Chapter 53 Beauty Pageant
"Huh? Why hasn't dinner started yet? Wait for me?" Kang Qirui and Zhu Wanling returned to Kang's house at around seven o'clock that evening and saw everyone sitting at the dinner table, but Before the meal was served, she asked in confusion: "Honey, I remember I called back and said we won't be eating at home tonight, right?"
Zhu Wanling nodded: "There was a beating, I watched you do it." She also looked at everyone with confusion, "What's wrong? What happened?"
The old lady waved her hands and said, "It's okay, it's okay. We are waiting for Yumi. She and Azu are going to participate in the competition today. They haven’t come back yet. Yumei is a guest after all.”
“So that’s it.” Kang Qirui and Zhu Wanling looked at each other, as long as everything was fine at home. "Then let's go back to the room." Kang Qirui always wears a suit at work, and the first thing he does when he gets home is to change his clothes. Zhu Wanling was stopped by her mother, who said she had cooked some delicious soup today.
After Kang Qirui changed his clothes, he came out and filled a bowl of soup. Although he had already eaten, he could still drink it because of his mother's delicious soup. While Kang Qirui was filling the soup, the second sister-in-law said: "Don't say I have a bad heart, everyone. I just hope she is not shortlisted. Otherwise, the third uncle will live under surveillance for a long time without any freedom."
< br>"That's true, I feel uncomfortable being stared at by her every day." When he mentioned this, A Yao was full of complaints. It's not that he wants to fool around, but it's very uncomfortable to have someone watching you all the time.
"Yumi should still be a finalist. I think she is pretty good." Zhu Wanling said.
"Where is the best place?" The second sister-in-law has some opinions on Yumi, mainly because the second sister-in-law always stares at Yumi.
"She has good conditions and is quite beautiful." Zhu Wanling said truthfully, "And didn't Ah Rui give her an idea? If she does what Ah Rui said, there is no reason why she can't be shortlisted. ”
"Are you praising your beauty or your husband?" the second sister-in-law joked. The second brother also nodded, "That's right. We came up with the idea together, so why is it the credit of Ari alone?"
"Hahahahaha" everyone laughed.
"We're back, we're back." At this time, Azu's voice came.
"How is it? Did Yumi pass?" Everyone looked at Azu and Yumi curiously. Azu didn't even go to class today and asked for leave to accompany Yumi to take the preliminary exam. He didn't know why.
"Any more questions?" Azu said proudly, "Of course, Miss Red Stockings has entered the preliminary round." Everyone was happy for Yumi, only the second sister-in-law was a little unhappy.
"Eat, eat, eat." Lao Dou had been hungry for a long time, and everyone was here, so the result was good. Then eat first.
Another week passed, and Yumi successfully passed the semi-finals and entered the finals. Kang Qirui's book has also been printed and officially published. In addition to Kang Qirui himself, the author of the book also signed Huang Lao's name. This is not done to sell more, but to gain fame.
"The Interpretation of Human Words" is a work of literary criticism and has a certain reading threshold. Its sales volume is almost destined to be average, very average. It doesn’t matter who’s name is written. Kang Qirui added Huang Lao's name more for the sake of fame. This is the same as writing your mentor in the paper: using your mentor’s reputation to let everyone know you. There must be hundreds or dozens of literary criticism books a year. Why should I read the one you wrote?
Others know this book through Huang Lao and know Kang Qirui through this book. This is enough. This is Kang Qirui's name. This is different from the name that Yumi wants. Yumi wants to be known by the public. She wants everyone to know her. She wants to be a star. And Kang Qirui needs a niche name. As long as people in the literary circle or the smaller ancient literary circle know Kang Qirui, that is enough.
In fact, the response to the book has been very good, very good. Mainly because Mr. Huang is one of the top Chinese experts in the country. He has been teaching for half his life and has a lot of talents all over the world. Many people are willing to sell Huang Laomianzi and buy a copy to take a look. Secondly, this book is really well written, and many of its insights are quite novel.
For example, the book says: Li Taibai's poems are purely based on atmosphere; Wen Tingyun's poems are exquisite, but the content is too narrow; Feng Yan can be called a "deep and beautiful Hongyue". The main lyrics in Southern Tang Dynasty are also good. Li Houzhu's poems have a broad vision and deep emotion. He was born in a deep palace and grew up in the hands of women, but he never lost his innocent heart. His poems are written in blood, which means the original sin of Christ. Feng Zhengzhong's Ci is the same as the two main Cis in the middle and later periods. It has a great atmosphere and pioneered the style of Ci in the Northern Song Dynasty.
The book talks about the evolution of the poetry system: the fundamental reason for the evolution of literary styles is that after a certain literary style has been popular for a long time, it will form a routine, and later generations need to change it in order to seek innovation. After the middle of the Tang Dynasty, poetry became a tool for entertainment, so it declined. Ci poetry flourished because it could express one's true temperament. After the Southern Song Dynasty, poetry also became a tool for entertainment and singing, so it also declined.
Such novel and unique insights make many people willing to share and discuss with others after reading it. I am willing to read it, and I am willing to discuss it after reading it. Then this book is a good book. The same applies to others. Therefore, Kang Qirui has become very popular in the Lingnan literary circle recently.
Kang Qirui is popular, but Yumei is cool. Ayao found many reporter friends, trying to hype up the story that the Kang family brothers made up for Yumei that the family was very poor and participated in the competition to have enough to eat, but no one was willing to publish it in the newspaper. The reason is that it is not enough gimmicks and does not count as news. I didn’t do this in 2001. Seeing that all their other opponents were being hyped on the newsprint, both Yumi and Azu were very anxious.
Azu re-created the character of Yumi as an illegitimate daughter before finally a newspaper was willing to publish it. The result was a drugstore advertisement, with Yumi's photo and an advertisement for treating neurological disorders together. The newspaper also got Yumi Sachiko and his two eldest cousins in Shanghai to rush to Guangfu overnight.
When Kang Qirui returned home from get off work, he happened to run into Yumi's eldest cousin. They had met at Ayao Sachiko's wedding before, and they said hello and entered Kang's house.
As soon as the eldest cousin came in, he didn't even bother with the rest of the Kang family and pulled Yumi into the room. Not long after, the eldest cousin came out angrily and asked, "Which one is Azu?" The eldest cousin came late to Ayao's wedding last time, and Azu left early, so he didn't know Azu.
Everyone looked at Azu, "I am." Azu was also very strange. He stood up uneasily, not knowing why he suddenly looked for him. When the eldest cousin saw Azu standing up, he went over and held Azu's hand firmly.
“What are you doing?” Seeing him pulling Azu angrily, the second sister-in-law asked worriedly. The second sister-in-law is essentially very kind to the family. Every time evil people come to the door, she is the one who takes the lead.
“You have done a good deed, and you can restore my innocence to A Mei.” The eldest cousin pointed at Azu and said regardless of the Kang family.
"What innocence?" Azu was confused. "Is there any misunderstanding?" Kang Qirui said loudly.
"You are still pretending, let me ask you, what happened to the illegitimate daughter mentioned in the Ami newspaper?" The eldest cousin became even more angry.
"Oh, cousin, it's none of Azu's business. I am also involved in this important matter." Ayao stood up and explained to Azu.
It was okay not to explain, but once I explained, my cousin couldn't stand it even more, "What? You! You! Ayao, how can you do these things? Sachiko really misjudged the wrong person." Pointing at Ayao, he said in shock. "Cousin, don't be angry." Kang Qirui comforted, "There must be some misunderstanding here. Let's sit down and talk slowly."
After Kang Qirui asked his eldest cousin to sit down, he was just about to speak when his eldest brother Guang said first, "Eldest cousin, I made a mistake. In fact, it's none of their business. We five brothers did it together that day."
“You guys??” When the eldest cousin heard this, he was so shocked that his eyes almost burst into flames. Kang Qirui quickly stopped everyone, "Okay, don't talk." Then he said to the boss Guang: "Boss, don't talk nonsense. What do we five brothers do together? You know what the eldest cousin said What's the matter?"
After everyone in the Kang family stopped talking, Kang Qirui looked at his eldest cousin and said, "Elder cousin, please don't be angry. Please tell me what's going on here? Is there any misunderstanding?"
The eldest cousin calmed down a little and said, "Huaixi called me today and said that he saw in the newspaper that Yumi had an illegitimate daughter, so I flew over immediately. , Yumei said it was Azu who did it, and you said that all five of you brothers were involved. What happened? "Give me an explanation." The eldest cousin became more and more angry.
"What?" "No." Everyone started to make noises when they heard the eldest cousin's words. Kang Qirui could only shout again to ask everyone to be quiet. Then he asked Yumi to explain the whole thing to her eldest cousin in detail.
"What? Yumei is an illegitimate daughter?" The eldest cousin heard the whole story, but his anger did not go away at all. "Our family is a family with high morals and single-minded emotions. If this spread to Shanghai, people in the alley will know. , how can Yumi’s mother live?”
“That’s right, who did it? I won’t do such ugly things.” The old woman was very angry when she heard such a simple thing that ruined people’s innocence. Angry, she understands how important innocence is to traditional women.
"It's him." Everyone pointed at Azu. Someone needed to take the blame at this time. When disaster strikes, they all fly away.
"I'm going to the bathroom." Azu wanted to run away, but was grabbed by Lao Dou. "Is it you?" Lao Dou asked sternly.
“Yes, yes, yes.” Azu had no choice but to admit after his ears were pulled.
"You are determined to be eighty at the age of three. You have been so bad since you were a child, and you have so many bad ideas." Lao Dou cursed. It was so embarrassing. He had summoned all Shencheng's relatives to Guangfu to hold him accountable. Where could he put his old face?
"Old Dou, this is none of Fourth Uncle's business. Yumei also nodded in agreement at that time." Second sister-in-law really wanted to do something, and she actually spoke for Azu at this time.
"Humph, you have to figure it out yourself. You take care of the aftermath." Lao Dou gave the order directly. "Okay, okay, leave it to me." Azu had no choice but to agree.
Azu thought for a while and came up with a solution for him, "It's simple, just find those reporters and ask them to refute the rumors about Yumi."
"Refute the rumors? Then shouldn't we? All your hard work is in vain." Yumei disagreed. It's rare that she has gained a little fame.
"Silly girl, how can your hard work be in vain? Refuting rumors is also a kind of hype. Many celebrities create rumors for themselves and then refute them. Firstly, they expand publicity, and secondly, they don't have to go to court. They kill two birds with one stone, so why not do it. "Azu said.
Kang Qirui was astonished after hearing this. Azu was really unqualified to work as a clerk in a foreign company. No wonder he became prosperous after taking over the film and television company. This guy is extremely talented.
The controversy over the illegitimate daughter has passed like this, and the Guangfu Star has also arrived on the day of the finals. Both Gangster Erlao and Tianxiu made support cards and took their whole family to the scene to support, but Kang Qirui said he would not go, "You go ahead, we have enough people like you, so we will go out to the world of two." Hahaha. "Kang Qirui already knows the outcome, so he must have chosen to go out with his wife to have fun.
Kang Qirui and Zhu Wanling went to have a candlelight dinner and watched the movie "Someone Said They Love Me". Kang Qirui thought the movie was average, but Zhu Wanling thought it was quite good. The two of them went home after watching the movie, and the others hadn't come back yet. Zhu Wanling went to take a shower first. Although the Kang family now has three bathrooms, the queue is still quite long.
Kang Qirui watched Cantonese opera with Lao Dou’s mother. After watching it for a while, they all came back with low morale. "How's it going?" the old lady asked.
"It's all in vain. I didn't even get into the top twenty." Azu said with disgust.
"Isn't it just right to lose? I don't know why when I think about Yumei returning to Shencheng, I feel a pain in my heart." The second sister-in-law said deliberately with gloating.
"Who said Ara is going back to Shanghai? Ara is not going back. I have already inquired about it. Guangfu will hold the Advertising Star Competition soon. There are still many opportunities for Guangfu." Yumei Don't want to give up.
"Yumi, I think you need to be strong in order to forge iron." Kang Qirui said bluntly: "You have no talent at all, and you have never practiced singing or acting professionally. No matter how many competitions you sign up for, you will end up with nothing. Losing your reputation is a waste of time."
"Brother Rui, but Ala just wants to be a star," Yumi said in a somewhat aggrieved tone.
"Then let's learn first. You can learn singing or acting." Kang Qirui suggested.
Kang Qirui is the only star who can't sing and has no talent. As for that one, he is not without merit. He is lucky and possessed by a koi carp. And it’s very funny. The variety show is full of famous scenes, and it’s a fun day. And what about Yumi? He can't even read music when he sings, his expressions are exaggerated when acting, and when he speaks, he sounds simple and ugly, and he has no brains.
Last time Azu asked her what she would say in her acceptance speech if she won an award, and she said she had no idea. Azu asked her to thank some people who helped her, but she counted around and didn't thank Azu. After all, Azu was the one who helped her the most, but he just couldn't speak.
That’s it, how to be a star in 2001. Nowadays, we are in an era where real ability is important, so Kang Qirui kindly suggested that she learn a skill first before participating in the competition.
(End of this chapter)