Hong Kong Entertainment 1979: A Beating Up the Manager at the Start

On Friday, Time Girl finished her workday.

The four of them have been recording songs recently. It's been tough, but very fulfilling.

Time Girls' album sold very well last year, almost reaching double platinum status.

Lai Siu-tin values ​​this highly and plans to give the four girls some guidance during this period, hoping that this year's album can achieve double platinum status.

Chung Chu-hung packed her things and walked absentmindedly down the company corridor.

Today is Friday, and instead of going back to the dormitory with Ah Mei, she is going back to Chungking Mansions.

If she's not filming a movie, she usually stays home on Saturdays and Sundays to help her parents with their shop.

But recently, she has been somewhat troubled.

Because someone has started harassing her; it's a male merchant named Zhu Jiading.

This guy knows exactly when to come home and when to go to the store.

This troubled her greatly. What troubled her even more was that her father called yesterday and asked her to invite Li Jiangbo home this weekend for a meal.

Chung Chu-hung really wanted to tell her parents that her brother Bo had changed and was no longer the Li Jiangbo she knew.

They're rich, they don't care about the food at home.

But when the words were on the tip of her tongue, Cherie Chung couldn't bring herself to say them and had no choice but to agree to the request.

The elevator quickly arrived at the Time Pictures floor. Chung Chu-hung walked towards Li Jiangbo's office while mentally rehearsing her remarks.

Before I could even finish rehearsing, I had already arrived at my destination.

Chung Chor-hung took a deep breath, thinking she was going all out.

When she opened the door, she saw Li Jiangbo sitting behind his desk looking at documents.

Li Jiangbo looked up and saw that it was Chung Chu-hung.

He asked curiously, "Ah Hong? Is something wrong?"

"Brother Bo, my dad would like to invite you to our house for dinner today."

Li Jiangbo was stunned for a moment, then remained silent.

When Chung Chu-hung didn't get a reply from Li Jiangbo, she said somewhat dejectedly, "Boss, I was being presumptuous..."

Before he could finish speaking, Li Jiangbo interrupted him.

"Sure! It's been a long time since I've had Auntie's cooking."

Chung Chu-hung had already given up, but to everyone's surprise, Li Jiangbo agreed.

She instinctively let out a soft "ah".

Li Jiangbo laughed and said, "Sure! Let's go now."

Before Chung Chu-hung could react, she was dazed and pulled into the car by Li Jiangbo.

She didn't realize what was happening until the car stopped at Chungking Mansions.

Chung Chor-hung originally intended to just go through the motions.

She knew Li Jiangbo was busy, and she also knew he had two close female friends to keep him company. How could he possibly find the time to go back and have dinner with her?

But to everyone's surprise, Li Jiangbo actually agreed.

The two walked into Chungking Mansions together and then into the elevator.

Along the way, Chung Chu-hung kept glancing at Li Jiangbo, thinking to herself: Brother Bo is still the same Brother Bo as before, nothing has changed.

"Is there something on my face?"

Chung Chu-hung exclaimed in surprise and quickly turned her head away, no longer looking at Li Jiangbo.

Her face flushed red. Li Jiangbo was about to say something when the sound of the elevator arriving interrupted his thoughts.

"Brother Bo is here, let's go!" Chung Chu-hung said softly, and without waiting for Li Jiangbo to speak, she pulled him out of the elevator.

As soon as they stepped out of the elevator, a thin little girl ran out from around the corner and almost bumped into the two of them.

Li Jiangbo looked closely and realized it was Li Jiaxin!

"Michele, it's been a long time."

The little girl paused, tilting her head to look at Li Jiangbo.

"Who are you? How do you know my English name?"

Before Li Jiangbo could speak, the little girl looked him over carefully a few more times, and suddenly her eyes lit up.

"Ah! I remember now! You're that... that older brother who used to live next door! You moved away a long time ago!"

Li Jiangbo nodded with a smile, "You have a good memory!"

"I have a Chinese name now, Li Jiaxin. By the way, didn't you become successful? Why are you back here?"

Li Jiangbo suddenly felt like giving this future Miss Hong Kong a hard time, so he changed his mind and said, "I'm here to ask you to act in a movie with me. Are you going or not?"

Li Jiaxin rolled her eyes at Li Jiangbo. "Tch! Making a movie? I know you've made it big, but who would hire a teenage girl to make a movie? Okay, I'm not talking to you anymore, my classmates are waiting for me to go out and play!"

After saying that, he ran into the elevator without looking back.

After watching Li Jiaxin enter the elevator with a smile, Li Jiangbo said, "Let's go!"

The two continued walking inside and soon arrived at Cherie Chung's house.

The door wasn't closed, and Chung Chu-hung pulled Li Jiangbo inside.

As soon as I entered, I saw a slightly overweight man in a suit sitting in the narrow living room.

When the man saw Cherie Chung enter, he quickly stood up. "Cherie, you're back!"

His gaze fell on Li Jiangbo, and he immediately took two steps forward in surprise.

"Hello Mr. Li, I am Zhu Jiading from Tanghuang GG. It's nice to meet you."

Li Jiangbo extended his hand and shook hands with Zhu Jiading, saying, "Hello, hello."

He was about to say something more, but was interrupted by Aunt Zhong.

"Oh! Bo-zai's here! Come in, come in!"

While greeting Li Jiangbo, she turned to Zhu Jiading and said, "Mr. Zhu, we have distinguished guests at home today, so we won't keep you any longer. Please come again another day!"

Zhu Jiading's smile froze instantly. He looked at Li Jiangbo, then at Aunt Zhong. He wanted to say something, but finally said awkwardly:

"Then... I'll go now."

Having said that, he slunk out the door.

The moment the door closed, Mrs. Zhong breathed a long sigh of relief.

"Finally gone! That guy came every day, it was so annoying."

At this moment, Mr. Zhong came out of the kitchen carrying two plates of food. Seeing Li Jiangbo, he quickly put down the plates and greeted him:

"Bo-zai's here! Come, sit down! Ah-hong, pour some tea!"

Li Jiangbo sat on the sofa and chatted with Mrs. Zhong for a while before Mr. Zhong and Cherie Chung brought the food to the table.

"Brother Bo, Mom! Dinner's ready."

Looking at the abundant food on the table, Li Jiangbo said, "Auntie, Uncle has gone to a lot of trouble."

Mr. Zhong sat down beside him, opened a few bottles of baijiu (Chinese liquor), and said, "Don't bother with all this, it's just home cooking. Bo-zai, try some, it's all your favorites."

Li Jiangbo picked up his chopsticks, took a bite of a dish, and nodded. "Mmm! It still tastes the same as before."

Mr. Zhong was so happy he couldn't stop smiling, and he poured him more wine.

The two chatted as they ate, talking about everything from the hardships of the past to the present, from movies to business.

Mr. Zhong had a good capacity for alcohol, toasting his father one glass after another. Li Jiangbo also accepted every toast, his expression remaining unchanged, but his speech became noticeably more stammering.

Chung Chu-hung became a little anxious, "Dad, don't drink with my brother Bo anymore, he's already drunk."

Mr. Chung chuckled, "It's alright, it's alright. I know Bo-zai's alcohol tolerance; he used to be able to drink a lot!"

Li Jiangbo waved his hand, stood up, and swayed slightly.

"I'm fine... Thank you so much, Uncle and Auntie, for today..."

Before he could finish speaking, his body swayed and he almost fell.

Chung Chu-hung quickly supported him, "Dad! Look at you! What are we going to do now?"

Mr. Chung scratched his head, a little embarrassed. "Well... I didn't drink that much! Should we take Bo-zai home?"

Chung Chor-hung shook her head. "Forget it! I can't handle him by myself. Let's just leave him at the hotel."

Aunt Zhong chimed in, "Why spend that money? I remember I still have the key to the house Bo-zai used to live in. Just leave it there!"

Chung Chor-hung nodded. "That's the only way. Sister, come and lend a hand."

And so, Chung Chu-hung and her sister went to great lengths to get Li Jiangbo back to his original room.