Artists under the Rebirth of the Coal Boss

Chapter 200 Fire at Sea, Flowers in Snow, Fish in Stone
The two played around all day until Li Bingbing took Lin Xingzhuo to the Peninsula Hotel at No. 32 Zhongshan East Road, where they had dinner at Sir Ellie's Restaurant on the thirteenth floor of the hotel.

Still no sign of the dog...

This is so bizarre!

The reporters and paparazzi of the millennium were incredibly formidable!
They're fielding their strongest players and aces! All the exposure is of top-tier celebrities!!

Compared to the 2020s, when paparazzi would frequently expose scandals about top celebrities on Weibo, only to find out later that the person was someone no one had ever heard of, such as Karami, the situation has changed dramatically.

The paparazzi of the two eras were completely different in intensity!

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"Xingzhuo, this pan-fried duck liver and duck leg dumplings are my favorite dishes at this restaurant."

Li Bingbing's words interrupted Lin Xingzhuo's thoughts.

"Okay, I'll try it."

Lin Xingzhuo looked at the plate in front of her, which contained pan-fried duck liver with citrus sauce and dumplings made from duck leg meat.

In his past life, he had compiled a list of films for the Oscar for Best Foreign Language Film, and this French dish was featured in the movie "Babette's Feast".

Lin Xingzhuo cut off a piece with a knife and fork, then put it in his mouth and chewed.

Mmm, it tastes good!

After being pan-fried, the duck liver develops a golden, crispy caramelized layer on the surface, while the inside remains delicate, smooth, and melts in your mouth, with a creamy texture.

The citrus marmalade wasn't thick enough; it was a bit too sweet...

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Lin Xingzhu put her confusion aside and began to deal with the dishes that were being served one after another, such as French roasted spring chicken, dry-aged yellowtail amberjack, and pink tiramisu.

While watching his partner eat like a wild beast, Li Bingbing sipped his Haut-Brion white wine, swirling his glass of red wine.

Of course, she wouldn't tell Lin Xingzhuo.

The reporter from Entertainment Weekly sent a text message this morning, saying that the itinerary had been changed to tomorrow, but I was having too much fun at Happy Valley and accidentally "forgot" to tell Lin Xingzhuo.

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Li Bingbing once took a course on talent management at the Shanghai Theatre Academy.

This course was quite popular at the Shanghai Theatre Academy at the time, after all, there are so many handsome men and beautiful women every year, but only a few will eventually stand out.

So for a while, it was very popular in schools for performing arts students to take one or two more behind-the-scenes courses as a backup plan...

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The course also invited Li Xiaowan, a senior producer and top agent in the industry, to give a lecture.

At the time, she mentioned the popular practice of creating romantic pairings in Hong Kong and Taiwan, and offered an interesting perspective.

When it comes to shipping couples, it's all about the tension.

The most compelling couples are always the ones with the most tension!

What is tension?

In physics, tension is defined as the pulling force that exists on both sides of any cross-section of an object when the object undergoes tensile deformation. These forces are perpendicular to the cross-section, equal in magnitude, and opposite in direction.

The tension in a CP (Content Component) lies precisely in this opposite direction!

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Li Xiaowan said that when she was reading Murong Xuecun's serialized novel "Rongcheng, Please Forget Me Tonight" on Tianya Forum, she had come across many posts in the literary section...

Two of the posts were quite interesting.

The questions are "What do you think is the most heart-wrenching setting in the novel?" and "What is your favorite setting in the novel?"

She found that the top-rated answers to the two questions were strikingly similar.

The most upvoted answer under "The most heartbreaking setting":

Liars die from honesty! Loyal men die from betrayal! Cowards die from courage! Vain men die from infatuation!

The most popular answer under the "Favorite Novel Setting" thread was:

It simply means deleting the words "died from" and adding a "的".

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This example left a deep impression on Li Bingbing, and he still can't forget it to this day...

Unfortunately, in the second week after that open course ended, Ren Quan found a way to make money by shooting commercials, and his university life suddenly became busy. He only scratched the surface of this elective course and never attended it again...

Over the years, as Li Bingbing has worked in the industry, he has increasingly realized...

Humans are naturally drawn to contrasts!

Why do the phrases "brainless" and "unhappy" remain popular for so long? Why is it that every monk is paired with a demoness?

The contrast is so striking that the audience loves it!

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Li Bingbing later mentioned it to her younger sister, Li Xue.

She agreed.

The current mainstream trend in film and television dramas is basically in line with Li Xiaowan's prediction. She truly deserves to be called the first-generation gold medal agent of Huayu Entertainment, who founded Rongxinda...

Aloof people deserve someone who knows how to flirt; those with a heart for the world deserve someone who only has eyes for you.

A pure and innocent woman must be paired with a free spirit; a virtuous gentleman must be paired with a troublemaker.

The abbot of Shaolin Temple needs to be paired with a few enchanting women!
The one who puts in all their effort should be paired with someone who dares to love and hate, someone who calculates everything but leaves you a way out;
An empress who rules the world and is ruthless needs a carefree knight-errant who doesn't care about power or wealth and upholds justice.

He's still someone whose power and wealth can't restrain him. In short, the greater the contrast, the greater the tension!
The most perfect combination is one where the directions are opposite but the forces are the same.

Like fire on the sea, flowers in the snow, and fish in the rocks, it's breathtaking!

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Li Bingbing felt this way when she was with Lin Xingzhuo...

One is from a professional background, the other is completely self-taught;

One was from a family of laid-off workers in Northeast China, studying in a small town; the other was born into wealth and privilege, with four generations of high-ranking officials in the imperial family.
One is an extremely self-disciplined, extremely rational, and acting-obsessed model student in the entertainment industry; the other is a lazy, indulgent, capricious, and poorly acting coal-related cool tyrant.
The two people's education, family background, personality, and values ​​are completely incompatible!!

However, Li Bingbing was starting to like this sense of taboo more and more...

The so-called taboo is actually just the word "impossible"!

The entertainment industry is full of illusions and fleeting moments; good things never last!

But that fleeting collision was enough to dazzle and captivate, becoming an unforgettable swan song for the rest of one's life...

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Lin Xingzhuo enjoyed a delicious meal at Sir Ellie's Restaurant.

Little did he know that the girl across from him, drinking red wine and eating only salad, was experiencing a "suspension bridge effect" under the stimulation of a series of extreme rides at Happy Valley, giving rise to so many pink thoughts.

After finishing the last serving of pink tiramisu, Lin Xingzhuo wiped her mouth with a polyester napkin and looked around the restaurant.

strange?
Still no sign of the paparazzi...

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After finishing their meal, the two went to the Namco arcade at Pacific Department Store in Xujiahui.

Lin Xingzhuo couldn't help but sigh.

Once a woman starts shopping, it's like she has unlimited stamina!

I haven't been slacking off at Fangyan Scenic Area in Yongkang City these past few days!

Jin Shijie's annotated version of "Body Awakening and Limb Liberation: Methodology of Experimental Drama at Lanju Workshop" and Yu Zhanyuan's handwritten annotations of "ZG Drama Academy (Martial Arts) Textbook".

Lin Xingzhuo diligently studied and practiced the contents of both notebooks, and her personal trainer, Lin Roujia, arranged for her to receive traditional Chinese medicine treatments and Western-style physical therapy.

Lin Xingzhuo clearly felt an improvement in his physical fitness...

However, Lin Xingzhuo still found it a bit hard to resist Li Bingbing when she was shopping...

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Li Bingbing, carrying a basket of game tokens, walked up to a claw machine and asked, "Have you ever played this before?"

Lin Xingzhu shook his head and said truthfully, "No!"

In my past life, I was so busy with paperwork and reports that I never had time to play claw machines.

Li Bingbing inserted three coins, operated the joystick, and said confidently:
"It's okay, I'll teach you!"

"The best way to get the doll is to grab the joystick and shake it up and down, left and right, and right and left and right..."

Beep! Bang! Thump!
Lin Xingzhuo: “…”

Looking at the Mole Manor plush toy that had fallen off its claw, Li Bingbing said awkwardly:

"I forgot! The dolls closest to the hole are the easiest to grab. I chose the wrong one! Let's try again! The grabbing path is shorter and it's easier to be thrown into the hole!"

Beep! Buzz! Thump!
Lin Xingzhuo: “…”

Li Bingbing looked at the plush toy that had been thrown even further away, his face a little pale, and said, "This doesn't count!"

"Um... Kumamon plushies with such big heads tend to slip off easily when gripped by the head, so let me grab the neck..."

Beep! Squeak! Thump!
Lin Xingzhuo: “…”

Looking at Kumamon, who had fallen into a dead corner of the machine, Li Bingbing gritted his teeth and said, "Actually, I prefer the Disney Princess series..."

Seeing that Li Bingbing's face was starting to turn red, Lin Xingzhuo quickly put the yo-yo back on, glanced at his phone, and said:

"My executive manager, Xiao Ma, should be arriving soon. I'll go tell him where the parking is."

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Twenty minutes later, Lin Xingzhuo returned to the claw machine area.

They found that Li Bingbing still had a serious expression, his anger was at its peak, and he was still grabbing fiercely!
The game coin box next to her was already stacked four times; this was her fourth round of game coins!

The plush toys around him, however, remained a complete disappointment...

Lin Xingzhuo stepped forward and asked, "Bingbing, how is it?"

Li Bingbing didn't notice Lin Xingzhuo's address. She was staring intently at the claw hook and said, "Go play a couple of rounds of King of Fighters '97! I'm almost there!"

Lin Xingzhuo saw the shadow of Bingxi Kan Yidao on Li Bingbing's claw machine...

Lin Xingzhuo couldn't stand it any longer and pointed to the Disney-themed claw machine next to them, saying, "Why don't you try this one? Isn't Cindy your favorite princess?"

Li Bingbing glanced at it and shook his head, saying:

"This one won't work. I asked the clerk, and someone just won the grand prize this morning. This machine contains genuine Disney merchandise; the odds are extremely low, and it hasn't done so for the past two months..."

Beep! Thump!

Ding-a-ling! Congratulations! Please collect your prize!

Li Bingbing: ? ? ?

(End of this chapter)