Veteran Hong Kong stars reorganize the Chinese entertainment industry.

When Lin Luoying orders food, she doesn't look at the price or the cheap set meal. She just eats whatever catches her eye. Apart from remembering Liu Zhongze's picky taste, she wants to try all the other dishes.

Liu Yiyi's happiness was already overflowing. Looking at the luxurious decor and cinematic style around her, her little world became colorful and vibrant.

Their dishes were served quickly. All that was needed was for the kitchen to prepare the dishes, bring out the pot, turn on the heat, wait for the pot to heat up, and then add the ingredients.

Because Liu Yiyi loves barbecue, there is still a lot of barbecue in the kitchen, which will probably need to be grilled for another 10 or 20 minutes.

Looking at the pot of hot pot that wasn't even cooked yet, tears welled up in Liu Yiyi's eyes. If Lin Luoying hadn't wiped them away for her, her saliva would have fallen into the bowl.

Liu Zhongze shook his head. This unlucky younger sister was the easiest one to deal with out of all his relationships.

Liu Yiyi is too young, has too little knowledge of the outside world, and her values ​​are not fully formed, so there is no need to worry too much about her.

Of course, this is just his own opinion.

"that..."

A middle-aged man walked up to them. Liu Zhongze thought he was just like the group of crazy passersby outside, but the middle-aged man had no interest in him at all and stared straight at Lin Luoying.

"You're too perfect! Even Liu Yifei in her youth didn't have a face as beautiful as yours. I'm the manager of TWB in Hong Kong. Are you interested in debuting in Hong Kong with me? I guarantee you'll be a huge star!"

"No!"

Before Lin Luoying could speak, Liu Zhongze immediately refused.

In his understanding, TWB was a place where film and television resources were monopolized by high-level executives. If you wanted to get screen time and resources, you had to work honestly at TWB.

The key is that this job isn't something that can be done in a year or two. You might have to stay there for five or six years before you get a chance to appear on screen. If you want to truly establish yourself in TWB, it's impossible to achieve that in less than eight or ten years.

There are also some shortcuts to take. In places where everything is completely monopolized, it's not difficult to get ahead. As long as you can accept being taken away by people at the top, like picking out items, and satisfy their various needs, you will naturally get some opportunities.

If you look closely enough, anyone can find a few good-looking men and women in Hong Kong movies from the 80s. But their appearance is just to give the audience some excitement. They don't have to act in any complicated scenes.

These were the people who took the shortcut back then.

Looking back at the 80s from this era, those who only knew how to depend on others eventually became sea fish washed ashore. They had no strength to break through the ebb and flow of the waves and could only gradually disappear in one struggle after another, fading into obscurity in some unnoticed corner.

The middle-aged man maintained his smile and asked, "Who are you?"

"Her boyfriend."

The middle-aged man's smile faded, his expression calm, but his eyes were full of calculation: "So she was just an unrelated man. Once she truly debuts, you'll see the difference between you and her, like a mayfly looking up at the blue sky. As long as she cooperates well with our TWB marketing, when you see her again, she'll be like a frog at the bottom of a well, looking up at the sky."

In the small circle of the entertainment industry, all love and romance are the most fake. Many people will betray even blood relatives for money, let alone just a boyfriend.

Lin Luoying's face turned cold. She didn't like anyone belittling Liu Zhongze: "What do you mean? You're humiliating my boyfriend in front of me?"

When the middle-aged man saw Lin Luoying, he immediately put on a warm smile again: "How could that be? I was just telling him that there is an insurmountable gap between you two. Perhaps I was being blunt, but I didn't mean to humiliate him. No offense intended."

Liu Zhongze suddenly felt that the middle-aged man was very familiar. It was as if he had quit his job at the company he was oppressed at yesterday, and today he saw his former company's salesman coming out to seek cooperation.

Seeing Lin Luoying's gloomy face, Liu Zhongze said, "Alright, alright, I know. You should go find someone else to debut. Luoying doesn't have that idea for the time being."

The middle-aged man wanted to ignore Liu Zhongze's words, but he couldn't stop Lin Luoying's face from turning ugly again. He could only turn his head and put on a professional smile, saying, "Not everyone is qualified. You should be proud that I can take a liking to your girlfriend, but it is also your misfortune. You have buried a pearl with infinite brilliance. This is not acceptable."

Liu Zhongze felt that the development of the mainland had long surpassed that of Hong Kong, causing the proud people of Hong Kong in the 80s to bow their heads to the people of the mainland. This was something that people in the 80s would never have dared to imagine.

"My boyfriend already told you that, so why are you still clinging to him?"

Lin Luoying wasn't offended by Liu Zhongze's rejection; instead, she was angry at the middle-aged man's attitude towards Liu Zhongze.

Liu Yiyi didn't care about any of that. Her eyes were fixed on the hot pot broth that was gradually bubbling up, and she started to think about what food to put in first.

"No problem, no problem." The middle-aged man took out his business card and handed it to me with both hands: "This is my business card. Call me when you have time. I'll be waiting for you."

Liu Zhongze noticed that when middle-aged men panic, they unconsciously start speaking Cantonese, which is a common problem among many Hong Kong people.

It's not that they can't speak Mandarin, it's just that they're used to speaking Cantonese. When suddenly asked to speak a lot, or when they get emotional, they'll speak Cantonese. This is similar to many people in mainland China, who are more attached to their native dialect.

After the middle-aged man left, Lin Luoying finally spoke, asking, "Son... Zhongze, you're not angry, are you?"

"No, it's just...don't you have any questions about me rejecting the talent scout?"

Lin Luoying picked up the pork belly that Liu Yiyi had been staring at with her chopsticks and put it in the hot pot. Every time she moved her chopsticks, Liu Yiyi's eyes would follow her.

"Didn't I already say that? If I want to make money, I have plenty of ways. Even if I don't work, I'll never go hungry in my life."

Lin Luoying placed the pork belly into Liu Yiyi's bowl, and the little girl immediately swallowed it, but soon spat it out, fanning her tongue as if trying to cool herself down.

"My acting talent is just average. You didn't agree to star in an idol drama before, did you?"

Despite being somewhat well-known bloggers in Haicheng, and Liu Zhongze having recently taken on several acting roles, neither of them has actually entered the entertainment industry. They can only operate on the fringes and have never been in the center.

Perhaps that's why the two haven't encountered danger so frequently yet. But once they truly enter the entertainment industry, all sorts of things—black and white, good and bad, clean and foul—will come rushing in all at once, and life won't be so peaceful then.