Entertainment: 1990

Chapter 300 Asking for Directions
[Just one update today, consider it a day off. I've been having trouble sleeping lately; I lie in bed at 11 pm but can't fall asleep until 2 or 3 am. Then during the day, any mental activity gives me a headache and makes me gag—I just got some medication, let's see how it goes.]

The next morning, after struggling with the matter all night, Li Bingbing finally told Tao Hong what had happened the day before.

After listening, Tao Hong said with no attempt to hide her disdain, "Just ignore her. Anyway, you haven't done anything wrong."

Does what you do in your dreams count?
Despite Tao Hong's eloquence, Li Bingbing was still somewhat uneasy.

But she wasn't entirely filled with fear; there was also an inexplicable restlessness that drove the images of Zhang Yan, Chen Hong, and Tao Hong to swirle in her mind like a revolving lantern.

She drifted off into the evening in a daze. After dinner, she returned to her dormitory and saw a girl who looked familiar sitting on her bed, chatting with Zhu Yuanyuan.

Zhu Yuanyuan saw Li Bingbing first and quickly stood up and said, "Bingbing is back—senior Shi Lanya from the third year said she wants to talk to you about something."

Shi Lanya?
Li Bingbing looked at Shi Lanya with some surprise. This senior student is currently the most star-studded student at the Central Academy of Drama. She co-starred with Chen Daoming in "Fortress Besieged" in 90 and later filmed several other TV series.

He remained relatively quiet until he was admitted to the Central Academy of Drama in the second half of 91, due to school regulations.

Now that she's suddenly contacting me, what's her purpose?
Shi Lanya also looked her over carefully, then handed her a brown paper bag and said, "This is from President Chen Hong of Yuanmeng. She asked me to deliver this to you."

"This……"

Li Bingbing carefully took it in her hand, very curious about what was inside, but not wanting to open it in front of others, so she asked curiously, "What is this? Why did President Chen give this to me?"

"Mr. Chen didn't say anything else, he just told me to give you the things."

Shi Lanya was also very curious about how this girl had caught Chen Hong's eye.

Shi Lanya is Huang Zhizhong's classmate. She also went to the Beijing Film Academy this afternoon to participate in the campus recruitment for "Realizing Dreams," and she was the only one who signed a contract on the spot.

After signing the contract, Chen Hong handed the brown paper bag to me, specifically asking me to deliver it to Li Bingbing, a freshman.

Seeing that Li Bingbing himself looked completely bewildered, Shi Lanya found it even stranger.

However, since the items had already been delivered, and Li Bingbing didn't intend to open them in front of everyone, Shi Lanya said goodbye to her and Zhu Yuanyuan before leaving the dormitory of the first-year undergraduate class.

After seeing Shi Lanya off, Li Bingbing turned around and saw Zhu Yuanyuan's big eyes blinking as she stared at the paper bag in her arms. She quickly hugged it tighter and said firmly, "I'll decide whether to let you see it after I open it and find out what's inside!"

Zhu Yuanyuan flashed her two canine teeth and chuckled, "More than this, I'm curious how you know Chen Hong. She's the hottest female celebrity right now!"

"Through senior Tao Hong."

Li Bingbing said, with seven parts truth and three parts falsehood, "They acted together when we were filming 'Tianjin Wei'."

"is it?"

Zhu Yuanyuan poked her chin, a sly glint in her eyes: "But I heard that when Yuanmeng came to the campus recruitment, Senior Tao Hong didn't even bother to watch the excitement."

That's because she doesn't need to join in the fun.

Li Bingbing was worried that he might say something inappropriate, so he hugged the paper bag and said, "I'm not going to talk to you anymore. I'm going to find a secluded place to open it and see what's inside."

With that, he left the dormitory.

She went downstairs to a well-lit, secluded spot, carefully opened the paper bag, and found a small, exquisite women's handbag inside.

Louis Vuitton?!
Before entering the Central Academy of Drama, Li Bingbing would never have recognized what this was, but in the past six months, she has gained a lot of knowledge and even worked as a greeter at Chow Tai Fook, which is diagonally opposite the LV store, for two days.

So I immediately recognized where this thing came from.

What does it mean that Mr. Chen gave himself a designer bag?
Although this bag doesn't look new, even a secondhand one would definitely be worth a lot of money...

Should we return it?

Li Bingbing doesn't deny that she loves money, but the way this thing came about is really suspicious. If she gets into trouble because of a designer bag, it wouldn't be worth it.

After a moment's hesitation, she ran to the school's public phone booth and dialed the number she knew by heart.

"Hello, is this Teacher Zhang?"

"Ah."

A muffled response came from the other end, as if someone was speaking while covering their mouth with something.

But Li Bingbing didn't pay much attention and said directly, "I am Li Bingbing. Someone just brought me a designer bag, saying it was a gift from President Chen. I didn't do anything, so how can I accept such an expensive gift? I want to return it. Could you help me contact President Chen?"

"Hehehe~" Before he could finish speaking, a woman's cheerful laughter came from the other end of the line. Li Bingbing was taken aback for a moment, then exclaimed, "President Chen?"

"it's me."

Chen Hong laughed and said, "I thought you would give it to Tao Hong."

"Uh~"

Li Bingbing had actually considered handing it over to Tao Hong, but considering Tao Hong's attitude when mentioning Chen Hong, she was worried about offending Chen Hong for no reason.

That's why she chose to contact Zhang Yan directly, but she didn't expect that Chen Hong would answer the phone.

When Chen Hong asked about Tao Hong, Li Bingbing didn't respond. Instead, he said seriously, "President Chen, as the saying goes, one cannot accept a gift without merit. I cannot accept such a valuable gift. When would be a convenient time for me to return it to you?"

"Then we'll have to wait at least half a month."

Chen Hong laughed and said, "I'm going to Shanghai next, and then to Hong Kong Island—I'll definitely buy a few new bags then, so even if you return this old one, I won't need it anymore."

The lives of the rich are truly luxurious!
Li Bingbing suppressed the bitterness in her heart, took a deep breath, and solemnly said, "It's your business if you don't need it, but I definitely can't accept something so valuable."

"Why can't I accept it? Consider it compensation for neglecting you sisters."

"This...this is inappropriate, it's too expensive!"

"Okay, okay, then you keep it for me for now, and I'll come back to get it later."

After hanging up the phone, Li Bingbing was even more confused. Just because he had neglected her and her sister for a morning, she had casually given them bags worth thousands or even tens of thousands of yuan?
Is this reasonable? !
…………

On the other side, Chang'an Coffee Shop.

Seeing Chen Hong hang up the phone with a smile, Gai Lili asked curiously, "Why did you talk to President Zhang for so long on the phone?"

It's not surprising that Chen Hong answered the phone for Zhang Yan while he went to the restroom, since there's no caller ID these days, and missing an important call would cause problems.

But when Chen Hong answered the phone, she chatted with the other end for a while with a playful expression, which seemed a bit strange.

"Because they came looking for me."

Chen Hong winked playfully at Gai Lili and said with a smile, "I just met two girls and found them quite interesting, so I casually tossed a pebble over to them, and their reaction was indeed quite amusing."

"Pebble?"

"It's a metaphor, meaning to test the waters."

Chen Hong waved her hand to indicate that Gai Lili didn't need to worry, and said with a smile, "We can agree to all the conditions you mentioned, but I also have a condition."

After the huge success of "The New Dragon and the Phoenix", Gai Lili unsurprisingly contacted Chen Hong and expressed her willingness to join Yuanmeng Pictures. However, she also made two small requests to ensure that she would have roles to play in the future.

When Chen Hong mentioned that there were also requirements, Gai Lili's expression became serious: "What requirements? Tell me."

"It's very simple, just come with me to the Shanghai Theatre Academy to host the campus recruitment."

"This……"

This request might not seem like much to others, but Gai Lili voluntarily dropped out of school in her junior year, even claiming that she wouldn't learn anything useful at the Shanghai Theatre Academy.

Although several years have passed and she is no longer as naive and impulsive as before, but...

"Could we change the terms?"

"No."

Chen Hong smiled brightly, but her words left no room for doubt: "This time, returning to the Shanghai Theatre Academy, I want to draw the most interesting conclusion to my acting career."

As she spoke, she pointed at Gai Lili and then at herself: "A period drawn together by the first and last place in the major course."

Upon hearing this, Gailly smiled wryly and said, "You didn't have this in mind from the beginning, did you?"

Chen Hong picked up her coffee, took a sip, and replied elegantly, "Who knows?"

(End of this chapter)