Veteran Hong Kong stars reorganize the Chinese entertainment industry.

Zhao Dekai dialed Chen Yuyi's number directly. The call was answered, and he immediately yelled at the other end, "You son of a bitch Chen Yuyi, instead of helping me get reinforcements, you sent me some old man! Are you kidding me?"

Chen Yuyi was completely stunned by the shout. He couldn't understand it at all, and tentatively asked, "Old Zhao, what's wrong with you? We've been friends for so many years, how could I possibly harm you?"

"Did you send that Liu Zhongze to act in my play?"

"Yes, what's wrong?"

After confirming that he hadn't made a mistake, Zhao Dekai immediately launched into a string of profanities: "You fucking tried to frame me! All my kindness has been wasted! Is all this friendship of so many years worthless in your eyes?!"

"Stop!" Chen Yuyi was furious at being scolded. Liu Zhongze was the best-tempered and most skilled new actor he had ever met. He really couldn't understand why his good intentions had resulted in such a result.

"Zhao Dekai, it was because you urgently needed manpower that I sent Liu Zhongze over in the middle of the night to save the day. Why are you still cursing me? Do you really think I have no temper?"

After Zhao Dekai finished cursing, his anger subsided a bit, and he regained some of his rationality. He told Chen Yuyi about his previous unpleasantness with Liu Zhongze and the post he had made on WeChat Moments.

"Hiss... Lao Zhao, although I don't read WeChat Moments much, the person you're talking about is completely different from the Liu Zhongze I know. Here's what I suggest: search for 'President of the Ugly Country' on Douyin, or just search for Liu Zhongze's name. Whether it's a drama or him, he's been getting a lot of attention lately."

Chen Yuyi's explanation left Zhao Dekai skeptical. He waved for Xu Zhen to search, and after Xu Zhen typed it in, he handed the phone to Zhao Dekai without even looking at it.

In this free four-episode short drama about the Ugly Country President, Liu Zhongze's name was nowhere to be seen. Just as Zhao Dekai was about to curse, he typed in Liu Zhongze's name first, and the drama title "Ugly Country President" appeared as a suffix to his name.

He clicked on it and saw that many accounts were spontaneously promoting this abstract drama. Clicking on a certain homepage, he could see that the creator of the homepage was a man. In his videos, Liu Zhongze was a gay man with strong succubus attributes.

Zhao Dekai found it hard to watch, but in order to figure out what was going on, he watched the next few videos.

Without exception, all of these people who spontaneously promoted the short drama about the Ugly country's president were men, and they all liked to cut out Thomson, played by Yoo Jung-taek, separately, as if the character played by Yoo Jung-taek could soothe their most desired needs.

silence...

Zhao Dekai thought for five minutes before finally managing to speak with difficulty: "Ahem... Old Chen, even if Liu Zhongze can act in some gay-themed scenes now, he doesn't seem to be the kind of actor I'm looking for, does he?"

Chen Yuyi patiently explained, "You don't know this, but my film was originally only barely passable. I thought the domestic short drama market was gradually becoming saturated, so I wanted to develop it overseas. But thanks to Teacher Liu's guidance, even though my film has a bizarre plot, it can still be considered an excellent work."

"Teacher Liu... Teacher Liu?" Zhao Dekai glanced at Liu Zhongze, but no matter how he looked at him, he felt that the other party did not deserve the title of teacher. He closed his eyes, and when he wanted to open them, the man in front of him turned into a complete stranger.

Liu Zhongze, who only knows how to show off and pose, can undergo a complete transformation in just a short time.

No matter what Zhao Dekai said, he didn't believe it. He said, "Old Chen, today isn't April Fool's Day, is it?"

Chen Yuyi was almost laughing in anger. He was busy himself, having stayed up for several nights in a row to finish producing the short dramas. Just as he was about to enjoy the fruits of his labor and rest, he specially asked Liu Zhongze to save the day in order to repay Zhao Dekai's favor.

As a result, he was met with indifference and not only received no gratitude, but also a barrage of insults and was ultimately questioned.

If it weren't for that incident and Zhao Dekai's strong support, Chen Yuyi would have hung up the phone long ago. He could even have bought Liu Zhongze's plane ticket and pretended that nothing had happened. At most, he could have collaborated with Liu Zhongze more often when filming short dramas to make up for Liu Zhongze's losses.

"Hey, Lao Chen, without your help before, I wouldn't be a pillar of the short drama industry now. Just trust me this once, Liu Zhongze's acting skills are flawless, I can vouch for it."

Chen Yuyi was being very earnest; both of them were not well-liked directors, but they still had a relationship, so he should help them out as much as he could.

Zhao Dekai fell silent again, his heart seemingly wavering.

Chen Yuyi fed Zhao Dekai for a long time without getting a response. In the end, he gave Zhao Dekai a word of advice, telling him to use Liu Zhongze without worry, before hanging up the phone.

Xu Zhen took the phone and bought the short drama "The President of the Ugly Country". While Zhao Dekai hesitated, he quickly started to watch Liu Zhongze's acting.

As for Liu Zhongze now, he can only endure it. What can he do when the original owner of this body is such a good-for-nothing?

Liu Zhongze is a passionate actor. Whenever he is interested in a TV show or movie, he will immediately try to seize the opportunity, even without pay, because he wants more people to see his performance.

If this were in the 80s, let alone a certain style of drama, he would have kept begging even if he was just a dead extra. As a result, a fat director with glasses complained that he was too muscular and would block the shots of other extras when he played a dead character. The audience would think that TWB dramas couldn't even afford a few extras.

"Director, I just watched more than ten episodes at three times speed, and I found that after Liu Zhongze appeared, the whole plot seemed to become richer all of a sudden, and the other actors' performances were also better. It's really possible that what Director Chen Yuyi said is true."

Zhao Dekai scrutinized Xu Zhen with a suspicious look, wondering if Xu Zhen had been bribed by Liu Zhongze.

Liu Zhongze volunteered, "Since I'm already here, instead of focusing on my past, let me audition and see my acting skills now before you make a decision."

Seeing Liu Zhongze's clear eyes, so different from before, Zhao Dekai finally nodded and asked the stage manager Xu Zhen to give Liu Zhongze a script, so that he could play a character in a certain scene later.

This is a horror movie about a forbidden village. Perhaps in 2025, making horror movies is no longer very unique, but Zhao Dekai firmly believes that this script can elevate the horror film genre this year.

The story revolves around a group of college students researching paranormal phenomena. They must write research papers about reality and paranormal phenomena in a place where there are certain supernatural legends. Regardless of whether science ultimately explains everything or the supernatural defeats science, these college students must complete their papers in the haunted place for them to be considered valid. Furthermore, they must record their movements with a camera throughout the entire process, as this is also part of the paper.

Having only seen the general plot, Xu Zhen, who was standing next to him, felt that Liu Zhongze's eyes now held an evil glint.

"Did I see it wrong...?"