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

Chapter 147 Reunion with Alyssa Chia

Although Shu Chang greatly despised Li Boda's behavior of juggling multiple relationships—and who knows how many.

However, she didn't tell anyone about it, since these were Li Boda's private matters no matter what.

Moreover, aside from his shortcomings in matters of women, Li Boda was practically impeccable in every other aspect.

Shu Chang sometimes thought that if Li Boda had been more serious about relationships and hadn't been two-timing, she might have actually fallen for him.

However, although Shu Chang's opinion of Li Boda changed a lot because of this incident, it did not affect his performance on set.

The filming of "Magic Phone" is proceeding smoothly as usual.

Just over two months into filming "Magic Phone," and after about four-fifths of the scenes had been shot, someone came to visit Li Boda on set again.

Alyssa Chia!
Alyssa Chia arrived at the set of "Magic Phone" with a big smile, bringing lots of milk tea to give to everyone on set.

Shu Chang looked at Jia Jingwen, who had come to visit the set, with a strange expression.

"Another beautiful woman has come to visit Li Boda on set. But Jia Jingwen is different from the three who came before. The other three were single and unmarried, but Jia Jingwen is married. So this time, she shouldn't go too far. Jia Jingwen is probably just here to visit the set." Shu Chang muttered to himself.

Then Shu Chang saw Jia Jingwen come up and give Li Boda a big hug.

"Li Boda, it's been a long time! How have you been? Did you miss me?" Jia Jingwen's first half of the sentence was straightforward, but the second half was whispered in Li Boda's ear in a soft and ambiguous tone.

"..." Li Boda looked at the woman in front of him, who was quite stunning in both appearance and figure, and couldn't help but feel a little itchy.

To be honest, Li Boda used to have a strong moral compass and was quite restrained in matters of the heart.

However, who would have thought that the entertainment industry would be completely different from what Li Boda had initially imagined?

Putting aside other things, at least in terms of relationships, they are far more open-minded than Li Boda imagined.

As a result, Li Boda fell into depravity.

After having a relationship with one female celebrity, he then had a relationship with another female celebrity.

Then, more and more actresses had affairs with him.

At this point, Li Boda still had some bottom line. Everyone was single and unmarried, so it was fine to just have some fun!
Unexpectedly, Fan Bingbing pulled Jiang Liwen along, making Li Boda realize that marriage, which seems sacred and legally binding, is still somewhat worthless in the entertainment industry.

Thus, Li Boda's moral values ​​in this regard were once again shattered.

So, after filming today's scenes, Li Boda disappeared again.

Shu Chang couldn't help but sneer repeatedly, his heart filled with contempt: "Pah, men!"

Having been in the entertainment industry for so many years, Shu Chang was used to these kinds of things. She had seen more than Li Boda had ever experienced. In fact, many people had tried to take advantage of her during her years in the industry. However, Shu Chang had always been quite averse to such things. So, despite being able to do very well and smoothly, she just couldn't do as well as other female stars.

Previously, she always played supporting roles, like the Tianshan Child Granny in "Demi-Gods and Semi-Devils".

Even after becoming famous and able to play leading roles, they were still mostly leading roles in second-tier TV dramas, such as Jingwei in "Jingwei Fills the Sea".

As for "Lotus Lantern" and the silly girl in "Magic Phone", these were projects led by CCTV. It can't be said that there were no unspoken rules, but at least there were relatively few twists and turns in the production team.

If she doesn't compromise, she might not be able to get any good resources in the future, and might even have to go back to playing supporting roles.

So she's seen many people like Li Boda, who have ambiguous relationships with so many actresses, and she can completely ignore them and not care.

But in her heart, Li Boda was different, which is why she was so angry when she saw him acting this way.

Li Boda was unaware of Shu Chang's thoughts; he only felt that Jia Jingwen was very good, extremely good.

He didn't know if it was because of her status or something else, but he felt that Alyssa Chia was even more charming now than before.

Are you filming a movie?

"Yes, it's the TV series I filmed with Wong Sam-shek, called 'Sing a Song When You're Sad'."

"I thought you were going to retire from acting after you got married, after all, your husband is a rich second-generation. Filming is so hard, shouldn't you be a good rich wife?"

"A rich wife? I'd like to be one, but unfortunately, things aren't what I expected at all." Jia Jingwen shook her head, her disappointment undisguised. "What? Didn't you say your husband's family was very wealthy?"

“He is rich, but he is just a son. All the family property is in his father’s hands. He can only get money from his father every month. As for me, his wife, I get even less every month. If I don’t go out and earn money myself, I can barely make ends meet with the little money his family gives me.” Jia Jingwen described her married life.

Upon hearing Jia Jingwen's words, Li Boda suddenly understood.

That seems true. Even if she marries a rich second-generation heir, it doesn't mean she'll have much money herself.

"Besides, the child I bore him is ultimately a daughter. You know, the older generation prefers boys; girls aren't valued. Who knows when we might get divorced?" Jia Jingwen said nonchalantly.

When Li Boda heard Jia Jingwen bring up the topic of divorce, he immediately shut up.

He absolutely, positively must not get involved in the divorce, and must not say a word about it.

What if Jia Jingwen takes what I said seriously and actually divorces her husband? She might then start bothering me.

Alyssa Chia is very beautiful, has a great figure, and is very voluptuous.

Li Boda wouldn't mind having something happen between them, but only once. Marriage? Absolutely, absolutely not.

Even among all the women Li Boda knows and has met, apart from Liu Shishi, he doesn't think the other women are suitable for marriage because of their personalities, values, or even their attitudes towards relationships.

It's not that it's bad. Take Gao Yuanyuan for example. She takes relationships quite seriously. Once she's identified with someone, she might even become love-struck.

However, it was precisely because he was too emotional that Li Boda felt it was not quite right.

After all, Li Boda didn't know how long love could last.

If a woman isn't particularly sentimental, romantic love might transform into familial affection after marriage.

But would a particularly sentimental woman accept the fading of romantic love and its transformation into familial affection?
After this relationship fades, will they find new love? What will they do then?
divorce?

Regardless of the circumstances, Li Boda is not at all opposed to the idea of ​​something happening between a man and a woman.

However, Li Boda still kept his distance from marriage, or even avoided it at all costs.

When Jia Jingwen saw that Li Boda stopped talking after she mentioned that she and her husband might divorce at any time, she immediately understood Li Boda's attitude.

Jia Jingwen couldn't help but roll her eyes: "You just don't want to take responsibility at all, do you!"

"Uh, no. I just feel that marriage is a sacred thing, and we shouldn't tarnish it. So I would never interfere in other people's marriages without permission," Li Boda said, making up a story with a straight face.

Jia Jingwen couldn't help but laugh when she heard this: "Li Boda, you really are shameless. What are we doing right now? You still say that marriage is sacred and shouldn't be defiled?"

"...This is different."

"What's different? Do you want me to wear my wedding dress and show it to you?" Jia Jingwen looked at Li Boda with a half-smile.

“This—is not good. But if you insist on wearing it, I can’t refuse.” Li Boda said with a look of resistance.

"Li Boda, I've noticed, you really have an incredibly thick skin, you're so shameless. Really." Jia Jingwen looked at Li Boda with a mixture of anger and amusement. How could she not notice Li Boda's reaction when she mentioned her wearing a wedding dress?
Jia Jingwen stayed here for two days before rushing back.

After all, her baby was still too young, and she hadn't seen him for a long time because of filming. She really missed him, so after getting some comfort from Li Boda, she hurriedly flew back to Hong Kong.

Yes, after Alyssa Chia got married, she, her husband, and daughter temporarily settled in Hong Kong.

After Alyssa Chia left, Li Boda acted as if nothing had happened and continued filming "Magic Phone".

His performance was very steady.

As before, many scenes were completed in one take, with very few retakes.

When Shu Chang was filming, she wanted to cause trouble for Li Boda, but she couldn't find an opportunity. Instead, she was scolded by the director several times, which made her obediently film the movie and stop causing trouble for Li Boda.

Li Boda didn't care about Shu Chang's behavior. After all, he and Shu Chang had a good relationship before and were considered good friends. It was no big deal for good friends to have a little conflict.

(End of this chapter)