Chapter 36: Fuck!

The curtains blocked the sunlight from outside the window.

Napkins were neatly arranged beside the bed.

The DVD player kept emitting a steady clicking sound.

Inside the dim room.

Liu Jun’s excited emotions gradually turned to confusion…

The anticipated spicy scene never appeared.

Instead, after a moment of darkness, a series of advertisements suddenly popped up!

“【A Li Fast Food】Eat with peace of mind, use with confidence—second item half price!”

…

“This story is sponsored by Huaxia’s best car repair group, 【Si Ling Auto Repair Shop】!”

…

Seeing this string of ads, Liu Jun was utterly stunned.

Over the years, he’d watched countless films—he’d never seen a spicy blockbuster with product placements like this…

This move left him speechless.

Could this be some new style?

He let out a slow breath, watched the ads finish, then silently stared at the movie.

The film titled “Superman 2: Battle the Beast!” finally began playing…

Just as Liu Jun regained his excitement, eyes blazing with anticipation, ready for an epic showdown!

The screen suddenly showed a Chinese male Superman sprinting onto a battlefield, then fighting fiercely with Sun Wukong, who wore a muzzle.

Wrong!

Does this kind of movie even have a plot? Cosplay? That might actually be spicy…

Could the Sun Wukong under the mask be a woman?

No way!

That build, that appearance—how could it possibly be a woman?

Liu Jun took a deep breath!

He kept watching…

But the longer he watched, the more wrong it felt.

The fight between Sun Wukong and this Chinese Superman, Yan Shuangying, dragged on endlessly!

And damn it, this was supposed to be a new movie—why were all the moves repeated?

Seeing Superman’s punch animation loop endlessly and Sun Wukong’s figure repeatedly falling to the ground, Liu Jun even suspected the CD was damaged—he tapped the DVD player…

Then he realized it wasn’t the CD, not the player broken or stuck—it was fucking—

This movie was just repeating the same actions and same plot over and over, with insane, mind-blowing repetition!

He glared at the screen!

Even now, he still clung to a sliver of hope—waiting for that girl, seemingly from the island nation, to appear and perform some unspeakable acts…

But…

After ten minutes of watching this endless battlefield brawl, he finally realized something was off!

Fuck!

The movie didn’t just repeat actions—it also fucking slowed down certain scenes repeatedly!

Had he been scammed?

Refusing to give up, he pressed the fast-forward button on the DVD remote.

Then he widened his eyes!

What did he see?

He saw the slow-motion clips speed up and become normal—but the chaotic plot left him dumbfounded!

He refused to believe it—he watched until the end…

And found that not only was there no girl from the island nation, but not a single female animal appeared at all!

The plot was utter trash—he had no idea what the hell it was about!

“I fucking—”

At this moment!

He slammed his fist on the table!

Pulled out “Superman 2: Battle the Beast!” from the DVD player and crushed it under his foot!

Moments later, he lit a cigarette, calmed himself, and glanced at another spicy film: “Beast and Female Superman 2: Passionate Bed Battle.”

He took a deep breath, opened the disc he’d paid forty yuan for, and inserted it into the DVD player…

Fuck!

This expensive disc had to offer some surprise, right?

But…

“【A Li Fast Food】Eat with peace of mind, use with confidence—second item half price!”

“This story is sponsored by Huaxia’s best car repair group, 【Si Ling Auto Repair Shop】!”

“【A Dong Convenience Store】—Number One Convenience Store in the World!”

“…”

Holy shit!

The moment he saw the familiar scenes, the familiar ad lines…

His last shred of hope, his final fantasy, vanished completely!

I fucking—

He panted heavily, face flushed red!

His emotions teetered on the edge of collapse…

Much later, he stared at the next disc—the ten-yuan “Superman 2” high-end version!

He closed his eyes, steadied his emotions for a long while, then opened them again.

Could it be… that this “Superman 2”…

No way!

If that’s true, then this boss is utterly, insanely deranged!

Finally, he pulled out one disc and inserted it into the DVD player…

He stared intently at the movie.

“【A Li Fast Food】Eat with peace of mind, use with confidence—second item half price!”

“This story is sponsored by Huaxia’s best car repair group, 【Si Ling Auto Repair Shop】!”

“…”

Familiar voice…

Familiar scenes…

Familiar plot…

Wrong!

The high-end version fucking—

The same ads played twice, like a virus!

At the same time, the grotesque repeated actions doubled in frequency!

He inserted the second disc into the DVD player!

Then…

What did Liu Jun see?

He saw the same ads, the same plot…

Fuck!

The high-end version, besides being longer and having a prettier cover, occasionally throwing in random, unrelated plot fragments…

Everything else!

Was fucking identical!

“I fucking hate you!”

In that instant.

A roar echoed through the room.

His mind shattered completely!

He was about to destroy everything…

He fell silent for a moment.

Finally, he gritted his teeth.

Fuck!

I won’t be the only one getting scammed!

…………………………

Fuck! What movie is this!

Shit, I’m going crazy, what the hell is going on…

Did the source for Superman 2 get leaked?

No, this isn’t just a leak of Superman 2—it’s outright madness!

…

July 15, 2003.

Three days remain until the release of the Hollywood blockbuster Superman 2.

Promotion is in full swing…

It began with a few small vendors in Beijing’s Zhongguancun, then spread to the surrounding pirated DVD market, then to secondary and tertiary markets…

Superman 2: Hero’s Nature!

Superman 2: Global Mission!

Superman 2: Journey to the West World!

…

DVDs bearing various extended titles of Superman 2 spread like a plague across major audiovisual markets nationwide…

These absurd, jaw-dropping titles…

That’s bad enough!

But worse still!

Some pirated DVDs shamelessly, brazenly bore the words “Superman 2”!

Yet when everyone excitedly opened these movies, they were stunned!

Fuck!

They were all complete crap disguised as the real thing!

………………………………

The day before Superman 2’s national premiere!

【Tianyu Entertainment】.

Deng Hairong’s office received a phone call.

After hanging up, his face turned pale.

What did you say!

You’re telling me that piece of shit is now riding our hype and selling like crazy across the pirated market?

Wait!

Say that again!

What did you say!

You’re telling me some bastard named Zhou Yang, along with a bunch of lowlifes, has started contacting second- and third-tier movie theaters nationwide, claiming to offer free licensing and a 20-80 revenue split with the theaters?

They’ve plastered posters of “Zhaoren 2” everywhere—even on the utility poles outside our own Superman 2 premiere venue in Beijing?

Shit, what the hell are the security guards doing!

…

Deng Hairong listened to the voice on the phone.

Suddenly he shot up from his chair…