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Chapter 378 Even international superstars can't sit still.

Peninsula Hotel.

Wang Zuxian suddenly received a call from her agent.

"You guys continue! I'm going out to take this call."

She glanced at the caller ID, stood up and said something to Cao Sheng and the others, then quickly walked out of the private room. The moment she stepped out, she answered the phone.

"Hello? What's up?"

Her agent's voice came through the phone, "Did you have lunch with Cao Sheng at the Peninsula Hotel today?"

Wang Zuxian asked in surprise, "How did you know?"

Agent: "I heard it from the news online; you two are having another rumored affair."

Wang Zuxian slowed her pace, speechless.

He glanced back at the door of the private room instinctively and whispered, "How did this get leaked? Did they take photos of us having dinner at the Peninsula Hotel?"

The agent hummed in agreement.

Wang Zuxian hesitated slightly, then asked, "Did they only take photos of us having dinner at the Peninsula Hotel?"

"Huh? What do you mean? From what you're saying, it seems like there's more to it than just this?"

The agent on the other end of the phone was shocked.

Wang Zuxian quickly raised her hand to cover her mouth, then immediately denied it, "No! No! Don't talk nonsense. What I mean is, have the media made up other news?"

broker:"……"

Do you think I believe it or not?

The agent refrained from asking the question, and after a few seconds of silence, sighed, "The media isn't making things up; they're just questioning whether you and him are just friends. Anyway, be careful! Especially during his days in Hong Kong, try not to have any more rumors with him, otherwise it will be difficult to clean up the mess."

Wang Zuxian hummed in agreement.

But his expression was a little unhappy.

Because it meant that she would have to keep her distance from him during his time in Hong Kong.

I suddenly regretted coming here to eat with him today.

I'm also a little worried about how to tell him that we need to keep our distance for the next few days and that he can't stay at her place anymore.

……

In the private room.

Cao Sheng suddenly received a call from Cheng Long.

He didn't go out to answer the phone. Instead, he said to Mai Yaohui and Zhuang Wenqiang, "It's Brother Cheng Long calling. Shall I take it?"

Mai Yaohui and Zhuang Wenqiang nodded repeatedly.

"Please answer! Please answer!"

"Mr. Cao, please take it! It's alright, it's alright!"

So Cao Sheng answered the phone in front of them.

The moment the phone was brought to his ear, he heard Cheng Long's laughter, "Haha, Mr. Cao! Why didn't you tell me you were coming to Hong Kong? If it weren't for the rumors about you and Ah Xian, I wouldn't have known you were in Hong Kong. How was it? Were you satisfied with Ah Xian's hospitality? Isn't it my turn to entertain you? By the way, where are you now? I'll send a car to pick you up."

Cao Sheng was a little surprised, as he was unaware that he and Wang Zuxian were now rumored to be having an affair.

When he heard that he and Wang Zuxian were having an affair again, he was a little surprised but not alarmed.

This "dead pig doesn't fear boiling water" mentality is something many middle-aged men possess.

As a reborn person, he also brought his mindset from before his rebirth.

Moreover, this is not the first time he and Wang Zuxian have been rumored to be having an affair.

When it was passed down before, it didn't make him lose a single piece of flesh.

He gradually realized that men don't need to be afraid of becoming famous in this kind of matter.

Unless you have a scandal with an ugly woman, which would damage your reputation and be shameful.

"Hehe, I was just afraid of disturbing your work! Well, I'm still at the Peninsula Hotel right now, and I have two guests here, so I can't come to your place for the time being. How about we make it up tonight?"

Before Cao Sheng could finish speaking, Cheng Long chimed in, "Oh, is that so? Okay, okay! It's settled then? You'll have my time tonight?"

Cao Sheng: "Okay, thank you!"

……

Just as I finished my call with Cheng Long, I heard a noise coming from the door of the private room. I turned around and saw Wang Zuxian walk into the room with a somewhat forced smile.

Cao Sheng glanced at the smile on her face, but didn't ask her anything, because Mai Yaohui and Zhuang Wenqiang were still there.

However, they had almost finished eating.

After Wang Zuxian sat down, the group drank a few more glasses of wine, chatted for a while, and then the banquet came to an end.

As they were about to go downstairs, Wang Zuxian whispered to Cao Sheng, "My agent just called and said that some media outlets have reported on our rumored relationship. They asked me to keep my distance from you for the next couple of days. Or... why don't you stay here and just book a room?"

Cao Sheng turned to look at her, smiled, and nodded, "Okay!"

As for what he was thinking?

Although Wang Zuxian is much older than him, you can't tell at all.

In front of the hotel, Cao Sheng watched Wang Zuxian, Mai Yaohui, and Zhuang Wenqiang drive away separately.

Sun Liang and Lei Zhen, dressed in suits, stood behind him like two statues.

Cao Sheng chuckled self-deprecatingly, then turned and walked into the hotel lobby.

Wang Zuxian had already booked the room for them.

They would be staying here for the next few days. The Peninsula Hotel, as expected of Hong Kong's oldest hotel, boasted a luxurious yet elegant interior and a full range of amenities.

The service from the waiters was also impeccable.

Cao Sheng led Sun Liang and Lei Zhen to the elevator entrance, where a dedicated attendant immediately pressed the elevator button for them.

As they exited the elevator, a waiter bowed and greeted them.

Cao Sheng lived in a suite, while Sun Liang and Lei Zhen lived in the next room.

Upon entering the room, Cao Sheng looked around both the inner and outer rooms. Seeing a large bathtub in the bathroom, he felt an urge to take a bath.

However, their luggage was still at Wang Zuxian's place, and they didn't have any change of clothes with them, which made him temporarily give up the idea of ​​taking a bath.

Suddenly, his cell phone rang again.

He took out his phone and saw it was an unknown number, so he casually tapped "reject" the call.

But the number called again very soon.

Cao Sheng then answered the call.

"Hello? Is this Mr. Cao Sheng? This is Chow Yun-fat. I heard that you've come to Hong Kong, Mr. Cao. Would you do me the honor of having a meal with me? So that I can show you some hospitality."

Cao Sheng was taken aback.

Unexpectedly, I suddenly received a call from Chow Yun-fat.

But he only paused for a moment before politely declining, "I'm sorry, Mr. Zhou! I just had lunch, and I already have plans with Brother Cheng Long for dinner."

Chow Yun-fat: "Oh, no problem! Tomorrow is fine too, either noon or evening, is that okay? I really want to get to know Mr. Cao, and I hope you can give me this opportunity."

It's worth mentioning that Chow Yun-fat's current situation is quite awkward.

He holds a very high position in the Hong Kong film industry.

He also holds a high position in the hearts of movie fans, and is the Xu Wenqiang and Little Ma in the hearts of many people.

I acted in a few movies in Hollywood a couple of years ago, but the results weren't good.

Fortunately, he starred in another movie last year, "Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon," which was a huge hit. It not only had impressive box office numbers both domestically and internationally, but also won numerous awards.

They successfully crowned him with the laurels of an international superstar.

but……

Having too high a status and too many honors can also have side effects.

The biggest side effect is that his salary has risen too high, and many productions dare not cast him anymore. The ones that do dare to cast him are usually bad films that want to ride on his fame, make a quick buck at the box office, and use him as the biggest selling point of a movie.

Money, of course, smells delicious.

But he doesn't dare take on these kinds of bad movies, for fear of ruining his reputation.

This makes his situation difficult to describe.

It felt like I was being lifted into the air.

His current situation is that Hollywood doesn't really recognize his box office appeal, and the overall market in Hong Kong is far worse than before, so he can't even make a few decent films throughout the year.

Occasionally, when Hong Kong films are made with serious effort, they dare not invite him in order to use the majority of their investment in the film production itself.

So, after "Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon" became a hit, he gradually calmed down because he found that after the movie became a hit, the number of good scripts coming to him was pitifully small, which was completely different from what he had expected.

He had, of course, noticed the screenwriter, Zhongyuan Yidianhui, long ago.

At a time when Hong Kong cinema was declining and mainland cinema was still struggling, this young screenwriter from the mainland managed to go against the tide and write scripts for Hong Kong directors without a single failure, scripts for mainland directors without a single failure, and scripts for Hollywood directors were also incredibly successful.

Just outrageous!
How could such an extraordinary young screenwriter emerge from mainland China?
It must be said that this changed his preconceived notions about people from mainland China.

What Cao Sheng didn't know was that Chow Yun-fat had asked his agent to inquire about several scripts he had previously sold to Hollywood, such as "Pacific Rim," "Rise of the Planet of the Apes," and "Twilight," hoping to leverage his advantage as a Chinese actor to play the male lead in those films.

He and his agent both believe that Cao Sheng is Chinese, and the male lead in the script he wrote for Hollywood might also be Chinese.

Even if the male lead is not Chinese, the second and third male leads are very likely to be Chinese.

Therefore, they wanted to win the male lead roles in those movies.

but……

What left them speechless was that the male leads, second male leads, and even third male leads in those scripts were not Chinese in the script settings.

Chow Yun-fat was very disappointed by this.

I recently heard that Cao Sheng wrote two scripts for Hong Kong.

result?

"Drishyam" was a script specifically written for Andy Lau.

"Infernal Affairs"?
Cao Sheng appointed Andy Lau and Leung Chiu-wai as the male leads.

How come Cao Sheng wrote so many scripts but didn't give him a single good role?

His frustration was indescribable.

Despite his frustration, upon hearing that Cao Sheng had come to Hong Kong and was rumored to be having an affair with Wang Zuxian, he quickly found out Cao Sheng's phone number and dialed it immediately.

He had heard that Zhao Wenzhuo was able to star in "Ong-Bak" because Zhao Wenzhuo had visited Cao Sheng in Huizhou long ago. Zhao Wenzhuo also revealed in an interview that he had filmed dozens of kung fu training videos for Cao Sheng in the past two years because Cao Sheng had said he wanted to learn more about traditional martial arts.

Chow Yun-fat had also heard about Andy Lau's visit to Cao Sheng in Huizhou, and soon after, he heard that Andy Lau had obtained the script for "The Murderer" from Cao Sheng.

Recently, another "Infernal Affairs" movie was produced, and Andy Lau was chosen to play one of the male leads.

Even Wang Zuxian, who had previously been rumored to be dating Cao Sheng, starred in the TV series "Living with an Air Hostess," adapted from Cao Sheng's novel, as well as "The Hunger Games," starring Jackie Chan.

With so many precedents, Chow Yun-fat couldn't stay calm any longer and wanted to seize the opportunity of Cao Sheng's visit to Hong Kong to give him a proper welcome.

(End of this chapter)