Reborn in the Hong Kong entertainment industry in the 1980s

The old man wasn't offended; instead, he laughed and said, "You're quite a practical young lady. You have to eat one bite at a time. No one can become fat overnight."

Since I happen to have some free time and I like your appearance, I'll teach you some techniques. Once you learn them, you'll be able to fool most people, unless you're participating in a professional music competition.

Hu Xiaoxiao liked the old man and asked, "What's your name, sir?"

"My surname is Huang, just call me Uncle Huang."

"Uncle Huang, my breath gets unstable when I sing this part of the song..." Hu Xiaoxiao asked Uncle Huang for advice on the problems she encountered while practicing the song.

Uncle Huang not only answered Hu Xiaoxiao's questions, but also taught her how to handle details.

As the sun rose, Hu Xiaoxiao realized it was getting late and she had to report to the TV station in an hour. She said, "Uncle Huang, thank you so much for teaching me. Come on, I'll treat you to some chicken."

Uncle Huang waved his hand and said, "It's early in the morning, I don't want to eat anything too greasy. I'm going to the teahouse for tea later. My old friends should be waiting for me there."

"Wouldn't drinking tea so early in the morning make you even hungrier?" Hu Xiaoxiao asked, puzzled.

Upon hearing this, Uncle Huang laughed and asked, "Just arrived in Gangcheng?"

How did Uncle Huang know?

“How could people in Hong Kong not know the meaning of tea drinking? I mean going to tea drinking doesn’t just mean drinking tea, but tea with breakfast.”

"Is breakfast good?" When Hu Xiaoxiao was looking for a job, she asked at one or two teahouses, but she had never been inside and didn't know what kind of food they sold.

She had only been in the port city for a short time and had been quite busy. The food she ate most often was her favorite kind of chicken.

Uncle Huang said, "Delicious, of course it's delicious. Larger teahouses have hundreds of kinds of dim sum, such as char siu bao, custard buns, all kinds of buns, as well as shrimp dumplings, siu mai, and so on."

Besides dim sum, there are also various kinds of rice noodle rolls, congee, and rice noodle rolls. There are more than a dozen kinds of rice noodle rolls, including char siu rice noodle rolls, beef rice noodle rolls, and meat and egg rice noodle rolls. There are even more kinds of congee, with preserved egg and lean pork congee and "Zhuangyuan Jidi" congee being my favorites.

As for rice noodles, there are various kinds of soup noodles and stir-fried noodles. You can try stir-fried rice noodles with dried beef, or wet stir-fried rice noodles; both are very authentic.

Hu Xiaoxiao felt hungry. If she wasn't worried about not making it to the TV station in time, she would have gone to the teahouse with Uncle Huang for a drink.

"Uncle Huang, are you coming tomorrow? After we finish learning the song tomorrow, let's go to the teahouse early for morning tea."

“Okay, no problem. It’s more fun with more people to set the stage.” Uncle Huang sighed, “When you get old, you just like a lively atmosphere. You young people rarely want to talk to us old folks. You think we’re too talkative.”

Hu Xiaoxiao said confidently, "I certainly won't look down on you for being old."

Even if he gets old, can he outlive this vixen?

When Hu Xiaoxiao rushed to the TV station by bus, she found that the atmosphere in the training room was different today.

She was about to go in when someone called her back at the door.

Looking over, I recognized him – Charlie, the deputy director of the television station's production department.

"Ms. Hu, you must be tired from the training lately. Are you getting used to it here?" Charlie asked kindly.

Hu Xiaoxiao turned around and smiled, "It's a habit. Deputy Director, you're at work so early too?"

"Calling me Deputy Director is too formal. Just call me Charlie. I arrived at the TV station half an hour early today because I have some things to do."

Hu Xiaoxiao readily agreed, saying, "Then we won't interfere with Charlie's work."

Charlie nodded and said, "If you encounter any difficulties, you can come to my office and I will definitely help you solve them."

Hu Xiaoxiao thanked Charlie and went into the training room.

In the training room, Anna, the program manager in charge of training, saw that everyone had arrived and stood on the stage to address them:

"The TV station is undergoing a new reform. In order to increase the exposure of the contestants and make the citizens of Baogang more familiar with them, the senior management decided to reform the selection system after a meeting."

"Previously, the selection competitions were mostly held internally. After the reform, in order to make the selection competitions more fair and just, the higher-ups decided to open them to all audiences."

Every Saturday, the television station will dedicate a precious segment of prime time to broadcast a talent show presented by the contestants.

Gold always shines. I hope all the contestants will not let down the hard work of the higher-ups, train hard, compete well, and bring a wonderful impression to the audience.

Ladies, good luck on your journey to the finals!

Anna's words greatly excited the beauties below.

Everyone who participates in the Miss Hong Kong pageant does so in order to become famous.

It's a pleasant surprise that they can gain exposure during the selection process, even before the finals, and quickly build their fame.

Anna saw that the contestants were all excited and expectant, and left satisfied, handing the training room over to the two teachers.

With only two days left until this Saturday, the contestants don't have much time left to rehearse.

The two teachers arranged for the contestants to perform singing, choosing an easy-to-sing song, and a simple dance.

It's too complicated; I'm afraid there won't be enough time.

With 48 contestants, it was impossible to give each one a line of lyrics, so the two teachers renumbered the contestants into 48 numbers.

The 48 people were divided into 6 groups, with 8 people in each group.

Each group sings a section, with the same dance moves and positioning.

On this day, none of the contestants left early; they all practiced singing and choreography until all the TV station staff had gone home before they were willing to stop.

The song performed was "Little Rain in March".

This song has a soothing style, is easy to sing along to, and is easy to remember. The choreography can also be gentle, using less difficult movements to make it easy for the contestants to remember and learn.

The song is simple, the dance is simple, but to attract viewers, you can't make everything simple.

The program team specially borrowed costumes and props, using cheongsams as the theme, to showcase the contestants' good figures.

Furthermore, the program department gave up the largest stage for the contestants to perform.

The contestants practiced until Saturday morning. After the two teachers checked their performance, they chose to start recording in the afternoon, just in time for the evening broadcast on television to boost viewership.

To boost evening ratings, the TV station built up hype two days in advance, raising viewers' expectations to the max.

As the music began to play, wisps of smoke created by dry ice rose from the stage, transforming it into a scene reminiscent of the misty rain of March in Jiangnan.

The camera focuses on the stage, where a group of graceful women in cheongsams, holding paper umbrellas, walk gracefully from the left.

Although the beauty's face was not clearly seen, her hazy figure added to her charm.

The camera then focused on eight beautiful women, each with their own unique charm, as they began to sing:

The drizzle in March was light and persistent.

It kept drizzling down.

At this moment, a line of eight beauties on the right, holding paper umbrellas, emerged gracefully from the smoke:

The stream in the valley gurgles and splashes.

It flowed continuously, gurgling and splashing.