A grand feast for the Chinese entertainment industry

Chapter 106 The Mistress

After some haggling, the final price was NT$2.86 million, still considered high. There's a reason the price was managed to drop below NT$3 million: the atmosphere on the island is tense lately, with many feeling that a major war might break out soon. The United States is aggressively pushing forward, tensions are high within Taiwan, and the mainland is also showing signs of a do-or-die attitude. If war breaks out, even the most expensive properties can be rendered worthless with just one cannonball.

Many wealthy people are selling their properties and fleeing overseas.

Once the property transaction agreement was signed, Lin Jianlu didn't even need to leave the house. His HSBC account manager flew over with all the necessary documents and met up with a senior manager who had come all the way from HSBC's Bangkok branch. Together, they helped Lin Jianlu complete the entire loan process right there in the hotel.

Lin Jianlu was able to obtain a credit line of ten million US dollars from HSBC, which he could access at any time without collateral. However, the use of this money was restricted. He could buy real estate, make consumption, or even buy a yacht, but it was absolutely forbidden to flow into the financial market. For example, if he used the money to buy stocks, bonds, etc., HSBC would immediately demand the termination of the loan contract and withdraw the loan in advance.

However, if the sales revenue from Lin Jianlu's three albums, including "Cold to the End," is used as collateral, along with Lin Jianlu's brand endorsement income over the next few years, and his future commercial performance and concert income, then this loan will have no restrictions and will simply be a personal loan.

HSBC even agreed to lend $4000 million!

In doing so, they directly withheld Lin Jianlu's income for the next ten years, using it as collateral!
Lin Jianlu is very bold now. Even without his two agents by his side, there's no one to stop him. He dares to think and act, and directly signed the loan agreement and mortgage agreement.

It's a five-year long-term loan, secured by collateral with a clear future profit potential, so the interest rate is relatively low. The total amount is US$40 million – the loan is in equivalent Thai baht, the contract is in Thai baht, and after the funds are deposited into the account, the account manager is responsible for converting it into US dollars. Exchange rates may vary slightly.

This is a free fund; you can use it as you wish, and the principal and interest will be settled in five years.

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"Sister Shuhua, why do I feel like once we all move into this house together, the three of us will become a family?"

"Then let's become a family! Don't you like that?"

"Of course I like him, but I still feel like this is so weird! In modern society, how can Ah Lu do this? It feels like he's married to two wives."

"No, he only married you; I was just his mistress."

"Oh, Sister Shuhua, please don't say that anymore. Every time I hear you say that, I feel so guilty! He clearly likes you more, and you like him so much too, but I just can't help liking him too..."

"No, that's not it! You said it. He's just worried that I'm a bit slow and will starve if no one takes care of me. He can take care of me in the future, and you can take care of me when he's not around, right?"

"Okay! If we're together, I'll never allow anyone to bully you!"

Su Huilun is an optimist, and Chen Shuhua is now more of a content person. After getting up early and having breakfast, Su Huilun drove Lin Jianlu to their new villa. When they arrived, Chen Shuhua had already driven over herself, and the three of them toured their house together.

The more I look, the more I like it.

At this point, Lin Jianlu had nothing to do. He followed the two ladies at a leisurely pace, with one of them occasionally running up to him, crossing her arms to express her excitement, and the other stopping for a few steps. When he caught up, they would exchange a smile, which was enough—the two ladies were even more excited.

Before they had even finished touring the house, the two of them were already busy discussing who would sleep in which room, which room a baby would sleep in if they had one in the future, and how many servants they would need for such a big house, perhaps even a senior butler, at least two drivers, three or four servants, and maybe two Filipino maids... Lin Jianlu couldn't get a word in edgewise and was too lazy to say anything.

He was actually indifferent to the house—no matter how expensive or luxurious it was, he remained unmoved. What truly moved him was how easily he acquired it, and even more so, how he was able to obtain a large yen mortgage loan from Sumitomo Bank in Japan after purchasing it.

No wonder you rich people seem to have an endless supply of money, and the more you spend, the more you seem to have!

As long as you take the right steps, you can make money even while lying down!

Moreover, as long as you take the right steps, you can not only use the bank's money to make money, but the more you earn, the more willing the bank will be to continue lending you more—finance is such a mess!

Just as later online commentators said about the old money in America, once people have tasted the profits of finance, almost no one will be willing to continue to work hard in the real economy and open factories!
How wonderful! They didn't spend a penny of their own money, and now they're living in a big house. Look at the two of them, how happy they are! They said they didn't want it, and they considered and analyzed all sorts of things, including how living together wasn't good. But now that they've actually bought a house of this caliber, and can move in anytime, they're still incredibly excited—especially Su Huilun!
However, after buying the house, he still had a whopping 60 million US dollars in cash in his bank account, which he could open an account in America at any time and buy Yahoo stock. But to this day, he has only earned about 10 million US dollars by relying on plagiarized music works, selling albums, working hard to do commercial performances, taking endorsements, shooting commercials and so on.

"like?"

She caught up with him, putting her arms around each of his slender waists. "Are you moving in these next couple of days?" Su Huilun couldn't resist any longer. She turned around and hooked her arms around Lin Jianlu's neck, hanging on her body. She nodded enthusiastically, "Yes, I love it! We'll move in right away!"

Then she said, "Ah Lu, I want to have your baby! How about we give birth here?"

Lin Jianlu's eyes lit up—she didn't mention marriage, but instead jumped straight to having children!
She had mentioned it once before, saying that she had started to consider future marriage issues, but that's just her personality—she speaks faster than she thinks and isn't careful or thorough in her speech. So at the time, it was just something she talked about, not even a hint. And it was only mentioned that one time, and she never brought it up again. The situation was quite awkward. Firstly, Lin Jianlu had many romantic affairs in Hong Kong, and the Hong Kong media's reports were completely unedited and directly reported by the Taiwanese media. Many photos were basically enough to confirm the facts.

He was embracing Liang Yongqi intimately. He even kissed Liang Yongqi and Lin Qingxia in front of Chen Shuhua and Su Huilun. The various rumors between them had become tiresome and numb to ordinary readers in recent months. Chen Shuhua and Su Huilun, as his bed partners, had repeatedly witnessed Lin Jianlu answering a phone call from a woman and then getting up and leaving during Lin Jianlu's two recent visits to Taiwan. This basically confirmed that Liang Yongqi and Lin Qingxia's relationship with Lin Jianlu had taken a step forward, and they had probably slept together. However, Guan Zhilin had doubts.

There's no point in arguing about it, and asking won't help.

Once you start to take things too seriously, breaking up is almost always the only option.

He is handsome, talented, and his status in the industry rose rapidly, reaching a high level in just a few months. He is also charming and domineering, which makes him naturally attractive to girls.

Ultimately, it's just because he'll find someone better if he leaves you, but you'll never find a lover like him again if you leave him.

Therefore, both Chen Shuhua and Su Huilun tacitly chose not to ask further questions.

Only the two of them can occasionally be a little jealous of each other—and he won't be unhappy about it; on the contrary, he will do everything he can to coax and comfort you.

Secondly, even among the three of them, Su Huilun was well aware that she had actually forced her way in.

At that time, Chen Shuhua and Lin Jianlu were having some kind of argument. In the hotel room, outside there was a torrential downpour and howling wind, and inside there was a choral piece he had just written and a lyric that was still wet with ink. Her admiration and liking for him had reached its peak, so she didn't feel shy at all and directly seduced him—but Chen Shuhua caught her red-handed!

Sister Shuhua has already taken a step back, and she always says she'll only be a lover. If I insist on demanding marriage, what sense of reason is there? And where would that leave Sister Shuhua?
Moreover... it would only force him to leave.

How could he be only twenty years old, in the prime of his life, happily surrounded by women, with seven or eight rumored lovers, most of which are confirmed to be true? At least there are two from Taiwan, namely myself and Chen Shuhua, plus Liang Yongqi and Brigitte Lin, and even from the capital city he particularly cherishes, there should be quite a few... Yet he would suddenly become chaste and virtuous for my sake, and even marry me? — I can't even imagine it!

But he readily agreed to have the baby, saying, "Great! You want to have my baby? Of course!"

Su Huilun was overjoyed. Rock Records had extensive business in Hong Kong, and Luo Da was practically a permanent resident there. Brother Li Zongsheng also frequently visited. Furthermore, Su Huilun herself had sung a duet with Jackie Chan when she first debuted. Therefore, she had heard many things about the Hong Kong entertainment industry, including Jackie Chan's romantic escapades. Everyone said that Jackie Chan secretly had four, five, or even six women, but he didn't allow these women to have children casually. It was said that he only had two children to date. One of the few people who had heard rumors was Lin Fengjiao, a famous Taiwanese actress who was famous at the time, who supposedly gave him a son. The other child remained a mystery.

It's not just him. Once male celebrities in the entertainment industry reach a certain level, they have no shortage of fame, status, wealth, and power. Which one of them doesn't have several girlfriends? But look at those women who have been with them for many years, why do they end up alone, not having children in their thirties or forties?
Are they all so alike that they don't want to have children?

To put it bluntly, that person still needs to make money from his fame, so he would never allow a situation where you have a child and then come to him to cause trouble, or even force him to marry you!
However, after she only mentioned it slightly, A-Lu allowed her to have his child!
She was naturally happy, so she took the opportunity to tease Chen Shuhua again, putting her arm around her waist, "Sister Shuhua, why don't you have one too, so we can have one together? It would be perfect if the two babies could keep each other company and grow up together."

Chen Shuhua was stunned for a long time, then turned to look at Lin Jianlu, her expression timid, "I...can I?"

In reality, she was already thirty-eight years old. Although her menstrual cycle was very regular, she had heard from many friends that it becomes increasingly difficult for women to get pregnant after the age of thirty—but that wasn't important. What was important was whether he would agree to both of them getting pregnant and having children for him.

Unexpectedly, Lin Jianlu hugged the two of them tightly, looked around, and saw that the villa was empty, with only the three of them there. "How about we practice how to get pregnant together now?"

"puff……"

The two girls burst out laughing almost simultaneously. Chen Shuhua didn't say anything, but her face turned red. However, Su Huilun said, "Don't even think about it! It's so annoying!"

However, the next moment, Lin Jianlu picked her up and carried her into a bedroom next door.

There's a bed, even though it's empty, that's enough.

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