Huayu 1995

Chapter 1 I'm afraid I won't have a chance
On the wall, the seven large characters of "Beijing Film Studio" gleamed in the sunlight.

Even though the morning rush for crew members had passed, many people were still waiting here, hoping for a miracle.

After all, opportunity favors the prepared mind.

The tall, burly young man was boasting eloquently about his glorious moments:
"Really, I did act in 'In the Heat of the Sun'."

"I heard they filmed Za'er, have you seen Za'er?"

"Is that for us to see? Don't you understand? The director will definitely ask everyone to leave so he can see it for himself."

"I've heard that some people hang towels on sticks. Can you hang one up there?"

"Damn, I'm telling you guys, I actually saw that scene... Who the hell are you?! Do I know you? Ah... Bro... Bro, is there something you need?"

The burly young man had some acting skills to his name.

From his smug boasting to his furious outburst after being interrupted, and then to his fawning attitude upon seeing a cigarette offered to him, one can't help but marvel at the hidden talents at the entrance of the Beijing Film Studio.

There's no way around it; these days, high-ranking officials smoke Peony cigarettes, mid-level officials smoke Fragrant Hills cigarettes, and ordinary people clutch Hongmei cigarettes tightly.

They only get one day of work as extras every few days, and they always smoke loose cigarettes or even hand-rolled cigarettes.

And this one actually had a mouthpiece!

"Who am I? My name is Su Chao. Now that we know each other, let me ask you something. Where can I find some cheap accommodation?"

The person who offered the cigarettes stuffed the pack into their pocket and made no further offer to others, disappointing those around them.

"Everyone calls me Lü Bu, Brother Chao, what kind of person are you looking for?"

The burly young man sized up the tall, thin guy in front of him and had to admit that, apart from being a bit tanned, this guy was incredibly handsome.

This guy was also carrying a large snakeskin bag in one hand, which was obviously two Stanley compound fertilizer bags put together. It was hard to tell what was inside, as it looked very light.

I don't know if it was the tickle, but I couldn't help scratching my crotch with my other hand.

That was the hand that offered me the cigarette just now.

Su Chao wasn't humiliating Lü Bu; he was genuinely provoking him.

There was nothing he could do; his mother had sewed a bag into his underwear, with the opening facing inwards.

It originally contained his travel expenses of over five hundred yuan.

To earn this money, his mother sold her braids, a pig that hadn't even grown up yet, and some of their winter food supplies.

Oh, there aren't any 500 left now.

Only a fraction of the original amount remained.

It wasn't that his information was exposed, but rather that he used it to cheat on his own.

Su Chao died suddenly from staying up all night in his previous life and transmigrated to 1995 with a shop system attached to him.

According to folklore, every living person has three lamps on their body.

He didn't know if the Yang people really had three lamps, but when they made physical contact, he could see three items on each person's body.

According to the system, these items could be experience points or attributes, or they could be certain works of art, or they could be some inexplicable things.

For example, Su Chao's grandfather's items include blacksmith experience points, martial arts attributes, and a Xuan Tie kitchen knife.

I wonder if this cleaver is faster at cutting vegetables.

Everyone has items. When Su Chao patted Lu Bu just now, he took a look at Lu Bu's shop. Of the three items, only the "Stamina +1" item was worth something.

In addition to personal shops, there are also random shops.

Su Chao spent his 500 yuan on the random shop.

The random store refreshes in a random location every month and only exists for one week after the refresh. The system will notify the host of the refresh location and refreshed products as soon as possible.

The first random shop refresh occurred in Shijiazhuang.

It's the Shijiazhuang from "Kill That Shijiazhuang Man," and also the Shijiazhuang from "I am Zhao Zilong of Shijiazhuang."

Su Chao carried a few steamed buns and spent two days traveling 300 kilometers from his hometown of Cangzhou to Shijiazhuang.

The random shop spawned in an abandoned factory—thankfully not in the women's bathhouse.

Su Chao pried open the lock and bought his first music blind box from inside, and it was a blind box with a huge discount.

It's not that he doesn't like the other two items.

Rather, this is all he can afford.

The other two items include the script "Naked Weapon," a classic movie starring Daniel Wu and Maggie Q, which teaches us not to drink alcohol offered by strangers.

Although the movie's box office performance was mediocre and the store offered a discount, the asking price was still as high as 20,000 yuan.

The other item is a set of 160 points of beginner singing experience.

Su Chao really wanted it, but the price of 16,000 yuan made him hesitate.

The discounted song blind box only costs 500 yuan.

After receiving the blind box, I opened it and found a song inside.

The system also thoughtfully provided product information for the songs.

Product Information: Goodbye

Lyrics and arrangement: Zhang Zhenyue/Zhang Zhenyue/Zhang Zhenyue/Zhang Zhenyue

Overall system rating: 7.9
Creation start date: February 14, 2005
Release date: July 2, 2005
In short: This song isn't sad, but it makes you cry while listening to it.

I'm afraid I won't have the chance to say goodbye to you, because maybe I'll never see you again...

This is a song that Su Chao often sang in karaoke in his past life.

It's a pity he'll never be able to write again in his lifetime.

When the system bound him, it told him the price of the binding—he would be unable to copy any works from his previous life based on his memory.

It's like when Supreme Treasure put on the golden headband in "A Chinese Odyssey".

He knows the lyrics "I will play Chopin's Nocturne for you to commemorate my dead love," but he can't write Jay Chou's "Nocturne."

He knew that "I just want to stand up and make money," but he couldn't talk to Jiang Wen about "Let the Bullets Fly" fifteen years later.

I just can't write it.

Fortunately, these things can be obtained through the system.

It's not like we lost out.

After all, being reborn doesn't increase intelligence.

As an ordinary person, the number of songs or scripts that I can copy from memory is really not that many.

Who in their right mind can remember hundreds of terabytes of information perfectly?

Unless God grants us another cheat code—the ability to remember everything we've thought of.

That doesn't necessarily mean it's a good thing.

Some people have developed an unforgettable memory, and their minds may be filled with pornography.

Besides, being bound to the system only prevents plagiarism; it doesn't affect Su Chao's precognitive abilities as a reborn individual.

Once he overcomes the immediate difficulties and accumulates initial wealth, his system will be even more useful than a rebirth. Everything he knew or didn't know in his previous life is available in the system shop!
Now that such a system exists, it is inevitable that development will take place in the capital, the cultural center.

While I was young and carefree, I ate my way through all the starch sausages in the country.

In any case, with the original owner's score on the college entrance exam, in Hebei, a province with a high number of college entrance exam takers, second only to the Netherlands and Shandong, there was definitely no way she could get into a university.

After buying the blind boxes, Su Chao had almost no money left when he arrived in Beijing from Shijiazhuang.

We had to find a cheaper place to stay.

"As long as it's cheap, that's fine."

"Blue Sky Hotel is the cheapest."

Although it's unclear why Su Chao, who could afford to spend Hongtashan cigarettes, would choose to go for the cheapest option, Lü Bu is just that straightforward.

"Blue Sky Hotel?"

Su Chao has only been here for a little over a month, and he often doesn't understand some of the local slang.

"Hehe, just kidding. I just want to find a park or something to hide in for the night. Why don't you come stay at my place? It's a bit small and crowded, but it's cheap, only 50 yuan a month. Plus, our landlady has a really good figure and is very sexy."

"Where is it located? Is it far from the Beijing Film Studio?" Su Chao added, "I mainly think 50 yuan is a good deal."

"It's not far, only a half-hour walk. What, you want to be an extra too?"

Lu Bu was surprised, but quickly realized that this was normal.

It's a shame he's so handsome and not an actor.

"I want to give it a try and earn a living."

Actually, this year's films were a bit lackluster. Stephen Chow's "A Chinese Odyssey" flopped at the beginning of the year and it will take a few years for its reputation to turn around. Zhang Yimou's "Shanghai Triad" returned empty-handed from Cannes.

The past 94 years have been called the year of legendary status for Chinese cinema.

Wang Jiawei starred in "Ashes of Time" and "Chungking Express".

The latter was filmed in just one year after he finished filming "Ashes of Time" in 93. In fact, Wong Kar-wai can be fast too.

Zhang Yimou directed "To Live," which brought Ge You to legendary status.

Jiang Wen directed "In the Heat of the Sun," and the young Xia Yu won Best Actor at the Venice International Film Festival simply because he looked like Jiang Wen.

Okay, that's the general opinion.

Even if Su Chao really did travel back to 1994, he wouldn't be able to get a hot meal.

Xia Yun's casting in "In the Heat of the Sun" was definitely not a coincidence.

Some say that Xia Yu submitted his resume himself, but Jiang Wen didn't like it. Jiang Wen's mother thought the child looked like her son when he was young, so Xia Yu got the role.

Some say that Xia Yu's father saw an advertisement for casting actors and sent his son's photo to the advertisement.

Actually neither.

Xia Yu's father was a renowned painter from a prestigious family, so he directly approached Mao Geping, who had done makeup for Liu Xiaoqing and later Liu Yifei, to speak on his behalf.

Jiang Wen, Liu Xiaoqing...

It may seem like a coincidence, but it's all about relationships, including messy affairs.

Whether he travels back to 94 or 95, making money first and then using his cheat ability is what Su Chao should be doing right now.

Be down-to-earth and grow bigger and stronger.

"You little brat, let's see where you run to today..."

Su Chao had already seen the group of people who were gathering around.

Judging from their chosen ambush location, their surrounding positions, and the various weapons they carried, it was clear that these people were veterans of fighting.

He just arrived in the capital today and is clearly not their target.

That means they're coming to kill Lü Bu.

Wow, this is going to be interesting!
Who the hell gave you the right to call him Lü Bu? You deserve to be ganged up on.

The next segment is called "Eight Heroes Battle Lü Bu"!

"Damn it, I really didn't touch your girl. She was trying to hit on me. I wasn't even paying attention when she pounced on me and started tearing my clothes. And she even spit on my face..."

Not every "I'm sorry" will be met with "It's okay," but every "You're such a jerk" will be met with "You're such a jerk."

Lu Bu's face turned pale when he saw so many people.

But he wasn't scared at all!
"I'll fuck you! I'm going to teach you a lesson today. And you, trying to be the first to stick your neck out, huh?"

The leader had already drawn a watermelon knife.

The others also drew their weapons, and a major battle was about to break out.

"No, don't get me wrong."

Su Chao subtly moved to the side. When he left home, his mother made him promise not to fight with anyone while he was away.

"It's none of his business. I just met him today. Let him go first!"

Although Lü Bu felt that there was strength in numbers and that with Su Chao there, he might be able to take fewer hits, Su Chao was really thin and looked honest and unassuming.

So let's try to leave as many as we can.

If Su Chao had any conscience, he might have called the police for him and, while he was at it, collected the body.

“You, slap yourself twice, then split the two leaves between us and you can get lost.”

The leader of the thugs was somewhat principled and never harmed the innocent.

Since they've already come all this way, it would seem unprofessional of them not to leave something behind.

"This matter... cannot be done."

Su Chao was puzzled. Why couldn't these people speak properly? If he hadn't spent ten years in the capital in his previous life, he might not have been able to understand these slang terms.

A slap is a euphemism for a large slap.

Borrowing is the same as lending, but usually it's the kind of lending that's not repaid.

"Leaf" refers to a banknote, specifically a 10-yuan note.

This is because the cut was made many years ago. When it first became popular, there were very few 100-yuan bills.

They keep using that "damn" sound. You can tell at a glance that these people are all from out of town trying to make a living, just like him, they're all struggling migrants in Beijing.

He started pretending to be an elephant by sticking two scallions on his nose.

"Why can't it be done?"

The thugs were stunned, almost thinking they had misheard.

A young man who isn't reckless isn't truly young; a man who's too reckless will be bedridden for half a year. I gave you a chance to leave, and you actually said you couldn't do it.

I haven't eaten any mushrooms, but my symptoms haven't lessened at all.

“Lu Bu is my beloved friend and brother. If you want me to ignore this, two coins aren’t enough. You’ll have to give me more money.”

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(End of this chapter)