Chapter 66: The Lustful Male Star

Although Wen Yue is reluctant to spend her private time on various banquets, she cannot avoid some occasions, such as tonight's banquet.

Speaking of banquets, tonight's banquet is actually more like a private party. The purpose of holding it is not very formal. It has nothing to do with weddings and birthdays. It is just a sudden idea of ​​the banquet host - to invite friends to go out to sea before the weather gets cold.

Well, Wen Yue is on a cruise ship at sea.

At the same time, the banquet host's definition of "friends" is also very broad. Invitations are sent to familiar and unfamiliar people, and those who hold the invitations can invite two or three good friends to board the ship.

And Wen Yue is one of the friends that the banquet host is not familiar with.

Even the two of them are not friends.

The host of the banquet was named Zhuang, and he was the prince of Zhuang's Films, the leader of the Hong Kong film and television industry.

Wen Yue got to know him because Zhuang's Films was recently planning to shoot a modern family movie. The investment in this movie was not large, but it was definitely star-studded, and many popular stars were invited to star.

In addition, according to the system, this movie was very popular after its release and was the box office champion during the Spring Festival.

Yes, although it is already mid-October, there are only three months left before the Chinese New Year. In the domestic entertainment industry 30 years later, this amount of time may not even be enough for filming.

But the production cycle of Hong Kong movies is mostly not long, especially now that it is still the 1990s when Hong Kong movies were most prosperous.

During this period, Hong Kong was full of talents. Some fast directors could finish a movie in just ten days. From confirming the movie script to the release, they could really finish it in two or three months.

Some people made movies without even a script. They started filming as soon as they got the movie name. The plot was all thought up by the director during the filming process, and the lines were all improvised by the actors.

The filming time was short. It was not uncommon to finish filming in twenty or thirty days. The results were not bad. Even if you watch it again decades later, you would not think it was a bad movie.

Zhuang's Pictures is planning to shoot such a movie.

Wen Yue grew up in the era of information explosion. Before she traveled through time, she was poisoned by viral marketing. As an ordinary audience, she was very annoyed by this kind of thing because she often passively received information that she did not care about.

But from the perspective of a company leader, Wen Yue understands this behavior. In many cases, marketing can indeed greatly increase brand awareness. After all, good wine needs to be advertised.

After taking over Li Rong Department Store, Wen Yue has been working on both ends, internally carrying out reforms and improving services, and externally doing marketing to improve brand awareness.

So far, the results of both efforts are quite significant. In the minds of many citizens, Li Rong Department Store has gradually become a place in its own right, and many people will take a bus to come shopping when they are free.

So after confirming that the movie would be a hit and learning from the system that a scene in the movie happened to be shot in a shopping mall, Wen Yue felt that she could not miss this opportunity and decisively asked someone to contact Chuang's Pictures to discuss product placement sponsorship.

As luck would have it, the producer of this movie is none other than Zhuang Zhijun, the prince of Zhuang's Pictures.

The prince had just graduated from college and was forced by his father to work in the company. The project was given to him purely to help him gain experience. He himself was not very concerned about preparing the movie, and all the work was done by his subordinates.

However, he personally negotiated the cooperation with Lirong Department Store and gave the green light throughout the process.

As for the reason, it was related to Wen Yue's rejection of several private invitations before.

Wen Yue was busy, and after a tiring day at work, she really had no time or energy to enjoy a nightlife. And she has been in the limelight recently, with various invitations coming one after another. She didn't want to force herself to socialize with people after work, so she rejected all the private invitations she could.

As many people refused, she was labeled as "difficult to hire".

Of course, in Wen Yue's view, being labeled as such was not a bad thing. After all, the rich people in the top ten of the Hong Kong Rich List were very difficult to hire. Wen Yue, who was ranked dozens of times outside, was very honored to have the same treatment as them.

Well, Wen Yue was also on the rich list.

Of course, she was not on the list because she became the president of Lirong Department Store. Long before Wen Yue came here, her original body was on the rich list with the shares of Lirong Group.

Even if you only look at the list of rich women, she ranks quite high.

It's just that her original body used to live a secluded life. The biggest thing that Hong Kong citizens knew about her was that she was the daughter of the richest man and the only child left in the eldest branch of the Wen family. Not many people paid attention to this.

Now Wen Yue's newspaper company is thriving, and the Lirong department store business she runs is also booming. She has also been in the spotlight several times and has long been a regular in newspapers. More and more people are paying attention to these marginal information.

This is also the main reason why Wen Yue has received more invitations recently.

Especially those second-generation rich people who have nothing to do have been very keen on inviting Wen Yue to the parties they hold recently, as if her presence can make their parties more prosperous -

exaggerated, in the final analysis, they just want Wen Yue to show up to help them save face. There are

many second-generation rich people in Hong Kong, and many of them are smart and capable. They are keen to invite Wen Yue but dare not bother those people. In essence, they do not put Wen Yue on the same level as those people.

This is certainly not because the Wen family is not rich enough. Although the Wen family is not a century-old family, it has been rich for decades and is still the richest family.

The parents of these second-generation rich people dare not look down on Wen Rongsheng.

The fundamental reason is that Wen Yue is too young and has not been in charge of Lirong Department Store for a long time. In addition, she is a woman, so these second-generation rich people are unwilling to admit that Wen Yue is no longer on the same level as them.

Wen Yue doesn't want to pay attention to them anymore. She is not a bitch. Why would she mix with a group of parasites who like to engage in gender discrimination?

However, Zhuang Zhijun looked at the playboy. He was instigated by his bad friends to contact Wen Yue at first, but he gave the green light to Lirong Department Store. His main purpose was to get to know her.

After all, connections are very important in business. Although the Wen family's industry and Zhuang's Pictures seem to have nothing to do with each other, it certainly doesn't hurt to know more people. Maybe one day they can cooperate?

Zhuang Zhijun's life principle is that more friends mean more paths, and his principle is not limited to the circle of wealthy families. He is happy to make friends with people from all walks of life.

This is also the main reason why this cruise dinner has almost no threshold.

As soon as the cooperation was negotiated, Zhuang Zhijun invited Wen Yue before leaving the conference room.

Wen Yue took advantage of the cooperation and was embarrassed to break the contract on the spot, so she agreed.

Well, in fact, part of the reason is that the cruise dinner was scheduled on Saturday, so she didn't have to go to work during the day, and she could sleep until dawn after the dinner, so she had enough time to rest.

Moreover, she had never been to sea in half a year since she traveled across the ocean. She had never attended a party of this type, so she was a little interested. She

was very excited when she arrived, but she was disappointed less than half an hour after she got on board.

The party held on the cruise ship was actually not much different from that held in a private club. At most, the host of the party was relatively young, and most of the guests invited were second-generation people, with very few people over fifty years old. Therefore, the scene was quite lively, just like a disco scene.

Wen Yue had no interest in disco. The changing lights made her dizzy. She left the banquet hall after staying there for a while, preparing to find an empty lounge to stay in until she got off the ship.

It was called a lounge, but in fact it was more like a suite. There was a small living room on the outside, a bedroom behind the partition, and a bathroom inside.

The room was not big, with a double bed, a sliding wardrobe, a small tea table and two small stools with some designs next to the floor-to-ceiling window.

Sitting by the floor-to-ceiling window and looking at the sea was quite relaxing. It would be even more comfortable if you could have some snacks and a pot of tea.

Wen Yue thought about it, and got up to go out and ask the kitchen what food was available. If there was nothing, you could get it from the banquet hall. But just as she walked to the door, she heard a "click".

It seemed that she did not close the door when she came in?

As soon as the thought flashed through her mind, footsteps were heard outside, and they were overlapping, obviously there were more than two people.

There was another "click" after entering the door, followed by the sound of exchanging saliva.

Wen Yue, who was hesitating whether to go out, stopped completely. Others were making out, would it be inappropriate for her to go out like this?

[It’s not good.] The voice of the system echoed in her mind.

Wen Yue was stunned: [Why are you still here?] At this time, shouldn’t the system be harmonized?

The system replied: [Because you, the host, are only separated from them by a wall, there is no picture.]

Wen Yue was relieved and continued to ask hesitantly: [But if they want to do something more in-depth next, will it be worse for me to stay here?]

[It seems to be worse.] The system continued to agree.

[So let’s go out?]

After Wen Yue finished speaking, she was ready to take that step again, but before she took a step out, someone outside spoke: "Why did Mrs. Chen look for me today?"

Wait, Mrs. Chen?

Zhuang Zhijun loves to have a good time. He invited hundreds of people tonight. Including the friends brought by the invitees, not counting the staff, there are estimated to be 150 to 200 people on the cruise ship.

These people come from various circles, the second generation of wealthy families, the entertainment circle, and the financial investment circle. Wen Yue can't recognize them at all, let alone remember many of them.

But she really knows one person who is called Mrs. Chen.

Mrs. Chen's surname is actually Cai. Her family is in the plastic business. She married the second son of the Chen family who is in the jewelry business. The second son

of the Chen family is a playboy. He refused to settle down after marriage and has a lot of confidantes.

Miss Cai was also raised in a spoiled family and has a hot temper. The Cai family is not an unknown wealthy family in Hong Kong. The family is similar to the Chen family. They are very confident and naturally unwilling to swallow their anger.

So after the two got married, they had a big quarrel every three days, a small quarrel every two days, and they made the headlines every few days because of quarrels.

Although Wen Yue was almost exhausted by work recently and had no intention of checking in on the rich gossip, her family had subscribed to various newspapers for a long time. No matter whether it was the love, hate, and hatred in the rich circle or the entertainment circle, she didn't miss any of them.

Wen Yue remembered that there was a newspaper report two days ago that Chen Ershao went skiing in Europe with his new love. He came back so soon?

That's not right. When she went to the bathroom earlier, she happened to hear two people in the cubicle chatting about this matter. The general meaning was that Chen Ershao had been in Europe and had not returned yet, and she still had the mind to get on the boat to attend a private party.

And with Miss Cai's temper, even if Chen Ershao flew back, she shouldn't forgive him so quickly.

Who is the man outside?

The system couldn't answer this question either, because Wen Yue had only heard about Miss Cai and Mr. Chen quarreling, but had never met them in person. Even the fact that she was on the cruise ship was from the gossip she heard in the bathroom.

It was not easy for her to stick her head out to see, so she wasn't even sure if the person outside was Mrs. Chen, whom she knew.

Soon, Wen Yue had the answer.

A woman's voice soon rang out from outside: "Why are we looking for you? Don't you know?"

The man deliberately asked: "Is it because Mr. Chen went abroad to ski?"

As soon as the words fell, there was a snort, followed by the woman's angry voice: "Don't mention that stinky man to me! It would be better if he didn't come back from abroad, so that we can have more time to see each other, right?"

"Indeed."

Well, the man's identity as her lover was confirmed.

Wen Yue couldn't get out at all.

She turned her head to look at the bed, then glanced at the bathroom door, wondering whether it would be more convincing to pretend to be asleep and just woke up, or to pretend to have a stomachache and just finished using the toilet.

But before she made up her mind, there was movement outside again.

It was the sound of a body falling onto the sofa.

It wasn't loud, but it was audible.

Then the kissing became louder, the conversation gradually became restricted, and from time to time, not-so-harmonious sounds could be heard.

It was confirmed that the battlefield was the sofa in the living room.

The two people outside should not come in for a short time.

Wen Yue breathed a sigh of relief, but she had a headache and regretted why she didn't leave earlier. Although it was embarrassing to catch someone having an affair, it was no better than hearing the whole process and then meeting the person face to face. If

something like that really happened, Wen Yue didn't know whether the two people outside would be socially dead or not, and she would definitely not be able to hold up her face.

Wen Yue thought about it, her eyes fell on the door handle, she stretched out her hand to touch it, and then, while the two people outside were getting excited and their voices were high, she locked the door with a "click".

After that, she held her breath, put her ear against the wall and listened quietly for a while.

There was no movement, but the screaming was still there, so she must not have noticed.

Wen Yue was completely relieved, turned around and tiptoed into the bathroom. There was no way, the two people in the living room were really noisy. The bathroom was farther away, and the noise was relatively quieter.

She planned to stay inside until the people outside finished and left, or to move the battlefield and find that the door of the master bedroom was locked, and then leave in shame after suspecting that someone was there.

But the facts were not quite the same as Wen Yue's preset script.

The two people did leave the living room after finishing, but because the bathroom was a bit far from the living room and there was a window in the bathroom, Wen Yue opened the window to wash her ears and kept listening to the sound of the waves.

So Wen Yue didn't know when the two people in the living room finished, she only knew that it was quiet outside when she walked out of the bathroom.

She wanted to take this opportunity to leave, but just as she touched the doorknob, before she turned it, the sound of the door opening came from the living room again, followed by overlapping footsteps, and then the sound of saliva.

What happened next was like a repeat of the incident half an hour ago. Even the man was the same, but the heroine had changed.

The heroine half an hour ago was Mrs. Chen, and this time the heroine's surname was Yang, and from the sound of her voice, she was a rich girl.

Well, the two people outside were doing things and chatting at the same time.

Through their conversation, Wen Yue finally knew who the man outside was.

The man's name is Zhuo Wenfeng. He is a popular star in recent years. Although his popularity cannot be compared with those of the Four Heavenly Kings, he also has his own representative works.

In addition, he is handsome and has many fans.

The rich girl named Yang is his fan, and now she has been upgraded to his girlfriend.

Yes, although Zhuo Wenfeng is a dedicated and abstinent person to the outside world, he is actually a scumbag who has a girlfriend but still messes around. He is so bold that he attends the same banquet with his girlfriend and repeatedly brings different people to the same lounge to mess around.

After Zhuo Wenfeng took his girlfriend away, Wen Yue thought the farce was over and did not leave in a hurry. She sat on the stool in the bedroom to blow the wind.

As a result, less than ten minutes later, there was movement outside again.

Because of the loud sound of the waves, Wen Yue did not hear the door opening, and it was too late when she realized that Zhuo Wenfeng had brought someone again.

And it was unknown whether Zhuo Wenfeng had a special liking for the sofa in the living room or what, but after entering, he led everyone straight to the sofa without changing the location.

The person had changed again. This time, the husband's surname was Fang. Zhuo Wenfeng called her Mrs. Fang, and later called her by her name, but the voice was noisy and Wen Yue could not hear it clearly.

When Zhuo Wenfeng led people away again, Wen Yue didn't dare to stay in this lounge at all. She went out and went straight to the deck. She needed to get some fresh air.

There were quite a few people on the deck, basically gathered in twos and threes. Some were couples, some were friends, and some were partners. They were attending the banquet and discussing business.

Among the people discussing business, there was an acquaintance of Wen Yue. After seeing her, he said something to the people around him, then walked over with a glass of wine, and asked with a smile: "Miss Wen, good evening."

"Hello, Miss Fu." Wen Yue nodded and said.

The visitor was Fu Wenfang. Zhou Fujin, who she represented, had been cooperating with Zhuang's Films for a long time. She had also met Zhuang Zhijun several times, so she also received an invitation.

After saying hello, Fu Wenfang asked Wen Yue where she had been just now. Wen Yue waved her hand and said, "Don't mention it. I listened to three plays."

"It seems that these are plays that Miss Wen doesn't like to listen to." After Fu Wenfang finished speaking, she briefly introduced the identities of the people who chatted with her and invited Wen Yue to join.

Those people were not actually rich people, but just senior executives of various companies, but one of them worked for a luxury brand and his level was not low.

After considering it, Wen Yue went over to chat with them for a while and exchanged business cards with each other.

After exchanging business cards, the people dispersed.

Although the people invited by Zhuang Zhijun were from all walks of life, there were quite a few elites among them. Fu Wenfang's main purpose of coming here was to make connections, so she simply exchanged a few words with Wen Yue and went straight into the banquet hall.

Wen Yue continued to stay on the deck to get some fresh air.

It's just that she has been in the limelight recently, and many people want to hook up with her.

The hooking here is literal. Not only do young and beautiful women want to hook up with rich men, but there are also many men who think they are handsome and dream of hooking up with rich women to get rich overnight.

What? She is married?

In the eyes of these men, as long as her husband is not around, everything is not a problem.

So not long after Wen Yue was left alone, three or four young men came to hook up with her, and the last one to come was an acquaintance.

Although they had never met formally, Wen Yue had heard him talk about it three times, so it was hard not to be familiar with him.

Zhuo Wenfeng obviously didn't know that Wen Yue had listened to him. He walked to a place not far from Wen Yue, and posed in a posture that he thought was handsome, ready to fish.

Wen Yue, who was caught, didn't care about him at this moment, because as soon as he appeared, a system prompt rang in her mind: [Ding - there is a melon! ]

Wen Yue's heart was calm when she heard the prompt. She was forced to listen to Zhuo Wenfeng's three times. No matter how slow she was, she could think that the man in front of her was a treasure boy.

Although she didn't have the heart to check in with the melon owner recently, Zhuo Wenfeng rushed to deliver it to her door. Wen Yue felt that it would be rude not to take a bite of his melon, so she asked in her mind: [Does he have a melon? ]

[Yes! And it's a big melon! ]

[Does his melon have something to do with his private life? 】

【Yes,】 the system answered affirmatively, 【His private life is very exciting. In addition to his official girlfriend, he currently has seven women with whom he has long-term contact! 】

Wen Yue was surprised: 【Stepping on eight boats? 】 This mermaid pond is quite large.

【Yes! And many of them are rich women! 】 Probably because she felt that her words were ambiguous, the system said again, 【Rich women are the wives of well-known rich people or rich second-generations. 】

【Wow! 】

There are scumbags every year. Although there are not many who step on eight boats, she has seen a few masters of time management, such as the person who derived this term, Wen Jiadong who is now in the UK, and Zhou Jinlong whose personality has collapsed.

In addition, she just heard Zhuo Wenfeng's three corners, and the female protagonists were all different people. In Wen Yue's opinion, cheating like a centipede is really not new.

It's just that everyone knows to avoid harm. Although Zhuo Wenfeng is a big star, his status and position are definitely not comparable to those of famous rich people. If he offends someone, it will be easy for others to punish him.

Ordinary people will be scared if they offend a rich man, but Zhuo Wenfeng is different. He can almost collect all the rich people he offends. He is really not afraid of trouble.

Wen Yue instantly became energetic and asked: [Which wives of famous rich people has he seduced? ]

The system quickly reported three names. In case Wen Yue didn't remember, it introduced their companies in a considerate way. Sure enough, they were all well-known companies in Hong Kong.

Wen Yue was sure that any one of these rich people would make Zhuo Wenfeng unable to stay in Hong Kong. She couldn't help but sigh, [Sure enough, he is so bold and daring! ]

[Not only that, Zhuo Wenfeng flatters and coaxes rich women, but he purely exploits girls with lower status and position than him. Wen Yue 's

eyes fixed: [How to use them?]

[He would chase these girls fiercely in the early stage, wait for them to fall, and then either use verbal PUA or directly drug them and send these girls to the producer or director's bed.]

The more the system talked, the angrier he became. [In the agency where he worked, most of the other people worked in one movie after another. He was the only one who starred in a movie starring a king-level star not long after joining the company, and then everything went smoothly. , climbed to where it is now in just a few years! 】

At this time, the entertainment industry in Xiangjiang was full of talents. Some of them were slightly famous, and their looks could surpass those of the stars thirty years later.

Because there are so many handsome guys and beauties, the competition in the entertainment industry is very fierce during this period. It is easy to say that the actresses who debuted through Miss Xiangjiang have accumulated a lot of fame during the selection process, and their starting point for filming will be much higher.

However, there are many tricks in the selection of Miss Xiangjiang. Getting into the top few is basically a game between the top management of the platform.

So in general, unless you have a strong background, most people have to work hard from one drama to another. It may only take one night to become famous, but it may take several years to climb from a minor role to a supporting role

. Zhuo Wenfeng was really lucky to have "picked up" an important supporting role in a big production right from the start.

Of course, after learning the inside story, Wen Yue just wanted to say: "What a bullshit luck! It's all about profit!"

Maybe because Wen Yue didn't leave, Zhuo Wenfeng thought that the charm he released was effective, so he took two steps forward and stood next to her. In front of her, she showed a charming smile and asked, "Miss Wen, do you know me?"

Wen Yue answered immediately, "Yes, I do. You are so natural in playing the scumbag! It is really impressive!"

When she said this, Wen The expression on Wen Yue's face was so determined that Zhuo Wenfeng suspected that he had lost his memory. He said uncertainly: "Ms. Wen, are you remembering it wrong? I don't think I have ever played a scumbag?"

"No?" Wen Yue Surprised, he looked him up and down and said, "Oh, maybe it's because you look more like a scumbag."