[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":-1},["ShallowReactive",2],{"origin-the-intelligence-king-of-chinese-entertainment":3,"chapter-the-intelligence-king-of-chinese-entertainment-the-intelligence-king-of-chinese-entertainment-chapter-155":6},{"origin":4,"title":5},"chinese","The Intelligence King of Chinese Entertainment",{"chapter":7,"nextChapterSlug":19,"prevChapterSlug":20,"totalChapters":21,"novelImage":22},{"id":8,"novel_id":9,"title":10,"slug":11,"index":12,"content":13,"wordcount":14,"created_at":15,"updated_at":15,"volume":16,"translator":17,"content_hash":18},2260458,4411,"Chapter 155: Li Bingbing: How to Make Her Sister Give Up on Yan Li","the-intelligence-king-of-chinese-entertainment-chapter-155",155,"\u003Cp>Although two legendary projects are on the agenda, Li Si is still considering, and with insufficient funding, Yi’an’s current main push remains “The Legend of Lu Xiaofeng.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>There are no secrets in this circle.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Even though Yi’an never publicly announced it, Yan Li had previously met with multiple investors, and companies like Hai Run and CCTV were already involved.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>So “The Legend of Lu Xiaofeng” has already caught the attention of some sharp minds, and the clever ones have begun acting.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Beijing, a certain restaurant\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Nie Yuan poured Yan Li a glass of wine, deeply moved: “It’s only been two years since we shot ‘Heroes of Sui and Tang’ in Hengdian, and now you’ve become a big boss.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“What big boss? Just a guy stitching together scraps to make a living.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Yan Li was extremely humble—he knew exactly why Nie Yuan had invited him to dinner, so he kept his lips sealed.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>True, the two had gotten along well on the set of ‘Heroes of Sui and Tang,’ but over the past year or two, they’d barely contacted each other.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Yan Li was busy; Nie Yuan was busy too.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Dramas like ‘Heroes of Sui and Tang’ and ‘A Chinese Ghost Story’ greatly boosted Nie Yuan’s fame.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This year alone, Nie Yuan starred in multiple productions: ‘The Blood Horse,’ ‘Four Young Masters of Beijing,’ ‘Great Han Women,’ and ‘The Long Song of Zhen Guan,’ and was dubbed one of the New Four Leading Men of Mainland China alongside Huang Xiaoming, Tong Dawei, and Yin Xiaotian.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Yet Nie Yuan was doing well; Yan Li was doing even better.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This was one reason their current relationship was so delicate.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As previously mentioned, Nie Yuan was somewhat arrogant, and with early success, his arrogance only deepened.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>When they were close, he was a rising star while Yan Li was unknown; though he never treated Yan Li like a junior, he couldn’t help feeling superior.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After Yan Li rose to fame, Nie Yuan may have been stung, and thus grew distant from him.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Yan Li once tried to reach out and invite him to dinner to mend ties, but Nie Yuan either hadn’t come around or was genuinely busy—both times he declined.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Yan Li wasn’t without friends; he didn’t keep chasing a cold shoulder, and gradually their contact dwindled.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This year, aside from seeing news about him, Yan Li only mentioned Nie Yuan in passing after Qin Lan told him Huang Yi had a new boyfriend.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>That’s right—Huang Yi and Nie Yuan had broken up.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>They’d always been volatile, breaking up and getting back together; with both busy careers, they saw little of each other, and even before ‘My Fair Princess 3’ became a hit, they’d already split.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This deeply affected Qin Lan, who lamented how hard it was for couples in the industry to last—it subtly strengthened their bond.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Thinking of this, Yan Li raised his glass to Nie Yuan: “Why the sudden dinner invitation?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Nie Yuan evaded: “Just catching up with an old friend.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Yan Li smiled without comment; since Nie Yuan wouldn’t say, he was happy to relax. They drank, ate, and chatted about side businesses.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Nie Yuan, now popular and earning money, had started thinking about side ventures—both for security and extra income.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This was common among celebrities; as a company boss, Yan Li’s business sense seemed sharper to Nie Yuan, so he wanted his advice.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“...I think food and beverage is best—I plan to open a restaurant in Beijing serving our Guizhou flavors, targeting fellow provincials working here and food lovers curious for regional tastes.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Clearly, Nie Yuan had thought this through for a while—he spoke with confidence.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Just hearing his plan, the business seemed promising.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But Yan Li’s family ran restaurants—he knew how deep the water ran in this industry and how fierce the competition in Beijing was; it wasn’t something just anyone could manage well.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Still, with Nie Yuan’s celebrity aura, if he hired good chefs and managers, it might still succeed.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Seeing Nie Yuan enthusiastic, Yan Li didn’t dampen his spirits but gently suggested that without a unique advantage, the best investment was real estate.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Shoot one drama, buy one or two apartments!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>At least over the next twenty years, it was a relatively safe investment—even if prices fell later, the appreciation alone could yield substantial profit.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But clearly, Nie Yuan wasn’t moved by Yan Li’s words—he still wanted to open the Guizhou restaurant.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Yan Li didn’t push; they chatted casually until the atmosphere warmed, and Nie Yuan finally got to the point.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>No surprise to Yan Li—Nie Yuan was here for “The Legend of Lu Xiaofeng.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Nie Yuan had lost the role in Zhang Dahu’s version of ‘The Return of the Condor Heroes’ to Huang Xiaoming, and he still resented it.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Yan Li was preparing “The Legend of Lu Xiaofeng”; though he hadn’t yet signaled a direct rivalry with Zhang Dahu’s version, a similar wuxia epic inevitably invited comparison.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Nie Yuan felt there were similarities and wanted to join “The Legend of Lu Xiaofeng” to defeat ‘The Return of the Condor Heroes’ and settle his score.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Yan Li understood Nie Yuan’s feelings, but he wouldn’t risk 30 million to indulge his grudge.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The main roles in “The Legend of Lu Xiaofeng.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Nie Yuan was unsuitable for Lu Xiaofeng, Hua Manlou, Sikong Zhaxing, and even Ximen Chuixue—Yan Li felt none fit him.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>For supporting roles or standalone protagonists, Yan Li could decide—but clearly, these weren’t what Nie Yuan, driven by vengeance, had in mind.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The meal ended not in outright hostility, but awkwardly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Watching Nie Yuan leave, Yan Li lit a cigarette in silence.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He wondered whether this old friend—who once saw him off as a nobody on the ‘Heroes of Sui and Tang’ set—could ever reconnect again.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Before he’d finished half the cigarette, his phone rang. He answered, and before hearing half, he couldn’t help smiling bitterly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Guan Yue and Tong Dawei had invited him and Dong Xuan to dinner!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Ha—no holiday, no occasion, yet Dong Xuan and Guan Yue were constantly together, inviting him out for no reason—there was clearly an ulterior motive.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Yan Li was finally grasping the influence of Gu Long’s dramas.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Just a whisper had spread, and already he was being invited to meals and questioned; once officially announced, would his phone explode?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>…\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Yan Li had underestimated the influence of Gu Long’s dramas—or rather, the influence of a 30-million-investment Gu Long drama.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After multiple sources confirmed the project was real, before any official announcement, his phone never stopped ringing.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Former collaborators, friends making introductions, investors and TV stations recommending actors, other companies or agents volunteering themselves…\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>When ‘The Seven Fairies’ was being cast, only the auditioning actresses had pestered Yan Li.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Now, with “The Legend of Lu Xiaofeng,” it felt like half the film and TV industry was contacting him.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Not just Yan Li—even senior Yi’an executives and those close to him received various calls.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Especially Li Bingbing, as Yan Li’s public rumored girlfriend, she’d received many calls and stormed over to demand an explanation.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Are you here to demand an explanation or to wreck my stuff? That pu’er tea is for guests—it’s expensive.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Li Bingbing held the tea cake, inspecting it curiously: “How expensive?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“One cake’s worth nearly ten thousand. Is that expensive?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Hearing this, Li Bingbing stared at the tea, then pried off a large chunk.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Then I’d better taste it properly.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Yan Li: “...”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Fine—another woman might’ve stuffed it in her bag; these two women were both bandits, one worse than the other.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Sitting cross-legged on the sofa, Yan Li looked at Li Bingbing: “Out with it—what do you really want?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A few phone calls? She could’ve just ignored them. Li Bingbing wasn’t idle—she wouldn’t come all the way to Yi’an Film & TV just for that.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Can’t I come see you without a reason?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Seeing Yan Li’s calm expression, she pouted: “I won the Hundred Flowers Award for ‘Cell Phone.’ I came specially to thank you.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Just recently, the new Hundred Flowers Awards were announced—‘Cell Phone’’s male lead Ge Daye and female lead Li Bingbing both won Best Actor and Best Actress.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This was Li Bingbing’s first major domestic award.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Previously, she’d won Best Actress at the Singapore Film Festival for ‘Going Home for the New Year’—it had some weight, but wasn’t an A-class festival and carried far less influence in China than the Hundred Flowers.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Remembering the source of her water, she naturally owed Yan Li thanks for helping her land ‘Cell Phone.’\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“That’s it?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Yan Li asked. Li Bingbing frowned: “What else could it be?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Ah, too many people contacting me lately—I’m a bit neurotic.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Yan Li rubbed his temples; these days, everyone had an excuse to approach him or call, then twisted the conversation toward “The Legend of Lu Xiaofeng”—the system couldn’t even keep up.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Suddenly encountering someone like Li Bingbing, with no hidden agenda, felt oddly disorienting.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“By the way, I almost forgot—Ren Quan, an old friend of mine. If you have a suitable role, consider him.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Li Bingbing added: “Hua Jie gave me this task—you can take it or leave it.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Hua Jie really knows how to play it.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Yan Li couldn’t help complaining: “All her little tricks are aimed at me—Tong Dawei volunteered himself, she recommended Xia Yu, you recommended Ren Quan, Xiao Fan recommended that Zhu... Zhu Yuchen—four people harassing me.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>No, make it five—Yang Xue had also nudged Dong Xuan to whisper in his ear.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The others were pushing male actors; Yang Xue was pushing for herself—since the “Two Bing” duo might not care about a single-episode female lead, the relatively unknown Yang Xue didn’t want to miss the chance.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Hearing Yan Li’s complaint, Li Bingbing was surprised; she’d received some calls herself and knew he was in demand, but not this much.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Hua Jie’s indirect approach clearly aimed to avoid appearing greedy and provoking resentment.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Had Yan Li really grown this much without her noticing?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Even Hua Jie, when recommending actors to him, now carefully considered his feelings and opinions. Though she’d always been thorough, given her status as China’s top agent, she wouldn’t normally treat ordinary people this delicately.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Though when Yan Li helped her land the ‘Cell Phone’ lead, she’d sensed he wasn’t ordinary—he’d rise eventually.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But she never imagined he’d rise this fast, and this brilliantly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But now, wouldn’t her sister find it even harder to let go?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>For most women, a young, successful man like him was a mandrake flower—knowing it was poisonous, they still wanted to taste its flavor.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Just a taste—yet once bitten, they’d sink deeper and deeper, unable to pull free.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Sigh.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Yan Li waved his hand in front of Li Bingbing’s face: “What are you thinking about?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Li Bingbing swatted his hand aside, irritably: “I wasn’t thinking about you.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Yan Li stared at her strangely; just a moment ago she was fine, why had this woman suddenly started snapping?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Is she on the rag?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Or did some guy dump her?!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Could it be she found out her sister secretly contacted me? But I didn’t talk to her much—just casual friend greetings, and I even helped Li Xue solve a small work problem; even if she found out, she should thank me.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As they were talking, the office door knocked. Wang Ou entered, strutting in like a cat, wearing a woman’s suit jacket and a matching skirt with silk stockings. She gave Li Bingbing a smile, then leaned close to Yan Li’s ear and whispered a few words.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Alright, got it.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Yan Li nodded. Wang Ou strutted away. Li Bingbing sipped her tea, expression sly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Dong Xuan’s got a big heart—not even caring about such a beautiful secretary?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Cough.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Yan Li cleared his throat and explained: “She’s not really a secretary—she’s one of our artists, temporarily filling in as an assistant.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She wasn’t just filling in; whenever Wang Ou had no shooting schedule, she’d stubbornly show up at the company to be Yan Li’s assistant.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Yan Li had told her several times, but it did no good. Besides, she really did make things comfortable, so he just let it slide.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The junior secretary Hu Ya had been bought over by Wang Ou; after all, they weren’t in the same lane, and Wang Ou often had to go shoot dramas, so Hu Ya had no fear of her stealing her job.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The agent Jia Qian turned a blind eye as well—after all, for Wang Ou, getting along well with the boss couldn’t be called anything but proper business.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Yan Li shouldn’t have explained; now that he had, Li Bingbing was clearly imagining something, her gaze dripping with contempt.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“You’ve got some wild habits.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“I don’t know what you mean.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Yan Li stood upright and righteous—no matter who came, he and Wang Ou were purely colleagues, at most teacher and apprentice.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Li Bingbing chuckled twice, firmly deciding Yan Li was no good match for her sister.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She’d originally thought of letting her sister have a taste, fulfill her curiosity, then settle down—but now she was hesitant to take that risk, afraid things might blow up.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But how could she possibly dissuade her sister’s intentions?!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Introducing her to other men? That trick had been used before and failed. Besides, Yan Li’s career was growing more successful by the day—any ordinary man brought in would just become his backdrop.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Trying to undermine Yan Li himself was useless too—he’d made it clear from the start he had a girlfriend, and never hid his playboy nature, yet her sister was still bewitched.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Hss~\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Best to find a reason that would force Li Xue to give up on Yan Li—something she simply couldn’t accept, something that would make any further involvement impossible.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“...”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Yan Li subtly stepped back, not showing it—this woman’s eyes were strange. Was she really planning to set a trap to get her sister to sleep with him...?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>————\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>PS: Seeking casting suggestions for “The Legend of Lu Xiaofeng,” primarily mainland actors, though Taiwanese actors are also acceptable...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>(End of Chapter)\u003C\u002Fp>",2336,"2026-06-19T16:16:52.605Z",1,"Qwen3-Next 80B","bbfa3e58cecd465ad686351526ab30bb9608dbcaa6adc6c16a41da27c1ef4fcc","the-intelligence-king-of-chinese-entertainment-chapter-156","the-intelligence-king-of-chinese-entertainment-chapter-154",405,"https:\u002F\u002Fnovelzhen.com\u002Fimages\u002Fcovers\u002Fthe-intelligence-king-of-chinese-entertainment-cover.jpg"]