A grand feast for the Chinese entertainment industry

Chapter 51 Damn it!

We had drinks together at noon.

I called in quite a few friends from the industry at the last minute.

After leaving the Black Panther band, Dou Wei joined Moyan and rebuilt his own band lineup. In addition, he only fell out with the original Black Panther members, and his relationship with his former record label is not bad. In fact, his personal connections, reputation and influence in the capital's music scene are no weaker than during his time with Black Panther.

He can still be considered a figure in the domestic rock scene who is on par with Cui Jian.

Needless to say, Lin Jianlu's network of connections was even wider than Dou Wei's.

But this was a small get-together after a long separation, and everyone consciously kept the number of people from getting too many together.

Dou Wei mainly called a few members of his band, plus a girl named Gao Yuan, who is said to be a photographer who has taken several album covers for Dou Wei. She is over 1.7 meters tall and a pretty cool girl. Lin Jianlu called a few of her old friends, but Liu Huan was not home. Cui Jian, Zheng Jun, Wang Feng, Zhang Yadong, Xiao Ke, and Xu Wei were all there.

Drinking and bragging together is a very enjoyable thing.

In particular, these people have nothing to do with your career prospects—ah, that's just how it is. No matter how much you love something, once it becomes your money-making career, you're doomed! Even the best of friends are doomed if they are related to your future career; you can no longer maintain a truly calm attitude!

In Hong Kong and Taiwan, Lin Jianlu was witty and outspoken, and it would be hard to say he was completely unhappy. But every word he said there was the result of careful consideration, carried with pressure and complex considerations. But now it's different. He can talk nonsense without fear of offending anyone and is extremely relaxed.

But not long after the drinking session started, Lin Jianlu realized something was wrong.

While I was out using the restroom, I gave Lao Xue a wink and signaled him to come out too. He asked in surprise, "What's he doing? Is he doing it so openly?"

Old Dou and that Gao Yuan are not just ordinary people who are close!
As a result, Lao Xue said, "You don't know? They've been together for over two years, before they even entered Moyan, even before Wang Fei. It's said that Wang Fei knew about it too. When Lao Dou lived alone in the capital, she often stayed at his house."

What the hell!

Lin Jianlu was a little confused—he knew in his past life that Dou Wei and Wang Fei had divorced after only a few years of marriage, but afterwards he only knew that Wang Fei had been married twice more, or maybe once, anyway, she had dated Xie Tingfeng. As for whether Dou Wei had remarried later, he didn't know much.

This is too fierce!
Despite his disastrous reputation in Hong Kong and Taiwan, having been romantically linked to at least six or seven girls, Lin Jianlu, despite his womanizing ways, has always been strict with himself and has genuinely never had a girlfriend. He has kissed Liu Ruoying and Su Huilun—one for a music video shoot, the other as a response to Su Huilun's advances. With Liang Yongqi, besides kissing, they often held hands, but that was purely for show, as they were essentially creating a scandal. He was essentially helping Ge Fuhong and promoting Liang Yongqi, and while Liang Yongqi repeatedly expressed her feelings, Lin Jianlu never reciprocated. Besides these, he had a casual drinking session and kiss with Lin Qingxia, but that was obviously not serious. Then there was Chen Shuhua, with whom he kissed once in a moment of passion.

That's it, that's it. He became incredibly famous and had countless scandals, but he's actually always been very clean. He's never had any dirty deeds or messy affairs—he's mostly just talking big!

He really knew what he was doing; he was going there to make money, not to find love!

His true love is Yuan Bingfei...

Unexpectedly, while her family of five was still wondering when they would be able to reunite, her father had already started having an affair with another woman, and quite openly at that. Lin Jianlu had only intended to have a get-together, but she had unexpectedly found out about this. She suddenly felt quite awkward.

He's friends with both sides, and he has a good relationship with Wang Fei, even better than with Lao Dou in some ways. He didn't know before, but now that he does, is he going to pretend he doesn't know? And not mention it at all?
As it turned out, Lao Xue saw right through his thoughts and said, "Everyone knows, and she knows too. Just don't mention it."

Ok……

On the other hand, Lao Wang was actually a third party in the relationship back then. Lao Dou had a serious girlfriend at the time, who was also his first love, and Lao Wang's boyfriend was Lao Dou's brother...

Well, now it's hard to say whether he was the third or the fourth, if Gao Yuan was already in this complicated relationship at that time!
Go to hell! Pretend you don't know anything!

"Hey, a BMW! Hey..."

The next morning, Lin Jianlu drove her new car to the film crew of "Spicy Love Soup".

As early as half a month ago, Zhang Yang had been urging him to hurry up. The movie had been in production for a month or so, but Lin Jianlu hadn't even shown his face. He spent all his time reading gossip magazines and tabloids, which sent back news of his scandals in Hong Kong and Taiwan. Zhang Yang was extremely anxious.

Now that the person had finally shown up, he breathed a sigh of relief, put down his phone, told the crew to take a break, and then happily ran over to pick them up himself. "Where are the keys? I'll go take a look!"

Lin Jianlu tossed him the keys, but he wasn't in a hurry to get in the car. He turned around and looked at it. "Hey! This car is so new, it could sell for at least 400,000! Oh, and it's the high-end model. 400,000 is too low, it starts at 500,000!"

"piss off!"

"We're out of money, Lu... Sigh... In at most another week, the film crew will have to stop filming!"

Lin Jianlu looked at him, said nothing, and sneered.

He chuckled and leaned closer, a little embarrassed. "Let's not talk about this now. I called you yesterday about that thing. Did you mention it to your boss?"

"I suggested it, and the boss agreed."

"Spicy Love Soup" is an urban romance film, which almost certainly means that it must target the young audience market. Therefore, Zhang Yang has always wanted to make it more fashionable. I don't know how, but he suddenly had an idea. Last night, he called Lin Jianlu in the middle of the night and wanted to use a lot of songs as background music.

Since he knows Lin Jianlu and they have a relationship, he naturally takes advantage of his proximity to get the song license from Rock Records—he can't pay much, so it would be best to use it for free!

Not only do I have to use the songs for free, but I also have to send a few singers to make cameo appearances. I'm specifically asking for Lee Tsung-sheng, Chou Hua-chien, Zhao Chuan, Chen Shu-hua, and Su Hui-lun. It would be best if they could all come, even if it's just for one shot. This is to help you promote your work in mainland China. How can you ask for payment?
Believe it or not, when Lin Jianlu called Lao Duan, Lao Duan actually agreed immediately.

It's said that a few years ago, when UFO Films was at its peak, they teamed up with the famous Taiwanese producer Chu Yen-ping to release a youth film called *Seven Wolves*... Wait, what a name...

Box office success is one thing, but the key point is that the film heavily utilized songs by UFO Records. Among them, "Never Look Back," a duet by Wang Jie, Tai Zhengxiao, Zhang Yusheng, and Yao Kejie, became an instant hit upon the film's release. Zhang Yusheng, in particular, can be said to have started his career with this song, subsequently achieving great fame. In 1992, he reached his personal peak with the album "The Sea," which reportedly sold over 300 million copies worldwide, with some claiming 600 million…

In those years, if Rock Records hadn't made Lin Yilian a star and Zhou Huajian a sensation, they might have really been blown up by UFO Records.

In short, it was an extremely successful and classic commercial case of combining movies with pop songs and commercial idols. It seems that Lao Duan also wants to replicate it—whatever!

"I can join the crew after two more days of rest. You can adjust the schedule as needed. Anyway, I have to go south again in half a month!"

"Alright! I'll finish filming for you in a week! ...How about a drink tonight?"

"If you don't ask me for money, we'll drink!"

"No, Lu, help your brother out! I won't say anything else, but my movie is guaranteed to make at least ten million at the box office, and I guarantee you'll make money! If I dare to cheat you, I'll be a son of a bitch!"

"No way!"

(End of this chapter)