Hong Kong 1980: Me and the Queen Swapped Clothes

"Have you been dating any boys in your class these past two days? You come home every day in a great mood, grinning like an idiot. I'm warning you, you're a student now, and your job is to study hard. You can't let early romance interfere with your studies," Wang's mother admonished.

To be honest, Joey Wong's academic performance wasn't bad, but it wasn't particularly outstanding either. From a young age, she was trained in basketball as her father's successor. She was active in the school basketball team from middle school onwards, and her future dream was to join a higher-level basketball team.

In Wang's mother's eyes, Wang Zuxian is still too young. Apart from studying, nothing else should be her focus, just like most parents' expectations.

Joey Wong can be considered a very well-behaved girl overall, but she wasn't completely obedient; she also had her own ideas.

For example, today, listening to the Queen Mother's ramblings, she thought to herself with some disdain that her studies were just so-so, neither good nor bad. If she were to enter Guoguang University, her academic performance would already be considered quite good, because the students there had even worse grades.

"Mom, I understand, I will study hard." However, Wang Zuxian cleverly knew that it was not appropriate for her to go against her mother at this time, so she immediately told her mother, which pleased her mother, who let her off the hook: "Mom knows you are the most obedient, go ahead."

Wang Zuxian turned around and, where her mother couldn't see, secretly stuck out her tongue.

For some reason, Wang Zuxian originally didn't plan to have much contact with Qin Weiming recently, but after her mother's lecture, she now feels even more eager to see Qin Weiming.

This probably represents her rebellious spirit.

In this state, Qin Weiming sneezed at home, and he felt a little cold.

Tonight, Qin Weiming also received a call from Fang Yanmei. She kept complaining to him about how the teacher had repeatedly said her etiquette was terrible during class. She was even more dissatisfied: "I've never been to school before, and she wants me to start greeting people in English now? How is that possible? Aming, you should get a refund for this course!"

"Sister Fang, if you really think this course isn't important, then I suggest you take it for two more days, and when it's my turn, I'll drop the course, okay?" Qin Weiming casually shut down Fang Yanmei's words, giving her a glimmer of hope, making her feel that if she really couldn't hold on any longer, she could drop the course.

Fang Yanmei was skeptical: "Really? Huh? Why are you being so agreeable today?"

Qin Weiming held the microphone, his voice extremely low: "Sister Fang, the opportunity I've arranged for you is to work with Jackie Chan and his team on movies. They're destined to be in front of the biggest names in Hong Kong, and you might even have the chance to go international in the future. What special talent do you have that would make Jackie Chan and his team notice you?"

But if you speak English and can communicate with foreigners during filming, Brother Long will definitely give you more priority when there are opportunities, right? For those of us from poor families, if we want more opportunities, we have to find ways to learn more.

Fang Yanmei had already given up. She was okay at acting classes, but she really struggled with etiquette and English classes. However, Qin Weiming's words rekindled her enthusiasm.

Fang Yanmei naturally knew who Cheng Long and his group were: movie stars who had become incredibly popular in Hong Kong since last year, although she had heard that he had failed to make it to the other side of the ocean this year.

But Fang Yanmei had no idea what level of failure that was. In her mind, it was that Jackie Chan could go to Hollywood, a place she never dared to dream of. Now Qin Weiming was making empty promises to her, saying that she might be able to go to the other side of the ocean with Jackie Chan's film crew in the future.

"If that's really the case, then it would be worth dying for," Fang Yanmei murmured.

Qin Weiming chuckled: "Sister Fang, you don't have to die. As long as you learn English well and can speak and listen, that's enough. I don't require you to be able to write it."

"You little brat, you think it's that easy?" Fang Yanmei angrily hung up the phone, stomped her foot, paid the bill, and went to class without looking back.

In the end, Fang Yanmei did not choose to drop the course. Although she felt dizzy and her eyes were blurry from the class, and the teacher's English sounded like a thousand ducks quacking in her ears, she still gritted her teeth and endured it. Others may not know what kind of efforts people at the bottom of society have to make to achieve a better life, but Fang Yanmei knows it very well.

While working in nightclubs, Fang Yanmei saw many capable people who had the ability and ambition to climb the ladder, but they had no one by their side to plan for them or point them in the right direction.

Instead, they were surrounded by bloodsucking worms that wanted to drag them down into the mire and clung to them.

Even if Fang Yanmei was slow to realize, she could sense that Qin Weiming was doing this for her own good. Otherwise, he wouldn't have gone to the trouble of raising money just to enroll her in classes.

So even though going to school was painful, Fang Yanmei gritted her teeth and persevered. Every day she would go to class during the day and then recite her lessons in her room.

Fang Yanmei's diligence made the landlady slow her pace and remind others not to disturb her studies: "This girl is so diligent. Don't disturb her studies. Any family with a child like this is already blessed."

Chinese people always show an unexpected level of care and respect for learning.

This is an instinct passed down from generation to generation, and it is also Fang Yanmei's earnest and studious attitude that touched everyone.

Fang Yanmei gradually got used to this busy and fulfilling life. She would study during the day and continue studying at home at night. Apart from often going to Cheng Long's place for meals, she didn't have any need to go out for fun. Recently, Cheng Long has been teasing her for becoming a bookworm, saying that she only holds a book and studies English every day and doesn't care about anything else.

As a result, Yuen Biao immediately revealed that during the days when Jackie Chan was filming "The Killer" in Hollywood, he couldn't eat anything except hamburgers because he didn't know any other words. When Jackie Chan came back, he would turn green whenever he heard the word "hamburger." Yuen Biao exposed this embarrassing secret, which angered Jackie Chan so much that he punched Yuen Biao hard.

Yuen Qiu and others were still filming on set and didn't have time to have meals together so frequently. Cheng Long, on the other hand, liked to eat with others, which led to Fang Yanmei being photographed and appearing in the newspaper a few times. Fortunately, Cheng Long reacted in time to cover her face, so it was a close call.

Even so, tabloid reporters still secretly kept an eye on Fang Yanmei, hoping to dig up some rumors about her and Cheng Long to make a story.

However, Fang Yanmei spent her days eating and studying, and there was nothing to write about in the newspapers except for splashing some dirty water on them, so she had to give up.