After the Lantern Festival, Lu Yang's three restaurants opened for business at the same time.
Ge San, Lin Hongshan, and Yao Lili each manage a store, and Qi Xuesong is the receptionist at Yao Lili's store.
He used to work as a receptionist at other restaurants, so he was very skilled and would help out when the restaurants were too busy.
Lu Yang spends almost all his free time helping out at the shop.
Zhou Yunkai would occasionally come over to help, serving tea and water, just like a waiter in the shop.
Lu Yang felt a little guilty and insisted on giving him a monthly salary of two hundred yuan.
Zhou Yunkai was initially unwilling to accept it, but Lu Yang insisted again, so he finally accepted it.
After receiving the money, he smiled and said, "My classmate mentioned your cousin and sister to me."
Lu Yang was somewhat surprised: "What's wrong with them? Did they run out of money and start thinking of crooked ways?"
Zhou Yunkai couldn't help but cover his face: "Don't tell anyone that Lu Qing is your cousin!"
"No wonder she was someone's mistress; I don't know how she hooked up with a director and became an actress."
Lu Yang stopped in his tracks, feeling a buzzing in his head.
But then I thought about it again, and the entertainment industry is a big melting pot, a place of fame and fortune.
To survive in the entertainment industry, you definitely have to be a ruthless character.
Lu Qing is intelligent, but her background is too weak, making it difficult for her to succeed unless she takes a shortcut.
"How did your classmate know she was hooking up with the director?"
Lu Yang asked, somewhat puzzled.
Zhou Yunkai said with a smile, "My friend's family owns shares in Haishi Film City. He said that Lu Qing slept in the same tent with that director while filming at the film city. This is an open secret in their circle."
Lu Yang was not surprised at all. Lu Qing was courting death, but she probably had no other choice.
He thanked Zhou Yunkai and asked in a low voice, "Which drama is Lu Qing filming? Has it been released yet?"
Zhou Yunkai jumped back two steps and asked, "You don't still want to go and support her, do you?"
Lu Yang shook his head: "I'm just curious. It's quite a strange feeling to see her act on screen now, after watching her in real life before."
Zhou Yunkai couldn't help but laugh. Just then, another customer came into the shop, and they hurried over to greet them.
Yao Lili said with a look of disgust, "Then the director isn't married, is he?"
Zhou Yunkai nodded and said, "I got married a long time ago. My current wife is also divorced. She's an actress and a great beauty!"
Yao Lili exclaimed in shock, "Lu Qing isn't even as good-looking as me! Have you gone crazy, director? You've already married such a beautiful wife, why are you still with Lu Qing?"
Zhou Yunkai suppressed a laugh and remained silent, while Lu Yang replied coldly, "A wife is not as good as a concubine, a concubine is not as good as a stolen one, and a stolen one is not as good as one that can't be stolen. All lustful men are like this."
Yao Lili gave a disgusted look and complained, "Disgusting."
Zhou Yunkai covered his face and went back to his business.
After he left, Yao Lili whispered, "Do you think she'll get stripped and beaten up in the street this time?"
Lu Yang said with a straight face, "That depends on how far she goes. If she wants to climb the social ladder, it will definitely be worse than last time."
Yao Lili couldn't help but shake her head: "She really doesn't cherish herself at all, she just has to swim in a cesspool."
Lu Yang deeply agreed. In his previous life, Shen Xuwen was not devoted to her either, and the two of them eventually went their separate ways.
After working until past 10 p.m., Zhou Yunkai finally finished his business and said wearily, "Aren't you really planning to hire a few more people?"
Lu Yang disagreed: "When business is good, everyone is excited about it. Restaurants like this are rare."
“Other stores will definitely follow our example after a while, and business won’t be as good then.”
Zhou Yunkai wiped the sweat from his brow and said, "Alright, I'll listen to you."
The two walked along the quiet road and arrived at their dormitory in less than half an hour.
The school had already begun expanding its campus before the start of this semester.
Lu Yang's two restaurants and one bookstore are all within the campus expansion area, so now all three stores are on campus.
The last restaurant is located off-campus and is managed by Ge San; it's doing very well.
A few days later, Lu Yang took some time to find a shop with Yao Lili and rented a DVD of the drama Lu Qing starred in.
This is a melodramatic drama called "Qinglian Youmeng," a very melodramatic and tragic drama. Lu Qing plays a young lady's maid in it.
Yao Lili ate sunflower seeds while watching the movie, and after watching the more than one-hour movie, she had eaten almost half a pound of sunflower seeds.
“Lu Qing only has three lines, but she kneels down all the time. She was on screen for twenty minutes, and she knelt for at least eighteen minutes.”
Lu Yang nodded, rubbed his temples, and said, "Zhou Yunkai is right. I shouldn't have wasted this time."
Yao Lili couldn't help but burst into laughter: "When I went to your house yesterday, I read a review of this movie in the latest issue of Popular Cinema. Anyway, it was terrible. Everyone said that the movie was a complete mess."
Lu Yang got up, took out the DVD, and pulled Yao Lili out.
Let's go out for a late-night snack.
He glanced at the time and said wearily.
They strolled through the streets of Guangzhou. The weather had warmed up, and some people were already wearing light clothing.
Yao Lili tightened her shirt and went with Lu Yang to the Yangcheng Market, which Lu Yang had funded.
There were still many vendors selling things in the market, and the two of them each bought a bowl of wontons.
They sat on small stools, eating wontons while watching the TV series "Shanghai Bund".
Yao Lili couldn't help but exclaim, "This is what you call a good film! What Lu Qing made was utterly worthless!"
Lu Yang suppressed a laugh and said, "Her name is Lu Mansha now, and we don't know her well."
When he was first reborn, Lu Yang even wished that Lu Jianjun, Old Madam Lu, and Guan Xiuqin and her son would all die.
But now that he has the wealth he has now and has made up for the regrets of his past life, he is no longer so eager to kill them.
Since he had already indirectly ruined Lu Qing's future, he didn't think Lu Qing could cause any more trouble, so he learned to enjoy the present moment.
Lu Qing, however, was not as relaxed as him. She had just gotten off Director Tang's bed, skillfully took a birth control pill, and went to the bathroom to take a shower.
She had broken up with Director Xu, whom she had known before, and at first she thought it was no big deal.
After all, she has already played a role, so she can be considered a member of this industry.
But she soon discovered that without Director Xu's support, she couldn't get a single role.
She auditioned for several roles, but was rejected each time.
Left with no other choice, she had to offer herself as a bedmate, and it was through her connections that she managed to hook up with Director Tang.
When Director Tang woke up, he saw Lu Qing wearing a white sundress, sitting in front of the dressing table combing her hair.
He grinned lecherously and said, "You're not bad. There's a role that's perfect for you. Go audition tomorrow."
Lu Qing smiled and threw herself into Director Tang's arms, saying sweetly, "Thank you, Director Tang."
She needs to seize the opportunity to become an overnight sensation, otherwise she won't be able to establish herself in this industry at all!
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