Global Film Emperor

Chapter 328 Huh??

"Meow..."

Seemingly feeling a significant sense of unease after returning to Lü Hua, the lame man jumped onto Lu Ze's bed early in the morning, calling out softly and occasionally kneading Lu Ze's breasts.

In fact, Lu Ze didn't sleep well either. He tossed and turned several times throughout the night, and he was a very light sleeper. He would wake up at the slightest noise, get up to check, and then lie back down.

It's not that he's picky about beds; he's traveled all over the country these past few years and has long since overcome that problem, so he can sleep soundly anywhere.

He was just considering what kind of job he wanted to meet his future needs for experience; he didn't have too many ideas yet, but he had decided not to leave Lü Hua.

After paying the penalty, Lu Ze still had more than one million yuan left. This amount might have been enough for just one month's expenses or even less before, but now it had become crucial.

As a small city in Northeast China, housing prices here are not high, with an average price of only four or five thousand yuan. The cost of living is also not high. The starting fare for taxis is still six yuan. Three or five people can easily go to a small restaurant and have a big meal for only three or four hundred yuan, and they can also drink two cases of beer.

However, low consumption levels also mean low income levels. According to statistics, the average monthly income of Lu Huaren is only around four thousand yuan, and five or six thousand yuan is already considered a high salary. Such an income level has killed many of Lu Ze's interested ideas.

Although this matter is urgent, it cannot be rushed. Lu Ze needs to travel around and conduct on-site investigations before making any plans.

"What? Are you hungry? I'll get you something to eat after I wash up."

Rubbing the cripple's head, Lu Ze yawned, slowly got up, walked to the window, and pulled back the curtains. In the yard, his mother was feeding the chickens and ducks. She seemed to hear the sound of the curtains being pulled, turned her head to look upstairs, waved to Lu Ze, and called out, "Come down for dinner."

"okay, I get it."

The feeling of being able to eat as soon as you open your eyes is incredibly satisfying, especially for someone who has to decide what to eat first thing in the morning and then cook it themselves.

Moreover, most people who worry about breakfast are not annoyed by cooking it themselves, but by the small decision of what to eat.

Turn on the tap and wait for the water to gradually warm up before wetting your face. Rub the facial cleanser in your palms to create foam, then gently massage it onto your face and rinse with water.

How do you resolve your current predicament?

Before the foam could be rinsed off, Lu Ze immediately turned off the tap, looked up sharply at the mirror, then calmed down and continued rinsing.

"Solve it? I don't know how to solve it. Do you have any ideas?"

"You only think of us at a time like this? You're really shameless."

"It's okay, I wasn't expecting you to solve this problem for me anyway. I'm just curious, you guys involved in pyramid schemes, and the company CEO, couldn't you come up with a solution either, since you're all talk and no action?"

Lu Ze looked at the people standing behind him. He didn't want to pry out any solutions to their current predicament from them. He was just curious. When it came to using their brains, a large number of these people could outsmart themselves. Lu Ze didn't believe they had no ideas.

"Of course there are solutions, but we all believe you won't do them. Otherwise... you wouldn't have fallen out with your crappy company back then. I'd like to ask you, is it worth it? If it were me, I would just turn a blind eye."

She picked up the cup, filled it with water, drank some, rinsed her mouth gently, spat it out, glanced back at him, squeezed some toothpaste onto her toothbrush, put it in her mouth, and mumbled something indistinctly.

“Some things can’t be measured by whether they are worth it or not. That may be the difference between you and me. From the moment you need to earn money to eat, it’s actually a process of lowering your bottom line. Your conscience will also relax its pressure on you time and time again. The real reason for doing this is simply because it’s easy for me to give up some things, but difficult for me to give up some things. And I know that when I give it up, I’m finished.”

"But you're finished now."

“At least I can keep a good reputation and won’t be cursed out. Most importantly, film is art. You might scoff at that, but to me, film is art. As someone who works in the film industry, I have my own pride, and bottom line and pride are two different things.” Lu Ze’s words were somewhat complicated, but he understood. Simply put, Lu Ze could abandon his bottom line for the sake of making a living, like when he cheated Han Tian, ​​but he couldn’t abandon his pride for the sake of making a living. That’s why he broke up with the company.

He disagreed with Lu Ze's viewpoint, but he did not refute it, because he himself knew that he was a person who had abandoned his conscience, bottom line, and pride, which was the fundamental difference between him and Lu Ze.

"Daize, who are you talking to? Hurry up and eat."

In the blink of an eye, they disappeared without a trace. Lu Ze was used to their elusive nature and didn't pay any attention. He spat out the toothpaste foam, took a sip of water, vigorously stirred the toothbrush in the cup, tapped the water droplets on the toothbrush against the cup wall, and finally spat out the water in his mouth.

"I made a phone call, I'll be right downstairs, Mom, you and Dad eat first."

Lu Ze lied, rinsed the toothpaste foam from his mouth, glanced at the spot where the number one pyramid scheme kingpin in China's system world had just stood, a scheme spanning nineteen provinces with a fraud amount of over 2 billion yuan, a cumulative recruitment of more than 6,000 downlines, and the destruction of hundreds of families. He gently shook his head.

Lu Ze gradually opened up to the people living inside his body; otherwise, he wouldn't have talked for so long with the man who had initially fooled him.

The gradual appearance of greenery in the city indicates that the relationship between the two sides is slowly becoming more harmonious, but it hasn't reached a very harmonious point yet, otherwise they wouldn't have watched Lu Ze fall into misfortune.

Ultimately, the victims in this matter are them, not Lu Ze. After all, their existence is because of Lu Ze's needs. Since they didn't disappear from the course, Lu Ze needs to take full responsibility, and Lu Ze understands this.

Now that you think about it, if you were them, you would have disappeared after the course ended, but because of Lu Ze's needs, you were kept in an empty city by the system. As a result, Lu Ze didn't take good care of you and made the city a mess, making you unable to eat or sleep well. The wind was strong and cold, and it could freeze your skin off. Even if Lu Ze was unintentional, if you were in his shoes, could you not hate Lu Ze?
Only a genius could do that.

……

"Dear audience members, please give a round of applause to the challenger! Congratulations to Wang Jinghai for successfully walking 300 meters while pulling a truck on his belly! He has set a new Guinness World Record!"

The TV was replaying last night's Guinness World Records China Night. Lu Ze smacked his lips as he looked at the challenger's bright red belly. He wondered how the challenger could stick the basin to his belly. This belly, which looked like it had a lot of abdominal muscles, didn't seem like it at all. Did that belly button breathe?

Lu Weiguo seemed to be very interested in this kind of program as well. He put out his cigarette, picked up his teacup and took a sip, but his eyes remained on the TV screen, and he didn't even look down.

"Weiguo! Weiguo! Are you home? Xiaomei, where's Weiguo?"

From a great distance, Lu Ze heard the Second Master's shouts. Lu Weiguo was about to get up to greet him, but Lu Ze quickly helped him up and they walked to the door together.

"Second Uncle, come inside and warm up. Daze, brush the snow off your Second Grandfather."

Lu Weiguo doesn't talk much. He can only chat with his elders and a few mahjong partners. Even Lu Ze rarely hears him say more than a few words a day. It might be a little unbelievable, but this is the longest sentence Lu Ze has heard his father say in the few days since he came home.

After welcoming the Second Master into the house, Lu Ze boiled another kettle of water, made tea for him, filled it to about seven or eight-tenths full, and placed it in front of him with both hands.

"Second Uncle, what's the matter that you rushed over here?"

Second Master was very energetic. Although he was over seventy years old, he still stood up straight. It was cold outside, but when he came into the house and encountered the warmth, his already red nose looked even more shiny. He smiled at Lu Ze and gently patted the back of Lu Ze's hand twice, which left Lu Ze completely puzzled.

"Hey, that's great! Weiguo, Daze isn't getting any younger. Look at Dawei and Dalong, they're both married and have kids, and their kids are in elementary school now. Daze should step up his game too. That's why someone asked me to ask around this morning, wanting me to... introduce Daze to someone!"

"what???"

"..."

(End of this chapter)