"Probably Mr. Cha and my kid didn't expect that it was just a simple confrontation between two TV stations, but in the end, it became the ultimate showdown between the two of them under the promotion of the media and the public...... But it's okay to let this kid suffer frustration at the hands of Mr. Cha, so that he won't be so arrogant and empty-eyed. ”

In the lobby café of The Peninsula Hotel, Lin Shu and an elegant middle-aged woman sit opposite each other.

This woman's slender figure, demure appearance, hair color is still quite dark, the style and material of the clothes she wears are very chic, the years have only left a shallow fishtail mark at the corner of her eyes, but in order to make her face lose half a point, she looks like a woman in her thirties, and her eyes reveal a beautiful look.

If there are people over the age of 40 in this vicinity, they will definitely be able to recognize this woman as Xia Meng, who was famous in the past and one of the "Three Princesses of the Great Wall".

As the chief actress of the Hong Kong Great Wall Film Production Company in the 50s and 60s, her appearance is glamorous but not charming, chaste and peaceful, elegant and generous, and the tall Xia Mengna is a recognized Xi Shi in Hong Kong in the era.

At that time, Jin Yong once said: "No one has ever seen how beautiful Xi Shi is, I think she should be like Xia Meng." In order to get close to Xia Meng, Jin Yong once went to the Great Wall Company to work as a screenwriter, which became a good story of Hong Kong's "talented and beautiful world" that year.

It can be seen that Xia Meng was indeed a peerless existence in that era, otherwise she would not have been called a "big princess" and "dream beauty".

Xia Meng is good at acting and singing, regardless of fashion, costumes, opera movies can be competent, is a rare all-round actor in Chinese films. In the hearts of elderly fans, Xia Meng is the only female star in Hong Kong who can compete with Audrey Hepburn, and even the great director Li Hanshen once commented that she is "the most beautiful actress in the history of Chinese films, with an extraordinary temperament and intoxicating temperament".

Xia Meng took a sip of the coffee in front of him, looked at Lin Shu with a smile and said, "Didn't you co-write "The Peerless Twins" with Lin Xi? Why, I feel like you're completely out of the way. Also, only fathers hope that their sons will be well, how can anyone like you want your son to be frustrated? ”

"His mother went early, and at that time I was busy writing books to earn money all day long, and I didn't have time to take care of him, so I relied on him for everything, and he didn't suffer any setbacks since he was a child, and he didn't read well, he wanted to make music for a while, and wanted to be a painter for a while, and finally he was expelled from school because of too much absenteeism, although he was very touched by this incident, and then now he finally began to do something seriously, but success came too easily for him, just like I did back then, I was worried that he would follow my old path, so I saw him suffer some setbacks when he was younger, and I thought it would be good for him. ”

When mentioning his son, the expression on Lin Shu's face unconsciously revealed a very warm feeling, and the tone of his voice was even more proud and gratified.

Xia Meng glanced at Lin Shu meaningfully.

"I heard it, you are clearly showing off your son!"

Lin Shu hurriedly waved his hand and said: "Don't get me wrong, I really don't mean that, I just hope that he can walk more steadily in the future, of course, having such a son, makes me a father actually quite stressful, just like you asked me just now "The Peerless Twins" wasn't co-written by our father and son? The reason why I can stay out of the matter like now is that I just have a name on that book, and everyone has basically guessed this matter now, so when you read the newspaper mentioning "The Peerless Double Pride", they only mention Lin Xi and don't mention me, and that's for this reason. ”

Xia Meng covered her mouth and laughed.

"I said just now that you were showing off your son, why do you feel like you're jealous of your son now?"

"Is there one?" Lin Shu himself couldn't help but shake his head and laughed, "Okay, let's talk about you so much about me!" ”

"Oh?" Xia Meng's expression froze slightly, and he replied with a smile: "What do I have to say?" Left and right is just a person who is about to be forgotten by everyone, where are there so many wonderful stories of you famous talents in Xiangjiang? ”

"If you hadn't gone to Canada at the beginning, how could you be missing from the Hong Kong film industry now?" Lin Shu clasped his hands and leaned back, "How are you doing in Canada, and now you're still alone?" ”

"What if you're not alone?" These words seemed to touch Xia Meng's heart, and even the expression of looking at Lin Shu became a little resentful.

Thinking of the entanglement between the two when they were young, Lin Shu suddenly didn't dare to look directly at Xia Meng's gaze at him at this time, so he had to cover it up with the action of lowering his head and drinking coffee.

"Okay, I'm kidding you, I'm scared like this."

Xia Meng's tone was a little resentful, but she could hear that she really didn't mean to blame Lin Shu.

Lin Shu felt even more guilty, and he didn't know how to speak at all.

Seeing that the atmosphere at the tea table was a little awkward, Xia Meng changed the topic.

"I won't mention the previous things, let's talk about the present, do you know why I went back to Hong Kong this time?"

Lin Shu shook his head silently.

Xia Meng immigrated to Canada, on the one hand, because of emotional injury, and on the other hand, because of the turmoil in the mainland, which made her disheartened as a representative of Hong Kong's left-wing films.

When Xia Meng left, Jin Yong also published an editorial in "Ming Pao" to talk about this matter, but Lin Shu didn't even attend the final farewell because he had to take care of his wife who was about to give birth at that time.

Not long after Xia Meng left, Lin Xi was born, and this time it was seventeen years.

"It's good to come back often, it's not fun to stay in Canada alone."

Lin Shu's answer was a bit evasive.

Xia Meng knew what Lin Shu was avoiding, so he took the initiative to explain the reason.

"Actually, before I came to Hong Kong this time, I secretly went to the mainland."

"What?" Lin Shu's hand trembled, and he almost threw away the coffee cup in his hand.

He put down the cup and looked at Xia Meng with a stern expression.

"You went to the mainland?"

"Born and raised in Sri Lanka, you can't live most of your life, and you don't even have the courage to go back and take a look, right? Besides, isn't the mainland now reforming and opening up? I'm also going to see what the hell is going on. ”

Xia Meng had a calm expression, but it set off a stormy wave in Lin Shu's heart.

He held back the surprise in his heart and asked, "How do you feel?" ”

"It's really a big change, although many places are still not satisfactory, but it is gratifying that many things are developing in a good direction, to take the simplest example, you should feel it in Hong Kong, there are not many people who have fled Hong Kong on a large scale for more than a year, right? You should go back and see if you have the chance, it's a big difference from what I told you. ”

Xia Meng listened to it for a while, and when Lin Shu completely digested what she had just said, he continued: "Actually, the biggest gain I got from going back this time was that I met Mr. Liao Chengzhi, who strongly invited me to the mainland to film, saying that it would deepen the cultural exchange between the two places, and then I agreed. ”

"You promised?" Lin Shu was stunned again.

"Don't get excited, I just promised Mr. Liao to go back to the mainland to make movies, and I didn't say that I wanted to make movies again, my idea was to set up a film company first, but I felt that I couldn't do it alone, so I wanted to find a partner."

When Xia Meng said this, her gaze stopped directly on Lin Shu's face, there was no doubt that she hoped that Lin Shu would come over to help her.

Lin Shu knew this very well, but he still had some concerns in his heart.

"Let me think about it for a moment."

(Note: The background of this article is semi-overhead, and part of the content of this chapter is purely a fabrication of the plot, don't get me wrong.) ）

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