The world of film and television begins from childhood

While Yang Tao was speaking, Zhou Chen smiled politely and looked at Yang Tao more carefully.

Yang Tao looks to be in her twenties, tall and slender. Even when wearing high heels, she looks almost the same as him, with a pretty face and regular features, especially her big eyes, which seem to be able to speak and are full of unique charm.

"I'm going to find a hotel to stay in until the Chinese New Year. How's the atmosphere in your hotel during the Chinese New Year?"

The Chinese New Year is coming soon. In the past, he always celebrated the New Year with his family, even in his previous world.

But after coming to this world, he had to spend the New Year alone for the first time, and this was the first time in his life of more than 20 years.

There are still a few days before the Chinese New Year, which means that if Zhou Chen stays, he will have to stay for at least several days.

"Sir, our hotel will have activities during the Chinese New Year, and there will be discounts on food and accommodation. Sir, staying in our hotel will definitely make you feel at home."

Yang Tao is very enthusiastic. She has been working as a lobby manager for several years. No matter how she is in private, she is absolutely enthusiastic when it comes to treating guests.

Zhou Chen nodded and said, "Okay, then I'll stay here for a few days."

"Sir, please follow me."

Yang Tao immediately and enthusiastically took Zhou Chen to the front desk and arranged accommodation for him.

After the process was completed, Zhou Chen did not communicate much with Yang Tao. He came here today just to see what Yang Tao looked like.

When he was in the Civil Affairs Bureau before, he had drunk with Guoran several times and they got along well. He found out that Guoran was already 34 this year and would be 35 after the Chinese New Year.

Judging from this, Yang Tao should be over 30 years old, because he remembered that in the TV series, Yang Tao and Guo Ran seemed to be only two or three years apart in age.

Now that he had met Yang Tao, he found that she was much younger and more beautiful than he had imagined, which made him feel completely relieved.

Although he had decided to choose the star fruit, he really couldn't bring himself to pick it if the star fruit looked ugly.

People all yearn for beautiful things. If there are better options, who would want to choose the worse ones?

Fortunately, Yang Tao did not let him down.

Moreover, Yang Tao's current age also makes him feel more at ease, because at this age, Yang Tao is most eager to get married. The reason why she has not married is that she has not found a suitable partner.

However, Zhou Chen only came here to gather intelligence today and has not taken any action yet. He plans to wait until after the New Year before taking any action, and he has even prepared a plan. He came here today just to get acquainted with Yang Tao first.

In the real world, although he is almost 28 years old and has not yet married, it does not mean that he has no experience in dating. In fact, he has dated two people. As for blind dates, that goes without saying. Whenever there are festivals, they are basically arranged by his mother.

No matter what, even if it's a blind date, it's definitely better to get to know the person first than never having met him or her before.

Zhou Chen worked at the Civil Affairs Bureau until New Year's Eve. Perhaps because he was young, his superiors arranged for him to work overtime until the afternoon of New Year's Eve.

Zhou Chen didn't care. He was already planning to resign after the New Year anyway, so it wouldn't be a big deal to work a little longer before the New Year.

The Spring Festival is the most important festival in China. Every time this time comes, the whole country is filled with a festive atmosphere.

Zhou Chen lived in a hotel and food and drinks were delivered to his door, so he exercised in his room.

He had already added the four attribute points that were left after careful consideration.

The first thing to add is constitution, directly adding three points, and the remaining point is added to agility.

What surprised Zhou Chen was that after adding three points to his physical fitness, his strength attribute also increased a little.

He was not too surprised by this change. Although strength and physique were divided into two attributes, strength was based on physique. When a person's physical fitness improved, his strength would naturally become stronger.

As for why agility is added, it is because agility is also a very important attribute. Strengthening agility can not only make him faster, but also increase his reaction speed in all aspects. Even his thinking will become more agile.

Host: Zhou Chen

attribute

Power: 9

Constitution: 11

Spirit: 12

Agility: 8

Points remaining: 0

Skill;

Money paves the way: When the host actively uses money to do something, the success rate of this thing can be increased by 50%; Cooling down: Main world: one month; Movie world: can only be used once in each world.

This is his attribute value after adding points, but compared to the data, he can clearly feel that his body has become stronger and his strength has increased.

Even his reaction speed was faster than before, because he tried typing speed and it was obviously faster than before. As for other things like running, punching, etc., although the improvement was not huge, he could still feel the difference.

While others were having their reunion dinner, Zhou Chen was looking at the streets outside, feeling melancholy and lonely.

He was thinking about his parents and relatives, and also about Nan Li, Huan Huan and Chao Chao in Xiao Shede’s world…

The first lonely Spring Festival in my life was actually spent in the world of film and television.

At the same time, in a certain community, a family sat at the table and had a reunion dinner.

There were four people at the table. Yang Tao's mother Xue Sumei sat in the middle, with Yang Tao on her right, and Yang Tao's cousin Su Qing and brother-in-law Duan Xifeng on her left.

Yang Tao's father died early, and he has lived with his mother since he was a child. His cousin Su Qing and brother-in-law Duan Xifeng don't have many relatives left, so he stayed at his aunt Xue Sumei's house to celebrate the New Year together.

"Taozi, another year has passed. This year you are 32 years old and still single. When are you going to get married?"

As soon as Xue Sumei spoke, Yang Tao lowered his head like a quail, not even daring to breathe loudly.

"What do you mean by not talking? Taozi, what do you want to do? Are you going to piss your mother off to death?"

"Bah, bah, bah, Auntie, stop talking nonsense. It's New Year's Day, how can you say such things?"

Su Qing quickly spoke up to persuade them.

Xue Sumei snorted coldly: "New Year, New Year, there are only a few of us every year, what's the difference from usual times?"

Yang Tao whispered: "If I get married, I won't be here for the New Year, so it's better to be here now."

"What are you talking about? What are you talking about? What are you mumbling about?"

"Nothing, Mom, I just said the food you cooked today was delicious."

"Eat, eat, eat, you only know how to eat. Why did I raise a foodie like you? You are already 32 years old, Taozi. If you don't get married, when are you going to have a baby? In a few years, it will be difficult for you to even have a baby."

Xue Sumei looked at her daughter with regret. Other people celebrated the New Year happily, but when she saw her single daughter, she became furious. How could there be any happiness in it?

Yang Tao said depressedly: "Mom, why are you talking about having children? You can't have children in your 30s, but there are many people who have children in their 40s."

Xue Sumei shouted, "So you plan to wait until you are fifty to have another child? Taozi, I still have some strength. If you get married earlier, I can still help you take care of the child. But if you wait a few more years, I will be old and can't take care of the child. Do you think I can be patient?"

"I'm 32 years old. What girl hasn't gotten married or had a boyfriend at 32? I don't even dare to go out now. It's embarrassing."

"Mom, why is it embarrassing? It's just that I'm not married. It's my business whether I get married or not. Why are you embarrassed?" Yang Tao retorted.

Xue Sumei: "You are my daughter, how can it not be embarrassing for me? Look, those who are about my age are taking care of their grandchildren at home every day, and they chat about their grandchildren. I can't even chat with them now, because I don't even have a grandchild, my daughter is 32 years old and she's not even married yet."

Yang Tao put down his bowl and chopsticks and said, "Mom, I'm full. I'm going to watch the party."

Looking at her heartless daughter, Xue Sumei was really furious. No, her daughter was not anxious, but she could not be unhurried. She had to marry her daughter off as soon as possible.

(End of this chapter)

Chapter 74 Invitation Sure enough, killing potential threats

"Resign, you want to resign?"

On the first day of work after the New Year, Zhou Chen handed in his resignation, which surprised many people.

The Civil Affairs Bureau is a national administrative unit, and Zhou Chen is a real civil servant who is not very old, so he has a great chance of being promoted in the future.

Now he is going to give up his bright future and resign. Many people don’t understand what Zhou Chen is thinking.

Especially Guo Ran, who had become familiar with Zhou Chen some time ago, went directly to Zhou Chen and asked him about his doubts.

Zhou Chen smiled and replied, "Brother Ran, when you get off work later, we will have dinner together and we can talk slowly then. Now I will go through the resignation procedures."

Upon learning that Zhou Chen really wanted to resign, the leaders above specially found Zhou Chen to talk to him in detail and persuade him. After all, it is a formal department, not a small workshop, and no one will care even if you resign.

But Zhou Chen's attitude was very firm. If he could work in such a department and eat public food in the real society, he might seriously consider it. However, in this world, he only had one year, so naturally he didn't want to waste time here.

The most important thing is that if he continues to work in the Civil Affairs Bureau, he will not be able to do business.

In the evening, Zhou Chen invited Guoran to dinner together. The two drank wine and ate food, and soon started chatting.

"Xiao Zhou, aren't you doing well in the Civil Affairs Bureau? Why are you thinking of resigning?"

After holding it in for a whole day, he still couldn't figure it out. In his opinion, although the work at the Civil Affairs Bureau was trivial, it was indeed a relatively promising job, especially for a younger person like Zhou Chen. Others were trying their best to get in, but why did Zhou Chen resign?

Zhou Chen smiled and said, "Brother Ran, since it's just the two of us today, I'll tell you the truth. I'm actually a second-generation rich man."

"Hahaha……"

Sure enough, when he heard it, he burst into laughter: "Xiao Zhou, forget it, you are still a rich second generation, I have read your file, uh, Xiao Zhou, don't get me wrong, I don't mean that."

Halfway through the conversation, he remembered that Zhou Chen's file showed that both his parents were deceased.

Zhou Chen: "It's okay, Brother Ran, I really have no relatives or friends now, but I have been investing over the years and have made a lot of money. I plan to quit my job and do something on my own."

"You really make a lot of money?" Sure enough, he looked skeptical: "Then what are you going to do?"

"Bridal shop."

"Bridal shop?"

Sure enough, his eyes widened: "You, a man, want to open a bridal shop?"

Zhou Chen said, "Why can't men open a bridal shop? Couples nowadays are willing to spend a lot of money to get married, and this industry is still very profitable. By the way, Brother Ran, I heard from my colleagues that you like photography very much, and your photography skills are very good. Why don't you be a videographer when I open my bridal shop? Just take wedding photos and so on."

"That seems to make some sense."

Sure enough, he scratched his head. He was just taking photos for his friends, but they were all small animals. If he could really take wedding photos, it would definitely be much more professional than taking photos of cats and dogs, and it would also help him improve his skills.

"No, no, I'm talking about your resignation. How did it get to me?"

Zhou Chen smiled and said, "Brother Ran, I'm just mentioning this to you. Besides, my store hasn't even opened yet. I just have this intention. But Brother Ran, you know a lot of people. If I really want to open a store, I'm afraid I won't be able to complete many procedures. Can you help me?"

Sure enough, he patted his chest and said, "That's no problem. As long as I can help, I will definitely help."

"Thank you very much, Brother Ran. When my shop opens, you must register your name in my shop. When we need a photographer, you must come to help. I will definitely not treat you unfairly."

"I can help you, but let's not talk about whether you'll get paid or not. Just think of it as helping a buddy."

It turned out that he really didn't care. He took pictures because he liked it. If his mother hadn't been so tough, he would never have taken the civil service exam. His dream was to become an excellent photographer. If he could really help take wedding photos or something like that, he would definitely be willing to do it as long as he had time.

After spending nearly two months with Guoran, Zhou Chen also understood Guoran's character and found him to be very loyal, which was why he was willing to date Guoran.

Of course, there is another reason. He is planning to pursue Yang Tao, so of course he has to kill his biggest competitor in advance. As long as they have a good relationship, with Guo Ran's character, he will never do anything to hurt his friends.

Maybe he was overthinking it, but in order to complete the task, he still had to make the necessary preparations.

As for why he opened a bridal shop, it was also a consideration after careful consideration by Zhou Chen. He remembered that Yang Tao in the drama loved wedding dresses very much and her dream was to own a bridal shop of her own.

Although pursuing Yang Tao is to complete the mission, Zhou Chen still wants to take it seriously and make preparations early.

If he left after a year and had no chance to come back, leaving Yang Tao a bridal shop of her own could be considered as compensation. Even if the compensation was not that great, he could only do this as he was unable to control the system now.

Xue Sumei started to take care of her daughter's affairs after the New Year, because she had retired a long time ago and had nothing to do at home. For her, her daughter's marriage is now a big deal. She can do nothing but put her daughter's marriage first.

In order to find a partner for her daughter, she looked for connections everywhere, listed herself on various matchmaking websites, and also attended matchmaking events organized by many places.

But after working so hard for so many days, she still got nothing. She did arrange for a few men to meet Yang Tao for blind dates, but nothing happened after the meetings. This made her so anxious that she was furious. She called Yang Tao several times and scolded her. Yang Tao was so scared that she didn't dare to go home for dinner.

That day, after Xue Sumei had breakfast in the morning, she was about to go out to take care of her daughter's affairs, but before she left the house, her cell phone rang.

"Hello, who are you?"

"Oh, Mr. Zhou... Really? No problem, no problem, let's meet somewhere, then..."

"Okay, okay."

Xue Sumei hung up the phone with a happy look on her face. It turned out that the person who had just called her was the one who wanted to have a blind date with his daughter and also invited her to meet him.

Although it seemed a bit strange that the other party invited her to meet, Xue Sumei did not think there was anything wrong with it, because in the past, for the sake of her daughter, she would sometimes go to meet her daughter's blind date in advance to screen him.

So she didn't think there was anything wrong with the meeting request made over the phone. She went back to her room and tidied for a while before going out with her bag.

Zhou Chen drove to the tea restaurant. Because it was morning, there were not many people in the restaurant. Zhou Chen saw an elderly woman sitting at the dining table by the glass, so he walked over quickly.

"Excuse me, is this Aunt Xue?"

Xue Sumei was sitting and looking at her phone when she suddenly heard a male voice. She looked up and immediately asked enthusiastically, "Is that Mr. Zhou?"

Zhou Chen immediately said: "Aunt Xue, I am Zhou Chen, you can just call me Xiao Zhou."

It was he who called Xue Sumei before. He wanted to pursue Yang Tao, so he had to take down Yang Tao's mother Xue Sumei first. That way, pursuing Yang Tao would be much easier.