Translator: Larbre Studio
Editor: Larbre Studio
Lu Yuan lit up one of his cigarettes and inhaled the smoke. After holding it for a few seconds, he exhaled it onto the streets.
The smoke slowly rose up until it disappeared. It made Lu Yuan feels as if he was in heaven.
Lu Yuan looked calm on the outside, but waves of feelings were stirring his inside.
He thought of the amount he had in his savings account.
1.1 million dollars. I’m filthy rich!
It was Lu Yuan’s first time seeing such a large amount of money gathered in one place.
Because of the excitement, Lu Yuan got choked by the smoke that he had just inhaled.
He coughed and raised his head to look at the streets of Hengdian.
It was still filled with people.
The sun still shone radiantly as the future seemed bright.
Wang Jinxue and An Xiao had left together. Since Wang Jinxue had consumed alcohol, An Xiao was the one who drove her back.
As for An Xiao’s luggage, which was piled up in Lu Yuan’s office, An Xiao had contacted a moving company to help move them.
She didn’t need to store them in Lu Yuan’s office anymore.
She had reached her destination.
As for her trip to Chengdu, she’d canceled it.
Her plan was to go to Chengdu so that she could get someone to write her a song. Her goal was to find a song that could catch her soul, and she did.
That was why she could return to Beijing now.
Lu Yuan saw them off and checked the balance in his account after that. After he had kept the contract safely and finished his cigarette, he rushed back to his rented apartment. The first thing he did was to move everything in the apartment to his office. He then went to a restaurant and ordered a bowl of Hand-pulled Noodle Soup with Beef, something that he wouldn’t waste his money on before. In the end, he managed to finish three whole bowls of noodle soup.
Lu Yuan threw a hundred-dollar bill onto the counter and left, as the owner of the restaurant stared at Lu Yuan with his dropped jaw.
This is what it feels like to be rich!
Lu Yuan could feel his pride rising after testing out what being rich meant.
A whole pile of cash to spend and a lot of time to waste.
Lu Yuan then stopped by at the studio where the crew of The Capital was working at. He couldn’t help but swallow his saliva as he stared at the actresses with perfect body shapes.
Of course, he had to produce the film that he had promised Wang Jinxue.
Since he was bound by a contract.
He didn’t want to break the law.
As for the grossing of the film, it didn’t matter to him.
All he had to do was to make a low-budget film and return home so that he could get married and have kids. Even so, Lu Yuan also dreamt of spending a few nights with different actresses before he left.
Men only thought with their reproductive organs, and Lu Yuan was no different.
Lu Yuan spat the end of his cigarette onto the grass just outside of the studio. He then turned to look at Shen Lianjie, who was shouting at the top of his lungs. Lu Yuan cursed Shen Lianjie in his head and pointed his middle finger towards Shen Lianjie.
There weren’t any quarrels between Lu Yuan and Shen Lianjie, but men who were tall, handsome, and rich were always hated by Lu Yuan.
People like Shen Lianjie, who has the looks and the charms, would always be the thorn in Lu Yuan’s eyes.
Ever since The Capital began its initial shooting, Lu Yuan would stop by from time to time just to vent his anger.
After venting his anger, Lu Yuan stretched his body and let out a yawn.
It was then he heard someone spit next to him.
Lu Yuan turned and saw an overweight man staring at the studio too. The man then opened his pant’s zipper and shot his piss in the direction of the studio while making the expression of an angry old man.
“What? Never seen a person trying to drown someone?” The overweight man noticed Lu Yuan and scolded as he zipped his pants back up.
“No, it’s just that I thought you were a God among men! Look at you! Your magnificent expression and reliable body! And the way you shot towards the studio! You have my respect!”
Lu Yuan couldn’t help but praise the man for his courage.
“What the hell? This is my first time seeing someone who could take flattery to this extent! Are you a genius or what?” The overweight man couldn’t help but exclaim at Lu Yuan’s words.
“I’m just speaking the truth. People like you deserve my respect!”
“Really? How about I teach you?”
“Forget it. You’re on a level that I could never imitate,” Lu Yuan shook his head and offered the man a cigarette.
“You’re good!” The man laughed and smoked. “Name’s Wei Wuji. What’s yours?”
“Lu Yuan,” Lu Yuan introduced and lit a cigarette for himself.
“That’s not a bad name. Oh, just so you know, I’m a decent person,” Wei Wuji coughed and explained.
“Oh, really?’
“Yes, but even a decent person like me hates that playboy, Shen Lianjie!”
“Same here. I don’t like him either.”
“F*ck? Did he steal your fiancé too?” Wei Wuji blurted without thinking.
Wei Wuji then looked at Lu Yuan with a sympathetic look.
“… The… the weather’s pretty good today…” Lu Yuan coughed as he believed he had heard something that he shouldn’t have.
“R… right. It’s good…” Wei Wuji laughed wryly.
“Oh, what did you say just now? I didn’t hear it clearly,” Lu Yuan then said, trying to help Wei Wuji regain his pride.
The only feeling Lu Yuan had towards Shen Lianjie was jealousy, nothing more.
He was jealous that Shen Lianjie was richer.
That Shen Lianjie was better looking.
And attractive too.
“What? Oh! I said I want to slap that bastard Shen Lianjie so hard that even his parents could not recognize his face!” Wei Wuji quickly changed the topic.
Lu Yuan and Wei Wuji were on the same boat, even when Wei Wuji was the more pitiful.
But the saying of “my enemy’s enemy is my friend” would always work in any situation.
“I agree,” Lu Yuan nodded as he continued to stare at the studio enviously.
F*cker! I want to be that good looking too
“I was a film director,” Wei Wuji then sighed. “I even had the chance to become a successful one too… But look at me now…”
“A film director? I’m sorry I didn’t recognize you!” Lu Yuan quickly apologized and shook Wei Wuji’s hand.
“Recognize what? I never shot a film before… I’m even broke now…”
“Not a problem! To tell you the truth, I’m an actor. How about we work together?” Lu Yuan smiled as he still gripped Wei Wuji’s hand tightly.
As if he was gay.
Lu Yuan was staring at Wei Wuji, his next target.
“What the f*ck? I’m straight!” Wei Wuji scolded and tried to pull his hand back but failed.
“I’m straight too!” Lu Yuan scolded back but still held Wei Wuji’s hand tightly.
“Then… How are we supposed to work together? I don’t have a script nor money for the film… I’m not like Shen Lianjie, who could get a million-dollar investment easily!” Wei Wuji cursed.
“I have the cash and a script!” Lu Yuan exclaimed.
“Are you even sane? Look at yourself… Not to judge, but do you even know how much money is needed just to shoot a film? At least a million dollars! As for the script, a good one would cost more than hundreds of thousands.”
“I told you I have both of that!”
“Like I’ll believe you! Let me go!”
“Just come with me!” Lu Yuan said as he stood up.
“I told you I’m straight…”
“And I’m not gay either! I’m bringing you your future!”
“Just let me go! It feels weird being held by a man!”
“Just trust me and follow me!”
“F*ck! Let me go! Where the hell are we even going?”
“My office.”
“Office? You have your own office?”
“Yes!”
“Let me go!”
“No can do.”
“F*ck!”