The Toughest Way to Eat Prison Food!

Zhang Guangmu looked around and found himself in an unfamiliar yet clean room. The bed was soft, sunlight streamed in brightly, and it felt as though everything had passed, as though the storm had finally cleared.

At that moment, a rich aroma of food wafted in from outside the door.

"It smells so good!"

Zhang Guangmu's nostrils twitched. His eyes lit up, and he kept swallowing saliva.

When he caught sight of a large cluster of chattering White Balls hovering beside him, he forced himself upright, rubbed his chin, and muttered thoughtfully, "Could they have seen through my soft-hearted nature?"

"They're not here with sugar-coated cannonballs, are they?"

Just as Drama Queen Zhang Guangmu was about to put on a personal performance and infer more intelligence from the audience's discussion, the door was suddenly pushed open.

A huge bald head poked in, followed by four unfamiliar, fully armed lackeys.

Zhang Guangmu was about to speak, but Zhao Zhengrong waved a large hand and stopped him. "Starving?"

"Eat something first."

Before Boss Zhao's lackey could bring the food over, Zhang Guangmu reached out and snatched the small bucket of fragrant food for himself.

Braised Beef Noodles.

Hmm...

The culprit that had nearly made Zhang Guangmu defect really was instant noodles.

Slurp, slurp, slurp...

Three mouthfuls for an entire bowl of noodles!

Zhang Guangmu immediately choked.

He pounded his chest hard, then gulped down all the noodle soup in one breath. Instantly refreshed, he felt comfortable all over.

This was probably what it felt like to revive on the spot with full health.

Even in the Xuanlong Empire, where Zhang Guangmu lived on nutrient supplements for three meals a day, he could not afford this stuff.

It was simply too extravagant!

After all, the Xuanlong Empire was not like twenty-first-century Zhonghuajia. It had been built upon the wasteland of a nuclear winter, so there was no way he could eat instant noodles until he got sick of them.

Zhang Guangmu had thought he would never experience the taste of instant noodles again in this life, and he could not help but praise it inwardly.

Subconscious Film, forever the greatest!

"Thank you."

Zhang Guangmu casually placed the noodle cup on the bedside table and politely thanked Boss Zhao. "But... if you want information about Chu Fan from me, then I'm afraid you'll be greatly disappointed."

Ignoring his four lackeys, who were swallowing frantically, Boss Zhao silently watched Zhang Guangmu.

Anyone else would probably have felt uncomfortable under that stare.

But Zhang Guangmu had trained as an actor for sixteen years. He was an Acting Skill 1 performer acknowledged by the Book of Acting. With his nature unleashed and skin as thick as armor, he was not nervous in the slightest. He even glared back.

Boss Zhao sighed. Looking like a middle-aged man full of stories, he seemed desolate and lonely. "If my son hadn't died, he would probably have been about your age."

The Bald Strongman sighed. "When I see you, I think of my younger self. I think of my son."

"Do you know?"

"If you had really sold out Chu Fan's location before, I would have killed you without hesitation."

"I despise petty villains who sell out their friends for glory, but I admire a Righteous Man like you!"

"Zhang Guangmu, you... live up to your name!"

"You showed me a ray of light in the darkness. You moved me."

Tears welled in Boss Zhao's fierce eyes as he said in a deep voice, "You're a good kid."

"This era doesn't deserve you, and it doesn't deserve my son either."

"Sometimes, I even feel fortunate that he died young and never had to personally experience this hopeless age."

After venting, Boss Zhao touched his bald head and forced a stiff smile. "A grown man constantly talking about this kind of thing isn't good, but keeping it bottled up inside hurts too."

"I admire you, which is why I said these things to you. I've made a fool of myself."

"As for sugar-coated cannonballs and soft knives cutting flesh, don't worry about that."

"I, Boss Zhao, am not a two-faced man. I'm A Man of His Word!"

"Zhang Guangmu, if you hate me, you can come seek revenge!"

"Until you recover, no one is allowed to touch you!"

"I, Boss Zhao, said that! If anyone disagrees, tell them to come talk to me!"

"In this little patch of the Changhe Survivor Camp, I still have some influence. Even if you refuse to talk, I can find Chu Fan myself."

Zhang Guangmu blinked and barely restrained the urge to make a sarcastic remark.

Just how many Flashback Kills had this bald Big Shot been fed?

He had suddenly switched into sentimental mode...

The Production Team was clearly pulling strings now!

Were they forcefully digging deeper into a supporting character to give the film more weight?

Got it!

"Forget revenge. You're stronger than me. I lost because my skills were inferior, and I concede wholeheartedly."

Zhang Guangmu struggled to stand, smacked his lips, and seemed to be recalling the taste of that bowl of Braised Beef Noodles. "How about you just beat me up? Otherwise, I'd feel too embarrassed eating this meal. I'd always feel like I owed you something."

Hiss...

Boss Zhao sucked in a cold breath and looked at Zhang Guangmu as if he had seen a ghost.

The sorrowful atmosphere he had worked so hard to create was completely ruined by a single sentence from the Youth.

The expression on the bald Big Shot's face gradually stiffened.

How could there be someone so good at ruining the mood?

If he ever said another heartfelt word to Zhang Guangmu, he would be a dog!

"Recover properly."

After leaving those words behind, Boss Zhao turned around and fled the hospital room with his lackeys.

The Xiao Bai Group floating nearby and watching the show laughed until they warped out of shape.

"I'm dying! Is this the legendary way of 'eating tough food'? He can't eat in peace unless he gets beaten first."

"Hahahaha! This is the toughest way of eating Prison Food I've ever seen!"

"This guy is kind of interesting. He has strong principles."

"I thought he was cool before. Why did he suddenly become such a goofball?"

"Honest question—has Zhang Guangmu always been this optimistic? Or does he only smile so happily after getting beaten badly?"

"He's a complete Rookie. Endless Food Bag is the first film he's ever acted in."

"...Then that's impressive! That line he said before, 'A drop of kindness should be repaid with a spring,' was an ancient saying from before the disaster, right? He's so young, but he's read so much!"

"It's not about how much he's read. He's read those books into his soul!"

"Unity of Knowledge and Action? This Newcomer is pretty good! Intelligence team, get moving! In one minute, I want all his information!"

"Zhang Guangmu, played by Zhang Guangmu. From Liufeng County, Shangyang Commandery, Xuanlong Empire. Raised in the National Orphanage. Survived to sixteen on Social Welfare and Odd Jobs... Hmm, that's it. That's all there is."

"Seriously? The actor and character have the same name?"

"He was an Extra. The Director originally thought he had only one minute of screen time and would not survive a single scene, so he never bothered giving him a proper name."

"Huh? Newcomer Crusher counts as an Extra too? Zhao Zhengrong is pretty famous..."

"Director Qian has this quirk. He likes using the actors' names directly. People who follow his films are used to it."

"Newcomers Are Monsters! A Rookie single-handedly smashed an entire film! Because of Zhang Guangmu, this movie's Main Plot is stuck! Can you believe it?!"

"The Director is probably so mad he's gone numb by now, hahahaha!"

Unlike what the audience thought, Director Qian was not angry at all.

He was just at a bit of a loss.

Transformed into a Golden Little Lightball, he hovered above the Changhe Survivor Base, surrounded by a huge group of Black Small Balls that, like him, could not be seen by the actors or audience.

"After all these years of filmmaking, I've finally run into another tough one."

"This Newcomer Actor is a little hard to handle..."

At Director Qian's words, the Little Black Balls immediately began chattering away.

"This Newcomer has a heroic spirit about him. Even Zhao Zhengrong, such a discerning senior, personally said he admired him. He really does seem like promising material!"

"Zhang Guangmu from Liufeng County. Remember that name."

"He's already torn up the script. The plot is completely stuck. What do we do next?"

Once the discussion reached this point, the Production Team staff immediately began passing the buck.

"It's ruined! Your Control the Field work was terrible. Why did you give Zhao Zhengrong all those memories?"

"What else were we supposed to do? We also tried using Script Hint to interfere with Zhao Zhengrong's thinking and make him beat Zhang Guangmu to death directly, but it was impossible! He genuinely admires that Newcomer and wants to take him as his son! Besides, once the Film Set takes shape, we can't carry out Material Interference. Otherwise, wouldn't it be great to just throw him a bottle of truth serum? When all's said and done, the Technical Department is just too useless!"

"Get lost, get lost, get lost! Once the film world has been constructed, Material Interference is forbidden. That's the Imperial Iron Law! Even if you invited both Jehovah and Tathagata Buddha here, it still couldn't be changed!"

"Who recruited this madman Zhang Guangmu? He ruined an entire production by himself! Who's taking responsibility? You HR people, aren't you going to come out and make a statement?"

The Golden Little Lightball representing the Director surnamed Qian twisted its body. "Shut up!"

All the Black Small Balls fell silent.

Director Qian immediately entered full rage mode. "Get lost, all of you! You bunch of greenhorn academics, you just graduated and got shoved into my crew as interns. When it's a Crucial Moment, you're completely useless!"

"What does this even count as?"

Only weak directors without talent would resign themselves to fate. You say Endless Food Bag has fallen apart?"

"I say it hasn't, so I'm confident I can patch it back together!"

"I've been in this business for years. I've got plenty of experience."

"Zhang Guangmu is just a Newcomer. How capable can he be? He can't escape the palm of my hand!"

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