Chapter 348: Can't Fit In
Wang Deming thought about it. What if he said he wanted to watch a movie, and this Ms. Lin Dai wanted to go with him? They were not familiar with each other. What kind of love movie would they watch alone? How embarrassing!

Isn't this adding fuel to the fire?

Well, I'd better go find Li Heizi and borrow a few hundred dollars for pocket money in private. He should have some, right?

Thinking of this, Wang Deming smiled slightly and said, "It's better to meet by chance than to invite each other. Let's go find Director Li to join in the fun."

Legonglou Restaurant is on the top floor above the theater, with direct elevator access.

After getting out of the elevator, I didn’t expect it to be so lively inside?

On the north side of the restaurant, there is a one-foot-high central stage covered with red carpet and a microphone. A man wearing wide-leg jeans and a bunch of chains hanging around his body is singing with his head shaking:

The moon in the sky, shine on the White River; people on the earth, come and sing.
Wang Deming was stunned. What kind of song is this? I have never heard of it.

Lin Dai, who was standing beside her, looked pleased and explained casually, "This was the interlude of the movie Cuicui, which was played by Hanxiang's third brother. It was very popular for a long time. I played the leading role of Cuicui."

The tables surrounding the stage also seemed to be dancing like a group of demons, with big gold chains, big gold watches, sunglasses, cigarettes, and airplane haircuts.
Holding up their wine glasses, putting their arms around each other's shoulders, spit flying from their mouths, and chattering about something unknown.
Maybe it’s because it’s New Year’s Eve, there seem to be only a few tables like theirs at Legong Tower. But are all the people filming movies like this?

How shameless! You can hug her, but why are you staring at the deep cleavage on her chest? Your eyeballs are about to fall into it. This lesbian is smiling like a flower, looking seductively, not ashamed, but constantly thrusting her breasts.

It even made several men drool.

Alas, the despicable nature of capitalism exposes the vulgar side of human nature nakedly.

"Xiao Lin Dai? Who is this?" A short and fat man with a greasy round face, probably in his 40s, came over and asked with a northeastern accent.

"Oh, second brother, this is Mr. Wang, a friend of Hanxiang's third brother."

"Mr. Wang, this is my second brother Liu Enjia, from the Northeast. He has been making movies at Manchuria Film Studio since 38 and has been in Hong Kong for 48 years."

After listening to Lin Dai's introduction, Wang Deming just smiled and nodded politely, without extending his hand to shake hands with him.

Without saying anything else, just the words "Manchuria Film" tell us that this short and fat man used to make movies for the Japanese devils, maybe together with Li Xianglan.
These are the ones who fled to Hong Kong. We don’t know how many of them are still staying in the mainland and changing their identities.

"What? Is it the relative of ours from the capital that the third brother mentioned?" A fat white man in his 40s, with a red face from drinking, came over arm in arm with someone, a wine jug in his hand.

"Mr. Wang, it's really you! Third brother, Mr. Wang is here!" The man arm in arm with the fat white man is a handsome middle-aged man, the seventh brother Hu Jinquan.

Li Hanxiang then pushed himself out of the crowd, still wearing sunglasses on his face. When he saw Wang Deming, he was overjoyed and staggered over, holding a middle-aged man in one hand.

"Mr. Wang, did you know that we are having a party today and came here just to join in the fun? Haha, many of us are from the north and have similar personalities, so we get together every year to have fun."

"This is Zhu Mu, also from Beijing. This is my sworn brother, Ma Li, the fourth son of Ma Lianliang, the fourth son of the boss. This is my second brother Jiang Guangchao."

Wang Deming smiled and nodded one by one, saying politely: "I have heard a lot about you. When I was in Beijing, I really liked listening to Mr. Ma's plays, especially "Pearl Curtain Village."

Li Hanxiang said bluntly, "Haha, Ma Laosi is not good at singing opera, he didn't learn it well; but second brother is good at singing."

"Mr. Wang, this is the bannerman from Tianjin whom I told you about last time we had dinner together. He is Er Guang, Er Ye."

"Erye, this is the one I told you about. One of his wives and Sister Hongwei are both from the Bordered Yellow Banner, and their surname is Yehenara; the other wife is from the Plain Yellow Banner."

"Well! We are indeed relatives. Hongwei's surname is also Yehenara, and we have the same ancestor. Mr. Wang, which branch is your wife from?"

"The one from the Tong branch." "Oh, that's incredible! The Bank of Qing and the Salt Industry Bank are both owned by your family. Hongwei, where's Hongwei?" Erguang turned around and started looking for someone, "Hurry up and bring the children over to recognize their relatives! Even a plucked hair would be thicker than our waists!"

Wang Deming couldn't help but smile. It should be said that this kind of cheerful personality really makes people feel good about it.

"Here they come!" A woman with short hair came over from the table, bringing with her two young men, the older one was probably 15 or 6, and the younger one was 12 or 3.

With the same crisp sound, he pressed the two children's heads and was about to bow to Wang Deming: "Come on, call someone! Give your uncle a happy new year in advance!"

Well, I was arranged to be an uncle so soon?

Hongwei introduced them to Wang Deming: "These are our eldest son Changnian and the second son Weinian."

The two children bowed to Wang Deming and said happy New Year in Beijing dialect. They bowed and said, "Uncle, happy New Year to you!"

Looking at the two children, Wang Deming's eyes suddenly showed a trace of tenderness, thinking of his two older nephews, Renchun and Yichun. He rubbed their heads, thought for a while, and took off the two diamond cufflinks on his shirt, one for each of them.

She said in a gentle voice, "I was in a hurry to go out today and didn't bring any gifts. These two little gadgets can be considered as a gift for meeting you."

His action immediately scared the people around him. People in the film industry may not be good at other things, but they must have good eyesight!

Hong Wei quickly snatched the things from the two children and tried to give them to Wang Deming: "No! This is too valuable!"

"Mr. Wang, we are just joking with you."

Li Zuyong, mentioned above, not only smoked opium, but also had a big hobby of playing with diamonds. When he was down and out in the 5s, he pawned a diamond ring in a pawn shop for Hong Kong dollars to pay the salaries of Yonghua employees.

The people in charge were Li Hanxiang and Jiang Nan.

Wang Deming had been smuggling diamonds from the Soviet diamond mines to Hong Kong and then spreading them to Southeast Asia. Although China and the Soviet Union were at odds, this business was not interrupted, otherwise the rubles earned from the Siwu Soup beverage business would have had nowhere to spend.

He waved his hand to signal Hongwei to put away the diamond cufflinks, and said casually: "It's rare that I have a good impression of these two children. My sister's two nephews are about the same age as them."

"Hey, Sister Hongwei, keep it for now!" Zhang Cuiying also came over and tried to smooth things over: "How about this, Mr. Wang, after the Spring Festival, when Madam Shouchun and Madam Yuqing are free, they can come to the studio to relax. Sister Hongwei and I will treat them to a meal as a return gift. What do you think?"

"Okay, you can contact them then. You have their home phone number too."

"You guys enjoy drinking, I just happened to stroll over here and take a look around." Wang Deming really couldn't fit in with this kind of atmosphere now. If it were in his previous life, he would definitely drink and watch the game with others with a smile on his face.

After living in China for so many years in this life, I really can't stand this kind of corrupt atmosphere of capitalism.

"I'm going home first. I wish you a happy new year in advance!"

After saying that, he waved at them and turned to leave.

Li Hanxiang and others saw him off to the elevator. As soon as he left, they surrounded Hong Wei and started to make a noise while looking at the two diamond cufflinks in her hands.

"Wow, Sister Hongwei, you're going to be big! You have two big breasts!"

"Wow, this is definitely a super rich man!"

"This relationship must be confirmed!"

(End of this chapter)