The following morning, it was drizzling.
The newly made sign for "Magic Bean Tea House" has been hung up.
The tea room rules were also posted on a large billboard and displayed at the entrance for everyone to see.
There were noticeably more people reading, but they were all elderly.
This made Hou Wenjie feel like he had turned the bookstore into an activity center for the elderly.
This has always been the case.
Hou Wenjie looked at the light rain falling outside the door and suddenly remembered the girl who had come to the store to take shelter from the rain a couple of days ago.
He opened WeChat, and sure enough, Chanel had already sent him several messages.
The day before yesterday, I asked, "Wenjie, what's the name of your novel?"
Yesterday morning, the message was: "Good morning, Wenjie."
In the afternoon, [Wenjie, what are you busy with?]
In the evening, [Wenjie, don't you usually use WeChat?]
This morning, Wenjie said, "I'm going to an audition for a new movie again! I'm so excited!"
Hou Wenjie typed a few words, then deleted them. He really didn't know what to talk about. Finally, after thinking for a moment, he typed two words.
【come on. 】
After waiting a few seconds and confirming there was no reply, Hou Wenjie exited WeChat. He continued writing his novel, "Wandering Through the Myriad Realms."
The novel's data is very stable, with around 10 people following each update, which seems pretty good.
Hou Wenjie continued writing from where he left off last time.
After spending some time with Kana, the protagonist has to get busy with his newly established entertainment company.
Those in the entertainment industry who work in film and television know he's a newly minted tycoon with a net worth of billions. In the entertainment world, he's definitely a very wealthy person.
After all, some of these companies in the entertainment industry may have a market value of tens of billions, but it's actually difficult for a boss to cash out even a few hundred million.
Film and television companies hire a few top celebrities to shoot some ancient costume fantasy dramas, boasting that the actors' salaries are tens of millions and the investment is hundreds of millions, but in reality, there is not that much money at all.
The so-called actor salaries are mostly calculated through resource exchanges and stock price manipulation, which is very inflated. In fact, many of these deals involve money laundering, such as entertainment companies linked to gambling companies.
The protagonist has billions of real money, and with rumors that he's going to enter the entertainment industry, various film and television companies are trying to get investment from him.
In the capital, when negotiating a cooperation with the well-known Huaxing Media Group, the other party invited several actresses to accompany him. Among them, actress Huo, who has played the leading role in many TV dramas with a pure and innocent image, sat on his lap without any hesitation.
The next day, the weather was fine and sunny.
Accompanied by the actress, the protagonist enjoyed all the flowers in the capital. In the end, he invested in and filmed a period drama called "Young Emperor", with this actress as the female lead.
In these chapters, Hou Wenjie mainly plans to focus on the decadent and debauched world of the entertainment industry, where big star couples are each supported by sugar daddies, they don't hide their dinner parties from others, their salaries are sky-high, entertainment stocks are involved, and money laundering is rampant.
The entertainment industry is like the brothels of ancient times. Big patrons keep famous courtesans and take turns playing with them. They don't even mind if the courtesan cheats, because in their eyes, these courtesans are just toys. They can just replace them when they get tired of them.
Even famous courtesans engage in mutual attacks and discrediting, and pay for articles to spread rumors. Fan leaders, marketing accounts, self-media, Weibo influencers, and all sorts of other figures have joined the fray.
For example, a female celebrity openly cheated on her husband on set, acting with the male lead in a campervan during the day, and then she could turn the tables and cyberbully her husband for cheating, gaining a wave of traffic and becoming a "pure and innocent" figure in the eyes of her fans.
For example, when two actresses with similar acting styles are involved, it is common for them to put each other down. Sometimes, when one of them gets into trouble, they immediately buy press releases about the other to divert attention, and then market a new image of charity and hard work. After that, they even have to stitch up their faces, which have been bruised and battered from numerous surgeries. They really go to great lengths.
Of course, it's not just girlfriends who have sugar daddies; male celebrities also have sugar daddies. There are even instances where, before becoming famous, top male stars would tear into other celebrities in order to compete with their male sugar daddies for their affections.
Of course, all of this was told to the protagonist by Ms. Huo in a casual tone during their trip together.
The entertainment industry is full of scandals, everyone knows that. If you want to become a top star, you can't stay clean. You either go along with the crowd and everyone will play along with you, or you'll be a nobody actor for life.
After becoming famous, top celebrities often engage in all sorts of reckless behavior, causing their agents a lot of headaches, who are responsible for suppressing press releases and buying press releases from competitors.
Some agents hire attractive female escorts for their male stars and arrange dashing male bodyguards for their female stars. They are called agents, but they are actually more like brothel owners.
Actress Huo, speaking with an air of someone who has experienced the vicissitudes of life and witnessed the ever-changing entertainment industry, casually tells the protagonist some juicy gossip that would shake the entertainment world to the point that ordinary people would think.
The male lead, having experienced the trials of actress Huo, realized just how difficult it was for Xiang Nai to achieve sudden fame through a single online film. However, for Xiang Nai to leapfrog from online celebrity to actress, the support of capital is essential.
Fortunately, Kana met herself, the protagonist thought.
By this point in his writing, Hou Wenjie has clearly portrayed the protagonist as a scumbag.
Aside from writing books, Hou Wenjie is actually quite free. He doesn't need to worry about much because there are people to take care of things for him. He only needs to act as a dictator, arrange the plans, and everyone will start up as if it were a pre-programmed sequence.
When people have free time, they feel empty. But when a person has both money and leisure, their desires grow wildly like weeds and entwine like venomous snakes, causing them to sink into an ocean of desires.
Hou Wenjie's spirit may be lonely, but it will not be empty.
A lonely person lives apart from the world.
Empty-minded people drift and sink in a sea of desires.
In the evening, a few people had a small gathering at Baicaojiang Izakaya.
Jiecheng didn't come this time. I heard on the phone that a female teacher had asked him for tutoring.
This is what Hou Wenjie admires about Jiecheng; he is someone that female teachers really like.
Kong Yiji seemed to be in a good mood because he actually had the mind to study philosophy.
He said, "The training courses are doing well now, and the income is enough to cover my expenses, with some left over."
But I've realized I'm not happy. I don't know why I'm living like this, or what the point is.
Zhang San looked at him and said, "So? Do you want to become a celebrity? It just so happens that Lao Hou is preparing to shoot a youth film. He'll ask you to be the male lead in the next one."
Kong Yiji shook his head: "My WeChat official account already has 50,000 followers. Within a certain scope, I am already a celebrity."
But do you know what? The saddest thing for a person is that their own views are always misinterpreted by others.
When I carefully analyze a woman's personality and create a psychological profile by examining her clothing, gait, hairstyle, and voice, I feel that as a psychology teacher, I am doing something sacred.
The most frequent comments from viewers were "[Ubiquitous]", "[Bomb Disposal Expert]", and "[Paying Homage to the Grandmaster]".
Seeing those comments, I don't know why, but I always get a very frivolous feeling, even though I understand the psychology behind those memes.
But actually, deep down, I'm not someone who's very good at entertaining myself.
Hou Wenjie roughly understood and said sarcastically:
"Since you are a psychologist, you must have some expectations about these things."
"You're just feeling a bit pretentious now because you've had enough to eat."
Kong Yiji sighed: "Then tell me, what's the point of living like this?"
Hou Wenjie thought for a moment and said seriously, "Perhaps the act of living itself is a kind of meaning!"
Because when you're hungry, you don't care about meaning at all! You'll only think about a bowl of rice.
Not everything you do needs to be meaningful! There's a poem that says, "To find a bit of folly in this world," meaning that to be happy, sometimes you need to be a fool. Thinking too much makes life too tiring!
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