Global Film Emperor

Chapter 111 Another New Year (Second Update)
"Lu'er, how are you going to get home tomorrow?"

"The high-speed rail is closer to Qiqihar than flying directly to Lühua. Otherwise, it's too far to take a plane."

In the restaurant, Lu Ze slurped his noodles, suddenly craving them for some reason. Zhuang Yu sat next to him, discussing how Lu Ze was going to get home.

The Lunar New Year is almost here; today is the 25th of the lunar calendar.

"Aren't you afraid of being recognized? What if you get stuck on the high-speed train?"

Lu Ze scratched his forehead with his index finger, picked up a piece of vegetable with his chopsticks, put it into the noodles, stirred it a couple of times, then stuffed a big mouthful in, making a slurping sound, and shook his head.

"If I look like this and wear sunglasses, who would recognize me?"

"Haha, that's right. Um, buy some supplements for your uncle and aunt. You're such a big person, yet you're suffering on my set. Your body and hair are gifts from your parents. I haven't wronged you, but I have wronged your uncle and aunt."

Lu Ze glanced at the packaging. Although they were just some normal supplements, not ginseng or deer antler, they were still very expensive. These few boxes would cost forty or fifty thousand yuan.

Lu Ze did not refuse. To put it somewhat arrogantly, forty or fifty thousand yuan was not very expensive for him, and he could afford it. Besides, it was a holiday, and it would be impolite not to accept the gift. He could only thank him and planned to go out for a stroll later to return the gift as soon as possible. He also needed to buy some New Year's goods for Wang Zixuan and the other main actors.

Seeing that Lu Ze did not refuse, Zhuang Yu was quite happy. It was rare for him to raise a glass with everyone and drink a bottle of beer before they all went back to their rooms to rest.

The Spring Festival travel rush is a particularly painful thing every year, let alone for Lu Ze, an artist who is neither too big nor too small and has a certain degree of popularity among teenagers.

The claim that Lu Ze's current appearance makes him unrecognizable is just a joke. It's not like he's using a disguise technique; growing a beard doesn't make him undetectable. That's pure nonsense.

Anyway, Lu Ze is now fully armed, wearing a mask and sunglasses. If he is recognized in a densely populated station and a stampede occurs, Lu Ze will be finished.

It's not that Lu Ze is pretentious or thinks he's very famous; he just doesn't dare underestimate the crowds who like to watch the drama unfold, because of herd mentality, the more people gather, the more people there will become.

Sitting in the VIP waiting room, Lu Ze glanced at his watch. He estimated that he would arrive at Lühua Railway Station around 11 a.m. He still needed to buy some New Year's goods and gifts, so he estimated that he would not get home until 3 or 4 p.m.

This time he's learned his lesson and plans to rent a car from Lü Hua and drive it back to the village himself, saving him the trouble of transferring back and forth, which is exhausting and makes moving a lot of stuff difficult.

He has a driver's license; he's had it for a long time. Before he came to Hengdian to work as an extra, Lu Ze's ideal job was a taxi driver.
You earn significantly more than a part-time job or a waiter's job, and you have more freedom. Unlike waiters, you won't get yelled at for using your phone.

Carrying large bags and small packages, Lu Ze boarded the train. When he checked his ticket against his assigned seat, he found that someone was already sitting there. He greeted the man, who kindly gave up his seat for him.

These days, the various videos of people refusing to give up their seats online are mostly about people who either take advantage of their age or are simply mentally unstable. In reality, you rarely see such people; most passengers are quite civilized.

After placing his luggage on the luggage rack, Lu Ze leaned back in his chair and sighed. He did have some worries. Now that he was back in the village, could he really leave without any explanation? Leave right after the New Year? Was that even possible?

In fact, Lu Ze was prepared to spend a lot of money when he returned this time. Even if it was just to make his parents live comfortably in the village, he had to spend money.

He pinched the corner of his eye. Just thinking about this kind of thing made him angry. If he did too much, Lu Ze was afraid that he would have to support hundreds of wolves by himself. If he did too little, he couldn't guarantee that the villagers wouldn't have bad intentions.

Lu Ze and Lu Nan are rarely home, and Lu Weiguo now has trouble walking. Lu Ze is certain that if this matter isn't handled properly, some scoundrels might smash his windows in the middle of the night. Three hours passed quickly, and by the time they arrived at their destination, Lu Ze had barely come up with a good solution. He just hoped that his usually kind relatives wouldn't turn on him and make things awkward for everyone.

Renting a car during the Chinese New Year will definitely be more expensive, but cars with some off-road capabilities are not particularly popular. After all, not everyone lives in a ditch like Lu Ze's family, and a regular SUV is enough for a normal family.

But there were only a few car models available, so Lu Ze chose a white Prado.

After a major shopping spree, Lu Ze spent over 80,000 yuan, swiped his card, and stuffed everything into the car, filling every space except the driver's seat.

The system doesn't even block essential life skills, like cooking a home-cooked meal or driving a car. And with all the driving experience from all the courses combined, you'd be a real veteran driver, the kind who's over a hundred years old.

At first, I wasn't quite used to the throttle and visibility, but it became smoother and smoother. Once I got on the national highway, I could go fast without any panic. Most importantly, I strictly obeyed the traffic rules!
When Lu Ze passed the dirt road at the village entrance, he found that the road had been filled in and leveled. Although it was still a dirt road with potholes, it was much better than the previous one with its large potholes and steep slopes.

It seems that many people have returned to the village for the Spring Festival this year, and there are more cars in the village. Children who are well-dressed and children who are poorly dressed are playing together, and you can hear the laughter of a group of children from a distance.

If a village produces so many young people, there must be a few who are successful. Take Lu Ze's second uncle's daughter, for example. She is now a proud police officer, a proper government official. The man she married is even more impressive, but he has little to do with Lu Ze, so we won't mention him.

However, only Lu Ze has emerged as a celebrity.
Children don't really understand the concept of a car; anything that can run and has four wheels is called a car. But adults are different. When they see this big vehicle passing by, they all stop and crane their necks to look inside, trying to see who the driver is.

It wasn't until the car stopped in front of the most impressive three-story building in the village that the group realized that the village's richest man, the eldest son of the Lu family, had returned.

The title of "richest man" might be somewhat inflated, but it's not.

In any case, it didn't take long for news of Lu Ze's return to spread throughout the village, and some of the people who had been eagerly waiting began to get restless.

After getting out of the car and opening the iron gate to the yard, he could see Li Yumei with her hands behind her back, bending over and looking out through the floor-to-ceiling window on the first floor.

He drove the car into the yard and looked at the house he had never lived in before. The exterior walls were painted a warm beige color, and Lu Ze could see the large light in the living room on the first floor. It was really beautiful.

"Brother! You bought a car? That's really impressive! What's in the car? Let me help you carry it."

There was a lot of snow on the road, and the reflection was very dazzling, so Lu Ze always wore sunglasses. He lit a cigarette, patted his younger sister's head, opened the car door, and carried the New Year's goods into the house.

As soon as I opened the door, a wave of warmth washed over me, fogging up my sunglasses. I tossed them aside and started carrying New Year's goods back and forth.

After moving everything, Lu Ze took off his coat, walked over to Li Yumei who was leaning against the wall, gently stroked her head with his fingers, and smiled with heartache.

"You've got quite a few more gray hairs. I'll take you to a good hair salon in the city to get them dyed in a couple of days."

Turning her head to look at her father sitting in the room, she went over and touched Lu Weiguo's hand. The severed finger was cold, but the palm was warm.

(End of this chapter)