This star is going to the moon

Chapter 415: The TV series adaptation of "The Three-Body Problem" airs; "The Gentlemen of East Eight District" is a disgrace.

In response to the unfounded accusations and mudslinging by the United States, the Chinese government quickly held a press conference to refute them.

Then the official account created a rebuttal topic on Weibo, which was then forwarded by celebrities, including Lu Yun.

However, he knew that this kind of situation, where "Americans set the questions" and "Chinese people do the questions," was very disadvantageous and would never end.

Even the Americans don't need to expend many resources; they only need to "create cards out of thin air" to make the Chinese spend a lot of resources and energy to deal with it.

But what can you do when the US holds global and media hegemony?

Of course, based on Lu Yun's experience in his previous life, this cotton incident was not a big deal.

Moreover, crises are accompanied by opportunities.

Opportunities for domestic brands.

Foreign clothing brands are no longer using cotton from China. In addition to their own increased costs, many Chinese consumers are also no longer buying their products and are starting to support domestic brands instead.

After all, clothing is not like lithography machines or high-end chips; in this respect, China is not much different from foreign countries.

You could even say that many "foreign goods" are actually "domestic goods," with foreign brands simply putting their own brands on products made in China.

Then they took the lion's share of the profits.

Now that foreign brands have "voluntarily" given up these profits, domestic brands have the opportunity to take them.

There was nothing that could be done before. Just as the US had taken over global hegemony, foreign brands had also taken over the high-end market.

Coupled with some complex historical reasons, many domestic consumers recognize this product, which allows them to earn a lot of profits.

However, with the rapid growth of national strength in recent years, these things are gradually improving.

Of course, things were gradually improving, but every time something went wrong abroad, the situation would suddenly improve by a lot.

Sometimes you really have to thank your opponent for going crazy.

Because as China's national strength increases, the madness of its opponents becomes all the more "lovable".

This situation has become increasingly apparent, especially after 2020. Sometimes, Chinese people view many things about foreign countries as if they were watching a joke.

Although there was no pandemic in the 2020s of this lifetime, there is Lu Yun in this lifetime.

In this life, Lu Yun has elevated China's overall aerospace industry to a new level, and aerospace technology can in turn drive the development of many other industries.

After several years of development, especially with 2020 as the dividing line, the current Lao Zhong is clearly more powerful than the previous one.

After a year of investigation, and especially after the release of economic data from various countries at the beginning of this year, Lu Yun discovered that the previous pandemic was at least 50% responsible for social problems and economic development.

Just like the "fire dragon burning the granary," some people take the opportunity to balance their accounts, while others set up the fire dragon to burn the granary in order to balance their accounts.

The pandemic of the previous life was, in a sense, a giant "fire dragon".

In this life, with Lu Yun's help, China has grown, while other countries, especially the United States, seem to have regressed.

Of course, it's also possible that shifts in the world line accelerated the decline of the United States.

While the cotton issue was causing a stir, two TV dramas were airing simultaneously.

One is "The Three-Body Problem" starring Lu Yun, and the other is "The Gentlemen of East Eighth District" starring Zhang Han.

Zhang Han specifically chose this broadcast time to target Lu Yun.

That was Zhang Han back then; he had no idea that Lu Yun could become so amazing in just two years!
Zhang Han is now regretting it. But he's already used up all his favors and the date is set. Changing the date now would require using even more favors, which isn't worth it.

Moreover, Zhang Han felt that he had been popular for so many years and still had some appeal, and the two dramas were on different tracks.

"The Three-Body Problem" is a science fiction drama, while "Gentlemen of East Eight District" is a lighthearted urban comedy.

The two dramas have different target audiences, so he might as well give it a shot.

only……

[Holy crap, what a terrible movie "Mr. West" is! It's an eyesore!]

Uh, that's definitely an eyesore, but I think you're referring to the TV series "Gentlemen of East Eight Districts" starring Zhang Han.

Yes, it's this awful TV series. It made me cringe so much! Zhang Han is so greasy!

My best friend almost threw up watching this drama, then made me watch it too. I actually threw up! Zhang Han's performance in it is truly disgusting. And were those female characters fooled into taking on such a terrible drama? Zhang Han's behavior in it is worse than workplace sexual harassment!

[Zhang Han has the audacity to portray himself as an AI engineer, a tech elite, with strong logical thinking and a passion for invention in a TV series. Does he even know what artificial intelligence is? He should take a good look at how Lu Yun played a scientist in "The Three-Body Problem," okay?]

[Hey, don't compare him to Lu Shen! His scientific knowledge is nowhere near Lu Shen's; it's his greasy appearance that excites the US military!]

[I was disgusted by Mr. Xiba, so I went to watch "The Three-Body Problem." Turns out, I, a woman, thoroughly enjoyed the sci-fi film. And I must say, Rowan is incredibly handsome; he's so dashing as a scientist!]

Sisters, Lu Yun isn't just playing a scientist; he's a real-life, renowned scientist!

Is "The Three-Body Problem" really that good? Do girls find it enjoyable too? I desperately need to wash my eyes after reading "Mr. Xiba"!

[It's amazing, ladies, you have to go watch it! Now I know why Rowoon has become so famous and trended so much these past few years!]

Okay, let me go give Mr. Xiba a bad review first, and then I'll go watch it...

Well... cough, the final result of "The Gentlemen of East Eight Districts" was pretty much what Zhang Han had expected; it did become a hit.

But "almost" is still "almost," not 100% identical.

That means this terrible TV series became popular because it was criticized.

On this day, Zhang Han once again made it onto the "greasy list"!
That day, the film was trending on social media for all the wrong reasons!
On this day, the TV series received a score of 2.1!
That's not all; the more you dig into this film, the more interesting it becomes.

This wildly popular, down-to-earth, domineering CEO drama was written, directed, and starred by Zhang Han, and is touted as "a sincere work honed over ten years."

However, from the character design to the plot, from the values ​​to the gender perspective, everything exudes staleness, outdatedness, prejudice, and discrimination!
In each episode of this TV series, the four middle-aged male classmates, including the male lead played by Zhang Han, get together to drink, play football, and express their masculine sentiments.

Then, the greasy lines reminiscent of "painful literature," the cringeworthy cheesy pickup lines, and the utterly stale inspirational quotes all come from the mouths of the "handsome and overly self-aware" male protagonists.

Add to that the "domineering CEO" style of flaunting wealth with helicopters at any time, and you're sure to be scared, right?
There's also a flashback scene of "youthful invincibility"—four greasy middle-aged men wearing see-through clothes think they're students and are running in the rain on the playground!
Moreover, Zhang Han also had to be greasy and suggestive, with the male lead hugging the female lead in the office and directly reaching out his "perverted hand" to touch her sensitive areas.

The most memorable scene is when the female lead accidentally falls, and the male lead reaches out to help her up, but instead grabs her bra strap and pulls it down forcefully.

Moreover, it features a stunning 360-degree rotation and unobstructed shooting!

This is blatant sexual harassment!
How could the creators be so "not ashamed, but proud" and even praise it so extravagantly? Their thought process is so bizarre that it's astonishing.

It's hard to believe this is a 2021 drama series; Qing Dynasty dramas don't even write like this anymore!

And it even got broadcast on satellite TV.

I wonder which leader made the decision?

(End of this chapter)