A grand feast for the Chinese entertainment industry

Chapter 43 Deer's Words
I didn't go to the airport to see him off afterwards.

In the past, these tasks were usually handled by Lao Xue Xue Zhongding. Now, in Hong Kong, there is an additional assistant, Lin Xilei. Just like when everyone came, they flew back to the capital or back to Taiwan within an hour or two.

On the contrary, Lin Jianlu himself had already completed all the work he did in Taiwan last time, so there was no need for him to rush over there—but he still had a lot of work to do in Hong Kong.

Of course, the main purpose is to meet people.

Brand representatives, media interviews, and then photo shoots.

In the middle of the event, I went to support Su Huilun and promote her album.

As a result, he was blocked at the entrance of the fan meeting and, as usual, was chased by reporters asking questions. They didn't even ask Su Huilun; they just shoved microphones into his nose.

Lin Jianlu's outrageous remarks at the press conference have already been reported here. I wonder how many entertainment reporters are eager to interview him in person and witness his witty and insightful comments.

"Just kidding! You actually believe that a kiss can get you a song? At least three!"

"I'm not writing for her anymore; the payment is too cheap."

"This kind of rumor... definitely has nothing to do with me! It must have been Huilun who spread it herself!"

"Of course! Life is hard enough as it is, and I would never blame myself if I could blame others!"

"Hey... the radishes are rotting in the ground, your teeth are rotten, and your wife is pregnant! Why? Because you pulled them too late!"

From beginning to end, regardless of others, Su Huilun was amused by him and couldn't stop laughing.

That very evening, his quote was published in the evening paper again.

Two days later, Richie Jen came over to promote "Rely On". He and Su Huilun went to support Richie Jen, but just like last time, the audience was almost entirely his fans.

So much so that he had to repeatedly emphasize, "Today is Richie Jen's day to promote his new album, 'Rely on Him,' so let him sing for you all. I'll sing for you another day!"

On June 27th, he even went to play a game of mahjong with Wang Fei, Zhang Guorong, and Shi Nansheng. Unexpectedly, he won back over seven thousand yuan—he had participated twice before, losing over ten thousand yuan each time!

Of course, he wasn't the main winner; that was Wang Fei. Leslie Cheung also won around two or three thousand.

Shi Nansheng lost a lot of money and was furious. She made a promise to fight again another day, determined to win it all back. A do-or-die game.

He also arranged another drinking session with a group of seasoned veterans.

Luo Dayou, Zhang Guorong, Huang Zhan, Brigitte Lin, Xu Ke, Nansun Shi, Wang Jing, Wen Juan, Zhang Aijia, Hong Jinbao, Yuan Hua, Yuan Biao, Huang Baiming, Wang Jiawei.

Bringing Su Huilun along was a way to help her expand her social circle.

Of course, she barely got a word in edgewise. She was just going to broaden her horizons.

This is the case in almost all social circles. If you don't have enough status, you can't get in without someone to guide you. Even if you do get in, you can only eat and drink with them for a while. Next time, you still need someone to guide you, otherwise you still can't get in. Later, Lin Jianlu realized that this was probably the reason why the three protectors escorted him to Hong Kong.

However, he was a special case; he only needed to be guided once to become more familiar with the people than they were.

Ultimately, all respect and importance must be earned through one's own efforts.

But Leung Wing-ki found out the next day.

The reason is simple: Lin Jianlu never hides his whereabouts and never cares about anyone knowing most of his secrets—he even drank a toast with Brigitte Lin in front of so many people!

She seems to be quite idle now. She only accepts roles when an old friend, or even a famous director, beckons her to act. Otherwise, she almost never takes on any film offers.

In her own words, ever since "New Dragon Gate Inn" and "Swordsman II", including later works like "The Six-Fingered Demon", she has been offered almost exclusively cross-dressing roles, and she is simply exhausted from playing them.

Her main profession now is actually that of a columnist.

She had columns in two newspapers, writing about life, her thoughts, and things related to the film crew, all to make money. In exchange for a drink, Lin Jianlu agreed to write her a 2,000-word article.

From the very first meeting, the older sister made no attempt to hide her affection for him, and Lin Jianlu, of course, wouldn't refuse her request—he agreed to write about the origins of the song "Ten Years".

He actually knows absolutely nothing about the origins of the creation.

Make it up.

"Why...why didn't you take me with you?"

"Hey... what are you thinking? Taking him to be forced to drink by a bunch of lecherous guys?"

"You wouldn't let anyone force me to drink! ...Aren't you afraid she'll be forced to drink too?"

"She's not as pretty as you. Perverts only like to force pretty girls to drink; they won't force girls who aren't pretty to drink! It's so expensive! Moutai, over three hundred Hong Kong dollars a bottle!"

We made plans to go to the movies together.

Because Leung Wing-ki specifically reminded us that if we didn't watch it soon, the second installment of the "Young and Dangerous" series would be taken off the screens.

I caught the tail end again.

In fact, after buying tickets and going inside, there were only the two of them in the screening room.

When Qiu Shuzhen appeared in the middle of the scene, oh my, she was so sexy! Lin Jianlu turned to look at her. She didn't think much of it at first, but when Lin Jianlu looked at her like that, her face turned red.

After watching the show, they went shopping and had iced drinks. Her hand kept trying to touch him, but Lin Jianlu grabbed it and she was so happy she was practically bubbling with joy.

"Ekin Cheng is a very nice person, very gentlemanly, and so handsome!"

"Am I handsome?"

"Hehe, of course not as handsome as you!"

While sitting in a corner café enjoying the air conditioning and coffee, she talked about the gossip on the set of "Feel 100%". It is said that Xu Zhian goes to the set almost every day, or at least every other day, of course, to keep an eye on his girlfriend. He is several years older than Zheng Xiuwen, but his career has not been able to catch up with her in recent years, so he is inevitably a little anxious. It is said that he has a very bad attitude towards the male lead, Zheng Yijian.

On two occasions, the two even had some conflicts. If it weren't for Wang Jing being there on set, a big shot that neither side dared to offend, they might have even come to blows.

Even so, Wang Jing was still very angry.

Everyone's saying that the company behind Best Partners probably won't be casting Zheng Xiuwen in any more films.

"I'm different! Uncle Jing takes good care of me! The director is also very kind to me, so of course the whole crew treats me very well...hehe! Sister Ge has a lot of influence!"

"Bullshit! That's my face, okay!"

"Really? Huh? What did you just say?"

There's a certain endearing affectation in it.

"It's strange, you're so young, why do you like hanging out with people like Uncle Jing and his generation so much?"

Hey... that's a question with ulterior motives.

"Because I'm happy!"

"Why am I happy being with them? They're all so old!"

"Old age is interesting. We're all getting on in years, we've long since lost all sense of shame, we speak without restraint, we have stories to tell, and we can tell dirty jokes, isn't that great!"

(End of this chapter)