Veteran Hong Kong stars reorganize the Chinese entertainment industry.

Seeing that Liu Zhongze was still confused, the impatient director didn't want to waste any more words. After asking Liu Zhongze to prepare his makeup and costume, he planned to have Liu Zhongze enter one of the scenes to film.

The film and television base is very large, but the director is shooting three short dramas at the same time, so he can't be in two places at once and can only have the actors of the three short dramas filmed in close proximity.

When Liu Zhongze was sent into the dressing room, he thought that he only needed to put on some suitable clothes and he could start filming directly, since people in his era did not like to wear heavy makeup.

"Teacher, it's like this, this show needs to be broadcast on streaming media in the Ugly country, so you need to wear makeup that suits the aesthetics of the Ugly audience. The director also said that your usual makeup should also be geared towards the Ugly audience."

Liu Zhongze was baffled by what was being said, so the makeup artist had no choice but to take out her phone and place it in front of him, showing him the account he and Lin Luoying ran. In one episode, his face was painted deathly white. If this had happened in the 80s, he would definitely have been taught a lesson by the gangsters.

"Go ahead and do your makeup."

Liu Zhongze is a qualified actor. He doesn't want to argue with the production team. Although people in this era don't have a high opinion of short dramas and feel that these works don't conform to true art, it is still a great opportunity for his acting skills to be noticed.

With heavy makeup, Liu Zhongze was given a sharply defined jawline, and he looked at himself in the mirror, almost unrecognizable.

Just then, the assistant director pushed open the door and said, "Teacher, are you done with your makeup?"

When he saw Liu Zhongze's face, he was stunned for a moment, then suppressed a laugh and led Liu Zhongze to a room full of cameras, where the sound engineer and cameraman were working around the two white actors.

One of the actors, who looks remarkably like President Trump, is so convincing that people associate him with the president of the United States whenever he stands there.

Another one, with a plump figure, despite not deliberately trying to fake her expressions, made people feel that she resembled the appearance of a minority group abroad.

The assistant whispered in Liu Zhongze's ear, "Doesn't it fit the theme perfectly? The director even invited the blogger whose voice in the short video is almost identical to Trump's to dub the character of Trump in the show."

Liu Zhongze scratched the back of his head. As someone who had lived in the 80s, he was still unaware of the current changes in the situation and could only search for some fragmented clues from the memories of his predecessor, Liu Zhongze.

"Teacher, this way please. Please take a look at the expressions of the male and female leads and find the right state for your scenes together. I'll go get the script for you."

Liu Zhongze was taken to an open space without cameras. There was a sofa there for people to rest, but no one was resting there. Everyone was doing their job, either filming or acting.

The director's voice came through the walkie-talkie: "Jack, give it your all. You may look like Trumbull, but you don't quite have the right presence!"

After a while, the walkie-talkie spoke again: "Mary, you are a menopausal woman with dementia. It's wrong for you to have desires. You can't show too much emotion, understand?"

The two white actors sighed, stopped, and began to carefully examine their English script.

At this moment, the assistant director walked over with a script in both Chinese and English. Liu Zhongze immediately took it and looked at it.

The third male lead, Thomson, is an aide to the U.S. president and often speaks well of Trump in public. He represents the face of the U.S. president and is the current president's spokesperson. Therefore, he always presents an elite image in front of the camera, making him appear professional.

He and the second male lead, Klington, will have a lot of friction. Don't be fooled by the fact that the short drama is called "The President of the Ugly Country Falls in Love with Me, a Menopausal and Demented Person." On the surface, there are only the male and female leads, but several male supporting characters also have intricate relationships with the male lead. When the screenwriter was working on the script, he could be said to have completely referenced the current events in the Ugly Country, which is a case of using local materials.

"Um... what's your name?" Liu Zhongze asked his assistant.

"Just call me Little Fish, teacher. Is there anything you need me to do?"

Liu Zhongze asked the assistant director to find all the characters he mentioned on his phone. As an old guy from the 80s, he hadn't adapted to the things of the new era.

Although the assistant director was puzzled, he still managed to find out the real-life prototypes of the characters.

When Liu Zhongze finally understood the relationship between the three people, he was completely bewildered. The complex relationships were so intricate that even writing them into a novel would seem like nonsense, yet reality was far more fantastical than fiction.

Liu Zhongze swallowed hard and muttered to himself, "I thought that just by learning from my brother, I could handle this role, but it seems it's not that simple..."

"Brother? Your brother, or your idol?"

"I'm his idol. I didn't have a chance to properly ask him for advice. If he were here, I should be able to handle this role with ease."

Liu Zhongze was referring to Zhang Xinrong, who was known as "Brother" in the Hong Kong entertainment industry and was a reliable senior.

It seemed like something was coming from the assistant director's earpiece, spoken directly to him, so Liu Zhongze, who was standing next to him, didn't hear it clearly.

Assistant Xiaoyu whispered, "Teacher, we're about to go on stage. The director wants you to act with the second male lead. Let the male and female leads rest for a bit and get into character. Do you see any parts of the script that need explaining?"

Liu Zhongze smiled slightly and shook his head. His demeanor began to change. When he stood up, he once again exuded the air of a hypocritical elite from the Ugly Country.

"As expected of a teacher, so professional!" Xiaoyu raised her hand and brought Liu Zhongze into the spotlight.

This scene is the second male lead, Klington, testing the third male lead, Thomson. The current president of the Ugly Kingdom was once Klington's sweetheart, so when facing the male lead's sweetheart, the third male lead, he has a hint of suspicion.

After Liu Zhongze stood still, his co-star immediately reached out his palm to him, as if unconsciously intimidated by his aura.

The second male lead also resembles the real-life 42nd Ugly President in appearance. Apart from Liu Zhongze, an original character based on reality, the director pursued physical resemblance for all the other characters.

"I am Tom."

Liu Zhongze remained expressionless, completely immersed in his role as the third male lead. He blurted out, "I am Thomson."

Tom, the second male lead, visibly froze for a moment, but quickly recovered under the spotlight. He corrected himself, saying, "I'm Klington. I heard you're giving a speech to Trump right now?"

This is the first time the two meet in the script. The second male lead just feels that the third male lead, Liu Zhongze, is a bit strange, so he instinctively pays more attention to him. However, during this encounter, the second male lead develops more doubts about the third male lead, Liu Zhongze.

It wasn't until Liu Zhongze acted out a scene not in the script that they understood why Klington in the script was so confused.