Global Film Emperor

Chapter 185 In the Capital

"Mr. Lu, here are the car keys. Please drive carefully. I'll be going now."

"Okay, thank you. Thank you for your help. Please take care on your journey. Goodbye."

It's great to have a large corporation behind you; they have branches all over the country. After arriving in the capital, Lu Ze contacted one of the branches and borrowed a car to drive around in.

Firstly, Liu Bin didn't come with him, as taking a taxi or bus wouldn't be convenient. After all, "The King of Fighters" is still showing in theaters. Although the screening rate is already very low, the movie had already recouped its costs a week after its release.

The film has already achieved a respectable box office of over 1.43 billion, although it still hasn't surpassed the foreign special effects blockbuster "Desperate Situation".

However, from the beginning of the year to now, in the past six months, "The King of Fighters" is currently ranked second in the box office charts. It is expected to go even further before it leaves theaters, with a total box office of over 1.5 billion yuan. Lu Ze has also successfully entered the billion-yuan box office club with "The King of Fighters", becoming a relatively young billion-yuan box office man.

Applause.

The second reason for borrowing the car was simple: Lu Ze was craving a car and wanted to indulge in the experience, after all, he was a man who once aspired to be a taxi driver.

The A8 was stable and easy to drive. He put on his sunglasses to block the sun, connected his phone to the car's Bluetooth, played a song he liked, and started the car, heading towards a nearby department store.

This time, he absolutely couldn't go to Song Guiyuan's house empty-handed. Although he had bought clothes, toys, and a longevity lock for the child last time, Lu Ze still felt a little embarrassed.

First of all, I bought some nutritional supplements for Zhuang Xue. Although she was almost finished with her postpartum period, this time was still very important. If she developed any health problems at the end, wouldn't that be terrible?
After thinking about it, Lu Ze went to the meat section and bought four pig trotters. Lu Hua had a folk remedy that eating pig trotters could help with lactation, so giving pig trotters to families who had just given birth was also a custom of Lu Hua's, as pig trotters are believed to bring good fortune.

Next, I bought two crucian carp. Fish soup is also a nourishing food that helps with lactation. Lu Ze learned this during the "Jia Helong Course Simulation". I'll just borrow Song Guiyuan's kitchen to cook it for him later.

Lu Ze couldn't think of anything else. Bringing these things to visit a wealthy family he wasn't familiar with might be a bit beneath him, but he didn't care about that with Song Guiyuan; practicality was all that mattered.

It was already past 1 p.m. when he arrived at the entrance of Song Guiyuan's residential compound. After filling out basic information at the entrance, the security guard let him in. After finally parking his car, he arrived at the entrance of Song Guiyuan's building with a large bag of things, just like a passenger during the Spring Festival travel rush. He pressed the intercom button for Song Guiyuan's building number.

"Who?"

"Me! Open the door right now! If I'm not mistaken, is this Song Guiyuan's house?"

"Hey, I was wondering who it was. It's open, come in quickly, I'll call the elevator for you."

The unit door opened, he walked into the lobby, took the elevator to the 21st floor. This was not his first time visiting Lao Song's home, and they were quite familiar with each other.

"Hey! I said you came, but why did you bring so much stuff? Look at our kitchen, it's full of food and drinks. Why did you buy all this? But these pig's trotters are pretty good."

"Do you think I bought this for you? Quickly find me a pair of slippers, the child is sleeping."

"He's sleeping inside. This kid can sleep so much, he can sleep twenty hours a day. How did you get so fat? Look at your big fat feet, you'd be barefoot if you didn't have slippers big enough for you."

"Shh! Keep your voice down, I'm going to check on the child. Which room is he in?"

Just as he took a couple of steps into the house in his slippers, the door to the south bedroom opened, and Zhuang Xue came out in her pajamas. She greeted Lu Ze, having just given birth, and was quite plump. Moreover, she was without makeup, and seemed embarrassed to receive a guest like this, so she quickly went into the bathroom.

"The child is in the south bedroom, come in."

It seemed the sound of the door opening woke the little one up. As soon as Lu Ze entered the warm bedroom, he heard the baby crying. In the crib next to the double bed, a chubby little boy stretched out his legs and cried softly.

"Let me see, look at those big eyes, Xiao Liang~ How much did you weigh when you were born? You're so chubby."

The child was named Song Zhengliang. Lu Ze reached out and let Xiao Liang grab his index finger. Looking at his chubby face, Lu Ze liked him very much. He turned to ask Song Guiyuan.

"He weighed nine pounds and two ounces. I was shocked when he was born. Your sister-in-law suffered a lot when she gave birth to him. She couldn't sleep because of back pain during her due date. She just wandered around on the ground every day."

"Indeed, nine pounds and two ounces, that's quite a heavy weight."

Lu Ze teased the chubby boy. The boy was quite brave. He was probably a little unhappy because he was woken up, but he wasn't afraid at all when he saw people. He grabbed Lu Ze's finger, grinned, and smiled.

The child was still young and didn't have much energy. After playing for a while, he quietly fell asleep again, with some glistening drool dripping from the corner of his mouth. Song Guiyuan picked up the child's mouth cloth and gently wiped the drool clean.

"Alright, let him sleep for a while, let's go outside and talk." After reading it, Lu Ze's wish was fulfilled. He didn't even have a girlfriend yet, and at twenty-seven, it was time for him to like children. He looked down at the child for a long time before leaving the bedroom with Song Guiyuan and coming to the living room.

Zhuang Xue came out of the bathroom. Although she hadn't put on makeup yet, she had combed her hair and washed her face, so she looked quite energetic. Lu Ze remembered the gift he had brought for Zhuang Xue and called her over to see it.

"Sister-in-law, wait a minute. I just got back from Hong Kong. I didn't know what to buy for you and the baby, so I just bought some daily necessities for the baby, like formula and diapers. I don't know if they're any good. Do you think they're suitable?"

He opened his suitcase and took out several cans of baby formula. He was very particular about the baby's products, and these were all good brands bought in Hong Kong, so he could be more confident in their quality. This wasn't because Lu Ze was a Westernizer or thought that foreign products were all good.

However, in one of the lessons in the system tutorial, Lu Ze's child developed a "big head baby" effect after consuming Sanlu milk powder, which left Lu Ze with a deep psychological trauma.

"And this snow frog oil, it's good for beauty and skin care. My skin is bad after giving birth, so I need to take good care of it. Fish oil too, eat all sorts of things, it's good for your health."

Lu Ze kept taking things out of his suitcase, leaving Song Guiyuan dumbfounded. Zhuang Xue was a little angry; her good-for-nothing husband had never been so considerate before. She reached out and pinched Song Guiyuan's ribs hard.

"Sigh, Lu'er, whoever marries you will be so lucky. There aren't many men who care about people as much as you do. Look at your older brother, he knows nothing about anything except hiring a postpartum nanny. He just eats and drinks soup all day long. Even the nourishing food the postpartum nanny makes for me, he still has to come over and take a bite."

"Hey! Zhuang Xue, don't wrong me! Didn't you tell me to eat it?"

The two bickered, but they seemed to have a very good relationship. Lu Ze sat on the sofa, took a sip of tea, and occasionally teased someone. When he saw that it was past two o'clock, Lu Ze offered to help simmer the crucian carp soup. Zhuang Xue wanted to dissuade him, but Song Guiyuan knew that Lu Ze was now a good cook, so he suggested that Lu Ze cook, treating Lu Ze as an acquaintance at all.

"Dong dong dong."

Someone knocked on the door. Song Guiyuan went to open it. Lu Ze glanced outside, wearing an apron and holding a kitchen knife. He greeted Zhuang Yu, who was carrying a lot of things.

"Hey? Guiyuan, you're having Lu'er come all this way to cook for you? That's outrageous. Lu'er, I'll help you."

Song Guiyuan, that bastard, wouldn't stand on ceremony with his brother-in-law. He really can't cook at all, unlike Lu Ze and Zhuang Yu who are so versatile and just sit on the sofa waiting to be served.

By the time the fish soup was cooked, it was only 2:30. The three of them sat on the sofa, made tea, and talked about recent events in their circle. Occasionally, the sound of a child crying could be heard from the room, and Lu Ze could see the tension in Song Guiyuan's expression.

When a man becomes a father, he will inevitably change, whether much or little.

"Lu'er, do you have a younger sister who goes to university in the capital?"

This was just a casual conversation. Song Guiyuan, while cracking sunflower seeds, asked a question, and Lu Ze nodded in acknowledgment. Zhuang Yu also knew that Lu Ze had a younger sister, but she hadn't asked about it in detail. Now that the conversation had turned to this topic, she casually asked as well.

"which school?"

"Political and legal affairs are the most important."

"Wow~ that's impressive, and she's a top student too. Now that you're in the capital, aren't you going to visit your sister? Or you could have her come over for dinner tonight, it'll be more lively with more people."

Song Guiyuan suggested that since they were definitely going to have a drink tonight anyway, and many people would be coming over later, it wouldn't make a difference if Lu Ze's sister came too.

After thinking about it for a moment, Lu Ze decided it was a good idea. He hadn't seen his sister for a year and a half, and he missed his silly little girl.

"Then I'll go pick her up now and just bring her over."

Without hesitation, Lu Ze put on his shoes, went downstairs, checked the navigation, and estimated that it would take an hour and a half. He drove out of the community and onto the expressway. It wasn't too congested in the middle of the afternoon, and he arrived at the school more than ten minutes earlier than the navigation had predicted.

He glanced at the school gate, where the students inside were full of sunshine and vitality. He rolled down the car window, lit a cigarette, and felt embarrassed to smoke earlier because Song Guiyuan had children at home.

He quit smoking when filming "The King of Fighters," but he started smoking again when filming "The Boss." It's true that if you quit smoking and then start again, the addiction is even stronger than if you hadn't quit at all.

As soon as Lu Ze saw a couple walk past the school gate, he immediately closed the half-closed window, pressed his head against the car glass, stared wide-eyed, and gritted his teeth.

"That worthless piece of trash."

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(End of this chapter)