Chapter 16

After eating stir-fried rice cakes, squid rice, and grilled sausages, Li Chong finally felt somewhat full... Li Chong, like all writers and screenwriters, had the common problem of irregular eating and sleeping habits. Sometimes he would eat only one meal a day, and sometimes he would go two days without eating. He would stay up when inspiration struck and catch up on sleep when it left. Therefore, Li Chong was particularly attached to eating and sleeping... This also laid the groundwork for his future miserable life.

As Li Chong walked back contentedly, Kwon Yuri and the other two were walking in the neighborhood. Although Kwon Yuri said she was fearless and could protect everyone, there were already few people around at this time. The gentle breeze made the atmosphere cool, but the three of them felt tense. At this moment, the shrubs at the entrance of the apartment building began to rustle. The three watched as the shrubs moved faster and faster. Just as something was about to come out, the three of them screamed and ran into the elevator. As the elevator was about to close, they saw a small black cat run out of the shrubs. The three looked at each other and burst out laughing.

Back at the dorm, as soon as they opened the door, Lin Yoon-a snatched the late-night snack from Li Chong's hands, opened it, and started eating. "I'm starving, I only had a little chocolate for dinner," Lin Yoon-a said. She had just eaten a piece of stir-fried rice cake when it was snatched by Suyoung. "What's the rush? Go ask Hyo-hyun and Hyo-yeon if they want to eat," Suyoung said, then took a piece for herself... Lin Yoon-a looked at the rice cake with regret and quickly went to call Hyo-hyun and Hyo-yeon to eat.

"Hyohyun, do you want to eat the late-night snack?" Lin Yoon-a asked.

"No, it's not good to eat at this time, it's not good for digestion. And..." a round-faced girl said seriously.

Lin Yoon-a didn't care what the girl was saying, closed the door, and went to Sunny and Yuri's room to call Hyo-yeon to eat the late-night snack.

"Hyoyeon, come eat the late-night snack, or it will all be eaten by Suyoung, the big eater!" Yoon-a said and ran back to the living room to fight with Suyoung for the food.

Yoon-a was really hungry, and Suyoung, seeing Yoon-a eat so happily, also wanted to eat. Hyo-yeon and Sunny joined the food battle.

At this moment, the three who had just calmed down asked, "What's going on? Who said there's a creepy uncle in our neighborhood?"

Lin Yoon-a, while stuffing food into her mouth, said, "I saw it with my own eyes, he lives right across from us. I pretended to be a child's voice today, and a man in shorts and flip-flops came out and asked if I wanted to go eat with him."

"That's so bold, it's outrageous! Even at night, he shouldn't talk to a girl like that," Kwon Yuri said angrily.

"Mm, Seogyeui, don't grab, leave me some grilled sausages," Lin Yoon-a said, still fighting for the food.

"Um, ah, he thought I was a boy... He said that nowadays, boys are so handsome, no wonder so many girls get plastic surgery," Lin Yoon-a mumbled.

Her attention was entirely on the food, so she said it without thinking.

At that moment, the entire living room suddenly fell silent. Lin Yoon-a was still eating, but suddenly felt something was wrong. Why was it so quiet, and no one was fighting for the food? She looked up and saw everyone staring at her.

"Um, what's wrong? Did I get chili sauce on my face?" Lin Yoon-a asked, touching her face, but found nothing.

The living room remained quiet for a while. When Lin Yoon-a started to feel uncomfortable, everyone burst out laughing, holding their bellies, kicking their legs, slapping the table, and rolling on the floor. The most exaggerated was Hyo-yeon, who, while laughing, dragged the already sleeping Jung Suh-yeon out of her room. Just as Jung Suh-yeon was about to get angry, Hyo-yeon told her the story, and Jung Suh-yeon, looking at Lin Yoon-a, also burst out laughing.

Xu Hyun also came out, and when Hwang Mi-yeong explained, Xu Hyun's small mouth opened slightly, her eyes wide with surprise, and she looked at Lin Yoon-a, then "puh" and laughed.

Kwon Yuri came forward and touched Lin Yoon-a's small face, "Our Girls' Generation's front girl being mistaken for a handsome boy, who would believe it? What a weird uncle, we should meet him."

"Right, it's rare to find someone with the same taste as me, I should meet him too. I always said Yoon-a should be the coolest, not the prettiest!" Sunny added, giving Yoon-a a jab.

"From this, it seems Yoon-a could join Super Junior and replace Leeteuk oppa," Suyoung added.

Jung Suh-yeon, sitting across from Lin Yoon-a, picked up some food, "Come on, do you like Yuri? Why do you always want to be in the same room as her?" Jung Suh-yeon also gave Lin Yoon-a a jab.

Lin Yoon-a knew she was being teased, so she didn't say anything and just buried her head in the food, treating the late-night snack as the creepy uncle next door, eating with gritted teeth. She thought, just wait, don't fall into my hands, or else...

Li Chong sneezed a few times as he entered his home, "Who's thinking of me so much, it's already past 10 PM." After completing the unfinished script tasks, he went to sleep. By then, the sky was already light.

In the following days, actors came one after another to sign contracts and get scripts. Each actor felt like they had fallen into a trap. If it weren't for Li Chong already depositing the advance payments into their accounts, these actors would have turned and left.

More interestingly, Girls' Generation had been closely watching their neighbor across the street.

In the morning, Jung Suh-yeon saw a round-faced, weathered, curly-haired man enter the room.

In the afternoon, when Hyo-yeon returned early, she saw a small-eyed, square-faced, somewhat familiar man enter the room.

Several other people saw different people enter the room at different times. When the girls compared notes, they realized that this creepy uncle seemed to have many faces. They looked at each other, wondering what the neighbor across the street did.

After more than ten days of preparation, the shooting location, actors, and equipment were all in place, and it was time to start filming.

Li Chong had one more important thing to do, which was to hold a grand opening press conference.

On September 2, 2007, at the Shilla Hotel in Seoul, Li Chong held a very grand opening press conference for his new movie. He invited many media outlets to promote his film and to show those who looked down on him, thinking he couldn't get funding and couldn't make a movie, that he had already entered the film industry.

The former MV genius PD, Ren, directed and wrote the script, with two acting veterans, Kim Yun-seok and Ha Jung-woo, as the lead actors. The assistant director was Zhang Xun, the regular assistant director of Kim Ki-duk. This combination was highly anticipated by everyone.

At this time, in the office of Liu Xiuli, the CEO of SJ Entertainment, Liu Xiuli was so angry that his forehead was pulsing. He thought that as long as he issued a ban, Li Chong wouldn't be able to develop in the industry. Who would have thought that this kid was so rich, actually shooting an independent film on his own. "Kid, since you want to enter this circle, I'll show you the survival of the fittest in this circle," Liu Xiuli's sinister laugh echoed in the office.

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