Film and Television World Life Record

As dawn breaks and a ray of sunlight shines down, the city seems to awaken from its silence and gradually come alive.

The roar of cars on the street, the chatter of pedestrians, and all sorts of noises combined to strangely give the whole city a touch of liveliness, making the noise seem more welcoming.

Li Mu quietly opened his eyes. This was a bedroom, stylish and technologically advanced, with a warm atmosphere under the glow of the ceiling light.

I know, I've arrived at Ode to Joy.

I closed my eyes again and began to organize my memories.

Li Mu, 28 years old, graduated from Shanghai Jiao Tong University with a major in cybersecurity, and is now a senior cybersecurity engineer.

Of course, as a cybersecurity engineer, I am quite good at network attack and defense techniques, and I can also become a little red hacker when necessary. "The lawful camp must be a red hacker."

He now works at Xinchao Technology, a long-established domestic internet company.

Wait a minute... My main job is actually to be responsible for the network security and protection of Weibo.

This world actually has Weibo, a trendy technology platform and a real-world platform like Sina. Apart from the slight difference in name, they are basically the same.

He reached for his phone from the corner of the bed. It was an Apple phone. After unlocking it, he found WeChat, Taobao, JD.com, Baidu, and even Bilibili and Baofeng Player.

It's really strange; this is the first time I've encountered a movie world that's so similar to the real world.

I flipped through it again, and thankfully most of the remaining ones were unfamiliar to me, so their similarity to the real world wasn't as high as I had imagined.

Wait, it's not on Douyin or Kuaishou either. Then I recalled the current timeline. The preparation and filming of this drama took place in 2015, and it aired in 2016.

It's currently mid-March 2015. In the real world, TikTok hadn't even been launched yet!

I checked my phone's apps again, but I couldn't find Toutiao. This app already had quite a few users in 2015, so how could it not be there?

Li Mu closed his eyes and thought for a while. After all, he was in this industry. He went through all the big and small internet companies in his mind, but he couldn't find any trace of ByteDance. This was another difference from the real world.

Li Mu reviewed his own situation. He was an orphan who grew up in an orphanage. He had even practiced martial arts, albeit as an amateur, but his skills were quite good.

At the orphanage, he was highly regarded because of his outstanding academic performance, consistently ranking first in his grade. Teachers from various subjects frequently visited him at home, and many tutoring centers invited him to speak at their events. Not only were his tutoring sessions free, but he also received subsidies.

This ensured his comfortable living conditions, and he was loved by everyone at the orphanage. Even the director often praised him, saying, "This child is smart and will definitely have a bright future."

When kind people come to visit, he acts as a representative of all the orphans in the orphanage, reporting on their academic achievements and taking photos to commemorate the occasion.

As a result, I often receive gifts of all sizes.

He learned his kung fu from an old man surnamed Xu who lived near the orphanage. There was a grove of trees near the orphanage where Old Man Xu often took walks, practiced martial arts, and exercised.

When Li Mu was a child, he was very curious about kung fu. He often led a group of children from the orphanage to see the novelty and sometimes he would imitate the moves himself.

However, he didn't know that Grandpa Xu had been watching him for a long time. One day, after Grandpa Xu finished practicing a set of punches, he suddenly came to Li Mu, who was watching from the side, and praised him for his good physique and excellent talent for martial arts. It was a pity that he didn't practice martial arts.

Li Mu was easily fooled by him, and since he was just a child at the time, he was very fascinated by the flying and leaping kung fu in TV dramas. After consulting with the orphanage director, he officially began to learn martial arts from Grandpa Xu.

Although he later learned that learning martial arts wouldn't allow him to fly around like on TV, he was disappointed and somewhat disheartened. But over the years, he has developed quite a bit of skill.

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With such great talent, Li Mu made a remarkable comeback, and at the age of eighteen, he was admitted to Shanghai Jiao Tong University with the highest score in science in the entire county.

Although he was from a province with a highly competitive college entrance examination system, his score at the time gave him a good chance of being admitted to Tsinghua or Peking University. However, he was afraid that he would not be able to choose a major he liked, so he simply went to Shanghai Jiao Tong University.

Then, Li Mu remembered something else: he actually owned a house in Shanghai, the one he was currently living in. Although it was a two-bedroom, two-living-room house, it was worth several million yuan.

Just as he was thinking about the house, Li Mu remembered that the community he was currently living in was called "Ode to Joy," and he lived in apartment 2102 in building 19, with apartment 2202 upstairs. The apartment owner had bought it at the same time as him, and it was said to have been rented out after renovation.

Last month, he also saw a tenant surnamed Fan in the elevator; she was a beautiful woman.

Li Mu thought about it carefully, and realized that this was Fan Shengmei! What a coincidence, he was living right downstairs from her.

However, according to memory, rooms 2201 and 2203 upstairs are still empty, so it seems that Qu Xiaoxiao and Andy haven't moved in yet, and the plot hasn't officially started.

Then, she thought about her own financial situation.

He bought this apartment with a loan more than three years ago. His salary at Xinchao Technology is good, with a monthly after-tax income of over 30,000 yuan. In addition, as a senior cybersecurity engineer, he often takes on small jobs on the side, earning tens of thousands of yuan in pocket money each month.

As a result, he paid off the mortgage on this house a few months ago and now has more than 300,000 yuan in savings.

Wow! My circumstances are pretty good; I've actually reached the average level of one million on Zhihu (a Chinese Q&A website). (Proudly)

Having familiarized himself with his own situation, Li Mu began to get dressed, wash up, and look in the mirror. He found that his appearance was about 80-90% similar to that in the real world, and his height was also about the same.

Upon entering the living room, Li Mu casually demonstrated a few martial arts moves, which were even more impressive than in real life.

Come to think of it, he's been training since he was a child. Even though he's only been inconsistent, the accumulation over the years is definitely better than what he's made in the real world.

Seeing that it was still early, Li Mu decided to go downstairs for a run and get some exercise.

The facilities at Ode to Joy are quite good; there's a running track and a dedicated exercise area.

Li Mu stretched his arms and legs, and after running two laps, several familiar figures walked past him, and at the same time, a voice entered his ears.

“Xiao Qiu, Xiao Guan, you just moved in, so you don’t know yet. Sister Fan is telling you, the staff in this community are so snobbish! They treat homeowners and us tenants completely differently, even though we pay property management fees.”

Just as they were about to pass each other, Li Mu glanced over instinctively. Fan Shengmei recognized him as the owner downstairs and looked over curiously.

Their eyes met, and Li Mu nodded slightly before continuing to run forward. Fan Shengmei also nodded subconsciously and smiled.

Qiu Yingying asked curiously, "Sister Fan, who is this handsome guy? Is he one of your suitors?"

Fan Shengmei smiled proudly: "What nonsense are you talking about! He's the owner downstairs. You don't know him since you just moved in, but I've seen him in the elevator before."

She said that, but after learning that Li Mu was a homeowner here and unmarried, she did have some thoughts about him. However, her goal over the years had always been to find a rich man, and someone like Li Mu, who owned an apartment in a mid-range community like Joyful Song in Shanghai, didn't really qualify as her target.

In the end, she could only laugh it off and banish such a pointless thought from her mind. Given her family's financial situation, most people couldn't withstand such turmoil; it would be better for her to snag a wealthy husband.

Seeing that Li Mu had already run far away, Fan Shengmei gestured in his direction with her chin: "See him? Every time he goes up or down the stairs, the building manager greets him warmly. But every time we pass by, he ignores us completely. That's the difference between a tenant and a landlord."

"It's so unfair! We also pay property management fees every month." She said, sounding somewhat indignant.

Guan Juer whispered, "Sister Fan, don't be angry. Whether we greet them or not won't affect us."

Fan Shengmei said, "Xiao Guan, you're right. I just can't stand their attitude. Are homeowners superior to others?"

Qiu Yingying said naively, "Don't be afraid, Sister Fan. We'll buy houses here in the future and become homeowners. Let's see if they dare to do this again."

Fan Shengmei glanced at the innocent Qiu Yingying and thought to herself, "Buying a house? Little sister, do you know how much houses there are in Shanghai? Is this something we can afford?"

After thinking about it, I decided not to say it. I didn't want to crush her dreams. She'll understand in the future.

Back then, wasn't she just as full of passion and ideals? But in the end, reality dealt her a devastating blow, leaving her as an older single woman whose only remaining value was her beauty.

Sigh! That's reality.

Chapter 103 The Myth of the Storm

After exercising for a while, Li Mu found a breakfast shop nearby and had breakfast.

Back home, seeing that I still had some time, I opened the system and studied the two missions I had brought with me.

As before, the task is not mandatory. However, the better you complete it, the higher your system rating will be, and the better the reward will be.

Task 1: Become a business tycoon.

Task 2: The original drama has many sycophants, so that they can recognize the cruel reality.

There are two tasks in total. Li Mu welcomes the first one with open arms. He was looking to make money in the real world, and the opportunity came unexpectedly. This time, he can make a big score.

Whether it's speculation or starting a business on a trending topic, having real-world trends and experiences to refer to greatly increases the chances of success. Isn't that how so many urban rebirth novels are written?

The second task surprised Li Mu. The original drama had a lot of sycophants, so this task was to wake them up and make them recognize the cruel reality.

There are indeed many simps in this drama. Apart from Qiu Yingying, who is a love-struck simp, the other four female protagonists all have simps around them to varying degrees.

People like Wang Baichuan and Yao Bin are among the best and are the primary targets of the crackdown.

However, simps are incredibly persistent creatures. How can we make them face the harsh reality? Li Mu mischievously thought, maybe he should scumbag all five beauties from Ode to Joy, making the simps despair, and that would count as completing his mission.

Of course, as a promising young man raised under the red flag, he deeply condemned this morally corrupt behavior.

Besides, dating is just too tiring. It's nice to find two well-behaved and obedient girls to talk about life and ideals.

Just as we considered before, if someone like him gets into a relationship and really falls in love, he'll only end up getting hurt.

According to the system's rules, his timeline in the film and television world cannot exceed real time.

In other words, only half of 19 years have passed in the real world, and he cannot exceed this timeline in the film and television world; otherwise, he will be forced to return.

It is now March 2015, and he only has a little over four years left in this world.

In these four years, I have to become a business tycoon, leaving very little time for romance. Even if I do start a relationship, after a few years, when the feelings are strong, I have to break up, and who knows how many years it will be before I see them again? I'll only be the one who gets hurt.

Although, according to the system's explanation, the film and television worlds he alters will each form a separate timeline, creating an independent parallel world.

After he leaves, time here will pass extremely slowly relative to real time; what might have been several years in the real world could only be a few seconds here.

If the conditions are met in the future, he can still come back and continue the timeline in his original identity.

But why bother!

After all, they're just passing through, their hearts are more for physical intimacy than for emotional connection. How wonderful it would be to live a carefree and understanding life.

After pondering the task for a while and seeing that it was almost time, Li Mu straightened his clothes and went to work.

His workplace wasn't far away, just over half an hour by subway. Li Mu arrived at the company on time at nine o'clock in the morning.

As the head of a team responsible for cybersecurity, my usual practice is to start the workday with a meeting.

After a half-hour meeting, Li Mu returned to his small office, dealt with his work briefly, and then started slacking off.