The great success of the entire performance also helped He Jiong and Chen Wan make a big stride. It is said that on the second day after the performance, the two originally planned to return, but because the central mother was going to hold a celebration banquet, they deliberately asked them to attend, so they discussed with the Taiwan branch and changed their air tickets and stayed for one more day.

Li Mu was originally invited to the celebration banquet, but Li Mu refused.

On the one hand, he felt that he was not suitable for appearing at the TV station's celebration banquet, and on the other hand, he did not want to continue to ferment the things he had done a lot to this party.

If you attend a celebration banquet, I am afraid everyone will thank you at the banquet. The reason why they help is not to seek fame, but just think that the core point of fighting SARS on both sides of the Taiwan Strait and the three regions is of great significance and cannot bear to put it in vain.

So during the internal celebration banquet of the central mother, Li Mu invited Zhang Guorong and Mei Yanfang to have a home-cooked meal at his home.

In Li Mu's opinion, the two of them came to Yanjing to save the situation from thousands of miles away. This is a great favor. It is better to invite them to have dinner anywhere than to eat at home.

The only thing that made Li Mu feel guilty was that every time he invited his friends to dinner, he had to work hard to arrange meals. He originally wanted to ask them one or two aunts to help them, but they didn't agree. In Li's words, it was difficult to get used to the wealthy life of a servant at home, so Li Mu didn't insist.

Fortunately, Li's mother has a goddaughter...

When Li Mu's house entertained Zhang Guorong and Mei Yanfang, Li Ziwei became Li's mother's helper and helped prepare meals at home.

Li Mu specially arranged for the driver to go to the hotel to take Zhang Guorong and Mei Yanfang to the house. The two arrived earlier, so Li Mu and his father chatted with them at home and invited them to drink tea.

Li’s father is not very chasing stars, but he has also watched a lot of Hong Kong movies. His favorite movie actor is Zhou Runfa, but he also has a good impression of Zhang Guorong and Mei Yanfang. Especially after knowing that the two played a huge role in this performance, Li’s father also admired the two, so he had a great conversation with them.

During the chat, Li Mu received a strange call. After answering, he found out that the call was a heavyweight leader of the Central Mother. The leader called over and expressed his gratitude to Li Mu first, but he was very sorry that Li Mu failed to attend to tonight's celebration banquet. He said that Li Mu was the biggest hero of the performance, but Li Mu told him very politely that the biggest hero was all the staff of the Central Mother and all the singers present.

The other party repeatedly said yes, and then hesitated to make a request.

He said: "Mr. Li, you have a good relationship with two celebrities, Zhang Guorong and Mei Yanfang. This time they were able to travel thousands of miles to rescue the scene. I believe the big reason is because of your favor. I have a reluctant request. I wonder if you can agree?"

Li Mu said: "Please tell me that I will do my best if I can do it."

The other party then said: "The social influence of this performance is very good, and the most influential stars in this performance are the two of them. The audience knows that they came from the United States and they also recognize them very much, so we want to strike while the iron is hot and continue to make a supplementary effort based on the popularity of the performance, hoping to invite them to participate in the interview of "Face to Face".

It is normal to strike while the iron is hot. Most media are veterans who control the temperature and rhythm. Just like every year's Spring Festival Gala, if there was a program in the Spring Festival Gala that year and a star was particularly popular with the audience, then CCTV would also strike while the iron is hot and invite the other party to participate in more other programs. This is also a kind of resource replacement. Magician Liu Qian and sketch actor Xiao Shenyang all had the same path back then. Recently, Zhang Guorong and Mei Yanfang have been sought after by the audience. Inviting them to do interview programs like "Face to Face to" is a very good idea. The only question is whether Zhang Guorong and Mei Yanfang agree.

So Li Mu said: "I will convey your invitation to them."

The other party couldn't help asking: "How likely do you think they agreed?"

Li Mu said: "I can't guarantee this. They have to decide according to their own schedule.

Li Mu didn't know what Leslie Cheung and Mei Yanfang were going to save the situation. Now that the performance has ended successfully, it is not clear whether they will go to the United States, Hong Kong, or other places. What's more, they have the intention of retreating and may not be willing to continue to show up in public.

After hanging up the phone and returning to the living room, Li's father was asking Zhang Guorong about some anecdotes when filming "The World of Heavens" that year. He was talking about Zhong Chuhong. Li's father sighed that in "The World of Heavens", the dance between Zhang Guorong and Zhong Chuhong was deeply remembered by him. Zhang Guorong said seriously: "If you are her fan, I can introduce you to you next time."

Dad Li waved his hand quickly and said with a smile: "I can't be a fan of her, and my wife can't hear this, otherwise she might have to be jealous."

Li Mu teased at this time and said, "The actress my dad really likes is Zhao Yazhi. Every time he played the new White Snake legend on TV, he would sigh that Zhao Yazhi was beautiful."

Zhang Guorong said in surprise: "Oh, that's great. I have a good personal relationship with Sister Yazhi. We have worked together for 80 years. If you have the chance in the future, I will definitely introduce her to you."

Li’s father didn’t expect Li Mu to shake out the actress he liked, and when he heard Zhang Guorong say that he had a good relationship with Zhao Yazhi, he suddenly felt a little embarrassed.

Seeing that his father was embarrassed to answer the conversation, Li Mu changed the topic and said to Zhang Guorong and Mei Yanfang: "The leader of the Central Mother called just now and wanted to invite you to participate in a talk show on CCTV. They want to take advantage of the popularity of the performance and create some influence and topics. I wonder how you will arrange it next, and are you interested in participating?"

Zhang Guorong and Mei Yanfang looked at each other, and then Mei Yanfang said, "We are really going to find an opportunity to tell you about this. Recently, we want to do more to fight SARS, so we will divide the time in the future into two parts. One is waiting for you and the media in mainland China to dispatch, and the other is to return to Hong Kong to participate in the charity activities of Hong Kong's fight against SARS. So if we need any cooperation, just talk."

Li Mu was happy and said, "That's great. I will agree for you first, let them make arrangements based on your time."

"good!"

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Although the meals of Li Mu's family banquet are relatively simple, they have very different meanings. Apart from relatives and friends, not many people have enjoyed such family banquets at Li Mu's family. Before Zhang Guorong and Mei Yanfang came, only two people in the entertainment industry could receive this treatment, one was Chen Wan and the other was He Jiong.

Chen Wan is Li Mu's woman, so she can be regarded as a family member. From this point of view, He Jiong is the only one who comes from the entertainment industry, and he still benefits from Chen Wan's glory.

In fact, Zhang Guorong and Mei Yanfang were also very surprised by Li Mu's invitation. In their opinion, Li Mu was still much better than himself in all aspects. Everyone was not at the same level in terms of financial resources, ability, and influence. What's more important is that both of them thought that Li Mu was kind to him, but they didn't expect that Li Mu would attach so much importance to him and specially invited him to have a meal at home.

Li Mu felt that if someone respects me, I should respect others one foot. Zhang Guorong and Mei Yanfang came to Yanjing to save the situation without hesitation, which made Li Mu truly regard the two as friends who can be made friends, just like Song Liang and Chen Ze.

Li’s father and mother are also very hospitable, without any airs at all, and without any sense of superiority. This makes Zhang Guorong and Mei Yanfang feel that it is very different from the wealthy families in Hong Kong.

In Hong Kong, real wealthy families are underestimated by the entertainment industry. Li Jiacheng will never hold banquets and entertain celebrities at home like Li Mu's family. Even if they can, they will never lower their status to the equal attitude of everyone. Not to mention that Li Jiacheng, a rich man in Hong Kong, even a wealthy family worth hundreds of billions of Hong Kong dollars, will not take any star seriously. It is difficult for many goddesses in the entertainment industry to marry into a wealthy family. Some actresses have given birth to a few children for the wealthy family but cannot even get a title. Therefore, Hong Kong celebrities have long had a common subconscious that stars in the entertainment industry have no weight or status in front of the wealthy family.

However, in Li Mu's house, there is no such thinking pattern.

Maybe it was because of his personality, maybe it was because he made a fortune halfway through. Without the accumulation of wealthy families, Li Mu and his parents did not have a real sense of wealthy families, and they did not feel that their social status was much higher than others. Therefore, it was difficult for Li’s father and mother to use servants like Hong Kong rich people; so Li Mu would make friends with all kinds of people who were not as strong as him; so even Li Mo was a rich man worth tens of billions of dollars, when he wanted to recognize a girl from an ordinary background like Li Ziwei as his goddaughter, he still felt nervous and worried about being rejected.

It is precisely because of the humility and gentleness of Li Mu's family that Zhang Guorong and Mei Yanfang did not feel uncomfortable at all during the whole process, and they also liked this simple and gentle atmosphere more and more.

At the dinner table, everyone chatted with each other with great joy and laughter.

Just as we were talking about interesting things in the Hong Kong entertainment industry, the doorbell rang. Li Ziwei hurriedly got up and opened the door. When the door opened, Li Ziwei found that Zhao Ziqiu was standing outside the door.

Zhao Ziqiu was holding a huge glass plate at this moment, with a semicircular lid covered with water vapor inside, but you could still see a fish placed in the plate at a glance.

When Zhao Ziqiu saw Li Ziwei, he asked her nervously: "Ziwei, did Uncle Li and Aunt Li have had dinner? My mother made West Lake vinegar fish and asked me to send it to them for taste."

Li Ziwei knew about Zhao Ziqiu and Li Mu, and nodded with a smile and whispered: "It wasn't long before eating at the beginning. Both my godfather and my godmother were there, Mr. Li was there, and there were two special guests."

"Ah?" Zhao Ziqiu said: "When a customer is coming? Then I won't go in. Please help me get the fish in."
Chapter completed!