July, summer vacation.

Fang Yan, Zhang Guorong, Li Bihua, Fang Yan and others took the same flight from Yanjing to Hong Kong.

Fang Yan sat by the window and looked down through the porthole. At this moment, Victoria Harbour was ablaze with bright lights and flashing neon lights.

Looking at the well-arranged high-rise buildings, I couldn’t help but sigh: “This is Hong Kong Island!”

“When you get off the plane later, don’t run around.”

Fangyan gave a warning.

“Know it!”

Fang Yan pouted, “I’m not a child anymore. Besides, I still have the business card and address you gave me. Even if I get lost accidentally, I can call your mobile phone. If that doesn’t work, I can also use the Hong Kong dollars you gave me to take a taxi…”

“You!”

Fangyan shook his head and laughed.

“Yanzi, Fangsheng’s worry is not without reason. After all, this is your first time in Hong Kong and you don’t know much about Hong Kong.”

Zhang Guorong did not directly talk about the problems of Hong Kong gangs and young and dangerous people, but emphasized that the security environment was not good and it was easy for girls to get into trouble alone.

“So that’s it.”

Fang Yan suddenly realized what was going on, and then she vowed solemnly that she would not walk around aimlessly.

“Alas, it is true that relatives are not as good as outsiders. What my brother says is more effective than what I, his biological brother, say.”

Fang Yan covered his heart and joked, “It really makes me sad.”

“Brother~”

Fang Yan acted as if she knew she was wrong, pulled his arm and acted coquettishly, trying to get away with it by being cute.

In an instant, the entire first-class cabin erupted in laughter, and the air was filled with joy everywhere.

A few minutes later, the plane landed smoothly at the airport.

Fang Yan waved goodbye to Zhang Guorong, Li Bihua and others, then took a taxi and went to Deep Water Bay with his younger sister.

“Wow wow wow!”

Since entering the villa area, Fang Yan has not stopped exclaiming, and her eyes are wide open, just like Granny Liu entering the Grand View Garden.

“Here we are, right here.”

Fangyan brought her into a four-story mansion with an area of ​​more than 500 square meters.

Looking up, Fang Yan saw a luxurious palace lantern hanging in the air, not to mention other antique and simple decorations and furniture. She was surrounded by the luxurious and elegant Chinese style. Her head was buzzing, and she took a long time to say a word:
“Brother, is this your house?”

“Nonsense, it’s not mine, why did I bring you here?”

Fangyan rolled his eyes.

“You usually live here!”

Fang Yan’s eyes lit up with excitement, “That’s great. If it were me, I would have long missed my homeland, no, I would have missed Beijing.”

“Think of you!”

Fang Yan gave her a slap on the head and said, “I usually live in an apartment that is close to Sanlian Bookstore.”

I heard my younger sister exclaim “Ah”, she couldn’t believe that he didn’t live in such a spacious and luxurious villa.

“What? Otherwise, I’d rather you enjoy a nice and comfortable vacation in Hong Kong than bring you here.”

Fangyan looked around and found that the private butler he hired was very attentive and considerate, and even prepared oil, salt, sauce, vinegar and tea.

“Hehe, brother, you love me the most.”

Fang Yan grinned, then ran around the house as fast as she could, making sure not to miss any corner.

“Okay, okay, stop running around. Your room is the second room on the left on the third floor.”

Fangyan instructed that after all the luggage was settled, they should quickly wash and dress up.

“dress up?”

Fang Yan was very surprised.

“Didn’t you keep shouting on the plane that you wanted to meet Lin Qingxia and Wang Zuxian…”

Fang Yan crossed his arms and said, “Let’s rest for a while, then go meet them.”

Fang Yan was surprised, and saw him walk to the window and point to a brightly lit villa not far away.

“That is Sister Qingxia’s house, the one you longed to see first.”

“Brother, you and Sister Qingxia are neighbors!?”

“To be precise, they are all neighbors of your sisters Xiaoxian, Lizhi, and Ruoxue.”

Fangyan casually pointed in the approximate direction.

When buying the villa in Deep Water Bay, he suggested to people like Lin Qingxia, Wang Zuxian, Li Zhi and others who earned a lot of money from filming that they could use the money to invest in real estate such as villas and office buildings. In the increasingly booming property market in Hong Kong, not only can the value of the property be maintained, but also increased.

Lin Qingxia, Wang Zuxian and others all listened to the advice. Even though Lizhi didn’t have that much money on hand, she at least paid a down payment.

“ah!”

Fang Yan picked up her luggage and ran upstairs in a hurry as if she didn’t want to waste even a moment.

“You look like you’re in a hurry.”

Fangyan gave a helpless smile, then picked up the mobile phone, dialed Lin Qingxia’s home number, and called in advance to make an appointment.

…………

As soon as she received Fangyan’s call, Lin Qingxia immediately told the news to Lizhi and Wang Zuxian and invited them to her home.

At the same time, a person stood in front of the mirror, trying on one set of clothes after another, but after trying several sets, he was still not satisfied.

It’s not that the clothes are not good, but that she cut her hair very short in order to play the role of “Du Caiwei” in “Tonight’s Stars Shine”.

It’s not much longer than her original hair, and because of this, she hasn’t taken any acting jobs in the past few months and has been growing her hair back.

After glancing at the wig on the head model and hesitating for a long time, he finally made up his mind to show his truest side to Fangyan.

Just after I had carefully dressed up and put on makeup, the doorbell rang.

The Fangyan brother and sister stood quietly at the door. Soon, Lin Qingxia opened the door with a smile on her face.

“Sister Qingxia!”

Fang Yan called out sweetly, then flew into her arms.

Lin Qingxia touched Fang Yan’s head gently, but her eyes involuntarily fell on her brother.

“I’m really sorry to bother you. This girl has been yelling that she wants to see you right away.”

Fangyan walked in with a smile.

“Really!”

Lin Qingxia noticed that he seemed to be paying attention to her short hair. Her heart tightened and she scratched her hair subconsciously and gave a brief explanation.

“It’s pretty. Your temperament is completely different from your long hair. You are cool and handsome, with an indescribable youthfulness.”

Fang Yan praised: “If Love Letter is to be remade into a Hong Kong version in the future, I will definitely invite you to play the male Fujii Itsuki.”

Lin Qingxia had a hint of amusement in her eyes, “No, that won’t do. If I were to act, I’d like to play the ‘female Fujii Itsuki’ and ‘Hiroko’.”

Fangyan joked, “Why don’t you just play three roles by yourself, so you can save the money for one more person?”

Lin Qingxia glanced at him and suddenly said something in Cantonese, “Yanzi, you are so dark, I don’t want to talk to you.”

Fang Yan was startled and saw that Lin Qingxia was no longer looking directly at him, but instead focused all her attention on Fang Yan. She was talking and laughing, but seemed to be hiding something.

The atmosphere was becoming increasingly awkward. Fortunately, the doorbell rang in time and Joey Wong and Lizhi came over with beer and barbecue ingredients.

Then, in the courtyard of Lin Qingxia’s villa, a faint smoke came out of the barbecue grill, and the air was filled with the aroma of cumin and barbecue.

There is no wind tonight, the moon is bright and the stars are shining.

Amid the laughter of the crowd, there were also star-like twinkling eyes in the eyes of Lin Qingxia, Wang Zuxian and Li Zhi when they looked at Fang Yan.

…………

The next morning, in front of the villa. “I’ll trouble you to help me take care of Yan Zi today.”

Fang Yan and Lin Qingxia looked at each other with smiles on their faces.

“It’s not a problem at all.” Lin Qingxia smiled. “It just so happens that I don’t have any film contracts at this time. I’m just sitting around at home doing nothing. It’s really nice to be able to go out and play with Yan Zi.”

Fang Yan smiled. She was originally worried about how to take her younger sister out for fun, but she didn’t expect that at the barbecue party last night, Lin Qingxia would take the initiative to offer to take Fang Yan shopping and sightseeing. With the care of such a close sister, her worries were immediately reduced by more than half.

“You must listen carefully to your sister Qingxia along the way, do you understand?”

“I know, I know!”

Fang Yan readily agreed and intimately took Lin Qingxia’s arm.

“It’s getting late, we should set off.”

Lin Qingxia’s tone was full of consideration: “If you have something to do, just go and do it.”

“Wait, take this.”

Fangyan pulled out a card from his wallet.

“This is?”

Lin Qingxia was stunned for a moment.

“This is my supplementary gold card.”

Fangyan said that they would pay for all the expenses today.

“How can this be done!”

Lin Qingxia frowned slightly and politely declined.

“Don’t refuse. You are doing me a favor by helping me take care of my little sister. How can I let you spend money?”

Fangyan said in a joking tone: “Besides, if it were any other time, there would be so many people who would spend a fortune to treat you to a meal or a walk, but now it’s our turn. This is an opportunity that so many people would love and envy!”

“Pfft.”

Lin Qingxia was amused and smiled sweetly, “Well, since you said so, I will accept it without hesitation.”

As soon as he took the card, he blinked his right eye playfully and said, “Can I really swipe it at will?”

“Just swipe it. This platinum card can even buy a Mercedes-Benz.”

Fang Yan was not worried that she would spend money recklessly. Instead, he was afraid that she would be too cautious and unwilling to spend money, or spend her own money, in order to save money.

“I always feel like something is weird, like I’m being wrapped…”

Lin Qingxia realized that she had said the wrong thing and quickly swallowed the word “raise”.

Then, under Fangyan’s gaze, Xiafei’s cheeks turned red with shame, and her whole face became hot. In desperation, she grabbed Fang Yan’s hand and ran out.

Only after the two people’s backs completely disappeared from his sight did Fang Yan turn around, go to the underground garage, and drive to work.

…………

As soon as I arrived at Sanlian Bookstore, I went to the Personnel Department office to cancel my leave.

“Iwako!”

When Pan Yaoming saw Fangyan appear in the corridor, he was overjoyed, “You are finally back!”

As soon as these words were spoken, the staff in the corridor immediately looked away, and some even ran to the open office area to tell others.

Soon, a large group of people, including Dong Xiu Yu, rushed over like a tide, as if to swallow Fang Yan whole.

“what happened?”

Fangyan felt that there must be something wrong as the situation was abnormal. Although the time he was away from the bookstore was not short, it was not long either.

There have been many times when the time spent away from Hong Kong was longer than this time, but the public’s reaction was never as strong as this time.

“Yanzi, congratulations!”

Xiao Zi patted his shoulder kindly.

The more this happened, the more confused Fangyan became. Faced with the endless congratulations from the crowd, he was completely at a loss.

“You have to treat everyone to a good meal at noon today!”

Pan Yaoming grinned.

“Are you trying to coax me and blackmail me again?”

Fangyan raised his eyebrows.

“I’m not trying to rip you off. This is really a big happy event for you. It’s a huge happy event.”

There was some excitement in Dong Xiuyu’s tone.

“I’m almost confused by you guys. Where does your happiness come from?”

Fangyan looked around.

Pan Yaoming no longer hid the truth and said that during the time he was staying in Yanjing, Bai Ruoxue called him from the United States.

The English version of “The Three-Body Problem: The Dark Forest” was successfully shortlisted for this year’s Nebula Award nominations.

“Hey, what do you think? This isn’t the first time I’ve been nominated for the Nebula Award.”

Fangyan waved his hand and didn’t take it seriously.

“You are right.”

Pan Yaoming said: “Your work Artificial Intelligence has been nominated for the Nebula Award and the Hugo Award before, which is a historic breakthrough in Chinese science fiction literature. Although this is not your first time to be nominated for the Nebula Award, it is the closest to ‘breaking through zero in the Nebula Award.'”

Fangyan looked left and right and saw that everyone’s faces were filled with excitement, excitement, admiration, anticipation and other emotions.

Pan Yaoming said that none of the other five science fiction works shortlisted for the Nebula Award at the same time as “The Three-Body Problem” can pose a threat to “The Three-Body Problem” in terms of global sales or popularity and fame around the world, let alone “The Three-Body Problem: The Dark Forest.”

“No wonder you said this was the closest you’ve ever been to the Nebula Award.”

Fangyan raised his eyebrows.

“So do you think this is good news? Shouldn’t you treat everyone to a nice meal?”

As soon as Pan Yaoming opened his mouth, the people around him immediately nodded in agreement.

Fang Yan said: “That is indeed what we should do.”

Seeing that his “evil plan had succeeded”, Pan Yaoming immediately started a commotion and asked everyone present to discuss which restaurant to go to for lunch.

“Old Pan, you…”

Fangyan couldn’t help but shake his head and laugh.

Pan Yaoming suddenly changed the subject and turned to the Nebula Awards.

“Ruoxue was asked by Jason Epstein to ask if you want to attend the awards ceremony?”

“Did she say anything else besides this?”

The dialect did not answer but asked instead.

“Ruoxue suggested that you must go. You can also take this opportunity to attend the premiere of Artificial Intelligence.”

Pan Yaoming lowered his voice and said, “Also, Forbes also wants to talk to you about Die Hard 2 and Baby Smart.”

Fangyan was very surprised. He didn’t expect that Murdoch was even more anxious than himself and was so eager to remake “Baby Smart” and shoot the second part of “Die Hard”.

Just then, other people’s voices were heard from behind.

“Mr. Fang, I wonder if we have a chance to participate in a grand event like the Nebula Awards?”

“Of course there is a chance!”

Fangyan emphasized that if anyone present was willing, the World Science Fiction Convention held in Chengdu would also welcome them.

“That’s really great!”

Everyone looked happy. After all, they couldn’t ask Sanlian Bookstore to reimburse the travel and accommodation expenses of going to the United States with Fangyan to participate in the Nebula Awards.

But the World Science Fiction Convention and the Hugo Awards Ceremony are different. They can still afford the travel expenses from Hong Kong to Chengdu out of their own pockets! (End of this chapter)