Chapter 149: Famous Quotes, Life Is Money!

The movie has started!

At the premiere venue, it fell silent in an instant.

On the big screen.

It was still a black screen, with subtitles introducing the producer, the starring actors...

But at that moment, the style suddenly shifted!

"Akei the labor monkey, Ya monkey runs..."

When the song rang out, everyone immediately started enjoying it.

Jiang Wen Laoge grinned ear to ear, patted Lin Mo's shoulder and said, "Little brother, you chose a pretty catchy song, haha!"

Ge Daye also wore a smile, squinting as he teased, "You're really trying to lure the audience in to kill them!"

Chen Daoming and Lao Mouzi, standing nearby, laughed so hard they leaned forward and backward.

Meanwhile.

Across the country's major cinemas.

The moviegoers watching the film.

They watched the movie start with great anticipation.

Result...

As soon as it began, Director Lin gave them something fun.

Here it is.

Hearing this song.

The moviegoers all burst into laughter.

"Hahaha, what a song choice!"

"Comedy, spot on!"

"Eh? Why am I singing along..."

"Hahahaha!"

"Isn't this A San's divine song!"

"The curry flavor just burst out instantly!"

"......"

Soon, the main feature of the movie began.

The subtitles appeared: 2002, Mo Du!

The timeline was explained right at the beginning.

The camera shifted, and Prince's Magic Oil Shop flashed onto the scene; Xu Zheng's decadent middle‑aged uncle image appeared, prompting another round of laughter in the theater.

"Director Xu really went all out, dropping the whole image, haha!" Shen Teng laughed with his eyes narrowed to slits.

A textbook loser guy!

"No kidding, this scene looks so retro, really has that early‑2000s vibe!" Ma Li couldn't help but nod, a nostalgic look on her face.

Zhang Songwen explained nearby, "Director Lin shot this film on celluloid, so the recreation is very authentic!"

Xiao Tian was born in '97, so she doesn't have a strong impression of the year 2000.

However, she could tell that senior brother's movie visuals truly have a sense of the era!

Even though it's only 2017 now...

But 15 years have passed since 2002.

That gap is truly huge!

The next few minutes.

Lin Mo also used cinematic language to introduce Cheng Yong's background to the audience.

A sick father, a broken home, a school‑going son, and his own destitution...

Ahem...

Getting off topic.

In short, in one sentence, Cheng Yong is facing a huge dilemma.

His father is hospitalized with illness, they have no money, even the money to buy shoes for the child is out of reach.

His ex‑wife wants to immigrate the child abroad, but Cheng Yong absolutely refuses.

While Cheng Yong was wrestling with the lawyer, he accidentally pushed his ex‑wife down.

His ex‑wife, who was pregnant, was taken to the hospital.

Zhou Yiwei, playing Chen Yong's younger brother‑in‑law, made his entrance!

Many people noticed Zhou Yiwei's appearance.

They were a bit surprised.

Mainly because some of them recognized Zhou Yiwei.

"Whoa, isn't this Jia Qian brother?"

"Ding Xiu, so it's him!"

"Hahaha, gotta add money!"

"Xu Zheng's acting is great, he fully portrayed the kind of scumbag I imagined..."

"Bro, I can't tell if you're praising or insulting him!"

"......"

Indeed.

Xu Zheng perfectly portrayed the image of the character Cheng Yong.

See, Huang Bo is still teasing him from the side,

"Lao Xu, you're not acting, are you?"

"Go, go, go!"

Xu Zheng laughed and scolded, waving his hand.

Sun Honglei also joined in: "Little Bo, learn more from Director Lin's visual language—this shot, these details, the immersion is so strong!"

"Exactly!" Huang Lei added.

Huang Bo listened, chuckled, and didn't get angry: "What the heck am I supposed to learn? I can't copy Director Lin's techniques. Besides, shooting a film on film stock—only Director Lin has the budget for that; who else dares to do it?"

Indeed!

Nowadays movies all use digital.

Can't even afford film stock.

There's no choice; the actors are all Top Stream stars, only popularity, no acting skill.

If you shot on film, a movie would waste an unknown amount of money!

Everyone continued to focus their attention on the big screen.

Soon.

Chao Ge also appeared!

Honestly, he looked as skinny as a bamboo pole in the film, with long hair and glasses; the audience almost didn't recognize him.

"Huh? Is this my Chao Ge?"

"Sss... I almost didn't recognize him!"

"Chao Ge really gives it his all in acting!"

"I heard Chao Ge, to get a role in Director Lin's film, actually lost dozens of pounds in a month!"

"That's awesome!"

"......"

Fans continuously praised Chao Ge's dedication.

Not just the fans.

At the premiere venue, over here.

Lao Mouzi, Chen Daoming, and Feng Xiaogang were all taken aback when they saw Deng Chao's image in "I Am Not a Medicine God".

"It's Deng Chao, why does he look so familiar!" Lao Mouzi recognized him at a glance, his face full of praise.

Because he had worked with Deng Chao before, he still highly approves of Deng Chao's acting.

"I almost didn't recognize him!" Chen Daoming added.

Lin Mo, beside them, was having a lively chat with Han Canping about Deng Chao's acting; Lin Mo couldn't stop praising: "San Ye, don't think that just because Chao Ge has been on Zongyi Magazine Magazine Magazine Magazine Magazine a lot these past two years, his acting is truly impressive!"

Han Canping nodded in agreement.

He naturally knows the actor Deng Chao!

The film continued.

Chao Ge's role, Lv Shouyi, is a leukemia patient.

He finds Cheng Yong, asking him to help bring a few bottles of medicine from India.

However.

From the conversation between Lv Shouyi and Cheng Yong,

They heard the price of the medicine and were instantly stunned.

In the country, a genuine medicine costs 37,000 per bottle, but abroad—in India—it sells for only 2,000, with exactly the same efficacy.

Upon hearing this,

the audience's reaction was exactly the same as Cheng Yong's.

Isn't this total nonsense?

Unsurprisingly, Cheng Yong immediately drove Lv Shouyi away.

However, as he left, Lv Shouyi left his contact information.

That must be a planted foreshadowing; even ordinary viewers noticed it.

Well then,

the turning point arrives immediately.

Cheng Yong's father fell and was hospitalized, needing surgery, but the operation cost is extremely high.

Desperate, Cheng Yong recalled Lv Shouyi's contact.

Abroad 2,000, at home 37,000...

So,

He decided to take the risk and go!

The scene fast‑forwards to India.

It is now 2017, not yet 2024.

Therefore, online there are few images of India.

Now,

when the audience sees the India in the film...

it's three words.

"Messy, chaotic, terrible!"

Cheng Yong went through many twists and turns, and finally found the pharmaceutical factory.

When he learned that the medicine cost only five hundred, his eyes lit up.

So he requested agency rights from the pharmaceutical factory and uttered that earth-shattering sentence:

"Life is money!"