Chapter 289 Ability to Summarize
As Xu Xiaofeng applied medicine to Asassin, her expression became a little distant, and she said slowly: "When I was young, I was still a little girl——"
Asassin said: "Who wasn't a little girl when they were young?"
Xu Xiaofeng smiled and said, "At that time, people said that I had a good voice. I loved singing since I was a child. I was obsessed with it and suddenly wanted to be a singer. In the 1910s, singers in Hong Kong and Taiwan were all shining stars. Tracing back to the origins, many of them were influenced by Japan. There is a term called "singer". Have you heard of it?"
Asassin said, "Oh, is it the kind where you paint a big painted face and jump and dance on the stage?"
"What you're talking about is called Kabuki. Utahime is the highest honor for female singers in Japan. Those who deserve this title are talented, have beautiful voices and are good at stage performance. I tried every possible way to go to Japan, to pursue my dream in that music mecca, but it wasn't easy to stay. When I first got there, I couldn't speak the language, and no one wanted me to work at a convenience store. I could only do the simplest and lowest-paid jobs. I worked day and night, and studied Japanese at night. It was a luxury to be able to close my eyes. Not to mention singing, I didn't even have the energy to talk at the end of the day."
Asassin said: "Well, judging from the struggle history of the grassroots, it started off normally, but what happened next?"
Xu Xiaofeng said: "Later, the situation finally got better. After I was able to communicate with people, I could make a living by singing in some small occasions with my voice, and I could calm down and think about music. But my dream was still far away."
Asassin said, "It's easy for you to say it, but you managed to carry it through with your voice, which shows that you are really talented."
Xu Xiaofeng smiled and said, "Later, I met a man who was handsome, gentle, and very knowledgeable about music. The first time he heard me sing, he was amazed at my talent and said that my singing touched his heart. He is truly a bosom friend."
Asassin said, "Didn't you say you didn't know each other when you were young?"
Xu Xiaofeng continued: "Everyone calls him Xiaojiro. He said he is a less famous music producer who focuses on making pure music."
Asassin asked, "Japanese?"
"No matter where I performed, he would always be there. He was always fascinated by my performances. He would then speak up for me, saying that I just lacked an opportunity. He vowed to make me famous. I was touched to have someone who appreciated me like this. Gradually, he appeared as my agent. When he negotiated with the performance venues on my behalf, he always managed to get me better terms. Those small bosses seemed to be afraid of him."
Asassin frowned and said, "There's something fishy going on. You have to be careful!"
"One day, he took me to meet some of his friends in the industry. I couldn't tell what these people did, and they didn't talk about music. They just said they believed in Kojiro's vision and wanted to sign me to star in a movie. I was very confused because I was at best a singer, so what did starring in a movie have to do with me? Kojiro said I could show my face first, build up my fame, and pave the way for future development."
Assassin asked, "You just signed it?"
Xu Xiaofeng said, "I signed it. For a girl in her twenties who wants to be famous, it's a great honor for someone to take the initiative to ask you to make a movie, even though she only wants to be a singer. The contract states that I have to cooperate with them to make five movies. After I signed, their faces changed and told me that these five movies are, to put it bluntly... that kind of thing. They are not filmmakers at all, but a Japanese gang organization called Hondasha."
Asasin was surprised and asked, "Is this a trap set by Kojiro?"
"Yes, he never showed up again after the afternoon I signed. He must have gone to find his next target, so be wary of people who treat you well for no apparent reason."
"And then?"
Xu Xiaofeng said calmly: "Later, I was controlled by those people. I tried to commit suicide twice, but failed."
Asassin said angrily: "Instead of committing suicide, why don't you fight them?"
Xu Xiaofeng said, "Not everyone has your strength and courage, and they don't want to humiliate themselves. I made a big fuss, and a senior executive at Honda, who is also Chinese, let me go, but on the condition that I sign another contract. I have to pay them 100 million yen to be free, otherwise I will never be able to perform on a big stage. If I breach the contract, they will make the previous contract public and ruin my reputation."
Asassin was silent for a moment, then said angrily: "Your story is not only painful at all!"
Xu Xiaofeng smiled and said, "Who said that? The medicine has been changed." Then she covered her with a bath towel.
Asassin said: "It seems that the male protagonist has not appeared yet."
Sitting on a stool beside the bed, Teresa Teng said, "After returning to China, I was sent to a bar to sing. On the day I went on stage, the bar owner stood in the audience and watched me sing. He was short and fat, and stared at me with squinted eyes. I thought he was lustful, and at the time I thought to myself, this is really getting out of a dragon's den and into a tiger's den." She laughed when she said this.
Asassin said, "It seems that the pain relief part has just begun."
"His name is Jiang Zhicheng, and he is the leader of the local gang Thirteen Spices."
Asassin said, "It turned out to be him."
"You know him?"
Asassin said: "Since you asked me, I won't hide it from you. I have never seen him. I just know that he is from our tribe."
Xu Xiaofeng asked curiously: "Clan?"
Asasin asked in surprise, "You have known each other for so long, and he never told you about it?"
Xu Xiaofeng shook her head.
"How old is he?"
“I’m almost 43.”
Asassin said: "No wonder..."
"What's the wonder?"
"Nothing. What happened after you met him?"
Xu Xiaofeng said: "Lao Jiang treated me very well and did a lot for me. The bar he used to run - you know, it was a gang place, and there were always dance competitions at night. After I arrived there, Lao Jiang banned all of this, and the bar simply became my personal stage."
Asassin asked, "Where is your indenture contract? Did he get it back for you?"
Xu Xiaofeng said: "How can it be that easy?"
Asasin gritted his teeth and said, "Jiang Zhicheng is a coward!"
"Don't say that about him. He's just a small leader. What can he do?"
"He can do a lot. It just depends on whether he is ruthless enough to do it."
Xu Xiaofeng smiled and said, "I never want to meet a man who is so cruel again." At this point, she changed the subject and said, "You are actually a considerate girl, and you have a lot of abilities. Why do you have to get involved in disputes that you can't control? Isn't it good to live freely?"
Asassin said, "You just want to be a singer and don't want to get involved in disputes, right? People like us have been carrying a mission since the day we were born, and we can only say that we have no choice."
Xu Xiaofeng said: "I do it because I love it, what about you?"
Asassin was speechless.
Xu Xiaofeng continued, "You are free, so you must cherish it. It seems like yesterday that I have grown from your age to your current age. Life is not as long as you think. You must seize the moment and don't do anything you will regret."
Asassin's eyes flickered as he asked, "After saying so much, what exactly do you want from me?"
Xu Xiaofeng said gently: "I want to make you happy."
Asasin was shocked and asked, "We are not related at all, why are you so nice to me?"
Xu Xiaofeng said, "Maybe... because I can't bear to see others suffer." As soon as these words came out, the two women thought of Lei Xiaohu at the same time and started giggling together.
Zhang Xiaoliang and Wu Doudou went to the city library together after school today. They came here because they received an invitation from Xu Yingdong.
The two children chatted and laughed as they entered the library, each of them stuffed their borrowed books into the book return box, then found a quiet place to take out their textbooks and stationery and start doing their homework. Wu Doudou had regained her former spirit and playfulness, but her hair had just grown out, so from a distance she looked like a little boy. Although she chattered non-stop along the way, she became very focused once she started studying.
Zhang Xiaoliang was writing a composition assigned by his teacher. At first, he wrote a few words with a fountain pen, looked up and thought for a while, then made a black mark on the notebook. He repeated this process over and over again. After writing half a page, the black marks were all over the page.
Wu Doudou glanced at him and couldn't help but said, "Think it over before you start writing."
"Oh." Zhang Xiaoliang tore the paper quickly.
Wu Doudou said helplessly: "Tearing up the book is not a good habit, I will make a draft next time."
"Oh." Zhang Xiaoliang responded again, thinking hard, and finally said, "Give me an idea, how should I write "An Unforgettable Day"? "
Wu Doudou said, "I'm not asking you to really write a daily account, do you understand?"
"I understand. I've suffered before."
"So this topic will test your ability to summarize and describe. You can write about things that happened over the past few days in one essay. I'll teach you a trick - writing about embarrassing things that have embarrassed you will make a good impression on the teacher."
Zhang Xiaoliang asked, "Is it completely impossible to help an old lady cross the road now?"
Wu Doudou gave him a look of contempt.
Zhang Xiaoliang said hesitantly: "This is really a glorious deed that no one cares about, but it's embarrassing to get a high score!"
Wu Doudou was amused by him: "You have a strong ability to generalize."
