We asked you to make an anti-corruption film, but you made one in the name of the people!

The filming location for "All or Nothing" was in the suburbs of Wanning, Hainan. Although the location was remote, it was not completely isolated from the world.

There is a road outside the factory area, and cars occasionally pass by.

There are several villages across the highway, where many locals live.

When the film crew first arrived, the villagers had no idea what they were doing.

All I could see were truckloads of people being brought in, barbed wire fences erected on the walls, and a guard tower set up at the entrance; it looked rather frightening.

Some people even called the police.

Two police officers from the local police station arrived, and upon seeing that it was the film crew of "All or Nothing," they explained to the villagers with a mix of amusement and exasperation: "This is a movie shoot, not a real fraud park."

The villagers left with some skepticism, but their curiosity remained.

Every time I pass by, I have to peek inside.

Finally, one day, someone took a picture of it.

That afternoon, Lin Mo was filming a scene where Wang Chuanjun was leading a group in a speech with slogans.

Dozens of people stood in the open space of the factory area, with Wang Chuanjun at the front, holding a megaphone, his voice carrying far.

"To succeed, you have to go crazy! Charge for money without hesitation! One gamble and you'll be rich for three generations! Only by working hard can you avoid failure! Sleep on the floor today, be your boss tomorrow! Go go go!"

Dozens of extras joined in the shouting, creating waves of sound that could be clearly heard even through the walls.

Just then, a young man rode by on an electric bike on the road outside the factory area.

He was startled by the shouts coming from inside, stopped the car, took out his phone, climbed onto a small earthen slope by the roadside, and held up his phone to take pictures inside.

The wall was too high to photograph the people inside, but I could photograph the gray-white building, the barbed wire on the wall, the guard tower at the gate, and the sounds of slogans being shouted one after another.

The young man recorded a video for about ten seconds and posted it on Douyin (TikTok), with the caption: "What's going on in the suburbs of Wanning? They're shouting slogans so loudly, could it be a scam industrial park?"

The video garnered over a million likes in less than an hour.

The comments section exploded.

"Holy crap! This slogan sounds really off! 'Go crazy to succeed'? Isn't this the brainwashing slogan of scam gangs in northern Myanmar?"

"Wanning? The Wanning in Hainan? Did the industrial park in northern Myanmar move to Hainan?"

"Is this fake? This must be a movie shoot, right?"

"Filming? What kind of film is this that's so realistic? Walls, barbed wire, guard towers, slogans being shouted—isn't this just a filming location in a military industrial park in northern Myanmar?"

"Wait, you guys forgot? Didn't we say that Director Lin Mo was making an anti-fraud movie? The one spearheaded by the Ministry of Public Security!"

"Yes, yes, yes! All or Nothing! I remember it starred Zhang Yixing!"

"So this is Director Lin's film crew? This looks so real!"

"Holy crap, I thought it was really northern Myanmar, I was so scared my hands were shaking."

"Director Lin is awesome! He makes a movie that looks so real!"

The video continued to spread, from Douyin to Weibo, and from Weibo to WeChat Moments.

#The set of "All or Nothing" looks like northern Myanmar# trended as the second most searched topic.

The topic garnered over 100 million views in just two hours.

The comment section of the Supreme People's Procuratorate's Douyin account has been overrun again.

"Could Director Lin release some behind-the-scenes footage? I really want to see what that film set looks like!"

"Director Lin, when will this movie be released? I can't wait!"

"Director Lin, could you please issue a statement? Many people think it's really a park in northern Myanmar."

Lin Mo saw this trending topic that evening.

He had just finished filming all day, returned to his hotel, taken a shower, and was lying in bed scrolling through his phone.

The first thing TikTok pushed was that Reuters video.

He opened it and read it twice, his lips twitching slightly.

I didn't realize it when I was taking the picture, but from the outside it really does look like the real thing.

The walls, barbed wire, guard towers, and gray-white buildings, along with the sounds of slogans being shouted—if you didn't know better, you'd really think it was northern Myanmar.

He scrolled through the comments and couldn't help but chuckle when he saw phrases like "Director Lin is awesome," "So true," and "Looking forward to it."

......

Filming for "All or Nothing" took more than a month, and it's already May.

The weather in Hainan is getting hotter and hotter. There is no air conditioning in the factory area, and the actors' clothes are soaked with sweat every day after filming.

But no one complained.

It's not that I don't dare, it's that I don't have time.

Lin Mo's filming pace is so fast that you don't have time to think about anything else.

He had a clear schedule in his mind, like he had a calendar in his head. What to shoot today, what to shoot tomorrow, and what to shoot the day after tomorrow.

Zhang Yixing once said to Jin Chen privately, "Did Director Lin go through the whole play in his mind beforehand?"

Jin Chen thought for a moment and said, "More than once, right?"

The truth is, Lin Mo did indeed go through the entire play in his mind countless times.

The main reason is that after he transmigrated, he remembered the movies he had watched in his previous life very clearly in his mind, just like a memory palace, which he could access whenever he needed them.

Therefore, when he's filming, it's like he's building a house according to blueprints.

No, it's faster than construction.

Construction requires taking measurements and comparing blueprints, but he doesn't even need to take measurements; the image in his mind is the blueprint itself.

Old Zhao has been working on film crews for over twenty years and has seen all kinds of directors.

Some are slow, taking a whole day to film a single scene.

Some are fast, shooting more than ten scenes a day.

But he had never seen anyone like Lin Mo before—fast, accurate, steady, and never having to redo their work.

"Director Lin, do you have an editing program installed in your head?" Old Zhao couldn't help but ask one time.

Lin Mo smiled and said, "More or less."

……

On the day filming wrapped, we shot the last scene.

Pan Sheng was rescued and sat in the police car, looking back at the park where he had been detained for several months.

Zhang Yixing was wearing a wrinkled plaid shirt, his face was covered in injuries, and his hair was a mess, like a bird's nest.

He sat in the back seat of the police car, his handcuffs removed, his wrists covered in marks.

Lin Mo stared at the monitor and called out, "Start!"

Zhang Yixing turned his head and looked out the car window.

The gray-white building receded into the distance, the barbed wire on the wall became increasingly blurry, and the mannequin on the watchtower was still standing there.

His gaze changed from blank to dazed, and from dazed to an indescribable emotion.

It wasn't happiness, nor relief; it was a sense of bewilderment, a feeling that the day was finally over but I didn't know what to do next.

Lin Mo did not call a halt.

The camera continues.

Zhang Yixing withdrew her gaze, lowered her head, and looked at her hands.

Those hands had typed countless lines of code, had bled from being bound by chains, and clung to walls during escape attempts.

Now they sit empty on my lap, trembling slightly.

Five seconds, ten seconds, fifteen seconds.

"Click!"

Lin Mo stood up from behind the monitor and took out a megaphone.

"All or Nothing, filming has wrapped!"

The set fell silent for a second.

Then applause, cheers, and whistles erupted simultaneously.

Old Zhao was the first to rush over, patting Lin Mo on the shoulder: "Director Lin! More than a month! One movie! You've broken my record for following a film crew!"

Lin Mo's shoulder ached from the pat, but she didn't flinch, instead smiling as she looked around.

The staff hugged each other, and Lao Li, the prop master, squatted on the ground tidying up, but his lips were curled up in a big smile.

The photographer, Lao Zhou, came over and shook hands with Lin Mo: "Director Lin, it was a pleasure working with you. Please call me again next time you have work."

Lighting technician Xiao Ma was even more direct: "Director Lin, when's your next film? I'm in line."

Lin Mo chuckled: "Queue up? I'm not running a cafeteria."

Xiao Ma chuckled: "Since you run the cafeteria, I'll bring my own bowl and chopsticks."

Zhang Yixing climbed out of the police car, his face still bearing the marks of his injuries, his eyes red-rimmed.

He walked up to Lin Mo, opened his mouth, but couldn't say anything.

Lin Mo patted him on the shoulder: "Well done."

Zhang Yixing sniffed: "Director Lin, it's not that I'm good, it's that you taught me well. To be honest, when I used to film, I would just do whatever the director told me to do, and I wouldn't even know what I was acting afterward. But you're different. You broke down each character for me and explained it in detail, letting me know why Pan Sheng did what he did and why he thought that way. I wasn't just acting; I was living that person."

Lin Mo looked at him and said earnestly, "That means you put your heart into it."

Jin Chen also came over, holding a bottle of water, and handed it to Lin Mo.

"Director Lin, filming wrapped up in just over a month, but I feel like we haven't filmed enough!"

Lin Mo took the water and took a sip: "Not enough shots? Shall we do it again?"

Jin Chen quickly waved his hands: "No, no, no, I was just kidding. You have no idea, I get bitten by mosquitoes here every day, my legs are covered in welts. If I do it again, my legs will be ruined."

Sun Yang, standing to the side, smiled, a rare occurrence for him: "Didn't you say you hadn't taken enough photos?"

Jin Chen glared at him: "I was talking about the play, not mosquitoes."

Wang Chuanjun looked at Lin Mo and said, "Director Lin, I've been acting for over ten years, and this is the first time I've felt that filming has wrapped up too quickly."

Lin Mo smiled and said, "Teacher Wang, are you praising me or scolding me?"

"I'm praising you," Wang Chuanjun said earnestly. "I haven't had enough of playing Manager Lu yet. He has so many facets, and each one is different. The role you've given me is a treasure."

Lin Mo smiled and said, "Now that you mention it, I'll have to write an even bigger villain for you in my next movie."

It's a deal.

Teacher Yongmei finally came over and stood in front of Lin Mo, without saying much.

She nodded gently and said, "Director Lin, thank you."

Lin Mo bowed slightly: "Teacher Yongmei, it's my turn to thank you."

Yongmei smiled, turned around and left.

Old Zhao, holding a megaphone, started arranging a group photo to mark the end of filming.

"Come on everyone! Gather in front of the main building! Let's take a group photo!"

Everyone surged toward the front of the main building.

Lin Mo stood in the middle, with Zhang Yixing on his left and Wang Chuanjun on his right. Jin Chen stood next to Zhang Yixing, and Sun Yang stood next to Wang Chuanjun.

Teacher Yongmei stood behind Lin Mo, while Lao Zhao squatted in front, holding up his camera.

"Three, two, one—"

"eggplant!"

The flash went off once.

Everyone in the photo is smiling.

Lin Mo's smile wasn't big, but it was genuine.

After taking the group photo, Lao Zhao shouted again, "The wrap party is tonight, Director Lin is treating! Anyone who doesn't go will be missing out!"

Everyone cheered again.

Zhang Yixing leaned closer and whispered to Lin Mo, "Director Lin, are you really treating?"

Lin Mo glanced at him: "Or you can treat me?"

Zhang Yixing immediately shut up.

Jin Chen was laughing so hard he couldn't stand up straight.