Entertainment: Who still wants to fall in love when there are cheats?

Chapter 129 Human Turns into Wolf, Wolf Eats Meat

"Let's go!"

"what?"

Liu Shishi looked at Li Boda with a puzzled expression.

“Your scenes have wrapped up, right? On behalf of the crew, I’m throwing you a wrap party to send you off,” Li Boda said to Liu Shishi with a smile.

Upon hearing this, Liu Shishi's eyes lit up, and a smile as bright as a flower bloomed on her face: "Thank you."

"Hey, there's nothing to thank me for. Don't forget, you're my wife. It's too formal for me to throw a wrap party for my wife and then thank me," Li Boda teased.

"Pah! Who's your wife?" Liu Shishi blushed, but didn't seem angry at all.

Not far from the film set, Li Boda and Liu Shishi found a private room where they happily ate, drank, and chatted.

Liu Shishi has a very low threshold for laughter; Li Boda made her laugh nonstop with just a few words.

Time passed slowly, and the two ate for more than an hour, drinking quite a bit of wine. Both of them were slightly tipsy, and Liu Shishi was unsteady on her feet. In the end, Li Boda had to support her so that Liu Shishi could walk more smoothly.

Slightly tipsy, the two drew closer and closer, until they were in direct physical contact...

……

Originally, Liu Shi was supposed to leave the "Legend of Lu Xiaofeng" production team after filming her scenes.

However, Liu Shishi is relatively unknown in the entertainment industry and doesn't have many jobs, so she plans to stay with the film crew for a few more days.

The next day, he even returned to the film crew with Li Boda.

When Zhang Zhilin and Zhang Zhiyao saw Li Boda and Liu Shishi return together, they couldn't help but secretly give Li Boda a thumbs up.

Perhaps because they had just been intimate, Liu Shishi, like other women, was quite clingy to Li Boda. She would stay at the film set whenever she had free time, for more than a week, before reluctantly leaving.

After all, life isn't just about relationships; there's also work and career development to consider.

On the day Liu Shishi left, Li Boda generously gifted her a huge sum of money.

After Liu Shishi left, many beautiful women joined the crew, such as Wu Jiani, who played Shangguan Feiyan and Shangguan Danfeng.

However, Li Boda did not take the initiative to contact or provoke the other party.

In fact, Li Boda didn't initially intend to provoke Liu Shishi.

However, Liu Shishi's personality was just too good to be around. Even though there was nothing there, she would laugh non-stop, making the whole crew very happy. As they spent more time together, Li Boda found Liu Shishi, this little woman, to be particularly fun, and then...

However, after provoking Liu Shishi, Li Boda regretted it a bit, mainly because she was so clingy.

Just like Gao Yuanyuan before, she was clingy and even wanted to establish a relationship with Li Boda. Fortunately, Li Boda had gained some understanding of women after years of experience in the entertainment industry. He coaxed and deceived her, which prevented the relationship from being officially committed. Otherwise, it would have been even more troublesome.

Li Boda was relieved that two days after Liu Shishi left reluctantly, Gao Yuanyuan flew back from Hong Kong to visit him on set.

After the Lunar New Year, Gao Yuanyuan went to Hong Kong to participate in a movie starring Jackie Chan. Although her role in the movie was not very big, because her status was much smaller than Jackie Chan's, the filming schedule had to be based on Jackie Chan's schedule. So, even though her role was small, it took a long time for her to finish filming and fly back from Hong Kong.

The first thing Gao Yuanyuan did after flying back from Hong Kong was to find Li Boda.

Thus, Gao Yuanyuan appeared in the cast of "The Legend of Lu Xiaofeng".

Zhang Zhilin and Zhang Zhiyao drank the coffee that Gao Yuanyuan and her entourage had brought, looking at Gao Yuanyuan's happy smile with gossipy expressions, before burying their heads in Li Boda's arms.

"Tsk tsk tsk, I didn't expect Li Boda to be such a master!" Zhang Zhilin exclaimed in a strange tone.

“Of course he’s an expert, after all, he played Ximen Qing—Ximen Chuixue.” Zhang Zhiyao nodded seriously.

Upon hearing this, Zhang Zhilin couldn't help but burst into laughter.

As for Gao Yuanyuan, she had been separated from Li Boda for several months and missed him terribly. So after returning, she didn't go home but booked a room at a hotel not far from the film set, intending to stay there for a while.

In the days that followed, Li Boda either stayed at Gao Yuanyuan's place, or Gao Yuanyuan stayed at Li Boda's place.

Life started to become happy.

Li Boda discovered that life was truly wonderful when one set aside personal morality.

However, Gao Yuanyuan's work is also very busy. After squeezing out time to stay here for a while, she has to leave because of work.

However, before leaving, Gao Yuanyuan decided to accompany Li Boda to see a movie.

It's "Crazy Stone".

The movie "Crazy Stone" is finally going to be released in theaters.

As one of the investors in the film and also a major actor in it, Ning Hao naturally had to notify Li Boda when the film was released. Li Boda had already asked for leave from the "Legend of Lu Xiaofeng" production team in advance.

So on June 6th, Li Boda and Gao Yuanyuan appeared together at the premiere of "Crazy Stone".

However, the main characters in the movie "Crazy Stone" are not celebrities, and even the director, Ning Hao, is an unknown director.

Therefore, the premiere of "Crazy Stone" was not a grand affair. Although there were reporters present, they were few and far between, and there was not much of a commotion.

When Li Boda and Gao Yuanyuan appeared, these reporters had another target for interviews.

"Li Boda, you and Gao Yuanyuan appeared together at the premiere of the movie 'Crazy Stone.' Does this mean you're going to officially announce your relationship?"

"Li Boda, when did you and Gao Yuanyuan get together?"

"Gao Yuanyuan, what is your relationship with Li Boda?"

Well, these reporters are here just for the rumors and gossip about the two of them.

"Yuanyuan and I are very good friends."

"Don't you know? I'm one of the investors in the movie 'Crazy Stone'. It's practically my family's movie, so of course I have to support it. Yuanyuan is my good friend, and I specifically brought her here to generate some buzz for our movie."

"Yes, so you can write whatever you want, as long as you can make 'Crazy Stone' popular."

Li Boda was spouting nonsense, which made many reporters roll their eyes.

Gao Yuanyuan couldn't help but cover her mouth and laugh, following Li Boda's words, "Yes, yes, we're dating!"

"No, it was I who actively pursued Li Boda."

"Of course it's because Li Boda is handsome and very talented."

When Gao Yuanyuan said these words, her expression was both fake and real, making it impossible for the reporter to tell whether it was true or false.

Whether it's true or false doesn't matter; what matters is the news, the gossip, and the scandal.

Journalists, by their very nature, start with a picture and make up the rest. It's even more interesting that Li Boda and Gao Yuanyuan said things like that; they should just treat it as fact and write it down.

Of course, there are also a few journalists whose thinking is different from others. They wrote that Li Boda and Gao Yuanyuan deliberately marketed a couple image in order to promote the movie "Crazy Stone", which also generated a wave of popularity.

Anyway, the reporters were genuinely happy and satisfied with their trip.

After dealing with the reporters, director Ning Hao gave Li Boda a thumbs up: "Brother Da, thank you for the sacrifices you made for our film."

"Look at what you're saying, you've already said this is our movie." Li Boda laughed heartily.

Although the premiere of "Crazy Stone" wasn't very lively, the usual procedures still had to be followed. However, these procedures were all sped up, and what would take others several hours to complete was finished in one or two hours for them.

Then the movie started playing.

Li Boda and Gao Yuanyuan sat in the movie theater and began to watch the movie intently.

Unlike Ning Hao, Li Boda and Gao Yuanyuan had never seen the finished film of "Crazy Stone" before.

This movie is a new movie for the two of them.

Although at the beginning of the movie, it seemed a bit chaotic because it consisted of several unrelated storylines.

However, when all these plot points come together due to a series of coincidences, the effect is immediately apparent.

"Oh, I see!" Gao Yuanyuan exclaimed in realization.

"Ning Hao's directing skills are really impressive," Li Boda couldn't help but mutter.

"You've really hit the jackpot this time," Gao Yuanyuan said with a smile. "Given the quality of this movie so far, as long as it doesn't flop later on, the chances of making a profit are very high."

"It's a bit early to talk about this now. After all, the quality of the film is one thing, and whether the audience will accept it is another." Li Boda felt more confident and a smile appeared on his face, but that's what he said.

Ning Hao had been observing the reactions of the audience in the theater since the movie started playing. In the first few minutes, the audience's reaction was rather indifferent, and some people even impatiently said that it was some kind of messy movie.

However, as the later plot points converged, laughter began to erupt frequently in the movie theater, and Ning Hao's expression relaxed considerably.

Li Boda also noticed the reactions of the movie theater audience and breathed a sigh of relief.

After all, Li Boda invested money in this film, so whether it will make money is one aspect. On the other hand, the film's quality and performance also raise questions about whether Li Boda's "golden touch" will be triggered.

In "Crazy Stone," Li Boda had been eagerly anticipating the role of the talented rich second-generation character. If the film's poor box office performance prevented him from triggering his "golden finger" (a special ability to manipulate emotions), Li Boda would be very unhappy.

(End of this chapter)