A grand feast for the Chinese entertainment industry

Chapter 66 Mad Dog
The matter was decided almost on the spot, so Zhang Heping immediately made a phone call to get people.

After lunch, although everyone had brought alcohol with them, they immediately moved to another venue and sat down with relevant personnel from the Capital Television Station, the Capital Television Art Center, the Capital Film Company, and the Capital Culture and Art Audio-Visual Publishing House to formally discuss the issues of investment and cooperation.

When Han Shanping brought in Lin Jianlu and Brigitte Lin, none of the four state-owned enterprises objected. All four of them were people who dealt with the market every day. They understood the value of these two names better than many people in China who were still working behind closed doors in their so-called creative endeavors.

Do you want their money?

What we want is their fame, connections, and influence!
Of course, it was an instant agreement!
Lin Jianlu invested a total of 450 million yuan, while four entities—Capital Television Station, Capital Television Art Center, Capital Film Company, and Capital Culture and Art Audio-Visual Publishing House—invested a total of 600 million yuan. Beijing Film Studio invested 100 million yuan, and Lin Qingxia personally invested 50 yuan, bringing the total investment to 1200 million yuan.

The Forbidden City Film Industry Co., Ltd. was thus established in name only.

State-owned capital holds approximately 58.33% of the shares, Lin Jianlu holds 37.5% personally, and Lin Qingxia, a Hong Kong investor, holds the smallest share, which can only be considered a gimmick for a joint venture, accounting for 4.17%!

They unanimously elected Zhang Heping, the initiator, to serve as chairman and legal representative.

As the deputy director of the Capital City Cultural Bureau and a renowned screenwriter, he was perfectly suited to represent the four funding entities in the capital.

Lin Chien-lu, Han Shan-ping, and Lin Ching-hsia also held the title of vice chairman.

Hey, look, this is yet another makeshift organization, set up just like that.

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"Phew, so tired..."

They sat for almost the entire day, drinking tea and wine. After a day of chatting, the two returned to the Great Wall Hotel where Brigitte Lin was staying. She didn't want to move at all and just wanted to lie there and smoke.

But Lin Jianlu isn't tired!
He took a shower, came out onto the sofa, and simply pushed her skirt up.

Lin Qingxia initially laughed heartily, then began to sob softly, then started to cry, and then simply fell silent, with only a few breaths coming out and out of her nostrils, indicating that she was still alive.

Lin Jianlu had been holding back for twenty years, and he had been holding back for more than half a year just since he transmigrated here.

She has a very bad temper.

Even the forty-year-old auntie, who was as fierce as a tiger, couldn't hold on any longer. She held on until Lin Jianlu finally put out the fire. Her whole body was red and she was lying there in a mess, but she didn't move for a long time.

When she finally caught her breath, Lin Jianlu carried her to take a shower, and then the two lay back on the bed together. She suddenly started laughing, and then she couldn't stop laughing until she burst into laughter.

"Hysteria?" Lin Jianlu turned to look at her.

She laughed and waved her hand, then concluded, "You're like a mad dog!"

Lin Jianlu himself couldn't help but laugh when he heard this.

Whatever, let them be mad dogs, I've already had my fun.

"Hey, you were born in the capital and grew up here, how come you don't have a girlfriend here?"

"I guess so! There are quite a few! But none of them are as flamboyant as you!"

"Get lost! ...I'm telling you, just this once, I'm getting married, boss!"

"Want another chance? Dream on!"

Lin Qingxia was stunned for a moment, then burst into laughter, clenching her fist and punching him, "How could you do that! Take that back! Only I can say it, not you can say it! Don't you know you should have some manners towards girls!"

Lin Jianlu didn't care anymore.

He's come to terms with it.

Hey, Yuanfei Bingtian, that's still a long way off! If I come across her, I'll just reserve my spot, but I can't keep holding back until I actually get her, right? If I keep holding back, won't I become a good man?

Having transmigrated, am I really supposed to remain chaste for a few imaginary girls?
I'm not short of money, so I might as well date!

Now, after thinking it through, I realize, so what if I'm an older woman? Being an older woman just sounds like I'm older; I'm still as charming as ever! Is it wrong to date an older woman for a while?

With that thought in mind, I couldn't help but drift off.

He suddenly thought of another elderly woman… Hmm, she'd been gone for several days, and hadn't even called once. He imagined, imagined… imagined that the "we" she'd hesitated to say that day, but ultimately withdrew in her silence, must have made her feel somewhat melancholic when she was alone.

Ok.

Forget it, I won't stay in the capital anymore. I'll go and stay in Taiwan for a while longer. As he was thinking this, he suddenly came to his senses and realized that the old lady hadn't spoken for a long time. "Hey? What's wrong? Say something."

She chuckled softly, "You have to understand, Ah Lu, I really am forty-two years old! You've been bothering me for so long, I'm really tired now and don't want to talk!"

As they were talking, she suddenly turned over and hugged him, saying, "All I want to do right now is hold you and sleep."

Lin Jianlu pursed her lips, pulled her arm out, and placed it on her smooth back, patting it gently. Her tone unconsciously softened, "Sleep well! Sleep well! We'll break up tomorrow morning!"

"puff……"

She chuckled, then snuggled closer to Lin Jianlu and soon fell asleep.

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While washing up in the morning, he suddenly went into the bathroom again.

Lin Qingxia was naked, with a toothbrush in her mouth. When she saw him come in and head straight for the mirror, she couldn't help but turn to look at him and asked indistinctly, "What's wrong?"

"I felt something was wrong while I was running, and I realized it when I looked in the mirror."

He looked very serious, and Lin Qingxia couldn't help but take it seriously as well, subconsciously asking again, "What's wrong?"

Someone said earnestly, "I have been harmed by wine and women! ... From today onwards, I will abstain from alcohol!"

As he said this, he symbolically smashed the disposable paper cup that Brigitte Lin was using to hold water.

Lin Qingxia had no idea about the stale internet memes of later generations. She hadn't even watched CCTV's Three Kingdoms. She was stunned for several seconds before she came to her senses. With a "pfft," she sprayed foam all over half of the mirror. She took out her toothbrush, leaned over and kissed Lin Jianlu on the cheek, leaving her face covered in foam, and asked, "Aren't you going to abstain from sex?"

"I'll quit tomorrow!"

"Hahahaha!"

She laughed loudly, but stopped laughing after a few seconds. "Brushing my teeth! Brushing my teeth! Ah Lu, Ah Lu, ah..."

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After having breakfast together, Brigitte Lin left.

With a rosy glow on his face and eyes that seemed to flow like water.

Xue Zhongding personally drove over to pick her up. Knowing she hadn't brought an assistant, Lao Xue specially found an employee from Henan Province, a woman around thirty years old, to accompany her back. They even had two tickets.

Standing at the hotel entrance, watching her get into the car and leave, waving to him repeatedly, Lin Jianlu smiled and waved back, watching until the car completely disappeared from sight.

I returned to my little apartment after two days away, and was filled with regret when I saw that I had forgotten to turn off the air conditioner.

Oh dear, it breaks my heart.

I can spend money lavishly, since I earn it myself and spend it as I please, without feeling any pain. I gave away a top-of-the-line BMW 3 Series that cost over $80,000 including tax to Leung Wing-ki without a second thought. But I do feel pain when I can't finish the food that was forced to be thrown away, when the air conditioner was left on, and when I left an old water glass in the hotel that I can't go back to get.

I went out to buy groceries and stopped by the courtyard house on the way to check on the construction progress, which was a way of preparing for what would inevitably be a long trip ahead.

As soon as I got home, my phone started ringing non-stop.

Coincidentally, within ten minutes, I received three phone calls—

"School starts tomorrow, are you coming to pick me up this afternoon? I don't want to take the bus! Just sneak up to the bus stop where you dropped me off last time, my parents won't notice. They'll just walk me downstairs at most!"

This is Gao Yuanyuan.

"Brother Lu, are you still coming back to Hong Kong? Sister Ge agreed to let me go to the capital to find you. If you can't come, I'll come to you. My request is very simple, just provide meals! Please, please!"

This is Lin Xilei.

"Ah Lu, this issue of Time magazine is out, and I promise I'll get you the cover this afternoon!"

This is Lao Xue, Xue Zhongding.

(End of this chapter)