Chapter 1087 Hong Kong Island Tour

  The task of inviting Lin Jingliang as the art director has been successfully accomplished. After lunch, Xiao Yao said goodbye to Lin Jingliang and his wife.

  Yang Shiyun came to play at her uncle’s house today when she was fine. She unexpectedly ran into Xiao Yao and accepted the task of entertaining Xiao Yao. Xiao Yao said goodbye, and of course Yang Shiyun also followed. Today, Yang Shiyun drove by herself, and the two of them walked together, just in time to take Xiao Yao down the mountain, saving Xiao Yao the trouble of calling a car or asking Lin Jingliang to send it.

  Bid farewell to her uncle and aunt, Yang Shiyun entered the role of a tour guide when she set off to go down the mountain, asked about Xiao Yao's itinerary, and enthusiastically recommended several places to Xiao Yao.

   Xiao Yao sneered at all the items recommended by Yang Shiyun for worshipping Buddha on Lantau Island, eating seafood on Lamma Island, and playing at Disney.

Although    came across, Xiao Yao did not believe in ghosts and gods at all. If you really want to worship Buddha, Dachuan, a famous mountain in the Mainland, is much more famous than Lantau Island on Hong Kong Island. It is only at this time that fools go climbing under the big sun. As for seafood, Xiao Yao has no sense at all. Xiao Yao has eaten a lot of seafood that meets his taste in the north. There is no need to come to the south to eat seafood. Disney? In his previous life, he was very interested, but in this life Xiao Yao has even visited Disneyland abroad, and the newly built one around Shencheng has not been lost, and Xiao Yao has little interest in the one on Hong Kong Island.

  However, there are still many places Xiao Yao wants to go to when he comes to Hong Kong Island this time. Affected by Hong Kong dramas in the last century, many places on Hong Kong Island are very famous among mainlanders, such as Central, Temple Street, Causeway Bay, Wan Chai, Lan Kwai Fong and so on.

  The last time Xiao Yao came to Hong Kong Island was followed by Chen Xuan years ago. At that time, Xiao Yao was still a child, and he didn't dare to run around alone. Chen Xuan was a teacher and not a nanny, so he didn't want to take Xiao Yao around, so he didn't go to many places. After completing his mission on Hong Kong Island this time, Xiao Yao really planned to take a stroll.

  The Mid-Levels Villa area where Lin Jingliang lives is located between the peak of Victoria Peak and Central. After going down the mountain, Central is located. To the east of Central is Wan Chai, and then to the north through Hung Hom Tunnel is Kowloon. Lan Kwai Fong, which Xiao Yao wants to go to, is in Central, Causeway Bay belongs to Wan Chai, and Temple Street is in Kowloon, not too far apart.

  However, most of these places are fun to play at night. Not long after noon, it was still early, Xiao Yao looked at the map on the phone and asked Yang Shiyun to send herself to Stanley, the southernmost point of Hong Kong Island, and take herself to see the Stanley Fort.

  Yang Shiyun’s task is to be Xiao Yao’s tour guide. Xiao Yao was going to Stanley to see the historical buildings, and she didn't feel anything wrong, so she took Xiao Yao away as soon as the steering wheel turned.

  Yang Shiyun went to the UK to study for a few years, and only went out after graduating from high school. In her heart, she should be considered a native of Hong Kong Island. After arriving in Stanley and taking Xiao Yao to the fort, Yang Shiyun wanted to give Xiao Yao a good talk about the history of the fort, but he didn't expect that Xiao Yao, a Yanjing native, would talk about the history of the fort in Stanley. Better than her, a Hong Kong Islander, she felt a deep sense of frustration as a tour guide.

Until later, I remembered that in the program last year, I heard from Teacher Li Yu that Xiao Yao was a famous genius student in the Mainland, a champion in the art examination of a film and television academy, not only won the college entrance examination of Yanjing City, but also won an ancient poetry contest After the champion of the show was quite knowledgeable, he felt a little better.

  Stanley is located at the southernmost point of Hong Kong Island. After a stroll in Stanley, it’s not too early. Seeing that it was almost time for dinner, Yang Shiyun asked Xiao Yao to go to a very famous restaurant on Hong Kong Island for dinner. When Xiao Yao heard Yang Shiyun’s restaurant was a Michelin-certified restaurant in Central, he immediately shook his head and asked Yang Shiyun to drive through the Hung Hom Tunnel and go directly to Temple Street in Yau Ma Tei, Kowloon to eat snacks.

  Temple Street is a very distinctive street on Hong Kong Island, and it is also the most prestigious night market on Hong Kong Island. When the two arrived, night had just fallen, and it was the lively time when the night market opened.

  On Temple Street, Xiao Yao did not show off his knowledge anymore, and told Yang Shiyun, a Hong Kong Islander, the history of Temple Street. Because of this road, Xiao Yao moved his index finger when he saw the special food on the side of the road, and he didn't stop, and he didn't have the time to show her any historical knowledge.

  Although she did not hear Xiao Yao tell her about history, Yang Shiyun, who brought Xiao Yao to Temple Street, still felt a lot of shock.

  As a popular music king and a new director with a box office of billions, Yang Shiyun doubts that Xiao Yao, a mainland star, can adapt to the seemingly messy environment of Temple Street. Unexpectedly, Xiao Yao not only has no dislike for the snacks on the roadside stalls, but also eats more happily than her, a Hong Kong Islander, and even speaks fluent Cantonese to bargain with street vendors.

Yang Shiyun knows that Xiao Yao has written Cantonese songs and that Xiao Yao speaks Cantonese, but watching Xiao Yao squat by the roadside bargaining with vendors in Cantonese for dozens of mosquitoes has completely subverted Xiao Yao’s image in her heart. .

You don’t even need to bargain for things like buying things as a local. Yang Shiyun, as a tour guide, was surprised and once again felt a deep sense of frustration. He just wanted to pull Xiao Yao and leave this place as soon as possible. She felt extremely lost in the lively place.

  I don’t know if it was Yang Shiyun’s luck or Xiao Yao’s luck. Xiao Yao could not finish the whole temple street this time. Xiao Yao and Yang Shiyun entered from Zhongfang Street at the southern end of Miao Street. When they were halfway through, they found that there were a lot of people in front of them, blocking the road and making them unable to walk. As the most distinctive street on Hong Kong Island, many movies on Hong Kong Island will be shot on Temple Street. Seeing some booms raised in the air, Xiao Yao knew without asking that this happened when the crew was shooting a scene on this street.

  In the 1980s and 1990s, both films and dramas on Hong Kong Island were extremely brilliant. However, after entering the new century, Hong Kong movies have begun to decline. The drama has lasted for more than ten years, and the current influence in the Mainland is not as good as before. Now the talented and famous film and television talents on Hong Kong Island are going north to the mainland to seek development. Local films and dramas can be regarded as difficult.

Xiao Yao inquired and found that this crew is a local crew on Hong Kong Island, not even a film crew, but a TV crew from a wireless station. From the director to the leading actor, he has never heard of it. Xiao Yao Even the onlookers have no interest in watching.

  Because of filming, almost half of the street was temporarily closed, so Xiao Yao didn't have to go shopping.

  Noting that Yang Shiyun didn't like to eat roadside stalls, and had barely eaten anything when shopping just now, Xiao Yao asked Yang Shiyun to find a clean tea restaurant. After a serious dinner, the two left Temple Street.

  Temple Street is located in Yau Ma Tei. Yau Ma Tei, Mong Kok and Tsim Sha Tsui together form the most prosperous and famous "Yau Tsim Mong" area in Kowloon. This name is also a name that has appeared countless times in Hong Kong movies and is deeply imprinted in Xiao Yao's mind. Now that I am here, I have to take a stroll.

  Yau Ma Tei has a long history and is more authentic than Mong Kok. The people here largely maintain the traditional way of life on Hong Kong Island, and it is a place to explore the old life on Hong Kong Island. The Temple Street where Xiao Yao and Yang Shiyun strolled was in Yau Ma Tei. After dinner, the two went out and walked around Yau Ma Tei casually. It was not only to digest food, but also to experience the traditional lifestyle and old life of Hong Kong Islanders. As for Mong Kok and Tsim Sha Tsui, they are just driving around in a car, which is what Hong Kong Islanders call the "River Cruise".

  The route of "Youchehe River" starts from Yau Ma Tei, and after a stroll in "Yau Tsim Mong", passes through the tunnel to return to Hong Kong Island, then to Causeway Bay, the old district of Wan Chai, all the way from west to east, all the way to Central.

  Yau Tsim Mong, Causeway Bay, Wan Chai and Central are all bustling commercial districts. In Xiao Yao's view, the prosperity of these places is prosperous, but compared with the emerging CBDs in the super first-tier cities of Yan, Shen, Yang, and Shenzhen, they seem to be that way. Xiao Yao is definitely not interested in visiting shopping malls, so Xiao Yao often asks Yang Shiyun to drive around in circles and look around in the car. He rarely gets out of the car and walks.

  There are very limited places where Xiao Yao got off the car and strolled around the whole night. In Kowloon, Xiao Yao only wandered around Temple Street for dinner and other old streets in Yau Ma Tei near Temple Street for walking and digesting. After crossing Hong Kong Island, Xiao Yao got off the car and walked around only two places, one is Lee Tung Street in Wan Chai District, and the last one is Lan Kwai Fong in Central.

  Lee Tung Street, commonly known as Wedding Invitation Street and Printing Street, is a famous printing production and sales center on Hong Kong Island. Xiao Yao knew about this place, not from Hong Kong movies or Hong Kong dramas, but because of a Cantonese song by former Hong Kong island singer Xie Anqi. There is no Xie Anqi in this world, and there is no that song, but Xiao Yao checked it and found that there is such a street on Hong Kong Island in this world, even the name and common name are the same, so naturally he wanted to come and see it.

  Walking on Lidong Street, Xiao Yao ceased to be a teacher to popularize knowledge. Instead, he became a diligent student and kept asking Yang Shiyun about the story of this street.

  Like the previous life, this street has a long history and has also undergone reconstruction. It has a different meaning among the people of Hong Kong Island and naturally has a story. This street carries the emotions of many people on Hong Kong Island, including Yang Shiyun next to Xiao Yao, because when Yang Shiyun's parents got married, printed materials such as wedding invitations were ordered in the shops on this street.

  When Xiao Yao asked about this street, Yang Shiyun really had a lot to introduce to Xiao Yao. Until this time, Yang Shiyun finally felt like a tour guide. Not only did she talk about the history of this street, but her parents ordered wedding invitations on this street, and she also told many stories she heard. I talked endlessly in front of me.

  After visiting Lei Tung Street, it was already over ten in the evening. It seemed a bit late, but for a city with rich nightlife like Hong Kong Island, it was not too late at all. This time also happened to be the prime time for Xiao Yao to go to the last stop.

  The last stop of Xiaoyao is Lan Kwai Fong in Central.

  Lan Kwai Fong is a mid-to-high-end consumer area consisting of several streets in Central, which gathers many bars and restaurants. It is almost equivalent to a bar street in many cities in the mainland. However, with the popularity of Hong Kong films and Hong Kong dramas in the last century, this place has become very famous. It is not only popular with the young generation of locals and foreigners on Hong Kong Island, but also as a place for tourists to visit and become a characteristic tourist attraction on Hong Kong Island.

  Generally speaking, as long as it is a place with a large number of tourist attractions, it will not surprise Xiao Yao too much. However, Hong Kong Island is slightly better than the mainland. It is not the peak tourist season. It is also a gathering place for bars. It is a cultural attraction. It is not as crowded as natural attractions. It is still possible to enter.

After playing for an afternoon and a half night, Xiao Yao didn’t want to go to those famous and lively bars and clubs, so Yang Shiyun specially asked Yang Shiyun to choose a more distinctive and slightly less crowded bar, mainly locals. He said so. In order to truly feel the charm of Lan Kwai Fong.

  Yang Shiyun chose a bar called "Cora". This is a clean bar, the place is not big, there is no loud disco music and hot dancing girls, mainly light music, there is also a small stage in the bar, there are live band performances. After taking Xiao Yao in, Xiao Yao nodded repeatedly to express satisfaction.

  Xiao Yao has been to quite a few bars. Although this bar has its own characteristics, it did not surprise Xiao Yao. Xiao Yao was just about to sit down for a drink, listen to music, and take a break. The environment is good, not noisy or noisy, Xiao Yao is very satisfied.

  When the two were drinking and resting, there happened to be a band performance on the stage of the bar. Xiao Yao was not distracted and listened while drinking and chatting with Yang Shiyun. After listening to the performances of two bands and a singer for almost half an hour, Xiao Yao couldn't help but shook his head in his heart.

  Lan Kwai Fong is very famous. Even if this bar is not the best in Lan Kwai Fong, it should be a good place to open here. But Xiao Yao feels that the resident singer here is not as good as the resident singer he met in a bar he randomly found in Xi'an a few years ago. Although the band that was supposed to sign a record company didn’t seem to be popular, at least from the level of live performances, the band that didn’t remember the name can definitely beat the resident singer in this bar. of.

   Xiao Yao suddenly felt that in addition to the risk of talent loss in film and television, it seems that the music talents on Hong Kong Island are also in danger of losing their hands!

  With such emotion, Xiao Yao unconsciously changed his head from shaking his head in his heart to real shaking his head.

  Yang Shiyun is also a singer, and she also feels that the level of the resident singer in the bar cannot be flattered. Seeing Xiao Yao shaking his head, he shook Xiao Yao and said, "Senior, do you think they can sing badly? How about you go up and show it?"

   "Me?" Xiao Yao smiled and pointed to his nose.

   "What's wrong?" Yang Shiyun said, "Don't you know Cantonese? You can also sing in Cantonese! I know you've secretly sang in bars before, and there are videos on the Internet, I've seen them!"

   "Not interested!" Xiao Yao smiled and shook his head, stood up and said, "I've been playing for a day, and I'm tired, let's go!"

   "Oh!" Yang Shiyun didn't reluctantly, got up and left with Xiao Yao.

   "Senior, the car is over there!" After leaving the house, Yang Shiyun quickly reminded him when he saw that Xiao Yao had turned in the wrong direction.

   "Yes, there is another place I haven't visited!" Xiao Yao turned his head and smiled.

  "Where else to go?" Yang Shiyun could only follow Xiao Yao.

"Found it," Xiao Yao walked to the beginning of a slope, patted a red metal railing in the middle of the road, and turned his head to Yang Shiyun behind him, "Okay, we can go back! From here too Shall we go to the parking place?"

   "What are you?" Yang Shiyun looked at Xiao Yao puzzledly, and asked tentatively, "Just to shoot this railing?"

"Yeah!" Xiao Yao nodded, "I used to watch Hong Kong movies and Hong Kong dramas when I was young, and it seemed that whenever Lan Kwai Fong appeared, this railing would appear. I made a wish in my heart that I must come to Lan Kwai Fong and lie here. Spit on the railing! In my mind, coming to the bar in Lan Kwai Fong does not count as having been to Lan Kwai Fong. This railing is the symbol of Lan Kwai Fong. I don’t want to vomit today. I just pat this railing. My wish is fulfilled!"

  (End of this chapter)