Republic of China Designer [Transmigration Book]

"As a small family, we have to do everything by ourselves. If you want to eat, you have to help. Today is the first meal, so you are welcome." Wang Guihua beckoned Xia Jinting to sit down, and explained the rules in a few words.

She was very interested in Xia Jinting's background, and kept asking Xia Jinting's name, where he lived, and what he did for a living.

Xia Jinting knew that there were "chasers" outside, and his identity could not be revealed easily, so he made up an excuse, saying that he went to Haicheng alone to make a living, and hadn't found a job for the time being.

Wang Guihua didn't think too much after hearing this, she was quick-witted, looked at the quiet Peng Xiuhua and the elegant Xia Jinting, smiled and said: "Xiuhua, this loofah is good, you give me a chopstick."

Peng Xiuhua was startled when he heard the words, looked at the vegetable bowl in front of him with a little embarrassment, and said in a low voice: "This...isn't appropriate."

"What's inappropriate, you can't ask, I'll ask for you, is there someone around Mr. Xia?" Wang Guihua looked at Xia Jinting with a smile, "Our Xiuhua is a good one, but life is hard... ..."

Before Xia Jinting could answer, Peng Xiuhua suddenly put down her chopsticks, she lowered her head, her voice was as thin as a mosquito's gnat: "I'll go find Bao'er, this kid has gone crazy."

As the saying goes, when Cao Cao Cao Cao arrived, she just mentioned it here, and a child's voice like a tweeter came from outside the door: "Mom, I'm hungry!"

Xia Jinting saw a little mud monkey jumping into Peng Xiuhua's arms, it must be Bao'er that Peng Xiuhua was talking about.

This was beyond Xia Jinting's expectation, Peng Xiuhua already had a child.

"You little oil bottle, don't come back sooner or later, why come back now!" Wang Guihua gave Bao'er a white look.

It turned out that Peng Xiuhua was a widow who came from a foreign country to make a living, and she had a child behind her.Fortunately, she can read and write, and now works as a tutor in a family, and can still make ends meet.

Seeing that she is docile and has lost her husband at a young age, Wang Guihua feels pity for her, so she always looks out for suitable partners for her.

"Sister, I appreciate your kindness, but I can't delay Mr. Xia." Peng Xiuhua stared blankly at the empty bowl in front of him.

Seeing that she had made up her mind, Wang Guihua sighed, "That's all, come on, let's have dinner."

Xia Jinting looked around, wondering, "Is there another tenant?"

"He, he's gone to the stage. He has a face of ice cubes all day long, so don't worry about him." Wang Guihua said dissatisfied.

Going on stage?Ice face?

Xia Jinting was curious, but Wang Guifang didn't want to say more.

After the meal, Xia Jinting packed the dishes and sat in the room to pack his bags.

After paying one month's rent, he has no cash on him. Although Wang Guihua exempted him from sweeping money and tea money, he still has to pay for meals.

In addition, there are various daily expenses, and the most urgent thing is to quickly find a job that can make quick money.

Apprentices can't do it anymore, Xia Jinting has some headaches because he has nothing to do but has nowhere to display his skills, so he has to find another way to make money.

During the period of the Republic of China, besides the gray industry, the industry that brought in money quickly was the entertainment industry.Thinking back to the all-night karaoke and dance halls in many TV dramas, Xia Jinting had an idea.

Taking advantage of his free time, he planned to go to the song and dance hall for "on-the-spot investigation" to find out the details before making any plans.

Haicheng is worthy of being a bustling city. Although the municipal construction at that time was far from modern, the central area was brightly lit at night, and the off-duty staff wore shirts and vests, lingering in the feasting and feasting.

In front of the most famous dance hall "Lido" in Haicheng, there is a huge job recruitment advertisement.

Waiters, bartenders, dancers... Xia Jinting looked at each item, and his eyes fell on the item of singer.

Among all the positions, the singer who sang for one night received the highest salary, which happened to be able to solve Xia Jinting's urgent needs.

In his previous life, singing was Xia Jinting's hobby, and it was also one of his ways of regulating stress. During the period of the Republic of China when popular music was just emerging, Xia Jinting was confident that he could innovate.

Because of the high pay, Lido's selection of "singer stars" is particularly strict. Image and singing are the focus of the assessment. It is said that the screening ratio reaches [-] to [-].

But even so, they are still fighting for the first time, and the singer training market has been born from this, which is specially for men and women who want to enter the industry.

Xia Jinting went to ask, and the training fee was also frighteningly high, and he couldn't afford it at all, so he had to adapt this path by himself.

Fortunately, the repertoire for the assessment was public, and Xia Jinting knew that it was the representative work of Lido's most popular singer, Qin Yuan - "Waiting for the King".

Qin Yuan's singing is melodious and melodious, as if weeping and complaining, combined with the lingering lyrics, it has attracted the hearts of countless men.

But Xia Jinting also knew that he was a man, if he simply imitated Qin Yuan's singing, it would only be counterproductive.How to sing their own style has become the first problem right now.

He had something on his mind, and hummed "Waiting for the King" as he walked, but saw two people standing under the streetlight deep in the alley.

Could it be that the Jiang family came to block people?Xia Jinting was quick to gain wit, hid at the corner, and secretly looked at the two of them.

The dim streetlights were hard to see clearly, Xia Jinting carefully identified it, and his eyes widened involuntarily.

How could it be him?

He actually saw Duan Zhengnan in this dilapidated alley? !

Opposite Duan Zhengnan, a handsome man stood with a cold face.

Duan Zhengnan's sneer was very clear in the silence: "What good did that woman promise you?"

The man was silent.

Duan Zhengnan didn't give him a chance to be silent, and pressed him step by step: "What are you talking about, Liu Zhifang? Do you really want to marry her?!"

The man remained silent, Duan Zhengnan took a step forward, and he took a step back until he was cornered.

Xia Jinting saw the man's wrist tightly held by Duan Zhengnan, his pale face was full of resistance.

This apprentice, how dare to openly molested a man? !

Xia Jinting came out from the dark and quickly walked towards the two of them.

Before Duan Zhengnan could react, he blocked someone in front of him.

Xia Jinting forcefully opened his hand, and stood in front of Liu Zhifang: "What are you doing?!"

Duan Zhengnan stared at Xia Jinting in astonishment, he was burning in his heart, but he remembered that he had misunderstood Xia Jinting last time, so he couldn't let it out for a while, so he just said dryly: "Get out of the way!"

Xia Jinting decided that Duan Zhengnan was a vulgar person, and wanted to do that coercive thing, so he said sharply, "Don't even think about it!"

Duan Zhengnan looked at the menacing Xia Jinting, his eyes widened, and he couldn't argue.

Seeing the opportunity, Xia Jinting took Liu Zhifang's hand and left quickly.Duan Zhengnan was left alone, and he was so angry that his seven orifices were smoking.

Xia Jinting breathed a sigh of relief when he arrived at Wang Guifang's house. He turned to look at Liu Zhifang, seeing his pale face and thin figure, he couldn't bear it.

"Are... are you okay?" Xia Jinting softened his tone, "Come in and sit for a while, I reckon that apprentice hasn't left yet."

Liu Zhifang raised his eyes in surprise, and pointed to the door behind Xia Jinting: "I... live here too."

In an instant, Xia Jinting realized that Liu Zhifang was the ice cube face that the landlord called.

This title is very appropriate, Liu Zhifang looks good, but there is no smile on his face, looking cold, he has the demeanor of an ice beauty.

"Thank you very much for today." Liu Zhifang thanked in a low voice, opened the door first and entered the room, leaving Xia Jinting alone in the night wind.

Although the first meeting was a little embarrassing, it did not affect the relationship between the two in the future.

Liu Zhifang is the cadre of the Fengxiang troupe, and it is said that he was once very popular.

Although he has a cold face, he has a gentle temperament. Xia Jinting is very interested in opera, and when he comes and goes, the two of them can chat for a while in their free time.Regarding the relationship between Liu Zhifang and Duan Zhengnan, although Xia Jinting had doubts, it was hard to ask in detail.All I knew was that after that day, Duan Zhengnan never appeared in the alley again.

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Lido's "singer" assessment will be held soon, Xia Jinting seized the time to practice singing against the score.

During the time when Xia Jinting practiced songs hard, Gu Que had officially entered the real estate industry. He noticed that many foreigners who first arrived in Haicheng rented local houses.

If you run into an unscrupulous landlord, you will often raise the rent again and again, and you will also charge extra fees such as tea money and sweeping money.Tenants are struggling with rising rents.

Sensitively discovering business opportunities in the rental market, Gu Que plans to build a number of private apartments exclusively for rental, attracting tenants with low rent and professional butler services.

On this day, he had just signed a contract, and suddenly remembered the old lady's entrustment, so he went to the Haotai suit shop specially to meet the rumored "Mr. Xia".

"Sir, we're here." The assistant reminded softly, "Haotai is ahead."

Gu Que looked up and saw several workers dismantling the billboards.The young man on the billboard smiled slightly, and his smiling eyebrows seemed to penetrate people's hearts.

Gu Que stared at the handsome portrait, momentarily absent-minded.

"Sir?" The assistant's voice sounded in my ear.

Gu Que pointed to the portrait and asked, "Who is that?"

The assistant kept his expression on the face, but was secretly surprised in his heart.What kind of person is Gu Sanye? Over the years, Yingyingyanyan has tried her best to get close to him, but he has never asked a question.

This advertising star is really lucky!The assistant thought to himself and looked closely.

Looking at it, it was unusual.The life in the painting is very good, but it doesn't match up with the stars in Haicheng.The painting method of that portrait can be seen from the hands of the great painter Qi Xuan. Qi Xuan's painting style has always been realistic, and it should have a perfect image of a real person.

The assistant racked his brains and glanced at the poster again, as if he suddenly remembered something, hesitantly said: "Sir...that seems to be the husband and wife of the Jiang family, Xia Jinting..."

Xia Jinting?

Gu Que frowned, stepped forward with his long legs, and got out of the car.

It was the first time Haotai's staff saw such a good car, and they treated Gu Que very respectfully.

Gu Que didn't care to look at the suits in the store, and asked the manager directly: "Is Xia Jinting working in the store?"

The manager was in a hurry to get angry about the billboard, when he heard Xia Jinting's name suddenly, he had a bitter face: "Sir, Xia Jinting has resigned, our shop is a small business, please do me a favor, look elsewhere."

"Resigned? When did it happen?"

"Only half a month ago, he offended the Jiang family, and Lord Xiang came to chase him away in person." The steward knew that the person in front of him was not easy to mess with, so he said everything.

Gu Que took the time to come over, but he didn't expect to miss it.

He looked at the layout of the store, and made a final confirmation: "Is he the only person surnamed Xia in your store?"

"That's right, that's right, he's the only one." The manager wiped off his sweat, put on a smiling face, and said flatteringly, "Sir, look at the clothes..."

Gu Que left without saying a word.

It seems that Xia Jinting is Mr. Xia in the old lady's mouth. Now that he has left his job, there is no need to buy clothes.

"Confess, within three days, you must find him." Gu Que ordered.