Hong Kong Entertainment 1979: A Beating Up the Manager at the Start

Zhu Lin actually knew that the person who came in was Li Jiangbo when Li Jiangbo entered.

She assumed Li Jiangbo was looking for Guan Zhilin, so she ignored him.

She never actually had the habit of locking the door. There were only two people in the dormitory, her and Rosamund Kwan. Who would she lock the door to keep out of?

To everyone's surprise, Li Jiangbo went straight to her room, took off his clothes, and got into bed.

When Li Jiangbo hugged her, she initially wanted to resist. But at that moment, Rosamund Kwan's words involuntarily echoed in her ears.

"The boss has connections with Sister Pan and Sister Zhao, so one more person won't make a difference. Besides, the boss is so talented, what girl wouldn't like him?"

"Besides, look at Mr. Shao, Mr. Zou, Mr. He, Mr. Li—which of these wealthy tycoons doesn't have three wives and four concubines? I don't want to end up benefiting those old rich men!"

Only after realizing this did Zhu Lin give up resisting.

The two remained silent for a long time, Li Jiangbo's mind a complete mess.

When he came to Hong Kong on behalf of Zhu Lin, it was just a matter of convenience. It was only because of the system that he remembered the Queen of the Women's Kingdom.

Who knew it would turn out like this?

"Boss..."

Li Jiangbo remained silent for a moment, then got out of bed and prepared to get dressed.

"No... I'm sorry, I thought you were Jia Hui."

Zhu Lin remained silent. It had already taken a great deal of courage for her to agree with Li Jiangbo, and now she couldn't bring herself to explain anything further.

Li Jiangbo put on his shoes and stood up.

"Let's just pretend today's events never happened."

Having said that, he turned around and prepared to leave.

Unexpectedly, Zhu Lin grabbed Li Jiangbo's sleeve.

Li Jiangbo looked down and asked in confusion, "What's wrong?"

Zhu Lin was already in tears, sobbing softly.

Li Jiangbo sighed and tried to break free from Zhu Lin's hand.

Zhu Lin sensed his intention and gripped his hand even tighter.

"Boss..."

"Um?"

Do you hate me?

Li Jiangbo hesitated, then sighed and subconsciously shook his head.

Zhu Lin stopped sobbing and looked at Li Jiangbo with hopeful eyes.

"Do you like me?"

Li Jiangbo nodded subconsciously, then suddenly realized something was wrong and hurriedly tried to explain.

To everyone's surprise, Zhu Lin was surprisingly strong and pulled Li Jiangbo down onto the bed.

Before Li Jiangbo could utter a sound, a pair of delicate red lips sealed his mouth.

A moment later, Li Jiangbo gave up resisting and responded enthusiastically.

His hands involuntarily wrapped tightly around the half-naked Zhu Lin.

After an unknown amount of time, the two finally parted ways.

The two of them looked at each other, their eyes filled with nothing but each other.

Li Jiangbo took off the clothes he had just put on in just ten seconds.

When I lay down on the bed again.

Zhu Lin said shyly in a low voice, "Boss..."

"Um?"

"Be gentle..."

The bed creaked and groaned, rocking rhythmically.

As it rocked, it soared to the highest heavens.

The next day, when Li Jiangbo got up, Zhu Lin was still asleep in bed.

He yawned, got dressed, stretched, and strode away.

Today, the Time Girls group did not have any rehearsals.

It's not that they don't want to rehearse, but because they are one person short, they can't rehearse.

That's right, that person is Zhu Lin.

She was also sick, according to news brought by Rosamund Kwan.

The symptoms were the same as Rosamund Kwan's before: weakness in the limbs, hoarseness, and inability to straighten up.

Chung Chu-hung and Mui Yim-fong were a little puzzled as to why their dormmates kept getting sick.

What's puzzling is that the symptoms are all the same.

Anita Mui didn't care. She was someone who loved to sing, so whether there were more or fewer people didn't really matter to her.

She was an artist under Time Records, and she got along well with Leslie Cheung and Teresa Carpio.

Chung Chor-hung and Rosamund Kwan had a good relationship, but recently, in order to spend more time with Lee Kong-bo, Rosamund Kwan subconsciously distanced herself from Chung Chor-hung.

With nothing to do at the company, Cherie Chung could only go home to visit her parents.

As soon as Cherie Chung left, Rosamund Kwan immediately ran to Li Jiangbo's office.

As soon as she entered the door, Rosamund Kwan exclaimed:

"Boss, why didn't you come to help me yesterday?"

Li Jiangbo was calculating the year-end box office bonuses for his company's employees and didn't have time to chat with Rosamund Kwan.

"I had something to do yesterday, so I didn't go."

Rosamund Kwan pouted, looking unhappy.

"Hmph! You could have just called me if you needed anything! You made me wait all night."

Li Jiangbo sighed, "Jiahui, I'm calculating the profit sharing. If I make a mistake in calculating your profit sharing, I won't be responsible."

Upon hearing this, Rosamund Kwan immediately shut her mouth and stopped talking.

Li Jiangbo ignored her and busied himself with his work.

Rosamund Kwan, bored, picked up a pen from the table and started playing with it, but accidentally dropped it on the floor.

She hurriedly picked up the pen, and as she looked down, she suddenly noticed a thread in Li Jiangbo's crotch, and involuntarily crawled over it.

Just as Li Jiangbo was busy and overwhelmed with work, he suddenly felt something tug at his pants.

He looked down and saw that Rosamund Kwan was holding a string in her hand and smiling brightly at him.

"Boss, there's a thread in your crotch, let me pull it off for you."

Li Jiangbo patted her head and said affectionately, "Okay, I promise you, I'll stay with you tonight, how about it?"

"real?"

Rosamund Kwan's eyes widened as she stared at Li Jiangbo in disbelief.

Li Jiangbo nodded without saying a word and prepared to get busy.

Unexpectedly, Rosamund Kwan suddenly said:

"Boss, what do you mean by stammering?"

Li Jiangbo was immediately speechless. He suspected that Guan Zhilin did it on purpose, but unfortunately he had no evidence.

......

It's almost the end of December, and New Year's Day is just around the corner.

Li Jiangbo had given orders early on, preparing to dedicate half a day to organizing the employees of four companies—Time Pictures, Time Newspaper, Time Logistics, and Time Records—to celebrate New Year's Day.

A lot has happened in the Hong Kong film industry during this period.

Hung Kam-po and Golden Harvest's newly established company, Bo Ho, produced the company's debut film, "Encounters of the Spooky Kind," with the original cast all being members of Hung's stunt team.

Meanwhile, Cinema City, under the direction of John Woo, also produced its debut film, "The Comical Era," starring Dean Shek, with Mai Jia and Wong Pak-ming making cameo appearances in supporting roles.

The two companies made the same decision to release the film on December 24.

This indirectly led to the first showdown between Golden Harvest and Golden Princess this year.

What could have led both companies to make the same choice?

This all started with the Shaw Brothers Studio.

Meanwhile, Shaw Brothers remained unchanged, releasing a martial arts film on December 4th, directed by Pau Hok-lai and starring Dillon, titled "The Golden Sword and Broken Bones".

The film attracted a large audience thanks to Dillon's status as a Golden Horse Award-winning actor.

However, Hong Kong audiences, spoiled by Li Jiangbo's tastes, were quite dissatisfied with the film.

Those who were biting sugarcane leaves were throwing sugarcane residue at the movie screen in the cinema, clamoring to see Li Jiangbo's film.

Ji Tongguang, the general manager of Shaw Brothers Cinemas, hurriedly called Fang Yihua for instructions.

To everyone's surprise, Fang Yihua didn't take it to heart at all. She thought that her grades were good now and there was no need to pay attention to these people.

Shaw Brothers' indifferent attitude immediately angered the audience, who spread the word and told their friends and relatives not to go see the movie.

In the second week of the film's release, the direct attendance rate plummeted.

By the third week, the attendance rate had plummeted to below 20%.

Helpless, Fang Yihua could only change the film while asking Li Jiangbo for his opinion.

Li Jiangbo didn't want to take the blame for Fang Yihua. Although he was confident in "Taken", he still declined Fang Yihua's offer.

This delighted Golden Harvest and Golden Princess, who were watching from the sidelines. They were also curious to see if Shaw Brothers would release a film from Time Films.

Who knew this would happen?

So they quickly released their film.