Global Film Emperor

Chapter 121 Working
It was 7:30 in the morning when Lu Ze opened his eyes, silently got up, put on his slippers, and went to the bathroom. He turned on the tap, and the water flowed very fast. Soon, the sink was filled with water.

He stuck his head into the sink and remained motionless until he couldn't hold his breath any longer. Then he pulled his head out, breathed in the fresh air, and looked at himself in the mirror with a lewd gaze.

Last night, he was doing a simulation of a course on psychopathism, lewdness, and fetishism. Even after waking up from the dream, Lu Ze felt extremely ashamed.

The perverse excitement of showing one's naked bottom to a girl on a small road, masturbating on a bus, and the extreme teddy bear that can even be aroused by cars all made Lu Ze in reality feel extremely ashamed, after all, that face was his own!
He sat on the bed for a long time, trying to calm himself down. He kept telling himself that no one in the real world would find out what he had done, and as long as no one saw him, there was nothing to be ashamed of.

At eight o'clock, there was a knock on the door.

"Mr. Lu, are you up yet? We need to leave at 8:30 and arrive at our destination around 9:30."

"Okay, I'll be right there."

Time was of the essence, so Lu Ze quickly washed up and put on the luxurious clothes that Shen Jinghan had prepared for him. In reality, Lu Ze only wore expensive clothes in public; at home, he would wear clothes that cost only one or two hundred yuan bought online.

He hasn't been too particular about clothes until now. As long as they're pure cotton and comfortable to wear, he's fine with them. He doesn't mind throwing them away if they get dirty or worn out.

He does have high standards for shoes, because his heels are like a destroyer; cheap shoes will be ruined after a month or two, while a good pair will last longer.

Lu Ze got himself ready at 8:20 and headed out. Because he was in a rush, he ate his breakfast in the car – Suzhou breakfast, which was actually quite good.

Zhao Lei's driving skills were indeed excellent. He drove at 120 km/h on the highway, and soon the scenery along the roadside changed from the city to the countryside. At the end of March, the snow in Lu Ze's hometown probably hadn't melted yet, but here, there was already some greenery.

Upon arriving at the filming location, Lu Ze instantly fell in love with the place. As someone from a rural area, he felt that the air abroad wasn't sweet, but the air in the countryside was truly sweet, except for the smell of cow dung.

Upon reaching the foot of the mountain, Lu Ze took off his luggage. Several cameramen had already turned on their cameras and pointed them at Lu Ze. After saying goodbye to Zhao Lei and the others, Lu Ze picked up his suitcase and began to climb the slope alone, heading towards the mushroom house at the top of the mountain.

According to scientific evidence, apart from disliking the green on one's head, people greatly appreciate green vegetation, which can quickly generate a sense of pleasure, and Lu Ze is no exception.

At the foot of the mountain, a small mongrel dog was looking at Lu Ze with its tongue lolling out. Lu Ze squeaked and teased it a couple of times, but when the dog ignored him, he didn't mind and politely greeted the villagers who had stopped to watch.

Climbing the hill was indeed tiring. Lu Ze had only been following his fitness plan for a few days, and he was already a little out of breath. But when he reached the top of the hill and saw the familiar house, he picked up his suitcase and walked over silently. Through the fence, he saw two people busy in the yard.

He pushed open the small door and went inside. The sound of the door opening startled the three people in the courtyard. When they turned around, they saw that it was Lu Ze and immediately smiled.

"Hello, Teacher He and Teacher Huang."

"Hey! Isn't this Lu Ze? Come on in, you must be tired from climbing up here, right? Give me your luggage, I'll help you carry it."

The two were very friendly, and Lu Ze showed respect outwardly, with no faults in his manners. Although it was their first meeting, there was no awkwardness at all.

"No need, no need, I can carry it myself, it's not heavy. Is Da Hua inside? I'll go say hello to him."

Having done his research beforehand, Lu Ze knew that the show was about two adults taking care of a child, and that the child was currently more popular than Lu Ze, by a significant margin.

"He's not inside, he went to pick up a package. Come in, have you had breakfast yet? If not, grab something to eat first, otherwise you won't have the energy to work."

Compared to the gentle Teacher He, Lao Huang exuded a straightforwardness, directly asking Lu Ze to do the work. This kind of interaction was also comfortable for Lu Ze, who readily nodded in agreement: "Sure, a country boy can do most kinds of work."

"Do you know how to build a stove?"

Teacher Huang didn't stand on ceremony. He had to prepare a meal soon and didn't have time to cook. The stove his son had built a couple of days ago was about to collapse, and he was just waiting for another man to help him rebuild it. "Sure, the tools are in the next room. I'll go change my clothes."

"Hey, look how quick the kid is."

The two were a little stunned by Lu Ze's performance. It's not uncommon for people to come and start working, but Lu Ze is truly one of the few who does heavy physical labor right away. This is exactly what Lu Ze wanted to show. If you asked Lu Ze to be a comedian, play games, or act cute, he really couldn't do those things. After thinking it over, the only thing he could handle was being able to work and knowing how to do the work.

Put on the clothes he wore yesterday; they were all cheap, so he wouldn't mind if they got dirty. He went out, greeted the two people, asked for directions to the bricks and mud, and then went to the tool shed.

Apart from dangerous equipment like chainsaws, angle grinders, and chamfering machines, the tools inside were quite complete. Lu Ze even found two bags of cement in a corner.

I put on gloves and sleeves, pushed the small cart out the door, and there was a wall of blue bricks not far from the door. I picked them up and weighed them in my hand. They were standard 85 bricks, just right for building a stove.

There were brick clamps in the tool shed. Lu Ze didn't know why they had never used them when moving bricks. They would clamp five bricks at a time and stack them neatly on the cart. The cameraman was stunned. It was the first time he had ever seen a craftsman move bricks so skillfully. He was so efficient at his work. He would be a manual laborer if he were on a construction site.

Pulling the cart back, he made seventy or eighty yuan on this trip. To the astonishment of the two teachers, he poured some water into the water pump in the yard, began to squeeze it hard, filled a bucket with water, picked up a small ladle, and used it to wet the bricks.

"This child is so capable!"

"Really."

There was a small pile of sand next to the bricks. Lu Ze used a sieve to filter out the pebbles, put them in a sack, and carried it back. He then laid two layers of plastic sheeting in the yard to prevent the yard from getting dirty and difficult to clean.

The cement and sand of grade 100 were mixed in a 1:3 ratio and shaped into a volcano. Water was poured in, but there was no rush to stir it. Two more bags of yellow mud were carried back from the field and placed aside.

At this point, Teacher He felt bad that Lu Ze was doing all the work, so he quickly came out to lend a hand. Lu Ze asked him to use a trowel to pick out the pebbles and weeds from the yellow mud. This was a meticulous task, so it was perfect to give it to Teacher He.

"How can you be so capable? Teacher Huang and I were stunned when we saw you carrying such a huge bag of sand back. It must weigh around 100 pounds, right?"

"Pretty much. My grandfather was a carpenter, and my father was a bricklayer. When I was in school, I would help out during summer vacation. I started doing this when I was just a few years old."

It would be a lie to say he wasn't tired. March wasn't hot, but Lu Ze's forehead was already sweating, though he still had a smile on his face. Getting back to this job was a way of reminiscing about his youth.

After mixing the cement, we officially started building the stove. The first question was where to put it. We finally decided to build it next to the gate of the yard, near the fence.

He skillfully applied cement, and the bricks, already soaked, became much easier to work with. Slowly, the bricks were stacked higher and higher. During this time, Da Hua returned once. The two greeted each other somewhat awkwardly. Both were twenty-six years old, so they simply called each other by name.

Soon, Teacher Huang said she was going to town to buy groceries and took Teacher He with her. The two of them went together, so now it was Da Hua who was helping Lu Ze.

To be honest, Da Hua's character is quite cute to little girls, but Lu Ze is already so old, it does feel a bit awkward. Although he didn't show it, there's really nothing for Lu Ze to talk to him about except for asking him to hand him something, so the two of them don't have much interaction.

There were sheet metal pipes in the tool shed. We slowly cut them open with a saw blade, inserted the pipes into the elbows with pliers, tightened them with wire, and then inserted them into the exhaust vents reserved on the stove.

Finally, Lu Ze used a trowel to smooth out the yellow mud, so it wouldn't look as ugly as the previous stove. As Lu Ze bent down to stuff the yellow mud between the exhaust vent and the iron pipe to block the smoke, someone suddenly gave Lu Ze a light kick in the butt.

Puzzled, she looked up at Jiang Wenshu, who was grinning foolishly at her, and was momentarily surprised: "Why are you here?"

"You can come, but I can't?"

(End of this chapter)