Huayu: From charlatan to great entertainer

Chapter 64 Lu Kuan’s High School Fans
Liu Yifei jumped into the room and said, "Your girlfriend left, why don't you go after her?"

Lu Kuan was so choked by her words that smoke came out of his nostrils. Is she cursing me?
"Don't talk nonsense. Which eye of yours saw that she is my girlfriend?"

He stood up again, walked to the door, looked around, and opened it wide.

"Let me teach you a lesson: don't go into other people's rooms on set, especially the director's room."

Liu Yifei said disdainfully: "Tsk! My phone is on 110, try to touch me?"

"Will you die if you smoke less? You're a chain smoker!"

Liu Yifei covered her nose and opened all the windows, looking at the cigarette butts in the ashtray with disgust.

Then, looking at his dejected appearance, he said with disdain, "Can you cheer up a little? Your girlfriend ran away, so she ran away, okay?"

Boss Lu laughed and said, "How can I cheer up? Can you find me another one?"

Concubine Liu Yi stopped teasing him. She pursed her lips and looked hesitant. She didn't know whether she should say it or not.

"The road... the road is wide."

"what?"

"Aren't you surprised?"

"What."

"Aren't you surprised that my mother didn't come with me?"

Boss Lu was about to take out his lighter as usual, but put it down in disappointment.

"She went to see your godfather, and maybe Zhang Jizhong, to discuss my investment in Red Star Wu, right?"

Liu Yifei's mind was like a thunderclap, and she looked at the young man in front of her as if he were a monster.

"You...how did you know that? Did you calculate it again?"

"The entertainment industry is a jungle of laws. The winner takes all, and the loser is left with nothing. It's normal for them to find another way out."

Liu Yifei felt a burning pain on her face when she heard him speak so directly. After all, that was her agency.

Lu Kuan laughed and said, "Why do you look like that? Are you reluctant to leave me?"

"You are so beautiful!" The self-blame that had been brewing in her heart was completely destroyed by him, and Liu Yifei stood up and wanted to go back to her room.

She came here just to tip off Lu Kuan, and since he already knew everything, there was nothing more to say.

Lu Kuan walked her to the door and said, "Go back to the set of 'Golden Age' and finish the rest of the filming. Come back when I tell you."

"Can you come back again?"

The little girl was already filled with sorrow.

The naive girl could not have imagined that Lu Kuan still had the ability to turn the situation around today.

"Lao Ning, can you come back?"

Xiao Qian, a photographer at Qingying Studio, said goodbye to Ning Hao. Although they didn't spend much time together, he still cherished this job opportunity.

From the director's familiarity with professional skills such as lighting and photography, to the Hollywood-style shooting standards that even their Director Qiu praised, everyone believed that this young director was not unworthy of the position.

Perhaps his only flaw is that he is too young and has no outstanding experience. When he encounters Hong Kong's arrogant and powerful soldiers, he feels a bit helpless, like a scholar meeting a soldier.

"Go back and rest for a few days, tell everyone, and wait for notification!"

Others may not know, but Ning Hao is absolutely confident in Lu Kuan.

To prevent any mistakes, Lu Kuan specially arranged for photographer Ning Hao to collect evidence every day. He provided all the evidence, including the recordings, to the police, demanding that the other party be held legally responsible for provoking disturbances. It would be useless to do this sooner. If Zhang Tianshuo is not controlled, he will be afraid to act rashly. If one group is arrested, another group will come. There will never be a complete extermination of cockroaches.

Lu Kuan had just hung up the phone with Mei Yanfang. The Hong Kong circle is very small, so it’s not surprising that she was the first to know about this.

Lu Kuan rejected her good intention to mediate. She was just an artist who had reached the top. Although she had some face in the circle, she was still weak against Hong Kong bigwigs like Eagle King Li Shoucheng.

He had his own plans. If he didn't let Mei Yanfang get involved in this turmoil now, when he won, Nicholas Tse would not have the face to ask her for mercy.

That's when he'll kick the shit out of the water!
As the lights come on in the bustling capital, various forces are secretly exerting their strength and competing, brewing a bigger storm.

In the early morning of May 2002, 5, a thin boy riding a bicycle braked and stopped in front of the newsstand of Peking No. 20 School.

"Master, get me a copy of the Peking Entertainment News and a copy of the China Film News."

"Xiao Zhang, you're already late, why are you still here to buy a newspaper?"

"Hey! I'm already late anyway, so I might as well read the newspaper and go have a bowl of luzhu. Why rush?"

The boy took out a handful of change, threw it all on the newspaper stand without even counting it, and rode away on his bike.

"Hey! That's too much!"

"Take it! I'll pay you next time!"

The old lady was seriously ill. Sitting in a wheelchair, she sighed and said, "This child is kind-hearted. He always makes up for it next time. He has done it so many times."

The old man was also moved and said, "What a pity! The two adults in the family are divorced, and he is left alone. There is no one to even make breakfast for him."

"What a good kid."

Xiao Zhang found a breakfast shop and started eating voraciously, shaking out the newspaper as he ate.

A piece of news shocked him.

"Young director Lu Kuan's film failed, and the three Hong Kong actors asked to terminate their contracts"

"Damn it! This is too much of a bully!"

He refused to admit that he was a fan of Lu Kuan, and he had only watched the live recording of the song "Chasing Dreams with a Childlike Heart" dozens of times.

Because it would be too embarrassing to admit that I am a fan of Lu Kuan. In school, there are people who like Andy Lau, some who like Nicholas Tse, and some who like Leslie Cheung.

What is Lukuan? No one knows what it means when I tell them.

It seems like he has just emerged in the past two months, with his name frequently appearing in media and newspapers, and mostly linked to some second-tier celebrities.

Things like helping Fan Bingbing write songs and participating in the casting of Zhang Jizhong's "Demi-Gods and Semi-Devils", he has no status at all.

It was not until a while ago when he formed a crew as a director with an investment of tens of millions that he really became famous in the domestic entertainment industry. After all, in this day and age, those who dare to spend real money to make a movie are warriors.

Coal bosses who are kind and rich are not included in this category.

Xiao Zhang couldn't figure out the truth from the newspaper, and he felt uneasy inside. He rode his bike straight to an Internet cafe he often went to. He wanted to check out Tianya and Maopu.

At this moment, the fire at Lan Jisu had not yet started, and the minor easily turned on the computer and opened the forum.

In this era, if an entertainment lover wants to have some fun, there are generally two bases. Tianya is positioned slightly higher-end, focusing on serious and lively entertainment, while Maopu is purely for fun.

When Xiao Zhang entered the keyword, there were countless posts, all of which were built up into tall buildings.

"Ding ding ding!" The young man's cell phone rang. He didn't pay attention and just pressed the call. Unexpectedly, it was his father Zhang Jian.

"Zhang Ruoyun! Where did you go, little bastard? Your teacher called me!"

(End of this chapter)