Rise of the Wasteland Chapter 96 - Life in a Poor City

Chapter 96        Life in a Poor City

The audio-visual culture of movies had always had huge influence and transmissibility. If people liked a movie, it would be spread very quickly and its influence would grow wider and wider. Zhou Qingfeng actions in the Wasteland had actually turned into the movie ‘Wasteland’. It has only been a day and a huge amount of feedback was received.

As it was free to watch, anyone could watch it online. Moreover, the graphics, editing, dubbing, special effects, and sound effects of the movie were at a professional level.

Zhou Qingfeng even realized that some parts of the movie were cut. The scenes where he did not perform well were cut or hidden. That made him look so much cooler and more handsome in the movie.

The whole movie is perfect!

Zhou Qingfeng was astonished and had no idea what was going to happen to his life because of the movie. However, he was a little excited as he was very famous at the moment. He spent his whole afternoon at home reading the comments.

As Zhou Qingfeng had the ‘Universal language’ ability, he could read and write all languages. He was scrolling through the internet and he saw that basically, ninety-percent of the comments were positive. Even his face blushed as some of them were from professionals.

The funny thing was, as the movie was getting spread through the internet, Victor Hugo had suddenly become very famous. More than ten people had popped out and stated that they were the main character in the movie. There were even people who registered their names as Victor Hugo on Weibo, Twitter, and Facebook. The Victor Hugos were fighting on the Internet.

Zhou Qingfeng could not help but laugh at their bullshit.

It was extremely rare for an Asian face - especially a Chinese main character - to be in a Hollywood movie. It was spreading through the internet all over the world very rapidly. Basically, you could watch it if you had internet access. Free stuff spreads fast!

A lot of people were trying to gain fame from it. Whether they were real or fake, that would be a problem for after, when they became famous. For those who watched for fun, they were confused after watching the movie. They came to the internet looking for answers and the process was pretty interesting. If there were more people fighting for the movie, it would become an even better hobby.

It was said that if people from the United States set off a heat wave after watching a movie, there would be a heat explosion in China. The forum was created when it was first released and the people in the forum started commenting and had discussions.

There were people who discussed the plot and the origin of the movie. The hottest topic was guessing who the real actor of Victor Hugo was among the fakes. Even the fakes had their own groups of fans.

As people were so actively commenting on the movie, the editors of the media were jolted awake. All sorts of fake and real information spread across the internet. As the movie was too mysterious, the sources of the movie and the posters were unknown. Therefore, it made the people and things related to the movie full of mystery.

Zhou Qingfeng scrolled through the news the whole evening. He was tired as he was too excited. He knew that he could not use the movie to brag about himself; he did not even dare to stand out and admit that he was the main character in the movie. It was because he needed to hide another bigger secret about himself.

It was already five past six. Zhou Qingfeng, who had a huge lunch, was hungry again. He got up and went out to fill his stomach again.

As he walked out of his house, he saw his neighbor’s, Guo’s, door. The hole in the door was only covered by a piece of newspaper by a tape. It made a sound as the wind blew on it; it seemed like it was not going to last for long before it breaks.

Zhou Qingfeng frowned. He had already given them five hundred yuan as compensation. He had no clue why the young woman was rushing to get the door fixed but did not call someone for it.

However, this was none of Zhou Qingfeng’s business, he could only shake his head and sigh as he went downstairs. He walked into a ramen restaurant near his apartment. He went into the restaurant, sat down, and shouted, “Four extra large ramens, two pounds of beef with barbecue sauce. Make it quick!”

The owner of the ramen restaurant was close to Zhou Qingfeng. He was shocked by Zhou Qingfeng’s order, “Kid, it’s only been a night and your portion has doubled! This meal is more than the entire meal you had yesterday.”

“That’s enough, boss. Hurry up. By the way, two ramens and a pound of beef with barbecue sauce to take away.”

Zhou Qingfeng thought, Do you think I want it? The super body I have now needs a huge amount of food; I could even swallow the entire piece of metal when I get hungry.

Four extra large bowls of ramen arrived and Zhou Qingfeng started eating. One ramen would already be enough for an ordinary person, but Zhou Qingfeng finished four almost instantly. The sliced beef with barbecue sauce was also finished.

The meal was satisfying. Zhou Qingfeng’s had sweat all over his face as he was eating. He felt extremely comfortable. As he was finishing his food, he realized that there was a student of around fourteen or fifteen-years-old standing beside him and he kept staring at him.

“What do you want?” Zhou Qingfeng wiped his mouth and asked impatiently.

The student with the school uniform and backpack was embarrassed and started to scratch his head. A moment later, he asked, “Bro, just asking, are you an actor?”

Zhou Qingfeng’s face sank, “Do I look like one?”

“You do, you do! All my classmates said that you looked like an actor.”

The kid turned around and pointed with his finger. There were four to five students staring at him curiously from the other end of the restaurant. “Were you in the movie called ‘Wasteland’ as the main character, Victor Hugo? Wow….. that’s so cool!”

“I liked the poster where you were fully armed, facing a bunch of enemies with that robotic dog, Dogmeat. I’m gonna tell my mom when I get back; I want a German Shepherd, too. It’s so cool!”

As the kid started talking, the group of students behind started to rush towards him. All of them were talking and screaming non-stop. They even took out their phones and wanted to take a photo with Zhou Qingfeng.

“What’s going on?” The owner of the restaurant was holding the ramen and beef for take-away. He thought something had happened as Zhou Qingfeng was surrounded by a group of students.

One of the kids shouted playfully, “Boss, he’s a superstar. He’s at your restaurant. Why don’t you take a photo with him? You’ll get a fortune.”

“Bullsh*t, if he’s a superstar, I’d be a director! He has been eating here for years, there's absolutely no way that he's a superstar,” the owner of the restaurant did not believe it.

Meanwhile, the students took their phones out and showed the movie ‘Wasteland’ to the owner of the restaurant. After a few scenes, the owner hesitated, “Huh, interesting! You do look like him. Little kid, are you really the actor?”

Zhou Qingfeng giggled and said, “Boss, how about we take a photo together and I don’t have to pay for this meal?”

The owner of the restaurant was surprised and jumped, “Hell, no! Your food is worth more than two hundred yuan. I don’t care whether you’re a superstar or not, get your money out!”

Hahahaha…. Zhou Qingfeng laughed joyfully!

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