bookbashuk Chapter 357 The Truth of That Year 2
Chapter 357 The Truth of That Year 2
Some things are not that they won't be punished, but that the time hasn't come yet.
Some people may seem to live glamorous lives, but for them, simply being alive is the best punishment.
"Call Uncle Nan, just give him Luo Yufu's name, and see what he says!" Fatty Lin said after thinking for a moment.
"Okay!" I nodded.
After calling the White Dragon King, the call was quickly connected.
"Uncle Nan, it's been almost two months, have you finished compiling that list yet?"
Once the call connected, I didn't stand on ceremony and got straight to the point.
The White Dragon King did not return.
"Still a little short!"
Just when I thought there was a problem with the signal, the White Dragon King's voice came through.
"Uncle Nan, we've made some progress on that movie you mentioned last time, 'Dream of the Red Chamber'!" I continued.
"What have you found out?" the White Dragon King asked immediately.
"Uncle Nan, do you know Luo Yufu?" I asked.
There was another moment of silence on the other end.
Lin the Fat and I exchanged a glance, knowing we had made the right call.
"How did you find out?"
After about ten seconds, the White Dragon King finally spoke.
"Uncle Nan, sometimes the net of heaven is vast, its meshes are wide, yet nothing escapes it!" Fatty Lin said.
"What do you mean?" the White Dragon King asked.
"Uncle Nan, do you know about Chen Dingding's ghost encounter?" Fatty Lin asked.
"Know!"
The White Dragon King remained silent for a long while before replying, "Long Qiang contacted me, but I turned him down!"
"Uncle Nan, after you turned it down, he contacted us, and we took the job!" Fatty Lin said.
"And then?" the White Dragon King asked.
"Then there was an unexpected surprise!" After Fatty Lin brought Chen Dingding over, he asked the female ghost over for questioning, learned about her identity, and told her about Luo Yufu.
"It's not that retribution won't come, it's just that the time hasn't arrived yet!"
After hearing this, the White Dragon King sighed deeply.
"Uncle Nan, what exactly happened back then?"
After he finished sighing, Fatty Lin and I spoke almost at the same time.
"It's all a tragedy!"
The White Dragon King sighed again and said, "Luo Yufu was from the wealthy Luo family, and she married into a wealthy family as well. She became a widow when she was nearly fifty!"
"After becoming a widow, with no one to care for you, you started living a dissolute life?" I asked.
"You could say that!"
The White Dragon King seemed lost in memories, his voice slightly weak, "She and her husband were in an arranged marriage. Because of her unattractive appearance, although they had been married for many years, they had never had children!"
"Her husband and she didn't have any children, but he had several children with other women!"
"That might be what triggered her!"
"Did he become a pervert after being stimulated?" I said.
"Maybe!"
The White Dragon King gave a noncommittal answer, saying, "After her husband died, she received a large sum of money and shares!"
"She invested most of that money in the film and television industry!"
"Perhaps she was under too much pressure before, so she started frantically looking for men; if she set her sights on someone, she had to have him!"
"Back in the 70s and 80s, she had affairs with many popular male stars!"
The word "染指" (rǎn zhǐ) is used very cleverly; I understand its meaning perfectly.
"Uncle Nan, is what you mean by 'tainting' what we're thinking?" Fatty Lin asked.
"yes!"
The White Dragon King said in a hoarse voice, "Back then, even someone like Mark Qiang had to obediently attend her banquet and spend the night with her if he received her invitation!"
"Mark Qiang was also involved?" I was a little surprised.
There was once a saying in Hong Kong that no one could be more popular than Mark Keung, which illustrates the extent of Mark Keung's popularity.
"Back then, Mark Qiang's 'Shanghai Storm' had just aired. Because of this TV series, Hong Kong was packed with people, the crime rate dropped, and Mark Qiang became incredibly famous!"
Even so, he dared not not go!
"That time, he won 100,000!"
"There are many wealthy widows like Law Yuk-fu in Hong Kong. Those popular male stars are just dishes on their table!"
"That's how Knife Boy got through it too..."
As he was talking, the White Dragon King let something slip, and he realized it immediately and stopped talking.
"Uncle Nan, the 'knife boy' you're talking about is Chen Daozai, right? You mean he was also kept by those wealthy widows back then?" Fatty Lin's eyes lit up with excitement, like a shark smelling fish.
"Let's continue talking about Luo Yufu!"
The White Dragon King avoided talking about it with Chen Daozai, but the three of us exchanged glances and all understood—it was true!
Don't think that 100,000 is a small amount; that was 100,000 thirty years ago, not 100,000 today.
This also shows that the rules of the Hong Kong entertainment industry have never changed, whether it was thirty years ago or now.
The rule is simple: these celebrities in the entertainment industry, regardless of gender, are nothing more than dishes on the table of the wealthy, to be eaten whenever they want.
If you don't want to be eaten, you either need to have a powerful backer or be prepared for retaliation.
Having a powerful backer, in a way, also means being exploited.
"Luo Yufu took a liking to Zhenbang, but Zhenbang refused. She held a grudge and used many tricks, but in the end she still succeeded!" the White Dragon King said slowly.
"Uncle Nan, what are these methods?" I asked.
"What do you have?"
The White Dragon King muttered to himself, "Initially, Luo Yufu targeted Zhenbang's friend. She orchestrated a scheme to lure him into gambling, causing him to incur a large debt. She then used this debt to blackmail him into helping her frame Zhenbang, forcing him to submit!"
"Uncle Nan, is the friend you're talking about the same Zhong Daluo who was known as one of the Three Musketeers along with Brother Ning, and who later committed suicide by jumping off a building because of his overwhelming debts?" I asked.
During this time, we learned a lot about the past between the three musketeers.
The bond between these three is even stronger than that between blood brothers.
"Yes, that's him!"
The White Dragon King exhaled and said, "Zhong Daluo resisted to the death and was beaten half to death by the debt collectors. In the end, it was Zhenbang and another friend who stepped in and helped him resolve the trouble!"
"When Luo Yufu saw that this tactic didn't work, she changed her approach and had Liu Mingyuan devise a plan to trick Zhenbang into signing a contract for the film 'Dream of the Red Chamber'!"
"The relationship between Liu Mingyuan and Luo Yufu isn't that close, is it?" I asked.
"A large portion of Liu Mingyuan's funds came from Luo Yufu. Not only that, he was also one of Luo Yufu's male lovers!" the White Dragon King said.
"And then?" Fatty Lin asked.
"After tricking Zhenbang into signing the contract, Liu Mingyuan became jealous of Zhenbang and worried that Zhenbang would fall for Luo Yufu and steal her affection from him. During filming, he hinted to the director to humiliate Zhenbang in various ways, causing him great harm!" the White Dragon King said.
"I've heard about the script supervisor's disappearance. Apparently, the production crew paid his family a sum of money, and after they received it, the matter was dropped!"
The White Dragon King added another sentence.