Entertainment: Since 1990

Chapter 259 The Sisters' Leader
Feeling completely comfortable, Cao Jian, nestled in the woman's soft embrace, finally understood why Li Jiaxin, despite being a mistress, was still able to marry a wealthy man.

After experiencing the exhilarating feeling, I discovered that this woman had some extraordinary qualities.

"Director Cao, can't you let me be the lead in the movie 'Comrades: Almost a Love Story'? I'll be happy to play the second female lead."

Afterwards, Li Jiaxin gently stroked Cao Jian's chest muscles, smelled the scent on Cao Jian's body, and wanted to try to get a role.

This way, she would have more opportunities to interact with the man and make him unable to leave her.

"The actress for 'Comrades: Almost a Love Story' has already been chosen, and your acting skills are not good enough."

Cao Jian ignored her words, fondling her delicate skin with his large hand, and laughed, "You can try it when we're filming 'Young and Dangerous'. I also want to make a movie about a courtesan, with you as the lead."

"Oiran?"

Li Jiaxin felt that this man was insulting her.

Why play a prostitute of all roles?
"What? You don't want to? Even Zhang Manyu can play a prostitute in 'Ji Gong,' but you can't? Do you think you're so high-class?"

"I"

Li Jiaxin was left speechless by the rebuttal.

How can my acting skills compare to Zhang Manyu's?
Cao Jian laughed and said, "If you want to break through, you need to try more roles. Besides, if you play them well, it will also be a kind of improvement for you."

"Ok."

Li Jiaxin was finally persuaded by these words and nodded in agreement.

"You're happy now, we've achieved our goal, let's go back."

Cao Jian straightened his clothes, sat in the front seat of the car, and drove down the mountain himself, while his bodyguards followed in other cars.

Li Jiaxin thought she might be able to sleep in Cao Jian's arms tonight, but Cao Jian, the man who had already pulled up his pants, not only returned to his cold demeanor but also escorted her to her doorstep.

"From now on, I'll be available whenever you call."

After saying that, Cao Jian left.

"You've pulled up your pants, aren't you going to take responsibility?"

After Cao Jian got into his car and drove away, Li Jiaxin, standing at the entrance of her villa, couldn't help but want to curse.

Although tonight's events were exciting and the man brought her unprecedented pleasure, his attitude left her feeling frustrated and even discouraged.

I'm a beautiful woman, and I threw myself at you, trying to please you in every way possible. I thought you wouldn't be able to live without me.

So, it's already past midnight, and you don't even want to stay and give me a little tenderness?
Am I really that bad, not even as good as that Zhu Yin?
Or is he testing me?
In Cao Jian's eyes, Li Jiaxin was indeed inferior to Zhu Yin.

At least he was Zhu Yin's first boyfriend, but what about you, Li Jiaxin?
Although she is beautiful, she can only be considered a plaything at best.

Cao Jian returned home, took a shower, and lay in bed. He still had some memories of the night's events.

Many men say that when women turn off the lights, they are all the same.

That's completely wrong, they're not the same at all, okay?

Ordinary people just don't experience these things. Otherwise, why would ancient emperors favor a particular concubine?

If this woman can stop messing around, she'd be a good mistress, and we could even cast her in some movies.

If Li Jiaxin continues to keep quiet and flirt with wealthy men, then the promises made to her before will not be kept.

With so many women around him, why would he need you?

In the following days, Cao Jian did not call Li Jiaxin, as he was busy filming "Armed Reaction".

Li Jiaxin called Cao Jian several times, but Cao Jian refused to meet her.

However, Wang Fei did come once, saying she wanted to sing the theme song for this film.

Wang Fei's songs are mostly love songs, but the theme song of "Armed Reaction," "Women's True Colors," has a cool and sassy vibe.

This song wasn't written by Cao Jian, but as the director, he certainly had the final say on who sang it.

To allow Wang Fei to try more musical works, this song was given to her.

In the office, Cao Jian held Wang Fei on his lap and said, "Sing well. If we're going to make a music video, I'd really like to see you in a policewoman uniform."

"You're definitely up to something bad again."

Wang Fei glared at him playfully; she knew her man all too well.

Cao Jian did have some unhealthy thoughts in his mind, but the image was of Zhang Baizhi in a police uniform.

However, those photos are from more than a decade later, so we shouldn't overthink them now.

He laughed and said, "I'm an honest man, what could I possibly be thinking?"

"Okay, honest man."

Wang Fei turned around and kissed Cao Jian, then said, "Honey, the weather's been hot lately, and everyone's not too busy. I'm thinking of finding an opportunity to get together with my girlfriends and go on a vacation to an island. What do you think?"

"Sure." Cao Jian naturally supported this suggestion.

He pinched Wang Fei's cheek: "You're becoming more and more like the eldest sister."

"hehe."

When she realized that her own thoughts had been seen through, Wang Fei did not deny it: "Even an emperor has an empress. With so many sisters like me, there has to be someone to lead the way."

"Ok."

Cao Jian chuckled, tacitly agreeing with Wang Fei's idea.

Wang Fei asked, "Is Li Jiaxin considered one of our sisters?"

"this one"

Cao Jian pondered for a moment, then shook his head: "It doesn't count."

"That's pretty much it."

Wang Fei was very satisfied with the answer and put her arm around Cao Jian's neck: "Then I'll arrange this after I finish recording this song. We'll go after your movie wraps up."

"You make the arrangements, I trust you."

Cao Jian naturally trusted Wang Fei, but, "You have quite a few sisters now, should we invite them all?"

Won't that scare her?
However, after Wang Fei left, he still asked someone to keep an eye on Li Jiaxin and see if this woman had been behaving herself lately.

The filming of "Armed Reaction" proceeded smoothly.

This is a female-centric drama where the character Yue'e becomes a female police officer armed with a gun through hard work.

Although there are romantic scenes in the drama, it is completely different from the female-centric workplace dramas that came out of mainland China many years later.

Later workplace dramas used the workplace as a pretext, focusing entirely on romance, and the plots were quite melodramatic.

TVB's workplace dramas, on the other hand, appear very professional.

This is one of the reasons why this show became so popular.

Meanwhile, casting and preparations for "Comrades: Almost a Love Story" are also underway.

Although Zhang Manyu had previously announced a temporary hiatus from acting, she accepted Cao Jian's invitation and immediately agreed to participate after reading the script.

The main reason was that she dared not refuse; Director Cao was no longer the same Cao Jian who acted with her in "Green Snake".

We must give them this face.

When Wang Zuxian heard that she would be working with Zhang Manyu again, she agreed to play the second female lead.

Also in August, Cao Jian's comedy "The God of Cookery" and Wang Jing's "High Risk" were released almost simultaneously.

The Hong Kong entertainment industry is well aware of the feud between the two, which is why their two films generated a lot of buzz upon release.

One is Stephen Chow, the King of Comedy, and the other is Jet Li, the Emperor of Kung Fu. Everyone wants to see who will win.

As soon as "High Risk" was released, audiences discovered the film's shady practices.

It turns out that the director next to Long Wei was subtly referring to our idol Cao Jian?
Fans could not tolerate their idol being insulted like this and immediately called for a boycott of the film.

Some of Cao Jian's die-hard fans even blocked the entrance to Yong Sheng Music Store, demanding that the movie be pulled from theaters.

Some fans, in an attempt to defend their idol, criticized Wang Jing in newspapers for being petty, lamenting that he couldn't compete at the box office and was even using this method to satirize others because of a woman.

Now, Xiang Huaqiang regretted it.

I listened to Wang Jing's hype back then, who said it was a gimmick to make the movie a hit. Now it seems the gimmick is there, but what about the box office?
In contrast, "The God of Cookery," despite its somewhat nonsensical and fantastical plot, still managed to gross over a million Hong Kong dollars per day thanks to Stephen Chow's performance.

Moreover, the scene in the film where Wang Fei sings in a karaoke bar is something that Wang Fei's fans talk about with great interest.

Cao Jian's fans, Wang Fei's fans, and Stephen Chow's star power combined to make this movie completely crush "High Risk".

Li Lianjie, the lead actor in the film, was also somewhat worried when he saw Wang Jing being criticized.

In recent years, in order to pay off his girlfriend's debts, Jet Li signed a three-year, six-film contract with Win's Entertainment, and "High Risk" was one of those six films.

He had no objection to the movie satirizing Jackie Chan, after all, Jackie Chan had taken advantage of his girlfriend in "Twin Dragons".

However, he was somewhat resistant to the part that satirized Cao Jian, since he had a good relationship with Cao Jian and had collaborated with him several times.

Unfortunately, when you're under someone's roof, you have to bow your head; I had no choice but to bite the bullet and film this movie.

As a result, right after filming wrapped, he heard that Cao Jian had become a shareholder of TVB, and he felt that he had offended this fellow townsman.

"When I have the chance, I'll treat Director Cao to a meal and apologize."

Although Jet Li is the "Kung Fu Emperor," he is still just an actor. Cao Jian, on the other hand, is a completely different person now.

(End of this chapter)