Reborn in the Hong Kong entertainment industry in the 1980s

Upon hearing this, Hu Xiaoxiao realized that the manager hadn't recognized her and had forgotten that he had once encouraged her to sign up for the Miss Hong Kong pageant.

Hu Xiaoxiao was no longer the naive girl she was when she first arrived in Baogang. Having experienced so many years of human relationships, she naturally knew that the manager had encouraged her to sign up for Miss Hong Kong with the intention of making a fool of her and to play a trick on her, and he had no good intentions.

However, the outcome was good, so she thought she should thank him.

Although given her personality and the developed film and television industry in Hong Kong, she was bound to enter the industry sooner or later, entering it earlier saved her from many detours, which is generally a good thing.

"Do you remember that girl who came looking for a job that year? You suggested she participate in the Miss Hong Kong pageant." Hu Xiaoxiao recounted what happened back then.

The manager was stunned for a moment, but soon the matter came to mind.

The incident left a deep impression on him because it was the only time he advised a job applicant to participate in the Miss Hong Kong pageant. He even told this story as a joke to his colleagues and friends several times.

The manager took a while to come to his senses, then looked at Hu Xiaoxiao with surprise and asked, "Sister Xiao, do you know that girl?"

Hu Xiaoxiao smiled and said, "Don't you recognize me? I'm the girl from back then."

what? !

The manager was shocked and stared incredulously at the glamorous and dazzlingly beautiful Hu Xiaoxiao. Was this the same girl who looked thin and old-fashioned back then?

"You, Sister Xiao, are you joking?" The manager was still incredulous.

Hu Xiaoxiao didn't explain much, but just smiled and said, "I just happened to be passing by and it reminded me of many things from the past. I also happened to see you, which touched me, so I came over to thank you. Thank you."

After saying that, Hu Xiaoxiao closed the car window and drove away.

The manager was left standing alone on the street, completely bewildered, until a colleague came over and called out to him, "What are you doing standing there? What are you doing, looking up like that? Are you crazy?"

The manager slapped himself hard, a look of wild joy on his face. "Do you know who was just talking to me?"

"Who? Could it be that Hu Xiaoxiao is talking to you?" Because Hu Xiaoxiao has recently become so popular that everyone in Baogang is talking about her. Whether it's newspapers, magazines, or the streets, it's all about her. My colleague said this instinctively.

"That's right, it's Hu Xiaoxiao!" the manager said with a smug look on his face. "Do you know what Hu Xiaoxiao was saying to me? She was thanking me! The big star Sister Xiao is thanking me!"

His colleague didn't believe him. "You're still half asleep. You're not some big shot, why would Hu Xiaoxiao thank you?"

"Why not?" the manager explained smugly. "Do you know why Hu Xiaoxiao wanted to participate in the Miss Hong Kong pageant? It was me! I was the one who suggested she go! Without me, there would be no superstar Hu Xiaoxiao!"

When his colleagues didn't believe him, and other colleagues in the restaurant laughed at him for being delusional, the manager quickly recounted the events of that year to his colleagues in detail.

Several of the restaurant's colleagues were long-time employees, and when the manager mentioned it, they immediately recalled what happened back then. After all, the manager had ridiculed Hu Xiaoxiao for quite some time, mocking her for being a mainland girl with unrealistic dreams, saying that she couldn't even speak Cantonese properly yet wanted to compete in the Miss Hong Kong pageant, and that she was simply ignorant of her place.

Furthermore, the manager once boasted, "If she gets elected, I'll climb from this street to that street!"

He had said this sentence several times back then. When his colleague recalled the incident, he immediately remembered this sentence as well. "Hey! Didn't you say that if she could be elected, you would climb from one street to another? Later, she not only won the title, but also became the Miss Hong Kong champion. Now she is a superstar who is incredibly famous. Aren't you going to keep your promise?"

"Yes! Street climbing! Street climbing!"

Because the manager is known for his sharp tongue, many employees are dissatisfied with him and used this incident to incite him to crawl through the streets.

The manager's face immediately turned green, and he feigned ignorance, saying, "Did I say that? I don't think so. You must be mistaken. How could I say something like that?"

But he wasn't the only colleague who remembered what happened back then; there were witnesses. After obtaining the testimony, the colleagues went over together, jeering and pushing him into the street, saying, "Playing dumb won't work, crawl! Crawl for us!"

The commotion was overheard by the shop owner, who happened to be visiting the store. Coincidentally, the owner was a fan of Hu Xiaoxiao and had learned disco from Hu Xiaoxiao when Chen Tianhua opened a dance class. Upon hearing that her employees had once looked down on her idol and her half-teacher, she joined in the commotion, staring at the manager with a half-smile and saying, "A man should be as tough as nails. If he says he'll crawl, he should crawl."

When the manager saw the boss's wife's ambiguous smile, he knew she was serious. His heart skipped a beat, and in his nervousness, he missed a step, tripped, and fell to the ground.

The restaurant staff couldn't help but laugh when they saw this, and went over to help him up.

Although the manager was eventually spared the street crawling incident, he was given a nickname because of the fall he took on the street: "Street Flop Guy".