Chapter 24: Making a Fool of Himself

Zhou Jie had just freed up his hands and wouldn't give the two of them a chance to catch their breath, coming to "mow the grass and hit the rabbits" together.

"Yapeng, Little Lu, we are the only three male actors at this table. Let's toast Director Zhang together!"

Lu Kuan narrowed his eyes, pretending to avoid the battle: "No, no, let's rest for a while. I drank too hard just now, I can't hold it."

Li Yapeng's alcohol intent was surging and hard to suppress. Originally, he wanted to find a topic to divert it, but seeing Lu Kuan's vague drunkenness, he figured this young man should be at the end of his rope.

"Little Lu, we'll take you with us to toast. Qinqin, pour him some wine quickly. How can a man say he can't do it!"

Jiang Qinqin raised her pretty eyebrows: "Are you trying to get him drunk? Come, I'll drink for him!"

The girl from Shancheng was bold and generous, which was evident.

"Eh, I'll do it myself!" Lu Kuan was doing this to lure the snake out of the hole; otherwise, Li Yapeng, with his cowardly look, wouldn't drink fast with him again. How could he let Sister Jiang, who didn't know the situation, ruin the plan?

He stood up with sleepy, drunken eyes: "Two brothers, we use three-liang cups to play around, but can't we deepen it when toasting the big leader?"

After saying that, he walked to the two of them, poured out the tea in the glass, which had a capacity of a full 5 or 6 liang, and filled it all with white liquor.

"Good!" Ju Jueliang clapped and praised. He had the worst alcohol tolerance among the Hong Kong people at this table. As long as he wasn't the one drinking, he would boo and stir up trouble for whoever was drinking.

After three rounds of drinking, the whole audience was restless. Seeing that there was fun to watch, they surrounded them one after another.

Li Yapeng, no matter how stupid, could see that this kid was playing the pig to eat the tiger. The flickering eyes looking at him provocatively meant this cup of wine was hard to avoid.

"Hehe, thank you three. I wish *The Legend of the Condor Heroes* a big hit!"

Zhang Jizhong was very supportive and also filled a 5-liang cup. He had a transcendent status and had hardly moved his mouth all night.

The four of them tilted their necks and drank it all in one gulp. Li Yapeng swayed and tried his best to support himself. His head was very clear, but his stomach was churning and very uncomfortable!

Having capacity without explosive power is just like this.

He hurriedly took Zhou Xun's teacup and took a sip of hot tea, then stuffed two pieces of fatty meat into his stomach. He just wanted to tease Lu Kuan to respond to his provocation.

He only saw the little Daoist priest walking back to his seat with composure. When passing Zhou Xun and Li Yapeng, he stopped and intentionally or unintentionally put his hand on Zhou Xun's shoulder.

"Eh, Xun-ge, you've put on the pendant I gave you. It's really beautiful, right, Sister Jiang?"

Everyone looked at Zhou Xun together. She was wearing a coffee-colored turtleneck sweater today, and the heart-shaped pendant was stuck right between her breasts, shining brightly under the lights.

"You're taking credit for it? Do you want me to toast you too?"

Being stared at by so many people, even with her generous and free-spirited personality, she brought a touch of shyness, not knowing that she had already fallen into Boss Lu's trap.

Li Yapeng on the side was still forcibly suppressing the surging alcohol in his stomach. Having drunk a catty of wine in a short time, his leg injury, which had just improved, couldn't hold up.

At this time, seeing his girlfriend's pretty face chatting and laughing with Lu Kuan, everyone at the dinner table was kindly booing.

No one would associate a popular actress like Zhou Xun with a nobody like Lu Kuan; the status gap in the circle was too big.

Only Brother Jing, who felt like he was wearing a green hat, was jealous as he watched the sweet talk of the pretty Huang Rong.

He was worried that the ending of "those who cuckold others will be cuckolded" would be fulfilled in him. Watching the scene that looked like he was being cuckolded, he couldn't hold back his alcohol-fueled rage and wanted to slap the little Daoist priest's hand away.

"You... wow... vomit..."

The yellow and white stuff sprayed out, staining Zhou Xun's lower body everywhere. Lu Kuan, the culprit on the side, couldn't avoid it either, and his leather shoes were covered in a disgusting white mess.

Damn it, why did you eat so many peanuts while drinking!

A few seconds of deathly silence, and then Lu Kuan's well-intentioned rescue voice was heard: "Quick! Help him up! Brother Yapeng can't hold his liquor, don't hurt his leg again!"

The crew staff swarmed up, all holding back their laughter, waiting to see the show.

Those who took tissues took tissues, those who poured water for him to rinse his mouth poured water...

Li Yapeng closed his eyes in despair, pretending to be drunk, knowing that it was better to be sober at this time. Let them do whatever they wanted.

Zhang Jizhong opened his mouth to ease the embarrassment: "Haha, it's okay. Yapeng has been under a lot of pressure recently. This is a release."

"Everyone take care of each other, and pay attention to safety at night!"

After saying that, he left the table with his teacup, pacing to the door to get into the car with Ju Jueliang and Meng Fanyao calmly.

"Hahahahahaha!"

The three directors burst into laughter, making everyone in the room feel embarrassed, almost unable to hold back.

"This kid, too bad!" This was the last evaluation Zhang Jizhong gave Lu Kuan after eating this meal.

"Why are you so bad!"

Jiang Qinqin helped the unsteady Lu Kuan into the room, smiling and beating the little Daoist priest.

The moonlight was pouring down, the night was quiet, and the hotel was in the Taihu Lake scenic area, so there was no fear of being disturbed.

"This is called 'striking one punch to avoid a hundred punches'."

Lu Kuan rinsed his mouth in the bathroom: "Didn't you see Zhou Jie staring at me too? If I didn't take the initiative, I would have been besieged by them tonight."

"You've been a Daoist priest for more than ten years, where did you learn so many crooked ideas?"

Jiang Qinqin really wanted to cut open his head to see. Besides the occasional flashes of predictive divination at critical moments, he was too comfortable in other occasions.

"Dreamed it in a dream."

"Cut, forget it if you don't want to say."

Jiang Qinqin handed him a tissue to wipe his mouth, and then worried: "But don't offend people easily in the future. You've just entered the industry. You should make friends with those you can."

Suddenly remembering something, her willow eyebrows stood up: "And the 1 million you invested in the underground film, ask for it back quickly!"

Lu Kuan sighed in his heart. Sister Jiang was completely treating him as a little lover to entrust.

But the concubine has feelings, while the man has no intention...

Reborn in 2001, his perspective on the world was vastly different from that of the people of the time.

Take investing in *Blind Shaft* as an example; a rational person wouldn't do this.

He had thought that it would just be a dew-water relationship with Sister Jiang in the crew, but he didn't expect...

Can you imagine a public relations company boss who knows countless scandals and secrets of the big dyeing vat touching the feelings of the entertainment industry?

He was just a fun-seeker who followed the "three noes" principle.

Facing Sister Jiang's gentleness, he could only smile indifferently at this time, temporarily performing the act of evasion: "Let's see."

He sighed leisurely, his eyes drifting to the quiet window.

Jiang Qinqin looked at him with unkind eyes, but she didn't know what position she had to make more demands. For a time, the atmosphere in the room was a bit awkward.

(End of Chapter) ===== CHAPTER 25 =====