"Director, I feel that the way I fell just now wasn't conflicted enough, it lacked a bit of depth, and couldn't express the character's complex inner emotions. Please allow me to do it again. I'll give it my all and strive to make it profound but not heavy, simple but not mediocre, and play this corpse well."

"Get lost, don't block the camera!"

...

When dreams wither, do you still remember that line from Stephen Chow that we often say?

"Actually, I am an actor."

...

Perhaps we can't grasp fate by the throat, but at least we can grab someone else's neck. On an ordinary journey, if you work hard and live with heart, what could be more wonderful than that?

Volume One: Ten Thousand Years Is Too Long

Chapter 001: The Time-Traveling Watch

"Ah wan, ah tu, ah wan tu si rui gou."

The smart watch on Henry Clark's wrist rang with a strange ringtone.

"If my little sister comes to see me, don't take that small path, there are many poisonous snakes on the small path, I'm afraid my sister will get bitten. If my little sister comes to see me, don't take the train, there are many hooligans on the train, I'm afraid my sister will be harassed. If my little sister comes to see me, don't take the plane, there are many rich people on the plane, I'm afraid my sister will go off with someone else."

"If my little sister comes to see me, just come from the countryside, in the countryside it's just you and me, we can do whatever we want."

When the ringtone ended, Henry Clark burst out laughing: "This ringtone is pretty good, I'll use it as my smart watch's ringtone... OK, all set up, now let me show off the smart watch I just got delivered by express, bought for 299 yuan!"

The day before yesterday, Henry Clark went to a Taobao shop to buy a phone, and saw a store selling domestic smart watches. He thought it looked pretty good, so he paid for one.

As a post-90s new generation, just over eighteen years old, Henry Clark, like most of his peers, pursued fashion, advancement, and high-tech. He had just bought a big-screen smartphone, and then splurged on a domestic smart watch. But considering he was about to go to Hengdian to chase his dream of becoming a star, buying some gear to look good was only natural.

Clothes make the man, and a saddle makes the horse—who knows, maybe one day he'll make it big.

Click, the strap snapped shut, he shook his wrist, feeling incredibly cool.

Suddenly, the smart watch screen lit up, and the ringtone played again: "Ah wan, ah tu, ah wan tu si rui gou..."

"Just put it on and already getting a call?"

"Huh, weird, this number is strange, 1818918, must be some carrier's number, maybe a telemarketer?"

Without thinking much, Henry Clark pressed the answer button, and a pleasant synthesized female voice sounded.

"Dear customer, hello, welcome to use the Xinbao V-RR780 Entertainment Watch. Before using, please carefully listen to the Xinbao Entertainment Watch user instructions: Xinbao Entertainment Technology Group was founded in 3188, and is the world's largest entertainment high-tech product manufacturing base. The Xinbao series of entertainment watches are Xinbao Entertainment's original creation, adding ultra-cool interactive entertainment technology to the foundation of retro smart watches.

The V-RR780 is the latest version launched in 3296. This watch not only inherits the stable performance of previous generations, but also uses a miniature nuclear fusion power device, providing permanent battery life with a single purchase; nano-level virtual folding technology, ultra-large memory capacity for all possibilities; and is equipped with a super intelligent program to provide you with the most personalized service.

For more entertainment features, please explore during use, and please be sure to comply with the Global Civilization Convention and not violate any local government laws and regulations during use. Finally, Xinbao Entertainment wishes you a happy life and family happiness. Xinbao Entertainment, spreading joy."

After the female voice finished, the call hung up.

Only the speechless Henry Clark was left, staring at the watch, rolling his eyes, and ranting: "Damn, street stall goods really are different—cheap, good quality, and classy. Listen to this user manual, it's off the charts. Invented in 3296, what, this watch can time travel now? Nuclear fusion power, virtual folding technology, super intelligent program, can't you stop bragging for once!"

As he was ranting, the smart watch beeped again, the screen lit up, and a cartoon smiling face appeared: "Super intelligent program Xiaobao is at your service. Please wait ten seconds, master, Xiaobao is scanning the environment. Beep beep, beep beep, scan complete, anomaly detected."

The cartoon face turned into a frown: "Anomaly detected, current time does not match system preset. It is now 2015, Xiaobao was produced in 3296, the discrepancy is too great. Beep beep, calculating reason, beep beep, beep beep, calculation complete. In 3296, during transportation, the maglev car exploded, causing a space-time disorder. Xiaobao was swept into 2015 by a time rift, then picked up by someone. Because Xiaobao's design and functions are retro, it was not activated at the time, and was maliciously sold by an unscrupulous shop, eventually ending up with master."

"What the hell!" Staring at the beeping cartoon face, Henry Clark was completely confused. This is nonsense.