Global Film Emperor

Chapter 230 Teaser Trailer

That evening, news of Lu Ze's award spread across major media outlets and apps, and even climbed to the top of Weibo's trending topics after 10 p.m.

Qian Shijia launched a large-scale promotional campaign, pushing the message to users of various software. Although such messages are not popular with ordinary users, they are of great help to the promotional work.

This is a good opportunity to let people who don't follow the entertainment industry know that there is such a person as Lu Ze, what he looks like, and hopefully let them learn more about him.

At the same time, Lu Ze also made history. Although he was not the youngest winner of both the Golden Rooster and the Hong Kong Film Awards, he became the youngest double Golden Horse Best Actor winner in history at the age of 29.

Similarly, Lu Ze also has the potential to compete for the Golden Horse Award for Best Actor this November. If he wins the award, he will extend his record and become the youngest actor in history to win all three major film awards.

Just as Lu Ze and the crew of "The Boss" sat down at the dinner table and started drinking, Lu Ze's fans on Weibo, Tieba, forums, short videos and other gathering places also began to celebrate for Lu Ze. Although they were not as organized and disciplined as idol fans, making the posts look somewhat scattered, many of the long comments seemed particularly sincere.

Many of these older fans haven't even joined fan groups, but they've been following Lu Ze's activities closely. The fact that they spontaneously celebrate for Lu Ze is truly remarkable.

At the same time, Tiancheng Media released the promotional video for "Living," which Lu Ze's fans had been eagerly anticipating, three days ahead of schedule.

Although it might seem like she's trying to ride the coattails of a trending topic, there's nothing shameful about using the popularity of her own movie's male lead. Lu Ze wouldn't mind, and her fans would be even happier.

"The official trailer for 'To Live' has been released! Featuring Zhuang Yu, Lu Ze, and Wang Zhen, the original team behind 'Mr. Tree' is back! Come and check it out! Congratulations to Lu Ze on winning the Hong Kong Film Award! We're bowing down to the newly crowned Best Actor! We'll be drawing 88 lucky winners! Comment and share for a chance to win a cash prize of 888 yuan! @Lu Ze, @Zhuang Yu, @Wang Zhen."

Lu Ze received a phone call while at the dinner table. He punished himself with a drink before picking up his phone, liking the Weibo post, and then commenting and reposting it.

"Wow, it was released ahead of schedule! They really hit the trend perfectly. My wallet is breaking. Now there's another movie worth watching repeatedly. I'm going to buy it all!!"

"It was made by the original team behind 'Mr. Tree,' so there's no doubt it's going to be a depressing film. I'll definitely watch it, but I'll absolutely never watch it a second time. My heart just can't take it. I'm afraid that something will get stuck in my chest after watching it, and I'll suffocate in the movie theater."

"I only watched half of 'Mr. Tree'. This time it's not an art film, right? I really didn't understand Zhuang Yu's previous work. I just felt depressed. I'm not looking for anything light this time. After all, you can tell what kind of garbage it is just from the title. I'll be satisfied if I can understand it."

"Going crazy for Lu Ze!! Anything produced by Lu Ze is bound to be a masterpiece! Just for Lu Ze's name alone, this movie is worth buying a ticket for."

Xia Fei scrolled through the comments section below the Weibo post, which was full of comments about wanting to flood the comments section with messages like "we need to flood the comments section with messages!" He was very happy about this because he was also a fan of Lu Ze. Although he wouldn't call himself a die-hard fan, he was definitely the kind of fan who had a lot of goodwill towards Lu Ze.

What sets him apart from other fans is his relatively young age; he's probably one of Lu Ze's youngest fans, having only started high school this year and becoming a fan of Lu Ze in his second year of junior high.

Even as a boy, he was never ashamed to admit his feelings for Lu Ze. He openly told his friends that he was a fan of Lu Ze.

His friends didn't laugh at him for it. If he liked a male idol, he might be ridiculed among the many teenage boys who were full of adolescent delusions and straight men, but Lu Ze was a proper actor after all, and his liking of Lu Ze's acting was nothing to laugh at for the boys.

First of all, he didn't act like a "sissy" carrying light sticks and glow sticks. Even when he had very little pocket money, he would still take a train or plane to cheer for Lu Ze on site.

She wouldn't spend all her time admiring Lu Ze's posters and artistic photos in a corner, nor would she argue with her female classmates who were obsessed with idols, debating whose idol was the most handsome.

All he did was ask his dad to buy him a movie ticket when Lu Ze's movie was released. If he didn't like it, he would watch it once; if he liked it, he would watch it a couple more times. And that was it. His life returned to normal.

His parents support his rational approach to idol worship, especially since he is a genuine actor with a positive image. There's nothing wrong with finding a way to relax amidst heavy academic workload.

Even the couple were influenced by their son to like this young actor whose acting was not awkward to watch. Sometimes, the three of them would go to the cinema and be moved by each other, which was a very happy thing. However, compared to Xia Fei, his parents preferred Lu Ze's "Mr. Tree".

Furthermore, he and his girlfriend first met because they both liked Lu Ze, something his parents were unaware of. It's unknown whether they would turn against Lu Ze if they found out their son was dating so young.
"Son, did you know that Lu Ze won the Hong Kong Film Award for Best Actor?!"

His father knocked on his bedroom door. He also paid special attention to the celebrity that the whole family liked. When he learned that Lu Ze had become the Golden Horse Award Best Actor, he came over immediately to tell his son the good news.

"I already knew; the trailer for the new movie has already been released."

Halfway through his sentence, Xia Fei quickly covered his mouth. He had let something slip: he was happy that the three of them had gone to support Lu Ze's box office before, but now, going to see the movie with his girlfriend was the most enjoyable thing.

"Really? Can we buy tickets now? Let's quickly choose a good seat."

"No need, Dad! It's not even certain when it will be released yet, and tickets aren't on sale yet! I'll let you know when they're available, and you don't need to buy me any, I'm going out with my classmates."

"Huh? Who is it? A male classmate or a female classmate?"

"You don't know him? He's a male classmate! He's the son of the parent who sits next to you at your parent-teacher conference, my deskmate! We agreed to go together!"

"Okay, it's already eleven o'clock, let's go to sleep."

"I'll play a little longer! There's no school tomorrow, it's May Day holiday."

After his father's footsteps faded into the distance, Xia Fei lay on the bed and sighed. His girlfriend sent him a message asking him to watch the trailer. He replied, opened Weibo from the backend, and clicked on the trailer.

Do you know where the coldest place in the world is?

"where?"

"Hospital, morgue." At first, the screen was completely black, then a male and a female voice rang out. Xia Fei instantly recognized the man's voice as Lu Ze's.
Then the screen lit up, but it was all gray. The scene was probably in the emergency room of a hospital, with a huge flow of people coming and going. The pedestrians were blurred and slowed down by the camera. Everyone was expressionless and had their own thoughts.

The camera then quickly pans up, through the ceiling, to the operating room door, where an elderly woman cries out and clings to the doctor's leg. A surgical cart is wheeled out of the operating room, carrying a person covered with a white sheet.

The camera descends rapidly again, creating a sense of weightlessness, to the morgue. A masked nurse puts a middle-aged man in a transparent body bag, lifts him up, places him on the freezer shelf, and slowly pushes him inside. The camera focuses on the man's bloodless face, then moves to the inside of the freezer, watching the nurse coldly close the door slowly, and the screen plunges into darkness once more.

"My thoughts ceased before dawn."

"Feeling my body gradually stiffen, I began to feel numb and was enveloped in a chill."

"I couldn't see or hear, and I finally became certain that I was dead."

"Dying on the eve of the warm sunshine."

"Exhaling its last breath, in the cold, a flower blooms, about to wither in the next second."

The camera slowly brightens again, still showing a gray backdrop. In the distance, a man walks like a zombie. The camera slowly zooms in, and Lu Ze's face appears on the screen. He looks numb, his eyes are bloodshot, and he has a stubble beard, as if he's drunk. He recites a nonsensical, pretentious poem, throws down his cigarette butt, and walks into the alley, which is very quiet.

"Go 270 meters east from the 102 Hospital, turn left, walk straight into the third alley, walk another 30 meters, and there's a small hotel called Ping An. Inside, a group of people are waiting to die."

The old man at the registration desk was dozing off. Lu Ze walked in, his footsteps creaking on the worn-out wooden steps. In the dimly lit corridor, the door to the second room from the left opened. An old woman with white hair and a mask cautiously peeked out. When she saw it was Lu Ze, she gently closed the door.

"Zhang Xiufen, 64 years old, from Hubei Jiangcheng, has late-stage lung cancer."

The fourth room on the right was not closed, and the sound of a television could be heard inside, accompanied by intermittent groans. Lu Ze glanced inside and saw a emaciated man lying on the bed watching TV.

"Li Zhong, thirty-nine years old, from Datong, Shanxi, suffers from pneumoconiosis."

The sound of a woman crying came from the sixth room from the bottom. The crying was loud and disturbing. Lu Ze frowned and walked over, knocked on the door, and the crying inside stopped immediately.

"Shen Yumei, 52 years old, from Taizhou, Zhejiang Province, suffers from leukemia."

Seemingly hearing a woman crying, the door across the hall opened, and a man with a frown peeked out. Seeing that Lu Ze had already reminded the woman, he nodded, closed the door, and went back to his room.

"Du Jie, 44 years old, from Qiqihar, Heilongjiang Province, has late-stage liver cancer."

He took out a brass key from his leather jacket, turned the lock, turned on the light by the door, closed the door, locked it, put down his bag, took off his shirt and hung it on the clothes rack, opened the bag, and took out a square object wrapped in black cloth.

Gently lifting the black cloth, Lu Ze's own black and white photo was revealed. He took down the clock that had stopped ticking and set it aside. After hanging the photo up, Lu Ze carried a basin and toiletries to the public washroom, vigorously rubbed his face, and with his face still wet, looked in the mirror and exhaled.

"I, Lin Qin, twenty-seven years old, from Huangdao, Hebei, have leukemia..."

After washing up, I carried the basin back to my room, turned off the light, and went to sleep. The screen went black again, but a line of large, blood-red characters appeared in the middle.

Director: Zhuang Yu.

Executive Producer: Li Xuan.

Screenwriter: Zhuang Yu.

Assistant Director: Guo Mingde.

Starring: Lu Ze, Wang Zhen.

"Art Director"

"To Live" will be released on May 20, 2020.

When the video ended, Xia Fei was completely terrified. This trailer was just too chilling, after all, the subject matter directly confronted the things that humans fear most.

death.

"Have you finished watching? I'm a little scared, but I still want to watch! We're watching the premiere on May 20th, are you coming with me?"

His girlfriend sent him a message. Xia Fei pursed his lips. He suddenly didn't want to watch the movie anymore. After all, the subject matter was too profound and not suitable for him, a flower of the motherland!

But since his girlfriend wanted to see it, what could he say?

"Yes, there are still twenty days. I'll buy it as soon as it's issued!"

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(End of this chapter)