Chapter 88

Li Chong's Chinese was learned from Uncle Yuan, who was originally from Beijing. Later, due to some reasons, he went to Taiwan, and then after many twists and turns, he came to South Korea, where he stayed for more than 30 years. Li Chong, who had always liked to stay with Uncle Yuan, thus learned Chinese and read many Chinese books.

"Hehe, when did Song Qian come?" Li Chong asked, looking at the fresh-faced girl.

"I've only been here for three months. I didn't go home for the New Year, just to study Korean intensively. But even so, if everyone speaks too fast, I can't understand," Song Qian finally found someone to chat with. Since Han Geng was known for being introverted and talkative, she had a lot to say.

"There's no way around it. You just need to go out more and talk to people. In a real context, your language skills will improve. Otherwise, you'll suffer if you can't understand your instructor's words," Li Chong gave her some advice.

"Okay, I'll try my best!" Song Qian nodded hard.

"Uncle, do you like Sister Taeyeon?" A little girl's voice came from behind Li Chong.

"Ah!" Li Chong was startled and turned around to see that it was Jessica's younger sister, Seohyun, asking him.

Seohyun, who was only a little over 1.5 meters tall, looked up and asked innocently. "Cough, cough," Li Chong pretended to cough. "Ah, no, little girl, we're just friends. Can't I give a friend a birthday gift?"

"But Sister YoonA said that this wristwatch is a limited edition by Fendi, and it's said to cost 10 million won. And it's not even guaranteed that you can buy it, as it's a limited release," Seohyun tilted her head and said to Li Chong.

At this point, Li Chong was about to blame Li Yenxi. Why did you have to say that? And he also blamed So Ji-sub. I just asked you to help me buy it; you didn't have to buy such an expensive and ambiguous gift. Feelings aren't something you can buy with money.

Looking at Seohyun's innocent big eyes, Li Chong didn't want to say it wasn't him who bought it. He asked someone else to help, and he didn't even know what was bought. So he had to swallow his pride and said, "I have a good relationship with all the members of Girls' Generation, so it's only right that I give them something unique. I'll do the same for the other sisters' gifts!"

Hearing these words, YoonA and Sooyoung, who were behind Seohyun, clapped in celebration. Jessica also had a smile on her face. They had just been discussing how to get Li Chong to buy them birthday gifts, especially YoonA, who hadn't had her coming-of-age ceremony yet. While they were discussing, Seohyun suddenly said, "What's so hard about that? Watch me. If you buy gifts for us, we'll buy gifts for you, and I want to eat beef for a month."

Everyone thought about it, and Seohyun was always mischievous. She was also the troublemaker among the S&M trainees, and no one dared to mess with her. Sending her was really the right choice. Sure enough, Li Chong said what they wanted to hear.

At this moment, Kim Taeyeon also woke up from the surprise of the wristwatch. She had heard Li Yenxi say that this Fendi ladies' wristwatch was a limited edition, and she was secretly rejoicing. But when she heard it was worth 10 million won, she felt a bit uneasy. She wasn't Seo Ye Ji or Lee Hyori, who had a close enough relationship with Li Chong to borrow several billion won casually. She wasn't even Kwon Yu-ri or YoonA, who texted Li Chong every day and had the best relationship with him among the nine. Yet, Li Chong had given her such a birthday gift. Could the meaning in the card be that meaning?

While Kim Taeyeon was lost in thought and feeling a bit restless, Seohyun's words to Li Chong reached her ears. When she heard that Li Chong planned to give all the members of Girls' Generation such expensive gifts, she felt a sense of relief, but also a hint of disappointment. Looking at the wristwatch again, it was still beautiful, but something seemed to be missing...

"Uncle, Uncle, you said you're going to be an actor?" Pani, who was always a bit slow, suddenly asked.

Everyone in the room looked at this scatterbrained girl helplessly. Li Chong had just said it, but he hadn't mentioned what role he would play.

"That's right, Uncle, what role are you playing? It's not the director in the movie, right? That would be a cameo!" YoonA also asked curiously. She had asked Li Chong about the plot of the movie before, and he had given her a general idea.

"That's not me. Director Zhang Xun found an old veteran, a very interesting actor. I'm acting with So Ji-sub, and we're playing the male lead together," Li Chong said with a smile.

"Male lead? You're the director! How can you play the male lead?" Hyoyeon's one-track mind kicked in again. But surprisingly, many people in the room nodded in agreement.

"Who said directors can't act? There are many in foreign countries, not just me. Besides, Director Zhang Xun's budget was tight, so he added my salary to the movie budget. In other words, if the movie loses money, I'll be working for free," Li Chong realized that in South Korea, directors rarely acted in their own movies, and people generally couldn't accept it.

No one said anything more. They were all young and didn't understand the rules of the entertainment industry, so they didn't know how much of a stir Li Chong was causing in the South Korean director community.

"So, So Ji-sub, can Uncle get you some signed photos? I was crazy about him in 'Sorry, I Love You'," Sunny said with stars in her eyes.

"Right, right, he was so handsome back then. If he hadn't gone to serve in the military, he probably wouldn't be any worse than Jang Dong-gun or Lee Byung-hun," Sooyoung also said.

The women in the room chattered like a bunch of ducks. Li Chong and Han Geng exchanged a look and gently rubbed their foreheads. "Okay, okay, I'll get them for you. I'll have him sign a dozen, one for each of you."

"Thank you, Uncle," "Thank you, oppa,"... another chorus of duck-like voices.

"Um, Li Chong xi, do you still need actors for the movie you're shooting now?" Gao Yara couldn't hold back and suddenly asked.

Li Chong turned to look at Gao Yara, a beautiful girl around 17 or 18 years old. He looked her up and down. "There's really no suitable role for you in the movie. Your age doesn't fit the characters in the movie," Li Chong shook his head and said.

Then he looked at Li Yenxi. "Are you Li Yenxi?" Li Chong asked.

"Yes, I'm Li Yenxi," Li Yenxi didn't know what Li Chong meant by asking.

"I heard from So Ji-sub about you. You two shot a short film called 'U-Turn' before. So Ji-sub said your performance was good. There's a role in the movie that might suit you. Why don't you come to the set tomorrow and try out?" Li Chong explained.

It turned out that in early 2008, So Ji-sub and Li Yenxi had starred in a new concept TV movie directed by Zhang Zhen, which was also a car commercial. So Ji-sub had mentioned Li Yenxi, but at the time, Li Chong and Zhang Xun were busy, so it had passed. Today, when Li Chong saw Li Yenxi, he found that her demeanor was very suitable for the role of the actress in "Movie is Movie." If there were no issues tomorrow, he could consider changing the lead actress, as it was a man's movie.