Return to 88: Starting from Marrying My Sister-in-law

The air conditioner inside the car hissed, keeping the humid heat unique to the port city out of the windows.

Wang Jing's round face was pressed against the back of the car seat as she cautiously looked at Lu Yang, her voice even lower: "Mr. Lu, I'm so sorry, I've thought about this script for a long time, and I really think it suits Brother Jie's temperament perfectly. There's also a lot of room for breakthroughs in the action choreography..."

His eagerness and trepidation were almost palpable, and he even adopted a Cantonese accent when he spoke, his small eyes nervously observing Lu Yang's reaction.

Xiao Jun, sitting in the passenger seat, twitched his ears and curiously turned halfway to try and hear what was going on, but Mu Qizhong pulled him back, who grumbled in dissatisfaction, "Why do you want to get involved in every little thing? We're talking about serious business!"

Lu Yang tapped his fingers lightly on the leather armrest of the seat, without immediately responding to Wang Jing.

The collaboration in 95 that Wang Jing mentioned did indeed flash quickly through his mind.

Which movie was it again?

It seems that it has received very positive reviews from later generations, and can be considered a classic of its time, but its reviews and box office performance at the time were... less than ideal.

A barely perceptible hesitation appeared in his eyes.

Seeing the expectant look in Fatty Wang's eyes, he finally spoke: "Director Wang, don't be nervous. If you just want to attract investment, we have three people here. You can pick any one of them. They will definitely be willing to help your friend and put in a little money to have some fun. As for your wish to have Brother Jie play the lead role, I can't make that decision for him. You can talk to him about it yourself later."

Wang Jing breathed a sigh of relief after hearing this.

A smile spread across his chubby face. "It's good that you said that, Mr. Lu. I'm now 9% confident that I can persuade Brother Jie."

Lu Yang simply smiled without saying a word.

He had already remembered which movie it was.

High Risk

The film was considered at the time to contain obvious allusions and satire of the superstar Jackie Chan.

Jacky Cheung plays the kung fu star "Lung Wai" in the film. He is a cowardly and lecherous character who relies on stunt doubles and close-ups for all his acting. His image and demeanor easily remind the audience of Jackie Chan, the most influential action star in Hong Kong's film industry at the time.

Of course, this kind of playful and nonsensical parody is also a major feature of Wang Jing's fat movies.

It just didn't work out at the time.

Since Brother Long is currently very popular and hasn't had any scandals, it's understandable that people might not appreciate your pranks and attempts to gain attention.

It just so happens that, and next year, Brother Long also has a new movie filmed in Hong Kong that will be released.

Then they were instantly reduced to dust.

They directly won the box office crown for the year, taking in 70 to 80 million Hong Kong dollars.

The movie "Dead Fat King," which parodies other people, only managed to grab a small portion of the year's box office, barely reaching 1000 million HKD. The total investment of over 3000 million HKD was completely lost. If it weren't for the fact that they later made a profit by selling trailers and film rights in Southeast Asia, they would have almost dragged Jay Chou down with them.

After all, if you keep flopping at the box office, you're likely to become box office poison, okay?

Their value will plummet then.

Lu Yang wasn't very interested in this, but Xiao Jun and Mu Qizhong were. So after Lu Yang stopped talking, the two of them started pressing Wang Pangzi for answers, as if they had already voted for the show.

Oh.

correct.

Besides Jay Chou, which other celebrities would you like to invite? Females are not welcome; males are excluded.

These two little guys have become big-headed dads, hence the nickname "Little-Headed Dad" and "Big-Headed Son".

Lu Yang didn't remind them.

Anyway, the loss won't be much money. It's clearly a resource exchange, each getting what they need. It's about spending money to have fun, so what's there to remind them of?

Right?

Before getting out of the car, he gave Xiao a small warning: "Your sister told me to keep an eye on you and not let you cause any trouble here. I don't care about you, but I will tell your sister everything about your behavior here. You can decide for yourself."

Xiao Jun's face immediately fell.

He got out of the car and ran after Lu, saying, "No, brother, please, do me a favor, why don't you come with me? I promise I won't tell on you."

He thought well.

Lu Yang demonstrated rolling his eyes at him, then let him experience it for himself.

"Get out of here, don't let me see you."

Out of sight is pure.

"Okay, we're off now. Bye-bye, see you later. You go ahead with your work, we're leaving."

Hearing Lu Yang tell him to get lost, Xiao Jun was overjoyed.

He couldn't wait to get back into the car, and even dragged Wang Jing, that fatso, who wanted to get out and go to the film set with Lu Yang to chat with Brother Jie, into the car as well.

"Come on, let's go have some fun first. Don't worry, with the two of us here, Brother Mou and I will handle it. Brother Jie will give us face. At worst, I'll go and beg President Lu again to help you persuade Brother Jie. He's my brother-in-law, we're family, as close as brothers..."

To appease Wang Jing, Xiao Jun patted his chest and made a promise.

He then brought up Mu Qizhong's connections again, even mentioning that Lu Yang was his brother-in-law.

It's rare to find someone so lecherous.

Mu Qizhong is very reserved.

Sitting in the car, the successful business tycoon exuded an air of authority, his expression maintaining a 45-degree upward gaze. He remained dismissive of Xiao Jun and Fatty Wang's discussion, as if to say, "If you want to play with women, play with women. Don't drag me into it."

Of course, if someone wants to bring him to his room when he arrives, he certainly won't refuse.

But Xiao Jun, that kid, actually became that little brat surnamed Lu's brother-in-law. So what if he has a sister? I have one too... No, my sister is too old and divorced. That little brat surnamed Lu would definitely not want her... Daughter, I don't have a daughter. How about we find a godparent and send her to that little brat surnamed Lu's room?

Lu Yang has been very successful in business over the years. He has never lost money on his investments, and the industries he invests in are all very profitable. Every investment has been very lucrative.

Mu Qizhong saw it all and was also envious.

He had never thought about this issue before. After all, they were friends, and he had benefited from this friend's influence, though not much. But with Xiao Jun as a ready example, he went from being a friend to a relative, and became one of his own. He couldn't help but start to examine himself.

Have I not done enough over the years?
They should have found a way to take their relationship to the next level sooner. If they had taken it a step further and become one of their own, wouldn't Lu Yang, that arrogant kid, have been able to get involved in all of his businesses?
People are afraid of making pointless comparisons.

If Lu Yang knew that Mu Qizhong was actually planning to adopt a goddaughter and send her to his room, he would definitely roll his eyes at Mu Qizhong just like he did at Xiao Jun, and then tell the old man to get as far away as possible, and take his goddaughter with him.

Nothing else.

It's just pure disgust.

Goddaughter! Do you even know the semen content of a goddaughter? This term has been completely ruined by netizens, hasn't it?
Lu Yang definitely won't get involved...

Once on set, the meeting with Brother Jie went smoothly, and the contract signing was also completed quickly.

Before leaving, at Brother Jie's invitation, Lu Yang also took the opportunity to work as an extra on set.

He got to experience being an actor.

There are lines.

Lu Yang played a college student in a march, dressed in a black Zhongshan suit, with a stiff hairstyle, holding a megaphone, standing at the front of the march, loudly proclaiming resistance against Japan, patriotism, and the protection of the country... In the end, he was shot by extras playing soldiers and police from the Republican era...

I got tomato juice all over myself.

After he had his fill of fun, Lu Yang left without even checking how well he had acted, since it was just a cameo anyway.

I said goodbye to Brother Jie.

Next, I need to take care of another important matter that I've come to the port city for.

Buy a house.

Buy a luxury house.

One of them is used as a place for development. In a few years, Sister Du has already thought it through and made up her mind to give up everything in the mainland and move to Hong Kong to develop her career, so that she can have a place to settle down.

You can move in anytime, anywhere.

She's my woman, so I can't let her suffer.

Another coincidence is that buying a house now coincides with a downturn in the real estate market in the port city during the 90s.

According to Lu Yang's guess, the housing prices in the port city are less than half of what they were before the Asian financial crisis in 97. At that time, the real estate market was at its peak, booming and everything was incredibly expensive, especially luxury homes.

In other words, if Lu Yang chooses to buy luxury homes in Hong Kong at this time, he only needs to wait less than two and a half years until the Asian financial crisis in 97, and then sell them off one by one to cash out. He can earn more than double the profit in no time, which is almost like picking up money.

Of course, some people may think that it's not much, only double, but that's actually a misconception.

Earning 10 in a short time with 10 is not difficult!
Making another million with 1 million in a short time isn't that difficult!

If you have 1000 million, it will be difficult to earn 1000 million in a short period of time.

However, it is extremely difficult to earn 100 million in a short period of time.

If Lu Yang were to buy one or two luxury homes on Victoria Peak now, spending 100 to 200 million yuan, and then sell them in two or three years to cash out 400 to 500 million yuan, that would be an extremely high-return investment.

We returned to the hotel the three of us had booked.

This is the Peninsula Hotel, one of the oldest luxury hotels in the port city, known as the "Lady of the Far East".

The boss is a British Jew.

The entire Peninsula Hotel belongs to the Kadoorie family, who hold a knighthood bestowed by the Queen.

In addition to the Rolls-Royce fleet.

At the hotel's top level is the only helipad in the entire port city, providing helicopter travel services for the wealthy and politicians staying there.

Lu Yang also came for it.

So the next day, while Mu Qizhong and Xiao Jun, the two "little heads" who had taken over the "big head" role, were still sleeping with the female celebrity, Lu Yang had already arranged to meet Sir Michael Kadoorie, the representative of the Kadoorie family, at the Peninsula Hotel on the top floor.

"President Lu is very young!"

"Jazz's Chinese is also very fluent..."

"When in Rome, do as the Romans do. Our family has been rooted here for a century. Standing beneath our feet is the 80-year-old Peninsula Hotel, which has witnessed the prosperity of this peninsula..."

"Yes, compared to the centuries of vicissitudes on the opposite continent, it can indeed be described as a prosperous place..."

“Sorry, young Mr. Lu, I am a pure businessman and do not talk about politics.”

"Hmm, I wonder if the gentleman has received my request?"

"Yes, we are professionals in this area. Don't worry, I have already had my staff prepare your request, and the documents will be delivered soon."

"That's good……"

The two of them were having morning tea under the sunshade on the hotel rooftop, chatting idly. Sure enough, a hotel staff member jogged up to bring them the documents they were waiting for.

Sir Michael stood up, took the documents, and then invited Lu Yang to board the plane with him.

This foreign devil.

Many of them have helicopter pilot licenses.

He started playing with this stuff when he was a teenager, so Lu Yang wasn't worried that this core member of the Jazz family, who also had assets worth billions of dollars, would risk his life by taking him to stage a helicopter crash.

Got on the plane.

Fasten his seatbelt, Lu Yang took the documents and flipped to a page. Sure enough, it showed information on luxury homes for sale in Hong Kong.

He is from mainland China, although his identity is already well-known there.

However, if he wanted to buy a luxury home in Hong Kong, especially in the Victoria Peak area, only the extremely wealthy were qualified to live there. Without the help of local bigwigs in Hong Kong, he wouldn't even be able to get his hands on one.

However, these are all easy to handle.

With money, everything can be easily solved.

Sir Michael himself served as the pilot, pulling the helicopter up and taking Lu Yang on a loop around Hong Kong Island and Kowloon before heading straight for the upscale Victoria Peak area.

Once you reach the affluent area at the top of Victoria Peak, there's no shortage of places to land helicopters.

The wind was strong at high altitude, and Lu Yang's hair was blown all over the place while he was sitting in the helicopter.

Sir Michael, piloting the helicopter, was still yelling, "Go go go, Lu, have you spotted a building? I'm getting off."

The reason for taking a helicopter to the top of Victoria Peak was to get a bird's-eye view of the luxury homes there, so that Lu Yang could choose one that caught his eye and that happened to be for sale.

Lu Yang held the documents in his hand, compared them with the map of luxury homes below, and then checked off the ones he liked. Finally, he pointed to a luxury home in Repulse Bay below and said, "Let's go with this one. Go go go, Sir, let's go down."

It was Lu Yang's first time riding in a helicopter, and he was very excited.

After hearing Lu Yang's words.

Sir Michael gave a thumbs-up to the rear, then began to maneuver the helicopter down to the large open space in front of a mansion in Repulse Bay.

As the roar of the helicopter stirred up ripples on the lake, the security personnel and villa staff at Victoria Peak, who had noticed the commotion, were already prepared, lined up in two rows, ready to greet the helicopter as it landed and stabilized.

As the two disembarked from the plane...

At the hotel, after getting up, Xiao Jun patted the little star who was still sleeping in, told him to leave, and then called Lu Yang.

Lu Yang is currently on a helicopter, and the noise from the helicopter is very loud, so he definitely can't answer the phone.

Besides, we don't even know if there's a signal.

So naturally, the call won't go through.

Unable to get through, he quickly found the hotel's lobby manager.

Before setting off, not only did Lu Yang receive a phone call from Qian Youyou asking him to keep an eye on her brother to prevent him from doing anything bad, but Xiao Jun also received a request from his sister to keep an eye on her man... (End of Chapter)