The Hero Wears Foundation, So Why Are You Built Like a Bodybuilder?

“This is hilarious. He Ze is over forty and still acting?” “Dark as leather and covered in wrinkles. Could he stop showing up around our brother?” After transmigrating to a parallel world, He Ze, once the “original B King,” has become an outdated middle-aged man mocked by the entire internet. To pay for his daughter's medical treatment, he takes a role in the lavish costume war epic Chasing the Deer, playing a battered veteran who supports the top-tier star in the lead role. The so-called top-tier star plays the greatest God of War under heaven. But when He Ze arrives on set, he can't believe his eyes. The 175-centimeter-tall lead actor is wearing a muscle suit. His face is caked in three layers of foundation thicker than wall plaster, with red lipstick and Korean-style semipermanent eyeliner. Sitting on a fake horse, he can't even hold a wooden sword steady. On the first day of filming, He Ze binds himself to the [Hardcore Masculinity: Reforming the Entertainment Industry System]. A major battle scene in the pouring rain. The top-tier star refuses to get wet, afraid the rain will ruin his foundation, so the whole scene relies on stunt doubles and slow motion. He Ze, meanwhile, wears no base makeup. He smears real mud across his face, takes off his shirt, and reveals lean, bronze muscles with just 8% body fat. Wielding a real iron halberd weighing twenty kilos, he fights his way through the muddy water, charging in and out of the enemy ranks again and again! His wolfish eyes are chilling even through the screen! When the show airs, the whole internet goes wild. “Holy crap! Now that's a God of War! That's a real man!” “What the hell is that leading man beside him, with lipstick on and his foundation running in the rain? He's way too girly!” Starting with Chasing the Deer, He Ze goes on a rampage. He tears away the cover-up for the entertainment industry's growing femininity and unleashes a storm of raw masculinity that sweeps across the internet! He Ze: “I really wasn't trying to show off. It's just that there isn't a single person in the entertainment industry who can actually fight anymore.”