The Red Era: Living in Seclusion in a Siheyuan as a Boss

Chapter 639: Selecting Secretary to the Board!!!

While everyone was discussing holiday travel plans, Moon Lee was busy working during her winter and summer vacations.

The experience of life made the young Moon Lee look more mature than her classmates. Deep down, she always hoped to live a better life.

The opportunity will come soon.

This year, 15-year-old Moon Lee's life underwent great changes.

The school held a cultural event that day, and Moon Lee went on stage to dance. She was beautiful, and the dance foundation she had laid made her dance particularly well, and the audience applauded enthusiastically.

After the dance, a middle-aged man came backstage to find Moon Lee and asked her if she wanted to film a movie with him.

Moon Lee was stunned for a moment, being an actress was something she had always dreamed of, and this good thing came so suddenly that she could hardly believe her ears.

Half-believing and half-doubting, she whispered, "Can I really do this?"

The other party said readily: "No problem, I have the final say, it will definitely work!"

This gentleman is actually the famous TVB director - Xiao Xianhui.

At that time, Director Xiao was busy looking for suitable actors for the TV series "The Home of the Earth's Kindness in the Pearl River".

When Liu Shudong first came into contact with the Hong Kong entertainment industry, he discovered something special about it;
That is, Hong Kong's film, television and entertainment companies are particularly fond of discovering and training new talents from the society. Many big stars were discovered by scouts by chance on the road.

This is also an important reason why the Hong Kong entertainment industry is now so full of talent and prosperous.

Moon Lee is one of these lucky ones.

This was her first time acting in a TV series, and newcomer Moon Lee played the young Yang Yaman. Although her screen time was not long, she performed quite well.

Li Saifeng's life became colorful because of this.

She fell in love with acting from the bottom of her heart and was determined to become a big star that attracted much attention.

Become famous as early as possible!
Moon Lee understood this principle. When she was still in middle school, she was favored by the former Asia Television.

She has acted in two hit TV series, "The Big Accusation" and "I Want to Fly High", with big stars such as Qin Pei and Mo Xiaocong.

Moon Lee is very outstanding in appearance, with big twinkling eyes, a bit of baby fat on her face, a tall figure, and full of the innocence of a girl.

Plus, she is young and full of energy, so it's hard not to notice her once she appears.

In this way, the fledgling Li Saifeng became more and more popular in the film and television industry, slowly becoming a dazzling new star, and more opportunities came to her.

A few years later, Moon Lee completely put down her books, signed a contract with Asia Television, and became a professional actor.

Although Moon Lee has good conditions, there are many handsome men and beautiful women in ATV, and she is not the most outstanding one.

It’s really not easy to stand out in such fierce competition!

Fortunately, Moon Lee met another noble person in her life - the great director Xu Xiaoming.

Xu Xiaoming is a well-known action film director in the Hong Kong entertainment industry. His TV series such as "Huo Yuanjia" and "Chen Zhen" are very popular in both sides of the Taiwan Strait and the entire Southeast Asia region.

Back then, when these two TV series were popular, the streets of Hong Kong were deserted. Even the "shorty mules" stopped watching the movies and went home to watch TV series.

The streets were deserted, which worried the small vendors.

Director Xu admired Moon Lee very much and wanted to promote her. He said: "There are many actresses who are beautiful but can only be used as vases. There are also many female fighters with sharp movements. But there are not many actresses who are both good-looking and good at fighting."

After hearing these words, Li Saifeng, who was in confusion, suddenly became enlightened and immediately began her own transformation.

Even though Moon Lee is almost 20 years old, she is no longer old enough to practice martial arts.

But Moon Lee is very determined, and the hardships she experienced since childhood have made her very hardworking.

Just like that, under the direct guidance of Director Xu, Moon Lee started from scratch and practiced northern style Kung Fu move by move.

Because she had learned dance before, and she was smart and willing to work hard, even though she was a little old, she quickly mastered the martial arts moves and looked very cool.

With Xu Xiaoming's enthusiastic recommendation, Moon Lee joined the newly established "Asia Pacific Film and Television Company".

Although "Asia Pacific Film and Television Company" was established not long ago, it is absolutely strong.

The company is a large film and television group formed by "Liu's Overseas Investment" investing huge sums of money to acquire the old film and television companies "Golden Harvest" and "Rediffusion" TV station.

The newly established "Asia Pacific Film and Television Group Corporation" is headed by Mr. Zhou Wenhuai, the former president of "Golden Harvest", as general manager, who is specifically responsible for all matters related to the film and television company.

Shortly after joining Asia Pacific Film and Television Company, Moon Lee took on a 20-episode TV series "Drunken Boxer Wuji", in which she played the leading female role - Liu Xian'er.

Later, once the drama was broadcast, Moon Lee appeared with a sweet and handsome image, quickly won the love of the audience, and became a popular figure that the media rushed to interview.

From then on, Mr. Zhou Wenhuai, the boss of "Asia Pacific Film and Television Company", valued Li Saifeng very much, so he wanted to arrange a big drama for her.

This year, Moon Lee got the opportunity to film the movie "Police Story" with the action star Jackie Chan who had just been poached by the company.

Moon Lee’s agility in the movie added a lot of points to the film. From then on, she became a top actress in Hong Kong.

This "jade-like action star" Moon Lee has become popular in the entertainment industry.

A year later, after starring in Jin Yong's masterpiece "The Sword of Yue Girl", Moon Lee became popular throughout Southeast Asia, especially in Japan, where she became the dream goddess of the Japanese at that time.

In recent years, with the huge resources of "Asia Pacific Film and Television Group Corporation", Moon Lee continued to shoot many blockbuster films with many popular stars at the time, such as Yukari Oshima, Lin Junxian, Hu Huizhong, and Wu Junru under "Asia Pacific".

There are "Angel Action", "New Fighting Dragon", "Spark" and "92 Queen of the City".

Moon Lee is agile and can do many moves that male stars can do without any problem. She performs well in both TV dramas and movies.

As a result, she became the number one female action star of the "Asia Pacific Film and Television Group Corporation", and everyone called her "the sweet messenger in action movies."

Moon Lee worked very hard while filming the movie, and naturally she encountered many thrilling moments.

When filming the movie "Hunter", there was a scene where I had to jump down from the second floor, and it happened that the second floor was about to explode.

At that time, the leading actor Lu Liangwei had just jumped out of the window, and the pyrotechnician accidentally set the bomb off prematurely, resulting in Moon Lee and Hu Huizhong, who were following closely behind, immediately being burned.

Although the scene was so realistic that it was unbelievable, the two were unfortunately burned by the fire and were admitted to the hospital. Fortunately, the wounds did not leave scars.

Afterwards, Moon Lee said with emotion: "Every penny I earn is earned through hard work and sweat."

In the next few years, Moon Lee filmed many movies and TV series for "Asia Pacific Film and Television Company", almost dozens of them, and each one performed quite well.

Her reputation became more and more famous, and together with Yang Ziqiong, Hu Huizhong and others in the company, she was popular in the "action actress" circle for many years.

As the saying goes, “good times don’t last forever.” As the “Police Story” series became less and less popular, and as she was approaching thirty years old, Moon Lee began to feel a little tired when filming action scenes.

In the past two years, Moon Lee has not appeared on the big screen often.

Although she occasionally showed up in movies later, her real farewell work was the movie "Gremlins" released last summer.

Moon Lee has plans to quit the screen. One reason is that as an action star she is getting older and many actions are becoming increasingly difficult for her to perform.

Another is that action movies have not been popular in recent years. What is popular in the market are "nonsense" comedies like Zhou Xingchi and police and gangster films like "Infernal Affairs".

Another reason is that Moon Lee suffered a major setback in her relationship.

Last year, Moon Lee met a very handsome pilot from Cathay Pacific and they quickly fell in love.

Moon Lee did a great job keeping this relationship secret, and even the ubiquitous gossip reporters failed to discover it.

Not long after, they got married.

However, Moon Lee did not get the life she expected from this marriage.

Soon after the marriage, Moon Lee discovered that her husband was having close relationships with several women at the same time without her knowledge.

Among them, one is the wife of a Hong Kong tycoon.

Moon Lee's world seemed to collapse in an instant - her career hit a low point, she was betrayed in love, and her broken family at an early age made her heartbroken. Standing at the crossroads of life, she looked around at a loss, and couldn't help but wonder what all her efforts over the years were for.

In the eyes of outsiders, she is still that glamorous star, but only her agent, Ms. Yang, knows her inner torment.

Seeing the once energetic Moon Lee becoming increasingly depressed, Miss Yang was extremely anxious, but she could not find the key to unlock her heart knot.

Just when everyone thought that this former screen goddess was about to fall, fate prepared an unexpected turn for her.

On New Year's Day this year, the "Asia Pacific Film and Television Company" held a large-scale cultural evening as usual.

This evening party is not open to the public and only invites middle and senior management and above of each group company under "Liu's Overseas Investment" and strategic partners to attend.

Although the "Asia Pacific Film and Television Group Corporation" is also very powerful, as a leading company in the Asian film and television industry, the "Asia Pacific Film and Television Group" ranks at the forefront of the industry with a market value of 145 billion Hong Kong dollars.

However, in the vast business empire of "Liu's Overseas Investment", such a scale cannot even make it into the top ten.

Among them, "Asia Pacific Bank" tops the group list with a market value of nearly HK$1500 billion.

The tenth-ranked "An Ju Property Group" also maintains an impressive market value of HK$690 billion.

This series of data vividly demonstrates the strong capital strength and diversified industrial layout of "Liu's Overseas Investment".

In this star-studded evening party, the usually glamorous stars seemed to be overshadowed.

As an industry event, the New Year's Eve party held by the "Liu" Group every year can be regarded as the top social feast in the film and television industry.

Not only did all the artists under the "Asia Pacific Film and Television Company" have to dress up to attend the event, but even the stars from other film and television companies had to rack their brains and break their heads to get a ticket.

Although this evening party hosted by "Liu Overseas" had neither an award ceremony nor a red carpet, it seemed to lack opportunities for media exposure.

However, there are countless exciting opportunities here!
Just imagine, who among those who are invited to attend the “Liu’s Overseas” New Year’s Eve Party is not an influential figure in the industry?

The top resources and connections in the film and television industry are gathered here, and every casual greeting may open a door to success.

There are middle and senior leaders of large group companies in Hong Kong and even Southeast Asia, heads of overseas agencies in Hong Kong, heads of major media, representatives of H families in Southeast Asia, and heads of Asia for Fortune 500 companies...

Just ask which award or activity has more "opportunities" than here, or which one has stronger connections than here?
If you don't participate, you're crazy!

Although Moon Lee has been exhausted recently, she forced herself to attend the company's party with the encouragement of her agent, Ms. Yang.

At the party, Moon Lee performed a show called "Dunhuang Fantasy".

On the stage, Moon Lee played the role of a Dunhuang flying dancer holding a drum. Her dance moves were graceful and light as the music rose and fell. She gently waved her fingers on the drum, and flowers of music bloomed in the air.

Moon Lee has a graceful figure, and the sound of the zither she plays exudes a mysterious and unique charm, which complements her dancing.

This wonderful performance won prolonged applause and cheers from the audience.

Wrinkle glanced sideways inadvertently and found that Liu Shudong, the usually calm helmsman of the consortium, was staring at the stage intently with an expression of concentration that was almost in a trance.

This is indeed a rare scene. You should know that "Liu's Overseas Investment" is a business giant, and its "Asia Pacific Films" has gathered beauties from all over the world, including all kinds of beauties.

What is surprising is that Liu Shudong, a business leader in Southeast Asia, has always maintained a clean reputation and has never been involved in any scandals with any female stars.

"Hiss! Could it be..." A gleam of light flashed in Wrinkle's eyes, and a brilliant idea came to his mind.

At the luxurious ballroom dance that night, Wrinkle White specially introduced Moon Lee, who was wearing a lavender evening dress, to Liu Shudong as a dance partner.

Under the crystal chandelier, Moon Lee's elegant dance moves and Liu Shudong's steady steps complemented each other, and the two cooperated seamlessly in the melody of the waltz.

Sure enough, this carefully designed arrangement made Liu Shudong very happy.

He repeatedly raised his glass to greet Wrinkle, with a look of approval in his eyes.

Within half a month, the headquarters of "Liu's Overseas Investment" Group issued an important document to its branches: an announcement on the selection of several chairman's secretaries.

This notice, stamped with the red seal of the Chairman's Secretariat, caused quite a stir within the major groups.

This is an opportunity to reach the sky in one step!
Why do you say that?

The reason is that the Chairman's Secretariat of "Liu's Overseas Investment" enjoys the same administrative level as the group headquarters.

This means that if one is transferred from an ordinary clerk position in a subsidiary group to the chairman's secretariat, the rank will be leapfrogged by at least two levels.

The salary and benefits will naturally rise - the treatment of the same level of positions in the headquarters is better than that of the subordinate enterprises. More importantly, as the chairman's close staff, the chances of being reused are greatly increased.

Looking at the development history of "Liu's Overseas Investment", there are countless successful cases of people being sent from the Chairman's Secretariat to various group companies to serve as senior executives.

This position is not only a fast track to career development, but also a cradle for cultivating future leaders.

Compared with other ordinary employees, some female employees who think they are quite good-looking, or female celebrities are more eager to give it a try.

Some people may question this phenomenon: It is understandable that ordinary working women seek development, but why do those successful female celebrities have to condescend to take up service positions such as secretaries?
Indeed, given their current social status and economic strength, they do not need to commit themselves to ordinary secretarial work.

However, if the client is a young and promising capital tycoon like Liu Shudong, that would be a different matter.

Female celebrities in Hong Kong have always wanted to marry into a wealthy family.

Just like Li Jiaxin, a female star under the "Asia Pacific Film and Television Company", her road to becoming a wealthy family is simply astonishing.

We often say that beauty is a kind of luck, but for Li Jiaxin, beauty seems to have become the best soil for her vanity.

Why would someone with such a beautiful face be so obsessed with vanity?
Li Jiaxin's beauty is her advantage.

But it also became a burden in her future life.

Li Jiaxin's vanity began to show as early as when she was young.

When she first entered the entertainment industry, her appearance quickly made her the focus.

Many people saw her natural beauty, and for this reason, she gradually gained favor in the entertainment industry and became a popular actress at the time.

However, Li Jiaxin does not seem to be satisfied with the halo of the entertainment industry, she pursues much more than that.

What she wants is a wealthy family.

After joining the "Asia Pacific Film and Television Company", Li Jiaxin quickly set her sights on Liu Shudong.

Compared to big guys like Liu Shudong, other so-called rich second generations or wealthy people are simply not good enough.

It's a pity that Liu Shudong, as the helmsman of the consortium, is usually high and mighty, and Li Jiaxin has no chance to come into contact with such a big shot.

She had fought hard to get several opportunities, but she missed them with Liu Shudong.

Facing a young and promising boss like Liu Shudong, it is simply impossible to make Li Jiaxin give up her fantasies completely.

At the New Year's Eve party, Li Jiaxin paid a lot of price and finally got a senior executive to arrange for her an opportunity to dance socially with the boss Liu Shudong, but it was snatched away by the "vixen" Li Saifeng.

Li Jiaxin gnashed her teeth in hatred and cursed Moon Lee for several days.

Just when Li Jiaxin was feeling discouraged and depressed, this opportunity suddenly came!

So, regardless of her agent's strong advice, Li Jiaxin signed up for the secretary audition for the chairman's secretary.

at the same time.

After Zhou Wenhuai received the document from the chairman's secretary, he thought for a moment and then brought Moon Lee to his office.

"Mr. Zhou! I'm here!" Moon Lee greeted Zhou Wenhuai respectfully.

Zou Wenhuai is not just the boss of "Asia Pacific Film and Television Company".

He is known as the "Godfather of Hong Kong Films". The world-famous action star Cheng Long once said: "Without Mr. Crow, Hong Kong films would be half less colorful!"

(End of this chapter)