He plays Feng Yuxiu, and his girlfriend is a fairy-like beauty.

The opening theme song has ended.

The first second the screen lit up, at the highway intersection.

A row of black official cars was parked at the toll station exit. A group of leaders from Jinghai City stood neatly by the roadside, dressed in suits and ties, their noses red from the cold, and their faces bearing prepared smiles.

The provincial guidance team's convoy slowed down and approached.

And then it didn't stop.

Xu Zhong sat in the back seat, expressionless, looking out the window at the local officials whose hair was disheveled by the cold wind, and said two words to the driver.

"Drive over there."

The motorcade roared past the row of leaders, the swirling wind blowing one of their ties down to his shoulder.

Liu's mother's hand, which was cracking sunflower seeds, froze in mid-air.

"Such a strong start?"

Liu Yifei hugged the cushion and shrank back onto the sofa.

"This drama is more daring than I expected."

Ye Mo didn't speak, leaning back on the sofa armrest.

Next is the old factory street.

The fish stall's roller shutter slammed shut, and Gao Qiqiang rode out of the alley on his rickety tricycle.

He was wearing a faded old cotton-padded jacket, his hands covered in chilblains, and he greeted his neighbors with a bow and scrape.

As I was passing by the entrance to the vegetable market, I was blocked by two thugs wearing floral shirts. One of them raised his hand and slapped me on the back of the head.

"Who is this actor playing Gao Qiqiang?" Liu's mother asked Ye Mo, tilting her head.

Zhang Songwen.

"What have you acted in before? Why does this look so familiar?"

"They were all supporting actors and extras; they used to be teaching assistants at the Beijing Film Academy!"

Liu's mother didn't ask any more questions.

On New Year's Eve, in the police station's interrogation room, Gao Qiqiang's fingers trembled as he received the dumplings from An Xin. He forced a smile that looked more like a grimace, his eyes red-rimmed, but he stubbornly held back his tears.

Liu's mother hadn't eaten any melon seeds in a long time.

Liu's mother was deeply moved by this passage.

Next.

She was holding sunflower seed shells in her hand, and didn't even notice that her palms were sweaty and the shells were soaked.

Clues to Huang Cuicui's body disposal case are lurking in the shadows.

An Xin was assigned to go undercover. In the prison, a man in prison clothes walked out of the shadows.

Mad donkey.

When Deng Chao's face appeared on the screen, Liu Yifei paused for a moment and then burst out laughing.

"Isn't that Deng Chao?"

"It was him. He came to visit the set, but I grabbed him and forced him to act in some scenes!"

Liu Yifei and her daughter both laughed after hearing this.

Visiting someone on set is risky, so be careful!

In the living room of a high-end residential complex in Yanjing.

Sun Li, dressed in pajamas, sat cross-legged on the sofa. The moment she saw the crazy donkey appear, the remote control in her hand fell directly onto the carpet.

"Wait, is this you?"

Deng Chao sat with his legs crossed, looking completely nonchalant.

"It is your husband."

"What happened to you? Where's your hair?"

"Shaving."

"I know it was shaved. Weren't you just going to do a cameo role for a day? Why did you get a buzz cut?"

"Ye Mo said it was for the role." Deng Chao's tone carried a hint of pride, as if he hadn't fully recovered from being tricked. "What do you think of this look?"

"Like someone just released from inside."

"...That means I acted correctly; this character was originally just released from prison."

Sun Li stared at the mad donkey on the screen—a man with a buzz cut, wearing prison clothes, and with a wandering gaze and a hint of nonchalance—and remained silent for a few seconds.

"If you work with Ye Mo again in the future, have him send me the character designs in advance."

Why?

"So I can be mentally prepared, otherwise I'll think my husband has gone to jail every time I watch TV."

Deng Chao opened his mouth, only to find that he couldn't refute it.

On Weibo, the hashtag #CrazyPremiere# surged into the top ten trending topics within fifteen minutes of the broadcast starting.

Then the mad donkey appeared.

The netizens' reactions were even more interesting than Sun Li's.

"Wait a minute, who's that? Deng Chao? This is Deng Chao? He looks rather unique!"

"I stared at that person for ten seconds, and the more I looked, the more he resembled Deng Chao. Then the subtitles said 'Crazy Donkey,' and it really was him!"

"Deng Chao is such a handsome guy on Running Man, and Ye Mo made him look like he just got out of prison. Director Ye, do you have a problem with my idol?"

"I wouldn't call it an opinion, but Ye Mo did say in an interview that Deng Chao was one of the people he had wronged."

"The name 'Crazy Donkey' is so damn amazing. His eyes are so darting around, it's like he's really doing it. Deng Chao's acting is still on point."

"Why does Chao Ge's delivery of lines seem better now?"

"Maybe he was blessed by having his head shaved."

The end credits song began to play.

There is no gap between the first and second episodes; they are broadcast consecutively.

From the undercurrents at the highway intersection to the struggles at the bottom of the old factory street, to the approaching danger of the undercover mission—each scene is linked to the next, with the end of one scene leading up to the beginning of the next.

Liu's mother threw the sunflower seed shells, which had been warmed up under her legs, into the trash can and turned to look at Ye Mo.

How many episodes are left?

"More than forty episodes."

How many episodes air each day?

Two episodes.

Liu's mother did the calculations for a moment, then turned to look at Ye Mo.

"It will take more than twenty days to finish watching it. Can you tell me first? Never mind, don't say anything."

Liu Yifei nodded quickly beside him.

"Yes, don't spoil it. Anyone who does will be locked up in that mad donkey prison."

Ye Mo closed his mouth, which he had just opened.

Liu Yifei added another sentence.

"I have to film tomorrow, and right now all I can think about is that scene where An Xin and Gao Qiqiang stare at each other in the interrogation room. It's so powerful."

Ye Mo looked at her.

She took a deep breath and shoved the cushion into his arms.

"My mom finally decides to watch a show on her own initiative, don't ruin it, otherwise she'll blame you for spoiling the plot when the ratings drop."

Liu's mother nodded while cracking open a handful of melon seeds.

I agree with that.

Ye Mo glanced at Liu's mother, then at Liu Yifei.

Row.

He has been ousted from the decision-making level in this family.

Less than half an hour after the broadcast ended.

The trending topics on Weibo have been updated.

#CrazyPremiere# Soared to number one, followed by a bright red "Explosive" character.

A clip of Zhang Songwen eating dumplings in the interrogation room was edited out and garnered over a million reposts before midnight.

"In the scene where Zhang Songwen is eating dumplings, the trembling of his hand wasn't acting, was it? It was genuinely shaking. When a person is extremely nervous and desperately trying to control themselves, their fingers will tremble like that. You can't act it out."

"I didn't know Zhang Songwen at all before. After watching the first episode, I looked up his information and found that he had been playing supporting roles for over 20 years. This role, Gao Qiqiang, is his first time playing a lead role. From where did Ye Mo discover this hidden gem?"

"The detail of checking the ground for broken things after being kicked is so realistic. People struggling to make a living at the bottom of society care about not the pain, but whether things are broken. Zhang Songwen portrayed all these details perfectly."

"Exactly! He brought the characters from the lower classes to life!"

The comments section of those who previously predicted the failure of "Raging Waves" has become a major disaster.

Some people have brought back screenshots of the doubts raised when the release date was announced.

The first post was an old one that had been forwarded thousands of times: "Movie actors who switch to TV dramas are bound to fail. Ye Mo is doomed this time."

The latest comments below are all four words: "Come out and walk around."

"I'm sorry, I was wrong."

"Six months ago I said this show wouldn't be finished in six months, but now I take it back, not because my moral character has improved, but because I regretted it after watching the first episode."

"Good dramas deserve good airtimes, and CCTV's judgment is spot on."

"I'll keep this post about a failed attempt to transition from film acting as a movie actor, as a warning sign."

"Dude, it's legendary that this post of yours was unearthed by archaeologists."

"The biggest problem now is that it will take me a month to finish watching this show, and waiting for each new episode is too painful."

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