I really didn’t want to be a warm man when I was reborn

The Palm Springs International Club is the top high-end club in Beijing.

The decoration is extremely luxurious and magnificent.

There is a large fountain at the entrance of the club, with a huge flying lion statue above it.

The club is divided into three floors, with classical symmetry as the main layout.

The first floor is the main entrance, entering the club from the courtyard through the curved corridor.

The first floor of the club is mainly a business center and a Chinese-style VIP room.

The second floor is a swimming pool, restaurant, SPA center, gym, etc.

There are very few people in the club, and those who come here to spend money are basically residents of this community.

Taking Yang Function and Liu Yufei into the club, Li Zhe showed his ID card to the welcome manager.

Then, under the guidance of the welcome manager, the three of them took the elevator upstairs and arrived at the restaurant on the second floor.

You can go upstairs by taking the elevator or taking the curved stairs.

It is more convenient to take the elevator, which can directly reach all floors of the club, while taking the curved stairs can enjoy the scenery inside the club.

In the elevator, the welcome manager glanced at Liu Yufei twice, obviously recognizing her.

However, the staff here are very professional and are used to seeing celebrities, so they don't show any abnormality.

After walking into the restaurant and asking for a private room, Li Zhe sent the reception manager away.

After the three of them sat down respectively, Li Zhe picked up the menu and handed it to Yang Function and asked them to order.

After ordering the food and waiting for the waiter to leave, Li Zhe looked at Yang Function and asked with a smile: "Were you two together before?"

With that said, he looked at Liu Yufei again.

"Sissi and I were having dinner together. We haven't eaten yet. When I heard that you were coming, I came to kill you, a capitalist." Yang Hanshu said with a smile.

She deliberately acted like she had a close relationship with Li Zhe.

Li Zhe listened and smiled, "Then you didn't order a few more dishes just now."

When ordering, they both acted very politely and ordered two or three dishes as a token.

"Is it too late to order more?"

"late!"

…

Liu Yufei smiled slightly, watching Li Zhe and Yang Function talking and laughing, guessing about the relationship between the two.

The relationship between the two is a bit subtle, like friends, but also like a superior-subordinate relationship.

Yang Function is a typical Beijing girl, carefree, straight-talking, even a little mean, not able to restrain herself, a little strong, and unforgiving.

Of course, she would not dare to be too presumptuous in front of Li Zhe.

Li Zhe doesn't appreciate girls with this kind of personality. It's okay to be friends, but forget about being a girlfriend.

He still prefers Xiao Qiao's lively, cute, funny, coquettish and cowardly type, and Zhou Ziyu's gentle, considerate and tender-hearted type.

He has always been indifferent to any savage girlfriend.

After chatting with Yang Function for a few words, Li Zhe looked at Liu Yufei with a smile.

"Yufei, I grew up watching your dramas, and I particularly like your role as Bai Xiuzhu."

He grew up watching your drama, he said this a bit jokingly.

However, this is also true.

Although he and Liu Yufei are the same age, the other party debuted too early.

In 2003, when "Jinfen Family" was broadcast, he was still in junior high school.

Liu Yufei was stunned for a moment after hearing this.

She has starred in four TV series, and the role of Bai Xiuzhu has the least influence. She did not expect that Li Zhe would mention this role.

"That was my first play, and I didn't know how to act at the time." She said with a chuckle.

"But he acted very well." Li Zhe said this very seriously.

Liu Yufei's famous works are "The Legend of Sword", "Dragon" and "The Legend of the Condor Heroes". These three dramas have kept her entertained for a lifetime.

But Li Zhe has never watched any of these three TV series, and has only watched a few clips.

What impressed him most about her was Bai Xiuzhu, the second female lead in "The Golden Family".

When he was a teenager, he thought this girl was very beautiful, much prettier than the pretentious heroine.

Facts have proved that his vision was correct, Dong Lianhua was indeed real tea.

Yang Function interjected: "Brother Zhe, you were quite old when Sissi acted in "The Golden Family". You should have grown up watching my drama."

Li Zhe glanced at her and said, "Did you act in any dramas when you were a child? Why didn't I know about it?"

"In "Tang Minghuang" and "Martial Champion Su Qier", I was a child star when I was a child." Yang Function was quite proud.

"Are you in "The Warriors Su Qier"? I've watched this movie several times, why am I not impressed?"

"Of course I am, the little girl who appears at the end of the movie is me."

Li Zhe looked surprised after hearing this, and then changed his tone and said, "Still not impressed."

Liu Yufei couldn't help but laugh out loud.

However, her gums were exposed when she laughed, which ruined her temperament and beauty.

Li Zhe smiled and said to Yang Function: "You are not called a child star, you should be called a child actor. Only people like Yang Zi are called child stars."

The three of them chatted for a while. Yang Fongfeng talked a lot and kept his carefree personality. Even when Li Zhe made fun of him, he didn't get angry at all.

Of course, if she were an ordinary person, she would have retorted long ago. Do you really think that the chick from the capital has no temper?

But she didn't dare to face Li Zhe and had to apologize.

Liu Yufei didn't talk much and behaved like a quiet lady.

Li Zhe took a look at her. Didn't he say that she was quite lively and funny in private? She also calls herself a female diaoist.

Could it be that you can't let go in front of strangers?

However, if she is a female diao, there is no girl who is not a diao.

At this time, the waiter began to serve, and exquisite dishes were brought out one after another.

Yang Function and Liu Yufei didn't order many dishes, but Li Zhe ordered a lot.

Li Zhe took the red wine and stood up to pour the wine for them.

Seeing this, Yang Function quickly stood up and said, "Brother Zhe, I'll do it!"

Li Zhe pressed his hand and motioned for her to sit down, "I'll do it."

As he spoke, he poured a glass of wine for her and Liu Yufei respectively.

"Thank you!" Liu Yufei stood up to express her gratitude.

Li Zhe found that compared to the careless Yang Function, Liu Yufei seemed particularly polite.

The three of them continued chatting while tasting wine and eating food.

Liu Yufei glanced at Li Zhe and said, "Mr. Li, what are you doing in the capital this time?"

"The main reason is to attend this year's Internet Conference."

Li Zhe came to Beijing not only to talk to Lei Jun about investing in Xiaomi, but also to attend this year's Internet Conference.

The Internet Conference has been held since 2002 and has been held seven times this year. It has great influence in the country and many Internet giants will participate.

This year, Li Zhe was also invited.

"Yufei, what have you been busy with recently?"

"I've been idle for a while, but I was approached for a movie recently." Liu Yufei said with a smile.

Li Zhe listened and nodded.

She should be talking about the movie "Love Announcement" she filmed with the perfect idol who was knocked down by a short essay.

Liu Yufei is a typical example of a good player who plays badly. After "The Legend of the Condor Heroes", she has been a top player in the non-traffic era. She is very popular in China, not the first-tier stars such as Yang Funfun, Liu Sisi, and Zhao Xiaodao later. Small flowers are comparable.

But after the peak, he made many mistakes. In order to sign a contract with William Morris, the second largest agency in Hollywood, he became a fellow student of the International Chapter and severely offended the Fahrenheit Brothers.

Offending Tang Ren first, and then Fahrenheit, she simply didn't want to hang out in the mainland anymore.

However, they really don’t want to hang out in the Mainland. They want to enter Hollywood and become the second international chapter.

The problem was that after she signed with William Morris, she didn't get any decent resources.

What's even more unfortunate is that something happened to Godfather Chen backstage and he couldn't take care of her anymore.

She couldn't stay in the mainland anymore, Hollywood had no resources, and the backstage couldn't work hard enough, so she had no choice but to go to Hong Kong Island.

But the resources in the Hong Kong circle are not easy to obtain. The water in that circle is even muddier.

To be honest, Liu Yufei, or in other words, Mother Liu and Godfather Chen behind her were very dishonest.

The drama "The King of Kung Fu" was a signing gift prepared by Fahrenheit for Liu Yufei. Two kung fu superstars Cheng and Li co-starred, and the company's first sister Li Bingbing provided her with the voice.

If you don't want to sign a contract, don't take the role. If you take the role and then regret it, isn't this a joke?

Li Zhe looked at Liu Yufei and suddenly said: "Yufei, have you ever thought about taking on another TV series? Next year our company will invest in a large-scale TV series, targeting the entire Asia region."

When Yang Function heard this, he couldn't sit still. Why didn't a big production company look for her? Instead, they looked for Liu Yufei, an outsider. Why?

She regretted so much that she really shouldn't have brought Liu Yufei here.

After listening to Li Zhe's words, Liu Yufei was obviously a little moved, but she quickly shook her head and said, "Mr. Li, thank you for your appreciation, but I don't want to act in TV series anymore for the time being."

"Okay, forget it!" Li Zhe smiled.

I can't hold on to any opportunity that I should seize, and that's it.

The big-budget TV series he was talking about was "Star You".

The two leading actors Kim Soo-hyun and Jun Ji-hyun are crucial to the success of the drama "My Star" in Asia.

Currently, among young mainland actresses, only Liu Yufei has a certain degree of influence in Asia.

Her popularity in China has exploded, and her ratings are guaranteed.

As long as she is willing to star, the show will be stable.

In Li Zhe's view, Liu Yufei's greatest value now is acting in TV series. Acting in movies is simply a waste.

Seeing that Liu Yufei rejected Li Zhe, Yang Function suddenly felt happy and said quickly: "Brother Zhe, can I act in this play?"

Li Zhe glanced at her and said, "Next year you will focus on movies, especially "33 Days of Love". This drama has great market potential and may be a box office hit. You have to be more careful and don't screw it up for me. "

"The company will invest in a big-budget fairy tale drama next year, and you will be asked to star in it."

When Liu Yufei saw this scene, she immediately understood that Yang Function was going to sign with Quku Entertainment.

Naturally, she knew that the contract between the other party and Rong Xinda was about to expire.

She couldn't help but be a little envious. Yang Function signed a contract with Quku Entertainment and there must be no shortage of resources.

"Big break? Brother Zhe, how much box office do you expect this movie to get?" Yang Function asked curiously.

"If it is done well, it is still possible to achieve a box office of 300 million." Li Zhe said after thinking for a while.

300 million box office?

Yang Function clearly showed disbelief after hearing this.

Among the three movies "I Am a Witness", "33 Days After Love" and "Sunny Sisters", she values ​​​​the most "I Am a Witness". This crime suspense film not only considers acting skills, but also has relatively large box office potential.

They don't pay much attention to these two low-budget movies, "33 Days After Love" and "Sunshine Sisters".

In fact, it's not just Yang Function who doesn't believe it, Liu Yufei obviously doesn't believe it either.

This era is not like that of later generations. A slightly popular movie can earn hundreds of millions at the box office. With 300 million, it is fully qualified to enter the top three at the annual box office.

This year's blockbuster "Under the Red Cliff" currently ranks third on the box office list, with a box office of only 260 million.

"Why don't you believe it?" Li Zhe looked at Yang Function and smiled.

"Don't look down on "Love Is Not Blind". It's a chick flick, and it's mainly targeted at the female market. As long as it can bring women into the cinema, there will be no shortage of male audiences."

"Also, since 2002, the mainland box office market has grown at an average annual rate of more than 25%. Last year it was 4.3 billion. Today it is expected to exceed 6 billion. I speculate that next year's box office market may be close to 10 billion."

"With a box office market of 10 billion, it is not that difficult for a movie to reach a box office of 300 million."

At this point, Li Zhe paused, glanced at Liu Yufei, and then said: "From now on, the mainland market will dominate. Those in the Hong Kong circle cannot keep up with the times and will soon decline."

"Xiao Mi, have you ever thought about going to Hong Kong Island to develop? If you really go there, it will be no different than joining the puppet army in 1945. You will waste a few years and have to come back again."

…

Shanghai Stock Exchange.

In a high-end restaurant, Zhou Ziyu was also eating with others.

Sitting opposite her was a little girl with a petite figure, delicate facial features, bright eyes, white teeth, and pure eyes, with a delicate and delicate temperament.

"Sister Ziyu, thank you!" the girl said gratefully to Zhou Ziyu.

Zhou Ziyu put down the wine glass in his hand and smiled, "Mingyao, you don't need to thank me. If you want to thank me, just thank you, Mr. Li."

This girl is the first tens-million-level Internet celebrity of Qudong Short Video, Zhao Mingyao.

"Thank you all. I'm grateful to Mr. Li, and I also want to thank you, Sister Ziyu. If you hadn't helped me out that day, I don't know what would have happened." Zhao Mingyao said seriously.

Zhou Ziyu looked at Zhao Mingyao and couldn't help but secretly praise her.

This girl is truly a natural beauty!

When not smiling, he looks melancholy and weak, which makes people feel protective.

She smiles cutely and is very lovable.

It's a pity that such a good girl doesn't have a good family.

He didn't tell her that he couldn't cultivate her, but he still sucked blood from her body.

After hearing that Li Zhe said she looked like Nakamori Akina, Zhou Ziyu checked the information of the island country actress and found that Zhao Mingyao was indeed very similar to her.

Not only are they similar in appearance and temperament, but even their family backgrounds are similar.

Zhao Mingyao was born in a rural family in northern Jiangsu that favored sons over daughters. She has an older sister and a younger brother.

Not only did her parents favor sons over daughters, but her father was also addicted to gambling and neglected his job.

Zhao Mingyao is very smart and has good grades, but her family did not allow her to go to school when she was in junior high school.

When she was 16 years old, Zhao's father forced her to marry a rich cripple, hoping to use the bride price to pay off her gambling debts.

Zhao Mingyao ran away from home and came to work in an electronics factory in Kunshan.

But soon she was found by her family again, and she had to hand over all the money she earned from working every month, otherwise Zhao's father would take her back and marry her.

After Zhao Mingyao was selected by Qudong Studio and became a big internet celebrity, she became a cash cow for her family.

Her younger brother built a house and got married, her father's gambling debts, and her mother's showing off in front of relatives were all her responsibility.

Her parents were even more greedy. After asking for tens of thousands, they wanted hundreds of thousands, and after asking for hundreds of thousands, they wanted millions.

Although Zhao Mingyao is a big internet celebrity, she has only been popular for less than half a year, so she cannot satisfy her parents' greed.

If it weren't for the protection of the company, she would have been destroyed by her greedy parents.

When he came to Qudong Studio to cause trouble and was beaten several times, Zhao's father was unwilling to stand guard near the studio.

After persisting for a while, he finally waited until Zhao Mingyao went out.

If he hadn't happened to be met by Zhou Ziyu who accompanied Zhao Jingya and Cao Qian to the studio, he would have ordered the bodyguards to drive Zhao's father away.

Zhao Mingyao is about to be captured by Zhao's father, and there's no telling what will happen then.

Maybe she will be betrayed to the rich second generation who cares about her.

Looking at Zhao Mingyao, Zhou Ziyu thought that this girl was a suitable candidate.

In her family environment, if she had no background and no backing, it would be difficult for her to end well. It would be better to let her follow Li Zhe.

There is still an empty room in the villa, and someone else will move in sooner or later.

Xiao Qiao just planned to send her best friend Bai Wei to Li Zhe's bed.

Rather than letting that Bai Wei succeed, she might as well take the initiative to help Li Zhe choose someone.

Li Zhe likes the kind of cute and innocent girls the most, and this Zhao Mingyao is definitely his cup of tea.

However, this matter cannot be rushed, and more observation is needed to avoid attracting foxes into the house.

What she needs is help, not another opponent.

…

After eating, Li Zhe, Yang Function and Liu Yufei went to the billiard hall together to play billiards for a while.

The three of them were playing ball and chatting.

After a meal together, Li Zhe and Liu Yufei became more familiar with each other.

After the chat started, Li Zhe found that Liu Yufei was generous in conversation, had a good tutor, easy-going personality, quite cute, and a bit funny, but not as fairy-like as she appeared on the screen.

However, it may be that he is too well-protected and is rather idealistic. He also likes to read some philosophical and religious soul-stirring articles.