Reborn in the Hong Kong entertainment industry in the 1980s

Finally, Athena took half a day off and didn't return to rehearse until the afternoon.

Fortunately, Athena recovered considerably in the afternoon, and the rehearsal went smoothly.

After the rehearsal, the other contestants packed up and went home, but Hu Xiaoxiao stayed behind and practiced the song a few times with the vocal coach from the TV station.

By the time she came out of the TV station, the sun had already set.

It was getting completely dark by then, and Hu Xiaoxiao thought there wouldn't be any paparazzi waiting outside, but to her surprise, she was still being followed.

Perhaps these paparazzi are stalking other celebrities, after all, there are quite a few famous artists on TV, but now Hu Xiaoxiao is clearly being targeted.

Hu Xiaoxiao quickly hailed a taxi, thinking that she could shake off the paparazzi once she got in the car, but she didn't expect them to keep chasing her.

Hu Xiaoxiao didn't want them to follow her to her residence, and seeing that she couldn't shake them off, she had the driver stop in a busy commercial area.

Hu Xiaoxiao took out a wide-brimmed sun hat from her bag, put it on her head, and covered half of her face. After getting off the bus, she lowered her head and quickly walked towards the large shopping mall in the commercial area.

Entering from the east gate of the mall and exiting from the west gate, Hu Xiaoxiao unknowingly arrived in front of a high-end Western restaurant.

It was completely dark, and the streetlights were on. Several luxury cars were parked in front of the restaurant.

A man and a woman were standing in front of a Mercedes-Benz, pulling at each other.

"Why are you stopping me? I want to explain things to Wan Sheng myself," Zhao Yanhong said anxiously.

The tall, burly man stood firmly in front of Zhao Yanhong, his attitude cold. "Wan Sheng is very unhappy with what you did. He hates being used by others the most. Wan Sheng said that out of consideration for our previous relationship, he won't pursue this matter, but he hopes you'll be sensible."

Zhao Yanhong pushed a man, but failed to push him away. Instead, she stumbled and almost fell. Angered, she took off her high heels and said, "I told you, I can explain. Just let me see Wansheng one more time, just one more time!"

The man warned again, "Miss Zhao, you'd better save some face."

Seeing that Zhao Yanhong and the man had been struggling for a while without stopping, Hu Xiaoxiao turned around and found that the paparazzi had come after them again.

So these paparazzi all have dog noses?

Hu Xiaoxiao looked around and slipped into the Western restaurant before the paparazzi spotted her.

Stepping into the Western restaurant felt like entering another world.

Apart from the soft music, there was only silence.

The restaurant is filled with a romantic style, with European-style wall lamps emitting a soft orange glow, and beautiful piano music playing in the background, as if transporting people to a warm and cozy place filled with the fragrance of flowers and a romantic atmosphere.

A waiter wearing a bow tie approached and asked softly, "Good evening, ma'am. How many are in your party?"

"What's good to eat?" Hu Xiaoxiao looked around, wanting to see if anyone had ordered food and to see what the food was like.

But then she saw a somewhat familiar-looking man sitting at the dining table under the interplay of light and shadow. The man was also looking in her direction and saw her.

He raised his glass of red wine to her and said, "Miss Hu, what a coincidence."

"Yes, what a coincidence." Hu Xiaoxiao asked, "Wansheng, are you having dinner here too?"

Wan Sheng smiled and said, "This restaurant is my property. What would you like to eat, Miss Hu? It's on me."

Hu Xiaoxiao looked outside, shook her head, and said, "No, I need to ask if there's a back door to leave."

Wan Sheng also looked outside and asked, "Are you being chased by paparazzi?"

"Yes, may I pass by?"

Wan Sheng smiled again and said, "There's nothing inconvenient about it."

He nodded to the waiter, instructing him to take Hu Xiaoxiao out through the back door.

A short while after Hu Xiaoxiao left, the burly man came in and said to Wan Sheng, "Wan Sheng, Miss Zhao has already left."

Wan Sheng simply swirled the red wine in his hand under the lamplight and took a small sip.

The man added, "When I was trying to persuade Miss Zhao earlier, she refused to leave. There was a struggle, and the paparazzi saw it and took a lot of pictures."

Wan Sheng then said calmly, "Tell the newspaper not to report anything that shouldn't be reported."

"Yes, I'll do it right away."

After Hu Xiaoxiao exited through the back door of the Western restaurant, she found herself in an office building area. She pulled her hat down further and lowered her head again.

Once she was sure no paparazzi were following her, Hu Xiaoxiao finally breathed a sigh of relief and bought a dozen masks when she passed a pharmacy.

After putting on a mask, she took a taxi to the dance training class.

As her popularity grows, some students have recognized Hu Xiaoxiao as a contestant in the Miss Hong Kong pageant. In the past two days, people have come to her class to sign up, and her two classes a night are fully booked.

With some time before class started, Hu Xiaoxiao approached Chen Tianhua and said, "Mr. Chen, I'm sorry, tonight is my last time teaching. I need to focus all my energy on the semi-finals, and I'll have to give it my all in the finals after that, so I don't have the energy to teach any more classes."

Chen Tianhua had anticipated this day. He smiled and said, "Actually, I was already quite surprised that you could teach until tonight. Thank you, Ms. Hu, for your dedication during this time. You have brought continuous praise to the dance training class and made it popular and profitable."

Chen Tianhua was very generous and once again gave Hu Xiaoxiao a discount. All the registration fees for Hu Xiaoxiao's classes that night would be kept by her, and he also gave Hu Xiaoxiao a large red envelope.

"How could I possibly accept this?" Hu Xiaoxiao refused the large red envelope. Chen Tianhua had already been very generous by giving her all the tuition fees for tonight; she didn't want to accept anything more.

"Don't be shy. Since you started teaching, you've brought me so much business. Before, my training classes were often less than half full, but now every teacher is teaching a full class." Chen Tianhua stuffed the red envelope into Chen Xiaoxiao's hand and said, "Maybe we'll have another chance to cooperate in the future."

Considering the current popularity of the dance class, and the fact that her participation in the Miss Hong Kong pageant had attracted a lot of students, Hu Xiaoxiao decided to accept the offer generously. "Okay, I'll definitely do it if I have the chance."

This Mr. Chen is a conscientious and trustworthy person, and she likes to deal with people like him.

On the last night, Hu Xiaoxiao not only taught even more diligently, sharing her skills with her students almost without reservation, but also extended the teaching time, continuing until late at night.

Although the trainees were very tired, they were all very happy and expressed their support for Hu Xiaoxiao to win the championship.

"I'll feel proud to tell people that my dance teacher is a Miss Hong Kong winner." The wealthy housewife said that if it weren't for the fact that you can't buy votes in the Miss Hong Kong pageant, she would have spent hundreds of thousands of dollars to help Hu Xiaoxiao.

"Ever since I took Ms. Hu's class, whenever my friends invite me to dance at the ballroom, I'm always the most glamorous housewife there."

"I'm now the headliner at the company's parties."

There was a camera at the dance class, and the students all expressed their desire to take a photo with Hu Xiaoxiao.

Hu Xiaoxiao generously fulfilled the students' requests, never refusing anyone who wanted a photo with her, making the students feel once again that enrolling in Hu Xiaoxiao's classes was a truly worthwhile investment.