A grand feast for the Chinese entertainment industry

Chapter 114 Collision

The chat was quite pleasant.

The girl spoke calmly and deliberately, with almost no wasted words. Each self-introduction was concise and to the point, accurately conveying the essential information. She truly lived up to her mother's description of her: steady and intelligent at first glance!
She is also very willing, even very good at, playing the role of a listener—those extremely beautiful eyes will always look at you affectionately, and as your words and the context change, she can always provide a few appropriate "oh", "ah", and "wow" with perfect precision, along with changes in her eyes and subtle adjustments in her expression. Well, it can almost give a person who loves to brag the greatest sense of satisfaction!

But actually, Lin Jianlu was holding back and didn't dare to brag!
It leaks air too easily!

You boast about how successful you are in Hong Kong? Then your scandals and gossip with actresses like Brigitte Lin, Rosamund Kwan, and Leung Wing-ki are practically essential footnotes to that.

I'll just mention Luo Dayou, Huang Zhan, and Wang Jing briefly.

Is he bragging about being a big shot in the Taiwanese music scene? It seems like he doesn't need to brag at all.

Later, I started showing off my limited skills by talking about her profession—mainly comparing the different film philosophies of my two good friends, Wang Jing and Jiang Wen, and also discussing the fundamental differences between Hong Kong films, whether commercial or art films, and mainland art films—and she listened with great interest.

It wasn't an intentional attempt to be a straight man; he was genuinely invested in the role.

As the conversation progressed, she took the initiative to join the topic and casually brought up her observations of American film concepts and practices during her two years in America.

It was very enjoyable.

What we talked about wasn't important; what mattered was that the girl's smile was truly beautiful.

However, well, I'll go back and tell my mom directly, Mom, this girl is too smart, I'm afraid I can't handle her!

After finishing our meal, we paid the bill and left.

I was having dinner indoors in the evening and didn't notice that a north wind had picked up outside.

The season has arrived, and the north wind brings a chill. Luckily, the two had just eaten a hot and spicy hot pot. They rode their old bicycles to take the girl back to the Beijing Film Academy.

As he passed the entrance of the Beijing Film Studio, he was casually chatting while pedaling his bike when he noticed a large group of people walking along the roadside, laughing and talking. He didn't pay much attention to them, but just as he was about to ride past, someone suddenly called out to him, "Brother? Brother Lu!"

He quickly slammed on the brakes. Yu Feihong, caught off guard, lurched forward and instinctively grabbed Lin Jianlu's waist with both hands.

With one foot on the ground, she turned around and saw Jiang Qinqin, "Whoa... what are you doing... what are you all doing?"

With her long arms and used to it, she subconsciously patted Yu Feihong's butt from behind. Yu Feihong was quick-witted and jumped off the back seat the next moment. Then Lin Jianlu got out of the car and got into the car.

A large group of young faces.

Many people heard Jiang Qinqin call out "Brother Lu" and are now looking over with curiosity.

Jiang Qinqin ran over in a few steps, subconsciously glancing at Yu Feihong. She didn't recognize him, but she didn't dare to ask. Her face was flushed, and with each breath she took, a puff of white mist appeared. "I went to see a movie. Our homeroom teacher helped us borrow a copy of 'The Emperor's Shadow.' They wouldn't let us show it anywhere else, so we brought it to your company."

Hey...peeking at banned movies!

Although the formalities haven't been completed yet, and Forbidden City Film Industry can't exist as an independent company, and many activities can't be carried out, the business address has already been rented. It's an old building at Beijing Film Studio, and the building is fully equipped. Everyone is just passing things around, and Han Shanping of Beijing Film Studio won't actually empty everything. Anyway, it's all in a mess—"The Emperor's Shadow" was halted and withdrawn from release, so let's just face the chaos!
The girl casually remarked, "It's not a banned film, it was just pulled from theaters!" She then subconsciously glanced at Yu Feihong, who was standing right next to Lin Jianlu, and confirmed that she didn't recognize him. "Brother, where have you been?"

"Dating."

"Tch! Always dating! You've got so many scandals..."

Zuo Xiaoqian would never say such a thing; it would be too hurtful. But Jiang Qinqin, being such a silly girl, would just blurt it out. And while saying this, she naturally turned her head to look at Yu Feihong again—she was very beautiful, extremely beautiful.

Unexpectedly, Yu Feihong smiled and extended her hand to her the next moment, "Hello, my name is Yu Feihong." Jiang Qinqin was stunned for a moment, then extended her hand to shake hands with her, "Yu... Oh, I remember now, I was wondering which year you looked familiar. Which year were you in? You were an outstanding student representative, right? You're a senior, aren't you?"

Yu Feihong laughed, "It should be me."

Jiang Qinqin's expression immediately turned serious. She was about to speak when she saw her classmates, both male and female, standing there waiting for her. "Jiang Qinqin, are you coming or not?"

Jiang Qinqin turned around and said, "You guys go back first! I'll go back later!"

No sooner had he finished speaking than two people from the group that had walked over suddenly approached. “Jian Lu?” — Turning around, he saw Jiang Wu, oh, that’s Huang Lei.

Huang Lei was the one who took the initiative to greet her. He also recognized Yu Feihong, "Oh, Feihong..."

But the next second, Jiang Wu grabbed his arm, smiled and raised her hand, "You guys chat, we're going back first." Then, ignoring Huang Lei's surprise, she put her arm around his neck and left.

Yu Feihong had already looked over there, seemingly about to speak, but Jiang Wu pulled Huang Lei away, so she smiled and turned back. She immediately saw that, without her noticing, the girl named Jiang Qinqin had already affectionately hugged Lin Jianlu's arm, her eyes filled with a hint of provocation as she stared intently at her. Her smile remained unchanged, but she quickly looked at Lin Jianlu with interest.

I want to see what he will do.

He was laughing there, "Wu is such a shrewd guy!", then turned to look at Jiang Qinqin, who was clinging tightly to him, "Alright, stop hugging, what are you trying to prove... I'm on a blind date here!"

Upon hearing this, Yu Feihong's eyes lit up, and she couldn't help but smile.

Jiang Qinqin was a little embarrassed. She glanced at Yu Feihong again and reluctantly let go of his arm. She was about to say something when Lin Jianlu immediately said, "Let's go back! I'll take you out for a big meal later!"

Jiang Qinqin looked up at him, then turned to look at Yu Feihong. In the end, she still didn't have the courage to provoke him, and reluctantly said "Oh," and then said, "Then I'll go back!"

She took a few steps, then turned back, waved, and said awkwardly, "Goodbye, Senior Sister!"

Yu Feihong smiled, raised her hand, and waved to her, "Goodbye!"

gone.

Lin Jianlu clicked his tongue, kicked off his bicycle, and asked Yu Feihong, "Are you still riding? Or should I walk back with you?"

Yu Feihong smiled and said, "Let's walk back! It's not far."

"Also."

So they pushed their bicycles and walked side by side, one bicycle between them.

They walked and talked, and the atmosphere seemed unaffected by what had just happened; in fact, it was even more relaxed.

She asked, "Are you quite familiar with Huang Lei and Jiang Wu?"

Lin Jianlu replied, "Uh...it's alright. Actually, I'm closer to Jiang Wen." Then she asked, "You're level one with them? That doesn't seem right. They're both level 90, aren't they?"

She nodded. "Yeah, they were a year behind me, but we're pretty close. The film academy isn't very big. Jiang Wu was older than us when he enrolled, and he helped us a lot with chores. He's like an older brother to us."

"Oh. Wu is a good person."

"You're so much younger than him, why are you calling him 'Wu'?"

"Then what should I call him? If I call him Brother Wu, do you think he'll dare to accept it? I call his brother Old Jiang, but I can't call him Second Jiang, can I?"

She laughed, thought for a moment, and then suddenly changed the subject, her tone sharp, "I heard... you and Director Chen Kaige had a fight once? What did you fight about?"

But Lin Jianlu scoffed, "Argue? Bah! He's not even worthy to argue with me!"

she laughs.

Lin Jianlu said, "He wanted to instruct me on how to make music, what a load of rubbish! I yelled at him and he didn't dare utter a sound. I'm too lazy to bother with him anymore!"

She laughed again, turning her head to look at him repeatedly.

As they were talking, they turned a corner and arrived at the entrance of the film academy. They could see the not-so-large gate in the distance, and strangely, they both stopped talking at the same time.

Lin Jianlu stopped at the door and said, "Let's go back!"

She nodded, hesitated, and finally said only, "Goodbye, Lin Jianlu!" Goodbye!

…………

The girl turned and went back.

It was early winter, and she wasn't dressed too lightly, but surprisingly, I hadn't really noticed before because I was looking at her from the front, but this girl actually had a pretty good figure—a perky bottom, a slim waist, long legs, and excellent proportions.

Of course, her breasts are definitely not big.

I clicked my tongue a few times, and that was it—mission accomplished!

Watching her until she walked through the gate without ever looking back, Lin Jianlu pushed her bicycle, pedaled twice, jumped up, and turned around to go home—while still downstairs, she could see the lights on upstairs.

He locked the car, got in, opened the door, casually tossed the key onto the shoe cabinet, and was about to change his shoes when he suddenly froze—in the living room, two girls stood up at the same time, almost simultaneously.

Xu Qing, Zuo Xiaoqian.

Their faces didn't look good.

A thought raced through her mind as she continued changing her shoes, her tone light and casual, "Xiaoqian, what brings you here?"

Zuo Xiaoqian had already walked over, her voice tinged with grievance and lacking sweetness, "I knew you were back, so I came to see you and check on the heating."

Hey! You should have called before you came!

After changing his shoes, he turned around, casually hugged her, gently kissed her forehead, then let go. He then started taking off his jacket and asked Xu Qing, "When did you get back? You two just bumped into each other like that?"

Xu Qing took a deep breath and tried to soften her tone, "I was shocked when I came back. There was a girl in the house, and the other person was shocked too."

He paused, then said, "It's alright, we didn't argue."

Lin Jianlu chuckled, took off his coat, and Zuo Xiaoqian instinctively reached out to take it. He handed it to her directly, then went to the living room, hugged Xu Qing, and kissed her on the forehead.

"Alright! It was bound to happen sooner or later!"

As he spoke, he put his arm around Xu Qing and waved to Zuo Xiaoqian, who had finished hanging up her clothes. When the girl came over, he also put his arm around her. "How about we leave it at that for today? You two can't just fight, can you?"

Xu Qing didn't speak, but she was still indignant and turned her head away.

But Lin Jianlu still leaned over and kissed her on the cheek. "I'll go take Xiaoqian home first. It's too late, and it'll be hard to get a taxi. You stay home and wait patiently, okay?"

Xu Qing took a deep breath, stood on tiptoe, kissed him on the cheek, then turned and swam out of his embrace without looking back, heading straight for the bedroom. "Come back soon!"

"Got it!"

Then he turned around, bent down, and looked at Zuo Xiaoqian, who was pouting in his arms, "Shall I take you home?"

She nodded obediently, "Okay."

So he changed his shoes back, put his coat back on, grabbed his car keys, went downstairs, drove his car, and took her back to school.

She didn't say anything along the way, and Lin Jianlu also kept quiet, but his hand unconsciously reached towards the passenger side and touched Zuo Xiaoqian's jeans.

It can be considered a form of appeasement.

Instead, when the car arrived at the entrance of the film academy, Zuo Xiaoqian took off her seatbelt and was about to get out when she lowered her head and remained silent for a moment. Suddenly, she didn't get out of the car. Instead, she pounced on Lin Jianlu from the passenger side and pressed her directly into the seat. However, she remained silent and just held on tightly until Lin Jianlu patted her back to comfort her for a while before she let go. Her face was a little red, and she stepped back and opened the car door.

"Brother, I'm leaving."

Her eyes were timid.

Lin Jianlu looked at her and suddenly asked, "Did she upset you?"—He was actually very reluctant to inquire about or understand the way any two girls got along; it was pointless, just adding to his troubles.

Moreover, he has always believed that any interference is absolutely biased.

No one can truly be completely impartial.

But today is a little special.

This whole mess was actually brought on by myself—I never expected Xu Qing to move into my house so readily. Before I could even make any further plans, we ran into each other.

Moreover, if we're talking about favoritism, at least at this moment, he's willing to show a tiny bit of favoritism towards this little girl in front of him—it's obvious that in front of Xu Qing, she's completely outclassed in every way, regardless of age, experience, seniority, status, or even looks.

But thankfully, she shook her head. "I went first, wanting to wait for you to come back. I didn't even go to watch 'The Emperor's Shadow' that night. When she opened the door, I thought it was you, but when the door opened, we were both startled... But she didn't say anything. She even knows my name."

But then he asked, "Brother Lu, are you and her... living together?"

Cohabitation is a new term, but it has become quite popular in mainland China in the last year or so.

She said "Oh" and lowered her head.

Lin Jianlu smiled, leaned on the armrest, and raised an eyebrow at her. She looked down, and their eyes met. The girl couldn't help but pout, but soon smiled a little shyly.

She turned her head away from the car door, refusing to let him see.

Lin Jianlu leaned closer, reached out and brushed aside the stray hairs at her temples, then casually pulled her back.

A small, pretty face, clearly defined and delicate.

Have you kissed?

She pursed her lips, shook her head, and smiled shyly.

"I'll teach you how to kiss, do you want to learn?"

She continued to smile shyly, remaining silent. She neither nodded nor shook her head.

So Lin Jianlu leaned in completely, cupped her face, and couldn't hide his affection. He couldn't help but kiss her for over a minute. When they separated, she was panting heavily, her face even more radiant.

"Have you learned it?"

Her face flushed red, and she shook her head with a shy smile.

So Lin Jianlu went up to her again.

Another minute or so later, I let go of her and looked at her. She smiled shyly, and before I could ask her anything, she shook her head.

Even Lin Jianlu laughed this time, even bursting into laughter.

She lowered her head again, looking embarrassed.

He touched her face; it was smooth and soft, like a young girl's face. "Go back now! I'll teach you properly another day."

She blushed and nodded, not daring to look at Lin Jianlu again, but finally she was willing to open the car door.

However, after getting off the car, she deliberately walked around to the front of the car, waved vigorously at Lin Jianlu, smiled shyly, and then turned and ran away.

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