After Transmigrating into the Main Shou, I Topped the Paranoid Big Shot 45

Chapter 45

At midnight that night, the promotional trailer for Chasing the Light Boy was released simultaneously on all major websites and platforms. The premiere was set for half a month later, on May 20th.
Lu Bo had not only filmed fewer movies in the past two years, but besides being a regular on the actor selection show and occasionally participating in a few talk shows, he rarely participated in variety shows. This time, he came to Field Diary, perhaps because he was taken with its short recording cycle and live broadcast format, which was perfect for promoting his new movie.
Zong Mo thought to himself, the stingy Director Yang was unlikely to pay Lu Bo a promotional fee. This kind of hard-working promotion must be because of his friendship with Director Yang! It’s their friendship, that’s right. It probably has nothing to do with the male lead.

Lu Bo was not only not the male lead, but not even the second or third lead. On the poster, his name was listed separately as “special appearance” on the side of the main actors. And on the Weibo promotional copy, his name was also there, once again doing a wave of friendship promotion with considerable traffic.
As for the one whose name was listed alongside Lu Bo’s…
#Movie Chasing the Light Boy will premiere nationwide on May 20th#
The movie is directed by Yang Lexing, produced by Wen He, starring Zong Mo @CEOMoIsHere and Yin Qiao @ActressYinQiao, with a special appearance by Lu Bo @LuBoL.
Zong Mo: …
Good thing he had Sister Qiao as a shield. The poster was also a two-shot of him and Yin Qiao: the young man’s face was bruised and battered, with a trace of blood at the corner of his mouth, looking miserable and full of a beautiful, strong, and tragic aura.
He rested his forehead on the shoulder of the girl in white, turning his head to look at the audience outside the poster. His long eyelashes should have looked beautiful, but at this moment, because of the gloomy color tone, the scars on his face, and the messy school uniform, they looked sinister.
The girl, facing the viewer with her side profile and looking into the distance, looked so pure and clean. The two were clearly leaning against each other, yet they seemed to be in two separate worlds.

Yin Qiao had just gotten divorced when she shot the poster. The day before, she had been at the dinner table with red eyes, cursing loudly. On the poster, she wore a bare-faced makeup look, looking as if she had no makeup on, and that gentle yet distant, reserved yet firm temperament was completely natural.
After seeing Yin Qiao’s original personality with his own eyes, Zong Mo had to marvel that Yin Qiao was an extremely malleable actress, able to play any role. And Director Yang’s evaluation of him was the exact opposite.
Director Yang had chosen him partly because of his face, but besides a few scenes to highlight the beautiful, strong, and tragic aura to deceive the audience’s tears, he either had him go on camera with a bare face or had the makeup artist make him look ugly.
Yu Chi rarely went to school. Later, because of Yun Jie’s persuasion and some of his own thoughts, he forced himself to go to school to listen to the gibberish. When filming the school scenes, Director Yang also didn’t allow Zong Mo to be too clean. Even if his lips were pale and chapped, he wasn’t allowed to use lip balm.
Even with a girl he liked, Yu Chi’s family background and personality did not allow him to be too neat and tidy. And with Zong Mo’s face, a youth-pain movie could easily turn into a campus idol drama.

After shooting the poster, they immediately filmed the scene of him killing his father, staying up all night. The makeup artist also gave him a half-dead makeup look. After dozens of NGs, they finally passed after Zong Mo’s spirit was also tormented to a half-dead state.
The one playing his scumbag dad was an ordinary-looking veteran actor named Luo Wei. Off-screen, he was always kind and benevolent and took good care of him. Once in character, he was not shy about punching, kicking, bullying, and cursing.
Due to this split state, Zong Mo often couldn’t tell who the person in front of him was. With little acting skill, he genuinely acted out that feeling of being on the verge of a breakdown.
He grabbed the man’s collar, his hands trembling uncontrollably, his eyes full of resentment and accusation.
Why won’t you let me sleep, huh!?
Damn Director Yang! Colluding with his CEO Ruan, a nest of snakes and rats!
Yes, it’s Director Yang.
He looked again at the man, whose cheeks were sunken from drug use and whose eyes were crimson from drunkenness, and suddenly realized that this was Uncle Luo, not Yu Chi’s scumbag dad, but a victim who was about to be driven mad by Director Yang just like him.
His hands loosened slightly. The thin but immensely strong man instantly turned the tables, pushing him away, and his head hit the corner of the wall.
Yu Chi curled up on the ground, protecting his fragile head. The man did not hit his vital parts again but came up to him and suddenly called out his mother’s name.
With the experience of his first encounter with Yun Jie, when those rough, large hands touched his cheek, Yu Chi instantly understood. A wave of nausea washed over him, but he couldn’t break free due to the dizziness from the concussion. Helpless, he could only take out the small knife he carried with him and stab it into the man’s throat, which was right in front of him.
The knife was, of course, a prop knife, which retracted the moment it touched the skin. But Luo Wei, as if he had really suffered a fatal injury, hurriedly covered his throat, broke the prop blood hidden in his sleeve, and the fake blood, warmed by his body temperature, sprayed and splattered like real blood.
A sprinkle of crimson fell on his head. Zong Mo was stunned.
Luo Wei’s scene was not over yet. His eyes gradually became vacant, his pupils slowly constricted, his mouth wide open, gasping for oxygen.
Zong Mo didn’t dare to move, just stared at him with wide eyes. Luo Wei’s breathing became lighter and lighter, slower and slower, and finally became calm. Then his whole body fell forward.
It was a bit like the scene in Conquering the Entertainment Industry where Su Mo fell on flat ground to frame CEO Shen.
But this time, there were no NGs because Luo Wei was afraid of falling. He fell like a puppet that had lost its strings. Zong Mo first caught him, then immediately threw him aside with disgust and fear.
Fearing that a mistake would cause the other person to suffer a real concussion, Zong Mo was in a state of high tension, covered in a cold sweat. After throwing the person aside, he rushed into the bathroom in a panic, trying to wash the blood off his hands and face.
Zong Mo looked in the mirror and was truly startled by his own appearance. He actually felt a sense of guilt for having killed someone. He was anxious and panicked, trembling as he washed away the evidence of his crime.

The promotional trailer showed this segment of Yu Chi killing his father.
Zong Mo: …
Even as the actor himself, he suspected he was in some kind of suspense horror film.
Because Lu Bo was his supporting actor, the comments when the promotion first came out were all scolding him for bringing his own capital into the crew. Bringing capital was one thing, but to use the film emperor as a stepping stone, what a big face. He didn’t even look at whether he was worthy.
Yin Qiao was naturally not the target of the attack. After all, she was the female lead and couldn’t snatch the male lead’s position. Plus, she had always been a well-regarded actress, just that she had lost a lot of popularity by getting married during the rise of her career.
Although many people were scolding Zong Mo, Lu Bo was a film emperor, after all. The quantity and quality of his fans were not low. There were also those who had seriously watched the promotional trailer to find their own film emperor, and then discovered—

【Although I think this promotional trailer is a gimmick, did the male lead really kill someone? Is it okay for the protagonist to be a murderer?】
【No wonder Teacher Lu didn’t play the male lead. srds, I really want to see Teacher Lu play a bt villain QWQ】
【If it’s Teacher Lu who sends the male lead to jail, I’m willing to go to the cinema to see it, hahaha】
【Doesn’t the synopsis say it’s a romance drama? It looks so scary…】
【Holy shit, I was scared to death by Zong Mo. I used to think he was quite handsome (passerby, not a fan)】
【As a horror movie enthusiast, I feel this promotional trailer is not bad? Isn’t Zong Mo’s acting always terrible? Could it be that he’s acting as his true self?】
【Of course, his acting will improve after a few years!! Mo Mo himself is actually a silly wife. If you’re interested, you can watch the main show of Field Diary, which airs twice this weekend~】
【Mo Mo is acting as his true self in Conquering the Entertainment Industry. The new movie is such a big contrast! Looking forward to it!】
Silly wife?
Zong Mo: …
Those who called him Mo Mo and spoke up for him were definitely his fans, but he didn’t feel very happy for some reason.
He continued to scroll. Even with the large number of husband fans he had newly acquired from Field Diary, the voices scolding him still dominated.

【I suggest everyone not to waste money at the cinema for Teacher Lu. It’s better to watch his representative works a few more times at home.】
【Bad movie warning. Don’t blame me for not reminding you. They even specially chose to release it on 520, just to trick xql in to be killed, killing two with one stone (shrugs)】
【LMAO, I thought I could choose a horror movie to cuddle and improve our relationship, but what do I do if my girlfriend wants to break up with me halfway through?】
Uh, 520?
Only then did Zong Mo realize the specialness of this date. But Director Yang, as a man with ideals, probably didn’t specially choose this day to leech off the popularity. And Chasing the Light Boy was originally a romance film. There was nothing wrong with releasing it on 520.
Even with the two-shot poster of the male and female leads, few people believed it was a romance film, only thinking it was a synopsis scam, a bad movie without a doubt.

Trending Topic: #LuBoChasingtheLightBoy
He was scolded quite badly, but at least Zong Mo wasn’t being scolded under his own name. The movie hadn’t been released yet, so the haters had no material to pick on further.
If CEO Ruan saw it, he might even say, “Tsk, leeched off it.”
Zong Mo continued to watch with this “enjoying the show” mentality and felt much lighter.
He scrolled a bit and found a new trending topic: #RuanChiChasingtheLightBoy
Zong Mo: ?
Wait a minute, isn’t he the male lead?

He clicked on Ruan Chi’s Weibo and saw that he had reposted the promotional Weibo post from the official account of Chasing the Light Boy.
The comments were full of “I’m shipping it,” “fresh meal,” “finally some sugar.”
As Zong Mo watched, he felt something was not right.
He clicked on the Weibo homepage of one of the IDs. As expected, eight out of ten posts had the prefix “Lu Bo Ruan Chi Super Topic.”
How is this Super Topic not dead yet?
And he’s the male lead of the movie!
When they were recording Field Diary, Ruan Chi and Lu Bo had barely spoken a few words. He was sure that Ruan Chi’s repost was not for Lu Bo, but for himself.
He was that confident!
Plus, Ruan Chi was his boss. He had checked before. He only had a pitiful few thousand yuan in savings. It was clear that he had not received any salary for his acting in the past two years. He hadn’t even signed a contract for filming Conquering the Entertainment Industry and had acted for free.
As such a black-hearted boss, Ruan Chi wouldn’t mind clicking repost to promote the movie. After all, the box office share would all go into his pocket.

As Zong Mo thought, he went to Lu Bo and Ruan Chi’s Super Topic for a spin and gave a few posts a thumbs down with his side account.
Only when he came back did he realize that the main reason Ruan Chi was on the trending list was not because of the repost, but because of another new Weibo post he had just published, reposting and replying to a fan’s question:
Fan asked: [CEO Ruan, did you also act in Chasing the Light Boy? (Although you’re not in the cast list, I still want to look forward to it a little, wuwu. Even if it’s just a cameo, I’ll immediately go and grab a ticket for the premiere!!]
Ruan Chi: [Mm.]
Zong Mo: ?
What does his CEO Ruan mean? Is he telling his fans to go to the cinema to see their kiss scene?