From a freeloader to a world leader

The impact of Hengzhou's first night market festival and charity fundraising gala was enormous.

Even twenty years later, Sun Shan successfully ascended the throne and became the pioneer of the Datong Empire.

Still, widely circulated.

Because, from then on, the Sui Empire launched a wave of literary and artistic star-making movement.

Many students who originally focused on reading the books of sages saw from them another way out in life.

Becoming a talented star like Sun Shan can immediately give you huge influence.

At the same time, you can become rich overnight.

Since this is possible, then why bother to squeeze into the most difficult and lonely path of the imperial examination among thousands of people?

Speaking of creating stars, the charity gala actually created several famous superstars in later generations.

Among them are Jacky Cheung and his son, Xie Meiyu and her daughter, and another one is Sun Shan’s enthusiast - Brother Li.

Brother Li gritted his teeth and spent two taels of silver that night to enter the party.

In the audience interaction session arranged later, Sun Shan called him from the backstage of the party to the stage and invited him to sing with him.

Of course Sun Shan knew this Brother Li. He had heard him sing outside his own restaurant and learned storytelling from him.

But I didn't expect that this Brother Li is a person who likes to be in the spotlight.

When he was called to the stage, he showed no fear and gave an outstanding performance.

This triggered another unexpected climax in the party.

Moreover, in front of tens of thousands of audiences, Brother Li knelt down on the stage and wanted to take me as his master and join the Deyun Club that he was still planning to form.

To become his first disciple.

Sun Shan thought for a while, nodded, and asked his name.

Brother Li said his name is Li Jianlong and he is only 38 years old this year.

Sun Shan remembered the arrangement of Deyun Society a thousand years later, and gave Brother Li a stage name, Li Yunlong, according to the order of Yunhe Jiuxiao and Longteng Sihai.

From then on, Li Yunlong became Sun Shan's founding disciple, and from then on, he also became a big name in the entertainment industry of the Sui Empire.

Moreover, he later made indelible contributions to the rise of Sun Shan's empire.

He led the Yunlong Legion on an expedition to the Great Wilderness Kingdom, directly reaching the Chaozi Kingdom, and unified the northeastern part of the continent.

For a period of time after the party, Datong Chamber of Commerce entered a stage of rapid development.

Some forces that were still waiting and watching saw Sun Shan expressing his love to Princess Yang Keyin in a public place with thousands of people.

Surprisingly, the prince did not refute it, but he did not confirm it either.

So, what does this mean?

It is probably the so-called observation and probation period.

Starting from the morning of the second day after the party, the Datong Chamber of Commerce placed eight pots of porridge at the same time at the entrance of the Datong Chamber of Commerce and the Xiangyang Rice Shop on Qingyun Street.

Speaking of Xiangyang Rice Shop, anyone with some resources and information knows that this is the rice shop of the Prince of Hengzhou.

So, as an admirer of Princess Ke Xin, it seems reasonable for Sun Shan to purchase goods from the prince's rice shop and distribute porridge in front of the rice shop.

Since the second evening party, a new scene appeared in Hengzhou city. Every day from morning to night, Pingyang Street where Datong Chamber of Commerce is located, and Qingyun Street where Xiangyang Rice Shop is located, were lined up with eight neatly arranged lines of people eating porridge.

Originally, people in this world didn't really understand what rules were.

If there is anything delicious or what they need, they will rush over.

However, after being taught a lesson by the Huayang children of the Datong Chamber of Commerce with the white wax sticks, some of the bold and disobedient and rude people were either expelled from the team or disqualified from eating porridge.

There were also people with bad attitudes who had a fight with the Datong Chamber of Commerce.

Sun Bing simply broke the troublemaker's limbs and threw him out of the city, leaving him to fend for himself.

As for whether these strong men with bad attitudes are like that by nature or are from other forces who want to disrupt or destroy the image of Datong Chamber of Commerce, it is unknown.

Anyway, after a series of earnest teachings from the Datong Chamber of Commerce, those huge numbers of people who ate porridge became well-behaved.

You have to know that urban residents of this era were not necessarily very wealthy.

Even for ordinary families, the usual meals they eat are porridge with steamed corn bread.

Therefore, many urban residents have also joined the ranks of eating porridge.

In addition to the tens of thousands of homeless people who came to the city to beg for food and work, there were basically long queues in front of the sixteen iron pots from morning to night every day.

On the third day after distributing the porridge, Sun Shan appeared in front of the government office of Xiangnan Prefecture for the first time on his big black horse.

Immediately, it caused a sensation inside and outside the yamen.

Speaking of the current Hengzhou City's fame, if Sun Shan is second, no one dares to claim to be first.

An enthusiastic yamen runner took the reins from Sun Shan and asked, "Scholar, what brings you here?"

If you were an ordinary person, let alone letting someone lead your horse, you wouldn't even be qualified to enter the yamen if you didn't spend some money.

But who is Sun Shan? He is the most powerful person in Hengzhou City.

He started out as a poor scholar, and within just two months, he had established several large clubs and amassed a huge fortune of tens of thousands of taels of silver.

This does not include his invisible influence.

"I'm here to discuss the charity funds and porridge with you, Lord."

As soon as these words were spoken, the entire yamen fell silent.

Everyone was watching to see what this most prominent scholar was doing at the yamen.

Unexpectedly, he gave me such a huge benefit.

The yamen runners thought that if Sun Shan really handed over the tens of thousands of taels of silver raised for charity to the yamen, then-------

This excited a seventh-rank inspector who hurried forward to greet him: "Mr. Shanzhong, welcome, welcome, please follow me, the prefect should be working in the east wing at the moment."

"Thank you, thank you----"

Sun Shan thanked him twice. Seeing that the man had a short beard and a handsome appearance, and was a seventh-rank official at a young age, he also wanted to make friends with him. He asked enthusiastically, "What's your name, big brother? You are so young, but you have passed the imperial examination and become famous. You are really a role model for us!"

These words made Chen Kun feel both happy and embarrassed.

Because of his official position, he had to pass the imperial examination to be a seventh-rank official at the age of 24.

However, as a descendant of the Chen family, one of the four great families of the Sui Empire, he easily obtained it with the status of a juren.

He smiled awkwardly: "Haha, sorry to make you laugh, my name is Chen Kun, and I have never participated in the palace examination------"

As soon as these words were spoken, Sun Shan immediately understood.

This Chen Kun should be a member of the Chen family, and a core member of the family.

Otherwise, he wouldn't have been assigned to such a position at such a young age.

He had a good impression of this person. He was upright and honest, unlike most people who were so pretentious.

"It's Brother Chen. I've heard a lot about you. Do you have time to have a drink with me after work?"

Unexpectedly, Chen Kun immediately agreed and even made a request: "Yes, I have time. I will find you after I finish work. Are you still here to sing again?"

After saying this, Chen Kun looked at Sun Shan's face uneasily, feeling that he had spoken too fast and had made a mistake in his words.

You know, people in this world regard such an elegant activity as opera as one of the lowest classes of people.

Unexpectedly, Sun Shan nodded calmly and said, "Yes, I am here all the time. Brother Chen is always welcome to visit."

Seeing how magnanimous Sun Shan was, and how he acted as if nothing had happened when being told about singing in front of him, Chen Kun couldn't help but look at him with higher regard.

These days, he has learned many of Sun Shan's songs in private, but he has only been learning from others.

I have never been able to get the hang of some key details.

Seeing Sun Shan actually coming to the yamen today, I wanted to learn from him.

"That's fine. I wonder if you have time. I want to ask you for some advice. I always feel that I can't understand the deep meaning of some of your operas."

Upon hearing this, Sun Shan was immediately happy.

It seems that this official is also one of his fans and a fellow traveler.

He quickly put his hand on Chen Kun's shoulder and said, "We are all family, we can learn from each other. If you are interested, I will write a few songs for you. What do you think?"

Chen Kun was startled, and looked at him. He was so familiar with him, as if he hadn't seen an old friend for many years. He put Sun Shan's arm around his shoulders. He struggled slightly in his heart, and happily responded: "Haha, thank you brother------"