Veteran Hong Kong stars reorganize the Chinese entertainment industry.

As the project neared completion, Liu Zhongze received a phone call. After hanging up, he dialed Lin Luoying's number.

"Feed?"

"Isn't it a bit late to send me New Year's greetings now?" The girl's tone was somewhat cold.

Liu Zhongze didn't explain that he was busy, nor did he say that he missed her. He simply said, "I have to go abroad. I just got a role in a movie. Could you find my passport?"

beep...

Lin Luoying hung up the phone immediately. When Liu Zhongze arrived at the neighborhood they had visited before, Lin Luoying simply tossed him his passport and other belongings, then closed the door without saying a word.

The girl's eyes were red, and her expression looked very endearing.

Liu Zhongze closed his eyes, forcing himself to forget the girl's expression. He took what he was holding and left towards the airport without hesitation.

The girl inside waited for a long time, thinking he didn't know how to comfort her. She secretly went to the door and looked through the peephole, only to find that the door was empty.

After opening the door, she didn't see anyone. The girl slammed the door shut, and faint smashing sounds could be heard from inside. It took a long time for things to quiet down.

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On January 26, 2026, Liu Zhongze returned to China.

During this time, he received many phone calls from people who said strange things. Since he doesn't use the internet much, he didn't know what was going on.

As he walked out of the airport wearing a mask and hat, a girl stared at him and suddenly shouted, "That's him! That's Liu Zhongze!"

"So you're the one who badmouthed my brother, right?" The girl reached out to tear at Liu Zhongze's clothes.

Just as Liu Zhongze was about to reach out to stop them, he saw a group of people appear out of nowhere, a scene that reminded him of a ghost appearing on the street.

In just two seconds, he assessed the situation, turned around and ran away without any intention of getting to the bottom of it.

He hid in the airport restroom, cautiously observing the group of people who seemed like a raging flood, his chest heaving and his eyes filled with confusion.

Liu Zhongze searched through his phone and finally found Chen Fengqi's name in the contact list. He immediately pressed the call button.

"Old Liu, you finally replied to my message! How's it going? Have you been attacked by Youyu's fans lately?"

Liu Zhongze was filled with questions. He asked, "What's going on? I just went to Japan to film a live-action version of 'Windbreaker,' so why are people trying to ambush me as soon as I get back? Youyu? Is it Lin Youyu? I'm not that familiar with him, am I?"

"Huh? You didn't know? Didn't Sister He and the others tell you about this?"

Liu Zhongze was stunned. He seemed to have heard Sister He say something about Youyu before. He thought that Sister He was just speechless about Youyu and came to him to complain.

At the time, he was very busy on set. As the only Chinese person in the entire film, and in a hot-blooded movie adapted from a manga, he not only did not suffer any losses, but because his temperament was a perfect fit for Su Fang, the director repeatedly added scenes for him.

The director who had a good relationship with Zhao Dekai was even willing to give him the lead role, making Su Fang the core character of the live-action version, and he also received the support of the original author.

Liu Zhongze was only interested in action scenes, and he went to Japan because there were suitable subjects there. However, when he learned that a woman with a pointed face and monkey-like features was now in power in Japan, he gave up the idea of ​​entering the Japanese entertainment industry.

In the 80s, Japan was synonymous with progress. Many movies, TV shows, and music were localized by people from Hong Kong who bought the copyrights. Therefore, Hong Kong artists at the time valued the Japanese market.

As China grows stronger, it no longer relies on external sources. In most domestic situations, it can achieve self-sufficiency and completely shake off its inferior status.

The entertainment industry in Japan is gradually losing its importance, but for Liu Zhongze, who has a movie and a tokusatsu drama waiting to be broadcast, it is still a good opportunity.

"You'd better hide quickly, so your sister-in-law is still arguing on Douyin, but Yu's crazy fans have already put you on their kill list."

"I don't know who has the nerve to create a fake video of you and Youyu's discord. Lin Youyu, who was already in the eye of the storm, suddenly became the victim, and those fans who were deceived in their feelings found you as their outlet."

"No, what does this mean?"

Under Liu Zhongze's questioning, Chen Fengqi revealed the specific details.

It turns out that after Liu Zhongze left, Lin Youyu became the male supporting actor for the popular actress Tian Xiwei. Within just one month, the paparazzi repeatedly exposed that the two stayed in the same hotel.

As the incident gained more and more attention, the name Liu Zhongze emerged, and the entire internet shifted its focus at that moment. Almost every report about Lin Youyu and Liu Zhongze focused on Liu Zhongze's bullying of Lin Youyu, which stemmed from his role in a short drama.

There is a group of older female supporters online who tried to help Liu Zhongze win this online feud. However, things didn't go as planned. Liu Zhongze's bullying, two-timing, and street fighting scandals that attracted police attention were brought up and deliberately marketed. Now, it can be said that any information related to him is negative.

Liu Zhongze's shadow did appear in several incidents, but the truth was not as it was posted online. Zhongying's account posted many clarification videos, but the traffic was pitifully low, and no one cared at all.

Liu Zhongze hung up Chen Fengqi's call. He didn't call Lin Luoying immediately. His relationship with her was very strained right now, and he figured both things were related to that woman.

"Liu Zhong... Ze, you knew all along?"

Upon hearing the other person's flustered voice, Liu Zhongze did not speak immediately, but listened to their explanation.

"It's really not that I interfered, but I checked your situation with Lin Luoying and found out you're not impotent..." Jiang Yue hesitated for a moment, then continued, "She thinks you don't like her anymore, um... so..."

After learning that Liu Zhongze was not impotent, Jiang Yue began to regret her impulsive actions, so she hasn't sent any messages to Liu Zhongze in the past few days.

Now, whenever she sees Liu Zhongze's phone call, she subconsciously thinks that she has been exposed, and that Liu Zhongze found out about her existence as a third party from Lin Luoying.

"I'm not talking about that with you. What I really want to talk to you about is your brother, Lin Youyu."

"Lin Youyu? What happened to him? The hospital's been really busy lately, I haven't been paying much attention to the internet. Let me search for him."

Liu Zhongze could hear the person on the other end of the phone fall silent, and then some faint sounds could be heard.

"More than enough...more than enough...Tian Xiwei?"

Jiang Yue took a breath, and just as she was about to call her mother to gossip, she saw that Liu Zhongze's phone was still connected, so she continued searching.