Ming gently patted her back: "I can still stay with you tomorrow. We can see each other every day before we leave Hong Kong."

Hearing this, Amin was in high spirits and gave Wei Ming a quick kiss on the cheek: "Let's go!"

Previously, Amin had only bought a guzheng, pipa, and erhu. In order to understand the characteristics of traditional musical instruments and enrich the background music of his works, this time they also purchased a xiao, dizi, xun, and several drums.

Later, they also found music teachers who taught guzheng and pipa through people who sold musical instruments.

These two instruments are enough for a girl. If Amin wants to learn wind instruments like the xiao, dizi, or xun, Wei Ming can give her some pointers.

The teacher who taught Amin the guzheng is Cai Yasi, who is a well-known guzheng player in Hong Kong. She is a member of the Hong Kong Chinese Orchestra, which is the only large-scale professional folk orchestra in Hong Kong.

Therefore, the pipa teacher was found directly through Cai Yasi's introduction.

Both of them were very satisfied with the lesson. Wei Ming and Amin exchanged a glance and understood each other's intentions.

After leaving Cai Yasi's studio, Amin said, "When recording the album, we can directly invite Teacher Cai's team!"

"Yes, you can release one or two songs first, and then produce a full album when you have enough time during the summer vacation."

“Then how about you be my producer?” Amin held Wei Ming’s hand in the car. “There are couples that represent our two companies.”

At this moment, Wei Ming could only say "good" and nothing else.

During the meal, Wei Ming asked, "Is it still possible to watch 'Project A' now?"

"Project A", "Aces Go Places 2", and "The New Legend of Shushan" are all movies from a month ago.

“There definitely aren’t any now, maybe there will be some in the morning,” Amin said, almost as the film was ending.

"Okay, I'll buy the videotapes and watch them later." Wei Ming then asked about the box office performance of these movies.

Amin might not usually pay attention to these box office figures, but since "Project A" was written by Wei Ming, she had taken note of it before.

"Project A is amazing! It has grossed over 2000 million at the box office. Although it's a little less than Aces Go Places 2, Project A has better word-of-mouth."

Among the major films released during the Spring Festival, "Aces Go Places 2" grossed 2260 million yuan, "Project A" grossed 2050 million yuan, and "The New Legend of Shushan" grossed around 1500 million yuan.

Project A is now the third highest-grossing film in Hong Kong film history, a result that has exceeded the expectations of Raymond Chow and Jackie Chan. Crucially, it sold even better overseas, and Jackie Chan successfully transitioned from a kung fu kid to a police officer, a role that the authorities greatly appreciated.

Wei Ming nodded, which meant he would receive over HK$100 million in scriptwriting fees, which was a pretty good deal, roughly the same as the income from Amin's two albums.

"What movies can we watch now?" Wei Ming asked.

Amin shrugged: "I don't know."

She hasn't been to the cinema in a long time, and March is usually a slow season for movies, so there aren't many good ones.

However, when couples go to the movies, what's playing on screen is usually not important; the person next to them is the most important.

After finishing our meal, we went to a nearby movie theater. Before we even saw any information about the new movies, we saw several young couples gathered around something.

Amin stood on tiptoe: "It's a claw machine!"

Following the blind box self-purchase machine, Langning Factory officially launched the claw machine.

The Langning factory itself doesn't operate this business; they only sell these machines, and they also sell toys.

Promoting new things is still difficult. The promotion of claw machines is not as smooth as that of blind box machines. These machines were given directly to movie theaters.

They went to buy tickets first. Among the recent new releases was a Jackie Chan movie called "Dragon Tiger Gate," but almost no one watched it, and the screenings were scheduled for very late. This cinema mainly showed a Hollywood movie called "Dance of the Stars."

Wei Ming knew what was going on; this film, "Dragon Soars and Tiger Leaps," was produced by Lo Wei Films.

Jackie Chan was previously signed by Lo Wei, but although Lo Wei was good at judging people, he wasn't a very good director. So Jackie Chan switched to Golden Harvest. Then Lo Wei re-edited some of the unused footage from Jackie Chan's films like "The Fist Within Four Walls" and "The Fist of Fury," and found stunt doubles to reshoot close-ups and back shots, piecing them together into a "new film."

Even so, Lo Wei still managed to rake in over a million at the box office, which infuriated Jackie Chan, who now places great importance on his personal brand.

Wei Ming chose the next game, "Audition Online," and since he still had some time, he went to the claw machine, where there was a line of people ahead of him.

Ah Min had already played this game. It cost one dollar to play a game. You could insert a one-dollar coin, or you could insert five or ten dollars directly. The ten-dollar coin allowed you to play 11 times.

The cabinet was filled with a wide variety of plush toys, including not only plush historical cats but also some animal toys, such as giant pandas. Wei Ming suddenly missed Gangdan and the others.

Compared to historical cats with IP attributes, other toys are less attractive to players. However, young people who are eager to play are now just trying to save face in front of their girlfriends, so they will play with any toy as long as they can get their hands on it.

After seven or eight attempts, the blond guy in front finally caught a dolphin and happily left with his girlfriend.

Wei Ming stepped in and asked, "Which one do you want?"

"Giant pandas, and lions."

Wei Ming put in a ten-yuan note and quickly caught four plush toys: a giant panda, a lion, a tiger, and a Bao Zheng cat. His efficiency amazed the young people around him. He's a pro!

After finishing their business, Amin left with her doll in her arms, while Wei Ming put his arm around her and they went into the movie theater.

"You were amazing just now!" Amin exclaimed.

"Nothing special, just practice makes perfect." Of course, the key is that the claws of this claw machine are tighter than those of the machines in my previous life, which is why my winning rate is so high.

Even so, considering the cost of the plush toys and the electricity bill, these claw machines are definitely profitable and can attract young people.

The movie chosen tonight was pretty good. "Dance Dance" sounds a bit unfamiliar, but if it were changed to "Breakdance," it would be much more familiar. Seeing this movie reminded Wei Ming of Zhen Zidan; he should be diligently training with Master Yuan right now.

Nowadays, no young people in Hong Kong do breakdancing. It became so popular after this movie. Singers like Jordan Chan and Alex To initially became famous because of breakdancing.

After leaving the movie theater, on their way home, Wei Ming and Amin talked about breakdancing and American culture, and then about Michael Jackson's globally impactful album "Thriller" released at the end of last year.

“I’ve heard about it too. It’s been at the top of the Billboard album chart ever since its release. That’s really impressive,” Wei Ming said.

For someone like Ah Min, selling hundreds of thousands of records would already be the best in Hong Kong.

Teresa Teng's records sold millions of copies, making her the pinnacle of the Chinese music scene.

Michael's "Thriller" is expected to easily surpass 10 million in sales this year, with total sales eventually exceeding 100 million.

When Wei Ming went to the Grammys to receive an award last time, this guy was a performing guest and wasn't exactly a top star in the music industry. But when he played "Thriller," he became an instant legend.

Amin said, "I bought them too. Some of the songs are indeed very catchy and inspiring, but I don't particularly like most of them. I feel that my taste is quite different from that of foreigners."

Wei Ming knew she liked slow songs and love songs, so he asked, "Did you buy his music video tapes?"

"Videotape?" Amin shook her head. "No."

That's true. Hong Kong basically doesn't have music video tapes anymore, and the US is just starting out, with the first MTV channel appearing in 81.

The music video for "Thriller" has been upgraded from a simple promotional video to a "short film" with dramatic narrative, exquisite cinematography and wonderful choreography.

It can be said that it changed the way music is disseminated and ushered in the MTV era.

Wei Ming laughed, "The music videos for this album are definitely a major factor in its success. It would be a shame not to watch them. I'll see if I can buy them tomorrow, and we can watch them together. They're just as good as the movie." "Oh? Okay." Amin became interested. Even if the two of them stayed in the hotel all day watching music videos, they wouldn't be bored.

Once downstairs, Wei Ming asked, "Do you need me to go in with you?"

“No need,” Amin said firmly, “I’ll face it myself.”

Wei Ming: "Then I'll go upstairs and check on Old Ghost."

Surely there won't be any marital relations today?

Good, not today. The old couple just obediently watched TV.

Only when Wei Ming arrived did they have a chance to ask him what business he had in Hong Kong.

Lin Ni laughed and said, "What else could I be doing? I just came to see Amin."

Wei Ming also smiled and said, "I mainly came to visit you two elders, and while I'm at it, I'll also take the opportunity to attend the Hong Kong Film Awards."

Lin Ni laughed even harder: "You little rascal, you know how to talk."

Old Ghost asked, "Did you go to the Zhou family?"

"No, Amin went home by herself."

Old Ghost: "Then I'll ask for Afen. We're planning to spin off our milk tea business into a subsidiary. Could you help us come up with a name?"

Wei Ming is really good at this, especially when it comes to naming milk tea shops.

"Do you want the name to be softer or harder?"

Lao Gui: "Milk tea's target audience is mainly young girls, so it should be more gentle."

"So, would you prefer something more vulgar or more elegant?"

Old Ghost thought for a moment: "How do you say it in a vulgar way, and how do you say it in a refined way?"

Wei Ming: "To be more colloquial, if milk tea smells good, then let's call it 'Xiangpiaopiao' (香飘飘).

The old ghost said disdainfully, "Too vulgar."

Lin Ni chimed in, "What's considered vulgar can also be considered elegant, right? What about elegance?"

Wei Ming thought for a moment and suddenly remembered the names of the ci (lyric poetry) titles he had discussed with Amin the night before: "I've been doing quite a bit of research on Song Dynasty ci lately, so I was thinking about whether we could use the names of the ci titles as the brand for milk tea. These ci titles sound very nice and have beautiful meanings."

"for example?"

"For example, 'Dian Jiang Chun', 'Yu Meiren', oh, and 'Nian Nu Jiao'."

Lin Ni had already taken out paper and pen and written down all these names, including Xiang Piaopiao.

After finishing this trivial matter, Wei Ming got up to say goodbye. When he went downstairs, he deliberately stopped on the eighth floor and eavesdropped by pressing his ear against the door, but he couldn't hear anything.

In the Zhou family home, Amin was hugging her mother, tears still glistening in the corners of her eyes.

She apologized to her mother, and her mother apologized to her. They forgave each other and remained the best mother and daughter in the world.

However, Zhou's mother soon discovered that her daughter had brought back a dirty pair of underwear, as well as two newly bought pairs of underwear.

The mother and daughter had just repaired their relationship, so Zhou's mother could only pretend not to see it.

She sighed. Oh well, Amin is already so tall, it shouldn't matter if it affects her development.

Moreover, Lin Ni was a year younger than Amin when she had this kind of thing with Lao Gui, and it doesn't seem to have had any adverse effects on her health.

However, Zhou's mother went out early the next morning, bought some things, and secretly put them in her daughter's bag.

Amin is still on sick leave today. Wei Ming came to pick her up to go shopping at a music and video store. Her mother didn't say anything, but just reminded her to be careful.

The two went out happily. Not many people buy music video tapes these days, but Wei Ming bought a few newly released movie videotapes to take home for his family to watch. Now every home in Beijing has a VCR.

They also made a new discovery in the store.

"Is this a CD?" Wei Ming asked the shopkeeper.

"That's right, laser discs, really great, but you need to buy this kind of player," the shopkeeper enthusiastically promoted.

This is a Japanese CD, while Hong Kong's first CD came about when Capital Artists brought together several of their artists, including Leslie Cheung and Anita Mui, to create a compilation album, which seems to have happened this year.

Wei Ming didn't follow the trend. When he found that there was no music video for "Thriller" here, he went to other stores and finally found it after visiting three stores.

Amin urged, "Then let's hurry back to the hotel."

Judging from her eagerness, anyone who didn't know better would think they were watching a Japanese movie on videotape.

Just by listening to the lyrics and melody, Amin couldn't fully understand what the song "Thriller" was about.

When she opened the videotape, she understood, and watching it made her a little scared, so she kept shrinking into Wei Ming's arms.

The key is that Wei Ming didn't turn on many lights, creating just the right atmosphere. It's only because Wei Ming is a gentleman that he would have taken advantage of this girl.

After watching the music video, Amin said she needed to eat some snacks to calm her nerves. She opened her backpack, touched around, and suddenly touched something unfamiliar.

Amin took it out and looked at it; Wei Ming fell silent.

"I...this...this wasn't what I bought, how did it end up in my bag?!" Amin realized what it was, and immediately regretted it. She should have pretended not to understand; it was all those pornographic films' fault!

Wei Ming guessed, "It's probably your aunt; she's afraid you'll get hurt."

"It must be Mom." Amin was both shy and touched. Buying her something like this was probably the biggest concession she could make.

Wei Ming: "Keep them safe. Auntie might check them when we get back to see if the quantity matches."

However, Amin's eyes darted around, and suddenly a thought broke out: "Amin, I, I want to learn how to use it, can you teach me?"

Wei Ming looked into her eyes and asked earnestly, "How will you teach me?"

Amin: "Use whatever you have."

Thump, thump, thump—the sound of their heartbeats was unusually clear in the room at that moment.

Wei Ming couldn't help but utter a domineering CEO quote: "Amin, you're playing with fire."

Amin said playfully, "I just have a strong thirst for knowledge."

In the end, Wei Ming did as she wished, imparting some insignificant knowledge, and Amin reciprocated in kind.

After that night, Wei Ming could no longer claim that they were innocent. However, as he lay alone in his hotel room that night, a sense of guilt gradually crept over him.

How can I tell Amin that I'm not as good as she thinks?

After returning home, Amin lowered her head and went into her bedroom, not daring to look her mother in the eye.

Unable to sleep, Amin tossed and turned in bed. She turned on the nightlight and took out her small mirror from the drawer to examine her front teeth carefully.

He said: A beautiful woman has a slight overbite.

He also said: I'm not in pain~
It's a new day. Amin doesn't need to take sick leave today because it's Saturday.

That day, Ah Long and Wei Lingling both learned that Wei Ming had come to Hong Kong, and that he had been there for three days.

So today, after Wei Ming dropped Amin off at Teacher Cai's place, he went to Madman Comics and promised, "I'll pick you up after class, and we'll attend the Hong Kong Film Awards ceremony together tonight."

When Wei Ming arrived at the Madman Comics website, A Long was drawing. He had already drawn up to the World's Number One Martial Arts Tournament, which was probably going to be covered next month, and he was quite excited about it.

"Amin is here. Wait a minute, give me half an hour," Ah Long said intently.

"Alright, I'll talk to someone else." Wei Ming looked around, but unfortunately, he didn't know many cartoonists; they were all working from home.

“Teacher Wei, do you still remember me?” a cartoonist asked respectfully.

"Ade, of course, what's up?"

This person is Zhao Rude, the chief writer of "Happy Ghost," and a disciple of Shangguan Xiaobao.

Zhao Rude said, "Happy Ghost is coming to an end soon, and I'm worried about my next project."

"Happy Ghost" is one of the first works of "Madman Comics", and it has been almost two years since then. It is a comic series without a strong main plot, relying on daily life, and daily life is not easy to fill in.

Now that Zhu Xiucai's happy girls are about to graduate from middle school, Zhao Rude and Liu Rulong are discussing taking this opportunity to finish the comic.

With the emergence of popular new works such as "Dragon Ball" and "Transformers", the only older works that can stand the test of time are "Qin's Moon" and "Storm Riders".

The popularity of "Happy Ghost" has clearly declined, and the completed Happy Ghost stories are enough to make ten movies.

In his previous life, Zhao Rude joined Jade International with his master and mainly wrote action-themed works, which was also his area of ​​expertise. Writing "Happy Ghost" was actually not quite right for him.

Wei Ming chatted with him for a while, and then A Long put down his pen and left the room.

"Old Zhao just wants to ask you if you can write a new story for him."

Zhao Rude nodded, looking at Wei Ming expectantly.

"I don't have that much energy right now, but I can do it if I give you a topic."

Wei Ming looked at the few short stories Zhao Rude had recently drawn and immediately had an idea.

"Old Zhao, I think you could try urban action films."

"Urban action?"

Wei Ming: "Before you leave Hong Kong, I'll give you a story outline."

Zhao Rude expressed his gratitude profusely, and then Wei Ming and A Long went into the office.

He first talked to Wei Ming about the listing.

Wei Ming didn't quite understand, so he said, "Let's wait a bit. After Xiao Hong graduates this year, I'll have her come to Hong Kong so you can discuss this together."

“Well, there’s one more thing,” Ah Long said with a smile. “The Shangguan brothers, Xiaobao and Xiaowei, recently contacted me. They want to join Kuangren Comics.”

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