China Entertainment 1997

In June, classes finally resumed in Beijing.

Cao Li and Cao Yang saw their classmates again at school after more than half a year, with masks on their faces and QR codes in their pockets.

If they follow the normal course, they will have finished their high school entrance examination and are nervously waiting for their results or starting to think about summer vacation activities.

But now that the high school entrance examination has been postponed, they have to make up for the negative impact of online classes in the past semester as quickly as possible in this month.

Cao Li is relatively calm. She has good academic performance and is not afraid of exams.

Of course, even if she doesn't do well in the exam, Boss Cao can still get in. Many prestigious schools can sponsor admission. If it doesn't work, you can also find a student with special talents. Miss Cao is still good at calligraphy and piano.

However, neither Cao Xuan nor Zeng Li instilled these thoughts into Miss Cao. It is always a good thing that children are willing to learn.

"I've been holding it in for a long time at home. Let's go see a movie on the weekend."

During the class break, Cao Li's best friend Tang Xiaoya came to see her and asked to go out to watch a movie together, but Cao Li coolly dashed her hopes.

"Don't even think about going to the movies, the cinemas are not open at all."

Cao Li's family owns a movie theater and knows this very well. Although work and classes are currently resumed, some entertainment venues are still under strict control, such as movie theaters, and they have to wait a while.

Fanxing Cinemas has been closed for almost half a year. The water, electricity, rent, and wages of thousands of employees of more than 500 theaters are all supported by the capital on their books.

Thanks to the fact that Fanxing Cinema Line owns a considerable proportion of its theater properties, it saves a lot of money on rent.

At present, Fanxing is also the only theater chain that has not laid off employees or cut wages. Some theater chains have begun to completely close or sell off their theaters due to reality.

Anyway, even Fanxing will inevitably implement some cost-saving strategies if the general environment continues to decline in the future.

The possibility of layoffs is smaller. Fanxing has not reached that point yet, but it is probably a matter of time before wages are reduced during the shutdown.

Not only Fanxing Cinemas and Fanxing Film and Television City have also stopped, there are also hundreds of scattered employees in the two film and television cities.

The so-called cold winter of film and television is not just a decrease in film and television drama projects, but an all-round impact on the entire industry.

The Fanxing family has a great business and a complete industrial chain. It used to be an advantage. Now that the cold winter has arrived, it has received the most severe beatings. Fortunately, it has a strong foundation and can afford it, and Cao Xuan has made sufficient preparations. Otherwise, Fanxing will have to peel off his skin even if he does not die.

Cao Li was so impressed that she recently learned about Fanxing's current situation on the Internet and from her second mother. As time went by, her worries about hot pot restaurants and tutoring classes became much lighter.

My father and my second mother were able to stand firm in the face of such strong winds and waves, so the small whirlpool in the ditch didn't matter.

"Where can I go if I don't want to watch a movie? There aren't many shops open on the street."

Tang Xiaoya was not picky, but she just wanted to go out and play. She had a hyperactive personality, and she had to endure it at home for half a year, but it bored her out.

"My brother seems to have a competition on the weekend, how about I take you to cheer him on."

"Let's go watch football again."

Tang Xiaoya was a little disappointed, but thinking about the current situation, she still nodded in agreement.

After making an appointment for weekend activities, Tang Xiaoya couldn't help but ask: "Li Li, have you decided which junior high school to take the exam?"

"The High School Affiliated to the National People's Congress or the Fourth Middle School."

These two schools are among the best public schools in the capital, and the reason why Cao Li prefers them is that one has his brother there and the other is close to home.

As for grades and school districts, she didn't think much about it.

The former is not a big problem for her, who is firmly in the top 20 in the class, and the latter is not short of housing for her family, and there is room in the school district for any school she wants to attend.

"Ah, then I'm afraid we have to separate."

Tang Xiaoya looked desperate. Her grades were only above average, so it was still difficult to get into these two schools.

"Isn't your dad rich? Let's smash it."

Miss Cao gave advice to a good friend. Tang Xiaoya's family is quite wealthy. They own several wineries in Beijing, Hebei Province, and Shanxi Province. Although they don't have any high-end brands, their annual profits are tens of millions.

Therefore, Tang Xiaoya was well-known as a rich second generation in school, with several thousand pocket money every month, which shocked Cao Li who was still unaware.

"It's not that easy. My dad has already inquired about it. It's not about money at all."

The capital city is deep in water. Countless people stare at this prestigious school, which is among the top in the city, every year. Everyone has their own way, and most people can't spend money on it.

"Then I'll go back and ask my dad to see if there's anything I can do."

Cao Li didn't have many friends, but Tang Xiaoya had the best relationship. The two had established a friendship since the second grade. She wanted to go to junior high school with Tang.

"Can Dad do it?"

Tang Xiaoya had some doubts. Although the two were good friends, she didn't know much about Cao Li's family. She also had a carefree personality and didn't care about it.

I have known Cao Li for several years and have only a few impressions of his family——

Cao Li's family is also rich, but his parents are very busy at work and are usually looked after by his grandparents. He also has a younger brother at the same school who loves to play football. Not long ago, his parents funded a hot pot restaurant jointly with a classmate in his class.

"I don't know either, let's give it a try."

Tang Xiaoya didn't care about Cao Li's casual remark, but instead muttered something else.

"Chen Zhiruo has her birthday this Thursday and may invite us to their home to celebrate. Will you go?"

"Aren't we not allowed to gather?"

"Who knows? Maybe their community has loose control."

"I won't go. My mother doesn't let me run around recently. I can go out on weekends only because of my brother, and I have a normal relationship with her."

"If you don't go, then I won't go either. I'll just go back to Taobao to buy some gifts."

Tang Xiaoya always advanced and retreated together with her good sisters. In a blink of an eye, she forgot about the female classmate who celebrated her birthday. After a while, two familiar girls came and started discussing gossip.

"Do you know Xiaozhu? The car overturned not long ago..."

"And that guy called Quan made me laugh so hard that he blew himself up..."

"Have you watched Douyin? There is an ethnic minority Internet celebrity Ding Zhen who is very popular..."

Middle school girls have always been the target of gossip and fan circles, but with the development of the Internet, children are maturing precociously, and the upper grades of elementary schools have also begun to fall into this trap.

Many of Cao Li's classmates are keen on entertainment and gossip, and there are even many star-chasers.

Some like TFboy, others like Akun or Cutout, and Wang Yibo is also very popular. Basically, they are all young people or those who have recently become famous.

Tang Xiaoya also chases stars, but she pursues them in a rather evil way. She likes the crosstalk talkers from Deyun Club. Her favorite is Guo Qilin, nicknamed the eldest lady of Deyun Club. She once said that her biggest wish is to be the daughter-in-law of the fat little black man.

Cao Li has never been star-chasing. Both her parents are celebrities, and her father is a superstar, which makes her have a very high threshold in this regard. Ordinary artists cannot catch her eye at all.

Cao Li didn't know TFBOYS or Akun, so she didn't care, but she had seen Guo Qilin, whom Tang Xiaoya liked, many times at the racecourse.

Maybe Guo Qilin looks good now, but Cao Li saw him with a chubby appearance when he was a child.

So every time Tang Xiaoya becomes obsessed with Guo Qilin, Cao Li feels very complicated...

"Li Li, what gossip did you see?"

"Hu Ge has a girlfriend, and Chen Yao is getting married."

"What!?"

Several female classmates were shocked. These two are both popular celebrities with extremely high popularity among the people. If this melon is going to explode, their time management is not much worse than Xiaozhu's.

"Real or false, where did you see it?"

"Who are their girlfriends?"

"Do you have a photo?"

"Ah ah ah, Chen Yao is getting married, my cousin must not cry to death."

Different from the melons that everyone knew just now, Miss Cao's melons were big and fresh, which immediately ignited everyone's enthusiasm and asked questions around him.

Cao Li didn't expect everyone's reaction to be so violent, so he could only choose to talk about things that were not important.

"My godmother works in Fanxing, the company where Hu Ge works. If she knows some inside information, I always listen to her.

Hu Ge’s girlfriend is her agent. I don’t know the details. Chen Yao’s girlfriend is Mao Xiaotong. They are college classmates and they are in the same company. They are getting together slowly. It is estimated that it will be officially announced soon..."

Of course, these gossips were shared by the Empress of the East Palace. Regardless of the outside world, many of the company's artists have to be reported to her.

Hu Ge is actually an old man, while Chen Yao is the one who has only recently been revealed, causing Boss Cao and President Hu, who were confident that their artists were working hard, to slap each other in the face again.

However, I don’t blame Cao Xuan and the others for not knowing, they hid it so well.

The two had company colleagues and college classmates as cover. They had a good relationship. They often had dinner together in private, so that no one would associate them with each other.

Therefore, the two of them had been talking secretly for a year, and even their assistants didn't know about it.

"Thankfully it wasn't during the war, otherwise they would have been very reliable as underground workers."

This was Boss Cao's complaint afterwards, but he was still very happy inside.

One of the two met a scumbag and the other met a scumbag in the original time and space. Now they have become attached to each other, which can be regarded as a fairly perfect ending.

Classmate Cao Li didn't have any fans of either of them, so he didn't discuss whether the two of them were worthy or not. He was more excited about getting the big melon.

I even want to go back and break the news immediately on Weibo or fan QQ group, so as to reap the exclamation of passers-by.

Cao Li was not worried about his classmates leaking the secret. Who would believe what a few girls said? Such revelations were everywhere on the Internet, and it was difficult to tell whether they were true or not. Even if Chen Yao made it official later, he would at most think he was accurate.

"We're going to watch football this weekend, will you go?"

Cao Li took the opportunity to promote his weekend plan again, thinking that if he formed a cheerleading team for his brother, he would be able to pay tens of thousands of yuan in hard work.

A month’s worth of water, electricity and rent for the tutoring class are enough!

It's a pity that her classmates are not interested in watching football. Miss Cao's money-making plan went bankrupt, so she grinded her teeth a little when she saw her younger brother Cao Yang after school at noon.

Cao Yang didn't know what it meant, but he was used to his sister saying goodbye to her classmates inexplicably from time to time.

"Let's go out to eat today. I'm tired of eating in the cafeteria."

"Okay, okay, I'm treating you."

Tang Xiaoya patted her chest proudly. She had a lot of pocket money and was very generous with her money. However, the Cao family members did not take advantage of her. After she invited Cao Li, they would return the invitation or take her to trick Cao Yang into having a feast.

"I want to eat Malatang. I haven't eaten it for a long time. The one I made at home is not tasty enough."

Cao Yang was the first to order, but Cao Li and Tang Xiaoya wanted to eat grilled fish more, so Cao Ershao was forcibly suppressed.

The three of them left the school gate, crossed the road, and were about to go to their favorite grilled fish restaurant. A Land Rover stopped in front of them, the window rolled down, and a face full of flesh appeared.

"I was passing by your school and was just wondering if I could run into you. What a coincidence."

"dad."

Tang Xiaoya shouted in surprise. The person coming was none other than Tang Xiaoya's father, Tang Shan, the boss of the wine company.

"Hello, uncle."

Cao Li knew Tangshan and was a guest at the Tang family. He greeted him sweetly. Although Cao Yang didn't know him, he was still polite.

Tangshan also knew that his good daughter had a best friend who was beautiful and had a good family situation. Only this time did he find out that he also had a younger brother. Hearing that a few people wanted to eat grilled fish, he waved his hand.

"What do you want to eat with the grilled fish? Get in the car and uncle will take you to eat."

Upon hearing this, Tang Xiaoya happily greeted the Cao siblings to get in the car. They only had one meal, and the two of them didn't refuse much.

The destination was not too far away, and they arrived after a few chats while driving. After getting off the car, the Cao siblings looked at the sign and fell into an eerie silence.

Tangshan didn't notice anything was wrong between the siblings and just introduced them to himself.

"Don't look at the LOW name, does Cao Xuan know? He opens it, and the dishes and service are top-notch in the capital. You guys can try it later, and uncle will make sure you don't come in vain."

Several people entered the door, and the waiters on both sides bowed and said hello: "Welcome to Cao Shangfei's private restaurant, we will serve you wholeheartedly."

"Is there still room?"

"Sorry sir, we are full today, please..."

The lobby manager was explaining apologetically when he suddenly saw the Cao siblings. He looked stunned, turned his head and pressed his earphones and whispered a few words, then turned around and smiled.

"Sorry, please come with me."

With that said, the other party personally led the way and led several people to a room.

The layout inside is quite different from the outside world. There is a slightly smaller restaurant with a collapsed tea room next to it. It does not look like a restaurant box, but like a private reception.

There was another door in the tea room. Tang Xiaoya pushed it open and the door was locked.

"I've been to this restaurant several times, but I didn't expect there to be a place like this."

Tangshan was a little confused. The Cao siblings remained silent and carefully studied the tea cup in front of them, as if they could spot the rarity of this set of tableware made in the Republic of China.

Before Tangshan could think about it, the person in charge of Cao Shangfei came over in person, looked at the Cao siblings with a kind face, and smiled.

"You two haven't been here for a while. What do you want to eat? Xiao Meng is not here today, so we can't eat the hibiscus chicken slices."

The Cao siblings looked at each other, and Cao Li took the initiative to explain: "Aunt Zhao, this is my classmate Tang Xiaoya, and this is his father, Uncle Tang. Uncle Tang is inviting us to dinner today."

"..."

Manager Zhao was very upset. The Cao siblings had never been here with outsiders before. She was also careless and didn't react.

When the matter reached this point, there was no need to hide it anymore. Cao Li was not willing to lie to his best friend and her family, so he took the initiative to apologize.

"I'm sorry, Uncle Tang, I didn't tell you just now that this store is opened by my father."

"Your dad, is... Cao... Cao Xuan?!"

Tangshan was so dumbfounded that he almost bit his tongue when he spoke. He never thought that his daughter's best friend would have such a deep background.

"The situation is special and the family does not allow it to be disclosed to the outside world. I hope you don't mind."

"Understand, understand."

Tang Shan nodded repeatedly, his mind turned to mush, and Tang Xiaoya was also confused.

However, for her, Cao Xuan was too old, had a one-sided understanding, and didn't care much about her best friend's family environment, so she reacted faster than her father, and then turned her attention to an extremely strange angle.

"Your father is Cao Xuan, so you must know Guo Qilin."

Cao Li: "..."

I don’t know if it’s too late to break up with either of them now...

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