Chinese Entertainment's Shining Star

Although the first day of the new year is the real New Year, the New Year's Eve is the most festive day in China.

Before eight o'clock in the morning, Nie Wei arrived at the courtyard. The news of his arrival in the courtyard quickly spread to the neighbors. In less than ten minutes, many people gathered in the courtyard.

Everyone held red paper in their hands, some people were muttering, and some people were holding small notes in their other hands. Everyone came to ask for couplets.

Zhou Jianguo moved the table in the main hall to the center of the courtyard, Su Qing helped to grind ink, and Shu Chang and Zhou Duoduo served tea and water to the neighbors.

Nie Wei greeted the neighbors and said auspicious words, while his hands did not stop. He wrote couplets for the old neighbors one by one, and then received unanimous praise from everyone.

It took more than an hour for all the neighbors to go home with the couplets with satisfaction.

After sending the neighbors away, Nie Wei did not put away the pen and ink, but continued to write. He wanted to write the word "Fu" for each small house.

This is a benefit that belongs only to this old house, and it is also Su Qing's rare selfish advice. In the eyes of the elders, the word "Fu" cannot be written randomly for others. What if those neighbors take away Nie Wei's blessing? The older generation always has many taboos, and it is not certain where it will be reflected.

For example, when Zhou Jianguo's construction company built a building before, it never set up Unit 4, but replaced Unit 4 with 3A after Unit 3.

It is because the word "four" sounds like the word "death".

And every time Nie Wei is sick, Su Qing will prepare peaches for Nie Wei to eat. If there are no fresh peaches, she will prepare canned peaches. This is not because peaches are nutritious and are good health fruits, but because peaches have the meaning of "escape" in transliteration. In the eyes of the elders, eating peaches can escape from illness.

So even if the value of the previous couplets is much higher than a "Fu" character, what Su Qing cares about is not money, but her concern for Nie Wei.

So even if Nie Wei didn't believe these, because Su Qing and Zhou Jianguo believed them, Nie Wei was willing to follow the two elders. After all, the starting point of the elders was always for the good of the children.

Nie Wei was writing the word "Fu" here, and Zhou Duoduo and Shu Chang were busy pasting it. When Nie Wei finished writing according to the number, the two of them also finished pasting it immediately.

At this time, Zhou Jianguo had already brewed a pot of Zhuyeqing and sat in the study, waiting for Nie Wei to play a game of Go.

Nie Wei's chess style has also changed in recent years. Zhou Jianguo has the deepest experience of this. When he first played with Nie Wei, Nie Wei's chess style was unconventional, strange and changeable, and he could often kill him by surprise inadvertently.

In recent years, Nie Wei's chess style has gradually become stable, giving Zhou Jianguo a feeling of heavy sword without edge and great skill without work, that is, the kind of being suppressed from beginning to end, and there is no hope of winning at all.

In a game of guidance, Nie Wei won only half a piece in the end, but during the game, Zhou Jianguo felt very powerless and never had a hope of winning.

"I should let you compete with those masters if I have a chance. I think it will not be a problem for you to compete for the ninth dan even if you enter the professional Go circle now." Zhou Jianguo said with emotion.

His original chess skills were probably at the level of the fourth dan in the industry, and it has increased a little in recent years. Now Zhou Jianguo's chess skills are firmly at the fifth dan level in the industry. He has the ability to compete for a place in amateur competitions, even at the national level. When playing chess with those professional chess players, the opponent's two pieces are the limit, and if more, he will probably overturn.

And the pressure these professional chess players put on Zhou Jianguo is not as strong as Nie Wei.

Especially in recent years, Nie Wei's chess path has gradually become more stable, from the original tricky way to the current kingly way. Zhou Jianguo can no longer see the depth of his strength. At least he has played against the strongest seventh dan player, and he has not made him feel what "despair" is like Nie Wei.

"I said, you kid don't know how to let me go a little." Thinking of this, Zhou Jianguo couldn't help but complain.

Nie Wei was too ruthless. It was obviously a coaching game, but Nie Wei played a cat-and-mouse game. Zhou Jianguo felt like he was being "played" by Nie Wei from beginning to end.

"It's a coaching game, how can I let you go? If I let you go again, it must be that I lost on purpose." Nie Wei complained: "You will definitely be unhappy at that time and say that I look down on you, although I really look down on your chess skills."

"What are you talking about, kid? Let me tell you, I am the first in our community Go competition, not the company, but the community, you know?" Zhou Jianguo emphasized.

He said before that he won the first place in the company's Go competition, and was complained by Nie Wei, saying that those people must have let him go. After all, he is the boss, and anyone with a little emotional intelligence would not dare to win.

So Zhou Jianguo attaches great importance to and likes the title of community Go competition champion that he won without relying on his own identity. He thinks this is the honor he won with his real ability.

"You are awesome. Why don't you try to participate in our city's amateur Go competition next time? I think you can't win the championship, but it shouldn't be a big problem to enter the knockout round."

"Do you think I can enter the knockout round in our city's amateur Go competition?" Zhou Jianguo asked in surprise.

"Almost. I think you can try to get the sixth place in the industry. I think it shouldn't be a problem for you to enter the top 20 in the amateur cup competitions held by the evening newspapers with your current chess skills. Of course, it also depends on luck." Nie Wei replied.

He was not joking with Zhou Jianguo. He really thought Zhou Jianguo's strength could do this.

If there weren't so many talented people in Kyoto, Zhou Jianguo's Go skills would not be a problem to win a city-level championship in some cities with a general Go atmosphere.

Nie Wei accompanied Zhou Jianguo to play two more games of instructional chess, and then Su Qing urged Zhou Jianguo to go buy meat and vegetables.

There is a fresh food market near the alley. Although it is New Year's Eve, this daytime is also the busiest time of the year for this fresh food market.

Although vegetables, meat, eggs, poultry and fish are much more expensive today than in the past, there are more people buying them than in the past.

Many people complained about the high prices, but they were not vague when they paid. Whole ribs, fat and tender chickens, and various river fish and seafood that jumped up and down quickly filled a small cart.

Material life has improved. Nowadays, Chinese people pay more attention to the quality of life, so they would rather spend more money to have a New Year's Eve dinner made with fresh ingredients on New Year's Eve.

Nie Wei, Shu Chang and Zhou Duoduo were not idle at home and started cleaning.

According to the tradition passed down by the older generation, the house is usually cleaned on the 24th, but nowadays few people will strictly follow these traditions. The same is true for Nie Wei's family. On the 24th, no one actually feels like the New Year yet, so naturally they will not clean up in a big way, but leave this work to the 30th day of the lunar year.

This is really not laziness, but it is more atmospheric to leave on the 30th day.

Just like only on this day will the big red lanterns be hung at the door, and only today will Zhou Duoduo receive the red envelope of New Year's money.

"A 28-year-old girl still needs New Year's money." Although Nie Wei was complaining, he had already taken out a full red envelope in his hand, which contained 60,000 yuan, which naturally meant that he hoped Zhou Duoduo's career and love would be smooth sailing in the new year.

After receiving the big red envelope, Zhou Duoduo did not care about Nie Wei's complaints, and turned to look at Shu Chang expectantly.

"I didn't prepare a red envelope, but I prepared a New Year gift for you. Do you like it?" Shu Chang prepared a pair of diamond earrings. The original pink diamond was inlaid in the center of the platinum flower. It was very delicate and fashionable. Zhou Duoduo naturally liked it.

After Zhou Duoduo received the gift, she disappeared in a short while.

"She ran out to play." After cleaning and not finding anyone, Nie Wei called Zhou Duoduo's bodyguard and quickly confirmed the whereabouts of the girl.

"Let her play. She's been tired for a year. Can't she have a good time during the New Year?" Shu Chang didn't care about Zhou Duoduo's behavior of running away halfway, but was very considerate of Zhou Duoduo.

If it comes to who has worked the hardest in this family for a year, Shu Chang would vote for Zhou Duoduo.

Although Nie Wei has so many companies to manage, in fact, except for major decisions, he is not responsible for specific business. What he needs to do every week is to look at the financial statements or ask about the progress of certain projects of the company.

The really busy ones are Liu Jing, the big president, and those professional managers.

Shu Chang is even more so. Apart from filming, she spends the rest of her time at home being a rich wife. She even enjoys filming. Apart from the irregular work and rest schedule, she is not tired at all. Moreover, her scenes are basically completed in the golf club. She films when she has scenes, and visits the beautiful club when she doesn’t. She also plays a few rounds of golf occasionally. It’s so comfortable.

Of course, the two elders have to be the ones who have had the most enjoyable time this year.

Su Qing and Zhou Jianguo had a great time this time. They traveled from Europe to North America, from Southeast Asia to Hokkaido, soaked in hot springs and drank sake on snowy days, and went fishing on a private yacht worth hundreds of millions in the hot summer.

After the two of them traveled around the world, they both felt much younger.

Zhou Duoduo, on the other hand, has never been idle since the show became popular. She works every day and has very few holidays.

When she was most tired, she could only take a nap while rushing on the road. She slept less than 20 hours a week, and less than three hours a day on average.

But even though she was so tired, Zhou Duoduo never resisted any work.

Because she had experienced a failed debut, she knew very well that this was the price of fame.

As an idol, either you are so popular that you are busy, or you are so unpopular that you become a otaku. If you are not busy, you must be unpopular. Only those who are popular are considered popular.

Idols are so realistic. This profession is completely different from the circle because their popularity depends entirely on the support of fans. Without exposure, the number of fans will decrease, so they must work hard to maintain exposure.

For example, on the Stars Weibo, the most active users on the celebrity list are often idols. The speed at which they update Weibo is definitely the most frequent among the artists in the circle, because they must rely on social platforms to maintain interaction with fans and increase fan stickiness.

Zhou Duoduo is very conscious, but sometimes she can't stand the fatigue. After all, it's not just physical fatigue. The repetitive work makes Zhou Duoduo mentally exhausted. At this time, Shu Chang becomes the best person for Zhou Duoduo to talk to.

So Shu Chang understands how busy and tired Zhou Duoduo has been in the past year, and understands her.

Zhou Duoduo can rarely let herself go, so Nie Wei will naturally not call her back for some housework. It's also fun to do housework with Shu Chang.

After the two of them finished sweeping about six rooms, Su Qing and Zhou Jianguo came back.

Both of them had their hands full. Nie Wei quickly paid for it and took the dishes from Su Qing's hand. When he got to the kitchen, he counted the dishes. Hey guys, they were almost ready to make a 'Man-Han Banquet'.

"There will be twenty dishes for the New Year's Eve dinner tonight. Uncle, I will make my specialty squirrel mandarin fish and braised pork. You can also make a few of your specialty dishes." Zhou Jianguo looked at the ingredients in the kitchen with a very fighting spirit.

During the Chinese New Year in the north, three meals are usually changed into two meals, one at 90 o'clock in the morning and the other at 3 or 4 o'clock in the afternoon, because at 11 or 12 o'clock in the evening, many northern families will eat again. Prepare a meal of dumplings. Everyone eats dumplings and listens to the ringing of the Spring Festival Gala bells. This year will be considered a complete one.

I’m not busy processing the ingredients yet, after all, it’s just noon.

With the help of Su Qing and Zhou Jianguo, the progress of the general cleaning was accelerated. By half past twelve, the interiors of several tile-roofed houses were completely new, making people feel comfortable just looking at them.

Seeing that it was still some time before cooking, Nie Wei was about to go to his cabin to rest, but Su Qing came over and pulled Nie Wei to the study nearby.

"Mom, what's the matter? It's still mysterious." Nie Wei asked casually.

"Where is your sister?" Su Qing asked.

Nie Wei thought what the hell was going on, and he was so mysterious: "Duoduo went out to play with friends, and there are bodyguards following her. It's okay."

Nie Wei thought Su Qing was worried about Zhou Duoduo's safety.

After all, in addition to Zhou Duoduo being a big star, she is also Nie Wei's sister and is worth a lot of money. Such a person can easily become the target of some desperadoes, so even if Zhou Duoduo goes out to perform business or do activities, there will be Bodyguards follow, not afraid of ten thousand, just in case.

But Nie Wei was completely wrong. Su Qing was not worried about Zhou Duoduo's personal safety, but about her emotional problems.

"I asked you, a brother, why are you so concerned about your apprentice's emotional problems, but you don't care about your own sister's emotional problems? How old is Duoduo? She is already twenty-eight during the Chinese New Year. You are so I married Shu Chang when I was a kid. She doesn’t even have a boyfriend now. I wonder if she has never been in a relationship. Why don’t you care more about your sister? "

She came, she came, she came with words urging marriage, and with Su Qing's words, this rather magical rhythm suddenly appeared in Nie Wei's mind.