Global Film Emperor

Chapter 139 is on TV!
Actually, there was something else that Lu Ze had forgotten about. After all, compared to the Golden Rooster Awards, this matter was far less important.

Today is Sunday, and it's the final episode of "Back to Field," meaning Lu Ze will be on TV tonight.

"Brother Zhang, don't give that contract to the client yet. I think this will give us some time. Right, even if they take it now, the 600,000 yuan can't be approved. Right, I'll go back to the company the day after tomorrow, finish organizing the documents, and send them to you. It's okay, it's nothing. I'll hang up now, Brother Zhang."

After parking the car in its spot, Liu Wen let out a sigh of relief, put her phone in her pocket, gently rubbed her aching shoulders, picked up the vegetables she had just bought from the passenger seat, locked the car, pulled on the door handle to make sure it was locked, and then turned back to the building lobby.

She pressed the elevator button in the lobby, and as the elevator went up, she looked up at the rising building numbers, her mind already on her work.

As an urban white-collar worker, and specifically in the sales industry, her job is not as glamorous and easy as people imagine. Every day, besides going to work, she stays in a small 25-square-meter apartment, relying on silly netizens or acting as a silly netizen herself to find her own happiness.

The happiness index of white-collar workers in big cities is actually very low. Why? They have no freedom and no money. They do the work of ten people but earn half the money of one. This is why most white-collar workers feel unhappy.

Liu Wen is like that. She earns five or six thousand yuan a month, which is only considered a middle-class income level in a newly emerging first-tier city. Her rent is 1,500 yuan a month, her old car costs 500 or 600 yuan a month to keep up with the fuel, and she also has to send 1,000 yuan a month to her parents to show her filial piety. After adding food and other miscellaneous expenses, there is not much money left.

Sometimes she thought about going back to her hometown, a small third-tier city, to earn two or three thousand yuan and live a pretty comfortable life. But she still had some drive and goals and was unwilling to give up so easily. So in the end, she could only give up resisting and let life rape her again and again.

She took out her house key, turned the doorknob, and found the house a mess. Clothes, pants, bras, and underwear were scattered everywhere. As someone who works from eight to seven, she had no energy to do housework on weekdays.

Looking at her home, which resembled a pigsty, she felt quite troubled. She slapped her forehead, put on a pair of pink, fluffy slippers, threw the groceries she had bought into the kitchen, and started washing rice and cooking.

Her days off are the same as those of ordinary office workers. After all, she works in sales, and weekends are when customer traffic is at its highest, so her days off are every Monday.

After washing and chopping the vegetables, while the rice was still steaming, she started tidying up the clothes. Regardless of whether the colors would fade, she threw her socks and underwear into the basin and stuffed the clothes directly into the washing machine. She added some laundry detergent, set the program, and adjusted the water level to 35L. Water is quite expensive, so she wanted to save as much as possible.

Her cooking skills weren't great. She bought ten yuan's worth of pork, cut it in half and threw it in the refrigerator. The other half was extremely irregular and looked very unappetizing.

She stir-fried eggs with garlic sprouts and meat, stir-fried baby bok choy, added a bowl of rice, grabbed a mat and threw it on the ground, plopped down on it, picked up a phone stand to stabilize her phone, and ate while watching a TV series.

After finishing her meal, she washed the dishes and threw the leftovers into the refrigerator. Suddenly, she remembered that today was the day "Back to Field" aired. She glanced at the time; it was only 9:20, so she wasn't in a hurry.

This is her favorite program. It's slow and relaxing, and it's so comfortable to watch. All the physical labor is for a full meal. This kind of pure life is what she wants but can't have.

The clothes in the washing machine were finished. Liu Wen opened the lid, took out a piece of clothing, smelled it, and thought, "It smells nice." She shook it out, turned the garment inside out, and hung it on the clothes rack.

She tossed her phone onto the mirror above the sink and began washing her underwear. Men can wear the same pair of underwear for a lifetime, but women can't. She hadn't washed her clothes for two weeks, and the basin was already overflowing with underwear.

While washing her bra, Liu Wen accidentally scraped off a piece of her manicure from the previous week, which made her very upset, as she had wasted several tens of dollars.

After washing the clothes, I washed up. It was exactly 10 o'clock when I finished. I quickly put a towel over my head, ran to the small sofa in the living room, sat cross-legged, and watched the previous episode's recap on my phone while drying my hair.

Last time, it featured a male and female celebrity, both actors, the kind who were already famous in the 90s. Liu Wen really likes them, after all, she's watched their TV dramas since she was a child. After a good night's sleep, they should be leaving early this morning. Seeing all the comments praising them, if I weren't busy with my manicure and couldn't free my hands, I definitely would have posted a couple of comments too.

As for manicures? If even a small patch of color chips off, then all ten of your fingers are ruined, okay?

It wasn't until the new guest arrived down the mountain that Liu Wen felt the phone call from the previous episode sounded familiar, but she couldn't quite place it. It wasn't until Lu Ze showed his face that she remembered who it was, when he was playing with the dog at the village entrance.

"Isn't this Lu Ze?"

Not only was Liu Wen surprised, but the comments section was also filled with surprise. Lu Ze is not exactly unknown; anyone who follows the entertainment industry would be familiar with him by now. However, this was Lu Ze's first time appearing on a variety show.

Liu Wen is still following Lu Ze's Weibo, but aside from forwarding promotional posts, Lu Ze has only actually posted two Weibo posts, both of which are just smiley faces. To be honest, this is the first time Liu Wen has seen such a straightforward artist.

As for "Mr. Tree", she also watched it, but not in the cinema. Instead, she watched a pirated version. After all, she could only be considered half a fan of Lu Ze. At the age of 28, she wouldn't impulsively spend money on a half-idol. Besides, she didn't have time to go to the cinema. Wouldn't it be better to use that time to find a boyfriend?
She didn't comment on "Mr. Tree" because even after watching it, she didn't know whether to say it was good or bad. In short, she watched it in a daze the whole time. If she hadn't read the reviews, she wouldn't have understood what happened later. But she did have an opinion: Lu Ze's acting was good and very impressive.

Seeing Lu Ze chasing cats and teasing dogs in the village was quite amusing, and the comments section was full of jokes about him. However, Lu Ze's attitude of getting to work without saying a word after entering the house earned him a lot of praise from the audience.

"He started working as soon as he entered the house; he was quite cheerful and decisive."

"Yes, without any hesitation, she immediately took on the task. She has a really good personality."

Liu Wen also felt this way. Lu Ze's personality is really good now. He's very straightforward and decisive, just like a real man.

When they saw Lu Ze building the stove, the audience was truly astonished. If he were a laborer or a bricklayer, they wouldn't be so surprised, but Lu Ze was an actor!

Lu Ze's efficiency and work ethic are enough to win him many fans. After all, we're used to seeing other celebrities carrying just four or five bricks and looking exhausted as they walk from the gate into the yard. Lu Ze's bold and powerful approach, pulling a whole cartload of bricks, is much more impressive and powerful.

Moreover, seeing how skillfully he built the stove and applied cement, Liu Wen wondered if this person was a laborer stand-in that Lu Ze had hired. It wasn't until the new guests arrived that they shifted their attention to Jiang Wenshu and the other two.

Jiang Wenshu is no longer the girl who couldn't get a taxi in the freezing cold and had to do tap dancing in "Beijing Youth". She is now a real popular actress, and the most popular one at that.

When Jiang Wenshu kicked Lu Ze in the butt as soon as she saw him, the fans were not furious because of their seemingly good relationship. After all, everyone knew that the two were friends, which only proved that their relationship was genuine and not fake at all.

This made Liu Wen very envious, because she didn't have a friend like that before, or rather, she did have one before, but she lost one after coming to this city.

Perhaps this is what makes "Back to the Countryside" so appealing: a group of friends enjoying a lively meal and drinks in the countryside – this leisurely pace of life is what modern people yearn for most.

(End of this chapter)