A grand feast for the Chinese entertainment industry

Chapter 70 Envy
Lin Jianlu casually pulled Gao Yuanyuan over, "Call him Brother Zhou!"

She hadn't considered the other person's age beforehand, but when they met, he turned out to be a very middle-aged man, who looked older than her own father. This made Gao Yuanyuan's greeting, "Hello, Brother Zhou!" sound somewhat awkward.

But she didn't know that Lin Jianlu's casual pull forward and her calling out "Brother Zhou" had already made so many young boys and girls waiting for their auditions in the corridor extremely envious.

When this "Brother Zhou" came over, everyone clearly saw that he was accompanied by a group of people. He walked in the middle, clearly the person in charge. Then, the people who came with him went into the hotel's conference room, which made it obvious that the audition was for actors or even his underlings.

At this moment, how invaluable it would be to be able to call out "Brother Zhou"!

Li Bingbing couldn't help but look at Gao Yuanyuan with envy.

"Good, good! Ah Lu has good taste! Haha, come in and have a seat!"

Before leaving, Lin Jianlu turned back to look at Li Bingbing and asked, "What role are you interviewing for?"

Li Bingbing immediately perked up, "Uh... I don't know, they only said they were recruiting actors."

At this moment, Zhou Linggang turned to look at Li Bingbing and asked, "A friend of yours? Want to come along?"

Lin Jianlu gave her a deep look, then took Gao Yuanyuan's hand, turned around and followed Zhou Linggang. Li Bingbing hesitated for only a moment before turning back to give her companion a wink and quickly followed.

At this moment, countless envious glances fell upon Li Bingbing once again.

Everyone knew that she was definitely going to get a role!
It wasn't until they entered a reception room that quiet murmurs finally broke out in the corridor—

"Is that Lin Jianlu? He's so handsome!"

"Is that girl Liang Yongqi? She doesn't seem like it!"

"It's definitely not Leung Wing-ki! But I don't know her either."

"Hey, your classmate went in, aren't you going in with him? You could definitely get a role!"

…………

Drinking tea and chatting.

After a while, someone knocked on the door, and then a group of people walked in one after another.

Lin Jianlu recognized the first one immediately – He Jiajin!

Zhan Zhao!
Lin Jianlu hadn't seen any of Zhan Zhao's works in her previous life, but after transmigrating, there were Zhan Zhao stickers for sale everywhere, even on the pencil box in the original owner's drawer, making it impossible for anyone not to recognize him.

He quickly stood up.

Addressing Zhou Linggang as a brother is one thing, but maintaining basic respect for others is another.

Zhou Linggang quickly gave everyone an introduction.

He Jiajin, Huang Wenhao, Gu Guanzhong, Weng Taibei, Liu Yuting, Ye Tong, Liu Xin...

Besides He Jiajin, Lin Jianlu is obviously most familiar with Ye Tong – Xu Xian!

Even as a 95er, I watched "The Legend of the White Snake" many times when I was a child—local TV stations broadcast it almost every summer, along with "Journey to the West" and "The Legend of the White Snake"!
Besides that, he also knew Liu Yuting.

When he went to Taiwan before, it happened to be the premiere of Qiong Yao's new drama "One Curtain of Dreams". Chen Derong became a household name in Taiwan overnight, and Xiao Qiang also became very popular. Liu Yuting was not bad either, and she is still quite popular in Taiwan.

At the time, Lin Jianlu was doing promotional work and was bored in the hotel at night, so he watched many episodes.

Liu Xin, on the other hand, took the initiative to introduce herself, "Hello Lin Jianlu, my name is Liu Xin. I graduated from the Central Academy of Drama. I am a classmate of Wang Xuebing. I visited the set of 'Spicy Love Soup' a few days ago and he talked about you!"

"Oh, Hello!"

So everyone sat down and chatted.

Actually, it was mainly Zhou Linggang and Lin Jianlu who were chatting, occasionally bringing up the topic of someone else, who would chime in with a few words, but otherwise they hardly spoke—I had witnessed this before with "Four Daughters." In his own production team, Zhou Linggang was always extremely authoritative, and everyone from the director to the actors to the production assistants had to be careful when filming his shows. But ironically, his shows were popular, entertaining, and successful, so everyone was eager to film them.

His drama is called "Changfeng Escort Agency". It is planned to be filmed in three parts, with a total of 70 episodes. He Jiajin is the lead actor, and the female lead is Liu Yuting, who has recently become popular in Taiwan.

As for recruiting actors in mainland China now, they are all just supporting roles with very few scenes.

His film studio is located in Huairou. When filming large-scale period dramas like this, business naturally comes from his own film studio, which also reduces costs. As for the minor supporting roles, he simply hires people locally.

This time, Zhou Linggang didn't mention having Lin Jianlu make a cameo appearance again—making a cameo appearance was already a big favor. If he brought it up again, it would only show that he didn't know his place and was always trying to take advantage of others!

After a while of chatting and laughing, the audition was over, so they shook hands and got to know Zhou Linggang's other two key advisors, Fan Xiuming and Li Li'an, who would co-direct the show.

Upon seeing the two of them, Zhou Linggang casually instructed, "This... Miss Li, please arrange a role for her! A friend of A-Lu!" The two immediately agreed and called over a production assistant to take Li Bingbing to get her contact information.

So, we drank alcohol that night.

Gao Yuanyuan was granted the exclusive right to drink juice.

The initial excitement of the afternoon had faded—she had practically been keeping a close eye on He Jiajin and Ye Tong all afternoon. If she hadn't realized that Lin Jianlu's status in the underworld was far higher than theirs, and that asking for autographs would embarrass Lin Jianlu, she would have gone over there immediately.

Her attention quickly shifted to Liu Yuting.

This girl speaks and acts sweetly, and even Gao Yuanyuan thinks she's adorable. The key point is that Lin Jianlu and she didn't know each other before, but after chatting for a few minutes, they quickly became familiar with each other and soon had a lively conversation—Liu Yuting was often amused by Lin Jianlu's words and laughed heartily.

Gao Yuanyuan was a little jealous.

Fortunately, Lin Jianlu would occasionally put a piece of food on her plate and glance at her, which would immediately cheer her up. Later, when she was really bored, she slowly peeled shrimp for Lin Jianlu.

Then, suddenly, she noticed envious glances coming from several directions—her hand paused instinctively, and she couldn't help but think, "What does this mean? Are they even envious of me peeling shrimp for them?"

…………

It was almost nine o'clock when the drinking session ended.

Zhou Linggang was swaying from side to side from drinking, but still tried to offer his hand, which Lin Jianlu blocked.

He showed no signs of drunkenness and walked with Gao Yuanyuan. It wasn't until they got into the elevator that Gao Yuanyuan became happy again. Without Lin Jianlu taking the initiative, she hugged his arm and said in a slightly coquettish tone, "I've always been the one peeling shrimp for you, and you've never peeled one for me!"

He chuckled, raised his hand and touched her smooth cheek, "I'll peel it for you next time!"

So she was satisfied.

Just as they were about to get on the bus, the girl named Li Bingbing caught up with them. "Brother Lu, thank you!"

Lin Jianlu waved her hand, "Hey! Hurry up and go back, there's somewhere to stay, right?"

Li Bingbing quickly agreed, and Lin Jianlu then said, "I have to go see someone off, or the door will be locked soon. I can't see you off now, let's talk later!"

Fengtai certainly has high schools, but Gao Yuanyuan's parents felt that the schools there had low college entrance rates, so they tried to find someone to help them get Gao Yuanyuan into a boarding high school in Haiding District.

When it arrived at the school, thankfully, the door wasn't closed yet.

"Go on! Grab your bag and study hard!"

"Know it!"

"Don't waste the money I'm given; use it to buy study materials!"

"Ha, mind your own business! I'm not going to buy snacks, hmph!"

(End of this chapter)