[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":-1},["ShallowReactive",2],{"origin-i-only-know-how-to-ride-the-trend":3,"chapter-i-only-know-how-to-ride-the-trend-i-only-know-how-to-ride-the-trend-chapter-8":6},{"origin":4,"title":5},"chinese","I Only Know How to Ride the Trend!",{"chapter":7,"nextChapterSlug":19,"prevChapterSlug":20,"totalChapters":21,"novelImage":22},{"id":8,"novel_id":9,"title":10,"slug":11,"index":12,"content":13,"wordcount":14,"created_at":15,"updated_at":15,"volume":16,"translator":17,"content_hash":18},2343489,4580,"Chapter 8: Luxury Car, Beautiful Women","i-only-know-how-to-ride-the-trend-chapter-8",8,"\u003Cp>Morning sunlight streamed into the alley, but not into the rented room.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Inside the dim room, a musty odor lingered.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Chen Jianfeng silently flipped through the script.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Sort of…\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A script?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The more he flipped, the more suffocated he felt.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The absurd lines in the script for “Sun Wukong vs Superman 2” made Chen Jianfeng feel like vomiting.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Director Shen Long smoked one cigarette after another, his hair messy, clothes filthy—barely distinguishable from a street beggar.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The atmosphere inside the rented room was oppressive and stifling.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It made Chen Jianfeng feel like he’d choke.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Are we really going to make this movie?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Shen Long heard his voice but didn’t respond—he kept smoking his 2.5-yuan Daqianmen cigarettes, staring out the window with a pretense of depth.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After waiting a long time without reply, Chen Jianfeng quietly set down the script, his gaze distant.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Could it be… he’s… a fraud?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Chen Jianfeng said it again.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Shen Long finally crushed out his cigarette and looked at Chen Jianfeng: “What could I possibly scam you out of?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“… ”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This time, it was Chen Jianfeng who fell silent.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Fuck!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>We’re about to starve—what’s left to scam?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But cooped up in this room, the boredom was driving him insane.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“I’m going out for a walk.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He said that, and was about to step out when Shen Long’s phone rang.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Then…\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Hello? Boss Zhou?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Huh? Tour the set?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“What do you mean?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“You’ve got everything ready? Really?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“??? ”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>When Chen Jianfeng saw Shen Long’s face alternate between shock and confusion, he stopped in his tracks.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“What? Take a shower, change into something decent, and go with you to the set?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“??”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Wait, Boss Zhou, are you sure you’ve got everything ready? Did you really check off everything on my project list?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“That doesn’t make sense—Boss Zhou, you’ve only been out for two hours at most. How could you have finished everything already?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“… ”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After hanging up, Shen Long stared at his phone in stunned disbelief, as if seeing a ghost. When he tried to call back, he realized his phone had just shut off—of all times.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Fine—he was now so broke he couldn’t even afford a hundred-yuan phone top-up.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>At that moment, Chen Jianfeng’s phone rang too. He glanced at the caller ID—it was Zhou Yang.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Boss Zhou?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Little Chen, still inside?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Yes.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Take a shower, change into something decent, then come meet us at the set to get familiar…”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Huh? Boss Zhou, where’s our set?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Oh, Room 405, Building 35, Xinghe Road, Dongjie…”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Oh, okay.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After hanging up, Chen Jianfeng froze. Why did that address feel vaguely familiar?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He didn’t dwell on it, and turned to Shen Long, who also looked bewildered: “Shen Dao, what’s going on?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Shen Long shook his head, dazed. After a pause, he muttered: “Don’t know. Shower first, change clothes…”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>…………………………\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The world felt a little ridiculous, a little surreal…\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Chen Jianfeng, a down-on-his-luck guy who’d nearly switched to selling pirated DVDs, was suddenly told he’d be the lead actor.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But in a movie called “Sun Wukong vs Superman 2.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Absurd lines, mind-bending plot, a director no one had ever heard of—just thinking about it made him cringe, like a scam A4 recruitment poster targeting fools.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Pure nonsense, right?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But yet…\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“This set… is it the ‘Love Ferris Wheel’ set? I don’t know why, but I feel like an idiot…”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After showering, Chen Jianfeng remembered the address—“Room 405, Building 35, Xinghe Road, Dongjie”—and suddenly snapped awake…\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>That was the “Love Ferris Wheel” set!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He’d gone there yesterday for an audition—and got rejected outright without even meeting the casting officer.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Shen Long, meanwhile, quietly adjusted his new clothes…\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Well, “new” was generous—it was just a barely passable jacket paired with jeans, making him look less disheveled.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Should we take a taxi?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“No money.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Bus?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“No money.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Not even a single yuan?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“No. You mind lending me some?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“…”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Can you lend me money for a bottle of water?” Shen Long asked again.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“…”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Looking at Shen Long, then at himself, Chen Jianfeng instinctively patted his empty pockets, then coughed: “I didn’t bring any either. Let’s walk. Walking’s good for health.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Though his expression was calm, inside he was in chaos.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Fuck!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Why did he feel more and more like an idiot?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He actually believed someone like him could be the lead actor!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He actually believed this set…\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He’d actually walked all the way to the “Love Ferris Wheel” set again—wasn’t that idiotic enough already?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Chen Jianfeng took a deep breath, lowered his head, and followed Shen Long—like a fool, step by step—toward the “Love Ferris Wheel” set studio.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After walking over half an hour, his throat parched and burning, they finally arrived beside the “Love Ferris Wheel.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>At that moment…\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A red Audi A6 sped past them.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Seeing the license plate “Jing A233,” Chen Jianfeng couldn’t help but envy it.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Fuck!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>When would he ever get to drive an Audi A6? Even an A2 would do—on this sweltering day!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As he stood there, bemused, the Audi A6 pulled up beside him. Out stepped a familiar figure.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The man straightened his suit, brushed dust off his trousers, adjusted his glasses, and smiled as he introduced something to the two girls who’d gotten out of the car.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Our Director Shen is outstanding—so young, yet already won many prestigious international awards. That’s why I chose him…”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“…”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Besides Director Shen, yesterday I also discovered a promising talent from Yanying Academy—I’m thinking of nurturing him properly…”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“…”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Actually, my film’s budget isn’t that high—just a few million. Just testing the waters in the film industry…”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“…”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“I was planning to meet a cinema chain today about an acquisition, but look—phone’s ringing again? Zhang Dao, An Dao, hold on a sec—I’ll take this call.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Chen Jianfeng saw Zhou Yang smile at the two girls.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Then he stepped aside to answer the call.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Chen Jianfeng edged closer.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Then…\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He heard a conversation that shattered his worldview.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Oh, Boss Zhang, sorry—I’m busy on set right now, yeah, yeah, at the ‘Love Ferris Wheel’ set…”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“…”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"There's no way around it—it's an emergency... I didn't want to, but I was invited to play the male lead in Love Ferris Wheel... oh, actually, it's the second male lead—a tall, rich, handsome guy...\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Mr. Zhang, you know I'm not really interested in acting, but both directors were so enthusiastic, they practically dragged me into it. They said the pay was no problem, and that if I didn't join, the movie would have to be discounted. To not dampen the enthusiasm of these two new directors, I had no choice but to go take a look...\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Don't worry about the acquisition—I've reviewed the contract. I have a few questions; let's talk in person when you're free...\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"...\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Chen Jianfeng saw Zhou Yang answer the phone.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Then he turned around and stared at him blankly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A moment later, he glanced again at Shen Long, drenched in sweat...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>His expression turned strange: \"How come you look like a water rat? Wait—you walked here?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Before Chen Jianfeng and Shen Long could speak, Zhou Yang noticed the two girls over there and smiled: \"Let me introduce you—this is Director Shen. Director Shen has gone to great lengths for our film; just look, he's worked so hard his hair is soaked...\"\u003C\u002Fp>",1215,"2026-06-20T23:43:44.409Z",1,"Qwen3-Next 80B","b2f00ce6aaab6a1076e8c160318bf9655529104800ea85e029d5ae66566e9895","i-only-know-how-to-ride-the-trend-chapter-9","i-only-know-how-to-ride-the-trend-chapter-7",101,"https:\u002F\u002Fnovelzhen.com\u002Fimages\u002Fcovers\u002Fi-only-know-how-to-ride-the-trend-cover.jpg"]