Veteran Hong Kong stars reorganize the Chinese entertainment industry.

In the 1980s, many young people in Hong Kong's entertainment industry struggled to make ends meet, and survival was not an easy task for them.

Some of them harbored dreams, but were severely hit by reality and eventually disappeared; others were just looking for a place to eat, wandered around the film set, were selected by the director, and rose to prominence from then on.

It is precisely because of the huge difference between heaven and earth that countless young people are desperately trying to get into the Hong Kong entertainment industry.

With his good looks and hard work, Liu Zhongze eventually made it into the TWB building and became a contracted trainee with TWB.

Among his contemporaries were an actor surnamed Liang who rose to fame quickly solely based on his melancholic eyes, and a host surnamed Zhou who had exaggerated expressions but possessed innate comedic talent.

Liu Zhongze could only work behind the scenes at TWB, doing odd jobs, and sometimes he didn't even get a boxed lunch.

Despite the fact that the host surnamed Zhou was struggling financially and often came to Liu Zhongze for drinks, he still had a job as a host and could make a living by taking on some minor roles that the actor surnamed Liang didn't want.

But Liu Zhongze truly had no source of income whatsoever. Even when he tried to brainwash himself, his stomach was against him, urging him to wake up and stop living in a fantasy world.

After finishing his beer with the host named Zhou Xingxing, Liu Zhongze dragged his tired body to the beach and jumped into the surging sea without hesitation.

There are hundreds of TWB newcomers like this who have been crushed. If they can't even make a living in TWB, they simply can't find any other way to make a living in the cruel society of Hong Kong.

Liu Zhongze's eyelids grew heavier and heavier. The icy seawater seemed to be carrying him to the boundary between reality and hell. He slightly opened his eyes and heard a lot of noise around him.

"Patient Liu Zhongze has lost consciousness; prepare for CPR immediately!"

"Prepare to focus, 3...2...1!"

A powerful electric current surged through his body, pulling Liu Zhongze back to reality from his dazed state. He glanced at the doctors and nurses in white coats around him, then his eyes rolled back and he fainted.

"Director, it worked! If we had let this dramatic internet celebrity die in our hospital, who knows what his fans would have done to smear us!"

The surgeon glared at the nurse who had spoken and said, "Watch your mouth, or you'll get yourself into trouble!"

The nurse lowered her head and said softly, "Understood, Director."

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When Liu Zhongze opened his eyes again, several girls holding flowers appeared at the door. They seemed unusually excited to see him awake.

"Brother Nakazawa, are you alright? I heard you got upset because of those haters. Tell us their IDs right now, and we'll find out all those haters' lineages!"

"Yes, Nakazawa-nii, those haters are so awful! How could they bully my Nakazawa-nii? It breaks my heart!"

"Brother Zhongze, these are the tonics we bought for you. You must get better soon!"

Liu Zhongze felt that the three people looked familiar, but he couldn't remember where he had seen them before.

Stealthily shifting his gaze, Liu Zhongze saw the clean walls and ceiling, as well as the ultra-thin television set in the ward.

His gaze finally settled on the date on the calendar, and he read it aloud: "October 25, 2025, more than 40 years from now?"

Liu Zhongze suddenly sat up in bed, a sight that startled the three fans outside the ward, who screamed and immediately called for a nurse to check on his condition.

"The eyes are fine, and the heartbeat and pulse are normal..." The female nurse, wearing a mask, calmly examined the patient and then held up one finger, asking, "How many is this?"

"one."

Suddenly, Liu Zhongze seemed to realize something, and asked with a terrifying expression, "Is this really 2025? Is Leung Chiu-wai still popular? Has Stephen Chow finally made it?"

Leung Chiu-wai and Stephen Chow are childhood friends. Although Lau Chung-chak is not familiar with Leung Chiu-wai, he and Stephen Chow are very envious of Leung Chiu-wai's good fortune, as he is a lucky person favored by the god of acting.

A young male doctor in a white coat walked up from the doorway and said, "A clown who makes money off filters and depression is trying to pick up girls too. What makes you think you can?"

The young male doctor seemed to have a lot of opinions about Liu Zhongze, especially when he was chatting with the female nurse.

The three fans immediately objected. The only one among them, a girl who wasn't wearing glasses, held up the latest iPhone and started filming the male doctor: "Say that again, or I'll post it online and make you famous too!"

The other two fans also took out their phones. Although they weren't the latest iPhones, they were still able to capture the things they wanted to photograph very clearly.

The female nurse rolled her eyes at the male doctor and said, "Please don't treat me like your appendage. You feel offended every time someone speaks to me. Please maintain some social distance."

The nurse looked at Liu Zhongze again and said, "Whether you're serious or not, Liang Chaowei has been a big name in the film industry since his debut, and the Stephen Chow you mentioned is no longer an actor; he's directing his own films."

"Huh? Stephen Chow is filming a movie? What movie?" Liu Zhongze asked incredulously.

The slightly overweight girl with glasses played a movie for Liu Zhongze on her phone. When Liu Zhongze saw the face in the movie, which was more familiar than the youthful face in his memory, his eyes suddenly welled up with tears.

Seeing this, the girl gestured to her companion to take a selfie with her idol, Liu Zhongze.

After taking several photos of Liu Zhongze, the three girls started photoshopping his pictures. The male doctor and female nurse were speechless at the sight. They were surprised that these fans were so skilled at photoshopping their idol, creating a completely different image.

Liu Zhongze was crying and laughing on his hospital bed. The girl was playing a movie for him called "The King of Comedy," a semi-autobiographical film about Stephen Chow, which was also directed by Chow himself.

In this movie, he saw familiar scenes from his past with Stephen Chow on set. Back then, Stephen Chow was extremely persistent and had a passion that amazed Liu Zhongze. Perhaps if he had been so certain of his success, he wouldn't have jumped into that icy sea.

After Liu Zhongze finished watching the comedy movie, the three girls were already lying beside his hospital bed, quietly waiting for him to finish watching the movie.

He originally intended to return the phone, but then he saw Stephen Chow's martial arts movie, a work that can be called the pinnacle of Chinese-language films, and Liu Zhongze was captivated once again.

"Good bro, so what you said was all true..."

It feels like just yesterday that Stephen Chow pulled him aside for drinks, telling him about their glorious future. But back then, he never thought Stephen Chow would succeed.

Perhaps at the time, Stephen Chow didn't think he would succeed...