1982 Started from Hong Kong

Chapter 126 I Don’t Follow

The Regent Hotel is located next to Victoria Harbour.

In a large suite, Zhang Guorong leaned against the headboard with his upper body naked, holding his girlfriend Ni Shibei, who was ten years younger than him, in his arms. In his other hand, he held a cigarette and was puffing away.

The volume of the TV in the hotel was turned up very loud to cover up the noise of the two people eating.

"I have graduated from high school, and my family has arranged for me to study abroad. I will be leaving next week."

Ni Shibei leaned on Zhang Guorong's chest, pouting and saying, "You will stay in Hong Kong alone from now on, and you are not allowed to mess around with other women. Otherwise, you will be in trouble when I come back after graduating from college. Do you understand?"

As he spoke, he reached into the quilt and pinched and twisted it, and Zhang Guorong immediately cried out in pain.

"Pick! Are you trying to murder your husband?"

Breaking free from the girl's clawed hand, Zhang Guorong flicked off the ash from his cigarette: "Don't worry, Annie. I'm famous for my purity. When have you ever seen me flirting with other women?"

"Huh, who at sixteen took his classmates to Majiao to get a room?"

"You're just young and naive! Teenager hormones are so strong~"

"What about that old woman Mao Shunjun?"

"You said she was an old woman, so there's no need to be jealous of an old woman, right?"

"And that girl named Xueli from TVB, isn't she an old woman?"

"She's on TVB, I'm on ATV. We're on different channels, one AM, one FM. We just do it for fun."

Zhang Guorong responded calmly and responded confidently.

Apart from the slight trembling of the hand holding the cigarette, a lot of cigarette ashes fell on the bed.

Seeing that Ni Shibei was about to speak, he hugged the girl's arm tightly and counterattacked: "That's enough, please stop being unreasonable, okay? I hate it most when people treat me like a criminal. Are you trying to make me angry on purpose?"

Ni Shibei pouted even more, with dissatisfaction written all over her face.

"Anyway, I'm going abroad next week, and I'll be calling you every night to check on you. You'd better not let me catch you, or I'll fly back to Hong Kong and dissect you!"

"Go ahead and check it. You can call me any way you want. No other girl has called my phone except you."

Zhang Guorong deliberately put on an impatient expression.

Just as he finished speaking, his brother's phone placed on the bedside table suddenly rang, and he was immediately frightened.

Oh my god! I clearly changed my phone card when I left the house.
Zhang Guorong glanced at Ni Shibei guiltily, and pretended to be calm and picked up the phone.

Ni Shibei moved even faster. She quickly pulled back the quilt to reveal her white flesh, crawled over Leslie Cheung, and snatched the phone away.

"Annie..."

"Shut up!"

The seventeen-year-old girl glared at him, pressed the answer button, held her breath and said nothing, while pointing her finger at Zhang Guorong to stop him from making a sound.

Until a woman's voice rang on the phone.

"Hey, Leslie, can you hear me?"

Ni Shibei heard the voice clearly and threw her two-pound phone, which weighed two kilograms, at Zhang Guorong's chest with a dull expression: "You're lucky. It's your record company agent calling."

Zhang Guorong breathed a sigh of relief, then picked up the phone and asked, "Sister Fang, what's going on?"

On the other end of the phone, Chen Shufang asked in a very serious tone: "Where are you now?"

Zhang Guorong jumped up from the bed, and under Ni Shibei's surprised eyes, he listened to the phone with one hand and put on his clothes with the other hand.

"What are you talking about? You had a serious fight at work and ended up in the hospital bleeding? Okay, okay, I'll come right over."

Chen Shufang on the other end of the phone guessed that he was using her as a shield again, but today she was not in the mood to joke with Zhang Guorong. Instead, she solemnly warned him, "Come back to the company quickly. It's a big frying pan. Everyone is waiting for you."

"Right away, right away, that's it!"

Zhang Guorong hung up the phone and said to the confused Ni Shibei, "It's a big deal. Someone is causing trouble at Huaxing. I have to rush back immediately. You will be on the plane next week, right? I will see you off at the airport then."

Before Ni Shibei could react due to her naked body, Zhang Guorong had already hurriedly put on his leather shoes and rushed out in a hurry.

"Hey, be careful and don't argue with others."

"I know!"

Zhang Guorong slammed the hotel room door and didn't breathe a sigh of relief until he walked into the elevator.

"Fuck you, the little girl is really clingy. Luckily she is leaving the country soon."

He walked out of the elevator and headed straight for Lijing's door. He muttered to himself, "I don't know what Sister Fang wants to talk to me about. From the tone she just gave, it sounds like something serious is going on. I better go back to the company first."

Zhang Guorong was just walking forward with her head down, and when she passed the revolving door of the hotel, she accidentally bumped into a man.

"Excuse me."

"Sorry!"

Fortunately, both of them were polite and gentle people, and they apologized to each other.

When their eyes met, both Zhang Guorong and the man showed confusion on their faces.

"Sir, you look friendly, don't you?"

Zhang Guorong stared at the man and asked.

The man he bumped into was in his twenties, dressed in a well-ironed suit, looking like a white-collar elite.

He also stared at Zhang Guorong and hesitated for a moment: "Tenth Son?"

Zhang Guorong was stunned for a moment, then seemed to remember something, pointed at the man in the suit and laughed, "It's you, Tang Hede!"

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On the other hand, Chen Shufang is in a terrible situation!

In the office building of Huaxing Records, Leighton Road, Causeway Bay, Hong Kong Island.

It was already past ten o'clock in the evening, and the lights in the conference room were still brightly on.

Company executive Su Xiaoliang sat in the middle of the conference table, with music director Lai Siu-tin and artist manager Chen Shufang on either side.

Next is TVB spokesperson Shum Dian-ha, and several of the company's core singers: Chen Meiling, the first Hong Kong female singer under Huaxing Records.

Mei Yanfang, the champion of TVB’s first New Talent Singing Competition last year.

Under the Lion Rock, applause rang out for Luo Wen...

Everyone frowned and looked down at the newspaper on the table with complicated expressions.

"Zhang Guorong of Huaxing Records has a close relationship with Zhai Yuan, the boss of Jiuyi Entertainment, and is suspected of conspiring to resist the ban." - Ming Pao

"Honorary Vice President of the Freedom Federation, Feng Cuifan, said: This is blatant and has no regard for the law. It must be banned!" - Oriental Daily

"Informed sources revealed that Zhang Guorong has not yet signed a contract with a film company, but the ban will still affect his record sales." - Tiantian Daily

In addition to the sensational title, the article also included a photo of Zhang Guorong and Zhai Yuan with their arms around each other, behaving in an intimate and familiar manner.

"I've explained many times that this photo was taken by someone who tricked Leslie into giving us this photo. We had no idea that Zhai Yuan was the boss of 91 Entertainment at the time!"

Chen Shufang angrily threw the newspaper on the table and explained the reason to the people around her.

"Ah Fang, you can't just say it's a misunderstanding and it won't be resolved now. Huaxing has finally established a sound and color company. The company doesn't want to lose the Taiwan market because of you and your artists."

It was Shen Dianxia who spoke, smiling as always, but her words were sharp: "Besides, Zhang Guorong is an actor of ATV. I believe that you did it unintentionally, but Uncle Six might think too much and think that someone is conspiring with ATV to deliberately interfere with their own business."

Chen Shufang's face, which was originally as dark as the bottom of a pot, became even darker.

Huaxing Records is a record company affiliated with TVB, and Zhang Guorong is a contracted actor of ATV. One person spans two companies. It is fine if nothing goes wrong, but when something goes wrong, the relationship between the two becomes very delicate.

But whether Shen Dianxia was really thinking about the company or his own interests, everyone present knew it.

As the spokesperson for TVB, Fei Fei has wanted to take on the position of artist manager since the establishment of Huaxing Records.

The record company is not important to Shen Dianxia. What is important is that after the establishment of Huaxing, it is indirectly responsible for TVB's singing performances. If she becomes the manager, she can take advantage of the situation to suppress a group of artists in the station, including Wang Minquan, and completely suppress them so that they cannot turn over.

Unfortunately, this position was eventually snatched away by the more professional Chen Shufang, so the two sides have never been getting along, and this time they are just taking the opportunity to make trouble.

"This young man named Zhai Yuan caused a lot of trouble a while ago. If it were me, I would definitely avoid him. You've been doing this for so many years, why would you take the initiative to approach him?"

Shen Dianxia continued to attack with a blaming tone, and every word was hurtful.

Chen Shufang frowned and explained helplessly, "Sister Xia, it's none of my business. Leslie has a contract with ATV, and ATV arranged this event for him..."

She suddenly woke up in the middle of her words and didn't dare to continue, otherwise she would only make things worse.

Sure enough, a smile immediately revealed on Shen Dianxia's face. Although he did not speak, his eyes moved around, and the faces of everyone present became a little strange.

ATV signed a contract to let Zhang Guorong shoot Zhai Yuan's MV, but in the end put the blame on TVB's Huaxing Records. It sounds like Zhang Guorong conspired with ATV to cheat TVB.

As for whether Chen Shufang was involved or not, it is no longer important. If something happens to the artists she signed, she will inevitably have to take the blame.

"Forget it, there's no point in talking more now."

After a moment, Su Xiaoliang, the general manager of the record company, broke the silence and his eyes fell on Chen Shufang's face.

He said to Chen Shufang, "Don't worry, Ah Fang. This matter sounds serious, but it's actually quite simple to resolve. As long as we publish a newspaper clarification, and then have your subordinate, Zhang Guorong, publicly issue a statement of repentance and sever all ties with 91 Entertainment, Formosa Boulevard won't make things difficult for him."

What matters in this kind of situation is an attitude. Publishing a public confession in the newspaper is also for outsiders to see, so that they know the consequences of offending the Freedom Association and the Formosa Market.

However, as soon as Su Xiaoliang said this, Chen Shufang became even more troubled.

It might be a bit difficult to get Zhang Guorong to sign a letter of repentance.

Isn’t the stage name he changed himself enough to explain his stance?
That guy had been planning to go on tour in Singapore, Malaysia and Thailand in the second half of the year, and sing the song "I am Chinese" throughout the whole tour. I had a lot of trouble persuading him to give up this idea. Now, I'm afraid that doing this will only arouse his rebellious psychology.

"Why, is it difficult to do?"

After listening to Su Xiaoliang, the person in charge, and hearing him give a proper solution, Shen Dianxia felt sorry that the matter ended like this.

But when he saw Chen Shufang's embarrassed expression, a new hope rose in his heart.

Chen Shufang forced a smile and said, "I'll contact Leslie as soon as possible. Everyone, if you have nothing else to do, please leave first."

As he spoke, he stood up and winked at the singers around him.

Several people led by Chen Meiling also stood up and followed her.

Mei Yanfang, who had just started her career last year, saw this and immediately looked at Shen Dianxia standing beside her.

Only after Feifei nodded to her did she follow Chen Shufang and her group.

After leaving the meeting room, Chen Shufang called Zhang Guorong again, but there was no response from the other end.

"The bad boy got into trouble and hid away to enjoy his leisure time!"

Chen Shufang resisted the urge to slam the phone and asked Chen Meiling and other singers: "Does anyone know where Leslie went? Or contact his girlfriends and ask."

Several singers took action one after another.

Chen Meiling took two steps forward and said worriedly, "Sister Fang, if this isn't handled properly, I'm afraid not only Leslie but you too will be implicated."

She is a singer who transferred to Huaxing last year. She has more experience and is on par with Chen Shufang, and her words are more profound.

"You fat bitch! Do you think you can control everything in TVB?"

Chen Shufang thought about how Shen Dianxia had repeatedly harassed her in the conference room just now.

She gritted her teeth and cursed, "You'd better not force me to change sides, otherwise it will be a disaster. At worst, I will take all the artists with me to another company! Even if I give up this position, I will only leave her with an empty shell!"

Chen Meiling comforted her, and the two women of the same age talked in low voices.

Behind him, Mei Yanfang, who was only 20 years old, lowered her head and looked submissive, but secretly memorized all the conversations that had just taken place.

The current situation is still unclear, but Shen Dianxia promised that as long as she could help her overthrow Chen Shufang, she would become the eldest sister of Huaxing.

Chen Shufang wants to move to a second company?

I finally managed to squeeze out of the chaotic Temple Street and lean against the towering tree of Wireless.

The bet between you and Shen Dianxia is too big, I won’t join!

PS: There will be updates later

(End of this chapter)