Forbidden City, by the moat.⊙

A taxi stopped outside Sihexuan, and a young woman with long hair floating in the car was dressed up.

This woman is Chen Hong. She was carrying an lv bag and a pair of toad mirrors on her nose. She walked into the quaint door of Sihexuan.

Sihexuan was the only high-end Western restaurant in Beijing that was not open in hotels in the 1990s. It was a communication room for meeting the emperor during the Qing Dynasty. Two years ago, the owner of the restaurant bought Sihexuan from the grandson of the imperial doctor Yuan Shikai and transformed it into a high-end Western restaurant, which quickly became popular in the upper reaches of the capital.

"Hello, this lady, what do you need help?" a restaurant waitress came over and asked.

Chen Hong took off her sunglasses and said, "I'm looking for Ms. Fu Yiwei, she has booked a seat here."

"So it's Mr. Fu's friend, please come with me." The waitress said attentively. She did not recognize Chen Hong, but was very familiar with Fu Yiwei.

Since Fu Yiwei played Su Daji, she has become popular all over the country. Even remote rural areas have calendars with her photos printed. On the contrary, Chen Hong is relatively less famous and few people know her except those who like to watch movies.

This is the case in the mainland entertainment industry these days. Since the popularity of TVs, movie stars have become far less famous than TV stars.

Chen Hong's uncle was a deputy ministerial official during her lifetime, and her uncle and grandmother were also a cadre of the central government. She had no shortage of opportunities to act in movies. The reason why she joined Feizhi Film and Television Advertising Company was to star in more influential TV series.

The waitress led Chen Hong to a private room. After Chen Hong went in, she found that in addition to Fu Yiwei, who had made an appointment with her, there was also a very familiar man.

"Hello, Sister Fu!" Chen Hong closed the door and walked over, but his eyes remained on the man in the private room.

"Xiao Chen, you are here," Fu Yiwei stood up with a smile and introduced, "This is the boss of our company, Mr. Kang Jianfei from Hong Kong."

It's really him!

Chen Hong suppressed her excitement, her little heart beat wildly and stretched out her hand, smiling and said, "Hello, Mr. Kang, I have long admired Daming!"

I really admire the famous name for a long time. Not to mention the popular "Dao Ma Dan", "Huang Feihong" and "The Royal Sister" that were once screened in the mainland, just mentioning the "Jurassic Park" last year is enough to make Chen Hong admire and respect for it for a long time.

Although "Jurassic Park" has not been scheduled to be released in the mainland, its global box office of nearly $600 million has long been spread throughout the mainland entertainment industry. How could Chen Hong not have heard of this movie?

In another time and space, Chen Kaige made Chen Hong admire him for "Farewell My Concubine", not to mention Kang Jianfei, who filmed "Jurassic Park".

Kang Jianfei held Chen Hong's hand, and the touch was soft and delicate, and said in a sincere tone: "Ms. Chen is more beautiful than a movie."

The two of them put their hands down and Chen Hong smiled happily, "Mr. Kang was joking, I am not as beautiful as Sister Fu."

After Chen Hong sat down, Kang Jianfei said to her menu: "Miss Chen, please come some."

"The guest will follow the host." Chen Hong returned the menu to Kang Jianfei.

Kang Jianfei no longer pushed around. He called the waiter and asked, "What special dishes do you have here?"

The waiter said: "Mr. Kang, our Sihexuan has a combination of dishes and things. The most famous ones are boiled quail eggs in truffle, fresh asparagus, sweet garlic eggs and custard..."

After the waiter finished registering the name of the dish, Kang Jianfei said: "Each person comes with these dishes."

"Okay, three, wait." The waiter took the menu.

Kang Jianfei turned around and smiled at Chen Hong and Fu Yiwei, "The dishes here are very interesting, this is the first time I have met them."

Fu Yiwei introduced: "I have been here twice before. The dish like boiled quail eggs in truffle water sounds inconsistent, but it tastes delicious."

Kang Jianfei said pretentiously: "Sihexuan's idea is correct. The more top-notch ingredients are, the more you should match them with simple ingredients and cook them in the most primitive way, so that the deliciousness of top-notch ingredients can be highlighted. Boiled quail eggs in truffle water is just right. If it is used to cook bear's paw, it will ruin both the truffle and bear's paw."

"Mr. Kang is very knowledgeable about food?" Chen Hong looked at Kang Jianfei curiously, and her attention had never left this man.

"I know a little bit," Kang Jianfei saw that Chen Hong's attention attracted, so he showed off his little food experiences and finally said, "I have always wanted to invest in a documentary about Chinese food, combining food with humanities, seeing the big picture from the small, and seeing the profound from the ordinary, to express China's humanistic charm and historical accumulation."

"Is it a documentary like "Talking about the Yangtze River"?" Chen Hong asked.

"The Yangtze River" is majestic and grand. The food documentary I want to shoot is inspired by emotions. The two have different entry points. For example, we can start with an ordinary ingredient, and through planting and collecting its working people to show the spiritual outlook and emotional life of ordinary people. Take the ingredients like lotus root for example. It is placed on the table to be pure and white, crisp and delicious, but who has paid attention to the hard work of lotus root pickers..." Kang Jianfei talked casually, but he was talking about "China on the Bite of the Tongue".

Kang Jianfei is very eloquent and is very good at fooling around. Not only Chen Hong, but even Fu Yiwei is fascinated by him. He talks from food to humanities, humanities to historical folk customs. He is afraid that the two women will be bored to listen to these things, Kang Jianfei immediately talks from history to movies.

Chen Hong and Fu Yiwei are both people in the entertainment industry, so they finally have the opportunity to interrupt. The three of them were having a good time eating truffle water and boiling quail eggs while chatting happily on the TV.

After the quail eggs were solved, Fu Yiwei said: "Xiao Chen, haven't you always wanted to act in a good drama? I don't have a role for you now, but Mr. Kang is very optimistic about you."

"Mr. Kang is going to invest in a large-scale TV series?" Chen Hong looked at Fu Yiwei and looked at Kang Jianfei with hope. Today, Fu Yiwei's excuse to ask her out was to introduce her new drama, and Kang Jianfei's arrival made Chen Hong even more excited.

Chen Hong's performance at this time is not much better than those new actors who are eager to become famous. She has made many movies, but she is famous but can never become popular. She just expects to get a chance to break through the bottleneck.

The ancient saying goes, "No desire is strong." When a person has a **, he will have flaws. When Kang Jianfei saw her take the bait, he smiled proudly and said, "That's right, I have a TV station in Hong Kong and Macau. Every year I need to shoot a sufficient number of TV series to meet the broadcast requirements. This time I am going to make "Longmen Inn" into a TV series. I think Miss Chen, you are very suitable for the heroine Qiu Moyan."

Siyuan Film Group invested in "New Dragon Inn" last year, and Wu Siyuan still invited Xu Ke as the producer, but the cast was different from another time and space. Neither Lin Qingxia nor Tony Leung did appear because Wu Siyuan couldn't afford to invite him.

"New Dragon Inn" has received good responses in Taiwan and Hong Kong after its release. It is time to launch the TV series version at this time. Chen Hong has never watched "New Dragon Inn" by Hu Jinquan, nor has she watched "New Dragon Inn" produced by Xu Ke. She didn't know that this is a work with many fans, so she just asked: "Do I need to go to Hong Kong to film?"

Kang Jianfei shook his head and said, "This TV series is mainly aimed at the Taiwan market and is broadcast on Macau TV, so it is filmed by a company in Taiwan and Feizhi Film and Television. All the shots are shot in the mainland live scenes, and it is very likely that they will go to Gansu Desert to film. I hope you can endure hardships."

"I can endure hardship!" Chen Hong quickly assured herself. Although her grandfather was a deputy ministerial official during her lifetime, his relatives were really far-reaching. If he had to say anything helpful to Chen Hong, it would be that she was selected by the National Theater in the fourth grade of elementary school, which was almost impossible for an ordinary child.

After work, other actresses even give their own goals in order to get good roles, but Chen Hong doesn't have to worry about it at all. What she is most troubled is that although it is easy to get the opportunity to perform, she always plays supporting roles, and the directors she has worked with think that her acting skills still need to be honed.

What Chen Hong lacks the most is the opportunity for the heroine. Now that Kang Jianfei asks her to play Qiu Moyan, she naturally has to grasp it firmly.

After coming out of Sihexuan, Kang Jianfei said to Chen Hong: "I'll send you back."

Chen Hong looked at Fu Yiwei next to her and declined, "You'd better send Sister Fu, I'll just take a taxi back."

Fu Yiwei felt a little sad. He didn't say that he had to pimp his man, but now he had to go home alone. She smiled reluctantly and said, "I have social engagements tonight, so I'll leave first."

Fu Yiwei walked to the side of the road and called a taxi to leave. Then Chen Hong said to Kang Jianfei: "Then I'll trouble Mr. Kang."

Kang Jianfei drove a Mercedes-Benz with a military license plate. The license plate was helped by Ye Laosan. Except for some sensitive places in the capital, this car could enter and exit freely.

Chen Hong was not surprised to see the military signs, and sat in the passenger seat and said, "The place I live now is Nanluoguxiang."

Kang Jianfei started the car and asked, "Did you rent a house?"

Chen Hong said: "A old house for elders."

Kang Jianfei said: "The environment there is good, and I heard that there are many famous places and historical sites."

"They are all old houses, and the environment is very chaotic." Chen Hong felt that those old houses were far worse than modern buildings, and their daily life was inconvenient.

Of course, Kang Jianfei would not be so stupid as to argue with her that the old house is valuable. According to Chen Hong's words, "When you finish filming this "New Longmen Inn", you will definitely become a hit and you will be able to buy a high-end apartment in Beijing at that time."

Chen Hong smiled happily and said, "If it really makes a name for itself, I will definitely invite Mr. Kang to dinner and thank you."

"Then let's make a decision. With Miss Chen's strength, you only need a suitable opportunity to become a big star," Kang Jianfei first praised her, and then said, "It's still early now, and there's nothing to do when you go back. Why don't you go to the movies together?"
Chapter completed!