Global Film Emperor

The trailer for Chapter 266, "Mistaken Love," is now available online.
This was Lu Ze's first time in Taiwan. The temperature was a bit colder than in Hong Kong. When Lu Ze got off the plane, it was minus five degrees Celsius, and a light drizzle was falling.

As for impressions, putting aside political factors, looking at the city's appearance alone, what Lu Ze could remember were only the long lines of sheep and the uniquely Taiwanese, sweet-sounding Mandarin.

As for food, it was past 3 pm when I got off the plane, and I hadn't had time to eat yet. The city's infrastructure is still quite old, similar to Hong Kong, but better. Those oppressive, suffocating coffin-like rooms seem to be quite rare here.

As for the hotel, it's not bad, but the rooms are still smaller than those of five-star hotels in mainland China, and the pricing is similar to that in Hong Kong, which is somewhat different from that in mainland China.

Lu Ze originally thought that Taiwanese people mostly spoke Hokkien, but when he arrived here, he found that Cantonese was also very common. This was because there were actually more Hong Kongers in Taiwan than on the mainland, and the young people mostly spoke Mandarin, so there were no communication barriers.

Unlike when he first arrived in Hong Kong, where he was not well-known, Lu Ze was recognized by four people in Taiwan in just the time it took to get on an elevator, and they asked for his autograph.

Lu Ze's works have been shown in Taiwan in several places, such as "The Boxer", "The Boss" and "To Live", and have received a good response and achieved good box office results, defeating many local Taiwanese films and being praised by many movie fans.

People here seem to prefer deeper things, and they seem to have a greater fondness for sadness and heaviness compared to the mainland, where people tend to be more positive and optimistic. It's not a matter of which is better or worse; it's just that different regions bring about different ways of thinking.

Therefore, Lu Ze has quite a few fans in Taiwan, not much less than those popular artists in Taiwan. Among young people, about three out of ten can recognize Lu Ze.

"Thank you, Mr. Lu. Good luck with the Golden Horse Awards! I believe you can do it! Have a great time in Taiwan."

"Okay, thank you for your blessings."

He signed his name and wrote his blessings on the card, handed it to the female fan who was clenching her fists, resting her chin on her hand, and looking very excited. He took a picture with her, waved, and sent her skipping away. If she didn't look thirty years old, she would have been quite cute.

Zhuang Yu and Wang Zhen were in the capital, on a different flight from Lu Ze. They were supposedly arriving after 11 p.m. Lu Ze didn't like going out alone, so he just ordered a plate of tomato spaghetti and a glass of warm water at the hotel restaurant.

Just as Lu Ze was twirling the noodles with his fork, the phone rang again. He picked it up and answered; it was Xiao Fengying calling. Knowing what it was about, Lu Ze put the fork down and answered the phone.

"The second round of promotional videos will start airing at 7:30 tonight. Don't forget to promote it and retweet it on Weibo. You're in Taiwan now, right? I wish you great success tomorrow."

"I understand, Director Xiao. I received your blessings, thank you."

After hanging up the phone and quickly finishing his noodles, Lu Ze returned to his room, lay on the sofa, turned on the TV, and flipped through the channels with the remote, but couldn't find anything good. In the end, he could only watch Taiwanese idol dramas out of boredom.

For nearly a decade, from 2000 to 2010, idol dramas were a major industry in Taiwan, considered the leading genre of Korean dramas and very famous throughout Asia.

However, its rise and fall was much faster than that of Hong Kong films. Low-budget production, crude camerawork, poor and exaggerated acting by idol actors, awkward settings, clichéd storylines, and cheap special effects all became the culprits that killed Taiwanese idol dramas, and there has been little improvement even now.

Even Lu Ze felt that the exaggerated facial expressions and lines of Korean drama actors were not just due to language, but were likely inherited from the style of Taiwanese idol dramas.
Lu Ze's family was once quite poor, which meant they had very little entertainment. He spent most of his childhood watching television. But now Lu Ze is starting to wonder if he was a fool back then. How could he have watched such cringeworthy stuff and found it perfectly reasonable?

This is probably the most perplexing and difficult problem for all those born in the 1990s, and also the most embarrassing past for them, comparable to their first online nickname.

Changing the subject, Lu Ze still remembered that when he first encountered a computer in high school, the first QQ nickname he gave himself was "Basketball Boy," which was incredibly embarrassing.

The rain outside was quite heavy, pattering against the window. After the sun set, the only sounds in the room came from the television.

This is probably the most beloved environment for all middle-aged and elderly men. Lying on the sofa, snoring loudly, is there anything more comfortable than this?
During this time, what I hate most is when my child or wife quietly comes over to turn off the TV or tells me to go back to bed. You know, the combination of TV and sofa is like beer and peanuts—they're both indispensable. Without TV or sofa, this comfortable and relaxing trip is incomplete. So, at times like this, men will always give a reply.

Why turn off the TV? I'm still watching it.

Lu Ze was the same; after promoting it on Weibo and other apps, he felt sleepy.

He started snoring at some point, but he didn't realize it himself. Otherwise, the cripple wouldn't have been so idle as to climb onto Lu Ze's bed in the middle of the night and slap Lu Ze across the face.

Ever since Xia Fei's parents found out that Xia Fei was dating, the family of three stopped going to the movies together, but the family's situation didn't actually get worse because of it. "Xiao Yi, did you know that the second trailer for 'Wrong Love' is going online tonight? Yes, it's still at 7:30. We've finally got Lu Ze's new movie. But Lu Ze is really a workaholic, one movie a year, or even two a year. He's really amazing."

"That's different! This is a movie, what you're talking about is a TV series. And those stars who make seven or eight TV series a year, what kind of stuff are they making? They're all shoddy garbage, so boring. Actors like Lu Ze, who always produce high-quality work and are as prolific as a sow, are really amazing."

You never know what your boyfriend or girlfriend is doing when they're on the phone with you. Just like Xia Fei right now, sitting on the sofa, phone in his left hand, rubbing between his big toes with his right, and occasionally taking it out to smell it. His expression... well, I won't say, it's like a cripple inhaling mint, he's really enjoying it.

The mother was mixing cucumber salad in the kitchen, while the father, holding a graduated cup, was filling a fixed amount of liquor for the day, as per his wife's rules. Both of them would occasionally glance at their brainless son who was picking his toes, but they were actually thinking the same thing.

"It's such a waste to give such a wonderful girl like Xiaoyi to my son."

Ever since the two caught Xia Fei and Xiao Yi at the movie theater entrance, Xia Fei's relationship went from being underground to being public. The two tacitly approved of it, but they became more strict about Xia Fei's return time and would call him after 10 pm from time to time to see if he was still awake. If he was still awake, it was because he was having a long phone conversation with his girlfriend.

Although the parents knew that this was only a temporary solution, and that if the two eager children wanted to do something, they would always find a way to do it behind their backs, it was better to keep an eye on them than to ignore it. At least it showed some concern and would keep the two children in mind so that they wouldn't do anything irreparable.

"Xia Fei! Dinner's ready, hurry up and eat."

"Okay! I'll talk to you later, Xiaoyi. I'm going to eat now."

Xia Fei's father was working overtime today, so dinner was a bit late. It was almost 7:30 now. Xia Fei doesn't eat much to begin with, and since it was almost time, he just ate a couple of bites and quickly ran back to his room. He turned on his phone and went to Jiaxing Media's official Weibo account. Sure enough, the new promotional video had been released.

I couldn't wait to open the video, and after less than two seconds of buffering, the trailer started playing.

First, the screen displays the logos of all partners, including Jiaxing Media and Rongchuang Cinema, then the screen goes black.

Hey! Hello here!

In a field of rapeseed flowers, Dai Xilu's face appeared on camera with a lovely smile. Her eyes were so warm when she squinted. Then she looked aggrieved and coquettish, which really charmed the viewers who watched the trailer. In terms of looks, Dai Xilu is among the top actresses in China.

"Could you come to the amusement park with me tomorrow? Please! I really want to go!"

"Snapped!"

The scene shifts, and a large hand slaps the alarm clock, turning it off. The hand then rolls over and buries its head in the pillow, but the profile still clearly shows Ding Zhiyi's appearance.

"Why did you set your alarm so early? It's so noisy!"

Lu Ze poked his head out from the lower bunk, looking resentful. Bai Le and Ding Zhiyi glanced at each other, and Ding Zhiyi, wearing a white tank top and blue shorts, sat up from the covers, put on slippers, and went into the bathroom. But when the camera panned up, Ding Zhiyi's worried expression could be seen.

But when Dai Xilu emerged from the bathroom again, she was wearing cute fluffy pajamas and drying her wet hair, and then the light dimmed again.

Subsequently, the two were seen on campus and streets, but they never appeared together.

The trailer is only 53 seconds long, which is already short. Coupled with the deliberately messy editing, it left viewers completely confused. In the end, the trailer ended with them looking bewildered, only mentioning the release date at the end.

"Wrong Love" will be released on December 30, 2020.

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(End of this chapter)