A perfect life begins with changing the timeline.

Li Mu was indeed quite disappointed that Fan Bingbing couldn't come. However, he expressed his support for her decision.

As the wheelchair-bound man once said, financial freedom takes time, and before you can achieve it, you still need to work hard.

Forty million is clearly far from enough to give the wheelchair-bound man true "freedom".

Of course, there's one truly horrifying aspect to this: for him, no matter how free he is, it's only his neck that's truly "free"...

Therefore, Li Mu approved of Fan Bingbing's decision, which was more rational than emotional, and even praised her:

"I think you did the right thing, you know how to prioritize. Unlike me, I was just skipping work to go out and have fun..."

In response to his praise, Fan Bingbing could only let out a helpless sigh.

She was genuinely looking forward to this trip to the United States.

Pity……

But since things have come to this, there is no other way.

She could only sigh with deep regret:

"Looks like I'll have to wait until next time. Um, Brother Li, have you ever been to South Korea?"

"without."

"Hmm... how about we go take a look when things are less busy at the end of the year?"

Out of the blue, she extended an invitation.

The reason is quite simple: she enjoys watching Korean dramas and wanted to visit the area. It's also very close by, only an hour or two by plane, which is very convenient.

"South Korea and Japan are nearby, how about we take a trip there sometime?"

"We'll see when the time comes. You have to understand how hard it is to work; even oxen and horses get very little rest."

"Pfft... Hahaha..."

Clearly, the big star on the other end of the phone was amused by Li Mu's peculiar self-deprecation.

What kind of adjective is this... The working class is the most glorious, how come it's become cattle and horses when it comes to Brother Li?

Are they Ox-Head and Horse-Face?

Hahaha……

Amidst laughter and conversation, the two hung up the phone.

Fan Bingbing originally wanted to chat for a while longer, but unfortunately it was time for Li Mu to get off work.

In the end, all she could do was offer a "Have a safe trip, Brother Li" blessing before hanging up the phone.

After returning home, Li Mu checked his luggage and passport again to make sure everything was in order, and then turned on his laptop to surf the internet.

He really thought the word "surfing" was quite apt. Before, he was poor and couldn't afford a computer, and when he went to internet cafes with his classmates, he only dabbled in it. But after getting a computer, he became somewhat addicted.

He opened his browser and immediately logged into Tianya.

Then I noticed several notifications in my inbox for replying to certain topics.

After clicking in, I found that someone had replied to my comment under a post.

The post was made by a forum member with the title "When do you think Zhao Wei will be crowned Empress?"

This forum user is clearly a fan of Zhao Wei, listing a series of film and television works, from "Princess Pearl" to "Romance in the Rain" to "The Legend of the Condor Heroes," including Zhou Xingchi's "Shaolin Soccer" released this year, to praise her.

It is said that Zhao Wei is not only beautiful, but also a great actress, completely surpassing Ruby Lin and Fan Bingbing. All she lacks now is a prestigious Best Actress award, making her the undisputed number one among her peers.

Li Mu's reply below was, "Where did you put Li Bingbing, Zhou Xun, Fan Bingbing, and others?"

He replied to this post yesterday and went to sleep, but as soon as he opened it today, he was bombarded with insults:

"Hilarious! What else does Li Bingbing have besides 'Young Justice Bao'? She dares to compare herself to Zhao Wei? Zhou Xun should clean up her own mess first; what else can she do besides create scandals with men? As for Fan Bingbing, a mere maid dares to compare herself to her master?"

His lips twitched.

I thought to myself, "You really have a silver tongue."

However, he didn't reply immediately, but looked back.

He replied relatively early, on the eighth floor of the thread. The original poster countered him on the twelfth floor, and… this person seems to be a die-hard Zhao Wei fan; the entire thread was filled with resentment towards others' success. Not only himself, but anyone mentioning other celebrities would be mercilessly attacked by him… making his thread quite a hot topic.

A group of people criticized him, and he criticized a group of people in return.

After replies like "If your Zhao Wei can make a film like 'Suzhou River' in her lifetime, her ancestors' graves will be emitting auspicious smoke" and "Hilarious. Is Zhao Wei's achievement worthy of carrying Zhang Ziyi's shoes?" appeared, a group of people started arguing directly in this thread.

They argued for three or four pages until Li Mu turned to the last page, the very last floor.

This is the reply from administrator "YUAN417":

"What's all the noise about? I've locked the thread. Personal attacks are prohibited on this forum."

This post ends here.

Li Mu was speechless for a moment, thinking to himself that he was originally going to give him a piece of his mind.

The administrator saved you, little brother.

but……

He flipped directly to the third page.

On the third page, there's a comment that says this.

"Your viewpoint is pure nonsense. Because your starting point is entirely based on Zhao Wei's past works. But in reality, while Zhao Wei has good works in both film and music, others have them too. You think Zhao Wei is number one in your mind, then let me ask you, is the quality of her film and television works higher than Zhou Xun's 'Palace of Desire,' 'Like Fog, Like Rain, Like Wind,' and 'Suzhou River'? Is her international fame higher than Zhang Ziyi's 'Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon' and 'Rush Hour II'? Even crossing over into singing, Zhou Xun has 'Drifting.'"

Zhao Wei is popular, but "My Fair Princess," which made her famous, wasn't a one-woman show. You can like her, but don't be blindly enthusiastic, because the other actors aren't necessarily worse than her.

Admittedly, she's incredibly popular now, but she's not at the level of "dominating the whole world" as you claim. At most, she's just very popular. But she's not the only one who capitalized on the immense popularity of "My Fair Princess"; Ruby Lin and Fan Bingbing are also in that category. Therefore, your words are both ignorant and laughable.

This is the comment on the 71st floor. This guy's comment seems to have broken the poster's nerves. He listed various data such as ratings, and the two started arguing.

Until the post is locked by the administrator.

Li Mu, on the other hand, was reading with great interest, and unconsciously, he was thinking along the lines of the post.

Who are the most popular actors...or rather, actresses in recent years?

Well, Zhao Wei definitely has to be included, as for Zhou Xun, Zhang Ziyi...

It seems that it should be included as well.

But to be fair, when it comes to peak popularity, Zhao Wei is truly in a league of her own.

Judging from the content of this post, if we don't just look at popularity, but consider the quality of the works, the others are obviously also quite good.

Well……

Following this line of thought, Li Mu unconsciously conceived an idea:

If we were to rank these female celebrities into a hierarchy of king, queen ...

Or rather... if we really want to determine who is first and who is second, what criteria should we use to evaluate them?

Ok.

I must say... this line of thinking is quite interesting.

As he stared at the computer screen, his gaze gradually became vacant.