Artists under the Rebirth of the Coal Boss

Chapter 226 Scoundrel
After a chaotic meal during the day, the oil stains on the floor were still impossible to clean.

Asa kept apologizing and even added Lin Xingzhuo's contact information, saying that she would help Lin Xingzhuo hire a Filipino maid from Aijun Housekeeping to thoroughly clean the house.

In the evening, Lin Xingzhuo, Zhang Youqian, and Xiao Ma were supposed to go to the Tang Court at the Langham Hotel in Hong Kong, which was being awarded a Michelin star for the first time, to experience the stir-fried lobster with three scallions and the stuffed and baked fresh crab shell.

However, Master Zhou ran a seafarer labor agency in Hong Kong and invited Xiao Ma to meet up at the ZG City nightclub at 67 Mody Road.

Zhang Youqian had a small get-together with her senior classmates who work at Stevenson Huang Law Firm.

The three-person team's food exploration plan had to be abandoned.

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Back in the hotel's deluxe king room, Lin Xingzhuo took out the Hong Kong version PSP he had bought in Hong Kong, as well as the newly purchased "Phantasy Star Portable 2," and simply lay down on the king bed to play games.

Phantasy Star Portable 2 is the second best-selling game on the PSP platform this year, second only to Monster Hunter Portable 2nd Generation!
Sales far exceeded those of other PSP titles released during the same period, such as Tekken 6 and Soulcalibur: Broken Fate...

Of course, Lin Xingzhuo misses even more the Sega Mega Drive game "Phantasy Star IV: The End of the Millennium".

The game's storyline remains unsurpassed to this day, making it one of the many classic masterpieces on the Mega Drive, and also Sega's strongest flagship RPG to date...

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Lin Xingzhuo worked for two or three hours.

Satomi Ishihara, who is studying at NYU's Tisch School of the Arts, proactively sent a video invitation.

Lin Xingzhuo, as the top executive of Tiger Shadow, is concerned about this international division's sole representative in the Japanese market...

Of course, everyone should receive the same treatment.

The two chatted for a while, and Lin Xingzhuo learned that Ishihara Satomi's roommate, Margot Robbie, had also bought an American version of the PSP and "Phantasy Star Portable 2".

Phantasy Star Portable 2 features an online multiplayer mode.

Lin Xingzhuo simply asked Ishihara Satomi to borrow it, and the two of them connected online on the Alliance Zone game platform, following the online strategy guides posted by players on Twitter.

It turned out that it was completely unplayable...

The network infrastructure in 2009 was still too poor, with latency exceeding 300ms. Operations such as dodging and charging were all rendered ineffective due to latency, resulting in an extremely poor combat experience.

Buzz!! Buzz buzz buzz!
Just then, Lin Xingzhuo's phone rang, and he decisively ended this disastrous international game...

Lin Xingzhuo picked up the Nokia 5230 and saw that the caller ID was Asa.

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Actually, Asa wasn't a great beauty; it's just that her type was relatively rare in the entertainment industry around the turn of the millennium...

However, Asa's appearance is very memorable, so you won't have trouble recognizing her.

The entertainment industry's biggest fear is someone who is beautiful but has no unique characteristics.

Similarly, there's Chen Sa, who's currently enjoying great popularity, and Ju Jingwei, who rose to prominence later.

Existence is reasonable.

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After the call was connected, there was only a long silence on the other end.

The faint crackling of the electrical current made the girl's sobs on the other end of the phone sound even more jarring...

Asa finally broke the silence, her voice a little hoarse: "Lin Sheng, that... what we talked about at dinner, is it true?"

Although Lin Xingzhuo had lived two lives, this was the first time she had encountered such a melodramatic plot. She racked her brains to come up with what she thought was a humorous way of speaking in an attempt to defuse the awkwardness.

"Zhuo Yan, if you want to get by in life, you have to be a little cuckolded..."

As soon as Lin Xingzhuo finished speaking, a sudden burst of crying erupted on the other end of the phone. Seven or eight minutes later, Asa finally calmed down and choked out:

"Mr. Lin, there's no misunderstanding... I... I have a friend... who married Prince Kee... They secretly got married in the United States in 2006..."

“I told my best friend… about what happened between Prince and Angela in the parking lot… and she asked Prince about it.”

"He threw a huge tantrum today, smashed a lot of things, and slammed the door before leaving the house..."

Lin Xingzhuo hadn't expected Cai Zhuoyan to play a card that suggested "a friend out of nowhere." In this situation, it wasn't appropriate to directly confront her; the only option was to listen...

The six psychological stages of a person facing a major crisis are: shock, denial, anger, pain, depression, and acceptance.

Asa is currently in the fourth phase...

The two chatted on and off until the early hours of the morning.

Asa suddenly said, "Mr. Lin, Prince Ji expressed his love in French on Facebook, could it be him...?"

Lin Xingzhuo said firmly, "No. The sudden declaration of love at dawn was because of my guilt over cheating!"

woo woo woo...

On the other end of the phone, Asa, who had initially calmed down a bit, started crying again...

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Of course, Lin Xingzhuo said this to Asa not because she lacked emotional intelligence, but to help her face reality sooner...

Anyway, their secret marriage will be exposed next year, and it'll be doomed to divorce once it's out in the light!

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Prince Kei's father is Cheng Tung-han, a well-known figure in Hong Kong's entertainment circle.

A godfather figure in the Hong Kong music scene!!
Liu Wenzhen, Xu Guanjie, Chen Baiqiang, Tan Yonglin, Wang Jie, Xu Xiaofeng, Lam Zaixiang, Tong Ange, Su Bing, the Four Heavenly Kings, Zhang Huimei, Xiao Yaxuan...

Most of the people in the Hong Kong music scene were promoted by Cheng Tung-han...

He has this identity in the Hong Kong and Taiwan circles.

To put it simply, there's nothing he can't do, only things you can't imagine; he does whatever he wants.

When this young master was born, more than seventy Hong Kong and Taiwanese singers and stars went to the Zheng family to celebrate. Even the then-Asian superstar, Deng Lijun, took a red-eye flight back to Japan after participating in the Kohaku Uta Gassen (Red and White Song Battle) to send him her blessings.

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This family environment fostered Prince Ji's violent temper, as well as his vices of alcoholism and violence!
In 97, Prince Kee was exposed by gossip reporters for having a relationship with his female assistant.

He boarded the train without buying a ticket, got his female assistant pregnant, and when she found him, Prince Kei beat her up and kicked her in the stomach.

He even jokingly called the other person "iron-skinned," implying they were impossible to get rid of!
When Zheng Donghan learned of this, he flew from Hong Kong to Taibei overnight and mobilized his connections.

They asked Huo Tanzi, a henchman of Wu Dun, the chief protector of the Bamboo Union, to settle the matter.

Arranged for the woman to have an abortion, silencing the reporters...

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Two years after the "abortion scandal" subsided, Chi-kei started playing the field, dating both Miriam Yeung and Cecilia Cheung at the same time...

Yang Qianhua and famous lyricist Huang Weiwen got drunk at a nightclub and ordered eight Long Island Iced Teas in a row, which gave birth to the song "Unfortunately I am an Aquarius".

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Later, Prince Ji caused another incident called "airplane hitting people".

He was seen drinking Polish rectified vodka and smoking cigars in first class with a young model when a flight attendant discovered them. Enraged, he punched her several times, knocking out two of her molars.

Later, even the flight crew got into a fight.

Ultimately, the plane was forced to make an emergency landing in Alaska...

He was arrested by the FBI as soon as he got off the plane. In the end, Zheng Donghan stepped in, found someone, and paid compensation to resolve the matter.

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In 2010, their secret marriage was exposed, and he and Asa held a press conference to announce their divorce.

At the press conference, Prince Ji broke down in tears and emphasized that the divorce did not involve a third party and was for the sake of a better future for both of them.

Asa's look at the press conference was absolutely priceless...

Asa: Cry, cry as hard as you can, I'm not going to say anything, I'll just watch you act.

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Prince Ji is indeed very good at manipulating public psychology, putting on the mask of a devoted lover and a victim, and easily defeating public opinion.

But his performance was really terrible. No sooner had he finished the press conference than his relationship with Yu Simin, the leading lady of Hong Kong Cable Television, was exposed.

The couple got married the following year while the baby was pregnant.

At his wedding, his best man teased him about his tearful press conference announcing his divorce the previous year.

Prince Ji laughed and said, "Does peeing count as crying?"

"I played a training match with Yu Simin at four o'clock that morning!"

"She found someone new, and she wants to continue flirting with the old one, but the law doesn't allow her to marry multiple men, so she cried sadly..."

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Does Prince Kei really love Yu Simin?
Of course not!
He just wanted to use a pregnant woman to fulfill his duty of continuing the family line.

They divorced after having two children, agreeing to pay each other HK$8000 in alimony each month…

Later, through connections, they obtained a bankruptcy order, which reduced the alimony to HK$3500 per month.

You can call him a scumbag, say he cheated, say he's a pervert, and so on, and some people might believe it.

He said he couldn't afford alimony
Ha ha……

Sure enough, after the alimony lawsuit was over, Prince Ji completed his personal bankruptcy reorganization.

She was also photographed by reporters having an oyster feast with Miss Hong Kong winner Crystal Fung at La Mer, Hawaii's only AAA five-diamond restaurant, and going on a yacht trip.

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Besides these major incidents, other incidents such as the assault on a reporter, the PC scandal, and drunk driving accidents have emerged one after another...

The lyrics of Prince Ji's hit song "Rogue" perfectly capture his selfish, cold, and calculating nature...

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I occasionally get drunk and really enjoy the freedom.

I often make mistakes and lie, but I always feel guilty.
Having met many bad friends, I've learned to be fickle and easily bored.

I also owe many women

I'm afraid I'll only keep my promises for three minutes when I get married.
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The next day, after chatting with Asa all night, Lin Xingzhuo, sporting dark circles under his eyes, got into Xiao Ma's Nissan Cerina at Zhang Youqian's urging.

This is a vehicle that Xiao Ma borrowed from the seafarer labor agency company under Master Zhou's name, and arrived at the back alley of Tsim Sha Tsui at the intersection of Kimberley Road and Observatory Road.

This is the filming location of "Love in a Puff". This is the audition for the second male lead, Jiahao.

Chun Jiao's ex-boyfriend discovers the ambiguous text messages that Zhi Ming sent to Chun Jiao, believes that Chun Jiao has cheated on him, and breaks up with him, which becomes a key turning point in the development of Chun Jiao and Zhi Ming's relationship.

The role of Lin Xingzhuo was already arranged; today is just a screening process...

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Upon entering the film set, I saw Yu Wenle and Prince Ji chatting about the driving experience of Japanese young models...

Lin Xingzhu remembered.

Holy crap! Gold Typhoon also invested in this movie!
When Yu Wenle saw Lin Xingzhuo, she froze.
Director Pang Ho-cheung said he found a mainland actor to play the second male lead, but he didn't mention that it was this amazing person!

(End of this chapter)