Chen Juanjuan took Feng Yulan home by car. When Feng Yulan got off the car, she didn't want to leave because the scenery on the beach was particularly good at this time. The sun was shining, the blue sky was very beautiful, and clusters of white clouds condensed in a corner of the sky. The sea water quietly washed the beach.

Feng Yulan was motionless on the ship like a dead fish. After getting off the boat, she immediately turned over and was full of curiosity about the island she was on.

——This is a tropical island!

Everything she saw was fresh.

The comfortable sea breeze blew on her face, and her hair flipped playfully in the wind. Feng Yulan raised her hands to her forehead and looked into the distance.

"Is there a beach with coconut trees here? Juanjuan, let's go take a look!" Thinking of the photo of the Silver Beach, Feng Yulan immediately felt refreshed.

"Didn't you say there were macaques? Where are the monkeys? Isn't this the Dongsheng Shenzhou in Journey to the West?"

"Oh, there are people fishing there! There are too many fish!"

Chen Juanjuan: "..."

Chen Juanjuan was speechless. She was the one who just cried and yelled in bed that she was going to die in sleep, and she was the one who was energetic and wanted to wander around now.

"I'm too tired today. Let's go back to my house and rest first." Chen Juanjuan bought two sun hats from a local in Lucheng and put one on herself and Feng Yulan.

Because there are many foreign tourists coming and going to Qiongzhou Island, their sun hats are very popular. There are several sun hat sellers near the port. Unlike the plain straw hats worn by the islanders themselves, these sun hats for foreign tourists are very beautiful, many of which have silk flowers and bows.

Chen Juanjuan chose a sun hat with shell carvings, and Feng Yulan particularly liked this sun hat.

"Grandma, are your hats selling well?"

"If there are many tourists, we can sell quite a lot in a day."

...

Chen Juanjuan bought two coconuts, and took a ride home with Feng Yulan. Feng Yulan sat in the car, sipping the sweet coconut water, and looked out the window at the green-leaved fruit trees and tall coconut trees outside, exclaiming in surprise from time to time.

You know, many trees in the north are bald at this time, but the trees here are still lush.

"Juanjuan, do you think the north or the south is better? The winter here looks really nice."

"Each has its own advantages. The air here is good, but it's too humid, and there are many snakes, insects, rats and ants."

...

Chen Juanjuan and Feng Yulan arrived at Chen's house. Qin Mian was very happy to see her daughter back. "Juanjuan, you're back? Is the school class over? Why didn't you come back with your brother?"

"Is this your friend?"

Chen Juanjuan introduced her good friend Feng Yulan to Qin Mian, saying that she came to the island to play and she would treat her. "Yulan, go take a shower and rest for a while."

The two washed off the dust and changed into light gauze skirts. Qin Mian smiled and showed her daughter some shawls: "If you go to the beach, bring a shawl with you. It will be cool when the wind is strong." Chen

Juanjuan nodded, and it was not until the next day that she told Qin Mian that she had quit her job as a teacher, which made Qin Mian very angry.

"Your job as a teacher is good, right? What a good school, this is a school in the capital, you went to a university, and you were assigned such a good place, and you just say you don't want it?"

"Then did you go to university for nothing?" As a girl from the mountains, Qin Mian thought it was something to be proud of that her daughter could become an English teacher, what a respectable job! But this stinky Juanjuan said she would not do it.

She quit her job as a teacher!

Qin Mian was furious, but Chen Mian, who had experienced so many ups and downs, was very open-minded: "If my daughter doesn't want to be a teacher, then don't be one. I've also heard that many public servants have resigned recently..."

After the economic opening up, many public servants have intervened in business operations, which has caused dissatisfaction among the people. Since 1984, various policies have been stipulated, either keep the public office or resign to do business, and the two cannot be mixed.

So at the end of this year, there was a wave of resignations of public servants. Some decided to keep the public office, while some resigned from their iron rice bowl jobs and chose to go into business.

There are many people who resign like Chen Juanjuan.

It is hard to tell whether this choice is right or wrong. Chen Mian has been a teacher for so many years, but he does not require his children to follow in his footsteps and become teachers.

In fact, being a teacher is a job that requires a strong sense of responsibility and patience. If you are not interested in this and do not love teaching, you should not force yourself to become a teacher. This is not only irresponsible to yourself, but also to your students.

Qin Mian asked Chen Juanjuan, "You said you don't want to be a teacher anymore, so what do you want to do when you come back?"

Chen Juanjuan said, "At most, I can sell pearls with my mom and aunt!"

"Sell pearls? I'll beat you up." Qin Mian was almost laughing at her casual tone, "Your aunt graduated with a degree in business management. She opened a factory, managed it well, and even formed a chamber of commerce. What about you? You studied English, what do you want to do?" "You

can't study hard for four years and then end up with nothing and not want the assigned job. Wouldn't all the knowledge you've learned for so many years be wasted?"

"You still said you want to sell pearls, but do you know how to grow pearl seedlings and how to insert pearl nuclei?"

"You don't know anything, yet you're still talking here. At worst, I'll just sell pearls. Do you think selling pearls is that easy?"

Chen Mian smiled: "Look, your mother is talking a lot of truths now."

"Mom, there are so many foreign tourists on the island now. I speak English well, and I've taken several other foreign languages ​​in college. I'm not proficient in it, but basic communication is no problem. I feel that compared to being a teacher, I have more room to use what I've learned on the island."

Chen Juanjuan's choice to return to Qiongzhou Island was not willful. She has learned foreign languages ​​well in the past few years, and her spoken English is standard. She can talk to foreigners normally, not only English, but also several other foreign languages.

If you don’t use the knowledge and skills you’ve learned, they will fade away over time. If Chen Juanjuan chooses to be an easy English teacher, although educating people is very fulfilling, in addition to the knowledge in the English textbook, the skills she has learned will gradually become obsolete...

After one semester, Chen Juanjuan felt that her foreign language skills had fallen behind. She spent more time worrying about her children and teaching every day. If she continued to give birth to and raise children and be a good wife and mother in her grandchildren's family, she would gradually become someone who only knew how to gossip about her parents and complained about her mother-in-law, husband, and children to her colleagues and friends every day. Maybe if she gave birth to a boy, her husband's family would be very satisfied and let her live a pampered but boring life, showing off to her colleagues every day, or complaining about nothing... This is not the life she wants to live!

"I can do foreign trade business, I can work in a travel agency... I can also be a tour guide!"

Chen Juanjuan felt that there were many places where she could use the skills she had learned.

The niece came back, Qin Rou went to her sister's house to see Chen Juanjuan. When Chen Juanjuan saw her aunt, she immediately ran over and took Qin Rou's arm: "Aunt, you quickly come and persuade my mother."

"I quit my job as a teacher, and now she glares at me every day."

Qin Mian glared at her: "You just told me yesterday that you quit your job, and now it's only been two days, and I can glare at you every day? Didn't you learn math well?"

"So fierce, our mother is so fierce!" Chen Juanjuan sighed, and winked at Qin Rou, saying, "Aunt, look, your sister is so fierce!"

Qin Rou smiled, "Juanjuan, don't you want to be a teacher?"

Qin Rou knew that her eldest niece had her own opinions and was stubborn. Once she made up her mind, no one could change it. It was just like when she took the initiative to change her name when she was a child, changing Chen Jingxi to Chen Juanjuan.

The year she took the college entrance examination, Chen Mian and his wife asked her if she wanted to change her name back. Chen Juanjuan said she would not change it. It was a done deal and she was used to it. Besides,

there were Chen Jinghua and Chen Jingyi at home, so it was just right for her to be called Chen Juanjuan.

- She wanted to be a distinctive sister.

"Aunt, I don't want to be a teacher, I want to start a business!"

Qin Mian said helplessly: "Sister, look at this child, I can't do anything with her."

...

"Juanjuan, is this your aunt?" Feng Yulan came down from the upstairs. She had a ponytail, big eyes and a high nose, and a hint of exotic style. Ever since Chen Juanjuan and her daughter started to quarrel about resignation, Feng Yulan was on pins and needles. Before

coming to Qiongzhou Island, Feng Yulan had anticipated this situation. Chen Juanjuan's parents would definitely be dissatisfied with her resignation, and she would help them. Feng Yulan felt that... with an outsider like her around, Juanjuan's family couldn't be violent with her anyway.

Before coming, Feng Yulan kept saying in her heart: If I don't go to hell, who will? For the sake of sisterhood, she had to hold on even in the most embarrassing situations, and never give up.

However,

Feng Yulan didn't expect the Chen family to be quite reasonable. Chen's father neither supported nor opposed his daughter's choice, but just told her to be responsible for her actions. As for Chen Juanjuan's mother, although she was very angry, she didn't look particularly angry, and was very reasonable.

Qin Mian spoke a lot from the bottom of her heart, and felt that she was too hasty to quit her job. Although Feng Yulan supported her little sister in her heart, she also thought that Qin Mian's words were right, so she was wavering between the two sides, not knowing who she should help.

The husband has his own reasons, and the mother-in-law has her own reasons.

Now Chen Juanjuan's aunt came.

When she saw Qin Rou downstairs, Feng Yulan's eyes flashed with surprise. Chen Juanjuan and her daughter were both very beautiful, but the woman in front of her was even more eye-catching. She had a special temperament, and her beauty was even more aggressive, as if... even if a group of beauties stood together, she was definitely the brightest and most eye-catching one in the crowd.

"Juanjuan, your aunt is so beautiful! I have never seen such a beautiful beauty!"

"You speak so nicely, and you are even more beautiful! Juanjuan, your brother didn't bring a girl back, but you brought a beautiful woman."

Feng Yulan blushed: "I'm not a beautiful woman, I'm just an ordinary person."

"Juanjuan is beautiful, and many people in school are chasing her."

Chen Juanjuan: "I'm not as beautiful as you."

...

Qin Mian smiled and said, "They are all beautiful. Our family is full of beauties. Let's go to the beauty pageant on the island together next year."

Chen Juanjuan and Feng Yulan were both surprised: "Beauty pageant!"

"Yes, Juanjuan, if you stay on the island and have nothing to do, you can also participate in the beauty pageant. Although you are not good-looking, beauty pageants also require culture. Maybe you can catch up with your culture..." Qin Mian joked.

Chen Juanjuan: "..."

Feng Yulan was even more curious now. She had never heard of any beauty pageant in the country: "Is there really going to be a beauty pageant on the island?"

"Your aunt is so beautiful. If she participates in the beauty pageant, she will definitely win first place."

"That's right. I think so too. My aunt has been pretty since she was a child!"

Qin Rou said, "Don't make fun of your aunt. It's for young people like you to participate. I, your aunt, am a judge."

Chen Juanjuan: "Wow!!!!"

Feng Yulan: "Ah!!!!"

"I'm back at the right time!" Chen Juanjuan's eyes lit up. A beauty pageant! It sounded like a very interesting and lively thing. She could catch up with such a fun thing when she returned to the island.

Qin Rou saw that the two of them were interested in the beauty pageant, so she told them in detail about the Miss Tourism of South Island.

Qin Mian held her chin and said, "Juanjuan, if you don't want to be a teacher, you can be a flight attendant. Your parents have never been on a plane."

Chen Juanjuan shook her head, "I haven't been on a plane either."

Feng Yulan, "Neither have I."

"Think about it. If you want to participate in a beauty pageant, both of you are suitable."

Chen Juanjuan shook her head, "I won't participate in any beauty pageant, auntie. What kind of TV series do you want to shoot after the Miss Tourism Pageant is over? A story about a travel agency?"

"What do you think about me opening a travel agency? I can also train our local tour guides. I have good foreign language skills, so I can train our local tour guides!"

Qin Rou thought it was feasible: "That's good, Juanjuan, you can write some English introductions about various attractions."

"If you have nothing to do for the time being, how about you go to my Pearl Craft Park and promote pearl necklaces to foreign tourists?"

"Okay!"

Feng Yulan was silent for a long time. She was interested in the TV series that Qin Rou mentioned. It was a "TV series"!!!

In China, TV sets were a new and popular thing, and TV series were a trendy thing that everyone was scrambling to watch.

"Aunt Qin, I, I actually want to call you Sister Qin."

Chen Juanjuan said, "You can't call her Sister Qin, otherwise it will mess up the generations. Are you trying to take advantage of me?"

"Haha." Feng Yulan laughed, "Aunt Qin, I'm just - I'm just curious about the creation of TV series. How do you shoot a TV series? Do you have to write a script or something?"

Qin Rou asked curiously, "Yeah, what? Can you write too?"

Chen Juanjuan said, "She used to love writing and published articles in magazines. She's a great writer."

"I'm not a great writer. I'm just lucky."

Qin Rou knew that Chen Juanjuan's good friend had a good level of education and might really be a creative person. Their travel agency story was still in the works, so they could add some fresh blood to brainstorm. "Our island is not big. You can visit the TV station and watch the dating shows on our island."

"Yulan, if you are interested, write a few stories about tour guides and tourists for Xiao Zhang from the TV station."

"This is your first time to Qiongzhou Island, so it's a good opportunity to stand in the perspective of tourists..."

...

Qin Rou had a meal at Chen's house and went back. Qin Mian went back to her room to make clothes and ignored her upset daughter.

The sisters Feng Yulan and Chen Juanjuan were very excited. There was a TV station on the island, and there was also a beauty pageant on the island. Chen Juanjuan's aunt was the judge of the beauty pageant...

These things that were once very far away from their daily lives appeared in their lives up close. How could the young girls not be excited?

Chen Juanjuan's aunt has been on TV many times!

That's on TV!

"Juanjuan, I've seen a lot of things I haven't seen before after coming to the island with you. I've learned a lot."

Chen Juanjuan nodded: "I also think it's good to be back, but my mother is annoying me because she keeps nagging me."

"You see, she talks about me every day, saying that I've wasted a good job and will definitely regret it in the future."

"It's giving me a headache."

"You're good at writing, you have ideas, come and say a few words to comfort me."

Feng Yulan was silent for a moment, then said: "I think it's good that your mother didn't beat you to death."

Chen Juanjuan: "..."

Although this sounds a bit comforting, isn't it too strange?

These sisters often say amazing things.

Time entered April 1985. After registration and several rounds of competitions, a total of 16 contestants participated in the final.

Since the beauty pageant began to be promoted on the island, it has caused a huge sensation. People from the entire island want to come and watch this beauty pageant. Everyone loves beauty. Who doesn't want to see beautiful women? Seeing more beauties makes you happy.

"Miss Tourism of South Island? Is there going to be a beauty pageant on our island?!"

"Our Qiongzhou Island local TV station will broadcast the beauty pageant in full."

"Can I come to the scene to watch it?"

...

"Can I sign up?"

"Young unmarried women can sign up!"

"Then I'll sign up! I'll sign up!"

The finals will be held at the Blue Sky Seaview Hotel on the edge of a bay. This Seaview Hotel was built by Qin Rou. After this beauty pageant is over, this hotel will begin to open to the outside world.

This beauty pageant is also a promotion for the hotel. Qin Rou believes that after the beauty pageant, there will be more people who come to the hotel to stay and visit.

She attaches great importance to the final schedule of this beauty pageant. She came to the hotel a few days in advance to make arrangements. On the day of the final, everything was ready. Qin Rou stood in the room, opened the curtains, and the bright sunlight shone in.

Through the glass window, you can see the beautiful scenery in the distance. It is the endless blue sea, the waves rushing onto the beach, the fine warm sand is a light golden color that makes people feel comfortable and beautiful, and the tall coconut trees are dotted with fresh green. It's

so beautiful!

Qin Rou sighed sincerely in her heart that the sea view room is beautiful, but such a house is only suitable for taking pictures, not for long-term living.

After entering the typhoon season, it takes a lot of time and energy to maintain the sea view rooms.

At this time, the contestants and the makeup and clothing team have already arrived at the hotel and are making preparations.

The TV station stretched lazily: "Living in this house by the sea is so comfortable and beautiful!"

"Waking up early in the morning and seeing the sea makes the whole person feel beautiful."

"Living in such a house is really enjoyable."

"When my mother comes, I will let her live in this hotel..."

Many contestants are also talking about it:

"It's worth participating in this competition!"

"Every day, I can eat and drink well, and I can wear beautiful clothes and live in such a beautiful place."

"Today, we will select the champion and runner-up of our island's Miss Tourism..."

"Are you all excited? Who can wear the pearl crown!"

...

When Qin Rou dressed up and came out, she heard discussions everywhere. She also bumped into a girl who was rushing over. The girl saw her and was surprised: "Are you also a contestant? Are you still in time?"

Qin Rou smiled and shook her head, watching her go to the preparation area.

It seemed that this girl was called Xiao Yu. She was a girl with a very distinctive appearance. Qin Rou had some impression of her. After meeting her up close just now, she felt that this girl's face was even more pleasing.

She may not be the most beautiful, but she is very pleasing.

Xiao Yu ran into the preparation area, and the people around her started talking at once:

"Xiao Yu, I almost thought you couldn't make it."

"Something happened at home, so I went back."

"Your dad still doesn't agree? He has come to our island. He thinks you are showing off by participating in this beauty pageant?"

Xiao Yu nodded. Her family was relatively conservative. She was originally a student from a rural village who was admitted to a university. Although she was admitted to an ordinary university, she was still a sensation in the village and made her parents proud.

At this time, when a girl was admitted to a university, people around her were envious. However, some people would gossip that her parents were stupid to send their daughter to study, and that the daughter should be exchanged for a betrothal gift, so that they could make a lot of money when they married her off... But her parents ignored all these and still sent her to college.

After finishing college, Xiao Yu was assigned to work on Qiongzhou Island. Although she had never been to the island, she finally left the countryside, left the land, and got a formal job that everyone in the village envied. She became an employee of a unit and earned dozens of yuan a month.

Her parents were very happy, and Xiao Yu also wanted to honor her parents, so she sent most of the money back home.

This year, the island suddenly started to hold a beauty pageant. Xiao Yu didn't pay attention to it at first, but came with her colleagues. Her colleagues asked her to sign up together, and heard that if she could get a ranking, she might have the opportunity to become a flight attendant in the future and even take a plane!

These words were very unfamiliar to Xiao Yu. She just signed up for fun, but she didn't expect to advance all the way and reach the finals.

People from her hometown saw her on Guangdong TV, so they told her family about it. The news spread all the way back, and everything changed. People in the village gossiped about her very badly.

She was obviously participating in a beauty pageant, but they said that she was a good college student, but she had fallen into depravity and became a singer and dancer in the old times to sell her body... It was very ugly, and her parents felt ashamed and anxious.

"You are a good female college graduate, don't do such a thing that brings shame to your family."

"I gave birth to such a good daughter, how could she change?"

"Quit it quickly! Go back to your unit and work hard!"

...

Xiao Yu tried her best to explain to her parents on the phone, but her parents did not believe her daughter, and only believed what others said.

At this time, no matter how many words she said, they were all pale.

Her parents asked her to withdraw from the competition, but Xiao Yu did not agree. After participating in the beauty pageant, Xiao Yu saw a brand new world. She had all kinds of new experiences and saw a bigger and broader sky. She wanted to make money! She wanted to live a better life. She wanted to seize this rare opportunity!

Before participating in the finals, her parents in the countryside could not bear it anymore and traveled to the island overnight to find her. They arrived on the island yesterday. Xiao Yu was exhausted and arranged for her parents, but still refused to give up this final.

"Dad! Mom! It's already the finals. I'll tell you in detail after the finals."

Even if she can't get a place, she still wants to participate!

All the finalists changed into elegant and beautiful dresses. Xiao Yu held up the hem of her dress and quietly looked at herself in the full-length mirror. Her beautiful pearl earrings sparkled.

She felt that she had changed from a rural girl covered in mud to a princess in a child's fairy tale step by step.

Regardless of whether there was an ending, she wanted to wear such clothes and be a princess for once.

Xiao Yu walked onto the stage in high heels.

When she walked onto the stage, she saw Qin Rou sitting in the referee's seat. It was the beautiful woman she bumped into when she came in. She only remembered that she looked familiar, but she didn't expect that she was actually the referee.

Xiao Yu was stunned for a moment, but continued to walk forward.

Qin Rou sat in the judges' booth and watched the beauties. It was indeed a pleasing sight to see so many beautiful beauties walking on the catwalk. The audience who came to watch the competition today was also very enthusiastic.

There was a catwalk show and a question-and-answer session...

...

In a tense and heated atmosphere, the finals ended. Not long after, the results of the competition were announced. The champion was Xie Ziyi, the runner-up was Chen Qianqian, and the third place was Zhang Fang... Xiao Yu ranked fourth and happened to have no ranking.

Standing behind the stage, Xiao Yu saw the three people wearing gold or silver pearl crowns.

The results of the competition came out. Although she felt regretful, she did not regret participating in the competition.

The beauty pageant finals ended but it was not over yet. Qin Rou, president of the Nandao Pearl Chamber of Commerce, invited the 16 finalists to participate in the "National Style Pearl Exhibition" held by the Nandao Pearl Craft Park. At that time, they will wear cheongsams, wedding dresses, Chinese wedding dresses and skirts to exhibit pearl jewelry in the Pearl Craft Park.

They can also get 51 days' salary, which is equivalent to their one-month salary!

Xiao Yu naturally signed up to participate, and the other 15 people also agreed to participate in the pearl jewelry exhibition.

After the finals, Qin Rou took a car back to the family courtyard. Since the beauty pageant began, Qin Rou has also become a celebrity in the family courtyard, and the sisters-in-law in the family courtyard are also paying attention to the beauty pageant.

"Sister Qin, you're back. We saw you on TV!"

"Those girls wore such beautiful dresses!"

"You, the judge, are prettier than the contestants!"

"Sister Qin, your pity is that you got married too early! You didn't catch up with the right time!"

...

Qin Rou returned home after chatting and laughing with them. The two sisters Tian Dou Rong at home were excited when they saw her: "The mom on TV is back!"

"Mom, I want to wear beautiful dresses too!"

"I want to wear a little crown!"

"Next time I'll give you shell crowns." Qin Rou teased the two sisters with a smile. The two children were only in elementary school, and Qin Rou didn't dare let them wear a bunch of valuable pearls when they went out. It would be okay if the pearls were lost, but she was afraid that people would get into danger.

Around 1980, the society was somewhat chaotic, with all kinds of sneaky fights. After a severe crackdown the year before last, the atmosphere has improved a lot in the past one or two years.

Of course, the two sisters Tian Dou Rong were studying in the primary school attached to the army at that time, and it was very safe to go back to their family compound after school.

Not long after Qin Rou came back, the brothers Lu Yan and Lu Weizhou also came back. The two brothers played ball in the school, and when they came back, they were sweating all over. Qin Rou handed them a towel and asked them to wipe the sweat and take a shower.

Lu Yan was in the back of the line, so he just hugged his wife and clung to her first. Qin Rou went to the hotel to prepare before, and they hadn't seen each other for several days.

Qin Rou smiled and told him about the beauty pageant finals.

"Do you want to stay in the sea view room built by your wife? They all say that seeing the sea early in the morning makes their whole mood happy!" Qin Rou was held tightly in Lu Yan's arms. She smiled and pushed him on the chest, teasing.

Over the years, Comrade Lu Yan could see the sea most of the time when he woke up. This was indeed not a beautiful thing. If he went out to sea on a mission and floated on the sea for a month, there would be nothing but sea...

"I don't want to see the sea, I just want to see you." Lu Yan smiled and said, "Take you with me next time I go out to sea."

"Take me with you? Is there room for me on the warship?"

"Hang our Comrade Qin on the stern, and use sea water to wash it when it gets dirty."

Qin Rou snorted, "Can I go fishing for sharks when I have nothing to do?"

"It's estimated that we can't catch sharks. Your Chief of Staff Lu feels sorry for you. You can help wash the clothes. White clothes are hard to wash..."

Qin Rou heard the noise downstairs. The two children came out and stopped arguing with Lu Yan: "Go take a bath!"

In May, the 16 finalists held a Chinese-style pearl exhibition at the Pearl Craft Park. The TV station also recorded the whole process and edited and broadcast it during the prime time of TV.

This Qiongzhou Island Beauty Pageant was not only a sensation on Qiongzhou Island, but also frequently appeared in local newspapers. Southern newspapers even published it several times. It also attracted great attention and response in Guangdong Province and Hong Kong Island. Guangzhou will also hold a beauty pageant afterwards.

At this time, the first ten episodes of the script of "The Story of the Travel Agency" prepared by Zhang Yuanjun and others had already come out. This was the result of their brainstorming, and Feng Yulan joined the script creation team.

This girl is very interesting and came up with a lot of funny dialogues. Director Wu made an exception and invited her to join Qiongzhou Island TV Station.

"Comrade Xiao Feng, our TV station needs talents like you to develop!"

Feng Yulan originally planned to travel to Qiongzhou Island, but she didn't expect to get a job here. This was an outcome she could not have imagined.

"When I came here, I wanted to see the winter in the south, but I ran into a beauty pageant there. I couldn't bear to leave because they were writing a TV script... This script is so interesting..."

"My parents asked me to go back to work."

Chen Juanjuan asked her, "What do you mean?"

Feng Yulan hesitated and said, "I will work here for three years first. I told my parents that I will work here for three years first. I want to wait until the filming of this script is completed. After seeing the TV series successfully staged, I think I will feel at ease."

"What do your parents think?"

"They couldn't persuade me, so they told me not to find a partner on the island. I promised them that I would never find a partner on the island."

"I am now very interested in scriptwriting and TV series shooting. Since Qiongzhou Island TV Station has given me this opportunity, I must seize it tightly!"

Chen Juanjuan smiled and said, "We don't let you find a partner because we are afraid that you will get married on the island and never come back."

"I told my parents that I will work here for three years first!" Feng Yulan smiled and said, "I estimate that I will only work for two or three years before leaving. During these three years, you can hang out on the island more and we sisters can chat and play together."

"Not bad." Chen Juanjuan nodded, "Work at the TV station here for three years, and then you can return to the local TV station."

"That's right, I want to see the TV series start airing!"

The script is ready. As a low-cost sitcom, there is nothing else to prepare. The venues such as travel agencies and scenic spots are all ready-made. Because it is a daily tour, the costumes are also ready-made. Now we just need to find suitable actors.

Qin Rou talked to the top eight contestants of the beauty pageant and asked them if they are willing to participate in the filming of the TV series.

"Film a TV series?!"

"We can film a TV series!!!"

...

After learning that they can film a TV series, these young girls are very excited. Ordinary people can't film TV series these days. Actors in those TV series planned by the country are all actors transferred from various domestic art troupes and drama troupes. Ordinary people really can't be selected.

These contestants have appeared in front of many TV viewers, and people have an impression of them. Qin Rou and the TV station wanted to let them all appear on camera to commemorate the first Miss Tourism South Island Contest.

"I'm willing to participate in the TV series!"

"A travel agency story, is it going to be a tour guide? The heroine will be chosen from among us?"

As the champion of the beauty pageant, Xie Ziyi almost tacitly agreed that she would be the female lead. As the champion of the competition, how could she not appear in this tourism-related TV series.

The TV station has also confirmed that she will participate, but the specific role has not yet been determined.

Xie Ziyi asked the TV station staff, "I can participate in the filming, but as the first place winner, I want 500 yuan per episode."

The champion's bid was so high that the other girls were tempted. They didn't want a few hundred yuan, but only 100 or 200 yuan. This trip would not only allow them to be on TV, but also make a lot of money.

The TV station staff was shocked, "500 yuan? That's too high!"

You have to know that most people get paid about 40 to 90 yuan per episode for TV series, which is about the average person's monthly salary. They had inquired about this before. The bid of 500 yuan per episode can be said to be a sky-high salary.

Nowadays, there are very few TV series in China. Everyone regards TV series shooting as a sacred artistic task. Directors and costumers strive for perfection in details. Therefore, in the budget of TV series shooting, the expenses of personnel travel, real-scene shooting, props and costumes, and scene layout account for the vast majority, and the cost of actors only accounts for a small part.

If the cost of actors is raised, then their budget is indeed a bit stretched.

"There are several TV series being filmed in China, and actors only get a few dozen yuan per episode, and the most is only a little over a hundred..."

"They are actors from the drama troupe, and they already get paid by the troupe. Plus the royalties for this episode, of course their conditions are better than ours."

"But your price can't be higher than theirs. They are actors with professional skills, and they don't charge such a high price."

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The TV station discussed with Qin Rou how to deal with this matter. Several people were anxious and eager to make a lot of money, especially the top three. As the champion, runner-up and third place, the TV station will definitely do everything possible to let them appear in the TV series.

The TV station can't just find a bunch of people with no ranking to shoot a travel agency TV series? Where will the Miss Tourism Contest be put?

"Don't worry, we've made it clear that it'll be at least 300 per episode."

"Look at the Pearl Craft Park, there are so many pearls. Chairman Qin doesn't lack the money."

"They must have asked us to film a TV series."

Qin Rou and the people at the TV station decided that the leading actors would be paid a maximum of 80 yuan per episode. The pay at this time was called royalties, and this price was not low.

It was about the same as the pay of actors in other domestic crews, and it was even considered too much. After all, they were in a sitcom and did not need to wear weird makeup.

If they really paid a high price and publicized it, what would the other actors who worked so hard to make TV series think? These contestants did not have any drama performance skills.

"We still have a lot of actors in our art troupe. If you want to make a movie, you don't have to choose..."

If it weren't for the gimmick of the beauty pageant, there would be no need to participate in the selection.