After paying, Yan Xiao left the address with the shop owner and headed out to the second store.
As he walked down the street,
a man in his thirties wearing a white hoodie stopped him.
"Hello, could I have a moment of your time?" the man asked.
"No." Yan Xiao shook his head and kept walking.
He figured anyone who stopped people on the street like this was selling something.
With elderly people, they might push health supplements, miracle medicines, super gadgets, and other completely dubious products.
But for a young person like him,
the usual reasons for stopping him were gym and swimming memberships, bathhouse memberships, and so on...
There were even people
who outright asked to borrow money or tried to rope others into illegal schemes.
All very shady.
Of course Yan Xiao wasn't about to fall for it.
Seeing Yan Xiao about to leave, the man grew anxious and reached out to stop him.
Yan Xiao shot him a glare,
and the man's butt clenched.
Only then did he realize he had been too forward.
He hurriedly explained that his name was Tang Yue, that he meant no harm, and that he wanted to ask whether Yan Xiao was interested in debuting as a celebrity.
Yan Xiao gave no indication either way,
so Tang Yue hurried on, explaining the benefits of becoming a star.
Yet he said nothing about what his company was actually like.
"What company are you with?" Yan Xiao asked.
"We're with Tianmei Entertainment. We're not a big company, but we're definitely not some shell operation either. We have well-known artists under contract, including Song Xiaoting, Lin Zhifeng, and Ma Feiyu..."
Of those celebrities,
Yan Xiao hadn't heard of a single one.
He took out his phone and typed in Song Xiaoting's name.
He