A grand feast for the Chinese entertainment industry

Chapter 94 Falling in Love

"Me, a producer?"

Xu Qing went back to her parents' house this morning, but since she was still in the throes of passion, she only showed her face briefly, had lunch, and then left, claiming she was busy with her career.

As a result, not long after she returned to Lin Jianlu's place, Lin Jianlu also came back.

When asked about the task he had decided to assign her during lunch, the girl was stunned for a while before she came to her senses. "I... I've never done this before. Can I do it?"

Lin Jianlu didn't care at all. He put his arm around the girl and sat her on his lap, his hand sliding up the hem of her shirt. "Hey, what's this about being good or bad? If you can't do it well, you can at least do it well. If you can't make money, you can at least lose money."

The girl remained stunned, but a hint of joy unconsciously crept onto her face.

"I never imagined I could become a producer?"

"Not just the producer, the company we're about to set up will be called Qingkong Films. The three of us will be partners. It's agreed that you will be the chairman, Lao Ma will be the general manager, and Haiyan will be the art director."

This is a matter of course.

If you want to do something but lack money, you can ask a big shot to invest. But big shots aren't stupid; they invest money in you because they want to make money. So, if everyone is investing in a joint venture and the big shot owns 80% of the shares, wouldn't they send one of their own people to keep an eye on things?
Xu Qing was the one Lin Jianlu pushed to the forefront!

A clear sky, huh...

She took on both roles as chairman and producer.

Haiyan is also a producer, and Ma Wei is an executive producer—in reality, the two producers have the final say, but they are both relatively inexperienced and may not be able to handle things effectively. Therefore, many things have to be done by the executive producer, who naturally has a lot of power.

Of course, the producer, Lin Jianlu, is definitely above everyone else.

However... in short, it's just another makeshift operation.

But after understanding these arrangements, Xu Qing was overjoyed—two million yuan for a 20-episode modern urban drama wasn't exactly high-profile. Her recent project, *Qin Song*, a Xi'an Film Studio production, was a massive 8 million yuan investment. But these were completely different things. Even if *Qin Song* was excellent, she was just an actress, and so far she'd only received 80,000 yuan in pay—just a passerby. *A Romantic Affair*, however small or insignificant, was hers—her own company producing it, and she being the producer and in control of the production!

She kissed him like she was out of her mind.

Later, he simply climbed onto Lin Jianlu's lap and started kissing her face.

"Jianlu, you're so good to me! How could you trust me so much?"

"Hey! You're willing to come down with me, if I don't trust you, who else should I trust?"

The girl was stunned for a moment, and her eyes instantly reddened. When she said those words herself, they were indeed sincere, but they were more like flirtatious words. But now, when Lin Jianlu said them again, it was like the rumination of cattle and sheep. With the two million yuan he was going to invest, it was as if he was offering her this new business with both hands. Suddenly, this matter seemed to have a weighty sentiment!
It's hard to say about foreign countries, but domestically, given the prevailing sentiment, who would dare entrust such a significant matter to someone who isn't a close confidant, or even one's own wife?

It's a common belief among Chinese people that this is how wives are responsible for watching over the stall!

After that moment of emotion, Xu Qing felt a surge of responsibility and honor, and said decisively, "Okay! I'll watch this stall for you!"

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National Day is just around the corner.

Lin Jianlu's flight ticket is for October 2nd.

Ignoring her holiday, Xu Qing enthusiastically arranged to meet with Haiyan and Ma Wei to discuss the script and the company's establishment and preparations. The company was about to make a move, and supplies were needed before the troops could move. Xu Qing was the designated chairman and legal representative of the new company, so she naturally had to take the initiative to promote it.

You need an office address, and you should at least tidy it up enough to complete basic office work before applying for registration.

She was busy, but Lin Jianlu wasn't.

Jiang Qinqin and Zuo Xiaoqian are taking the National Day holiday and won't be going back to their hometown. Having learned from their previous awkward experience of bumping into each other, they've become more shrewd this time. They called first, but Lin Jianlu politely declined, saying she was busy.

On the afternoon of September 30th, he drove his little BMW and parked furtively at the entrance of a middle school in Haidian District, waiting for his wife to come out on holiday. They had made a promise when she started her senior year of high school at the end of August: once she entered her senior year, she would hardly have any weekends, but she would definitely have a holiday during the National Day holiday.

Gao Yuanyuan, with a charmingly innocent expression, demanded that Lin Jianlu come and pick her up.

Then accept it.

Yes, the core reason he kept delaying and wasn't in a hurry to leave was actually this.

After waiting for about an hour, the school gate finally opened, and countless students poured out, instantly blocking the entire road. After another ten minutes or so, I suddenly saw a girl waving goodbye to her classmates, then looking around with her hands gripping the straps of her backpack—finally, her eyes lit up, and she jogged over.

She opened the car door and got in, beaming with smiles.

It's like a long-awaited reunion.

Lin Jianlu reached out and brushed aside a few strands of short hair that had gotten messy and stuck to her cheeks, then stepped back to examine her closely. "Not bad, you've lost a little weight, but not much! That means you haven't been eating junk food!"

She laughed happily, her cheeks slightly flushed. "That's right! I'm very obedient!"

After she finished speaking, she didn't even look at Lin Jianlu. She was counting on her fingers, acting all cute and spoiled, "Buy test papers, buy practice questions, anything but snacks! And you still want at least two cans of milk a day! Tch..." Lin Jianlu smiled, then suddenly leaned over and kissed her on the cheek.

Gao Yuanyuan's face instantly turned bright red.

She turned her head and glanced sideways, her eyes holding an indescribable allure, yet she remained silent, only slightly pouting.

Lin Jianlu leaned her face closer and nodded.

She smiled shyly, then pushed him away. He leaned in again, and she pushed him away again. The third time he leaned in, she smiled again, and finally kissed him lightly. Then she quickly pulled away again.

"Oh, that feels so good!"

Lin Jianlu immediately started the engine and pulled the seatbelt, saying, "Fasten your seatbelt, I'll take you out for a good meal first!"

Her face was still red, but then she suddenly realized, "No way! You have to get me home before six o'clock. My parents are keeping track of the time! I have to take two buses to get home, which takes two hours in total, so I have to be home before six o'clock. If I get home late, they'll definitely worry! They might even interrogate me and suspect that I've been out playing!"

"Hey! It's that simple! It's 3:30 now, you have two and a half hours. You'll have an hour and a half for lunch, and an hour to drive you back will be enough!"

She hesitated for a moment, but then immediately said, "That won't work either! If I eat a lot when I get home, I definitely won't be able to eat anything, and my mom will ask me again, 'You're always starving when you come home, why aren't you hungry this time?'"

Wow... the little girl is really interested in the details.

Lin Jianlu thought for a moment, "Then how about... I drive to a grove of trees, and we go in and chat for a while?"

Gao Yuanyuan chuckled, then glared at Lin Jianlu, her face a mix of adorable arrogance and undeniable shyness. "No! You're trying to be naughty!"

Lin Jianlu sighed, wondering what he could do to make time for his wife to spend some time together, when she suddenly said, "How about we go get that Taiwanese bubble tea we had last time? I've been craving it for over a month now!"

Oh my goodness... Look how greedy he is, he's been thinking about a cup of milk tea for so long, it's really pitiful!
"go!"

They bought milk tea, one cup each, two flavors. She would occasionally snatch Lin Jianlu's cup, take a few sips, and then hand it back with a sweet smile, "Mine is still the best!"

Seeing her like this, Lin Jianlu couldn't help but lean in and kiss her.

She was shy and felt awkward with so many people around, so she used her elbow to block the kiss. Only occasionally did she slip up and get kissed, after which she glared at Lin Jianlu and punched her with her little fist, saying, "You're so annoying! There are so many people around!"

Ah, this feeling of being in love... is really interesting.

At two minutes to six, I delivered her back to the bus stop near her home right on time.

I went there again around 1 p.m. the next day, waiting to be picked up.

This time I have plenty of time, so I'll go shopping, buy some clothes, and then treat her to a big meal.

As the meal was about to end, Lin Jianlu showed off a small watch he had bought in Hong Kong. It was a Rolex, and he didn't know which series it was, but it looked pretty and was a big brand, so he bought it for less than 300,000 Hong Kong dollars.

Two days ago, he hesitated for a moment and almost gave it to Xu Qing on the spot.

But in the end, he stayed and planned to buy another one for Xu Qing when he went to Hong Kong again.

I'll give this first watch to my first wife.

She was pleasantly surprised.

When Lin Jianlu personally put the watch on her wrist, she turned it left and right under the light, admiring it from every angle, looking particularly pleased. "It's so beautiful!"—The watch was indeed impressive, but she was even more beautiful. She was still a bit naive; that night she told Xu Qing, "You'll crush her within ten years," and it wasn't entirely unfounded. In Lin Jianlu's opinion, it would be many years before his wife reached her peak beauty! However, on the other hand, right now she was only inferior to Xu Qing!

She's still absolutely a national school beauty!
"You like it, right? Don't wear it back to school, keep it safe so people don't gossip! It looks expensive! Of course, you can't wear it home either, otherwise my in-laws will definitely guess that you've been kidnapped by some bad boy!"

She chuckled and said coquettishly, "So you do know you're a bad boy!"

He then said, "If I can't wear it here, and I can't wear it there, then when can I wear it?"

When you see me, wear it and show it to me!

She smiled, pursed her lips, and remained silent, continuing to turn left and right, looking back and forth under the light, clearly fascinated.

After dinner, it was getting dark. I took her back to school. Just before getting out of the car, she clutched her small watch on her wrist, but then turned back, looked at Lin Jianlu, and suddenly leaned in, deliberately twisting her body to kiss him on the lips. Back home, her face flushed with embarrassment. "Lin Jianlu, you're not a bad boy! You're a great talent!"

He paused, then said, "Even if you're a bad boy, I still like you, even if you're a bad boy!"

After saying that, she blushed, opened the door, got out of the car, and ran to school.

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Another 11,000!

(End of this chapter)